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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-03-05 - Minutes�Itn�H'•M1' FAYETTEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes for March 5, 2012 Opening: The regular meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was called to order by Steve Meldrum at 5:33 p.m. in Room 111 at the City Administration Building at 113 West Mountain Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Present: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members Mason, Meldrum, Waite, Watson, and Paul were present. Thompson arrived later. McKnight and Hodges were absent. Staff members Edmonston, Humphry, Jumper, Gipson and Thomas were in attendance. AGENDA: 1. Approval of February 6, 2012 PRAB Meeting Minutes: Meldrum said he had a typo correction, but would address it to Thomas at the end of the meeting. The correction has been made. PRAB Motion: Watson motioned to accept the minutes, and Waite seconded it. Motion passed 6-0-0 by voice vote. 2. Park Land Dedication: Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent Development Name: Project Cleveland Engineer: McClelland Consulting Owner: Location: Park Quadrant: Units: Total Acres: Land Dedication Requirement: Money in Lieu Requirement: 1 Engineers, Inc. Specialized Real Estate Group Northwest corner of Cleveland Street and Hall Avenue SW 222 Multi -family 2.65 acres 3.774 acres $150,960 Existing Parks: Lewis Soccer Complex, Wilson Park, Hotz Park, Scull Creek Trail Developer's Request: Money in lieu Staff Recommendation: Money in lieu Calculation: 222 multi -family units proposed X $680/per unit = $150,960 Credit for 4 existing single family units X $960/per unit -$ 3,840 Credit for 60 existing multi -family units X $680/per unit -$40,800 Developer's Comments: Justification: Annual Maintenance Cost: _ $106,320 (balance) Lewis Soccer Complex, Wilson Park, Hotz Park, Scull Creek Trail are within one mile of the proposed development. The size of the proposed development site is less than the park land dedication requirement. None Jumper said the development name is Project Cleveland. It's on the northwest corner of Cleveland Street and Hall Avenue. It's in the southwest quadrant, and will have 222 multi -family units. The developer's request is money in lieu, as is the staff recommendation. They will receive credit for existing units on site. Meldrum asked if this was the site of the off campus smoking facility. Seth Mims, a representative from Specialized Real Estate Group, said yes. PRAB Motion: Waite motioned to accept the staff recommendation of money in lieu, and Mason seconded it. Motion passed 6-0-0 by voice vote. 3. Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks Report: Phillip Watson, PRAB Representative Watson said that he went to orientation yesterday. Due to the warm weather, the Botanical Gardens are approximately two months ahead of schedule with their plantings. New members are coming in. 2 4. Ultimate Frisbee Report: Phillip Watson Watson is the president of the Disc Association. In 2011, there were 250 members, and each member paid $20. Watson said the $5,000 went to the City. They have two tournaments a year- the Harvest Moon, and the Dan Gabor tournament. The Harvest Moon tournament is their big fundraiser. They also have a winter and a summer league. They give money to traveling teams, which include high school, open teams, women's teams, co-ed teams, and Grand Master teams. They have an endowment for a permanent scholarship, as well as a disc program for kids. 5. Park Land Dedication Ordinance Update Presentation: Alison Jumper, Park Planning Superintendent Jumper said this year the parkland dedication ordinance is due to be updated. It comes before the board every two years. It was first updated in 2006. The formula has remained the same. She said what needs to be considered is the current service level, the current cost per acre, and the current service area for neighborhood parks. The person per unit has changed from 2010. The numbers Parks uses come from the NWA Regional Planning Commission. Their data is updated every ten years. Jumper had a slide from the PowerPoint that showed the comparison between the current formula and what is proposed. Meldrum asked if it would have a negative impact on Parks ability to provide parks by changing the structure from single family to multi- family if what is being seen is mostly multi -family. Edmonston said that couldn't be helped. She said it's an impact fee, and that's how many people are living in single or multi -family housing. Meldrum said that it would be the persons per unit, not the actual cost structure. Edmonston said yes. She said there has to be some type of standard to go by. Mason said the numbers may include college kids. Edmonston replied that the dorms and student housing numbers aren't used. Mason said that sometimes student housing isn't easily identified. c Meldrum commented that if the data is averaged over a year, they are making their estimate. Edmonston said that she's not sure how the estimate is made. She added that the data and numbers are solid and many people use them. Jumper said all the parcels between June 15, 2010 and December 31, 2010 were looked at. The high and low were taken out, and the average stayed about the same. Only three parcels were added. Jumper added that Parks just wanted to provide the data to the board, and put it on the table. Meldrum asked how it would change if the parcels in the planning area were taken out. Jumper said it wouldn't change. Meldrum said that he feels that the way Parks has been doing the park land dedications is fine. Edmonston said this was how it was done in 2006, with five acres or larger. She added that no decision needed to be made until the board was comfortable with it. Jumper commented that the parcels under five acres are pulled out. Thompson said it needs to stay the same for two or three years so that the developers would know how to plan. Meldrum commented that he thought the methodology is fine. He said he wanted to see what was going on outside the city limits. He added that PRAB needs to be flexible with it. Edmonston said once PRAB approves this, it will go to the Planning Commission and then to Council. Paul wanted to know why an open space policy wasn't being pursued. He said Austin, Portland, and other big cities are doing it. He said the City of Austin has talked about a fee per unit basis. He added that to be comparable to other cities, Fayetteville needs to be more progressive in the formula. 11 Meldrum commented that if someone bulldozed twenty units and put in two, there would be no impact on the City. He added that probably no one would do that, but it was an example. Edmonston said that in 2009, the City hired someone to evaluate impact fees. Paul said that he thought the City should look at open space impact fees. Edmonston commented that whether the development was spread out, or in tall apartment buildings, it's the same number of people to impact the parks. Meldrum said that Fayetteville's acre per person is very high. He wants to make sure that parks are being provided for people. Jumper said the current service level is much higher than the national level. Humphry said that Fayetteville's service level is becoming increasingly more difficult to maintain. Meldrum said he is receiving more comments about connectivity for the parks. He asked if that was true of other members. Several members said yes. Riley commented that the trail at his apartment complex doesn't connect. If it did, he said he'd use it more. Gipson added that more people are reluctant to allow their children to go to the park by themselves. Meldrum asked if this would help Regional Park. Jumper said the parks are still quadrant driven. Meldrum wanted to know when a decision needed to be made. Edmonston replied that it would be made when PRAB was comfortable with it. Aubrey Shepherd, a guest, said natural parks have rich, dark earth that is good for community gardens. Natural parks don't take the same level of maintenance as areas with playgrounds. 5 Thompson commented that the flexibility to use natural areas won't change. Meldrum asked if the members wanted to take a month to think about it. Waite said he was comfortable with it. PRAB Motion: Waite motioned to approve the staff recommendation of using the National Recreation and Parks Association standard formula for park dedication. Mason seconded the motion. Motion passed 6-0-0 by voice vote. 6. Other Business: Edmonston commented that the HMR went up in January. Meldrum read the upcoming events. 7. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 6:28. Minutes taken by Melanie Thomas. 3