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Home My WebLink AboutPRB 2019-08-05 Minutes i MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS HELD IN THE CITY HALL 4301 CITY POINT DRIVE AUGUST 5, 2019 REGULAR MEETING A. CALL TO ORDER Chair Kusmierski called the meeting to order August 5, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Present: Marty Kusmierski Chair, Place 5 � Mike Filis Vice-Chair, Place 7 ' Tracye Tipps Board Member, Place 1 �� Kate Beck Board Member, Place 2 � ' Russell Mitchell Board Member, Place 3 Vanessa Copeland Board Member, Place 4 Dianne Spradling Board Member, Place 6 Kenneth Reeves Board Alternate Staff Members: Vickie Loftice Managing Director I Bill Thornton Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Adrien Pekurney Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Frank Perez NRH2O Park Manager Joe Pack Senior Park Planner Christina Lopez Office Coordinator B. INTRODUCTION OF NEW PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBER - KATHERINE BECK Ms. Vickie Loftice, Managing Director, introduced Kate Beck as the new Parks and Recreation Board member serving in Place 2. C. CITIZEN PRESENTATION There were no requests to speak from the public. D. ACTION ITEMS D.1 APPROVE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 3, 2019 PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. APPROVED August 05, 2019 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 4 I A MOTION WAS MADE BY BOARD ALTERNATE KENNETH REEVES, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER RUSSELL MITCHELL, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 3, 2019 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. D.2 ELECTION OF CHAIR &VICE-CHAIR. APPROVED A MOTION WAS MADE BY BOARD MEMBER TRACYE TIPPS, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER VANESSA COPELAND, TO NOMINATE MARTY KUSMIERSKI FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR AND MIKE FILIS FOR THE POSITION OF VICE-CHAIR. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. E. PRESENTATION / DISCUSSION ITEMS E.1 PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSED FY2020 OPERATING BUDGET. Ms. Vickie Loftice presented the Park and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation FY2020 Operating Budget. E.2 PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND NRH2O'S PROPOSED FY2020 CAPITAL BUDGETS. Ms. Vickie Loftice presented the Park and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation FY2020 Capital Budget. New projects include: - Linda Spurlock Park Renovation - Green Valley Race Way Historical Plaza - Park Infrastructure Maintenance 2020 - RTC Infrastructure Maintenance 2020 Ms. Loftice also updated the Parks and Recreation Board on improvements planned for Iron Horse Golf Course. E.3 OUTDOOR PLAY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. Ms. Vickie Loftice introduced a new public awareness campaign on the importance of August 05, 2019 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 4 I natural areas, parks, outdoor play for children and overall health benefits for all individuals. Parks and Recreation will be promoting the Outdoor Play Awareness Campaign over the next few months. Ms. Loftice also showed a video titled "Free the Kids". F. DEPARTMENT UPDATES F.1 NRH2O FAMILY WATER PARK UPDATE. Mr. Frank Perez, NRH2O General Manager, presented an update on activities at NRH2O. - NRH2O continues to celebrate its 25th season. - The Dive-In Movie series wrapped up last Friday with a showing of The Greatest Showman and a fireworks display. - Doggie Beach Bash is scheduled for Saturday, September 28 from 10 am to 4 pm. - NRH2O is currently collecting school supplies for the BISD PTA and will have their annual shoe donation the week of August 12-16. The shoe donation has been one of NRH2O's most successful charity drives. F.2 PARKS CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE. Mr. Bill Thornton, Assistant Director, presented an update on the Park System Signage Capital Project. - Park System Signage - The engineeers are finalizing lighting/electrical and structural engineering for the project. Upon completion, the project will be prepared for bidding which should occur in the next few months. F.3 PARKS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS UPDATE. Mr. Gary Bechthold, Parks Superintendent, provided an update on parks maintenance , and operations activities. �' - John Baxter, Parks Maintenance Supervisor, retired in June after 30 years of service to NRH. - Storm damage repairs continue at Richfield Park. Repairs have been completed at Walker's Creek Park. One of the larger trees lost at Cross Timbers Park is scheduled to come down within the next several weeks. -A new rail fence was installed at Adventure World. - The fall soccer league will begin soon at Green Valley Park. Park staff finalized preparations for the league. Activities included turf fertilization, weed control applications, and top dressing with 200 tons of sand. - Playground fall zone material has been applied at playgrounds located on school August 05, 2019 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 4 I sites in preparation for the beginning of the new school year. - The cross walks along the North Electric trail are in the process of being repainted. F.4 NRH CENTRE, GRAND HALL, ATHLETICS, SENIOR CENTER, RICHLAND TENNIS CENTER, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES UPDATE. Ms. Adrien Pekurney, Assistant Director, presented an update on activities at the NRH Centre, Athletics, Senior Center, Tennis Center and the Grand Hall. G. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS G.1 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS CALENDAR OF EVENTS COMMUNITY SERVICE MONTHLY REPORTS (MAY 8� JUNE) PARK AND RECREATION BOARD UPDATES (JUNE & JULY) ARTICLES OF INTEREST Ms. Loftice thanked Parks Board Member Dianne Spradling for her leadership of the Common Ground Community Garden and for the Gardeners Seminar that was held this past weekend. She also updated the Board on the passing of Councilman Brent Barrow. H. ADJOURNMENT Chair Kusmierski adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m. 1 � ° y K mierski, Chair ATTEST: _ � � -� �� Christina Lopez, Office oor � tor August 05, 2019 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 4 I