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HomeMy Public PortalAboutP&RAC Minutes 2005 04/12PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA April 12`h, 2005 — Parks and Recreation Department — 6:00 PM I. ROLL CALL AND CALL TO ORDER Kevin Briem, Dave Faurot, John Rygh , Ron Rooth and Cynthia Feeley were present. Scotty Davenport was absent II. INTRODUCTION OF GUEST Chuck Whitescarver Peggy Whitescarver Scott Findlay III. OLD BUSINESS PARKS a.) Riverfront Park Roth Rooth and John Rygh have found the plot point pegs at Riverfront Park. The next step is to put them on the topo map provided by the City Engineers. b.) Special Use Permit — Riverfront Park The Special Use Permit has been turned in and we are waiting to here back from the Forest Service. We should be hearing something back this fall. IV. NEW BUSINESS PARKS a.) Special Use Permit Cheap Thrills Cheap Thrills is requesting a Special Use Permit for Legacy Park Boat Launch this summer. Chuck and Peggy Whitescarver, owners of Cheap Thrills where present for any questions. Ron Rooth made the motion to recommend to City Council a Special Use Permit for Cheap Thrills. This was seconded by Dave Faurot and all were in favor. Chuck has asked if we can look at other locations at Legacy Park for additional docks due to the over demand that we have now. He also suggested that he would put in a dock at his expense to have sole use for his business or can we look at other ideas for help the demand. He submitted a drawing for a dock idea at Legacy Park (Attached). The Advisory Committee asked if the Parks Director could look further into ideas and to talk with Department of Land to if we can put in more docks at Legacy Park. b.) Lick Creek Meadows Scott Findlay presented to the Committee 4 acre parcel of property to be donated to the City. Ron Rooth made the motion that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee recommends to accept the approximately 4.55 acre open space parcel for park usage located at Lick Creek Meadows. All accepted the motion. c.) Conditional Use Permit — Fish Pen Docks We are finishing up a Conditional Use Permit for the Fish Pen Docks. We need to have a Conditional Use Permit from the City before we can go any further. The Conditional Use Permit will go in front of the Planning and Zoning Committee next week. Would like to have everyone in attendance to help support this. d.) RAC Grant The city is working with Valley County and the Forest Service for a grant for noxious weed spraying. The forest service will be finishing the grant later this month. The City will supply staff hours and chemicals for the project. If we receive the grant we will receive a new sprayer, boom and vehicle. e.) Arborist Certification The Parks Supervisor is working on receiving her Arborist Certification. We hope to have it by the end of July. f.) SIPA Site — Heartland Gymnastics We would like to have a meeting with SIPA to have a better understanding of their responsibilities and what the area the City owns. We would like to look at space for Heartland Gymnastics to place a building at and we believe this could be a good site. g.) LOT The Parks Department has put in for LOT monies for this fiscal year. We are asking to replace trash cans and tables for Legacy Park and Brown Park. We are also asking to replace the walking path at Legacy Park. h.) Skate Park The McCall Skate park Committee will start building the new skate park in July. We are looking forward to this projects completion. We will be monitoring progress since we will take over all responsibility once it is completed. i.) Four Corners Project The Four Corners Project will begin on the 2nd of May. j.) Hiring All staff have been hired and four of the six will begin work on the 6th of June. RECREATION a.) After School Program Everything is running smoothly b.) Mini Vandals Basketball Clinic The Clinic went great this year with 18 participants. Look forward to doing it next year and seeing the numbers grow c.) Youth Softball/Baseball/T-ball Signups have begun. The season kicks off June 6th. We have four officials and three scorekeepers and more than enough sponsors. d.) Adult Softball The season begins July 11 th e.) ASA Softball We have sent out over 300 letters to Boise, Lewiston, and Caldwell asking for teams to join. We have our info posted on our website and the Idaho ASA website. f.) Presentation to City Council The Advisory Committee will present in June to City Council. V. SET NEXT MEETING AND AGENDA Meeting ended at 8:25. Next meeting May 12th at 6 p.m. located at the Airport. The City of McCa11'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.