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Home My WebLink About022525 PRTTAB Meeting Minutesn, City ort �� of Townsen"d PARKS, RECREATION, TREES, & TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes - Council Chambers February 25, 2025 1 4:30 p.m. I Virtual or In Person Meeting • Join via computer or tablet at.http://ioinwebinar.com enter 9 digit Webinar ID 752-525-115 • Join by phone in listen -only mode: (360)390-5064 Ext. 3 access code: 699-128-175# • Submit public comment to be included in the meeting record to: https://Publiccomment.fillout.com/citvofpt • If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please attempt all methods listed above before reporting any issues to: clerksupport@cityofpt.us Welcome, Introduction & Call to Order - Chair Debbie lahnke Good afternoon and welcome to this meeting of the Port Townsend Parks, Recreation, Trees & Trails Advisory Board. The role of this Board is to assist City staff and to advise the City Council on legislative matters concerning parks, recreation, trees and trails. This meeting is open to the public at the City Council Chambers, virtually via this web format, and is also being video recorded for those who could not attend the meeting today and for future reference. Given that this meeting is in virtual format, we ask that the board members raise their hands to be called on by the Chair. The public can do the some to comment during the public comment periods. We take public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting. I. Roll Call: Becci Kimball, Richard Hefley, Matt Miner, Pam Adams, Jim Todd, Russell Hill, Debbie Jahnke all present. Staff present include Melody Sky Weaver and Steve King. II. Approval of Agenda/Changes to Agenda: approved by consensus III. Approval of Minutes: approved by consensus IV. Public Comment (3 minutes per person/agenda items only): none V. Old Business A. Open Space Subcommittee update (Steve King, Adrian Smith: 25') open space information/maps/appendices are in our last three parks plans, open space needs to be memorialized in the body of the PROS Plan. Prior PRTTAB and Council meetings have information regarding open space discussion. Board discussed city property inventory, should Cappy's be recognized in the PROS Plan? Board confirms, and we could include properties with covenants. Prior plans address Cappy's Woods and Quimper Wildlife Corridor and not so much Cappy's 'Trails'. Question was asked whether recognition as a park would bring protections, it could be ID'ed as future open space but that does not provide significant protection. We could protect the ROWS and investigate the possibility of identifying it as POS, would that bring more maintenance requirements for staff? What are timing rules for parks that would apply to trails - no camping, no smoking/vaping/drinking/metal detecting, timing, etc. ? Which of our trails are recreational trails and which are transportation? RCO requirements about accessibility need to be considered. Becci noted that the Active Transportation subcommittee is addressing these issues. Other entities' properties, like school playgrounds, are not included due to timing constraints on user access. Shall we include state and county parks in the next round? Unanimous agreement to include these spaces. Schools cannot be counted for LOS since they are not always open to the public. Melody noted that parks not owned by Kitsap County are included in their plan, and they use RCO's park designations. Board agreed that we should also do this, adding special identifiers where needed. We should include street ends as parks. We would also like to move the open space information into the body of the plan. Don't bury the lead! We are resurrecting our City inventory so we can evaluate use. SCJ Alliance is beginning public engagement. VI. New Business A. Presentation of bench design from locally sourced products; update on Quimper Park & Tree Foundation; and discussion of student involvement in Sather and Bishop Parks project (David Lubinski, Stephanie Moran w/Becci Kimball for QP&TF: 25'). Becci introduced the presentation; foundation is just getting started; purpose was read; JCF is philanthropic partner, QP&TF was established in August 2024. It supports pocket forests, tree canopy increase and park/trail amenities. David and Stephanie were introduced, David noted that many cities have ways to raise funds in concert with parks departments. They have looked at many different models. Steve inquired about other assets, like play equipment, being donated. The foundation is looking for a first project and is considering the plaza with the Jacqua artwork in front of JCF. Russell mentioned adding information to the park kiosks to encourage donations. QP&TF do not want to compete with other efforts, but provide canopy in our canopy deserts. Early in the effort they need something to point to as a project where trees and benches would be helpful. Salvaging Douglas fir wood from Sather and other local sources to make simple benches is the intent and projects can be a bench with a tree, with bench made from local wood with locally produced metal frame. Advice was to treat wood as one would treat a log home. Bench posts would be imbedded in concrete, with some discussion about adding stabilizing pins or wire to stabilize and protect the posts. Jim inquired about the Leopold design. Galvanizing is supposed to last up to 70 years. Schools are bringing back shop classes, so we could engage with students. Matt inquired about the concrete embedding. Plaques could be embedded in the concrete with consideration of material and risk of vandalism/theft. Steve noted that the simple design would allow for warehousing replacement pieces. Melody asked about having educational materials to educate people about the project. David noted that the foundation is expanding its ideas about what can be provided. Youth involvement was discussed regarding the student Sather poster work. The DNR grant intends to have students do comparable types of studies at Bishop. B. PROS Plan update - intro to questions about assets (board: 25') 1. Larry Scott Park status: Ownership is confusing, 1999, 2014, and 2020 PROS Plans say it is the City's; City staff maintain it. Ownership needs to be clarified for the update and for defining responsibilities for area maintenance. 2. memorial in ROW on Sims: Stephanie Moran discovered the memorial to Marvin Shields along with an overflowing trash can and a collapsing picnic table, in a public ROW street end with no apparent vacation or permission in parcel records. She has identified a volunteer to take care of the area while the details are sorted out. Monica mentioned that she served as a Councillor for a proclamation at the site when the plaque was replaced and information may be found in Council minutes. 3. naming the Triangle 1 park: it's complicated; members asked to put it on a future agenda for more discussion. VII: Staff reports: Melody reminded the board about the open house for the Comprehensive Plan and PROS Plan on 26 March 2025. Vill. Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: 25 March 2025 IX. Public Comment: no public comment X. Adjourn: 5:56pm Future agenda items: • Master plan for future westside park • Tree subcommittee update — final drafts of POS trees, understory lists • PROS Plan update 3