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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Parks and Recreation Board - 1984 - 11/12 - RegularMINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD 1 REGULAR CALLED MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1984, 8:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT• Ken Browning, Chairman Mickey Christakos, Vice -Chairman Helen Johnson, Secretary Harold Weaver Don Proeschel Gary Edstrom Clint Miller CITY STAFF PRESENT: Mark Thorhton, Director of Parks and Recreation Trey Goodman, Recreation Supervisor I. CALL TO ORDER Secretary, Helen Johnson called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. II. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of Minutes of October 8, 1984 After a brief discussion, the minutes of October 8, 1984, were corrected as noted. MOTION: There was a motion made by Clint Miller and seconded by Harold Weaver to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried, 5 for, 0 against. III. DIRECTORS REPORT A. Comprehensive Master Plan Director Mark Thornton reported that the next scheduled meeting of the Comprehensive Planning Committee will be held tomorrow evening, November l_, 1984. The first pass on the plan for land use will be presented to the committee. Also, the goals and objectives will be finalized and hopefully by the next meeting, the Board can review goals and objectives established by the subcommittee. 54 PAGE 2 PARRS AND RECREATION BOARD MINUTES - REGULAR CALLED MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1984 B. The Parks and Recreation Board Members along with City Staff will make a trip to Austin this Saturday, November 17, 1984, to review the pool facility. The van has been borrowed from the Allen Senior Citizens Organization for the trip and will accomodate eleven passengers. The Board will depart City Hall at 7:30 a.m., for the four hour trip and should return by 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. that same evening. C. Greenbelt/Linear Park Study An update on the funding aspects was presented by Mark Thornton indicating the reception, follow up letters sent to prospective donors, along with the $50,000 donation from the McDermott Foundation and two checks from developers. Bass Development has donated $7,000, and Baker Development Company has made a donation of $7,000. Cash in bank totals $64,000 while several other developers having made the committment of $7,000 each. IV. REVIEW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SPONSORED EXPLORER POST FOR ALLEN YOUTH. In April, 1984, a presentation was made and approved by the Parks and Recreation Board regarding the establishment of an Explorer Post in Allen. Because this item had not been placed on the agenda for the City Council, and due to the high number of new Park Board Members, Director Thornton wanted to present the proposal for review. Because of budget limitations and personnel limitations, the age group of 13 to 18 Allen residents is currently not being served by the City of Allen Parks and Recreation Department. Feeling there is a strong need for some type of program for this age group, the Parks Department is offering the Explorer Post as a possible effort to meet this need. Mr. Dick Corcoran of the Boy Scouts of America gave a brief review of the program and the role of the City of Allen as well as the role of the Boy Scouts of America. He indicated the insurance premium would be $1.80 per participant, per year for supplimental health insurance recommended by B.S.A. He feels strongly that flexibility is key to 55 PAGE 3 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MINUTES - REGULAR CALLED MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1984 s programming for this age, and therefore the decisions for programming fall to the membership with the advice of adult advisors. Advisors would be recruited from Allen residents and would receive two three hour training sessions in working with young people. The Post would be co-educational, and membership would be recruited from the High School, local churches, and through advertisiing. Ken Browning inquired as to the cost of the Post to the City of Allen and Mr. Corcoran said that providing a place to meet would be the only expense. Since the City has use of the Old Middle School facility, there would be no fee involved. MOTION: Don Proeschel made the motion to recommend the establishment of an Allen Parks and Recreation Explorer Post, Clint Miller seconded the motion. The motion carried 7 for 0 against. ' V. REVIEW AND APPROVE THE CHANGES IN THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD BY-LAWS After a brief discussion on the changes made to the Parks and Recreation Board By -Laws, MOTION: Mickey Christakos made a motion to accept the by-laws as presented. The motion was seconded by Harold Weaver and carried, 7 for 0 against. VI. REVIEW PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR FORD PARK Mr. Terry Cheek and Mr. Dub Hurst, representatives from Schrickel, Rollins and Associates presented a preliminary site plan for Ford Park. They indicated that this was the first draft on the plan, and will be in contact with the Parks and Recreation Board following their trip to Austin, for further input on the pool plans. After a discussion centering on possible alternatives and general information, on areas including the playground location, parking, and courts, the consultant was directed to look at changes 56 that could be made to accommodate these comments. He would then bring them to the Board for approval. 56 PAGE 4 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MINUTES - REGULAR CALLED MEETING NOVEMBER 12, 1984 VII. OTHER BUSINESS A. Christmas Party Director Thornton read an announcement of the upcoming City of Allen Christmas Party to be held December 21, 1984, Harvey House Hotel, 7:00 p.m., and encouraged all Board Members to come. B. T.R.A.P.S. AND N.R.P.A. - Director Thornton passed out brochures on T.R.A.P.S. (Texas Recreation and Park Society) as an information item for the Board members. He also informed members that they had been enrolled as members of N.R.P.A. (National Recreation and Park Association) by the City of Allen. Board members will periodically receive publications regarding the park profession. The National Congress will be held in Dallas next year and the Allen Parks and Recreation Department will be involved. VIII. ADJOURN There being no further business, MOTION: Clint Miller moved to adjourn, Mickey Christakos seconded. The motion carried, 7 for 0 against. These minutes approved as read this %U9 day of'YpG°��, r , 1984. Ken owninqe Chairman HeldnJ Johnso S cre ary 57