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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET Parks Advisory Board 2016-3-18 Parks Advisory Board Agenda March 25th, 2016 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Room 202 Estes Park Town Hall 170 MacGregor Ave Current Members: Celine Lebeau Dewain Lockwood Vicki Papineau Ronna Boles Carlie Bangs Merle Moore Terry Rustin Approval of February Minutes Arbor Day Discussion Parks Division Update EPES Book Selection Request Other Business Adjourn Current Projects:  Children’s Reading Area @ Library  Wrapping Electrical Boxes  Tree Ordinance  Noxious Weeds Ordinance  Development Code Plant List  Tunnel Tiles  Tunnel Lighting  Musical Walkway  Parking Garage Landscape o Arboretum Chair Celine Lebeau Chair Celine Lebeau Parks Supervisor Brian Berg Chair Celine Lebeau Chair Celine Lebeau Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, February 19th, 2016 Minutes of a Regular meeting of the Parks Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall Rooms 202 & 203, in said Town of Estes Park on the 19th day of February, 2016. Present: Merle Moore Celine Lebeau Dewain Lockwood Terry Rustin (conference call) Carlie Bangs Vicki Papineau Also Present: Greg Muhonen, Director of Public Works Bob Holcomb, Trustee Liaison Kevin McEachern, Public Works Operations Manager Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor Sam Phillips, Administrative Assistant Absent: Ronna Boles Chair Lebeau called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. GENERAL BUSINESS It was moved and seconded (Lockwood/Papineau) to approve the January meeting minutes and the motion passed unanimously. ARBOR DAY DISCUSSION Chair Lebeau and Carlie Bangs had been working on a plan to combine Arbor Day with Earth Day by creating festival events that included booths. Participating groups would include the Community Garden, ELSA, Garden Club, YMCA, Estes Park Sanitation, Recreation Department, among others. The celebration will take place on May 6th, 2016. The Board ideally would want to see middle school and high school students participate. With the celebration as a great educational opportunity for students to realize the local groups that are involved in “green” activities throughout the year and in the community. The Board discussed the possibility of a tree planting demonstration where up to two trees would be planted per grade level. Trustee Holcomb requested that this be brought before the Board in March. Director Muhonen would like to see the schedule be set out backwards starting from when the festival is set to start to when the agenda will be sent out. PARKS DIVISION UPDATE The Parks division would begin work on wrapping utility boxes this spring to test if the material is capable of withstanding the winter weather. Tonya Ziegler, Parks Department, would work on a proposal to send to CDOT for tunnel lighting Parks Advisory Board – February 19th, 2016 – Page 2 consideration by the Riverwalk. A Request-For-Proposal for the musical walkway had been placed on Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing to solicit quotes for the musical wee notes and would be closing on March 10th. The Library was able to secure a small grant to put towards a piece of art or structure inside the small reading garden. Before this is implemented or approved, the Library will come before the Parks Advisory Board and the Town Board for selection approval. Earlier in February, The Parks division was awarded a grant to put towards the placement of identification posts for trees in the downtown landscape to help residents and guests in identifying specific trees. The Parks Division received their first piece of artificial turf that would be put down at Tregent Park by the boot pump statue. Co-Chair Moore brought up safety concerns citing that certain similar products are made with recycled tires which have led to health concerns among users. Parks Supervisor Berg assured that he would research the components of the turf before placing it for public usage. Keri Kelly, Parks Department, would be working on updates for the community profile regarding Estes in Bloom. 20 Wildlife Resistant Bear cans arrived mid-February and the other 61 would be arriving within a few weeks. The Parks department has hopes to install them by April 1st, per the new Town Ordinance #12-15. OTHER BUSINESS The informational plaque for the Green Apples Statue would be placed on the Town Board consent agenda. Involving the Community Development plant selection list, Director Muhonen would like to see if there would be value in including plants that should not be planted for elk consumption or plants that are “wildlife resistant”. Co-Chair Moore felt that it created a false expectation. With no other business to discuss, a motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 11:56 pm, with all voting in favor.