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Home My WebLink About1984-04-03 Parks & Recreation Summary~~ KENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION March April 3, 1984 Kenai City Hall Chairman Richard Hultberg AGENDA 1, ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 4. APPROUAL OF MINUTES OF Special Meeting, March 19, 1984 5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion: Conservation Strip Along Spur Highway from McKinley St, To the Airport 1 b, Request for Park - Jerry Hanson 7. OLD BUSINESS a. Budget b. Accoustical Tile in Gym 8. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS 9. ADJOURNMENT PLEASE BE SURE TO CALL JANET (283-7933) IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND ! i KENRT PARKS & RECREaTION COMMISSION April 3, 1984 Kenai Ci~y Hall ~~ Chairman Richard Hultberg 1. ROLL CALL Present: Hultberg, Sryson, McComsey, Siebert, and Thoc~as Absents 5iekawitch, exc~used 2. ' ~APF'R~VAL OF AGENDA Mr. Hansan will be placed under 3-a. Ag~nda appraved with the change. 3. PE~S~N~ SCHE~ULED T~ BE HEARQ a. Je~r Hanson - Re uest for Park ~ Mr, Hanson ~xplained what ~recipi~ated the r~quest far an are~ for children ta play in th~ Inlet View S/D region. A~ the present ~~me th~ spot cleared betwe~n ~awton and the Spur Nighway is a hazard and an eye~ore. At ~he present tim~ the children are playing in ~he street while the lot remains empty. ) The Commission discussed ~reas for play that are c1os~ to the subdivisian for Mr. Nanson, ~hat being Tinker Lane, ~ast Kena~ Rark and th+~ schovl grounds. M~» McGi~.~ivray a~ked what Mr. Hanson was look~ng for specifically; Mr. Hanson ~tated that th~ residents in the area don't want ~omething extravagant, no eq~ipment, just level the area, perhaps some tap~o~l and seeding~ clean aut the ditch where oil i~ pudd~.ing, ar~d ~ small fenee along th~ 5pur Nwy and snm~ ~c~rt o~' sign tha~ would help keep the 3-wh~elers and snow machir~es out. Mr, Hanson said he would like to keep that whole strip frvm Walker to Rog~rs the way it is, gr~en with trees, rather tt~an haa~ the s~rip become a "Spendard'~. The Comm~sszon agreed, notin~ ~hat the ~trip further down along the Spur will soon be shopping cen~ers and asked xf ~her~ was any way af r~quiring the lessee nf the proper~y to retain a portion o~' the tree~ so that it won't laok li,ke the ~trip by the Uptnwn Mot~l. This wi11 be brought to the at~ent~on of the ~.and Manager. ~'he second concern is that with several multi-family residences going in ~lang Walker and ~prucewopd G~,en, and pexhaps Daub~n- speck, a nearby park would be beneficial for that end of Tinker, PARKS & RE~R~ATION C~MMIS~ION Apr~1 3, 1984 3 ~ Page 2 TMe Commis~ion requested Mr. Har~son ~eturn to the next meeting. The Commissivr~ requ~s~ed that a memo be sent ta Mr. [.abahn cnnce~ning the request ta~ retain this portion of land in the p~rks inWentor~ which i~ n~w zoned Canserva~ian. 4. APPROVAL QF MTNUTES of ~iarch 19, 19$4 Minute~ were appr~ved as ~ubmitt~d. 5. pIRECT~R'S REP~RT a~ Pipe ~or g~rriers Mr. MeGil~.ivray inf orm~d the Comr~is~ion that ~h~ pipe requested f~om Arnoco has been approved ~or the City. Amoca wil~ haul th~ pipe to a location Qf choice wi~hin th~e week. I~. Re ort fram Beautificatior~ Gammitte~ ~ The Committee has purchased 21 woo+den planter box~s for flvwers to be plac~d aroun~ ~h~ City~ In ~heir bea~~- ~ ifica~ion effvr~s the Com~m~tte~ will be working o~ the green s~rip again this year and a~.so f'rom the Chamk~er building ~ow~r+ds the S~ars mall. _ c. l~ett~r fram K~nai Penin~ula ~ommunit Calle e ~ The letter reque~ts consideratian of special rates for co3leg~ s~udents ~ince there are special rates in effect for high school ~tudents~ The Commi~sion discus~ed the subjec~ at length, with th~ ~enexal feeling ti~at the speGial ra~e~ wEre ta ~arget the card carrying youth of Kenai's high schoal where cal].ege stud~nts ~auld mean any age far inta ad~l.thoad which would defe~t ~h~ p~rpose. Mr. PRcGillivray wi~.l be cnn~acting the persan by phane to explain the situation ~nd ta ascertair~ if there was any other in~er~~ along wi~h the lett~r, and pass along ~h~ Gvmmissi~n's feel~nqs. d. Ski `~rail ~ 1'he ~ki trail is completed, with the placing of ~h~ ~igns just a~ the s~~ls were ~urning mushy sa all wil~. be ready for n~xt winter. Mr. P~cGa~llivray presented the map for the Commissinn for revi~w, It w~s pointed otat that th~ trail will bvrder the proposed subdivisian of Burn~tt'~ whxch PARK5 ~ RECREATIQN COMMI~STQN ~ Apri~ 3, 1984 Page 3 cannot be helped at this pQi~t, A letter thanking Carl VanBvskirk was s~nt ~y the City Manager. It w~s indeed a job well don~~ e~ NRPA Workshop M~. McGilliv~ay i~fo~med the Commission of the upcomin National Recreation & Parks ' ' ~ ~ ~ Assaciat~an warkshop which wi11 con~entrate one entire day o~ CQmmissian~ and t~eir involve~ m~~t. An invita~ion was issued to any member who might be able ta attend. Commissioner McComsey was the only Commi~- sioner who felt he might be able to attend. The wo~kshop will be June 4th, Any Co~mis~ioner interested shauld cantact the City. f. Summer Eguipment ~ Mr. McGill~vray mentioned th~t the yearly replacement of ~qu~pment is due a~d informed the Commi~sion that the 8 taps to the trash barr~ls had arriv~d. Commissioner McComsey stated tha~ he wQU1d have rnore barrels avail~ble and Cand Nu ent of the Beaut~ficat' n ' y 9 ~o Commi~tee has be~n doing the paint~ng. Commissioner Mc~omsey and Cammittee Member Nugent ~~ will be getting ~ogether wit~ Ghairman WiZniew~ ' kl t~ ascertain t~e number of additional barre~s needed and the paintin~. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Di~~ussion: CQnser~ation 5trip Along Spur Highway ~orest Drive/~nd Avenue ~ The Commission reviewed the ~aterial and maps provided, There was some confusion regarding the exact locations in question and w~y it h~d been referred to t~e Commission. MO~ION; Commissioner McCnmsey move~, second~d by Cammission Si~bert to keep th~ entire st~ip currently ~oned ~onserv~tian ~or "public pa~k & re~reational purpvs~s" excluding the exi~tin R0~ across the stri ow~ed b g p y Roy 01ds. UOT~: Motion passed unanimously. , PARKS & R~CREATZQN CQMMISSZON ~ April 3, 19~4 Page 4 ~. OLD ~USI~ESS a~ Bu~dqe~t Kayv McG~llivray reviewed the n~xt step ir~ the budget proc~s~, Ci~y Manager requests, with the Cammi~sion. there were no majar ~uts in the P&R bud~et, however there were som~ l~rge cuts in th~ ~ea~ti~"~cation budget. One item was cut tl~at was for ~hia year, i. e, , operati.ng expenses. ~~t was determined that w~th the addition o~' the gym, ~he apera~ing costs would run out before the ~nd of the budget year and more mone~ was requested. Th~ budg~t w~ll next ga t~ the Counc~l ~n wvrk se5sions~ b. ~ Accou~tiical Ta.le~ The tiles are in the gym anc~ have made a big differ~en~e, not only in sound reduct~on but in +decar a~ v~e1~.. Many camment~ were r~c~i~ed by ~he~public an both, a.~l appreciative, The Cammission ~greed that som~ ~ime in the future, it would be r~ice to finish the entire gyrn. Right naw th~ tiles go around twv w~lls. ) , , , , ~Caya McGillivray has pra.ces caming fo~ the red mats tha~ ~Q against ~he wall, und~r the aaskets. 8. ~aMMIS~IDN ~QMMENT5 & QUESTi~NS Commiss~oner McComsey a~l~ed if ~he awner of the praperty at th~ corn~r of 8eaver l.oop and Brid~~ Access Rd c~uld be fqund, There is a~ev~re lack of p~actice fields for soft- ball and ~hi~ would be id~al. 9, ADJOURNMENT ~'he~e being no further bus~ne~s, the meeting was adjourned a~ 9:Q5 P.M~ The ne,~ ~ req~1 ar1 y schedu.l ~d mee ti nq wi 11 b~ Tuesd~y, ~/ay l, 1'9B4 a t,7: dQ P. ~f. Janet Loper Secretary