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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - PRAB - 06-21-2012ArW 6 46vo�r PO/18 MEETING MINUTES CITY OF MILTON PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:3o a.m. Executive Conference Room CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order by Chairman Mark Reed at 11:31 a.m. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken by Mark Reed. MEMBERS PRESENT Mark Reed David Duley Ron Hill David Shannon Wally Brittain Sue Rekuc OTHERS PRESENT John Rebar, Parks and Recreation Director Quorum was announced by Mark Reed. APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES Motion to approve minutes of the February 16th meeting was made by David Duley and seconded by David Shannon. The vote was unanimous and motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT None NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) Park Master Plans: John Rebar updated the Board on the current status of the Parks Master Plans. They are currently in draft format and still available for review and comment. Mark Reed noted that other than himself, no other Board member has submitted their feedback on the Master Plans. John rebar suggested that everyone submit their comments/edits by Friday June 29th and that he would make printed color copies of the Plan drafts available for Board members to pick up on Monday June 25t". b) Bell Memorial Park expansion: John Rebar reviewed the recent land acquisition efforts around Bell Memorial Park. A handout was passed out showing the parcels that the City currently has under contract around Bell Memorial. John rebar noted that these land acquisitions will ultimately give the City bargaining power with City of Alpharetta to possibly mitigate the non-resident fees Milton residents pay at Alpharetta parks, namely at North Park. Mark Reed suggested that it would be ideal if the City could get one, possibly two rectangular ball fields on the additional land. He also suggested that the City should invest in sprint turf and lights to maximize the programming potential for these fields which would ultimately serve the City's needs for many years. Mark Reed made a motion that the Board recommend to council and staff that the City master plan rectangle fields with artificial sprint turf and lights. A motion to approve this recommendation was made by Sue Rekuc and seconded. by David Shannon. The vote was unanimous and motion carried. c) Crabapple Community Center: John Rebar informed the Board that the Crabapple Community Center (CCC) was targeted by the Milton Historical Preservation Committee for historical status. Mr. rebar further informed Board that the CCC was discuss at a recent City Council work session and the Council was generally split on what to do with CCC. PRAB had previously recommended to Council (in 2009) to demolish this structure rather than invest city funds to rehabilitate building. In this meeting, PRAB discussed the limitations and challenges the structure would represent for programming and parking. The structure's value as a historical building was also discussed and it was generally agreed that there is not historical significance for a cinder block structure, especially in lieu of the many other more pressing capital items the City is facing. It was also discussed that there is not a pressing need to act on CCC, either designating as historical property or redeveloping property. A motion was made by Mark Reed to recommend to City Council' and staff that the CCC not be designated as an historical property in order to provide the City with the utmost flexibility in determining the highest and best use for this property. A motion to approve this recommendation was made by Sue Rekuc and seconded by Dave Duley. The vote was unanimous and motion carried. d) Name a Park Contest: John Rebar presented the list of names that Northwestern Middle and Crabapple Crossing elementary student came up with as part of a contest sponsored by the City for naming the 2-acre pocket park currently being developed between Crabapple Crossing and Northwestern schools on Birmingham Hwy. PRAB discussed the various names and settled on Friendship Park. ` Wally Brittain made a motion to recommend to City Council and Staff that the park be named Friendship Park and seconded by Ron Hill. The vote was unanimous and motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS a) Finance — No report. b) Partnerships — No report. CITY STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Mr. Rebar gave his parks department update to the Board. • John updated the board on the summer movie series. • The field renovations at Birmingham Falls and Cogburn Woods are moving forward. The residents will have new sports fields to enjoy this fall. • FCBE is also making improvements to Hopewell Middle and Northwester Middle School fields. • Summer camps are going well. • The park project at Crabapple Crossing is moving forward. Grading is completed and concrete work is 50% completed. The project is expected to be competed in August. 2 OTHER BUSINESS None NEXT REGULAR MEETING DATE Thursday, July 19, 2012,11:3o a.m. LOCATION OF MEETING The location of the meetings will be the Executive Conference Room at City Hall. ADJOURNMENT Motion and Vote: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by David Duley and seconded by David Shannon. The vote was unanimous and motion carried. The City of Milton Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting adjourned at 1:oop.m. DATE APPROVED: 9/ I� /)-z, Mark Reed, Chair Milton Parks & Recreation Advisory Board 3