Board of Park Commissioners

w A Board of Park Commissioners Regular Meeting Minutes Monday, October 11, 2021 CITY OF 3:00- 5:00 P.M. WICHITA City Hall, 1st Floor City Board Room Wichita KS 67202 Members Present: Eddie Fahnestock, Chris Pumpelly, Philip Simon Via Teams: Members Absent: Tori Deatherage, Alejo Cabral, Troy Palmer City Staff: Penny Garding (Clerk), David McGuire, Reggie Davidson, Eric Houghton Item Descri�tion Call to Order Eddie Fahnestock, President, called the meeting to order at approximately 3:02 p.m. Announcements No comments at this time. Public Comments No Public comments 1 Approve Minutes Recommended Action: Approve, sign and file minutes of the September 13, 2021, Board of Park Commissioners Regular Meeting. MINUTES ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME. VIDEO RECORDING IS AVAILABLE HERE: Board of Park Commissioners Meeting October 11, 2021- YouTube 2A&2B Sunnyside Neighborhood Association Donation David McGuire: Donation of $4,500 from Sunnyside Neighborhood Association for Grandparents Park. This is for 2 picnic tables (one regular and one handicap accessible) and a multi-person sway swing. Currently there is a delay in equipment delivery. Would like recommendation to take to City Council for approval. College Hill Neighborhood Association Donation David McGuire: Neighborhood group started raising funds for the new basketball courts. 2021 CIP has $225K to replace three courts. Courts are approximately $60K each. When you add the $15,000 donation to the CIP funding, there will be enough to replace 4 courts, if bids come in like they have been. Fahnestock: Sunnyside is just a delay with supply chain and College Hill has 4 courts? McGuire: Yes, estimated for February for equipment and yes there are 4 courts at College Hill. Pumpelly: Could you describe the basketball renovations? Details? McGuire: Using 4-5" slab, removing existing and adding new goals with a glass backboard. Fahnestock: Once consent is received, will the project start right away? McGuire: Goes through a bid process and hire contractors. Guessing Spring. Fahnestock: Recommend moving forward to Council. Pumpelly and Simon agree. 3 Continuation of Prior Business No new updates at this time. 4 Finance Update No updates at this time BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2021 Page 1 of 3 5 Communication Update No updates at this time 6 Recreation Update (Reggie Davidson) August and September Updates Aquatics: Pools opened in 2021, staff reports capacity hit most weekdays by 3PM. Harvest & Minisa had the largest increase of attendance. Orchard staff won 2021 for the staff competitions. Boston: WSU Tech will host culinary program and offer classes for the public starting September 20th . Boston was utilized as an election site on August 3rd, both in-person and mail in ballots. Doing again on November 7th . Edgemoor: Pickleball is continuing to be successful. Average of 11 players weekdays and 15 on the weekends. Partnership with the VA Hospital to offer classes for the veterans. 66 attend the weekly yoga class during the summer. Linwood: Partnered with Girl Scouts on September 2nd for scout registration, 25 girls signed up. Closed on September 7 & 8 for power upgrade, old box was not up to code and identified as such after fire in April. French and Spanish were offered during the fall and highly successful, plans to expand language classes to include ESOL. Evergreen: Partnered with Sedgwick County Health Department and others to offer COVID vaccines and 55 were administered. Partnered with WSU Rowing team & Wichita Rowing Association to offer rowing classes-17 youth from Youth Horizons participated. Disc golf course is being utilized in mornings and evenings, bringing lots of excitement to Evergreen community. Tennis Center: Wichita fall pickleball tournament was held in September in partnership with Nahola Pickleball Club. Over 230 players were signed up from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. This is up from previous year. Woodard: Weekend class registration has increased. Tot classes are very popular with five classes being at 90% capacity and 3 being full. Rentals of Fairmount Community Center has increased averaging a rental every weekend and over $1,200 revenue as of September. 124 scholarships were available for summer camps and with the added flexibility to move funds where needed, 133 scholarships were granted to Wichita youth. 7 Golf Update & First Tee Fahnestock: GAC met last week, went over financials and went over RFP selection process. Had 7 proposals with 4 being moved to the interview process on October 28th. Park Board, GAC, Golf staff, Finance, Legal & Golf community will be part of selection committee. 8 Park Maintenance & Forestry (David McGuire) Conducted over 900 inspections, 197 emergency responses, and volunteer tree planting at McAdams Park, with 62 trees planted by volunteers. Pawnee Prairie Park completed playground construction. Installed pipe gates at the entrance of Keeper of the Plains lot, bollards around Keeper parking lot, picnic tables at Emery Park obtained by a 50/50 KDHE type grant, installed 125 cubic yards of EWF safety surface at Harrison Park, with the help of volunteers from McConnell Air Force Base, 270 cubic yards spread on the playground and parking lot restriped, as well as trash clean up. Assembled 14 new picnic tables at splash pads, supported Open Streets ICT with portable dog waste bag dispensers, designed and installed 5 traffic signs at South Lakes football fields, removed graffiti in Sunset Park, and retrieved table from canal and place in pop up park. Lots of activities planned for October, install 3 memorial benches in Chisholm Creek/Swanson Park, repair decorative fencing, install Adopt-a-Park signs, install gates at Seneca Park, continue safety inspections and respond to reported emergencies. Illegal dumping continues to be a challenge. Over 700 illegal dump sites have been cleaned. Phil Simon: What is the status of the bathroom repairs at Boston? BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2021 Page 2 of 3  McGuire: Locked restrooms and repairs will begin soon for next year. Fahnestock: Do we have someone on staff to reach out for volunteer recruitment? McGuire: Not on staff. Houtman brought on a challenge to create a program with baby steps being taken. Something organized and official. Davidson: We have someone that works for our larger events and/or programs. Pumpelly: What about challenging divisions or having them recruit? McGuire: Michael Mccorkle is a "volunteer" volunteer coordinator. He reaches out, follows up and keeps track of the work. Fahnestock: We, as a board, should talk with organizations. How much do the pick-up sticks cost? McGuire: Around $119 each, for a good one. These are heavy duty. 9 Wichita Parks Foundation Update Davidson: No updates at this time 10 President's Update Tori's mother passed away. There is talk of contributing $20 each with a card and flowers. 11 Director's Update McAdams Rec Center is transitioning to the Carl G Brewer Community Center, working with Communications team for web site, signs, and marketing material updates. Youth football league moved to South Lakes, working with South Patrol for security and it has worked well. Open Streets ICT was a huge success. Way more attendance than expected! Pumpelly: Could staffing issues be brought up next month? Adjourned There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 3:47 pm. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Monday, November 8, 2021. pennyGardig, Clerk ��()� BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2021 Page 3 of 3