Board of Park Commissioners

BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES City Hall, 11th Floor Park Conference Room 455 N. Main Wichita, KS 67202 September 12, 2016 3:00 pm Present: Ron Allen, Chris Clark, Cindy Claycomb, Tori Deatherage, Chris Highfill, Hoyt Hillman, Troy Palmer Also Present: Troy Houtman (Director, Park & Recreation), Elizabeth Harlenske (Assistant City Attorney), Penny Garding (Clerk), Councilmember Pete Meitzner, Councilmember James Clendenin, Keith Gunter, Steve Blaske,Shana Appelhanz, Tom Monahan, Colin O'Bryan, Michelle Haun, Matt Townsend, David McGuire, Troy Hendricks, Greg Olmer, Stacey Hamm, Evelyn Turner, Theresa Wells-Sjogren, Scot Rigby, John Philbrick (staff), Richard Schodorf, Cindy Renard, Greg Ferris, Leon Lungwitz, Debbie Burch (Golf Advisory Committee) Deatherage called the meeting order at approximately 3:03 pm. PUBLIC AGENDA NONE REGULAR AGENDA Item 1: Approval of Minutes Motion by Hillman, second by Claycomb, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to approve, sign and file the minutes of the August 8, 2016 Board of Park Commissioners Regular Meeting (7-0). Item 2A: Golf Advisory Committee Motion byl____ -; second by!-- -- i ITWAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to move Item 2A to the end of New Business (7-0)_ Item 28: Fee Waiver/Reduction Policy Houtman stated last month we talked about the situation of getting so many requests for fee waivers. am giving things away and not even collecting fees. We want to start having this discussion. We did research through the Law Department and have drafted a policy. Next month we will be prepared to discuss the policy. Item 2C: CIP Projects & Annual Implementation Plan Houtman stated we promised Council every year we will bring them a list of CIP projects that coincide with our master plan. Next month we will be presenting our CIP projects for 2017. Each individual project will still need to go to Council for their review and approval. It is best if we have a calendar and a list of projects that we are going to be doing. Larry Hoetmer will do a presentation of alrcompleted 2016 projects, whatwe closed out and whafis left over, and what we have for 2017. We will.send out the list as soon as we have it, prior to the meeting. BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September 12, 2016 Page 1 of10 Item 20: Stryker Sports Complex Houtman stated this is an interesting project that has come onto the table for discussion. Nothing has been decided on or approved. There was a newspaper article regarding what is happening at Stryker. There are a.few folks who want to ask questions and interesfed.in knowing what was discussed. The idea is to expand Stryker Sports Complex and look at changing the grass fields into turf for year round use. We are also looking at the possibility of some baseballfields. This is tourism sports and.will have an economic impact by bringing in out of town guests and hosting them for some great sports events; primarily youth sports. There are no concrete decisions yet. The big item would be the funding, that would be through Star Bonds through. State. Hillman inquired if there are any public/private partnership opportunities. Houtman responded there is discussion of having some partnership to run and operate it, but no deals have been struck yet. Alien inquired if they are talking about multi-use.fields. Houtman responded yes, we would like to host tournaments for rugby, lacrosse, football and soccer. We purchased some football goals that are .portable that can be used out there. There is the potential for having other tournaments such as archery out there. We have been working with Visit Wichita, who has people that promote Wichita, to bring in tournaments. Clark asked if there is any deadline or expectation on when things need to move forward. Houtman responded there has not been a deadline set yet, it is a moving target. The funding is the critical part. Once that gets resolved, then there is more discussion to have and. decisions to make. Item ZE: Heller's Park This item is .tabled until the October 10, 2016 meeting. Item ZF: Hyatt Sale Quit Claim Deed Philbrick provided a handout illustration to the Board. In 1972, when the Civic Center was platted, there were two lots deeded to the Board.of Park Commissioners·(outlined in red on the illustration). In i996 part of the Civic Center South Addition was re-platted the East Bank Development Addition. The East Bank Development Addition is a two lot plat, the Century II Complex andthen the property west of CII to the river, which includes the Hyatt, A Price Woodard Park and green space. We are selling a piece of that parcel and because they did not spell out the specific.ownership both the City and Park Board appear on title. We are asking the Park Board to approve a Quit Claim Deed relinquishing any rights the Park Board has to the Hyatt parcel. The Hyatt property line is outlined in purple.on the illustration. This isjust a clerical item to clear up title issues preparatory to closing. Clark asked to clarify there is nothing happening to the property highlighted in red on the illustration. Philbrick responded nothing at all. Claycomb asked to clarify this does not include the south lawn ofthe Hyatt. Philbrick responded it does not. The Hyatt sale parcel if it continued on around to the south, we are keeping the lawn, the water wall and all the river front. We are basically looking forthe approval ofthe Quit Claim Deed. Motion by Hillman, second by Clark, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to approve signing of the Quit Claim Deed (7-0). Motion by Deatherage, second by Oark, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to.move Item 2A before Item 2G (7-0). Item ZA: Golf Advisory Committee Houtman stated we had some interest in making this a joint meeting to discuss items pertaining to golf. Part of the concern is that possibly the Park Board has not been as involved as they could/should be with golf. We want to give the Golf Advisory Committee (GAC) the opportunity to share their concerns. They have an agenda of items they would like cover. Houtman turned the floor over to Richard Schodorf, the designated spokesperson for the Golf Advisory Committee. Schodorf stated they have done a little research into the Enterprise Fund and how it is defined under BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September 12, 2016 Page 2 of 10 Kansas law and the legal requirements to be an enterprise fund. A lot of times they are treated as just extensions of differentagencies·ofthe city. The reality is the laws are particular and if you do not adhere to them, the State will shut it down. The way·it works, the fund is a vehicle for providing goods and services to the public. The funds to provide those goods and services is provided completely through fees and revenue generated from the individuals who undertake the activities. The statute states that the maximum the fund can spend is 100% of the revenue they bring in during a given year, plus any carry over from prior years. They are ncit allowed to operate in a deficit; that would create a disqualification from being an enterprise fund. The GACwas started when City Council was looking at the business of golf in the City. They said changes need to be made we are not hitting the mark. The GACwas created to advise the Park Board and City Council with recommended changes. We feel there is not a good relationship back and forth with communication. Nationwide, a golf course closes daily. We are not growing new golfers;. 90% quit after their first round. If we don't grow, we will have to close courses. We have a relationship with City Council and Auburn Hills. The goalwas to bring in tax base. It brought in a lot of money. There is a resolution passed by ttie City that says the City will reimburse the golf fund $2M. That has never been acted upon. We have decisions to make regarding one of our courses that is losing about $170,000 annually. We would like to look at repurposing that, trying to figure out how to make things work. The City of Wichita arbitrarily changed.the amortization on our equipment purchases from 10 to 15 years; That is making the golfers subsidize Public Works, which is not legal under the golf fund, we have to be a separate business entity. We want to create or define a relationship with the Park Board and the City, where we look at the business of golf. We are trying to make the right decisions, We are not sure we know how to advise you and we are not sure the Park Board .has done a good job of looking at what we do as a business. Your avocation and direction is parks which is totally different than the way we are set up. We came up with the sale of property at Clapp Park that we passed unanimously. It was voted down by the Park Board, but there was nothing coming back to us. We have done a lot of things trying to make it work. There are a lot of reasons, but the question is "What are we going to do?" Maybe a subcommittee gets with us, there has.to be some mechanism. Houtman commented there are a lot of things being done in the short term to grow revenue. But it has been with limited success. In the-futurewe will be talking about spending time planning for the future of our parks. We are shuffling along with a year-to-year or two-year plan. It is kind of the same with golf. There are.things affecting golf on a daily basis. This summer is a great example with all the rain. We had some great expectations for revenue this past spring. When we looked at purchasing golf carts we were ·going to be borrowing money from another department. When we determined we were not going to be able to make those payments back, along with some environmental_issueswith the gas golf carts, we pulled the item. We are back to needing to reinvest but not having a solid plan on how to do that, other than just looking at our debt and saying we've got to pay our debt payments. The golf group is creative and trying everything possible to raise funds. Ferris stated Schodorf alluded to $2M at Auburn Hills, what do we owe the debt servicefund, $4M? Hendricks responded about $5.SM. Ferris stated if youtake the $2M that the City owes (a voted on action of the City Council) from the General Fund into Auburn Hills they don't have to give us any money. They could just reduce the debt service by $2M and re-amortize that over a 20 year period, the amount of extra capital the golf courses would do some of the things needed atthe golf courses. Auburn.Hills is increasing while everyone else is decreasing. Auburn.Hills.is perfect; Mac and Clapp have issues. Golfers go where the conditions are best, even though Auburn.is more expensive and a little harder, people go where the courses are great. I would like for you to find out where the $2M is and why did it not get allocated. When I bring friends to play it is embarrassing putting them in 15 year old carts. Instead of spending money maintaining old equipment, you would break even on savings with new carts. Park Board needs to be involved in these two things because you are the Council appointed representatives. BOARD OFPARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September12,2016 Page 3 of 10 Hillman inquired if that was when Ferris was on the Council and if he has the records that show that. Houtman commented it is not as if staff has not looked into this. Feedback from Finance. is that they have. already provided that $2M back to us. It needs to be looked at due to differences of opinion. It would be best if we have the Finance Department come explain to us. Schodorf stated these are two hot issues, but they are not the only issues. There needs to be a system for when we look at and analyze situations.and have issues that need to be decided on if we are to operate like a business. The first thing we hear is raise .fees, which should be the last thing. If we are subsidizing Public Works that is.double taxation for golf players. We run out of carts at a lot of the courses. If we can't borrow the money; where can we get it? Houtman added staff is in favor of reinvesting in the infrastructure and operations of the golf courses. Where do we get the funds to pay for it? How do we pay it back? We understand the concern regarding our operations with Public Works. We have already paid those vehicles off many years ago and We are paying into a system that is rewarding other folks to maintain their carts. Public Works is looking into a plan, but it is slow. One thing to be careful about is you also need to look at the support to golf from other areas of the department. We provide opportunities for repairs, upgrades, maintenance and operations. We agree we have met our obligation to Public Works and they are aware. Park Administration has used general fund dollars to support golf as well. Schodorf added we are looking at the budget and having to.make business decisions, if we are subsidizing, the bottom line is it needs to be run as a business and we have to make choices. We were set up to look at choices, how do we decide if we have a course not making money, is there a different model. Are we evaluating fairly and making the right decisions for our community and golfers. We want Park Board in our corner and us to get you the information. Then you look at it, vote on it and if it makes you happy, you take it up the chain. Enterprise is not part of Park Department, we need to be looking at it. Using Auburn Hills as an example, there were other things promised that were not delivered over and above the $2M. They raked.in a ton of money, that coursewent way over budget for a variety of reasons. That course.is what brought the golf fund to its knees. Without that course, we have to look at it with a clear eye and say this is what it costs, this is what was promised and how do we take that fund and look down the line and not change the overall configuration of the golf community. Would the town support an executive course? Renard added that selling•off bits of our property is not the answer to improving the course. We do not all agree on that. Houtman added an enterprise operation is based on dollars.and cents, hard core business. It is different than operating our parks and other programs we have. The emotional attachment is different. We would like to spend more time looking at the data. In the future as we look at this, Mr. Hendricks will be guiding what direction we are going to go, it needs to be based on the bottom line and not emotions. Ferris added another possible item for discussion is if the golf courses should operate as an enterprise fund? We put more money into the General Fund than Park has to add. Sand Creek, one of the biggest competitors, is subsidized by City of Newton. When Clapp came up, it was looked at as a park and made a park decision and not an enterprise decision. Maybe it is time to take the discussion item back to City Council and ask for some of the revenue. Hillman stated he likes the suggestions and feels we do need to take a more active role and presence. He would be interested in participating in a sub'committee. Schodorf inquired if they could have a sub-committee ofthis board. T.hen we would have someone we BOARo·oF PARK COMM.ISSIONERS MEETiNG September 12, 2016 Page_4 of 10 could sit down and say this is what we are looking at and would get something back. Right now we read about·itin the paper. Clark added in terms of the relationship between the Park Board and the GAC, I have good faith in the Committee's decisions. If there are urgent items or things that need to happen, he would appreciate recommendations and pushing more items to Park Board to.vote on and then provide feedback back to the GAC. Deatherage added Hendricks provides updates from the Committee at each meeting. She then inquired if the Committee formalized specific items they wanted the Park Board to know. Farris responded yes, they make motions and send them. They assumed they were coming to the Board in that form. Schodorf added part of the deal with Clapp Golf Course was an overall view of the problems of golf in Wichita as a business. We incorporated that into what we were going to do with the money and how that was going to move the process. That is the part that is most disappointing. We understand that you didn't wanna sell the corner, but we never addressed the remaining issues about what to do with the money as opposed to we are still in trouble. The issues did not go away. Claycomb stated when the Golf Advisory Committee was created we had a strong focus on golf. What has happened is the Park Board has gotten lax in the connection between the GAC and Board. We see the minutes from the meeting. We don't always discuss them at Park Board meetings. How do we want to restructure our relationship? Schodorfstated when it was first started there were two issues. The first being a recommendation from the City Manager to close Clapp; and secondly, looking at privatization of the golf courses. We recommended we keep them and try to make things work. We still need to come up with ideas. How do we get from where we are? We don't have a vision and a plan. Hillman stated he doesn't know .what other. structures are available. But we need to address these issues. Farris added when golf was doing 200,000 rounds a year there was never an issue. In.a bad year we are still doing 150-160,000 rounds. That is a lot of people going through a park system. Schodorf stated. if we could keep 50% of the people who took lessons we would not be in trou.ble. We've got them interested but we can't keep them. Houtman added this reminds him of the Aquatics Master•Plan where we have several pools not being fully utilized. There are similarities in the golf courses. We need to figure out a way to u.tilize resources to their fullest potential and reduce expenses. That takes some tough discussions·and making hard decisions. If we don'.t soon, we will lose the golf courses. Until we have plans and plans to execute them, it takes time. Lungwitz added we need to convince the City people that golf is important. When he plays with his group, the biggest comment he gets iswhen are we getting new carts. These other I.ittle itty-bitty cities have nice carts. If you want seniors to continue golfing you need carts .. He came on the committee because there was an emphasis on the courses. Now that the problem is solved, it is on the back burner again. We have nice courses they just need some work. We need some vision. What are you asking us to do? Renard stated golf carts are a big revenue item. They would pay for themselves. BOARD of PARK-Co'MMISSIONERS MEEilNG September 12, 2016 Page 5 of 10 Claycomb added it is not just cost, but there are environmental concerns with the gas versus electric. Council raised the issue and pulled the item. Houtman added emissions had never been.an issue, and did not evaluate the pros and cons of electric versus gas. There are hard opinions and we could not get quality information to Council to answer those questions. The other item way paying back.the.loan. I could not say this loan will be paid back in three years. Ferris commented it is a mistake to pay back this loan in three years. Gas carts have a useful life of 10 years and you can bond ten years. Houtman responded he is working within his constraints. More support is always helpful. Lungwitz stated it is going to be a crisis because at the last meeting it was announced the price increase was going for new carts. Houtman responded what has to happen first is paying your debts. Schodorf added we are willing to do research, had we known it was going to.be an issue we would have done the research. When we look at a busi.ness plan, let us know exactly what the rules are. Why can't we bond the purchase? We believe this is a solid business decision and can segregate dollars coming in on carts. There is no communication. He has reached out to Council and left messages for four of them and have not received a call back. Claycomb suggestion, we as a Park Board come back together to reestablish the relationship with the Golf Advisory Committee and ensure we are at the meetings and bringing those things forward. Palmer nominated Hillman .to be on the Committee. Allen second. Claycomb suggest having an alternate. Schodorf added our rules state that we communicate by resolution? Can we set that same mechanism with the Park Board? Hillman· inquired about formal communications between meetings. Claycomb stated the committee would send a resolution to the Park Board, wewould respond and send you feedback. Ferris indicated it does not have to be a resolution, any motion or anything would work. Deatherage added it would be something more formal that could be given to Hendricks or the Committee representative to bring back. There is a spot on the agenda for it. Ferris and GAC thanked for allowing them to attend and hearing the concerns. GAC members left the meeting at approximately 4:10. Houtman indicated the Board would take a two0minute break. Claycomb . inquired who chaired Golf Advisory Committee.meetings. Hillman responded the Park·Board representative did. Clark inquired other than the sale of Clapp has there not been other issues to vote on? Why are there not more issues to be voted on if actions need to be taken? If they want us to push golf carts up to City Council, why is it not coming before us to take action? BOARD-OF PARK-COMMISSIONERS MEETING September 12, 2016 Page6of 10 Claycomb responded she thinks they assumed it was. Highfill stated we need to come of f break to move that forward. Isn't there something in the budget to buy golf carts? Hendricks responded in their budget there is $150,000 budgeted every year. Highfill inquired when was the lasttime we bought golf carts. Hendricks responded in 2013. Houtman added that $150,000 has a prior obligation to pay any other debts first. lfthere is money over that, then it goes for ca_rts, Hendricks added they also h_ave $185,000 budgeted to buy equipment for the golf courses. Claycomb inquired if w_e have to pay the debt service first before we can spend that money? Houtman inquired what the bottom line was at the end of last year. How much money did we have? Hendricks responded by_the time they charged.all the debt services we ended up with about $200,000 to start the year. We need that for operating costs. Highfill confirmed we are at $5.8 million in debt. Allen asked about cost per cart. Hendricks responded the gas carts we were looking at were used for one week out of the year and they are being sold with a $400 discount, which makes them $4,100. Then they were taking.thel04 carts we were trading in. We were pushing for gas so that we could send it right back out and not have to put it on the charger. When we need to replace batteries it is about $600-$650 for a set of batteries. Over the lifetime of these 15 year old carts, we have replaced batteries three or four times, we have paid $2,500 more on that cart. Palmer added the problem·with the gas carts is there is only one company that sells them. Hendricks responded there are two companies but one does not have an engine that meets our required specs of three years proven service. Palmer responded with electric carts we have multiple options. Hendricks responded yes, but in the long run the overall expense the gas is more efficient. Highfill asked how many carts we have. Hendricks responded at Tex Consolver the fleet is 60. There are 60 at Sim and Mac. Auburn Hills has 72 and Clapp has 48. Claycomb inquired if the Golf Advisory Committee had a discussion aboutcarts. Hendricks responded we had this discussion in January with the City Council on our business plan. Everyone has discussed carts. Have been asked to keep golf system sustainable. We have to find ways to generate revenue other than raising greens fees. Another way as they were alluding to would have been if we sold that corner of Clapp, reconfigured the course. We looked at putting in.a pitch & putt course. We have ground at Macwhere we could do the same thing. And also increase the storage capacity for water storage and get off city water. We don't have the ability to do that at Clapp. Allen inquired about losing new players due to being intimidated by the experienced players? Hendricks responded.yes. Hillman added about 10 leagues playing at Clapp. There is a lot of potential to lose leagues if cut 1:o 9- BOARD OF flARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September12,2016 Page 7 of10 holes. Hendricks responded no one suggested cutting to 9-holes. Claycomb asked for a vote on the motion.to have Hillman be the Park Board Representative chairing the Golf Advisory Committee. Motion by Palmer, second by Allen, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED that Hillman would serve as the Park Board Representative to the Golf Advisory Committee and chair those meetings. (7-0). Item 2G: Park Board Elections Hillman presented the slate of officer nominations: Claycomb for President and Hillman for First Vice President. Deatherage was added as nominee for Second Vice President. Motion by Highfill, second by Palmer, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED to accept the slate of officers as Claycomb for President, Hillman for First Vice President, and Deatherage for Second Vice President (7- 0). Item 3. Continuation of Prior Business NONE. Item 4A. Recreation Update (Greg Olmerl Olmer presented a summary of summer events and highlighted the breakdown of revenue and activities. We host two summer camps. Our main full-day camp is Summer of Discovery. It brought in $220,092, r_ough_ly about 92% of our budget. We did one less week due to this year's school calendar. If we had that week we would have surpassed last year's numbers. Summer Activity Camp saw a substantial decrease in revenue; however, participation was up. Over time these two camps have become almost the·same thing when they were designed to be more opposite of each other. Over time SAC has morphed into an all-day camp; however the fees were substantially lower. Nine times out of 10 people are enrolling in SAC because the fees are substantially lower. Evergreen expanded by about $1,200, Colvin doubled and Woodard was up substantially as well. We may have to increase some prices next year based on costs. Summer food service sites only went 10 weeks. We worked with the Kansas Food Bank - Fill the Gap program to extend the service an extra week. We workedwith Housing to apply for and received a grant of $40,000 to expand the program into next year. Aquatics increased attendance by 5,000 despite all the rain days. The largest" increases were at College Hill, Harvest and Minisa. The decrease at Orchard was·a result of the-collaboration with Wichita Swim Club for swim lessons and year-round training for life guards. We had free swim days at each location. Dog Days of Summer was pushed back by a week .. College Hill Neighborhood Association wanted to extend the pool season and offered funds to help with operational costs. Olmer shared attendance numbers for each of the pools for the season. Compared to last year we are moving in a positive direction. Claycomb asked to be reminded which five pools we are suggesting be closed. Olmer responded they are McAdams, Minisa, Orchard, Boston and Linwood. Allen inquired if other pools could handle the overflow from closed pools. Olmer responded yes. Houtman added next year we are closing McAdams. He met with the City Manager today and will go to Council later this month :hoping to get final resolution on the Aquatics Master Plan. There are three options. The City Manager has already placed us as a savings in the budget to close one of the pools. McAdams pool will close, but they will be the first to get a splash pad. Olmer will meet with the neighborhood to talk about plans and design and target audience. Allen added it would be a family­ friendly design with benches for parents while the kids are playing. He has.one concern and wanting feedback on the splash pad incident at Riverside. Did something happen with contamination. Houtman responded it was hand, foot and mouth disease and the whole family got it. They are daiming it came from the splash pad. No one else received any contamination, just the one family. We checked the BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September 12, 2016 Page 8 of10 water and it was within tolerance. It could have come from a surface. We never determined where it came from. We did spend a lot of time on itand the waterwas clean and within code and operating correctly. Parents also need to be aware of other areas where contamination could come from. Hillman inquired as to when does the County Health Department step in and provide support. Houtman responded they test water on a regular basis. They come in at the beginning of the season and check everything before opening and do random water checks. Dog Days of Summer had a good turnout. The City gets 20% of revenue back. Olmer shared information regarding the Pawnee Prairie Park stables.to be utilized.as a boxing facility. They would use two of the three tiers. We would use the third for programming. The lease agreement has been drawn up by John Philbrick and Gerri Ford. There will be a rental fee of $100/month plus they would be responsible for all utilities. Permission would be required from the Cityfor any building modifications. The group has insurance and all reference checks are good. It would be for a one year term and extended if needed. Houtman added that although the rent is low it is better than nothing. We would like to put those funds into a maintenance fund for the· building. Palmer expressed concern about giving away resources. Harlenske inquired about a liability release from City for injuries. Olmer will send to the Board electronically for review. The Council brought the request to Houtman, Item 4B: Golf Update (Troy HendricksI Hendricks provided the Rounds Report, We have received 41" of rain through the end of August. We have already had 9" this month. In 2008 we had 54". Friday's rain impacted us quite a bit. MacDonald Bridge #9 was damaged (picture provided). Park Maintenance came out and pulled the bridge timbers out of the creek and stacked them along the fence so we could reuse them. The also took out four telephone poles to reduce hazard. Hendricks has estimates being prepared. The abutments need repaired as well. It is an inconvenience for -players but workable. Rounds are down 4% from last year, but pretty good considering the amount of rain. Revenue is down 2% and expenditures are up 6%. Our net income.has decreased 43%. We sent out a notice last.week to staff that club houses need to cut staffing 25%. Expenditures are up due to chemicals being.up $17,000 this year. We had to replace two air conditioning units attwo courses. We spent $10,000 more·in cart maintenance. Other contributors are irrigation, seasonal staffing for club house and maintenance. Maintenance seasonal staff will be out the first week of October. We. have had some irrigation repairs, bufa lot of them are waiting until we get to November to do.main line repairs. We are over on the water budget at Clapp. We are trying to figure out where we are over, what things we can control and.how to increase our bottom line to make it.look better. Hillman inquired about getting the water bill fixed at Clapp. Hendricks responded when he checked, they indicated there was nothing wrong with the meters. There are a number of leaks on main line, but are not taking it down right now to fix them. Item 4C. Golf Advisory Committee Update (Troy Hendricks) See Item 2H: Golf Advisory Committee Item 4D: Wichita Parks Foundation (Chris Highfi111 Highfill stated they are starting the planning for the Red White and Boom event for 2017. Houtman has challenged the new committee to get together to be more of a committee. Houtman added they are looking at doing the fireworks at the Keeper of the Plains_. Looking at other events to fundraise and expand the influence of the Parks Foundation. Item 4E: OJ Watson Park Committee Update (Hoyt Hillman) Hillman stated the Kids Play Day is coming up. He is looking for a representative from the district to cover Watson. Claycomb inquired since we have a master plan in place do we need a representative. Hillman responded there are so many things going on, it.is stiUin transition, we still need a representative. Houtman added we still have several CIP projects going on. Next year we will be doing BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS ME£TING September p, 2016 Page.9of 10 an irrigation project. Then the following year we are looking at a new shelter for rentals, similar to what is at the County. Houtman stated he can provide regular updates and have Hill can come in with updates as needed. Item 4F: Aquatics Committee Update (Troy Houtman) Houtman stated he met with the City Manager today to talk about the three options we want to take to Council. We are pushing for five pools and five splash pads. We have been doing a lot of research and have a lot of information. We are just keeping the City Manager and Council abreast on everything. Item 4G: President (Tori Deatherage) None. Item 4H: Director (Troy Houtman) Houtman stated in October they are going to the national conference and hopefully getting our accreditation finalized. Item 5: Adjourn There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 5:05 p.m. BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS MEETING September 12, 2016 Page 10 of 10