HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks And Recreation Board - Minutes - 01/10/1977UINS PARKS AND RFi'RESTIObi DEPA2'. Pla'NT
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."s nuary 10, 1977
On JFnuary 10, 1v77 i, z special s°aasion, the Parke and Recreation Advisor,
8^ard mat with City council i:j the Boaz3 Room of the ??irst National Bantu,
D sci%ueiva -raaa bald on the fi,70 areois outlined by ;.he Advisory Board. The
follOwing comtesats are tross of City Co°rici-"s. members.
1, BUDGET AND FINANTX.
Rick SuLm •- Parka and Recreation Board should have some avarenesss of the
budge: prior to the t:,'-T a it is given to Council. Clow much in the way of
recreational programs and parks can we afford in the next 3-5 years?
Chuck Bowling -- Development of youth in programs now saves cost of delinquency
programs later. Sliding scale has not Seen tried fairly yet; there should be
a more formalized plan for determining need and eligibility. Continuous hiking
of fees might leave .out people of media-+ income. Recreation programs should not
be expected to be sell' --sufficient.
Earl Wilklmoon - The question is rot how much recreation we want, but how
mu;,h can we afford. Parks and Recr•at.isn Advisory Board acts in an advisory
capacity to City Council; Parks and Recreation staff acts as advisors to Parks
and Recreation Board, City administration (Mr. Brunton and staff) should be
involved with City Boards during budgetary process and then present total budgets
to Council.
I.Y. PARKLAND PLANNING, AND ACQUISITION.
Peggy Reeves -- Land acquisition is most important as population grows.
Bowling -- There should be coordination between Parks and Recreation and the
Foudre Greenbelt Association. Should the Advisory Board be separated into a
Parks Board and a Recreation Board?
Reeves - Perhaps Board members could be on individual task forces and have
extra help from citizens and yet remain as one Board.
Suinn - Parks and Recreation Board members, within the 5 areas, could be
utilized in coolaboration with Parks and Recreation staff.
Wilkinson -• Parks and Recreation Board could have input as to specific
uses before land is purchased. Like Dwain Miller's idea of purchasing land
from farmer in advance of city growth; land then is leased back to farmer for
agricultural use. This plan benefits city by purchasing land at today's price
and is a selling point to farmer because he can continue to farm and not have
to pay the rising taxes as land incr ases in value.
111. LONG RANGE PROGRAMS.
Suinn - What determines what programs are offered?
Reeves and Wil`ciuson - Even though youth fees have risen more than adult
fees this year, adult. fees were raised in last one or two years.
Id. CAPITAL• IMPROVEPM7PS.
Reeves - has Parks and Recreation Board evaluated use of Parks and Recreation
building recently?
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V. PUBLIC RELATIONS.
Presentations of summer parks and recreation programs could be given in
the spring to PTA's and service clubs prior to summer sign-ups. Mention was
made of public meetings for citizens' views. Council members were in favor
of a bus tour as weather warms up for Council and Advisory Board members.
There should be emphasis on bikes and trails systems. Permission was given
to fund an updated citizen survey concerning parks and recreation.
Other suggestions from Council:
Review the Board's by-laws; make recommendations to Council should changes
be necessary re: number of meetings yearly, task forces, etc.
Check with Cultural Resources Board as to how their task force committees
are set up.
Items should be brought to Council that Advisory Board vanta acted upon.
There is a form in Board and Commission Manual for requesting help.
Council should use these five designated areas and respond to each.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Board, Secretary
Present:
Bob Hunt
Irene Toliver
Doane Beard
Gene Batterman
Dwain Miller
Dave Philips
Clara Donaboe
Earl Wilkinson
Dick Suinn
Nancy Gray
Peggy Reeves
Chuck Bowling
Bob Brunton
H.R. Phillips
Tom Frazier
Virgil Taylor
Randy Balok