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Home My WebLink About10-09-14 Recreation and Parks Minutes LINKED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE RECREATION AND PARKS ADVISORY BOARD October 9, 2014 7:00 PM LINDLEY CENTER - 1102 E. Curtiss St. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Wade, Chair Sandy Dodge Matt Hausauer Monica Rodriguez David Cook Brian Close Jenna Pinto Matthew Parsons,Vice Chair Carson Taylor, Commission Liaison Absent: Stephanie Gray Steve Roderick Salal Huber-McGee Beth Thorsen Richard Shanahan CITY STAFF PRESENT: Mitch Overton, Parks& Recreation Director Britney Mortenson, Recording Secretary COPIES OF THE RECORDING ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST GUEST PRESENTERS: —Chairman Wade called the meeting to order at 7:03pm and adjourned at 8:43pm. - Item #1—Approve September 11, 2014 meeting minutes: Motion: Boardmember Close motioned to approve the minutes. Boardmember Cook seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Linked Minutes of the Recreation and Pork Advisory Board Meeting,May 8,2014 — Item #2— Public Comment Period, limit 3 minutes per speaker: — Item #3— Announcements: - Item #4- Review of Ordinance Dedicating 32 Acres of Land Adjacent to Lindley Center as Cemetery Land - Director Overton • Resolution drafted for cemetery land o switching land from Parks-Recreation-Cemetery to just cemetery for the future o invited the cemetery board to this meeting to answer any questions o Boardmember Close: "do you need all 32 acres?" Could the Cemetery Board make do with a portion, such as drawing a line, cutting off the Northern end and the Lindley Center -cemetery boardmember Katherine Ball:first land to be used will be the land most suitable for cemetery, North side may never even be needed -Boardmember Close recommends they give up the acreage on North side to keep a buffer zone; resolution as currently drafted asks for all 32 acres, could be changed and get 85%of what they asked for originally -cemetery boardmember Ball: land can be used for parks and recreation until needed for cemetery -Russ Tuckerman, Chair of the board for 13 years- board could be open to dividing the land o Boardmember Cook: he was on the cemetery board as a volunteer liaison previously. -small group of people who are concerned about this land not being specially dedicated for cemetery use, MSU students said it'd be 200-400 years before all the land would be used -current resolution works as written, satisfies people who are pro-cemetery land o cemetery boardmember Lowell Springer: we could change the wording in the resolution to be clearer about when the land "needs" to be for cemetery use o Boardmember Cook: splitting it up complicates the deal, in reality it's never going to be needed for cemetery o Deputy Mayor Carson Taylor: commission will want to know, why now? Why are we looking so far ahead now? o cemetery boardmember Springer: we don't yet know what may be built or where o Director Overton: management perspective, currently has flexibility for uses o Tuckerman: cemetery board needs to know what their ground is, board has been thinking about this issue for ten years o Chairman Wade: if cemetery board would consider the Recreation and Parks board ideas, they would appreciate it —Item#5—Subdivision Review Report-Sandy Dodge: FOUR POINTS OVERVIEW: • This is a large, 442 unit, development located directly east of Chief Joseph Middle School. • A 5.36-acre park with 100%street frontage will be developed in phase 1. This will nearly meet the dedication requirement for the entire development. 2 Linked Minutes of the Recreation and Park Advisory Board Meeting,May 8,2014 • At the request of the school district the park is to be located directly across the street from the school, providing a buffer between the school and the development. • A concrete sidewalk is to bisect the park providing safe bike/pedestrian access to the school. • Connecting trails along the watercourse and community center are to be developed in subsequent phases. COMMENTS: • This plan is basically unchanged from the proposal that was put before us in April. We were supportive at that time and continue to see this as a good development from the park perspective. RECOMMENDATION: • We favor the proposed sidewalk bisecting the park. The safe route to school being a superior feature to larger uninterrupted play space. A slight meander in this trail would give it a more park like feel that we would prefer. MENDENHALL MIXED USE OVERVIEW: • This is a proposal for a five story mixed use building on the site of the American Federal Savings building on Mendenhall. The top two floors are to be residential. • The zoning is B-3 and the developer has requested cash-in-lieu of a .265-acre dedication requirement. • An appraisal to determine the amount of cash-in-lieu has not yet been provided. COMMENTS: • We like the plaza feature in this plan. While not park, it will provide a nice gathering place and open area. RECOMMENDATION: • As cash-in-lieu is the default option for B-3 zoning we would support this request upon determination of an acceptable appraised value. —Item #6—GVLT Review- Chairman Wade • working on the Path to the "M" project -optimistic for completion in 2016 but realistically 2017 —Item#7— Parks & Recreation Director Renort - Mitch Overton: • Five major master plans in the air o Path to the "M", had a meeting on October 8 with the public, 60 or so people attended Linked Minutes of the Recreation and Park Advisory Board Meeting,May 8,2014 -$3.9 million project, grant - no real negative feedback on this project yet -VLT feeling out landowners for right of way o Story Mill Master Plan moving forward -180 people came to the public meeting -Monica: what happens if TPL wants something that the survey doesn't include? -Director Overton: have to hear what the community wants o Athletic Complex -forming a non-profit foundation -hopefully starting the master planning process -open public comment meetings on October 21 from 7-9pm and October 23 from 5:30- 7:30pm, Madison Room at City Hall o working on parkland dedication resolution to improve our code .03 acres per dwelling unit, maximum under state law which City currently uses o had a meeting with the City and County commissions, still talking with the YMCA o Parks -law enforcement initiative -cleaning out a homeless camp off the Galligator Trail —Item #8—City Commissioner Perspective—Carson Taylor: —Item #9—FYI: • Matt Parsons: he and Chairman Wade discussed the idea of having a social outside of the board meetings to get to know each other better -Chairman Wade: if there is a quorum, it has to be publicly noticed and is considered a meeting -cannot discuss the issues the board discusses —Item #10—Adjournment: • Adjourned at 8:43pm. 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