MINUTES
PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
Monday, August 27, 2002
6:30 p.m. Council Chambers Conference Room
Municipal Complex, 2000 Highway 78 North
  

CALL TO ORDER

This meeting was called to order. Those present were Dan Chesnut, Leonard Esquivel, Anne Hiney, Lisa Williams, Ivan Holmes, Eugene Garner, and David Willey.

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

WYSA Board members were not present.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. A motion to approve the minutes from the July 22, 2002 meeting was made by Anne Hiney, with a change to #4 Discussion Item, "Staff briefed the Board of grant proposals and the proposed W.I.S.D. stadium near Founders Park." Lisa Williams 2nd the motion. The Board approved unanimously.

ACTION ITEMS

  1. Discuss and consider request from the Wylie Chamber of Commerce and Wylie Downtown Merchants to use Olde City Park and the Bart Peddicord Community Center for the Wylie Country Fair, per Section 78-150 in the Code of Ordinances.

Lisa Williams made a motion to approve the request for the Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Merchants Association. A 2nd was from Anne Hiney. The Board approved unanimously.

  1. Discuss and consider request from the Wylie Youth Soccer Association
    (WYSA) to use Community Park for the WYSA "Soccer Fest", per Section 78-150 in the Code of Ordinances.

Anne Hiney made a motion to approve the request for the WYSA "Soccer Fest." A 2nd was from David Willey. The Board approved unanimously.

  1. Discuss and consider the Preliminary Plat for the Southplace Estates Phase
    V and Phase VI.

Eugene Garner made a motion to approve the dedication and amount of money in lieu of dedication for the Southplace Estates Phase V and Phase VI. A 2nd was from Anne Hiney. The Board approved unanimously.

  1. Discuss and consider a new parks and recreation emblem.

The Board discussed many options regarding the parks and recreation emblem. The majority of the members liked the overall look but made the following suggestions:
Put the "W" within the top line
Move the tree and bench to the middle of the box
These suggestions will be presented to the Board at the next regular meeting for consideration.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

  1. Discuss future Parks and Recreation Board sponsorship of projects including construction of an outdoor wooden playground facility.

Anne Hiney presented information from various playground vendors and organizations regarding the community building a playground. Board members had the following questions for staff regarding the project:
What will the role of the City be in this project?
Contacting and researching other cities involvement in these kind of projects?
Staff will respond to these questions at the next regular meeting. Board member Anne Hiney will also be looking to present additional information at the next regular meeting.

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. with a motion by Eugene Garner and 2nd by Ivan Holmes.

 


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