2010-03-08
OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Parks and Recreation Board 4/12/10
1 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING:
2 March 8, 2010
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4 LOCATION: Department of Public Safety Headquarters
5 DPS- CCPD 4th Floor Board Room
6 600 State Street
7 Southlake, Texas
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9 Board Members Present: Chair John Slocum; Vice Chair Ken Goodman; Secretary
10 Julie Landesberg; and Board members Margaret Adams, Sherry Berman, Elaine Cox,
11 Bill Packer, Kevin Smith and Tina Wasserman
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13 Board Members Absent: None
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15 Staff Members Present: Chris Tribble, Director of Community Services; Kari Happold,
16 Deputy Director of Community Services; and Community Services Assistant to the
17 Director Candice Sanders
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19 Guests: None
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21 REGULAR SESSION
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23 Agenda Item No. 1. Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Chair Slocum at
24 7:15 p.m. A quorum was present.
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26 REPORTS
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28 Agenda Item No 2. Administrative Comments
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30 Director Tribble presented the administrative comments.
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32 A. Construction Management Report - A written report of current park projects was
33 included in the meeting packet. The construction projects were reviewed and
34 staff responded to questions.
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36 B. Royal and Annie Smith and Liberty Park at Sheltonwood Parks Grand Openings
37 - Grand opening ceremonies for both parks will be held Friday, March 26, 2010.
38 The ribbon cutting ceremony for Royal and Annie Smith Park will be held at
39 10:00 a.m., followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00 a.m. at Liberty Park
40 @ Sheltonwood. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. at Liberty Park at
41 Sheltonwood. Invitations have been sent to the boards and commissions.
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43 CONSENT AGENDA
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45 Agenda Item No 3A Consent: Approval of the minutes from the special Parks and
46 Recreation Board meeting February 1, 2010 - A correction was made to the minutes on
47 Page 1, line 45 to read "903 Jenny Terrace."
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1 Agenda Item No 3B Consent: Approval of the minutes from the regular Parks and
2 Recreation Board meeting February 8, 2010 - There were no corrections to these
3 minutes.
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5 Agenda Item No 3C Consent: Absence of Parks and Recreation Board Members -
6 The Parks Board excused the absence of Kevin Smith from the March 8, 2010 meeting.
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8 A motion was made to approve Consent Items 3A-3C.
9 Motion: Wasserman
10 Second: Adams
11 Ayes: Adams, Berman, Cox, Goodman, Landesberg, Packer, Slocum, Smith,
12 and Wasserman
13 Nays: None
14 Abstention: None
15 Vote: 9-0
16 Motion carried.
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18 REGULAR AGENDA
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20 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum - No one was present to address the Board during
21 Public Forum.
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23 Agenda Item No 5A Discussion: Guidelines for Park Acceptance - Chair Slocum lead
24 the discussion to receive the Board's feedback on a draft proposal of guidelines for
25 acceptance of park land. It was recommended that a Mobility Plan be added to the
26 Ordinance. Board members suggested the authority to accept park land be the "Director
27 and/or the Parks Board" rather than "director only." A suggestion was made to remove
28 references to carry-over portions since that provision is no longer relevant. The Board
29 also discussed various land increment sizes and whether a half-acre minimum tract was
30 sufficient to accept or if the minimum size should be increased.
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32 Agenda Item No 5B Discussion: Multipurpose Facility Feasibility Study - Director
33 Tribble presented the objectives of the Study and related the feedback received from
34 the various boards during the Stakeholder meetings held March 1, 2010. Park Board
35 members requested adding the following items to their slide presentation: activities pool,
36 volleyball, multi-use gym space, and large outdoor pavilion with grills and courts. The
37 Board would also like to tour some area multipurpose facilities.
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39 Agenda Item No 5C Discussion: Parks Board Work Group Reports - This item is
40 placed on the agenda to allow for the Board to receive information on the progress of
41 each of the subcommittee work groups as needed.
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43 Agenda Item No. 7. Adjournment
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45 A motion was made to adjourn the meeting.
46 Motion: Cox
47 Second: Smith
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1 Ayes: Adams, Berman, Cox, Goodman, Landesberg, Slocum, Packer, Smith,
2 and Wasserman
3 Nays: None
4 Vote: 9-0
5 Motion carried.
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9 John Slocum, Chair
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16 A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary.
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