Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee

Meeting date: 
Monday, September 11, 2023
Prospect Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee 
Meeting Minutes
September 11, 2023, 5:00 pm

 

Members Present:  Tina Beavin, Ron Cundiff, Carolyn Embry, John Evans, Doug Farnsley, David Holmes, Lynn Granger, Sallie Schneider, Linda Wardell, Chrisler White

Members Absent: Stuart Miles

Others Present:  Lee Tucci, Sandy Tucci

The meeting was called to order at 5 pm.

  • Tina introduced Chrisler White, our student representative for the academic year.  Chrisler is a senior at St. Xavier High School and active in the Environmental Club and Community Service.
  • The minutes from the August 14th meeting were approved as written.
  •    Mayor’s Update
    • The Harrods Creek Park Stream Crossing Bridge was approved in the capital budget for the current fiscal year.  It will take some months for the bridge to be fabricated, so the expectation is that the bridge will be installed in late winter or spring.
    • Retention pay for city employees was approved in the budget amendment passed in August.
    • There have been some thefts in Harrods Creek Park, but it is unclear whether the vehicles had been left unlocked.  Park users will be encouraged not to leave any valuables in their cars.
    • The city is planning a Veterans Day Event on November 7, 2023
  • Parks Update:
    • Parks Programs
      • The Sheryl Rouse Band performance in the John Evans Pavilion on September 10 had the largest crowd of the summer performance series with more than 150 people in attendance.    The committee will be collecting feedback on the summer’s offerings to inform bookings for next summer.
      • Friday, September 15th will be “Prospect Day” at the Racing Louisville soccer game at the Lynn Family Stadium.  All the tickets have been sold and about 20 people will meet the team on the field after the game.
  • Pollinator Garden—
    • Ron has mowed and killed the area for the garden, which is along the path to the canoe launch.
    • Chrisler agreed to recruit St. X students to do the planting, which will take place on Saturday, October 7.
  • Ron has ordered new directional signs for the Putney Pond & Woodlands trails which will be installed once received.
  • Chrisler agreed to look at the Putney Pond & Woodlands path from the parking circle to the trailhead.  He thinks his Environmental Club at St. X would be willing to take on the project.

The meeting was adjourned at 6 pm.The next committee meeting will take place on Monday, October 2, at 5 PM in the Prospect Library at City Hall. This is one week earlier than usual because of the Columbus Day/Indigenous People Holiday.