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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee - 09/13/2006 Ill0 PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Regular Meeting y67 8 g r0�,. September 13,2006, 5:00 p.m. n Sixth Floor Conference Room, City Hall 1201 Leopard St., Corpus Christi,TX / Pm, O Q Members Present Members Absent Staff Present Teresa Carrillo Sandy Billish Sally Gavlik c� Dorrinda Garza Garrett Dorsey K Chute 4 !`' Jaime Pyle Gregory Perkes Doyle Curtis -cSS _ NIS Buddy Sparks Russell Stowers Peter Davidson -Carl Suding Mari Whitworth Billy Delgado Hunter Young Chris Semtner Reba George I. CALL TO ORDER OF THE PARKS& RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chair, Hunter Young called the meeting to order at 5:06 p.m. II. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The recording secretary called roll and announced that a quorum was present. III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES Regular Meeting, August 16, 2006 Carl Suding made a motion to accept the minutes. Teresa Carrillo seconded. Motion passed. IV. HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC -none V. BUSINESS A. PRESENTATIONS Introduction of new Parks&Recreation Staff Sally Gavlik, Director, introduced the following new staff; Margaret Prieto, Latchkey Program Manager, Josh Wentworth,student park planner/designer, Clint Wyatt, Recreation Centers Program Manager, Valerie Villarreal,Juvenile Assessment Center Superintendent. Claudia Lichtenberger,CCapwell Obesity Grant Administrator could not attend but will be introduced at another meeting. Staff was welcomed by the members with questions asked and answered about their work. The Department org chart was requested and will be provided by staff. Josh Wentworth presented the Enrichment Fund books. This project examples his work to provide a tool for tracking park land,funds,and their distribution for improvements. Discussion was held. B. PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION 1. People's Street Band Shell Report and Proposal Peter Davidson, Marina Superintendent, presented information about the Band Shell located on the People's Street T-Head, built in 1948. In 1958 it received the Garden Club's Beauty Spot award. The structure was built of concrete and steel rebar. The steel is rusting and popping off concrete. The structure cannot be saved because of the materials used to build it. The Historical Commission and the Museum of Science and History do not have record of it being a historical site. The Clean Sweep Program can demolish the structure free of charge. The rubble can be used to help areas of shoreline erosion. The Downtown Management District(DMD)has hired Robert Gignac,to provide a new landscape design. The DMD is also raising funds for this project. Dorrinda Garza made a motion to support staffs recommendation to City Council to remove the old Band Shell on People's Street T-Head. Buddy Sparks seconded. Discussion was held and Buddy Sparks called for the question. The committee unanimously voted to support the motion. 2. Bayfront Presentation Sally Gavlik distributed the 2006 Bayfront Development Plan. Review of the features and discussion was held. No action was requested of the committee. C. NEW BUSINESS-none SCANNED v 411100 D. OLD BUSINESS Sally Gavlik provided the Legislative Report. Booklets from the National Recreation and Park Association,A call to Action,A National Agenda for Urban Parks and Recreation in America were given. Copies of the 2006-2007,Texas Parks& Recreation Society(TRAPS)Legislative Platform with their sample resolution and memorandum requesting support by all city and county governments were also distributed. Review and discussion was held. Doninda Garza made a motion to recommend City Council approve a resolution that supports increased funding for the Texas Recreation& Parks Account Local Park Grant Program and the Texas State Park System. Teresa Canillo seconded. Motion passed without opposition. The committee requested staff process the resolution and memorandum to City Council. Sally Gavlik distributed the Hotel Occupancy Tax(HOT)breakdown information provided by Eddie Houlihan,Assistant Director of Management& Budget. Ms. Gavlik led discussion and answered questions. The committee requested the following specific information: A copy of the legislation on HOT regarding the collections and disbursements, What does the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the SMG spend the HOT monies for, Who is in charge of overseeing the HOT? The committee requested Eddie Houlihan be invited to the October meeting. Sally Gavlik distributed the final version of the Oso Creek—Oso Bay Greenbelt, Parks&Trails System Appendix D,to the City of Corpus Christi Parks&Recreation, and Open Spaces Master Plan. Members may review the plan and add it to their notebooks. VI. COMMITTEE, LIAISONISTAFF REPORTS FINANCE/BUDGET SUB-COMMITTEE: Hunter Young reviewed the FY 2006 Revenue and Expenditure Report. The Beach Parking Permit information is not complete. Continued discussion will be held in October. The committee held discussion about the HEB Tennis Center, new management to be hired; the Latchkey revenue loss and the closing of some sites; the increase of revenue at Heritage Park; the golf surcharge saving increase that will be used for improvements to the course(s),closure expenses during improvements, and capital improvements like the golf carts. The monthly cost of graffiti clean-up was also noted. And the Marina slip construction as reflected in their figures. GREENS SUB-COMMITTEE: Carl Suding reported a quorum for their August 30th meeting. It was noted that the Gabe Lozano construction looks good. The Oso Beach construction is about 95% complete. Tiger Olivares said the Youth Golf program was also going good. The anticipated new IP phones will assist with reserving T-Times. The committee is changing their meeting dates to the last Tuesday of each month. PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SUB-COMMITTEE: Jaime Pyle was unable to attend. Billy Delgado reported the review of 25 plats, 1 with approved land dedication, 4 with money in lieu of land, 3 with future park potential, and 16 without parkland requirements or was previously satisfied. The committee approved staffs recommendations. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: Doninda Garza said their committee has been in contact with staff and the City Council's Youth Advisory Committee. Ms. Garza also requested a meeting of their committee with Sally Gavlik for discussion and future direction. SPECIAL PROJECTS: Billy Delgado provided an update on the CDBG and Bond Projects. Mr. Delgado lead discussion on additional projects and noted the Parks & Recreation Departments work with the Engineering Department on small contracted projects will save administration fees that can be applied to the project. November 3'd, at 11 am the Nancy Todd Garrett Memorial Park will officially be re-opened. Citizens are donating trees for that park. tit r/ DIRECTOR: Sally Gavlik announced, Chris Semtner as the permanent Superintendent of the Tourist District. She also noted Maureen Mahoney had taken a State position in Austin. Congratulations were expressed. VII. COMMITTEE CONCERNS Teresa Carrillo expressed her desire to see more attention and improvement to the downtown parks. The committee agreed. VIII. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION,AGENDA ITEMS IX. ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business, Buddy Sparks made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Doninda Garza seconded. The meeting was adjourned by Hunter Young at 6:40 pm. JJ 44_ . S. I Gavlik, Director /Parks and Recreation Department