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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-03-11 Parks & Recreation SummaryKENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION ***March 11, 1991,** City Hall Chambers Chairman, Richard Hultberg AGENDA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. PERSON SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 4. APPROVAL OF' MINUTES January 8, 1991 5. DIRECTOR' S REPORT a. Basketball - City League b. Tournament c. Small Town Institute · 6. OLD BUSINESS a. Budget 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Carpet b. Equipment -Rec Center and Parks 8. CORRESPONDENCE 9. ADJOURNMENT PLF~SE CALL KAYO (283-3855) OR LORETTA (~3-7933) AS SOON ]%8 · 'POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH ]% QUORUM KENAI PARK'S AND RECREATION COMMISSION March 12, 1991 City Hal 1 Chambers The meeting was called to order by Parks Director McOillivray at 7:05 p.m. Commissioners present were: Carlson, Massie, Seibert, and Boedeker. Also present was Kei. th Kornelis from the City o~ Kenai. ' · 2. APPROVAL...OF A(~ENDA_:~_ Hearing no objection, the agenda stood approved. 3. PERSON SCHEDULED TO ..BK.. HEAR. D :. Mr. Kornelis addressed the Commission regarding the proposed new park to go in on the Daubenspeck property on the bluff. Mr. Kornelis stated he made a presentation last Friday to the Governor's Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee for a grant appli.cation. Lt. Gov. Coghil! made a surprise announcement at the Nikiski Chamber of Commerce.-meeting that the grant had been accepted in the amount of $88,000. The City of Kenai will match the grant totalling $166,000 for construction of the park. Mr. Kornelis appears enthusiastic that the park will be completed this summer. 4. APPROVAL ,,OF .Mi. NUTES; There were no ..objections to the minutes, so they stood approved as written. 5. D! RECTOR' S.. REPORT,,:, a. Basketball-City League. The league finished this past week with two teams tying first place with a 12-1 record. The new items put in the rules this year regarding technical fouls made a difference this season and problems were minimal. b. Tournament. The Bi-Centennial Committee doesn't have the money to put on the tournament so Parks & Rec will probably handle. The tourney is scheduled ~or April 6 and 7, 1991. To date one or two teams will be coming ~rom Seward, one team from Anchorage, and there are about four local teams that will be involved. The games will be at the high school gym and at the Rec Center. The high school may charge a custodial fee for use of the KENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION - 2 - facility, but Mr. M¢Oillivray will be talking to the principal to see if that could be rescinded. Trophies have already been ordered at a good price. Mr. McOillivray will be calling on Commissioners for some assistance during the tournament. c. Small Town Institute. The City Manager has given the okay ~or Mr.''~ Mc~illivray to attend 't'he conference in Nevada and he will leave April 10 to attend. d. The Mayor asked to get prices for 12 additional lockers each ~or the men's and women's side. Pri. ces have come in at $2,250 for the standard locker to $4,000 ~or the heavy duty vented lockers. The Center could get this money recouped with locker fees. The current rented lockers are al ways Eull and it appears the additional ones would be also. 6. OLD, BUS!NES...$ .: a. Budget. The City Manager was pleased with the budget ~ that was turned in and changed it very little. The only things cut were to machinery/equipment or improvements. Basically the City took all the repair and maintenance budgets for all o~ the buildings and transEerring it to one budget under Howard Hackney. As ~ar as the mower goes, when the Daubenspecks donated the blu~ land a stipulation was placed that any royalties from that property would' go to Parks & Recreation. The City Manager said he was going to recommend that "-the mower and' equipment be purchased with the royalties that have come in which amount to about $90,000. It will have to go out for competition bid soon in order to have it for the summer season. 7. NEW_ BUSINESS: a. Carpet. The carpet can be purchased this spring with this year's budget. Mr. Mc(~illivray wants to get a good grade indoor/outdoor carpet with a good pad under it to help the carpet last longer. b. Equipment ' Rec Center and Parks. This item was discussed under Old Business, a) Budget. KENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION - $ - Arco is putting out a kit that pertains to the Arco Jessie Owens Games to be passed out to the community schools to aid teachers in sparking interest and involvement in the games. 8. AD JOURNMENT._'. ~ Carlson moved to adjourn the meeting. Massie seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Respect ful 1 y Submit t ed, Ear!ene Reed, Recording Secretary for the City of Kenai