Park Board Minutes - 06/23/2005Wichita Falls Park Board Meeting
June 23, 2005
RECEIVED IN
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE r
Gated
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Recreation Center
City Council Conference Room
1:30 p.m.
Presiding: Walter Tyndale /Chairperson
Members Present: Walter Tyndale, Gary Patrick, Peg Marquardt, Elmer
Emory, Eric Bogaards, Mary Ward, Alan Donaldson,
and Dennis Kays.
Members Absent: Penny Miller, William Hinkle and Gary Diehm.
Staff Present: Jack Murphy and Genice Wilson
City Council Representative: Lanham Lyne (Absent)
CALL TO ORDER:
Meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. The minutes of April 2e, were put
before the board and Elmer Emory made the motion to accept the minutes:as
written and Alan Donaldson seconded the motion. Approved unanimously.
DEPARTMENTAL REPORT:
Budget request for FY 05-06.
Parks Division:
• Artistic renderings - $10,000 - Requested in order to develop
professionally drawn pictures to illustrate the projects we are promoting.
• Trail bridge replacement - $35,000 - This will be done by the Street
Department. We have requested the widening of the trail bridge so we can
have our maintenance vehicles go down the trail.
• Digital camera - $500 - for a variety of reason for our Parks department.
• Water Falls bridge & trail - $200,000 - This is the fifth year we have ask for
the removal of the 6 foot on Lucy trail and to replace it with a 12 foot
bridge. Straighten it and put a trail to the top under 1-44. Once this is done
we will be able to operate the Trail Train from MPEC as a package we can
sell for conventions that come to town.
• Greenhouse for flowers - $100,000 - This is a continuing request for
production of our own flowers.
• Hamilton Park road overlay - $100,000 - Annual request in order to keep
the parks up.
• Kawasaki all terrain vehicle - $10,000 - for Park Maintenance, great for
maintaining all areas in our park system.
• Kemp Center for the Arts grant - $12,000 - By contract with the Kemp
Center for the Arts the City has committed to maintain the grounds;
however the City under took the maintenance of the New Library also. By
committing to maintain the Kemp Center there were no funds to expand
over to the New Library. It has been a strain for Parks to maintain both. It
has been suggested that they be given a cash grant each year so they can
hire their own ground maintenance.
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Kiwanis Park road overlay - $50,000 - A need that is coming up very soon.
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Lake Wichita Park road and parking - $200,000 - South end by the beach
area. This has always been gravel but it needs to be paved.
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Lake Wichita Park restroom - $100,000 - South beach area has no restroom
and there is definitely a need.
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Lake Wichita boundary posts - $20,000 - We propose to put 200
permanent, concrete base poles around the boundary of Lake Wichita.
This will help define the public land from the private property.
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Land acquisition by Spillway - $125,000 - Area between the new boat ramp,
Lake Wichita and the spillway.
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Lucy Park road overlay - $200,000 - The roads in Lucy park are in bad
shape and the need to overlay is obvious.
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Kiwanis equipment shed - $3,500 - Needed to cover expensive equipment
which now is kept out in the weather.
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PC for Southside Maintenance in Kiwanis - $1,150 - Computers for our
maintenance barn on the south side of the city in Kiwanis Park.
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Park Maintenance positions - PT - $33,633 - This is for part time employees
needed for Park maintenance.
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Parking lot on Holliday Creek - $26,000 - Located near Southwest Parkway
and Taft utilizing the Old Lake road which dead ends into Holliday Creek.
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Pocket PC - $400 - for park maintenance.
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Safety barrier on Holliday Creek Trail - $5,000 - The trail comes very close
to the road at Midwestern Parkway and a barrier is needed for safety of
trail users.
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Sunset Terrace Park canal bridge - $102,000 - to span the irrigation canal
opening up access from the neighborhood on south side to the park.
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Trail on Hill in Lake Wichita Park - $200,000 - Structures on top and trail to
top.
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Tree mulch trailer - $25,000 - this would be able to haul 20 yards of mulch
to sites needed.
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Water wells (3) - $15,000 - inexpensive drought improvements-
Cemetery Division:
• Riverside building demolition - $10,000 - to get rid of the old dilapidated
structure at Riverside Cemetery and replace with a storage building..
• Kawasaki all terrain vehicle - $10,000 - for maintenance and cemetery
workers.
• Acquisition Riverside properties - $34,000 - this property is off Clift Street.
Purchase of this property will let us expand Riverside Cemetery.
City Lot Mowing Division:
• Tractor with bush hog - $14,500 - Not only do we mow the parks we mow
private lots and we never know what is on these lots. A bush hog would
be a stronger peace of equipment to use in these situations.
Recreation Division:
• Pave Softball Complex parking lot - $100,000 -this is a gravel parking lot
and to stay in compliance with city codes the parking lot needs to paved.
• Recreation Leader position - $4,840 - This would be a Full Time position
for the Senior 50 + Zone.
• Plum Lake parking lot - $30,000 — a parking lot is needed to take care of the
demand and increase in fishing.
• Toro utility vehicle - $10,700 — for the Recreation maintenance crew.
Site for recreation center is open. Texdot will be needing the land area proposed
for the Recreation Center. We are looking at 10 acre site next to Lowe's and at
Scotland Park.
The landscape improvements to Jacksboro Hwy. medians have been completed.
Summer youth programs are progressing well, including the new combined camp
in the Log Cabin in Lucy Park.
The new Mobile Stage has been ordered with delivery after NRPA in San Antonio
October 24"'.
There was a water meter installed to maintain the pond in south Weeks Park.
Northwest Field $ Stream Club will pay the monthly bills.
The Old Yacht Club boat ramp on Lake Wichita has been temporarily closed.
The Staff is discussing with YMCA lease of land in Lake Wichita Park and
University Kiwanis Park.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Discussion of oversight of parks to members.
Walter Tyndale ask for opinions on issuing each member a list of parks to
check on at least once a month and bring the information back to the board.
Motion was made by Gary Patrick to accept park proposal on a six month
basis and seconded by Mary Ward. Approved.
OTHER:
Safety City is still alive. They are working behind the scenes to raise money. The next
step is to approach the City Council for the lease.
The Access road into Hughes Dr. from Kiwanis Park needs to be addressed, especially
now that Safety City will be going into the park.
Park Board will be taking a tour of the parks in October.
There will be no meeting of the Park Board in July.
ADJOURNMENT:
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:30 p.m.
Signature:
Walter Tyndale /Ch (trperson