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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 3/27/2000DO NOT REMOVE - pRAB F~le Matenal ~ ~ City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes March 27, 2000 City Council Chambers 1777 Broadway 6:00 p.m. The follow~ng are the manures of the March 27, 2000 City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Advrsory Board meenng. A permanent set of these minutes and a tape recording (ma~nta~ned for a penod of 6 years) are reta~ned in Central Records (telephone 441-3043) Board Presenr Jen Overbeck, Vice-Chazr, Will Meyer, Gwen Dooley, Dave Wmmg, Chazles Manlove, Edwazd von Bleichert, Pam Hoge Board Absent: Jim Peterson, Exrtmg Chazr, Susan Osborne Staff Present Ken Ramsey, Sarah DeSouza, Georg~a Jackson, Maureen Spitzer, Doug Hawthorne, Russ Dnslull, Steve Russo, Julya Bndgewater, M~ke Gurrola, Lisa Bondi '~ I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved as submitted. II. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS Pam Hoge read her Oath of Office mro the record. Edward von Bleichert read his Oath of Office mto the record Overbeck turned over the election of officers to Staff and then left the Board III. ELECTION OF OFFICERS DeSouza opened nommahons for the 2000 Chazrman of the Boazd. Wining nominated WiII Meyer. On a mohon by Dooley, seconded by Wmmg, the Parks and Recrearion Advisory Board voted (unanimously, 6-0 w~th 1 member absent) to close nommations for Chair. Meyer was unanimously elected Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Chair for 2000. DeSouza opened nommahons fa the 2000 Vice-Chairman of the Boazd Wining nominated Gwen Dooley. On a mouon by Wmmg, seconded by Meyer, the Pazks and Recreation Advisory Boazd voted (unanimously, 6-0 wrth one member absent) to close noaunations for Vice-Chair. Dooley was unanimously elected Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Vice-Chair for 2000. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES February 28, 2000 The rrunutes were approved as subautted (The approval of ~runutes was done after Citizen Participation.) V. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Citizen Part~cipation was opened Seemg that no one wished to speak, Cihzen Panc~ipation was closed VI. ITEMS FOR ACTION A. Public Hearing, Review and Consideration of Additional Funding Required to Construct the Skate Park at Scott Carpenter Park Presenters: Ken Ramsey, Maureen Spitzer and Steve Russo from Staff and Teresa Grills, City Liaison For the benefit of new PRAB members, Ramsey gave a bnef history and background of the skate park, how it came about and explained the site selection process Sprtzer, Pro~ect Manager, provided the Boazd with a review of the cost summary as outlmed m the packet Gnlls spoke about the status of partnership efforts and reviewed the options hsted m the memo. The public heanng was opened PRAB Meenng 3/27/00 - Page 2 Bob Lloyd, 1215 13'~ Street #9, Boulder 80302, spoke m favor of the skate park !'"°"" and how it would benefit the commumty. He encouraged the Boazd to approve ~-- the mcreased costs for the skate pazk Ned Frost, 3965 Fuller Ct, Boulder 80303, said that wrth the closmg of the skate park at Scott Carpenter Pazk, there is nowhere for skaters to skate. He expressed support for the new skate pazk and urged the Boazd to approve the additional funds needed to build the skate pazk Don Bryan, 485 Quail C~rcle, Boulder 80304, spoke m favor of the skate pazk and beheves the Mountam Parks and Open Space merger could produce funds reqwred to build the skate park. He urged the Boazd to approve the addihonal funds needed to build the skate pazk Rick Fason, 6270 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 8030_, owner of Mountazn Ramp, Inc , stated that his company could prov~de durable ramps capable of wrthstandmg time and weather He expressed his support for the skate park and offered to be part of the soluuon. Stuart Wittata, 3005 Jefferson St, Boulder 80304, landscape azchrtect wrth Shapms and Associates, expressed support for the skate park. He wanted to put the Boazd at ease by stahng that the design and lceahon aze both very good, with easy access for skaters N~ ~` Brandon Peak, 3390 W 99'" Place, Westmmster 80030, operator of Brothers Boards, spoke on behalf of young people who need a place to skate He expressed support for the skate pazk and asked the Boazd to approve the addihonal funds needed to build the skate pazk. The publ~c heanng was closed On a mohon by Wmmg, seconded by Dooley, the Pazks and Recreahon Advisory Board voted (5 to 1, wtth Manlove d~ssentmg and one member absent) to approve Staff's recommendat~on to mcrease the Fundmg for the Scott Carpenter Skatepark to a malc~mum of $869,000, with proceeds from unallocated interest eazmngs which are not cunently budgeted The Board asked Staff to return quickly wrth alternahves for a stopgap facdity that isn't expensive, doesn't require supervision and can be used while the skate park is bemg constructed It was sugges[ed that a low street course be provided as a safe place for skaters unhl the new skatepazk is built The southeast corner of Crossroads Mall parkmg lot was suggested as a possible site. Grells responded that she would speak wnh Macench later an the week about this possib~hty ~ PRAB Meenng 3/27/00 - Page 3 B. Public Hearing and consideration of a motion to approve a.) A new lease ' with Boulder Day Nursery to continue their use and operation of a day care "~ facility located at 1518 Spruce Street, within Barker Park; b.) Plans for the renovation and expansion of the existing facility at 1518 Spruce Street. Presenter: Russ Driskill Dnskill gave a bnef history of the Boulder Day Nursery, its relat~onship wrth the Pazks and Recreaaon Department and rts lease. The Pubhc Heazmg was opened. Steve Callander, 1518 Spmce Street, Boulder 80302, Execuave Director of the Boulder Day Nursery, asked the Board to extend the lease for up to 20 yeazs Dooley asked what percent of Boulder Day Nursery chents hve withm the crty of Boulder Callander responded that 73% of thetr ckents are low income and lzve withan the cety of Boulder Hoge stated that she would be comfortable with a longer lease only as long as Boulder Day Nursery's status (non-profit, servmg low mcome chents) remazned the same. If anythmg changed with regard to the nursery's nussion or source of fundmg, she would want the lease with the cIIy to be revisrted Callander rephed that he would be open to that The Pubhc Heanng was closed A motron was made by Dooley, seconded by Hoge, to approve plans for the renovahon and expansion of the exishng facilIIy at 1518 Spruce Street. A fnendly amendment by Manlove to approve a 5-yeaz lease with mmor modificahons, as discussed, and to protect the City's mterest m the use of the property, was not accepted A subsUtute mot~on by Manlove, seconded by Wmmg, to approve the lease with some clanfymg language to be added about commumty benefit and also to approve the conceptual plan for the expansion/remodel failed when the Pazks and Recreation Advisory Board voted 3 to 3(with Dooley, Hoge and dissendng and one member absent) On the motion by Dooley, seconded by Hoge, the Pazks and Recreation Advisory Board voted unanimously (6 - 0 with one member absent) to approve plans for the renovaUOn and expans~on of [he existmg facihty at 1518 Spruce Street, with the understandmg tha[ cons[ruchon not begm unhl a lease is m place , w PRAB Meenng 327/00 - Page 4 Board duection for staff - • Lease language to state that the lease would be reconsidered or `~..~- renegotiated if there is a change in operation or non-profit status. • Longer lease term • Language to be reviewed by the City Attorney's office to protect the Department and City's mterest • Boulder Day Nursery to provide mformahon with regazd to chentele, categones and mcome levels, city and non-crty percentages of users C. Public Hearing and consideration of a motion to approve a utility corridor for the City's Utilities Division across the site at the East Boulder Community Park to provide high speed telecommunication services to the City's East Boulder Community Center and Cherryvale Operations Center Presenter: Russ Driskill Dnskill gave a bnef explanation of the proposed uhlrty comdor and potenhal impact on future development of the srte The Public Heanng was opened. There was no public comment , The Public Heanng was closed On a motion by Dooley, seconded by Wmmg, the Parks and RecreaUOn Advisory Boazd voted unanimously (6 - 0 with one member absent) to approve the utility comdor for the City's Util~ues Drv~sion across the site at the East Boulder Commuruty Park to provide high speed telecommumcation services to the City's East Boulder Commumty Center and Cherryvale Operations Center with the conditions outhned m the March 27th memo D. Public hearing and consideration of a motion to approve plaque dedications for Greenleaf Park and Scott Carpenter Park Presenter: Mike Gurrola, Landscape Designer Gunola gave a bnef history of the process to date and an explanahon of the revised language for the plaques Greenleafplayue Dooley made the followmg suggestions for changes to the Greenleaf plaque add a comma after "Snow-bound", a comma after "cordially", a comma afrer "Valley Razlroad", a comma after "was removed", and change "Wood Products which" to "Wood Products who" ~ PRAB Meehng 327/00 - Page 5 Meyer asked for a more pronunent location for the plaque and suggested placing it on the leaf-covered arch. Ramsey responded that the arch was a peece of art work ~... desagned by ArtScapes and attachzng a plaque m~ght offend the arhst Boazd will leave decision of location/placement of plaque to Staff Scott Car~enter plaque Boazd members would like to have the last sentence in the second paragraph removed: "In recogmhon of his accomphshments m Aeronauucal Engmeenng, the Umversrty of Colorado granted him a Bachelor of Science degree " Boazd asked staff to check with Mr. Carpenter to see if he wants the sentence mcluded on the plaque Dooley suggested the followmg changes to the Scott Carpenter plaque Begm the second sentence with "While still a semor..." and add ". m 1943" at the end of that sentence. End the next sentence after ".the Unrversity of Colorado " Begm the next sentence with "He re~omed ". In the second paragraph, earth should be caprtal~zed and m the last sentence on the plaque, remove the comma after " July 1999: ' On a motion by Dooley, seconded by Manlove, the Parks and Recreation Adv~sory Boazd voted unammously (6 - 0 w~th one member absent) to approve the text as amended, s~ze, location and fundmg of a bronze plaque m Greenleaf Pazk as shown on Attachment A and also approve the text as amended, size, location and "'" fundmg of a bronze plaque m Scott Carpenter Pazk as shown on Attachment B. VII. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/INFORMATION A. Update on Status of Downtown Boulder Mall Master Plan Presenters: Doug Hawthorne, Parks Superintendent and Molly Miller Winter, Downtown and University Hill Management Division, Parking Services Hawthorne gave a bnef history of the process leadmg to the conceptual design for the Downtown Boulder Mall Master Plan. Wmter gave an update on the progress of the Downtown Mall Master Plan by descnbmg the proposed changes for each block Manlove left the meehng at 10 08 p m Boazd Comments and Ouestions Dooley asked about reversmg the loop (traffic flow) Wanter responded that the PRAB Meehng 3/27/00 - Page 6 issue has been presented to Transportatton Department as at as outside the realm of the Downtown Management Commasston (DMC) responsibtlaty. Hoge inquired about fundmg for the pro~ect Winter responded that DMC budget funds, frora increased meter fees, wcll be the fundang source for thcs pro~ect She added that the DMC wall approve final plans before betng presented [o City Counctl Hoge asked if the mall is [o be extended eastward W~nter responded in the negat~ve She added that the s~ze and configurat~on of the exasttng ma[1 is workang while similar but larger rraadls an other parts of the country have failed Wmmg mquired about addrtional O& M Hawthorne responded that there maght be same addanonal cost, but that would not be determined untz[ the next phase of development (design) Hoge asked why the improvements would be done all at once mstead of block by block Wenter responded that dozng construction ~n phases would mean four years of constructeon, whach would have a greater tmpact on bus~nesses VIIL ITEMS FROM THE DIRECTOR Ramsey gave the Board an update on the repairs at Spruce Pool. ~ Ramsey provided the Boud with background mformation relevant to the ~omt meetmg of Boards and Public Works on Apnl 10. PRAB members asked for wntten matenals about the Master Plan that has been developed for the flood dramage of Fourmile Canyon Creek. They would hke to review the mformation pnor to the meeting on Apnl 10. Meyer asked about the status of the dog pazk at Tantra. Hawthorne responded that at thes tame, Staff wtll move fonvard wtth !he two dog parks that have been aQproved and wzll eva[uate the success of these parks before constdenng a dog park at Tantra If a dog park as to be consadered for the Tantra site, Staff will ensure that the surroundeng homeowner's associattons are znvolved zn the process Meyer suggested that staff follow up with the citizen who was concerned about broken playground equipment at Tantra Park Hawthorne responded that he has contacted the cltazen and explaaned how the piece of equ:pment wdt not be reptaced but has been made safe far use DeSouz,a mformed Boazd members that they should have received their Board packets on Friday and asked when, m fact, they received them. Meyer and von Bletchert responded that they rece:ved their packets Monday mornzng DeSouza stated that there will be a greater effort made to get the packets out earher Meyer suggested send~ng the minutes ~ PRAB Meetmg 3/27/00 - Page 7 ~.~- ,~ ~..- out each month an a m~dmonth packet to cut down on the amount of weekend reading for Board members The reueat has been tentahvely moved to May 6 and the CIP portion of the meetmg has been moved to Apnl 13. IX. ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS X. FUTURE BOARD ITEMS AND TOUR XI. NEXT BOARD MEETING Apnl 10, 2000 - Jomt Boazd Meetmg with Public Works April 13, 2000 - CIP Study Session [Canceled and will be mcluded m Apnl 24 PRAB meehng] Apn124, 2000 - Regulaz meehng May 6, 2000 - Retreat tentatively rescheduled for this date. [Staff will contact PRAB for another date as there aze too many conflicts for th~s date] ~ y... XII. ADJOURN Meetmg ad~ourned at 10 50 p m. ~ Lr.. PRAB Meenng 3/27/00 - Page 8