Pima County Bond Advisory Committee

Parks & Recreation Sub-Committee

Meeting

 

Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

3500 W. River Road

Thursday, September 27, 2007

8:00 a.m.

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF MEETING

 

The following is a summary of the September 27, 2007 meeting.  Audiotapes of the meeting are available upon request.

 

 

Committee Members Present

Committee Members Absent

 

Gary Davidson, Chair

Byron Howard

John Neis

Terri Hutts

Thomas Six

Ted Prezelski

Carolyn Campbell

Tom Warne

 

County Staff: Technical Experts Present

County Administration

Carlo DiPilato, P&D Division Manager

Lauren Harvey, Project Manager, NRPR

Ann Khambholja, NRPR

 

Nicole Fyffe, Executive Assistant to the County Administrator

 

 

1.         Meeting began at 8:09 a.m. with a quorum.

 

2.         Ms. Hutts made a motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting held on September 6, 2007, seconded by Mr. Six. The motion was unanimously accepted.

 

3.         Mr. DiPilato introduced the three projects that have been revised. They are the New Girls and Boys Chorus Building, Model Airplane Parks and Southeast Regional Park Horseracing Facility.  The New Girls and Boys Chorus Project has been re-scoped, however the estimated cost of $5,000,000 remains the same, as with the Model Airplane Park sites which now include three sites at the estimated cost of $500,000 each, totaling $1,500,000. The SERP Horseracing Facility has also been revised and the budget has been amended from $26,000,000 to $6,500,000 to provide for only basic facilities that could be upgraded and improved on at a later date.

                                               

4.         Mr. Davidson asked for public comments about projects prior to preliminary prioritization of projects in Tier 3:

            Mike Boyd – In support of the Ice Rink project

            David, Fritz, Mark, Mikey, Scott, Kevin, Ashton – In support of the BMX Bike Park

Mr. Rafael Payan, Director of Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation was called upon to give the committee more information on the New Girls and Boys Chorus building project

Caitlin Meadows – In support of project #263 - Picture Rocks Skate/BMX/Equestrian Staging Park

Merritt Howard – In support of linear trails, with emphasis on project #127 - Julian Wash Linear Park land acquisition and  #123 – El Paso and Southern Greenway corridor acquisition

Sue Clark – In support of trails

Wendy – in support of the Arizona trail projects #154 Pistol Hill Trailhead and #152 Sahuarita Road Trailhead

Mac Hudson of Friends of A mountain – in support of Projects #267 – A Mountain Park Improvements and #268 – Sonoran Desert Park

Elizabeth Webb – In support of project in the Cienega Creek Corridor area

Maryann – In support of projects in the Cienega Creek Corridor area and projects #244 Kolb/I10 Future Proposed Elementary School and #238 Civano Future Proposed Middle school

 

5.         The subcommittee reconsidered various projects for inclusion in Tier 3.  The spreadsheet showing the prioritization of projects by this sub-committee is attached.  Motion to move forward the project prioritization to the larger 2008 Bond Committee was proposed by Ms. Terri Hutts and seconded by Mr. Tom Six. It was unanimously passed.  Mr. Byron Howard expressed concerns about unfunded City of Tucson projects.

 

6.         Meeting Adjourned at 11:55 a.m.