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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 10/12/2011 tett PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ZEIN/ // fill Regular Meeting October 12,2011,5:00 p.m. Sixth Floor Conference Room,City Hall 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi,TX 78401 Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Rene Gutierrez Jinsun Kim Michael Morris Carlos Haney Ron Woods Stacie Talbert Rita Padron Tracey Weber Dorian Ramirez Sylvia Samaniego Huxley Smith Rick Barrera Lisa Torres I. Call to Order Chair, Rene Gutierrez called the meeting to order at 5:02 pm. II. Roll Call of Members The recording secretary called roll and announced a quorum was present. III. Adoption of Minutes Regular meeting of September 14, 2011 Rita Padron motioned to accept September 14, 2011 minutes. Huxley Smith seconded. Motion carries. IV. Public Comment No Public Comment V. Presentations No Presentations VI. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action No New Business for Discussion and Possible Action VII. Committee, Liaison/Staff Reports Finance/Marketing Sub-Committee- no report; Special Proiects Report — Joshua Wentworth - Rick Barrera changed the Twitter account name Report provided for PRAC in Agenda packet. to CorpusParks. Program Development Sub-Committee— No Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee report Liaison - No report Volunteers Program Task Force—Rita Padron—. TAG/Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee — Trying to meet with Becky Perrin. Huxley Smith—nothing to report PRAC Regular Meeting 10/12/11 SCANNED Special Proiect Task Group—Chair, Rene Gutierrez asked for volunteers for Trees Task Force. There was some discussion about Urban Forrester, Tree City USA, etc. It was suggested that PRAC receive a presentation from the State Urban Forrester, before making a decision on whether to create a Tree Task Force. Director/Assistant Director - a. City Code—Waterways Update—Stacie Talbert—Complete list provided for PRAC in Agenda packet—quite a few of them with items working - LaBonte Park—working on permitting process, Cole Park—ongoing Bond Project, Suter—making Nature Tourism site, Turtle Cove—one of the 15 Parks, Oso Bay Wetlands Master Plan presented to City Council. b. FY12 Annual Report—Michael Morris—Provided in Agenda packet. Summarizes accomplishments for the year, goals for next year, and Performance Measures. c. Master Plan Update—Michael Morris—Lloyd Lentz with Haltt Associates met with the Master Plan Committee, shared results of phone and web survey. Interesting things noted, Cole Park outweighed the other parks by a large amount. The survey asked about current activities and activities they would like to have, narrowing to 10 priorities to focus on in the recommendations. Huxley Smith asked what that means for parks that don't make the list. Mr. Morris said that a recommendation could be made to repurpose, adopt, or made to be more natural. Vice Chair, Lisa Torres asked Rita Padron, PRAC Liaison to the Master Plan Committee to share her thoughts regarding. Rita has visited all 196 parks in Corpus Christi and feels that there are definitely parks that are underutilized and feels that citizens are interested in our parks but haven't been approached. d. Destination Bayfront Update—Michael Morris—RFP went out for a consultant to design what goes at Destination Bayfront. Parks and Recreation and Engineering departments have joined with Destination Bayfront to help in the process. World wide firms making presentations for the RFP. VIII. Identify items to be placed on next agenda Regional Urban Forrester Presentation Election of Officers 15 Parks Update Penny Plover Update Dog Park, Bill Witt Update Tracking Trees—Development Services IX. Adjournment As there was no further business, Rick Barrera made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Lisa Torres seconded. There was no opposition. Chair, Rene Gutierrez adjourned at 6:22 pm. Michael Morris, Director Parks& Recreation Department PRAC Regular Meeting 10/12/11 2