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Home My WebLink About1992-06-29 - MinutesCu11ey Parlc Pubtic Meeting sun a 29. 1 9 9 2 7 pm Gulley Parking Lot PRAB Present: Steve Alexander, Larry Palmer Park Staff: Dale Clark, Connie Edmonston Press: NW Arkansas Times, Springdale Morning News The following comments were made at the Gulley Park Public Meeting held on June 29, 1992 at 7 p.m., Gulley Park parking lot regarding the development of Gulley Park. There were 73 people attending the meeting that signed the attached sheet. * Drain & deepen the pond. Restock it with fish. * Need swing sets. * Pond need to be enlarged, stocked, and fenced. * Widen the trail. * Need a woodchip trail beside the asphalt trail instead of widening the existing trail. Need signs along the trail to mark the distances. * Mowing: Park needs to be mowed more. You can't sit down ,on the benches without ticks and chiggers. Park mower hit bench and dented it. * Keep in mind if you can't keep maintenance up what development you will put in. Who is going to sweep the wood chips off the trail? * If we have restrooms here, it will attract the same people as Lake Fayetteville South. * If you don't construct restrooms, you are limiting this park to neighbors only. * There are methods of building restrooms to have a limited amount of privacy. No doors - walls built up off the floor,. Design the restrooms with a minimum amount of privacy. * People attending the Public Meeting that were not from the surrounding neighborhood were from Woodland, Wyman Road, Highland, Crossover. i Page 2 Gulley Park * Is the swimming pool in the plan? I vote not to have the pool at Gulley. * What were the results of the survey at the Public Schools? * I was at all of the initial planning meetings and I agreed with the concept of a recreation center and a pool. However, now that the park has evolved, I have changed my mind. People like that it is nice to walk in. The elder and younger are compatible. Need a pavilion, gazebo, and a water fountain. * I ditto what the man just said. We need more swings and play equipment. * People come to play volleyball and there is no net. * I'm sure there is a lot of need for a Youth Center. I'm a school teacher and if we have a Youth Center here, you will be separating the "haves" from the "haves nots". What has Center? Clark: Looked on Highway 265 property owned Commerce about happened or is the alternative sites for a Youth at 67 acres that belongs to the Public Schools and 45, called Crossover Park. Also looked at by Dr. Nettleship. Visited with the Chamber of the NW Industrial Park area. Consider outdoor basketball courts. We need more in the city. Not advocating a swimming pool in this park. However, we need a Youth Center elsewhere in this city. Need more lighting in the NE part of the park. Need a timer on the lights. Those lights would shine in my bedroom window. Continue the trail Blacktop a trail along the creek. Need additional swings by the elm tree on the SW side. What is the process to get things off the Master Plan such as the Recreation Center to change the focus of this park? * How many entryways are planned? What about an entry off of Country Way? Clark: We originally ran into problems with the Country Way neighborhood not wanting a parking lot or entry way. * Build a small gazebos and pavilions. Page 3 Gulley Park * Construct fitness stations along the trail. * Possibly link the fitness core with the woodchip trail. * Designate areas for wildflowers. We used to have a lot more birds and rabbits. * I would offer wildflower seeds for that. * Turn dog leach sign the other way. * What are you going to do with the two ditches that hold water? * Leave the park aesthetically pleasing. I like it natural. * How do you visualize the pavilion? Clark: Size to hold up to 50 people. Wood structure with barbeque facilities and water. * Could bring water fountain in off of Country Way. Someone might need water with a heat stroke. * There is not enough parking. People in other parts of the city need parking. Have parking in one area. * Have parking in three to four different lots to get to the park areas you need. * I know people from Huntsville, Gulley Road, and people from other areas that come here to walk. * Enlarge the existing parking lot to the east. * I would like to leave the existing parking lot gravel. * It is a long way to the picnic tables and grills by the playground area to carry your cooler, coals and things across the park from the parking lot. There has been a number of accidents occurring at the parking lot intersection. Possibly haveparking west of the creek area where access to the trail is. * Clark: After Old Wire Road is widened, we could put a parking lot up in that area. * Our City is not bike friendly at all. 1 Page 4 Gulley Park * The meeting voted on whether to widen the existing trails or to complete the existing trails and develop more. This was a split decision. * Put a questionnaire in the newspaper. Publicize the minutes of the meeting in the newspaper. * Have a tear off section in the paper to prioritize and mail in. Gulley Park is a good area to work with the U of A's new Horticulture Head for floral and identification of trees. * Plant trees by playground area and parking lot. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.