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Parks, Recreation & Trees Advisory Board
Draft Meeting Agenda
Feb 24, 2015
4:30-6pm
City Hall 1St floor conference room
1. Call to order— roll call.
2. Approval of Feb 24, 2015 agenda.
3. Approval of Jan 27, 2015 minutes.
4. Visitor comments.
5. Staff report.
a. Mountain View Master Plan (Alex)
b. Parkside Park (Alex)
c. Bike Park (Alex)
d. Budget (Alex)
e. Landmark Tree Request Follow-Up (Alex)
f. Memorial Program (Alex)
g. Dog Parks (Alex)
h. Adapt-A-Park Program (Alex)
i. Pool Year-in-Review (Anji Cael)
6. PRT work plan 2015:
a. Volunteers for our parks-
i. Sather Park Ivy pull work parties every Tues. 1-3 by the No Ivy League, except
Dec.
ii. Next Kah Tai Park work party March 2014 time TBA, to pull weeds and pick up
garbage. Report on Feb 22 Kah Tai work party.
b. Update on DNR work crew (Debbie)
c. Update on RTP grant (Debbie)
d. Discuss/decide any 2015 Arbor Day efforts (proclamation timing, any tree walks this
year?, etc.) and if PRT will try to promote/organize a 'spring/fall' park cleanup around
Earth Day. The cleanup could be part of Arbor Day/Earth Day instead of tree walks. 2015
Arbor Day WA=April 8, US=April 24; Earth Day=April 22.
e. UGN Day of Caring=September 11
7. Correspondences:
8. Leash law ordinance. Has it been taken up by staff/Council? (Josh)
9. Is Brenda McMillan's declaration of interest in joining PRTAB in City Council's packet yet?
(Josh)
10.Review of running list, kept by PRTAB chair, about issues and changes that need to be
considered for inclusion in future parks plan update (2020).
11.Next regularly scheduled PRTAB meeting Tuesday March 24 from 4:30-6pm. Future Meeting
Agenda Items:
a. Consistent naming of parks for Comprehensive Plan update : incl. 'Parkside' (= part of
Bishop Park), three 'Triangle' Parks ('Dahlia' never officially renamed by Council,
Gateway officially named by Council but not in public consciousness; 'Kearney Triangle'
not named) (Alex)
b. Street ends - what is needed to evaluate proposed street ends for inclusion in functional
plan list of 'open space' street ends? (Alex)
c. The effects of NOISE on our recreation in PT. In particular, the noise created
by vehicles [ certain motorcycles, autos, trucks] that are either not maintained, or
purposely modified [usually illegally modified and exceed acceptable decibel levels] to
make more noise. (Ed)
12.Visitor and PRT board comment— 3 min per person
13.Adjourn