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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-02-06 - Minutes -CITY OF
P, FAYETTEVILLE
ARKANSAS
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
February 6, 2023
5:30 PM
Hybrid Meeting
City Hall Room 111
113 W Mountain Street
Fayetteville, AR
MEETING MINUTES
Members: Will Dockery (Chair) - exp 24, Andrew Brink - exp 23, Julie Chambers - exp 23, Joel
Freund - exp 23, Hugh Kincaid - exp 25, Stephen Sheely - exp 25, Yarri Davis - exp 24, Doug
Walsh - exp 24, Sarah Downing — exp 25
City Staff: Alison Jumper, Parks, Natural Resources, and Cultural Affairs Director; Lee Farmer,
Recreation Superintendent; Ted Jack, Park Planning Superintendent; Zach Foster, Park
Planner; Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant
1. Call to Order - Sheely called the meeting to order at 5:32 PM.
2. Roll Call - Dockery, Brink, Kincaid, Sheely, Davis, Walsh, Chambers, Freund, Downing
3. In Attendance: Dockery, Brink, Kincaid, Sheely, Davis, Walsh, Chambers, Freund,
Downing
4. Staff: Jumper, Jack, Foster, Farmer, Morell
5. Approval of Minutes -
PRAB Motion: Kincaid moved to approve January's meeting minutes. Freund
seconded the motion. Motion passed 8-0-0.
6. Rowing Club of Northwest Arkansas Presentation: Meredith Hendricks
Hendricks discussed the following:
• Club founded in 2010.
• Utilize Lake Fayetteville.
• First Strategic Plan completed in 2013.
• Second Strategic Plan completed in 2022.
• Scholarships are offered for youth.
• Club would like to see a Convergence at the Greenway. A place to meet and learn
new skills and meet new friends.
7. Botanical Garden Committee Update: Joel Freund
Freund discussed the following:
• Board created sub committees and populating the sub committees
• Received a grant and are using new software for memberships
Mailing Address:
113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov
Fayetteville, AR 72701
8. Active Transportation Committee Update: Yarri Davis
Davis discussed the following:
New Chair and Vice Chair were elected.
• Board discussed mobility related to ADA access for the public.
9. Project Update: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent
Jack discussed the following:
• Gulley Community Park going to Council tomorrow.
• 2021 RTP Grant
• Map updates at Kessler Park are in the works.
Lake Fayetteville Softball Complex expected to bid in March.
• Underwood Community Park, consultants working on Draft of plan based on feedback.
• YRCC, contractors are finalizing designs, hoping to break ground later this year.
• Walker Park Master Plan, first round of public meetings in second week of March.
• 2022 — Large Project Award — Firm: Olsson; Project: Lower Ramble Cultural Corridor;
Client: City of Fayetteville.
• 2022 - Large Project Honor Award — Firm: CEI Engineering Associates, Inc; Project:
Centennial Park; Client: City of Fayetteville and the Walton Family Foundation/NWA
Trailblazers.
• 2022- Small Project Award — Gulley Park — Engineering Excellence Awards from
ACEC/ Arkansas
• Wilson Park Prominade and Bridge, work to begin soon.
• Wilson Restroom/Hub Building — Groundbreaking tentatively set for 11 am February
16tn
• Wilson Catfish and Beavers work continues, Rockfish.
• Strategic Plan Update — Plan has been sent and need a Special Meeting Date
Monday February 13th at 12:00 — 1:30.
10. Review of HMR Report: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent
Jack said YTD 2021-2022 - up 16.5% and $660,621.
11. Announcements
Next Meeting Date March 6, 2023
February 11
Invasive Removal — Lake Wilson
February 15
Fayetteville Arts Council Meeting — City Administration
February 24
Bradford Pear Removal — Gulley Park
February 27
Adult Soccer League Starts — Kessler
March 1
Urban Forestry Advisory Meeting — City Administration
March 3-5
Fayetteville Youth Baseball Tournament — Kessler/
White River
March 5
Invasive Removal — Kessler
March 6 Fayetteville Youth Baseball League Starts — Kessler/
White River
12. Adjourn: Dockery adjourned the meeting at 6:58 PM.
13. Submitted by: Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant
PRAB minutes provides the basic discussions and motions of the PRAB meeting.
For more information, please refer to the PRAB meeting video provided on the city's
website.