Parks Commission October Meeting
The Parks Commission will meet Wednesday morning, October 2 at 8:30 am in Council Chambers at Village Hall.
Archive of everything with tag “parks-commission”
Parks Commission September Meeting
The Parks Commission met Wednesday morning to talk geese, surveys, pickleball, and weeds.
Food Trucks by the Falls
The Jaycees plan to return to Triangle Park and North Franklin Street for Food Trucks by the Falls on September 28 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. For the last few years this event has been held on the day of the Community Yard Sale, and the Parks Commission voted to recommend it again to Council which I will do on September 9th.
Strategic Plan Updates
Parks Commission August Meeting
The Parks Commission met Wednesday morning to follow up on a variety of old business.
Park Events
The commission voted to recommend the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival request to use Triangle Park as in past years.
Geese in Riverside Park
…are still a problem. Rob says the village is looking into services to deal with them.
Parks Commission Special October Meeting
The Parks Commission met Tuesday morning in Riverside Park and walked the park to review potential locations for a new pavilion.
After a few stops and a lot of discussion, we settled on a site near the east end of the park with a great view of the entire park. I like it because it hits almost every point on my wish list:
- It’s clearly visible from almost anywhere in the park
- It’s not too close to the homes on Orange Street
- It can be connected to the existing brick path path
- It should have minimal impact on the Blossom Time festival
We agreed that the pavilion should be large enough to accommodate four picnic tables, two of which should be wheelchair accessible. Using an estimate of the table dimensions and recommended spacing, we think the structure will be roughly 21 × 21 feet.
Parks Commission Special February Meeting
The Parks Commission held a special meeting to consider a park event application from Valley Art Center.
Valley Art Center proposed a public art installation in Riverside Park from World Art Day to Earth Day (April 15 - 22, 2023). The project – by Cleveland artist Ron Shelton – will be comprised of recycled material installed on the chain link fence overlooking the waterfall.
The plan also calls for the installation to continue on to and up the large sycamore tree. Chairwoman Anne deConingh and I were not in favor of this aspect of the project and preferred that the artist use the nearby lamp post instead, but others Commission members were less concerned. Representatives from the village administration and services department had no objections, based on the fact that the art will be attached with picture wire (no nails or screws) and only remain for one week. I asked that the village inspect and sign off on the installation once it was complete, and the commission voted unanimously to recommend the event to village council at our next meeting.