HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks And Recreation Board - Minutes - 05/25/1978PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes of Meeting held July 25, 1978
The Advisory Board Meeting for Parks and Recreation was held July 25, 1978.
Those present were:
Charles Basham, Charles Mayhugh, Eldon Ghent, Grant Reed, Dwain Miller,
and Ken Nelson
Staff Members present were:
Rick Bott, Tom Frazier, Chuck Aimsworth, Tim Buchanan, Virg Taylor,
John Houston, and H.R. Phillips
The meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman, Dwain Miller, at 7:40 p.m.
Minutes of the June meeting were approved as submitted.
Time was spent reviewing the proposed budget, which is being prepared for
submission to the City Manager. Some of the specifics covered include:
Cemetary - Increases will be required in the areas of payroll and in equipment
rental. Extra monies will be requested for week spraying and for straightening
and resetting monuments. A request is also being made for a new shop building
to replace the old one.
Recreation - Budget for 1978 was $666,000. Actual expenditures for 1978 are
estimated at $705,000. Proposed budget for 1979 is $869,000. Some of the
increase required for expansion of the Senior Citizen program and the sports
programs. An additional person is needed for the outdoor recreation program.
Also, the additional activities through the new Northside Community Center.
Tom wants more concentration on youth fitness programs.
Open Space - Small increase being requested in staff for additional development
and maintenance of the program.
Forestry - Requesting some increases to cover additional seasonal personnel and
increased equipment rental fees. There will also be several new landscape
plantings required for new areas and new facilities. Additional monies will
also be required for maintenance of the ever expanding areas.
In this regard, Charles Basham moved that the Advisory Board request that
the City Council separate the budget to show maintenance cost of the downtown
area as an individual line item. Seconded by Charles ifayhugh„ The concern
was that the maintenance cost was so significant for this service and everyone
realized that it is a high priority service on the part of the City, that it
could have a very adverse effect on the overall department's budget, and other
programs might not get funded if everyone was not completely aware of the
allocation required for the downtown area. Motion passed 3 to 2.
Parks - Total budget request will be up 33% over 1978. Required to fund
significant increases in staff and in equipment rental fees. Some expansion
and improvements on the park shop are being requested. It includes $115,000
in new equipment requests; also reflects high maintenance costs in 15 non -
park areas.
Charles Basham asked if budget requests would be made for converting present high
cost median maintenance areas to low cost maintenance areas. H.R. agreed that
it was a problem, and would be addressed in the general budget category.
Capital Improvements - H.R. passed out a sheet showing estimated costs of park
aquisitions for the next five years. Costs reflect considerably higher land
costs than what most of us have been accustomed to in the past. This is causing
some problems in getting council approval to proceed. H.R. hopes to get some
approval and the necessary fiends to go out and negotiate deals to acquire
some of this new park space. He also reviewed the -proposed expenditures for
development of new park areas proposed for 1979. Parkland fee collections are
estimated at $300,000 for 1978.
Agreement was reached to elect new officers at the September meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kenn th Nelson `
Acting Secretary
NOTE: There will be no meeting in August.
NEXT MEETING: September 12th - 7:30 P.M.
Downstairs Conference Room - 145 E. Mountain Avenue
AGENDA:
1. Election of officers
2. Discuss Edora Park Pool
3. Review 1979 proposed budget