COMMITTEE MEMBERS

JEFF KAHLE CHAIRPERSON TERM EXP 2019 MICKEY LOKA TERM EXP 2020 STEVE BARTZ TERM EXP 2021 TIM ALBERT TERM EXP 2019 MARK ZEIMER TERM EXP 2019 CHAD GAUERKE TERM EXP 2020 SUE THOMPSON TERM EXP 2021

“WINTER, SPRING,

SUMMER, FALL… TOMAHAWK HAS IT ALL”

CITY OF TOMAHAWK PARK AND RECREATIONS COMMITTEE Monday, July 16, 2018 City Council Chamber 5:00PM 23 N 2nd Street

Any additions to this agenda will be added to the original posted at City Hall. Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the American’s with Disabilities Act, that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Clerk-Treasurer at City Hall, 453-4040, at least three days prior to the meeting so any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

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AGENDA A. CALL TO ORDER

B. PUBLIC COMMENTS (During this item on the agenda the Committee listens to oral

comments from members of the public on non-agenda items. When speaking please state your name and limit your time to five minutes.)

C. MINUTES

1. May 8, 2018

D. OTHER BUSINESS 1. Request for Placement of a Bench at Veterans Memorial Park 2. Update on 2018 Park Capital Equipment/Improvements

i. Sale of 1950’s Model Zamboni from Pride Park ii. SARA Park Campground Upgrades

iii. Bradley Park Boat Landing Dock iv. SARA Park Boat Landing Paving

3. Tomahawk Outdoor Recreation Plan i. Park Questionnaire (Survey)

4. Park User Fees 5. Bradley Park Walking Trails 6. Music on the River Parking 7. Sprint Tower at SARA Park

E. REPORTS

1. Director’s Report

F. NEXT MEETING – August 14, 2018 at 5:00PM

G. ADJOURN

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MINUTES OF THE PARK AND RECREATIONS COMMITTEE 1

City of Tomahawk 2

City Council Chambers 3

May 8, 2018 4

5 CALL TO Chairperson KAHLE called the meeting of the Park and Recreations Committee to order 6 ORDER at 5:00PM. 7 8 ROLL CALL Members present were Chairperson Jeff Kahle, Mickey Loka, Chad Gauerke, Sue 9

Thompson, Mark Zeimer and Tim Albert. Absent was Steve Bartz. 10 11

Also present was Director of Public Works John Cole, Park Leadsperson Steve Borem, 12 and Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Loretta Wanta. 13

14 PUBLIC There were no public comments. 15 COMMENTS 16 17 MINUTES MICKEY LOKA MOVED to approve the minutes from March 13, 2018 and ALBERT 18

seconded. The VOTE was unanimous. 19 20 OTHER 1.) Harley Davidson Grant – SARA Park Bathroom 21 BUSINESS 22 BOREM informed the Committee that Harley Davidson had given the City of Tomahawk 23

Parks Department a grant for $6,000.00. BOREM stated that the grant money would be 24 used to tile the showers of the beach bathrooms. Tomahawk Flooring has given a quote 25 of $6,300.00 for both bathrooms. The extra $300.00 would be taken out of the Park 26 budget. 27

28 2.) Request for a Shelter at the Dog Park 29 30 BOREM stated that the users of the Dog Park would like to have a fund raiser to help 31 with the purchase of a covered shelter to protect the users from the weather when at 32 the Dog Park. BOREM suggested a car port be purchased for this purpose, as the Dog 33 Park may be moved in the future and a portable shelter would be the best option. He 34 had a price of $1500 to $2,000 for a 20 x 30 car port. BOREM suggested that the City 35 could possibly help with the cost of the car port by matching any funds that the user’s 36 raised. 37 38 MICKEY LOKA MOVED to approve the concept as presented and ALBERT seconded. The 39 VOTE was unanimous. 40 41 42

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1 3.) Sale of old Zamboni from Pride Park 2 3 COLE stated that the Zamboni is not being used and would like to put it on the surplus 4 auction site. KAHLE stated the sale of the Zamboni on the surplus auction site be 5 advertised locally for transparency purposes. 6 7 MICKEY LOKA MOVED to sell the Zamboni on the surplus auction site and to advertise 8 locally, GAUERKE seconded. The VOTE was unanimous. 9 10 4.) Summer Intern Hiring Recommendation 11 12 COLE reported that he and BOREM had completed interviewing for the Summer Intern 13 positions and that their recommendations for this year are Justin Jarvensivu returning 14 from last year at a wage of $10.50 per hour and Nicholas Baacke and Jacob Ruid at a 15 wage of $10.25 per hour. 16 17 ALBERT MOVED to approve the hiring for the Summer Interns as recommended, ZEIMER 18 SECONDED. The VOTE was unanimous. 19 20 5.) Tomahawk Bicycle Trails Grant – Professional Construction Service Agreement 21 22 COLE stated that the concept of a bicycle trail that would loop through the City was 23 started back in 2012 and that Becher Hoppe has put a lot of time into the planning of 24 the trail system. COLE stated that construction of the trail should take six to eight 25 weeks and the City cost should be about $150,000.00 in the 80/20 split. COLE 26 recommended that the City use Becher Hoppe for the Professional Construction 27 Services. 28 29 MICKEY LOKA MOVED to approve the agreement as presented, ALBERT seconded. The 30 VOTE was unanimous. 31 32 6.) Tomahawk Outdoor Recreation Plan 33 34 Park Questionnaire (Survey) 35 36 COLE asked if everyone on the Committee had looked over the draft questionnaire and 37 if they had any suggestions. 38 39 KAHLE asked when the questionnaire should be completed by and COLE said by the fall 40 of 2018. KAHLE also thought they survey was too long. COLE said the survey could 41 possibly be condensed down, and that maybe Clerk Amanda Bartz, Steve Borem and 42 himself could take a look at how it might be condensed down. ZIEMER stated that it 43

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really isn’t long, as some of the questions if answered no, you can skip several of the 1 questions. 2 3 ALBERT suggested that the survey be mailed to each Committee member to see how 4 long it takes to complete the survey and bring suggestions back to next meeting. 5 6 7.) Request from Sprint for Placement of a Tower at SARA Park 7 8 COLE stated that SAC Wireless had contacted him about putting up a tower on the City 9 property (Powell Property) across from SARA Park. The tower would be from 100 to 150 10 feet tall. COLE stated this was just informational at this time and would keep the 11 Committee updated as he received more information. 12

13 REPORTS 1.) Director’s Report 14 15

COLE reported that the docks were ready to go at Bradley Park and that the new mower 16 had been delivered. The ballfields are now ready and all the bathrooms are now open. 17 The water at Bradley Park is scheduled to be tested on May 9th. Robin Myre Electric will 18 be putting the electricity in at the ten campsites at SARA Park. A grill and a fire ring will 19 be installed at each campsite. 20 21

NEXT The Park and Recreations Committee will meet on June 12, 2018 at 5:00PM at City 22 MEETING Hall in the Council Chambers. 23 24 ADJOURN GAUERKE MOVED to adjourn the meeting of the Park and Recreations Committee and 25

ALBERT seconded. The VOTE was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 5:28PM. 26 27 Approved: Draft 28 Clerk-Treasurer Amanda L. Bartz, CMC, WCMC 29

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Tomahawk Outdoor Recreations Program Survey

1. In 2017, which recreational activities did you participate in? (Choose all that apply.) − Events/Festivals/Fairs − Boating − Water Skiing − Canoeing/Kayaking − Swimming − Gardening − Picnicking − Walking/Hiking − Running − Playground Usage − Inline Skating − Skateboarding − Camping (RV or Tent) − Camping (primitive) − Hunting/Trapping − Archery/Sport Shooting − Fishing − Tennis/Pickle Ball − Basketball

− Volleyball − Soccer − Baseball/Softball/T-Ball − Bird Watching/Nature Viewing − Geocaching/Letterboxing − Driving for Pleasure − Dog Walking/Dog Park − Cross Country

Skiing/Snowshoeing − Downhill Skiing/Snowboarding − Ice Skating − Sledding − Disc Golf − Golf − Horse Riding − ATV/UTV/OHM Riding − Snowmobiling − Bicycling − Other __________________

2. What potential outdoor opportunities should be developed in Tomahawk?

− ____________________________________ − ____________________________________ − ____________________________________

3. How often do you use the following Tomahawk Parks?

Park Name I don’t Use this Park

Occasionally Monthly Weekly Multiple Times a Week

Bradley Park Dog Park Frenchtown Beach Frenchtown Park Jersey City Park Kwahamot Park Pride Park SARA Park Squaw Point Washington Square Park

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4. How do you rate your satisfaction with the following Tomahawk Parks? Park Name I don’t

Use this Park

Very Satisfied

Satisfied Neutral Dis-satisfied

Very Dis-satisfied

Bradley Park Dog Park Frenchtown Beach

Frenchtown Park Jersey City Park Kwahamot Park Pride Park SARA Park Squaw Point Washington Square Park

5. Rate your satisfaction with the following Tomahawk park facilities:

Park Name I don’t Use this Feature

Very Satisfied

Satisfied Neutral Dis-satisfied

Very Dis-satisfied

Tennis Courts Softball Fields Riverwalk Trail Boat Landings Volleyball Courts Basketball Courts Skate Park Playgrounds Shelters Frenchtown Sledding Hill

Swim Beaches Ice Rinks Campground

6. What improvements are needed at the City of Tomahawk Parks?

______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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7. Figuratively, if you had $100 to spend on park improvements, what would you buy? (Check the items you would buy.)

− (Cost $1) Addition to SARA Park disk golf course. − (Cost $5) Additional tennis courts in Frenchtown Park. − (Cost $20) Resurface tennis court in Frenchtown Park. − (Cost $1) Pickle ball court setup at Frenchtown tennis court. − (Cost$75) Bathroom/Shelter at SARA Park Boat Landing/Beach Area. − (Cost $20) Ice rink improvements. − (Cost $20) Skate Park, concrete ramps. − (Cost $45) Baseball field, not a softball field. − (Cost $10) Outdoor basketball court at Frenchtown Park. − (Cost $5) New playground equipment at Veterans Memorial Park. − (Cost $12) New playground equipment at SARA Park. − (Cost $20) New Bradley Park trail. − (Cost $30) New Exercise/Play fitness Trail. − (Cost $10) Bradley Park trail improvement.

8. From the above choices, what are your top 3 priorities?

− ____________________________________ − ____________________________________ − ____________________________________

9. What type of water enthusiast are you? (Choose one.)

− Not at all. (I’m not interested in water recreations at all, not even with friends.) − Casual user. (I like to use the water, but only do so occasionally.) − Enthusiastic. (I access or go on the water regularly in summer, and I might occasionally

access the ice in the winter.) − Avid. (I am always on the water or ice every chance I get.)

If you choose Not at all. Please proceed to question 12

10. How do you use the water? (Check all that apply.) − Canoe/Kayak/Row Boat − Boating/Water Sport (motorized) − Swimming − Fishing (shore use or non-motorized winter use) − Fishing (motor boat use) − Ice Fishing (driving on ice; car, ATV, or snowmobile) − Snowmobiling/ATVing on ice − Other (please specify) _____________________________________________

11. What public boat landing and water access improvements are needed? (Please identify

locations and improvements needed.) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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12. What winter recreation activities do you participate in? (Choose all that apply.)

− Snowmobiling − Cross Country Skiing − Snowshoeing − Ice Skating/Hockey − Sledding − Ice Fishing − Other (please specify) ___________________________________

13. How often do you use the following trails?

Trail Name I don’t Use this Trail

Occasionally Monthly Weekly Multiple Times a Week

Bradley Park Trail System Riverwalk Trail Hiawatha Trail

14. Rate your satisfaction of the following trails?

Trail Name I don’t Use this

Trail

Very Satisfied

Satisfied Neutral Dis-satisfied

Very Dis-satisfied

Bradley Park Trail System

Riverwalk Trail Hiawatha Trail

15. What improvements to the above trails would you like to see? (Identify a trail, then list

improvements.) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

16. What type of motorized vehicle (ATV/UTV/Off-Highway Motorcycle) enthusiast are you? − Not at all. (I don’t own or use these vehicles at all.) − Casual user. (I like to use motorized vehicles for fun, but only do so occasionally, or only

on my own land.) − Enthusiastic. (I access or go on motorized routes and trails regularly in summer, and I

might occasionally access the ice in winter) − Avid. (I am always on a motorized vehicle every change I get – all year long.)

17. Why type of bicyclist are you?

− No way, no how. (I’m not interest in bicycling at all, not even for recreation.) − Interested but concerned. (I like riding, but don’t do it regularly. I am generally

concerned that my route is not safe to ride, so I don’t ride often. I defiantly do not ride when the weather is bad.

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− Enthusiastic and confident. (I feel comfortable sharing the road with motor vehicles, but I prefer to ride on separate facilities like bike lanes. I may or may not ride in inclement weather.)

− Strong and fearless. (I am confident in my abilities and will ride regardless or roadway conditions, amount of traffic, or inclement weather.)

18. How do you learn about outdoor recreation in Tomahawk?

− Chamber of Commerce (e.g. physical booth/building, online, mailed flyer/booklet) − City of Tomahawk Website or direct communication − A club’s website or social media − Newspaper/Buyers Guide − TV story or advertising − Radio − Word of Mouth (e.g. friends or family) − Other (please specify) ___________________________

19. Are you satisfied with how you find outdoor recreation information in Tomahawk?

− Yes − No, please explain _____________________________

20. Do you have any concerns or comments?

− Yes, please explain ____________________________ − No

Demographic information will be used by the Tomahawk Park and Recreations Committee to compile a picture of respondents and will not be used to identify you in any way. Respondents will be kept anonymous.

21. What is your age? − Younger than 25 − 25-44 − 45-54 − 55-64 − More than 64

22. What is your gender?

− Male − Female

23. Do you live in or own a summer home in the City of Tomahawk?

− Yes − No, please provide your zip code: ________________

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