HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005.07.20 Public Facilities District Minutes PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT BOARD
July 20, 2005
MINUTES
Call To Order:
The meeting was called to order at 4:05 p.m., by PFD Board President Bob Tippett, in
Conference Room#1 at Pasco City Hall.
Roll Call:
Board Members Present: Bob Tippett, Mark Morrissette, Spence Jilek and Leonard
Dietrich.
Board Members Absent: John Merk.
Also Present: Gary Crutchfield, PFD Chief Administrative Officer; Leland Kerr, City
Attorney and Webster Jackson, PFD Secretary.
Visitors: Lee Thornton, Administrative President, Columbia Basin College and Bill
Saraceno, Administrative Vice President.
Approval of Minutes:
Following the correction to the April minutes showing that Mr. Dietrich was present, it
was motioned by Mr. Morrissette, seconded by Mr. Dietrich, and carried to approve the
minutes of the April 20, 2005 meeting.
Claims Approval:
Mr. Crutchfield presented claims for the second quarter (April 1 through June 30, 2005).
It was motioned by Mr. Dietrich, seconded by Mr. Morrissette, and carried to approve
payment of claims in the total amount of$73,352.12.
Financial Report:
Mr. Crutchfield presented second quarter Operating and Net Assets Statements to the
Board showing that through the end of June 2005 the PFD had received $144,129.34 in
revenue, and made expenditures in the amount of$141,305.49 with $133,975.81 payable
to the Kennewick PFD, leaving the Pasco PFD's total nct assets in the amount of
$9,611.37.
Old Business:
Joint Planning for Regional Centers:
Mr. Crutchfield stated that about mid-May he met with two councilmembers from each of
the three cities (Pasco, Kennewick and Richland) and their respective city managers.
They talked about the desire to initiate some collaborative planning efforts for regional
centers. He stated Pasco has been talking about an aquatic center for more than a year,
Kennewick has other priorities, and Richland is involved with their interpretive center
effort and just isn't interested. As a result of the meeting, all six council members agreed
to recommend to their respective councils to participate in a joint planning effort if the
cost was no more than $15,000 each and it gets done over this next winter so sometime
next spring they could have the results. The planning would be inclusive of the Tri-Cities
and at the end of the process there would be some sort of a survey mechanism to the
public in order to get a feel for what kind of project/facility they might be willing to
support. Mr. Crutchfield stated he had written a background paper and received
comments from the other cities and made the suggested revisions. The next step is to put
together a proposed agreement and is hopeful by the first of August he can have those
documents out to the other cities so during the month of August all three cities will be
talking about the idea of regional facilities planning. Mr. Tippett reminded the Board
that in the event, for whatever reasons, regional planning with the other cities did not take
place, the Pasco council has said that they want the Board to go ahead on a reduced
budget somewhere between $15,000430,000 to go out and do the very same thing for
Pasco.
New Business:
Mr. Lee Thornton and Mr. Bill Saraceno, Columbia Basin College Representatives,
presented to the Board the possibility of developing a partnership between CBC and the
PFD's for the purpose of constructing a performing arts center that could be used by the
entire region and would be of sufficient size to accommodate major productions and also
provide a venue to expand the college's community programs. By developing a
partnership, it would provide the opportunity to bring state dollars as well as local dollars
to build the facility and maybe some additional federal dollars could be brought in as
well. Mr. Thornton stated that one of the problems in the past, when discussing this
concept, has been that Richland and some of the performing arts people have their own
interests and haven't been that willing to participate. Following discussions with others
about a performing arts facility, Mr. Thornton stated that his group has received word that
Richland is very interested in supporting a facility on the CBC campus. The cost of a
2,000 plus seat facility would be somewhere around $20 to $30 million. The col loge
would operate the facility and build the operating costs into the college operating budget.
Other Business:
The Board received a letter from the Lynnwood PFD announcing the first state-wide PFD
Conference tentatively scheduled for October 24 and 25, 2005 at the Lynnwood
Convention Center.
Adjournment:
There being no other business, President Tippett adjourned the meeting at 4:45 p.m.
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Bob Tippett, President Webster Jackson Fp Secretary
PFD Minutes 7/20/05
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