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Park Board Minutes
Regular Meeting and Open Forum
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Laurel Park Board meeting was brought to order at 5:35p.m. In attendance were: Chairman,
Mark Mace, Board members, Chuck Dickerson, Bruce McGee, LuAnne Engh, Amy Pollock and
Gretchen Paulson. (A list of the public in attendance is attached.)
1. Public Comments — Rich St. John, Billings Chief of Police and John Thompson, Billings
Parks Superintendent, spoke about their experience with the skate park in Billings. They
both spoke in favor of public skate parks. Very little trouble since the skaters police
themselves and take care of the park.
2. American Legion — Richard Klose, representing the Laurel American Legion chapter,
offered the donation of a new flag pole for the baseball field at Thompson Park. The cost
of the pole and its installation is $3,000 paid for by the Laurel American Legion. The
Board thanked the Legion for their generosity. Chuck Dickerson asked Mr. Klose who
would remove the old flagpole after the new one was installed. Mr. Klose did not know.
3. Skate Park — Hunter Stokes presented a Power Point about why Laurel needs a skate
park. He asked for guidance from the Park Board as to how to proceed with building a
skate park, when a location has not yet been settled. (Hunter and his committee had done
a survey of residents of Kiwanis Park — this park was recommended by Kurt Markegard,
Public Works Director)
4. More Public comments — Mark Mace asked for opponents or proponents of the skate
park. Several residents of the Kiwanis Park area presented comments that the park was
overused plus vandalism, littering, late hours, lack of police protection were concerns.
They felt a skate park would be better managed in a centralized commercial area and not
a residential area.
5. Chuck Dickerson moved (2 by Amy Pollock) that the Park Board ask the Council to
approve a skate park provided a suitable location becomes available. This passed 5 -0.
The Park Board meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
Submitted by
LuAnne Engh, Park Board Member
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