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Home My WebLink About04-02-2013 (2) � . � � � . , � . . a � • , i. �� ' ' ,. � � � e • Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Yhinutes Tupsday,April 2; 2013 5:30 p.m. Auburn Senior Activity Center, Rotary Room I. (�II to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:35 pm by Board Chair Michael Hassen. Members present were Laura Keim and Greg Dobbs,tfiere is no quorum. Excused members were. Richard Artura and David Domenowske, unexcusetl members were]ulie Parascondola and Vicki Gitthvedt. Departrnent staff preserrt were Parks Director Daryl Faber, and Parks Seaetary Julie Mehl. Guest dtizen, Scot Pondelick. II. Minutes The minutes of the]anuary meeting were not approved by the Park Board as there is no quorum. III. Committce Member Input . � Greg Dobbs states that the playground equipment at Laketand Hills Park nceds to be replaced. DireUor Faber wiil take a look. Director Faber states doggie bags and signage have been added to the Lakeland ; Loop Trail. Director Faber shared that the White River mural (which was a wmmunity project with the Aubum Schooi District) has been heavily tagged with letters 10'tall and 5'wide. When the murel 4uas originally painted ._ they applied three ooats of graffiti detercent so we are hopeful it will be removable. It wiil be induded as � a Clean Sweep project. � ^ N. Correspondence/Public Input Scot Pondelick has noticed kids skateboarding near the Cavanaugh block in the parking garages and suggests a skate park in the downtown area. Scot alw asks.if we will be working wifh tFie.Aubum Valley Humane 5odety and using pet Iicensfng as a way to create dog parks, perhaps there could bean option on the petJicense applipUon where they could donate funds to go towards dog parks. Folks dould also be required W have had all their vaainations in order to use the dog parks. DaryF agrees ttiat could be a possibility. V. Old Business (Faber) Director Faberhas attended meetings with a Vletnamese group and an American group who are interested in establishing a memorial at Veteran's Memorial Park to recagnize the cooperation between American and Vietnamese troops who fnught side by side In the Vietnam war, If we can reach a concensus between the local American Legion, VFW, Vietnamese community, and friends of the existing memorial the project can move forward. It will then go through committees&counciL The project is being funded by the Vietnam communfty, mostly out of Seattle. Some of the issues were the height ot the flags vs. existing memorial and the language on the sign, The memorial was proposed to go in Olympia but hit a couple hiaups and now have moved to Auburn as we are known for our veterans ' service4 and support of veterans. Director Faber believes hIs role is to make sure:the memorial works well in the park for this great group of people. Kirig County City Health Profile handout—This data reviews the demographlcs and how they affect the health in each community. Ourgoal is to create programs by estabiishing trails to encourage healthy recreation. There is funding available through the Johnson foundation and others. The King County cities evaluated were Aubum, Puyallup, Kent,Tukwila and perhaps Burien &SeaTac. Some of the areas reviewed indude kids fitness, teen pregnancy and encou2ges the creaEion of healthy Ilfestyles through fun and games. There is some great demographic infortnation.induding Aubum vs. the King County norm. It was surprising to see obesity and hypertension inAubum is 5% above the norm. There isa sectlon which renks 25 dUes from worst to best and in Aubum diabetes ranks #1 and coronary heart attack ranks #2. There are a lot of health topia whereAubum ranks towards the worst end of the spectrum. We are planning to create programs with grant doliars extending trails and offering healthier snacks at summer camps. The Aubum teen pregnan.cy rate is very high so we wuld ufilize our Teen Programs and include healthy choices and more education along with the fun and games. There is data for North Aubum and South Aubum included in the report. Rerrton is hosting a fair where agencies can bring in healthy wellness vendors Including providers, litispitals, REI and have a resource fair to exchange information. The municipalities can then take the information end share/support withfn the community. In the past the Johnson Foundation granted us funds to use for smoking o�sation programs and we went to all the middle schools in town and spent 50 minutes in each dass educating about the heaith effecls of smoking. Brannan Park—We have received funding to replace the playground equipment and will gear it towarcls 3 —7 year olds so they have a place to play whtle otder siblings are playing basebali or fast pitch. We will also make turF improvements. We w(il be losing 3 acres of park land at Brannan with the Reddingbon Levy project but wiil pick it up in the North. This would be a great sfte for a dog park. Greg Dobbs asked a6out the river property transfer and Daryl responded it is still in prooess. The lake property purchase is complete. Grant updates—King Conservation District has grented the City$20,000 for marketing and publidty. We won a King County Youth Sports grant for$60,000 for a synthedc soccer field at Lea Hill Park,this is in addition to 1.5 million we received from King County. A city applied for a $20,000 Kaboom grant and did nothave a match so Kaboom asked us if we waMed to apply, and we reoeived the$20,000 for the Lea Hill Park, which will be�mplete in]une. We hope to apply fora $75,000 KCYS grant next year for ball field lighting. Last year we used a grant to improve the Game Fartn Park Tennis Courts, they look fantastic and are getting a lot of use. Greg Dobbs asked about the elevated area towards the.West at Sunset Park. Daryl states it wouid have to be something that oould be programmed and used such as courts or diamonds.. Auburndale Park—Needs to be master planned, Director Faber would like to add a dog park or 9 hoie beginner disc goif course. We may need to take a park tour tfiere to aid in decision making. The disc golf link is the most heavily hit link on the City website, iYs tremendousty popular and almost at a leyel where we should charge$2.00 per person. At times discgolf interferes with other park users because it is so heavily used. Parking would be an issue at Auburndale, ft issparse. Greg Dobhs asks if the So�th end of Rcegner park might work, Daryl states we need to make sure fYs going to worklong term before we commit. VI. New Business VlI. Departrnent Report(Faber) Arbor Day tree plaMing, April 24, 11:00 am at Game Farm Park, Daryl would love to see some Park Board members attend. AjJ$jJj� * MORE THAN YOU 1MAGWED ! . . , Volunteer Luncheon,Apri125, 11:30— 1:30, the Park Board,Tree Board and Arts Commission usually share a table at this ftin event. Ciscoe Morris will be featured this year. Clean Sweep will be held on Saturday, May 4 and Petpalooza will be held on Saturday, May 18. We are taking registrations for SummerCamps,TheaterCamps&Sports Camps. The Auburn Soundbites event fiave been moved from Fridays to Thursdays. We hosted a Bace tournament including 16 teams from Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Grant funds were used to purchase supplies to build the portable bocce courts in the gymnasium. Last week-end there was a"Seedsof Change°event at LesGove Park with 70 vendors selling market type items, holiday crafts and jewelry. They raised t6ousands of dollars for Childhaven. Ronnie. Beyersdorf's daughter organized the entire event which also included a wine barhosted by AI Lago Restaurant. The cars were parked all the way over to Grace Community Church. The after school basketball program has brought in a diverse group of kids, on average around 30 kids per day. The Late Night numbers are around 300 teens, up from last year. People a2 starting to paiticipate more than in the last two years, we are seeing registrations up and scholarship applications are down. Conservation futures through Pierce Copnty—DirectorFaber would Iike to begin applying for Conservation Future`grants through Pierce Counry as a portion of Lakeland Hilisis in Pierce County. VtII. Adjournment A. The meeting was adjoumed at 6:15 pm. Approved this � Day of l/�X . 2013 ��,�,�� Michael Hassen, Chair �o,�..� �-�-d.� a Daryl Faber, Director �j$U� * MORE THHN YOU IMAGWED