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Home My WebLink About1983-12-13 - Minutes• ( • FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. D. DRAWER F 72702 (501) 521 7700 PRAB December 13, 1983 The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board came to order at 4:06 pm. MINUTES: Minutes were approved with the correction of Item number 3 to read the Park and Recreation Trust Fund instead of the Gregory Trust Fund. 1. INDUSTRIAL PARK: David Lashley reported that Industrial Park will lease approximately eighty acres of the flood plain to the City on a 30 -day basis. The land is also for sale for the amount of $1,000 per acre. It was the common consensus of PRAB not to recommend to the City Board of Directors the purchase of this land. The Model Airplane Club had requested a certain part of the area. However, the area in which the Model Airplane Club requested will limit the Park Department plans for placing soccer and softball fields. PRAB highly recommended that they need planning into. the project. MOTION: Rackerby/Melton To recommend to the City Board of Directors to lease the flood plain property offered by Industrial Park and to have a Master Plan developed for maximum use of the area. The PRAB would like to have this item placed on the next City Meeting's Agenda. PRAB discussed possibilities of useage of the land including soccer practice fields, softball practice fields, Model Airplane Club Flying Range, picnic facilities, basketball goals, and park benches. They stressed that conflicts in the area from the use of high frequency control of the model airplanes needs to be determined. 2. LAKE SEQUOYAH HOUSE: Dale Clark reported that City Manager Don Grimes gave his consent to let Vernon Burfine move a RV by the house and to work on the house. His labor would thus be traded in on rent of the house at $150 per month. The Park Department crew will help Mr. Burfine with jobs such as roofing the house. (Mr. Burfine is the new Park Grounds Keeper.) Clark will check with the City Planning and Zoning Offices for procedures in which to take. Also a contract will be needed. • 0 Page 2 PRAB 12/13/83 FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F 72702 (501) 521 7/00 3 CD ALLOCATION FOR WALKER PARK NORTH AND CHARLES J. FINGER PARK: Connie Edmonston reported that CD Director,•Sandra Carlisle is in the process of getting the bids out for the playground equipment and picnic facilities for the parks. Mrs. Carlisle stated that Bid Openings will be January 9th, 1984 at 10 am, CD Office. 4. JOHN REED LAND: David Lashley reported that Mr. Reed is waiting for the City to correct the flooding problems at his residence before donating his land to the Parks. 5. GREEN SPACE ORDINANCE: David Lashley, Jim McCord, Larry Wood, Ernie Jacks, and Connie Edmonston met concerning the clarification of a park plan to meet the Supreme Court ruling. The map prioritizing future park areas will be presented the same only with twelve districts (transportation zones). These will help specify specific locations of parks. Connie Edmonston is to ask Bobbi Jones when the ordinance will be reimplemented. 6. CHARLES J. FINGER PARK: A time table/phase needs tobe organized according to the Master Plan devised by Al Einert. Items to be included are resources; what to be done; time table such as one year, 5 years, 10 .years,. etc.; Clark, Edmonston and the Facilities Committee are to devise the phases to be reviewed by PRAB. 7. ASBELL GYM RENOVATION: Dale Clark reported that it is going slow. The portable bleechers, scoreboard, volleyball standards, and portable basketball goals are all purchased. 8 ASBELL PARK: Dale Clark reported that the soccer fields are looking good. There is still some water standing between the gymnasium and the trailer, but not on the soccer field. 9 TURKEY TROT: Connie Edmonston reported that there were one hundred and forty-four participants in the 2nd Annual Turkey Trot. She said it worked well both for the Parks Department and the Civitan Club and that she would recommend for them to do it again next year in conjunction with the Club. O g. Page 3 PRAB 12/13/83 FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F 72702 (sof) 621-7700 10. LAKE FAYETTEVILLE BOAT DOCK OPERATOR: Dale Clark reported that five people will be interviewed for the final selection of Boat Dock Operator this Thursday starting at 10 am. There will be a "going away party" for Polly Robbins on Thursday, December 22. 11. MASTER PLAN: Connie Edmonston is to check with Al Einert as to the progress of Wilson Park Master Plan. 12. OTHER: PRAB discussed that they needed to update and critique the Departments Long Range Plans, job descriptions, etc. (Possibly the first meeting in February) NEXT PRAB MEETING: Tuesday, January 10, 1984 at 4 pm, Continuing Education. MEETING ADJOURNMENT: 5:05 pm Respectfully submitted, Connie Edmonston Administrative Assistant ATTENDANCE: Dale Clark, David Lashley, Beverly Melton, Frank Rackerby, Connie Edmonston