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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-09-17 - Minutes• • • PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Meeting Minutes September 17, 2003 Opening: A special meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was called to order at 4:00 p.m. on September 17, 2003 on the site of proposed Wildflower Meadows Subdivision on Mount Comfort Road. Present: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members Colwell, Bailey, Eads, Hill, Shoulders, Mauritson; City Staff Edmonston, Coles, Hatfield, and Ohman. 1. Park Land Dedication Development Name: Wildflower Meadows Subdivision Engineer: Geoff Bates, Keystone Consultants Owner: Butch Coger Location: Mount Comfort Road, north of Bridgeport Subdivision and West of Clabber Creek Subdivision Park District: NW Units: 48 Single Family Units Total Acres: 18 acres • Land Dedication Requirement: 1.15 acres Money in Lieu Requirement: $26,640 Existing Parks: Clabber Creek Trail Corridor (Connects to Salem Village Park, Holcomb Elementary School, Salem Meadows Park, and Gary Hampton Softball Field) and Red Oak Park Staff Recommendation: Combination Money and Land Developer's Request: Combination Money and Land (.78 acre park and $8,602.50) Justification: Clabber Creek runs just beyond the northern boundary. Parks Staff would like to continue the Clabber Creek Corridor which currently continues to the East of the Property. Acquiring the north- eastern corner of the property will provide land to continue the trail corridor west in floodplain rather than floodway. September 17, 2003 / 1 • • Hatfield, Park Landscape Architect, added to the justification to accept only the northeastern corner of the property that the Parks and Recreation Division and the public will have access to the Clabber Creek Trail Corridor through such places as Rupple Road and Salem Village Park. Therefore, an access easement and a trailhead would not be necessary from the Wildflowers Meadow Subdivision. Coger, owner of the property, suggested that the Parks and Recreation Division accept more property so that they could provide a resting place along the trail with picnic tables, benches and grills. He believed this was especially important due to the number of homes that were being developed in the area. Hatfield responded that the recent Mathias donation of over 37 acres would provide ample opportunity to provide the trail amenities Mr. Coger had suggested. Colwell, PRAB member, added that increased maintenance is always a concern. Additional picnic tables and grills would mean more trash pick-up and other services to maintain the additional park land. Colwell also added that this would be a wonderful opportunity to work with the proposed neighborhood to provide park amenities for its residents. Coger said he and his wife had developed an emotional attachment to the property and were interested in seeing other uses for the property. MOTION: Colwell moved to accept a combination of money and land for the proposed Wildflowers Meadow development. Eads seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion was approved 5-0-0. 2. Park Land Dedication Development Name: Engineer: Owner: Location: Land Requirement: Money in Lieu Requirement: Lazenby Apartments Don Hillis, Landtech Engineering Bill Lazenby Razorback Road, south of the State Revenue Office and North of Baum Stadium 1.90 acres $44,016 September 17, 2003 / 2 • Existing Parks: Greathouse Park (6 acres), The Crowne Development (6.65 acres --formerly Ellis Developments) and University of Arkansas Intramural Fields Staff Recommendation: Money in lieu of land Developer Request: Money in lieu of land Justification: This project has been previously reviewed by PRAB on April 7, 2003. Significant changes to the project's detention area require the project to be reviewed again. Parks and recreation space is provided within a half acre of this development. In addition, the Crowne Development will provide a trail corridor along Town Creek. • Please note: If money in lieu is recommended by PRAB, this project will require a waiver to Ordinance §159.05 (K) because it contains more than 100 housing units. "..However, if the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board determines that a neighborhood park is not feasible or advisable, it may recommend to the City Council that a cash contribution pursuant to our ordinance be accepted in lieu of land dedication. The City Council will either accept the recommendation for a cash contribution or return the subdivision plat to the Parks Board with instructions or further study." (Unified Development Ordinance No. 166.03K) "...a developer of a major development shall include on his concept plan, preliminary plat and final plat a proposed neighborhood or subdivision park in which the required dedication of land for greenspace pursuant to § 159.30 (K) has been incorporated." (§ 159.05) "...a major development shall be a large scale development or subdivision that satisfies either of the following conditions: A. It contains forty (40) acres or more. B. It contains one hundred (100) housing units or more. Whether or not it is planned in one or more phases, the total possible development shall be considered when its first stage, phase or parcel is presented for review." (§ 150.08) Don Hillis, project engineer, City engineering staff required that the detention pond area, which had been proposed to be developed in a park -like manner, to be left in its natural state September 17, 2003 / 3 • Colwell, PRAB member, supported the idea that the area be left in its • natural state. Leonard Gabbard, project engineer, repeated that the developer's request is money in lieu of land. MOTION: Eads moved to accept money in lieu of a land dedication for the proposed Lazenby Apartments development. Mauritson seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion was approved 5-0-0. 3. Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Rebecca Ohman Approved: September 17, 2003 / 4