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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSigned Minutes - 11/27/2000~ City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Minutes November 27, 2000 DO NOT IZEMOVE - PRAB File Material City Council Chambers 1777 Broadway 6:00 p.m. The follow~ng are the mtnutes of the November 27, 2000 Ciry of Bou[der Parks and Recreatzon Adv~sory Board meettng. A permanent set of these minutes and a tape recording (mainiained for a penod of 6 years) are retazned ~n Central Records (telephone: 441-3043). Board Present: Gwen Dooley, Vice Chau; Charles Manlove, Pam Hoge, Susan Osborne, Dave Wimng, Edward von Bleichert and Will Meyer, Chazr, amved at 6.55 Staff Present: Chns Dropmski, Ken Ramsey, Doug Hawthome, Georgia Jackson, Sazah DeSouza, Lmda Kotowski, Russ Dnskill, Maureen Sprtzer, A1 Quiller I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES [Citizen Participation was done before mmutes were approved ] September 25, 2000 Mmutes were approved as submitted. October 23, 2000 Mmutes were approved as submuted. November 6, 2000 Mmutes were approved with change to second bullet, page 3 [The Boazd moved to Action Item VI A at this time ] III. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION [Ciuzen Participation was done first tlung and before approval of nunutes] ~,_. Cmzen Participanon was opened. ~ Edwazd Reidel, 150 s. 31" Street, Boulder 80305, President of Boulder Commumry ~ Velodrome, spoke about efforts being made to build a velodrome on 1.5 to 2 acres at Valmont City Pazk. He stated that velodrome cyclmg is safe ndmg for everyone and great, family fun and asked the Boazd to cons~der a velodrome for Valmont Ciry Park. Jeremy Hackney, 1260 Kalmia Ave. #1, Boulder 80304, Vice Presiden[ of Boulder Commuruty Velodrome, stated that approx~mately one acre m the middle of the oval could be used for BMX trazls, makmg the velodrome a multi use s~te. Hackney added that Boulder Commumty Velodrome has tumed m a proposal to the City Liaison and will try to raise $500 K to $1.5 million to fund the pro~ect Joe Bazsugli, 2500 Yarrow Ct., Boulder 80305, a Pottery Lab student, vo~ced concerns for Boulder's pottery lab which is m high demand and has long wa~t hsts. He asked the Boazd's support for possible expansion of the lab and sazd he would hke to see more autonomy for pottery lab management. Farth Cohen, 372 Nuggett Hill Rd, Jamestown, CO 80455, Pottery Lab student, expressed concem about safety and mamtenance issues at the lab as it is an old facihty She would l~ke to see an on site manager with techmcal skills (a potter) as well as people skills. Bem~e Marek, 4690 Berkshire Place, Boulder 80301, stated that a new pottery lab facihty r- is needed as the agmg fire sta[ion is unable to meet program needs He addressed the ~... possibility of a facility at the IBM site where IBM may make one of theu buildmgs available for Crty use. Juhan Mornson, 263 Peazl St #7, Boulder 80302, expressed appreciation for the dog pazks. He stated that he would l~ke to see a dog park located m NoRh Boulder and suggested the new Theater pazk srte. Dooley informed Mornson rhat a dog park ~s slated for Phase 2 at Foothills Commumty Park. Tom Bynson, 4191 S. Hampton Circle, Boulder 8030_, stated h~s disapproval of restncring the use of Pleasantv~ew soccer fields to only sanctioned soccer and rugby clubs. As public funds were used to finance the fields, Bynson feels that the general pubhc ought to be able to walk or run across the field dunng the off season Dooley asked staff to respond to the issues of the Pottery Lab and Pleasantv~ew fields • Kotowski responded that she met recendy wi[h 3 or 4 of the Pottery Lab supporters and explazned to them staff process and pncmg/budget policies, and the poss~bility of lookmg for other fundmg sources, such as grants. She added that Steve Wlvpple is m charge of the Pottery Lab and he was out of town last week. Kotowski will meet with Whipple shoRly to d~scuss operational issues that were brought up PRAB Meetmg 11/27/00 - Page 2 Wmmg asked about the possibility of usmg Bu~ldmg 13 at the IBM site Kotowskr responded that staff ~s workang on a bustness plan to determtne whether ir ~s financially susta~nable There was general Boazd support for expansion of the Pottery Lab faciht~es and the Boazd would hke to see this come back as an agenda item m the near future. Will Meyer amved at 6 55 p m. Kotowski addressed the issues concernmg Pleasantview soccer fields. She stated that no deternunat~on has been made to date addmg that staff has been gathenng mformation from the ne~ghborhood and user groups. Staff will be conung back to the Board with ways to address the issues of vandalism and turf detenoration. Hoge stated that she is suongly opposed to lockmg off the azea to citizens Osborne asked staff to try and come up wrth an acceptable compromise. von Bleichert asked whether the potenual for damage is only at specific days or specific hmes of the yeaz or whether it was broad-based Mike Merntt, 3373 4`h Street, Boulder 8030_, stated that he does not want the paddle tenms courts moved from the NBRC site The present location of the courts works well as the buildmg blocks the wmd, wh~ch is especially important for playmg m wmter months. He added that ~s would cost considerably more to disassemble and relocate the courts than it would to simply move them by crane a short distance on the NBRC site. "'~ Ricky Weiser, 4020 N 75th Street, Boulder 8030_, urged the Board to wntact the Transportation Department about mcreasmg the lanes on East Peazl from two to four and to consider access to (and around) the Valmont City Pazk site CiUzen Participahon was closed. Meyer asked staff to update the Boazd with regazd to uaffic issues related to Valmont City Park [At this time, the Boazd moved to Approval of Mmutes.] IV. ITEMS FROM THE DIRECTOR Dropmski directed the Boazd to the pohcy change to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan 3 12 and Council asked for feedback from the Boazd. Boazd members agreed that the change was acceptable. Dropmski brought up the ~ssue of much lugher costs for movmg the platform tenms off the srte vs. movmg them on the site She asked the Board whether they want to proceed with the idea of movmg the courts off s~te or whether they want to go with the ongmal decision to leave them on the site The Board's decis~on for now is that the Board ~s not PRAB Meenng 1 I/27/00 - Page 3 mterested m reconsidenng the decis~on to leave the tenms courts on srte, but there ~s F-- mterest m loolcing at what could be done to autigate the impacts Staff will work with the ~~~, Housmg Authonty to irutigate impacts wrth use of trees and landscapmg and wrth the users to nutigate voice and lightmg issues V. ITEMS FROM BOARD MEMBERS von Bleichert stated that the skatepark is domg very well. Osborne will not be able to attend the January 22 meetmg and asked other Boazd members to consider movmg the meetmg to January 29 Boazd members will check their calendazs and a dec~s~on will be made at the December 11 Study Session. VI. ITEMS FOR ACTION A. Public hearing and consideration of a motion to acquire the Drive In Theater park site located north of Yarmouth and between Broadway and US 36 from the Housing Authority of the City of Boulder Presenters: Ken Ramsey, Superintendent, Parks Planning and Construction and Cindy Brown, Co-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Boulder Ramsey rerrunded the Boazd that the Master Plan identified two new growth azeas d"' where parks needed to be provided One was Mann Dakota Ridge which was ~" previously approved by the Board and the second was the Theater site bemg presented this evemng. He provided the Board with a bnef overnew of the proposed development Osborne recused herself from the Board for this item. The Pubhc Heanng was opened. Rick Koopman, PO Box 65, Boulder 80306, stated that the Housmg Authonty is chazgmg twice what they paid for the land He added that the Housmg Authonty w~ll have mfrastructure costs waived, refunded or paid m full through grants and therefore Pazks and Recreauon would pay a disproportionate shaze of mfrastructure costs by paymg what is proposed m the memo He stated that the pazk has gotten smaller and the dens~ty of the azea has mcreased smce the development was first proposed. Koopman satd he is opposed to wazvmg fees on the for-profit housmg The Pubhc Heanng was closed. PRAB Mee[mg ll/27/00 - Page 4 On a mouon by Dooley, seconded by Meyer, the Pazks and Recreation Advisory -» Boazd voted unammously (6-0 with Osbome absent) to recommend to City M.~. Council the wazver of the Parks and Recreahon Development Exc~se Tax as allowed under Sechon 3-8-7(b) of the Boulder Revised Code, for the Dnve In Theater development m exchange for dedicatmg the park site of 2 1 acres to the City as a public pazk at no cost Further: that Pazks and Recreat~on pay $189,925 for shaze of mfrastrucmre costs, that there is an understandmg that the Housmg Authonty will be notified and g~ven the first opportumty to purchase any spaze pazk land that crops up and it is likely to be in the cost range of low to market value, that the park be [tentatively scheduled for] development m 2003 unless we aze able to come up with funds sooner and finally that the Pazks and Recreahon Advisory Board recommends Barrett Studio Architects be used to provide design services for the park site A fnendly amendment made by Hoge was made and withdrawn. Hoge and Manlove, while votmg to move ahead with the pro~ect, both expressed reservation about waivmg pazk development excise fees for mazket rate housmg for feaz of settmg a precedent B. Consideration of a motion to approve the automatic renewal of a Cve year lease extension with Boulder Historical Society to continue their use and operation of the Harbeck House located at 1206 Euclid Avenue '"" Presenter: Russ Driskill, Project Manager Dnskill gave an explanahon of the lease wluch is for a 20 yeaz term which began m 1985 and ends January 1, 2005, allowmg for automauc extensions m five yeaz mcrements These extens~ons were to be automahc unless the Boulder Histoncal Soc~ety a) did not comply wrth their service plan m previous five years, or b) their new service plan is madequate, or c) they have v~olated a term of the lease itself The pubhc heanng was opened No one spoke The pubhc heanng was closed. On a mot~on by Osbome, seconded by Wmmg, the Parks and RecreaAOn Advisory Boazd voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the automahc renewal of a five yeaz lease extens~on wrth Boulder Histoncal Society to conhnue their use and operahon of the Hazbeck House located at 1206 Euclid Avenue. PRAB Meenng I 1/27/00 - Page 5 VII. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/INFORMATION ,--. A. Environmental Sustainability Study Session .,.w Presenter: Chris Dropinski, Director Dropmski explamed the process for developmg the agenda for the upcommg smdy session and gave an overnew of the agenda. Chns Andersen, Deputy Crty Manager for Environmental Services, and the Environmental Advisory Boazd will be ~ommg the PRAB for the study session. von Ble~chert expluned that the attached draft document was prepazed by Hoge and von Bleichert as a way to present issues for considerahon. He added that they aze not hsted m any pnonty It was their hope that from this list other issues would become evident Then the process would begm to deternune what long and short term goals aze easily achievable, which would require additional fundmg (from other city resources) and pnonhzation of the goals The Study Session will be held at the Meadows Branch Library meetmg room December 11 at 6 00. Dropmski mformed the Board that m advance of the Study Sess~on, there will be a reception for the Board to say fazewell to Mountam Parks staff The reception will be held from 5:00 - 6 00 Manlove will be absent from the reception and study session. ,~-,. B. Valmont City Park Update ~,„,,, Presenter: Ken Ramsey, Superintendent, Parks Planning and Construction Ramsey explamed the reasons for the delay m proceedmg with [he Wonderland Creek construction He stated that the Phase I pazk construchon and the creek channel pro~ect may go out together for rebid as one packet If that is the case, the ads for bids will run late December, a contractor will be selected m mid February and construction could begm m late February to eazly March. Osborne asked if the construchon would impact the cross country skiers. Dropmski gave the Board a memo from the Crty L,iaison Office ouflimng the Nordic Snowmakmg Pilot Pro~ect. The snowmakmg test was conducted on November 21, from 9- 10 pm and there were no calls or complamts as a result of the test. The next step would be to walk the s~te with the City Liaison and key staff inembers m order to site the trul. The Pilot Pro~ect would begm sometime azound December 6 and end m the spnng Wmmg asked if the Pilot Pro~ect wdl be located the same distance from houses as the locarion of the future trail Gr~lls responded that in terms of location, putttng the trail on the north stde w~ll be about the same dtstance from the houses as the Pilot Pro~ect ts from houses on the south side PRAB Meenng I 1/27/00 - Page 6 Hoge asked whether the impact on wildhfe had been considered. Gnl[s ,,~ responded ~n ihe aff rmakve and said that Ann Wechmann wd[ be join~ng the Ciry L~a~son on the siting walk so she can identify any issues they might come across , ~„ Dropmski mformed the Board that the praine dog fencmg has been repazred She sazd that the fencmg is now bemg momtored regulazly to keep up w~th any tears, vandalism or needed repaus She added that relocation is contmumg on the site supporhng the Phase 1 development. Dropmski mformed the Boazd that Wichmann has contacted Steve Jones and he is available to do the wildhfe study He w~ll work with the Open Space Department and will also be contactmg praine dog spec~alists m the azea. Dropmski stated that discussions will be continued with Open Space, Transportauon and Uhlities m regazd to the azea ad~acent to Valmont City Pazk, south of Peazl Pazkway. In parhwlaz, s[aff will be talkmg to [hem about the wildhfe study. Dropmski said that staff will provide the Boazd wIIh an updated needs assessment Osbome said that while ~t will be helpful to have better mformation about what fumre demand and need will be, fundamentally i['s much more philosophical, much more about policy and much less about some equation that will somehow makes tough choices easier. Meyer and Hoge agreed that it is a plulosophical ,e-~. discussion. Hoge spoke of the difficulty of respondmg to commumty need when cihzens come m number and make requests for faciliUes or progams. Dropinski responded that the Board does not have to respond to those requests when they come. She added that the Master Plan and Pub[ic Pr~vate Partnerships are a good way to funnel those requests. Dropmski mformed the Board that staff has looked at a Boulder Ice proposal and it is very well done. The City Liaison will send a letter of mteres[ for them to proceed more m depth. Also, staff and the Crty Liaison aze begmnmg to look at the Velodrome proposal. Osbome asked how the Boazd can be mvolved eazly m the process so that potential partners aze not wastmg their time and money if there is not boazd suppoR for that use Dropinski responded that part of the process is gathenng enough informanon that w~ll answer questzons the Board has asked What is the need for n~ How wdl u serve the pubkc ~ How avazlable wdl ~t be to the public ~ This informanon gathenng u a necessary piece of the process and will be ~ncluded to help the Board wath their dec~sion mak~ng PRAB Meenng I U27/00 - Page 7 Gnlls asked the Board if there aze any achv~ties that the City Liaison should not ,,.,, ever look at For Valmont City Pazk. Osborne, von Bleichert and Hoge s[ated that [hey want to view the proposals as a group and not as they come m Smith said they would be very mterested to know if there is anythmg that the Board would never want to see at Valmont Ci[y Pazk. Gnlls added that it would be helpful if the Boazd would identify thmgs that aze really important to them - thmgs they would want to see mcluded m the park. Dropmski spoke about the mtegraUOn fees that aze assessed once the letter of mterest is sent. Hoge asked what that cost will be Grells responded thar the fee wtll be approximately 20 - 25% of the total pro~ect cost and when the letter of interest ~s ~ssued, the potential partners are assessed a 5% fee (or one quarter of the entire integranon fee) Gnlls added that the financial strategy for recoupmg 100% of the mfrastructure costs and allowmg the pazk to fund rtself is based on the footpnnts on the concept plan as it is now. Tlus does not mean that thmgs can't be changed, ~ust that the Board needs to consider the financial impact as the plan may be ad~usted. Osborne stated that it ~s a flwd ume and there are gethng to be a core of people r*~ committed to gettmg some part of the development of the pazk as a bond issue someUme next yeaz C. Foothills Community Park Phase 2 Schematic Design Presenters: Maureen Spitzer Spitzer gave a bnef lustory of the pazk planmng and development to date. Staff will proceed with Phase 2 as approved through the City of Boulder site review process Detazled plans for the playground and cenual focal plaza will be gomg out for pubhc review and back to the Board for their approval. Phase 2 construction is expected to begm m fall of 2001 von Bleichert asked whether these ballfields would be able to be used for little league games m the event that the county's ballfields were ehmmated Ramsey artd Spetzer responded that the fields are probab[y s~m~lar ~n size, but that the fields were antended for pract:ce and pickup use rather than for games. Dropinskt responded that the ne~ghborhood would probably razse opposit~on to league games. Meyer suggested that the tennis courts be screened on the sides at the standard height rather than lower height fencmg and probably ought to mclude wmdscreemng PRAB Meehng I t/27/00 - Page 8 VIII. Future Board Items and Tours ~ Study session on environmental sustamability Decemberl l, 6:00 p.m. at the Meadows ~ Branch Library Pnor to the meetmg 5- 6 p m. there will be a reception for the Mountazn Parks Staff. IX. NEXT BOARD MEETING January 22, 2001 meehng [may be rescheduled for January 29] XII. ADJOURN Meetmg adjoumed at 11.07 p m APPROVED BY PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD: bU,.~~a,,,.. ~ ~ Gwen Dooley Board Vice-Chair ~ ~.,_. ~ Attest r v~.~ Georgia J cson Recordmg Secret PRAB Meenng I 1/27/00 - Page 9