MINUTES OF SPORT COMMITTEE
January 18, 2007 - 6:00pm

CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
 Mary Kay opened the meeting at 6:03pm in the Schmidt Room at Town Hall.
 Minutes of previous meeting approved as written and seconded.
 “Approval of Agenda” was added by Mary Kay.

I: ATTENDANCE
Mary Devlin, Don Hansen, Tammy Jamieson, Laura Karden, Nathan Mosley, Mary Kay Rachwalski, Marty Richardson, Steve Swanson, John Taylor

Absent: Tom Dopplick, Rick Karden, Matt Livingston, Eric Nicholds, Stinky Steinbrink, Pat Taylor
Guests:

II: OLD BUSINESS
1. PLANNING PROJECTS:
a. Angler Mountain Ranch
-Tuesday, January 16th – preliminary PUD amended, continued. John asked that the trail be reviewed; Michael already has comments and not to follow through.
b. Blue River Lofts – 1-2 Acres
-Denied on 12/13/06 by Council. There were several deficiencies in the plan and the developer has 6 months to resubmit, on hold for now.
c. Sapphire Plaza – 2.6 Acres 3 lots
-Submittal was incomplete; the developer is working with Community Development.
d. Lifestyle Center
-The developer has met with Mark and will submit another proposal by the end of the week.
2. Swift Skedaddle – Wrap up
John Taylor’s comments: It was a “great day,” and thanked all involved.
-“Super job” was done on the raffle prizes and giveaways.
-Suggested that we pursue becoming a national qualifier and to do that we need to become a National Snowshoe Member which we can apply for in July. This will help in the advertising end, and draw more people.
-We should recommend that snowshoes NOT be worn inside!
-There were some communication problems, volunteers being left on course.
-Kid’s event was excellent; maybe we can expand to make it a more family oriented event, even adding a ½ or 1K race.
Nathan’s comments: 88 people signed up, 65 actually participated. “Day of” donations for Danelle were in the range of @ $805! We are still working out expenses/revenues so we do not know whole totals at this time.
-Hiring an outside contractor for the timing was a great idea, it added to the validity of the race.
Marty suggested next year we add “SPORT” name to the t-shirts.
Tammy’s comments: Next fundraiser for Danelle is a spaghetti dinner at the Pavilion on March 15th. This is also a SPORT night, should we change or cancel our meeting in support of Danelle? Committee will discuss options at the February SPORT meeting.
OTHER:
-Continental Divide Land Trust will be holding their 10 year anniversary celebration on September 6, 2007 in lieu of their Friends of Open Space party. Mark your calendars!

III. NEW BUSINESS
1. Expiring Terms/2007 Elections
Chairman: Mary Kay Rachwalski for one more year.
Co-Chair: Nathan Mosley, he will fill the vacant 2-year term.
Committee Members re-elected: Don Hansen 2-year term
Laura Karden 1-year term
Matt Livingston 1-year term
Resigning Committee Members: Rick Karden
Eric Nicholds
One 1-year vacancy remains.

IV: PROJECT REPORT
1. Blue River Experience
a. Property Negotiations & c. (Wetlands & Land Survey BRVRLE) -We have received the report/mapping and will meet with Anna next Tuesday to go through it. Report has been turned in to Nick with the Corps. of Engineers and will follow up with a meeting to see what the Corps. is looking for.
-Diane Johnston, BRVRLE, stated they were forming a subcommittee and Tammy will set up a January meeting to show the committee the mapping.
b. North Pond Park Construction/Signage
2. Adopt-A-Trail
3. Blue River Trail Final Design
-GOCO Concept papers are due by March for Large Scale Grants – we need to decide where we fit best to succeed.
4. Other: Art in Public Places
-Mary Kay and Pat are reviewing the latest draft of the policy and will have an updated draft to Liz for corrections soon.

V: OTHER & SEASONAL REPORTS
1. Ponds/Ice Rink
-Policies and hours have been established.
-Seems to be very popular, unfortunately with ice fishing being done on the plowed skating area!
-North Pond has its first official paid rental on the 28th of January; a birthday party.
2. Skate Park
3. Rainbow Park Master Plan Review
4. Nordic Center
-Course being well used and NOT abused so far.
5. Pocket Park – Pedestrian Bridge @ Town Center
6. Doggie Park
7. Cottonwood Park Fishing Signs
8. Sand Volleyball Courts.
9. Swift Skeddadle
-HUGE SUCCESS!
10. Disc Golf Course

Other:

Meeting Adjourned: 7:06pm

Next meeting: February 15, 2007