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~ITY QF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
F~a.rV.=. cnd Recr~e~tion 6~ard of tt~e Gi ty _~f Narth~ ~iict~t~n~ Hi 11.., Tex_.:.
Ja.nuary iti, :55~, a.t ,5:~0 r'M
Count i 1 Ct~arnber Mun i c i pa.1 Comp 1 ex:, ?3Q 1 t~Jc~r theast LaoG ~~t~
BQARD IN ATTENDANCE . J. C~. Daugl ~.a Da4~ i s, 4~' i ce Cha i rman
Wade Fari~ey
Bob Fen imc~re
Sharvn Ba.ttle=•
EOA~'D N4T IN ATTENDANCE: DaWid McGil~ar>r, C~~airman
Dan TiGps
~on Fark:s
fi,L~O IPJ F,TTENDANCE . Da.~e Fe t i ka, D i rec tor of Pa~rks tx Retrea# i on
Jim 6rowne, Recreatit~n Superintend~nt
Ja~k Giacoma.rro, ParKs Sup~ri~ten~ient
Jerretl Neely, Cammissioner, NRG~
Terrr Higgs, Vice Pr~sident, RYA
MEETIPdG CALI.ED TO ORDER: J. Douglas Da~is, Vice Chairman at E~:41 PM.
APRROVAL ~JF THE MINUTES: Motion was made bY Mr. Fenimare to a~,pra~e
and a~ccept as submitted the minutes of the
December 3, 1SE6 Board Meeting. Motion wa.s
secanded by Ms. Batttes. Vote was unanim~us
i n fa.vor af #he mc~# i or~ by those i n a#ter~dance
a~t the DECemt~er 3, l986 Baurd MeEting.
tMessrs. ParKev and Fenimare abstained.)
NEW BUBINE~S .
ITEM 1: Update an Fossil CreeK Trail
Mr. PetiKa explai~~ed that the Seabeeg ha~e ha.d a change~ in
commanJ problem. The commanding officer should be me~e#in~ with the P~:R
C~ept. on the weeK~nd of January 1~. ~t th~at t ime a 1 i st c~f mdter i al ~
should be rec~i~ed for the lokr wdter c~ossing. l~fter the list is
recei<<e~ ":he proj~tt c~?n coordinat~d with them and will prnGabty Ge mdde
up during the weeK. There will be peaGle co~r~ing in during their 2-weeK
actiue dutr to compiete since the fartr~in.~ and pruring F~a~e tc+ t~e dane
consecuti~~ly due to aandalism and construc#ian. Hopefutly thi~ project
wilt he back ar~ athedule befare sprinp.
?
Mr. Da~is asl~ed for further discussion. There wa.s none.
I; EM 2: Fark: Deno.rtment Ur~dr-.#e
Mr. Ga.i~is ga~e th-r f~40f t0 Mr. Giacom.~r~r~, tr,r the r•~p~rt.
Mr . Gi a.c~rr~a.r~rc~ _ ta.tFd tha.t th i:. i_ tr~e t im? c~f :>•ear that rFF~a. i r~ i ng a.nd
painting is done in the parl!{~.
Fossi t Gr•eek Fark: Rfpair•s are Geinq ma.d~.
Pd~r i ch P~.r!! : Repai rs and transp 1 a.n # i ng of trees #ha# a~ere p) an ted tao
cao~.e toge:her.
~i~t~fietd ParK: Rep~irs a.nd painting ~,re~paring f~r the softbail season.
P4orthf i el d F~arK: Aft~r ~-:.i2 Ye~rs, at t the 1 i ghts warK at th i s park .
The #1 bal)field is still being repairetl, ciose to 1~300 .rards af top
~~~it r~as.been brougFr# in to leUel this field. Duyauts ha~e been
couered. G~uring the New Year's halida..r, ~andaiism to th~ dugouts wa.s
dar~e. The co~ers werE pulied off tt~e to~+s ~f 2 of the 4 dugauts.
Mr. Da~is asked when there i4 a. pattern to the ~andalism? Mr.
Giacomarra explained #hat it is t,asically only~ destruttion. Mr. Petika
stated that in this particular ins#ance tf~at it appears as thaugh
, somear,e was #rying to tammi t a#heft b~v r~aul ing the #o~~s awa~~.
tPictures af th~ Vandatism were distribu#ed for ~iew to the ParK~
Baar~d. ?
Mr. Giacama.rro sta.ted tha# the dugout coaers wauld cost approximatety
~f2aQ hy contra.ttc,rs. The Pa.rKs Di ~ i si on has dane the 1 abor pl us tt~e
~urch~.s i ng the rr~~.ter i e.t s cost i ng ~400, a~,prax imate 1 y 1-1!^c ~aYS f~r two
mEn to put them up. Mr. Parkey asK~d if this was for all three
diamonds. Mr. Giacomarro confirmed. Mr. Parkey asKed if there wa.s
o#her var~daiism in tl~~e other parKs during the hatidaYs. Mr. Giacarrarrc
stated tha.t i t i s mo~#1 y gra~ff i t i and •a~rc~~r i ty 1 i gtrts :be i ng shot aut.
Mr . Far~,ey asb:eti i f f~ i chf i~ 1 d had any ~a.r~dai i sm. Mr . G i acamarrc~ stated
tr~a# i t ha.s had i ts shar~t of ~an~~.l i sm. Th i s ~a.ndal i sm i s usua.l 1 y done
c+r~ the w~eKends, hol i da~ys or a~hen th i 1 dren are out of s~hoal . Mr .
FEtika stated that ther~ is,a trend to vandalism when chitdren are out
af schoot. It generally octurs three weeks after ~choat is out and two
weeKs before school goes bacK. into sassian. Mr. Par1(~Y a~Ked about the
no`ice that was to go inta the newslettEr stating ta the ci#izens if
their childr~n were caught Vandalixing, they were liable. Mr. PetilCa
stated that we could not do #hat, th~ City i~ liabte for thE da~r~a4e.
Mr . Gi a~am~arro sta.ted that dur i ng a conference ifandal i~m w~.s brough # up
quite frequently. The outcane was to Keep Vandaliam quite, th~e more you
ad~ertise the mare you are qoing to ha~re. We notify aur palice, but if
we were to release to the papers, we could qet co~y-cats. Mr. DaVis
stated he goes th~ough the parK~ quite often but has ne~er witne~se~i a.ny
' ~andali~m.
I3EM ~'ecr~a.t i on Repor t
Mr . C~.~ i: c,a.~e the f 1 oar to P1~ . Browr~e for the rE~or t.
Mr. Eir~owne rECOgn i zed sQme repre.en#at i~;es of the ;.rr th Ri cr~l er~~~ ki ~ t s
~tr~ 1 et i c Off i t i dt ~~.~~ac i a.t i~n, wr~ i ch i r~corF+orated d.~ a non-~r~~f i t
a~ga.n i ~~.t i an the c~r i ng of 1~5f ar~d regi s#ere~~ wi tt~ tl~~e Sta.tF c~f T?.<s.~.
Trre i r pur~+c~~e i 4 ta prCU i b~ qua.l i ty off i c i at i ng, tr•a i n ~c±tt~e.i i
off i c i at s, a.nd promote saf tba.i t i n the hlF:H a.rea. Th~y are great 1 y
respon~i G1 e far th~ qu i cY. growt~~ of o~~r sof tGat 1 program. Mr~ . ErauanE
introduced th~ foltowing:
~1 Medina - rooKie urnGire ir~ 1S~b a.nd repre~ented NRN ~s an umpire ~
sta.te majar clas: tournament
Jonelle Srnith - Starekeeper Coordinator
G~r~e H~dpea - Umpire, cantact for tield worh, uahich was free af cha.r~ye.
~tim Carr - 5ecretary of NRH AOA, Chief Umpire and sche~uter of the
umpires
Or4~ille Hool,er - Uice President ~f NRH AOA
Fteqis Wetter - Soard MembFr and re~r~s~ntatiUe af the scoreKe~pErs
Doc Kirk.s?y - Rre~ident of h{~H 1~]A
There ~~itl be a sprinp ~oftbait pta~nnir~q meetir~g with thESE quests
immEdiately after thE P&R Board Meeting, P&R Board members ar~e welcomed
to the meeting.
Impartant Dat&s to Rememb~r:
F i rst t~.~eeK of Februar~• Ump i re Gt i n i c and htRH ~0~ mee t i ngs
FebruarY 23 Begin registration af r~eturning softball
teams
March ? 4pen Regis#ration
~ March c~-' Pre-Sea.son RoaK i e Touramer~t
March 1d Beginning of Spring League Ptay
Other things:
Janua.ry ^c9-3Q NYSCA Ctinic - F~a~Ketball
Ja.nuarV 31 Nl'~CA Clinit - Fast Pitch Girls
Mr . Dai~ i s~tated that on behat f~~f the Boa~d, he canmer~ded the NRH-hD«a.
ITEFa 4: ['1 SCU551 Gr~ C~f T t~R~S ~C~t "uCi 'r'rGenda
Mr . Fe t i M;a requested to the f 1 oor~ . Mr . C?a.~ i s conced~d.
Mr~. Fetik:a. sta.ted tt~at in Febr~uar~y the bud'u_et ~arCCees Ge4+n~. Ttier~e
~ji 1 1 be a. "~r•e-bu~iget" w,~rkshop t,etwEerr Ci ty G~c~unc i 1 and De~~a.rtment
HEads. kt this wurKsho~~ depending ar~ re~~enu~s it wi11 Ge ciecided what
witl be nerit year a.nd which city-wide pragrams wiil be etirri'inated this
>~ea.r -r.nd . Ther~e i s~~+~rme danqer to exF~ar~ ~ i ~n pragrams t~e i ng cu t.
Mr . E~a.U i s stated tha.t he i s sur~E #ha.t the Mr . Pe t i ka w i 1 1 be t~a~_k: i r~g #he
D~partmEr~t ~el i .
Mr , Fen im~re requeste~' a pre-G~~dc~e t E~oard m~~ t i ng. Mr .~'F t i Ka st~.t~~
tt~a.t c~n he arranged.
Mr . C~a.w i s ga~e tr~e f 1 oar to tTerre 1 1 Nee 1 y.
JE~RELL N~E~I'. Cc~mm i s: i oner , hlRGSA
Mr. Neely ~tated he was pre~ent to infarm the Board that the hJRGSA ha.s
beer~ asked by 1m~ri.can Softbatl ~,~.sociation ta hetp honor t~~eir 100th
BirthdaY by hosting a^c4 Haur Ptay-a.thr~n a.t Fossit CreeK. Park: (one of
ma.n~~ s i tes around the state ) the~ f i rst weekend c~f Apr i 1. ThE p 1 ay-att~on
~+~i 1 1 begi n~.f ter the K i cIC off af the seasan open i ng day~ cat 1 ed "Fun Qay~"
a# a~praximately 5 PM. He requested the E~odrd's aRpra~rat and ta abtain
~ a permit to be in the park a.ll night since there is ~,n ardina.nce
concerning parK haurs. The 24 #eams pa~rticipatin~ ha~e ta ra.ise a
rr~ i n i mum of ~150 i n arder to par t i t i pate . Mo~t of thes~ mon i es i 1 1 c~o
to the S~~e~ial Olympit~.
Mr. ParKey asKed if Saturday ewenin+~ will t~e the on1Y night-time
i r~wol ~~ed?
t1r. ~~ieety a.nswered tha# they~ do na# ha~~e the er•.ac# =tart da.te5! bu# feel
it will begin after the Fun Day and Pa.rade originating from Git,v Hail,
a.pprox imat~ 1 Y 5 PM, Mr . ParKey asi;ed i f tf~e t imes far the F'a.rK.s arQ an
ardinance. Mr. P?tika stated that it is an ardir~ance, but t~-r car~
a.dmini~trati~ely g~t a wai~er an time. Th~ ordinance s#ates the PB:R
Directc~r can ap~n or c1~se a city pa.rK with appro~al from #hE Ci#7~
Ma.na~er . Mr . Pet i k.a s#ated tha.t he needs ~~me f i rm tla.tes and t i mes.
Mr. Neely stated that #here was no confirm~tian set. He wanted to wait
to ~approach the Board f~r the appro~a.l needed.
Mr. C~a.~is asKed Mr. NeelY ~a giwe Mr. PetiKa an agenda af the program
f~r h i s i nformat i an tc, ge t au thor i za.t i on fram the C i ty Ma.nager .
Mr. NeelY~ stated that te~ms will Ge cominy fram alt aU~er the state.
Tt~is i~ a nationwide commemoration. This is a ane day affair.
P1r. Fark~y dsked if there will be an admission into the F~arK for any
• reas~on? Mr. Neety stated na, th~r~e wi11 not be an admis~ian int~ the
parK. The anly manies earned by the hlRGB~ will Ge the concESSior~ s#and.
P1r . C?~.~~ i=_. tt~en aa4~e~~ f~r a. c~,nc~n~u~. {rom *.1-,~ B~~ard ro r~e.r~dt e tr, i=_.
t~~rauur~ P~~r. Petik:~ ~n~. ~.drr~~r~i=_.tra.ti~~Fl~r.
P9r. L~a.~.~is ~_.:k2~ h~r. Neei~ f~r 1 i=_t of Eoa.rC m?n~~r•s. !"r. t~J~el:r' =_ke.'ed
tt~a.t he ~Rai i; gEt a; i st tc, the F'~FL~.
F1r . C?a.~ ~ s g~3~e the f t oor t~ TerrY H't g~~s
TEF~1' HIGC~~, l.'ice F'resident, F..~'~
~1r. Hit~gs ~ta.t~d they ~~a.n+.ed to up~a.te th? Eod.r-d and a request for f~~lc~.
ThE R"r'A ha.s ret~lr~ed Mr. SteUe Cc,x, C~ntla.=., a~ the a~SC~Cfd.~tt~' ~.ttorne~
free c~f ch~rg~. Qne of their 6oard R~ember= works for him. Mr. F~.rM'ey
askeJ if thi~ was tr~e same c~ne who h~lped ~~~itf~ the sta.rt ~f tt~e cf~a.rter,
e tc . Mr . h~ i ggs sta~ted #ha# avas carr~ec t.
Mr~ . H i ggs cor~ t i nued tha.t tr~ey ar~ ney~t i a.t i r~g wi tf~ #hr~e CPA f i rtr~~ to da
their bo~Ka. By the next EoarJ me~ting f~e ~houtd ha~e the name a.nd
-r.ddre=.s of the ger~#1 emanlf i rR~ cUntrat#ed ta da the i r t~ook.Ke~p i ny.
Mr. Higgs state~d tha# r~e h~d #wo req~e~ts. The first one is a denation
bY Dr . Pepper af three scar-rboard~., or~~ f~ad bEen danated l a.st y~ar .
Th i s maKes a. totat of four scorebo~ards. There i s• ~arr~e h~l p n-rede~.
Sane Beard members are license elettrical cantractor~. Mr. Hiyq~ asKed
what the City could do to hetp with this project. Mr. D~.ui~a requested
. Mr•. PetiN'a. an~wer #r,e qu~5#iGn. Mr. Feti~;a .~.nswered tha# ~t~ey m?e# a~ith
him and get a"no-cost° ~e~rmit fram #he i~tspection L~e~~artm~n#. It wiil
be necessary to go thraugh the channels. Mar~etarily #h~ Gity cannot
t~eip. Therz is a bind on atl finances in the Gity.
Mr . Fer~ imore ~.sked i f the C i ty has a d i tch-d i g+~Er~ Mr . F~e # i K;. ~ttl.ted
th~t we do not.
Mr. F~arKey a.51+ed if tontractors had b-ren cantac#ed? Mr. Hic,gs sta#e+~
t~~Fy~ ria~~e not, they w~re wai t i ng for aFF~ra~al of the ~rett i c,n af t{-~e
sc~reboards. Mr. ParKey a.sk:ed if these were for th~ balldiamand~~? Mr.
Hi ~c~~. ansu~~ered :res and tha# wi r i r~p wi 1 1 be dCne to each one of tr~e
~COreb4~kh buildings.
Mr. FarKey made a motion to atlow th~e RYA ta hire contractor to er~ect
faur scarebooths with a~na-cc~~t permit" Mr. Feimore setonded. Mr.
ParKer asKed if there wi11 be Dr. FepFer ad~ertising and witl they
maintain the boards? Mr. Higas stated tF~at was true. Mr. ParKey
continued ta asK if they wilt help erect them. Mr. Higgs stat~d they
would nc,t. Mr. ParKey continued t+y sayir~g that C~r. Pe~,per has truck.s
with winches on tfie baclt and it woutd nat hurt to ~.sK. Mr. Higgs stated
that f~e waui ti asK Dr . P~~+per for hEt p i n the zrect i an of thE
s~:orebaards. Mr. 6avi~ stated that there is a. mation an the floor,
V~te was una~nimous in faVar of the motion. Mr. UaUis asKed th~t whoe~er
is daing the digging get with JatK due to the mass of iinFs underc,round.
Mr . Gi a.comarro tonf i rir+ed that he l;naws where the t i nes are .
Mr. Higgc ctated their 4ecnnd request i_. tr~at the Bronto fi~ld a.t
R i~hf i e t d Fark: i 5 nc~t regu i a.t i on s i ze d.nd tt~Ere i s a deF~ #h F~erc~~ t i r,n
G~ ~3b1 em far th~ k i ds. When tf~e rh i t dren q~ to a.nather f i e 1 d t~~ p 1 a.y
ba.l ~ ftr a. t+~urna~r~ents, etc., theW~ a.r~e plaYin.r an a regulation s.izE
bror~c~ fi~id. The present bronco fiel~ is ::?5 done foul 1ine, ~~5 d~~wn
thF cent~rfield lin~. The regulatian brar~ta fi~ld is 2C10 ieet dc~wr~ tf,~
ft+ul 1 in~ and c^50 d~w~m centerfi~id t ine. Tourr~ament ca.n not be held at
kict;fi~ld ParK until this rectified. The chit+~ren a.re used to play~inc~
~n ~uch a large field tha.t there end~ u~, being a perception ~roblem wher~
they arE c~ue:.ts c+n oth~r f i el d_~. There a.re three bi ds:
Me#ro MaintEnance ~1500
trepla.ce a. lot vf ~c~les)
A-1 Fence Company ~ ~00
Cusing existinq pole~?
Cra.nf i e 1 d Fence Camp~r~y 3`0
TheY u~~t~ul d i i Ke #a request t~ mo~e tf~e ex i st i ng #ence . F~ p i cke t fent~
~~as used, but it did not worK due to the hazard ar~~ flimsiness, that t~as
beRn tal<en dawn. At the Rl'A's cc~st, RYA requested permission to ma~e
#h~ fence to me~t the regulation sixe of 200 fee# down faul line and 254
feEt d~~,n centerfield 1 ine. There wi t i be plenty of fence teft c+~~er
wf~cn f i n i ahed. Mr . F~r? i more ma.de a. mot i an to g i ~e RYA perm i ss i an to
mo~~e th~e fence of tl-~e ~ronca fieid where r~eeded and to checK witt~ Mr.
- Giacam~.rro. Mr. ParKey seconded #he motion. Ms. 8attles reques#ed
distus~i~n. Mr. Gidcomarro asN;ed if #he 1 ight dire~ctian frarr~ the ~ales
wi 11 t~e a.ffect~d. Mr. Higgs gtated thdt t~e did no# foresee #hat the
li~jh# direc#ian af poie~ wouid be a probtem because they ar? mc~w~iny in
not out. Mr. Parkey stated that they could get svme sha.dows ~3n the
batlfield. Mr. Da~is asKed if this w~uld s#ay chain-linK~d. Mr. Hiygs
stated that was c4rrect, Mr. Ra.rKey a.sk.ed i f they haWE d~~_ i ded on wh i ch
t~id ta 'r.cc~pt? Mr. Higqs 5tated Mr. Cranfield would hat~e a.n entire
sea.~o~~ to warK #his. If there is s+ame damage #o thE fence th~y will be
rEpla.c~~, Cut that decisian had nat heen made. Mr. Fenirr~orE stated tt~at
all they asKed #hat it be don~ right. Mr. Da~is ask~ti if a permit would
bF r~~eded? Mr. PetiKa ~.tatEd tr~at it would be same as tF~E other E~ermit.
Mr. Davis a.slted for further distu~sion. A Vute was talCen and wa~~
ur~an i mous i n fa.~~or ~f tFie mot i an .
Mr. Higgs thEn handEd out ta ea.ch Board m~mber and Mr. Petil!a a. copy of
their new by-lawa and iist of new ba~rd members.
Mr. Fetiha stat~ed that Mr. Higgs had ~poKen to him prior ta this meEting
ar~d if there wer~ a.ry problems theY cauld be worKed aut. Mr. Petika
~l~o stat~d #ha# it has Geen a pleasure wo~K.ir~g with him.
P1r . Farkey a.sked wF~~n the amendrr~-rn ts ta the new Cy-l ~:ws were made . Mr .
Hiy~s s#ate~ that usas dane at the el~~_tion meeting and he witl be a.t
ea~h PF~R Ec+ard R~~E t i ng. A1 s~, tr~o i r at#arney i s t o~f~ i ng CUEr the i r
ch~rter, if there are any changes he u~ill get them to th~ City as soan
aa pas~ible.
hir. Fer,i~r~ore 4tatrd #ha.t th~ere i~ r~te~~ to ~~~ark: a~ith tt~is 8oar~~.
Mr. Hic~gs stated that ~t tr~e first h~a.lf c~f Gaseball he k~i11 =.ut,r~~it a.
fin~.r~c+a.l statement a.nd e.# #hE end of baseGali another st•~.*ement ~h~i11 be
=~~~fi~ I f tZ~. rit the E~~~~ t+~ eaCh SEd.SC~si , 8. t i f~afit i a i _~~~.~EiAF~i t W i ~ 1 ~~F
~UbfTil f~F~.
ITE~1 5: In~+ut frc,m th~ E~r_~a.rd
~1r . C?av i s asb:ed f~r i nput fram the ~'oar~. Tt~~Ere wa~ nor~e .
AL~~T~?u~r~r~Er~'r . Mr . Farke:;~ rr~ad~ a mat i ~n ta ad,i ourn .
~1s. Bat t 1 es secanded the mc~t i ~n . .~ote ~.!a.s
unanimou=_. in fa.~~ar af the adjt~urnment a.t
7:21 F`M
. Resp tfully ~uGrnitted
z .
Gin G. Gonzalez
~:ecordir~g Secretary