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Park Board
Special Meeting, August 8, 2005
Report to City Council
The Park Board of the City of Anna held a special meeting at 7:00 pm, Monday, August 8, 2005,
at the Anna City Hall, 101 N. Powell Parkway, to consider the following items.
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order by Vice -Chairman Bill Hemenway at 7:05 p.m.
2. Roll Call.
Members present included Mr. Bill Hemenway, Ms. Elizabeth James, Mr. John Loyd,
and Ms. Molly Young.
Mr. Hendricks arrived at 7:40 P.M.
3. Update and take action as desired regarding east side park site.
Board members were advised by Mr. Lee Lawrence, City Manager, that the City has
dosed on the purchase of the 25 acre tract purchased from Meltex, Inc. This property is
located at the northeast comer of Smith Street and E. Sixth Street.
Mr. Lawrence asked the members to identify their priorities regarding development of
the park. It was agreed that the following should be the ordering of priorities and that
the Board would formally ask the City to include $500,000 in the proposed Certificate of
Obligation to fund these items:
(a) Land $250,000
(b) Access (Smith Street) $150,000
(c) Parking (initially a gravel base) $100,000
(d) Fencing (cable or similar boundary delimitation) $50,000
Members agreed that the primary focus for development of this park site should be
getting the area into condition so that it could be used as a practice field for soccer,
football, and baseballisoftball. The development of fully equipped fields would not be
possible for probably the next several years.
4. Update and take action as desired regarding City Park (TPWD) project
Mr. Lawrence noted that a draft agreement with the ISD for land purchase was near
completion and would be submitted to the ISO within the next few days.
5. Update and take action as desired regarding TPWO trail project
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No report presented on this dem.
9. Discuss and take action as desired regarding future use of existing parks.
The Board identified the following priority listing of park development activities:
(a) City Park (25 -acre full service park funded in part through TPWD grant.
(b) Bryant Elementary Park
(c) East Side Park (25 acre Smith Street site)
Mr. Lawrence was asked to submit a schedule for activities/improvements at these sites.
Mr. Lawrence was also asked to have completed a survey and site plan for Bryant
Elementary Park site.
7. Discuss and take action as desired regarding change of regular meeting dateRime.
The Board agreed to change its regular meeting date to the third Monday of each month,
at 7:00 p.m.
S. Discuss items as desired by Park Board members.
There was no discussion of this dem.
9. Staff reports and items for discussion.
There was no discussion of this item.
10. Adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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