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Home My WebLink About2006-11-06 Regular Meeting Parks and Leisure Services Board November 6,2006 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Parks and Leisure Services Board was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 6, 2006, in the Council Chambers of the Euless City Hall building by Chairman Eric Owens. Other Board Members present: Carroll Scott, Randy Jones, Mike Daniel, John Raab, Stacey Hollinger and alternates Boyce Byers and Sonja Adams. Members absent: John Elder. Staff members present: Director of Parks and Community Services Ray McDonald, Parks Superintendent Terry Boaz, Parks Manager Johnnie Green, Recreation Manager Suzanne Hendrickson and Administrative Secretary Linda Lux. Visitors present: Billy Owens (AARP), Myna Moody, Darlene Carter, Sue Morrow, Garry Pearson (BESA), Julie Laverty(BESA), Danny Renteria(EGSA) and Scott Summerlin(EGSA). INVOCATION Mike Daniel gave the invocation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Owens asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes from the October 2, 2006 regular meeting. Carroll Scott made the motion to approve the minutes as presented and was seconded by Sonja Adams. The vote was unanimous. I. Board Member's Reports Mike Daniel said Trailwood Park was clean and had no activity when he visited the park. He said Bob Eden Park has had lots of usage by soccer players and lots of activity in the park. He also inspected the park after the heavy rains and noticed that water was standing on one of the sand volleyball courts. Carroll Scott said Heritage Park was very clean. He said South Euless Park was in very good shape and the grass was green. He commented on the improvements to the creek embankment. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 2 November 6,2006 John Raab said the Villages of Bear Creek Park was in great shape and commented on the new brick around the lights. He said he is still concerned with the erosion along the trail area. He said Reflection Park was clean and in good shape. Stacey Hollinger said Midway Park was clean and well maintained. Blessing Branch was in good shape. Randy Jones said Kiddy Carr Park looked fine. He said J. A. Carr Park looked good but he did notice some pavestones missing around the gazebo. Boyce Byers said the Special Events for October were: • Saturday, October 14th —Garage Sale at Midway Recreation Center. There were about 700 in attendance and all booths were inside due to the rainy conditions. • Saturday, October 14th — Texas Junior Anglers at Wilshire Park. About 200 people came out to fish at Wilshire Pond and only a few fish were caught. Everyone had a good time. • Saturday, October 14th- Deryl Dodd concert at Softball World. Both acts were great but the attendance was low due to the rainy weather. • Tuesday, October 31St — The Halloween Thing at Midway Recreation Center. There were about 650 people in attendance and everyone had a great time. The title sponsor was CRES Management Group. Upcoming Events: • Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 10th— 12th— School House Rock Live! Junior—all performances will be at the Ruth Millican Center. • Saturday, December 2"d—Christmas Parade of Lights • Saturday, December 9th—Heritage Park Christmas Sonja Adams said both West Park and Wilshire Park were well maintained and in excellent condition. Chairman Owens said his parks are McCormick Park and the Preserve at McCormick Park and both were in great shape as always. Chairman Owens said John Elder is not here tonight but he emailed his report for the Parks at Texas Star Athletic Complex. John said he walked the athletic complex on Sunday, October 28th and found the park to be in excellent condition. Although it was windy, there was no trash on the complex, the soccer fields were in excellent condition and the ant piles previously mentioned were no where to be found. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 3 November 6,2006 II. Volunteer of the Month Chairman Owens presented a plaque to Myna Moody as the November 2006 Volunteer of the Month. She has taught a crocheting class at the Senior Center for the past year and they have made lap throws or quilts for those that are and/or have been under Hospice Care. She has also been the Liaison to our Senior Citizen Coordinator's Angel Food Ministry. Ms. Moody thanked the Board Members for the plaque and said they have made 80 lap throws to date. She also showed a lap throw that had just been completed earlier that day. III. Business of the Tree Board Tree Board Chairman John Raab reported on the following for October: • There were 432 man hours for the month • Seven(7)trees were planted • Planted six (6) trees on Highway 10 to replace trees in severe decline from the ongoing drought • Replaced a tree in the Species Trail at the Preserve at McCormick Park • Completed a major tree pruning job at the Villages of Bear Creek Park • Removed trees on Highway 10 to make way for a new turning lane for B&B Wrecker • Pruned storm damaged trees at several locations IV. Athletic Associations a. BESA (Bedford Euless Soccer Association) BESA President Julie Laverty said they currently have 901 recreational players with 38% (349) players from Euless. For the fall 2006 season we have a total of 81 teams with 22 teams making up our U05 and U06 age groups. They play their games on fields 1-4 at the Parks at Texas Star. BESA plays in a playing league called Northern Mid Cities. The other associations included in this playing league are: Hurst, Keller, Trophy Club, North Fort Worth, Birdville area, Eagle Mountain/Saginaw and Colleyville. The fall season started on September 9th and they will finish on November 19th. The spring 2007 season will begin on February 24th and will end on May 28"'. The fall 2007 season will begin on September 10th and end on November 21st. Our current fees are $75 for new player in fall season and $65 for returning players in the spring season. As of today all of our positions on the Board are currently filled. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 4 November 6,2006 b. EGSA(Euless Girls Softball Association) EGSA Commissioner Danny Renteria said this is his ninth year with EGSA, has been coaching for the last eight years and has been a commission the last three years. He said they had a good season but the numbers are low due to a number of kids going to select leagues. This past year they played at Softball World and the kids and parents really enjoyed playing at this facility. He said they still practice at West Park but they did have a problem this last year with getting another port-o-let at the other end of the park. He did ask if they could have the field's drug more often especially before their practices. EGSA also interlocks with Hurst and Danny said they will be working with Mark Long for registration this year. They do not have any fall leagues and they did have a fund raiser this past year. Their current fee is $75 and includes a full uniform (shirt, shorts and socks) for the players. Chairman Owens thanked the associations for being present tonight and said we are looking forward to working with them again. V. Parks and Community Services Reports a. Community Services Report—Ray McDonald Director of Parks and Community Services Ray McDonald gave a brief update on baseball plans for next year. Ray inquired what the Board Members would like to do for the parade scheduled for Saturday, December 2"d. The majority of the Board Members said they would like to ride on a float with either benches or a picnic table. They decided they would borrow a trailer from the parks department, decorate it with lights and ride on it. The Board Members will decorate the float on the day of the parade. VI. Other New Business Chairman Owens reminded everyone of our annual holiday dinner at the December 4th meeting and said to make sure you RSVP to Linda before the deadline. Parks and Leisure Services Board Page 5 November 6,2006 VII. Input from City Council Members and Visitors Billy Owens with AARP thanked the Board Members and city staff for everything they do for the seniors. BESA Treasurer Garry Pearson said he is a soccer referee and said the Parks at Texas Star are the best facilities around. He said during their games over the weekend they had lots of lightening in the area and he inquired if we could possibly get some lightening towers/poles installed for when storms are in the vicinity. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Owens gave the benediction. There being no further business to conduct,the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. .� CiLLO- Chairma Attest