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
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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
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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
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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.