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Town of Breckenridge - Current News and Information Meeting Minutes Back to Minutes List Planning Commission 07/09/01 Roll Call Rick Eisenberg called the July 9, 2001, meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. The following members were present at roll call: Rick Eisenberg, Dennis Kuhn, Gene Baker, Jim Lamb, Matt Stais, Turk Montepare and Scott Yule. Staff present included Peter Grosshuesch, Jeff Hunt, Jenn Cram, Kathryn Crawford, Jack Gervais and Heide Andersen. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the June meeting were approved as presented. Approval of Agenda The agenda was approved as presented. Public Comments There were no comments from the public. TRAILS GIS: Kathryn and Jack gave an overview of the trail GIS system they are developing this summer. The information will be used for mapping, planning and maintenance of the trails. WHITEWATER PARK: Heide gave a summary of the comments received from boaters regarding the whitewater park. There are a few features that are more popular than the others and the boaters feel in general that there are some opportunities for refinements. Bob Pfeiffer of the Recreation Department noted that his staff has estimated 5 people per hour are using the park in the afternoon hours. Mostly locals are using the park, although there are some users from around the state. Sundays are the busiest days. Bob reiterated that there would be a significant savings ($50,000) for performing the work on the second phase this year. Chad Gorby was present representing Summit Kayak/Colorado Kayak Supply. He commented that people were coming from far away as Ft. Collins, and that they had received a lot of calls from people interested in the park. He suggested some of the features be tweaked. This would include some Page 1 of 2 http: / /www.townofbreckenridge.com /en minutes _detail.cfm ?minutes_id =92 01/30/2002