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Home My WebLink About1980-10-28 - Minutes• FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F 72701 (5011 521.7700 PARKS & RECREATION BOARD TOUR OF PARKS October 28, 1980 at 12:00 noon Present: Knight, Widder, Brinner, Waite, Reagan, Lashley, Clark WILSON PARK Vandalism to sculpture garden: gargoyle head under bridge is smashed - some "arms" on bridge are damaged. Street Dept. is to set big boulders on the west side of the east ditch. Two "new" tennis courts resurfaced. Lights working "fairly well" since Aug. (Clark) Just about paying for the electric bill. No vandalism. Dale said Arnold Christy of the Gas Co. said to leave gas pipe exposed in south part of park - no danger or problem. • Some leaks in pool - will be repaired before next season. • Dale wants to widen part of the creek and wall to collect water for irrigation. Dale will check all tables and benches and barbecues. Buying 10 new tables. Three sweetgums from 71 Drive-in were located in the southwest part of the park. ASBELL PARK Need barricade for the southeast parking lot. Soccer people request water and care for soccer fields. Trash can doors are hanging open. Did not go to gym. No change in status. LAKE FAYETTEVILLE - SOUTH PAVILLIOiI Current problem with people (including our Tom Brinner) getting locked in - the gate is locked at dark. Police, neighbors have been involved. Dale has to rescue. Unacceptable to leave gate open. We will consider a loudspeaker system to warn park visitors. One fine wood trash container vandalized by burning. Four lights destroyed (requires shooting with rifle). One light was burning. • { c Dale will put 50-60 ft. chain link at each side of the entrance. Bathrooms will be in working order by spring. LAKE FAYETTEVILLE - NORTH Outfield needs seeding. The north bank is eroding, needs seed, fertilizer and filling. Climber is badly damaged. LAKE FAYETTEVILLE - NORTH PAVILLION Dale is starting on fence. Land mowed, looks good. No complaints from neighbors on area left to grow up by the Environmental Study Center. Reagan will contact Mr. Krei to come be- fore our board for an update. Model airplane area looking well kept - no noise, complaints in a year. Group requests a picnic table. Did not go to archery area - no change there. ROUTH - No needs. NO NAME - Did not visit. • NO NAME EXTENDED (on 45 North of 265) • Soccer people interested in fields here. Land is rough and sloped. Could accomodate three soccer fields, maybe a softball practice field. We agreed to (1) inform Mr. Grimes (2) finance an engineering study. BUTTERFIELD - Not visited. Needs same as last year. ROOT - Not visited. Dale will try to budget for a staff person at pavillion. WALKER New parking lot in progress west of ballfields, east of creek. Four sweetgums from 71 Drive-in were set in. New fence planned for north side, closer to road. Tennis courts in poor shape - one net post pulled out of ground.. Fat evergreens from 71 Drive-in were set south of tennis courts and look fine. South Block St. is being built - our new land very rough. Looks like a sizeable project. JEFFERSON Picnic tables are broken. Dale reports neighbors are taking an increased interest since we put in new playground equipment. Drainage remains poor in southeast corner. • -3- HAPPY HOLLOW • Good shape. Moved two backstops and two soccer goals. Best kept pavillion. BABE RUTH PARK 18 signs are on outfield fence. We need legal description of 15 acres given to parks by Chamber of Commerce. Dale suggests it could be used to produce sod for parks use. AMERICAN LEGION Mr. Bob Keegan asks for our help. Field needs mowing. This program is for same age group as senior Babe Ruth (15-18). GREATHOUSE Footbridge repaired. Mark suggests a sign cn South Brooks Ave. indicating park location. One picnic table needs a bench. We need to ask the City Attorney to write Kenneth Easterling to reclaim our four acres from him. Some small trees are still alive. This park gets very little use. • WASHINGTON MOUNTAIN Drove up W. Farmers. Consensus: good area for a park. Drove up Root Ave. and turned on W. 15th for another viewpoint. ASIDE: We need plats on all park property. Red Arrow - east of bypass, south of 15th St. needs a park HOTZ PARK Looks good - nice sign - neighbors complained so no basketball goal was erected. LAKE WILSON - Did not visit. Dale and Tom reported the lake was way down. Dale has not been successful in closing upper watergates. • E. Reagan • October 7, 1980 • • To: City Manager Don Grimes From: David E Lashley, Chairman PRAB Date: October 7, 1980 Subject: Parks Development Projects We believe our responsibility is to keep you and the City Board advised of matters which seem very important to us and to which you might provide some authority or clout in helping us accomplish our goals. We have a couple of matters in this category at the present and would like for you and the City Board to be aware of our concerns and need for assistance. I. Asbell Parking Lot (CD 1980) We saw this as a real need as did the Board in January 1980. We have a serious parking problem at asbell and we have just finished a season when we have had problems with parking in places which should not be allowed. We believe that policing is not the answer, but that the additional parking for softball and soccer would eliminate most of our problems. We are continually frustrated by the delays and unusual amount of "red tape" with CD funding. We addressed this same issue in a memo to you on May 14, 1980. There has been no progress since that time. The current soccer season ends in November and unitl March the fields will not be in use. The fields take a real beating through use and cars driving on them don't help. In order to have the parking lot available for use in March we see now as the time for the engineering and bidding to be accomplished If we don't start now, we will have a more severe problem next spring and summer. II. Walker Park Development (CD) We have been informed that the streets are nearing completion but we have still not seen any preliminary plans for the remainder of the project. We are concerned that the plans be prepared now so that bidding and construction can be accomplished before next baseball season. III. Lake Fayetteville Softball Fields (HCRS/City) We have a problem in that a sewer line must be moved before the fields can be constructed. Our information is that the engineer is waiting on State Health Dept. approval before bidding the sewer job. We see a real problem with accompOlishing the construction before next softball season. You are no doubt aware of the demands we have on ball fields and the use they receive in season. We hope to expedite this project so that the fields will be ready by March, 1981. • • • IV. Green Space - We commonly call new park lands green space which may not be a proper terminology. However, we see the acquisition of lands for future park sites as a very important matter. We have proposed to the CD Sub -Committee on Parks and Recreation the allocation of funds for purchase of new sites. We have also appealed to the planning commission to reconsider the matter of requiring each subdivision to set aside areas for neighborhood parks