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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRM022003_ ~ CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Park Commission Meeting February 20, 2003 {~ ~' I. REGULAR MEETING CALLED TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Jim Harleman at 6:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL and INTRODUCTIONS: Pete Brown, Casey Clark, Ralph Hale, Eleanor Holbrook, Jim Harleman, Mack Lewis, and Patrick Socia were present. Parks and Recreation Coordinator Nancy Hanson and .Karen Roeber were also present. III. MINUTES A. Approval of January 16. 2003 minutes. City Park Commission Minutes Ralph made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Eleanor seconded and the motion was unanimously approved. IV. PUBLIC APPEARANCES There were no public appearances. ® V. OLD BUSINESS A. Park Master Plan Jim Harleman gave a brief update on the Park Master Plan, stating that the open house held on February 4th was well attended. There was a 9% return on the surveys and they have been very informative. Nancy did not have all of the results tallied but it should be available for the March Park Commission meeting. Jim stated that the Park Master Plan Team had developed a "Needs" list from the surveys and they will prioritize the list at the next meeting. The top two items are different from the 2001 survey - this time they are 1) A swimming pool 2) Paths / Trails. B. Skate Park Report Dain Lewis from the Youth Skate Park Committee spoke saying they were disappointed with the design that was developed by Purkiss-Rose RSI. The YSP Committee is working on a new plan that they are going to send to Purkiss Rose RSI. They have talked with other firms including Malot Construction. Malot said they can construct a street style skate park for a cheaper price; where you could get "more bang for your buck." A street style skate park would cost approximately 2~% less than a vent style park. The Youth Committee has formed a partnership with Avista Utilities, who donated $500.00 towards the park construction. This partnership will help with grant writing. The Youth Committee is working on a $25,000 grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation that they will be submitting in March. Dain then introduced some young skaters they would like to add as members to the Youth Skate Park Committee. They are: Tate Dunn, a Freshman at Crater H.S.; Tate Stevens; Aaron Asbeck; Korey Bull; and Donovan Brown who all attend Scenic '~ M.S. Dain asked that these young skaters be recommended to the Council as additional members of the Youth Skate Park Committee. C. Parks & Recreation Annual Report Nancy handed. out copies of the 2002 annual report for Parks and Recreation. She said that is shows. expenses and income are comparable to the increase in classes and participants. The report shows how things have grown in just the short time the department has been in place. There were over 3200 volunteer hours which shows great support in the community. NEW BUSINESS A. Dog Park Location The survey results showed that many people in the community would like to see a dog park developed and even though it is a low priority it would be simple enough to do. Nancy showed the different parks and asked the commission to decide which park would be the best location for a dog park. It was mentioned that there are different concepts of what a dog park should be. Some think it should be fenced, wide open space so dogs can run and become acclimated with other dogs while others think it should be walking paths. All agree it would need to have cleanup receptacles and the dog owners would be responsible for cleaning up after their dogs. The City Ordinance would have to be changed to allow dogs in whichever park was designated as the dog park and would have to include clean up as part of the ordinance. It was mentioned that Don Jones would be the logical site for a dog park since it is large enough to set aside an area justfor dogs. The park commission decided to table this issue until a later date. There were no objections. ® B. Dedication of Forest Glen Park Nancy asked if-the commission would like to have a dedication for Forest Glen Park. The commission like the idea and suggested having it on May 15th, prior to the park commission meeting. Invitations will be sent to the Mayor, city council, citizens and the Moores since they are the ones who constructed it and then deeded it to the city. It was suggested that Daniel DeKorte and the scouts be involved in the dedication ceremony as well. Mr. Lunte who lives in the area asked when the footbridge would be constructed. Nancy said it was not in this year's budget as the cost is over $30,000. He suggested that notices be posted in the park and the neighbors notified so they are kept informed. C. Park Sign Approval Nancy passed around the three sign designs for Flanagan Park and asked the commission to pick the one they liked best. They ranged in price between $1750.00 and $2000.00. The commission decided to go with the most inexpensive since they were similar in design. Later in the meeting Mack mentioned the firm in Shady Cove that is doing the bricks far the skatepark and asked Nancy to check into their prices and designs for signs for Flanagan Park. Mack made a motion to delay a decision on the park signs until further information was gathered on different types of signs and prices. Pete seconded and the motion was passed unanimously. ~~~~ D. City Wide Clean Up Nancy asked the commission if they would like to continue with having a "City Wide Clean Up Day." Eleanor who helped coordinate and organize last year's event ~, .said that it took approximately six months to put it all together. She said that she would be glad to help but that she doesn't have the time this year to organize the whole event. She said she is sure LTM and the Sr. Center would be glad to help again this year. Last year the event was held on September 21 st and it was hard to get the schools involved since school had just started. It was suggested maybe holding it next spring so that we can advertise in the newsletter for volunteers or a group to organize the Clean Up. Mack said he would talk to the advisor of the Key Club at Crater High School. Eleanor stated it is an opportunity for the young people to serve and demonstrate pride in their community. Maybe parents would get involved to make it a family event. Jim suggested that maybe it could be set up like the State Highway Litter Program where small areas are "adopted" by groups, businesses or individuals to maintain. Eleanor stated she would like to see a City Ordinance passed on litter since there is not one at this time. She has spoken to the City Code Enforcement Officer and was told that the City uses the State's Litter Ordinance. It was brought up that trash receptacles were very much needed throughout the city, especially the downtown area and the streets between downtown and the high school. E. Neighborhood Meetings 1. Don Jones Park Site -Nancy has spoken with Greg Covey who is working on designs for Don Jones Park and a neighborhood meeting is scheduled for April 3rd. 2. Summerfield Park Site -There is no designer involved with this park site so the meeting would be with the neighbors to see what their wishes are for what type of park they would like to see built. It was decided to hold the meeting on April 17th prior to that month's park commission meeting. F. Future Real Estate Nancy asked for all commission members to be on the lookout for property for the development of future parks. Right now the cost for a one acre parcel in Central Point is around $200,000.00. Nancy said to look for property that was outside the current city limits and the urban growth boundary. VI. MISCELLANEOUS Mack brought up the tree ordinance in Central Point and Nancy handed out copies to the commission members. Mack would like it to be an agenda item for the March meeting. Copies of Ash{and, Oregon and Boise, Idaho's tree ordinances will be sent to commission members with this month's minutes. After the March meeting Mack would like to be able to make a recommendation to the city council to draft a new tree ordinance for Central Point. Nancy said that the city council approved the following park names: Glengrove Wayside and Central Point Community Park She also said that she had heard from Bill Stints who had talked to BCVSA and they do have money available to help build restrooms for some of the city parks. Nancy said there is a zeroscape grant available from the water commission. -:~, sr. Y VII. ADJOURNMENT The Central Point Park Commission Meeting was adjourned by consensus at 7:22 p.m. Next meeting is scheduled for March 20. 2003 at 6:00 p.m. s •