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Home My WebLink About09/23/1997 MEETING MINUTES • • • 1 City of Bremerton Parks & Recreation Department Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting UNAPPROVED MINUTES September 23, 1997 6:30 p.m. Sheridan Park Community Center 680 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton, WA 98310 ATTENDANCE: Wanda Butler, Lionel Collins, Barry Cook, Carol Johnson, Nick Garguile, Charles McWhorter. ABSENT/EXCUSED: Terry Dodge, Russ Johnson. AUDIENCE: Douglas Groneman STAFF: Jim Spencer, Interim Director, Jodi Wroblewski, Asst. Director, Charleen Burnette, Becky Lorber, Recreation Coordinators II, Lena D'Agostino, and Judy Baird, Office Assistants. I. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Barry Cook called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. II. ITEMS FROM THE AUDIENCE: Becky Lorber announced that the 25th Annual Senior Fair is coming up on the 17th & 18th of October at Sheridan Park Community Center. The seniors will be serving soup and sandwiches for lunch on Friday, October 17th. She invited everyone to attend this event. Jodi Wroblewski introduced Judy Baird to the Commissioners. Judy is Parks & Recreation Department's new Office Assistant. Chairman Cook welcomed Nick Garguile to the Parks & Recreation Commission and introduced him to the other members of the Commission. III. AGENDA: No change. VI. OLD BUSINESS 1. Park Bond - Survey Committee This sub-Committee was formed to help develop a park bond survey to find out whether or not the community is ready for a park bond. Jim Spencer stated the staff will contact the Survey Committee members (Commissioners Barry Cook, Carol Johnson, and Charles McWhorter) to start drafting a survey which we hope to have done by the end of this calendar year or early part of next year. He further added that he met with two Lions Clubs in the area and • • 2 informed both groups that one of the items in our current capital plan includes the pursuance of a possible bond campaign with the intent of building a new community center. Additionally, at the 25th anniversary of the Bremerton Senior Center, Mayor Horton spoke on what the future holds for Bremerton relative to recreation (senior recreation in particular). The Mayor talked about the need to put together a bond drive for a new community center. Jim added further that the staff will contact the Survey Committee members so they can start doing the draft. 2. Renaming Field at Lions Jim met with Dennis Rainey, President of Central Lions Club, who also supported the idea of renaming a field at Lions Field after City Councilman Al Colvin. Ace Signs was consulted on the design of the sign which should be consistent with all of our City parks signs. Jim recommended that in order to highlight the proposed sign, we need to incorporate a plaque that identifies Al Colvin's significant contributions in the City of Bremerton. Our goal is to have this project in place by the end of the year when Al Colvin ends his term as a District#1 Councilman. We will present the plaque to Al, inform him of our intent to name said field after him, and possibly provide him with a framed picture of the sign. The sign will be installed somewhere in the backstop area (right field line) around Lions Field #1 and will take place in the Spring of next year. 3. Evergreen Seawall Jim advised the Commissioners on the actual progress on this project. He strongly urged them to check out the remarkable improvement. The seawall has been installed along with a couple of stairs that lead down to the beach and the contractor is now in the process of putting in a planting strip. Sound Excavation out of Port Orchard is doing an excellent job. 4. Kitsap Lake Weeds Jim mentioned at the last meeting that the staff had applied for a CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) to develop a comprehensive weed eradication plan for Kitsap Lake. There was a concern over an existing plan and the ramifications of having that plan. Commissioner Lionel Collins requested a copy of the Comprehensive Plan, which according to Jim, is not very definitive and mainly identifies our weed problem (with 5 or 6 proposed solutions or options on how to solve the problem). With the grant funding, we could hire a consultant to help us determine the extent of the problem, if any, develop a definitive plan and ultimately implement an approved method to solve the problem. Once this is in place, we will have a document in hand where we could pursue some grant funding to eliminate this problem. Jim added that we recently received a document from the Health Department stating an existing problem with weeds in our immediate boat launch area (at least a portion of the lake). So now we need to identify where those problem areas are and then target solutions to those specific areas. • • 3 5. IAC Grants Jim mentioned that the staff made presentations on 2 projects at IAC (Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation) for 2 grant requests (matching funds for lights for 5 existing fields at Pendergast & Evergreen Park Phase II development). Unfortunately, we were not successful with obtaining grant funding but we will have another opportunity to re-apply next year on these projects. V. NEW BUSINESS - Haddon Design: Public Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Per Jim, the objective tonight is not to design Haddon Park per se but to choose the components that make up the park. After tonight we will work on tentative designs of the park to be presented to the neighbors, based from their ideas and the funding available to us. We also need to be sensitive and appreciative to the neighbors' points of view, but the ultimate objective is to make something in a neighborhood that will have a huge positive impact. VI. STAFF REPORT Manette Restrooms: We were fortunate to receive CDBG (Community Block Grant) funding for the restrooms improvements. Halfway through the Manette project, we've found that this turned out to be a much more extensive restoration than what we've thought. The workers are literally rebuilding the whole restroom and when this project is done, we will have a whole new restroom facility at this location. Jim also provided the Commissioners with flyers on various activities being offered through Parks & Recreation Department. Charleen Burnette, Program Coordinator II, urged everyone and their families to attend the Flashlight Hike at Gold Mountain Golf Complex on Friday, September 26tH We're also bringing in the Northwest Irish Dancers from Seattle to do a demonstration of River Dancing at the Senior Center on Tuesday, September 30th. Lastly, Charleen talked about the Raku Workshop (ceramic art) on Saturday, October 11th. Clay Art Center from Tacoma will bring ceramic/greenware pieces in several sizes and shapes that one can glaze, decorate in different colors, and have fired in the kiln. Great way to make some Christmas presents and have fun! vii. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: M/S/C/U (L. Collins/C. Johnson) to approve the minutes from September 23, 1997 meeting. VIII. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS & UE TI Q S ONS Commissioner Collins mentioned that he met a guy over the weekend who told him how nice Pendergast ast com lex was. He does not think a lot of people 9 P p p know about Pendergast and that we should be promoting it more. He also asked if it is possible to consider meeting with the Bremerton Youth Council sometime • • 4 in the near future so they can address any questions they may have as far as the Parks Commission assisting them to better our community in a way of activities. Jim said he'll be happy to set aside a segment on the agenda at a j later date. Commissioner Wanda Butler said she wanted to welcome Mr. Nick Garguile to the Parks & Recreation Commission. She would also like to have 1 Commissioner Terry Dodge's telephone number. Regarding IAC grant application process, Commissioner Carol Johnson asked if it is unusual to come back more than once for matching funds in order to qualify for one? Jodi replied this is not unusual; we had to re-submit twice with 1 Evergreen Park. Becky added that in 1996, we were rated #1 for Evergreen Park. It is also to our advantage if we can show additional support outside the grant funding, which is one of the detrimental factors to qualify for funding. Commissioner C. Johnson also asked about our standing, to which Jim responded we were really very low - in the 50's. Lastly, Commissioner C. Johnson said she was disappointed that our City Council members do not know the correct pronunciation of Pendergast Park (mispronounced as "Pendergrast"). Commissioner Nick Garguile asked if we can lobby someone to better our chances of obtaining an IAC grant, to which Jim said no. Jim then gave a brief summary on how the grant application process works: submission of a packet ahead of time, slide presentation, followed by questioning and rating. Jim added that we will review the top 5 successful applicants who received funding for and have lessons learned from them. Discussions on the grant application process followed. Chairman Cook said he would like to borrow the notebook Becky brought back from Denver to get some ideas for the Survey Committee. ix. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted: s. 7,0 / Lena D'Agostino, ffice Asst. 11 Jnl SpencInterim Director