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Home My WebLink About2022-02-07 - Minutes - FinalCITY OF �- FAYETTEVILLE MEETING MINUTES ARKANSAS Parks and Recreation Advisory Board February 7, 2022 5:30 pm Virtual Meeting 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. Approval of January 3, 2022 Meeting Minutes - PRAB Motion: Freund moved to approve January's minutes. Brink seconded the motion. Motion passed 8-0-0. 5. Fayetteville Youth Baseball (FYB) Presentation: Michael Ferguson, FYB President - Ferguson discussed the following: • Volunteer organization that has been around 50-plus years • On average, 800-1,000 kids participate a year, ages 4 - 15 • On average, budget is $200,000 a year • Over the last 5 years, FYB has put in $123,500 back into the parks, at Kessler, White River and Walker complexes • Partnered with Premier Baseball, to host tournaments in 2021, with a total of 502 teams, contributing to the HMR tax • At Walker Park, he would like to keep all the fields at the park, some of those fields need to be overhauled, for safety reasons and FYB is currently using the fields for practices only. He suggested keeping fields 1-6 and getting rid of fields 7-8. Davis asked what the safety concerns were at Walker Park. Ferguson said the safety concerns are with the homeless population at the park. He has had to call Fayetteville Police several times to help with this issue. Mailing Address: 113 W. Mountain Street www.fayetteville-ar.gov Fayetteville, AR 72701 6. Botanical Garden Report: Joel Freund — Freund discussed the following: • During Covid, they tightened down in terms of expenses. Thanks to the director and staff, they now have about half a million dollars' in the bank, allowing projects to go forward • Executive Director, Charlotte Taylor, will be retiring in May, committee is currently looking for a new director. Sheely and Freund requested a list of park partners for next month's meeting. 7. Active Transportation Advisory Committee Report: Yarri Davis Davis discussed the following: • 14 miles of new shared used trails over the next few years • Work being done over the Lake Fayetteville Dam should be completed in April • Old Wire and Old Missouri Trail will connect to Gulley Park • Midtown Trail connection to 1-49 to College Avenue • Cultural Arts Corridor connection to Prairie Street to Center Street • It was very difficult to safely gain access to the Cylco-Cross event biking or walking, there are no bike lanes or sidewalks, the city needs to look at ways to make this more easily accessible Jumper said there is a plan for that connection, with the rebuilding of the intersection at Wedington and the trail will come south along Shiloh and will connect to the mountain. 8. Parkland Dedication: Ted Jack. Park Plannina Suaerintendent Development Name: Double Springs Rd Subdivision Engineer: Engineering Services, INC Owner: Misc Location: East Double Springs Road and South of W Limerick Way Parcel ID Number: 765-24089-300, 765-24089-400, 765-16224-600 Park Quadrant: SW Units: 40 Single Family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee -in -Lieu Requirement: $43,560 Nearby Existing Parks: Harmony Pointe Park, Owl Creek Trail Corridor, Woolsey Wet Prairie Developer's Request: Fee -in -Lieu Staff Recommendation: Fee -in -Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks 9. Parkland Dedication: Ted Jack. Park Plannina Superintendent Development Name: Garland Townhomes Engineer: Engineering Services, INC Owner: Garland Acquisitions LLC Location: W of S Garland Ave and between Pettigrew St and W Cato Springs Rd Parcel ID Number: 765-14878-010 Park Quadrant: SW Units: 43 Multi -Family Land Dedication Requirement: N/A Fee -in -Lieu Requirement: $39,560 Nearby Existing Parks: Walker park Finger Park, Greathouse Park, World Peace Wet Prairie, Town Branch Trail Corridor, Cato Springs Trail Corridor, Frisco Trail Corridor Developer's Request: Fee -in -Lieu Staff Recommendation: Fee -in -Lieu Justification: Proximity to existing parks PRAB Recommendation: Brink moved to look at them both, at the same time. Freund seconded the motion. Motion passed 8-0-0. PRAB Recommendation: Dockery moved to accept fees -in -lieu. Freund seconded the motion. Motion passed 7-0-0 (Sheely did not vote). 10. Strategic Master Plan & Construction Update: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent Jumper discussed the 2022 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships • Estimated 18,000 spectators • Environmental Department partnered with Experience Fayetteville to reduce waste at the event. They worked with Food Loops, utilizing two wastes, one for cans and one for everything else, making a huge impact on waste diversion. Jack discussed the following: • Strategic Master Plan Community Workshops (Public Meetings) — Saturday, February 19th at Veteran's Park 10:00 am — 12:00 pm and Centennial Park 2:00 pm — 4:00 pm • Fayetteville Library March 2nd 3:30 pm — 6:30 pm. The meetings will be recorded from February 19th and shown on a loop at the library, more of an open house format • This feedback will help formulate a plan for a draft document, hoping to finish in October or November, taking a final plan to City Council for approval 11. Review of HMR Report: Ted Jack, Planning Superintendent Jack said average per month in 2021 was $333,242. $297,716 more than 2019, an increase of 8% 12. Announcements February 16 YRCC Expansion Public Meeting — Zoom February 19 February 19 February 19-20 February 22 Next Meeting Date March 7, 2022 Strategic Master Plan Public Meeting — Veteran's Park Strategic Master Plan Public Meeting — Centennial Park USSSA Slow -Pitch Softball Tournament- Gary Hampton/Lake Fayetteville YRCC Expansion Public Meeting- YRCC Davis requested more information regarding Walker Park and how staff works with the police department. Dockery suggested having someone from the police department come and talk to PRAB. Jumper said staff is currently working with the UofA, since a lot of our trails are on university property to address issues. She said she would look into having someone attend a meeting in the future. 13. Adjourn: Dockery adjourned the meeting at 6:25 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. 4