HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/11/2006 - Regular Minutes - Parks Board (3) Off PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES
Cm'OF COLLEGE STATION
REGULAR MEETING N 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. N McClure & Browne Engineering; Randy French N 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 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 N 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.
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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 N Eric Ploeger. The status of the revisions
done to-date was given and a meeting with the subcommittee would be
scheduled 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 N 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 N Updated lists had been included in the members' packets.
Approved park land dedications of less than three acres N 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 the October meeting date to the third Tuesday of the
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month due to a conflict. Kathleen I. said she would be unable to attend on
that date. The remainder of the board was agreeable to the October 17th
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 N Regular Meeting
• Future agenda item requests N 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.
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