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Park Board Minutes - 08/22/2002Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting August 22, 2002 Municipal Auditorium City Council Conference Room 1:37 p.m. Presiding: Members Present: Members Absent: Staff Present: City Council Representative: RECEIVED IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Date By Time Gary Patrick/Chairperson Gary Patrick, Al Norris, Kenneth Haney, Matthew Bohlen, Ed Godsey, Elmer Emory and Steve Chaney. Barbara Green, William Barnes, Clark Waters and Mark Howell. Jack Murphy and Lisa Jensen Johnny Burns CALL TO ORDER: Meeting was called to orderat 1:37 p.m. Park Boa4rd did not have a meeting in July and there was not enough members present in June to have a quorum. The last official meeting was in May. The May 23 minutes were put before the board. Motion was made by Elmer Emory to approve the minutes and seconded by Ed Godsey. Approved unanimously. DEPARTMENTAL REPORT: Meeting will be set up to view the land off Seymour Highway for a possible future regional park. Bids will be open to expand the trail by the spillway on August 23, 200d at 10:30 a.m. in room 500 of the Memorial Auditorium. Budget is in and it is mostly status quo. We have some items that are less. The dances and concerts for our senior 50 + Zone have been cut from the budget. Wood Memorial Park excavation is complete and we have a little money left over and we are going to try to put a concrete edging around the pond to help prevent erosion. Wichita Hill project is coming along well. We have a little more dirt to put on the top and then it will be done for about six months. We have added the nine benches to the lakeshore line trail and they look good. The Red shelter or 20 foot gazebo at Scott and Eastside Drive has been completed. October 15 — 20 will be the National Recreation of Park Association meeting in Orlando, Florida. OLD BUSINESS: A. Discussion of a skate park project. Kenneth Haney attended a skate park meeting with other organizations and they are finding people to help fund this project. They are going to Abilene on September 7, 2002 for a tour of the skate park there and to get more information. B. Boat ramp acquisition status. Johnny Burns and Kenneth Haney feel that the next big city project after the Police and Fire training center is built will be the Recreation center. Jack Murphy and Johnny Burns think that Mr. Berzina will not OK this project until we have funds and then there will be a time limit. Jack Murphy said that if people want this, they will have to help fund it just like the MPEC. It takes cash to create a vision and then when we have a vision to show people, we vote on it. C. Discussion of waivers for ordinance prohibiting signs, vehicles on grass, and alcoholic beverages. Sign ordinance will be voted on next month. Howmet questioned a permit to be able to have signs for their picnic. Questions the board had were (Will the public be responsible for taking down signs if we permit them to put them up? If we waive the sign permit how will the Police know that we have done so?). The most common signs people are wanting to put up are reunion signs. We need to make the group responsible for accountability. We need to try to monitor this for now. NEW BUSINESS: A. Presentation by Northwest Field & Stream and discussion of restriction of use of south Weeks Park ponds. Visitors from Northwest Texas Field and Stream were invited to speak. They showed slides of their events for kids and passed out the Field and Stream Association brochure. Their request was to ask the Park Board to present to the Council a proposal to continue present agreement with the City of Wichita Falls and if possible to see if they could build a bigger pond. It will still be called the Kid Fishing Pond. Kenny Haney made the motion to have the City draw up a new ordinance and for all ages to fish there. Steve Chaney seconds the motion. All were in favor. B. Request by the multiple Sclerosis Society for waiver of Sec. 82 -63 of the Code of Ordinances and Resolution 2509 as amended to permit signs and non payment of entrance fees and donations for their walking event in Hamilton Park September 7, 2002. The board will grant the waiver for signs but not the waiver for percentage of entrance fees or other sales no matter if they are on city property or not. C. Request by the Falls Fest Steering Committee for waiver of Sec. 14 -384, Sec. 82 -62, Sec. 82 -68, Sec. 82 -63, Sec. 82 -58 and Sec. 82 -62 of the Code of Ordinances and Resolution 2509 as amended to permit giving away of goldfish, sales, alcoholic beverages, posting of signs, vehicles and animals on the grass, and sales without payment of the percentage of gross to the City furing the annual event in Lucy Park September 27 and 28, 2002. City get 30 percent of sales after profit. This waiver was passed along with the goldfish waiver. Matt Bohlen motioned to approve and Kenneth Haney seconds the motion. Approved. D. Request by the RC Club for waiver of Sec. 82 -58 of the Code of Ordinances to permit vehicles on the grass during an event in Lake Wichita Park on October 5, 2002. Kenneth Haney made to motion to accept the waiver and Ed Godsey seconds the motion. Approved. OTHER BUSINESS: Elmer Emory brought up restrooms at Lake Wichita Park. Why do we have port pots and not regular restrooms? Boys and girls club is a private organization so we don't supply restrooms. The City of Wichita Falls has no money to build restrooms. Did the City of Wichita Falls build the restrooms at Kiwanis or did the Kiwanis Club? The City of Wichita Falls built them and the Kiwanis Club paid us for them from revenue received through out several years. ADJOURNMENT: THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:37 P.M.