HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-08-19 Parks & Recreation SummaryKENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
August 19, 1986
Kenal Recreation Cente~
Rlcha~d Hultbe~g, Chairman
1. ROLL CALL
Present: Hultberg, Carlson, McComsey, Siebert, Siekawitch
2. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD
None~
APPROVAL OF MINUTES of June ~0, 1986
Minutes approved as submitted
4. DIRECTOR'~ REPORT
a. Arco 3esse Owens
Arco 3esse Owens completed - Kayo accompanied group to Los Angeles,
August ?- IOth. Nearly I50 youngsters competed in Kenai. Winners
from eight regions competed in L.A. The Sou~h AIaska ~egion had one
medal winne~ with seve~ai pIacing 4th and 5th.
The summer p~og~ams a~e just about finished. Most of the ~umme~
employees will be terminating in the next week o~ so. Good crews ~his
summer in all a~eas. Beautification, ballfieIds, pa~ks, summer rec.
c. Seedinq
Areas seeded this year - airport, grass landlng strip; Oid Towne;
Chamber of Commerce; Recreation Centers, areas of the green
The City is getting greener all ~he time.
We have already had 4 and 1 o~ 2 more a~e scheduled. They were set up
this year on ~he old FAA footbaiI fields. This is because of ~he
seeding projec~ by the Chamber. The City has ~aken care of wate~
supply and trash hauling.
e. ARPA State Conference
The Aiaska Park & Recreation State Conference is being held in
Anchorage on Septembe~ lIth & 12th. Kayo reported he wouId have a
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State Board meeting the lOth. He also encouraged commissioners to
attend if possible.
f. Teen Center
Kayo presented the Commission with a copy of the Food Service
Inspection Report from the snack bar at the Center. The score was 98.
5. OLD BUSINESS
Softball - Art McComsey reported that volunteers would probably start
clearing the area north of Treat Cabinets shortly after the state
tournament on August 24th. As much work as possible will be done on
the area this year.
Kayo presented the Commission some schematics of a proposed area for
youth baseball and softball in the area of the old dump site. Again,
development of this area is going to depend on volunteer labor and
equipment to a degree.
NEW BUS I NESS
a. MemoriaI Park
A new committee has been formed for the purpose of development of a
memorial park in the triangle strip in front of the Time Saver. In
the Kasprisin Plan it is described as the Eastern Entry Triangle Park
and was slated for some type of development as funds permitted. The
Memorial Park is named the Leif Hansen Memorial Park and will be
funded with $50,000 from the revenue sharing monies.
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Chairman Hultberg and Commissioner Siebert attended the meeting this
date held at noon and reported on the plans to this point.
BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Beautification Committee has been combined in part with the
Memorial Park Committee and the report is above.
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COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS
None
9. ADOOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
3anet A. Loper, Planning Specialist
Secretary to the Commission