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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_PAREB_08.10.1995CITY OF GEORGETOWN Parks & Recreation Board Minutes August 10, 1995 MEMBERS PRESENT: Ms. Kathryn Stallard, Chair Ms. Ronda Seagraves, Vice Chair Ms. Joyce Gadison Mr. Mark Moore Dr. Nick Sikes Mr. Tom Swift Ms. Debbie M`Garry MEMBERS ABSENT: Mr. Robert Pena Mr. Harold McDonald OTHERS PRESENT: Randy Morrow, Director of Parks & Recreation Kimberly Garrett, Administrative Assistant I. APPROVE MINUTES Motion was made by Tom Swift to accept the July 13, 1995 minutes. Nick Sikes seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. II. CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD None III. DISCUSSION OF LETTER TO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL IN THE PARKS Kathryn Stallard will write letter to City Council on alcohol issue in parks. IV. POSSIBLE ACTION ON CHURCHILL FARMS PARKLAND DEDICATION Randy Morrow polled board members earlier and received 5 votes to accept money in lieu of parkland for Churchill Farms. V. DISCUSSION ON PARK AT 17TH AND WALNUT There was much discussion on this topic. At the last meeting a vote was taken on whether or not a park should be constructed at this location. The board members voted not to put a park at this location due to the fact that there where other parks in the area. Tom Swift wanted to further discuss the issue after looking at the site. The railroad makes access difficult to San Jose Park which is close to the area in discussion. Tom would like to go on record and ask the board to possibly consider a park in the area. His main concern is putting a park on land that the City of Georgetown does not own. The land is owned by the Railroad. Katherine Stallard said she would word the letter to City Council so that it contained the views and ideas of the board getting the point across that there are other areas that need to be served and that this is something that perhaps we could consider in the future after other areas have been served. VI. DISCUSSION OF FUTURE REVENUE SOURCES A discussion was started on ideas on how to raise money for Parks and Recreation. Some ideas that were discussed were a '/2 cent sales tax that would be dedicated to Parks and Recreation. The money which would be about $800,000 a year could be used to maintain new developments and speed up current projects. The citizens of Georgetown would have to vote on this as a referendum. There was some discussion on whether or not the citizens would favor an additional tax. Katherine said that she has talked to some people at Southwestern University about doing a statistical study with a survey to get some feel on the idea and to see if people would favor the '/2 cent sales tax. Also a Parks and Recreation fee added to the utility bill was discussed. Another option is to amend the sub division regulations to empower the department and board to decide whether to accept money or land when a new development takes place. As it is now the developer decides. After some discussion on this option it was taken off the list. The last option that was discussed was to require commercial and industrial developers to make some kind of contribution to the parkland dedication fund or to access an impact fee. VII. INFORMATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS Tom Swift reported that 60% of the Playscape plaques were up and he also gave a report on the Pool Task Force. Randy Morrow had information about Kid Fish that was taking place on August 19, 1995 at Blue Hole. It is a joint effort of the Texas Parks and Wildlife and the ShareLunker Foundation. He also said that we are in the final steps of the Hike and Bike Trail plans and they should be ready in September. VIII. ADJOURN Motion to adjourn was made by Joyce Gadison and seconded by Debbie McGarry.