Parks Commission Meeting 5-7-2024
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Approval of agenda
Approval of Park Commission meeting minutes
Open forum
Council updates: 2024 chip and fog sealing project
Council updates: Ballot questions
Council updates: Garage sizes and driveway aprons
Council updates: Jordan Ander ditch stabilization project
Council updates: Interim use permits for home business, lawn smart, and Dean's pumpkins
Veterans Park discussion and potential memorial
Areas of Interest (5)
- Dayton Park Commission initiates search for public interest in a new Veterans Memorial Park.
- City Council debates mandate for driveway aprons on new construction; garage size rules remain unchanged.
- Potential shift in municipal road maintenance as city explores chip and fog sealing projects.
- Proposed collaboration between City, County, and Three Rivers Park District for ravine stabilization project at Jordan Ander ditch.
- Controversy or conflict regarding potential development on private land versus public park space for war memorials.
Votes (2)
Approve the agenda as written
Moved by Not stated · Seconded by Not stated
Approve Park Commission meeting minutes from April 2nd
Moved by Not stated · Seconded by Not stated
Notable Quotes (2)
If we don't start something now it be 10 years down the road never know until we ask.
I'd rather get the ball rolling now than cause yeah if we do this survey now and it comes back with no interest and we don't do anything do we come back to it in 10 years and do it again and then the land's already gone.
People (3)
MartyStaff/Parks Commission SupportProvides administrative support, project history, and manages park planning/coordination with Council.
1 quote
Provides administrative support, project history, and manages park planning/coordination with Council.
“The location of it will drive which phase it goes with but I think that we could incorporate it that way and allocate dollars that way.”
Discussing the potential integration of a Veterans Memorial into the LC Stevens Park master plan.
DougPark CommissionerProposing and championing the creation of a Veterans Memorial Park in Dayton.
1 quote
Proposing and championing the creation of a Veterans Memorial Park in Dayton.
“I would go out and just indicate to folks that the park commission is thinking about a veterans commemoration of some sort.”
Discussing how to communicate the intent of the commission to the public.
TravisPark CommissionerFocuses on community engagement and project feasibility.
1 quote
Focuses on community engagement and project feasibility.
“I would have a tendency to support something that is driven by a veteran or a veterans committee rather than the park commission.”
Expressing that the initiative should be bottom-up rather than top-down.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (2)
- Dayton Park Commission Meeting - May 7th, 6:30 PM
- April 2nd Park Commission meeting