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PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
APRIL 15, 1992
The meeting was called to order 7:00 PM byy Chairman Illa. Roll call was
taken. Present were Lovelace, Larson, Iha, Lulf, Grenz, Raymond and
Messinger. Also present was Park Director Steve Michaud.
ITEM 3. -Minutes.
The minutes of the April 1, .1992 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee
meeting were discussed. Michaud noted under Item 11, Announcements the
last sentence should state the conference will be held November 1~-21,
1992, and that on November 21st the Board and Commission Section will be
having, special programs and workshops.
The minutes were approved with corrections.
ITEM 4. -Citizen Comments.
There were no citizens present at the meeting.
ITEM 8. -
Item 8 was moved forward to accommodate Alan Brixius of NAC who was
ppresent to go through all changes that had been recommended at the April
1, 1992 meeting. The committee went through each change that was
recommended which verified the narrative that had been handed out by NAC.
• Alan thanked the committee and informed them the changes would be forth-
coming in a new draft issued within two weeks.
ITEM 5. Staff reports.
Staff reiterated the various protects outlined in his narrative that was
part of the packet materials. The department is very busy both on the
park maintenance, recreation and planning sides. Staff also reported . he
has received two calls from the Royal Woods area from people liveng
adjacent the trail around the retention pond by Meadows Park. Several
people have been complaining about the amount of pedestrian usage around
that trail.
Staff reported that the fixtures for the new lighting system at Aronson
Park had arrived and installation is planned for the week of April 20th.
In addition, staff passed out a copy of the Men's Softball Association
bylaws and highlighted the new "lights out" rule. Staff had requested. the
softball association implement the new rule guaranteeing .the lights be
turned out at 11:00 PM.
Continuing under staff reports, a copy of the revised Hypoint Crossings
plat depicting the proposed park dedication was presented. After
discussion, staff received a general consensus from committee supporting
the proposed ppark and its layout. Staff will now work with Barry Warner
of Barton-Aschman to prepare various concepts on development.
ITEM 6.
• An update on the Strategic Growth Management Task Force was given by Pat
Messinger, committee liaison. Messinger went through the various agenda
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highlights and gave a very positive report concerning the task force,
emphasizing that she is impressed by the amount of materials and
information being presented to the task force in their preparation for
making recommendations to the City Council. The task force will be
concentrating their next few meetings . on developing an actual growth
management plan for Council's consideration.
ITEM 7. -
The committee received the 1991 Parks and Recreation Department Annual
Report. Staff made brief comments concerning its content. Messinger
discussed comments made in the beach report which indicated user
dissatisfaction with present hours. The past two years budgetary problems
have caused our department to close the beaches .earlier than what most
residents desire. Messinger was requesting that staff look at any options
possible to extend hours beyond the proposed 1992 budget restrictions,
particularly during the months of June and July.
ITEM 8. -Unfinished business.
There was no unfinished business.
ITEM 10 -New business.
i Staff distributed copies of the March monthly report.
ITEM 11 -Announcements.
The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will be
held May .6, 1992. The committee also discussed the annual bus tour of
park facilities and suggested that June 3, 1992 be scheduled for that
annual event.
ITEM 12 - Adjour men
Since there was no r e business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
R spect ubmit d
Ge d S. Michaud, Park D ector
Kevin Ilia, Chair
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