Minutes; Public Works: January 2012

Public Works Committee Regular Meeting Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. DPW Shop, 535 South Madison Street, Evansville, WI MINUTES 1. Call meeting to order at 6:07p.m. 2. Roll call; Culbertson, Fuchs, Braunschweig, Wartenweiller, Sauer present. 3. Motion to approve the agenda as presented by Culbertson, seconded by Fuchs, passed unanimously. 4. Motion to approve the minutes from the December 27th, 2011 regular meeting by Culbertson, seconded by Fuchs, passed unanimously. 5. Citizen Appearances- None. 6. Construction Updates- None. 7. Site plan reviews- Preliminary site plan review is coming on the horizon for addition at Symdon Chevrolet. 8. Communications from the City Engineer- a. Discussion and possible motion in regards to final disbursements on the WWTF/Turbine project. This has been completed. The contractor has approved our final change orders and shortly the DNR will complete the project and release the final 5% of the grant monies to the city. b. Update (if necessary) on WWTF and turbine status. i. WWTF: One of the process requirements for warranty work is a breakdown of the statistical analysis results for the waste water facility. City engineer provided and explained the analysis. Data comes from September 2010 through December 2011. So the warranty on the biological processes basically comes down to the fact that the plant is more than exceeding its limits and also exceeding the ground water standards. Our operator is doing a good job and showing overall understanding at a good level. ii. Wind turbine: Committee received an updated summary of the energy production of the turbine. Our average wind speed from September 2010 and December 2011 (11 mph) is 2.1 mph less than the energy site assessment (12.1 mph) so we are a bit short of our contracted kw hours to WPPI. 2011 was approximately $1,100. Basically we are simply not getting the volume of wind we have in the past. Braunschweig asked how the numbers related between assessed wind and actual wind in communities like Fort Atkinson and Wausau. Wausau is behind more than us and there is no information from Fort Atkinson. Bottom line is that weather is cyclical and we should recoup that lost wind. Additionally the levels of work that are coming from the wind turbine are reaching our warranty levels. As far as the overall contract goes this is just one factor and we still have many good factors in our overall favor such as ownership of the green energy credits and the fact that the price we get for each kw hour is, at this time, more than double what we pay. Additionally Sauer looked into ways to get this energy production information out to the public. One option is that Northern Power Systems provides an online kiosk called the ‘public view’ (or page) that would show energy production to public for $4500 for a 5 year license. Another option would be to simply take the spreadsheets of energy production provided by the city engineer and put it on the city’s website. That option would only cost the city the nominal work hours it would take an employee to do that. There were 2 other options that wouldn’t have as nice a site as Northern’s, just the raw data, but would cost the city $3500 to $4500 with potential overhead costs. Benefit to those would be potential one-time cost and ownership of site with the Sulzer consulting proposal. 9. Communications from the Public Works Director- a. Monthly Department Update: Department is in snow mode. The new truck will be delivered to Symdon’s tomorrow and should be delivered to PW on Thursday. The PW building’s gas bill went from $1400/month down to $500/month since wood burner put in. Light bills have been cut in half since the solar light tubes have been installed. 10. New Business- None 11. Old Business- None 12. Parks and Recreation Report- Didn’t meet this month. 13. Motion to adjourn meeting at 6:53p.m by Culbertson, seconded by Fuchs, passed unanimously. Faithfully submitted by, Mason Braunschweig, Chair Public Works Committee

Minutes: Tourism: Feb 29, 2012

City of Evansville Economic Development Committee Subcommittee on Tourism Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 9 AM Creekside Place, 102 Maple St., Evansville, WI MINUTES 1. Call to order at 9:05 a.m. 2. Roll call. Present: Sue Berg, Susan Farnsworth, Ed Francois, Sandy Larson, Mary Rajek, Dave VanDerHaegen, Paul Warren; Ex Officio Sandy Decker, Jim Brooks. Guest: John Decker. Absent: Kyle Allen, Greg Ardisson, Todd Culbertson, Jeff Richards. 3. Motion to approve agenda. Rajek/Warren. Unanimous. 4. Motion to waive the reading of the minutes of the February 22, 2012, meeting and approve them as printed. Rajek/VanDerHaegen. 5. Citizen appearances. None. 6. David Spiegelberg, Regional Tourism Specialist, Department of Tourism. Reviewed top assets, ranked opportunities within each asset/category, then ranked each category. The categories in order of priority are Civil War, History, Arts, Agri-Tourism and Nature. Ranked threats and weaknesses. Visioning exercise, describing an ideal Evansville as a tourism destination. Then determined difficulty level of each opportunity, threat and weakness as easy, medium or difficult, and a timeline of 1, 1-2, 1-3, 3-5 and ongoing years to address each item. The top three “easy” items are underway: marketing to school groups attending the Civil War event; Walking Tour, both printed and app, with primary responsibility resting with the Historic Preservation Commission and The Grove Society, and oversight from the Tourism Committee. History packaging and marketing, with primary responsibility resting with the Tourism Committee, with an understanding that the committee represented, by membership, collaboration among city, chamber and culture groups. Arts champion, with primary responsibility resting with the Tourism Committee. Phantom Galleries development, with primary responsibility resting with the Tourism Committee, the Chamber of Commerce, and building owners. Weaknesses: Restaurants and dining: Tourism & Creekside Place Shopping / Cooperative Marketing / Local Shopping / Business Hours : Economic Development Committee work groups Customer Service: Tourism and Chamber co-sponsoring the Wis Dept of Tourism new program via David Spiegelberg RV Parking: City Hall 7. Next meeting is 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at Creekside Place. 8. Meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m. VanDerHaegen/Rajek.

Minutes; Park Board. February 2012

PARK & RECREATION BOARD MINUTES Monday, February 13th, 2012, 6:00 p.m. Evansville City Hall 1) Call to Order & Roll Call o Call to order - called to order at 6:08pm by Culbertson. o Present: Todd Culbertson, Rich Modaff, Ben Ladick, Jerry Krueger, Ray Anderson, Ron Carlsen, Lyman Fuson & Sue Merritt o Absent: Rick Hamacher 2) Motion to approve Agenda as printed. o Motion made by Rich Modaff, second by Sue Merritt 3) Motion to waive the reading of the minutes from the November 14th, 2011 meeting & approve them as printed. o Motion made by Rich Modaff, second by Lyman Fuson 4) S.O.L.E. o Rod Courtier, 240 Kinsey Ct, requesting permission to create an Osprey nesting area at Lake Leota Park. Rod also inquired about the possibility of having a culvert added at the north end of Lake Leota. The culvert was an option that was recommended as part of the dredging process, thus minimizing silt build-up within the lake. 5) Citizen appearances, relating to Park & Recreation, but not listed as agenda items. o John Decker, 143 W. Main St, planning stages for a 2nd annual Civil War event to be held at Lake Leota Park. Will be discussed with possible action at March meeting. o Antes Cabin relocation and restoration – Cheryl Fox has offered to donate work on this project. Will be discussed with possible action at March meeting. o Sandy Decker, 143 W. Main St., informed the board about the upcoming additions to the Ice Age Trail. Sandy is encouraging public comment as there are several possible options for the location of the trail, some of which include Evansville. Comments are due by 3/15/12. o Dan W. (City Administrator) informed the board about the upcoming Youth Baseball sign-up and plans for sponsorship opportunities. 6) West Side Park bathroom and shelter o EHS students are currently working on “building plans”. Rob Castrone is also putting together a cost estimate with his students. Todd will approach the Evansville Lions Club about possible involvement with the shelter portion. Todd will also inquire about a portion of this project as a possible Eagle Scout project. 7) Aquatic Report o No report 8) Chair’s report on items of interest and/or actions of City Committees & Common Council o No report 9) Reports/updates park projects/maintenance o No report 10) Old business 11) New business 12) Motion to adjourn – Motion made to adjourn at 6:58pm by Rich Modaff, second by Ron Carlsen Next meeting Monday, March 12th, 2012 - 6:00 pm, Evansville City Hall