HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Parks and Human Services - 06/21/1989 PARKS COMMITTEE MINUTES
June 21, 1989
Councilmembers Present: Steve Dowell, Chair; Jon Johnson; Judy
Woods.
Staff Present: Ed Chow, Barney Wilson, Helen Wickstrom,
Neil Sullivan, Patrice Thorell, Jack Ball,
Lori Hogan, Cheryl Fraser, Robyn Bartelt,
Alana McIalwain, Nancy Woo, May Miller,
Priscilla Shea, Lee Anderson, Karen
Michel, Ramona Valdez, Joyce O'Meara, Pam
Rumer, Tracey Wickersham, Liz Carpenter.
Others Present: Grace Hiranaka and Jim Land, Kent Arts
Commission.
1990 Budget Presentation
Wilson opened by stating that the Parks Department's mission is to
provide opportunities for people to participate in leisure
activities, and that this is done by maintaining facilities,
through professional programming and with the help of the
department's many volunteers. Wilson explained that, due to
community growth, it takes a greater percentage of the budget to
do this today.
Of the department's long list of accomplishments, two of the top
included the 1988 Gold Medal Award and the completion of the new
18-hole golf course.
Each Division Head and Facility Manager reviewed his/her personnel
requests and goals for 1990. The point emphasized by everyone in
the department was that the Kent community has experienced extreme
growth in the past year, and the Parks Department needs adequate
resources and personnel in order to keep up with the fast pace and
the growing demand for leisure activities.
Issues affecting the Department for 1990 included: lack of
adequate personnel, staff burnout, lack of parking:-, ,at facilities
(i.e. Kent Commons) and the need for another re+0 pnal complex
similar to the Russell Road Complex.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 p.m.