06-25-2012 Minutes
SCHERTZ PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: June 25. 2012
Minutes
LOCATION: 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas
Bob Andrews Conference Room in City Hall
Board Members present: Dr. Mustapha Debboun, Chairman, Mark Davis, Samm Henness,
Harriet Higgs, Sally Macias, Patrick Russell and Fae Simmons.
Staff present: George Logan, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director and Sandy
Bryant, Sr. Administrative Assistant.
Others present: Robert Brockman and Joel Tanner.
Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Mustapha Debboun, Chairman at 5:30 p.m.
Hearin2 of residents:
There were no residents to be heard.
Re2ular A2enda:
Agenda Item No.1. Minutes. Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of
the June 4, 2012 Schertz Parks and Recreation Advisory Board regular meeting.
Motion was made to approve the minutes from the June 4, 2012 Schertz Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board regular meeting.
Motion:
Second:
Ayes:
Patrick Russell
Sally Macias
Patrick Russell, Sally Macias, Dr. Mustapha Debboun, Chairman, Mark Davis,
Samm Henness, Harriet Higgs and Fae Simmons.
None
None
7-0
Nays:
Abstains:
Approved:
Agenda Item No.2. Parks Advisory Board Recognition Committee Report. Dr. Debboun,
Chairman briefed the Board that Ms. Wendy Swan was recognized at the Tuesday, June 5, 2012
City Council meeting. Ms. Sally Macias accepted her certificate and coin and presented them to
Wendy along with a picture of the City Council recognition. Dr. Debboun, Chairman asked about
the possibility of putting the recognition request on our website. Ms. Sandy Bryant will check with
Information Technology to see what they need in order to put the form on the web site.
Agenda Item No.3. Parks Advisory Board Wish List for 2012 Committee Reports. The following
reports were submitted by the Committee Chairpersons:
· Auditing the Parks Master Plan-Chairperson Mr. Mark Davis. Mr. Davis will be meeting
with Mr. George Logan this month regarding the survey for the update of the master plan.
· Hitching rail and Horse Watering Fountain at Crescent Bend Nature Park-Chairperson Ms.
Samm Henness. Ms. Henness stated there is no update at this time.
· Skate Board Park-Chairperson Ms. Harriet Higgs. Ms. Higgs stated that Mr. George
Logan is working on this item.
· Mission Statement-Chairperson Mr. Patrick Russell. Mr. Russell presented the board with
some possible statements and the item will be discussed at the next meeting.
· Liaisons with other cities-Chairperson Dr. Mustapha Debboun. Dr. Debboun has had no
responses from other Park Boards but he is still trying to establish liaisons with surrounding
cities.
No action was taken on this item.
Agenda Item No.4. Youth Activities in Schertz. Mr. Logan said they have the draft inter-local
agreement with CCMA at the lawyers and hopefully it will be ready to take to City Council in late
July or early August. The Request for Proposal (RFQ) for the skateboard park has been reviewed
and should be going out for bid very soon. They are hoping to initiate the beginning of construction
in the near future No action was taken on this item.
Agenda Item No.5. Parks Proiects Updates. The City is working on the design for soccer and
baseball fields. They are going to need additional parking for the soccer fields so now there will be
twelve fields instead of thirteen. The old playscape is being demolished at this time. The new
playscape will be located between the Library and the YMCA. Mr. Logan will look into trying to
get Mr. Gaudreau to attend a Board meeting to brief the Board on all of the bond projects.
Agenda Item No.6. Parks Maintenance Update. Mr. Charles Van Zandt was not present at this
meeting so this item was postponed to the next meeting.
ReQuests and Announcements:
Agenda Item No.7. Request by Advisory Board Chairman and Board members for items to be
placed on a future Board agenda. The Board requested the following items be placed on future
agendas:
· Recognition Committee report.
. Wish list Committee Reports.
. Youth activities update.
. Parks Projects updates.
. Parks Maintenance updates.
. Parks Board mission statement.
Agenda Item No.8. Announcements by Advisorv Board Chairman and members. Dr. Debboun,
Chairman thanked Mr. Logan, Mr. Van Zandt and Ms. Bryant for their support. Dr. Debboun,
Chairman asked how things are going for the float for the 4th of July. Mr. Davis said he will be at
the parks office at 10 Commercial Place on Tuesday 9:00am to work on the float and welcomes any
members who can show up to help him decorate. Ms. Bryant will email a reminder to the Board
about the date and time for decorating the float.
Agenda Item No.9. Announcements by City Staff. Ms. Bryant stated the scheduled date for the
next Board meeting would be July 23,2012.
Adjournment: Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 6:15p.m.
Motion:
Second:
Ayes:
Harriet Higgs
Patrick Russell
Harriet Higgs, Patrick Russell, Mark Davis, Dr. Mustapha Debboun, Chairman, Sam
Henness, Sally Macias and Fae Simmons.
None
None
7-0
Nays:
Abstains:
Approved:
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