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ANNA PARK BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Park Board of the City of Anna held a regular meeting on, Monday June 18, 2012 at 7:00
p.m. in the Community Room of the Anna City Hall Administration Building, located at 111 North
Powell Parkway (Hwy 5), to consider the following items.
1. Call to order at 7:07 pm and establishment of quorum. Park Board members present
were Lauren Lovato, Erin Cogar, Jon Hendricks and Rachel Lyon. Also present were
Maurice Schwanke and Erik Alvarez. Sara Cox was present on behalf of the Greater
Anna Chamber of Commerce.
2. Discussion pertaining to Glow Fest
Glow Fest will be held on October 27th.There will be an estimated 4,000 to 5,000
attendees this year. The desire is to keep it a community festival. There will be no
parking or admittance fees. There will be live music, kid's areas, beer garden, tethered
balloon rides, helicopter rides, trick or treating, car show and pony rides.
The police have approved the closing of Hwy 5 for the event.
The rain date will be on November 3rd. Alcohol sales are proposed.
Lauren made a motion to approve the proposal including the sale of alcohol. Rachel
seconded and the motion carried. .
3. Discussion of Parks Fees
The Parks Board needs to review section 10 out of the code of ordinances and make
decisions regarding the fees charged for use of the park.
Lauren and Erin will research what neighboring towns charge for the use of their parks.
4. Discussion about-Maurice's trip to see the Tyler splash pad.
It was recommended by the installer that the best system to use is a pass through not a
reuse. Anything else is not cost effective and could be a financial hardship even if the
water was used for irrigation. There would not be enough water to worry about. Jon
suggested that the water be saved into a retention pond with a fountain to beautify the
park. Maurice would like to bring the manufacturer to a meeting to address the Parks
Board at a future meeting.
5. Park Board Minutes of May 2, 2012.. Lauren made a motion to accept the minutes.
Rachel seconded it. The motion carried.
6. Adjourn — Erin made a motion to adjourn. Rachel seconded. Motion carried. Meeting
adjourned at 8:18 pm.
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KWaurice Schwanke
Director of Planning &Development
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