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Home My WebLink About1984-06-26 Parks & Recreation SummaryI ~ ~ K~NA~ ~ARKS & RECR~A~IUN COMMrSS~DN June Zd, 1984 K~n~x Gity Nall Ri~hard Hultber+g, Ch~irm~n AG~ND~ 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPRQUAl. 4F AGENDA 3. PER50N5 SCHEDULED T~ BE FIEAf~Q ~, Ap~'RDVAL OF MINUTES of May l~ 19~4 5. D~RECTOR'S R~PQRT a. Summer Crews b. 8aseball Field ~'ence ) c. Litti~ League d. Softball e. Summer Recr~ati~n Prvgra~m f, N. W. Re~g~vna,1 Conf~rence g. Fitness Tr~il E,. NEW BUS~NESS a. Discussian &~~view; Draft Landscaping Ordinance b, 4isCUSSion & Review: Draft Sign Code Ordin~nce e. ~equest ~v purchase/Leases Lot 8,m Blk ~D, Kenai Townsite -~ for parking ~- 5warner/0'Connell 7. OLD BUSINE55 a. Playground Equipment 6. COMMZSSIQN COMMEIVTS & QUESi'IpNS The Beautificatian Committee minu~es are availabl~ far your information. 9. ADJ~URNMENT ~ The meeting will be ups~airs in the Public Warks canferen~e room. r} ~ ~ ~ KEN~I PaRKS ~ RECREATIOiV C~MM~5STON June Zb, 1984 Kenai City Hal1 Richard Hu~tb~rg, ~~airma~ 1. ROI.L CALL Present: Brysan, McCam~ey ~ieb~rt, Siekawitch, Thvm~s Abs~nt: Nul~berg 2. APPa~UAL ~I~ AGEND~ Add under 5-a, Arco Jes~e Ower~s Games ager~da app~rvved with addition ~. PERS~N~ SCHEpULED TQ 8E NEARD NAne 4. APPROUAC. q~' MINUT~S of May 1, 1984 ) , , Minutes app-roved ~~ subma.tt~d 5. DIRECT~R'S RE~P~RT a. Law~on AcrEs Mr~ McGillivray r~ported a fol~ow--up an ~he Lawton Acr~es S/D, Th~ City Mana~er had requ~s~ed Mr, McGillivra~ be aware that the 5trip still ha~ a valid request for subdividing, therEfore it is not ~a~ail~b~.+e for pl~nting a gr~enstrip. b, Sur~er Crews Crews are d~vided up into~4 groups; 1 cares for field~, 1 puts in ~ta~lvns at th~ ~'~tnes~ trail ~it is nearly ~~mpleted~; I takes care of beautification. ~I~ese a~e the best cr~ws Mr. McGillivr~y ha~ had ~hus far. Shorty Johnson has wQrked an th~ cr~w5 for 5 years and is ~uperv~sor. On~ team heads up ~he summer program at Kenai Elementary, Mike Thamas is head of ~hat c~ew an~ informed ~he Commissian th~t tt~er~ are 79 registered part~cipant~ at different ~r~grams, The trash piekup i~ con~inuir~g an a r~gular basa.s. The pa~ks department has vol~n~eered to provide tr~nsportatian for~ ~hose work~n ~ outside ~he downtawn area. g t ~+.. ~ ~ PaRKS & RECR~AT~~N CQMMIS5IQN Jur~e 2b, 3~84 Page 2 c. B~~eball Fie].d F`ence Thi~ is on the s~nior league fi~ld, the chain link is in, the wooden fen~e is aut and th~ park is muc~ ~mproved. d. Little Leag~e ~....~..~.. . In fu11 sw~ng, will be wind~ng up this weel~. Vi~e Chairr~an Se~~-ert gave a report. e. ~of'tball 1'ourr~amer~ts wi11 be beqinning within about a week, f. Pipe & Posts , "The pipe h~sn't been last". ~t is in the process of being prepared; s~ttir~g pasts, welding, cutting, pain~ed, ~tc. Should b~ a big help. CQmmissianer McGomsey stated that 1.~st weekend during tournament, trucks +~ere coming in day ~ night, all week~nd, Sunday includ~d, ~nd } un~'artunately, there v~ill praba~ly be an a.n jury before lor~~. Mr, Mc~illiv~ay ~tated tha~ there is a lease applieatian pending for a clear area across ~he rc~ad which should allev~~te the pr~oblem. T~e man whQ works for Weaver Bros. who is a~upervis~r, agreed. rhis gentle~rart has worked with ~ayo in moving the vans on days when games ~r~ going on. Those drive~~ ~ave no idea o~ what the boundaries ar~. CommissiQner McComse~ stated that k~e has seen th~se tr~cks h~ball down l~t and Coral, cutting across a part of the field ~ather than dawn the Spur and Coral. g. Sut~mer Recreation P~rogra~ 4 ~ rr ..n Already covered above. h, N.W. Re~g~onal Conference . ~......_ A number of participants stated that it was the best canference they had ever at~ended. ~oth Qregon and W~~hington had battl~d ta i~ave the conferen+ce in ~h~ir state, There wexe 250 full t~me r~gistrants which is more than the last ~ conferences. Plus 5~ part ~time registrants which is also higher than an~ other conferer~ce. Th~ state canference wiJ.~ be in ~aldez thi~ year. i, Fitness Tra~l N~arly completed. Two or thre~ persons have call~ed Mr. M~Gillivray to ~ infa-rm him of their lea5ure. Ther ' ' ' p e w~,~~ be a ded~catlvn ceremony with special m~ntion going ~o Mr$. ~Cuss. Commi~s~oner 8ryson asked if ~ ~~ PARKS & R~CREAT~~N COMMISS~qN June 2~, 1984 Pag~ 3 i~ ~~uld be po~sible to extend the ~rail to the other end, i~r. P~cGillivray stated that he thought th~ land r~as pledged ~ta ~#~A. . ~. rco Ga~res Nvt available -~ tape ended ~. NEW BUS~NES~ a. ~iscuss~on ~ Review; Draft ~.andsca in Ordinanc~ T'h~ ~ommission revi~r~ed the dra~'t. No co~nm~r~ts to b~ forward~d. b. Disc~ssion & Revfew, Draf't ai n C~ode axdir~ance Comrnission comments: Commi~sioner M+cCamSey noted ~hat whi~.e he is a bu~ir~e~sman, he ~ould never use a flashin~ s~gn. If ~nything they ~AUId keep him from going ta ~hat business. At nic~ht when driving by, ~hey ar~ a rruisance, blinding, etc. Commission~r Si~kawitch no~ed that whe~ pa~~ing the Red ~~.mand Center, yau can't see half t~ie sign~, ~ th~r~ ar~ so r~any. I~ was the concen~us of th~ Commission ~hat they ~~ppart the sigr~ ~ade ardir~ar~+~e. c~ R~quest to ~urchas~~~.~ase: ~.ot ~, Blk 20, fi~e~ai ~ownsite - f~r Parki~ -- 5warner/0'Canne~.l fihe locatian was d~.~cu~~ed with the general +cvnc~nsus being that there would be no prp~3.er~, ~t was agre~d that the mair~ cvncern would be the ~.oc~tio~ and acc~ss of ~he path to th~ be~ch, It was al~o agreed that since the land was to be used for parking, there wau~.d b~ na p~oblem wi~h access, ~,f the path is at that pai~t, as long as ae~ess is not blocked irr any way, ~ommi~5ianer Thomas stated ~hat ~here w~re two pa~hs that a5cend ~o the beach, both ne~d to b~ accessi~le. Since ~h~re is a smaller path near Toyon Villa, which i~ private property, the accessib~ity beco~mes a mar~ ualid point, MOT~nN: Commi~~zoner 8ryson moved to retain a porta~on af the property prapased for l~a~~ o~r sa~.e as a beach trail, seconde~ I~y Cammissianer ~iekawitch vor~ : Mation p~s~ed with Commi~sioners Bryson, McCvmsey, ~i~kawitcht and Thoma~ vating yes; Vice Chairm~rn Siebert Votin~ nq. s __.~ P~~u~ ~ ~~cR~AZ~oN co~~~~~~oN Jun~ 2b, 198~ Page 4 1. ~LD ~USINE~S a. Memo from Jeff Labahn The parks crew has levelled, f~rtili~ed, and ~~eded the triangle strip ~e~ween the Spur Highw~y and Frontage Rd in frant of the Tim~ 5a~er as t~is has been an area ~uggest~d by 8eautificat~on. M~. I~cGxllivray, haw~ev~r~ ~here has been a reque~t to purchase this proper~y. Vice ~~hairm~n Siebert asked what Mr. Oberts planned for ~~e property, it ~s unknown. C+~uncilwoman Bailie ~n~'ormed the Commissio~ ~hat ther~ will be a,joint mee~ing betw~en Council an~ p~Z d~aling w~.th the land- scaping ordinanc~. ~urther ~hat th~y are tryirtg to ge~ that pax~ic- ular pi~c~ of property ~e tak~nloff the City rvlls as far as up fo~ sale ar ~.ease. Ther~ are a b~unch af util~ties und~r~graund which wi~.,~ ~ave ta be relocated at a hi~h cost. W~th the community cen~~r being 1oca~ed on thc blu~f we hope ~'or that par~icuiar ar~a ta plan ~t, I~eeping it a gre~ns~rip. ~eautification was supportive as well as thi~s bady. Commissianer McCom~ey asked if Mr. ~b~rts had be~r~ app~oacheds Cauncilwoman 8ailie stated that Mr. Dberts had intentiorrs of putt~ng a.n an office bu~lding with undergxou~d pa~king. Mayor } W~goner st~ted that a sewer main rur~s right down ~he middle af the ~roper~y. fit one time there used ~c~ b~ ~ larg~ hole whi~h has b~en fil.led. ~t is th~ api,r~ian that the lot is unbuildable~ MQTIDN: Commissxone~ Siekawitch ~oUed, ~econded by Gammissione~ grysan to r~cammend the remvval of La-t 4~ Spur ~/~ No. 4~`rom sale or l~ase status and be retained a~ ~ gxeenstrip. VOT~: Motion pa~sed unar~imous~~. TAPE END~ a. Pla round ~ ui rnent Kayo P~cGillivra~ g~ve a repc~rt on ~he equipment tt~us far. ~ome of ~he et~uipment selected has ~een ordered, some is an ~he wa~~ one set ha~ been ins~all~d in ald Town and one set at the ~aftbal~ fields ~rhich is warking out nicely. 8. C~MMISS~QN ~QMMENTS & QUE5T7aN~ None . ~ . ~ - ~._~ ~ PARKS & RECREATION COMMISS~ON ~une 2G, 1964 Page 5 9. ADJ~URf~MENT There b~ing no fur~her busin~e~s the meeting was adjourn~d. Janet Loper Secr~tary