HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-01-05 - Minutes• • FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F 72701 (501) 521-7700 PARKS $ RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Monday, January 5, 1981.at 1:30 p.m. Present: Waite, Brinner, Widder, Lashley, Reagan, Clark, and Wayne Jones from McClelland Engineering. December minutes were approved. David: Engineering in progress on Industrial Park land. Wayne Jones: Sewer at Lake Fayetteville ballpark is in place and ready for testing. Dirt work to be done by the County with us furnishing wages for labor and vehicle fuel. David asked Wayne to get a second field staked, working with Dale. Walker Park - map in progress. Ballfield work (wiring and fencing) might be manageable during ball season. Jones says he is "on schedule" with Walker. Asbell - Wayne did aerial map of Asbell area. We need a lease agreement with the schools so parks can have jurisdiction over an increased 280 ft. to the west. Dr. Winborn is working on this. Present parking 50-55 cars in the east parking lot. One option is to widen the present lot - another is to pave south and east of concession for 42 cars (accomodating 108 cars). Wayne suggests using good used fence from Walker to build a barrier in the area of the new parking - not eligible under CD. No dollars on parking areas. $20,000 for Asbell parking in our CD. David favors building the new parking lot. Bill suggests tying two parking projects together and phasing them. CD will let bids on these. Soccer starts mid-March. No engineering yet on changing lights to underground at Walker. Dale wishes to ask baseball board to forget lighting the fifth field at Walker in favor of improving and updating present lights. Two poles inside the southeast field need moving. The present lights arc high wattage incan- descent. Wayne says the old bleachers at Walker built with power poles need major renovation. Wayne presented a plan for No Name Extended soccer fields - as done by Clark, Lashley, and Jones. Three fields are laid out - no trees cut. \11 three fields and parki::g lot would cost $71,000 (SW $20,000; NW $20,000; E $27,000). Lashley suggests asking County or soccer people for help as this cost is beyond us right now. Dale says we should begin the use of all available flat surfaces in the City for soccer fields (schools, industry). Toia and David asked for the new City pool at the last City Board meeting on December 15th and got approval for $400,000 (half procured by grants). David • • • Parks Bd. Minutes (cca!t. ) appointed Tom as Chairman of the ad hoc swimming pool committee, drawing from interested and informed people out in .the committee. Suggests Beverly Melton, Barbara Crook, Delvin Nation - David wants people who are interested. in swimming and in parks. The City Board approved $2,500 for preliminary planning. We need someone with grant expertise - Bobby Harlan from NWARPC, McWethy from City. Lashley will call the list and report names to Tom. Dale reported that Tom got compliments from the City Directors after his video tape presentation On the present pool. Dale suggests submitting this new subcommittee for City Board approval. David will write the memo. Wiring at {Nilson will have to go underground if we arc to get an IICRS grant. Lashley reported on the meeting with Reagan, Waite, and Larry Wood to divide the City into four large districts to simplify pars development and management, roughly Highway•71 and North Street are dividing lines. Waite attended a Planning Commission meeting with this new map in conjunction with the new Greenspace Ordinance and both were,approved. (Donation of land or money in lieu of - a tax on everything that is platted.) There will be a public hearing at the next Planning Commission meeting - no opposition is expected. Signs ready at West Campus. Model airplane people want to trim trees to the north of their area. Reagan asked for evaluation of our attendance at UCS - .ne decided that attendance at monthly meeting was not mandatory, but that our representative should go to the annual meeting. David presented a'diagram of Parks Department and the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board. He emphasized the need to give high priority to programs as opposed to maintenance and capital improvements. Committees (Budget & Planning; Facilities `v Park Development; Recreation .; Personnel) were re- appointed. E. Reagan