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Park & Recreation Advisory Board - Meeting Minutes
Date: __9/5/2019____
ATTENDANCE: X Zach Ratkai X Dan Dotta X__ Brent Kubalek
1. Nolvia Salinas X 4. Edgar Delgado X__6. Jason Ruud
X 2. Tom Davenport X 5. Bradyn Leyde __7. Kate Bonderman
3. Vacant X CC: David Milne
I. Call to order Time: 5:34 pm
II. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Minutes Approving: __April 4, 2019_____
Motion: Edgar Delgado __
Second: Thomas Davenport
Approval Vote: Unanimous
III. Staff Reports:
a. Recreation
RECREATION PAST HIGHLIGHTS (Jun - Aug)
Pool
o Finished the season well, comparable to 2018 in all areas except swim
lessons as we offered 1 less session due to extended school year.
o Dog Swim - 35 dogs
4th of July went well
o FMX Ramp failure - but will rebook for next year.
Family Film Fridays - first year went well averaging 115 in attendance. We
will look at only Memorial and Sporting Complex for next year.
Held first Esports Mario Kart Tournament in July - Sold out at 32 participants
and had 100+ spectators in attendance.
o Participants were all between 8-18 years of age
Afterschool Program very well attended over summer - averaged 40 kids a day.
Sporting Complex
o Adult Softball just ended.
o Fall tournaments ramping up with 7 tournaments between now and end of
October
Fall Guide is out
RECREATION UPCOMING
Adult Flag Football Starting week of Sept 16
Will be holding additional ESports tournaments in the Fall including Smash
Bros, Rocket League & Mario Kart (Team tournament with Adult & Child
teams).
Tons of Trucks with Fiery Foods Fest on Saturday, Sept 14
Lampson Cable Bridge Run - Registration Open - will again give finishers
medal this year.
o Have a 5 year medal plan that will create medals that fit together like a
puzzle.
b. Parks & Facilities
Personnel Activity
Monthly staff meetings
Zone realignment discussions
Hired 2nd Park Ranger
Zone conversions
High School Intern Program
Parks and Facility Projects
Softball / Baseball tournaments every weekend June/July
City Hall remodel
City Hall cable tray
4th of July parade set-up
Richardson Led park light replacement
Tree trimming at Richardson to improve park lighting
Wade park shoreline clean-up for Boat races
Softfall added to playgrounds
Set-up for dog swim leisure pool
Cable bridge clean up (Vagrant camps in trees)
Triangle property clean up by Ainsworth underpass (vagrant camps)
Mowed A-street field
Installed Drinking fountain at Highlands park by football fields
Island clean up 4th and Bonneville
Landscaped front entrance of city hall
Tree removal 5th and Clark. (sidewalk damage)
Bench donation install at Sacagawea trail head
Built Nursery at the Cemetery Shop
Cemetery
June $17,555.41 (5 full body and 4 cremains plus headstones)
July $36,933.27 (5 full body and 5 cremains plus headstones)
August $27,877.93 (4 full body and 4 cremains plus headstones)
Cemetery Project (Graveside service option-ADA compliant)
Sprayed growth regulator
c. ACS Director
City Hall Renovation Coming along. Almost finished with phase 3. Finance
to move back, permitting to move to first floor for public ease of access.
Phase 4 renovation of Engineering area next.
City Council approved the reduction in Park Board size from 9 to 7. Park
board is now a 7 member board with just one vacancy.
Pasco PFD is working on updating the Aquatic Facility Feasibility study and
report. This includes finding and selecting a site. They are shooting to take
the proposal to the public for an August 2020 vote.
IV. Other Agenda Items:
a. CIP Update & Review –
Zach updated the board on the CIP that will be submitted for approval. The
updated CIP includes increasing the funding for some projects including
Chapel Hill Park & the Dog Park. It also includes the addition of parking lot
upgrades at the Little League fields in conjunction with the new animal
shelter.
b. Community Center Feasibility Study Update –
Received CJKT’s proposal it was a little more extensive then we were
looking for. We are working with them to reduce the scope.
c. Visit Tri-Cities Sports Facility Feasibility Study Update-
They are about 2/3 of the way through the study. They came back to us with
their preliminary recommendation for Pasco which focused on making the
Soccer complex at Burden & 68 a tournament quality complex. They will
come back with final recommendations and proposed business plan about the
first of October.
d. RCO Grant Updates-
Signing Both the A Street & the Schlagel Park grant Agreements. We should
be requesting RFQs for Design in about a month. A Street will develop the
access road, parking, security lighting and first 3 fields of the proposed
Sports Complex. The Schlagel Park Grant will replace the dock, the ramp,
repave parking and relocate the restroom.
e. Regional Joint Park Commissions Meeting
The Regional Joint Park Commissions Meeting will take place on Thursday,
September 19. Dinner at 5:30pm and presentations at 6:00pm. Please RSVP
your attendance to Brent as he will be contacting Kennewick to let them
know the number attending from Pasco.
V. City Council Representative Suggestions & Reports
a. Peanuts Park – Councilman Milne reported that the Library Tavern has closed.
b. Milne asked about the Chiawana Park Lawn and if we had been able to fix the
irrigation problems. It was reported that we had.
VI. Park Board Member Round Table
a. Thomas Davenport –
Shared that he had attended Yoga in the Park in Richland and that he spoke
to the instructor Whitney Davis from Pure Yoga about the possibility of
doing Yoga in the park in Pasco.
b. Edgar Martinez – No Report
c. Bradyn Leyde –
Asked if Sun Willows participates in the Jr. PGA League. Says it is a good
program for introducing youth to golf. Recreation is to check with Sun
Willows.
Announced that he had worked with Pasco Schools to be a host site for USA
Basketball Program. It is 12 session program where kids come and play
basketball. It is more freestyle than an organized camp and kids earn points
for attending that then they can redeem at the end of the class for sports gear.
d. Jason Ruud – No Report
VII. Meeting Adjourned Time: __7:14 pm
VIII. Next Meeting: __October 3, 2019_____