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FAYETTEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION
ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes for April 2, 2012
Opening:
The regular meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board was
called to order by Steve Meldrum at 5:40 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 McKnight, Hodges,
Meldrum, Thompson, Watson, and Profitt were present. Paul arrived
later. Mason and Waite were absent. Staff members Edmonston,
Humphry, Jumper, and Thomas were in attendance.
AGENDA:
1. Approval of March 5, 2012 PRAB Meeting Minutes:
PRAB Motion: Hodges motioned to accept the minutes as written,
and Proftt seconded it. Motion passed 6-0-0 by voice vote.
2. Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association Awards:
The City of Fayetteville was honored to receive three awards at the
Annual Conference of the Arkansas Recreation and Parks
Association on March 15, 2012.
• Therapeutic Program of the Year: Fayetteville Senior Activity
and Wellness Center at Walker Park
• Group Volunteer of the Year: Ozark Off -Road Cyclist for
building and re -building over 2 miles of nature trails at Lake
Fayetteville Park logging over 800 volunteer hours
• Individual Volunteer of the Year: Rollie Friess for working
over 375 hours on the habitat restoration project along Clabber
Creek Trail.
The award recipients were unable to attend the meeting.
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3. Fayetteville Youth Baseball Update John Long
John Long was unable to attend the meeting.
4. Park Land Dedication:
Development Name:
Engineer:
Owner:
Location:
Park Quadrant:
Units:
Total Acres:
Land Dedication Requirement:
Money in Lieu Requirement:
Existing Parks:
Developer's Request:
Staff Recommendation:
Developer's Comments:
Justification:
Annual Maintenance Cost:
Alison Jumper, Park
Planning Superintendent
Deane Street Cottages
Appian, Inc.
Legacy Ventures, LLC
South side of Deane Street
east of the intersection of
Lewis Avenue
NW
5 Single family
1.02 acres
0.12 acres
$4,800
Lewis Soccer Complex,
Friendship Park
Money in lieu
Money in lieu
Lewis Soccer Complex is
within one half mile of the
proposed development.
Friendship Park is within one
mile of the proposed
development. The size of the
required park land dedication
is less than two acres.
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Jumper reviewed the information about the development. She
introduced Tim Brisiel, the representative for the development.
Brisiel said he was the owner and developer of the property. He said
the property is very small in scale with only five properties. The
development is located between Deane Street and the Lewis soccer
fields. Four of the cottages are facing the common ground in the
development. The cottages are 1100 square feet or less and are mostly
two bedroom. He said this was the first cottage development in
Fayetteville. It will have a gravel paved private drive. There will be
bioswales throughout the development.
Thompson said he was glad to see that someone was doing a
development of this type in Fayetteville.
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Edmonston commented that the Lewis soccer fields would only be
available to Fayetteville Parks and Recreation until June 2018. It will
then go back to the University of Arkansas.
Brisiel said there would only be common parking -no individual
parking.
Meldrum asked what other projects were planned for the NW
quadrant.
Jumper said that the Bryce Davis development was just wrapped up.
Brisiel said that the houses are treated as single family dwellings.
Paul said the ordinance requires less than 1100 square feet, which is
smaller than a lot of apartments. He wanted to know if the houses
would still be classified as single family.
Edmonston said yes. That is determined by how the walls are
connected.
Thompson asked if the development would be phased.
Brisiel said that it needs to be done all at once. It's very small. He said
it needs PRAB's approval.
PRAB Motion: McKnight motioned to accept money in lieu, and
Paul seconded it. Motion passed 7-0-0 by voice vote.
S. Recreation Program Report: Chase Gipson, Recreation
Superintendent
Gipson said the Adult Softball League began games tonight. Saturday
is the Yvonne Richardson Easter Egg Hunt. The Summer Camp
registrations are now open. There are eight separate camps- Outdoor
Adventure 1, 2 and 3, Soccer, Tennis, Drama, Camp Wilson, and
Outdoor Advanced. Outdoor Adventure 1, 2, and 3 are for children 8
to 12 years old. The Soccer, Tennis, Drama, and Camp Wilson camps
are for youth 5 to 12 years old. The Outdoor Advance camp is for
youth ages 12-15.
Meldrum asked how the registration is done.
Gipson said people can register online, mail in the registration, or
walk into the office and pay.
McKnight wanted to know if the camps were held all day.
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Gipson said no. They are from 9 am to noon. He added that the
summer pool, camp and YRCC positions, will be posted soon, and the
concert lineup will be released on May 1, 2012. For the Dive -In
movies, a committee composed mainly of parents will be formed, and
they will choose the movies to be shown.
Edmonston said that people are encouraged to enroll online.
McKnight asked if people could enroll online by coming into the Parks
office.
Gipson said no, but that idea has been discussed. A kiosk isn't a bad
idea, but it is a budget issue right now, and there is no room for one.
He added that Belford did the online signup software for Parks. The
user fee that is charged goes to Belford.
McKnight said that maybe at some point a kiosk can be put in.
6. Botanical Garden Society of the Ozarks Report: Phillip
Watson, PRAB Representative
Watson said that since the board meets every other month, he hasn't
been to a meeting yet. He said the planting season began earlier this
year. He added they were really excited about the trail coming
through.
7. Other Business:
Meldrum read the upcoming events.
Aubrey Shepherd, a guest, passed out an eco -passport. He said the
event will have a lot of activities.
S. Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at 6:05 pm.
Minutes taken by Melanie Thomas
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