March 20, 2006
MINUTES
Committee Members Present: Niki Valens, Wayne Anderson, Arthur Knowles
Committee Members Absent: Ryan Raleigh, Sam Zordich, Natalie Lenz, Melinda Ludwiczak
Removed from Committee:Â Sean Wherley,
Others Present:Â Sarah Linnes-Robinson (KFNA)
The committee discussed the upcoming Annual Meeting and the presentation of the Phase II NRP Plan. It was decided that NRP will need about 20 minutes to:
- Introduce all community members involved in planning (Niki Valens)
- Present Plan Process including how the plan was put together via committees (Arthur)
- Describe the technical restrictions of the plan of $$ to certain years and categories (Sarah L-R)
- Take Questions
- Do a hand-vote…if it is close to 50/50, which is not expected, take a paper-vote.
Lines-Robinson then talked over the current projects and some of the positive and difficult aspects of them. In summary she covered:
King Bridge Partnership: difficulty with DT NRP understanding the draft scope of the project. They are also expressing uncertainty that NRP funds can be used as partnership desires or that they will allow a concept plan to be funded with NRP $$ considering the long (and possibly tentative) implementation timeline.
Stormwater Project: the Green committee decided on a consultant for the project and had the board approve a contract that the consultant said they would not sign. The consultant’s standard contract opens up a lot of questions as to the responsibilities for duties and costs in the project that the committee had not thought about. They are meeting with the consultant in the coming week to discuss clarifications to the project. They will determine if they are going to pursue a contract with this consultant and bring it to the board again in April, or pursue an alternative contract with another firm.
Boulevard Tree Project: The bids gathered by the Park Board for tree stock were so favorable that the park board is going to plant over 300 trees and will not need to access any of Kingfield’s NRP money.
Farmers’ Market: A site is still not settled on for 2006. Frame Ups has agreed to serve as the site if the Kidney Center cannot be secured.
Lastly, the group again discussed committee mission and structure. For the annual meeting Sarah will dig out the current statement of purpose for the NRP Committee and concoct some catchy phrase to attract members to join it. After Plan approval the committee will review its meeting frequency and task list.
Minutes prepared by Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director, 3/23/06.