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09-07-1989 (Parks & Recreation) Minutes PARK BOARD MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 7, 1989 The City of Wylie Park and Recreation Board met in regular session Thursday, September 7th, 1989 at 7: 15 P. M. in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Complex. Those preent were Chairman Jill Tomek, Vice Chairman Joanie Zeeb, Board Members Bill Emsoff and Bryan Glenn, Public Works Superintendent Don White, Park Maintenance Foreman Philip Bounds, and Secretary Lisa Keith. Board Members Cheri Albin, Mike Miller , and Bill Burge were absent. Chairman Tomek called the meeting to order. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE AUGUST MEETING: Joanie Zeeb submitted a change on page two, paragraph three, last sentence to read - - - - Joanie Zeeb said the newspapers could be used since there are now two and most people read at least one. There being no other changes Joanie Zeeb motioned to approve the minutes to include this change. Seconded by Bill Emsoff , with all in favor . REPORT FROM DON WHITE ON COST OF MARQUEE SIGN : Board Members reviewed the information enclosed in their packets. Jill Tomek said that she thought the price would be much higher than this. Don White said that this price did not include the mounting poles. There was some discussion of where to install the sign. Preferrably in a high traffic area where alot of people would see it. Board Members discussed the possibilities of obtaining a sign from a donation source and decided to table any further discussion or recommendation so that more information could be compiled, then discuss this business further at the October meeting. REPORT FROM DON WHITE ON JOBS COMPLETED I N AUGUST AND PLANNED PROJECTS FOR SEPTEMBER: After reviewing the documentation Jill Tomek asked if the city needed to order some "S" hooks to repair some of the swings that were removed. Philip Bounds advised her that we did, and Jill Tomek gave him a catalog to assist him in ordering the hooks. Don White said that he would get them ordered. Jill Tomek expressed her concern as to why the hydromulching had not been done yet. Don White said that Southforks machine had been moved out of state and probably would not be returned. Mr. White said that we would have to find another machine somewhere. Bill Emsoff asked if that type of machine could be rented. Don White said that he would check and see. Jill Tomek asked how much longer we had to plant this year . Bill Emsoff said you are not going to get a very good root system this late in the year. Don White said that he was considering purchasing some winter rye and planting it now, it will stay green all winter . Jill Tomek said that instead of planting bermuda, we may consider planting a different type of grass. Bermuda is very hard to maintain, it grows out instead of up. Joanie Zeeb said that licensed nursery people should be able to tell us what kind of grass would be best in the park. After asking, Philip Bounds informed Jill Tomek of the different areas in town that he must water. There was some discussion of installing automatic sprinkler systems at some of these areas. Bill Emsoff suggested using valve timers instead of control boxes, because they are alot less expensive. Mr. Emsoff said he would check prices on them. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Roberta Stevens was present and said that she went to the high school and talked to the teacher sponsor over the honor students. They are looking for projects for approximately 35 students. They want to get started on some projects as soon as possible and need a projects list at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Don White said that he would need a few days to organize and put together a' list. He suggested that they could do projects such as pulling weeds or painting. Roberta Stevens stated that her request to the Park Board was that the high school needs volunteers . Some of the teachers want the help of volunteers. Roberta Stevens distributed a sample volunteer form. Joanie Zeeb said maybe they could get help from the Community Care Center. Jill Tomek said she thought the Womens League would be thrilled to help. GENERAL DISCUSSION : Jill Tomek said that she would like for the city to purchase two barbeque grills with a 14x20 cooking area that are rotating units. Then we would have four total . They aren' t very expensive and I have a list of three different suppliers that we could do a price comparison on. Philip Bounds suggested that we also buy a larger grill for the pavilion area. Don White said that he would go ahead and order them. Jill Tomek informed all members that the Texas Parks & Wildlife representative had to postpone his trip to Wylie that was scheduled in August, and that he will be here sometime around the middle of September. Bill Emsoff asked about the drainage ditch entrance suggestion for Valentine Park. Don White said that the cost is prohibitive right now, but I think that you need to include a future entrance into the master plan for this park. Jill Tomek said she thought the park needed to be fenced. Don White said that they could ask for an easement on the retail property off of South Ballard just north of Stoneybrook. A fifteen or twenty foot easement there would come into the rear of the park. Joanie Zeeb asked if they could recommend to P&Z that they secure an easement if that plat is ever sold. Don White said he would check into it. Bill Emsoff stated that WSA said they would like to see Valentine park utilized for a soccer or ballfield. It could be used for practice fields, but 1 don' t want to proposition any more traffic in the alleyway. Jill Tomek said that she wanted to start using the WSA revenue money. WSA wants teeball back stops for Valentine Park, lights on Ralph field, etc. If we go ahead and use part of this money on some things they need maybe it would create a good relationship between entities. Philip Bounds said that he wanted to start an ant control program to kill out the ants at the park, but that we had to have a broadcast spreader to put out granular ant poison. It costs approximately $250. 00. It takes a long period of time to get ants under control , we would have to continually put out ant poison for several years to get rid of all the ants . It is a slow, gradual process. Joanie Zeeb said that maybe we could purchase the broadcast spreader machine with the WSA money. Bill Emsoff said that it would benifit WSA, the city, and the community. Jill Tomek said why don' t we just go ahead and buy it. Chairman Tomek said she would call James Johnson and talk to him about it. The Board Members requested the following business be placed on the October Agenda ; discuss WSA revenue spending, recommendation on WSA revenue spending. There being no other business or discussion, a motion was made by Joanie Zeeb to adjourn. The motion was seconded with all in favor. Jill mek, Chairman Respectfully Submitted, Gda LiPA Lisa Keith, Secretary