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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 02/13/2013PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Regular Meeting February 13, 2013 5:00 p.m. Sixth Floor Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Rita Padron Dorian Ramirez Sylvia (S.) Campos Ron Woods Carlos Valdez Rick Barrera Huxley Smith Carlos Haney Jesse Garcia Jinsun Kim Lisa Torres Richard Avila Michael Morris Stacie Talbert I. Call to Order Chair, Lisa Torres was not present due to Jury Duty obligations. Carlos Haney, Vice - Chair, called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. II. Roll Call of Members The recording secretary called roll and announced a quorum was present. III. Adoption of Minutes Regular Meeting of January 9 2013 Huxley Smith motioned to accept minutes of January 9, 2013. Rita`Padron seconded. Minutes approved. IV. Public Comment — Rick Sanchez, Jazz Festival Society Representative, will await the proposed presentation by the Rotary Club for plans on a Gazebo /Bandstand at Heritage Park. The plans may affect the Jazz Festival. He will refrain from comments until after the presentation. V. Presentation and Possible Action — Rotary Club Gazebo /Bandstand - Art Azeitler, Johnny Cotten (Architect) and David Underbrink (Project Engineer), representatives with the Rotary Club of Corpus Christi; made their presentation on plans to gift (donate) a Gazebo /Bandstand to the City of Corpus Christi to possibly be housed at Heritage Park. The presentation provided specifications on the $130,000 project from materials to design. It also factored in that the project would generate revenue for the City. The committee decided to table the item for possible endorsement to the City Council after the Rotary Club meets with the different organizations that would be impacted by the project for further discussion and possible adjustments. ❖ Labonte Park — Rita Pardon reported that the park is an eye sore seen by millions of individuals who drive - by yearly. The numbers will double even triple by 2014 with the ground breaking of the new Outlet Mall in Robstown. The presentation provided information about park activities, history, inventory and even photos that depicted lack of park maintenance. She feels that if the Master Gardeners took on the project or even by moving beautification from Artesian Park to Labonte Park it would help liven it up. Home Depot volunteered to donate items to the park beautification. Beautification might interest park adoption. After some discussion, the item was tabled for the March meeting pending information on the circular flowerbed to establish if it currently has irrigation and electrical supply. PRAC Regular Meeting 02/13/13 VI. Old Business and Possible Action — Artesian Park — Huxley Smith reported a big change at Artesian Park. The PRAC sign is up. Stacie Talbert reported that when the Bond for Community Enrichment passed it included in the bond $75,000 for improvements at Artesian Park. The monies will be used for historical homage, landscaping /irrigation and a workshop with the Architect ❖ PSA /Magazine Article - Carlos Haney reported that the article is ready to go. The article will appear in a Tejano magazine pending information on PRAC members Carlos Valdez Sr. and Huxley Smith. The article date is unknown. The PSA shoot is scheduled for March at McGee Beach. Everyone is invited to participate. The PSA should be finished and ready for presentation at the March meeting. VII. New Business and Possible Action — ❖ Horticulture Task Force - Rick Barrera nominated Carlos Valdez Sr. to head the Horticulture Task Force. The item was tabled for the March meeting. Butterfly Garden Grant — Carlos Valdez Sr. provided a brief presentation on a grant to bring back Monarch Butterflies. This would be a great opportunity to make our parks more attractive by making them Wild Life Sanctuaries. Huge migrations converge through the area allowing the opportunity to capture some of the migration and help it remain in our area. The presentation explained the butterfly metamorphosis and how the Butterfly Weed (Milk Weed) plant which is the primary food for the Monarch Butterfly would help to maintain the return of the butterflies. The grant application needs to be submitted by March 15, 2013. If the timeline is not met, it would be something to consider for the future. Oso Park would be a place to consider. The Parks and Recreation staff will look into the grant application and see if it can get completed by the deadline. ❖ PRAC Appointment Nominations — Item was tabled for March meeting. VIII. Committee, Liaison /Staff Reports • PSA, Finance /Marketing Task Force — Carlos Athletics Task Force - Richard Avila, Rita Haney, Lisa Torres, and Rick Barrera - no Padron, and Ron Woods — Ron Woods report. reported that the HEB Tennis Center work has Program Development Task Force — Ron Woods, Sylvia Samaniego, Jinsun Kim, and Rita Padron — Sylvia Samaniego reported the seedling giveaway was a success. 1100 seedlings given out. $240 in donations will be used to purchase more seedlings. There was a newspaper article on Tree Ordinance passing 1 St reading. 2 nd reading will hopefully pass in the next couple weeks. • Volunteers Program Task Force — Rita Padron - no report. been progressing well. Courts were ready for Jr. Championship Tournament. 300 kids participated. 'four courts remaining to be completed. Two will be ready this weekend and two will be ready by end of month. The hazard areas have been fixed. Have received better attitudes from the changes. Received good grades on the section report. TAC /Bicvcle and Pedestrian Subcommittee — Huxley Smith reported - no meeting • Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee — Lisa Torres — no report. • Planning & Development Task Force — no 0 Planning Department Liaison — report. • Police Department Liaison — Asst. Chief Garcia reported that the Uniform Division has been split between Commander Presley and Commander Houston. CCPD has received more calls than others on activity taking place. Early morning moped patrol continues to clear squatter camping at Blucher Park. PRAC Regular Meeting 02/13/13 2 Commanders will report at April meeting. Director/ Assistant Director - Mike provided update. Bond 2012 contract for design engineers going to City Council in March. Information will not be available for 5 — 6 months. North Beach Update on Promenade Archway on beach walk has been completed. Wooden structure on far end. Project turned out well. Entry arch has been rebidded. Work will be completed in May. Bathroom building will have to be built up 15 feet in air for a cost of $16,000. Currently do not have the funding for the building so a restroom on wheels will be installed. There is no deadline for that will hopefully be completed by the Fall. The Stripes flooring will start to be installed once the league is done in March at Ben Garza Gym. American Bank Center will assist in laying it late March. Once installed it will start be used. Destination Bayfront presentation next Tuesday. A lot of discussion with City Council, the following week there will be a resolution and contract to consultant on design documents and place referendum on bond for November of 2014. IX. Identify items to be placed on next agenda Plastic Bags Presentation Rotary Club Gazebo /Bandstand Labonte Park — ElectricityM/ater Update Horticulture Task Force PRAC Appointment Nominations Soil Analyzes Results Native Habitats Bond 2012 Update X. Adjournment As there was no further business, Huxley Smith motions to' adjourn "the meeting, Rita Padron seconds. Vice -Chair Carlos Haney adjourns at 6:52 p.m. PRAC Regular Meeting 02/13/13