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HomeMy Public PortalAboutP&RAC Minutes 1997 01/27PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES -- JANUARY 27,1997 I. ROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER Chair Grote called the meeting to order at 7:05pm. Committee members Kirk Hall, Jim Ware, Scotty Davenport, Dennis Coyle were present. Chair declared there was a quorum. Also present were Director Peckham and Gary Shimun. II. NEW BUSINESS Chair Grote informed the board that Jim Ware has turned in his letter of resignation. Chair Grote made a motion to accept his resignation and thanking Ware for his service on the board and that City Council recognize Ware for his service on the board. Davenport seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Chair Grote discussed the Ice Break Up Contest for 1997. The Recreation Director will run the program this year as a fund raiser for softball fields at Riverfront Park. The Director will set out donation cans at area businesses and ask for .50 a guess. Ware will set out the barrel and the Shriners will be contacted to get the time when the barrel hits land. The barrel will be put out in mid - March. Hall discussed the Ponderosa State Park bike plan. Hall informed the board that Ponderosa will apply for a $30,000 matching grant form the state RECP fund. Shimun wrote a letter in support of the grant application. Director Peckham informed the board that Ed Elliot would like to teach cross country lessons on the new golf course cross country trails. A fee was discussed and the board decided being so late in the season to waive a fee for this year and set a flat fee for next year based upon the business Elliot does this year. The board would like to give Elliot time to get his business established. Chair Grote made a motion to City Council to grant permission to Ed Elliot to use the new cross country trails free of charge for this year so a fee base could be established for the 1997-98 season. The motion carried unanimously. III. OLD BUSINESS Director Peckham reported on activities. Gymnastics classes enrollment is now over 80 children, ice rink is up and running and Peckham hopes that by this Friday the entire rink will be available for skating, ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday at 4pm, Spring Mountain Ranch for the cross country trails, 3 on 3 basketball tournament planned for March with the City of Cascade, Jazz and Tap classes for children and adults is in the works and Peckham informed the board that his wife is pregnant and due July 8th. Chair Grote discussed the history of the bike path master plan. Chair Grote and Hall will work with the Transportation Committee to create a city bike path master plan to incorporate into the city's transportation and parks master plans. Chair Grote and Hall expressed a desire to emphasize signage of the city's bike path as an immediate first step to identifying the routes for users. They also advocate developing a promotion package for routes and urging Planning and Zoning to amend codes to include bike paths. Questions were then directed to Shimun regarding IS 1'BA grant and prioritizing funds. Shimun responded that the board can prioritize as we see fit. Hall asked about the Urban Renewal Bond and if the bike path was built into the bond. Shimun responded that the bike path would be built from HWY 55 to Pine St. Chair Grote noted that a motion made to the Council by the Transportation Committee to amend zoning code in 1995 was never acted on to her knowledge. Shimun could not recall if the Council ever discussed it. Coyle then made a motion that the Planning and Zoning Commission amend that section of the Zoning Code dealing with subdivisions to require bike trails along arterial and collector streets, if such streets are apart of a subdivision (Transportation Committee meeting minutes from November 16,1995). Hall seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Discussion then included bike paths be all inclusive on road improvements, transportation planning and required by planning and zoning codes throughout the city and county. Davenport, also a member of the McCall Planning and Zoning Commission, said that he would advance that idea at a hearing Tuesday, February 4 on ordinance 701 to amend the city and impact area zoning and building codes. IV. NEXT MEETING The next meeting was scheduled for Monday, February 24,1997 at 5pm. Central topics to include the Mission Statement and Park Maintenance. V. ADJOURNMENT Chair Grote moved to adjourn at 8:50pm. Davenport seconded and the motion carried. Respectfully su Tomi Grote Chair