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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_PAREB_09.08.2022Minutes of the Meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board City of Georgetown, Texas September 8, 2022 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 - Chad Holz, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Chair Chad Holz was absent for the meeting. The meeting was called to order by Keith Fruge at 6:00 p.m. B Roll Call - Chad Holz, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Chair Keith Fruge, Brazos Felder, Peter Bahrs, Jolene Melancon Chad Holz, Lindsey Cooper — Absent Jack Flatau — Resigned Kimberly Garrett, Jill Kellum, Charles Logan — Staff present C Consideration and possible action to approve minutes from the June 9, 2022 meeting - Jill Kellum, Administrative Supervisor Motion made by Peter Bahrs, seconded by Keith Fruge to approve minutes from the June 9, 2022 meeting. Approved 5-0-1 D Parks and Recreation staff member introduction and presentation - Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director Kimberly Garrett introduced Charles Logan, Aquatics Supervisor. Charles Logan started with the City of Georgetown March 2022. Charles Logan grew up in Pharr, Texas and stated he started on the swim team as a child and worked as a lifeguard for 8 years starting in high school. He worked in several parks and recreation departments and universities and stated his heart is in Parks and Recreation. Charles Logan stated he has grand visions for aquatics for Georgetown and has some suggestions for improvements. Jolene Melancon asked about the lifeguard shortage and how to get youth excited again to be a lifeguard. Charles Logan stated he believes in developing a culture and the kids you have love working for you and it's hard to compete with the pay in Austin, Round Rock, and Pflugerville. He stated it's not all about money and he would like to implement recognition, awards, and team building. He stated we will continue to scramble because it is hard in this market. Brazos Fielder asked about recent stories and the dangers of splashpads with certain bacteria. Charles Logan stated its about proper sanitation and filtering. He stated they are working on a built in redundancy plan and having a backup if something goes down. Keith Fruge asked if the city has any say with the HOA's splashpads. Charles Logan stated they do not, and issues would be handled by the county or the health department. E Update and Presentation from the Georgetown Trails Foundation - Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director Cove McCormick and Brazos Fielder with the Georgetown Trails Foundation stated they are here to give a progress report. Kimberly Garrett stated they came to the board last November and were given a parkland maintenance agreement. Cove McCormick stated there are 7 people on the board and there are 4 — 5 that are actively working on the trail. They have been building trails since October and there are about 5 miles completed. Their vision is to get about 30 miles of natural surface trails inside the city limits. They are on Southwestern's land development committee agenda for approval to build trails on Southwestern. Cove McCormick stated they are working on Trail Building, Fundraising and Grants. He stated different groups are using the trail; fly fishers to get around, trail runners and walkers as well as bikes. They are having build days and have 5 — 30 people help. They did group rides every Thursday in July and August and averaged 30 people a ride. He explained the difference between machine -built trails and hand -built trails. A mile of trail with machine tools can do a mile of trail in a couple days where hand tool trails will take 2 - 3 months with a lot of people. Cove McCormick showed the costs involved with machine -built trails with experienced operators. He stated the Georgetown Trail Foundations has donated to date about $200,000. Brazos Fielder stated that is the value they have given the community based upon how much it would cost to have this built. It was asked how wide a machine -built trail would build and Cove McCormick stated it would be about 36". Brazos Fielder explained that a skilled machine operator can fill in the trail and when spring comes around the vegetation goes up and then comes back in at about 18" wide. Keith Fruge stated that there are soft borders and Brazos Fielder agreed and stated skilled operators know how to do that with machines. Cove McCormick stated they felt they could get 6 — 7 miles of trail done a year. He stated with the recent rainstorms they are understanding the maintenance better. They want to be able to keep the trails they have built open and want people to be on them. Brazos Fielder stated they want them to be high quality all the time. Peter Bahrs asked if they were getting rid of rock on the trail. Cove McCormick stated they want the mileage in town to be very accessible, to be novice to beginner trails so they are moving a lot of boulders. They showed their property behind Tractor Supply around to behind HEB to HWY 29. They are currently working at Chautauqua Park and are building above Pickett Trail. The trail is located on the interactive city map. F Update from the Friends of Georgetown Parks and Recreation - Peter Bahrs, Parks and Recreation Advisory Boardmember Liaison Peter Bahrs stated they had a few meetings since the last Parks Board meeting. He stated the C3 music festival is coming to town and the Friends Group is the contract holder for it and the details for that are confidential. The Friends Group will receive a guaranteed amount of revenue over multiple years. He stated the festival will be in San Gabriel Park and there is a separate contract with the city. They are talking about who can have vendors at the event. The event will be April 15 and 16, 2023. G Capital Project Updates - Kimberly Garrett, Director of Parks and Recreation Kimberly Garrett reviewed the project updates with the board. H Director Report - Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director Kimberly Garrett reviewed the director report with the board. I Discussion to set date and time for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Annual Parks Tour - Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director Kimberly Garrett recommended meeting on Thursday, October 2011, at 4 p.m. for the parks tour. J Consideration and possible action to recommend approval of the Ragsdale Ranch MUD parkland proposal -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director Kimberly Garrett explained the proposal as indicated in the item summary below: Ragsdale Ranch is a proposed MUD in the ETJ. The concept was presented to City Council on August 23rd. City Staff were directed to continue to work with the applicant in all areas of the project. There are 1,161 SF lots proposed. The required parkland dedication is 14.5 acres. They are proposing 17.1 acres of parks which would be open to the public with non exclusive amenities. Since this is an ETJ MUD, the parks would be owned by the HOA but open to the public. In addition, all maintenance would be done by the HOA. The proposed parks would be eligible for private park credit. Staff is requesting the parks board approve a 75% parkland dedication credit for the parkland that is open to the public with non exclusive amenities. The developer would pay 25% of the required fees for exceeding the parkland and improvement requirement. This deviation from the parkland dedication code is allowed due to the MUD agreements. The contribution to the regional park fund is calculated as follows: 25% fee would be calculated on 1161/4=290.25 units 290.25 units * $1000 = $290,250 - development fee 290.25 units * $650 = $188,662.50 — parkland dedication fee Total is $478,912.50 to go towards the regional park fund. Staff is supportive of the park proposal and the 25% contribution to the regional park fund. Motion made by Brazos Fielder, seconded by Jolene Melancon to recommend approval of the Ragsdale Ranch MUD parkland proposal. Approved 5-0-1 Public Wishing to Address the Board On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found at the Board meeting. Clearly print your name, the letter of the item on which you wish to speak, and present it to the Staff Liaison, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Board considers that item. On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future Board agenda by filing a written request with the Staff Liaison no later than one week prior to the Board meeting. The request must include the speaker's name and the specific topic to be addressed with sufficient information to inform the board and the public. For Board Liaison contact information, please logon to http://government.georgetown.org/category/boards-commissions/. nK At the time of this posting, no one had signed up to speak. Adjournment Motion made by Brazos Fielder, seconded by Keith Fruge to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. L' Chad Holz, Board Clia Lindsay Cooper, Secretary Jill ellu , Board Liaison E