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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Parks Advisory Board 2019-07-18 Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, July 18, 2019 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Parks Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Museum Conference Room of the Estes Park Museum on the 18th day of July, 2019. Present Merle Moore Vicki Papineau Ron Wilcocks Rex Poggenpohl Geoffrey Elliot Also Present: Brian Berg, Parks Supervisor Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works Administrative Assistant Patrick Martchink, Town Board Liaison Absent: Dewain Lockwood Wade Johnston Chair Merle Moore called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Estes Arts District - Supervisor Berg attended the Friends of Folks stating it was very well-attended, with 75% of the attendees being local residents. GENERAL BUSINESS A motion was made and seconded (Papineau/Wilcocks) to approve the June meeting minutes and all were in favor. MRS WALSH’S GARDEN COMMITTEE UPDATE Chair Moore reported that the Open Garden Party held on June 20 was very successful. There were approximately 40 individuals in attendance. In August the committee will try another event with Merle and one other member of the committee available to answer questions on native plants, etc. Moore will provide the details to Berg for inclusion in the newspaper. A kiosk has been ordered and is to be installed at Mrs. Walsh’s Garden for informational purposes. Committee member, Joan Sapp has approved the rocks for the rock work being installed. Progress on this work is slow but steady. NOXIOUS WEED ORDINANCE DISCUSSION Member Papineau and Chair Moore met with the mayor on July 16 to discuss concerns associated to the presented ordinance. Mayor Jirsa’s concerns involved neighbors calling in neighbors regarding non-compliance with the ordinance. Papineau stated it’s quite comparable to the ordinance regarding pine beetles and stated the existing ordinance allows up to a $2,500 fine. Lieutenant Rick Life and the newly assigned compliance officer were in attendance as well. Parks Advisory Board – July 18, 2019 – Page 2 The new Town Attorney will review the ordinance language and provide feedback, although his first thought was that it’s a bit lengthy. The mayor would like to encourage more education rather than more enforcement. The Town has been paying for the July Weed Roundup disposal, with the Estes Land Stewardship Association (ELSA) reimbursing the town for disposal of the weeds collected at other Monitored Weed Drop-offs and Weed Roundup based on available funding. The mayor feels 100% of the funding for these events should reside in the Parks Division budget. AIPP GUIDELINES REVIEW PAB members were not prepared to discuss the Art In Public Places (AIPP) Guidelines at today’s meeting. The discussion has been tabled for the regularly scheduled August PAB meeting. AIPP FUNDING RESEARCH Chair Moore and Member Poggenpohl met with the Town’s Grant Specialist, Christy Crosser to gain information on grants for public art. Crosser suggested the creation of a Master Plan for art, as well as strengthening partnerships with other community art groups. Member Wilcocks recommend collaborating with the Estes Arts District (EAD) for art master planning and went on to list a variety of other local partnerships. Poggenpohl stated that we currently have member of the EAD on the PAB yet there’s no active collaboration. Papineau suggested the development of a chart to show the existing partnerships. It was determined critical to utilize the adopted Estes Park Downtown Plan (DP) to aid in the development of an ‘Art Master Plan’. Wilcocks volunteered to discuss the thoughts and plans of the DP with the EAD. Trustee Liaison Martchink feels that an Art Master Plan would be an extremely valuable resource, stating approval of a resolution of support, along with the required local match amounts, from the Town Board would be required. There may be potential for a contribution from the EAD or other art organizations. Chair Moore stated there is a need for help from the EAD, potentially creating an art advisory committee, to advise the PAB on the appropriate maintenance and care of the existing art inventory. Both the allocation percentages and the types of projects to target need identified and put on paper. Poggenpohl stated that the Town needs to spend money and show support for local art. The PAB, in its entirety, support proceeding with AIPP Funding by documenting and presenting a plan for review. PARKS UPDATES Berg distributed the Estes Valley Code Compliance sheet for review and reference by PAB members. Berg reached out to the artist that was quoted in the paper stating they were not permitted to autograph their art. The artist simply misread the contract. Berg contacted the artist and all has been straightened out. The artist has autographed her artwork. Parks Advisory Board – July 18, 2019 – Page 3 Papineau asked Berg if there is any type of brochure on the new sensory garden to help the Visitor Center Ambassadors direct residents and guests. Berg stated there have been no discussions on the creation of handouts. Papineau also stated that it would be helpful to have ‘golf pencils’ as handouts. Bert will look into these ideas further as the garden gets more well-established. Parks staff is still working out some kinks but Berg will discuss more with his team. Berg updated that the loose rocks and seating at Wiest ha ve been corrected. The Parks Division hired an intern to perform GPS locating of all trees, benches, art, irrigation, etc. The same intern will be performing the same duties for the Streets Division. Once all GPS locating is complete there will be a layer created for Arcmap which will be linked with the Parks and Streets Division webpages. OTHER BUSINESS Member Wilcocks complimented the planting of specific trees in town, highlighting the oak trees and the Rocky Mountain Maple trees. He stated they’re beautiful and encouraged the continued planting of these trees in the downtown area. Berg has trials around town and will take this suggestion into consideration for future plantings. With no other business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 10:04 a.m. Recording Secretary Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works