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Home My WebLink About3A - Minutes, December 11, 2006City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Advisory Board West Senior Center Monday, December 11, 2006 Meeting Minutes Board Present: Stu Stuller, Todd Bryan, Chad Julian, Norm Murphy, Suzanne O'Neili Board Absent: Ed von Bleichert Staff present: Alice Guthrie, Janue Sabbach, James Reasor, "l~tundy, Jan Geden, Sazah DeSouza, Kevin Burke, Deputy City Manager for Ad~~ative Services Meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Agenda was approved as amended. II. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Public Comment was opened: Larry McKeogh, 2332 Spruce St., Boulde 0 , sp` ,~' , rbehalf of Boulder Aquatic Model (BAM) and voi ern that th ore Servi„ s Business Model and the Master Plan policie~~"~e in co t regazding . e departmenYs involvement with 501(c)3 ,~°, organizadons. ~t°' ~~~ ~ .,~ David Rubi ,_ - Arap~' ~°`~ 've~.,'~~`"a~~CO, 80303, president and general manager of A Spi ~ i " an v` ering Serv ces, spoke in support of changing the City Chart~ ~elative to the' x, '' ,y az le uirements for public private partners. 9}'wp The Boaz ~ed questions~' David Rubin. Public III. CONSENT A(#~NDA Boazd minutes from"Ivlarch 20, 2006, October 23, 2006 and November 13, 2006 were approved as amendend. IV. ITEMS FOR ACTION None 1 V. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION: A. Blue Ribbon Commission Geden introduced Kevin Burke, Deputy City Manager for Adnunistrative Services, to speak regazding the chazge, work, and next steps of the city's Blue Ribbon Commission on Revenue. The goal of the Blue Ribbon Commission is to establish along-term, balanced and stable revenue stream for the city of Boulder that accomplishes public pr~ rities while allowing flexibility to meet the vazied needs of the municipal corporatio ,next twenty years. Work Plan/Scope 1. Understand the revenue system in place for the of Bo - a. What types of fees and taxation aze emp "~'~ ,arld to wh 2. Understand the current tax impacts from ouldei resident pe: a. Recognize that the city is not the o ing a" nt in town an hile the city may have the ability to achieve a ced nue stream, i ay presen an unbalanced picture to a resident who r ayrng tax to the school district, county, RTD and ecial districts. 3. Determine the best use of a revenues wi e reality that initiative based ballot measures may usu is use of ol. 4. Determine a strategy for renewin xpi s tax 1 res in the context of seeking new revenue sources to ac v 'o irsiness Plan goals. 5. Develop a 20-y e strategy the city oulder that achieves the "purpose" d ed abo The Blue Ribbon Co ~ n e to h recommendations completed by September The B - d reauested uo eQazdine the Blue Ribbon Commission's work. B. M'~ Plan U Guthrie cited s ey ele~ents of the City Council memo for December 19~'. These include: the 501(c ~~Iysis, not-for-profit analysis, partnership working group, and the plan to go before Cit ouncil and PRAB in the second quarter of 2007. O'Neill requested that staff develop a chart identifying when items are coming before City Council and the PRAB in the next yeaz. Guthrie asked PRAB if there aze any items they would like addressed in the City Council presentation or memo. O'Neill suggested emphasizing what is currently occurring for the under-served community within the fiscally constrained plan. Guthrie indicated the affirmative and that information from the partnership group, such as a change to the length of the land lease would be included. The issue of Council possibly directing the development of a recreation facility or facilities at Valmont City Pazk during the Master Plan discussion on December 19`h was discussed. The Partnership Working Group and its change was addressed. The work of the Partnership committee will be emphasized in the presentation to Council. The PRAB voiced a concern about a perceived effort to circumvent the Partnership process and "rise to the top of the list". Murphy indicated that it would be helpful to be able to address.t various groups and that there is a potential for a Resolution t,~~~ December 19 meeting. i""~ `r~ O'Neill stated that City Council indicated passive acceptance in ~vtisgcerns raised by the proposed at the opportunities for trade offs. She voiced her conc~Tn that one group having special access embedded in the Maste;~F'~. ,~ Bryan asked what groups aze participating in the Geden identified the groups involved'`' ,] the criteria that will then be taken back been so much feedback and frustration frCUn very important that they aze both at the tabl, not just to see their fac' ' ~ ilt. It is a relative to how decisiisans aze a and what Bryan indicated his He indicated.~at~ht group. all the ived as group that will develop t`group. There has ;ling communities, it is ~lre" groii~i~~rvphazge is to develop criteria, rportunityito help solve the challenge best for the community as a whole. to all the Partnership group meetings. is going off track. Stull ~irodicated that ~t`x"~` not bey~~the process has gone off track. He indicated the rt need o ~' 'cipants to ui~ rstand~ie concerns beyond their certain desires. He stated that at the "~ meeting, Partership participants gave their perspectives. Bryan questioned hetherhe composition of to the group is closed as this could be perceived as poliU~~,~'` Geden indicated that the group gave suggestions as to who should be present at the table. She stated that only one representative is invited to represent an interest in order to keep the group size manageable. Ultimately, the work product is the actual criteria and the methodology for which it is applied. She stated that the draft criteria would then be presented to the community to evaluate. Bryan indicated a need to develop a Request for Proposals (RFP) where groups could request to be a partner with the city. Geden indicated that this is the group's charge and objective. O'Neill stated that City Council needs to be informed of the chazge, process and timeline of the Partnership group. Geden indicated the goal is to ultimately develop objective criteria that does not favor one group over the other and assesses the needs of the entire community relative to the development of future recreational need. Partnership criteria should be complete in April 2007. Murphy discussed the interests of the disc golf course, c; running communities relative to Valmont City Pazk, and being presented on December 19 addressing developmer. fiscally constrained plan. ,_ Guthrie discussed other elements of the City Business Model. Sabbath provided additional details relative to the Business Model and addressed the d artment's n populations. Bryan indicated that he does not see of programs be synergistic types Sabbath spoke abo a dire of City Co cil to the department to provide services to the under-serv ation. VI. N VII. ERS FRO HE`BOARD Julian voice pprecia for the cooperative relationship of City Parks staff and Boulder Count reg ng the Peazl Street Mall holiday trees obtained through the county's tree thinn ect. VIII. FUTURE BbARD ITEMS AND TOURS • Tuesday, December 19, 2006 -City Council Heazing and Consideration to Accept the Pazks and Recreation Master Plan. memo relative to the ore Services to the under-served IX. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. APPROVED BY PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD: Attest: Sazah M. DeSouza Acting -Recording Secretary Suzanne O'Neill Board Chair r.,~,. <.~ `~ ~:~:~.:; b~.. _~.~ w. ,:.,~ ,