I'd like to call the uh meeting of the Board of Parks Commissioners regular meeting for Wednesday June 17th, 2026 to order.

First item on the agenda is a meeting memorandum from June third to have a motion for approval.

So moved.

Second.

Motion is second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Motion carries.

We have several consent agenda items.

The first one is approval and execute agreement.

Uh Amazonia recommissioning controls with train USA Inc.

for Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden.

Request permission to donate two golf passes.

Uh for Tri-State Senior Wishes Fundraiser.

Uh approve and execute swim team coordinator services agreement with Jeremy Wolfe and approve and execute swim team coordinator services agreement with Lindsay Briley.

Do I have a motion for approval of the consent agenda items?

Second.

Well, motion and a second, all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

There is no old business.

New business request permission for the Evansville Climate Collaborative to place anti-idling signs at the following park.

Parking lot locations, Swander Ice Arena, Westman Park, Deakiness Aquatic Center, Garpen Park, Riverfront Parks, Lorraine Pool, Mosby Pool, Rochelle Pool, and Casey Newsom Center.

So the Evansville Climate Collaborative is working to implement strategies in Evansville Climate Action Plan, including Transportation Strategy T ten, which is to minimize vehicle idling through advocacy and anti-idling zones.

Less vehicle idling means less air pollution, better air quality, and improved public health.

In twenty twenty-four, the climate collaborative partnered with WNIN to conduct a creative media contest in which high school students created educational signs to increase public awareness about the negative impacts of vehicle idling.

Those three signs from the contest were printed on yard signs to be used in a future anti-idling campaign, and I have brought them for you below.

Those three are leaned up against the podium.

We would like to conduct such a campaign this summer because he increases air quality problems and alert days in Evansville.

We plan to place an assortment of these yard signs around the city mid-June through mid-August.

We will be placing the signs on the city and public properties, and we would like to include many of our city parks.

We are requesting your support to place the signs around the parking lots and select city parks and pools.

We wish to include Westman Park, Swander Ice Arena, Deaconess Aquatic Center, Garvin Park, CK Newsome, Riverfront Parks, and three city pools.

We have already gotten the permission and the support of the Evansville Vanderburgh County building Authority, Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, Evansville Levy Authority, and the Evansville Museum to place these signs on the properties that they manage.

We seek your approval so that we can reach the maximum impact of the campaign.

Thank you for considering our request, and I'm happy to take any questions.

You are only gonna post them for the summer, you're not gonna leave them up year-round.

We're mainly putting them up in the summer because that is when idling is the worst because that sunlight interacts with the chemicals that vehicle emissions release.

So that's kind of what creates ozone issues.

We're looking into maybe expanding the campaign into the fall, specifically maybe with some of the universities.

Um, but for those public properties, we're primarily looking for just the summer for right now.

Understood.

So you're just trying to change behavior.

There is no enforcement involved with this.

Yeah, it's mostly just encouraging and kind of increasing education.

One of the signs down there does have kind of other activities people can do instead of leaving their car on.

So it's mostly just kind of public awareness getting people to think about it, not as much forcing people at the moment.

Um, but we're thinking it's a good at least campaign to get people engaged in sustainable behavior.

Have you worked with other communities that are involved with the program?

I don't believe so.

I think it was just a contest for primarily like the Evansville area.

Um we're mostly looking in this area since there is a lot of like vehicle traffic, especially kind of in downtown areas.

Um we do have, I think around 350 signs.

So it's definitely something we could try to expand into other areas that would be interested, and they're reusable.

So we can always take them for the summer and maybe look into other areas for next year, but we're just kind of thinking of a pilot kind of program for right now just to get the signs out.

All right, any other questions?

I was just going to add that the climate collaborative is doing great work in our city, and I'm excited about this opportunity to be able to support them even in a small way.

So I'll entertain a motion for approval.

So moved.

Second.