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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2006.11.14 PRAC MinutesPARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES November 14th, 2006 – Parks and Recreation Department – 6:00 PM I. ROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER Ron Rooth, Jenny Ruemmele, Kevin Briem, Brigid Wiking, Jim Clarke and Cynthia Feeley were present. II. INTRODUCTION OF GUEST Steve Stuebner Al Butler (McCall Tennis Club) Ray Dupree Joel Hellerman Cheap Thrills III. OLD BUSINESS a.) Open Position - Advisory Board Ray Dupree and Joel Hellerman attended the meeting tonight to become potential members of the committee. There is one position open. The advisory committee asked many questions and Ron Rooth made the motion to accept Ray Dupree as the new Parks and Recreation Advisory Member, Jenny Ruemmele seconded the motion, all were in favor. Cythnia Feeley resigned from the board due to her commitment towards working on her Masters Degree. This leaves another position open and will be advertised starting next week. Joel Hellerman will come back next time, but in the mean time Jenny Ruemmele will contact him to get his input on helping out with Recreation. b.) Concessionaire Use at Legacy Beach The committee welcomed Cheap Thrills to the meeting. Kevin Briem informed everyone that this issue was interesting to see that the community has changed as a whole. Some of the comments at the meeting were irrelevant; it was more about the use of the lake versus use of the beach. Ron Rooth stated that they received input from public testimony, emails, telephone calls, petitions. He stated that this is a big issue. Brigid Wiking informed the group that she would like to see more training of the public. Cheap Thrills explained that they do a lot of training. Brigid just wanted to inform Cheap Thrills that she understands that but this is what she is hearing from the public. The Advisory Meeting Kevin Briem made the motion to allow Concessionaire use at Legacy Park for 2007, the motion was seconded by Ron Rooth, all were in favor. This will go in front of City Council in December. If approved at City Council we will begin the RFP process again starting with redesigning the RFP. They will be adding and taking away from the RFP for next year. IV. NEW BUSINESS PARKS a.) Refurbishing McCall Public Tennis Courts – Al Butler Al Butler came tonight to inform the committee that the McCall Tennis Club is raising money to refurbish the old tennis courts. They still need about another $15,000 to go. They will be raising funds through their club, LOT, the Parks Budget and work closely with us next year for more tennis activities. Kevin Briem asked that we talk to the school asking for a commitment or a time frame if we rebuild the course we can use if for an extended amount of time. b.) Steve Stuebner – Valley County Pathways Mr. Stuebner came tonight to update the committee on Valley Country Pathways. He has 4 members to help with pathways. This process for pathways in Valley County started a 1 ½ ago. Bureau of Reclamation already had a plan to develop pathways in Cascade but it just hasn’t got anywhere. So they started a group called Valley County Pathways, they are 501c3. They wrote a master plan and it was approved by Country Commissionaires in April. Right now it is part of the Valley County Comp Plan. They raised $50,000 last year to conduct their business. Ellenor Puttman donated about 1200 feet of railroad right away. The Advisory Committee will be forming a subcommittee for pathways. Mr. Stuebner informed them that impact fees are going to be very important for McCall in the future. Mr. Stuebner left the committee with four names and numbers for use on the subcommittee. V. SET NEXT MEETING AND AGENDA December 12th at Legion Hall at 6 p.m. The City of McCall’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meetings are held open to the public and handicapped accessible. If you need help in attending a meeting, please contact City Hall, 634-7142. Sincerely, Brock Heasley Parks and Recreation Director City of McCall 634-3006