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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET Parks Advisory Board 2017-11-17Patrick Martchink, Town Board Trustee Liaison Brian Berg, Estes Park Public Works Staff Liaison Parks Advisory Board Agenda November 17, 2017 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Museum Conference Room Estes Park Museum 200 4th Street Current Members: Celine Lebeau, Resigned (12/31/19) Dewain Lockwood (12/31/18) Vicki Papineau (12/31/18) Ronna Boles (12/31/19) Carlie Bangs (12/31/18) Merle Moore (12/31/17) Terry Rustin (12/31/17) Public Comment Approval of October Meeting Minutes AIPP Application: Yarn Bombing Update: Mrs. Walsh’s Garden Parks Division Update Other Business Board Renaming AIPP Guideline Review/Edit Adjourn Current Projects:  Tree Ordinance  Noxious Weeds Ordinance  Tunnel Lighting [CDOT]  Parking Garage Landscape  Arboretum  Town Hall Art Exhibit Public / Cydney Springer, Estes Arts District Acting Chair Merle Moore Citizen Kathy Snyders Acting Chair Merle Moore Supervisor Brian Berg Supervisor Brian Berg Acting Co-Chair Ronna Boles Acting Chair Merle Moore Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, October 26, 2017 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Parks Advisory Board of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Conference Room of the Estes Park Museum on the 26th day of October, 2017. Present Dewain Lockwood Terry Rustin Vicki Papineau Ronna Boles Also Present: Megan Van Hoozer, Public Works Administrative Assistant Patrick Martchink, Town Board Liaison Kevin McEachern, Public Works Operations Manager Absent: Carlie Bangs Merle Moore Brian Berg, Parks Division Supervisor Acting Co-Chair Boles called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Town Board Liaison Patrick Martchink informed the group that a Sunset Review of the Parks Advisory Board took place at a Town Board Study Session on October 13, 2017. It was determined to continue having this board meet and perform the services currently in place. A new sunset date has been set for 5 years from now. Martchink also announced that he may be appointed the new Visit Estes Park Liaison. As a result, Martchink may have to discontinue being the PAB liaison due to the time demands. This determination is yet to be finalized. Public Works Operations Manager, Kevin McEachern, attended the Youth on Board meeting yesterday. There was great community participation and turnout for the meeting. Plenty of high schoolers are wanting to participate in this program. A student has already been selected to be a student liaison for the PAB however we do not yet have the student’s name. An action item that came from the meeting was to establish a PAB member as a mentor to provide guidance and expertise, share knowledge, and get Parks Advisory Board – October 26, 2017 – Page 2 involved in community process. Acting Co-Chair Boles volunteered to be the PAB mentor. GENERAL BUSINESS All were in favor to approve the September meeting minutes and the motion passed unanimously. PARKS DIVISION UPDATE Manager McEachern was available to provide the Parks Division update in Supervisor Berg’s absence.  The Parks Division has been helping to unload boulders/large stones and prepared the ground for the Veterans Monument Park project prior to work commencing. Cornerstone Concrete will be installing the walkway early next week, weather permitting. The Veterans Monument Committee is not anticipating total project completion by November 11, but it will be substantially complete.  Although there haven’t been any plans as of this date for work to take place at Mrs. Walsh’s Garden, the funding is secured and segregated from rest of Parks Division budget.  More planting will take place at the parking structure in spring 2018. The Town is currently performing electrical work on the street lighting. Acting Co-Chair Boles brought up a safety concern for the Parks Division employees that deadhead flowers in planters, etc. Safety measures will be appropriately assessed by Supervisor Berg moving forward.  Member Papineau reported that Larimer County has begun enforcement of weed/yard violations in 2017 by performing weekly compliance checks. The County will go over their procedures at the January 8, 2018 ELSA meeting for collaborative efforts. BOARD RENAMING Members in attendance did not express any pressure to rename the board. Member Papineau asked how other municipalities handle their naming conventions for like boards. Ft. Collins is Arts in Public Places (AIPP). Boles will perform additional Parks Advisory Board – October 26, 2017 – Page 3 research. It was determined this discussion would be tabled until the November meeting for larger group discussion. OTHER BUSINESS Decorating Utility Boxes (DUB): Acting Co-Chair Boles reported that Kent Smith of Smith Sign Studio would be receiving the anti-graffiti sealant in the coming week. Boles and the Light & Power Administrative Assistant, Sarah Clark would meet in the near future to discuss this program for the upcoming year and determine any needed changes to existing guidelines/processes. Boles and Clark will also work to establish an additional policy for businesses to commission artists to paint utility boxes residing on the business property. Vinyl Wraps have 3-year warrantee. Public Art Collective felt the Town of Estes Park could get 7 years from the wraps in this mountain climate. The PAB will wait through the winter to see how the wraps hold up. The ‘free’ wrap located behind the Police Department has started peeling for the second time since installation. PAB Position Postings: Rustin asked why the Parks Advisory Board positions haven’t been posted in the newspaper. These position postings have been provided to the Town’s Human Resources Open positions to be posted and should be in the next edition. Meeting Schedule: Acting Co-Chair Boles suggested that December’s scheduled PAB meeting be changed to December 14, 2017 from December 21, 2017 in order to accommodate holiday travel schedules. Megan Van Hoozer will send an updated calendar invitation to all PAB members. With no other business to discuss, Acting Co-Chair Boles adjourned the meeting at 9:40 am. Mrs. Walsh’s Garden – Advisory Committee Members November, 2017 Bruce MacBryde - BioConservation Support Drake, Colorado Bruce MacBryde, Ph.D., graduated in 1970 in Botany (plant taxonomy) from Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden. He is the co-author of books on the vascular plants of British Columbia, and on prevalent weeds of Central America; and is co-editor of books on genetics and conservation, and on biodiversity, conservation and management for a part of tropical Bolivia. He is the author of a booklet (2012) on common invasive plants of the Estes Valley, and co-author of the international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Points to Consider for Consensus Documents on the Biology of Cultivated Plants. Dr. MacBryde worked in the U.S. Government for 30 years (in Washington, D.C.). In 2002-2009, he served as the botanist and an environmental analyst in the Office of Science of USDA/APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services. For 23 years he worked as a botanist in plant conservation at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1975-1984) and then the treaty CITES (1984-1998), including 1985-1992 as chair of the international CITES Plants Committee. The treaty regulates the international trade in all orchids and most cacti, and includes some other succulent, carnivorous and ornamental plants, and some medicinal plants and timber species. He has also worked as a research botanist through universities (1970-1975) in Ecuador and in British Columbia, and (1999-2001) for The Nature Conservancy’s Association for Biodiversity Information (now NatureServe). In summers 1955-1965, he was a camper then counselor (horse-packing then backpacking) at the Boys’ Trail’s End unit (near Glen Haven) of Cheley Colorado Camps. Audrey Niemuth Audrey has a B.S. degree in Agriculture with a landscape horticulture emphasis from Ohio State University. She spent a summer in Lancashire, England in the Horticulture Study Abroad Program. She interned at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville working mainly in their 10 acres of indoor gardens, but also with outdoor annual beds. She has worked at the YMCA of the Rockies in outdoor education. She was a floral designer at Judy’s Flowers, and worked in a greenhouse in Estes Pa. She currently is a mother to two young children, anticipating the birth of her third. She is involved with Families for Estes and other church, and community children’s activities. She worked for Joan Sapp—Landscape, LLC. for several years doing estate gardening. She was active in the planting and maintenance for Mrs. Walsh’s Garden, including research for native plants to include, and was particularly involved in the Garden’s annual Children’s Party. Jim Conley, M.D. Thank you for allowing me to express my interest in the advisory committee for Mrs. Walsh’s Garden. I moved to Estes Park as a full time resident in April 2014. In Oho and Estes Park, I accumulated several years of experience in home gardening and landscaping. Since arriving in Estes Park, my interest in native and drought- tolerant plants has increased, especially with regard to various penstemon and cold-hardy cacti and succulents. I am currently a member of the Estes Park Garden Club and the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society. It would be an honor to serve on the advisory committee and I very much look forward to meeting and learning from the other committee members. Education Medical Residency in Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH 1995-99 Medical Residency in Family Practice at Aultman Hospital Canton, OH 1987-90 M.D. degree at The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 1987 B.A. Psychology at Kent State University Kent, OH 1980 Professional Experience Medical Director of Lima Pathology Associates Lima, OH 2009-14 Medical Director St. Rita’s Medical Center Laboratories Lima, OH 2009-14 Medical Director Vanwert Count Hospital Laboratory Vanwert, OH 2004-09 Medical Director Hardin County Memorial Hospital Laboratory Kenton, OH 2000-04 Flight Surgeon Ohio Air National Guard Mansfield, OH 1996-99 Medical Director Joint Services Gemini Clinic Elmendorf AFB, AK 1991-95 Medical Director USAF 8th Medical Group Kunsan AFB, Korea 1990--91 Margarete Steinhauer, Ph.D. I am interested in being involved in the advisory committee for Mrs Walsh’s Garden because I have a deep interest in our native plants. In addition to identifying the northern Colorado wildflowers for the past 7 years (and those of California and Massachusetts where I have resided), I am especially interested in the challenges of gardening with native species. I believe my interests and broad background can be an asset to the committee. I am a member of the Colorado Native Plant Society. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Soil & Environmental Science. University of California, Riverside M.S. Microbiology, Medical College of Ohio/University of Toledo B.S. Botany, Ohio State University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE. Wide range of scientific experience both within plant science and related environmental disciplines.  Research Scientist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, LaJolla CA. Conducted research on phytoplankton pigments and red tide organisms  Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine. Studied water quality of Newport Bay resulting from non-point sources and the impacts on estuarine phytoplankton  Research Scientist, D’Appolonia Consulting Engineers, Irvine CA. Conducted vegetation mapping and ground truthing in northern California for a large multi-agency project and documented general environmental impacts resulting from a wide range of other engineering projects  Research Scientist/Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Duxbury MA. Research consultant for government and industrial clients on a wide range of environmental issues  Environmental Consultant, Self Employed, Duxbury MA. Conducted a wide range of environmental studies, including chemical data analysis of the Exxon Valdez oil spill SKILLED TECHNICAL WRITER/EDITOR. Authored and co-authored numerous publications on a variety of environmental topics, including more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles, technical Reports to Congress, guidance documents, EISs/EIRs, and scientific and technical presentations. Edited a wide range of scientific documents prepared by colleagues. Joan Sapp Joan Sapp—Landscape, LLC. Education: B.S. in Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University I currently own a landscape design, installation, and maintenance company in Estes Park, CO. My passion for plants and hiking the mountains lead me to specialize in native plant systems while at University. I was on the board of the Colorado Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society and a Master Gardener for many years for Boulder County. Currently I am a member of the Colorado Native Plant Society and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Mrs. Walsh’s Garden has had a special hold on me since it’s inception. I was fortunate to be asked to be the garden manager in 2005 (I think) by founder Judy Lamy and the first manager, botanist Berri Bernier. I held this position until August 2017. As manager I was responsible (until the Flood of 2013) for the upkeep and increase of the plant collections, the safe use of the Garden, promoting it as a resource for native plant education, and furthering awareness of this special space in our town to residents and visitors. I remain committed to the Garden and it’s mission of growing, showing, and educating others about native plants. Merle M. Moore Liaison – Parks Advisory Board Education: B.S. Degree in Landscape Horticulture, Michigan State University Came to Colorado in 1978 as Assistant Director of Denver Botanic Gardens. Had previously been Senior Horticulturist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens at the University of Michigan. In 1980 became Executive Director of Denver Botanic Gardens and remained in that position until 1989. In 1990, was hired by the Denver Zoo where I worked until my retirement in 2005. Developed and guided the horticulture and landscaping program of the Denver Zoo as Director of Horticulture & Grounds Maintenance. Was responsible for plant selection and landscaping of three of the zoo’s landscape-award winning exhibits; Tropical Discovery, Primate Panorama and Predator Ridge. In addition to my horticulture management positions I served from 1969 to 1971 with the Agency For International Development (USAID), in South Vietnam, and prior to that with the Peace Corps in Thailand. In January, 2007, I was honored by the Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association when I was inducted into the CNGA Hall of Fame. Am now retired from full-time horticulture work and have resided in Estes Park since 2005. Am currently a member of and evaluator for the CSU Annual Bedding Plant and Perennial Plant Trial Garden Committees, and I am a horticulture lecturer, consultant, and tour guide.