HomeMy WebLinkAboutPond Naming Ad Hoc Minutes - FINAL May 1, 2017 City of Colleyville Page 1
City of Colleyville
Colleyville Nature Center
Pond Naming Ad Hoc
Committee
MINUTES
City Hall
100 Main Street
Colleyville, Texas
76034
817.503.1000
www.colleyville.com
Monday, May 1,
2017
6:00 p.m.
Parks Administration Office
5109 Bransford Road
1. CALL TO ORDER
Parks Manager, Heather Dowell called the meeting of the Colleyville Nature Center
Pond Naming Ad Hoc Committee to order on May 1, 2017, at 6:13 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Board Members Rich Hendler, Cliff LeBlanc, and John Hillebrand. City
staff: Parks Manager Heather Dowell and Administrative Support Specialist Julie
Prewitt.
Absent: Board Member Natalie Genco and Ajit Purandare.
2. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
2a Introduction of Colleyville Nature Center Pond Naming Ad
Hoc Committee members
All board members present had previously met and Parks Manger Dowell
moved on to the next item on the agenda.
2b Colleyville Nature Center Pond Naming Ad Hoc Committee charge
and timeline
All board members present consented to having Parks Manager Dowell facilitate
the meeting and agreed to move on to the next agenda item.
Board member Rich Hendler asked about the approval process of the names.
Manager Dowell confirmed the Colleyville Nature Center Pond names
recommended will be brought back to the Parks and Recreation Advisory
committee for consideration. The names the Parks and Recreation Advisory
board recommends will be sent on to City Council for consideration.
2c Consideration of naming the ponds located at the Nature Center
Colleyville Nature Center Pond
Naming Ad Hoc Committee MINUTES May 1, 2017
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Board member Cliff LeBlanc moved to recommend the names previously presented
by the Facebook Friends/Colleyville Nature Center, on April 10, 2017, for the
Colleyville Nature Center Ponds to be recommended to the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board. Board Member Rich Hendler seconded the motion. The motion
carried unanimously.
The Colleyville Nature Center Pond Names recommended will be presented to the
Parks and Recreation Advisory board at its next regularly scheduled meeting in
July 2017.
According to the bylaws, Article IV, Section 4.9 of the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Boar the subcommittee will be dissolved upon completion of the charge
or task.
Board member Rich Hendler asked if there was any way to move the timeline up in
the interest of safety. Manager Dowell stated we cannot change the process. We
can give the map of the pond names just recommended to the police and fire,
letting them know these are the proposed names. However, a citizen will not know
of the names unless they are a member of the Facebook group Friends/Colleyville
Nature Center.
Board member John Hillebrand asked when the Ad Hoc committee returns to the
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board they could recommend that signage for the
ponds be an Eagle Scout project. Manager Dowell stated she would rather wait on
signage until the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan is completed. As
we progress there will be a need for signage for the general population, to identify
items and make it educational too.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Board member Cliff LeBlanc moved to adjourn the meeting, and board member
John Hillebrand seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Parks Manager Heather
Dowell adjourned the meeting at 6:23 p.m.
APPROVED BY A VOTE OF 8 AYES, 0 NAYS, AND 0 ABSTENTIONS ON THIS THE
10th DAY OF July 2017.
Minutes taken and prepared by:
Julie Prewitt
Administrative Support Specialist