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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-07-10 Parks Board MinutesCITY OF RIVERSIDE MISSOURI Upstream from ordinary. PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 6, 2025 E.H. Young Entry Sign Provided update on project. Base for sculpture by August. Sculpture probably October. Homestead Park Signage Mayor asked the Park Board to consider options for updating this sign. Do we want consistency in signage.? Mostly have stone signs with metal letters throughout Riverside. Park Board agrees it needs an update. Consider adding Line Creek Trail to it as well. Something as large as E.H. Young would be overwhelming. Could there be symbol for Homestead Park like the Renner Brenner Park symbol? Park Board agrees that sign should be in the same general location as the existing sign. Is most foot or bike traffic? Consider adding a street sign at the top of the hill indicating the park off Gateway Ave. Come up with some simple concepts to share with the Park Board. What makes it named Homestead? The road? Is there history of a homestead here? Reaching Riverside Request: special hours for younger skaters Andrew Potter on the Park Board was at the Northwood Acres event. He suggested that 7-9am is already a kid skate time because most young adult and adult skaters do not use the park at this time. However, this might not be a good time for some parents. Is this something you want to do? What would be the age range? How do you monitor this? We don't have enough staff to monitor it. Maybe we can offer some events like skate time for kids so it's not a rule / restriction. Could start out with this and then become more formal. Similar to the Pickleball Courts since they are open to the public and we weren't able to establish kid time for those. Like the idea of maybe the 1st Saturday of the month from 10-12 and consistent. During this time, we encourage others to allow younger skaters to use the park. Maybe even 9-11. E.H. Young Forest Exploration Area Discussed the 3 concepts created by Stantec. Concept 1: Beaver. The end of the trail needs to be a wow. Envisioning not as much of a playground but more or a path exploration through nature. Something hidden to discover. Talked about finding trolls. We don't really need a water feature in that area. Concept 2: Visited a place in Arkansas that was like a treehouse overlook. It was nice. Didn't need to be a play area. Could we keep some trails / pathways gravel to be less expensive and natural. Secondary spine could be gravel or mulch. Gravel can be more maintenance. Obstacle course more spread out along the trail. Concept 3: Hillside play and swings are cool. Looks like the most expensive concept. More natural play elements instead of just an additional playground. We don't want to detract from the playground we already have. We want to add to the experience of E.H. Young. Like the idea of spacing out some climbing features for discovery. Hammock zone, bring your own. I would like play area in the forest exploration area, but not necessarily formal playground. Higher priority than the restroom. Majority voted for this area as priority. Creates an additional wow factor to the park. Parks in the northland around here don't have this type of experience. Maybe Roanoke in KC (ropes climbing, mountain bikes), Rosedale neighborhood. Don't have significant nature play areas in the northland. Do we know when we will have a definite budget for this park? There does need to be a restroom. If we must cut something, do we need a shelter at a dog park. What will people get the most use out of? There are benches in the shade. Maybe a canopy cover instead should be less expensive. Dog Park Shelter Ways to decrease cost here? Don't really need picnic tables. Additional tree planting would be good here. A low-cost item compared to other phase 1 features. Restroom Stantec is proposing a restroom in the area of the future water feature. This site would also be more accessible to people utilizing the nature trail. What is the likelihood of having a water feature in this park due to budget constraints, etc.? There is also a concept to add a 2nd shelter. Not sure how much this is needed. Area by the future water play area may make the most sense. Still good access to the playground. More visible for patrols as compared to other sites. Discussed building a smaller restroom to start but that may not be beneficial for future expansion of park features that will draw more people. Talked about the concept of the traffic garden at R Park. Park Board seemed to like this. Other - Pickleball Striping at Homestead Park basketball court. People can bring a portable net. Park Board liked this concept. - Chad has called and emailed the Barths about connecting the Montebella trails to City trails. No response yet. Also talked to the Mayor. He will follow-up. Maybe some leverage for trails on new plat approval. - Discussed that the pool has been very popular.