By PATT ROBERSON
Advocate Baker – Zachary bureau
Published: Mar 10, 2010 – Page: 3B
BAKER — The City Council voted Tuesday to schedule a work session to review donation procedures of the nine-acre Landry-Nettles property on Parklan Drive.
The property was donated to the private Buffwood Club in the 1950s, City Attorney Ron Wall said, with the stipulation that when the property was no longer used it would revert to the heirs and the heirs would then donate it to the city.
The work session will also address hard-surface parking lots, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and Planning and Zoning ordinance development and code enforcement.
Carl Stages, executive director, BREC Foundation, presented a book, “Every Town Needs a Trail,” by Jen Ohlson and asked the council and others present to write comments.
The book will be given to U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., next week in Washington, D.C., when a request will be made for an appropriation for construction of recreational trails throughout the parish, Stages said.
Stages said BREC is renovating Greenwood Park on La. 19 at a cost of about $4.5 million. A multipurpose building on the lake will include a golf pro shop, meeting rooms, theater and a restaurant or concessions.
He said the plan includes a dog park and a $450,000 playground.
ExxonMobil has donated $50,000 for a trail around the lake, to be stocked with rainbow trout. There would be canoes and kayaks for rent, Stages said.
The upgraded park is scheduled to open a year from now, Stages said.
In other business, the council saluted Police Chief Mike Knaps for his appointment to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education International Law Enforcement Executives Advisory Board.
James LeBlance of the Unity Project announced a march will be held March 20 from Baker City Hall to the Unity campus at 2400 Debra Drive to raise awareness of crime, substance abuse and truancy.
The YWCA will have an office on the campus to mentor problem youths and develop apprenticeships, LeBlance said. A newsletter titled Baker United will start up April 1, he said.