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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRBMinutes020112_Page_1WUP Parks and Recreation Board MINUTES FEBRUARY 1, 2012 6:30PM TYPE OF MEETING CHAIR Monthly Meeting REC CENTER - CONFERENCE ROOM John Wilkinson SECRETARY Kristen Woiwode-Flores John Wilkinson, Moya Varner, Susan Reeves, Burt Ballanfant, Amy Morgan, IC ATTENDEES Kneale, Leah Ragiel and Tim O'Connor (staff) Absent: David DeAnda, Sona West, Melissa Pifko and KristenWoiwode -Flores VISITORS Councilwoman Joan Johnson and Sara Barbatano (InstantNews) I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:33 pm by the chair John Wilkinson. II. Approval of Minutes: Following a motion by JC Kneale and a second by Burt Ballanfant, the January 4th minutes were approved. III. John lead a summary of the January 7tt, PB Tour of WUP parks and recreational facilities. He provided a written summary of the tour outcomes and encouraged all PB members to review and provide him with their thoughts and comments. IV. Park Land Acquisition and Park Expansion: The park acquisition sub-committee, currently John, Leah and Burt, have met and began developing a schedule leading to a meeting with the City Council on whether to proceed or table park land acquisition funding efforts. John has requested a meeting with the City Manager Michael Ross to discuss moving forward. V. PRB Sub-Committee Updates: Tim stated that the Program Planning Sub-Committee has scheduled its first formal meeting for Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 8:00 until 9:00am at the WUPRC. The other sub-committees will be scheduling meetings ahead of the March 7"' PB Meeting. All PB members are encouraged to attend and participate in any of these meetings. VI. Friends Overview: Leah Ragiel gave a summary of the Friends Board meeting which took place earlier in the day. • Friends has agreed to fund $23,000.00 for the installation of an artificial turf safety base on both of the Wier Park Playgrounds. Leah called for a vote for the PB's support of that expenditure and the vote was unanimous in favor of the Friends proposed expenditure. Leah also reported that the Friends have tentatively put on-hold the funding of an additional $5,100.00 for two new play features at Judson Park until the board can discuss further at the March 2012 FB meeting. • PLB 2012 - February 11, 2012, Four Seasons Hotel; Chairs: Courtney and Scott Archer and Anne and John Freeman; continuing follow up on and finalizing auction and underwriting. Underwriting is currently at $220,662.73. Auction items fair market value is approximately $200,118. Event is sold out. 564 people signed up to attend the ball. Finalizing details. Auction catalogs have been printed and are being delivered to all guests Thursday and Friday. Finalizing volunteer scheduling. All Friends activities focused on the ball at this point. • Friend's website updated. Friends fan page on Facebook continues to be updated regularly with PLB auction item teasers. • Two Friends board members have resigned, Heather Chilivetis and Susie Garofolo. Friends is currently searching for a new public relations board member and one to handle the Stork project.