HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark and Recreation Advisory Commission Minutes 02-09-1984Minutes of the Regular ,Meeting of the Park and Recreation Advisory Conxiiission
February 4, 198
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Present; Chair Threinen, Commissioners Chesebrough, Dvorak, LaTour>, Mullen;
staff Blank, Patterson, and Pederson
Absent; Commissioners Edwards and Berg
1I Call to Order
Chair Threinen Galled the meeting to order at 7;36 p.m. in the Plymouth
City Center Counc,' 1 Chambers
2. Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Commissioner Chesebrough and seconded by Commissioner
LaTour to approve the minutes of the January meeting, The motion carried;
with all ayes.
3, Visitor Presentations
a. Athletic Associations. No respresentatives were present at this
meeting
b. Mary. Mary announced that: the Mi.,rch issue of "Plymouth on Parade"
was at the printer's, and that it was the largest issue ever
published. She indicated that it was to be delivered to the homes
on the lst of March. Mary then asked for comments or suggestions
from the commissioiers on the hypothetical situation she had
presented to them in writing which had been includedin their agenda
packets. Chair Threinen suggested that parent should be informed of
type of behavior expected from child and that a number of options
should be offered to parent, e.g., hiring an aide to assist with
class whose wages would be paid by parent, giving the child one more
chance, asking the parent to find a volunteer to assist with class.
She also indicated that in a case such as this, District 284 educators
should be informed and should attempt to find. a referral for this
child.
In Gay's and Rick's absences, Director Blank briefly reviewed some of
the programs and activities they are working on.
Director Blank also indicated that the City now had a video monitor
and`ca'ble equipment available, News of interest to Plymouth residents
will appear: continuously on Cable Channel 7 now that this equipment
has been installed at the City Center..
4. Report on Past Council Action
a. Property on 18th Avenue. Council denied PRAC's request to purchase
t'Fe property on 18thWenue which belongs to Mr. Gersbach. The
request to purchase Mrs. Lentz' property, also on 18th Avenue, has
been tabled for the time being.
S. Unfinished Business.
a. park User Fees - Report from Dave Berg. Commissioners were asked to
comment on the recommenceons outlined in Dave Berg's memo, which
bastcally concluded that user fees should not be charged to youth.
athletic associations at th.i's time. Commissioners Dvorak and Mullan
support Commissioner'Berg's recommendations. Commissioner Chesebrough
is supportive of user fees and quoted from an article, authored by
Charles Smith, which had been included in the agenda packets.
February PRAC Minutes
Paige 5.
Director Blank indicated that he had asked Mr, Smith to attend the March
meeting, which r -.P. Smith has consented to do,.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DVORAK AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
MULLAH TO APPROVE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN COMMISSIONER BERG'S
MEMO DATED JANUARY 10, 1984. THE MOTION CARRIES. Commissioner
Chesebrough voted nay.
Commissioner Chesebrough then made a motion which read, "This
Commission hereby resolves that it endorses the findings contained
in the reports ''The Mayor's Task Force on Park and Recreation
Program Financing' and will work toward instituting a fee structure
for use of the City's playfields.11
Discussion among the commissioners followed, with some members being
confused; by the additional motion. They felt that this motion was
simply reiterating what the Mauor"s Task Force had already stated,
and they pointed out that this Task Force Report had already been
approved and adopted by the Council. Commissioner Chosebrough
commented that he didn.'t Want the Council to get the impression that
PRAC was backing; away from the idea of user fees, which is not the
rase, Commissioner Chesebrough's motion eventually died for lack of
a second.
b. LAWCON / LCMR _Grant Update. Director Blank indicated that he would
be informed by -A ~rte or May on the status of our recent LAWCON grant
application.
C, Community Center Committee U dale, Commissioner rhesebroQgh reported
on the activities of the Community Center Citizens' Committee. They
are a very active group and have accomplished many different work.
tasks. The meetings are well attended,, and to date, few opponents
have spoken up, Phase I of the planning process will be completed
at the meeting on February lf. When Phase II begins, members of the
committee will be canvassing their n-ighborhoods and various groups,
clubs and organizations to solicit opinions on the idea of developing
a community center,. Citizens will be asked to fill out a questionnaire
and a forced choice grid and return it to their committee representative
or mail it to the City for tabulation,
d. Annual Report. Copies of the Annual Report for 1983 were distributed
wt te agenda packets,
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CHESEBROUGH AND SECONDED BY 0MMISSIONER
DVORAK TO APPROVE THE "REFLECTIONS OF LEISURF'' 1983 ANNUAL REPORT AND
FORWARD IT TO COUNCIL. FOR THEIR APPROVAL. The motion carried. with all ayes,
e. PlaE ui ment - Zachary Playfield, An architect has submitted some ideas
to s aff. A ca_ e. r de as three-dimensional space net are two items
being studied; for safety. A plan, should be ready by the April meeting,
f. Neighborhood Park Request by Westminster HOA. The public hearing
will e. held during tie Marc meeting, Notices will be nailed to all
the residents affected by the proposed change to the Comprehensive.
Park System Plan,
February PRAC Minutes.
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6.. New Business
a., 1984 System Improvements Project List, Proposed system improvements
or 1984 were discussed. Some of the items included were electronic
scoreboards for Zachary. Wlayfield and U.S, flags and Roles for Zachary and
Plymouth Creek for use during special events such as tournaments., etc.
Staff also received a request to install a slide, at the Jaycee Hemlock
Park, which Director Blank felt should be considered as an additional
system improvements item. Commissioner LaTour stated that the
Jaycee ;Is .normally set aside funding for play, equipment in their
parks and that we should contact them first before we commit our
funds for this project,
A MOTION WAS MADE 8Y COMMISSIONER CHESEBROUGH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
DVORAK TO ENDORSE THE 1984 SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS,
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A MOTION WAS MANE: BY COMMISSIONER MULLAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
CHESEBROUGH TO AMEND THE FIRST MOTION TO INCEUDE THE SLIDE FOR THE
JAYCEE HEMLOCK PARD IF THE JAYCEE'S DON'T FUND IT. The amended motion
carried with all ayes.
1984 Park Facility Rental Policies and fee Schedule. Copies of the
proposed 1984 Park Facility Renta Po icies an_ Fee Schedule were
given to the Co.7mission and discussed during the 'meeting. Commissioner
Mullan pointed out that under Item C -b, the statement that no beer
is allowed is *not consistent with item D-8, which states that beer is
allowed if a permit is granted by the. City. He felt that Item C -S
should be changed to read similar to Item D-8.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DVORAK AND SECONDED
LATOUR ADOPTING THE 1984 PARK FACILITY RENTAL POLICIES
SCHEDULE WITH THE CHANGE NOTED BY COMMISSIONER MULLAN.
carried with all ayes,
7.. Commission Presentation
None,
8. Staff Communication
None.
9. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8;44 p.m,
BY COMMISSIONER
AND FEE
The motion