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ARENAS,
PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
CITY
OF PETERBOROUGH
APRIL 20, 2010
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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF ARENAS, PARK AND RECREATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010, IN THE SUTHERLAND ROOM,
CITY HALL
Present:
Gary
Rabjohn
Frances
Wilbur
Staff:
Ken
Doherty, Director of Community Services
Sue
Warrington, Manager of Arenas
Virginia
Swinson, Acting Transportation Demand Management Planner
Kevin
Arjoon Deputy City Clerk
Absent:
Councillor Martin
Randy Turner
Confirmation of
Minutes – March 16, 2010
That
the minutes of the meeting of the Arenas, Park and Recreation Advisory
Committee held on March 16, 2010 be approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
There were no disclosures of interest.
Consent Agenda
No
items were considered under the Consent Agenda.
Director of Community
Services
Report APRAC10-017
Trails Committee
Presentation
Virginia Swinson, Chair of the City’s
Inter-Departmental Trails Committee made a presentation regarding the
Inter-Departmental Trails Committee.
Moved by Yvonne Coveney-Boyd
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee (APRAC) approve the recommendation outlined in Report
APRAC10-017 dated April 20, 2010, of the Director of Community Services, as
follows:
That the presentation by Virginia
Swinson, Chair of the City’s Inter-Departmental Trails Committee, be received
for information.
“CARRIED”
Director
of Community Services
Report
APRAC10-015
Communities in Bloom
Moved by Councillor Eggleton
That the Arenas Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee (APRAC) approve the recommendations outlined in Report
APRAC10-015 dated April 20, 2010, of the Director of Community Services, as
follows:
a) That Communities
in Bloom (the Committee) be approved as a standing committee of the Arenas Parks
and Recreation Advisory Committee in accordance with Section 8 of By-law
07-041.
b) That Shirley
Eggleton and Yvonne Coveney-Boyd be appointed as the APRAC members to the
Committee.
c) That Yvonne
Coveney-Boyd be appointed as the Chair of the Committee for the balance of
2010.
d) That existing
Committee members, Colleen Viscoff and Gord Henderson, be appointed as
community representatives to the Committee; and that up to three additional
Committee members be recruited.
e) That the
Committee and City staff be directed to draft Committee terms of reference,
including role, composition, and terms of appointment for approval at a future
APRAC meeting.
f) That the
proposed 3 year planning strategy prepared for Council approval be endorsed as
follows:
(i)
that
the City, through the Committee, remain as a Communities In Bloom Friend and
not compete in 2010;
(ii)
that
the City, through the Committee, compete in the National Competition in 2011;
(iii)
that
the City, through the Committee, compete in either the National or
International competition in 2012, pending eligibility.
g) That a
contribution of $20,000 from the Capital Levy to: assist with activities
planned for 2010; provide staff support; cover the cost of up to three
committee members/staff and one political representative to attend the annual
conference in Halifax; and begin planning for the 2011 campaign, be endorsed.
h) That financial
contributions for 2011 and 2012 be considered as part of the budget
deliberations for those years, be endorsed.
“CARRIED”
Manager of Public
Works
Report
APRAC10-016
Tollington Parks
Endowment Fund
Moved by Yvonne Coveney-Boyd
That the Arenas, Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee approve the recommendation outlined in Report APRAC10-016 dated April 20, 2010, of
the Manager of Public Works as follows:
That the December 31, 2009 balance of
the Tollington Parks Endowment Fund and the annual disbursements for the
calendar years 2008 and 2010 from the Fund continue to be allocated to support
the construction of an Accessible Children’s Water Play Facility as detailed in
the 2010 – 2019 Capital Budget Estimates for the Recreation Division (Project
6-1.09) as directed in Report USPW08-012.
“CARRIED”
CORRESP10-001
Graham Lewis,
Treasurer
Peterborough Baseball
Association
Shed at Riverside
Park
Moved by Gary Rabjohn
That the correspondence from Graham
Lewis, with respect to the funding of a shed project at Riverside Park be
received for information.
“CARRIED”
Other Business
The
Director of Community Services noted a current project involving the
classification and mapping of city parks. He indicated a report and
presentation may be tabled on a future Committee agenda.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Committee is
scheduled for
May 18, 2010
Adjournment
Moved by Councillor
Eggleton
Kevin Arjoon
Deputy City Clerk
Bill Juby Jr.
Chair