Frisco Park and Trail Naming Committee Meeting

FRISCO PARK AND TRAIL NAMING COMMITTEE MEETING THE GROVE AT FRISCO COMMONS 8300 MCKINNEY ROAD FRISCO, TX 75033 6:00 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The Frisco Park and Trail Naming Committee was called to order at 6:00 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL Parks & Recreation Christopher Fields Present Board Member FCDC Member Ed Mahoney Present Parks & Recreation Sean Merrell Present Board Member Council Member Tim Nelson Present FCDC Member Wren Ovard Absent Heritage Association Tracie Shipman Present Member Council Member Bill Woodard Present Representing Staff: Rick Wieland, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation CITIZEN INPUT No Citizen input. REGULAR AGENDA 2. Approval of Minutes from the October 13, 2020 Meeting of the Frisco Park and Trail Naming Committee. Page 1 of 3  After pointing out a couple of spelling errors in Committee Member names, Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman moved to approve the October 13, 2020 Minutes as amended. Parks & Recreation Board Member Sean Merrill seconded. Passed Vote: 6 - 0 For: Parks & Recreation Board Member Sean Merrell, Council Member Tim Nelson, Council Member Bill Woodard, FCDC Member Ed Mahoney, Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman, Parks & Recreation Board Member Christopher Fields Against: (None) 3. Review and discussion regarding any additional park or trail to be considered in 2020 - 2021. Council Member Tim Nelson introduced Pastor Henry Thomas, who was present from Hamilton Chapel Baptist in Frisco, to ask the Committee to consider adding the First Street Park site to be renamed by the City Council. Should the Committee move forward with this, then Pastor Thomas indicated that he and members of his congregation would submit Mr. Jimmy and Mrs. Clara Jones' names for the park, based on their contributions to Frisco for many decades. The Committee thanked Pastor Thomas for his time and background of the Jones' family. 4. Consider and act on adding any potential parks and/or trails to be named in 2020 - 2021. After a brief discussion by the Committee, FCDC Member Ed Mahoney moved to add the First Street Park to be considered for naming in 2020-2021. Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman seconded. Passed Vote: 6 - 0 For: Parks & Recreation Board Member Sean Merrell, Council Member Tim Nelson, Council Member Bill Woodard, FCDC Member Ed Mahoney, Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman, Parks & Recreation Board Member Christopher Fields Against: (None) 5. Staff presentation on next steps and potential meeting dates for the Committee to consider names and recommend future action by the City Council. Assistant Director Rick Wieland provided a brief overview of a potential timeline, in which work by the Committee would move towards submitting Page 2 of 3  recommendations to the City Council for their final action on recommendations from the Committee. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, it was felt that the City Council should be in a position to consider recommendations from the Committee at their November 2, 2020 Meeting. ADJOURN Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:40 p.m. Parks & Recreation Board Member Sean Merrell seconded. Passed Vote: 6 - 0 For: Parks & Recreation Board Member Sean Merrell, Council Member Tim Nelson, Council Member Bill Woodard, FCDC Member Ed Mahoney, Heritage Association Member Tracie Shipman, Parks & Recreation Board Member Christopher Fields Against: (None) ATTEST: _______________________ ______________________ Board Chairman Board Secretary Please note these are preliminary results and are not official until approved at the next scheduled meeting. Approved/signed minutes are available at https://agenda.friscotexas.gov/OnBaseAgendaOnline/. Page 3 of 3