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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 09/14/2005 � 1✓ d PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE,Regular Meeting September 14,2006,6:00 p.m. Sixth Floor Conference Room,City Hall 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi,TX Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Sandy Billish Jaime Pyle Rome Gregorio Sally Gavlik David Cissna Buddy Sparks K Chute Doninda Garza Carl Suding Lisa Aguilar Gregory Perkes Mad Whitworth Art Sosa Hunter Young Billy Delgado I. CALL TO ORDER OF THE PARKS&RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair,Sandy Billish called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The recording secretary called roll and announced that a quorum was present. Ill. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting,July 13, 2005 Greg Parkes made a motion to accept the minutes. Buddy Sparks seconded. Motion passed. IV. Hear from the Public:-none V. BUSINESS A. PRESENTATIONS,DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION . , 1. Nancy Todd Garrett Memorial Park Plan Sandy Wish provided a brief history of Nancy and Henry Garrett's relationship with the park. An invitation to the committee was extended to attend the dedication on Saturday, September 24"'at 10:30 am. The park sign will be unveiled and the Master Plan drawing will be on display. Art Sosa then gave the description,dimension and location of the park. The scope of the Master Plan Includes a small basketball court, additional trees and picnic tables and will be accessible from both sides of the park. Friends of the Parks will coordinate donations and fundraising for the park improvements. Informational handouts were distributed. Buddy Sparks made a motion to approve the plan. Greg Perkes seconded. Motion passed. This item Is scheduled for the September 20th Council agenda. 2. Cole Park Master Plan Jim Car0lo of Half Associates presented the Cole Park Master Plan and summarized the improvements and immunities. Questions were asked by the committee and Jim Carrillo and Sally Gavlik responded. Sandy Nish then opened the floor to the public who wished to address the committee. There were 44 residents of the Marina Del Sol in attendance. Nine of their representatives spoke to the committee about their concerns with the skatepark immunity. Hank Read, LaDonna Tydloche,James and Margaret Eskew, Ned Bowersox, Rachel and Joel Villarreal, Georgia Duff,and Dr. Sam Jenkins expressed concerns about the noise levels, proximity to and conflicts with other activity sites or activities, accessibility to a bus route,safety of pedestrians on a busy through fare and security/supervision at the skatepark,maintenance and sanitation of the site, availability of other possible skatepark sites in the city, property Sk rw r� �d(f o1 � INED 41100 devaluation, change of citizens using the park and other previously expressed concerns at our public meetings. Buddy Sparks made a motion to approve the Cole Park Master Plan as presented, excluding a skatepar t in the Cole Park Master Plan. Mad Whitworth seconded. Motion passed. Hunter Young voted against. Greg Perces abstained. Hunter Young made a motion in the event the Parks&Recreation Advisory Committee's recommendation does not pass the Council's expectation,then the Parks&Recreation Advisory Committee approves Site A for the skatepark location. There was no second. Motion failed for lack of a second. B. NEW BUSINESS, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION Election of Officers Sandy Billish requested Sally Gavlik lead the Election of Chair, since the Vice Chair was not present. Sally Gavlik requested nominations from the floor. Doninda Garza nominated Sandy Billish continue has chair. Mad Whitworth seconded. There were no other nominations. Sandy British was approved by acclamation. Sally Gavlik then returned leadership to Sandy Billish who accepted nominations from the floor for Vice Chair. Greg Perces volunteered. Hunter Young nominated Greg Perkes. Cad Suding seconded. Cad Suding was asked but declined. Motion passed. C. OLD BUSINESS-none VI. COMMITTEE,LIAISON/STAFF REPORTS Sandy Billish recognized Charlotte Hutchinson and Pat Rousseau of the Pope Parks Improvement Project Committee to address the committee. Charlotte Hutchinson requested an update on the status of their bench Installation. Pat Rousseau expressed concern about the delay of this project. Sally Gavlik explained the process for citizen based park improvement projects. Currently, there are 15 parks to be improved in the 2004 Bond project. Staff is working to start a Force Account crew dedicated to such projects for the Parks & Recreation Department. The department is working to have this crew available in October to complete the improvements in those designated 15 parks within a one year timeframe. (Buddy Sparks left at 6:30 pm.) DIRECTOR'S REPORT Sally Gavlik provided an update on the 2004 Bond projects as described above. The Parks&Recreation 2005-2006 approved Fee Schedule was distributed. Sally Gavlik told the committee that the Landmark Commission denied the Buc Commission's request to install a flag pole in front of the Jalufka House In Heritage Park to display their Buc Day's flag. Therefore,the Item would not be coming back to the committee. Sally Gaviik also reported the SMART program Council Agenda Item will be scheduled when Mark Lord is able to make the presentation, probably In October. Sally Gavilk reported the Parks & Recreation staff involvement with the hurricane Katrina evacuees. The department had 53 staff working the shelters 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. The Park Operations staff worked to prepare the buildings, made temporary basketball courts, and showers for our guests along with any other task asked of them. Our Administration Staff worked at the Emergency Operations Center 7/24s. Overall, she felt staff did a great Job and the city's response to this emergency was wonderful. Greg Perkes asked about the swimming pool Improvements status as addressed In the Bond 2004. He has information about obtaining a slide that he will share at another time. FINANCE/BUDGET SUB-COMMITTEE: IS 419 Sandy Billish reported that she, Rome Gregorio and Chris Seminar met last week. Chris Semtner will provide the reports of the department's budget year-to-date figures from FY 03-04 and FY 04-05 for review in October. GREENS SUB-COMMITTEE: Cad Suding reported the committee met August 30 but did not have a quorum. They did receive a finance handout for review and an update on the Bond 2004 projects. PARK DEDICATION ORDINANCE REVIEW Art Sosa reported on staffs work. Recently a comparison was begun with College Station. Duncan and Associates is reviewing the current codes regarding the multi housing units. A report copy will be provided upon completion. Greg Perkes requested a preview copy, it possible. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: DoMnda Garza reported the new Aquatics Director is Daniel Vargas. The committee is working on a possible inner generational program. (Hunter Young left at 6:55 pm.) ARCHITECT/PARK PLANNER Art Sosa spoke of an Eagle Scout Project to help protect the wetlands. Brian Smith will be invited to present his project to the committee at their October meeting. The Vinyard Park neighbors are raising money to improve their park with playground equipment. Douden Park neighbors have expressed similar Interests for their park PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SUB-COMMITTEE: Jaime Pyle reported the appropriate plats were reviewed and the committee concurred with staff recommendations. Staff Is working on apartment property park land allocations to be addressed during the permitting process. They will provide a progress report as the project develops. DIRECTOR'S REPORT continued: Sally Gavlik announced the Parks & Recreation Department has been awarded a trail grant for West Guth Park. And a Texas Forest Service grant to create a Forester position has also been awarded to the Parks&Recreation Department. Sally Gavlik then introduced new member,Teresa Carrillo. The committee welcomed Ms.Carrillo. VII. COMMITTEE CONCERNS— Cad Suding requested information about the city's lot on the island. VIII. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION,AGENDA ITEMS -none IX. ADJOURNMENT Doming Garza made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Marl Whitworth seconded. The meeting was adjourned by Sandy Billish at 7:05 pm. Ail 41 IU' Sally Gavlik, Director Parks and Recreation Department