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Home My WebLink AboutPARKS AND RECREATION BOARD - MINUTES - 02/26/2025 (2) Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 1 February 26, 2025 – 5:30 PM 222 Laporte Ave – Colorado River Community Room 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:40 PM 2. ROLL CALL a. Board Members Present – • Nick Armstrong – Chair • Meghan Willis – Co-Chair • Josh Durand – Secretary • Ken Christensen • Marcia Richards • Paul Baker • Mike Novell • Lorena Falcon b. Board Members Absent – • John Mola c. Staff Members Present – • LeAnn Williams – Director of Recreation • Mike Calhoon – Director of Parks • Jill Wuertz – Sr Manager, Park Planning and Development • Kendra Benson – Executive Administrative Assistant, Community Services • Ginny Sawyer – Lead Project Manager, City Manager’s Office • Dean Pearson – Crew Chief, Parks d. Guest(s) - None 3. AGENDA REVIEW – No changes 4. STAFF REPORTS a. Ice Making – Dean Pearson, Crew Chief 5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - None 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 2025 a. Ken made motion to approve at 5:59pm, seconded by Meghan, all approved 7. CCIP UPDATE/CIVIC ASSEMBLY – Ginny Sawyer a. Identify Board Member to Assist in Civic Assembly Information Committee • Informational committee to be made up of 4 unique boards’ members, 4 community guides and 4 at large people who will look at every input that is given on the use of Hughes and will then select what is presented to the Civic Assembly team. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 2 • One member from Parks and Recreation board to represent – Lorena Falcon 8. SECC UPDATE – LeAnn Williams a. Received full support from City Council last night, this will allow for work to begin on the site sooner than expected 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None 10. NEW BUSINESS - None 11. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS a. Marcia and Nick went to State of the City b. Marcia walked the trails on “Bike to Work” Day c. Ken was downtown on Valentine’s Day and overheard multiple community members being sad about the downtown lights being turned off. 12. ARTICLES IN THE RECREATOR a. 2025 Fall/Winter Articles due May 23rd b. Meghan has a friend who has been involved in Civic Engagement for a long time in northern Colorado and thinks that it would be interesting to have an interview with her as an article for the Recreator • Could tie this in with Southeast Community Center and how her friend worked with the city when EPIC was in the planning and development stages. • Nick is supportive and offered to assist • Include how people can be involved and have their voice heard for this project 13. UPDATES a. Parks Update – Mike Calhoon • Ongoing problem with prairie dogs across multiple areas around Edora, including the disc golf course, Edora Park, the Utilities Substation, EPIC grounds and the adjacent Natural Area. (1) A large prairie dog colony had spread throughout the site, including inside the Utilities Substation (2) A Natural Areas team led an effort to manage the population, relocating one-third of the prairie dogs while the remaining two-thirds were humanely euthanized and repurposed for the Black-Footed Ferret recovery program. • All the holiday items have been removed from downtown. Team is working on preparing for the downtown flowers • Ranger staffing: have hired two, only need one more to be fully staffed. • Urban Forest Strategic Plan going to council for 2nd reading and should be adopted then. (1) Team is already working on ways to start operationalizing. (2) Posting just went up for the Forestry Planner position. • The recent snow allowed for set up of cross-country skiing tracks at golf courses. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 3 b. Park Planning Update – Jill Wuertz • 2050 presentation was at council on February 11th • Noise study for Pickleball complex just completed 2nd revision today • Job offer has been extended to a Senior Park Planner • Hiring efforts will be focused on the GIS position next • Working with Fort Collins/Loveland Water District to allow them to lease space in the Overland Park parking lot to avoid vehicles being parked on the surrounding streets. • Engaging with stakeholders • Veterans Plaza sign just finished • There is a memo on the Bike Park Feasibility that was included in the Agenda packet, this will be discussed more at the next Park and Recreation Board meeting. • Bid Schoolside Park near Bacon, project came in under budget. Signing contract this week after vetting over the last couple. • Project planning has started for Mosaic Park • Strategic Trails Plan should release the full plan for Phase 3 public engagement in March. • Transportation Fair coming up – March 6th at the Lincoln Center c. Recreation Update – LeAnn Williams • Farm project is wrapping up – expanded the barn and renovated the TACK building • Northside Atzlan (1) Front desk renovation is continuing, should finish in April (2) Next will be working on some sound mitigation and updating volleyball nets (3) Should also have third AV in this fall • EPIC chiller is at 30% design – looking at being a 2026 project. (1) Chillers are failing and causing lots of work for operation services (2) Facility operations haven’t been affected but the coolers are having a hard time keeping up with demand • HVAC at Senior Center is delayed due to shipping issues that is preventing the project from moving forward. • Special Olympics had two youth teams win at championships – photos on social media • No current staffing vacancies 14. SIX MONTH CALENDAR REVIEW 15. ADJOURNMENT: 8:45 PM Minutes approved on 03/26/2025