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Home My WebLink AboutPARKS AND RECREATION BOARD - MINUTES - 03/26/2025 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 1 March 26, 2025 – 5:30 PM 215 N Mason St – Conference Room 1A 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:38 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 • John Mola b. Board Members Absent – • Lorena Falcon c. Staff Members Present – • Mike Calhoon – Director of Parks • Jill Wuertz – Sr Manager, Park Planning and Development, Community Services • Kendra Benson – Executive Administrative Assistant • Dave “DK” Kemp – Sr Trails Planner, Parks d. Guest(s) - None 3. AGENDA REVIEW – a. Meghan made motion to approve, seconded by Josh, all approved at 5:40 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 2025 a. Ken made motion to approve, seconded by Paul, all approved at 5:41 6. STRATEGIC TRAILS PLAN – Dave “DK” Kemp a. Asking for a letter of support from the Board to Council over the adoption of Strategic Trails Plan on May 20th. Nick will draft a letter of support for Board approval at next month’s (April’s) meeting. b. Board requested a clarification on how to provide feedback about the Strategic Trails Plan and suggested adding additional ways for people to interact with the trail maps to add comment. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Civic Engagement Update - Hughes • Lorena sent in an update via email as she was not able to attend the meeting. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 2 • Last week they had their first information meeting and in the meeting brainstormed ideas of organizations, people, and departments that they think that the civic assembly should hear from for their first civic assembly meeting. • Healthy Democracy is now organizing those ideas to then bring to the meeting. • Lorena personally saw a disconnect with how people truly understand the process and what is actually being proposed for the area right now. • There is a lot of uncertainty after hearing from a lot of people because they don't understand that it's going to serve so many purposes but everyone is arguing about one purpose. • First Civic Assembly meeting is next week • If the Board has questions on Civic Assembly, please email them to Kendra and she will compile them to send to Lorena b. Pickleball Feasibility Update • The noise impact study is complete. It shows that with noise barriers in place, the noise level will remain within the noise ordinance from 7am to 8pm. • Parks Planning is confident that with a few changes of their design they would be able to adhere to the noise ordinance from 8pm to 7am. The conceptual design will also naturally iterate as it goes through next level design and development review. • This has confirmed that it is feasible to build the courts at Fossil Creek Park. • This project is a part of the Community Capital Improvement Program (CCIP) process • Estimated cost of project is $3.4 - $4 million. This is subject to change based on ongoing review from CCIP and City Council. • Working with the Marketing team to update the city website with this information. c. Bike Park Feasibility Update • Presented at City Council last night, March 25, 2025 • It was highlighted that this study is separate from the discussion of Hughes land use. While there is consideration of building a bike park on the Hughes land, it is just one of 10 possible locations. • There was much discussion about the range of costs for a bike park depending on which land is developed. Some sites are already owned by the city, while others would need to be procured before development. Coast transparency and total cost were a key point of discussion. • There are many unknowns surrounding this that makes it difficult to provide an exact cost of the bike park. • City Council will review the 10 sites in an Executive Session with Park Planning after further evaluation of the sites is completed. 8. NEW BUSINESS a. Community Capital Improvement Project Review – www.fcgov.com/voterapproved/ccip • A survey is available on the CCIP site to gather feedback • Please encourage others to take the survey to provide more feedback for Council, helping them to make an informed decision. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 3 9. STAFF REPORTS - None 10. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS a. Marcia and Nick attended the Transportation Fair • Marcia appreciated the variety of city groups represented and the personal connections she was able to make with those groups. b. Nick hosted Founded in FoCo at the Senior Center. This was a 3-day event and Nick said that the Senior Center staff was great to work with. He noted that Aaron Harris was great support for a technical issue and provided excellent customer service. All attendees and presenters were very pleased with the venue and staff. c. The Super Issues meeting is coming up on April 21st, which will discuss “Which Wheels Go Where”. d. PVH turns 100 this year. Meghan mentioned that they would love to highlight Parks and Rec activities that are available to their staff. e. John played in the St. Patty’s Meltdown two weekends ago, which attracted many people from outside the City. Parks provided support for this event and managed it very professionally. 11. ARTICLES IN THE RECREATOR a. 2025 Fall/Winter Articles due May 23rd • Meghan has followed up with her friend and she is excited to be a part of the article and to be interviewed. Nick will work with Meghan to create this article. b. Josh has an article about the Poudre Trail connection in the current Spring Recreator issue. 12. UPDATES a. Recreation Update – None b. Park Planning Update – Jill Wuertz • Closed the job posting for GIS position with 145 applications received. • Senior Park Planner started this week. • Greenbriar Park tennis court and basketball court have been resurfaced. • An open house for Rolland Moore Playground and Tennis Complex will be held on April 24th. More details will be posted on the website. • Construction on the Siphon Overpass is underway, which will help connect the Power Trail and the newly built Mail Creek Trail. • Schoolside Park had their first pre-construction meeting and fencing will be going up Thursday. The project is expected to be finished in September or October, depending on weather. • Fort Collins Loveland Water will be utilizing the parking lot at Overland Park. • Xcel was granted access and is working at the Whitewater Park • The All Staff Parks meeting was today, with approximately 170 staff in attendance. c. Parks Update – Mike Calhoon • Applied for internal funds for additional pollinator gardens and weed steamers for Parks and Recreation Advisory Board REGULAR MEETING Page 4 playgrounds. • We have been testing robotic painters to paint field lines via GPS, which has the potential labor savings for staff. This could be used for tasks such as painting soccer field lines. • City Park has an ongoing project with Sheldon Lateral to improve reliability of water supply to the park. • Downtown flowers are creating an interactive online map for Oak Street Plaza, so people can learn about the types of flowers in the beds. This will complement existing interactive maps of other flower beds. • An additional Ranger has been hired • City Council adopted the Urban Forest Strategic Plan last month • A tree friendly solution has been found for the utilities going through Soft Gold park • The Urban Forest Strategic Planner job has been posted, currently has 27 applications. • City Park Nine had the pump replaced in the pump house by Sheldon Lake • Warren Lake is still having issues with the dam, so the water is low. Golf Division has rented a pump and is bringing water into Collindale until this dam issue is resolved. • Southridge just finished a 5-year pruning rotation which went very well 13. SIX MONTH CALENDAR REVIEW - https://www.fcgov.com/cityclerk/files/six-month-planning- calendar.pdf?1677855905 14. ADJOURNMENT: 8:54 PM Minutes approved on 04/23/2025