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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.05.11 Park Board Minutes PARK & RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL MINUTES May 5, 2011 In attendance: Tom Davenport Duane Taber Edmon Daniels Michael Mathews Joel Nimmo Abigail Kidd Mike Garrison —Council Rep Staff: Rick Terway, Director A&CS, Carleen Hanscom, Recreation Services Manager and Dan Dotta, Facilities Manager. Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Edmon Daniels moved to approve the minutes from the April 7, 2011 meeting. Tom Davenport seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously. STAFF REPORTS Recreation • 1 handed out a draft of a regional geocaching policy for use in parks. I would like the board to review and provide me any feedback at the next meeting. This is a policy that will likely be used in all the regional city parks to create some consistency across our borders so it is the same for geocachers. • We launched the new registration system on April 25. It is going very well, lots of good feedback from customers and staff. We had over 600 accounts created in the first week. • 1 presented a plan to the Pasco Kiwanis about starting back up the Night Court program. We are waiting to find out if this is a program they would like to participate in via volunteers and/or donations. • Benton County has announced that they will be hosting the regional parks and recreation board meeting on July 26, 2011. More to come... • The Summer Recreation guide is out with lots of new classes and camps. • May is Bike to Work month and I have posters for the regional Bike-to-Work Challenge if anyone has a location they can post one please feel free to take one or more. • We are in the process of hiring all the seasonal aquatics staff and we are also hiring a part-time office assistant. Maintenance Personnel Activity • Attended Monthly Safety Meetings Park & Facility Projects • Repaired Chiawana irrigation pump on west end • Inspected Rd 108 Water Treatment Plant landscaping • Removed a tree at Kurtzman Park • Striped fields at 36 Soccer • Placed picnic tables in the parks • Installed shade cloth at the Softball Complex • Fertilized some of the parks • Replaced the slide at Casa del Sol • Repaired building lights for the King Center • Painted mini station • Moved PDDA to the Lewis St Mini Station • Installed wood chips for play grounds • Placed flower baskets on 20th Ave • Walk through with contractor for 1 yr inspection at Memorial Pool • Irrigation repairs: 6 mainline, 5 lateral and 2 isolation valves Cemetery • Preformed 5 funerals; 3 burials and 2 cremations • Completed14 pre-need contracts and install 4 headstones • Installed new smart irrigation system • Planted flowers in beds • Charged irrigation system Special Events • Hosted PHS and St. Pats home games, Ice Breakers tournament, 2 softball tournaments and Men's and Women's Church league Jamborees • Planted 2 trees at Volunteer Park for Arbor Day • Public Works is building a pump house building at Casa del Sol Director • Parks, Recreation and Forestry Comprehensive Plan was approved by City Council April 18. • Linda Loviisa Park neighborhood meeting was held on April 12, with 40 people in attendance. On April 28,the Planning Commission recommended that City Council approve the Special Permit for the park. City Council will consider it on May 16. Mr. Edworth L. Ray presented a letter to the Council requesting the walking/bicycle path from Road 39 to Road 54 be named in memory of Dr. Ray Rose, who was instrumental in the quest to designate space for a path between the privately owned property and the river. The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.