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Home My WebLink About1995-06-01 Parks & Recreation SummaryKENAI PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ***AGENDA*** June 1, 1995- 7:00 P.M. City Council Chambers CHAIRMAN RICHARD HULTBERG 1 ROLL CALL 1 APPROVAL OF AGENDA 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES - May 4, 1994 e ,, DISCUSSION al Renovations to Kenai Municipal Park 1. Under cut brush (not trees) at the bluff and along Forest Drive 2. Pick ten/or specific number of picnic sites (and continue yearly until finished), and clean them out, add barbecue pits, and picnic tables. (Cleaning consist of removing dead/fallen down trees, under cut brush around area) 3. Add dumpsters in park area instead of trash barrels. 4. Close existing outhouses until new ones can be added (use temporary port-o-potties) 5. Fix up shelter area 6. Add Additional parking space 1 DIRECTOR'S REPORT a. Softball fields b. Budget 1 OLD BUSINESS 1 NEW BUSINESS am CORRESPONDENCE 9. INFORMATION 10. ADJOURNMENT PLEASE CONTACT LORETTA (283-7933) OR KAYO (283-3855) IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM KENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION ***Minutes*** June 1, 1995- 7:00 p.m. City Council Chambers Chairman Richard Hultberg 1. ROLL CALL Members Presem: Dale Sandahl, Jack Castimore, Kelly Gifford, Richard Hultberg Members Absem: Steve Latz, Roger Seibert, Amanda Baldwin Also Presem: Kayo McGillivray, Duane Bannock, Debby Fahnholz 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Kayo McGillivray requested adding Personnel Reclassification Plan under New Business. The agenda was approved as amended. e APPROVAL OF MINUTES Dale Sandahl requested that "a trail be put in" be amended to read "a bike trail be put in." under Commissioner Commems, second to the last paragraph. Jack Castimore MOVED to accept the minutes as amended. the motion Was approved. Kelly Gifford SECONDED and 4. PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD None. 5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Kayo McGillivray reported the following' ao Softball Fields - Softball is now under way. There was some discussion with Mike Wiles last week, who was upset because the fields were not completed. Kayo Parks & Rec Commission June 1, 1995 Page 1 be explained to him how budget and weather have prohibited getting the work done sooner. Budget - The final budget meeting will be held next week. He has contacted several aerobics instructors in the area as far as what average costs are. He figured if the aerobics instructor/trainer is approved by Council, the salary range should be about 5A. He felt the position should be able to generate enough revenue to justify the position. Duane Bannock stated some of the Council members were concerned over the potential liability issue. Richard Hultberg asked for the feelings of the Commission. Jack Castimore stated he would like to see the facility used as it should be. Dale Sandahl stated he would like to see a full-service person in there who is more versatile than just aerobics, but also with knowledge of the weight room, etc. Kelly Gifford stated that if there was a need, that we should go for it. Dale Sandahl stated that he felt we should do it only as long as it is a self-sustaining position. If it becomes a cost-inducing position, it should be done away with. Jack Castimore stated he felt it had more to do with a public service issue as well as the wellness program than for just a revenue generating position. Jack Castimore MOVED that the Commission support hiring an instructor/trainer to provide a public service and to support the wellness program. Duane Bannock asked if it was not a self-sustaining program if Jack would still support it. Jack responded that it should be given at least three years to get off the ground. Kelly Gifford asked if the usage normally goes down in the summer months. responded that usage normally does drop during the summer. Kayo Dale Sandahl asked about the possibility of making it a nine-month position. responded that he would have to look into it and he didn't have the specifics. Kayo Kelly Gifford SECONDED the motion. Dale Sandahl MOVED to amend the motion, so that the position be self-sustaining at the end of a year and also that the position be originated as a nine-month position and be re-evaluated before it becomes a year long position. Duane Bannock suggested that it be set up to be made a permanem position. be re-evaluated in 12 momhs before it Parks & Rec Commission June 1, 1995 Page 2 Co do eo fo g, ® ao Kelly Gifford SECONDED the amendmem. A vote was unanimous to accept the motion and another vote was unanimous to accept the amendment. Arbor Day - Kayo stated that there have been commems on the picket fences put up by the kids at the Visitors Cemer. Kelly Gifford stated that they looked like grave sites. Jack Castimore stated that they should give them a year, since the kids were the ones to put them in and taking them down may cause hurt feelings. Kayo stated that the greenhouse information will be going to the Council at their next meeting. Kayo mentioned that a flyer put out by Kids Stuff had memioned that the Rec Cemer needed more direction. He commemed on his concern for the commem and would follow up. Kayo commemed that the Kenai River Festival is next weekend and will be in Kenai this year. Parks and Rec will be supplying porta-Potties. Kayo commemed that salary raises have been addressed. A personnel reclassification update study is being done in-house. Each departmem will also be writing their job descriptions down. OLD BUSINESS Renovations to Kenai Municipal Park- Kelly Gifford stated that the suggested renovations list she submitted were things she would like to see done at the far end of the park at the bluff and along Forest Drive. Kayo responded that last year they had a JTPA working in there for three days and there wasn't much improvement. He was concerned about opening up too much along the bluff because of the possibility of erosion. Kelly suggested picking five picnic sites and just cleaning up the deadfall and cleaning up the sites. She suggested doing five sites at a time until all were done. Dale Sandahl memioned he had seen some kids throwing sodas on the Bernie Huss trail. Jack Castimore asked about the Carts parking area at the barricade, since it is a fire access lane. Kayo responded that he would speak to the fire departmem bur wasn't sure if there was anything he could do. Kelly Gifford asked about taking out the garbage cans and putting a dumpster in at the Parks & Rec Commission June 1, 1995 Page 3 end of Forest Drive. Kayo stated he had already discussed putting one in but the problem they mn into is people using them for household trash. Duane stated he would rather see overfull trash cans than to have people throw their trash along the roads. Kayo stated there will be new outhouses ordered for the beach area and Cunningham Park. He stated that portables tend to get pushed over. The others will be pumped as soon as they are no longer frozen inside. Kelly Gifford stated that the shelter area has holes in the roof and needs repair. responded that this has been scheduled as well as it needs to be paimed. Kayo Richard Hultberg asked about additional parking and where should it be added. Kelly stated that on Memorial weekend there were cars parking all along the street because the parking lot was full. Jack suggested the possibility of extending the gravel out a little further to allow a few more parking spaces, but the area was limited. 7. NEW BUSINESS None. 8. CORRESPONDENCE None. ® COMMISSIONER COMMENTS None. 10. ADJOURNMENT Kelly Gifford MOVED to adjourn. was adjourned at 8'30 p.m. Dale Sandahl SECONDED the motion. The meeting Respectfully submitted by: DebbY- J. Fal~olz i~ Parks & Rec Commission June 1, 1995 Page 4