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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 01 09 Beautification of Winter Springs Board Regular Minutes - Date: January 9, 1991 There was not an Agenda found for the January 9, 1991 City Commission Meeting. - - f', . ".."...- BEAUTIFICATION OF WINTER SPRINGS BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991 The BOWS Board was called to order by Chairman Carl Stephens at 7:05 P.M.. ROLL CALL; Chairman Carl Stephens, present Vice-Chairman Cindy Gennell, absent James Gray, present Jesse Grantham~ present Susan Reid, present Diane Brown, absent Terri Meta, present Mrs. Reid made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 12, 1990 meeting. Ms. Meta seconded the motion. All ayes. Motion carried. .(tI. >,,--....,~ Report by David Barth on Landscape Design of City Hall: Mr. Barth was unable to attend the meeting, but sent a copy of the Landscape Design with an estimated cost in the $10,000 - $20,000 range depending on size of plant materials, donated services, etc.. He asked the Board to review the plan and asked Mr. Stephens to call him to discuss how to proceed. The Board studied the copies of the plan. Discussion. Mrs. Reid suggested breaking it down into. different phases. Discussion. Ms. Meta suggested starting with the marquee in the front and adding some other things to that at the entrance. The Board agreed to that. Mr. Stephens said he would call Mr. Barth tomorrow. He said he would ask him to come to the next meeting or perhaps we could have a special workshop. Mr. Stephens said he received a call from Mr. Ken Hartman of Hartman Transportation who said they are going to put the sidewalk in which will be our bikepath. Mr. Hartman also sent him a copy of the letter he had sent to the City Engineer, Mr. Kozlov. He read the letter to the Board. The letter said the sidewalk would Involve a section just east of SR 419 junction to Wagner's Curve. The letter said "this change has been initiated by request from the Winter Springs Beautification Committee. The sidewalk will be the standard 5 ft. wide concrete type and is to be located along side the future right-of-way line. The modifications to our plan will begin early next year when our Phase II final design contract begins". Discussion. There was discussion about getting a grant to beautify the bikepath. Mr. Stephens said we should try to get a grant before construction in order to be able to put in sprinklers, etc.. Mr. Stephens said we should report the bicycle path to the Commision and ask permission at the same time, to try to acquire a grant from the State. Discussion. It was decided to try to get on the January 28th agenda of the Commission meeting. Mr. Stephens asked that everyone come to the meeting. Discussion of the Master Plan: It was decided to insert bikepath under State and Federal Property, under a. Highways and Rights-of-Way: 1. Bikepath. It was decided to insert the City Hall project under City-owned Property under City Hall: 1. Land~caping. Under Parks, no. 7 under Panama Road Park wi 11 be Tuscawilla Park. Mr. Stephens suggested writing down in the Master Plan the needs of each individual park, after finding what those needs are. ..---.. The name of Super Park was changed to Central Winds on the Master Plan. Mr. Stephens asked for suggestions for special projects. Discussion of retention ponds. It was decided to change Ponds under City Owned Property, to Ponds/Retention. i~ .,,--.. ,.,-- , BOWS Board Meeting, January 9, 1991 Page 2 Mr. Stephens suggested encouraging the Homeowner's Associations to do park projects. Mr. Stephens suggested each person on the Board taking an area to investigate and see what kind of beautification can be done (general beautification). Discussion. Ms. Meta said she would take the parks. Mr. Grantham said he would take the City owned property such as Public Works and the Utility Department. Mrs. Reid said she would take the fire stations. Discussion. Mr. Stephens said he would take ~onds. Mr. Stephens suggested working on the things we can do now. When we get to the more difficult things, we may have to be more vague: such as "dumpsters on all commercial property should be placed in an inconspicuous location". Discussion. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.. Respectfully Submitted, Caroline McGinley ,