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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParkRec.Minutes.01-12-2026 DRAFT PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes - Draft Monday, January 12, 2026 - 5:30 p.m. Osage Centre • Meeting Room 1A Present: Beverly Evans, Secretary Darrin Bruenderman, Board Member Tamara Buck, Board Member Lewis Jackson Hill, Board Member John Spear, Board Member Mark Moore, Board Member Phillip Moore, Vice-Chairman Thomas Drummond, Board Member Jerry Dement, Board Member Missy Phegley, Board Member Absent: Percy Huston, Chairman Mary-Ann Maloney, Board Member Parks and Recreation Staff Present: Doug Gannon, Parks & Recreation Director Kaed Horrell, Parks Division Manager Scott Williams, Recreation Div. Manager Penny Williams, Recreation Div. Manager Brenda Newbern, Tourism Manager Sherry Friga, Administrative Coordinator Josh Meyer, Recreation Division Manager WELCOME/INTRODUCTIONS • Philip Moore, Vice Chair, called the meeting to order at 5:30pm on Monday, January 12, 2026 at the Osage Centre. OLD BUSINESS • Approval of December 8, 2025 Minutes – Philip Moore asked for a review of the minutes. Jerry Dement motioned to approve. Beverly Evans seconded. Minutes approved. • Penny Williams gave an update on the Cape Aquatic Center Scoreboard that will be installed by January 24th, 2026. • Penny Williams gave an update on Twinkle and Twirl on Fountain (ice skating) that took place December 17-20 in Downtown Cape. The event went very well. Public requesting to have it again next year with a bigger rink. Brenda Newbern and Jackson Hill both mentioned how highly the public talked of the event. Presentations: • Doug Gannon gave PowerPoint over the internal team for the Youth Sports Complex at Shawnee Park. Doug informed everyone of timeline and deadlines, listed the 11 team members and their duties. The 1st tournament is scheduled for April 18th. Scott Williams discussed Stork Landscaping hauling the old dirt from the Youth Complex to the Arena ball fields. • Kaed Horrell gave short presentation on the eroding of the Cape LaCroix Trail. Talked about how we are using excess dirt from the Youth Complex to fill in those eroded areas. Kaed also informed the group we are getting 200 trees from MDC and will be using part of those trees to fill in this area along the trail after it has been seeded. • Kaed Horrell showed a picture of the newly installed park shelter at Walker Park. • Scott Williams introduced PORCH and their members that were present. Tameka Randle, the Chief Executive Officer, from PORCH discussed their fundraising and projects for the south side of Cape Girardeau. PORCH also made a donation recently to Parks and Recreation. A check presentation for that donation followed. NEW BUSINESS • Kaed Horrell along with Visit Cape is working with a grant to get 15 new signs for the Parks. Signs such as Welcome and directions. Ziglin is the contractor for this upcoming project. • Penny Williams handed out the newest edition of Play Cape! To the board members. • Doug Gannon and Scott Williams addressed the parking at the Sportsplex issue. Due to the large size tournaments being hosted there, parking has become an issue. We are wanting to add about 120-130 more parking spots going towards Ford Groves. Scott also informed members that a sports shoe store will be going into the Sportsplex, along with a coffee lounge in the near future. The Sportsplex is also adding a 3rd checkout window at the concession stands. REPORTS/PROJECTS UPDATES • Parks and Recreation Project Updates o Cape LaCroix Trail Project/Creek Bank Repair – Kaed Horrell gave an update that the south part should begin repairs this spring with Apex as the contractors. The sections between Shawnee Park Center and Bloomfield will be closed during this time and will reopen by Sept. 2026. o Skate Park Expansion—Kaed Horrell informed the board that the install of the half pipe will be completed by Feb. 2nd- with weather pending. o Community Center Floor Care- Scott Williams informed everyone that 3 floors were refinished recently- The Osage Center, The A.C. Brase Arena, and The Shawnee Park Center. • Cape LaCroix Trail/Lexington Street Bridge Improvements- Kaed Horrell gave an update on the mud washing over the trail. After a smaller rain, no mud was left on the trail afterwards. Capping off the drain on that one side seems to be working. If a heavy rain leaves mud, building a half wall maybe the next step. • Golf Course Advisory Board – no report • Visit Cape Report – Brenda Newbern spoke about hosting 4 boat dockings for Nov. 2026. They are also working on events such as the Fall Festival and June 19th. July 20th, the Arena building will be hosting an Elvis event with more details to come. There will also be activities for Highway 61 celebrations to be announced. • Tree Advisory Board – Kaed Horrell informed everyone of Robert Harris’s passing. Robert was a Tree Board member and a past Park Board member. o Jackson Hill talked of revisiting the Bradford Pear tree issues in the Cemetery. Will get those removed in the future and will be reimbursed through DMC due to them being invasive to Missouri. o Jackson Hill also mentioned the Arbor Day is April 3rd. Tree City USA will be planting a couple of Trees for Arbor Day. • Red House Interpretive Center Committee – no report • Parks & Recreation Foundation o Penny Williams discussed The Cardinal Caravan coming to The Osage Center on Jan. 19th. It is a free event this year. Penny let everyone know volunteers will be needed to host this event. o Josh Meyers and Scott Williams talked about the Celebration of Youth Sports Award Banquet that will be held Jan. 23rd at the Osage Center. Josh informed everyone of how we are announcing nominee’s through social media to gain attention of the event. • City Council Report – David Cantrell updated members that an audit is currently taking place. Everything is posted online on the city website for public to view. David also let everyone know that anyone can attend a City Council Meeting, they just need to register. • Monthly Staff Report/Calendar Update –Staff Briefs handed out. OTHER BUSINESS • Next Board Meeting – Monday Feb. 9th, 2026 at 5:30 pm at the Osage Centre Room 1AB. ADJOURNMENT • A motion was made by Philip Moore to adjourn the meeting at 6:33pm. Transcribed by: Sherry Friga, Administrative Coordinator The Park and Recreation Advisory Board of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, may, as a part of the regular or special Park and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, hold a closed session to discuss legal action, causes of legal action of litigation, leasing, purchasing or sale of real estate, hiring, firing, disciplining, promotion of personnel or employee labor relations, or confidential or privileged communications with its attorneys..