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Park Board Minutes - 05/22/2003Genice Wilson /CWF wbarnes @sw.rr.com, matthew.bohlen @sheppard.af.mil, 2003/06/04 09:36 AM gm006 @lamarhq.com, offmg006 @lamarhq.com, s- chaney @tamu.edu, kennyh @amnat.com, To howells46 @aol.com, tpwdif2f @wf.net, brett.lee @mwsu.edu, alnorris @aol.com, gpatrick @wf.net, walter.tyndale @sheppard.af.mil, lisa @kfdx.com, City Clerk, Ramona Coln /CWF @CWF cc bcc Subject May 22, 2003 Park Board Yinutes RECEIVED IN Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting CITY CLERK'S OFFICE May 22, 2003 \ �3 Date 0(,0- V`� _ - Municipal Auditorium g Time L City Council Conference Room y 1:35 p.m. Presiding: Gary Patrick/Chairperson Members Present: Gary Patrick, Al Norris, Mark Howell, William Barnes, Kenny Haney, Elmer Emory, Matthew Bohlen, Walter Tyndale, Steve Chaney. Members Absent: Staff Present: City Council Representative: Brett Lee Jack Murphy and Genice Wilson Johnny Burns CALL TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order at 1:35 p.m. The minutes of March 27th were put before the board. Al Norris made the motion to accept the minutes and Elmer Emory seconded the motion. Approved unanimously. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT: The connector trail under FM 2380 bridge over Holliday Creek is progressing. The completion date is nominally set for June 24th. There have been lots of people showing interest in the completion of that trail. The excavation for the Lucy Park Pond edging repair is completed. The edging has been elevated to the proper point. The edging is complete for the Wood Memorial Park pond. We are going to try to extend this contract to the south shoreline. The summer flowers are going in as we speak. Some over 200 flowerbeds throughout the city will have these beautiful flowers in them. Jack Murphy is talking to Troy Jensen at the information center, trying to get a list and location of each flowerbed on the City's web site. This way our citizens can access that information from their computer. The coliseum irrigation, sod and trees, is progressing well. They had a little trouble locating the underground conduits for the irrigation system. We should be ready to go probably next week on the irrigation. The sod and trees should follow shortly after. We had a discussion with a developer just to get an idea of what it would take to encourage investment in a restaurant or dining facility at Lake Wichita. They come back with the thought that right now at any of the sites considered will probably take the City to invest in extension of utilities before it would be economically attractive. This will be put on hold until we can complete some of the projects that we proposed in our open space, parks and recreation plan. We are hoping to apply at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department again for a concrete and gravel trail in Hamilton Park. Recreation summer camps are nearly full for the summer. Camp Lots -a -Fun filled the first day of registration and Discovery Camp has openings only in the second session. Camp Fit -n -Fun still has a few openings for all four sessions. The Lucy Park swimming pool opens Saturday, May 24th. CDBG Projects are as follows: ❖ Williams Park restroom — will be made totally of steel. The inside will be painted white. ❖ Williams Park drainage — is progressing. This is on the south side of the park. We are going to combine the drainage into an 8 foot pilot channel which will double as an access area from the neighborhood to the park. ❖ Williams Park shelter relocation — we have relocated the two shelters in Williams Park so they are closer to the linear sidewalk through the park. ❖ Shelter on river linear park — we have ordered this shelter which will be located right off River Road near where the sewer lift station is. ❖ Scotland Park land acquisition and shelter — is in progress. The city property management office is working on this and a small shelter is budgeted. ❖ Lamar Park shelter and restroom — we are tearing down the shelter and restroom at Lamar Park and rebuilding it. This shelter and restroom has had the worst vandalism of any of our parks. The shelter will be an eight -sided gazebo type shelter with a steel restroom. The deadline for our annual maintenance budget is today May 22nd. This has been completed. Jack Murphy showed a quick video on the TRAPS event we will be hosting in 2004. He asked for the help and cooperation of each member of the board. OLD BUSINESS: A. Skate Park presentation by Ed Cole. Mr. Cole showed a short video on skate parks to the board and there was a discussion on the possibility of using city parkland to build a skate park for the teens and kids of Wichita Falls. We discussed the need to get these kids off the streets, off private property and in a proper arena for their sport. A motion was made by Kenny Haney to promote and support this concept with the site to be determined at a later date. Elmer Emory seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: A. Request by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for waiver of Section 82 -62 and Sec 82 -63 of the Code of Ordinances to permit sales, non payment of the required percentage of gross sales or donations, and posting of signs for a walking event in Lucy Park on October 19, 2003. Staff recommended approval. Kenny Haney made the motion to approve and William Barnes seconded the motion. Approved B. Request by The Place for reservation of the Lucy Park trail on the east side of the park and waiver of Section 82 -62 and 82 -63 of the Code of Ordinances is requested to permit sales and posting of signs for a fund raising event December 12 and 13, 2003. Booths with food and gifts for sale and Christmas activities in other countries are proposed. The staff recommended approval. Mark Howell made the motion to accept this proposal and Steve Chaney seconded the motion. William Barnes wanted to add that this is based on low trail utilization at that time of year and this will set a precedence. Approved C. Request by the WF Radio Control Club for waiver of Section 82 -63 and 82 -58 of the Code of Ordinances to permit posting of signs and driving vehicles on the grass during an event September 27 and 28, 2003 in Lake Wichita Park. The staff recommends approval. William Barnes made the motion to approve and Mark Howell seconded the motion. Approved D. Presentation by Walter Tyndale on lake piers. The Power Point presentation that Mr. Tyndale had prepared did not work on Troy's computer so he suggested that the members check a lake pier manufacturing company out on the internet at www.Atiantic- Meeco.com . This site will show what types of piers and docks can be constructed at Lake Wichita. Gary Patrick suggested we contact the company and arrange for a site visit to gather more information. There was discussion on possibly trying to get a grant from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and matching it with 4B sales tax dollars. E. Proposal by Jan Spears regarding construction of a decorative bridge over the pond in Martin Plaza Park. This has been tabled until the June meeting. F. Recommendation by Recreation staff for waiver of ordinance to permit consumption of alcoholic beverages at the summer concert series Tuesday evenings in Lucy Park. Steve Chaney made the motion to approve with the clause no glass containers. Walter Tyndale seconded the motion and it was approved. OTHER: ADJOURNMENT: THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:42 p.m.