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Home My WebLink About1981-10-05 - MinutesFAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F room Iso+l ui.noo PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Monday, October 5, 1981 1:30 p.m. • PRESENT: Lashley, Melton, Widder, Reagan, Waite, Clark, Ryan Minutes of September 14, approved as written. David reported on meeting with City Board and subsequent meeting with City Board Finance Committee. Our part of new sales tax revenue - $170,250 per annum, $110,000 for new pool, 520,000 work force additions, $12,000 administrative assistant. Balance to be spread amongst many needed -new projects. Some questions arising about plans for new pool. Beverly says she questions price tag. Would like to see plan put out to bid so we can get a handle on what it would really cost. We need City Board approval for this. Lashley recommends we wait on the pool until grant results are in, until we are clear on sales tax revenue for parks. Beverly says we need to increase public swimming hours at pool to justify huge expenditure for a new pool. City Board has a committee working on a swimming pool. Consensus is that we go ahead with the pool. Our next step is to get engineering specifications for suggested fee $25,000. Beverly will do this. Reagan reported on current CD projects -- Sandra Carlisle said population survey at Asbell will not be done, that HUD in Little Rock said it was not eligible. Study at Washington Mountain in progress. No idea when it will be completed. Reagan asked about leftover fungi—(istimated at $100,000) from Walker Park -- very questionable. David says we should take our questions on CD to the City Board. Bill suggests writing a memo to City Board - Beverly says send copies to everynne reohetting a response by a certain date. David sent a similar request June 26. David will expedite. Bill will be at City Board meeting October 16th to talk about soccer complex. Bill offers October 22, 27 for semi-annual tour of parks, 7:30, Wilson Park. Reagan will request Jack Kritj to report to Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Environmental Study Center. Dale -- Asbell parking lot - playground completed. Basketball goals up. (Soccer players down from 400 to 232) Walker Park fences up. Work on bleachers and dugouts proceeding. Work about 45 days behind. New signs up, all but three. Dale has three applications (resumes for new position of administrative assistant to Parks Director). Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will slake recommendation at November sleeting. Dale says we should work on budget at November meeting. 3everly asks how we set priorities for funding. Bill proposes an intensive session after the tour. Beverly says to invite Chairman of Parks CD to this planning session. • • • FAYTT73VILL., ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE P.O. DRAWER F 72701 TO: Fayetteville City Board of Directors Don Grimes, City Manager David Lashley, Parks and Recreation Board Bob Jones, Police Chief Paul Logue, Fire Chief Allen Prather, Fayetteville City Hospital FROM: Scott Linebaugh, Finance Director 5 «. SUBJECT: Sales Tax Revenue Projections DATE: September 24, 1981 (5011521-7700 I was asked by Mayor Todd to review the attached schedule to see if the figures were at net (sales tax less occupation, franchise, and miscellaneous other taxes). In reviewing, I thought the sales tax revenue figures supplied from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Local Government Institute contained use tax with the sales tax. Unfortunately, Jim Lynch, from Local Government Institute, found out I was correct. This means our sales tax revenue for 1982 is projected at $1,135,000 or $115,000 less than the earlier attached schedule. Therefore, the projected yearly sales tax.revenue divisions (at net) are: Public Safety Streets Parks & Rec. City Hospital City Hall Renovation Art Center Other Projects SCL/vk $227,000 227,000 170.250, 113,501 170,250 45,400 181,000 • • If the cite -county sales tax passes on July .. S the (Thu Board will commit. for at least two years. than the revenuCS Will he Spent nn the catego::es anti proyrann listed below. in the appioxtmatc respec- tive percentages. � , PUBLIC SAFETY C Zan oc'') 20% Adduional police and fire personnel and equipment STREETS (..Z..5-0, 41049 20% - New street construction, paving of unpaved streets. street maintenance. sidewalk in- stallation mstallation and additional streetlights PARKS & RECREATION 6/S7S0e115% Funding for a new swimming pool at Wilson Park and city-wide park land acquisition. maintenance, operations. and equipment CITY HOSPITAL ("2Soro0f 10% Funding for a revenue bond :ssue for City Hospital renovation and expansion • • CITY HALL (/S7,So4:9 15% Renovation and remodeling of the present City Administration Building ARTS CENTER (-CO, cc0) 4% Funding to establish a Performing Arts Center OTIIER PROJECTS (200..c00) 16% Additional potential p:o;ccts of public benefit needed in the nest neo years in- cluding city library ni p port_ salary ad)uSI- merits. public transit. and supplemental payments on new SC.lage treatment plant to reduce the amount of monthly sewer hill increases "When the City Hall renovation is completed this portion will be allocated to the Public Safety and Street categories It is our intention to spend :he City's share of revenues generated as stated above. However, we ask the public to please understand that the City must have soma flexibility because of the following: --.Uncertainty of the final cost of the sewage beat men! alternative selected. as will as the cost of sortie of the stated priority proiects: .- Uncertauny of the stand of Rrvenue Sharing funds I honey sent to the city by the federal government) and Turnhack funds (money sent to the n:y by the stale y,flver rune ntl. and -..IJncertamic o'out the exact amount the city .c:ll receive In sales tax revenues. The Board has reaffirmed. however. !hat the Cty will Cancel the occupation I:cense tax and 1'L of the uu!:ty franc htse tax for res:deiv:al and commercial accounts :f the citwcowry sales rax passes. • •