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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-10-05 Parks & Recreation SummaryKENAI PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION OCTOBER 5, 2000 CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. AGENDA ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL ITEM 2: AGENDA APPROVAL ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - September 7, 2000 ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ao Rick Baldwin, LLC-- Ice Rink Update ITEM 5' OLD BUSINESS a. Discussion -- Memorial Park Sidewalk Additions ITEM 6: NEW BUSINESS ITEM 7: REPORTS ao Commission Chair Director City Council Liaison ITEM 8' COMMISSION ~)UF~TIONS/h COMMENTS ITEM 9' PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD ITEM 10' INFORMATION ao Council Action Agendas of September 6 and 20, 2000. Beautification Committee Minutes of September 12, 2000. Commission Membership Update. ITEM 11' ADJOURNMENT KENAI PARKS/~ RECREATION COMMISSION OCTOBER 5, 2000 CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7:00 P.M. Chairman Richard Hultberg Presiding MINTUES ITEM 1' CALL TO ORDER/h ROLL' CALL Chairman Hultberg called the meeting to order at 7'00 p.m. Present: Baxter, Wisniewski, Gifford, Sandahl, Steiner, Hultberg Absent' Castimore Others Present' Roper Councilman Frazer, Parks Director Frates, Contract. Secretary Chairman Hultberg introduced and welcomed Sam Steiner, the new student representative to the Parks and Recreation Commission. ITEM 2' AGENDA APPROVAL Frates handed out a letter from Rick Baldwin, Phase I, LLC requesting the City share in the expense of keeping the ice maintained at the multipurpose facility. The letter was added to Item 5, Old Business for discussion. The skateboard group was added under Item 4, Persons Scheduled to be Heard. With no objections noted the agenda was approved with the additions. ITEM 3' APPROVAL OF MINUTES- September 7, 2000 No objections, changes and/or additions were noted and the minutes for September 7, 2000 were approved as written. ITEM 4: PERSONS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD Discussion -- Rick Baldwin, LLC -- Ice Rink Update Baldwin did not attend the meeting and item was discussed at Item 5-b. 4-b. Discussion -- Skateboard Park A group of skateboard enthusiasts attended the meeting to discuss plans for a proposed skateboard park in Kenai. Commissioner Gifford provided everyone with a packet of information including plans for a skateboard park built in Redmond, Washington. Gifford pointed out the Redmond park was being built in phases and that most of the funds for the project came through monetary or imkind donations. The skateboard group did not have much to present to the Commission so they were encouraged to get organized by selecting key people to serve as leaders and to search for donations. Commissioner Gifford offered to help the group in getting started and to share ideas with them. Director Frates also offered assistance and reminded the group the Teen Center would be available for meetings, etc. Discussion took place on a potential location and it was noted that no place was considered at this point. ITEM 5: OLD BUSINESS 5-a. Discussion -- Memorial Park Sidewalk Additions Frates passed around a map of a proposed sidewalk addition at Memorial Park which basically concentrated on one side of the park. Other options were presented which included perhaps adding sidewalks to both sides. Discussion took place on the proposed brick wall that would contain memory bricks. Although a few Commissioners expressed their concern that a brick wall might not fit in at Memorial Park, several suggestions for proper location were made. The area most favored was at the end near Dan's TV. Commissioners reviewed a catalog of various types of bricks provided by Frates. Another suggestion was to place the memory bricks in the ground. MOTION: Commissioner Gifford MOVED that Director Frates provide a comprehensive plan for the sidewalk addition and memory wall to include an aerial view for review at the next meeting. Commissioner Baxter SECONDED the motion. VOTE: Baxter Yes Wisniewski Yes Gifford Yes Sandahl Yes Castimore Absent Steiner Yes Yes Hultberg MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. S-bo Discussion -- Multipurpose Facility Ice Maintenance Frates reviewed the letter provided by the LLC group (distributed at the beginning of the meeting) and pointed out the total cost to the City for ice maintenance would be approximately $7,500.00 for a six-month period. The LLC group is requesting that the City share in the expense of ice maintenance due to the high public usage. Discussion took place and it was noted the LLC had raised the rates for ice this year. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2000 PAGE 2 Frates reported that Kenai Central High School had no plans of utilizing the ice until January. It was asked what would happen if the City did not share in the ice maintenance expense and Frates responded that LLC would have to sell more sponsorships. It was decided the issue would be tabled until the next meeting when a LLC representative could be present to answer questions. ITEM 6' NEW BUSINESS - None ITEM 7: REPORTS 7-a. Commission Chair -- · Chairman Hultberg reported Municipal Park looked great and asked if any more tree removal would be done. Frates reported there could be some pruning required but the work was pretty much completed. He added, there might be some required tree removal in the future due to beetle kill. Hultberg requested that consideration be given to the previously provided plan by Castimore. Discussion took place on that plan and Frates was requested to bring a copy to the next meeting for discussion. Hultberg asked if the packet was received from the skateboard park people in Wasilla. Frates replied it was not. Hultberg stated he would follow up. · Hultberg reported he had been contacted by an individual who may interested in holding a weekly flea market at the multipurpose facility next summer and would refer the person to Frates. 7-bo Director-- Director Frates reported the following: · Sadly Bill Musson (former Parks & Recreation employee) passed away earlier in the day from cancer. He just returned from an APRA Conference in Seward. He noted the conference went very well and he acted as Chairman, a position he will hold again next year. · The rink had been leveled at the multipurpose facility, the scoreboard donated by ACS was installed, and the score shacks have been painted. Hultberg asked when ice could be expected and Frates replied it depended on the weather but thought perhaps later in the month. · The chipper did a good job at East End Trail. Frates thanked the Commission for their suggestion and support in moving the exercise equipment from the Bernie Huss Trail to East End Trail. It was noted the equipment was getting much more use at its new location. PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2000 PAGE 3 7-c. City Council Liaison - Councilman Frazer reported the following: · Council discussed the airport warm storage facility at their October 4 meeting and a sketch of the proposed facility was passed around. It was noted the facility looked very impressive. · Rick Dominick approached the City Council with a very detailed plan on utilizing the float plane basin for snow machine races. The plan was very well received. · There will be an economic development-planning meeting held on a Saturday in the near future and the public will be welcome to attend. This session is being scheduled in an effort to formulate a plan on what direction the City should go with regard to economic development. ITEM' 8: COMMISSION QUESTIONS/l~ COMMENTS Commissioner Wisniewski asked if additional work was done in Bernie Huss Trail since the trees and debris were removed. Frates replied, other than the removal of the exercise equipment, there really hadn't been any. However, some discussion took place on adding picnic tables and benches throughout the trail. ITEM 9: PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD - None ITEM 10: INFORMATION 10-a. 10-b. 10-c. Council Action Agendas of September 6 and 20, 2000. Beautification Committee Minutes of September 12, 2000. Commission Membership Update. ITEM 11: ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Steiner MOVED to adjourn. There were no objections. SO ORDERED. The meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Barba~ri ~c~p~r, Cont'ra~~'~l-e'ejre~ary PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2000 PAGE 4