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Home My WebLink AboutManager's Report.doc REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER COMMON COUNCIL MEETING May 23, 2006 6:00 p.m. A. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 1. BILLS It is recommended that the bills, as audited and presented by the Director of Finance, be approved for payment. 2. FISHING DERBY Request permission to grant approval to the Georgia-Pacific Corporation to utilize Rainbow Park and facilities on Saturday, June 3, 2006, from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for their Fishing Derby, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 3. CHILDREN'S DAY PARADE Request permission to grant approval to the Oshkosh Jaycees to utilize city streets and facilities on Sunday, August 6,2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 :30 a.m., for their 74th Annual Children's Day Parade, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 4. SUMMER FUN FAIR Request permission to grant approval to Jefferson Elementary School to close the 1000 block of Minnesota Street, between 10th Avenue and 11 th Avenue, on Thursday, June 1, 2006, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., for their Summer Fun Fair, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 5. ALCOHOL & DRUG FREE STREET DANCE Request permission to grant approval to the Kornerstone Recovery Club to close 1 th Avenue, from Oregon Street to Arizona Street, on Saturday, June 3, 2006, from 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m., for their annual Alcohol & Drug Free Street Dance, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 6. WALLEYE WARM-UP TOURNAMENT Request permission to grant approval to Walleyes for Tomorrow to utilize Menominee Park and the sailboat docks on Saturday, May 27, 2006, from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for their 11th Annual Walleye Warm-up Tournament, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 7. CLOSING OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS Request permission to grant approval to the Canadian National Railroad to periodically close various railroad crossings in the city, from Fugleberg Trial to Harrison Street, beginning on Wednesday, May 24,2006, to upgrade the rail and switches throughout the city, in accordance with the attached e-mails of request. 8. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK Request permission to grant approval to Rebel Alliance Theatre to utilize South Park and facilities on Friday, July 28,2006, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., for their "Shakespeare in the Park" performance, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 9. MEMORIAL DAY PROCESSION Request permission to grant approval to the Oshkosh Patriotic Council to utilize city streets, facilities, Riverside Park and Riverside Cemetery on Monday, May 29,2006, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, for the Memorial Day Procession and Ceremony, in accordance with the attached letter of request. ... Georgia-Pacific Corporation P.O. Box 199 Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903-0199 Telephone (920) 231-9910 May 1,2006 City of Oshkosh Parks Department 215 Church Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901 Attention: Mr. Tom Stephany Dear Mr. Stephany, This letter is to request a reservation at Rainbow Park for Saturday, June 3, 2006. Weare planning a fishing derby for that date and would like to have it at Rainbow Park. The derby will start at 5:00 a.m. followed by prizes for largest fish in each group and then a cook out for the participants and family members who wish to attend. We expect approximately 20-30 people, and we should be finished by 5:00 p.m. The contact name for the derby is Virginia Behling; you may reach me at 920-231-9910. Thank you very much for yourtime. Sincerely, .~~ Virginia Behling Georgia-Pacific Corporation FishingDerby Collli11ittee ~. President: Jay Stoflet Officers: Sara Dougherty Noe Jes Schultz Brian Hemminghaus Matt Nigl Jaimie Biel Board of Directors: Dan Clark Abby Ebbing Melissa Maxfield Jason Monnett Timothy Noe Heather Owen Nick Reitzler Past President: Joe Bowers Jaycee Mission To provide an organized social network where young adults have the opportunity to improve personal, leadership, and management skills through peer-to-peer learning and actual experience by providing assistance to the Oshkosh community through public event coordination, volunteer support, and charitable redistribution of funds for the betterment of the community. www.oshkoshjaycees.org P.O. BOX 231 OSHKOSH, WI 54903-0231 WWW .osh koshjaycees.org ...-...--..... 03 May 2006 Richard Wollangk City Manager 215 Church Avenue Oshkosh,WI54901-1130 Dear Mr. Wollangk, As summer approaches, the Oshkosh Jaycees are planning to once again host the annual Oshkosh Children's Day Parade. This year marks the 74th annual parade. We are requesting permission to utilize city streets !~~.~~l'..a~ade route. Following are the parade specifics: . ~August 6th, 2006 . 10:00 am parade assembly . Parade route (see attached map) The parade would assemble in the Library parking lot and enter onto Jefferson St. south to Washington Avenue. Heading west, the parade will continue for one block to Main St., and then turn south for three blocks to Ceape Avenue. The route continues east on Ceape for two blocks culminating at the Leach Amphitheatre. . 11 :00 am Estimated parade disassembly I will be in contact with the Oshkosh Public Library Director, Jeff Gildeson-Duwe, to obtain authorization and coordinate usage of the public library parking lot. The Oshkosh Jaycees are also working with PM I to coordinate the after parade event to be held at the Leach Amphitheatre. The Children's Day Parade is a fantastic tradition in Oshkosh and one that we hope to continue into the foreseeable future Should you require additional information, please do not hesitate to call me at 920-203-2617. Thank you for your time and consideration, ?Þf1--- Brian S. Loos Oshkosh Jaycees MapQqest: Maps: print http://www.mapquest.com/maps/printadp?mapdata=RwuiQHYj5qlH.. ~:M S:t~~: Winnefox Library System: 920-236-5220 106 Washington Ave Oshkosh WI 54901 US ~~te~l..- -.- -- ___mn_'__- :Oshkosh Jaycees 'Children's Day Parade 2006 Proposed Parade Route All riqhts reserved. Use Subject to License/CODyriqht This map is informational only. No representation is made or warranty given as to its content. User assumes all risk of use. MapQuest and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or delay resulting from such use. 10£1 5/3/2006 8:34 Pl\ ~ Jefferson Elementary School 244 w. 11 th Ave - Oshkosh, WI 54902 C. Robert Becker Principal (920) 424-0165 5/5/2006 Oshkosh City Council PO Box 1130 Oshkosh, VVI54903 Dear City Council Members, Please accept this letter as a request to close the 1000 block of Minnesota Street (between 10th and 11 th) from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on the evening of Thursday, June 1st, 2006. Our school is hosting a "Summer Fun Fair" in which Sergeant Steve Sagmeister from the Oshkosh Police Department will be hosting a "bike rodeo", John Holland from the Oshkosh Fire Department will be bringing the safety house and possibly other fire department personnel and vehicles, and we will be doing a bike helmet fitting and sale. In addition to these activities, other organizations and providers will be doing demonstrations and handing out literature to students and parents regarding fun and educational activities that families may wish to experience during the summer. Have the street next to our school available to use will allow us enough space to accomplish our activities and will also give Sergeant Sagmeister a more realistic environment in order to simulate road conditions with our students in the bike rodeo. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request. C. Robert Becker-Principal KORNERSTONERECOVERYCLUB 1706 DOTY STREET OSHKOSH, WI. 5490 920-233-0735 ****************************************************************************************** Dear Council Members, 4/27/06 I am writing on behalf of the Kornerstone Recovery Club Inc. We wish to block off 17th Street from Oregon Street to Arizona Street on Saturday June.3rß.2006, as we are would like to hold our annual Alcohol and Drug Free Street Dance and cook-out. We would like this to be in effect from noon to 10:00pm that evening. We are writing you this letter to ask your permission to do the above, and are looking forward to receiving your reply so that we can continue with making our arrangements. We are enclosing a copy of our Mission Statement and a copy of the flyer for the Street Dance. Sincerely Yours, þfY~ Jerry Diemel, Board member of Kornerstone Recovery Club Inc. ENCLOSURES ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE STREET DANCE . AND COOK OUT JI ~IEedustr~S S1£f!d~stries i SATURDAY JUNE 3,2006 DANCE FROM 6PM-IOPM C"... T ..,. ..,. R ... C" - ,.. P - . ....,. - ..,. - ..,. M 'IlKI' I""" "'AK."'K ""1' - - .....- .....--- -- -.. -..--..... .., - ..-.. CORNER OF 17TH & OREGON NEXT TO KORNERSTONE CLUB OSHKOSH WI COOK-OUT STARTS AT IPM & CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE DANCE HAMBURGERS, BRATS & HOT DOGS SODA, COFFEE & BOTTLED WATER MORE INFO. CONTACT JERRY D. 233-0888 OR 233-0735 SPONSORED BY STEP INDUSTRIES & OSHKOSH C.A.N. ~Ma~ 08 08 07,07a ABR Appleton 920-830-1183 p. 1 May 5, 2006 City of Oshkosh Parks Department P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903 We are writing to request Menominee Sailboat docks forthe II th Annual Walleye Wann- up Tournament being held on May 27, 2006. This tournament has been successfully held for over 20 years. We are a small tournament of local résidents and boost on our success of a high percentage of fish returned into the local system with the assistance of the Walleyes for TomolTow release efforts. With the use of the sailboat docks this can be done very quickly allowing our tournament a successful release. Immediately following the contestant's fish being weighted they head to tournament headquarters for the presentation of awards. Please contact Randy Harwood at 920-527-1731 if you have any questions or concerns. Again, thank you for allowing this tournament to be a success. Si7IY~' /9f an Råndy Hood Toumam nt Director Page 1 of 1 Challis, Jackie Sent: To: Cc: From: Louis.Rusch@cn.ca Friday, May 12, 2006 11 :27 AM jchallis@ci.oshkosh.wi.usPatek; David DPatek. en. ca Horton, Bob; Erickson, David W.; Patek, David; Bakri, Tim S.; Franz, Timothy; Joanne. Gaborieau@cn.ca Subject: Oshkosh constuction moved up Dave, Jackie, the below constuction I sent you earlier, dates have been moved up . The gangs plan on starting around May 24 starting South around Fugleberg going North. At times downtown we will want 2 or 3 xings temp closed for good part of the day while they lay rail thru and close the xing back up again. I hope everyone is tuned in to this to minimize traffic disruption. Again, thanks much LRR 920-375-0115 ~ 5/17/2006 Page I of 1 Challis, Jackie Sent: To: Cc: From: Louis.Rusch@cn.ca Monday, May 08,20068:15 AM jchallis@ci.oshkosh.wi.usPatek; David D Patek.cn .ca Horton, Bob; Erickson, David W.; Patek, David; Bakri, Tim B.; Franz, Timothy; Joan ne. Gaborieau@cn.ca Subject: Road Closures in Oshkosh Jackie, Dave, To advise the following update on work in the Oshkosh area will begin approx June 1, 06 CN will be upgrading our rail and Switch's thru Oshkosh from 115LB to new 136LB basically from Fugleberg to Harrison street. And request permission from the Oshkosh city council for the following road closures starting in a few weeks. Will maybe have to close 1 or 2 xings at the same time but will do our best to keep that to a minimum. We have worked together well in the past and look foreward to the same this year. Ceape Ave, Sterling, Nevada, Murdock, Pioneer, will be doing a total renewal of ties rail plank blacktop. Otter, Waugoo, Merritt, Parkway, will be closing at times to lay rail thru and open up again with new rail, plank, blacktop. Washington, Irving, Fugleberg have the upgraded rail in already so will just lay the rail from the xing out. Thankyou and wait to here from you! L R Rusch CN Track Supervisor 920-375-0115 5/8/2006 R e bel 'å 11 i a fie .e THE A T R E a non-profit, community-based, volunteer educational theatre helping young people inspire the Valley since 1995 P.O. Box 852 Oshkosh, WI 54903-0582 920-426-8580 http://www29.brinkster.com/rebeltheatre I ! . I May 16, 2006 Greetings, I am contacting you today on behalf of Rebet Alliance Theatre. As you know, Rebel Alliance is an all-volunteer, nonprofit educationaltheatre program based in the Oshkosh area. This July 28 we are planning a "Shakespeare in the Park" performance of ' Midsummer Night's Dream in the large Pavilion in South Park. We will be setting up during the day, and the performance will begin at 7 pm. The performance will be free to the public. We will be seilling soda and packaged snacks in our concession area. The cast of the show will be comprised of area young people, and we feel this will be a great experience for our cast and crew, as well as for our audience. This will be our 4th South Park performance, and our second consecutive free" Shakespeare in the Park" production. We are very grateful for all the cooperation and help we have received from the Park's Departmentand'the City in making these performances a successful. Please review these plans and let us know if they meet with your approval. We will be sending out final press releases about the show the . week of June 13. ' If you 'have any questions or concerns, please call Jennifer Frank at (920)426-8580 or PO Box 852, Oshkosh WI 54903. You m~y also emait me at frank6kids@yahoo.com. Thankyou!.,. , ' ~FV~' Jennifer Frank Educational Outreach Director Rebel Alliance.Theatre