Parks and Arts Commission

1e City Of THE CITY OF LIBERTY LAKE PARKS & ARTS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 1ST 2021- 4:00 PM CALL TO ORDER: Commissioner Himebaugh called the meeting of the Parks and Arts Commission to order at 4:00 PM on February 1st, 2021. Commissioner Himebaugh cleared Commissioner Schutz absense. ROLL CALL: Commissioner David Himebaugh Commissioner Laina Schutz Commissioner Laura Frank Excused Commissioner Nancy Hill Commissioner Tom Chamberlain Adjunct Bob Schneidmiller Commissioner Tom Sahlberg Unexcused Adjunct Noreen Johnson Commissioner Tara Cael Ops. & Maint. Director Jennifer Camp Excused Student Commissioner Srikar Surapaneni Ops. & Maint. Supervisor Trevor Ragan Administrative Assistant Tait Hunter APPROVALS: Commissioner Schutz opened the floor to approve the January 4th, 2021 minutes. Commissioner Himebaugh moved to approve, with Commissioner Hill seconding. The motion carried unanimously. CITIZEN COMMENTS: No citizen comments were mau at this meeting STAFF REPORT: Trevor Ragan, taking over for Jennifer Camp tonight, opened the floor to updates from the commissioners. There was no staff report at this meeting. UNFINISHED & NEW BUSINESS: Commissioner Chamberlain noted that we did receive donations for the Winter Glow containers. Commissioner Schutz said she would reach out to inform him. ACTION ITEMS: Commissioner Schutz updated the commission on behalf of Commissioner Frank for the Liberty Lake Together Statue. There have been no official submissions yet from the call to artists. Council will not be updated until more details are available regarding costs, submissions, etc. Commissioner Hill updated the group on a few details of the off-leash dog park idea. She proposed the commis sion look further into the production of a potential park. Details such as dual entrances, separation of small and large breeds, signage, etc. were mentioned and briefly discussed by the commission. Commissioner Schutz not ed that the project would likely be pushed further out due to budget, when and if it were to be approved by Coun cil. Trevor Ragan provided ideas as location, shade and water source needs, surfaces and said the project would likely not add too much to the maintenance side. As a group, park enhancement ideas were briefly discussed. The commission lightly discussed possible events this year. Commissioner Himebaugh let everyone know that the official Friends of Pavillion Park group disbanded and duties from that group have been distributed amongst Kiwanis, The City, etc. Trevor Ragan noted that Barefood would likely be moved to the Symphony weekend. This ACTION ITEMS CONTINUED: would condense the events more and give us more time for event approvals. There will be no early spring events due to Covid, but we are hopeful to get more on the roster this year. Trevor Ragan let the commission know that there would be no spring clean event this year. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting concluded at 4:40 PM.