Park Board Minutes - 09/23/20044 e
Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting
September 23, 2004
RECEIVED IN
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
Date —09—
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Municipal Auditorium
City Council Conference Room
1:30 p.m.
Presiding: Gary Patrick/Chairperson
Members Present: Gary Patrick, Kenneth Haney, Elmer Emory, Walter
Tyndale, Mary Ward and Peg Marquardt.
Members Absent: Gary Diehm, Alan Donaldson, Kenny Catney and
William Barnes.
Staff Present: Jack Murphy, and Genice Wilson
City Council Representative: Mike Norrie (absent)
CALL TO ORDER:
Meeting was called to order at 1:45 p.m. Mary Ward was introduced as a new
member and she gave review of her background and interests. The minutes of
September 23, 2004 were put before the board. Kenny Haney made the motion to
accept the minutes as written and Elmer Emory seconded the motion. Approved
unanimously.
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:
Parks will be transporting 1,700 trees from our nurseries for replacement and in
golf course locations. For the last couple of years we've had the policy of no new
trees, because of increasing demands for maintenance. We may have surplus
trees that we have talked about selling on the market.
Some of the 1,700 trees are shrubs. In the future we will be getting more into the
shrub business instead of trees. Most of the medians, because of the difficulty of
mowing and edging, we would like to replace the grass with shrubs.
We are preparing to install replacement playgrounds in Sunset Terrace and
Southern Hills Park. These replacement playgrounds are in two different budget
years.
Site planning is continuing for the installation of the Water Mill Ornamental
Structure. We are looking at it being installed at Fairway and Kell in front of the
First National Bank.
The department is thinking about the next structure being placed at Kemp and
Kell next year. Jack asked for suggestions on a structure design. The CDBG
shelter in Scotland Park is completed. This shelter is identical to the one installed
last year in Williams Park by the Wichita River. There is about 20 thousand
dollars left over in the CDBG budget for Scotland Park. Suggestions were made
on what improvements the funds could be used. Staff suggestion was to replace
the roof on the old shelter with a more decorative roof.
Members of the Board suggested getting volunteers to help with projects such as
erecting playground equipment. This would get the community involved with
their parks and recreation department. This would be a win, win program for the
community.
Discussion on when and where the proposed Gymnasium /Recreation Center
could be constructed.
NEW BUSINESS:
Gary Patrick asked the members to express their ideas on projects the City
could focus on this next year.
Members indicated a desire to see results from their efforts, instead of feeling
like they keep running into a brick wall. Some mentioned that if they could
generate some successes, this would be a plus.
OTHER:
ADJOURNMENT:
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 4:10 p.m.
Signature:
Gary trick/Chairperson