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Home My WebLink About1994-09-12 - Minutes• • • PRAB REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 12, 1994 The meeting was called to order at 5:30 pm by Susan Driver in room 326 of the City Administration Building. Members Present: Driver, James, Mackey, Savage, Waite, Wright Staff Present: Clark, Cox Media Present: Rebecca Tucker -Morning News BUSINESS: I. MOTION:JAMES/SAVAGE The minutes from the August 1, 1994 PRAB meeting were approved unanimously 7-0. II. BOTANICAL GARDEN Donna Porter:We are here to make sure you still support our proposal. Waite: This will be a reaffirmation of the idea. We cannot commit land. Porter: I just wanted to make sure you know what portion of land we are proposing. Kimbrough: I did not think we identified any specific area of Lake Fayetteville. I thought we just supported a botanical garden. Clark: We did not get specific on amount of land, etc. We said in this area. Porter: We are actively working with the private property owners. I need some reassurance what site we are talking about. III. ADDITIONAL PARK LAND AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS Clark: The developers of Crystal Springs want additional acres to the Parks Division. Wright: Why are they giving this to us? Clark: Possibly a tax write off. Also, th will flood. Kimbrough: Are there covenants? Could we ever sell the extra property? Driver: I love the ideas of schools having buffers. Imagine what the classes could do with this kind of area. to give 19 e property MOTION:WAITE/MACKEY The PRAB recommends to the City Council to accept a contribution of 19 acres by the Crystal Springs Subdivision connected to the recent 15 acres acquired through the Green Space Ordinance. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY 7-0. • • PRAB Page 2 IV. FIELDSTONE LAND DEDICATION The developers of Fieldstone Addition bought a lot of Northwest Acres Phase IV to use as their dedication. Clark: In phase III; of this addition, we may want to recommend money. It may be hard to get the land we need by phase III. V. WALKER PARK BASEBALL FIELD #7 UPDATE Clark: The Baseball Association's original plan cut into some oak trees. We asked them to alter the plan. They did so without making too much difference on the cut and fill. Driver: I think we need the facilities committee to meet when these plans come through. Kimbrough: Is there any chance of taking one of those soccer fields rather than build on that one side? Clark: It could be done. Two fields at Lewis have been shaped, and are waiting for sod and irrigation. They should be in great shape by next fall. Savage: By turning those fields at Walker we are wasting land. Kimbrough: It is the economically feasible thing to do. You are putting these fields right on the road. You will have balls coming over the fence. Waite: No, they should not. Driver: We have taken this vote already. Kimbrough: You can change your mind if it is more economical. Waite: We are taking fewer trees and land than the original master plan. Kimbrough: It is costing more money. Wright: Which will be better in the future if soccer is taken out? Mackey: Even if you move the pavilion, you are into the soccer field. Savage: We don't want wasted space in the future when soccer is gone. Mackey: You need space by that roadway. There are masses of people walking there every night during play. You have to have that space. Kimbrough: The people are walking around like that because of the poor planning in the first place. We know we are going to get the soccer fields. Why would you want to put two fields across the street now and make the fields even more spread out? Driver: You are looking at five-year needs. When these fields are at full capacity, then where are you going to go? Are you saying never build on the other side? Kimbrough: Where will parking be in the future? Mackey: Some will be where the soccer fields are. You have to use both sides. • • • VI. PRAB Page 3 Driver: We have requested those roads both become one way. The cul-de-sac parking will eventually be connected to 15th street. Driver: I think the facilities committee should meet and make a recommendation to our board at the next meeting. Mackey: I would like to thank Dale and Bob Braswell. Field one at Babe Ruth is wonderful. They have worked hard and it looks professional. This is hard work and they got the best results. Driver: I would like a recommendation from the Facilities committee at the next meeting. I don't think either argument is stupid. BRIDGEPORT Driver: We made an agreement we would expend Green Space funds for picnic tables and benches for this. MOTION:JAMES/KIMBROUGH The PRAB recommends to table and benches from district for Bridgeport expend up to $5,500 for picnic the northwest Green Space park Subdivision. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY 6-0. OTHER BUSINESS: Clark: Adult Fall softball has 81 teams. This number than usual which is 50 or 60 teams. Mackey: basebal Driver: Mackey: Waite: us. Mackey: is higher The trash problem is being addressed and taken care of by 1. There is a fall instructional at Babe Ruth. Why did they not come before our board. It is a group of coaches that got together. If they are a separate body, they should have come before They are covered under the same insurance. Driver: There is a proposal before the City Council acre to Springdale for a sewage dump lift. Shouldn' before us. I am going to raise a procedural question The pipeline would go through the environmental study Mackey: Clear creek is served with septic tanks. The reach the lake eventually anyway. Driver: A & P voted to appropriate $280,000 on girls softball fields. It was unanimous. James: What do we need to do now? Clark: Start the planning Waite: Do we have the option of doing this in house. little control when it is out of house. Driver: I think A & P hopes we can make the money go need the help of the girl's softball people. to sell one t this come about that. center. sewage will Salem Road for two We have very farther. We 4 • • • PRAB Page 4 Kimbrough: I would like the baseball people to survey the west side at Walker and see if they could add the field there by removing the pavilion. Driver: How do we want to proceed in the expansion of the Lake Fayetteville fields? Clark: There is no funding until 1995. Mackey: I am concerned with adult -softball. One aspect is the softball association and I hear there is a competitive tournament group. Are there two groups? Clark: We run some tournaments. There are also people that hold fund raisers. Other individuals do tournaments. The district tournaments are held, but our focus is conducting the leagues. Waite: Chuck does not relate to the adult softball board we work with. He does not speak for that board. Kimbrough: A program needs people who make things happen. If there is a board that doesn't have these people on it, nothing happens. Chuck very definitely makes things happen. Waite: Recreational aspect can be served with what we have, the competition side would work better with a new site. The meeting adjourned at 7:00. Minutes Approved: Secr ary