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04-27-2009 SCHERTZ PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Apri127, 2009 Minutes LOCATION: 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas Bob Andrews Conference Room in City Hall Board Members present: Chairman Mustapha Debboun, Vice-Chairman Deedy Wright, Aundra Davis, Mark Davis, Samantha Henness, Harriet Higgs, Sally Macias, Dean Midlick and Robert Wallace. Board Members absent: Jeffrey Siebert and Floy Simmons. Staff present: Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director George Logan, City Council Liaison Jim Fowler, Administrative Assistant Sandy Bryant. Others present: Robert Brockman, David Scagliola and Maria Scagliola. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mustapha Debboun at 5:35p.m. Hearing of residents: There were no residents to be heard. Regular A~enda• Agenda Item No 1 Approval of the minutes from the January 26 2009, March 2, 2009 and March 23 2009 Schertz Parks and Recreation Advisory Board regular meetings. A presentation was not made on this item. Motion was made to approve the minutes from the January 26, 2009 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board regular meeting as presented. Motion: Robert Wallace Second: Sally Macias Ayes: Robert Wallace, Sally Macias, Aundra Davis, Mark Davis, Mustapha Debboun, Samantha Henness, Harriet Higgs, Dean Midlick, Deedy Wright Nays: None Abstains: None Approved: 9-0 Motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 2, 2009 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board regular meeting as presented. Motion: Aundra Davis Second: Deedy Wright Ayes: Aundra Davis, Deedy Wright, Mustapha Debboun, Mark Davis, Samantha Henness, Harriet Higgs, Sally Macias, Dean Midlick Robert Wallace Nays: None Abstains: None Approved: 9-0 Motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 23, 2009 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board regular meeting as amended. Motion: Mark Davis Second: Harriet Higgs Ayes: Mark Davis, Harriet Higgs, Aundra Davis, Mustapha Debboun, Samantha Henness, Sally Macias, Dean Midlick, Robert Wallace, Deedy Wright Nays: None Abstains: None Approved: 9-0 Agenda Item No. 2. Parkland acquisitions. Services Director George Logan presented the board with a request to research the acquisition of additional parkland in North Schertz. Motion was made to have the Director do the research on possible land acquisitions and submit them to City Council for approval. Motion: Sally Macias Second: Harriet Higgs Ayes: Sally Macias, Harriet Higgs, Aundra Davis, Mark Davis, Mustapha Debboun, Samantha Henness, Dean Midlick, Robert Wallace, Deedy Wright Nays: None Abstains: None Approved: 9-0 Agenda Item No.3. Wounded Warriors. Aundra Davis presented this item on the possibility of including Wounded Warriors at the next City event. Aundra Davis and Chairman Debboun agreed to coordinate with Operation Homefront on this item. No action was taken by the board on this item. Agenda Item No. 4. Gutierrez Park. Deedy Wright briefed the board on the completion of the Butterfly Garden and that the Master Gardeners will be doing additional tree planting in October or November. She also noted the gazebo needs some repair and the park needs to be treated for fire ants. Director Logan stated he would have the parks department look into the gazebo and fire ants issues. No action was taken by the board on this item. Agenda Item No.S. Skateboard Park. Director Logan presented the board with some equipment that could be used in a skateboard park and discussed some possible locations for a skateboard park. Discussion only item. Agenda Item No. 6. Dog Park. This item was postponed to the next board meeting. Agenda Item No. 7. Driving Range. Director Logan presented this item to the board. He recommended, at the current time, people use the Northcliffe Golf Course. Discussion only item. Agenda Item No. 8. Parks Project Updates. Director Logan presented these updates to the board: Perimeter Road is undergoing construction, Large Pavilion upgrade is complete and they axe working on upgrading the restrooms, Chamber/Visitor Center project should be completed in June, soccer fields will be reseeded the end of May and the Interlocal agreement with Bexar County for Crescent Bend Park should be ready for City Council sometime in June. The board requested the City look into providing some outside lighting on the Community Center North building near the parking lot. Discussion only item. Agenda Item No. 9. Parks Maintenance Update. This item was postponed to the next board meeting due to Mike Trainer's absence. Agenda Item No. 10. Request by Advisory Board Chairman and Board members for items to be placed on a future Board a eg nda. The Board requested the following items be placed on future agendas: • Ashley Park • Connectivity of trails on Wiederstein Road from Forest Ridge to Schertz Parkway • Restrooms for Northcliffe Park • Use of alternate energy sources such as wind energy. • Dog Park. Agenda Item No. 1 1. Announcements by Advisory Board Chairman and members. There were no announcements by Advisory Board Chairman and members. Agenda Item No. 12. Announcements by Cit S~ Due to Memorial Day holiday the next Board meeting will be on Monday, May 18, 2009. Adjournment: Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:SSpm. Motion: Deedy Wright Second: Dean Midlick Ayes: Deedy Wright, Dean Midlick , Aundra Davis, Mark Davis, Mustapha Debboun Samantha Henness, Harriet Higgs, Sally Macias, Robert Wallace Nays: None Abstains: None Approved: 9-0 c - j~~ Chairman, arks d Recreation Board Recording S retary, of Schertz