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Park Board
Regular Meeting, June 19, 2006
The Park Board of the City of Anna held its regular meeting at 7:00 pm, Monday, June 19, 2006,
at the Community Room, Independent Bank, 101 S. Powell Parkway, to consider the
following items.
Call to Order and establishment of quorum.
Chairman Jon Hendricks called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. All members were
Present, including Bill Hemenway, Jon Hendricks, Candace Ingle, Elizabeth James, John
Loyd, and Angela Toles. Also present was Lee Lawrence, Anna City Manager.
2. Update and take action as desired regarding Geer Park
Mr. Lawrence was recognized to state that no work had been done on Geer Park itself but
that infrastructure improvements along Smith Street were being completed on schedule.
All infrastructure improvements except the road work is expected to be completed by the
end of July.
3. Update and take action as desired regarding Slater Creek Park project.
Water line work to service the park area has been completed. Sewer lines to the park
area will be completed as part of the offsite sewer to Northpointe Crossing subdivision.
The drainage work will be completed as part of the Rosamond Parkway construction
project. The site work will be undertaken as soon as the drainage work is finished.
Plans and specs for the street and drainage work are almost finished and should be
ready for bid advertisement by the end of June.
Update and take action as desired regarding Bryant Park.
Board members noted that there were some drainage issues that needed to be corrected
before the park site could be used. Mr. Lawrence was asked to have the City's
consulting engineer review the site drainage and make recommendations regarding what
work should be done to Insure proper runoff. It was also suggested that City should
spray for weeds on the site so that a good grass cover could be established. Finally, a
cleanup of the site was suggested so that the site was not an eyesore for the beginning
of school.
5. Update and take action as desired regarding Slater Creek Trail.
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Mr. Lawrence noted that this project would be undertaken with the trail project at Slater
Creek Park and little would be done until the Slater Creek Park trail was ready for
construction.
6. Discuss items as desired by Park Board members.
Board members suggested that an update of the Park Plan was probably in order. Mr.
Lawrence stated that the City's Land Use Plan would be updated over the next six
months and the Park Plan should be updated as part of that process.
Board members also requested that the Board have input into the budget process. Mr.
Lawrence responded that the Finance Director, Wayne Cummings, was putting the first
draft of the budget together and should be able to bring a draft budget of the Parks
Department to the next board meeting.
7. Discuss and take action as desired regarding Park Board membership nominations.
No action was taken on this item.
8. Financial report.
A report on the status of the Parks Department budget and Park Trust Funds was
presented to the board. No action was taken.
9. Staff reports and items for discussion
Board members suggested that a five year CIP be developed so that the Board and the
City Council would have a better idea of the funding that would be required over that
period to provide for better financial planning for park development activities.
10. Consider action to approve minutes of following meeting:
a. May 15, 2006
Mr. Loyd moved that the Minutes of the Parks Board meeting of May 15, 2006 be
approved. The motion was seconded by Ms. Toles and passed by the following vote:
AYE 6 NAY 0
11. Adjourn.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:37.
Date
Jon Hendricks, Chairman
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