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Park
Board Meeting
July 12, 2011 Kids' Shade & Fence Tabled Again |
PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE
MEETING OF THE
COLLINSVILLE PARK BOARD
TYPE OF MEETING: Regular
DATE: July 12, 2011
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
PLACE: Commission Chambers, Collinsville City Hall
106 N. 12th Street
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AGENDA
1. Call
to Order
2. Roll Call:
Larry
Shafer -- present
Pam Webb -- present
Ted Wright -- present
Fawn Ozug -- present
Rusty Poindexter -- (Absent)
3. Discussion and possible action to put fence around playground equipment
and splash pad area. -- Tabled after discussion (including
inputs from Commissioner Pam Porter who is championing this request for
parents with youngsters that might wander from the play areas). City staff
provided an estimated cost of $10,000 for a 4ft tall wrought iron fence.
Optons for full enclosure, a straight line fence only on the parking lot
side, and no fence at all were discussed.
4. Discussion and possible action to put shade features over playground equipment. -- Tabled after discussion with a request for a presentation by Tarapad? who city staff had been consulting for information on possible options on fabric shade structures. Fabric material structures are apparently not normally designed for removal during the cooler months of the year (as requested by the park board at their last meet) but custom designs could be requested. Three structures (~$12K each) were discussed for the two new play ground equipment areas plus another for the swing set adjacent to the splash pad.
5. Discussion and possible action to consider non-smoking park options. -- Approved with the park board recommendation to the city commission to make the Collinsville park(s) tobacco free. Several local health organizations had representatives at the meeting to advocate for this change and offering free signs (as they had done for local schools) .One was Ronnie Neal with a Cherokee Nation health group. He indicated the Cherokee Nation might be able to help with signage also and possibly other potential health related topics in the park (like bike racks for example).
6. Discussion
and possible action concerning Charlies Park. --
No motion was made or voted on, but city staff (directed by Public Works
Manager Phil Stowell) would investigate further the location and condition
of equipment removed from the city park for construction in Feb. 2010.
-- related
coverage ... the park at 9th & Walnut
was donated to the city in 2004 by the family of Charlie Leach. The park
board (as early as 2009) had requested that the old playground equipment
(removed for city park improvements) be relocated to Charlie's Park. Pam
Porter indicated the city commission was also under the same impression
that the equipment would have been placed at Charlie's Park by now. The
only kids equipment currently at Charlie's Park is a single basketball goal
on a small slab. The fence to the east is also in need of repair.
A seconday issue of restoring the sign near the old playground (that was
removed in Feb. 2010) was also discussed. The sign indicated the Collinsville
Jaycees had provided the equipment in 1993 for a play area named in honor
of Kirby Rose Lastinger. -- Ted
7. Discussion and possible action concerning recovery of splash pad drainage water. -- No motion was made or voted on, but city staff indicated they would make adjustments (direction and flow rate) on a few water features to hopefully eliminate a small problem with some water draining over the top south edge of the pad and creating a muddy area near the wooden fence at the south boundary of the park. The longer term question of grey-water reuse of the water (that now drains under the pad into a pipeline that empties into the former creek path futher east and downhill in the park) was discussed with park architects during the initial splash pad design discussions but not included then to stay within budget. This agenda item (which I requested) was to place a followup consideration of that effort (with a possible use of watering the softball field grass for example) on the list of potential improvements to be considered for prioritization soon.
8.Discussion and possible action regarding Trail Grant Process. -- No motion was made or voted on, but I did offer my opinion that the architect decision and pond or no pond decision needed to be made before proceeding further on this trail project. Pam Polk was not present but had apparently already approached LandPlan (the previous park architect) for estimates on this effort. -- Ted
9. Discussion of Park/Cemetery Budget. -- No motion was made or voted on, but again this was an agenda item I had requested to try and get a better understanding of potential funds available for park projects being considered. The park and cemetery departments (& budgets) were combined earlier this year. City staff to provide additional information later.
10. Park use status report. -- Phil Stowell reported there were 8 pavilion reservation made in May and 3 in June this year. The softball field is reserved for practice 4 nights each week. Spring and fall leagues apparently use the park softball field but season ranges were not available at this meet. A report (and request for public help) on vandalism problems at the rest rooms was released for both this web site and the local newspaper.
11. New Business. -- Discussions under items above indicated a potential need to consider (again) video survilance cameras to help with vandalism and also signs to indicate that pavilions can be reserved by contacting city hall. The monthly plan for park board meeting was shifted from 2nd Tuesday (due to conflict with city court for the large meeting room) to the 3rd Tuesday each month. That would move the next regular meet to Aug. 16th.
12. Adjournment.
Notice and agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted at City
Hall at 5:00 p.m. on Friday July 8, 2011.
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Angela McGinnis, City Clerk
Ted Wright comments in purple
Tobacco-Free Park Recommended
Charlie's Park Equipment In Limbo
Trails Grant
Budget
Splash Water Recovery?
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