The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

Parks Board
Tuesday, August 5

-The Parks Department is considering reopening brick sales to add names to the Veteran's Memorial in Shadyside Park. Tamy Doty-Davis, landscape architect, said there were 175 blank bricks the city could sell.
"With the war in Iraq, I think interest would be up," Pam Clendenen, fiscal manager, said.
Clendenen said Mayor Kris Ockomon had inquired about selling bricks after the celebration in Shadyside Park at the end of June.

-The board approved a reworded version of the agreement to sell Hoosier Park's land to Centaur. The agreement states that the Parks Department will receive $750,000 from Hoosier Park. The company will also pay $1,175,000 to the Anderson Redevelopment Commission for construction of a road. The total for the agreement is $1,925,000.
The Anderson Redevelopment Commission will review the same contract on Aug. 12.

-Instead of using in-house workers, the Parks Department will contract out mowing next summer to Trinity, which is based out of Muncie. The company bid about $75,000 to mow 20 parks-owned properties, including the signature parks. The contract states the city will not pay more than $76,730 if the price fluctuates because of gas prices.
By using a contractor, the city will not hire four temporary workers.

-Homeward Bound has requested the use of equipment as part of its event on April 26 in Chesterfield. The city of Anderson has agreed to co-sponsor the Homeward Bound event, but the Parks Dapartment has set a policy not to loan equipment outside city limits.
The board chose to approve the request based on the fact that the city is co-sponsoring the event.

-Fred Reese Jr., superintendent of the Parks Department, reported that all the golf carts were back at the Parks Department. He said there was some damage to the stolen property, and the city had no suspects.

-Reese also reported that the city redevelopment department agreed to give $100,000 of Food and Beverage money to repair the North Anderson Elementary School.