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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Parks Advisory Board 2017-06-15 Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, June 15, 2017 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Parks Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Executive Board Room of the Estes Park Events Center on the 15th day of June, 2017. Present: Dewain Lockwood Ronna Boles Carlie Bangs Terry Rustin Celine Lebeau Merle Moore Also Present: Cydney Springer, Estes Arts District Greg Muhonen, Director of Public Works Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor Kevin McEachern, Operations Manager Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works Administrative Assistant Sarah Clark, Light & Power Administrative Assistant Absent: Vicki Papineau Chair Lebeau called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Cydney Springer announced that the Dick Orlean’s’ Friends of Folk Festival 2017 will take place on June 27, 2017 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Performance Park. There is no cost to get in to the festival. The Estes Arts District is looking for volunteers and sponsors. Alcohol will be served and food trucks will be available. GENERAL BUSINESS It was moved and seconded (Lockwood/Bangs) to approve the June 1, 2017 meeting minutes and the motion passed unanimously. DUB – ART REVIEW – Dawn Normali Member Boles presented the newly designed concept art for the two utility boxes being painted by Dawn Normali located between Brownfield’s and Thirty Below Leather. One box will be painted with a bear family traveling around the utility box. The second is titled ‘New Dawn’ and it will wrap around the box to display one cohesive picture. It was moved and seconded (Bangs/Boles) to approve the proposed art and the motion passed unanimously. AIPP: PUBLIC WORKS – PARKING STRUCTURE UTILITY BOX VINYL WRAP Director Muhonen presented Public Works’ concept vinyl wrap application and provided the history of how the concept was conceived. Muhonen stated the utility box located at the parking structure is very large and utilitarian. Based on an unrelated discussion with Estes Park Museum Director Derek Fortini, they came up with the idea to have archived post cards from the museum created in a vinyl wrap. Due to the success and visual appeal of the initial “test” vinyl wrap placed on the utility box north of the Police Department, Director Muhonen felt this would be an easy and effective way to camouflage the utility box while providing a work of art. Parks Advisory Board – June 15, 2017 – Page 2 The group discussed the images and the background color of the utility box. It was suggested to remove the shown geometric pattern as the background to the post cards and replace it with a buff color to compliment the parking lot color scheme. The geometric pattern on the initial mock-up detracted from the historic images. Member Boles suggested verbiage be contained on each side to describe the photo so individuals viewing the utility box would know what historic image they’re viewing and the timeframe referenced. Director Muhonen agreed and would discuss changes with Public Art Collective and request a new mock-up for distribution to the PAB. It was determined that no contract would be necessary for this application since the entity providing the art is the Town of Estes Park. It was moved and seconded (Bangs/Boles) to approve the art concept, pending modifications as discussed and redistribution, and the motion passed unanimously. BOBCAT PROJECT – DONATION TO ESTES PARK HIGH SCHOOL Member Rustin presented a picture graphic of bronze art he created to donate to the Estes Park High School. He presented this as information only, knowing no approval would be needed. The donated bronze will be placed at the front of the school near the boulders. Students and teachers were involved in the design and chose the pose and attitude of the bobcat. A dedication is to take place in the fall. Member Rustin will inform the PAB when a date is established. PARKS DIVISION UPDATE The Centennial Open Space at Knoll-Willows has been re-seeded, the trails have been better established and all but a couple benches have been installed. Next steps include putting down crusher fines and adding signage to eliminate manmade trails. At the parking structure the Parks Division is putting in irrigation sleeves in areas where concrete will be poured. The hanging pots and planters, along with approximately 25 trees, will also be in place for the structure’s opening. All annuals have been planted in the downtown area however the brief hailstorm, which took place the first week of June, killed approximately 30% of the existing beds which required replacement. Mulching and weeding are done and the tunnel lights are completely installed. The Parks Division will continue to tweak timing on the lights for optimal usage. Backups will be ordered for use as needed. DRAFT DUB CONTRACT Sarah Clark, Administrative Assistant for Light & Power, presented the draft DUB contract written specifically for the 2017 DUB project. The foundation of the contract was based on the existing Commissioned Artwork form contained in the Arts In Public Places Guidelines. Sarah requested that PAB members review the contract and provide comments to Susie Parker, Administrative Assistant for the Utilities Department, no later than Monday, June 19th at noon. Town Attorney, Greg White is reviewing the contract this morning for approval and/or needed changes. Parks Advisory Board – June 15, 2017 – Page 3 Clark stated she anticipates having the DUB contracts approved by the Town and signed by the artists by the end of June or the first week of July. All are hopeful that all utility box painting will be complete by the end of summer. OTHER BUSINESS Chair Lebeau invited members to provide feedback on this year’s Mountain Festival to incorporate any needed changes, additions, etc. that would make it even better next year. Trustee Martchink stated that Student Advisor, Scott Miller, will be leaving for college. He asked the PAB their thoughts on the Student Advisor process and whether members would like a student liaison for an entire school year. All members are supportive of having a student advisor for a full school year with the potential of adding a junior advisor. Having a junior advisor would allow each student liaison the opportunity to be involved with the PAB process for two full school years. With no other business to discuss, Chair Lebeau adjourned the meeting at 9:45 a.m.