A motion was made by Debra Green and seconded by Kevin Reno to approve the minutes from the January 10, 2000 meeting. The motion carried unanimously.

Councilman Dickens updated the Board on items that were approved by City Council on January 6, 2000. Those items are listed in the meeting packet.

Item 3 – Chairperson Report

Larry Stipes announced that Roberta Carnley has been appointed as a new member of the Park Board.

On February 19, 2000 from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM there will be a park tour for Board members. The tour will include parks that are under construction or already developed.

The Boards and Commissions Appreciation Dinner is taking place on February 22, 2000. Remember to RSVP to the City Secretary’s office regarding this event.

The budget review work session will be February 29, 2000 at noon.

Mr. Stipes commended staff on their work on the MLK event, the Millennium Park opening, Lively Swingers, and Family Fishing Day.

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Item 4 – Information Items

A. – Recreation Center Advisory Council Reports

Representatives from each advisory council reported on different events that occurred at their recreation centers during the 1^st quarter. They also reported on upcoming events.

Casey Tate updated everyone on the Parks and Open Space Master Plan.

In 1996, Carter and Burgess completed a Park Master Plan. From that plan came a detailed five-year action plan. That five-year action plan is about to be finished a year ahead of schedule. Staff is now ready to start talking about the next five-year action plan for development in the parks system. Staff has hired Carter and Burgess again to help develop this plan. The update in the Board packet explains the master plan and the inventory involved. It also includes a copy of the priorities and the five-year action plan. The copy of the inventory in the Board packet was suppose to be the most recent update, however, an error was found in it and a part of it was duplicated. The consultants are working on it to make the correct revision. The error effects primarily how much land is owned, leased and developed. All of the numbers have to be modified by 105 acres to make it correct. Next month, they will have the first draft of the new five-year action plan and at that time he will have an updated copy of the inventory.

Casey handed out a priority scoring matrix survey for the Park Board to fill out and send back to him. He asked that the Board think about what is needed within the next few years and place a low, medium or high priority to each recreational activity or facility listed on the survey. Casey will take the scores and come up with an average score for each category. The scores will affect what is put into the new five-year plan. Casey would like the surveys returned to him by 2/23/00.

In the five-year action plan that was originally drafted in 1996, there were seventeen (17) projects listed at an estimated at $8.8 million. Right now staff has seven (7) of the seventeen- (17) projects completed. The remaining eight are all underway and should be completed within this calendar year or by the summer of 2001. They will finish 99% of the projects before the end of the fourth year. The only projects that they were unable to complete within this plan were to acquire and develop a neighborhood park in the Northwest District. They were unable to do this because the airport had acquired all of the excess land west of Esters and Valley View Lanes. There was no land left to acquire in this area.

City staff and the consultants will meet over the next month and come up with a new list of five-year action plan projects. They will bring those back next month for the Board to review. The

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meeting will be posted as a community meeting and active groups will be able to come and comment on the list. The final five-year action plan will be brought back to the Board in April for their endorsement.

Casey reported on the Capital Projects for the next five years and also reported on what was happening with the bond funds currently. Projects included are The Senior Center Building, Harrington Soccer Complex, Youth Activity Center, Cimarron Aquatic Center, and Delaware Creek Park.

Went to Item 5

Item 5 – Priority Hearings

Irving Soccer Association

Irving Boys Baseball

Irving Republican Club

D. – Athletic/Aquatic Activities Update

Chris pointed out that Tom Henry, the Athletics Supervisor, made a strong effort to attract collegiate tournaments to Irving in Women’s Fast Pitch Softball. He has secured about five collegiate fast pitch tournaments this year. Those events are small college pre-season and post-season tournaments and also the Texas Women’s Invitational.

E. – Recreation Activities Update

The Senior Health and Information Expo will be 3/10/00.

Dwight updated everyone on the response to a letter he sent to the IPD. The Recreational facilities sent over schedules of their operations to the IPD. Staff has reported that the IPD is visiting those facilities on a regular basis.

F. – Current Projects Update

Ÿ Lee Park – they are starting to put the brick up on the new gym and the new racquetball addition. They have poured the concrete curbs for the parking lot and the access drives. They will be putting down the base for the asphalt in the next two weeks.

Ÿ Mustang Park – will be out to bid next week. It will have a $2.5 – 2.6 million budget for construction.

Ÿ They have done some incredible improvement on the channel at Fritz Park.

The Irving Boulevard Beautification project will run from City Hall all the way up to Story Road. They are working on initial plans right now. It will primarily include trees, pavers and elevated planting beds.

There were no committee reports.

Item 7 – Future Agenda Items

No future agenda items were mentioned.

Item 8 - Adjournment