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SUMMARY
In attendance: Council Committee members Jack Dovey, Hope Elder, Mary Gates
Staff members Jenny Schroder, Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services; David Wilbrecht,
Deputy Director; Bonnie Lindstrom, Assistant City Attorney; Sue Floyd, Administrative Assistant
Guests: Parks and Recreation Commission members Laird Chambers, Barbara Reid, Jerry Bollen, Bob
Kellogg, Karl Grosch, David Kaplan, alternate member Dini Duclos
Chair Dovey called the meeting to order at 8:02 a.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Dave Kaplan reminded the committee members of the skate park design meeting to be held on June 18 at 5:00 p.m.
• BUSINESS ITEMS
i AKOTA PARK MASTER PLAN
Schroder noted that the process for the Lakota Park master plan began last year with the Federal Way School District.
Recently, the School District brought it to the School Board. The City and School District jointly contracted with Marty
Lyon Landscape Architects to develop the master plan. The scope included siting a football field, track, maximizing the
site to accommodate batting and soccer fields, improving the parking flow and capacity, and upgrading the quality of
under drainage and lighting of fields. Four alternatives were presented by the architect at the public meetings, of which
Alternative "C" was chosen and supported by the attendees of the meetings, as well as the Parks and Recreation
Commission, School District and City staff. MARY GATES MOVED, HOPE ELDER SECONDED A MOTION TO
APPROVE ALTERNATIVE "C" AND MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. MOTION PASSED.
STJRPLUS PROPERTY ESO U ON MENDMENT
The original resolution relating to application of revenues collected from the sale of surplus park real property did not
identify the process for revenues received. The revised resolution specifies that the funds collected from the sale of
surplus park real property used for public park purposes, including open space, shall be deposited into a Park Acquisition
Improvement Project Fund , which shall be used for either 1) the purchase of additional public parks, or 2) the reduction
of existing debt service covering existing park property. HOPE ELDER MOVED, MARY GATES SECONDED A
MOTION TO APPROVE 'Dili AMENDED RESOLUTION AND FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. MOTION
PASSED.
PARKS AND REC REATION COMMISSION WOR PLA
This item was brought to the committee in May as an informational item. The Parks and Recreation Commission has
updated their 1997/98 work plan to reflect the goals of the City Council. The revised prioritized work plan includes: 1)
Celebration Park, 2) Skate Park, and 3) Adopt -a -Park Program. HOPE ELDER MOVED, MARY GATES
SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REVISED 1997/98
WORK PLAN AS PRESENTED. MOTION PASSED. Discussion of the Adopt -a -Park program ensued. Reid
• reported that a comprehensive plan is lacking for the program. Once that is completed, the Commission can present the
program to service clubs and organizations. Grosch noted that, from his research, Seattle's adopt -a -park program, which
is very successful, is divided into six subareas, full -time personnel are assigned to each of the six areas with a large
budget and many volunteers.
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June 16, 1997 Summsry
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION BY -LAWS
The Parks and Recreation Commission by-laws were amended in June to reflect the participation of the alternate members.
On June 5, 1997, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted to recommend a change regarding voting status of alternate
members: to allow the alternate members to vote as a full Commission member after serving one year as an alternate
member and by a vote of the Commission. The Commission felt that the alternate members work equally as bard as
regular members and therefore should be able to vote on issues. After much discussion, the committee felt that this should
be looked at in relation to all commissions of the City, and will discuss with the full Council prior to the July meeting.
Ms. Gates stated that the issue of commission size should also be discussed; recognition of the need to possibly increase
the size of commissions, or bring more volunteers under the commissions to help with their work load. Ms. Gates will
bring this issue up with other city representatives for comparison purposes at the upcoming AWC Conference. This item
was placed on the July 14 meeting agenda.
CELEBRATION PARK UPDATE
Wilbrecht presented the committee with the most recent design drawing, and explained that SEPA and design development
are running concurrently. Ground breaking is expected in October or November 1997. A special meeting may be held
to update the Council Committee prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of July 14.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:05 a.m.
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