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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-03-09 Council Minutes• u PARKS COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 9th, 1978 A meeting of the Parks Committee was held March 9th, 1978, commencing at 1 30 P M , with the following present. C W Poole A W Bauer Norman Soder Glenn Smyth J C Jeffery The minutes of the last meeting of July 1977 were discussed briefly Mr Soder reported there is a need for more firewood at the parks and Mr Poole reported there could be some at Barney Court's in Swalwell and also some at the Swalwell Skating rink/ It was reported that more attention to cleanliness was required with the toilets at all parks Discussion followed and it was suggested to recommend to Council to supply toilet paper to all toilets on a trial basis Mr Soder reported the picnic tables are(in good shape and suggested the road into Yeivers should be graced up and gravelled It was noted that $11,152 01 was spent on parks in 1977 with 1512 man hours put in It was agreed to arrange for a parks tour at a later date The meeting adjourned at 3 00 P M J C Jeffery, M nicipadministrator 0 C7 a RECREATION MEETING WITH PARKS COMMITTEE A meeting of various recreation board representatives and the M D Parks Committee was held on March 9th, 1978, commencing at 7 30 P M This meeting was requested some time ago at a joint recreation board meeting The following people were present M D Kneehill - Parks Committee C W Poole, A W Bauer, Glenn Smyth, Reginald Campbell and J C Jeffery Three Hills Recreation Board - Al Atkinson and Ted Van Biszen Alta Parks & Wildlife - Roy Archibald (9 00 P M & After) Acme Recreation Board Mrs Pat Ferber Mr Frank Hansen of Three Hills was also present Mrs Ferber acted as Chairperson for the meeting Mrs Ferber called the meeting to order and asked Mr Jeffery to give up to date report on Park expenditures for the M D It was noted that the M D had spent approximately $11,152 01 and 151 man hours on all parks in the M D in 1977 and he felt that approx- imately 80% of these amounts were spent on Keiver's Lake Mr Jeffery read letter from Mr Tim Smyth, Chairman of the Trochu & District Recreation Board suggesting 1 Having full time supervisor at the lake 2 Revenue could be obtained from campers and M D grants 3 Turn over operation of Keiver's Park to private concern General discussion followed with some suggestions made as follows 1 Sell park to private interests 2 Closing park for a period of time 3 Considering amounts spent could have had full time man for a considerable length of time 4 Letting a committee of various recreation boards take over park operation for trial basis of one year with a grant from the M D Mr Campbell reported that part of the problem at the lake was the agreement with Mr Hanson stating the M D could not charge anyone for entering the park Further discussion followed and Mr Frank Hanson agreed without prejudice that he would be in favour of charging campers at the facility for a one yeaz trial basis with a person being hired to supervise the park facilities It was further agreed to report this meeting to the M D Council at their next meeting to see if they would be in favour of some of the above suggestions Mrs Pat Ferber and Mr Al Atkinson volunteered to be advisors to the M D Parks Committee if they felt they would like some assistance It was agreed to forward Mrs Ferber a report of this meeting and M D Council answers to the suggestions, with a copy to all recreation boards Mr Atkinson moved the meeting adjourn at 9 30 P M J C J ffe y,