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Home My WebLink About1989-01-09 REGULAR MEETING PARK AND RECREATION BOARD JANUARY 09, 1989 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Park and Recreation Board was called to order at 7:00 P.M. , Monday, January 09, 1989, in the Council Chambers of the Euless Municipal Building by Chairman Ernest. Other members present were Mrs. Helen Lightbody, Mrs. Mary Lib Saleh, Mrs. Bonnie O'Brien(alternate), Messrs. Ron Henson, Richard McNeese, Leon Hogg and Jerry Robinson(alternate). Also present were Julia Wakeley, Recreation Director; Rick Herold, Park Director; Jay Heilman, Director of Community Services; and Diretha Crockett, recording secretary. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Mr. Richard McNeese. VISITORS Visitors attending the meeting were Messrs. Bob Wordinger, Jesse Smith and Cary Stephenson. AWARDS PRESENTATION Volunteer of the Month Award was presented to Mr. W. M. Sustaire who has served the city for 32 years. During his tenure he always remembered the citizens and their needs. This award was presented to recognize Mr. Sustaire's time and devotion to the citizens of Euless over the years. MINUTES The minutes of the regular meeting dated December 05, 1988 were approved as written. OLD BUSINESS BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS Mr. Leon Hogg reported there were no additional volunteer hours for the month of December. At J. A. Carr Park, Kiddie Carr Park and Oakwood Terrace, all of the parks are in good shape. Mrs. Helen Lightbody, liaison for McCormick and Villages of Bear Creek, reported that there was very little activity at either park. Mr. Richard McNeese, liaison for Midway Park And Blessing Branch reported that there was very little activity at both parks. Due to all the construction , the parks are well maintained. • Park and Receation Board Meeting Minutes January 09, 1989 Page Two Mr. Marland Ernest stated that he and Mr. Jay Heilman were at the Longhorn Council fo the Boys Scouts, and made a presentation to the Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts about our, Great Trash Off Day in Euless. They showed a great interest in getting involved. Perhaps we will have several groups of Boys Scouts to show up and participate. Mrs. Mary Lib Saleh commended the recreation department for a job well done on the Leisure Time program. For the special events in the near future, she corrected the date of the Easter Egg Hunt to March 22. Mrs. Saleh gave some back ground history on Arbor Day and invited the Board to attend the 100th Arbor Day Celebration at the Botanic Center of the Botanical Garden on Friday, January 20th at 1:30 P.M. (at the lecture hall). She reminded the board of special events and meetings for January, they are as follows: January 23 - Conference with the Sports Associations - Mr. Richard McNeese and Mr. Jerry Robinson will sponsor the Board at the meeting. Arbor Day Festivity - Mr. Ron Henson and Mr. Richard McNeese will sponsor the Board at this event. Mr. Jerry Robinson, liaison for Bear Creek reported that the park is in good condition and very active. Mrs. Bonnie O'Brien reported on the improvements at Carr Park and the expansion of the jogging trail to a half mile. Also, she has heard a lot of nice comments concerning the expansion of the trail. TREE BOARD Mr. Ron Henson reported that our application for the Tree City USA recertification has been submitted. NEW BUSINESS I. INPUT FROM DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES Mr. Jay Heilman reported that the new recreation center is running approximately two weeks to one month behind schedule. The City has proclaimed the week of January 16-20 as Arbor Week. Mr. Bob Phillips will be giving pecan trees to all the fourth graders in the area. This is the 10th year he has been involved in this project(he has distributed approximately 4,000 trees). For our publicity on this, we would like to find someone who is ten years out of the 4th grade, that planted one of the trees and the tree is still growing. That way we could compare the old and the new. The BEE Committee did not meet the month of December. The Burm is approximately 95% complete for the grant, they will be putting grass around it this week. Park and Receation Board Meeting Minutes January 09, 1989 Page Three The BEE Committee did have a session this last month on recycling, where representatives from Waste Management and Laidlaw Waste Systems came in and presented their program. II. RECREATION DIRECTORS REPORT Mrs. Julia Wakeley reported the attendance for the month of December was: Gym 3,976, Ruth Millican Center 980, and Simmons 552 for a total of 5,408. We had five outside rentals, one workshop, special events included our Employees Christmas Luncheon, Police Christmas Dinner, Fire Department Christmas Dinner and the Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner. The Seniors had their Christmas Luncheon on December 10th with seventy five in attendance. She thanked Mary Lib Saleh for the lovely center pieces(which Mary Lib had made for the luncheon) and how much the seniors appreciated them. December 10th, the seniors had their shopping trip to Target. The Spice of Life Band performed three times in December. After their performance at the retirement home, Bill and Boyce Byers entertained the entire group of "Spice of Lifers" in their home for lunch. In our Recreation Sports, we have five Flag Football teams and the league starts January 13th and ends March 10th. Basketball Winter League begins January 14th in our gym. Meetings and plans are already being made for our Annual 10K Run, sponsored by the Euless Lions Club, the date is May 29. Recreation classes are half way there since our booklet came out, with 20 different classes and 9 workshops being offered. We have had a lot of mail-in registration. We had about 80 calls from Santa. Rick Herold recorded about 20 of the calls he made(parents who requested it taped) and Peter Krause and his recruits did the other calls. Mrs. Wakeley announced that April 10th is the deadline to enter the Gold Medal Award. It was agreed that we will re-enter the contest. III. PARK DIRECTORS REPORT Mr. Rick Herold introduced two of the park employees: Jesse Smith, heavy equipment operator, who is very active in the community and takes part in a lot of softball programs in the city. His wife, Mary, was president of the Girls Softball Association for several years. They are always there to help with our 10K Run, Golf Tournament and other Special Events. Park and Receation Board Meeting Minutes January 09, 1989 Page Four Cary Stephenson is the one who normally mows around the City Hall Complex. During the Summer when we had the Working Connection Program (20 people from Fort Worth), he took on a foreman's role of keeping all of them busy at work. He has an outstanding attendance record. Mr. Herold announced that we are getting some new playground equipment for Midway, South Euless and J. A. Carr. Some of the old playground equipment has been taken down and refurbished and will be put back up. Winter time is a very busy time for the Parks Department, our major projects are as follows: 1) Installation of new jogging trail at Bear Creek (1/4 mile). 2) Removal of ballfield #2 fence, backstop & press box at Midway park. 3) Removal of playground equipment at Midway. 4) Created additional parking at Bear Creek. 5) Reclaimed additional park land at Bear Creek. (old road removed and leveled) 6) Irrigation and removal of old cable fence at Midway. The trail at Carr Park has been extended to a half mile, 12 trees have been added, and there are signs to tell people what is happening. We expect to hear the state on Jan. 26, 1989 concerning the grant for the Village of Bear Creek project. IV. NEW RECREATION CENTER PROGRESS REPORT See item I. V. BEAUTIFY EULESS EVERYDAY REPORT None. VI. INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS None. VII. INPUT FROM VISITORS Park and Receation Board Meeting Minutes January 09, 1989 Page Five Mr. Bob Wordinger, President of Bedford Euless Soccer Association, announced that they are having soccer registration and their games will start in February. He had some kind words for the appearence of the fields. ADJOURNM 4T There being no further business to conduct, the meeting adjourned at 8:05pm with a closing prayer by Chairman Ernest. Or i ie , fi / Chairman eict _ i�► Att-st