CITY OF
PICKERINGTON
PARKS &
RECREATION BOARD
CITY HALL, 100
LOCKVILLE ROAD
MONDAY, FEBRUARY
27, 2006
REGULAR MEETING
7:30 P.M.
Mr. Boetcher moved to nominate Mr. Campbell as Chairman; Mr. Frazier seconded the motion. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Frazier, Mr. Boetcher and Mrs. Ball voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Campbell
moved to nominate Mr. Frazier as Vice Chairman; Mr. Boetcher
seconded the motion. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Frazier, Mr. Boetcher and Mrs. Ball voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Boetcher moved to schedule the date and time for the Parks
& Recreation meetings to be on the 4th Monday of each month at
7:30 PM. Mr. Frazier seconded the
motion.
Mr. Campbell, Mr. Frazier, Mr. Boetcher and
Mrs. Ball voted “Aye.” Motion
carried, 4-0.
4. COMMUNITY COMMENTS. None.
5. PARK DEVELOPMENT/IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
A. Park Master Plan – Update from Edsall & Associates
Mr. Carr introduced Mr. John Edsall with Edsall & Associates and stated they are landscape architects and land planners. He continued that the city has retained their firm to help the city prepare its Park Master Plan. Mr. Edsall gave an update on some of the work that has been done so far and a report on the public meetings that the city has had so far. Mr. Carr went over the citizen’s survey regarding the Park Master Plan.
B. Sycamore Park Tennis Courts – Mr. Carr stated they will be opening bids on Friday for the resurfacing and that work should commence in June. The engineer’s estimate to resurface the three courts is 75,000.00 and typically the engineer’s estimate is conservative so hopefully there will be bids that come in under that figure. The synthetic court surface that the city will be using will be one that will need 75 degrees weather to apply. Mr. Campbell asked if that would include the basketball courts also and Mr. Carr stated that it would just be for the three courts. Mr. Carr stated that the company has upped their warranty to 25 years. He continued that the fence work has all been done and the city will also be replacing the net posts but under a separate contract.
C. Putting/Chipping Green – Mr. Carr stated that turf renovation upgrade was done in the Fall and that the city did a weed and feed program and some over seeding that came in nicely. He continued the city will continue to do the weed and feed treatment in the chipping area and have purchased a Reel mower that we will be able to pull behind our gator and keep it cut at a lower height.
D. Joint Park District – Mr. Carr stated that 92 percent of the respondents to the city survey indicated that we should work cooperatively with the Township to acquire and operate parks and recreation facilities. Mr. Carr stated that the Township was doing a phone survey but he has not received the results of that survey as of yet.
E. Nature WorksUpdate
1. Disc Golf Course - Mr. Carr stated that the city was awarded money for the disc golf course. Mr. Carr stated he and Mr. Edsall met twice with Mr. Paul Jay, President of the Columbus Fliers Disc Golf Club. He continued that he is the course pro at Hoover, designed the new nine at Hoover and he is working with the city on the layout of the golf course free of charge. Mr. Campbell asked if we were still thinking of nine holes or doubling it to 18. Mr. Carr stated that the city has an 18-hole layout of the golf course. He continued that the general guidelines are an acre per hole and the total park will have 36 holes. Mr. Carr stated that there is money in the budget for a paved entrance road off of 256 and parking. Mr. Carr continued that the city is also leaving room for a second water tower if that does occur.
2. Victory Park Play Equipment – Mr. Carr stated that the city put in a grant application for this new funding round and we should hear back in July or August if we’ve been successful. Mr. Campbell asked how much money was requested. Mr. Carr stated the total amount available for the county was approximately 26,000 and the city has asked for 26,000.00. Mr. Carr continued there is one other entity in the county that had applied for the grant.
6. RECREATION AND EVENTS
Mr. Carr stated that the city’s spring/summer program guide would be distributed to the public by mail on March 31st. He continued that it would have a complete listing of spring and summer programs. Mr. Campbell asked whether musical groups would be scheduled. Mr. Carr stated that the city was going up from 9 shows to 11 or 12 shows with the 12th show being the bands from the high school. Mr. Carr continued that he is still waiting to hear back from the band director about that 12th show. Mr. Boetcher asked about the budget for the shows. Mr. Carr stated that for the summer concert shows the city has 13,500.00 budgeted which is a 5% increase over last year. Mr. Carr stated the summer movies are paid for by Fairfield Federal and last year money was budgeted to buy a LCD projector.
Mr. Campbell asked whether anything was heard about using the field house. Mr. Carr stated that he hasn’t heard anything about the field house as of yet.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Carr stated that two part time people are being hired to replace Lori Aberman who left in November. After background checks are completed they should be starting work at the end of March or beginning of April.
8. ADJOURNMENT
Their being nothing further, Mr. Boetcher moved to adjourn, Mr. Frazier seconded the motion. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Frazier, Mr. Boetcher and Mrs. Ball voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 4-0. The Parks & Recreation Board adjourned at 9:13 P.M. on February 27, 2006.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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Diana Fuller, Administrative Assistant
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Steve Carr, Parks & Recreation Director