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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Rec Advisory Board-Minutes-2/6/1992 DRAFT PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES FEBRUARY 6, 1992 DRAFT CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Linford called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 6, 1992. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Chairman Alan Linford, Vice-Chairman Gail Mills, Cheryl Livingston, Lila Coley, Jack Hartnett, Yvonne Hatton, Mike Billings, Mike Shelton, Paul Vigiletti and Jim Hoff. David Fain, Parks and Recreation Coordinator, Sharon Curry , Recreation Supervisor and Lloyd Wood Public Works Coordinator were present. Special Guests: Mark Howe and David Bagwell ABSENT: none Chairman Linford introduced new Board members Yvonne Hatton and Jack Hartnett. David Fain made a presentation to outgoing members Cheryl Livingston and Lila Coley thanking them for their years of dedicated service to the Board. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Due to his appointment as interim Mayor of COlleyville, Mr. Linford resigned his position on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Gail Mills was appointed acting Chairman until such time as all positions on the Board are filled, at which time an Election of Officers will be scheduled. JIM HOFF NOMINATED IIIKE BILLINGS AS ACTING VICE. CHAIRMAN . MIKE SHELTON SECONDED THE NOMINATION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MIKE BILLINGS lIADE A KOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. JIM: HOFF SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. \ 2. DISCUSSION OF PUD AS IT PERTAINS TO OPEN SPACE A. ROSS DOWNS ESTATES: Mark Howe made a presentation to the Board on a 25 acre tract located at the southwest quadrant of Ross Downs Estates. After discussing various options for locating the open space, the' decision was to place it in the center of the tract with houses surrounding it and making it as accessible as possible to all residents of the subdivision. Improvements will include: open space representing 14% of the total property area; sidewalk/jogging path, wrought iron fencing on the back of the lots to create a wide open feeling; playground equipment; pea gravel; concrete curbing; picnic tables; grill; planting 2-4" trees; overland irrigation system until grass, plant materials are established; good access from all areas. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes of February 6, 1992 Page 2... The Board addressed several concerns regarding the hazards and durabili ty of wood play equipment; who will own the park-homeowners association or City; construction timing of fencing, some type of security lighting, long term maintenance and safety and not meeting the 20% open space requirement. JIM HOFF MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE PARK SUBJECT TO IlEETING CONCERNS AS ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, MIKE BILLINGS AMENDED THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE PLANS BE REPRESENTED TO THE BOARD WITH MORE DETAILS AT THE FINAL PLAT STAGE. JIM HOFF SECONDED THE AMENDMENT WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. B. LONGWOOD ADDITION: David Bagwell presented plans for the Longwood addition. The property attaches to Kimzey Park. The property, representing 28% of open space has an extraordinary amount of native woods. He stated the park should be relatively unimproved because of the outstanding eye appeal and amount of native trees and unique plants located on the property. He recommended improvements be made pursuant to a master plan after the area is settled and residents having input into the amount and type of development to take place. Mr. Bagwell stated the park could serve the purpose of providing a nature area wi thin the City. After much discussion, \ MIKE SHELTON MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PLANS AS PRESENTED WITH THE BOARD SETTING A TIME TO VIEW THE PROPERTY AND AIR. BAGWELL BEING ALLOWED TO PROCEDE WITH HIS PLANS. The Board further discussed the amount and location of proposed parking for the park development. MIKE SHELTON AMENDED THE MOTION TO READ II THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD ACCEPTS THE PLANS AS PRESENTED WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT THE BOARD SETS A TIME TO VIEW THE PROPERTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LOCATE PARKING AT A LATER DATE, AND AIR. BAGWELL BE ALLOWED TO PROCEDE WITH HIS PLANS. II PAUL VIGILETTI SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 3. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPING A PARK AT THE OVERLAND TRAILS WATER TOWER SITE Marilyn Baker Trails water for placement a gazebo. presented plans for the park at the Overland tower. The Board discussed various options of the fence, landscape plans and plans for JIM HOFF IlADE A MOTION THAT LLOYD WOOD RELOCATE THE FENCE, THE COIlllUNITY DESIGN PLANS FOR THE PARK AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD WITH COST ESTIlfATES FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. MIKE BILLINGS SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes of February 6, 1992 Page 3... 4. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER AS A LIAISON TO THE CREATIVE PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE David Fain briefed the Board on the status of the Crea ti ve Playground Committee and stated the Resolution passed by the City Council states the Board will appoint a liaison to serve on the committee. THE CONCENSUS OF THE BOARD WAS FOR YVONNE HATTON AND MIKE BILLINGS SERVE AS CO-LIAISONS TO THE CREATIVE PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE. 5. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ESTABLISHING AN ARTS AND HISTORICAL ADIVSORY BOARD David Fain recommended the Parks Board solicit applications for the Arts and Historical Boards, consider setting the number of positions on both boards, and to allow the Boards to write their own procedures and guidelines. Paul Vigiletti recommended leaving the number of positions open until the Boards are estabblished. Jim Hoff recommended the criteria not be established until such time as the applications have been submitted and reviewed by the Board. PAUL VIGILETTI MADE A MOTION TO ADVERTISE FOR MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE ARTS BOARD AND HISTORICAL BOARD. JIM HOFF SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 6. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A BASKETBALL ADVISORY BOARD \ David Fain briefed the Board on the city athletic associations representing all youth athletic activities within the city with the exception of basketball which is run by the Parks and Recreation Department. He explained because of the tremendous growth experienced by the program that citizen input is becoming increasingly important to provide staff with input to operating the program and to address concerns of those involved with the basketball program. MIKE BILLINGS MADE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH ADVISORY BOARD WITH STAFF ESTABLISHING CRITERIA OF THE BOARD. PAUL VIGILETTI SECONDED THE CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. A BASKETBALL FOR OPERATION MOTION WHICH Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes of February 6, 1992 Page 4... 7. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF NONRESIDENT FEE GUIDELINES AND PARAMETERS Jim Hoff commented that during soccer registrations a number of people had no problems with the nonresident fee, however some could not seperate city and school taxes. He also stated that a significant number of nonresidents contribute time and efforts to the City r s youth programs and that Colleyville residents benefit significantly from these contributions~ He suggested some criteria be established to determine exemptions for the contributors. Jim made a recommendation that guidelines be established and presented to the City Council for approval after baseball and softball registrations are complete and concerns addressed during these registrations can be incorporated into the guidelines. TABLED-NO ACTION TAKEN 8. REPORTS NO REPORTS GIVEN AT THIS TIME 9. OTHER CONCERNS \ PLEASANT RUN PARK: Jim Hoff briefed the Board on the status of Pleasant Run Park. He, Alan Linford, and David Fain will meet with the designers on Friday to discuss plans and tight cost estimates. He stated this is a $2.25 million project and $1.2 million was approved in the bond election; some very tough decisions will have to be made on how to allocate the available funds. The staff group will make recommendations to be presented to the Parks Board at a Public Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 11. The concensus at the Public Meeting will be presented to the City Coucttil for approval. llASTER PLAN COMMITTEE UPDATE: The Board discussed the Master Plan Committee meeting held on WedneSday night. Mike Billings stated the planning maps needed to plan for more parks and additional large tracts of land. Yvonne Hatton stated the land needs to come from residential/commercial areas. Jim Hoff stated the plan does not take into consideration other organized youth acti vi tes that will come into play further down the road. He stated the committee makes recomendations to the City Council and the City Council finds ways to accomplish the recommendations. He stated pieces of property need to be identifed that are residential, but not built for future park development. / Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes of February 6, 1992 Page 5... Yvonne Hatton stated it is not unrealistic to make recommendations to the committee to set aside additional land adjacent to current park land. Jim Hoff suggested taking the land the City currently has and making plans to develop it to the best use. Gail Mills stated a priority should be to purchase land before it is gone. Mike Billings suggested taking page 33 from the Parks Master Plan and a map identifying current land along with addi tonal lands the Park Board would like to see set aside for future park development and presenting as a recommendation to the Master Plan Committee for consideration. PARKS LAND DEDICATION COMMITTEE: David Fain briefed the Board on the Parks Land Dedication Ordinance. The Ordinance states that a committee will be established with two members from the Planning and Zoning Commission and two members from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board serving as members on the committee. The purpose of the committee is to review plans as they pertain to the Parks Land Dedication Ordinance. PAUL VIGILETTI MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT JACK HARTNETT AND THE EIGHTH BOARD MEMBER (WHEN APPOINTED), TO SERVE AS PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PARKS LAND DEDICATION COIBfITTEE. YVONNE HATTON SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. ADJOURN PAUL VIGILETTI MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 11: 15 P.M. MIKE SHELTON SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE. \ Respectfully submitted by: ~..t!J~A~ Sharon Curry, Recreation Supervisor Approved by: David Fain, Parks and Recreation Coordinator