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PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Special Called Meeting
October 15, 2003, 5:00 p.m.
City Hall—Basement Training Room
1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, TX
Members Present Members Absent Staff Present
Gloria Aguilar Gregory Perkes Dorrinda Garza Margie Rose
Anne Baker Maria Ramos Rome Gregorio David Ondrias
Sandra Billish Megan Welch Linda Hodge
Clifford Bost Karen Woodard K Chute
Davie Cissna
CALL TO ORDER: Chair, Sandra Billish called the meeting of the Park and Recreation
Advisory Committee to order at 5:05 p.m.
Because of lack of quorum Roy Pell, Chairman of the Water/Shore Advisory Committee, did
not call their portion of the meeting to order.
II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: The recording secretary called the membership roll for the Park
& Recreation Advisory Committee and announced that a quorum was present.
III. PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL
AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN by Robert Payne and Mic Raasch of the City's Planning
Department.
(Greg Parkes arrived at 5:15 pm.)
At 5:42 p.m. Roy Pell, Chairman of the Water/Shore Advisory Committee announced that due
to a lack of quorum the Water/Shore Advisory Committee portion of the meeting would not be
held.
The Park & Recreation Advisory Committee received the PowerPoint presentation and
handout titled, Discussion of the South Central Area Development Plan Capital Improvements.
Discussion was held with questions asked and answered.
(Maria Ramos left at 6:03 pm. Anne Baker left at 6:10 pm. Megan Welch left at 6:12 pm.)
Greg Perkes made a motion to endorse the concepts pertinent to the Park & Recreation
Department of the South Central Area Development Plan with the following considerations
made to the handout dated October 15, 2003, titled Discussion of the South Central Area
Development Plan Capital Improvements:
>delete the Long Term Projects suggestion of joining the T-heads and eliminating the stem of
the Lawrence St. T-head.
>delete item #1, regarding traffic control, of the Long Term Projects from the Park &
Recreation section.
>In the same section, item #4, strike the word 'passive' from the recreation park improvements
for Blucher and South Bluff Parks.
>In the same section, item #5, strike the word 'purchase' and use the following, 'possible
expansion of land and connection of Blucher Park to South Bluff Park emphasizing ADA
compliance and overall maintenance of the area'.
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>The South Bluff Park area could host a small Festival Site.
>Concern is expressed regarding the McGee Beach Amphitheatre.
Clifford Bost seconded. The motion passed.
Michael Gunning, Director of the Planning Department, along with Robert Payne and Mic
Raasch expressed their appreciation for the committee's efforts toward their recent project
presentations.
Clifford Bost expressed concern with the ADA requirements and the City's accommodations.
He requested an agenda item to discuss this topic.
IV. ADJOURNMENT:
Davie Cissna made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:04 p.m. Gloria Aguilar seconded.
The motion passed.
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David Ondrias, Acting Director
Park and Recreation