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Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, March 20th, 2015
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 20th day of March, 2015.
Present: Merle Moore
Ronna Boles
Celine Lebeau
Terry Rustin (by phone)
Dewain Lockwood
Also Present: Greg Muhonen, Public Works Director
Kevin McEachern, Public Works Operations Manager
Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor
Jen Imber, Public Works Administrative Assistant
Bob Holcomb, Town Board Trustee
Absent: Chris Reed
Chair Lebeau called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m.
GENERAL BUSINESS
It was moved and seconded (Boles/Moore) to approve the February 20th meeting
minutes and the motion passed unanimously.
Merle Moore shared communication he received from Susan Ison, Director of Cultural
Services for the City of Loveland. A meeting will take place on April 4th at the Rialto
Theater in support of the formation of a Scientific and Cultural Facilities District in
Larimer County. Anyone interested is invited to attend.
ARBOR DAY 2015
Chair Lebeau updated on Arbor Day events. May 15th will be the date of the 2015 Estes
Park Elementary School celebration. A list of book donations was provided by the
elementary school librarian for approval. Platte River Power Authority would like to
donate $1700 for tree planting and education. A portion of that money will be used to
purchase the donated books, so all suggested books will be purchased for donation.
The book plates will include Platte River Power Authority’s name as well as Town of
Estes Park and the Parks Advisory Board.
The elementary art teacher has incorporated Arbor Day art in class, so students are
creating art for the contest, which will conclude on April 15th.
PUBLIC ART POLICY AND ORDINANCE
Merle Moore and Terry Rustin distributed updated Draft #6 prior to the meeting for
members to review. They opened the floor for questions and comments for the group.
Director Muhonen had comments on the Funds for Works of Art section. The whole
program will be operated out of the reserve fund and no separate account for
maintenance will be needed.
A few minor consistency errors were discussed and corrected. Merle provided examples
of sample contracts to the board. The samples will be used to create a contract for the
Town’s Public Art program, which will be reviewed for approval by the Town attorney.
Trustee Holcomb expressed an interest in presenting the ordinance and guidelines to
the Town Board at a Study Session. Copies will be included for review in a Study
Session packet and then Merle Moore will present at a Town Board Meeting.
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It was moved and seconded (Boles/Lockwood) to approve Draft #6 as amended, with
the motion passing unanimously.
With no other business to discuss, a motion was made and seconded (Lebeau/Boles) to
adjourn the meeting at 12:05 pm, with all voting in favor.