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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-04-27 - Minutes0 �.) PRAB MEETING April 27, 1982 The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting came to order at 4:15 pm at City Hall. Minutes: Minutes were approved with the correction that it is Lake Sequoyah house that Dale Clark is investigating instead of the house at Lake Wilson. OLD BUSINESS: I.. CD Report: Connie Edmonston had visited with Rick Mason about the CD progress for Washington Mountain and Walker Park North. Mason said nothing could be done at Walker Park North until the CD money is available in July. The appraisals for Washington Mountain purchase will be ready in about a week. 2. Sequoyah South Plat: Jim Stephens met with Dale Clark and Connie Edmonston concerning his plat land. The Parks is entitled to 1. 3 acreas. The Parks need to have the area surveyed to mark the dedicated plat land and the land Mr. Stephens would be interested in dedicating to the Parks & Recreation Department. 3. Grand Opening for Walker Park: Grand Opening for Walker Park South will be on Mnnday, May 17. Games will start at 6 pm. Dr. Ryan will make the arrangements for the Grand Opening Ceremonies. 4. Concession Cups: Concession Cups with Fayetteville Parks and Recrea- tion Department on them were ordered and should be delivered in three weeks. Twenty thousand cups were ordered for the ball parks and swimming pool. 5. Soccer Fields : Dale Clark and Pete Heinzelman met to discuss the soccer field situation at Asbell. They discussed the possibility of having CB to do the field leveling at Asbell Park for the soccer fields since they do not know when the field at Walker will be ready. 6. Wilson Swimming Pool Report: Beverly Melton, chairperson for the Wilson Park Subcommittee, displayed a proposed drawing of the city swimming pool to the PRAB. The pool is in a z -shape with a shallow general area, shallow teaching area, deep swim area, and a diving area. There are eight lifeguard stands. The drawing consisted of a bathhouse, wading pool and the main pool. The bathhouse consisted of a lobby area, management room (basket room with an office), an equipment room (for pumps, etc, ),concession stand, and a men's and women's locker room, Suggestions included: the equipment room is too close to the concession stand and it would be noisy; a larger basket area; roof over -hang the concession area for some shade; have graphics; have outside showers to help eliminate dirt and sun tan Page 2 PRAB April 27, 198.2 oil in the filters and water; lower the equipment room; have solar power for heating the showers; skylarks in the roof; hide the pipes so they do not have to tearup the sun deck for maintenance. Melton suggested that some of the dirt from the pool might be used elsewhere in the other parks. The time table for the pool is as follows: June 1 - plans submitted to the State Health; July 1 - advertise for bids: August 1 - take bids; August 15 - start construction. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Leverett II Plat: Waite/Melton: Motion - To make the recommendation to take the money in lieu on the Leverett II Platt. The PRAB felt that this area was already served by Woodland, Agri Park, Leverett, and Asbell School Park areas. 2. Beverly Melton recommended to the Board that they need to start itemizing the money needed for professional studies so that it be included in next year's operating budget. 3. Rick Mason: Rick Mason and David Mc.Wethy made a. recommendation to the PRAB concerning using CD money at Walker Park North. They felt that the creek needed to be redone by building a box culvert along the back property line. This would serve two purposes - 1) give a level surface, and 2) for flood control. With this being done, only the northeast section of Walker Park could be cleared for the softball and soccer field that were requested. Also on the southeast corner a fishing. lake and dam would be built to help with flood controll and for recreation. The PRAB members present were pleased with the recommendation and advised Mason to go ahead with his plan. Mason said the PRAB needed to mark the existing trees that they want to relocate and to transplant them, and that in order for CD to get a survey the area needed to be brushhoggged first. These needed to be done .ASAP. Mason explained that there were two big main trees in the pr cposed lake area that would be left for islands if possible. The existing bed for the lake is now twelve feet deep and there are some springs that feed it. The PRAB discussed the possibility of getting a club to help collect money to relocate the trees at Walker Park. The Garden Clubs were suggested as possibilities. Organizations that might volunteer to help were suggested by the Board.- CB, Army Reserve, Vo -tech students, and the Federal Program with the Summer Youth. 4. American Legion : Dale Clark, David Lashley and Connie ' Edmonston met with the American Legion to discuss the possibility of buying the American Legion field on a long -term lease. : The American Legion Page 3 PRAB April 27, 1982 were not in favor of selling their land. MEETING ADJOURNED at 5:40 pm NEXT MEETING: The next PRAB meeting will be held on Tuesday, May llth at 4pm. This will be their Spring Tour. Respectfully submitted, Connie Edmonston Administrative Assistant In Attendance: Dale Clark, Bill Waite, Beverly Melton, Rodney Ryan, Mark Widder, Connie Edmonston, Rick Mason