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Park Board Minutes - 12/06/2001r I Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting December 6, 2001 Municipal Auditorium City Council Conference Room 1:40 p.m. Presiding: Members Present: Members Absent: Staff Present: City Council Representative: CALL TO ORDER: RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Date By Time Q"-U- (P � Gary Patrick/Chairperson Gary Patrick, Kenneth Haney, Al Norris, Mark Howell, William Barnes, Ed Godsey and Matthew Bohlen. Barbara Green, Bob McBee, Clark Waters, and Linda Bates. Jack Murphy, Glenn Jamison and Genice Wilson Johnny Burns The minutes from October 25, 2001 were put before the board. Mark Howell made the motion to accept the minutes and Al Norris seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT: The TEA 21 trail grant to TXDOT was not approved. This is the 2.2mile trail that would have run from Hamilton Park to Eastside Drive. We will try again next year. The Lake Wichita TEA 21 trail is complete. Benches, trees and other amenities will be added, as funding is available. This will be taken out of the general fund account, perhaps from lapsed salary. The plans and specifications are now complete on the Jaycee Park compacted gravel trail loop and we should be going out for bids soon. We will be transplanting 600 trees from the city nurseries. About 300 replacement trees will be planted in different areas. The other 300 will be planted in three different areas. The Lake Wichita trail head, the linear sidewalk between East Scott and Eastside Drive, and we will plant some in the back of the Weeks Park Golf course. We are working on a new ornamental structure for the median at Rosewood and Harding Street. This structure will be a working clock tower. The Flag Football league has come to an end for another year. We had 6 teams that participated this year. The Basketball League started the 19th of November and games are being played at McNiel, Barwise and Kirby Junior High Schools. We have 46 teams this year that are participating in this league. The "Christmas in the Park" event, for the 2nd year, will be held on December the 15' in Lucy Park. This will be the last scheduled use of the trail train for the year. Everyone is invited to come out and participate in this event. On December 315` the Senior Zone will be having a New Year's Eve Dance in the Recreation Center for ages 50 & up. The Co -ed volleyball league is to start in January and games will be played the Reagan Gym. To stay current, we need to review the priorities of the Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan at least once or twice a year. This way we will keep our priorities in focus. A discussion with the Field and Stream Club on excavation of a second pond in south Weeks Park was held. The NW TEXAS Field & Stream Club requested this and there is a possibility that they may have some resources that could help complete the project. OLD BUSINESS: A. Discussion of off -leash dog facility at former yacht club site at Lake Wichita and presentation by the WF Dog Obedience Club. Frank Haschke /President of the WF Dog Obedience Club along with Jim Nowell, Dana Goff, Jim Garrett and Ann Hogue were present at the board meeting to present their ideas on a Dog Park and Training Facility. The Obedience Club wanted the Park Board t consider allowing the club to make use of the property at 4603 Lake Shore Drive for an open dog park, obedience training classes and for meetings of groups involved in dog - related activities. This would also involve the construction of a building at the site. The Park Board had several questions about the fencing to be put up and competing uses for the area. After some discussion it was decided to let Mr. Jamison with the Recreation Department meet with the Dog Park Association of Wichita Falls and the WF Dog Obedience Club to sort out differences and then come back to the board with a clear cut proposal of a Dog Park and Training Center. Kenny Haney made the motion that the two groups get together and report back to the Park Board on the fourth Thursday in January at the next meeting. He also recommended that Glenn Jamison set a date and meet with both groups to bring their thoughts together. Ed Godsey seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. B. Discussion of RC Club request for permits for use of landing and flight area. The Radio Control Club requested that this be postponed until the next meeting in January. Approved unanimously. C. Discussion of request by Southside Girls Club for additional land. r Jack Murphy introduced Jim Hughes /Director of Southside Girls Club. Mr. Murphy recommended allocating an appropriate amount of land for the organization to use to construct a second gymnasium and parking lot and that we proceed accordingly. Jack also recommended that the City either lease the land at fair market value or sell the land to the club. Motion was made by William Barns to support the request by the Southside Girls Club for additional land and that Jack Murphy and city staff negotiate the lease or sale. Ed Godsey seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: A. Request by the Wichita County Heritage Society for a waiver of signs and reservation of land in Indian Heights Park for an historic home tour April 6, 2002 or April 27, 2002. William Barnes moved to approve and Ed Godsey seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. B. Discussion of development of Lake Wichita Boat Ramp site. This is #2 on the priority list of the Open Space Plan. We need to bring it to the front right now and start getting the land acquired for the project. The Board requested Jack Murphy and his department do some homework and find out what the cost of this land would be and try to get it acquired. Check on obtaining the land first and then use grant money for park development. Johnny Burns said that he would talk to Mr. Berzina about acquiring this land. OTHER BUSINESS: ADJOURNMENT: THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 4:00 P.M.