HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-11-13 - MinutesFAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F 72702 (501) 521-7700 PRAB November 13, 1984 The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board came to order at 4:10. MINUTES: Minutes were approved as mailed. BUSINESS: I. Fayetteville Soccer Association Proposal: Don Scott, Pete Heinzleman and Charlie Bell fror8 the Fayetteville Soccer Association presented a proposal for developing the southeast corner of Lake Fayetteville Park into a soccer complex. They expressed it would be a joint effort (finan- cial and labor) between the City and the Soccer Association. The Soccer Association proposed 9 fields to be constructed in the area (5 fields regulation size and 4 smaller fields). A concession stand, restrooms, parking lot and a small park and irrigation for the fields were also proposed. Currently there are 5 soccer fields at Asbell Park (2 approx- imately regulation size); 2 at Walker Park North (1 reg- ulation size). The Soccer Association stated that they already have some donations for the project. See enclosed proposal. MOTION Ryan/Sego: To table the proposal until next PRAB meeting. (5-0) Passed unanimously. II. Crossover Park: Patti Reid, Park Horticulturist, presented a conc.eptua1 plan of Crossover Park to PRAB. A slide pre- sentation along with a map were submitted for review. The park plan was explained as being passive recreation and is a short -termed plan. The school board stated they might have some plans by the end of the year for their land adjoining Crossover Park. PRAB is to keep in contact as to their plans for Crossover Park. The Board was pleased with Ms. Reed's Conceptual Plan of Crossover Park. PRAB will meet at Crossover Park to walk the Conceptual Plan on Thursday, November 15th at 3:30 or on Monday, November 19th at 3:30. Members are to meet at the Hot Wheels Store of 45 and 265. See enclosed map. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. D. DRAWER F 72702 (501) 521.77040 PRAB Page 2 November 13, 1984 III. Model Airplane Club: Bob Waldren and Kenneth Collier represented the Model Airplane Club in presenting a pro- posal for the model airplane flying course layout at Combs Park. PRAB expressed their concern of the airplanes flying over the park play areas. Mr. Waldren stated it would be a rule that is posted not to fly out of the designated area. See enclosed m'ap. Mr. Waldren stated they needed immediate help in grading up the course strip. PRAB requested that the Model Airplane Club present a schedule or time table (priortize)) maintenance plan and estimated cost for the model airplane flying area. The Board stressed that they "...couldnot promise themrany- thing". After review of the plan by PRAB, it will be presented to the City Board of Directors. The Model Airplane Club requested to be on the next PRAB agenda. IV. Performing Arts Center Status: The City Board of Directors approved to accept applications for a Performing Arts Center Board. V. Wilson Park Parking Lot #1: Northwest Engineers will present the proposed parking lot #1 as recommended by PRAB to the City Board at their meeting on November 20th. VI. Lake Wilson Dam Report: Dale Clark reported that Terry's Machine Shop inspected the dam and concluded that there is no apparent leak in the dam. The water is coming in through the tower. They cannot find the end of the pipe to seal it. PRAB discussed pumping cement into the tower and pulling the Lake down to do so. The Board will also investigate the possibility of pumping bentonite into the tower in order to stop the leakage. VII. Children's Theatre Report: The Arkansas Arts Council Grant application for the Children's Theatre Program is due in January. In the last session of Children's Theatre Classes for 1984, there were ten pre-schoolers and five 2nd through fifth graders enrolled. They will be giving a performance at the NW Arkansas Mall in December. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS P. 0. DRAWER F PRAB Page 3 November 13, 1984 74704 (501) 541.7700 VIII.Wilson Park Grant Status: Connie Edmonston reported that the Arkansas Parks and Tourism will hopefully make a decision about the grant applications by the end of the year. There are thirty-six applications in the state. The US Government as not given the State the amount of grant money available to the . state of Arkansas yet. A Committee meeting will be held the second week of December to review the grants. Grant applicants at this time may give a brief presentation to the Committee. X. Wilson Park Bridge Report: Dale Clark reported that the Rotary Club withdrew their donation of constructing one of the bridges at Wilson Park. They are withdrawing to meet the challenge of Campbell Soup in matching funds to the Downtown Square Gardens. XI. PRAB Terms: Applications are available in the City Managers Office for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. XII. PRAB Agenda: PRAB expressed it is very important for the public to be aware that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has an agenda. Anyone wishing to be on the agenda must notify Connie Edmonston the Friday noon before the Tuesday meeting. PRAB meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. This will help PRAB meetings to go more smoothly and to avoid "surprised items° in which they are uninformed. MEETING ADJOURNED at 6:30 pm. NEXT PRAB MEETING: Tuesday, November 27 at 4pm, City Hall Rm 326. Respectfully submitted, Ci6 i CreiG Connie Edmonston Administrative Assistant PRESENT PRAB: David Lashley, J.O. York, Rodney Ryan, Charlie Sego, Frank Rackerby PARK STAFF: Dale Clark, Patti Reid, Connie Edmonston, Mark Bushkuhl SOCCER CLUB REPRESENTATIVES: Don Scott, Charlie Bell, Pete Heinzleman MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB: Bob Waldron, Kenneth Colliers DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCCER COMPLEX AT LAKE FAYETTEVILLE A PROPOSAL FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE SOCCER ASSOCIATION 2 INTRODUCTION Soccer is a relatively new sport to the United States. Interest in soccer has been exploding over the last few years, and the sport has become a popular activity that youngsters want to learn. Many adults are also interested in learning about the sport and the fundamentals or skill levels required for excellent play. As a result strong soccer programs have developed along ,the east coast of the U nited States and around St. Louis. Presently, Tulsa and D allas and surrounding areas are developing strong soccer programs. Participation in soccer has many advantages. Some of t hese include: (1) the increased development and coordination, (2) increased aerobics, (3) teamwork, (4) both boys and girls can play, (5) relatively injury free, and (6) relatively inexpensive. SOCCER IN FAYETTEVILLE Soccer in Fayetteville is directed by the Fayetteville Soccer Association which operates under the Fayetteville Youth Center charter. The officers of the organization are parents of one or more player. All youngsters who participate in the soccer program belong to the Fayetteville Youth Center. In Fayetteville, soccer is in its "exponential growth 3 phase." Participation has increased from about 75 players in 1980 to over 700 in 1984. Presently, this represents o ver 1300 parents of youngsters whose ages range from 5 to 19 years. During the Fall of 1984, there were 48 soccer teams with each team having from 1 to 4 coaches. Teams are divided by age groups and players are randomly distributed over the teams. These coaches usually are parents of the players on the team and did not play soccer as a youth. Therefore, these adults have become students of the game as well as teachers of the fundamentals, skills, and tactics o f play. This has required the adults to spend additional time at coaching clinics and to read instructional books. Competition between soccer teams is organized into two divisions: recreational and classic. The recreational d ivision is by far the largest in terms of numbers of participants. These players practice twice a week for one h our usually on the grounds of elementary schools or of a church. Their games are played at Asbell Elementary School o n Saturday or Sunday. The classic division consists of players who are selected from tryouts. These players, who were initially on teams in the recreational division, are interested in a faster development of their soccer skills. P ractices in the classic division occur on church grounds and at North Walker Park. They usually last longer and o ccur more frequently during the week. Competition in the classic division is organized under the Ozark Competition L eague and includes one or more teams from Fort Smith, • J oplin, Bentonville, Carthage, Neosho, Rogers, and Springdale. Games occur on Saturday at either Asbell Elementary School or at North Walker Park. In both d ivisions team competition occurs twice a year, during the Fall months of September, October, and November, and during t he Spring months of April, May and June. NEEDS OF THE SOCCER PROGRAM Presently, the growth rate in participation of soccer in Fayetteville has increased faster than the development ✓ ate of fields for play. We feel that there is the potential for 2 to 3 times as many youngsters to participate in our program as are presently playing. As a ✓ esult, there is a great need for areas in which the youngsters can play and practice. The soccer complex at Asbell school is no longer adequate for all of our needs for two reasons: (1) the large number of teams and players who wish to practice and play their games, and (2) the sizes of the two largest fields are too small for ✓ egulation play for players in the under twelve age group and up. The development of the two soccer fields at North Walker Park was needed, and yet, even they are not able to contain the growth. One of these two fields is regulation size. Therefore, as our program grows in the upper age groups, we have only one field of regulation size to practice and play on in our city. The Fayetteville Soccer Association has in the past h eld several regional tournaments in the recreational 5 division. In addition, we hold the Ozark Classic Cup tournament in late October. These tournaments require several fields where games are occurring simultaneously with each field having regulation dimensions. For example, in the Ozark Classic Cup this fall, 25 soccer teams•came to Fayetteville from cities such as Tulsa, Joplin, Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Little Rock, Conway, Texarkana, and Fort Smith. Due to a lack of adequate playing fields games were played at six locations around the city including North Walker Park, University of Arkansas, Asbell, Rolling Hills Baptist Church, Harmon Play Field, and Ramay Junior High School. The lack of field space caused us to reject one team from Little Rock. We feel that now is the time to construct a soccer complex where regular season games as well as tournaments can be held in one location. For these reasons, the Fayetteville Soccer Association is asking the Parks and Recreation Committee to consider our request to develop a soccer complex. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCCER COMPLEX The proposed soccer complex will be located at the southeast corner of Lake Fayetteville. This land is owned by the city and is zoned agricultural. It is our understanding that the development of the area is allocated for hobby groups and that a soccer complex would qualify under this heading. The development of the complex would be a joint venture between the City of Fayetteville and the 0 community 6 as channeled through the Fayetteville Soccer Association. The financial and labor contributions of both parties would depend on the resources available and the n eeds. The layout of the proposed area as it presently exists is shown in Figure 1. It is bounded on the east by highway 265, on the north by the land set aside for a wilderness study area for the High School, on the west by Lake Fayetteville, and on the south by privately owned land. There are approximately 17.5 acres of cleared land which is in pasture. Approximately 1 acreis in forest. A creek, which runs through the property and flows into the lake, splits the area into two portions. About two-thirds of the property occurs in area A and the remainder in area B. The soil in the area has been classified into four series: Nixa (NaC), Pickwick (PsC2), Razort (Ra), and Captina (CaB). The soil survey is shown in Figure 2. Nixa soils are cherty, moderately well drained, and slowly permeable. They contain a fragipan which restricts the internal redistribution of water. In the proposed location the Nixa soils are located on the ridgetop near the south central portion of area A. Pickwick soils, which have been ✓ eclassified as Peridge soils, are well drained and moderately permeable to water. They do not contain a fragipan. In the proposed location, the Peridge soils are Located around the northern portion of area A. The slope o n which these two soils are found ranges from 3 to 8 percent. 7 Razort soils are well drained, moderately permeable soils that occur in flood plains and low stream t erraces. The Razort soils at this location occur along the stream channel splitting the location. The overflow h azard of the Razort soils is considered as moderate. Captina soils are moderately well drained, slowly permeable, and have a fragipan. The Captina soils at this • location are in area B on stream terraces. A tentative design of the soccer complex is shown in Figure 3. In the cleared areas we propose that there would be the following fields: (1) five fields having the regulation size for the under 12 and up. The dimensions of these fields are 120 yds by 60 yds. (2) one field having dimensions of 100 yds by 50 yds. (3) two fields having dimensions of 80 yds by 50 yds. (4) one field having dimensions of 80 yds by 60 yds. This design gives maximum flexibility for the scheduling of games for all age groups and for rotation of the areas ✓ eceiving intensive traffic. If needed, the large fields can be divided into two parts for the under eights. This means that we could have as many as 14 simultaneous games o n fields having the under eights dimensions. It should be e mphasized that this design is tentative. A final design can be prepared by an architect familiar with soccer complexes. There is at least one architect in Fayetteville w ho has work for the city on other projects and who is 8 qualified to design such a complex. Irrigation facilities should be available to all playing fields. We have received a committment from a professional engineer to design the irrigation system. All playing fields would be fertilized and sprigged with bermudagrass (or perhaps an improved variety) during May. The area surrounding the fields would be planted in fescue and/or bermudagrass. Our design has incorporated parking areas along the south fence and along highway 265 of area A. We project t hat cars would be parked on both sides of a 100 -foot wide drive up to 800 feet from the highway along the south fence and 300 feet along highway 265. Perhaps as many as 160 cars could be parked in this area. A concession stand would be placed in the south west corner of area A. The concession stand would be slighty larger than the one at Asbell Elementary school and would consist of an area for the dispensing of beverages and snacks, an area for the restrooms, and an area for storage o f equipment. The nearest city water, electricity, and sewer facilities are located on Zion road, which is approximately one-third of a mile away. Water and e lectricity for the concession stand would have to be brought to the soccer complex. The restrooms probably could be connected to a septic tank filter field. Mr. Rick J ohnson of the Washington County Health Department has indicated that the soils in the soccer complex probably are 9 suitable for filter fields, particularly if some of the new t echnology of loading the filter fields is incorporated into the design. With this new technology applied to the soil at the site, the chances of contamination of the lake are greatly minimized. A park would be located in the wooded area adjacent to t he concession stand. It would consist of picnic tables, benches and outdoor gym equipment for the youngsters. In addition, we n ature trails. envision the development of numerous Most of these would lead to the lake and the surrounding area. CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLEX The construction of the soccer complex will be a joint ✓ enture between the city of Fayetteville and the Fayetteville Soccer Association. We propose that the city allow the complex to be constructed at this location, bring city water and perhaps electricity to the site from Zion ✓ oad, and assist in the construction of the fields, the concession Association stand, and park areas. The Fayetteville Soccer will canvas the community for financial and labor assistance for concession the construction of the fields, stand, scoreboards, e stablishment, t elephone, h oped that irrigation signs, parking areas, grass facilities, coin operated benches, bleachers, goals, lights, etc. It is all utilities and irrigation facilities will be placed underground. • C1 10 Assistance to construct the soccer complex has been o ffered by the Naval Reserve unit from Fort Smith. They w ould need to use construction equipment presently ownedby the city or county. Mr. Charles Johnson, Washington County Judge, has agreed to allow them to use the county equipment during the construction phase of the complex. MAINTENANCE The primary maintenance of the soccer complex will be under the jurisdiction of the Youth Center with some help from the Fayetteville Soccer Association. Field maintenance activities include the bowing of the grass, fertilization, irrigation, and overseeding of cool season g rasses into the Bermudagrass during early fall. These are activities that are sporadically spaced during the year. O n a weekly basis during the soccer seasons, there is the n eed for cleaning the restrooms and policing the area for paper. Marking of the fields and proper placement of the g oals will a regular activity of the Youth Center. Ideally, we hope that the soccer complex will e ventually be self supporting. Cities such as Broken Arrow in Oklahoma finance the maintenance of their soccer complex primarily through entry fees obtained in tournaments. We think that this is also possible in Fayetteville. There are many people in the middle part of the United States who like to come to Fayetteville for a weekend. A soccer tournament such as the Ozark Classic Cup is one way for these people to visit. 11 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY An example of the financial return to the community that a soccer tournament can offer is given below. These d ata were conservatively estimated by Mr. Samir Hag, President of the Arkansas Soccer Association, for the Ozark Classic Cupheld in Fayetteville the last weekend of O ctober. They show that soccer tournaments are financially successful, particularly with the assistanceof various commercial companies in the community. The estimated t urnback to the community for the two-day tournament amounted to over $80,000. With a first class soccer complex similar to the one we are proposing, there is no ✓ eason why we cannot hold other regional and state tournaments in the Fall and Spring. As a result, the yearly financial return to the community should be larger t han that shown in the Table. • 12 Table 1. The estimated financial return of the second Ozark Classic Cup that was recently held in Fayetteville. 1984 OZARK CLASSIC CUP FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS There were 25 visiting teams which averaged 16 players per team totaling 400 players. In addition, there were an average of two coaches per team and several families that came with the each team. The estimated total number of people visiting Fayetteville was 1000.. Category $ Spent H otels (350 rooms @ $42/room) $14,700 Food (1000 people @ $35/person) 35,000 E ntertainment (1000 @ $12/person) 12,000 L aundry (25 teams @ $25/team) 625 Ice and Medical Supplies 400 Shopping (estimate) 10,000 Tournament T shirts 500 Tournament Entry Fees (25 teams @ $60/team) 1,500 Awards 1,400 O ther 5,000 TOTAL $81,125 0 a T de- 676' A=12AuL, LAKE FAYETTEVILLE 300' 500' AR 265 CONCESSION LAKE FAYETTEVILLE PARK o a 360' X 180' 360'X 180' 360' X 180' 300'X150' 240'X 150' 1 l 1 300' 0 240'X 180' 360' X 180' AR 265 c. x N r ear.ezng ernn- j ®® , ®► f = I 0 "► n k4 ••s• 'Sponsored by:,.. Fayetteville Parks & Recreation Department *442-9242* .-; ...ik rr. :44,:. The Fayetteville Parks & Recreation Department is hosting their 3rd %`ANNUAL TURKEY TROT on Sunday' November 18th, 1984.,,The Turkey Trot is } a 3.1'miles (5k) cross-country run that will start and finish at'Lake' ?FtSoftballComplex. ayeteville m ,. PLACE: Lake Fayetteville Softball Complex TIME: Race starts at 2:30 p.m. REGISTRATION: . Registration will be the day of the run between 1:30 and 2:15 p.m.atthe Lake Fayetteville "�'''. Softball Complex. ENTRY FEE: $2.00 PRIZES: First Place TURKEYS donated by Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, Cargill, Safeway, Food 4 Less, IGA : Second Place: T-SHIRTS donated by Best Sports. Third Place: DINNERS donated by B & B Barbeque, Boanaza, Cafe' Santa Fe', Ramada Inn, Jerry's, Frisky's,, ;,Cog's Place, Hog's Breath Eatery, Country 1. Chicken, Domino's Pizza =-t- All registered runners are eligible for the drawing,.•_; of cornish hens donated by TYSON FOODS, INC.': various athletic items donated by ATHLETIC ATTIC; and dinners. -( All runners receive cokes donated by COCA-COLA. COURSE SPONSORS: CATEGORIES: Men 125 under 13 to 18 FOR MORE INFORMATION, AT 442-9242 hi`Kappa Tau, K -HOG and Women Divisions 19 to 29 40 to 49 30 to 39 50 to 59 THIS IS THE LAST RACE TURKEY TROT COURSE: CALL THE FAYETTEVILLE OF THE ARKANSAS GRAND PARKS & PRIX SERIES r_ I