HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-04-19 MinutesPark & Recreation Advisory Board - Meeting Minutes
Date:
ATTENDANCE: X Zach Ratkai X Dan Dotta X__ Brent Kubalek
X Edgar Delgado X Arthur Job X Jason Ruud
X Thomas Davenport X Kate Bonderman X Nolvia Salinas
CC: David Milne Vacant Vacant
Vacant
I. Call to order Time: 5:32 pm
II. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Minutes Approving: __Feb 7, 2019 & Mar 7, 2019________________
Motion: Arthur Job __
Second: Kate Bonderman
Approval Vote: Unanimous
III. Staff Reports
a. Recreation
• Spring Break Camps – Basketball Clinic was Full with 50 kids; Tennis
Camp one age group full the other close to full.
• Adult Basketball and Youth Basketball Seasons have ended after much
rescheduling because of the snow.
• After having to cancel the first 4 tournaments at the Softball Complex of
the 2019 season, thanks to the hard work of the parks crew we were able
to hold the first softball tournament on the weekend of March 29-31,
second tournament scheduled for April 6-7. Fortunately, thanks to the
good work and networking of Tony Johnson we have tournaments
scheduled for most weekends between now and October.
• Ultimate Frisbee league registration deadline is today, April 4. We have at
least 5 teams registered. Could have as many as 7.
• The Annual Egg Hunt is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, April 20.
If park board members are interested in volunteering at the event let
recreation know.
• Preparing for pool season, have sent out call for applications to all last
year’s employees and will send out call to the general public within the
next week or two.
• The May – Aug recreation guide is getting printed and will be available
next week.
b. Parks/Facilities:
Personnel Activity
• Attended Monthly Safety Meetings
• WCIA Park&Rec Risk training
• Hired seasonal staff
Park & Facility Projects
• Removal of Snow piles are repair damage from the removal
• Irrigation start up
• Painted fields for Lacrosse
• Garbage clean up
• Planting flowers
• Farmers Market Clean up
• Charged Dust Devils Stadium
• Installed data tray
• Installed doors at the Water Plant
Cemetery
• 7 Funerals: 6 burials, 1 cremains
• $28,330.15 in business for the month
• Installed 10 headstones held up due to weather
• Prepared planter beds
Special Events
• City Hall remodel phase 1 almost complete
• RCO Grant rescheduled due to weather, March 27th new date, went
well will know in June/July
• Prepared for Food Truck Fridays starting April 5th
• Arbor Day April 10th at Memorial and April 12th at Volunteer
• Memorial Day Save the date
c. Director Update – Suggested by Zach Ratkai that this section be added to future
agendas
• Moving forward with Community Center feasibility study. Have sent out
an RFP with the due date of April 30. Will look to share results of RFP at
May Park Board meeting.
1. Envision the Park Board acting as the community advisory
committee for the study.
IV. Other
a. Update – Board Size
• Will plan on submitting an ordinance change to the City Council to reduce
size to 7 members with the possibility of having cemetery involvement.
b. Update – Remote Board Meeting Attendees
• City Attorneys responded saying that this is done in other areas of the state
and nation, but that we will need a policy change to make it official.
c. Selection of Grand Old 4th of July Grand Marshal Finalists –
• List of possible candidates and past Grand Marshals was given to the
board. They each reviewed the list and selected their top 3 candidates.
These selections were tallied and the top 3 vote getters were
1. Steve Graff
2. Mike Garrett
3. Bill Lampson
• Edgar moved that we submit these three names to the mayor as the Grand
Marshal finalists. Arthur seconded the motion. And the vote was
Unanimous.
d. Chapel Hill Park
• Zach Ratkai – presented the powerpoint presentation with the 2 options
given the city by the design consultant.
1. Budget for the park is $420,000, but the park costs given by
consultant were approximatle $730,000 – $850,000
2. Will be looking to the Park Board for guidance and direction on
how to move forward and what to prioritize at the park.
3. Before next meeting will seek revised cost estimates for the
different components of the park that reflect costs more true to our
area vs. West side prices. This will also include using 2” vs 3”
caliper trees, and hydro seeding vs using sod.
• Jason – suggested we move forward with developing the full 5 acres.
• Kate – Expressed her opinion that she did not feel the exercise equipment
was necessary.
• Arthur – Expressed that he preferred seeding over sodding that through his
experience in the long run you got better results from seeding. He also said
that the consultants called for a lot of composting soil amendments and
that he felt that it could be reduced but not eliminated.
e. BFP Grant Update
• Presentation was on March 27. Had trouble getting to the presentation, as
flight was delayed then cancelled and we ultimately had to drive to
Olympia. RCO worked with us and moved out presentation time from
11:40am to 2:30pm. Presentation went well. Rankings should be released
sometime within the next month.
V. City Council Representative Suggestions & Reports
a. Not Present – No report
VI. Park Board Member Round Table
a. Thomas – Asked that the reminder for the monthly meetings be set to more than
15 minutes prior.
b. Edgar – Asked if we would be having a City Booth at the Cinco de Mayo Event in
downtown Pasco. (Dan answered that yes we would have a city booth)
c. Jason – Asked about progress with the PFD Aquatic Center in light of the recent
news article.
• Zach answered that it has been brought to the house again for vote. Action
will need to be taken before the end of the legislative session.
d. Arthur – Plans on attending the Arbor Day Event on April 12.
VII. Meeting Adjourned Time: 7:17pm
VIII. Next Meeting: April 4, 2019