2010-10-06 P & R Minutes Approved

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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes 10-06-10 Table 1 P&R Programs for 2011 is a plan at the committee level as to how the committee wants to spend the dollars allocated by the council. These planned expenditures correspond to the total amount allocated to line items E 101-45201- 132, 371, 372, and 373. The second table is other organization's activities that the committee is interested in monitoring. Table 3 is a list, by priority, of enhancements the committee would like to see. Some will be accomplished by the City independent of the Parks & Recreation Committee. Some will probably never be accomplished. All are part of the committee’s ‘wish list’. Maybe grant money could be found to get some of these projects done. Some of the items added to the committee’s ‘wish list’ would be the items removed from the Trail Project; the fountain, bike racks, benches, water fountain, garbage receptacles and Trail Side Park. Phase Two of the renovation of Tracie McBride Memorial Park would include replacing the current half basketball court with a full court. There has been past discussion of a Heritage Center on the Liebel property on Main Street where the Indian Burial Mounds are located. Review & Approval of Special Event Permit for Diva Dash, November 13, 2010 – 5K Walk/Run & 5 Mile Run A special event permit request submitted by Mr. Mark Bongors, Final Stretch, Inc. was forwarded to the Parks & Recreation Committee for review. The event is a 5K Run benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Alliance and will be partially run in Centerville. While the committee had some questions regarding police and fire notification, they realized this was part of the permitting process and it was also forwarded to these departments for review. Chairperson Branch signed the event permit and it will be passed on to the City Clerk. NASCAR Race Track (Seeley) Committee Member Seeley asked the committee to consider making a statement to City Council to not support the proposed NASCAR Race Track in Columbus because of environmental impacts and noise/traffic concerns to Centerville. Mayor Capra will pass this information on to City Council. Star Gazing in Conjunction with February Skate Night (Seeley) Committee Member Seeley asked the committee to consider star gazing as an addition to skate night. The committee discussed where this could actually take place as it should be away from the lights of the skating rink. Hidden Spring Park was suggested. Committee Member Seeley Suzanne will ask Wargo Nature Center for information and report back at the next committee meeting. Youth Corp Mayor Capra requested the committee add a discussion of possibly supporting a Youth Corp through Parks & Recreation. Through Mayor Capra’s work with scouting, she feels as a population we underestimate the value of the youth in the community and their efforts to be involved. It was discussed accepting applications which would include items the youth would be interested in volunteering for and then tasks could be assigned for specific events, such as the 8K Run. Mayor Capra stated a scout needs 8 hours of work for the community to get a Citizen Badge. It was suggested asking youth in the community what they would like to see offered. It would have to be well designed to ensure if youth were interested, we had projects for them. The committee is in favor of supporting this and will keep it on the agenda moving forward for discussion. 3 of 7