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MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF MILTON PARKS AND RECREATION
ADVISORY BOARD
Thursday, February 18, 2015 12:00 PM
Bell Memorial Park, then Shannondale Estates
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order by Mr. Stachowski at 12:12pm.
ROLL CALL
Roll call was taken by Mr. Stachowski.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Joey Costanzo
Scott Stachowski
Van Kottis
Dave Shannon
Sue Rekuc
OTHERS PRESENT
Jim Cregge, Parks and Recreation Director
Tom McKlveen, Parks and Recreation Program Manager
Kathy Johnson
Quorum was announced by Mr. Stachowski.
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
Change to the meeting agenda to discuss Green Space Bond. A motion was
made by Mr. Shannon and seconded by Mr. Kottis to approve PRAB agenda.
The vote passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES
A motion was made by Mr. Shannon to approve the minutes from the previous
meeting. It was seconded by Mr. Kottis. The motion passed unanimously.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
None
TOUR OF BELL MEMORIAL PARK
1. Issues with drainage on field 2
2. Scoreboard switches not working properly
3. Need for more garbage cans
4. The board was presented with a visual display of signage for raising funds
to discuss
5. Drone discussion
6. Wall of fame discussion
7. Pet stations need to be installed
8. The finish on the concrete is different as you walk throughout the park
9. The padded backstops need to be custom cut on the baseball fields
10. Skateboards allowed in park?
11. No sign as you walk up that says “Bell Memorial Park”. It has not been
delivered or installed yet.
12. As you walk in, there are 4 flag poles. The 4 youth associations in the park
will have flags on them.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Hopewell Baseball: the season starts on Saturday 2/20/16, Games start on
3/19/16
2. Veterans Memorialization: N/A
3. Football – N/A
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Wall of Fame: Discussion on how many teams will be allowed on each
board. Need to look at the space needed for each team.
2. Drone Policy: Mr. McKlveen- Need to decide if the board recommends an
ordinance or a park policy. Recommended that drones be banned from
all active parks regardless of time of day. Drones will be allowed at
passive parks.
3. Facility Rental Policies: Leave policy as-is.
4. Hover Board Policy: recommended no hover boards in all parks
5. Sponsorship banners: recommend that banners be allowed at the park.
Need to look into Alpharetta’s sign language, and compare with
Hopewell Baseball’s contract.
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NEW BUSINESS
1. Greenspace Bond: seeking a $25 million bond for the November ballot.
Need to set criteria, increase property tax to pay for it, identify passive
green space, and educate the public about it. There will be a planning
meeting on 2/24/16, and all city boards are encouraged to attend.
CITY STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
1. Providence Park: The City is working get an engineering company
onboard to evaluate the three bridges on the trail. Once they evaluate
the bridges, a decision will be made regarding the next steps in making
the trail safe to open the park.
OTHER
ADJOURNMENT
Motion made to adjourn by Mr. Shannon. The motion was seconded by Mr.
Kottis. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote. The meeting ended at
3:37pm.