Estacada Parks and Recreation Commission

Minutes – June 25, 2003

Chairperson Turk called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM.

Members Present: Dianna Turk, Pam Peterson and Roxanne Morrisey

Guests Present: Bob Austin, Randy Ealy and Cindy Baker. Present from the University of Oregon were Bethany Johnson, David and Naoko.

The minutes of the 5/28/03 meeting were reviewed. Because a quorum had not been established for the meeting, Chairperson Turk recommended that the approval of the minutes be moved to the next meeting. Roxanne Morrisey will e-mail a copy of the minutes to each member.

Chairperson Turk read a resignation letter from Commissioner Kristina Engelbrecht from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Commission thanked Kristina for her service over the years. Chairperson Turk requested that the process be started to fill the vacancy. Chairperson Turk will forward the letter to the City of Estacada for the records.

Citizen’s Concerns & Comments

Estacada resident Cindy Baker was present at the meeting. Ms. Baker would like to implement a Saturday program for children’s tennis. She would like to operate as a non-profit organization and would like to donate part the program fees to the Estacada Chamber of Commerce. Chairperson suggested that Ms. Baker contact the Chamber of Commerce for additional information regarding her idea.

Staff Report

Mayor Bob Austin was present for the Staff Report. Mayor Austin addressed the letter that was sent by the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the lack of a City Council Liaison being present at the Parks and Rec. meetings. Mayor Austin asked for patience from the commission on this issue. Due to scheduling conflicts the liaison(s) have not been able to attend the meetings.

City Manager Ealy introduced the guests from the University of Oregon. CM Ealy then turned the time over the Bethany Johnson to give the Commission a report on the Master Plan Update. Ms. Johnson went over a presentation on Phase I that detailed the aspects of Phase I and the out -come of the community meetings. She then discussed what would be done on Phase II of the Master Plan update. CM Ealy indicated that he had a meeting with representatives from PGE recently. CM Ealy felt that PGE would be willing to contribute to the cost of Phase II. CM Ealy will contact the representative regarding this issue. Ms. Johnson had two maps of Estacada that detailed all existing parks. A copy of each of the maps will be mailed to the members of the Parks and Recreation Commission to review and make notes on.

The agenda was sent for the July 23, 2003 meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM