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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 8, 1980Cl City of College Station POST OFFICE BOX 9960 1 101 TEXAS AVENUE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 AGENDA PnIRY: u RECREATION BOARD Tuesday, 8 April 1980, 7:00 p.m. City Hall, Conference Room A x. Call to Order Hear Visitors DiscGss;:,., a Comprehensive Plan Other Susi..--ss .' Board Concerns Adjou , M;EI'BERS PRESENT: MEIMSEL RS ABSENT_ MINUTES , CITY OF COLLEGE STATION P;RKS AND RECREATION BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING MARCH 25, 1980 Lou Hodges, Chairman; Stephen Biles, Dee Springer, Dave Turello, David Hill, and Steve Beachy, Director. Ted Nelson, Kathleen Kenefick, and Larry Ringer. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1 - Hear Visitors. There were no visitors. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2 - Discussion of Ordinance Number 983, Section 4. The City Council would like to re-evaluate the dollar value on Ordinance No. 983, Section 4, and would like a recommendation from the Park Board. The current dollar value is now $150 per dwelling unit. Lou Hodges suggested that the current dollar value be raised to $275 per dwellinc unit. Steve Biles made the motion to delete the $150 from the ordinance and replace it with the phrase that payment will be that of the current assgs ed value of the land Which would be revised annually by city council:.and/or the tax accesor. Dee Springer seconded the motion. The m0`ion did not pass. David Hill expressed his feelings and said that the Park Board should rave been contacted prior to the day before council wanted the recom- ;��endation. He felt that this was something the Park Board needed to study carefully before a proper recommendation could be made. L;u Hooaes emphasized that the Park Board should be the ones to monitor the status of the ordinance. 6 David Hill also suggested that he would like to hear from the developers themse ves and see what their feelings were. Dave Tureilo expressed that he would not like to make a recommendation '-o council until. the board had time to study the ordinance further. The general feeling of the board was that Ordinance 983, Section 4 needed to be studied further and discussions take place between developers and the beard and the tax accesor. Lo;_j Hodges suggested that we invite the tax accesor to the next Park Board meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3 - Discussion of Comprehensive Plan. The committee ,vor:ing on the Comprehensive Plan would like to have recommendations from the Park Board by June 10th. Steve Beachy presented the board with four options on how to approach the Comprehensive Plan. 1) Leave the 1974 Plan as is 2) Update the 1974 plan 3) Revise the 1974 plan 4) Develop an entirely new plan Steve voiced that he was in favor or revising the 1974 plan using the same format. Te Chapter headincs for the Comprehensive Plan are as iy I ows . ` A. int-roduction - System Inventory B. Standards of Development C. System Analysis D. Site Acquisition E. Regional Consideration F. Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan G. Recommendations Steve told the board that the systems inventory had been updated at the =first of the year and that board members had a copy of the inventory .n their annual report. 'e also said that the Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan would --ake the oreatest amount of consideration. Steve stated that by the next board meeting he would have the exact figure on how much money was in the Park Land Dedication Fund. Steve Beachy recommended that the city work with the school system in a Joint use agreement for recreational facilities such as helping recoat the tennis courts at the high school and help with the fitness trails at South Knoll and College Hills. I The board decided to meet the second and fourth Tuesday of April, May and the second Tuesday in June to study the Comprehensive Plan. On April 8th the board will consider the first three items. AGENDA ITEM 4.- Adjourn. The board adjourned at 9:30 p.m.