HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_PAREB_02.08.2018Minutes of the Meeting of the
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
City of Georgetown, Texas
February 8, 2018
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met Thursday, February 08, 2018 at 6:00 pm at 1101
N. College Street, Georgetown, TX 78626.
Regular Session — To begin no earlier than 6:00 pm.
Parks and Recreation Board may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene an
Executive Session at the request of the Jim Hougnon for any purpose authorized by the Open
Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.)
Regular Session
(This Regular Session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any
purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Jim Hougnon at 6:00 pm.
B Roll Call
Present: Jim Hougnon, Danelle Houck, Mike Simpson, Larry Gambone, Katherine
Kainer, Wayne Beyer, Scott Macmurdo
Staff: Eric Nuner, Traci Stengle, Jill Kellum
C Parks and Recreation staff member introduction and presentation
Eric Nuner introduced Traci Stengle, Recreation Superintendent. Traci Stengle
explained that she works with the youth programs, camps, outdoor adventure program,
and the challenge course; and attended the ACCT conference last week for challenge
course training, senior programs, and specialty camps working with EGA. Jim
Hougnon asked what EGA is. Traci Stengle explained that EGA is Exceptional
Georgetown Alliance. They are a nonprofit in Georgetown and they do fundraising and
grant support for adaptive programming. The Parks and Recreation Department
partners with them on camps. Traci Stengle explained EGA started the camp 15 years
ago: and were running it on their awn and about 4 years ago they came to Parks and
Recreation and asked for help with the structure; registration and paperwork. Kid City
is another camp program we partner with The Georgetown Project. We just had 20
years with that program and do 4 weeks in the summer and the kids that participate
have to qualify for free or reduced lunch. Eric Nuner explained that Traci Stengle will
also be involved with the programming at Garey Park, Garey Park will open mid-May.
Traci Stengle stated she also is over the Tennis Center. She stated they are staying busy
and starting to market to the charter schools and home school groups and bringing them
in during the slower times. She stated Pete Polkinghorn is the head tennis pro. Mike
Simpson asked about the tennis courts at Tippit Middle School and Traci Stengle stated
those are the school's courts and they open the courts after hours to the public. Traci
Stengle stated the city has the contract with GISD to provide coaching to Benold Middle
School for the tennis team. They run tennis year around and Pete Polkinghorn runs the
class every day. Katherine Kainer asked if we get revenue from that. Traci Stengle
stated we do; a portion goes to Pete Polkinghorn for salary. She explained also, we get
the over flow to the Tennis Center and that a lot of those kids go to the Tennis Center
team tennis. She stated also they won state in the Fall. So, a lot of those kids come over
to our facility and participate in paid lessons and the parents are in the lesson as well.
Jim Hougnon asked how many members are at the Tennis Center. Traci Stengle stated
we have a lot of user. She explained the memberships are geared toward those that
want to drop in and play; which are a select group of people. Traci Stengle explained
we have hourly passes. She stated the revenue come from the programs; lessons and
clinics. We also host league matches; league teams and that is where the revenue comes.
She stated it is hard to sell memberships when you are running a public facility and we
don't want to exclude people from wanting to use our facility. We offer public court
fees and that way we can balance and get people in the door; especially beginners as
they are their focus. Jim Hougnon asked how busy the challenge course is. Traci
Stengle stated it stays pretty busy. Our current coordinator, Art Ortiz, has been in the
industry for 20+ years. She stated during the cold winter months it slows down but will
pick back up again. There is variety on the course from businesses, to churches, to
athletic teams, camps and staff trainings.
D Update from the Friends of Georgetown Parks and Recreation
Danelle Houck stated the Friends of Georgetown Parks and Recreation did not meet this
month.
E Project Update: Garey Park, San Gabriel Park, Columbarium, Meadows Park and
Trail Reconstruction
Eric Nuner stated the playground at Garey Park is about 95% complete. The splash pad
construction is moving along and they are working on the finish outs in the buildings;
the gate house, maintenance facility and work is continuing in the house as well.
San Gabriel Park renovation Phase 1 progress is being made. They are working on the
stone and steel. This is a little behind schedule; about a month or so. Completion will
be in April. As mentioned last month, there were some delays in the steel on the
buildings. They are holding up some of the other trades to get work completed.
For Meadows Parks everything in house is ready to go. Staff will do the construction on
this project and we are just waiting on scheduling for that. It will be done this spring.
For the Trail Reconstruction, Dave has done some assessments on the trail. He is getting
all the measurements and evaluating and compiling his data. Since this will be piece
milled together; there will be sections of the trail done at different times. Wayne Beyer
asked if the trail will be closed. Eric Nuner stated there may be some closures for the
long sections but if it is only 10 or 20 feet sporadically it shouldn't be a big impact. We
are evaluating how we want to complete that construction wise; whether we do a
change order on our existing contract or if we want to do it separately.
Wayne Beyer asked about the maintenance facility at Garey Park and there being room
for a Park Ranger cart there. Eric Nuner stated there is space and that is the intent and
hope to have a ranger program there. There are some public safety challenges that
Parks staff and Police staff are working through. Wayne Beyer asked about annexing.
Eric Nuner stated Garey Park is not in the city limits and you cannot strip annex and
there is not contiguous City of Georgetown city limits. Eric Nuner explained those are
some things they are working through on the public safety side. Fire is not an issue
because it is a partnership with the county and on the Police side they are working on
that with the Sherriff's Department and Georgetown Police Department.
Jim Hougnon asked about the delays on Garey Park and if staff feels confident about the
May 181h opening. Eric Nuner stated staff has a meeting with the contractor next week
to get the final timeline and staff has given them the deadline. There was added dirt
work by the equine facility and the added deceleration lane that added days to the
project. They are not behind schedule; it was just the added work that was put on.
Eric Nuner stated there is not a hard date for completion for the San Gabriel Park
renovation phase 1 but they want to be done before phase 2 kicks off. Jim Hougnon
asked if there is a hard start date for phase 2. Eric Nuner stated staff is working on the
construction documents and the bidding piece which will be in April and take about one
month. It will then go to the Parks Board and then City Council.
Legislative Regular Agenda
F Consideration and possible action to recommend the annual approval of the
Ordinance establishing standards of care that exempts the after-school and summer
recreation programs from state licensing requirements.
Traci Stengle stated this has to be done every year. It is something that has to be done
for the camp programming and we are not recommending any changes and this has
been in place since 2015. These are minimum standards that we operate our summer
camp programs which includes qualifications for staff, required training and ratio
between staff and campers. Traci Stengle explained the program meets the minimum
standards but generally our standards are higher. Eric Nuner stated this is the 3rd time
that it has been brought to the board and it has to be done annually. Child and Family
Protective Services is responsible for the state law that requires child care facilities be
licensed and we have an exemption. Traci Stengle stated that in place of the licensing
we have to have an ordinance for Standards of Care. Jim Hougnon brought forward
some possible errors in wording on the ordinance. He stated that the last clause on
section 3 of the ordinance: it should read "shown" instead of "show". And he stated
that for next year the purpose should be looked at. He stated he thought the purpose is
to provide for the safety and welfare of the children in the program rather than to get the
state off our back. Traci Stengle stated that clause can be added in there. Traci Stengle
clarified that the purpose of the standards is to maintain the safety of the children. She
also stated that in the camp manual the purpose of the staff and primary job role is
safety.
Motion made by Mike Simpson second by Scott Macmurdo to recommend the annual
approval of the Ordinance establishing standards of care that exempts the after-school
and summer recreation programs from state licensing requirements.
Approved 7 - 0
G Consideration and possible action to recommend approval of a contract with Ritter,
Botkin Prime Construction Company, Inc. of Pflugerville, TX in the amount of
$121,432.00 for the construction of a columbarium in IOOF Cemetery.
Eric Nuner stated this has been on the project log several months. There were 5 bidders
for this project. Prime Construction came in with low bid and within budget. Prime
Construction is also the Garey Park contractor and have been a great partner with Garey
Park. Initially, the plan was for about 150 niches and going through the design process
it would accommodate 180 niches. The base bid was for 180 niches and there were two
alternates. The first alternate was to reduce down to 144 niches and would be a blank
fagade so as the need occurred the niches could be added. The other alternate is to do
the "blue" road, as shown on the map, in the front to clean up where the whole loop
matches. Because of alternate 2 was removing niches, it is actually a deduct of $9,864
and adding in the alternate 1, which is the road, this actually gets it down to $121,432.
The budget after design is a little over $123,000 with those 2 alternates we are within
budget. The niches will accommodate 2 urns. Jim Hougnon asked if the faces of the
niches can be customized. Eric Nuner stated there will be a standard. Jim Hougnon
asked and recommended the operation standards go to council and Eric Nuner stated if
you put them in by ordinance it would go to council.
Motion made by Wayne Beyer second by Scott Macmurdo to recommend approval of
a contract with Ritter, Botkin Prime Construction Company, Inc. of Pflugerville, TX in
the amount of $121,432.00 for the construction of a columbarium in IOOF Cemetery.
Approved 7- 0
H Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the January 11, 2018
meeting
Motion made by Jim Hougnon second by Katherine Kainer to approve minutes from
the January 11, 2018 meeting.
Approved 7 - 0
Adjournment
Adjourn
Motion made by Katherine Kainer second by Larry Gambone to adjourn the meeting.
Approved 7 - 0
The meeting adjourned at 6:47 pm.
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Katherine Kainer, Secretary
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Jill 41lum, Board Liaison