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Monday's Internet Edition, January 05, 2009.
Parks & Rec in Wilton pushes first phase of park project
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Photo by Fran Soto
Members of the Wilton-Cosumnes Parks and Recreation Advisory Council meet with resident Evan Winn and Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks representative Amber Veselka on Dec. 10. Shown (from left) are Julie Craig, Winn, Mary Morgan, Veselka and Gene Rose.
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By Fran Soto
River Valley Times Staff
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The Wilton-Cosumnes Parks and Recreation Advisory Council (Parks and Rec) met Wednesday, Dec. 10 with former council member Evan Winn regarding the boundary line adjustment for the park project located on Clay Station Road.
Before leaving the council, Winn had negotiated with the Wilton Fire Protection District (WFD) to change the boundary line by moving a 50-ft. by 100-ft. plot from the WFD’s two acres into the park acreage involving the well that will be used jointly by the WFD and the park. “In January, I will be going before the WFD board,” Winn said. “After that it should be ready to submit to the county.”
Winn specified that the cost to submit the boundary line adjustment would be $1600. Other than a final approval by the WFD, Winn said he needs only to redo the preliminary title and write a description. On survey maps of the park prepared by Winn, he pointed out at the meeting an easement for the WFD to access water from the well. He also notified the council that he would need a formal shared maintenance agreement before going before the WFD board in January.
Amber Veselka of the Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks informed Winn and the council that the department needed the boundary line adjustment paperwork before Dec. 31. Veselka explained that Celine Livengood, landscape architect with the Department of Regional Parks, was scheduled to appear before the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in January for approval to hire a contractor in order to begin the project. “If she doesn’t have the boundary line adjustment by the end of the year, the project will go forth without it,” Veselka said.
Parks and Rec Chair Mary Morgan and council members Gene Rose and Julie Craig agreed (after some discussion) that the boundary line adjustment was necessary before work could begin. Rose recommended that the department postpone their appearance before the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors until February. “It’s winter time,” he said. “Nothing is going to happen in winter.”
The council, which operates in an advisory capacity only, requested through Veselka that the boundary line adjustment - if approved by the WFD in January - be submitted to Livengood in February and that Veselka appear before the BOS in March. “There is no reason why we can’t request this,” said Morgan. “I don’t want to lose the park project.”
In other business, Veselka supplied the council with copies of the 2008-09 budget and expenditures as requested and a preliminary accounting of the Wilton Centennial celebration costs and moneys received. Morgan announced that at the next meeting new business items would include setting goals for the coming year. “I want to set up goals and objectives and set deadlines,” she said. “I want to get something done in the coming year.”
The next meeting of Parks and Rec will be Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. at Dillard Elementary.
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