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09.30.2014 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Minutes1 1 1 1. r� 3. 4. IOWN OF SPER Prosper is a place where everyone matters. Call to Order / Roll Call. Minutes Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan Advisory Committee Meeting 108 W. Broadway St., Prosper, Texas Town of Prosper Municipal Chambers Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 6:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 6:12pm by Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan Advisory Committee Chair, Barbara Cottone. Roll call taken by Barbara Cottone, Chair. Committee members present included: Chair, Barbara Cottone, Vice -Chair, Rebekah Wikander, Bill Hays, Mike Kays, Craig Andres. Secretary, Johnny Warren, Mike Korbuly, Jan Brown, were absent. Staff present included: John Webb, Director of Development Services; William Mitchell, Parks and Recreation Manager; Paul Naughton, Landscape Architect; Angela Tucker, Administrative Assistant. Dunaway Associates present included: Philip Neeley, Project Manager; Elizabeth McIlrath, Landscape Architect. Consider and act upon approval of the minutes from the August 13, 2014, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan Advisory Committee. Motioned to approve by Kays, seconded by Andres. Approved 5-0. Priority Rankings. ➢ Summary of results from Citizen Survey, Advisory Committee, Park Board, Town Staff & Dunaway rankings. Neely gave an overview of the priority rankings from highest to lowest priority. Action Plan. ➢ Review preliminary Action Plan. Neely discussed the priority rankings for the Town. If a resident would like something that is not high on the priority list the Town can do a partnership with another identity. another Neely explained that when a resident or group becomes excited about an item that one usually becomes a priority. As the committee goes through the timeline, need to be careful how we approach the budget. It would be very easy to spend the entire budget. ➢ PowerPoint of high priority items. Neely went through the top priority items of the action plan was the Community Recreation Center, Picnic areas/pavilions, shade to playground areas, hike and bike trails, etc. Pagel of 3 Number one: Community Recreation Center. Neely's recommendation was start small and add on later. Number two: Picnic/pavilions and the different types of the options that the Town could have. There is a range of sizes that are possibilities. Number three: Shade over the playgrounds. McIlrath, advised the committee to use the natural shade such as trees. Mcllrath gave a list of other ideas. Number four: Hike and Bike trails that would connect from one park to another. Number five: Tennis courts. Neely explained that the Town can start small that would meet the needs of the Town but would not require full staff or a Pro shop. If the Town puts in the courts the Town would have control over the lights. The Town does not have to put in a 12-18 court tennis center, you can put a court in a neighborhood as part of the park. The Town can think of it on a smaller scale. Number six: Practice athletic fields. Number seven: Softball fields. Number eight: Gymnasium. Can be added to the Recreation center. Number nine: Baseball fields. Number ten: Shade in Parks. Trees use the natural shade to shade in the Parks. Over time the trees would grow and provide a lot of natural shade. Number eleven: Basketball courts. Put in the neighborhood in pocket parks. Put in a half court. Number twelve: Lighting in Parks. Hays was concerned about the security of the trails not be lighted. Neely explained that parts of it would be lit. Only light a small portion of the trails, due to the fact that most of the use of the trails use is in the early morning or in the daytime. The lighting will be put on the trails where there is parking lots or pavilions. Number thirteen: Soccer fields. Number fourteen: Splash grounds/Splash pads. Extremely popular in a lot of cities. Low maintenance does not require a lifeguard. Number fifteen: Playgrounds. Can be big or small from neighborhood parks to the big parks. Number sixteen: Large Nature area/Preserve. Number seventeen: Bike Lanes. 5. Discuss approach to Expenditure Analysis. ➢ Adding projected budgets for Action Plan recommendations. Dunaway and the Advisory committee discussed each item and potential timeline of each one discussion of funding became part of the discussion. Neely advised that staff should assign budget numbers to a range of funding sources before presenting to Town Council. ➢ Adding estimated timeline for Action Plan recommendations. Draft Master Plan should be done before the Town Hall meeting and the next meeting should be scheduled before Thanksgiving. 6. Next Steps. Dunaway discussed the steps ahead for the Advisory committee. ➢ Expenditure Analysis. Short term versus long term action plans. Neely went through each item to get the Advisory committee input to make sure that the priority rankings were acceptable. Neely discussed assigning budgets allocation for pavilions and playgrounds. Page 2 of 3 ➢ Timing of Preliminary Master Plan? Master Plan should be completed before the next Town Hall meeting. Next step would be looking at the range of money sources. Start looking at the budgets and then we can building the whole document. Present the finished document to the Advisory committee first then to PARB'd and Town Council before it's sent to the public. ➢ Timing of next Town Hall Meeting? Neely discussed the importance of having the next Town Hall meeting before Thanksgiving. ➢ Other comments. Naughton advised that Sexton Park/Frontier Park Master Plan was approved at the last Town Council meeting. Neely advised the Advisory committee and the residents need to take a realistic approach of where the Town needs to be. 7. Adjourn. Motioned by Andres, seconded by Hays to adjourn. Approved 5-0. Meeting was adjourned at 7:38pm. G Il'o'hnny Warren, Secretary 1 Page 3 of 3