Park Board Minutes - 02/22/2007Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting
February 22, 2007
W.F. Recreation Center
Room 202, second floor of the Library
60011 th Street
1:30 p.m.
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Presiding:
Mary Ward /Chairperson
Members Present:
Mary Ward, Sharon Roach, Peg Marquardt, Penny
Miller, Elmer Emory, Dennis Kays and Alan Donaldson.
Members Absent:
Brad Rodgers, Gene Strouth, Jan Herzog and Alvar
Alcarzar
Staff Present:
Jack Murphy and Genice Wilson
City Council Representative:
Lanham Lyne /Mayor
Visitors:
Jane McGough with the Rolling Plains Chapter Texas
Master Naturalists
CALL TO ORDER:
• Mary Ward called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. The minutes from January 25,
2007 were put before the Board for approval. Sharon Roach made the motion to
approve the minutes and Elmer Emory seconded the motion. Approved
unanimously.
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:
Tree planting is going well.
Bids will open February 23 for the Skate Park.
We will be taking bids for the Softball Complex infield design and bids for the
parking lot and buildings. Hopefully work on the Complex should start sometime
the end of May or the first of June.
Our winter projects are underway and coming along well.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Request by Tex Mex Baseball League for a license to extended reservation
privilege to use the Baseball fields in Spudder and Williams Park for a summer
adult league.
They are requesting April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007 to hold league
baseball games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each week during daylight
hours. Penny Miller made the motion to approve the request and Alan
Donaldson seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
2. Request by Texas Master Naturalists to adopt Plum Lake. The Texas Master
Naturalists would commit to cleaning the shoreline and water's edge at least
quarterly, to provide a container for recycling monofilament line and to monitor
• this container, empting it when needed. If accepted they would ask for the
following assistance. Help with a sign identifying the Chapter as sponsors of
this effort and possible assistance in mounting the recycling container.
Dennis Kays made the motion to accept the adoption and Peg Marquardt
seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
• OLD BUSINESS:
Discussion of Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan.
This plan will be discussed in a one day all day work session of the City Council.
Lease Committee report.
Elmer Emory gave the lease committee report. The committee is very close to
finalizing the lease between the City, YMCA and the Boys Club. The committee,
made up of Brad Rodgers, Alan Donaldson, Peg Marquardt, Elmer Emory, Mary
Ward and Jan Herzog, will meet one more time before finalizing.
OTHER:
Mary Ward suggested the Park Board take a tour of the parks at the March meeting.
Penny Miller wanted to know how far on each side of the trail do the Parks
maintenance clean? Jack Murphy advised that Parks maintains as far as the
easement, which is variable.
Peg Marquardt wanted to know if there was anything we could do about the large
amounts of animal waste in our parks.
Elmer Emory gave an update on the concession and restroom facility at the Lake
Wichita Park ball fields. He stated that it is 100% complete at this point.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
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