Park Board

Yukon Park Board Minutes Regular Meeting Wednesday , December 15 , 2021 6:00 P.M. Huckaba Building 532 W. Main The City of Yukon Park Board met for their regular meeting on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 6:00 p.m. at the Huckaba Bldg., 532 W. Main, Yukon, OK. Roll Call : (Present) Joe Edwards, Ward 1 Joe Baumann, Ward 4 Stephen Nelson, Ward 2 Absent: Cathy Wright, Ward 3 and Jason Hammett, At Large Others Present: Chris Lucas, Jason Beal, Andrea Griffin, Riley DeLong and Maddie Flemmons Item 1: Approval of the minutes Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Joe Baumann moved to approve the minutes from October 20, 2021. Stephen Nelson seconded the motion. The vote: Ayes: Baumann, Nelson, Edwards Nays: None The Vote 3-0 Motion Carried Item 2: Introduction of New Parks & Recreation Director Assistant to the City Manager and interim Parks Director, Mr. Jason Beal introduced Mr. Chris Lucas, CPRP to the Board. Chris proceeded with discussing highlights of his professional career, which included leading OKC Parks and Recreation Department as Unit Operations Supervisor for Citywide Programming. In addition to speaking about his background, Chris discussed why he was excited about the City of Yukon and Yukon Parks and Recreation, including a foundation that was already built by previous administration, in which he feels is an opportunity to continue that path and grow in many different capacities, a great staff that is incredibly excited to serve the community, and just the overall community of Yukon itself due their excitement and support of parks and recreation initiatives. Finally, Chris discussed his philosophy of maximizing the capacities of all of his staff members in a positive and professional way, so that each staff member was excited to be a part of Yukon Parks and Recreation and through that, excited to continue to serve the community of Yukon. Item 3: Upcoming YCC Programs and City Events Riley DeLong (YCC Manager) and Maddie Flemmons, (YCC Assistant Manager) discussed their upcoming programs such as Homeschool Cooking, Art and Woodshop. TLC Preschool, Beginner computer skills, Beginner Volleyball Skills Camp, P. O. Box 850500 Yukon, OK 73085 T: 405.350.8937 F: 405.350.7677 www.cityofyukonok.gov  Christmas Break Camp, Fly Tying Club, Kids Night Out, and Bunco. They discussed improvements made to facility over the past year such as paint, flooring, furniture, repairs to basketball goals, weight room, bathrooms and kitchen. Upcoming City events include annual Free Throw Contest, Dec. 29th, Diaper Dash Baby Crawl Contest, Jan. 15th and Daddy Daughter Dance, Jan. 29th, Yukon Chocolate Festival, Feb. 5th. Item 4: Updates on Parks & Recreation projects Freedom Trail Playground renovation, adding a pavilion and splash pad. The project includes many of the original people who helped design and were at groundbreaking years ago. Park & Recreation Administration building renovations started in September which included purging clutter, organizing, painting, lighting, building a wall to create a 3 office administrative suite, created a 4 person operations area for Special Events staff, along with downstairs conference room to be utilized for Park Board meetings, staff meetings, team building exercises and staff education. YCC renovations include camp room completed, flooring, bathrooms, lobby furniture, basketball goals, weight room and kitchen accessories. JCC renovations included fence, basketball goals, doors, retractable curtain, parking lot lighting quotes. Item 5: Yukon Community Center inspection results Purchase of the new foosball and pool tables were a hit with the public as well as the ongoing repairs completed in the weight room. Kitchen and camp rooms are completed and look amazing for the public to enjoy through various programs and rental opportunities. Updated bathrooms, flooring and furniture also have been added. Locker rooms need work and signage needs replacement. Item 6: Open Discussion Joe Baumann welcomed Chris and stated he’s looking forward to his new ideas, programs, events, progress in general. Thanked Jason Beal and staff for all their hard work moving the department forward. Stephen Nelson welcomed Chris and said he’s excited for progress, new ideas, improvements and moving forward. Thanked staff for hard work. Joe Edwards thanked Jason Beal and staff for all their hard work moving the department forward with improvements completed and more to follow. Welcomed Chris and his energy, new ideas for moving department forward. Excited about Freedom Trail Park renovations which include a splash pad to take place. Set date and time of next meeting 6:00 p.m. on January 19, 2022 P. O. Box 850500 Yukon, OK 73085 T: 405.350.8937 F: 405.350.7677 www.cityofyukonok.gov