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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_PAREB_10.10.2002CITY OF GEORGETOWN Parks & Recreation Board Minutes I. CALL TO ORDER John Philpott, chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Members Present: Mr. John Philpott, Chair Ms. Jean Houck Mr. Phil Davis Mr. Ron Doernbach Ms. Dawn Hitt-Wilken Mr. Mark Ramsey Ms. Brenna Nedbalek Ms. Amy Vick Mr. Douglas Blackard Members Absent: Others Present: Frank Hubbard, IV, citizen Ken Knowles, Train Proprietor October 10, 2002 Staff Present: Randy Morrow, Director of Parks and Recreation Kimberly Garrett, Manager of Administration III. CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BAORD Frank Hubbard, IV spoke to the board regarding current and future plans for disc golf in Georgetown. He has helped promote disc golf in Georgetown. They are currently stalled on doing maintenance on the main course due to the Rivery development. Frank asked if Rivery Park was protected from future development? Randy said yes it is protected through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant. Frank asked if the challenge course is moving? Randy said yes, to the end of Booty's Crossing below the Lake Georgetown dam. When the Challenge Course is moved, the Disc Golf Course could be moved into the Challenge Course area and be redesigned. Frank asked if there is access to do maintenance on the course? Randy said construction Parks and Recreation Board Minutes October 10, 2002 Page 1 of 3 on the pond should be done by the middle of December and all the big trucks will be out of there. Maintenance can be done after that. Randy said he would walk the course with Frank in the next few weeks. Frank also asked about the disc course in San Gabriel Park. The road leading into the park is being improved and Frank asked if that causes a liability to people throwing discs? Randy said he would check into that. Frank wanted to know if some tee box signs could be installed to show people the course layout? He also wanted to paint the baskets and get the course in shape. Randy said he would see what could be done. IV. PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY WALKING PROGRAM — AMY VICK Amy reported that after researching the president's guidelines, she found out that most programs target the schools. She passed out information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) regarding their.walking program. They have a lot of information regarding community programs, which target all ages. The information promotes trails and recreation. Amy would like the Parks and Recreation Board to develop a greater awareness of the program and also help make the council aware of the walking program so they support a trail system. Amy is working on getting a speaker from CDC talk to the board about the programs that are out there. V. UPDATE ON RIVERY PARK II DISC GOLF COURSE AND TREES — RANDY MORROW Randy said that the contractor, J.C. Evans, is going to replace 131 inches of lost trees, but they are not the same size or caliper as the 129.3 inches of trees they took out. Randy said he wants to redesign the disc golf course and have some additional trees donated. The smaller trees that were taken out provided the "challenge" on the disc golf course. The contractor is only replacing the trees he took out and they are not anywhere near the size he took out. The board was under the impression that the park would be compensated for loss of size, not just inch for inch loss. Randy said he needs to get back with J.C. Evans on the trees in the next few weeks. John said the board supports getting at least 60 more inches of trees for Rivery Park to compensate for the trees that were destroyed. The pond should be finished by December 15th but the plants will not be installed until after winter. Phil said at first they said they would be finished by October and wanted to know if they were going to be penalized for not finishing in time? Randy said did not know. The concrete trail around the pond is about three -fourths finished and the drinking fountain and gazebo have not been installed. Amy asked if restrooms would be installed? Randy said they are not included. Amy asked if Randy knew the dollar amount that is being spent on the pond and improvements. Amy feels that the parks and recreation department should be fairly compensated by the developer for allowing them to build their detention pond on parkland. Randy said he does not know the amount. Parks and Recreation Board Minutes October 10, 2002 Page 2 of 3 VI. UPDATE ON LETTER TO COUNCILO�GR REGARDING IN SAN SS, PROCEDURE AND POLICY ON GABRIEL PARK The new City Manager suggested having the parks and recreation department contact other cities to find out what policies are out there n review those policies and how other cities haandle make aercial development in their parks. The board would t recommendation to Council. If any policies are available by the next meeting, the board will review them. Phil suggested getting the list of cities that have trains and contact them to see if they have a policy on commercial ventures in parks. Ken Knowles said he had a list of cities that have trains and he could provide those names. VII. APPROVE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2002 A motion was made by Phil Davis to approve the amended minutes from the September 12, 2002, meeting. Amy Vick seconded the motion and it passed by unanimous vote. VIII. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Update on the private venture policy • Windridge Village subdivision • Update on Rivery Project • Future meetings are November 14 and December 12 IX. ADJOURN Brenna Nedbalek made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Minutes approved on November 10, 2002 Parks and Recreation Board Minutes October 10. 2002 Page 3 of 3