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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark Board Minutes 03.03.2016 II' City of Laurel Park Board minutes Thursday, March 3, 2016 In attendance were Iry Wilke,Scot Stokes,Chuck Dickerson,Amy Pollock,and Gretchen Paulson. Absent was Bruce McGee and LuAnne Engh. Called to order at 5:30 pm. Others in attendance: Kurt Markegard with City Public Works; Kurt Lord, Laurel Rod &Gun Club; Kent Harris, Rotary; Marvin Carter,citizen; Kathleen Gilluly, Laurel Outlook. Additional items for Tuesday City Council workshop from the Park Board: • Chuck recommends the following placement of 2 vault toilets in Riverside Park:#1 the existing bathroom location and#2 near the old caretaker house. Iry seconded motion,all in favor. 1. Public comment Marvin Carter commented on the great article in the March 2,2016 Laurel Outlook. The article covered the history of Riverside Park. 2. Vault toilets—Next step? February,we requested funds to be available from the Restricted funds. This request needs to go to the Budget& Finance committee. $30,000x2 toilets has been requested. Kurt has asked the board to identify where the locations of the toilets should be placed. He has identified the 4 pipeline that run through the park and spoke of needing further detail on the base flood elevation because the elevation is different throughout the park. He did want us to decide where to locate the toilets. • Chuck recommends the following placement of 2 vault toilets in Riverside Park:#1 the existing bathroom location and#2 near the old caretaker house. Iry seconded motion,all in favor. Kurt will call and have utilities located throughout Riverside Park. He will also get a cost estimate (location,dirt fill, ramping,etc)from Great West for the scope of the project. Next step? Permitting to be completed with Great West. 3. Report—Pool Committee • No update from LARC this month. • Pool building is getting a new roof this week. The concession stand is next to get a new roof. New roofs were due to wind damage last year and is being covered by insurance. • March 8,Council next meeting, Kurt will review the YMCA cost to manage the pool facilities. The cost is a 3%increase over last year,2016 cost is$47,600. • Are budget numbers available? Yes the Citys capital budget available is$74,500. Kurt is requesting$50,000 to paint the pool with the special paint. It has been 12 years since the last painting. Given this expense, heating the pool is not in the budget for this pool season. Kurt is still working on pricing of heating options for the next pool season. 4. Leases— Paperwork from Laurel Rod&Gun club was sent to Heidi,this was the hazard report from Tetra Tech. LRGC is now waiting for a response from the city whether they can receive the building. 5. Riverside Park Plan— • We reviewed the items discussed in#2 above. • The main objective at this point is to get the vault toilets permitted and installed. • Get as many items from the priority list below included in the permitting process. • Discussion initiated by Kent Harris on getting water service to the park and a pump station for sewer service. Kurt stated that would cost upward of$100,000 to get the pump station alone. Kent believes that by bringing in those services to this park more businesses would come and could be leased for revenue to the city. Further discussion on the Park Boards vision for Riverside park. Priority list of improvements requested by the Park Board for permitting: 1. Install vault toilets&ADA ramping 2. Open campground—(Jaycees to manage)Add bbq pits,upgrade tables,add fire pits and shelter(similar to Thomson park shelter). 3. Add playground equipment—flow through materials,tables and/or benches 4. American Legion building improvements—septic tank and drain field work and fix bathrooms. 5. Clean up metal at old dump in back of Riverside Park—previous estimate sent to Kurt Markegard from Billings metal company to come and do clean up work. 6. Discuss combining committees with Park Board. Per Chuck, Local Government Center(link to Local Gov't Center:http://www.msulocalgov.org/)visited and suggested there may be too many small boards and committees.They recommended possibly combining boards that have a similar mission in order to have less people needed to fill the boards. Because the Park Board,Cemetery Commission,and Tree Board all have to do with beautification,we could discuss combining them.The monthly meeting would then include dedicating a small amount of time to each one. Currently,the Cemetery Commission only meets quarterly,and the Tree Board wasn't able to have a meeting last month due to lack of members able to attend. Kurt suggested the three boards be invited to meet together to discuss the possibility further. Scot said he was going to recommend that to Council,not as a Park Board member, but as a Council Member. 7. Other items. None. April 7 at 5:30pm Agenda items: • Vault toilets—update on progress;did Budget& Finance approve the request to unrestricted funds? • Report- Pool Committee; update from LARC;ideas to heat the pool and budget funding to support it? • Lease negotiations—none at this time • Riverside Park MasterPlan—next step? o Review cost estimate from Great West on Riverside Park permitting • Discuss combining committees with Park Board—Cemetery and Tree Board? Adjourn at 6:38pm Gretchen Paulson Park Board member