2013-05-14 Regular Meeting PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE RECEIVED
REGULAR MEETING May 14, 2013 7:00 p.m.
Womens Bay Fire Station OCT - 3 2013
MINUTES
OROUGH CLERK'S OFFICE
CALL TO ORDER r KODIAK,ALASKA
CHAIR SALTONSTALL called to order.,the May 14, 2013 Parks & Re cation Committee
meeting to order at 7:05.
ROLL CALL
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Helm Johnson requested'to be excused.
Committee mehibees'present were Pam Foreman, Jeff Huntley, Patrick'Saltonstall, Rick
Lindholm,--Michael Marion, and Michael Scalzo. Excused was Helm Johnson.-Absent ex-
officio members were Jack Ransom, Aaron Griffin, Steve Doerksen, Alan Schmitt.
A quorum was established.
Community Development Department staff present was Dilane,Dyethit and.Sheila Smith.
COMMI--T,TEE MEMBER FOREMAN MOVED to excuse'Helm Johnson
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VOICE VOTE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to approve ,
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VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY,r`:` 3
MINUTES OF'PREVIOUS MEETINGS
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AUDIENCE,COMMENTS AND APPEARANCE REQUESTS
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NEW BUSINESS I.;
A) Womens Bay Park Playground ' '
Dvorak gave a report and thanked the Fire Hall for allowing us to use the facility. He stated
a year ago the borough accepted a $100,000 grant and on that grant it said Womens Bay
Playground, in the backup paperwork it says Panamaroff Creek Park/Sargent Creek Park.
The grant was fairly nonspecific and has a number of things we can spend the money on;
survey and design services, site preparation, equipment costs and transportation, and
installation so it's pretty broad. The grant was assigned to the borough Engineering &
Facilities Department. The Engineering & Facilities Department has been working on other
projects and didn't know what they would spend the money on. The grant is eligible to
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spend as of July 1, 2012 and it's good through June 30, 2017. Dvorak brought a half dozen
packets of pictures of what the playground equipment looked like in April. Maintenance
from Engineering & Facilities has come out to try to make it more safe and removed
material that is beyond safe conditions. We brought a planning process and will probably
be a 2 meeting process and we also brought catalogs for you to go through and let us know
exactly what the community wants. The $100,000 isn't going to give both parks a complete
overhaul so it's up to the community what and where they want to put this money. We will
have some research to do on specifications for playgrounds.
Comments given were
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• Need signs for Sargent Creek-Park & Panamaroff Creek'Park
• They don t need'a big'system -
• Need maintenance around Panamaroff Creek basketball court"..:
• Parking area for Panamaroff Creek Park
• Fencingtdkeep 4 wheelers out of the parks and keep the kids in
• What.can the community do to help? Demolition or anything? Mow;the:lawn or
weed whack?
•' •Buildings or structures rather than slides?
• Keep the big slide if it can be made safe and possibly thearch �s...
• .Steel doesn't burn "
• Age range - infancy through middle school :/ �,,
• Relocate Sargent Creek Park Equipment closer to,-Fire Hll% '
-• Swing cliains, sign, replace at Sargent Creek Park' � b`•
Panamaroff Creek- all can go except slide"and?chimney .` .
• Form a committee to go through catalogs with:Bob Tucker
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Several people,took catalogs,for them to get together,to"decide what they all wanted and
will let,the Smith from Community Development Department know.
Smith gave the-borough's website: www.kodiakak.us'and all of Community-Development
Department's contact numbers and email addresses are on our page.
The Womens-Bay-Community was reminded that the Parks & Recreation Committee has
meetings every'2"d aid 4i1rTuesdays-of the month and they are always welcome especially
if they have concerns.
Bob Tucker has so much,money that has to be spent by the end of the fiscal year and let the
community know that he would be gOing in and clearing and preparing for the new
equipment. He wants to get rid of the majority now and keep what is still good for now so
you still have something to use. It's going to take quite a while for the equipment to get
here.
A community member asked if they are allowed to fund raise. Dvorak will research how
that can be done.
CHAIR SALTONSTALL said in State Parks it was tricky to give the money to the State Park
officially so that's why they created Friends of State Parks so they make sure it's spent
locally, so if you make this a little group that would probably be the way to do it.
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Dvorak said we can research that.
Discussion of possible Lyons Club fundraising and how it can be done and how it can be
appropriated through the borough so they don't end up in the general fund.
B) Jack and Lee Lakes Natural Use Area - Trail Management Objectives
CHAIR SALTONSTALL stated the Trails Plan that we did for the whole borough, one of the
things we were tasked with that was approved was to go by area by area and create little
TMO's for each of these areas. We worked on Russian Ridge last year and had public
meetings and came up with a planning_docubient that the borough now has. We had a
survey that had some data..-Which areas that people care about-and one of them is Jack and
Lee lakes so that's what we're doing this year We already had one public meeting but we
thought while we're intBells Flats, this is your area and a good.opportunity to get your
input on it. Your input'is most important out of all inputs.
Comments given,were:
• Put boulders to keep full size vehicles out of the trails, and keep out people hauling
junk into the area
•t,"Unregulated shooting safety issues. - People can't get in and'outwith all the shooting
• Signage and education of the rules - change the culture'.' N
r• Heavy weekend use of the area High traffic ,
• : Alcohol use on weekends
• -•' Bruhn Point closure put more users in Jack& Lee Lakes. .+
• .- Non-residents are the ones abusing the land (Womens.Bay)
•.:: Easy access makes it more inviting
• $10 yearly pass?Annual-renewal money to,tra('maintenance or grant match
• Dumping of freezers and animal wastes
• Littering from partying - trees cut for firewood and to make new trails
• Organize some community and trail groups to do a big cleanup effort: `
COMMUNICATIONS`,
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REPORTS
Meeting Schedule:
• May 28, 2013,Parks'& Recreation:Committee meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School
District Conference Room
• June 11, 2013, Parks & Recreation Committee meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the KIB School
District Conference Room
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to accept reports.
VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AUDIENCE COMMENTS
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COMMITTEE MEMBER'S COMMENTS
There were none.
ADJOURNMENT
COMMITTEE MEMBER HUNTLEY MOVED to adjourn
CHAIR SALTONSTALL adjourned the meeting at 8:58 p.m.
KODIAK ISILAND 31 OROUGH
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Community Development Dept.
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APPROVED:September 3, 2013
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