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Home My WebLink AboutB - 03 Parks & Recreation Minutes 2/15/2023 Town of Cortlandville Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Town of Cortlandville Parks and Recreation commission was held on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 at 4:30pm The meeting was help at Raymond Thorpe Municipal Building conference room. Commissions Present: Machell Phelps, Katy Wagner, Abe Johnson Commissions Excused: John Folmer and Matt Coats Others Present: John McNerney 1.The meeting started with a review of the minutes from the previous meeting which was held on December 13th, 2022. During the review of the minutes John talked about the portable pitching mounds. He also updated board members about the 2023 bookings to date. Abe Johnson ask about ﬁeld status in March and John informed him we should be ready to play on time but will have some ﬁnal concrete work and landscaping. Batting cages are also pending good weather. 2. Reviewed John McNerney December 2022 and January 2023 Activity report with board members. Discussion was had regarding the following topics in the report: PO’s for Athletic Equipment, PBRT fencing request, Press Release for Guthrie Medical Center sponsorship. John also talked about the Cortland Crush schedule conﬂict with PBRT Fathers Day weekend. 3. Agenda item discussion regarding NYSPRHP planning grant was updated. Plan is to conduct a market Feasibility study for the next phase #3 development at GLSC was outlined by John. The development of a Request for Proposals is being developed similar to our 2016 study. Goal is to select a ﬁrm and start work on the study in 2023. 4. John gave an update on the Cross Country trail conversation and the HUB Building design. The HUB Building will house restrooms, team rooms, concession stand and office space is being designed by CHA. A handout was issued plus a map of potential ﬁeld development impact on the site. Map showed additional multi-purpose ﬁelds and baseball ﬁelds. The timeline for the HUB building construction is starting in Mid August with completion goal of March 2024. 5. One of the concerns with the cross country trail location in the starting area that needs to be 100 yard wide and 150 yards long to host large scale meets. Also the course variation difference between a modiﬁed course and NCAA course. 7. We discussed and established our next meeting date of Wednesday, April 11th or 18th, 2023. The meeting was adjourned at 5:25pm. Submitted by JMc and Machell Phelps.