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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 2005 - MinutesJEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2005 I. OPENING BUSINESS Chair Rick Tollefson called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon in the Main Floor Conference Room of the Jefferson County Courthouse, Port Townsend, Washington. Members Present: Mike Ryan, Brian Miller, Judith Lucia, Eileen Rogers, Rick Tollefson (Chair), Joan Linderoth (Vice Chair), Judi Mackey, Philip Siemion, Rick Stapf, Jr. Members Absent: None Staff Present: Nik Worden, Matt Tyler Guests: Phil Johnson, County Commissioner. Quorum: There was a quorum. Agenda: Two additions were made to the agenda: the Quilcene Park (Judi Mackey), and the Quilcene Teen Center (Rick Tollefson). Minutes: Eileen Rogers moved to approve the minutes of March 2nd as presented. II. OLD BUSINESS A. Larry Scott Trail: Nik Worden said that an event had been held at the Larry Scott Trail to celebrate the installation of the new Kiosk. He said that two offers had been made on the Discovery Timber Company property for the trail and had been rejected. Nik also indicated that the owner of the Discovery Bay Golf course development was interested in bringing the trail through the property between the golf course and the housing development. B. H.J. Carroll Park: Matt Tyler stated that H.J. Carroll Park had many soccer and baseball practices. 25 facility reservations had been made in March and April. Pavilion project is moving forward, the Rotary Club will be general contracting and doing some of the sub -contractor work themselves. Hope to be finished in May. C. Irondale Beach: Nothing new to report. D. Gibbs Lake: Matt Tyler stated that a big trail clean up day happened for April 3rd. with volunteers from the Quimper Trail Association. The challenge course is doing well, 12 reservations in March and April, a challenge course training is planned for April 16th - 17th, and April 30th-May 1 st. E. ORV. Matt Tyler stated that the ORV group had received a grant from the IAC for the ORV feasibility study in E. Jefferson County. Grant is $56,000 - breakdown: $40,000 from the IAC, $11,000 volunteers, and $5000 from Jefferson County, Jefferson County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, April 6, 2005 Page I of 3 F. Community Network: Rick Tollefson reported that the State of Washington is in the funding cycle for community network programs, Senator Hargrove is the point man on the funding, there is no reason to believe that it will not be funded. There is a Healthy Youth Coalition meeting on April 7th and the subject is the local teen centers. Quilcene Teen Center has challenges and a possible solution is for JCPR to take it over. G. Met. District Sub -Committee: Eileen Rogers and Judith Lucia reported that at the last Met. Rec. meeting the plan was made to forward proposed discussion items to the group and send a letter to the CEOs of parks and recreation in the County. The discussion items were not sent. Instead, a letter and survey were sent directly out to the CEOs about the Met. Rec. District, and a meeting was planned with the four principals including the School Districts, the Port District, and the County Commissioner. That meeting has been postponed until the end of April. H. Skateboard Park: Nothing new to present at this time. III. NEW BUSINESS A. Additional Agenda Item, Improvements Needed at Quilcene Park. Judi Mackey said improvements are still needed at the Quilcene Campground Park including picking up the brush, cleaning off the tables and cleaning out the fire -pits. Judi Mackey is working with ECAP to work with JCPR more. A commercial kitchen is needed for the center; people could use it to prepare products that they would sell locally. An additional comment was made that when the water system is put in Quilcene, it should be brought over to the Quilcene Park and a new toilet, showers, etc should be made at the campground. There are many bicyclists moving through and they could use it, would be a good market for the campground. There is an issue that the community keeps coming to meetings about the Quilcene Park and nothing happens. Questions were posed: What is the plan of work regarding the Quilcene Park? Can we get a campground host like before? What about the skateboard equipment, the surface of the park? There is a desire to follow through and have the needed information available, Rick Tollefson noted that ultimately, Quilcene needs a new building because the old one was not built correctly. B. Conservation Futures Committee: Eileen Rogers noted that there are two projects under consideration. One is a grant on East Tarboo Creek Conservation Project to purchase an easement on East Tarboo Creek and to restore the creek back to its original channel. The group needs $143,410. The other is a grant to have an easement around Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary Phase One Rock so that the public could access it in the future. Tours were made to both of these projects and were excellent. The Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary Phase One Project is requesting $67,699, D. Strategic Planning Presentation: Matt Tyler gave a presentation regarding the 2005 Strategic Plan. Copies of this presentation and the Strategic Plan are available. Jefferson County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, April 6, 2005 Page 2 of 3 IV. STAFF REPORTS A. Recreation Report: Matt Tyler said that a volunteer group would paint the Gym in P.T. this Saturday. Matt described the new Blue Heron After School Program in partnership with the YMCA, the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, the Blue Heron School and JCPR. B. Discussion About the Strategic Plan. There was discussion in the group about the strategic plan, how to improve it, and the best way to bring it forward. BOARD ACTION ITEM. Rick Tollefson moved that a presentation of the Strategic Plan be made to the BOCC and that the BOCC present the strategic plan to the public in a public forum at the BOCC earliest convenience. Eileen Rogers seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. V. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:42 PM. The next meeting will be held in the First Floor Conference Room at the Courthouse on May 4, 2005. Jefferson County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, April 6, 2005 Page 3 of 3 JEFFERSON COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA April 6, 2005 12 noon to 2 p.m. 1st Floor Conference Room, Courthouse A. OPENING BUSINESS Call to order Introductions Roll Call Agenda Additions or changes Adoption Minutes Additions or changes Adoption B. OLD BUSINESS Larry Scott Trail HJ Carroll Park Irondale Beach Gibbs Lake: Trails, Challenge Course ORV Update Community Network Metro. District sub -committee Skateboard parks Community Park Grant Program 2005 C. NEW BUSINESS Conservation Futures Committee: Eileen Strategic Planning/ Focus Groups/ next steps: (Matt -Warren) 2005 Quilcene Park Board Meeting Recreation Report: Matt D. STAFF REPORTS: Recreation Division / Parks Division E. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND CORRESPONDENCE F. SET NEXT MEETING DATE/ ADJOURNMENT