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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 01/14/2015 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Regular Meeting January 14, 2015 5:15 p.m. 6th Floor Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, TX 78401 ➢ The meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m. by Lisa Torres. ➢ Roll Call Roll call was conducted by Hope Herrera and quorum was announced. Members present: C. Anderson, C. Ford, J. Kim, J. Plemons, L. Torres and C. Valdez Sr. Staff present: Stacie Talbert Anaya, Becky Perrin, Joshua Wentworth, John Delgado, Captain Robert Alvarado and Hope Herrera. Members Absent: C. Haney, A. Hunter, D. Lewis, H. Smith ➢ Approval of Minutes Minutes from the October 8th meeting were distributed for review. A motion was made by Carlos Valdez and seconded by Jinsun Kim to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion was unanimously approved. Motion Carried. Minutes approved. ➢ Public Comment -none ➢ Presentations for Discussion and Possible Action Parks and Recreation Athletics&Latchkey/John Delgado------table for February meeting ➢ Old Business and Possible Action ➢ New Business and Possible Action Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition—Tobacco Free Parks Initiative Melissa Hofstetter gave a presentation on what their organization does along with explain what Butt Hunts were and what parks they provide this service to. A Butt Hunt is where they pick up cigarette butts; Melissa had an example of a jar full of them that were collected at one of their visits. They conduct their Butt Hunts in Lamar, Cole and Lakeview parks. They are trying to pass an ordinance to have Smoke-Free Parks all over the City. They are all over social media; Facebook and Twitter. They have a youth summit coming up called SAY WHAT? The committee voted to support the initiative and support the initiative to be taken to City Council; Carlos Valdez motioned, Chris Anderson second,all in favor. ➢ Committee, Liaison/Staff Reports • Finance/Marketing Task Force — Stacie sent out a marketing survey about 3 weeks ago and has had no response. She will send out again, please send in your responses before next meeting. • Program Development Task Force— no meeting • TAC/Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee Liaison—no meeting • Planning &Development Task Force—Presentation from Robert Janak(landscape architect)and Jamie Pyle (Capital Projects) on Artisan Park Project. Showed plans, concrete needs to be replaced, showed what needed to be demolished, adding landscaping, lighting, painting, flowers, roses and small picket fence. • Watershore& Beach Advisory Committee Liaison—no meeting • Police Department Report—tabled report on BMX park until February • Special Project Task Force—no meeting • Planning Department Report—no meeting • Horticulture Task Force—no meeting ➢ Director/Assistant Director Report—S. Talbert Anaya o Changes going on in Parks and Recreation Department: Becky Perrin has been appointed as AIC-Assistant Director while Stacie is AIC-Director. Lisa Oliver will be Interim Superintendent for Senior Services after Elsa Munoz retires at the end of the month. a) January 28th—Walk the Halls in Austin—Stacie will be attending b) Special events ordinance is being reviewed and updated. This is to realign how the city takes applications for special events that shuts down streets, police, solid waste, traffic engineering and all other departments involved. There is a $50 application fee for a special event. c) Shoreline Realignment Project — It was discussed at council meeting yesterday. They all voiced that they wanted more shaded areas, they want a stage pad added where Memorial Coliseum was previously, upgrade Sherrill Park, add restrooms and finally shut down the part of the street that will become space to enjoy. d) Making the leap to apply for the accreditation process. This will make us go from "good to great." Need to have a marketing plan in place also a programs master plan. Just wanted to let you know what was going on and will keep you in the loop throughout the process. It is a 24 month process. Stacie will send a link with more information. ➢ Committee Member Comments/Announcements: • Lisa Torres wanted to thank everyone for attending tonight's meeting despite the location change for the meeting. Second, she wanted to wish Rita Padron well as she has resigned from the committee. Rita put in great work with the PRAC committee; we thank her for her service and wish her well in her future endeavors. ➢ Identify items to be placed on next agenda: Bayfront Park -rules and report Update on the concession stand on the seawall ➢ Adjournment -A motion was made by Carlos Valdez to adjourn the meeting and seconded by Chris Anderson. The motion was unanimously approved. Motion Carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.