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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-04-18 Beautication Caldwell Beautification Commission Regular Meeting Council Chambers April 18, 1977 Present : Members : Bell, Conger, Macy, Rankin, Wallace Ex Officio: Morse The meeting was called to order by Chairman Conger. Minutes . The minutes of the March 21 meeting were approved as distributed. Community Resources Committee. Before the minutes were approved Macy reported that Councilman Olesen had disagreed with the wording in the minutes of last month' s meeting of this Commission's claim to have gotten all their recommendations included in the Comprehensive Plan. Chairman Conger felt that the intent of our final recommenda- tions had been included in some form in some part of the plan. The Commission felt that Mr. Olesen' s objection was understandable in light of the fact that not all of the original recommendations had been included. Macy reported that the Community Resources Committee had made some suggestions dealing with irrigation problems in Caldwell including: 1. People with underground sprinkling systems irrigate at night. 2. Where possible, flood irrigating be done at night. 3. Neighborhoods should try to handle their own problems and 4. To report overflow violations people should call the city irriga- tion department. T Beautification Commission Meeting. Conger outlined a plan to expedite the meetings of this commission: The Chairman would go quickly through all the areas of our concern with reports from anyone who needs to make a statement. The rest of the time would be spent on no more then one or two projects. Suggestions for the agenda should be made in advance to Conger so that, when needed, resource people can be brought in and our efforts concentrated on fewer projects at one time. It was the consensus of the Commission that this plan be adopted. Parks and Recreation Commission. No report. Rankin stated that there would be a discussion of the opening or closing of 6th Street at Memorial Park between the swimming pool and the playground at the meeting tonight. Planning and Zoning. No report. Conger noted that Arlo Nelson is working on zoning ordinances . Trees . No report. The Green City application plan has been dropped for this year because it is too late to follow through, Macy reported. Bikeways. No report. Conger suggested that we need to make a total review of the proposed bikeway system and then to schedule a work session to consider the situation. egs Arboretum. Councilman McCluskey reported to Conger that because of the water shortage this is not a good year to begin work on an arboretum. Because planning for an arboretum will require a year or more Conger suggested that Bell and Youngblood prepare a work session. We would need to consider where an arboretum might be located, among many other things . It was suggested the two soil conservation- ists be invited to the work session after which we could, hopefully, make recommendations to the City Council. Payne arrived at 12:30 noon. City Tree Nursery. Payne reported that Caldwell tree nursery, near Purple Sage, is all planted. It includes select species of Maple, Ash, Linden, Crab apple, Locusts and Pine. There have been 160 small Scotch pines donated by the Realtors Association. In response to a question from Conger about low shrubs in the nursery Payne replied that there is space and they could be put in but there is no budget to buy them at this time. Donations of shrubs could be accepted from service organizations. Payne reported that a man has been hired in the weed control job. Spraying is progressing in spite of the weather. The Commission discussed the fact that April 29 is Arbor Day. Rankin moved that we ask the Mayor to designate April 29 as Arbor Day and to run a campaign to that effect. Bell seconded. Passed. Railroad Project. No report. Curtis Park. Conger reported that she had been in touch with the Canyon County Historical Society. They have been working on the Ward Massacre site for several years and would be interested in considering ideas for other historical sites which might receive funding from the County. Since Curtis Park is an historical site N within the county Conger suggested that we might present to the Historical Society the notion of the improvement of Curtis Park. Payne was asked to enumerate the problems involved in this project. He replied that drainage of the whole area seemed very difficult; the mosquito problem was severe; the river would have to be diked; the access bridge would have to be improved and; parking provided. Conger appointed Wallace and Bell to attend a meeting of the Historical Society on April 20th, to talk with them about Curtis Park. Quiet Park. Rankin reported that the Forward Club will take on the Quiet Park as a project. There was a discussion about using the Quiet Park as the first phase of the Arboretum and making plans with this in mind. Rankin is to set up a planning meeting with Elsie Welch of the Forward Club, Payne and Morse to make a plan for the park to be presented to the City Council. Payne left at 1:15. Spring Clean-up. Wallace reported that the garbage pick up was to begin today and continue through this week. Because of the date not being set soon enough the help for the Senior Citizens and the help from the Boy Scouts had had to be cancelled. At Conger 's request Wallace read a memo which she had written and addressed to the Mayor and the Council President in which she outlined a plan for Spring Clean-up another year. After some discussion and suggestions for additions Macy moved and Rankin seconded that the memo be re-written to the entire Council from the Beautification Commission for possible inclusion as City Council policy. Passed. Commendations. Conger explained that there would not be pictures of the last recipients of commendations because of some confusion about who was to get the information to the paper. Rankin nominated for possible recommendation for commendation the following: 1. Orville Collins ' office building on the corner of 10th and Blaine for improvement of the building, landscaping and provision of off street parking. 2. King Brown Gardens on Arthur for general, over all improvement and for providing off street parking. Beautification Commission. Conger reported on her visit with Mr. McCluskey, Council President, about how this commission should operate and what was expected of it. Mr. McCluskey recognizes that the duties of the commission are not made clear in the ordinance. Alta Williams who happened to be in the room at the time was asked her opinion regarding the working of this commission. She suggested that we write a letter to the Council asking them whether they want us to choose our own projects or whether they would prefer the Council and Mayor assign projects to us . Conger will write such a letter if the problem is not discussed at the Council's noon meeting on April 19, 1977. The meeting was adjourned at 2 P.M. A Valeta Wallace Co-Secretary eS To : . 'r . Palley, ayor ;a.a ' ibcrs of ;;e `; 'it'L"elt it - Council eiN 1''row: The `:3enuti c ieai ion Com lission l.c : A pronosal. :for a possible way or orauizin2; Clean—up 1 . apooia ucnt of a co :. ;ittoe , nerh.,os n early us Ja.nur,rv, co . istin of : a . The ` avor or a +lcrihr of the City Council w'' .o ,von, 9_'1 be the ci:nvener. b . iii member of the hen'.' 4 i ic': l i.c i c . A i)iisinessntan. rea.rese,!Iin ; the U':aher of C(F;i ecce or the fetail ' erchhnts . d . One or ;tore rc.pr, sentativcs fro .l t * ho,', -touts a;_ Ati.erica. e . or : ore re 'resc!itatIVeS fro l t,'o ' i:irl `)ectits o_L a:1iciaen f. tLenresei:t'=s I ivc ' from anv ot;.;er service or` nizatioas in the city. g. One person from InchSenior Cil izens or onizntiori. h. One person to cooriu lte nun ticity. 2. At the first ;:lectin'; o the committee a date should be selected for Spri i Clean—up and a calendar e tah t.ished . The date of Arbor bay should be taken into account so that the clean—up can be followed to >;icnl l•y by a car:paiCn to plant trees. The fot lowimr assi:av:;ents could he ;,1ode at the first Lieet !_ a. Tic business reuroceatative sho H =e::1: s'.1'.; ;estioins from the x)1i i:iess cr,m aini ty for noSsihlc ways of im rovinti or cle 4:?iv1:,;—up the down tnn area. b. City representatives should Ili:ihe a list of public areas which Ili 'ht benefit by help from a roup of Vo Lunteer l',or hers . c . The Senior Citizen representative shout ! canvas the needs of that ';roup to deters' ine onpr oxi ,ate a_; ho'i •/ 1ily people .'fl _;f.t he ;seeded to help t::o out . 'Jll0 a. Service c !_10) Leaders '1'i , It be as!,ied to `peter!-inn t'ae number of r e !.pers available. e. Publicity person sho'iUI coordinate all pnhlic aa,lounee;nents about Sarin; Clean—u-a and arbor Tay activities . 3 . ;1t the second and , bopefnl !_vfi;l•,1, cora ;ittce meetin a. Fin" I_ projects c e id be selected an.! appropriate '''roUpS asci 2ncd to the . b. 1,'ectin-4 tics , places and supervisors of work deter ailed. c. Final iJl^' publicity capai n l auno':ed.