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Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, April 15, 2021
Minutes of a Regular meeting of the PARKS ADVISORY BOARD of the
Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held virtually in said
Town of Estes Park on the 15th day of April 2021.
Committee: Geoffrey Elliot Chair, Rex Poggenpohl Vice Chair, Kirby
Nelson-Hazelton, Vicki Papineau, Ron Wilcocks
Attending: Geoffrey Elliot, Kirby Nelson-Hazelton, Vicki Papineau, Rex
Poggenpohl, Ron Wilcocks, Brian Berg, Greg Muhonen,
Megan Van Hoozer
Absent: None
Chair Elliot called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Due to an outdated meeting agenda being published, no vote was cast at this meeting.
The March meeting minutes will be readdressed at the May meeting.
WOMEN’S MONUMENT PROJECT UPDATE
The project is progressing very well, and donations continue to be received. At this point
65% of the goal has been reached. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory created a
Women’s Monument fudge and will be donating ten dollars per box sold to the fundraising
efforts. Duck Race ticket are also available for the Women’s Monument Project.
Wilcocks will put the artist in touch with Supervisor Berg to collaborate on the plans.
Member Papineau stated the artist has a beautiful sculpture located at a Larimer County
office on the east side of Loveland.
Wilcocks asked about the artist contract approval status. Berg reported that he has a
meeting with the Town Attorney and Director Muhonen immediately following today’s PAB
meeting. Once he has the update, Berg will inform Wilcocks. In May, Wilcocks will provide
the PAB with a signed contract and completed AIPP application for final approval of the
art.
Berg reported speaking with an annual AIPP applicant, Kathy Snyders. She informed
Berg that due to the cancellation of the 2021 Wool Market, she wil l plan to apply for Yarn
Bombing at a different art festival.
2021 PAB INITIATIVES
Chair Elliot shared with the PAB a more refined version of the 2021 PAB Initiatives
document per discussion at the March PAB meeting. The document will be included in
the packet throughout the year to ensure the group is on-track with the established
priorities.
AIPP UPDATES
Vice Chair Poggenpohl opened discussion on the proposed Town Board Trustee updates
regarding the AIPP program and related issues. Chair Elliot rec ommended expounding
on why the PAB is uncomfortable handling all art-related matters. Another point is that
Town staff are not art appraisers, and that if an actual appraisal is needed, a certified art
appraiser would need hired.
Poggenpohl requested assistance locating, within the Downtown Plan, the verbiage
specific to public art. Wilcocks stated that it is well defined on page 36. Poggenpohl will
review and revise this update.
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Supervisor Berg wanted to revisit the amount of the listed appraisal of $1.7M . He
questions how this was determined and defined. The information should be broken down
so the group can be more specific about the dollar amount of what is not being properly
maintained. Parks regularly and properly maintains all bronze donated to the Town.
Poggenpohl stated that, according to the Finance Dept. the $1.7M includes all fixed
assets (i.e., art, cars, equipment, etc.). Poggenpohl will work to better define these
amounts to put it into proper perspective. Elliot requested that, to the extent possible, to
identify where all the art is located.
Elliot also stated that the reference in the document to uncoordinated town art, should
apply to specific documents from Visit Estes Park (VEP), BEstes Group, Estes Arts
District, and any others discovered. The various efforts need reigned in so all are
consistent. Elliot will invite a member of the Estes Art Center and the Estes Art District,
as these have been identified the most community-integrated art groups in town.
ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION AND ESTES VALLEY LIBRARY EVENT
The annual big celebration for Arbor Day has been the Mountain Heritage Festival, which
has been canceled for 2021. This activity is one aspect of the Tree City USA designation.
Elliot and Berg are working with the Estes Valley Library to distribute Ponderosa saplings
for the celebration of Arbor Day, and they agreed to work with us . Due to the timeline for
the greenhouse being pushed back to early April, the biggest challenge will be that the
saplings can’t be picked up until April 30 and they will need distributed on May 1. Both
Berg and Elliot will be unavailable to distribute the sapling s and asked for volunteer
assistance.
Members Hazelton, Papineau and Poggenpohl offered their assistance. Berg will pick up
the saplings on April 30. He stated that no time has been finalized but that once
coordination with the library is completed, he will send the specifics out to members.
THUMB OPEN SPACE UPDATE
The needed title commitments have been finalized and the closing date is scheduled for
May 26, 2021. Berg stated that he will be providing an updated to the Town Board at the
upcoming meeting on the updates to the Conservation Easement (CE). The Town
purchased five parcels in one purchase (64 acres), therefore the three separate CEs were
combined into one. The CE allows the Town to open the property for public access, while
also limiting what the Town can do with the property for area protection.
The Management Plan should kick soon. Berg shared that a consultant may need hired
to assist due to Town staff time constraints.
At this point in the meeting, both Elliot and Berg’s fire radios alerted them to a structure
fire and they had to excuse themselves from the meeting. Vice Chair Poggenpohl would
complete the meeting..
Papineau made mention of a medallion on the purchased property. She wants awareness
so that all is reestablished appropriately.
PARKS DIVISION UPDATES (Parks Supervisor Brian Berg)
No updates shared due to Berg’s absence.
OTHER BUSINESS
Vice Chair Poggenpohl adjourned the meeting at 9:31 a.m.
Megan Van Hoozer, Recording Secretary