Park Board Minutes - 04/28/2005RECEIVED IN
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
• Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting Date dg aJ� - -. -- - --
April 28, 2005 By
Recreation Center
60011"' Street, Room 207
1:30 p.m.
Presiding: Walter Tyndale /Chairperson
Members Present: Walter Tyndale, Gary Patrick, William Hinkle, Elmer
Emory, Eric Bogaards, Gary Diehm, Alan Donaldson,
and Dennis Kays.
Members Absent: Penny Miller, Peg Marquardt and Mary Ward.
Staff Present: Jack Murphy, Glenn Jamison, Terry Points, Cindy
Cummings and Genice Wilson
City Council Representative: Mike Norrie
CALL TO ORDER:
Meeting was called to order at 1:39 p.m. The minutes of March 24th, were put
before the board and Gary Patrick made the motion to accept the minutes as
written and Elmer Emory seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
• DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:
A video of the new stage approved by council for Parks and Recreation was
viewed by the board members. This stage will be picked up at the National Parks
& Recreation Congress meeting in San Antonio.
NEW BUSINESS:
B. Jack Murphy introduced the Parks & Recreation staff to the board
members. Each staff member told a little about what they do for the Parks
& Recreation department.
Mark Howell of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department was introduced to
the Park Board. Mr. Howell was ask to talk about the Texas Parks and
Wildlife grants that would be available to the City.
A grant is different from a loan because you do not have to pay a grant
back. Grants require some kind of local match, usually a 50150 match. The
match does not have to be a cash match necessarily; it can be an in kind
service. It is a reimbursement program, meaning in this case the city
would have to put out the money first and Texas Parks & Wildlife would
reimburse the city.
The types of Grants the City would probably be most interested in as far as
the areas of Parks are the Outdoor Recreation Grants and the Indoor
Recreation Grants.
All of this information is available on line on the Parks and Wildlife web
• site at www.TPWD.state.tx.us. Other grants that the City could be
interested in and Mr. Howell thinks they have competed successfully for,
have been the Texas Parks & Wildlife trail grants and the boat ramp grant.
• Gary Patrick ask Mark if there were changes made to the Parks,
Recreation, and Open Space Plan would we have to resubmit it? Yes, it
would have to be resubmitted to the City Council. It would also need to
come to the Parks & Wildlife's attention.
Mark also let the board know about the Special Fish Stockings at Plum
Lake. Beginning April 28, there will be over 700 adult channel catfish put
in the lake every two weeks.
Lake Wichita was discussed and the possibilities available to the Parks &
Recreation department at the lake. Lake Wichita is a gold mine.
A. Request by Maureen Klein for waiver of Sec. 82-62 and Sec. 82-63 of the
Code of Ordinances to permit sales and posting of signs during their Texas
Trail Days event on June 4, 2005 in the central area of Lucy Park.
Elmer Emory made the motion to grant the waiver request. Eric Bogaards
seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
B. Review of CDBG grants.
The Community Development Block Grant is a Federal program, under
housing and urban development. It has been around for 25 + years. For
our size city it is proportioned on a formula bases. It is a per capita
formula. We should get an estimated amount of 1.7 million dollars. This is
a declining figure from previous years. It is a wide ranging grant program,
which is very easy to administer. It is easy to do in that the city decides
what projects it would like to have within large guidelines of purpose. The
• City Council of each city approves and implements those projects.
The HUD inspector will come around at some point annually to check and
see if monies were spent for a valid purpose.
Federal money has to be spent in residential areas of a community. The
target areas are 51 % or more low to moderate income.
OTHER:
In order for the Park Board members to know where all the parks are throughout the city
Mr. Tyndale ask if a list of Parks and addresses could be sent out with the minutes.
Glenn Jamison let the board know that there was a list in the Parks, Recreation, and
Open Space Plan.
ADJOURNMENT:
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:37 p.m.
Signature: l
• Walter Tyndali/Chdirperson