HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-11-06 - Minutes - Parks and Recreation Advisory Board November 6, 2023 5:30 PM Hybrid Meeting City Hall Room 111 113 W Mountain Street Fayetteville, AR Members: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zVSitmYuS765yFJVcuOMuA Join by Telephone: (Toll Free) 888 475 4499) Webinar ID: 881 1089 4162 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 1. Call to Order – 5:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call – Dockery, Brink, Chambers, Freund, Sheely, Davis, Walsh, Downing 3. Approval of Minutes, October – Davis made motion for approval, seconded by Walsh, approved by all. Motion 8-0-0. 4. Parkland Dedication: Zach Foster, Park Planner Development Name: Wedington and Maple Multi-Family Engineer: HEDK Architects Owner: Marinoni Inc (Developer has a purchase agreement) Location: S of Wedington and W of Maple St and Loren Cir Parcel ID Number: 765-13736-000 and 765-13737-000 Park Quadrant: SW Development Size: 23 AC Units: 592 Multi-Family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee-in-Lieu Requirement: $563,584 Nearby Existing Parks: Markham Hill, Centennial Park, Bryce Davis Park, Hamestring Trail Corridor, Lewis Soccer Complex Developer’s Request: Fee-in-Lieu 2 Staff Recommendation: Fee-in-Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks and land adjacent to Markham Hill park land must become tree preservation. PRAB Recommendation: Brink moves to approve, Davis to second. Motion: 7-0-0. 5. Active Transportation Advisory Committee Update: Yarri Davis – OAR recommends that City form a committee that is focused on transit and paratransit. Soft surface trail addition was discussed. 6. Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks Update: Joel Freund – Reported on successful October events “Scarecrow Showdown” and the election of new director, Ashley Wardlow. 7. Friend of Parks Subcommittee Report: Steve Sheely – Sheely presented research based on Parks’ weekly activity schedule to determine who is using the Parks system and how to build Park Partners based on regular users. Sheely reported by-laws were approved, a checking account for operating expenses has been established, and that officers have elected. 8. Arts Council: Downing to represent Parks at Arts Council meetings henceforth. 9. Land Acquisition Committee Report: Will Dockery – Dockery to recommend funds from fees in lieu to be used to look at acquiring more useable park land. 10. Announcements October 4 UFAB Meeting – City Administration Building October 5 Outdoor Fayetteville Cooking - YRCC October 7 S2S Bike Ride – Walker Park October 10 BGO Autumn Gala – BGO October 12 Friends of YRCC Board Meeting - YRCC October 10 Adult Fall Volleyball Starts – YRCC October 14 Lake Sequoyah Cleanup- Lake Sequoyah October 14 Celebration of Trees - Spring Street Parking Garage October 14 YRCC Bridging the Gap Cookout – Walker Park October 18 Art Council Meeting – City Administration Building October 25 Outdoor Fayetteville Archery – Lake Fayetteville October 28 Haunted House at YRCC - YRCC October 28 Fayetteville Disc Association Harvest Moon - Kessler October 31 Trick or Treat on the Trail – Lower Ramble November 4 Lake Wilson Cleanup- Lake Wilson Next Meeting Date November 6 3 11. Attachments 1. PRAB September Meeting Minutes 2. HMR Report 3. Proposed Bryce Davis Master Plan 12. Adjourn – 6:40 p.m. 13. Submitted by – Elizabeth Milton, Sr. Admin. PRAB minutes provide the basic discussions and motions of the PRAB meeting. For more info, please refer to the PRAB meeting video provided on the City’s website.