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JANUARY 7, 2009 6:30PM CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
TYPE OF
Monthly Meeting
MEETING
CHAIR
Russ Schulze
NOTE TAKER
Mardi Turner
Russ Schulze, Janine Schueppert, Mardi Turner, Tim O'Connor, Brian Fiegel,
ATTENDEES
Charles May (by teleconference), Helen Talianchich, Dave Agerton, Robert
Schultz
Michael Ross, Jeff Garber (PGAL), Phat Nguyen (PGAL), Teresa Edmondson,
Jaou Huang, Linda Driskill, Frank Griffin, Marco Rasi, Chuck Guffey (Council),
VISITORS
Scott Hamrick, S. R. McDonald, Bob Fry (Council), Dianne Wells, Ramsay Elder,
Janet Parisi
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:32 pm by Chairman Russ Schulze.
II. Citizen Comments
Linda Driskill: Recommends that the pool not be put on the south (Bellaire Blvd) side of the
property due to safety, health and privacy concerns.
Teresa Edmondson: Agreed with Linda's recommendation.
Frank Griffin: Suggested that the pool be as far from Bellaire Blvd as possible.
Marco Rasi: Agreed with all of the previous comments.
Jaou Huang: Indicated that there is an exponential reduction in C02 the farther away from
the street you get.
Scott Hamrick: Agreed with the others regarding health issues, ambience, and aesthetics.
Janet Parisi: Agreed that the pool should be at the north end of the lot and said that
people are drawn to Colonial Park pool because of the aesthetics and that we should try to
emulate that environment.
IV. Conceptual Plans
Jeff Gerber presented several sets of layouts for the property, beginning with the baseball
fields, the batting cages, and parking. The site has now been officially surveyed and is
somewhat smaller that was originally thought. This forces us to place the ball fields at
diagonals to one another.
Jeff then presented a new layout option with the building and the pool at the north end of
the property. This placement has the joint benefits of maximizing the area available for
parking and placing the pool as far away from Bellaire as possible. The batting cages will
be placed at the southwest corner.
Dave asked whether the ball fields need to be the same size. Tim has been working with
TriSports on this aspect. There appears to be some flexibility on the field size. The field
area is also not quite large enough for a full length soccer field.
Tim indicated that the neighbors on Ruskin would prefer everything to be as far south as
possible. Helen then suggested that we offer to provide a buffer zone of trees on the
property line. Jeff also said that the building could be designed to eliminate clear windows
on the back side facing the neighbors and that the lighting for the building and the parking
lot can be directed to minimize the impact on the neighbors.