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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - PRAB - 03-17-2016 MEETING MINUTES CITY OF MILTON PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Thursday, March 17, 2015 11:30 AM Executive Conference Room, Milton City Hall CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order by Mr. Shannon at 11:37am. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken by Mr. Shannon. MEMBERS PRESENT Joey Costanzo Van Kottis Dave Shannon Sue Rekuc Phil Cranmer OTHERS PRESENT Jim Cregge, Parks and Recreation Director Tom McKlveen, Parks and Recreation Program Manager Quorum was announced by Mr. Shannon. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA A motion was made by Mrs. Rekuc and seconded by Mr. Kottis to approve the agenda. The vote passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES A motion was made by Mrs. Rekuc to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. It was seconded by Mr. Kottis. The motion passed unanimously. March 17, 2016 PRAB Minutes PUBLIC COMMENT None COMMITTEE REPORTS 1. Hopewell Baseball: opening day for baseball was Saturday the 19th 2. Football : N/A 3. Lacrosse: Ongoing 4. Veterans Memorialization: N/A UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Preparation for City Council Workshop: a. Vaping Discussion – Vaping is prohibited in parks as a city ordinance. The consensus was that vaping is included in the current no smoking policy and our ordinance should be amended to say no smoking, vaping or tobacco products of any kind. b. Wall of Fame Discussion – The consensus reach was to use the two walls for different purposes. The left wall will be a true Hall of Fame. It will be open to: 1) Any Milton athlete who achieved athletic success beyond the High School level, 2) Any coaches, volunteers or Administrators who demonstrated a selfless devotion to an athletic program, and 3) Other individuals or groups of individuals as deemed worthy by the PRAB. Applications will be voted on by PRAB for acceptance to the wall. The right board will be Board will be a Champions Wall to honor the previous year’s recreation level championship teams. Staff is to coordinate the identification and methodology to honor these teams. The walls will be painted black with a border for the time being. c. Facility Rental Policy Discussion – A motion was made by Mrs. Rekuc to not change the field rental policy with regard to renting facilities to organizations that directly compete with established program partners. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kottis and was passed unanimously. d. Closure & Locking of Fields Discussion - A motion was made by Mr. Kottis to establish a policy of closing and locking fields that have March 17, 2016 PRAB Minutes been prepared for future organized usage or when bad weather makes the fields unplayable. This was seconded by Mrs. Rekuc and was passed unanimously. e. UAV (Drone) Discussion – The consensus of the board was that drones should be limited to passive parks and prohibited at active parks. The recommendation is that this become a parks policy. f. Hover Board Discussion – The consensus of the board is that no action be taken at this time regarding a separate policy on hover boards as they are already covered by the existing ordinance as a “motorized vehicle”. g. Banner Discussion – Mr. Shannon made a motion to permit banners that display appropriate messages of advertisers and teams to be allowed at Bell Memorial Park on game days only. The banners are to be removed after the games over. It was seconded by Mr. Kottis and passed by a 3 – 1 vote with Mrs. Rekuc dissenting. NEW BUSINESS 1. None. CITY STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Bell Memorial Park: the construction is not completed yet. Additional lights will be installed for the batting cages the week of April 4th. Signage has been installed at the park. 2. Providence Park: The City has found an engineering company 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 trails safe to open the park. 3. Broadwell Pavilion: Looking to add a playground next to the building on the property. The proposed plan would add grass and landscaping. Fans will be added to the pavilion as well. OTHER 1. None March 17, 2016 PRAB Minutes ADJOURNMENT Motion made to adjourn by Mrs. Rekuc. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kottis. The motion was approved by a unanimous vote. The meeting ended at 1:23 pm.