01.26.2015 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Minutes1
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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
Monday, January 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 6:04pm 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,
Secretary, Johnny Warren, Bill Hays, Jan Brown, and Mike Kays. Mike Korbuly, and Craig
Andres were absent.
Staff present included: Hulon Webb, Executive Director of Development & Community Services;
William Mitchell, Parks & Recreation Manager; Paul Naughton, Landscape Architect; Julie
Shivers, Recreation Services Coordinator; 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 September 30, 2014, Parks,
Recreation and Open Space Master Plan Advisory Committee.
Motioned to approve by Kays, seconded by Wikander. Approved 6-0.
Input from Town Council Briefing.
➢ Discuss presentation from Town Council meeting on December 9, 2014.
Neely discussed the steps ahead. The Town will work in two major phases. Phase 1
Inventory & Needs Assessment. Phase 2 Parks Master Plan. Dunaway went through the
summary of the Needs Assessment & Citizen survey. They also discussed the top
priority rankings from the survey. Program possibilities with Frontier & Sexton Park.
➢ Priority items relate to master planning for Frontier Park & Sexton Park.
McIlrath, went through the ideas. Gave Council a list and did not receive any negative
feedback. Neely is a great place for a Community Center and we have planted a seed.
Input from Conference Call with BRS.
➢ Future Community / Recreation Center(s).
Community Recreation center is the number I priority. Layout of the Town may be best
served with two future centers. Sexton Park is a possible site from the Master Plan it is
big enough to hold a Senor and a Recreation center the park would work well for the
short-term and long-term use. Neely went through a list of possible partnerships that the
Town could utilize. PSA-for indoor use, YMCA -outdoor use, PISD-School use.
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➢ Strategies for potential Partnerships.
➢ Possible program in Sexton Park master plan.
Review draft of Parks Action Plan.
➢ Projected budgets for Action Plan recommendations.
Neely discussed the top fifteen priority rankings.
➢ Possible Funding Sources for Action Plan recommendations:
Neely presented a list of possible options and possible funding sources. Neely advised
the committee to put a timeline on the funding source with date and years. Neely
discussed the two major sources for the budget. General Bonds and General Fund.
General Obligation bonds: Funding source comes from bond programs approved by the
citizens for Capital Improvements within the Parks systems.
General Fund: Funding source is primary means in providing for annual capital
programs, improvements, and infrastructure upgrades.
Another source would be Sales/413 Tax(1/2) cent. Funding source that would allow 1/2
cent sales tax to go toward Parks and Recreational improvements.
Next Steps.
➢ Town Council briefing on February 10, 2015, for Parks Action Plan.
Dunaway will meet with Town Council at the February 10, 2015, Town council meeting
and will give a breakdown on the next steps ahead. They will visually walk through
everything with Town Council.
➢ Next Town Hall Meeting -Possible date?
Monday, February 23, 2015, from 7:30pm - 8:30pm.
➢ Other comments.
Adjourn.
Motioned by Brown, seconded by Kays to adjourn. Approved 6-0. Meeting was adjourned at
7:21 pm.
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