BM 2001-08-06 PBPARK AND RECREATION/TREE BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING
August 6, 2001
Meeting Time: 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Town Center
255 E. Parkway Blvd.
Coppell, Texas 75019
Members Present: Scott Williams, Tracey Garman, Reg Allen, Mark Tepper, Victor
Burke, David Castillo, and Brent Wooten.
Staff Present: Gary Sims, Brad Reid, Jane Anne Sellars, and Hilda Salazar.
Item 1: Call the meeting to order
Mr. Tepper, nominated Mr. Williams to act as Chairman of the Board
Ms. Garman seconded the motion
Vote: (6 – 0), approved.
Mr. Williams called the meeting to order @ 6:35 p.m.
Item 2: Approval of minutes from June 4, 2001 meeting.
Mr. Victor Burke, moved to approved the minutes from June 4, 2001
meeting
Mr. Mark Tepper, seconded the motion
Vote: (7 – 0), approved.
Item 3: Citizen’s Forum. Citizens should complete a Citizen’s Appearance Form.
Pursuant to the State of Open Meetings Law, the Board is restricted in
discussing or taking action on items not posted on the Agenda. Action on
your statement can only be taken at future meetings.
- No citizens present
Item 4: Discussion and necessary action on future Park Board meeting start times.
Mr. Victor Burke, moved to approve to officially start time for Park Board
for 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Mark Tepper, seconded the motion
Vote: (6 – 1), approved
Mr. Allen opposed.
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September Meeting Change Date
Mr. Mark Tepper, moved to approve rescheduling date for the Park Board
th
September meeting for the 10.
Mr. Brent Wooten, seconded the motion
Vote: (7 – 0), approved.
Item 5: Discussion and necessary action on future to select dates for Adopt-a-
Location workdays.
Mr. Williams suggested that Chair and Vice-chair would choose a date
and notify the Board. Board agreed.
Item 6: Presentation, discussion and necessary action on Park Naming Sub-
committee Proposal.
Mr. Burke presented the following proposals:
* Keep the same names for the following parks
- Andrew Brown Jr. Community Park West
- Andrew Brown Jr. Community Park East
- Allen Road Park
- Magnolia Park
* Naming “Memorial Park” to the piece of land located at the corner
of Samuel and MacArthur Roads (referred to in City Council
Meeting of 11/85 as “Parkwood Park”)
Mr. Burke moved to approve renaming Parkwood Park to
Memorial Park
Mr. Wooten, seconded the motion
Vote: (2 – 5), fails
Mrs. Garman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Castillo, Mr. Williams, and Mr.
Tepper opposed.
Item 7: Report on the proposed revision of the Coppell Plan Palette.
Ms. Vanhoozier made presentation to Board and informed them that she
has sent out the survey to Texas Association of Landscape Architects to
get information on Plan Palettes from other communities.
Mrs. Vanhoozier plan to bring recommendation to Park Board, to Planning
and Zoning, to Keep Coppell Beautiful and send it to Council for approval
in October.
Item 8: Annual Report of the Coppell Adult Softball Program.
Mr. Lloyd Mauch made presentation to the Board
For the summer 2001 Adult Softball had 42 teams with approx. 630
participating. All participants were 16 years of age or older .
Consisted of 9 co-ed teams, 16 men’s teams, and 17 private corporate
teams. Church league was offered, but didn’t have enough teams to make
a league this year.
Entry Fee was $325 per team, plus user fee.
Games were played at Andrew Brown Central and Andrew Brown West
Parks.
Amateur Softball Association and Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
rules governed league play.
Item 9: Chair Report
No chair report
Item 10: Director’s Report
- Family Fish Event is scheduled for September 29, 2001 from 10 –
1.
- Pole rigging party and pre-event meeting would be on September
25, 2001 at 5:30 p.m. at the Service Center located on 732 Deforest
Road.
- The Recreation Center brochure will be mail out next week.
- The swimming pools will be close starting August 14, 2001 during
the week and open on weekends through Labor Day.
- Updated Progress Report was provided.
Item 11: Board Member Reports
Mr. Williams provided the Board with the following information in
regards to the final Pepsi Agreement payments to Sports Associations
recommended by the Board.
- Youth League Sponsorship Fund
The annual Youth League Sponsorship fund will be divided among all
Coppell Sports Council members on a percentage basis of youth players in
each association’s program as indicated by the table below.
- Volume Incentive Fund
The Volume Incentive Fund sales goal of 1,200 cases was achieved as of
May 31, 2001. Pepsi reported the sale of 1,623 cases. The volume
incentive fund will be paid at a rate of $1 per case that each sport
association purchased as indicated by the table below.
Final Pepsi Agreement Payments Ending May 31, 2001.
Coppell Number % of players Youth # of Cases Volume Total
Sports of participating League purchased Incentive Pepsi fund
Council Players to be applied Sponsorship fund payment
Assoc. to the Youth fund payment
League payment
Sponsorship
fund
CYSA 2,703 57.88% $5,788.01 564 $564.00 $6,352.01
CBA 1,215 26.02% $2,601.71 855 $855.00 $3,456.71
CGSA 296 6.34% $633.83 50 $50.00 $683.83
CYFA 242 5.18% $518.20 154 $154.00 $672.20
YMCA 119 2.55% $254.82 0 0 $254.82
CLA 95 2.03% $203.43 0 0 $203.43
CTA 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,670 100% $10,000.00 1623 $1,623.00 $11,623.00
Notes: To be eligible Sports Associations must:
a. Be a member of the Coppell Sports Council and
b. Play sport on City owned or managed land/facility and
c. Pay the City Sports User Fee.
Item 12: Future Agenda items
- Schedule meeting at Grapevine Springs Park to discuss
development of Park Land or Green areas.
- Tree Board Meeting
- Girl Softball Annual Report
- Adopt-a-Location Dates
Mr. Mark Tepper, moved to adjourn meeting
Mr. Victor Burke, seconded the motion
Vote: (7 – 0), approved.
Park Board Meeting Adjourned @ 8:42 p.m.