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Home My WebLink AboutPARKS AND RECREATION BOARD - MINUTES - 10/25/2023 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting October 25th 413 S Bryan 10/25/2023 – MINUTES Page 1 1. CALL TO ORDER Nick Armstrong called to order at 5:31pm 2. ROLL CALL • List of Board Members Present Nick Armstrong Mike Novell Bob Kingsbury Marcia Richards Meghan Willis Josh Durand • List of Board Members Absent Ken Christensen Paul Baker • List of Staff Members Present LeAnn Williams – Director, Recreation Jill Wuertz – Sr Manager, Park Planning & Development Rob Crabb – Sr Manager, Parks Rachel Eich – Business Support III • List of Guests Linda Pejchar – Pickleball Andy Weiss – Launch 3. AGENDA REVIEW • Rob Crabb was introduced as the staff representative for the Parks Department • No changes or additions to the agenda 4. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION • Linda Pejchar (Fort Collins for Pickleball) o Requested an update on potential new facilities/courts for pickleball that could be coming to Fort Collins. o Jill Wuertz, Sr Manager of Park Planning & Development, responded: ▪ PPD team is currently working with a group and is in the very beginning stages of discussing a pickleball complex. Parks and Recreation Board TYPE OF MEETING – Hybrid Meeting 10/25/2023 – MINUTES Page 2 ▪ New complex would be a 12 court complex, fully fundraised through CityGive. ▪ New Landscape Architect is working through conceptual design and planning now; tying to different funding targets, goals, and other initiatives happening in the City. • Would likely be a $2.5/$3 million project, tentatively to be completed in mid/late 2025. ▪ Citizen asked what locations were being considered. • PPD team is looking at all community parks with a goal to have a public process to determine the top 3 sites. ▪ Board expressed interest in having City Give Director, Nina Bodenhamer, attend the January or February meeting to give presentation on status of City Give and pickleball funding. • Andy Weiss (Launch Skateboard) o Inquiring about the process for making improvements to the skatepark at Spring Canyon Community Park. o Seeking opportunities for the nonprofit to partner with the City (PPD/City Give) to fundraise and make improvements to the skatepark. o Jill Wuertz expressed that this project would fall within the Infrastructure Replacement Program and would be able to provide more details after the election. o Jill to set up a meeting with Andy (Launch) and Nina after the November 7th election to discuss potential partnership opportunities in more detail. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Marcia Richards made corrections to the board member reports. o Corrected Transportation Board to Bicycle Advisory Committee regarding the referenced memo. • Bob Kingsbury moved to approve the minutes as edited at 5:56pm, Marcia Richards seconded, all members approved. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Finalize 2024 Work Plan & Approve o Board members completed a review of the 2024 Work Plan and made final edits and additions to the draft. o Mike Novell motioned to approve the Work Plan as edited at 7:34pm, Bob Kingsbury seconded the motion, all members in favor. 7. NEW BUSINESS • Walk and Talks with City Council and PARD Field Trips Parks and Recreation Board TYPE OF MEETING – Hybrid Meeting 10/25/2023 – MINUTES Page 3 o Board discussed the idea of getting the Parks and Recreation Board out to the community with City Council to highlight new amenities or amenities in need of repair or replacement. o The Board would arrange regular walk and talks with City Council members in their corresponding district. o Goal is to build awareness of the status of Parks and Recreation facilities and amenities in the community. o Goal would be to occur once a quarter o Board would coordinate with staff to create topics for discussion: operations, maintenance, challenges, etc. o The board requested to have staff create a list of topics and facilities for potential future walk and talks and board meetings. • PARD Meeting Rotation Discussion o Expressed desire to rotate the location for future Parks and Recreation Board meetings. 8. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS • FC Moves/Bicycle Advisory Committee Report (Marcia Richards) o The Bicycle Advisory Committee will become the Active Modes board at the end of the year. o BAC is working on drafting an Active Modes Board Work Plan for the new year. ▪ Goal to focus on supporting recreational facilities and infrastructure for active modes, particularly for youth and historically underserved groups. • Mike Novell Report o Kudos to the staff at EPIC for coordinating and managing a busy day at EPIC with multiple events. • Junior Ranger Program Update (Nick Armstrong) o Followed up with Nick Peterson (PSD Community & Business Development Coordinator) to identify 5 schools likely to participate in a pilot program: ▪ Fossil Ridge High School, Zach Elementary, Traut Elementary, Preston Middle School, & Kinard Middle School o Request to scope out projects and maintenance work that would be done through the program. o Nick will discuss with Science and PSD Futures coordinators to identify next steps and potential job pathways. 9. RECREATOR ARTICLE SCHEDULE • Article will release in the Summer Recreator Parks and Recreation Board TYPE OF MEETING – Hybrid Meeting 10/25/2023 – MINUTES Page 4 o Deadline for article: end of January o Request to staff to update the list of Recreator topics. 10. OTHER BUSINESS • Recreation Update – LeAnn Williams o ARO special Olympics flag football teams to compete at the state championships. o Celebrating the SE Community Center partnership ▪ Will be building adjacent to Fossil Ridge High School o Small team traveled to Avon, CO to present for a $5 million grant opportunity for the SE Community Center facility. o Department is now fully staffed: ▪ Sr Supervisor, Ice added ▪ Onboarding Sr Supervisor, Facilities and Sr Coordinator, Aquatics o Treatsylvania sold out o Department is discussing timelines for the new software program (program should go live Q2) o ARO stats: ▪ 603 requests for planning inclusion ▪ 34% of ARO participants are reduced fee ▪ 36% of childcare participants are reduced fee • Park Planning & Development Update – Jill Wuertz o Award received for sustainability and environmental planning from the Colorado APA for the Parks and Recreation Master Plan o Onboarding 2 new staff members (Landscape Architect & Technical Project Manager) o Strategic Trails Plan RFP is set to go out. o Pre-construction meeting took place for the 9/11 Memorial at Spring Park – planning to break ground in the next two weeks. o Team will receive bids for the construction of Poudre River Trail at I-25 on October 27th o PPD team participating in numerous trainings and conferences. ▪ NRPA ▪ ADA Training ▪ ASLA Conference • Parks Update – Rob Crabb o Irrigation system blow outs in progress (5-6 week process) o Mulching and supplemental fertilizing work at sports fields and some newer parks o Security camera pole installed at Crescent Park ▪ Will be working with PPD team in the future to include those in Parks and Recreation Board TYPE OF MEETING – Hybrid Meeting 10/25/2023 – MINUTES Page 5 future park plans. o Working on staffing for newly vacant Technician positions o Presented recent numbers and data for Forestry and Cemeteries Divisions • 6-month Planning Calendar https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/files/six-month-planning-calendar.pdf?1677855905 11. ADJOURNMENT Marcia Richards moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:22pm, Nick Armstrong seconded