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OSHKOSH ADVISORY PARKS BOARD AGENDA
ROOM 404 (4^TH FLOOR), CITY HALL
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
September 9, 2024
6:00 p.m.

If anyone requires reasonable ADA accommodations, please contact the Parks Department at emaertz@oshkoshwi.gov, or phone 920-236-5080.

CALL TO ORDER (6:00 PM)

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

August 12, 2024 Minutes

CITIZEN STATEMENTS (Items not listed on this agenda)
(Statements are limited to five (5) minutes; they must address items that are not listed on the meeting agenda, are limited to issues that have an impact on the City of Oshkosh and the Advisory Parks Board may address at a future meeting, and must not include endorsements of any candidates or other electioneering. If you require more time please inform the Chair at the beginning of your presentation.)

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Discuss and recommend extension of the no wake zone between the Oshkosh Avenue bridge and Wisconsin Street bridge

Discuss and recommend 2025 fees for Pollock Community Water Park

STAFF REPORTS

Assistant Park Director (Dallman)
- Update on Completed Rusch Park Trail Improvements
- Update on 44th Parallel Playground Project
Revenue Facilities Manager (McCollian)
- Update on zoo education programs and paticipation numbers through August
- Update on Brews on the Bay events
- Update on September events: Snooze at the Zoo and Touch a Truck

OTHER BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING DATE: October 14, 2024

TO:

Advisory Parks Board

FROM:

Ray Maurer

DATE:

09/09/2024

SUBJECT:

August 12, 2024 Minutes

Attachments

August 12, 2024 APB Meeting Minutes

TO:

Advisory Parks Board

FROM:

Ray Maurer

DATE:

09/09/2024

SUBJECT:

Discuss and recommend extension of the no wake zone between the Oshkosh Avenue bridge and Wisconsin Street bridge

BACKGROUND

At its meeting on Monday, September 9, 2024, the Advisory Park Board will discuss a request to extend the no wake zone in the Fox River. Section 30.77 of the Wisconsin Statutes authorizes the City of Oshkosh to enact ordinances applicable on the waters of the State that lie within its jurisdiction. Such regulations are specifically authorized to include restrictions on speed.

There is currently established a No Wake Zone within the Fox River in and around the Oshkosh/Congress Avenue Bridge in the municipal code.

SECTION 17-29 _ SPEED LIMITS FOR MOTORBOATS

No person shall drive or operate a motorboat at a speed in excess of slow-no-wake speed on the following waterways:
1. Fox River, from a point 900 feet south of the Canadian National Railroad bridge north-northwesterly to a point under or through the Oregon/Jackson Street bridge; under or through the Wisconsin/Ohio Street bridge, under or through the Oshkosh/Congress Avenue bridge from a point 1,600 feet south/downstream to a point 1,900 feet north/upstream of the bridge.

The city has received a request from the Riverwatch Condominium Association, located at 240 N. Campbell Road, to extend the no wake zone in the Fox River to encompass the entire river between the Oshkosh Avenue bridge to the Wisconsin Street bridge. The request is being made due to reported erosion along their shoreline property. This matter will be considered by the Advisory Parks Board at the meeting and ultimately the Common Council will make a final decision on the request at an upcoming meeting.

By statute, the Common Council is required to take into account certain factors when considering whether to exercise its authority to enact ordinances applicable on any waters of the State of Wisconsin. These factors are:

The type, size, shape and depth of the body of water and any features of special environmental significance that the body of water has.
The amount, type and speed of boating traffic on the body of water and boating safety and congestion; and
The degree to which the boating traffic on the body of water affects other recreational uses and the public's health, safety and welfare, including the public's interest in preserving the state's natural resources.

After consideration of these factors, the Common Council will ultimately determine whether or not to extend the no wake zone as requested. If approved, the placement of additional navigational aides or buoys would be required and the Wisconsin Administrative Code requires that application be made to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for approval of the proposed placements of these. City staff would make the appropriate application to the DNR.

Included in your packet is correspondence from individuals opposed to the no wake extension.

Attachments

Mercury Marine Input

Kubasta's Landing, LLC Input

TO:

Advisory Parks Board

FROM:

Ray Maurer

DATE:

09/09/2024

SUBJECT:

Discuss and recommend 2025 fees for Pollock Community Water Park

BACKGROUND

As part of the annual departmental review of fees, staff is recommending an increase in various fees for Pollock Community Water Park in 2025. In 2020 the daily admission fees were increased slightly; in 2022 the season pass fees and daily admission fees were increased. The proposed increase in fees is necessary to help offset pool staffing costs to remain competitive with the market, as well as increased operating costs.

We surveyed eight other area municipal pools, reviewing information and comparing fees from 2024. Please see the attached document for that information. Also attached are the proposed fees for 2025; staff is also recommending elimination of the reduced evening fee after 5PM.

Based on the past three-year average for each category of fees, the total estimated increase in revenue with these increases would be approximately $20,000 - $25,000.

Attachments

Municipal Pool Rate Comparison

Proposed 2025 Pool Rates