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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRM011702CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Park Commission Meeting January 17, 2002 ;,. .. ,~. I. REGULAR MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Tfie meeting was called to order by Ralph Hale at 6:00 p.m. °r 11. ROLL CALL: Ralph Hale, Mack Lewis, Eleanor Holbrook, and Jim Harleman. Parks and Recreation Coordinator Nancy Hanson, Parks and Recreation Assistant Charlene Weston, Public Works Director Bob Pierce, Council - Member Bill Stults and Karen Roeber were also present. . Since there were new members in attendance everyone gave a brief introduction. 'III. MINUTES A. Approval of November 13. 2001 minutes. City Parks Commission Minutes Ralph Hale made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Roll call: Mack Lewis, yes; Eleanor Holbrook, yes; Jim Harleman, yes. Motion approved. IV. PUBLIC APPEARANCES Ernie Conrad, a Central Point resident and member of the beautification committee came forward to present his idea of a community garden near downtown for flowers and vegetables. He stated it would be a pleasant addition to the City to be enjoyed by all and would be free or nearly free to the people who want to use it. He has been working with Dave Arkens from the Planning Dept looking at City owned property, as well as trying to negotiate a deal with Calvin Schaefer who owns property @ 1 st and Manzanita. He stated that the main problem with most private lots is that they do not have water. Many locations were presented such as Central Point Lumber, or the Little League fields off Hanley Road. The risk is that no one would use it. Bob Pierce stated he had seen a similar, very successful project done near Eugene and that it did not need to be right in town as people would drive to it, there would not be many obstacles for people to seek it out. It was stated that we should poll the residents, via the water bills, to see if they would be interested in starting and maintaining a community garden. Nancy stated the beautification committee had been mentioned in the Parks and Recreation brochure and she had not received a single response. She also said that Central Point has a Garden Club and maybe they would be helpful in getting the word out to see if there is an interest in the community. Ernie stated the Master Gardeners "payback time and they would need a project." After we have a place and the garden is started it was suggested that maybe the City could hold a "Fall Harvest Festival." Ernie stated he would continue looking for a site and would also check with School District #6 to see if they had any land available to use for this project. Chairman Hale closed the Public Appearances portion of the meeting. V. BUSINESS A. Who Are We a Bob read the General Duties of the Park Commission, Chapter 2.18.020 where it states that the commission members are an advisory committee to assist, suggest and make recommendations to the City Council. ~,,;,'.. ~, B. Where Are We Nancy handed out the Parks and Recreation annual Report for the year ending 2001. This shows the classes that were offered by the City last year and the hundreds of.hours of service to the community. The report shows 10,300 hours of ---~ .~ service;'- income of $18,000 with $13,608 in administrative overhead. We can compare year to yearthe number of people served and the different locations used and'show that yes, we are growing! She also pointed out Table 1 listing the Parks and Facilities in the City. She showed pictures of the parks and asked that the members become familiar with them and their locations. Eleanor brought up that the only park with a sign was Menteer Park off of Brandon Street. Nancy stated she is hoping to have money in the next budget to have signs made for the parks. February 1 st is the date scheduled for the City to take ownership of the Southeast Park. Nancy stated that the Don Jones park master plan would start soon and the first park in the Twin Creeks Development (TOD) was ready to be developed. Bob mentioned that in the next ten years the Twin Creeks TOD will add fifty acres of parks. Facilities the City has available and used for classes include the Firehouse, which is 9,000 square feet, but has restricted use due to building and fire codes. CPE gymnasium would take between $600-700,000 to bring it up to code for use. The Senior Center building that is owned by the City and leased to the seniors has also been used for classes. Ideally, right now the City needs 126 acres to meet the recommended amount of open space and parks per 1,000 people. In the last year alone the City grew by 1,000 people! Current staffing for the parks department is 2 1/2 people....three during the summer months and 2 during the winter. C. Where Do We Want To Go Nancy handed out the Vision and Mission statements asking the members to review them. Ralph asked they look over them carefully and bring their suggestions to the next meeting where they will be discussed. He asked them to individually consider setting goals and where their interests lay. All members were given a binder for the Park Commission meetings and asked to use them and please bring with them to the next meeting. VI. MISCELLANEOUS Mack proposed the names that have been recommended for the Southeast park be given to the City Council. They include: Forest Glen; Goose Landing; and Heartland Park. Nancy asked the members for other suggestions so that they could be presented to the City Council and the park could be named. Eleanor suggested something patriotic, such as, Liberty, Unity or Freedom Park, since the names had not yet been given to the Council for review. Mack stated there was a verbal agreement between the City and School District #6 to purchase the CPE property for the skate park and the City Council has accepted the offer. They are hoping to close the deal within 45-60 days, break ground within 90 days and have it completed by 120 days. Another community meeting will be set up after the conceptual drawings have been completed. The next meeting was scheduled for March 14, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. VII. ADJOURNMENT The Central Point Parks Commission Meeting was adjourned by consensus at 7:00 p.m.