City Council

The City of Columbia City In Columbia County on the Columbia River PARKS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 27, 2015 - 5:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS Present: Sally Ann Marson, Chair Nell Harrison, Committee Member Kathleen Devlin, Committee Member Jack Hruska, Committee Member Leahnette Rivers, City Administrator/Recorder Veterans Park: Jack said the lights on the service flags are not working, and the light on the US flag pole is pointing down the bike path. Leahnette will have them fixed. Leahnette has prepared the Veterans and War Memorials Grant application for Phase 3 and discussed the details of the application with Committee Members. The total project budget is $22,236, with $13,366 coming from a Veterans and War Memorials Grant, $2,000 from a Columbia County Cultural Coalition Grant, and $6,870 in donated materials, donated skilled labor, volunteer time, and in-kind services. Harvard Park: Kathleen asked if the wood on the see saw was supposed to be sealed or finished before it was installed. Leahnette will check. Kathleen spent a good part of one day with the work crew in the park, and they completed pruning, spreading bark dust, and other landscape maintenance activities. Datis Park: Jack said the Datis informational sign in Datis Park is faded and needs to be replaced. Ruth Rose Richardson Park: Kathleen recently worked with the work crew in the park for a few hours, and one of the crew members was a very talented arborist. She said the park needs a lot of work, and he had some great ideas and we should ask him for a punch list. Leahnette said she has contacted him, and he said he’d be willing to put something together for us. She said she’ll try to make contact with him again in a week or two. Adjournment/Next Meeting: The Committee will not meet in November. Meeting adjourned 5:45 p.m. 1