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Home My WebLink About1984-12-04 Parks & Recreation Summary' ~ KENa~ PARKS & RECRE~TI~N ~DMMIS5~~N December 4~ 1~84 Kenai Czt~ Hall Richard Nul~berg, Chazxrn~n ~GE~DA l. RQLL CALL 2. APRROVa~ D~ ~GE~QA 3. PERSQN5 SC~E~UL~Q TO 8E MEAR~ 4. ~PPRQVA~ Q~ MINUT~S ~f Nov~mber 13, 1984 Not availabl~ at p~cket tim~ - shauld b~ ~ran~cribed from tape by meeting dats ~. pTRE~Tn~S REPQRT 1 ~ ~. Pep~~ Not Shot Gam~s b~ C~~y Leagu~ ~ask~~ball ~. BEAUTTFICAT~O~ CO~~IT~EE REPORT - Minu~~s ~ttached 7. OLD BUSINES5 ~ a. Comprehensiv~ P~a~ Update ~ ~ ~~w ~us r ~ESs a, Budget ~- F"und~ ~ther Than City ~. ~OMM~~~~~N CQMM~N1'S & QUE~TI~f~S 1Q. ADJOU~NM~NT t ~ ~~, ~m~ ' ~ KENAI PARKS ~r RL~CREATIDN COMMISS~4N Decer~ber ~, 1984 K~nai Citv Hall pick N~ltberq, Chairman 1. R~~.L CALL Present: Hultberg, Bryson, Siebert, Siekawitch, ~hamas Councilman Aekerl~r Absent: McComsey, Wright, unexcused 2. AGENDA APPROVAL ~ayo McGillivray indicated there would b~e sQme items added under the d~rectors report 3. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDtlLED Ta BE HEARD None 4. APPR~UAI OF MTNUTES of November b, 1984 ~ Mir~utes were approved as submitted 5. DIR~CTORS REP4~T a. Pepsi Not Shot Games Paul Larson from Kenai area fin~shed secand in his age group and one other boy from Kenai finished third. Jerry Lewis was attending, and one of the boys from Kenai got his autograph. b. City Leaque Basketball Th~re are 15 teams this year; a Ieague has 7 and b league has 8. This is down 5 teams fram last year. Skrimage practiee times start~d th~s evening, ~Cayo may set a~ide some time in the Kena~ gym for tournaments with oth~r communities. c. Teen ~enter A dance was held ati th~ Cen~er by the staff, the price of admiss~on was canned goods which were donated to the Salvation Rrmy. Approx- imately $244 worth c~f canned goo~s was donated to the facility for Christmas. ~ PARKS & RECR~ATTON COMMISSION D~~ember 3, 1~984 Pag,e 2 d. G~ym Equipment ~ .~ ,~ Kay~ had requested a hydraul~.c lift sy~tem which would li~'t a worker ta make r~pairs on lights and ceilings. ~t wa~ tiabled by the Council with the recommer~dativn that Kayo check with the Borough to s~e if a laan arrangement could be made. The Boraugh state+d that they only had one for the entire Borough s~hoal district which presents obvious prob~.em~, however, it would be available for use by Kerrai~ e. Le islation Re ardin "Public ~nemies" Kaya xeceive~ a notificata.on fra~ Parks & Rec Director in Junea~a that states ar~ getting togethe~ ~o form a grnup ~o passfinitiate legislation ~o p~rotect municipalities from suit from "public enemies", There will be more information coming as progress continues. f. Ketchikan Parks & R~creatian The director of P&R in Ketchikan and Sta~e president has resign~d to be~ome ~he P&R director in ~lympia ~Vashir~g~on leaving the sea~ fo~ Pr~si~ent of State P&R vacant. ) q, R~creation Cente~r Update ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ Linda 5tafford has resigned, Louanne Reisbeck, formerly the Commu~ity School~ Director has agreed to take her pasition. k.auan~e has been a part time employe~ at the Center and is working on sor~e project~. d. B~Al~TIFICRTION COMMITTEE REPO~tT - Minutes Att~ched Minutes ~ent ~lang with the agenda Chairman Nultberg noted that on hi~ last ~omm~unicativn wi~h the Committee, ~hey had discussed the Anchorage landsc~ping architect comin~ down and speaking to the group~ The original idea of the Cnmmittee was to advertise to hire a planner to do a study and set up a maintenance ~chedule far the downtown core area, how~ver, du~ to a le~ter fr~m Mayar Waganer ~a Mayor Knowles to ~hare ane of Ancharage'~ 3 ~rchitects. Alat 4f pa~i~ive commen~s from ~h~ public regarding the C~r~stmas decorations~ The anly other comment being that ~~ere ~hould have be~n ~naugh ta go all the way to Forest Drive, The decorations in Carrs Ma11 was quest~ons since th~y w~re identical ~o the an~s pu~chased by ~he C~ty - they were p~urchased by th~ merchants af the Mall ~hrough Marion Nelson, also a member of the Committee, X ~~ -~ PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSIpN December 3, 1984 Page 3 ~, ~LD BUSTNESS a. Comprehensive Plan Updat~ Th~ Commission went over some ideas introduced by Kaya. Mr. McGillivray wan~s whoever became5 in ~harg~ o~` beautification to take a look at the softball fields as those areas as they hav~ a potent~al for a park-like setting. Kayo M~Gillivray spoke af comment~ by Mayor Wagoner concerninq gras~ at the area af th~ triangle strip in ~rant of Time Saver. The parks crew plante~ a goo~ stand of grass, however, there w~s no water available until late. S , NE~I Bt1S ~ NESS a. Budget 1'he Finar~ce Director inf ormed Mr, McGillivray th~at the gym fund which is a state grant and needs ta be spent or it reverts back ta th~ Sta~e. The lift that had been requested was turned down by Council. 1 5uggestions were raised and discussed wi~h no pasitiv~ decisian made. 9. CflMMISSIQ~V C4i~MENTS & QUEST~ON~ The Commission discussed problems with traffic flow of persons to and frorn the gym, lost ~alls from the gym, etc. 10, ADJOURNMENT There being no further busin~ss, the mee~ting was adjourned. Janet Loper Secretary ~from tape~}