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2018_12.05 Parks Board MinutesKENNEDALE Parks and Recreation Board www.cityofkennedale.com PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Minutes REGULAR MEETING December 5, 2018 CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 405 MUNICIPAL DRIVE I. CALL TO ORDER Chairman David Deaver called the meeting to order at 7:OOpm II. ROLL CALL Present: PhD Wallace, Jeff Nevarez, David Deaver, Michael Chandler, Josh Hayes Absent: Gaiy`Swan, Donald Spikes/ III. MINUTES APPROVAL Consider approval of minutes from November 7, 2018 regular meeting. Motion to: Approve November 7, 2018 minutes with two corrections Action: Approve Moved By: J. Nevarez, Seconded: P. Wallace Motion Passed Unanimously IV. VISITOR/CITIZENS FORUM V. REGULAR ITEMS A. Nominate and vote in Chairman and Vice Chairman for2019. a. Motion to: Nominate David Deaver for Chairman and Michael Chandler for Vice Chairman Action: Approve Moved By: Jeff Nevarez Seconded: Phil Wallace Motion Passed Unanimously. B. Discuss and consider budget. a. L. Hoover stated that he would like the Park Board to review the list of items that he put together for future projects. The list will be presented to the City Manager when L. Hoover and D. Deaver meet with him. b. J. Nevarez asked L. Hoover to explain the email they had received in the afternoon before the board went over the list. L. Hoover stated that he and Melissa Daily have met with a representative of the National Park Service. They will be identifying projects throughout the City according to the Park master plan and help the City find funding for those projects that they identify in the near future. D. Deaver stated that the City had received a grant that paid for the National Park Service to do this survey for the City that will help move forward with the Park Master Plan. J. Nevarez asked about the possible expansion of Sonora Park and L. Hoover stated that this could end up being included. J. Hayes asked how long the National Park Service will take to complete this and L. Hoover stated that it should be 12-14 months. J. Nevarez stated that the biggest asset for gaining the grant with the National Park Service was the Park Master Plan that UTA students put together for the City a few years ago. L. Hoover stated this was correct. J. Nevarez stated that the students had done an amazing job. c. L. Hoover stated that he wanted to discuss one item that he did not add to the list yet. Every year the City has to add wood fiber mulch to all three playground areas. It's relatively cheap but it is a constant maintenance issue. He would like to look into possibly changing to a hard surface, all weather, long term type fall protection surface rather than the wood fiber mulch. C. Discuss Christmas Tree Lighting event. a. L. Hoover reported that there was a really big turnout for the Christmas tree lighting event. He estimated that there were 300-400 people there. The hot chocolate and coffee went well. There were only two people from KKB that worked the booth for the event, need to make sure next year that there is more help. Starbucks staff stated that they will bring more coffee next year as they ran out a little early. They also stated that they could bring more hot water containers for the hot chocolate next year. b. J. Nevarez stated that he was approached by Will, the guy who did the sound this year for Concert in the Park. Will is interested in doing the sound for the Christmas tree lighting event next year and J. Nevarez felt that the quality would be improved if the City used Will. L. Hoover stated that the lighting event is coordinated by Leslie Galloway and Will would need to speak with her. D. Discuss and consider KYA contract a. L. Hoover stated this is another item that D. Deaver requested to have on the agenda permanently. b. L. Hoover stated that he has not had any contact with the KYA president for a couple of months. They are due to reelect their people in January. They are supposed to report the new commissioners to the City in February. c. L. Hoover stated that the KYA contract renews automatically. L. Hoover hopes to have them at the February Park Board meeting to discuss some of the issues that currently need to be addressed. d D Deaver stated that he feels like the Park Board needs to meet with the KYA board to make sure that they fully understand the contract. The contract has not been addressed since 2015. D. Deaver felt that if there are things in the contract that KYA cannot complete then they need to approach the Park Board to address the issue so that the Park Board can do whatever they can to help them. e. L. Hoover will invite KYA to attend the Park Board meeting in February. f. The board felt that it might be a good idea to encourage a KYA representative to attend all of the Park Board meetings VI. REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. L. Hoover stated that there are two council meetings coming in the next week if anyone would like to attend. There is also a P and Z meeting on the 14's. VII. ADJOURNMENT Motion to: Adjourn the meeting at 7:30 pm Action: Adjourn. Moved By: Jeff Nevarez Seconded: Michael Chandler Motion Passed Unanimously Approved: David Deaver, Chairman Attest: Gr C Mary Gaza, }rk Board Secreta