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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-03-01 Regular Meeting Parks and Leisure Services Board March 1,2010 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Parks and Leisure Services Board was called to order at 7:01 p.m. on Monday, March 1, 2010, in the Council Chambers of the Euless City Hall building by Chairman Eric Owens. Other Board Members present: Carroll Scott, Randy Jones, John Raab, Alex Horton and alternates Johnson Obamehinti and Darrel Knobloch. Members absent: Jeremy Tompkins. Staff members present: Director of Parks and Community Services Ray McDonald, Parks Manager Randy Smith, Parks Superintendent Terry Boaz, Recreation Superintendent Michael Davenport and Administrative Secretary Linda Lux. Visitors present: David Brown and Billy Owens. INVOCATION Randy Jones gave the invocation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Owens asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes from the February 1, 2010 regular meeting. Carroll Scott made the motion to approve the minutes as presented and was seconded by John Raab. The vote was unanimous. I. Board Member's Reports Carroll Scott said he walked both McCormick Park and the Preserve at McCormick Park yesterday and both were in good shape. There were lots of people at the Preserve when he did his inspection and he noticed lots of broken branches in the parks. Alex Horton said he was not able to inspect either J.A. Carr or Kiddie Carr parks. John Raab said both Bob Eden and Trailwood parks were in good shape. At Bob Eden Park the paint on the water fountain has peeled and there were many broken and hanging branches along the trail. Also the retaining wall in back of the homes might need some attention as it looked like some of the dirt has washed out from behind the railroad ties. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 2 March 1,2010 Randy Jones said he visited the Parks at Texas Star athletic complex a couple of times and as always it was in great shape. Johnson Obamehinti mentioned there were fallen limbs on both sides of the road at South Euless Park and the park was clean and in good shape. At Heritage Park across from the playground limbs were stacked up and this park also looked nice. Darrel Knobloch said West Park looked good on his recent inspection. At Wilshire Park the brick wall had been repaired and the gravel on the walkway had been cleared. Chairman Owens read Jeremy Tompkins report since he was not able to attend the meeting tonight. Jeremy said the dog park at the Villages of Bear Creek Park has started getting very busy and he noticed the door does not latch in the large dog shower area. At Reflection Park he found a small amount of graffiti on the light pole at the north end of the park. Jeremy Tompkins commented on the following recent Special Event held in February: • He said the R&R Program was again a great success and there was an average of 15 volunteers per day as well as around 150 soldiers arriving daily. The upcoming Special Events for March are: • March 15th—Tarrant Area Food Bank—8:00 a.m. to Noon • March 17th—Easter Egg Stuffing Party— 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. • March 27th—Easter Egg Scramble— 10:00 a.m. to Noon Chairman Owens said both Midway and Blessing Branch parks looked great. Midway Park is still under construction with the remodel and he said the hole under the swing had been filled in at Blessing Branch Park. Chairman Owens thanked everyone for their reports. II. Volunteer of the Month Chairman Owens said the March 2010 Volunteer of the Month award goes to Bronwyn Hall. She is a new member to our volunteer program but has made an impact with her willingness to help with our special events. She has volunteered for the following: Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 3 March 1,2010 2009 • Tarrant County Food Bank • Arbor Daze • Movies in the Park • Texas Junior Angler's Fishing event • Halloween Festival 2010 (she has verbally committed to work the following) • Easter Egg Stuffing Party • Texas Trash Off • Arbor Daze Chairman Owens said since Bronwyn was not able to attend tonight's meeting that her award will be delivered to her. III. Business of the Tree Board Tree Board Chairman Carroll Scott reported on the following for February 1st—28th: • there were 726.00 total man hours o 27.00 Horticulture o 0 Forestry o 0 Storm Damage o 201.00 Greenhouse o 450.00 Special Projects o 0 Water Truck o 48.00 Training • There were no trees purchased • Pruned Crepe Myrtles at the city hall complex and Trojan Trail • Trimmed Red tips off of neighborhood fence at West Park • Training in landscape design and tree maintenance • City wide clean up of winter storm damage and mulched 65 tons of storm debris IV. Parks and Community Services Reports a. Recreation Report—Michael Davenport Recreation Superintendent Michael Davenport commented on the following: Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 4 March 1,2010 • We are in the process of getting proposals for fitness equipment and items for the teen room at the recreation center • Have also had meetings with the furniture consultants for the recreation center and the proposed new senior center • One of our seniors that teaches yoga to the seniors went and did a yoga class with the kids recently • Arbor Daze is next month on April 24th and 25th. The kids will be making up one of the inclement weather days on Saturday, April 24th for a half day. • We have currently secured our sponsors for Arbor Daze • The annual trash off is scheduled for Saturday, April 10th and we would like to see if the Board Members would volunteer to cook and serve lunch for this event b. Parks Report—Randy Smith Parks Manager Randy Smith reported on the following: • Staff has been very busy this past month with the storm damage throughout the city. Crews will get to the parks next week to gather damaged tree limbs and try and clean up the parks. • Three of the parks staff attended a training session in landscape design and tree maintenance last month • Terry, Dan and Randy Leach recently attended the Urban Tree Forestry conference that was held in Grand Prairie • Crews removed and loaded over 140 loads of trees and limbs from the recent snow storm c. Community Services Report—Ray McDonald Director of Parks and Community Services Ray McDonald commented on the following: • At West Park some of the lights have been out and this is an Oncor problem and they have been notified • The parks staff did a fantastic job with helping to clear and pick up trees and tree limbs which had been damaged from the recent storm. Public Works and Allied Waste were both out helping to clean up the city. • The R & R Program was again a great success. Ray thanked Jerry and Mike for coordinating this event for the city. • As of today we have 103 teams registered for baseball at the Parks at Texas Star • We also hosted our first tournament this past weekend at the Parks at Texas Star and we made over$13,000 which included registration, concessions and gate fees. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 5 March 1,2010 • Trailwood Garden Club will visit the parks greenhouse tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m. for a tour and Park Board Members are also invited to attend • We have partnered with Golden Chick to provide items to be sold at the Parks at Texas Star and Softball World. Golden Chick has also sponsored advertising at the athletic complex. Chairman Owens thanked everyone for their reports. V. Other New Business Chairman Owens reminded everyone to vote tomorrow in the primary election. VI. Input from City Council Members and Visitors Billy Owens mentioned that we need to open more businesses around Softball World. He also thanked the parks staff for all the hard work they did in picking up tree limbs from the recent storm. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Owens gave the benediction. There being no further business to conduct, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. (OF ,hhi Chairman Att: t