HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 03/10/2016 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, March 10, 2016 5:30 p.m.
Third Floor Conference Room, City Hall
1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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MINUTES
I. Call to Order by Chairman Rick Pedraza
11. Roll Call of Members-Roll call was conducted by Hope Herrera. Members present: Dotson Lewis,Alissa
Mejia, Doug McBee, Rick Pedraza, Huxley Smith, Carlos Valdez and Adam Alvarez
Staff present: Stacie Talbert Anaya, Becky Perrin, Hope Herrera
Members Absent: Gary McCoig, Jerry Plemons, Chris Anderson, Kamlesh Bhikha
111. Adoption of Minutes- Regular meeting — January 13, 2016 meeting with corrections, First Dotson Lewis,
February 10, 2016 meeting with corrections requested by Huxley Smith...correct and present for adoption at
April meeting
IV. Public Comment
Please be advised that the Open Meetings Act prohibits the committee from responding and discussing your
comments at length. The law only authorizes members to make a statement of factual information, recite an
existing policy in response to the inquiry, or advise the citizen that this subject will be placed on an agenda
at a later date.
V. Police Department Report—n/a
VI. Presentation for Discussion and Possible Action
• Strategic Plan for Active Mobility—Brigida Gonzalez—Assistant Director of Planning
• Motion for Support—Carlos Valdez—first, Huxley Smith—second, all in favor
VI 1. Old Business for Discussion and Possible Action
VIII. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
• West Haven Park Partnership-Resolution of Support
• Carlos Valdez—first, Rick Pedraza—second, all in favor—Huxley Smith abstains
IX. Committee, Liaison/Staff Reports—
• Finance/Marketing Task Force—
• Horticulture Task Force—Carlos Valdez&Huxley Smith visited Barnes Elementary with some first responders and talked
to the kids about littering,what's going on in the community and much more
• Program Development Task Force—
• Watershore&Beach Advisory Committee Liaison—Campfire Ordinance passed through Council
• Planning&Development Task Force—
• Special Project Task Force—
Director/Assistant Director Report
a) 2012 Bond Update—handout given with all the info on projects
b) Surplus Parkland Sales Update—offers on 6 parks and 2 bidding wars
c) Update on Aviator Memorial—no update, no response from Chris Keech, will try again
d) Recreation master Plan Update—Ken Ballard will be here in April to go over the Survey
results. There were 201 responses, most wanted focus on playgrounds, Heritage Park and
picnic shelters. Athletics has the highest ratings with all the activities they offer, they also
showed that people want money put into existing facilities and not into creating new ones.
e) Spring Break 2016 Update—Everything is in place and the Beach Crew is ready for Spring
Break, Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve is having a camp all week with a variety of activities,
Latchkey open at Galvan Elementary and Rec Centers are having Fishing Camp and
partnering with Senior Centers
X. Committee Member Comments/Announcements
• Carlos Valdez—MPO great report, very interesting
• Huxley Smith—Hopes ideas come through with MPO
• Rick Pedraza—Commented that MPO has 10 year plan in place
• Doug McBee—wants an update on plans for Beach to Bay
XI. Identify items to be placed on next agenda—April 13, 2016
• Update on WellMed—please send invite for Grand Opening scheduled for March 3151 at 9:30 am
• Discuss and decide if PRAC will be visiting sites during meeting times
XI I. Adjournment @ 6:45 pm