05/17/2010 - Minutes Fri
City of Tigard
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board - Minutes
MEETING DATE: May 17, 2010 7:00 PM
MEETING LOCATION: 2nd Floor Conference Room, Tigard Library, Tigard, OR 97223
The purpose of the Parks and Recreation Advisory is to advise and advocate
for park and recreation opportunities for a growing Tigard.
1. RollCall: At 7:00 p.m. the meeting is called to order by Chair Jason Rogers.
Members Present: Brian Davies,Jason Rogers,Holly Polivka,Troy Mears, Scott Bernhard,Hong Dao
Council: Marland Henderson
Audience: John Frewing, Josh Alpert, Bob Betcone
Staff Present: Steve Martin,Martin McKnight
2. Approval of Minutes: Brian Davies makes a motion to approve the April minutes and the motion is
seconded by Holly Polivka. Passes unanimously.
3. Comments from the audience: none
4. Park Project Updates: Steve Martin-Trail system Master Plan has the go-ahead to start. Duane Roberts
and Steve Martin are in charge of Master Plan. Other people and agencies involved too. Please contact
Duane or Steve if interested in sitting on the citizen advisory board.
Steve says that Duane Roberts applied for a Readiness Grant and it was accepted by ODOT. Engineering
for Brown Property Trail (North of Bonita Park and East of Library) will be funded by the readiness grant.
Questions about if and where a bridge will be built across Fanno Creek and the location of the trail will be
answered by the engineering study.
Steve will gather input from the PRAB regarding policy and procedure changes to Tigard Municipal Code
related to parks reservations.
The electrical work will be finished this week at new Summerlake maintenance building according to Steve.
Jason Rogers mentions that some boards may need to be replaced on wooden bridges over Summer Lake.
Martin McKnight will have Parks Crew address the problem.
5. Bond Measure Discussion
Josh Alpert distributes an informational handout that THPRD used on its 2008 bond measure. Board
discusses using similar publications, effective timelines and cost of production. Josh says that publications
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would ideally go out early to mid-September. Steve Martin and Josh Alpert discuss putting information in
Tigard Cityscape. Councilor Henderson informs the PRAB that it can provide facts and information. Bob
Betcone and Josh Alpert say that the Tigard-Tualatin School District will be sending out information
regarding opportunities for involvement before the end of the school year. Councilor Henderson says that
distributing information may be a good project for the Youth Advisory Council. Mr. Alpert believes the
City Council will decide on whether or not to refer the bond measure to voters early next month.
The board discusses potential distribution of bond measure money and using a field trip to help prioritize
potential properties. Jason Rogers recommends getting the PRAB on Council agenda and presenting the
Council with a target dollar amount. Board discusses recommending the target dollar amount, the value of
various projects, referring to old lists of potential parks properties and categories of open space. Councilor
Henderson says it is important to show which projects may be eligible for SDC's. Steve Martin says that
there is approximately 2 million dollars of SDC money banked right now.
The Board discusses having a work session and decides on June 1 at 7:00 p.m. Jason Rogers urges board
members to review Parks System Master Plan before the meeting. Steve will bring lists of properties and
SDC spreadsheet. Josh Alpert will attend.
John Frewing recommends that the PRAB devise an average price for certain types of parks properties to
illustrate to voters what might be purchased with bond measure money.
6. Barry Albertson,Tigard-Tualatin School Board—
Mr. Albertson gives and update on contract negotiations,budget, aquatics district and the Fowler Property.
He says that the TTSD is ready to go on sale of Fowler.
Adjourn: 8:05 P.M.
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