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CZTY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
Parks and Recreation Board of the City of North Richland Hills
November 1988, at 6:30 PM
City Council Chambers, City Hall, 7301 Ni-~theast Loop 820
BOARD TN ATTENDANCE : Don Tipps
J. Douglas Davis
Sharon Battles
Bobbie Lambert
Ran Parks
David McGiZvary
Bob Fenimore
BOARD NOT IN ATTSNDANCE: Wade Parkey
ALSO IN ATT$NDANCE . Jim Browne, Acting Director of Parks &
Recreation
Jack Giacomarro, Park Superintendent
Monica Walsh, Recreation Coordinator
Karen Allen, NRGSA
~ David Holt, RYA
MEBTING CALLED TO ORDSR: David McGilvary, 6:48 PM.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Ms. Battles requested that it be noted as a
correction to Item 10 Discussion Of Other Items
that the second motion made and voted on was
out of order (even though the vote was not
mentioned in the minutes because of the other
resolution that was reached). Motion was made
by Mr. Davis to approve and accept as corrected
the minutes of tlze Oct. 4, I988 Board meeting.
Motion was secoizded by Mr. Tipps. Vote was in
favor of acceptailce by those in atLendance at
the Oct. 4, 1988 Board meeting with Mr. Parks
abstaining.
NEW BUSINESS .
ITEM 4: PARKS DIVISION UPDATE
i~;r . Giac~~mari-o gave the follaw~iig report ;
M1. v.1dCJll)31'1'U i~epo.-ted that mos* of tl~c work bZ121CJ doi.a
~ rnt 1 y wa;. ::i; tl~e llatlll e of repaii Tlle improvements bEiiiy
` made to tl,c football f~e~ds at Riclzfi~~d P~.-k are almo5t
complete. Also at Richfield Pai-k in the next month the parking
2ot will be extended 250 feet to the east Lo accommodate tlle
overflow parking that has been such a problem this year. At
Northfield Park sprinklers have been added to the infields of
the ballfields and some painting has been done. At Fassil Creek
Park fencing and gates have been replaced. At Norich Park some ~
repairs and painting have been done.
Discussi~:n: Mr. McGilvary asked if thfs is the time of year for
work to be done in the parks and not at the municipal buildings.
Mr. Giacomarro explained that the buildings still require work
as well as the rights of way.
ITEM 5: RECREATION/ATHLSTIC UPDATB:
Ms. Walsh gave the following report:
A. October 1- We co-sponsored an Ethnic Fest-Of-All which had
~ twenty arts and crafts booths, entertainment, etc. Also on
that day we hosted a 5k run that benefited Cystic Fibrosis.
~ B. October 1-15 was Employee Sportsweek with over 150
participants out of the 300 people employed by the city.
Mr. Tipps and Mr. Parks were the only Board members who
participated. The Police Department won with 360 points
~ compared to 350 for the Community Center and 340 for the
Fire Department.
C. October 15 - Our gymnastics, dance, kids aerobics and Tae
Kwon Do performed in the community fair at North Hills Mall.
D. Basketball leagues have been playinq for three weeks now.
Our league consists of fourteen more teams than last year.
Volleyball leagues are three weeks into their season with
ten mens teams and ten womens teams.
F. November 19 - The Recreation Department will host the USSTBA
Friendship V~lleyba2l Tournament.
G. Ms. Walsh attended an NTRA meeting that discussed ideas for
haunted houses. Next year we will start preparing in June
for our Halloween activities.
H. Mr. Browne was elected Regional Director for TAA£ for this
year.
I. Classes at the Recreatic~n Ceilter liave beeil in session fc~~
tl;rce weeks naw. We were vEry pleased tllat several clas~.r,.
filled shortly after iegi5tration opened. P.evaIlue from
classes for the year 1987,'E8 was G150,000.00 compared tc
~?5,40C.00 far 19fi6/87.
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~ ITEM 6: NORTH RICHLAND HILLS SENIOR CITIZSN CBNTBR REPORT
The Chair asked for a representative from the Senior Center,
there was none present.
ITEM 7: RICHLAND YOUTH ASSOCIATION RBPORT
David Holt qave the following report:
Football season ends~this week end. All construction on the
basebal~ fields has been completed. There were two hundred more
children participatinq this year.
ITEM 8: NORTH RICHLAND GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCZATION
Karen Allen gave the followinq report:
The only information to report is that all work is at a stand
still on the building.
ITEM 9: LIBRARY BOARD PROPOSAL TO INCRF.,.T~SS VOLZJNTARY CONTRIBUTION ON
WATBR BILLS FOR PARKS AND I.IBRA~tY FUND
~ Mr. McGilvary read the proposal submitted by the Library Baard
concerninq increasing the voluntary donations to the
Parks/Library fund that are collected from the water billing.
Mr. Davis asked how the funds were currently used. Mr. Brc~wne
explained that these funds helped qreatly when the budget was
~ cut by 7~ this last year. These funds have also been used for
purchases such as the divider curtain in the qymnasium and the
paving presently being done to the parking lot at Richfield
Park. Ms. Battles asked if these funds were spent at the sole
discretion of the department head. Mr. Browne told her that
these funds followed the same guidelines for approval as any
line items in the budget. Mr. Tipps sugqested that the wording
on the water billing read ~.50 contribution for parks ai~d 5.50
contribution for library. Mr. Tipps made a motion to support
the proposal by the Library Board to increase the VOltiiltaly
~ contributions to the parks and library funds collected from
~.50 to 51.00 with the stipulation that the billing list tlle
contributions separately with S.50 park donation aild 5.50
Iibrary donation. Mr. Fenimore seconded the motion. 'v'ot~ was
unanimous in approval.
ITEM 10: DISCi1SSION OF OTHER ITEMS
Mr. Farks told tTie Board abuut. the Eeautificatioii Com;~~~ .-;_i~
tilat IidS bc211 f~rmcd dI1CZ t1~E11 plans fOI a Christma.~ ~1tr 2J1
tilc C.lt.j%.
Ms. Battles asked the result of ineetings that were scheduled
~ between Mr. Petika and Mr. Angle of NEFAL. Mr. Browne said
that he did know for sure if Mr. Petika and Mr. Angle met, but
that NEFAL was using the auditorium and other rooms in the
Center for rehearsals.
Mr. Davis asked if the change of ineeting days from Tuesday to
Monday was still agreeable for everyone. The majority of
members wanted to leave the meetings on Mondays.
After discussion, it was decided to cancel the meeting planned
for the month of January because of conflicts with holidays.
ITSM 11: ADJOURNMSNT
Mr. Battles made a motion to ad~ourn. Mr. Lambert seconded the
motioil. Vote was unanimous in favor of adjournment at 7:26 PM.
Respectful~y Submitted,
Jan Andrews
~ Recordinq Secretary
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