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Meeting Minutes
Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Board
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
City Hall Meeting Room#1
L Meeting called to order at 5:05 pm by Vice President, Rosemary Sikes.
Members in attendance: Lys Burden; Matt Berberich(now retired from the board)
also attended; Forest Shomer arrived quite late, now also retired from the board.
Staff: Judy Surber
Visitors: Debbie Jahnke
11. Approval of New Agenda—Meeting agenda approved unanimously.
III. Approval of Minutes—Approval of meeting minutes from 3-27-2012 was tabled
until the next meeting.
IV. Arbor Day Tree Planting—Judy Surber
Staff picked a small, tough tree to plant, a Cryptomeria cultivar called Black
Dragon, at Rotary Park near the ferry dock on Arbor Day, Friday, April 271h from
9 am until noon. The City parks crew will also bring flowers to plant. All park
board members and volunteers are invited to help. Judy placed announcements in
the papers. The City will bring shovels and a photo of the event will be taken.
Volunteer registration and sign-in will be required.
V. Update on Parkside Project—Rosemary and Matt attended the first meeting at
Seaport Landing, mostly for adjacent landowners and families living withing 300-
feet of the site (about 10 people attended). The next meeting will be more
inclusive, as the park will serve about 400 families, including those living in
adjacent trailer parks and high-density housing. Adjacent neighbors were initially
opposed, but were encouraged to learn that vegetation buffers and a fence were
planned to provide privacy for adjacent houses.
VI. Board Member Renewals
Matt Berberich confirmed that he will not renew his 3-year commitment to serve
on the advisory board, but he will stay a short time until more board members are
appointed. Forest is still undecided. Their terms expire in May, 2012. The
advisory board still needs more members; the City is reviewing Debbie Jahnke's
application status.
VII. Future Meeting Agenda Items -
a. Report needed from our reps on the Exploratory Regional Parks and
Recreation Committee (ERPRC).
b. City Report tabled until staff is in attendance in June
c. Arbor Day 2012 is on April 27th, three days after the next meeting (prep
needed now).
VIII. Board and Visitor Comment—
IX. Adjournment—Meeting adjourned at 6:30pm.