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Home My WebLink About12/13/2011 - Minutes • • City of Renton Board of Park Commissioners D i of v O , •� . Me e tin Min u tes 9► December 13, 2011 4:30 p.m. — Renton History Museum I. CALL TO ORDER In Attendance , The following members were present: ' Members: Larry Reymann, Cynthia Burns, AI Dieckman, Mike 0'Donin, i Tim Searing, Marlene Winter,Troy Wigestrand Staff: Terry Higashiyama, Sandy Pilat, Leslie Betlach, Kelly Beymer,Todd Black, Tim Williams, Bonnie Rerecich, Liz Stewart, Denis Law, Peter Renner Guests: Michelle Dieckman, Roger Winter, Chris Burns Chair, Larry Reymann, called the December 13, 2011, meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. Roll call was taken; all members were resent. p II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA I Mike O Donin made a motion, seconded by Marlene Winter to approve the agenda as presented. All were in favor, motion carried, the December 13, 2011, agenda was approved. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by AI Dieckman and seconded by Mike O'Donin to approve the November 8, 2011, minutes as written, all were in favor, motion carried. The minutes were approved as submitted. IV. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION None City of Renton • � Park Board Minutes December 13,2011 Page 2 of 3 V. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS Museum Update Liz Stewart, Museum Manager, welcomed the Park Board and noted that she was happy to host the annual December meeting and social each year. She enjoys having everyone and having them visit the Museum. Liz gave a brief update since last time she had met with the Board, noting they were pushing forward with the Master Plan, which covered the next 15 years. In the New Year they will be reaching out to the community. Currently they are hosting a Big Foot exhibit, which is the 6th exhibit this year. The first was the Renton High School centennial exhibit. The current exhibit "Bigfoot is Probably Real" includes a recording of a 911 call, and accounts from people who have 'actually' seen Bigfoot. Liz invited everyone to come back again for a visit and thanked them for coming. VI. BOARD COMMUNICATION Marlene Winter shared a letter from Alan Cornell expressing his appreciation for the outstanding job the management, Pro Shop Staff and maintenance crew perform at Maplewood Golf Course. The Pro Shop is always friendly and accommodating, as the maintenance crew is also. Their care shows. Kelly Beymer, Parks/Golf Course Director thanked Marlene and noted she would be sharing the letter with her staff. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 2011 in Review Terry Higashiyama gave a review of some of the major projects the Department accomplished in addition to their daily tasks. Some of these included: initiation of Park Ranger Program, coordination of the Liberty Park basketball court construction, remodel at the Senior Activity Center of library/lounge, established citizen's committee for downtown library building, installed new electric vehicle charging stations at the Landing Garage, completion with adoption by Council of the PRO Plan, M m com leted arks im act fee six different exhibits at the Renton Histor useu , p p p , Y developed partnerships to host Cold Weather shelter, in one day coordinated 30 projects engaging 760 volunteers for 3,140 hours of service and numerous other projects. Mayor Law arrived and Chair Larry Reymann asked the Mayor if he had any comments. Mayor Law congratulated the staff with their reaccreditation efforts. The Department is doing more with less staff and dollars. Mike 0'Donin, Board member, commented he has worked several places in his career and never seen a more dedicated group of people, who apparently enjoy their work. C:\Documents and SettingsVjorgenson\Local Settings\Temporery j1lteTllet Files\Content.0utlook\T2LG67ZM\12 13 l lmin (Autosaved).docx City of Renton � � Park Board Minutes December 13,2011 Page 3 of 3 Accreditation Review Terry reviewed the accreditation process and noted that out of 144 standards only six were not met. All of the fundamentals were met. The visitation team was very impressed with the city-wide teamwork and how well maintained our facilities were for their age. Kris took on the lead role in this process and did an amazing job. VII. INFORMATION At our January meeting we will do a budget update. Marlene Winter complimented the staff on the Christmas celebrations, Clam Lights and everything the department does. VIII. ADIOURNMENT A motion was made by Cynthia Burns and seconded by Troy Wigestrand to adjourn the December 13, 2011, meeting at 5:05 p.m. All were in favor, motion carried, meeting adjourned. 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