#2 Meeting Minutes 4-18-12
JANESVILLE YOUTH SPORTS COALITION MEETING MINUTES
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
5:15 PM
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1 FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Members Present: Sue Wesson, Dave Wesson, Rachel Joffe, Trevor Wallace,
Dave Ellis, Bob Weilbrenner, and Gregg Davis
Staff Present: Rebecca Smith
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The meeting was called to order at 5:15PM by Chairperson Sue Wesson in the 1 Floor Conference Room of
the Municipal Building. This is the first meeting of the Coalition with their new membership structure.
Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Trevor Wallace and seconded by Bob Weilbrenner to approve the minutes of the March
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21, 2012 meeting. This motion passed unanimously.
Club Reports
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Football – Dave Wesson stated that Youth Football registration will take place on Thursday, May 31 at
Franklin Middle School.
YMCA – Rachel Joffe informed the Committee that youth soccer is in full swing. The Photo Picture Day is
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taking place the weekend of April 21. The season will finish at the end of May. Repairs of the soccer fields
occurred and new goals are in place.
Rock Soccer – Bob Weilbrenner reported that Rock Soccer began playing their competitive games on April
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21. In-house soccer began mid-April with 13 traveling teams and 260 children participating.
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JYBSA – Dave Ellis reported that games will begin on April 28 and will be played every night. There are 38
boy teams and 17 girl teams with a total of over 700 youth participating. There will be 8 boy’s tournaments and
3 girl’s tournaments, including 3 State tournaments played at the Youth Sports Complex fields this season.
Major projects have included the planting of several trees by the Parks Division and the restroom building
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nearing completion. Clean up Day at the fields was scheduled for April 21. There will be no fundraising
candy sales this year. Instead there will be one major fundraiser which is a raffle for a Chevy Cruz and a TV.
St. Paul’s Cross Country Meet Request
St. Paul’s Lutheran School requested the use of the Youth Sports Complex for a Cross Country Meet on
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Friday, September 7 from Noon to 7:30PM. A motion was made by Trevor Wallace and seconded by Bob
Weilbrenner to approve this request. This motion passed unanimously.
Matters Not on the Agenda
Rebecca Smith shared an email she received from a frustrated citizen regarding parking at the Janesville
Youth Baseball/Softball side of the Complex. The Committee members agreed that parking on the grass and
the sides of the roads is a problem because it is difficult to see children if they dart into traffic. The grass
parking also creates ruts in the grass surfaces. The ruts make it difficult for the grass to fill in properly. People
don’t follow the signs posted stating No Parking on the Grass. The groups try to remind their users via email,
posted signs and verbal warnings of the No Parking regulations. JYBSA is also using lath along the grass/road
edges to show drivers where they are prohibited from parking. The new tree plantings should also help with
reducing the number of drivers parking in the grass. Janesville Youth Baseball/Softball is working with the
Janesville Police Department to ticket drivers that violate the parking rules. Rebecca shared that a long term
goal may be to construct more parking, but that what currently is present should be sufficient, if not as
convenient as what baseball/softball users are used to in comparison to their Woodman Road location.
With there being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:45 PM on a motion by Bob Weilbrenner and
seconded by Rachel Joffe.
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The next meeting will take place on May 16, 2012 at 5:15 PM in the First Floor Conference Room of the
Municipal Building.
Submitted By: Rebecca Smith, City Representative