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Home My WebLink About1982-05-25 - MinutesFAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS F. D. DRAWER F 72701 [5011 521.7700 PRAB MEETING May 25, 1982 The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met at 8:30 am at the Youth Center for their semi-annual parks tour. TOUR: The following recommendations were made by the PRAB. Hotz Park: Swing broken Talked about the possibility of installing a basketball goal. Bates Park: Need another trash can Repaint lines on the pavilion floors Replace the window boards that protect the windows - possibly with metal guards Guttering needs repaired Jefferson Park : Pavilion }lights missing Pavilion needs painting inside and lines on floor Roof guttering needs repaired. Walker Park: Need to get Little League to help pickup the trash Need picnic tables on the other side of the ditch '.& by the fields under the trees Future Needs - pavilion and more parking Need security lights by the restrooms Need new tennis nets Dead tree outside the fence on field #4 Industrial Park: Parks has 20 acres west of field across the street Need some picnic tables Score box is insecure Broken fence between fields Scoreboard needs fixed Need more gravel Need to enforce not to litter American Legion Field: Parks now help mow it - American Legion still works on the infield. Possibility of using area west of field as practice field Possibility of neighborhood park someday if American Legion would sell t Page 2 PRAB May 25, 1982 Lake Wilson: Need the County to upgrade the road to the Lake Replace sign for "Lake Wilson" Long range plan - redue spillway Need to get Terry to examine the gates on the dam Lake Sequoyah: Need everything documented concerning Lake Sequoyah develop- ment. Future - open field behind house use for camp site Picnic and play area for women and children by dam area Need to forma committee for preliminary planning and priorities Get a class from the University Landscape Architecture Department for pre-liminary plans for future development Root Park : Butterfield Park: Get the School to help with the soccer field Picnic tables are not needed or used here - possibility of moving them to Walker Park Sweetbriar Park: Picnic table needs repaired Lake Fayetteville : Schedule a PRAB Meeting at the Enviromental Center this summer North side area - future overnight camping area Ball fields: Need stair -step seats between Fields 1 & 2 Possibility of using railroad tyes as steps Concession stand and bathrooms are inadequate Need a sign for no alcoholic beverages allowed in Park - enforce it Modern Fence is cutting off the sharp points on the fences around the ball fields Need more parking cement under the bleechevs Need a fence and/or gate to block traffic and vehicles parking by concession stand and handicap parking area Have a raffle to help upgrade the play area Lake Fayetteville South : Need to check trails Gregory Park: Sign stollen Asbell Park: Need a fenced playground area by the softball fields under the trees Need to remove the hill of dirt Need more trash barrels Cement under the bleechers Water fountain on the west side is broken Wilson Park: Need more gravel Dirt around merry-go-round Need more benches on the south side Tear down little shelter on the west end Page 3 PRAB May 25, 1982 Clark: Need to think within the next ten years need 10 to 20 acreas for a new Youth Center. Edmonston: Suggestion to get a recording for the softball teams to call in to find out if games are rained out or not. Would need another line to call in. Eg. 442 -'Ball Long Range Planning Meeting - Tentatively set for Wednesday, June 9 at 5 pm. NEXT PRAB MEETING: The next PRAB meeting will be Tuesday, June 8 at 4 pm, City Hall. MEETING ADJOURNED at 2:20 pm Respectfully submitted, Connie Edmonston Administrative Assistant In Attendance: Dale Clark, David Lashley, George Knight, Bill Waite, Beverly Melton, Charlie Sego, Connie Edmonston