03.19.2015 Parks & Rec MinutesISPER OWN OF
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1. Call to Order / Roll Call.
Minutes
Regular Meeting of the
Parks and Recreation Board
108 W. Broadway St., Prosper, Texas
Town of Prosper Municipal Chambers
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm by Chair, Barbara Cottone.
Roll call taken by Chair, Barbara Cottone. Board members present included: Chair, Barbara Cottone;
Secretary, Jennifer Severance; Jeffery Hodges and Keith Yellin. Vice -Chair, Mandy Goddard; Drake
Dunn and Craig Andres were absent.
Staff present included: Hulon Webb, Executive Director of Development and Community Services; Paul
Naughton, Landscape Architect; Will Mitchell, Parks and Recreation Manager; Julie Shivers, Recreation
Coordinator and Matt Furr, Parks Superintendent.
Council members included: Council member Kenneth Dugger.
2. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the February 12, 2015, Parks and
Recreation Board meeting.
Motioned to approve by Severance, seconded by Yellin. Approved 4-0.
3. Comments by the Public.
Jack Dixon and Cap Perry spoke on agenda item 5.
4. Consider and act upon the naming of the Tanners Mill Park Property.
Naughton presented the location of the park within the development. Naughton also provided a list of
possible names for the park. The Board chose Tanners Mill Park would be appropriate.
Motioned by Hodges, seconded by Yellin. Approved 4-0.
5. Consider and act upon the approval of the veteran's memorial conceptual design, and to
recommend a location for the veteran's memorial.
Dixon went over the veterans memorial conceptual design plan. Cottone recommended that the
consultant designing the park recommend the location within the park. The PARB'd were concerned with
the veterans memorial conceptual design and asked for more information to be provided. The PARB'd
requested the item be split with recommending the location of the veterans memorial to be at Sexton Park,
and the approval of the veterans memorial conceptual design. PARB'd voted on the recommendation of
the location of the veterans memorial to be located at Sexton Park. The recommendation was motioned
by Yellin, seconded by Severance. Approved 4-0. The veterans memorial conceptual design was tabled
to the April 9, 2015, Park and Recreation Board meeting.
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6. Informational items.
Mitchell recognized Furr for his assistance in helping a fellow employee that flipped his truck
during the bad weather after work hours and Furr was able to take his personal tractor to pull the
truck out of the ditch. Shivers introduced Mitch Burgdorf, the new Recreation Intern. Shivers
gave an update on the Trout Derby and informed about the upcoming Lunch with the Easter
Bunny program. Mitchell reminded about the Parks Open Space Master Plan meeting on
Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 6pm.
7. Adjourn.
Motioned by Hodges, seconded by Yellin to adjourn. Approved 4-0. Meeting was adjourned at 7:02pm.
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