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• CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Thursday, December 7, 2006 Hylebos Conference Room
6.00 p.m. City Hall
AGENDA
I. Public Forum
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Commission Business
IV. Staff Reports
A. Marketing Plan on new Community Center Faber
B. Transition of KJ Pool /KLCC to Community Center Faber
C. School Joint Use Agreements Ikerd
D. Capital Improvement Plan/Steel Lake Master Plan Sanders
E. Community Center Update Sanders
V. Pending Items
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VI. PRPS Council Committee Meeting
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 6 p.m. in Hylebos Conference Room
VII. Next Meeting/Agenda Items
VIII. Adjournment
NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 4, 2007
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• CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Thursday, November 2, 2006 Hylebos Conference Room
6:OO p.m. City Hall
MINUTES
Chair C.T. Purdom called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Chair C.T. Purdom, Vice Chair George Pfeiffer, Don Dennis, Joel Howitt, Fred Konkell, Carol
Otto, Marie Sciacqua and Helen Stanwell. Excused: Ade Bright, Cindy Dodge, Tom Medhurst and David
Talcott.
Staff: Parks and Facilities Manager Steve Ikerd, Parks Planning and Development Coordinator B.
Sanders and Administrative Assistant Peg Wright.
Vice Chair Pfeiffer moved: Sciacqua seconded motion to approve the October meeting minutes as written.
Motion passed unanimously.
No Public Forum
No Commission Business
• STAFF REPORTS
Pfeiffer recommended moving Item A. Master Plans for Sacajawea and Lakota to Item D and move all
other agenda items forward until two new commissioners arrived for update.
Community Center /Parks Project Updates — B. distributed photos of all three projects that are currently in
progress. The Community Center is between 75 -80% complete with exterior walls complete minus the
windows and doors. Photos showed progress on the running track, drop -down basketball hoops, tile
installation in pools /showers and climbing wall. The National Recreation and Parks Association
conference, held in Seattle in October, had a group of 30 persons tour the facility for two hours. Cedar
Grove Park is a three acre parcel that will have a loop trail around most of park and two play areas. Photos
of Cedar Grove Park show the clearing of brush and pathway through woods, laying the base for the trail,
placing concrete curb for play areas and paving the loop trail. Cabins Park is having the Perco -Crete
sidewalks poured as well as the pervious concrete driveway and parking lot. Water will pass through this
type of concrete making it a unique product with other cities, local engineering firms visiting the site. The
Cabins Park is about 75% complete at this time. Public Works department did not contribute towards to the
concrete project as previously reported.
Master Plans for Lakota and Sacajawea Parks — B. distributed the executive summary of the Master Plans
to Commissioners Otto and Stanwell to bring them up to speed with the other commission members. Both
parks were in the King County Park system and when the City incorporated, they became City parks.
Approximately four years ago the City purchased an additional twelve acres south of the existing Lakota
Park which is primarily wetlands. The Lakota Master Plan will address insufficient parking and fields in
bad condition with poor drainage. Sacajawea Master Plan will address many issues but again, mainly the
poor field conditions.
Steel Lake Park Security — Ikerd reported that Pierce County Security is under contract with the City to
patrol and lock -up the parks at closing (dusk). Disposing of briquettes in the park will be addressed before
the picnic season gets in to full swing in the Spring — containers for disposal, signage, etc. The roads to the
• maintenance facility and beach house in Steel Lake Park will be blocked to discourage public from
trespassing into these areas and illegal parking.
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Parks and Recreation Commission, November 2, 2006 Page 2
STAFF REPORTS (continued)
Signage — Ikerd said he is working on the prototype for standardizing all parks signage. He shared one
design that is under consideration and asked for feedback.
Other Items - Dennis brought up the issues that Commissioners Otto and Stanwell brought to the meeting
last month. The type of crowd frequenting the basketball and volleyball courts (Steel Lake Park) is of
major concern because of car theft and illegal activity being observed. Ikerd said Public Safety has been
monitoring the area.
Konkell praised the Parks Maintenance staff for their speedy eradication of tansy ragwort on the BPA Trail
after he reported it.
Pfeiffer asked if there were monies to provide "No Dogs Allowed" signage for the fields at Celebration
Park. He said when it was posted before, it seemed to make a difference on people using it for dog training
and exercise.
Discussion on the marketing plan of the new community center was discussed. Pfeiffer said the marketing
of this type of facility is crucial in the first year or two and possibly a person should be hired under contract
to provide these services for maximum benefit and membership. He said the new LA Fitness, 24 Hour
Fitness, Curves and Bally's are all competitive for memberships.
Pfeiffer said Field Turf has been sold to a larger corporation and in doing so, they are offering 6.8% for 8
years on athletic projects.
No pending items.
Chair Purdom will not be able to attend the PRHS Council Committee meeting on November 13, 2006.
Pfeiffer said there are no action items for PRCS on the agenda.
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NEXT MEETING /AGENDA ITEMS
Community Center Update Steel Lake Master Plan
School Joint Use Agreements Marketing Plan on Community Center
Transition of Kenneth Jones Pool/KLCC to Community Center
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Purdom adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
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