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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01-03 - Minutes - Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board January 3, 2024 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_yxXh3XFgTv6gS1YGi6Jmbg Join by Telephone: (Toll Free) 888 475 4499) Webinar ID: 835 3066 7712 Members: Will Dockery (Chair) - exp 24, Hugh Kincaid - exp 25, Stephen Sheely (Vice Chair) - exp 25, Yarri Davis - exp 24, Doug Walsh - exp 24, Sarah Downing - exp 25, Korab Vranovci – exp 26, Elizabeth Cunningham – exp 26, Melissa Zabecki – exp 26 City Staff: Alison Jumper, Parks, Natural Resources, and Cultural Affairs Director; Lee Farmer, Recreation Superintendent; Ted Jack, Park Planning Superintendent, Sr. Admin; Elizabeth Milton 1. Call to Order: 5:31 p.m. 2. Roll Call – Dockery, Kincaid, Sheely, Davis, Walsh, Downing, Vranovci, Cunningham, Zabecki 3. Welcome new board members - Board members and staff gave brief introductions, new board members welcomed. 4. Approval of Minutes, December – Kincaid made motion for approval, Cunningham to second, approved by all. PNRCAAB Motion 9-0-0. 5. Election of Officers – Chair: Davis to nominate Dockery for another year as chair, Vranovci to second. Motion: 8-0-0. Vice Chair: Sheely to accept another term as Vice Chair, Davis to second. Motion: 8-0-0. ATAC: Kincaid to nominate Davis, seconded by Sheely. Motion: 8-0-0. BGO: Sheely to nominate Cunningham, Davis to second. Motion: 8-0-0. 6. Underwood Park Master Plan: Reva Meeks, Ecological Design Group – Staff to hear from Reva Meeks with Ecological Design Group who descried their process and methods of coming up with a Master Plan for Underwood Park. Davis made motion for approval, Kincaid to second. 2 PNRCAAB Motion: Motion 9-0-0. 7. Active Transportation Advisory Committee Update: Yarri Davis – Reported on upcoming trail work, grants received, and expansion work slated for 2024. 8. Friend of Parks Report: Steve Sheely – Sheely reported FoP’s goals are to continue working on 2024 calendar, schedule upcoming events, develop a cohesive social media presence, invite new board members, and clarify what constitutes becoming a “Friend” or member of Friend of Parks. 9. Land Acquisition Committee Report: Will Dockery – Dockery to give brief overview of Land Acquisition Committee’s purpose, goals and duties. 10. Arts Council Report: Sarah Downing – Did not meet in December. Downing to give update on Canvas of Light art installation, which ran through the holidays. 11. Project, Construction and HMR Update; Ted Jack, Park Planning Superintendent – Jack to give updates on Wilson Park Hub, the Hub art wall, Gulley Park playground, Walker Community park, Kessler Saddle Up trail, Combs/White River park -- staff to recommend someone from PNRCABB to become a stakeholder for future projects like Combs. 12. Orientation Date – Jan. 10, 12 - 1:30pm 13. Announcements January 8 YRCC Afterschool Starts - YRCC January 9 Winter Adult Volleyball Starts – YRCC January 20 Frozen Toes 5K/15K – Kessler Mountain Regional Park Next Meeting Date February 5 14. Attachments 1. PRAB December Meeting Minutes 2. HMR Report 15. Adjourn – 6:46 p.m. 16. Submitted by – Elizabeth Milton, Sr. Admin. PNRCABB minutes provide the basic discussions and motions of the PNRCABB meeting. For more info, please refer to the PNRCABB meeting video provided on the City’s website.