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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/11/2006 - Regular Minutes - Parks Board PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES REGULAR MEETING ~ 7:00 PM Tuesday, July 11, 2006 The EXIT Teen Center 1520 Rock Prairie Road College Station, Texas ? Staff Present: Stephen Beachy, Director; Eric Ploeger, Assistant Director; Peter Lamont, Recreation Superintendent; Marci Rodgers, Senior Services Coordinator; Pamela Springfield, Staff Assistant Members Present: Jodi Warner, Chair; Glenn Schroeder; Gary Erwin; Harry Green; Gary Thomas; Carol Blaschke; Kathleen Ireland; Jeannie McCandless; John Crompton Members Absent: All members were present. Visitors: Dale Browne, Jr. ~ McClure & Browne Engineering; Randy French ~ BCS Development Company 1. Call to order. Jodi Warner, Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Possible action and pardon concerning requests for absences of members. No requests for absence had been submitted and no action was necessary. 3. Hear visitors. Hearing none this item was closed. 4. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of minutes from the regular meeting of June 13, 2006. Glenn Schroeder stated that there was a spelling error under “Visitors Present” - Wyndham’s was misspelled. Glenn moved approval of the meeting minutes with the one correction. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. The vote was called and the minutes were unanimously approved with the correction as stated. 5. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of member appointments to the Senior Advisory Committee ~ Marci Rodgers. Harry Green moved to accept the recommendation of Marci Rodgers to: appoint Donald Pirwitz, Colleen Risinger, Yvonne Stevens, Raymond Reed, Joanna Yeager, and E.E. Burns to fill the six open positions on the Senior Advisory Committee; and, to appoint Robert Meyer as Chairman and Raymond Reed as Vice Chairman for one year, as voted on and recommended by the Senior Advisory Committee. Kathleen Ireland seconded the motion. The vote was called and the motion carried unanimously. Page 1 of 3 6. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of potential park land dedication request for Sonoma Development ~ Park Zone 10. Staff had no recommendation on this proposed dedication which was located in floodplain, in designated greenway, and adjoining the CSISD-owned, future, high school site. John Crompton moved to accept the developer’s proposed dedication of 7.16 acres (1.62 acres was the required dedication). Harry Green seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the motion passed unanimously. 7. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of Naming Request for pathway in Veterans Park and Athletic Complex, from the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Board of Directors. Glenn S. moved approval of the written request to name the pathway which would encircle the Veterans Memorial, once constructed, after Lynn Stuart (the Louis Lynn Stuart Pathway). Kathleen I. seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. 8. Update and discussion on status of revisions to the Recreation, Park, and Open Space Master Plan ~ Eric Ploeger. The status of the revisions done on the plan to-date was given. A meeting with the subcommittee would th be scheduled for a date after August 15 to review the revisions. This was an informational item only and no action was required. 9. Review, possible action, and discussion concerning Board and Departmental Goals and Objectives, and City Council Strategic Plan. Updated lists had been included in the members’ packets. ?Update and discussion on City Council Strategic Plan ~ A brief update based on the focus of the June Council retreat was given. This was an informational item only and no action was required. 10. Report, possible action, and discussion concerning the Capital Improvement Program: Current Capital Improvement and Park Land Dedication Projects List ~ Updated lists had been included in the members’ packets. Approved park land dedications of less than three acres ~ Two dedications had been approved by staff for the Austin Beckendorf Subdivision and the Greens Prairie Center. Copies had been included in the packets. This was an informational item only, and no action was required. 11. Consideration, possible action, and discussion of potential meeting dates for the October 2006 meeting, due to NRPA Congress conflict. Staff asked to move this meeting date to the third Tuesday of October due to Page 2 of 3 a conflict. Kathleen I. said she would be unable to attend on that date. The th remainder of the board was agreeable to the October 17 date. No action was required. 12. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items: (A board member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting.) ?August 8, 2006 ~ Regular Meeting ?Future agenda item requests ~ Hearing none, this item was closed. 13. Adjourn. Kathleen I. moved to adjourn. Jeannie McCandless seconded the motion. The vote was called. All were in favor and the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Page 3 of 3