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SUMMARY
In attendance: Council Committee members Jack Dovey, Mary Gates, Hope Elder
Staff members Jennifer Schroder, Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services; David
Wilbrecht, Deputy Director; Jon Jainga, Parks Development Planner; Barbara Simpson, Parks
Landscape Architect; Bonnie Lindstrom, Assistant City Attorney; Sue Floyd, Administrative Assistant
Guests: Marty Lyon, Architect; Barbara Reid; Marion Bartholomew
Chair Dovey called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
BUSINESS ITEMS
• T.AKOTA MASTER PT.AN
Marty Lyon, Landscape Architect, described in detail the four alternate plans that were presented to the neighborhood
during two public meetings last March and May. The citizens preferred Alternate "C," as did the Parks and Recreation
Commission. Cost estimates were done on Plan B & C only as they were the two original preferred plans. The cost for
Alternate C is approximately $6,583,606. Fimding would be through bond issues. Dovey expressed concern that the field
is being overused and it floods and needs to be fixed now. Dovey felt it prudent for the City Council to meet with the
Federal Way School District Board prior to making a decision on an alternate plan to discuss the cost and the School
District contribution to the project. The committee requested information on the cost to make the existing fields playable.
Staff will determine the architect's time and fee to complete this task. A joint meeting will be scheduled with the School
Board to discuss the four alternate plans.
PARKS AND RFCRFATTON COMMTSSTON WORK PT .AN
On September 5, the Parks and Recreation completed a draft 1997/1998 work plan. The prioritized work plan includes
the following: 1) school field development - Lake Grove, Federal Way High School, Mark Twain; 2) development of
a skateboard park; 3) Adopt -a -Park program; 4) Panther Lake trail/Klahanee Lake Community/Senior Center trail; 5) City
beautification - gateways, neighborhoods, major thoroughfares, trails; 6) Blueberry Farm. Other items discussed but not
prioritized include: Summer AmeriCorp volunteer to run a summer program for kids; community outreach presentations
(community, neighborhood, PTA); wild flowers for beautification; develop community communications resource list; park
and recreation survey; agreement between City and schools for after- school activities (supplements CARES); Adopt -a-
Beach program. The committee expressed concern with two of the non-prioritized items; community outreach is presently
being done by Ed Swan, Neighborhood Development Specialist, and the community resource list is an item staff is also
working on. HOPE ELDER MOVED, MARY GATES SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARKS
AND RECREATION COMMISSION 1997/1998 WORK PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS:
ELIMINATE "AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND SCHOOLS FOR AFTER- SCHOOL ACTIVITIES" AND
AFTER "COMMUNITY OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS" ADD "OF COUNCIL /COMMISSION OBJECTIVES."
• MOTION PASSED.
Parks and Recreation Council Committee Page Two
September 16, 1996 Summary
T.AKR GROVF. Sf_HOOT, MELD TTPDATR •
Staff and interested Parks and Recreation Commission members have been meeting with CPAC every Monday morning
to discuss the Lake Grove Park improvement. The next step, after the permitting process, is to decide the responsibilities
of both the contractor and CPAC volunteers.
KING COUNTY T 1BRARY PROPF.RTY
Per the Council Committee's request, Jennifer Schroder made contact with the King County Library System regarding
possible improvement to the 320th Street library's undeveloped portion of property for a pocket park. The library is
interested in improving the site. Schroder noted that the site is level, there are quite a few multi- residences surrounding
the site and visibility into the site is good. Major concerns of staff include identifying funding sources for the
improvements and the responsibility of maintenance. It was noted that there is a service organization interested in
partnering on this proposed improvement.
NEXT MEETING
Monday, October 14, 1996
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:23 a.m.
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