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Minutes Parks 05/18/2015I( �*" *W�� TOWN OF TROPHY CLU STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DENTON 91 MINUTES OF A REGULAR PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB LOCATION: 100 MUNICIPAL DRIVE, TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS Monday, May 18, 2015 7:00 P.M. The Parks & Recreation Board of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas, met in a Regular Session on Monday, May 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was held within the boundaries of the Town and was open to the public. PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT Hayley Little Chairwoman Julie Folley Secretary Earl Bilbrey Board Member Jim Hanna Board Member Louis Hacker Board Member Chris McCollister Board Member Tom Mills Board Member Dean Murray Board Member David Stout Board Member PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT David Abdulky Vice Chairman Darin Davis Board Member STAFF AND GUEST(S) PRESENT Adam Adams Parks & Recreation Director Jacob Lohse Parks & Recreation Superintendent Philip Shoffner Town Council Call to order and announce a quorum. Director Adams called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. noting a quorum was present. REGULAR SESSION Citizen Presentations: 1. Discuss and take appropriate action on the approval of the April 20, 2015 minutes. Board member Hanna made a motion to approve the April 20, 2015 minutes. Board member Stout seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously, Chairwoman Little abstained because she was not present for the April meeting. 2. Discuss and take appropriate action on the recommendation of a new mission statement for Trophy Club Park. Chairwoman Little read the current mission statement and proposed mission statement. The new mission statement was developed by the TCP sub -committee. TCP has its own mission statement because it is set up as an enterprise fund and is located outside of town limits. Board member Mills made a motion to approve the mission statement as written. Board member Hanna seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 3. Discuss and take appropriate action to make recommendations concerning the current Trophy Club Park's fee structure to Town Council. Board member Murray explained the proposed fees - to include an annual pass. Included in the fees is a new "horse entry" fee. When creating the new fee schedule, the TCP sub -committee researched Bridgeport's fees. The idea of a punch -card was proposed; 10 punches at $12 a punch. Representative of Marshal Creek Ranch spoke about horse fee and how access will be monitored in conjunction with the fee; the $3 fee will greatly impact her finances and proposed a concessionaires agreement in place of the fee for Marshal Creek Ranch. Richard Sennelly, TC resident, spoke regarding horse fee from the perspective of a runner; he sees mostly horses when he is running the TCP trails, and agrees that a concessionaire's fee would be the appropriate route to take for businesses using TCP. The Board requested more information from Marshal Creek Ranch before they make a decision on the horse fee. This item will be discussed at the June 2015 meeting. General entry fee per car will go from $1 to $2. Board member Murray made a motion to approve the increase of the general entry fee. Board member Hocker seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Create resident general user pass for $10 Board member Murray made a motion to create a $10 resident pass. Board member Hocker seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Create non-resident general entry pass for $20 Board member Murray made a motion to create a $20 non-resident pass. Board member Hocker seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Boat trailer fee will remain at $5 Murray, Hocker, all in ATV/OHV fee increase to $15 from $10, with the option of a $120 punch -card that includes 10 trips. Board member Murray made a motion to increase the ATV/OHV fee from $10 to $15, with the option of a $120 punch -card that is good for 10 trips. Board member Stout seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Discuss and provide input concerning a resident/non-resident survey. TCP sub -committee created a survey and needs a recommendation from the Board to move forward with it. Board member Murray recommended that staff move forward with the survey as written. Board member McCollister seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Staff/Board update on the following items; discussion of same. a. Future capital park projects Approximately $18,000 remaining. Bleachers are pending and would use this entire amount. The idea of sand volleyball courts was raised; old volleyball court at Harmony was never used, so the court was removed. Director Adams will see where volleyball court could fit and how much it would cost. b. Back To Nature recap 330 attendees, 278 were residents. Highlights of the event were the horses from Marshal Creek Ranch and the KTCW booth. Campout was successful; attendance was a little low due to rain from the day before. c. Community Garden Lottery opened on tcparks.org to get a plot. Felt is on the ground and separation beds have been installed. Boxes are built. Barring rain, all elements should be installed by the end of the week. Community Garden Association will possibly lease the area where the garden resides. Town will take in revenue from garden and will then money will be processed to the association. Garden will open on June 1, 2015. d. Youth sports associations contracts Baseball came before Town Council for a second time regarding the 2016 baseball contract. Council has additional items they would like to be addressed. There will be a meeting between TCRYBA, staff, and two council members regarding the additional items. e. Park services RFP Three companies showed interest. Two companies pulled a packet. One company made it to the pre-bid conference; however this company did not attend the bid opening, therefore is not eligible. Director Adams is proposing a small increase in property maintenance funds in 2016. f. Freedom dog park Staff is waiting on a meeting with three companies to get bids on a "gate opening" system. The online dog park survey will end today and be discussed at next month's meeting. The fence company completed the fencing at the Dino Playground. g. Trophy Club Park Board member Mills let the Board know that the park is wet due to the rain, completely transforming the lake line and impacting the trail system. h. Veterans Memorial Located at Indy West. Current partner on the project is the Women's Club. Council approved to help with financing the granite sign in the walkway. Connie White is chairwoman of the committee for the project, and is heading the effort to raise funds for the memorial. Maintenance is a little behind due to all of the rain. Adjourn Board memberanna made a motion to dismiss the meeting at approximately 8:52 p.m. por, memb¢r Mills seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. L.04 /_/acIC Q(_ Parks & Recreation Board Gecretary M e a/R>,eK-