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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-05-06 - Minutes - Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board May 6, 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_uJ- stYePQ6C4-mMxMBo-Tg Join by Telephone: (Toll Free) 888 475 4499 Webinar ID: 815 9140 5262 Members: Will Dockery (Chair) - exp 24, Hugh Kincaid - exp 25, Stephen Sheely - 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; Elizabeth Milton, Sr. Admin Assistant 1. Call to Order – 5:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call – Dockery, Sheely, Davis, Downing (virtual), Vranovci, Zabecki, Kincaid, Walsh. Absent: Cunningham 3. Approval of Minutes – Zabecki made motion for approval, Davis to second, approved by all. PNRCAAB Motion 8-0-0. 4. Summer Recreation Report: Dean Rawlings and Mark Banks-May, Recreation Program Managers – Staff Mark May to give overview of summer camp offerings, growth from last year, shifts in programming based on need because of growth. Staff Dean Rawlings to give update on aquatics, growth from last year, new pool sponsor, new scholarship opportunity for swim lessons. Staff to answer questions from the board. *Davis to make motion to adjust agenda moving OORC update in front of Parkland Dedication. Vranovci to second. PNRCAAB Motion: 8-0-0. 5. Parkland Dedication: Zach Foster Development Name: MLK Apartments Engineer: Engineering Services, Inc (C. Russo) Owner: Commercial Space LLC Location: SW corner of W MLK Blvd and S Hanshew Rd Parcel ID Number: 765-16272-001 Park Quadrant: SW 2 Development Size: 24.5 ac Units: 314 multi-family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee-in-Lieu Requirement: $298,928 Nearby Existing Parks: Centennial Park, Kessler Mountain Regional Park, Finger Park, Holland Park Developer’s Request: Fee-in-Lieu Staff Recommendation: Fee-in-Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks PRAB Recommendation: Dockery made motion to consider all PLD’s together, and to approve. Motion: 8-0-0. 6. Parkland Dedication: Zach Foster Development Name: Cherry Lane Townhomes Engineer: Expedient Civil Engineering (J. Ingalls) Owner: Carl Friddle Location: 797 Cherry Lane Parcel ID Number: 765-15206-000 Park Quadrant: SE Development Size: 1.0 ac Units: 20 multi-family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee-in-Lieu Requirement: $19,040 Nearby Existing Parks: Mt Sequoyah Woods, Doc Mashburn Park, White River Park, Combs Park Developer’s Request: Fee-in-Lieu Staff Recommendation: Fee-in-Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks PRAB Recommendation: Dockery made motion to consider all PLD’s together and to approve. Motion: 8-0-0. 7. Parkland Dedication: Zach Foster Development Name: 151 W Dickson Engineer: McClelland Consulting Engineers (C. Bakunas) Owner: 151 Dickson Development Location: 151 W Dickson St Parcel ID Number: 765-01669-000, 765-01668-000, 765-01670-000, 765- 01666-000, 765-01667-000 Park Quadrant: SW Development Size: 1.4 ac Units: 185 multi-family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee-in-Lieu Requirement: $176,120 3 Nearby Existing Parks: Wilson Park, Mt Sequoyah, YRCC, Buddy Hayes Park, Walker Park, The Ramble/Fay Jones Woods, Razorback Greenway Developer’s Request: Fee-in-Lieu Staff Recommendation: Fee-in-Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks PRAB Recommendation: Dockery made motion to consider all PLD’s together and to approve. Motion: 8-0-0. 8. OORC RTP Lake Fayetteville Grant Application Update – Rob Reno, OORC – Reno to communicate potential grant affecting soft surface trails at Lake Fayetteville. Proposed changes would make trails wider, adaptive mountain bike accessible, beginner friendly, add new signage, a pump track, and fix erosion issues. PNRCAAB Motion: Davis to made motion for approval, Vranovci to second. 7-0-0. 9. Land Acquisition Matrix: Ted Jack – Jack presented Park Land Acquisition Matrix, developed by staff and board members Dockery, Walsh, Brink and Jack, with the intent to use matrix to grade potential land acquisition by priority using new matrix. Edits were proposed and discussed amongst board members. PNRCAAB Motion: Sheely made motion to approve with accepted edits, seconded by Walsh. Motion: 8-0-0. 10. Annual Report Approval: Alison Jumper – Davis made motion to approve with an edit recommendation by Dockery, Sheely to second. Motion: 8-0-0. 11. Active Transportation Advisory Committee Update: Yarri Davis – Davis to report three new full-time trails, police accident reports on the trails added for review by committee, reviewed concept plans to the Drake St. trail connection and made an approval recommendation. 12. Botanical Garden Report: Elizabeth Cunningham – n/a 13. Friend of Parks Report: Steve Sheely – Sheely gave first FOFP presentation to local rotary club, working on website and new logo, and identifying events to set up a presence to promote FOFP, as well as fine tune major donor strategy. 14. Land Acquisition Committee Report: Will Dockery – Been working on Land Acquisition Matrix, which is complete. 15. Arts Council Report: Sarah Downing – Weekend Starts has kicked off and will run from April through October, muralist selected for Nelson Hackett mural wall, new call for artist 4 for mural at YRCC announced, Council completing research phase of Arts and Culture plan. 16. Recognize PLD NE Quadrant Funds for Gulley Park: Ted Jack – 17. Signs & Donor Ordinances Review Subcommittee – New subcommittee to be added to June agenda. 18. Project and HMR Update; Ted Jack – Jack to give project, construction, and HMR updates. 19. Announcements May 7 Outdoor Fayetteville – Intro to Disc Golf - Northshore May 8 Hiking with a Forester- Gregory Park May 10 Weekend Starts - Lower Ramble May 11 Walker Park Splash Opens – Walker Park May 17 Weekend Starts - Lower Ramble May 23 Outdoor Fayetteville - Beginner Mountain Bike – Lake Fayetteville May 25 Wilson Pool Opens – Wilson Park June 3-13 Session 1 Swim Lessons Starts – Wilson Park Pool June 3-7 Be Active Summer Camp – Outdoor Adventure Camp 1 – Lake Fayetteville June 3-7 YRCC Summer Camp - YRCC June 4 Wahoos Swim Team Starts - Wilson Park Pool June 8 Ladies Du – Lake Fayetteville 20. Attachments 1. PNRCAAAB April Meeting Minutes 2. HMR Report 21. Adjourn – 7:08 p.m.