08/13/2007 - Minutes Park and Recreation Advisory Board (DRAB)
Minutes of August 13, 2007 Board Meeting
1. Roll Call: Scott Bernhard, Brian Davies, Michael Freudenthal,
Kim Leinberger,Jason Rogers, Trisha Swanson, Vernon
Cooke all present
2. Comments from the Audience: None
3. Approval of Minutes: Jason Rogers moved and Scott
Bernhard seconded to approve the June 11, 2007 minutes
as corrected. The motion passed unanimously.
4. COT Comp Plan Presentation by Duane Roberts, Planning
Associate.
Duane went through the document page by page. After
reviewing the document, the Board expressed concern
about City administration striking out some of the
PRAB's input — particularly those items referring to a
recreation program and land acquisition tax measure..
5. Potential Tax Measures for land acquisition and park
development bond measure and for a Recreation Program
Local Levy Increase.
Dan revisited his input to the Board regarding tax measures.
Dan talked to the City's legal counsel about holding two
elections at the same time on one ballot.
Legal Counsel's response was that each issue must stand alone.
The city cannot combine two measures such as a local levy
increase for recreation and a bond measure for land acquisition.
1) Dan stated that it is not uncommon, when two measures are
on the ballot, that both will go down. Voters get confused and
when voters get confused they often vote no on the measures.
2) one may pass and one may fail, but again, when confused
voters tend to vote no.
3) it must be kept in mind that other governments (county,
school districts, library, TVF&R, etc.) may also be on the ballot.
Too many measures mean too much money and voters don't
appreciate being asked for millions of dollars by many agencies
at the same time.
Dan stated that he believes the challenge before the Board is
deciding which of the two measures the board wants the
Council to consider.
The consensus of the Board was to continue to advocate and
recommend to Council that a comprehensive recreation
program be pursued. The Board felt that this is the direction
they were given by the Budget Committee on May 14, 2007.
The Board decided that the land acquisition process should
continue and be funded either by a bond measure, or by the
general fund, or by using 100% SDC funding, if possible.
The Board was told that a joint meeting will be set up for
sometime in Nov/Dec 2007.
The Board asked Dan if he could try to find out if the Council
is considering other tax measures in November 2008.
6. Skate Park Update:
Dan informed the Board the project was on schedule and on
budget. Concrete has been poured now for several weeks and
will continue to poured over the next month.
The Board offered to help on the grand opening ceremony.
The Board also felt that the Donor Wall should also honor
Rich Carlson for his outstanding contributions in the
construction of the skate park. He served as Task Force Chair
from day one when then Mayor Jim Griffith asked him to
serve.
7. Downtown Community Plaza Project: Mike and Trisha
Mike and Trisha made a brief presentation on this project.
8. The Board went into executive session to discuss land
acquisition.
9. The meeting was adjourned at 8:52 PM.