Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Parks and Recreation Advisory Contact: Jonathon Turlove 360.753.8068 Committee Thursday, March 17, 2016 6:00 PM Room 207 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:04 p.m. 1.A ROLL CALL Present: 5 - Chair Jim Nieland, Committee member Robert Dengel, Committee member Candace Jacobs, Committee member Brock Milliern and Committee member Alicia Seegers Martinelli Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Timothy W Burns, Committee member Barbara Benson and Committee member Brian Tomlinson 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.A 16-0369 Approval of January 21, 2016 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS - HUB Junction dedication was held March 17 and had a great turnout by the community. - There are six applicants for the open committee positions. 6. BUSINESS ITEMS 6.A 16-0344 Urban Forestry Plan Update Urban Forester Shelly Bentley stated the City hired a consultant to produce a strategic urban forestry plan. The desired outcome was to develop a team approach to managing the City's trees. The plan revealed a need for more funding and staffing. The City received a grant from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to fund a contractor to work with the City to inventory and provide a GIS-based data layer of City of Olympia Page 1 Parks and Recreation Advisory Meeting Minutes March 17, 2016 Committee each tree location. The inventory will provide data to update the Master Street Tree Plan. Staff has inventoried about a mile at Watershed, Priest Point Park and Margaret McKenny Park. The report was received. 6.B 16-0345 Letters of Support for 2016 Park Grant Applications The Department is applying for six different grants. The motion was approved to craft letters of support for all. The decision was approved. 6.C 16-0346 Olympia Metropolitan Park District Update March 1 was the first meeting of Olympia Metropolitan Park District (OMPD) Board. The OMPD Board made a referral to the Finance Committee to create a process to fill the OMPD Advisory Committee. The report was received. 6.D 16-0370 Performance Report Update Associate Planner Jonathon Turlove presented the Parks Arts and Recreation 2015 Performance Report. The report was received. 7. REPORTS A. North Capitol Campus Heritage Park Development Assoc. - Committee member Seegers Martinelli asked if any members would be interested in taking over the liaison to the association. Committee members voiced interest in possibly sharing the meetings. B. PARC Foundation of Thurston County - The Regional Park Board Meeting was held in March and covered a variety of park topics. C. Artesian Leadership Committee - Parks Maintenance Manager Gary Franks updated the Committee on the port-a-potties and new items coming to the park. 8. QUESTIONS OF STAFF AND/OR ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA - None 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2