2010-04-12OFFICIAL MINUTES
Approved by the Parks and Recreation Board 5/10/10
1 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING:
2 April 12, 2010
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4 LOCATION: Southlake Town Hall City Council Chambers
5 1400 Main Street
6 Southlake, Texas
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8 Board Members Present: Chair John Slocum; Secretary Julie Landesberg; and Board
9 members Margaret Adams, Sherry Berman, Bill Packer, Kevin Smith and Tina
10 Wasserman
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12 Board Members Absent: Vice Chair Ken Goodman and Elaine Cox
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14 Staff Members Present: Chris Tribble, Director of Community Services, and
15 Community Services Assistant to the Director Candice Sanders
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17 Guests: None
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19 REGULAR SESSION
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21 Agenda Item No. 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chair Slocum at
22 7:00 p.m. A quorum was present.
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24 REPORTS
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26 Agenda Item No. 2. Administrative Comments
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28 Director Tribble presented the administrative comments.
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30 A. Construction Management Report A written report of current park projects was
31 included in the meeting packet. Staff responded to questions about the site plan
32 for North Park, progress of the Dove Trail and Liberty Sheltonwood Park.
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34 B. Parks and Recreation Board Terms Expire Terms will expire in May for Park
35 Board members Goodman, Berman, Adams and Packer. Anyone wishing to
36 reapply to the Parks Board or another City board must complete an Application
37 for Appointment and submit it to the Office of City Secretary.
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39 CONSENT AGENDA
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41 Aaenda Item No. 3A. Consent: Approval of the minutes from the regular Parks and
42 Recreation Board meeting March 8, 2010 There were no corrections to the minutes.
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44 Aaenda Item No. 3B. Consent: Absence of Parks and Recreation Board Members
45 There were no absences to consider at this meeting.
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47 A motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 8, 2010 meeting.
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OFFICIAL MINUTES
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1 Motion: Wasserman
2 Second: Berman
3 Ayes: Adams, Berman, Landesberg, Packer, Slocum, Smith, and Wasserman
4 Nays: None
5 Abstention: None
6 Vote: 7 -0
7 Motion carried.
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9 REGULAR AGENDA
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11 Agenda Item No. 4. Public Forum
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13 Mike Mills, 1528 Main Street, Southlake, thanked the Community Services Department
14 park maintenance workers for their help with the softball fields for the recent Southlake
15 Crusaders senior softball team games.
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17 Agenda Item No. 5A. Consider: Recommendation to City Manaaer reaardina request to
18 allow wine at the Bob Jones Nature Center Preserve during the opening of the "Rock
19 the Green Revolution" exhibit and the facility's 2 Anniversary event Friday. April 16.
20 2010 According to City Code, Parks Rules and Regulations prohibit alcoholic
21 beverages in City parks; however, the City Manager may issue special permits or grant
22 variances to the provisions of this ordinance upon the recommendation by the Park and
23 Recreation Board. The Bob Jones Nature Center Organization (BJNCO) requested a
24 variance to allow wine to be served at the April 16 event at the nature center. BJNCO
25 had met the requirements to obtain additional insured coverage for the City and a
26 temporary permit from the TABC. The Board discussed the request.
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28 Debra Edmondson, President, Bob Jones Nature Center Preserve Organization,
29 spoke in favor of the variance and explained why the request was sought.
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31 Emily Galpin, representative from Bob Jones Nature Center Preserve Organization,
32 was also present in support of the variance to allow alcohol at the event.
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34 A motion was made to make a recommendation to the City Manager to approve the
35 request from BJNCO for a variance to allow wine to be served during the April 16, 2010
36 "Rock the Green Revolution" exhibition kickoff and 2 anniversary of the facility event.
37 Motion: Berman
38 Second: Smith
39 Ayes: Adams, Berman, Landesberg, Packer, Slocum, Smith, and Wasserman
40 Nays: None
41 Abstention: None
42 Vote: 7 -0
43 Motion carried.
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45 A memo will be forwarded to City Manager Shana Yelverton tomorrow for her
46 consideration.
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Motion carried.
1 Other non aaenda items:
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3 Irving Safety Town The City of Irving is also working to improve their Safety Town
4 feature, similar to what will be constructed in Southlake.
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6 May Parks Board Meeting The Board will meet at 5:30 p.m., May 10 at the Gateway
7 Church to tour the facility prior to the regular Parks meeting.
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9 Agenda Item No. 6. Adiournment
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11 A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 pm.
12 Motion: Adams
13 Second: Wasserman
14 Ayes: Adams, Berman, Landesberg, Slocum, Packer, Smith, and Wasserman
15 Nays: None
16 Vote: 7 -0
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John locum, Chair
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A recording of this meeting may be requested in the Office of the City Secretary.
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