Min - 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.
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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
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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
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that
could
be made to
accommodate
these
comments. He
would
then
bring them
to the Board
for
approval.
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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
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