Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia, WA 98501 Parks and Recreation Advisory Contact: Laura Keehan 360.753.5855 Committee Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:00 PM Room 207 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:02 p.m. Present: 6 - Chair Jim Nieland, Committee member Barbara Benson, Committee member Brock Milliern, Committee member Brian Tomlinson, Committee member Candace Jacobs and Committee member Maria Ruth Absent: 3 - Vice Chair Alicia Seegers Martinelli, Committee member Robert Dengel and Committee member Kimberly Bauer 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.A 16-1022 Approval of August 18, 2016 Parks and Recreation Meeting Minutes The minutes were approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT - None 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS Associate Director Jonathon Turlove introduced Laura Keehan as the new Parks Planning & Design Manager as well as the new liaison to PRAC. Steve Hall and Paul Simmons will hold their annual meeting with PRAC members on October 20 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss various park issues. The meeting will be held at Priest Point Park Maintenance Facility. Priest Point Park Trail dedication will be held on September 29 at 3:00 p.m. Staff is accepting suggestions for trail names. Citizen recommendations on the Downtown Strategy will be available for review on October 29. PRAC would like to review the recommendation list at their December meeting. City of Olympia Page 1 Parks and Recreation Advisory Meeting Minutes September 15, 2016 Committee 6. BUSINESS ITEMS 6.A 16-0993 Recreation Program Review Associate Director Scott River gave an update on the City's Recreation program. The programs range from athletics and fitness, youth and teen, special interest classes, outdoor adventures and facility operations. He stated the program has seen increased participation and revenue in the last several years. The report was received. 6.B 16-0992 Finalize Recommendation on 2017-2022 Capital Facilities Plan and Capital Asset Management Program (CAMP) Laura Keehan, Parks Planning & Design Manager, briefly reviewed the 2017 Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan. This discussion was a continuation from last month's meeting. The Committe recommended approval of the projects and Chair Nieland will draft a letter to the Planning Commission. 7. REPORTS - None 8. QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT AGENDA Add to a future agenda: presentation on the West Bay Habitat Assessment and OMPD Budget Update. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m. City of Olympia Page 2