Parks & Recreation Commission

Parks and Recreation Commission Monday, January 27, 2014 Parks and Recreation Office 6:00 PM Members Present: Bob Edwards, Mandy Owen, Roy Gunn, James Edwards and Jim Waldrip Others Present: Elaine Mayfield, Ken Smith, Dawn Collins and Guest Dusty Huckabee Call to order: 6:20 PM Agenda Approval: Mandy moved James seconded, all in favor. Minute’s approval: Roy motioned to approve and Mandy second, all in favor. Community Comments: None Update on Dog Park: Bob visited the Dog Park and interviewed 5 different dog owners and they requested a leach line, drain, pad or more gravel put around the drinking fountain because it creates mud; and they asked for a bench inside and a another dog bag station. Bob said he has $500 to use for another dog station. Elaine said the benches were on order. Bob asked Ken about the grass over there under construction, Ken said he had 9 extra rolls of sod from another project and he laid it there. Dedication on new Missouri Ave. Park: Lots of progress, grass is down and it’s looking good. The sign will say established in 1933. Ken saved some lime stone from the original park and has a mason giving him a quote to put lime stone pillars around the upright for the pavilion to bring back the native material to the park. Elaine mentioned Altrusa is interested in adopting the park and donating some money to get it named after them. They have only the small amount of $6,000. Elaine told them to fill out the paper work and bring it to the commission. Altrusa wants a couple benches with their name on them. A date of May 8, 2014 around 1:30 PM was discussed for a grand opening. Elaine will contact the principle and get her/his input on it. Discussion of Eastside Little League and Melendez Park: James said they play in the Jr’s league and it is played at Lions Hondo. He said their fee was really high. The agreement between the Leagues was that there was supposed to be 2 umpires for each game and each player paid an additional registration fee to cover that. Eastside paid $600-$700 to play on the Jr league at Lions Hondo and there was only 1 umpire and sometimes there weren’t any umpires. They didn’t refund any of the money and then canceled out the last two weeks of the season so the kids didn’t get to finish their season. If Eastside had their own park they could invite teams to play at Melendez Park. Melendez Park would need in fields, some bleachers’ and some fencing. Dusty asked Ken to get some prices for fencing and he would get with the Sertoma Club for funding. Unfinished Business: Great strides on the Planetarium. There should be a release for a job description coming out for a Director. New Business: None Consider and Set Next Meeting: February 24th, 2014 at 6:00 PM. Meeting adjourned: Meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM. Submitted by: Dawn Collins