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MPAC March 2011 Meeting Notes

March 22, 2011

Attendees: Suzette Logan; Sharri Townsend, Grace Chun, Jennifer Bice, Joe Trendl

Meeting began at 6:30pm.

Motion was passed to approve previous meeting’s notes

Jennifer began the meeting with a summary of park events:

  • The outdoor play lot lights were out for a few days and repaired. There apparently was a live wire wrapped around the sunken portion of a pole and was causing a short.

  • There was a phone and internet outage that was repaired by AT&T. seems that a line installed in 1920 at Argyle was used to connect the field house and that line had to be repaired / replaced to reconnect telephone and internet service.

  • Spring programs begin next week. Jennifer and Arnie will be at South Shore Cultural Center for program training.

  • Vanessa had a baby boy on 3/17/11. 7lbs 2 oz. MPAC congratulates Vanessa and her family on the new addition.

  • Boys Volleyball (13-15 years old won the region and will play in the city playoffs at Curie H.S. (Archer & Pulaski) on 3/26th.

  • Boys indoor soccer (13-15 years old) will play in the regionals on March 31st

  • Information is now on-line for summer programming. Online registration for summer begins 4/4/11 at 9am and in-person registration begins on Saturday 4/9/11 at 9am.

  • Financial, assistance is available for those children at public schools who now receive free or reduced cost lunch service. Parents need to show on school letterhead their child’s participation in these lunch programs and can receive a 50% in summer program rate.

  • There is also a payment plan option for parents—50% down on registration day and the remaining money due 2 weeks prior to the start of camp.

  • There is no cap on the number of children per family, there is however a limited amount of dollars provided by the Park District for this program. Please look for a link on the park website to the Financial Assistance Program.

  • More information on these assistance programs is available at the front desk of the field house.

Joe Trendl:

  • Annual dues for council members are due—please provide to Sharri Townsend at your earliest convenience.

  • MPAC supports the efforts of the Buttercup Advisory Council and the upgrade of the Buttercup Play Lot Park. Next meeting will be held on Saturday 3/26/11 at 9:30am in the Margate Field House—all neighbors are welcome

  • A vote was taken to and approved for officer elections to be held at the May 2011 council meeting.

  • A brief discussion was held about possibly changing our meeting day from Tuesday to Saturday, but was quashed as there were too many conflicts amongst our council members.

  • We’re continuing to look for ideas to increase membership.

Meeting adjourned at 7:15pm

Next Meeting: April 26, 2011 at 6:30pm