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Arenas,
Park And Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes
City
Of Peterborough
March 15, 2011
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Minutes Of A
Meeting Of Arenas, Park And Recreation Advisory Committee Held On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, In The Sutherland Room,
City Hall
Present:
Councillor
Parnell, Chair
Gary
Rabjohn
Randy
Turner
Absent:
Staff:
Ken
Doherty, Director of Community Services
Wayne
Jackson, Director of Utility Services
Peter Southall, Manager, Public Works, Major Projects
Rob
Anderson, Recreation Co-ordinator
Erik
Hanson, Heritage
Preservation Officer
Paul Hambidge,
Urban Forester
John
Kennedy, Deputy City Clerk
Confirmation of
Minutes – February
15, 2011
That
the minutes of the meeting of the Arenas, Park and Recreation Advisory
Committee held on February
15, 2011 be
approved, as amended.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure of Pecuniary
Interest
There were no disclosures of interest.
Recreation
Division Coordinator
Report APRAC11-008
Presentation by Sport
Kawartha
Bill O’Byrne of Sport Kawartha made a
presentation.
Moved
by Randy
Turner
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee approve the recommendation outlined in Report APRAC11-008
dated March 15, 2011, of the Recreation Division Coordinator, as follows:
That the presentation by Sport
Kawartha be received for information.
Heritage
Resources Coordinator
Report APRAC11-010
Request to Rename
Sandlewood Park
Moved
by Councillor Beamer
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee endorse the recommendation outlined in Report APRAC11-010
dated March 15, 2011, of the Heritage Resources Coordinator, as follows:
That the park currently known as
Sandlewood Park be renamed Blodgett Park.
Director
of Utility Services
Report APRAC11-011
Presentation of the
Draft Urban Forest Strategic Plan
Peter Southall, Manager, Public Works and
Paul Hambidge, Urban
Forester made a presentation.
Moved
by Councillor Beamer
That the Arenas, Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee approve the recommendation outlined in report APRAC11-011
dated March 15, 2011, of the Director of Utility Services, as follows:
That
the presentation by Mr. Peter Southall and Mr. Paul Hambidge on the Draft Urban
Forest Strategic Plan be received for information.
Director
of Community Services
Report APRAC11-012
Communities in Bloom
Update
Moved
by Gary Rabjohn
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee (APRAC) approve the recommendations outlined in report APRAC11-012
dated March 15, 2011, of the Director of Community Services, as follows:
a) That the minutes
of the Communities In Bloom Committee meeting of February 24, 2011, attached as
Appendix A, be received for information;
b) That the motions
contained therein be approved, specifically as follows:
i)
That
the Peterborough Communities in Bloom, a Committee of the City’s Arenas Parks and
Recreation Advisory Committee, be dissolved.
ii) That the Peterborough
Communities in Bloom reserve fund, in the amount
of $14,667.66, be fully disbursed as follows:
$8,167.66
to the Riverview Park and Zoo’s new animal healthcare centre
$4,500 to the Peterborough Historical
Society
$1,000
to the Peterborough Horticultural Society
$1,000
to the Master Gardeners
c) That
the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee extend its heartfelt thanks
to the Communities in Bloom Committee for their longstanding efforts.
Recreation
Division Coordinator
Report APRAC11-009
Rugby Clubhouse
Update
Moved
by Randy
Turner
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee approve the recommendations outlined in Report APRAC11-009
dated March 15, 2011, of the Recreation Division Coordinator, as follows:
a) That the report be received
for information;
b) That the
preferred site plan for locating the clubhouse within Nicholls Park, as identified
in Appendix A, be endorsed.
Other Business
Mr.
Doherty indicated the April 19, 2011 agenda will include an opportunity to
provide comment/input on the Urban Forestry Strategic Plan.
The
Chair requested the Clerk’s Office provide copies of the Urban Forestry
Strategic Plan to the missing Committee members.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Committee is
scheduled for April
19, 2011.
Adjournment
Moved by Gary Rabjohn
John Kennedy
Deputy City Clerk
Councillor Parnell
Chair