Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Park Board has approved a review committee to suggest items to bid for Phase Two of the Two Rivers Activity Center’s (TRAC) project.

The committee is comprised of, Parks and Recreation Department, Director, Doug Hogan, TRAC Facility Manager Amy Walters, Travis Dillman along with Brian Milne of Interstate Engineeing and Zerrberg Architects Tony Wolf.

Travis Dillman said the proposed  above ground outdoor pool includes slides, fountains adding  that items need to be priced for design and placement as part of the central plan.  The review committee will try to have a recommendation for the March 11 Park Board meeting.

If the Park Board accepts the plans for  Phase Two for construction, Zerrberg would be compensated eight percent of the estimated $2 million project cost in place of the $14,000 design fee.

In other business, it was stated that legal counsel will be engaged concerning parking issues with Pingree-Buchanan Public School, which is using the TRAC lot for bus and car pick up and drop off of students, without permission, rather than the Wilson Arena lot, at which an agreement was drawn up by Parks and Recreation for that purpose.

Doug Hogan said that there has not been a response to the Wilson lot agreement.

Hogan was directed to inform the Pingree- Buchanan School District to stop using the Two Rivers Activity Center lot as there is no agreement, due to liability issues at the location.

At the meeting, Pingree-Buchanan Public School Board, President Brett McILonie and  Pingree Buchanan Elementary School principal, Terrie Neys said their bus is continuing to use the TRAC lot, adding that the Wilson Arena agreement was not acceptable.

They say that a parking congestion problem does not exist, adding that other buses use the TRAC lot.

Hogan said  Jamestown Public Schools buses use the TRAC parking lot with an agreement.

 

Park Board Chairperson Mindi Schmitz, will research working with the NDSU Stutsman County Extension Service to consider providing the Parks and Recreation Department strategic plan that was planned to be conducted by the Master of Arts in Leadership program at the University of Jamestown.