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Home My WebLink About2022-01-03 - Minutes - FinalCITY ❑F FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS Parks and Recreation Advisory Board January 3, 2022 5:30 pm Hybrid Meeting City Hall Room 326 113 W Mountain Street Fayetteville, AR MEETING MINUTES Members: Will Dockery (Chair) - exp 24, Andrew Brink - exp 23, Julie Chambers - exp 23, Joel Freund - exp 23, Hugh Kincaid - exp 22, Stephen Sheely - exp 22, Yarri Davis - exp 24, Doug Walsh - exp 24 City Staff: Alison Jumper, Parks, Natural Resources, and Cultural Affairs Director; Lee Farmer, Recreation Superintendent; Ted Jack, Park Planning Superintendent; Zach Foster, Park Planner; Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant 1. Call to Order - Dockery called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. 2. Roll Call: Dockery, Brink, Chambers, Freund, Kincaid, Sheely, Davis, Walsh 3. Staff: Jumper, Farmer, Foster, Jack, Morell 4. Welcome to New PRAB Members and Introduction of PRAB and Staff: Alison Jumper, Director Welcome new PRAB members Yarri Davis and Doug Walsh and welcome back Will Dockery 5. Election of PRAB Officers: Alison Jumper, Director PRAB Chair Nomination: Kincaid nominated Dockery. Freund seconded the motion. PRAB Motion: Motion passed 7-0-0. PRAB Vice Chair Nomination: Dockery nominated Sheely. PRAB Motion: Dockery nominated Sheely. Freund seconded the motion. PRAB Motion: Motion passed 7-0-0. 6. Election of PRAB Members to Committees: New PRAB Chair PRAB is required to have a member on the Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) and the Botanical Gardens of the Ozark Board of Directors (BGO). ATAC meets the second Wednesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. 2021 PRAB representative was Nicole Claesen. Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville, AR 72701 PRAB ATAC Nomination: Davis nominated himself. Freund seconded the motion. PRAB Motion: Motion passed 6-0-0. (Brink did not vote). BGO meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 pm. 2021 PRAB representative was Joel Freund. PRAB Motion: Freund nominated himself. Kincaid seconded motion. PRAB Motion: Motion passed 6-0-0. (Brink did not vote). 7. Approval of December 6, 2021 Meeting Minutes PRAB Motion: Brink moved to approve December's minutes. Kincaid seconded the motion. Motion passed 8-0-0. 8. Parkland Dedication: Zach Foster, Park Planner Development Name: The Courtyards at Owl Creek Engineer: Jorgensen and Associates Owner: Riverwood Homes LLC, 3420 N Plainview Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703 McBryde Family LTD Partnership, 5800 W Bannister Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72704 Location: South of Owl Creek School and West of Rupple Rd Parcel ID Number: 765-22366-100, 765-16269-110 Park Quadrant: SW Units: 56 Single Family Land Dedication Requirement: 1.12 acres Fee -in -Lieu Requirement: N/A Nearby Existing Parks: Dale Clark Park, Owl Creek Trail Corridor, Woolsey Wet Prairie, Centennial Park Developer's Request: Land Dedication Staff Recommendation: Land Dedication Justification: Improve existing Owl Creek Park and Trail Corridor Foster discussed the following: • What is being presented is conceptual and could change. • Possible trail connections to Owl Creek School. • The western section of the proposed dedication, marked in yellow and labeled as "1" on the Conceptual Map, may not be accepted if the developer uses that land to construct a stormwater facility. The board further discussed the PLD. Jorgenson said the timeline on this would be about 45 days. PRAB Recommendation: Dockery moved to accept the land, contingent on #1 not being a retention or detention pond, and accepting the land marked as #2. Freund seconded the motion. PRAB Motion: Motion passed 7-0-0 (Chambers did not vote). 9. Strategic Master Plan & Construction Update: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent Jack discussed the following: • Staff is working on Strategic Master Plan, and close to meeting with the Advisory Committee Meeting in January 26t" or 27t". Staff will go over survey information with the consultants. The next step would be public meetings on February 19". One at Veteran's Park at 10 am and one at Centennial Park at 2 pm, tentatively. Staff is also planning one public meeting at the library. The consultants will have a presentation for the public at those meetings. Staff will update survey questions as needed. The draft plan will be a few months out and finally, being accepted by City Council in October. Jumper said this the number one priority and this plan will set the vision for the parks department for the next 10 years. • Kessler Baseball Fields are coming along and should be completed by July. • Slope repair update, moving dirt from slope to trailhead for future parking lot. Davis asked about the failure and if the original engineering firm helped with the cost or is it all on the city? Jack said the current project is on the city, some initial work that was paid for by FEMA. The current design work is being done by city engineers. Dockery said the city needs to set a good example to the public and be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. Jumper said the city went through all the required processes for this project. Davis said this was an expensive mess-up and we should make sure it does not happen again. • The pavilion at Centennial Park is almost complete. A Pedestrian Tunnel was added so that people can utilize the tunnel to move around the site. 10. Review of HMR Report: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent Jack said we are up 6.6% increase from 2019 ($224,899). 11. Announcements January 11 Winter Volleyball Starts- YRCC January 12 E-sports Starts: Mario Kart January 18 Spring Kids Nite Afterschool Program Starts- YRCC January 22 Frozen Toes Trail Run- Kessler Mt. Regional Park January 28-30 UCI Cyclocross World Championships- Centennial Park Next Meeting Date February 7, 2022 Dockery asked about the PRAB orientation. Jumper said we will send out a doodle poll with some dates for PRAB orientation. 12. Attachments 1. PRAB December 6, 2021 Meeting Minutes 2. HMR Report 13. Adjourn: Dockery adjourned the meeting at 6:30 pm. 14. Submitted by Sonya Morell, Operations Assistant PRAB minutes provides the basic discussions and motions of the PRAB meeting. For more information, please refer to the PRAB meeting video provided on the city's website. rd