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IV' i N U I LL., JANUARY 9T", 2013 6:30PM REC CENTER - CONFERENCE ROOM
TYPE OF Monthly Meeting
MEETING'
CHAIF John Wilkinson
SECRETARY John Wilkinson for Kristen Woiwode-Flores
John Wilkinson, , Moya Varner, Melissa Pifko, Susan Reeves, David DeAnda,
ATTENDEES and Burt Ballanfant, JC Kneale and Amanda McGee
Absent: Amy Morgan, Kristen Woiwode-Flores, Sona West
VISITORS Dick Yehle
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm by the chair John Wilkinson
along with New Years greetings. Tim invited all to attend the Marathon breakfast on
January 13th and passed out T-shirts to those who will attend..
II. Approval of Minutes: Following a motion by Melissa Pifko and a second by Moya Varner,
the December 5th minutes were approved.
III. PRB Sub-Committee Updates:
• John gave an update on Parkland Acquisition. There have been new developments
with another landowner offering to sell; discussions with the principle landowner
are ongoing. A closed workshop with Council is scheduled for January 14th with
John and Amanda to attend on behalf of the board and Friends.
• Melissa gave an update for the Program Planning Sub-Committee. The current
focus is on Easter activities. Recent tween focused events were undersubscribed.
• The Customer Service Sub-Committee will meet in February.
• The Communications and Public Relations Sub-Committees. will meet in February.
• David will get something together for the City Council regarding the Park Naming
Rights in preparation for a Feb. 11th workshop with Council. Park histories have
been summarized and staff have prepared a summary of possible naming rights
candidate facilities.
IV. Friends Overview: There is already $196,000 dollars in underwriting for the Park Lover's
Ball. Friends also voted their support for assistance with developing any new park space
that can be acquired by the City.
V. Five Year WUP Parks Redevelopment Plan: Tim and JC drafted some ideas for
2014 WUP Redevelopment and requested input from the Board. Discussion about path
lighting for the Colonial and Rec Center exercise track concluded that the Rec center should be
higher priority.
VI. Parks Naming Rights policy development : see sub-committee update above
VII. Board Member Updates:
• Melissa stated that the differently-abled swing is often missing the straps
VIII. Staff Updates: Tim gave an update of the Friends Funded Projects for 2013:
He will also summarize Friends projects at the PLB and the two page summary history will be
included in welcome packages at the ball.
IX. Citizen's Comments: None since Dick Yehle had to leave early.
Parks and Recreation Board Minutes
X. New Business: There was no new business
XI. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m. with a motion by JC and second by
Susan.
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