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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-10-04 Parks Board Minutes RIVERSIDE PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES October 4, 2018 6:00 p.m. The Riverside Parks Board held their regularly scheduled meeting at Riverside City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside Missouri 64150. Those in attendance were: Noel Challis, Deana Winter, Elaine Warren, Cathy Kline. Call to Order The Parks Board Meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Deana Winter. Approval of Minutes No minutes were taken from the special playground meeting for E.H. Young on th September 20. Monarch Walk - Art We discussed programming, sponsorships and calendaring associated with this Plan project: The suggestion was made to work with a student intern. Maybe a journalism student. This level of intern would need to be paid. We decided to apply for a Northland CAPS intern. Programs It was decided we should focus on some key programs for target groups (families, businesses, etc.). We can also combine some things, for example the coloring activity at the movie night and then display them at RedX. Programs Selected Focus: 1)Movie Nights in the park with a Pollinator theme – City Staff with intern help Could do it just based on the number of films. Doesn’t need to be every Friday. 2)Involve Businesses – Park Board approach them, draft a letter, Elaine volunteered to help with talking points. 3)Origami Butterfly display – City staff with intern help 4)Library – Let them choose what they can help with 5)Painted Rocks – we could ask Riverside Rocks to do a special release of butterfly themed rocks 6)Art Tour and Reception – Park Board and City Staff. Perhaps Argosy would help sponsor this. We should partner with KCNPI to help with providing education about monarchs. They might be able to provide a free speaker. Sponsorships We could test the idea of art sponsorships with some local businesses or ask the Mayor. We could also see about specific corporations or target new businesses in Horizons. It was mentioned that our Quik Trip was recognized as one of the best in the metro. Perhaps they would give back to an effort like this. Deanna said she could use a sample sponsorship form to create one for this. Can be different levels or activities to sponsor. The Art Tour Reception could have a separate set of sponsors at different levels. The Art Sponsor would get some tickets to the reception, etc. $1,000 each for 3 sponsors. We had discussed revenue of about $2,400 from the art tour / reception. If we could get about $5,000 additional, that could be a good starting goal. Calendar We will create a calendar of activities and deadlines for things to happen to make sure we can meet our target dates. We will probably need some separate committee meetings. Who to Contact with Call for Art We discussed that we should reach out to individual artists and groups about the Call for Art. Art Process We could have the artists provide some process videos or pictures during the art development to help with promotion. Fitness Court Opening is on Oct. 20 th. 9am. We might need some volunteers to help with the fitness challenge. EH Young We quickly reviewed the top choices from last meeting for the playground: Nature play, water, music, climbers, slide, rock climber, spinners. Students at career share liked the high climbers, water, nature play. A lot of their likes were in line with the park board selections. For hammocking they mentioned they would prefer the hammocks to be provided. We could have a playground hammock and an area where people could bring their own hammocks. It was asked if we will have equipment for toddlers. Yes, we will have equipment for this age group. Toddler swings are a great feature to have. Christmas Tree Start brainstorming about replacement for the large, artificial tree for the Welcome Plaza. Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on November 1, 2018. Adjournment Deanna made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:03 pm. Elaine seconded the motion. Motion approved.