Linear Park Task Force minutes

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>Minutes
>Linear Park Task Force
>December 14, 1999
>
>Present				Absent				Guests
>Steve Drown				Sylvia Ferrin				U of I Graphic
>Judy Brown				Damon Burton			Design Team
>Linda Pall				Sam Scripter
>Becky Chastain
>Roger Blanchard
>
>Members of the U of I graphic design team showed the task force the results
>of their latest efforts which included samples of a website, a logo,
>signage, a letterhead, and a brochure.  Linda suggested that the font be
>changed to one called Muriad.  It would cost close to $100 to purchase the
>right to use this font.  Linda will talk to the City Supervisor about the
>possibility of purchasing it.
>
>Blue/green and purple/green were the color combinations favored by the task
>force.  It was also suggested that standard-shaped signs be used for all
>signage to keep costs down.  The task force felt that black and white
>should be used for newsletters and letterhead.
>
>Those present discussed the possibilities for the web page.  Linda offered
>her photos of vistas along Paradise Creek for use in a "guided tour" along
>Paradise Path.  Other suggestions were that historical, ecological, and
>fund raising information be included on the web site.
>
>The next meeting with the design team was scheduled for Tuesday, January
>25, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 103 of the Art and Architecture South Building
>on the U of I campus.
>
>Roger reported that the City had been awarded a Community Transportation
>Enhancement grant from the Idaho Department of Lands in cooperation with
>the Idaho Transportation Department.  The grant will be used to purchase
>trees and shrubs to be planted along the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail from
>the gateway at Perimeter Drive to the state line.  Planting will done
>during the last week of April by volunteers working with the Linear Park
>Task Force, the Moscow Tree Committee, PCEI, and the Palouse Trail
>Committee.
>
>The final cost for phase 1 construction at Berman Creekside Park totaled
>$74,781.  Work accomplished included clearing and grading and construction
>of a small pond, pathways, sidewalks, a pad for a picnic shelter, an access
>drive and parking.  In addition water was brought to the site and sleeves
>for an irrigation system were installed at various points under the path.
>Phase 2 construction is scheduled to include the installation of retaining
>walls, irrigation, grass seed, and some plantings.  Palouse Hills
>Greenhouse has offered to grow the plants, plant and provide some
>maintenance for the Butterfly Garden.  The Whitepine chapter of the Idaho
>Native Plant Society has donated $100 to be used to purchase a tree as a
>memorial for one of its late members.  The Berman family has gathered
>native plant material to be propagated by Plants of the Wild in Tekoa.
>These plants will be used in the portion of the Native Plant Garden lying
>on the section of the park donated by Katrina Berman.
>
>Judy Brown announced that due to time constraints, she will be stepping
>down from the task force chair position in April.
>
>There will be a special meeting of the task force on Tuesday, January 18,
>2000 at 5:30 pm in the City Hall Annex Conference Room.  City Engineer Gary
>Presol will be present to discuss the Transportation Enhancement Program
>grant application for projects in FY 2003.  The task force will be asked to
>recommend possible projects for inclusion in the application.
>
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