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Home My WebLink About6/13/2023 - Minutes June 13, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MINUTES PARKS COMMISSION 4:30 PM - Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Council Conferencing Center, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way CALL TO ORDER Chair Dieckman called the Parks Commission meeting to order at 4:32 p.m. ROLL CALL In Person: Board Members: Al Dieckman, Chair Cynthia Burns Larry Reymann Christine Santos Tim Searing Troy Wigestrand Marlene Winter Staff: Kelly Beymer, Parks and Recreation Administrator Cailín Hunsaker, Parks and Trails Director Erica Schmitz, Parks Planning and Natural Resources Director Roberta Graver, Administrative Assistant Jessie Kotarski, Economic Development Manager Virtual: Board Members: Troy Wigestrand Guests: Lesley Bain, Principal & Co-founder, Framework Cultural Placemaking Bobo Cai, Project Manager Sarah Lukins, Planner/Urban Designer Board Members Absent: None CONSENT AGENDA June 13, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES a) Approval of Agenda MOTIONED BY BURNS, SECONDED BY SEARING. CARRIED. b) Approval of the Parks Commission, April 11, 2023 meeting minutes. MOTIONED BY SEARING, SECONDED BY BURNS. CARRIED. AUDIENCE COMMENT None. NEW BUSINESS • Member Burns gave reminder of the Family First Community Center Open House, Friday, June 16th, 4:30pm and mentioned the Renton City Band's Juneteenth's Concert was really good. • Member Reymann mentioned that he and Don Hunsaker will be at the Senior Center's Juneteenth luncheon, June 16th representing the Environmental Science Center to connect the guests to the Center's offerings. DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEMS a) Arts and Culture Plan for Renton - Jessie Kotarski introduced Lesley Bain, Principal & Co- founder, Framework Cultural Placemaking, Bobo Cai, Framework Project Manager, and Sarah Lukins, Framework Planner/Urban Designer who will be working with the Municipal Arts Commission to update the commission's Arts & Culture Master Plan. The guests asked for input from the Parks Commission board members for feedback on how art is and can be implemented in city parks. Kelly Beymer and board members shared how there are various forms of art in parks and that new interpretative signage/kiosks will be implemented at the Coulon Park Trestle Bridge, May Creek and other places. The design stage of two new parks will start this year, so incorporating art in this phase would be beneficial, as it has been in recent park projects, which included partnering with the Municipal Arts Commission to connect with local arts to fulfill this goal. Member Reymann recommended having more First Nations and Black History represented in art in the city and Member Santos recommended bringing in the richness of the current diversity as well. Lesley Bain introduced how this goal can be accomplished through city events as well. Kelly Beymer shared that funding is always an issue but that this topic will be included in upcoming Parks Commission meetings to discuss their goals and priorities for implementing art and culture into city parks and reviewing the current inventory relevancy moving forward. Framework guests look forward to communicating again for further input into the master plan update. b) Bond Projects Update - Erica Schmitz provided an update on current projects. The Trestle Bridge and North Water Walk projects at Coulon Park, Philip Arnold Park are ahead of schedule. While, externally, Kiwanis Park looks done, there remains a few more items to complete before being approved to re-open. c) Board Member Park Survey Follow-up - Board members were surveyed as to which parks they were familiar with and they jointly decided on two of the lesser familiar parks for them to visit on their own between now and the August meeting, to then share out their observations. Staff will provide guidance and history on Earlington Park and the Community Garden/Senior Center Outdoor Fitness area for their observation visits. ADMINISTRATOR’SREPORT•TherewillnotbeJuly4thactivitiesatGeneCoulonMemorialParkthisyear•RentonRiverDayswillbeThursdaythroughSunday,July2Oth-23rd,withactivitiesattheRentonDonPerssonSeniorActivityCenter,LibertyPark,RentonCommunityCenter,andPiazzaPark.OneofmanyhighlightsincludethedonedisplayatPiazzaParkonFridayevening,July21st.UNFINISHEDBUSINESSParkRulesandRegulationscontinuestobeunderreviewanddiscussionbetweenthedepartmentandthelegaldepartmentastherecentMartinvs.Boisedecisionimpactshowthecityparkrulesarewritten,implemented,andenforced.Oncethefinaldraftiscompleted,itwillbebroughttotheParksCommissionforreview.ADJOURN1ENTrSigned:t\Date:____________________AlDieckman,ChairWheelchairAccessible.AmericanSignLanguage(ASL)interpreteravailableuponrequest.Forthisorotherassistance,pleasecall48hoursinadvance:711(TDD)or425-430-6600(voice).June13,2023REGULARCOUNCILMEETINGMINUTES 1 Roberta Graver From:Roberta Graver Sent:Friday, May 12, 2023 8:43 AM To:ccjrburns1@msn.com; christineksantos@gmail.com; dawgs49@comcast.net; fulmen8@hotmail.com; marlene@marlenewinter.com; tjsearing@outlook.com; Troy Wigestrand (Trand4@Outlook.com) Cc:Kelly Beymer Subject:Park Familarity Based on the little survey/game on the park tour, here’s how the votes tallied. সহ঺঻ Enjoy getting out and enjoying the warm weather this weekend! Maybe swing by a park you’re not so familiar with. www.rentonwa.gov/findapark APPENDIX A: PARK AND FACILITY INVENTORY VOTES PER FAMILARITY Park Acres Status Neighborhood Park 7 PARK COMMISSIONERS Burnett Linear Park* 1 1.1 Developed Cascade Park 3 11.1 Developed Cleveland Richardson Property 23.8 Future Park Earlington Park* 1 1.5 Developed Edlund Property 17.7 Future Park Glencoe Park* 1 0.5 Developed Heritage Park 3 9.2 Developed Jones Park 1.1 Developed Kennydale Beach Park*** 4 1.3 Developed Kennydale Lions Park 2 5.5 Developed Kenyon Dobson 2.2 Future Park Kiwanis Park 4 9 Developed Maplewood Park 1 2 Developed May Creek Park 3 16.6 Future Park North Highlands Park and Neighborhood Center 2.6 Developed Parkwood South Div #3 Park* 0.6 Future Park Philip Arnold Park 3 11.1 Developed Riverview Park 4 12.1 Developed SE 186th Place Properties* 0.6 Future Park Sunset Neighborhood Park 4 3.2 Developed Talbot Hill Reservoir Park 2.6 Developed 2 Thomas Teasdale Park 1 9.7 Developed Tiffany Park 6.7 Developed Windsor Hills Park 1 4.6 Developed CEDAR RIVER DOG PARK (TEMP) 2 Subtotal Neighborhood Park 156.3 Community Park Cedar River Park 5 20.6 Developed Cedar River Trail Park 15.1 Developed Highlands Park and Neighborhood Center 1 10.8 Developed Liberty Park 3 10.6 Developed N.A.R.CO Property 24 Future Park Ron Regis Park 4 43.4 Developed Subtotal Community Park 124.5 Regional Park Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park*** 6 51.3 Developed Subtotal Regional Park 51.3 Special Use Park Community Garden/Greenhouse 0.6 Developed Maplewood Golf Course 192.3 Developed Maplewood Roadside Park 1 1 Developed Piazza & Gateway 0.9 Developed Senior Activity Center Property 2.8 Developed Sit In Park*** 0.5 Developed Tonkin Park 0.2 Developed Veterans Memorial Park 0.2 Developed MEADOW CREST PLAYGROUND 2 Subtotal Special Use Park 198.5 Natural Area Black River Riparian Forest 2 93.3 Natural Area Cedar River Natural Area 264.2 Natural Area Honey Creek Greenway 2 43 Natural Area Lake Street Open Space 0.3 Natural Area May Creek Greenway 1 42 Natural Area Panther Creek/Edlund Property 3.7 Natural Area Panther Creek Wetlands 69 Natural Area Renton Wetlands 139.2 Natural Area Springbrook Watershed 52.2 Natural Area Tiffany Park / Cascade Park Connection 4.8 Natural Area 3 Subtotal Open Space Park 711.7 Corridor Cedar River Trail Corridor (City Owned) 4 1.8 Developed Subtotal Corridors 1.8 TOTAL PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS 1244.1 69 Roberta Graver | ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Creating an active, vibrant, connected community! 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