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~~ PARK BOARD MEETING ~~ August 2, 1972 Meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m. by vice-chairman Hagemeyer. Board members presents Cook, Dahl, Hagemeyer, Smith and Council Representative Rebelein. Board members absent: Gunderman, Sherlock and Weissman. Others present° Robert Nl. Wicklund and several Village residents. The minutes of the regular meeting of July 5, 1972 were approved with the following corrections first sentence, page 3 reads .... citizen effort should be exerted to obtain community use ........ Skating Rink Policy Board considered a written policy to set up criteria for organizational use of Village skating rinks. Dahl moved to approve the written policy as submitted. Seconded by Smith. Motion carries. It was brought out that previous discussions had been held concerning Village use of school hockey rinks. It was pointed out that there has been agreement on the part of the Council concerning the validity of the item; however, more details would be required if the Council were to take any formal action. Of particular concern was the feeling that if there were to be any financial contributions towards upgrading these facilities from the Village, then some type of time committment would be necessary. Smith brought out the point that the use of school rinks was merely a first step in an attempt to turn school facilities into community activity centers. Certain Board members will be meeting with representatives of the school administration to further discuss this proposal. Bike Paths Cook stated that he had requested that this item be placed on the agenda as he felt that increase in popularity of biking demanded some kind of attention to increase safety of the activity. He further stated that a bike path system would not be terribly difficult to establish, as in many cases it would only require painting a small section of the side of a Village street to reserve it for bike traffic,.