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Home My WebLink About2003-10-06 - Agendas - Final• • TO: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board FROM: Connie Edmonston, Parks & Recreation Director DATE: October 1, 2003 RE: PRAB Meeting Monday, October 6, 2003 5:30 p.m. at Bryce Davis Park. In the event of rain, meeting will be held at City Hall in Room 326. AGENDA FAYETTEVILLE PARKS & RECREATION 1. Approval of September 8, 2003 PRAB Meeting Minutes PRAB Motion: 2. Approval of Special September 17, 2003 PRAB Meeting Minutes PRAB Motion: 3. Bryce Davis Park Wetland Observation Deck Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 4. Community Peace Park Naming — Tabled from October 6, 2003 OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology donated a Peace Pole and Peace Bench at the garden located at the comer of West and Spring. They have requested to name the area Community Peace Garden. PRAB tabled this from the October 6, 2003 according to the Naming Park Facilities Policy that states, "...PRAB will discuss the recommendations at their monthly meeting and will leave the issue on the table until the next scheduled meeting. This one month duration will allow time for any public comment on the proposed names." Staff Recommendation: To name the garden Community Peace Garden. PRAB Motion: 5. Arkansas Recreational Trails Program Grant Award Announcement: Steve Hatfield 6. Community Park Update: Rebecca Ohman Parks Board Meeting will resume at the Creekside Property on West End Avenue. We will review the following park land dedication projects. Please review the other two project sites prior to our Monday meeting. 7. Park Land Dedication Development Name: Creekside Property Engineer: Milholland Engineering, Tom Jefcoat Owner: Niblock Investments, George Niblock Location: North of Wedington Drive at the end of West End Avenue Park District: NW Units: 104 Multi -Family Units Total Acres: 6.84 acres • • Land Dedication Requirement: 1 77 acres Money in Lieu Requirement: $40,872 Existing Parks: Asbell Elementary School Playground and Friendship Park are within a half mile of this development. Lewis Soccer Fields lie just beyond the half mile radius. Staff Recommendation: Combination money and land "... 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) Developer's Request: Land Justification: Parks Staff recommends taking a combination of money and land to meet the Park Land Ordinance Requirements. The development is located along the proposed 1-540 Connection Trail Corridor along Hamestring Creek. This corridor eventually will connect the development to Lewis Soccer Fields and east to the proposed Scull Creek Corridor. As much of the land the developer wishes to dedicate falls within the floodway, Staff believes that connection to existing parks systems within a half -mile radius of the development will better serve the future residents. Therefore, Parks Staff wishes to acquire only a 25- 30' trail easement within this development, approximately 0.84 acres. The remaining dedication would be money in lieu for approximately $21,460. PRAB Motion: 8. Park Land Dedication Development Name: Engineer: Owner: Location: Park District: Units: Total Acres: Greg and Ash Apartments Milholland Engineering, Tom Jefcoat Niblock Investments, George Niblock Southeast corner of Ash Street and Greg Avenue NW 12 Multi -Family Units 1 acre Land Dedication Requirement: Money in Lieu Requirement: Existing Parks: Staff Recommendation: 0.2 acres $4,716 Gregory Park Money in lieu "...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) Developer's Request: Money in lieu Justification: Parks Staff recommends taking money in lieu of • • • land to satisfy the Park Land Dedication requirements. Limited area of this development is prohibitive to a neighborhood park development and Gregory Park is located within a half mile of this development. PRAB Motion: 9. Park Land Dedication Development Name: Sang Avenue Apartments Engineer: Milholland Engineering, Tom Jefcoat Owner: Niblock Investments, George Niblock Location: Southeast corner of Ash Street and Greg Avenue Park District. SE Units: 24 Multi -Family Units Total Acres: 1.19 acres Land Dedication Requirement: 0.41 acres Money in Lieu Requirement: $9,432 Existing Parks: University of Arkansas Intramural Fields, and Hotz Park (just outside the half -mile radius) Staff Recommendation: Money in lieu "... 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) Developer's Request: Money in lieu Justification: Parks Staff recommends taking money in lieu of land to satisfy the Park Land Dedication requirements. Limited area of this development is prohibitive to a neighborhood park development and the University of Arkansas and Hotz Park are located near this development. 10. Other Business 11. Adjournment Attachments: PRAB September 8, 2003Meeting Minutes PRAB Special Meeting September 17, 2003 Meeting Minutes Development Map and letter Niblock letter Creekside Development plan and park map Greg and Ash Apartments plan and park map South Sang plan and park map CIP Update Park Land Dedication Ordinance Fund Monthly Report HMR Monthly Report