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Home My WebLink About2024.05.09 PRAB Agenda Packet AGENDA Parks & Recreation Advisory Board 5:30 PM - Thursday, May 9, 2024 Pasco City Hall, Council Chambers Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2 - 7 (a) Approve the January 11, 2024, and March 14, 2024, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes MOTION: I move to approve the minutes from the January 11, 2024 and March 14, 2024 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting. 4. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE & BOARD MEMBER REPORTS 5. STAFF REPORTS 8 - 24 (a) Staff reported on the topics in the attached PowerPoint. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS (a) State-Of-The-Art Radio Control Raceway 8. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION (a) Next Meeting: July 11, 2024 9. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 24 MINUTES Parks & Recreation Advisory Board 5:30 PM - Thursday, January 11, 2024 Pasco City Hall, Council Chambers ROLL CALL Board Members Present: Alex Thornton, John Morgan, Mark Middleton, Kate Bonderman and Michael Harrington. City Council Representative Present: David Milne City Staff Present: Brent Kubalek, Patrick Hicks, Jesse Rice, and Elizabeth Olivo CALL TO ORDER The meeting was call to order at 5:32 pm by Kate Bonderman, Chairperson APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the November 9, 2023, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Minutes. MOTION: Mrs. Bonderman moved to approve the minutes from the November 9, 2024 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting. Mr. Thornton Second. Motion carried unanimously. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE & BOARD MEMBER REPORTS STAFF REPORTS Recreation Mr. Kubalek reported the following topics related to the Recreation Division: League Highlights  Adult Basketball  16 Teams - (Full with 16+ teams on Waitlist) Page 1 of 5Page 2 of 24  Need additional gym space to accommodate  Youth Basketball  Practices began this week (1/8/2024)  50 teams; 572 participants Program Highlights  Afterschool Program  Just hired new staff. (1 lead and 2 assistants)  Closed during winter break, Resumed with start of school. Event Highlights  Winterfest – Tree Lighting - Held December 9  Estimated 1500 people in attendance  Featured – Community Booths, Grain Train, Games, Santa, Photo Ops, Food and entertainment.  Winterfest – Free Holiday Movies  Held at and in partnership with Fairchild Cinemas in Pasco.  Wednesday, Dec 6, The Grinch (2018): 900+ Attendance  Saturday, Dec 9, Arthur Christmas (2011): 450+ Attendance  Winterfest - Candy Cane Scavenger Hunt  Daily Hunts Held Dec 4-7: 100+ successful hunters each day  Daily Prizes Awarded Dec 8; Grand Prize Awarded Dec 9 at Tree Lighting  Lampson Cable Bridge Run  Held on Saturday, Dec 16  Over 1900 Registered Participants  Holiday Community Food Drive  Benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Benton & Franklin Counties  115 Boxes Donated by City Staff; 90 Boxes Donated by Fedex  New Years Eve Kits  Partnership Advertising Program with Franklin PUD  Bring More Fun to New Years & Information to the Community  Distributed approximately 450 kits Project Updates  RCO Local Park Maintenance Grant - $100,000  Have finalized Agreement  Working on scheduling the work  MUSCO Lighting Grant  Taking to Council for Final Budgetary Approval  Installation of the Lights to take place in the Spring  RCO Youth Athletic Facilities Grant – Highland Park  Replacement of Goal Posts  Delivery of Goal Posts end of January  Installation of Restroom Storage Building  Received Council Approval for Purchase of the CXT Building at January 8 meeting.  Order has been placed with a projected May-June Installation Page 2 of 5Page 3 of 24 Parks & Facilities Mr. Hicks reported the following topics related to the Parks & Facilities Division:  Winterfest and Holiday Lights Set up  Tree Uplifting  Shrub Bed Pruning  Landscape edging catch up  Smart Clock additions  Kiosk Painting  Graffiti and Encampment Clean up  Park Sign Painting  Forestry Clean up  Basketball court refinishing  Tree planting  Park sign landscape upgrades  Downtown Island clean up  Applied for tree grant  Softball field renovations  Athletic field top dressing Parks and Recreation Director Mr. Rice reported the following topics: 2024 Activity Preview  Softball Complex upgrades - including new infield dirt, $211,00 LTAX Funding  Rivershore Park Concept Design – MIG consultant including Community Input  Park Design Standards and Playground Equipment Replacement Plan  Basketball Court Resurfacing - $100,000 Grant  A-Street Soccer Phase 1.5 - Lighting Project , $100,000 Grant  Purchase of Mobile Stage to support current and new events  Highlands Park Upgrades – Include Restroom and Goals Posts, $200,000 Grant  Evaluating Blvd Xeriscaping Options  Rave\Sounders Soccer Foundation Futsal Court Program – eastside park  Martin Luther King Center Renovation – starting design phase  25-26 Budget Preparation – ability to propose and ask for new project funds  Transition Management of Burden Soccer to Recreation – increase usage  Marina Dock Replacement – FEMA Grant  Path\Trail Signage  Pool Dome Page 3 of 5Page 4 of 24 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Councilmember Milne shared of having Jose Iniguez symphony rehearsal at Peanuts Park sometime in June. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Harrington proposed a Radio Control Park, which would be a nice destination for people to go. He suggested to obtain three (3) cost estimates for designs, and he believed the cost to build this park would be roughly $50,000 - $100,000 according to resources he found with neighboring cities such as Walla Walla. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION Mr. Morgan expressed appreciation with the employee engagement in the community during the 2023 Winter Fest event. Mr. Middleton stated that the City did a great job holding the winter fest event and he can see this getting bigger and bigger each year. Mr. Rice stated the credit is to be given to all the employees who made Winter Fest possible. He mentioned both Patrick Hicks and Brent Kublalek had great staff that were willing to be part of this event. Mr. Rice asked for feedback on what the PRAB would like to be informed of, metrics and statistics, activities they would like to participate in, and or other suggestions for this coming year. Councilmember Milne expressed excitement about the projects that were discussed 7 years ago are finally starting to take place. Mrs. Bonderman stated she would like to be notified when events are going to happen so that she can be part of those. Other Board members agreed. Mr. Harrington suggested being notified when decisions for projects are being made to at least have suggestions they can add to those projects. Mr. Morgan stated Pasco is becoming the center of the Tri-Cities and he would like to see Pasco host more sporting events. Next Meeting: March 14, 2024 ADJOURNMENT Page 4 of 5Page 5 of 24 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:33 pm. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS __ DAY OF ____, 2024 Page 5 of 5Page 6 of 24 MINUTES Parks & Recreation Advisory Board 5:30 PM - Thursday, March 14, 2024 Pasco City Hall, Council Chambers ROLL CALL CALL TO ORDER The meeting of the advisory board was called to order at 5:40 pm on March 14, 2024. It was noted that a quorum was not achieved, and therefore no official business could be conducted. However, discussions and updates were shared among the members present. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION Next Meeting: May 9, 2024 ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 1Page 7 of 24 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Pa g e 8 o f 2 4 Recreation Report PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Spring Break Tennis Camp •21 participants •Last day of camp rained out Spring Break Basketball Camp •80 Registered Participants Red Cross Lifeguard Training •Holding 3 Lifeguard Certifications Courses LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS Adult Ultimate Frisbee League •6 Registered Teams •League began on April 11 Pa g e 9 o f 2 4 Recreation Report LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS – CONT. Spring PR Runners •85 kids – Completed went well Youth All-City Volleyball •Full with, 48 kids •We Hosted the first Saturday Tournament of the season at Pasco High on April 20. Each city hosts a tournament day. Finals on May 18 in Richland Youth Softball Leagues •29 Registered Teams •Games begin next week Youth Softball Leagues •191 Registrants •Partner Program with Kennewick •Games began this week Pa g e 1 0 o f 2 4 Recreation Report EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Cinco de Mayo •Presenting with Latin Business Association (LBA) •Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 •Parade at 10:00am on May 4 Volunteer Appreciation Event •Scheduled for Wednesday, May 22; 5:30-7:00pm Grand Old 4th of July •Taking Parade Participant Registrations Now Pa g e 1 1 o f 2 4 Parks Report Parks Update •Landscape maintenance •Mowing •Irrigation full swing •Graffiti, Encampment Clean up and Vandalism •Softball Infield Project •Highlands Goal Post Project •2 Fields – 4 new goals set •Tree Planting •83 Trees planted so far this year – 11 removals •70 of them are from the DNR Tri-Cities investment fund. •Last year we planted 37 trees total. •Arbor Days (State April 10th – National April 26th) •Kurtzman Park - Washington State •Highland Park – National Pa g e 1 2 o f 2 4 48 Soccer Hit and Run Pa g e 1 3 o f 2 4 Softball Infield Project Pa g e 1 4 o f 2 4 Softball Infield Project Pa g e 1 5 o f 2 4 Highlands Goal Post Pa g e 1 6 o f 2 4 Highlands Park Improvements Pa g e 1 7 o f 2 4 Tree Plantings 36 Soccer Pa g e 1 8 o f 2 4 Washington Arbor Day 15 Trees planted at Kurtzman Park with the help from the Headstart group Pa g e 1 9 o f 2 4 National Arbor Day 15 Trees Planted at Highlands Park with the help of Whittier Elementary Pa g e 2 0 o f 2 4 Parks Report In the works •Basketball court refinishing §Tree planting §Chiawana Irrigation Mainline §Softball Infield replacement §Irrigation Maintenance §Bench Donations §Playground Repair §Seasonal Update §Equipment Purchases Pa g e 2 1 o f 2 4 Director Update 2024 Events Pa g e 2 2 o f 2 4 May 9, 2024 New Business State-Of-The-Art Radio Control Raceway Miscellaneous Discussion Next Meeting: July 11, 2024 Adjournment Pa g e 2 3 o f 2 4 Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Pa g e 2 4 o f 2 4