Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet - August 23, 2007

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help of the Frisbee association to assist. When the Silver View course was installed they were available and helpful. Tree removal will be kept to a minimum. We are basically looking at scrub bushes and stunted saplings. The corridors or freeways are not very wide and efforts would be made to keep any larger trees in play. Signage could be installed at a later date, and we could do without the blacktop tee boxes for awhile. We could use grcwel and aglime (we will have some from the ball field). The area where the old playground stood would need to be trimmed back and maybe some of the cottonwoods removed due to their condition. We do have some saplings growing just east of that area. Staff discussed these with our forester and he felt it would be better to get some bare root plantings instead of trying to transplant our existing saplings. Direct staff to identify cost of bridges and parking lot. 6. New Business: a.) Other New Business? NONE 7. Commissioner/Staff Reports: a) Oakwood Park — Soccer Field / Irrigation Project Update — Grass in the field have been growing well. The City will start mowing the field. b) Oakwood and Hillview Playground Equipment Replacement Project Update —The equipment has been delivered. The equipment at Oakwood has been tentatively scheduled to be installed the second week of August. The installation of the equipment at Hillview will be contracted out. c) Park Improvement Plan — the Park Improvement Plan was updated based on direction given by the Commission during May 24th Park Tour and discussions at the May 24th and June 28t" Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. Base on the motion made by the Connnission on June 28th, staff to presented the plan to the City Council on July 24th for approval. The City Council approved the plan and authorized purchases for 2007 as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission. d) The YMCA Advisory Committee Meeting Update — There was no meeting in July. e) Park Sign Replacement Program Update — one half of the park signs are budgeted to be upgraded in 2007 and the other half in 2008. Pictures of the signs will be presented at the meeting. Commission approved sign design with slanted letters. Tan sign background, blue MV logo, green trees and staff will present park name in black or blue at next meeting for commission to decide on colors and see final product before approval. f) Silver View Pond Aerator — As directed by the Commission at the May 24th Meeting, Staff has installed an aerator in Silver View Pond. The aerator is powered on a temporary basis by a portable generator. The aerator is currently being operated from 7:30am to 2:30pm Monday through Friday. This purpose of operating the aerator on this temporary basis is to determine the effectiveness of the aerator before expending the fluids to run electrical lines. g) Groveland and Hillview Ball fields —the proposed 2008 Budget was adjusted based on the direction from the June 28th meeting. The fields will be regarded (but not flipped) and irrigation will be added near the buildings. Hillview will be done first this fall after the season is over, then Groveland. h) Parks Promotional Video — A suggestion has been made to re -execute the parks video in the summer when there is activity (softball, baseball, etc) going on. The City will be hiring a full time cable coordinator. It is anticipated that this position will be filled by early to mid August. Once hired, this person can assist in the creation of this video. The Commission may want to consider discussing the details of this video at the August meeting. Video will include tour of parks with commissioners