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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-05-05 - MinutesFAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 113 W. MOUNTAIN 72701 (501) 521-7700 P R A B REGULAR MEETING May 5, 1986 The Regular Meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board came to order at 4:00 p.m. MINUTES: • Minutes of the April 7, 1986 meeting were approved with the following corrections for Softball: 49 Men's Open, 9 Men's Church League, 8 Men's Fast Pitch, 10 Women's Slow Pitch, 4 Women's Church League, for a total of 80. Minutes of the April 21, 1986 meeting were approved as mailed. BUSINESS: I. FAYETTEVIILLE YOUTH.CENTER-CHILDREN'S .THEATRE Dominee S. Muller, Youth Theatre Instructor and three performers Courtney Irvine, Jeremiah Harper, and Heather Whitson, from the Advanced Acting Class, presented "It's Okay to Say No" - a teach ing/learning play which encourages creativity from the audience as well as actors. Ms. Muller expressed her deep appreciation to PRAB for the opportunity to work with the children. II. MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB Jim Halbert and John Purtle, Model Airplane Club, thanked PRAB for help in moving their field to Combs Park, although they will stay at their present location until the runway is ready there. They requested help from PRAB at. Combs Park as listed below: • Help from City to cut top off runway and grading for: 800' N.S. Runway 100' wide; 450' E.W. Runway 100' wide. e Runways to coincide with parking lot. • Club will plant appropriate grass seed and maintain runway. ® Expected timetable: August - September, 1986. ® Keys and Padlock: To be moved from Lake Fayetteville to Combs Park, since all members have keys. Combs Park key to be furnished to Connie Edmonston. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 113 W. MOUNTAIN 72701 (501) 521-7700 REGULAR MEETING PRAB MINUTES (Cont'd) May 5, 1986 Page Two MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB -(Cont'd) e Dale Clark to provide gate for Combs Park. He will also make sure cattle are moved prior to runway work. ® Representatives of the Model Airplane Club and Parks Department will be present when runway work is scheduled. e Upon completion, News media, PRAB, and interested person will be invited to Grand Opening of new runway. MOTION: LASHLEY/WAITE: PRAB accepts the plans as presented by the Model Airplane Club as to layout, grounds, and roadway. PRAB will request help with rough grading from City. Club will be responsible for planting grass and mowing runways. Club will maintain their own security. Unanimously approved. (8-0) III. ARTS CENTER COMMITTEE Frank Sharp, Member, apprised PRAB of plans of the Fayetteville Cultural Arts Center to build a six -million dollar center which will include a one -thousand seat, multi-purpose hall, along witl two theatres. Presently, a three -thousand dollar endowment is being set up to be operated by one entity - the City CommittE and the University of Arkansas. Sites under consideration will possibly located near a park witl out a large'play area. Neighborhood Advisory meetings will be held nearer to site determination dates. In this regard, Mr. Sharp will work with Dr. York, Chairman of the Neighborhood Ad- visory Committee, and Rodney Ryan. IV. WALKING TRAIL Dr. Ryan presented information on the Wells Fargo Walking Trail in Rogers, Arkansas. Connie Edmonston will schedule a PRAB visit to the Trail. FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 113 W. MOUNTAIN 72701 (501) 521.7700 PRAB MINUTES-(Cont'd) REGULAR MEETING May 5, 1986 Page Three V. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HORSESHOE PITCHING ASSOCIATION PRAB received the Report and Summary of Activities from Dr. James T.. Elliott, Director of the Northwest Arkansas Horseshoe Pitching Association. Dale Clark will visit with Dr. Elliott about the retaining wall and railroad ties and bring a report back to PRAB. VI. QUAIL CREEK Dale Clark reported on his meeting with Wade Bishop, who now wants to retain a 300'x100' piece of land and make a tradeout with his earlier proposal. Dr. Ryan asked Dr. Wait to call a Facilities Committee Meeting and to include David Lashley, and draw up a plan to be presented at the next PRAB meeting. VII. CROSSOVER PARK The City Attorney has prepared a legal document so that a permanent easement of 32.3 feet can be granted to the City of Fayetteville; however, signatures of adjoining property owners must be .secured,. via certified letters. 'MOTION - LASHLEY/LUCAS PRAB asked Dale Clark- to mall: certified Iett'ers, prepared by the' City 'Attorney, to property owners who 'own: property adjacent to the access road. .If'no .response has been 'received within thirty '(3O)•'days,' telephone 'calls will then ' be made.': There will' be no promise or assurance of street con= Struction. :Unanimously 'approved'.'.'(8'-0) FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 113 W. MOUNTAIN 72701 (501) 521-7700 PRAB MINUTES-(Cont'd) REGULAR MEETING May 5, 1986 Page Four VIII. WALKER PARK REPORT Dale Clark reported, after meeting the streets may not be wide enough ing; however, striping and marking workable. IX. PARK DEPARTMENT PROGRESS REPORTS XI. XII. with City Traffic Department, to accommodate diagonal park - for handicapped might be Dr. Ryan asked PRAB to review Park Tours I and II Reports prior to the next PRAB Meeting, Monday, May 19. BUDGET MEETING PRAB Budget Meeting will be held Monday, May 19,.3:00 p.m., Room 326 - City Hall, just prior to PRAB meeting. C.D. MONEY Dr. Waite, Chairman of the'Facilities Committee, will follow in October on the Jefferson:School request. SLIDES It has become necessary to remove some slides,due to heavy maintenance, and various problems with :woods. XIII. BOAT DOCK A request for a sailing dock at Lake Fayetteville cannot be considered until budget -making time. XIV. AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS Two five -hundred dollar ($500) one-year scholarships are being offered. Eligibility requirements: graduating senior or college student (not -yet nineteen. years of age); played FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT 113 W. MOUNTAIN 72701 (501) 521-7700 PRAB MINUTES - (Cont'd) REGULAR MEETING May 5, 1986 Page Five AMATEUR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS (Cont'd) Supervised Amateur Softball Association for two of the last three summers. Determinations will be made on forty points' financial aid, thirty points' academic qualifications. MEETING ADJOURNED: 6:15 p.m. NEXT MEETING: Monday, May 19, 1986 4:00 p.m., Room 326, City Hall Respectfully submitted, kci Helen J7 Spec Secretary MEMBERS PRESENT: Ryan, Emerson, Lashley, Melton, Waite, Yarbrough, york, Lucas GUESTS PRESENT- Dominee Muller, Jeremiah Harper, Courtney Irvine, Heather Whitson Jim Halbert, John Purtle PRAB STAFF PRESENT: Clark, Edmonston, Speck NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HORSESHOE PITCHING ASSOC. April 25, 1986 Board of Directors Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Dept. City Hall Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701 REPORT & SUMMARY'oF ACTIVITIES Northwest Arkansas Horseshoe Pitching Assoc; National Horseshoe Pitchers Assoc. of America Sanction # 85A11, dated 3 December 1984 began it's first season of competition June 3, 1985 with 37 members. An 11 week round robin format of two member teams was used. At the conclusion of the round an awards picnic was enjoyed at. the club's site in the park. Our guest of honor was Mr. Ottie Reno, attorney, author and six time Alabama state champion. That closed the clubs events of the 1985 season. The first meeting of 1986 was a preliminary meeting of the Director, Presi- dent and three club members at the Fayetteville Youth Center on Jan. 29th. The date of Feb. 26 was set for the first general membership meeting to be held at the Pizza Hut. At that meeting the previous officers were re- tained for 1986. Memberships were re-newed and the type of format ARa date of beginning was set. On March 22 a fun tournament and sign up was conducted at the courts. Trophies were awarded for the top six finishers in that event. The club mill begin the 1986 season on Mon. Apri1228 with only a slight variation in last years program At the time the site was prepared last year, we stated that we would ins stall a retaining wall to reinforce and improve the courts if the Dept. could furnish the necessary crossties and steel pinning. To date only about 12 ties have been deposited at the site. An estimate of about 50 to 75 will be needed to do the job. By my count, four requests have been made to the Dept. for the materials. Each time wa told that none was avail- able. When one is dealing with donated labor, time is an important factor. While we will certainly build the wall it is vital that the needed materi- als are available so that maximum work can be accomplished each time. (2) We again thank the City for providing the courts. It is the feeling of the N.W.A.H. ation the club and Fayetteville will have facility of which all can be proud. truly beautiful site for the P.A. that with continued cooper - another public recreational Sincerely, James T. Elliott, Dir. N.W.A.H.P.A. 0• AREA OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION RECREATION AND DANCE EDUCATION Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS • College of Education April 28, 1986 Fayetteville Park Hoard 915 California Fayetteville, AR 72701 Dear Connie, The University of Arkansas, HPER Dept., has been more than pleased with our opportunity to use the Lake Fayetteville facility for our canoeing and sailing classes the past 3-4 years. The persons in charge at the Lake have been very helpful and accommodating to our needs and problems. It could not be much better. I understand there may be some new additions to the dock area next year - 1987. I would appreciate the opportunity to meet with the committee when they begin to determine the physical layout of the area, in order to present some of the "sailing" concerns that may need to be included in the plans. Thanks again for your assistance with our programs. Sincerely, Ed Fedosky Instructor of Canoeing and Sailing HPER Room 308Q University of Arkansas EF/mab The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.