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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Parks Advisory Board 2017-04-21 Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, April 21, 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 21st day of April, 2017. Present: Dewain Lockwood Vicki Papineau Ronna Boles Merle Moore Terry Rustin (via phone) Celine Lebeau Scott Miller, Student Advisor Also Present: Patrick Martchink, Trustee Liaison Greg Muhonen, Director of Public Works Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works Administrative Assistant Carey Stevanus, Good Samaritan Society Craig Soderberg, Estes Arts District Michael Young, Artist John Bostron, Thorp & Associates Joe Calvin, Thorp & Associates Absent: Carlie Bangs Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor Kevin McEachern, Operations Manager Cydney Springer, Estes Arts District Chair Lebeau called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment. GENERAL BUSINESS It was moved and seconded (Lockwood/Moore) to approve the March meeting minutes with corrections and the motion passed unanimously. MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL UPDATE Chair Lebeau stated that while all the vendors and bands are lined up for the festival, there is still a need for volunteers to man the booths and educate the public. Chair Lebeau passed the volunteer sign-up sheet around to the members. ARBOR DAY BOOK DONATION Chair Lebeau brought the books selected to donate to the elementary school for members to view. All books purchased are environmental and/or nature based for the requested reading levels. AIPP APPLICATION: VETERANS MONUMENT PARK / BRONZE EAGLE Parks Advisory Board – April 21, 2017 – Page 2 Carey Stevanus, a member of the Veterans Monument Committee, gave a presentation on the history and conceptual design of the proposed Veterans Monument Park representing all branches of the armed services. Stevanus has worked closely with Parks Maintenance Supervisor, Brian Berg, to determine a suitable location for the Monument Park. The selected location would be on the west side of the Visitor Center in place of the existing picnic shelter. Co-chair Moore expressed concern that there would no longer be overhead protection in that area once the picnic shelter is removed. One option is to move the existing picnic shelter to the opposite side of the river; however, the cost of the move must be taken into account by the Town. In order to assist with the realization of the concept Thorp & Associates created the design and Van Horn Engineering performed the surveying; both without charging any fees. Member Boles questioned the purpose of the selected location. Supervisor Berg worked closely with the group to find a suitable and honorable place for this Monument Park and this is what was selected. The hope is to have the park in place by Veterans Day. One of the suggestions as part of the park design incorporates a bronze eagle at the center of the park. Member Papineau made a motion to approve the bronze eagle sculpture and Member Lockwood seconded the motion. All members were in favor with the exception of Member Boles. Member Rustin, who was attending via telephone, abstained from voting due to lack of information available to him. Member Papineau made a motion to approve the naming of the town property where the park is to be located to ‘Veterans Monument Park’ and Member Lockwood seconded the motion. All members were in favor with the exception of Member Boles. Member Rustin abstained from voting due to lack of information available to him. The Veterans Monument Committee would make a presentation to the Town Board for the bronze eagle sculpture on May 23, 2017. This committee would present the park concept to the PUP Committee on May 11, 2017. DUB: ARTIST PROPOSALS Member Boles shared that manufacturing has begun on the vinyl wrap for the utility box located just north of the police station. Boles also shared that Kent Smith has provided a quote for priming and graffiti sealing the utility boxes to be painted. Member Boles has been in touch with Blake Babbit, a Scout that presented his AIPP application to paint a utility box as a proposed Eagle Scout project in October, 2016. Boles and Babbit will go on a site visit next week to select the utility box Babbit wishes to paint. Babbit was asked to complete a new AIPP application to present to the PAB in May. Member Boles then displayed and discussed the art created by the chosen artists. The art submitted by Michael Young, Ben Brown and Nicole Rische were all approved. It was requested that the art provided by Dawn Normali be shown as it will appear on the Parks Advisory Board – April 21, 2017 – Page 3 utility box, combining a few of the favorite individually painted pieces. The art will be presented again to the PAB once it is combined. PARKS DIVISION UPDATE Public Works Director, Greg Muhonen, provided updates for the Parks Division.  All 12 pikas have been installed in the pre-selected locations around downtown Estes Park. Town Administrator, Frank Lancaster, is testing out the scavenger hunt and is hoping to implement this program soon.  Pots are being filled with plants in the greenhouse.  The Beaver Pond (containing bronze beaver) at George Hix Plaza has been repaired and the water feature will be turned back on prior to the duck race.  All turf is getting swept and ready for a busy season.  Backflows are being installed and irrigation is getting turned on.  For 20 years Estes Park has been a Tree City. A special Tree Growth Award will be presented for everything the Town has been doing in the past year to enhance its urban forest and arboriculture education. OTHER BUSINESS With no other business to discuss, Chair Lebeau adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m.