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5/16/2013 - Meeting Minutes Parks, Public Lands, Urban Forestry and Trails Advisory Board Minutes May 16, 2013 Parks Building,2' Floor Conference Room 5:00pm Board Members in Attendance Also in Attendance Not in Attendance Amy Barry Emy Maloutas Jeff Rose(excused) Jacob Crockett Bill Rutherford Beverley Cooper Leslie Chan Meridith Perkins Julie Reynolds Marc Coles Richie Todd Reese Fred Fife Lee Bollwinkel Dennis Faris Ann Cannon Tara Hasenoehrl RECEIVP Mitch Spence Julia Robertson OCT 3 0 '0" Rose Tom Burket CITY RECC -. -•- Mary Aa Steve Grizzell Cary Gibson Carol Stephans Nate Salazar Jennifer Schreiter Leslie Randolph Rich Kitterman Rosemary Quatrale 1. Housekeeping a. April meeting minutes approval i. Motion was made by Dennis Faris and seconded by Beverley Cooper to approve the April Board minutes as presented. The motion passed unanimously. 2. Public Comment Period a. No Comment made at this time, Board decided to hear comments before each individual item for action. 3. Discussion Items a. Open Seats on the PNUT Board: Holly Hilton is holding off making official request to council for moving board members seats as well as finding new/replacement board members, we are currently accepting applications and reviewing past applications. 4. Action Items a. Acquisitions i. Beverley Cooper made a motion to accept previous pre- applications for acquisition presented at the April meeting to move into full applications for acquisitions. Dennis Faris seconded the motion, all approved,motion passed. ii. No action was taken on the Full Applications for Acquisition. Board members would like to visit each property before an official motion is made. They will make a recommendation at the June meeting. iii. Public Comment was made regarding the 1075 E. 800 S. property. Mitch Spence (property owner) is open to talking to the city regarding the property; Julia Robertson- community is in deficit of open space and asked that we move forward with property acquisition for this property, there are no parks in the area; Rose- lives adjacent to the property, closest park is Liberty, beautiful area,unique and full of wildlife,perfect for open space; Tom Burket- Investments need to be made; Mary Aa-Neighborhood is on board for us to purchase this property for an open space park, walk ability of the city, if the city does not purchase the property would be used for as apartment buildings (this is not a good fit for this property); Steve Grizzell- lives up the hill,would be a wonderful park; Cary Gibson- lives 2 blocks away, supports the park, increases public health; Carol Stephans- need the park, it helps draw people into the area;Nate Salazar-Neighborhood Community Chair, urges to consider the property for purchase a good asset and investment for the city; Dennis Faris made a motion to recommend that the City of Salt Lake move forward with the Pre-Applications for Acquisition into Full application status on the following properties: North Foothills Triangle-695 N. New Bonneville; JR 900 W-N House; PHNP-UDOT Lane- 2833 S. 2870 E.; Miller Park Bird- 1040 E. Bonneview Dr.; 700 E. Community Garden- 700 E. 1800 S.; 800 S.- 1075 E. 800 S.; 9 Line- Union Pacific West Redwood Road. Jacob Crockett seconded the motion, all approved, motion passed. iv. Beverley Cooper made a motion to enter closed session to discuss price and strategy of properties for acquisition, Dennis Faris seconded the motion, all in favor, closed session entered. v. Beverley Cooper made a motion to end closed session, Marc Coles-Richie seconded the motion, all in favor, closed session ended. vi. Presentation and update was given by Tara Hasenoehrl regarding Lindsey Gardens off-leash dog area and recent community meeting comments, she will e-mail public dog park pictures to the board following the meeting, and Public Comment was made regarding Lindsey Gardens off-leash dog area. Jennifer Schreiter-had to leave early but left a message to be shared by Leslie Randolph- lives across the street from the park, need to increase fines, have stronger enforcement of rules; Leslie Randal- off-leash area has turned into a Big dog park, little dogs are not safe,placement is 2 bad, against expansion of the location; Rich Kitterman- this is an urgent matter, doesn't want another summer where you cannot use the park due to the overrun of dogs; Rosemary Quatrale- increased signs are not helping, have not met one person in favor of expansion of the off-leash area, All neighbors have had it with the dogs, residents of the area don't want to deal with it anymore. Dennis Faris made a motion to not recommend that the City of Salt Lake expand the current size and location of the existing off-leash dog park in Lindsey Gardens,pending more information from other expected proposals. Marc Coles-Richie seconded the motion. Beverley Cooper made a friendly amendment to the motion to state"not expand the current size and location of the existing location at this time", all in favor, motion passed. vii. Jacob Crockett moved to recommend the Amendment to the Open Space Ordinance Section 2.90.120 as was transmitted to the Salt Lake City Council on March 20, 2013, Beverley Cooper Seconded, Dennis Faris Sustained, and motion passed. viii. All Board Members in attendance signed the Civility Pledge for the City. 5. Discussed a list of topics to be discussed at future board meetings: Trails (Sugarhouse, Jordan River), Grass cutting schedule, weed control,progress tracking, pro-active scheduling of maintenance, allocation of funds- asset tracking, comprehensive off-leash dog plan- next steps, disk golf, cemetery sexton update, staff recommendations- top 10 list of needs, field trips. 6. Confirmation of Next Meeting: June 20, 2013, 5pm 7. Amy Barry stated"at this time there is no unfinished business, this meeting is adjourned." Meeting adjourned. 3