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HomeMy WebLinkAbout030612 O�QORT TOE v v City f Port Townsend 9 ty - Meeting Minutes �WAI Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Board Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 5:00 pra - 6:30 pm Mountain View Commons Meeting Room, 1925 Blaine Street I. Meeting called to order at 5:00 pm by President, Matt Berberich. This meeting is the February meeting delayed by a week to accommodate board member attendance needs. Members in attendance: Lys Burden, Danny Milholland, Forest Shomer and Rosemary Sikes Staff. Anji Scalf, and Judy Surber Visitors: Debbie Janke, Margaret Lee, Jim Todd, Peter Badame, Monica Mick-Hager, and Julie Jaman 11. Approval of New Agenda—Meeting agenda was approved unanimously. III. Approval of Minutes—Meeting minutes froml 1-29-2011 and 1-24-2012 were approved. IV. Announcements 1. Rosemary announced weed pull/garbage pick up events to be held at Kah Tai on March 24th and April 22nd from 9:30am-12:30pm. 2. Danny Milholland announced a boomfest, to be held on March 31, an "Undertown Throw Down,"where everybody contributes food and donations to benefit various non-profits. They are planning a"fire show," a fire spinning and drumming presentation. V. Board Member Renewals Matt Berberich announced that he will not renew his commitment to serve on the advisory board for three more years, as he must focus on work and other priorities. Forest is undecided. Their terms expire in May, 2012. Ron Sikes and David Beatty have applied, but have not been approved yet. City council was studying the advisory board appointment process at a recent retreat. PRT requested an update about this process from the City. VI. Review Park Plan Workshop— Judy Surber distributed a review of the joint workshop (planning commission and PRT on 2-23-2012)results and key issues. The planning commission meets on March 22nd and will revisit: the timeline, receiving written public comment and process for completion of the parks plan update. A joint sub-committee is proposed. Rosemary and Lys expressed interest in serving on this sub-committee and were approved by unanimous vote. VII. April Pools Day—This event is scheduled for March 31St, Anji passed around flyers and requested help in posting them around town. It is planned to be a big event, although the pool can only hold 100 people. Planned events are: exhibition by the synchronized swim team, underwater egg hunt and life guard competitions. The pool will be closed from the end of April to July 5th for major repairs to pipes and valves. It will reopen in July and August, then close again for 6 months to repair liner, decks and lighting. A sub-committee is needed to work with Anji and the pool program. Forest and Danny are interested. VIII. Sather Park Dog Use—Rosemary distributed background materials on the issues, which first surfaced in 2006. Inappropriate parking on the lawn, especially in the wetter areas, caused the City to fence part of the area, which then encouraged unleashed dog use. A public meeting was held in the neighborhood in September, 2006, to address the issues that were arising. Half the neighbors disliked the increased dog use; half were supportive. Four people then brought the issue before city commission. The 1999 Parks Plan and draft 2011 update do not designate this park for off-leash dog use. It is a small park. Currently up to 20 dogs can be using the park at one time, and fights between off- leash dogs do occur. Dog owners have been attentive to cleaning up after their dogs. Rosemary suggested that the prior public process did not resolve the issues adequately and another round is needed to reach consensus. The park needs sufficient barriers to keep out cars, and dog owners need access to areas for off- lease dog use. (More locations need to be proposed.)This subject will be an agenda item for future meetings. IX. Parkside Project—Half an acre, purchased in 2009,has been set aside for use as a neighborhood park; it is a perfect size and location for recreation for children, including playground equipment. (Recreation potential was shown by all the snow activity during the first snowfall in 2010). The rotary is interested in fundraising for equipment, and a neighborhood meeting is being scheduled. A PRT subcommittee is needed to address design recommendations; Matt and Rosemary expressed interest. X. Future Meeting Agenda Items - a. Report needed from our reps on the Exploratory Regional Parks and Recreation Committee (ERPRC). b. Subcommittee assignments &new board appointments (or reappointments) c. Next meeting on Tuesday, March 27th XI. Board and Visitor Comment- - Lys distributed a draft PRT annual calendar showing meeting dates and potential Arbor Day and other events. - Julie likes the subcommittee structure. Pool subcommittee should be called the "aquatics subcommittee" and pursue joint efforts with Peninsula College and public input. -A suggestion was made to include the 1999 Parks Plan in reviewing the draft functional plan. -At the Blue Heron public meeting to gather comments for the rec plan and on the official rec survey conducted, people wanted dog parks - establish a process for a new parks &rec director XII. Adjournment—Meeting adjourned at 6:25pm.