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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Manager's ReportREPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER COMMON COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 2008 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. PEACE & FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC Request permission to grant approval to Peace Lutheran Church and First English Lutheran Church to close Minnesota Street, from 9 th Avenue to 11 Avenue, on Sunday, September 7, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., for their annual neighborhood picnic, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 3. 13 ANNUAL WALLEYE WARM -UP TOURNAMENT Request permission to grant approval to the Walleye Warm -Up Tournament to utilize Menominee Park, Millers Bay and the sailboat docks on Saturday, May 24, 2008, from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for their 13 Annual Walleye Warmup Tournament, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 4. MILLERS BAY 5K Request permission to grant approval to Prime Time Timing LLC to utilize Menominee Park and facilities on Saturday, July 19, 2008, from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., for their Millers Bay 5K Race, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 5. MEMORIAL DAY PARADE Request permission to grant approval to the Oshkosh Patriotic Council to utilize street citys, Riverside Park and Riverside Cemetery on Monday, May 26, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, for their Memorial Day Parade, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 6. 5 TH ANNUAL WALK FOR LIFE Request permission to grant approval to the Labor of Love Pregnancy Resource Center to utilize city streets and facilities on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., for their 5 th Annual Walk for Life, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 7. SHELTER TREK Request permission to grant approval to the Oshkosh Area Humane Society to utilize Menominee Park and facilities on Saturday, September 6, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 P.M., for their 15 Annual Shelter Trek, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 8. FISHING DERBY Request permission to grant approval to the Georgia Pacific Corporation to utilize Rainbow Park and facilities on Saturday, May 31, 2008, from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for their annual Fishing Derby, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 9. TRINITY LUTHERAN 2/5K FUN RUN /WALK Request permission to grant approval to Trinity Lutheran School to utilize city streets, Menominee Park and facilities on Friday, May 30, 2008, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., to conduct their 2/5K Fun Run/Walk, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 10. USE OF PARKING LOT Request permission to grant approval to Zenith Tech, Inc. to utilize the existing parking lot on the east site of the Fox River (city lot adjacent to the Deltox building) to locate their office trailers outside of the construction of the Wisconsin Street Bridge for bridge construction purposes, in accordance with the attached letter of request. 11. BIKE RODEO Request permission to grant approval to Jefferson Elementary School to close Minnesota Street, between 10 Avenue and 11 Avenue, on Thursday, May 29, 2008, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., for their Bike Rodeo, in accordance with the attached letter of request. April 16, 2008 Jackie City Manager City of Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 RE: Street Closing Dear City Manager: The congregations of Peace Lutheran Church and First English Lutheran Church would like to request the Street of Minnesota between 11 Ave. and 9th Ave. be closed on Sunday Sept 7 from 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. We are having a neighborhood picnic. We are expecting between 500 and 600 people. The contact person for this event is Jerri Schmidt, my office number is 920.745.3402 or my home number is 920.426.8611. We would appreciate any help we can get in making this a smooth transition. Thanking you for granting our request. Jerri Schmidt 920.426.8611 1602 Thornton Drive Oshkosh, WI 54904 R -29 -2008 08:38A FROM:ALL AMERICAN WATER S 9204261370 April 29, 2008 City of Oshkosh Parks Department PO Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903 TO:2365039 We are writing to request Menominee Sailboat docks for the 13' Annual Walleye Warm - up Tournament being held on May 24, 2008. This tournament has been successfully held for over 22 years. We are a small tournament of local residents and boost on our success of a high percentage of fish returned into the local system with the assistance of the Walleyes for Tomorrow 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 bead to tournament headquarters for the presentation of awards. We would also need to have an electrical outlet to be available to run the scale and the computer. Last year the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce featured our tournament on the cover of their summer publication with an article. Please contact Randy Harwood at 920 -426- 1370 if you have any questions or concerns. Again, thank you for allowing this tournament to be a success. Sincerely, < V;Z A &' ' P.1 Randy Harwood Tournament Director 4/22/08 Mr. Stephany, I am writing you on behalf of Prime Time Timing LLC. We would like to use Menominee Park for our charity road race. The race will be called the Miller's Bay 5k and will benefit the UW- Oshkosh Cross Country teams. We would like to hold the race on Saturday July 19 2008. We would like to utilize the gazebo that is off of Irving as well as the electrical outlets by the gazebo from 6am to about loam. The race will start at 8:30am. The race route will be primarily in the park on Pratt Trail, and also onto Hazel St. and Menominee Dr. before turning back into the park for the finish. This is a first year event and we are very excited about the prospect of hosting the race in this beautiful park. Thank you for your time and consideration, Jason Fast Prime Time Timing Race Director - Miller's Bay 5k jasonfast34 a,yahoo.com Cell: 920.203.3733 1757 Maricopa Drive Oshkosh, WI. 54904 OSHKOSH PATRIOTIC COUNCIL 319 Shorelane Street Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54941 19 April 2008 John Fitzpatrick, Acting City Manager And Oshkosh City Council City of Oshkosh 215 Church Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901 Dear Mr Fitzpatrick & City Council Members; Monday, 26 May 2008 is the day Memorial Day is observed. As in past years the Oshkosh Patriotic Council is requesting use of certain areas and certain City of Oshkosh streets for the Memorial Day Procession to the Riverside Cemetery. This is a procession in honor of our fallen comrades. It is not a parade — we have no floats nor merrymaking units. The Patriotic Council is requesting the use of Riverside Park by the Main Street Bridge for the 8:00 AM Waterfront Ceremony in remembrance of those lost at sea. Step -off would be at 9:00 AM from the corner of Algoma Blvd and Division Street with the Procession heading west with units falling in as directed from the Beech Building parking lot as well as the parking lot of the Safety Building. All units would be under the direction and authorization of the representatives of the Oshkosh Patriotic Council. (We are aware that the Beech Building is privately owned and permission for the use of its parking lot needs to be made through the building owners.) Assistance would be required from the Oshkosh Police Department and auxiliary units to control traffic at the intersections along the route, entering Riverside Cemetery at the last entrance prior to the military section. The school bands generally fall out at one of the 1 ' two intersections north of Murdock Avenue. Arrangements have been made with the individual who purchased the showmobile for its use at the cemetery on Memorial Day. We will need to coordinate its delivery and placement as well as arrangements for a porta - potty. In the past the City has been making arrangements for the use of one of these.. One problem we have encountered the last several years which seems to be getting worse each year is vendors selling trinkets along the route and cutting through the ranks of the units. Units have complained that they feel the selling of yo -yos and other trinkets is not only not appropriate at the Memorial Day Procession but cutting through the ranks is dangerous and hazardous both to the members of the units and to the vendors. I am unaware if these vendors are required to purchase any selling permits or not and if so, if they do have them, If they are required to possess some type of selling permit, are they given any instructions as to do's, don't, and restrictions when purchased? Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Rosemarie R Pitz, President Oshkosh Patriotic Council �Mp► Labo o Love Pregnancy R e s r u r c e C e n t e r April 22, 2008 Dear Council Members, Empowering women since 199 Labor of Love Pregnancy Resource Center seeks permission to host the 5 annual Walk For Life, Saturday, September 13, 2008. The Walk which is the primary fund raising event for the organization expects approximately 200 adults and youth to walk the two -mile central city route from 9 a.m. —10 a.m. The walk route is identical to last year's successful walk. It begins and ends at Labor of Love Pregnancy Resource Center, 204 Church Ave., Oshkosh. As the event chair I am the contact person. I can be reached day or evening at 235 -1031 or steinsbC@northnet.net I look forward to hearing from you about this request. �'�� , � 0/�__;; i � 1 � Sue Steinhilber, Walk For Life Chair 204 Church Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901 -4748 o Laboroflove @newbc.rr.com • Laboroflovewi.org Phone: (920) 231.6006 • Toll Free: (866) 347.6006 • Fax: (920) 230.6592 Labor of Love is a 507 (c) 3 non- profit organization o nebe Art Gallery N f ° 4� � d ! Q IRVING ° Labor of Love Walk for Life 2008 iversity '8f Mslconsin- ast'iic�t AMHERST y Kolf arts Jacob Center hagin. �L ti ° � D , � ♦ ,pes�7�s i a t �. ! CSI < $ teiger 'ark f .� 47 F� N UkO LU L N ,on a+. a AV UNION AV Court \House C- 3 1 f � z Fax Valley Technical o ^�l e- Rivemde Campus WiMam ' Steiger Park JOHM AV �- YWf c� ¢ee ae °t �� J Y a 0 s � },.. A t i AV' I F z o ) DA U 1 AV �� Labor of Love City ball •� K. r Chamber ?3f '4 Commerce •\ q/T, Oshkosh A R E A Humane Society 1925 Shelter Court Oshkosh, WI 54901 (920) 424 -2128 fax (920) 424 -2113 www.oahs.org April 21, 2008 City of Oshkosh Parks Department ATTN: Tom Stephany 215 Church Ave P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903 Dear Tom: I am writing to request the use of Menominee Park for the Oshkosh Area Humane Society annual dog walk, Shelter Trek. The event is being scheduled for Saturday, September 6. 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We expect approximately 350 area residents to participate in this annual event. Our Shelter Trek walk serves as a major fundraiser for our organization. In 2007, we were able to raise $23,000 to help support our programs and services. We are aware of the ordinance prohibiting dogs in our city parks; however, as was allowed for 2007, we are requesting a special allowance for this event. We again plan to erect 3 20'x20' tents North of the soccer field, will request park benches and garbage barrels, all of which we will return at the end of our use to the appropriate area. I have attached a copy of our dog requirements. As you will notice, our policies state pets must be current on vaccinations, licensed, leashed and under control at all times. Also, owners must clean up after their pets and we do provide bags. Volunteers walk the path ensuring these policies are followed, but in the 14 years of conducting this event, we never once had someone disregard our policies. Please let me know if you need further information. I can be reached at 303 -3166. Thank you for your consideration. Since C s Coordinator Caring forAnimafs...Serving our Communi y 05/05/2008 11:13 May 5, 2008 9202317295 City of Oshkosh Parks Department 215 Church Avenue Oshkosh, WI 54901 Attention: Mr. Tom. Stephany Dear Mr. Stephany, GP OSHKOSH This letter is to request a reservation at Rainbow Park for Saturday, May 31. 2008. We are planning a fishing derby for that date and would like to have it at Rainbow Park. PAGE 01/01 The derby will start at 5:00 a.m. followed by prizes for largest fish in each group and them a cook out £or.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 Behl.ing; you may reach me at 920- 231 - 991.0. Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Virginia Behling Georgia-Pacific Corporation Fishing Derby Committee Oshkosh City Council Dear Council Members, 5/2/2008 You previously approved our fun run /walk on May 2nd. We were rained out on that clay and would like to request a new date, May 30th. The student council of Trinity Lutheran School requests permission for a 2/5K walk /run starting at our school on School Ave. and proceeding through Menominee Park from 12:30 to 2:30 on the afternoon of May 30th, 2008. Our route would begin and end at Trinity Lutheran School. It is to be a fundraiser as a memorial to the late Vicki Kolb, a former teacher at our school. We will not need any shelters and plan to stay on sidewalks and crosswalks the whole way. We would like to be able to put up a card table to distribute water to the participants. Thank you for your kind attention, X AC son Pontynen " Teacher and Student Council Advisor Trinity Lutheran School 819 School Ave. Oshkosh, WI 54901 Zenith Tech, Inc. Structural Engineers and Contractors May 8, 2008 City of Oshkosh P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54901 ATTN: John Fitzpatrick Acting City Manager RE: WisDOT Project 6110 -15 -71 Fox River/Wisconsin Street Bridge STH 44 Winnebago County SUBJ: Request for Use of City Property — Office Trailer Site Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick, The purpose of this letter is to request permission to utilize the existing parking lot on the East site of the Fox River as a location of our office trailers. We would like to move our trailer to this location on or about June 12, 2008 and continue until project completion in October. To accommodate the reconstruction of Wisconsin Street, we need to relocate our three office trailers outside the limits of our construction to not interfere with another contractor. Utilizing the City lot adjacent to the Deltox Building will minimize our utility relocations and provide Zenith Tech and State employees with access to the site to remain effective throughout the remainder of the project. We realize that the remainder of the Deltox Building is scheduled to be demolished, and in citing our trailers will remain clear of the area needed by the City Of Oshkosh crews during the removal process. This has been reviewed on site with Steve Ghode, Public Works Dept., and we will be able to maintain adequate distance from the existing structure. In addition, should any restoration of the parking lot be required due to damages caused by Zenith Tech, we understand that we will be fully responsible for such costs. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Should you require any additional information regarding this request, please do not hesitate to call me at (262) 366 -5004. Very truly yours, ZENITH TECH, Inc. Ben Johnson, P.E. Project Manager CC: Steve Gohde, Oshkosh Public Works Dept. Tom Buchholz, WisDOT, Wisconsin Street Bridge Project Manager file: 503098 Correspondence P:\Projects\Oshkosh\Letters\ZTCO-006 An Equat Opportunity Employer P.O. Box 1028 700 Eagle Nest Blvd. N6 W23633 Bluemound Road Suite C Waukesha. Wl 53187 -1028 Rothschild, Wl 54474 Office: 262- 524 -1800 Office: 715- 241 -6299 Fax: 262- 524 -1840 Fax: 715- 241 -6610 "" comm "moo2` quality eriucuEion" Oshkosh Area School District C. Robert'$ecker Jefferson Elementary School p 424 .o�b s 244 West 11th Avenue - Oshkosh, WI _`>4902 May 9, 2008 To: City of Oshkosh From: Jefferson School 244 W.l I" Ave Oshkosh, WT, 54902 We are requesting the Minnesota Ave blocked off between 10 & 11 "' Ave, So that we can hull a Bike rodeo for the Jefferson Community area on Thursday May 29 from 5- 7pm. The Oshkosh Police & Fire Departments will be assisting us in providing this for the children. Thanks so mach for considering this. Sine -rely, Ann Rumbuc 920-252-5116 Td Wdz2:80 8002 60 'h MS2-17Zb0Z6: 'ON Xdd 100HSS AdVIN3W313 NOS�I�ddr: WO