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FAYETTEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION
ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes for November 1, 2010
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was called to order by
Valerie Biendara at 5:37 pm in Room 111 at the City Administration Building at 113
West Mountain Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Present:
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members Biendara, Lindsey, Meinecke, Bailey,
Watson, Waite, Meldrum and Hazelrigs were present. Mauritson was absent. Staff
members Edmonston, Humphry, Jumper, and Thomas were in attendance.
Approval of October 4, 2010 PRAB Meeting and October 18, 2010 Special
PRAB Meeting Minutes
PRAB Motion: Watson motioned to accept the October minutes, and Waite seconded it.
Motion passed 8-0-0 by voice vote.
2. Botanical Garden Monthly Report: Michael Lindsey
Botanical Gardens has several educational programs, such as how to make compost, and how
to make ornaments to feed birds. The meeting room will be decorated in a holiday theme
with trains. The 2011 Botanical Gardens calendar is now on sale. All the calendar pictures
were taken at the gardens.
3. Lights of the Ozarks Report: Byron Humphry, Parks and Recreation
Maintenance Superintendent
The first week in October was the start date for the installation of the Lights of the Ozarks.
They will be turned on around 6:05 pm on November 20. It takes 3,000 man-hours to install
There are 300,000 bulbs and they are 100% LED. This saves energy costs, and doesn't get
hot enough to melt things. They will stay on until New Year's Eve and will be turned off at
midnight. The lights take three weeks to take down. A class at the University of Arkansas is
organizing the parade for the LOTO lighting ceremony.
4. Parks and Recreation Area Survey: Connie Edmonston, Parks and Recreation
Director
The survey is not quite complete. Parks is looking at the number of acres and maintenance
people that other NW Arkansas cities have. It will be next month before she has a report.
5. Regional Park Update: Connie Edmonston, Parks and Recreation Director
The City has the deed. The park, and the name change, will go through the planning process.
Once we know what the developer's schedule is, we can proceed with putting our schedule
together. Their development influences our development.
6. Other Business:
Edmonston said she and Humphry went to Minneapolis last week for the NRPA annual
conference. It was very windy. The membership was down about 30%. Some Arkansas cities
that attended were Bentonville, North Little Rock, Nashville, and Bryant. They got lots of
information.
Humphry said it was cold and windy.
Edmonston added that their hotel was about a mile away, so they had to walk to the meetings
every day. They also toured a Landscape plant to see how playground equipment is made.
There are a couple of new types of equipment out.
Biendara asked about the plantings at Red Oak Park.
Jumper said that they aren't scheduled yet.
Biendara asked if another pavilion is planned for Red Oak.
Jumper said yes. Transportation has some site work to do.
Biendara asked if the old pavilion would be demolished.
Jumper said probably after the new pavilion is built, it would be.
Biendara asked Edmonston to talk about the PRAB openings.
Edmonston said that Meldrum, Biendara, and Mauritson's positions were opening up. Any
applications have to be at the City Clerk's office by December 3. The forms are online, and
can be submitted online.
Biendara commented that the HMR is down.
Edmonston said it was down some.
Meinecke commented that the last four months were better than last year.
Edmonston said that Parks is still going through the budget process.
Adjournment
Lindsey motioned to adjourn the meeting, and Meldrum seconded it. Meeting was
adjourned at 5:53 pm.
Minutes taken by Melanie Thomas.
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