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Parks update: capital requests for skate- and bike-park work, volleyball sand replacement, Potato Day changes and a grazing-demo pilot
Summary
Staff outlined capital-improvement requests (HVAC, bike park, skate park repairs, sand replacement for volleyball courts), a $1 million phased plan for Chuckers Park, changes to Potato Day organization and volunteer needs, and a short-term grazing/goat demo for weed management at the Bill Hanks field.
Parks staff gave commissioners a multi-part update covering proposed capital-improvement requests, changes to the town's Potato Day model and a pilot grazing demonstration for weed control.
Capital and maintenance requests: Eric Bresling said the 19-year-old recreation center needs HVAC work with a quote of about $90,000. For the bike park, staff proposed a $40,000 budget for improvements and maintenance (town currently spends about $20,000 a year on upkeep). Staff said a skate-park contractor who can repair concrete coping and pads had been engaged; staff proposed a roughly $255,000 budget allocation for skate-park maintenance next year to address more extensive concrete repairs and phased replacement of compromised areas. Commissioners and staff also discussed a request of about $30,000 to replace the volleyball-court sand with washed sand appropriate for tournaments; staff said the removed sand would be reused elsewhere in town parks.
Chuckers Park and other capital items: staff said design work for Chuckers Park is advancing and that the next-year budget would include a phased $1 million allocation to begin construction once construction documents are ready. Staff also described requests to add bleachers and shade at North Face Park (a cost-share request from the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association) and to install frost-free drinking fountains with ADA pads for Colorado Meadows and North Face Park.
Potato Day and volunteers: staff described a new multi-year funding model for Potato Day, in which community investors would cover production costs and the event proceeds would benefit a selected agricultural-heritage nonprofit. The committee hired a community organizer and plans to keep most event logistics unchanged while expanding activities (for example, a planned contra dance on Saturday afternoon and other offerings). Staff asked for volunteer support for day-of tasks and pre-event potato preparation; commissioners said they would publicize volunteer opportunities.
Grazing/goat demo: staff reported a fast-arranged “meet the goats” grazing demonstration slated for an outfield at the Bill Hanks baseball diamond to test integrated weed-management approaches. Staff said the contractor has worked with Roaring Fork clients and that a short-term fenced demonstration will be used to gauge effectiveness and costs.
No formal action was taken; commissioners asked staff to continue refining cost estimates and to bring back construction documents and grant strategy information as projects progress.
