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>> I'M CALLING THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REGULAR MEETING,
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
FEBRUARY THE 13TH, 2024, FIVE O'CLOCK, CITY HALL.WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL TO ORDER THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
>> MOVE THE JANUARY MINUTES. IT'S READY.
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> NUMBER 5. PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS CLOSED. NUMBER 6, DISCUSSION ITEMS 6.1,
[6.1 Relocation Of Beach Volleyball Courts]
RELOCATION OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS.>> GOOD EVENING. SCOTT MICHAELSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TOMORROW, EVERYBODY.
ITEM 6.1, RELOCATION OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS.
CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THAT PICTURE UP THERE? I WANTED TO BRING THIS JUST TO GET ANY THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR MAYBE THAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS IDEA.
WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS ON THE BEACH.
RECENTLY, AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THAT THERE IS A BEACH VOLLEYBALL GIRLS TEAM NOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I BELIEVE SINCE THEY ADDED LACROSSE, THEY ADDED A LADY SPORT ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO USE THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS.
WHERE THEY ARE EXISTING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ON THAT PICTURE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE BEACH.
RIGHT AT MAINE BEACH, BASICALLY JUST NORTH OF THE SANDBAR RESTAURANT.
STRAIGHT OUT ALMOST FROM THE BATHROOMS THAT ARE EXISTING THERE.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THEM.
BASICALLY, THE DUNES WHICH IS A GREAT THING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS IS BASICALLY SWALLOWING THEM, SO THE COURTS ARE BECOMING ALMOST LIKE THIS.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH THE DUNES, AND THEN MOVING THEM FURTHER TO THE EAST THEN YOU'RE IN THE HARD SHELLS.
PREVIOUSLY BEFORE WE HAD THEM OUT ON THE BEACH, AGAIN, YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT JUST TO THE NORTH BASICALLY UP THAT WAY, THAT'S WHERE THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS WERE BEFORE WE MOVED THEM OUT ON THE BEACH.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID AT THAT TIME, MOVE THEM OUT ONTO THE BEACH, WAS THAT THE NEW BOARDWALK, THE MAINE BEACH BOARDWALK, SHRUNK THE AREA BETWEEN PUTTPUTT AND WHERE THEY WERE, SO AT THAT TIME, WE MOVED THEM OUT THERE.
WE COULD DO THIS FOR A VERY MINIMAL COST.
WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE WOULD GET MUCH MORE USE OUT OF IT.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT A LOT BETTER.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DUNES.
IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY CONCERNS WITH MOVING THEM TO THIS LOCATION.
I WOULD WORK WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT AND JEREMIAH AND CHARLIE GEORGE,
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THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ON, BECAUSE GOING DOWN TOWARDS PUTTPUTT THEIR LEASE ACTUALLY COMES A LITTLE BIT TO THE SOUTH, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN OUR PARAMETERS, BASICALLY BEFORE I WOULD DO ANYTHING.ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THIS MOVE, I DID REACH OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH OCEAN RESCUE.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON BOARD AS WELL BECAUSE WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY, THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE.
IN THE SUMMERTIME, OBVIOUSLY MAINE BEACH IS BUSY, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE OUT TO THE EAST TO GET AROUND THEM.
THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS AS WELL.
IN TURN, I SAY SHORTLY WITH THE CITY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START PROGRAMMING AND HAVING BEACH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES AND TOURNAMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON, AND WE FEEL THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT FOR IT.
BASICALLY, WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS THAT YOU COULD FORESEE? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY CAME TO US, APPROACHED US, AND THEY REALLY WEREN'T ASKING FOR NECESSARILY A MOVE, BUT THEY WERE ASKING FOR AN AREA TO HAVE BEACH VOLLEYBALL.
I STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS IN OUR EXISTING COURTS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE RECREATIONAL COURTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH IT.
IT'S DOWN ON THE BEACH, WE HAVE PEOPLE HANGING ON THE NETS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST LOCATION THAT WE HAVE, SO I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT AND WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ON THIS? I ACTUALLY MET WITH OCEAN RESCUE, MET WITH JEREMIAH, HAD CHARLIE TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD FIT.
>> TO PULL UP THE EXISTING COURTS, AND MAYBE I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING IT, BUT THEY'RE JUST BASICALLY LIKE RAILROAD TIES OR WHATEVER.
IT'S ANCHORED IN AND TWO POSTS STICKING UP TO HOLD THE NET.
>> YES, MA'AM. ALL WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS TAKE UP BASICALLY THE TWO POSTS ON THE BEACH AND WITH THIS AREA, THIS IS JUST LIKE A PHOTOSHOP AREA, BUT WE WOULD SKIN THAT GRASS, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S SAND RIGHT THERE.
>> IT SOUNDS PRETTY BASIC CONSTRUCTION TO DO THIS, SO IS THERE ANY PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE ABOUT IT? IS IT A $2,000 PROJECT OR A $20,000 PROJECT?
>> MONEY WISE WOULD JUST BE MAN HOURS.
I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NETS IN LINE, SO BASICALLY DURING THAT TIME WHEN THEY'RE THERE, WE WOULD PROBABLY REMOVE THE CITY NETS AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SETUP.
THEN WHEN THEY'RE DONE WE WOULD PUT OUR NETS BACK UP.
>> THEN WHAT IS THE ACCESS FOR THE SCHOOL? WOULD THE SCHOOL GET PRIORITY TO RESERVE THOSE COURTS OR THE REST OF THE TIME IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF POSSIBLE TOURNAMENTS, I KNOW IT'S FUN FOR PEOPLE TO GO, THERE'S A COOL PLACE TO GO.
BUT BESIDES THAT BOARDWALK AREA AND THE PAVILION THAT ARE THERE, ARE YOU THINKING ANY BIGGER DOWN THE ROAD FOR WHAT THIS COULD BE, AS FAR AS PEOPLE COMING TO WATCH A TOURNAMENT, DO THEY JUST SIT ON THE LAWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING AT THE MOST, WE WOULD ONLY ADD THREE BASED ON SPACE.
I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN CURRENTLY DO TWO, WHICH WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE TWO.
THE ONLY COST ASSOCIATED WOULD BE MAN HOURS.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK INTO GETTING STANDS FOR PEOPLE, THAT MIGHT BE WAY IN THE FUTURE, BUT AS OF NOW, IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND WATCH THE GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM, OR IF WE'RE HAVING A LEAGUE OR A TOURNAMENT THERE, JUST BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIR.
>> THEN I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE AT FIRST I HAD IN MY MIND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE WE DO THE MOVIES AND STUFF BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S FURTHER ON THIS SIDE.
I WAS THINKING MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING.
>> GREAT QUESTION. MY FIRST CONCERN WAS OCEAN RESCUE BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN OCEAN RESCUE POSSIBLY STAGE THERE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS TO HAYNES CAVENDER, AND FINO, AND THEY WERE ALL ON BOARD.
THEY HAVE STAGED THERE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.
THEY ACTUALLY PREFER THAT THESE ARE HERE TO GET THEM OFF THE BEACH.
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>> SO AGAIN, SORRY FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT TO HAVE TWO BASICALLY REPLACES THE TWO EXISTING THAT WE HAVE.
THERE'S ROOM FOR A POSSIBLE THIRD?
>> POSSIBLY YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I WOULD THINK IF IT DOESN'T IMPEDE WITH OCEAN RESCUE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT, IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE THIRD.
ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO PLAY, MAKES IT SEEM LIKE NOT JUST AN ADDITION, BUT IT'S INTENTIONALLY THERE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BASED ON SPACE, IF WE CAN DO A THIRD, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO A THIRD.
>> TO ANSWER, I BELIEVE ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT IS YES, IT WOULD FALL UNDER OUR PRIORITY USAGE WITH AND HOW IT WORKS.
THE SCHOOL COULD RESERVE IT FOR WHEN THEIR SEASON ACTUALLY IS A SPRING SEASON, BUT THE MAJORITY OF TIME, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO USE.
THEY USE IT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> QUESTION, THE RIGHT WHALE FESTIVAL IS MOSTLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRONT PARK, RIGHT?
>> TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S SALT LIFE ON THE BOTTOM END THERE, RIGHT?
>> I'M SORRY, SANDBAR, I GET THOSE.
>> THIS IS THE PARK YOU HAVE, THE SANDBAR SITS ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH, AND THE FOOD TRUCKS USUALLY PARK THERE AND THEY'VE GOT [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEY DO NOT. [OVERLAPPING] THAT PARKING LOT IS NOT RENTABLE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE PARKING LOT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF ALL OF MAINE BEACH, BUT WHERE THE RIGHT WHALE FESTIVAL IS IS THE LARGE OPEN AREA WHICH IS NORTH OF OF THE BATHROOMS THERE, NORTH OF SALT LAKE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S NOT EVEN RENTABLE, IT'S REALLY SMALL THAT'S WHY I WAS AT FIRST THINKING LIKE, IS THAT BIG ENOUGH AND WHAT GETS USED THERE? BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL SPACE COMPARED TO THE BIG AREA.
>> YEAH. IF IT'S KIND OF RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
>> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL GET USED MORE. YES, SIR?
>> WHEN YOU GET FINISHED, WILL THE BASE BE SAND? WILL THERE BE SAND VOLLEYBALL? BEACH VOLLEYBALL?
>> WE WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE A TOURNAMENT THERE?
IS THAT TO YOUR BEST PHOTOSHOP ABILITY, HOW BIG THE TENNIS COURTS ARE GOING TO BE? [LAUGHTER].
WE WOULD BASE IT, THERE'S A PALM TREE THAT SITS RIGHT HERE.
>> WE WOULD KIND OF BASE IT OFF THAT AREA.
IF WE WERE TO GO JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT PALM TREE, THAT'S WHERE I'M FIGURING WHERE WE COULD.
THERE WERE SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SPACE BETWEEN THE COURTS WHEN THEY CO-EXIST BETWEEN EACH OTHER, AND I FIGURED OUT WE CAN SHORTEN THAT, WHICH IN TURN DOESN'T TAKE US DOWN TO HERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO CLOSE TO THIS, WE WANT TO STAY MORE HERE IN THIS AREA.
>> DO THEY HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT ON, OR COULD THEY BE KIND OF ANGLED THIS WAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD GET THAT LENGTH THAT YOU NEED, BUT THEN A LITTLE BIT WIDER, MAYBE THEY WERE IN LINE WITH THAT BOARDWALK?
>> IF I CAN GET YOUR BLESSING SO TO SAY, I WOULD WORK WITH JEREMIAH AND CHARLIE TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT AND BEST POSITIONING OF THEM SITTING THERE.
>> I WOULD THINK THE SUN HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL.
[OVERLAPPING] WANT TO HAVE IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY FOR THE SUN.
>> I WANT TO ORIENT THEM NORTH TO SOUTH JUST BECAUSE MOST COURTS JUST LIKE TENNIS, YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO FACE EAST AND WEST DUE TO THE SUN.
>> WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THE THIRD IF YOU DID?
>> WE WOULD PUT IT JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT IF IT FITS THAT WAY.
THEN ALSO I GET IT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, HEY, I WANT TO PLAY BEACH VOLLEYBALL ON THE BEACH.
MAYBE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS, THEN WE COULD SET UP A TEMPORARY COURT FOR A WEEKEND AT MAINE BEACH, AND THEN WE COULD PICK THAT UP AT, AT NIGHTTIME.
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>> THANK YOU. TIP ROSS, 210 NORTH THIRD STREET.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT TWO THINGS OUT TO YOU.
NUMBER ONE, THERE'S ALL THESE CARS, THEY ALL BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN'T WALK ALONG HERE, BECAUSE THEY ALL HANG OVER.
THEY ASKED THE CITY TO EXTEND ALL THIS, AND I HOPE YOU ALL THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T WALK HERE.
THESE CARS COME UP, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE CARS, YOU CAN'T WALK THROUGH THERE. YEAH?
>> ARE THERE ANY CURBS, CONCRETE CURBS TO STOP THAT?
>> [OVERLAPPING] YOU CAN'T DO CARS THEN COME OUT TOO FAR.
>> OKAY, THAT WAY I GET YOU NOW. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL THAT. THAT'S ONE THING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>> I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF WALKING [INAUDIBLE].
BUT THE ONE FLYING AWAY WITH THIS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, IS THERE A THING CALLED BEACH HARMONIZATION.
DID YOU SEE DISNEYLAND? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE COUNTY WANTS TO DO THIS BEACH HARMONIZATION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THEIR PLAN.
I THINK THIS IS GREAT, AND I THINK MAINE BEACH BASICALLY STAYS THE WAY IT IS, YOU JUST REDO THE BATHROOMS AND WHATNOT.
BUT THE WAY THAT BEACH HARMONIZATION IS GOING TO WORK, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN DISNEYLAND IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH, AND TELL US WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO OR NOT.
I DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE ON THERE.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> YOU CAN FIND THE PLANS ONLINE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE FAMILIAR WITH THAT?
>> THAT'S UNDER THE RADAR, BUT WHAT THEY SAID WAS THEY DO WHAT WE WANTED.
>> THOSE ARE UNDEFINED TERMS, UNDEFINED TIMELINES, CORRECT?
>> TWO QUESTIONS. UNDEFINED TERMS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WHATEVER WE WANT, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH HERE'S OUR PLAN.
YOU CAN CHANGE, YOU CAN PICK A FEW LITTLE THINGS, AND THAT EITHER TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT DEAL.
>> I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF WE HAVE PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT SOME USAGE, AND WE PUT THIS IN AND THEN WE UTILIZE THIS.
>> I'M JUST SAYING BE AWARE THAT THAT'S HOW [OVERLAPPING].
>> I THINK WE HAVE AN ARGUMENT DOWN THE ROAD TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY WANTS, AND IS USING, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE SOME USAGE TO DEFEND THAT.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA PERSONALLY, BUT JUST REMEMBER, BEACH HARMONIZATION, THIS IS MORE OF AN AD.
BEACH HARMONIZATION IS OUT THERE AND IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. THANKS.
>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROSS.
I HAVE SEEN PICTURES AS WELL BY THE SKATEPARK ON THAT PARKING LOT WHERE INDIVIDUALS WILL PARK THERE AND ALSO DO THE SAME THING.
ALL THOSE KIDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, COMMISSIONER ROSS IS CORRECT THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THOSE CARS ARE SITTING OVER.
>> YES. THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT.
LIKE COMMISSIONER ROSS SAID, IS PUTTING THOSE PARKING BUMPERS I THINK THEN PUSHES THE VEHICLES OUT TOO FAR, SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT ISSUE.
>> THANKS FOR A GOOD IDEA. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> DO YOU NEED A MOTION OR WE SHOULDN'T?
I'M FINE WITH AS LONG AS I THINK AS I'M READING THE ROOM THAT THERE IS A MAJORITY OF SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS THAT WE ARE A BEACH TOWN, AND THE MORE WE SHOW WE HAVE BEACH OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY.
THIS IS A GREAT START FOR US AND I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO GIVE IT A GOOD THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE OKAY IT AND LET THEM GO FORWARD AND LET THEM PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, I WILL GET WITH CHARLIE AND I THINK WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
>> I JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING GET BUILD THAT COULD
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BE USED FOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS.>> YEAH. MY VISION IS TO HAVE THAT AND I THINK ONCE I AM ABLE TO GET A FEW PEOPLE IN STAFF AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT, AND I ONLY THINK THE SCHOOLS BEING INVOLVED IN THIS SPORT, I THINK THE POPULATION IS THERE TO HAVE IT.
IT IS AN EXPLODING SPORT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
>> BUT YOU NEED ENOUGH ROOM FOR SOME STANDS FOR PEOPLE TO SIT.
>> YEAH. LIKE I SAID IS WE COULD HAVE CHAIRS.
PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR CHAIRS OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FOR A WEEKEND, WE COULD BRING IN TEMPORARY STANDS AND THEN PUT THEM BACK TO WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THEM AT OUR OTHER SPORTS FIELDS IF WE GET TO THAT POINT.
>> I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS COME BACK WITH SCOTT, JUST BECAUSE THINKING ABOUT THAT TOO, LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.
I KNOW A BUNCH OF KIDS WHO WOULD ENJOY PLAYING ON THOSE, JUST CITY KIDS, VISITORS, WHATEVER.
BUT HOW DOES THAT LOOK WHEN THEY'RE PARALLEL LIKE THAT TO EACH OTHER AND THAT CLOSE LIKE YOU WERE SAYING TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
LIKE HOW YOU WOULD SEE FROM ONE ACROSS THE OTHER.
>> WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT ESPECIALLY IF WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING TOURNAMENTS, BUT IF THEY ARE POSITIONED RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, USAA VOLLEYBALL, LOOKING AT THE SPECS.
I ACTUALLY TALKED TO ONE OF MY BUDDIES, HE WORKS FOR FHSAA, THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON THE EXACT DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM.
THERE IS RECOMMENDED DISTANCE.
THE RECOMMENDED DISTANCE THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS IF THERE'S THREE, BETWEEN THESE TWO IS 10 FEET.
>> TEN FEET, THAT'S PRETTY BIG.
>> YEAH, 10 FEET AND THE POLE TECHNICALLY SITS THREE FEET OUTSIDE THE COURT.
THE POLE SITS WITHIN THAT 10 FEET.
>> I GUESS I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE WERE HAVING SOME TOURNAMENT, WHERE DO SPECTATORS SIT SO THAT THEY COULD SIT EITHER SIDE OF THE COURT? OKAY. COOL.
>> THEN ALSO WE COULD USE THE BEACH FOR A WEEKEND IF WE HAD TO.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE BEACH CHAIRS AND THE BEACH YOU FEEL ON THE CAPSULE THAT REALLY SEEMS TO FIT WITH OUR BEACH TOWN.
>> YEAH, I KNOW WE NEED SOME CHAIRS AND PERMANENT ONES.
I AGREE FOR LIKE A TOURNAMENT.
>> WHERE WE COULD BRING THEM INTO [OVERLAPPING].
>> YEAH, YOU COULD PUT UP BEACH TENTS OR TEMPORARY CAN BE THE BEACH TOURNAMENT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH, [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL PLAY OUT THERE AND DO STUFF OUT IN THAT AREA, IN THAT FIELD.
WE ATTEND A LOT OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN THE PAVILION AND ALL THE KIDS ARE RUNNING EVERYWHERE, EVEN OVER THERE, AND SO IT'S NICE TO KEEP IT OPEN.
>> WILL NOW BECOME A PLACE THAT HAS TO BE RENTED IF SOMEONE, A COMPANY SAYS, HEY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WITH MY COMPANY AND DO I NEED TO RENT IT OUT? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT'S NOT.
>> I THINK THAT ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE START PROGRAMMING AND WE SEE HOW IT GOES.
FIRST, IT'LL GO ALONG WITH OUR LEAGUE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
FIRST, THEY'LL GET PRIORITY, AND THEN IF IT NEEDS TO BE RENTED FOR A SPECIAL EVENT, IT COULD.
BUT THIS IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY THING.
WE WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO BE USED BY THE COMMUNITY.
>> THE LAST COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE ON THE WHOLE THING IS THE OLYMPICS AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND IT JUST ENHANCES OUR ABILITY ALONG WITH SKATEBOARD AND THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL, IT'S JUST BRINGING MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN TO THE BEACHES AND THEY CAN SEE THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING AND HAVE A BEACH TIME.
I'D LIKE TO BRING TO A VOTE. OH, I DON'T NEED TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR SUPPORT.
>> NUMBER 6(2), THE LOCKING OF THE SPORTS FIELDS.
[6.2 Locking Of Sports Fields]
>> A QUICK UPDATE. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT THERE WAS I BELIEVE A COMMISSION DIRECTIVE THAT WE WERE GOING TO OPEN THE TENNIS COURTS, OPEN THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, OPEN THE SPORTS FIELDS, AND SUCH.
THEN LAST MONTH, THIS WAS ON OUR AGENDA REGARDING LOCKING THE SPORTS FIELDS.
I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK [NOISE] TO YOU,
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SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON HOW I WANT TO PROCEED.IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY CONCERNS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
KATIE AND I ARE WORKING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT, AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT I THINK WE HAVE NOT ONLY FOR SPORTS FIELDS, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, FACILITY-WISE, WE HAVE SO MANY PARKS, FACILITIES, SPORTS FIELDS.
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SECURE OUR SPORTS FIELDS AT EVENING AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME.
THEN IN TURN, WE WILL OPEN THEM IN THE MORNING.
OUR PARKS DIVISION CAN OPEN THEM EARLY IN THE MORNING.
WE CAN HAVE THEM OPEN AROUND 7:30 AT THE LATEST IN THE MORNING.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE YBOR ALVAREZ BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT EVEN WALKABLE REALLY.
MAINLY THIS WOULD BE FOR THE CEMETERY GATE THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PUT UP.
THIS WOULD BE FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND THE BASEBALL FIELD AT CENTRAL PARK.
THIS WOULD BE SECURING OUR ATLANTIC RECREATION CENTER, THE MLK CENTER JUST TO MAKE SURE NOW GRANTED, THEY SHOULD BE SECURED, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOUBLE CHECKING.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO CURRENTLY WORKS FOR US, WOULD JUST ADD AN ADDITIONAL PROBABLY HOUR ONTO HIS EVENING.
HE ALREADY WORKS IN THE EVENING.
HE WOULD LOCK UP AND THEN IN THE MORNING, WE THE PARK STAFF WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE FIELDS ARE OPEN FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT WOULD WANT TO USE THEM.
I DON'T FEEL THAT WE WOULD BE NOT ALLOWING ANYONE TO USE THE FIELDS THAT SHOULD BE USING THE FIELDS.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION LOCKING THEM.
WE KNOW THE TIME AND WE KNOW WHEN IT'S OPEN.
I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S LOCKED AND THEN OPENED.
>> THAT INDIVIDUAL TAKES VACATIONS AND SICK DAYS.
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
>> IS THIS A NEW INDIVIDUAL OR IS IT SOMEBODY?
>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD LOCK ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULD NEED TO BE LOCKED, AND IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO CLOSE IT DOWN AT THAT APPROPRIATE TIME.
>> I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH NOT ALLOWING ANYBODY TO USE A FACILITY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOCKING THEM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE LOCKED.
WE'RE NOT LOCKING THEM AT 6:00 IN THE EVENING.
>> I'M FINE WITH LOCKING THEM, I THINK THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF FIELDS AND PLACES THAT ARE OPEN THAT IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS TO GO PLAY AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, THEY COULD.
BUT ANY OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING, AND PUTTING MONEY AND TIME INTO, WE CAN LOCK UP WHEN PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
>> WERE THERE EXTRA MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THE CONCESSION STAND AT THE PARK THEN?
>> THAT THEY ARE SECURE. BECAUSE AGAIN, LOCKING A GATE, IF YOU WANT TO GET OVER THE FENCE, YOU CAN GET OVER THE FENCE, RIGHT?
>> I THINK THE FENCE IN GENERAL IS JUST A DETERRENT.
WE HAVE HAD A DECENT AMOUNT OF DOGS, ESPECIALLY AT CENTRAL PARK.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I'VE BEEN IN CENTRAL PARK FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, ALL THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS FIVE DOGS ON ONE BASEBALL FIELD.
EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN DOGS ON AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT TWO OR THREE OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS, AND THIS IS AT NOON TO 11:30.
THERE WAS GUYS THE OTHER DAY, TWO OR THREE GENTLEMEN JUST SITTING IN A DUGOUT.
LIKE THEY CLEARLY HAD LIKE, HEY, LET'S MEET UP WITH OUR DOGS AND THEY WERE RUNNING
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AROUND LIKE THE POINT THAT I WAS SITTING THERE GOING, I'M ON THE PARKS, SHOULD I GO SAY SOMETHING? [LAUGHTER]>> WHY AREN'T THEY USING THE BASEBALL FIELDS BECAUSE IT'S FENCED AND THEY CAN LET THEIR DOGS RUN AROUND?
>> I THINK SO. LIKE THE DOGS, THEY WERE JUST THROWING BALLS FROM THE DUGOUT, LIKE TENNIS BALLS.
I HADN'T REALLY NOTICED IT BEFORE THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I'VE BEEN UP THERE A LOT, AND IT'S BEEN NICE LAST FEW WEEKS AND EVERY TIME THERE'S JUST DOGS ON THE FIELD.
IT'S NOT WHEN THERE'S BEEN PRACTICE, IT'S DURING THE DAY.
IT'S EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT IT'S AT LIKE 11.00, 12:00.
>> ONE THING I CAN SAY AND I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ONE IS WHEN THAT FENCE CAME DOWN, SO DID THE NO DOGS ALLOWED SIGNS.
IT IS A PRIORITY OF MINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SIGNS GET PUT BACK UP ASAP.
THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT UP.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY YOUR DOG ON A LEASH, NOT LEASHED IS I THINK, A RULE, AND THEN NOT TO BE ON THE FIELDS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO GO SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE.
>> I DIDN'T SAY, [LAUGHTER] BUT I WAS THINKING, [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME THAT.
>> IT MIGHT BE THE SAME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S BEEN BETWEEN LIKE 11.45 AND 1.00, IS WHEN I'VE BEEN GOING AND NOTICING IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR PROBABLY SEVEN DAYS NOW, AND WE HAVE REMOVED AT LEAST 7-12 ON THE FIELD, FECES OF DOG STUFF, AND IT'S BECOMING NOW A HABIT.
YOU GO 11.45-1.00. I HAVE BEEN UP THERE 2.00-4.00, PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COMING ONTO THE FIELD AT 04:15, THAT THERE'S DOGS RUNNING AROUND WITH NO LEASH AT ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THE SIGNS BACK UP, AND THAT WILL HELP WITH AT LEAST ENFORCING THE IDEA THAT THEIR DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE FIELD.
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IF AT SOME POINT, THIS CITY WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT A PLACE WHERE DOGS COULD BE FENCED IN, AND RUN AROUND, AND DO JUST THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PAY DOG PARK.
FRANKLY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
LIKE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE OF BEING COST PROHIBITIVE, BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE DO LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.
IF WE HAD A PLACE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD FOR PEOPLE TO DO JUST THAT, THAT WAS FREE AND FENCED IN THAT WERE DOGS COULD RUN AND PLAY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK BECAUSE OF THE USE FOR THOSE FIELDS SPECIFICALLY IN THE MAINTENANCE THAT GOES INTO THEM, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THAT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONCE AGAIN, I FEEL I HAVE YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I LET YOU KNOW THE EXACT TIMES.
I WILL MAKE SURE I DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS SINCE THAT THAT DIRECTIVE DID COME FROM THE COMMISSION LEVEL, I WILL SPEAK WITH MR. GEORGE, AND SEE WHERE HE WANTS TO GO FROM THERE, AND SEE IF HE WANTS TO TAKE IT BACK JUST TO GET CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION.
BUT I'LL TAKE IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL JUST TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> LAST NIGHT THESE FLYING FOOTBALL KIDS WERE PRACTICING IN THE RAIN TO CLOSE TO 8:00.
IS THIS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL BE OUT THERE PUSHING PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, LISTEN, YOU GUYS GOT TO FINISH YOUR PRACTICE, I NEED TO CLOSE THIS PLACE UP AND GET HOME TO MY DINNER.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT ONE PERSON? I JUST SEE THAT THERE'S TIMES AT THE BASEBALL FIELD THEY'RE PRACTICING, THE LIGHTS ARE ON THE TENNIS COURTS AND IT SEEM TO BE PAST 9:00.
I'VE DRIVEN BY THOSE LIGHTS ON, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LOCKED UP OR THERE'S STILL SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
>> MY MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND THE BASEBALL FIELD AT CENTRAL PARK.
I FEEL THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE BABE RUTH ORGANIZATION, AND THE FERNANDINA FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ON WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE DONE.
BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> THEN THE TIMES WILL BE POSTED, SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW OR ONLINE, OR YOU'LL PUT A LITTLE SIGN UP BY THE GATE JUST MAKES PEOPLE KNOW WHEN TO END.
YES, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD IT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY SIDES WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS,
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BECAUSE IT WOULD CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS NOT USING, LIKE IN WINTERTIME, IT OBVIOUSLY IT GETS DARK EARLY.
IF ONE OF OUR YOUTH SPORT ORGANIZATIONS IS NOT USING THE FIELDS AND IT'S 7:00, WE REALLY DON'T NEED ANYONE ON THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS.
WE PROBABLY WOULD BE SHUTTING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
OBVIOUSLY, IN THE SUMMERTIME IT'S LIGHT OUT.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT THEN BASED ON PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO BE USING THE FOOTBALL FIELD IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED LIGHTS.
>> YEAH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME WEATHERPROOF BOX WHERE YOU COULD PUT UP HOURS SO YOU CAN CHANGE IT.
>> YEAH. MY MAIN GOAL IN THIS IS TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LOCK IT AND THAT THEN IT'S BEING UNLOCKED NOT AT NOON TIME.
THE RESIDENCE, THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN.
>> THE WORDING AT THE SKATE PARK IS DUST TO DAWN.
>> I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T USE THOSE WORDINGS.
>> WELL, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THE FIELD WERE DURING THE PAST [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEY'RE WET. THIS IS SKATE PARK HOOD?
>> WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, I AGREE.
>> COMMISSIONER ALSO JUST STATED TOO THAT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR.
IT IS PUTTING THE RESPONSIBILITY IN AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT DOES A GOOD JOB LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE GATE AT SEASIDE FOR BEACH ACCESS THERE.
IT'S SOMETHING I COULD LOOK AT AS WELL.
>> BELIEVE ME IF THAT DOESN'T GET UNLOCKED, THEY'LL KICK IT IN. [LAUGHTER].
>> THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A VOTE AND SEE IF WE CAN GIVE HIM THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND [OVERLAPPING].
>> GIVING HIM THE RIGHT TO TELL THE COMMISSIONERS.
>> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL. [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THEM ANYTHING.
>> I WILL ASK FOR CHARLIE'S GUIDANCE ON WHAT IF HE'S GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
>> YES. WOULD JUST SOMEBODY LIKE TO GIVE A MOTION?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION FIRST, SCOTT, TO TAKE THE LOCKING AT THE SPORTS FIELD TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE SOME WAY OF LOCKING THE SPORTS FIELDS, AND THEY'LL COME UP WITH REASONABLE HOURS, AND SOMEONE TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
>> I'D LOVE TO. MEMBER PEARLSTINE?
>> OKAY, THAT PASSES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 TO 1.
>> I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON WHERE THAT GOES.
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>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HAD SOME CHANGEOVER IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A PROJECT UPDATE ON SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS YEAR.
THEN IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THIS TIME.
LET ME GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
WE HAVE A BID OPENING COMING UP FEBRUARY 28 FOR TENNIS COURTS 1 AND 2.
THOSE ARE THE TWO TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE ATLANTIC AVENUE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE REDO, MEANING NOT JUST A RESURFACING, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TEARING UP THE ASPHALT AND IT WILL HAVE NEW ASPHALT, NEW SURFACING AND EVERYTHING.
SO THOSE ARE COURTS 1 AND 2 WE HAVE THE BID OPENING COMING FEBRUARY 28.
WITH THAT, I WILL BE WORKING WITH ANDRE DESOLE WHO IS THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR.
I THINK I HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE THE RELOCATION OF THE LIFT STATION THAT IS RIGHT THERE SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
I WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM ON THE RELOCATION.
>> WHERE CAN THAT MOVE TO POSSIBLY?
>> WELL, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE PARK.
SO WHEN I GET ANDRE'S RECOMMENDATION,
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I WOULD AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE OF THAT.THE RAMPS ARE DETERIORATING BADLY.
WE WENT OUT FOR BID THE BIDS CAME BACK AND GOT I THINK THERE WAS ONE AND IT WAS LIKE $250,000.
WE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL COMPANIES THAT SMALLER COMPANIES THAT USUALLY DON'T GO THROUGH THE BID PROCESS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE QUOTES.
WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY DO THIS, CLEAN UP, AND REDO ALL THE SCAFFOLDING METAL THAT IS RUSTED UNDERNEATH ALL THESE RAMPS FOR ABOUT $40,000.
IT'LL BE HOT DIP GALVANIZED WITH HOT DIP GALVANIZED HARDWARE OR STAINLESS STEEL.
THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WE HOPE TO BE GETTING THAT GOING VERY SHORTLY.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROPERTY THAT YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO ANNEX IN OR NOT ANNEX IN?
>> YEAH. SO IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THE COMMISSION HAS GRANTED THE SPACE TO THE NORTH FOR A POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE SKATE PARK? YES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS THAT CORRECT, WALLY, YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, RIGHT?
>> YES. THAT ANNEXED AREA WAS EXACTLY AS YOU SAID.
>> SO IS THAT A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE?
>> MY FIRST GOAL IS TO GET WHAT WE HAVE AND REPAIR IT BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THEN OUR DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE SKATE PARK AND GO OUT AND SEE THE PRICE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEIR GROUP.
IF IT GETS TO THIS POINT, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO RAISE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I THINK THE FIRST GOAL IS TO REPAIR WHAT WE HAVE.
IF THAT COMES TO FRUITION, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.
>> IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE THAT THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE REPAIRED THAN IT IS ANYTHING ELSE.
>> YES, WE ARE INSTALLING WE HAVE RECEIVED AT NO COST THREE LARGE SCOREBOARDS FOR THE CENTRAL PARK FOR THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
WE ARE WORKING TO INSTALL THE FINAL ONE, WHICH SHOULD BE DONE, HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH. MY FINGERS CROSSED.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A BACKSTOP AT FIELD THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN A WHILE BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT A BACKSTOP THERE.
HAVE A WHAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY LIKE A SKINNED-TYPE SOFTBALL PRACTICE FIELD.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW.
THIS FOLLOWS THE BEACH ACCESS COMMITTEE THAT WAS SET UP PREVIOUSLY.
THIS YEAR WE'VE COMPLETED ACCESS 16, WHICH WAS FROM IMPACT FEES.
WE HAVE COMPLETED BEACH ACCESS 40, WHICH IS DOWN BY BILL MELTON BY THE GOLF COURSE AND SEASIDE PARK.
THE FINISHING TOUCHES ACTUALLY WILL BE DONE TOMORROW.
SEASIDE PARK, IT'S JUST THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BOARDWALK, NOT THE COMPLETE BOARDWALK.
WE RECEIVED FREE OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE PIECES ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED SHORTLY AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING RECREATION CENTER.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT ARE AT EGAN'S CREEK PARK.
THOSE WERE BASICALLY A DONATION TO US, NO COST.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL THEM IN-HOUSE.
THE BORE ALVAREZ SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
THE COMMISSION AT THEIR LAST MEETING DID APPROVE GILLETTE ASSOCIATES TO DO THE DESIGN FOR THAT AREA AS THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AT MLK.
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JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW AS A GROUP.MY GOAL WHEN DOING THIS STUFF AND CHANGES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND FOR US TO BE MORE OUT THERE, LETTING THEM KNOW IF THERE ARE CONCERNS.
CHARLES ALBERT FIELD IS OVER AT MLK.
BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE ARE SPOKEN TO. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LOCKER ROOM AT ARC ON THE WOMEN'S.
WE'RE DOING THAT AT THE POOL, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
THE COMMISSION JUST RECENTLY APPROVED THE LANDSCAPING CONTRACT WITH THE CEMETERY.
THE ONE THAT WE HAD, THEY BASICALLY WERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO IN THEIR CONTRACT, WE WENT WITH THE SAME COMPANY. THEY DID IT AGAIN.
I THINK THEY WERE $50,000 CHEAPER THAN ANYONE.
I HAVE HEARD REALLY GOOD THINGS THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH THE LANDSCAPING UP AT THE CEMETERY, AS WE ARE GOING INTO A CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ON CENTER STREET THAT INCLUDES FRONT TO EIGHTH, AND AS TO A LATCH, YOU ALL WILL BE SEEING MUCH MORE IMPROVEMENT WITH THE WAY THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
THE BUDGET PROCESS IS COMMENCING VERY SHORTLY.
I JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS INVOLVED IN THAT, AND KATIE AND I WILL BE PRESENTING YOU WITH SOME IDEAS.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO START THINKING ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHERE YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT? JUST KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, BUT WE WILL BE PRESENTING YOU WITH IDEAS OF OUR OWN.
I WANT YOU TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE RECODING THE ROOF OF THE PET GYMNASIUM.
JEREMIAH'S GROUP WITH FACILITIES IS MAINLY HANDLING THAT.
THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE BABE RUTH CONCESSION STAND.
THEN FINALLY, THE DOWNTOWN BATHROOMS, THE COMFORT STATION HERE ARE BEING PAINTED.
THE INTERIOR IS BEING PAINTED WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
THE BATHROOMS AT MAINE BEACH HAD RECENTLY BEEN UPGRADED TOO.
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WE TRY TO GO IN THERE AND REPLACE A LOT OF THE FIXTURES, AND WE REPLACE THE FLOORING AT MAINE BEACH AND DOING SOME OF THE SAME STUFF DOWNTOWN.
WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
THE JOB POSTING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION HAS BEEN PUT OUT, AS WELL AS A PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER.
I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT.
AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF GOLF, I BELIEVE, CLOSES MARCH 1ST.
I KNOW THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE.
THOSE WILL BE IMPORTANT HIRES FOR THE CITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE SHORT STAFFED RIGHT NOW.
BUT WITH THAT TOO, IS WE ARE GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, FINANCE, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF.
KATIE HAS BEEN A HUGE HELP TO ME AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT? GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY. I ALWAYS HAVE THAT QUESTION.
>> I'M SORRY. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'VE ALREADY HEARD IMMEDIATELY IN THIS MEETING A LOT MORE THAN I FEEL WE'VE HEARD IN A WHILE ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE FELT SOMETIMES IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO EXTRACT INFORMATION INSTEAD OF BEING SHARED WITH SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED WHEN I FIRST CAME ON WAS TO
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UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT PARKS AND REC MANAGES.I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT MAYBE NOT EVERY LITTLE MECH AND CRANNY, BUT MAYBE AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE I PERSONALLY SITTING UP HERE, I COULD COME UP WITH ALL SORTS OF WAYS TO SPEND MONEY AND IDEAS TO IMPROVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WITH FINITE RESOURCES AND UNDERSTANDING OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT BIGGER PROJECTS, THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE INSIGHT, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME, IN MY OPINION, TO GO DOWN THIS BIG WISH LIST OF THINGS THAT WE REALLY CAN'T BE FOCUSED ON.
DEPENDING ON YOU GUYS, TO SHOW US THINGS THAT ARE REALISTIC OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BASED ON THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS KNOW IN YOUR JOBS EVERY DAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS WE GET TOWARDS THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS GET TO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE CEMETERY AND THE FENCE AND THE GATES THAT ARE THERE.
ARE WE STILL CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE HITTING THE GATES?
WHEN IT ORIGINALLY GOT INSTALLED, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE HIT THE FENCE, WHICH IS A LITTLE WEIRD BECAUSE THE FENCE IS LITERALLY, IT IS OFF THE ROAD.
IT'S OFF 14TH STREET SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
I COULD SEE SOMEONE HITTING THE SIDE OF A GATE, BUT THESE SPOTS THAT ARE BEING HIT ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR A GATE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON A STRAIGHTWAY.
IT'S EITHER SOMEBODY THAT HAS TURNED AROUND.
I JUST WANTED TO GET ALL OF THAT STUFF COMPLETED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOCKING THE GATES AND OPENING THE GATES APPROPRIATELY.
THEN I ACTUALLY WANT TO GET A COST TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE TO REPAIR THAT.
JUST TO SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO REPAIR IT.
YOU PUT IN A BEAUTIFUL FENCE AND NOW IT HAS DAMAGE. IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE STAFFING CHANGES THAT ARE COMING AND INTERESTED IN, OBVIOUSLY YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS TO FILL, AND I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW, ARE YOU APPLYING FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION? I HAVE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
YES. I DID PUT MY APPLICATION IN AND I TURNED IN MY RESUME.
I FEEL LIKE I AM NOW READY TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE LET CHARLIE GEORGE KNOW THAT.
I HOPE I'M THE CHOSEN INDIVIDUAL.
I THINK I HAVE A FEEL FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
IT'S A CHALLENGING COMMUNITY, BUT WE LIKE IT. I HAVE KIDS HERE.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, THEY GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE U SPORT ORGANIZATIONS.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK I'M READY FOR IT.
I HOPE I'M THE CHOSEN INDIVIDUAL.
>> THEN LASTLY, ABOUT STAFFING, I KNOW THAT WE TOOK A LOT OF HITS FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS OF THINGS.
JUST A ROUGH PERCENTAGE, HOW UNDERSTAFFED IS THE DEPARTMENT IS IT?
>> THE DIRECTOR POSITION OBVIOUSLY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT HIRE, AND KATIE AND I HAVE WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS EVERY DAY, IS WE FEEL WE HAVE TO GET AT LEAST ONE MORE PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER INTO THAT POSITION.
I HAVE SOME IDEAS ALREADY THAT YOU WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CHARLIE IS WE'RE NOT THAT FAR OFF.
WE'RE REALLY NOT THAT FAR OFF.
IT WILL BE A SMALL LITTLE REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF IN PLAY.
>> BUT FILLING THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR AND ALSO FILLING THE POSITION OF THIS RECREATION MANAGER, ESPECIALLY THE MANAGER WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE MORE PROGRAMS. WE ACTUALLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE AND REPOSITION THEM WHERE NOW WE CAN HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE PROGRAMS AND HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT AT THE FACILITY SO OUR MANAGERS AREN'T.
NECESSARILY PUTTING THE PROGRAM TOGETHER AND THEN ALSO OUT AT THE PROGRAM.
ALLOW THE MANAGER TO PUT THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND THEN HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAYBE FIRST OUT OF COLLEGE ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND RUN THESE PROGRAMS.
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WE CAN RUN MORE ADULT PROGRAMS, WE CAN RUN MORE SPORTS PROGRAMS, WE CAN RUN MORE SENIOR PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHERE I SEE.DOWNTOWN BEFORE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOGS, FOCUS ON SOME OF THE FIELDS DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DOGGIE BAG DISPENSERS WITH NO BAGS THERE.
HE HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET BAGS DISPENSER?
>> YEAH. GOOD QUESTION, MR. GOLDMAN.
I CAN TELL YOU WE DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL EVERY DAY.
PART OF HIS JOB IS TO GO AROUND AND NOT ONLY CLEAN TRASH, BUT HE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THE DOGGIE BAGS.
I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NEVER EMPTY, IS WE LITERALLY CAN FILL THOSE AND WE'RE HAVING ISSUES OF LITERALLY PEOPLE TAKING ALL THE BAGS COMPLETELY OUT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE EXCUSES.
I WILL SPEAK TO THE PARKS SUPERINTENDENT TOMORROW JUST TO REITERATE THE FACT.
WE KNOW WE HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SEVEN OF THESE AROUND TOWN, NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN BUT CENTRAL PARK, SO THEY JUST NEED TO BE CHECKED EVERY DAY BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL IS DOWNTOWN.
LAST MONTH, YOU HAD HAD BROUGHT UP, I BELIEVE, ABOUT JUST TRASH IN GENERAL.
I SPOKE TO THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT LAST MONTH AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE WALKING UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN CENTER STREET ONCE A DAY CLEANING UP TRASH AS WELL.
I CAN REITERATE THAT AND ALSO REITERATE THE TRASH BAGS, BUT WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE.
>> IS BOX ON THE MARINA ALSO HANDLED BY PARKS?
>> THERE'S A DOGGIE BAG DISPENSER AT THE MARINA.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BAG, THOUGH.
>> WE HAVE THE CIRCULAR ROLLER ONES AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONES THAT ARE FLAT THAT YOU PULL OUT.
>> LET ME SUGGEST SOMETHING, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO CHANGE THE BAGS, I LIVE DOWNTOWN.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF DOG WALKERS, BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNINGS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO REPLACE THE BAGS AS NEEDED IF YOU LET ME HAVE THEM.
>> YES, SIR. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
>> YES. I VOTE ON THIS YOUNG MAN DOING THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> YOU WANT TO DO ALL THE PARKS? YOU'RE THERE.
>> ALSO, I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.
I DO APPRECIATE, REITERATE WHAT MS. COCCHI SAID ABOUT HEARING ALL THE THINGS IN THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GOT.
I WISH THOUGH THAT IF YOU COULD PUT THOSE PROJECT UPDATES ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO CHECK THESE PROJECTS OFF, THAT WAY, I FORGOT ALL THE PROJECTS, YOU NAMED OFF A BUNCH AND I WANTED TO WRITE THEM ALL DOWN, BUT I SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T THEY? WHY AREN'T THEY ON HERE?
>> I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I PUT THOSE IN THE PACKET AND I'LL ACTUALLY EMAIL YOU THIS TOMORROW MORNING.
>> WE USED TO GET A THING THAT HAD ALL OF IT.
I FELT LIKE MAYBE BEFORE CATHERINE WE WOULD HAVE LIKE [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE THING THAT USED TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER, A REPORT.
>> I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS GREAT.
>> MAYBE WHAT KATIE AND I CAN DO IS, WITH EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN HAVE A PROJECT UPDATE AND A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THE PROJECT.
THE PURCHASE ORDER HAS BEEN APPROVED, WE FORESEE THIS COMMENCING THIS DATE, FINISHED BY THIS DATE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
>> I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IF IT CAME OUT WHEN YOU SEND THE AGENDAS AND STUFF BECAUSE THEN IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN LOOK AT IT, OR IF WE WANT TO DRIVE BY AHEAD OF TIME, WE HAVE A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND THEN WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN IT'S JUST BROUGHT UP RIGHT THEN.
>> NO PROBLEM, I'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> ERIC, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
IN OUR MINUTES, COULD WE INCLUDE THE WRITTEN COPY OF THE PROJECTS?
>> THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE THERE?
>> YEAH, HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A COPY OF THE PROJECT.
>> TOMORROW MORNING, I'LL ACTUALLY JUST EMAIL YOU GUYS.
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I'LL EMAIL YOU THAT. THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE PACKET.>> THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF REMARKS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SCOTT FOR FILLING IN AND DOING AN ADMIRABLE JOB, TRYING TO DIRECT US AND KEEP US MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> SECOND OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF THE, AGAIN, THE CITY, IS MOVING IN A DIRECTION THAT SHOWS PROGRESS.
AS LONG AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ONE STEP, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A SMALL MINI-STEP, IT'S STILL FORWARD.
WITH THE HELP OF US GUIDING THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL ABOARD TO MOVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FORWARD, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN ADMIRABLE JOB IN DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR TO GO FORWARD, TO TALK TO THE COMMISSIONERS, AND TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THIRD, AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AS WE GO FORWARD, EVERY ONE OF US TALKS TO OUR COMMUNITY, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GIVE THOSE IDEAS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION SO THEY CAN PUT IT IN THERE FOLDER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE THEY CAN LOOK AT THEM.
ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE TO THEM, LET'S LET THEM DO THE RESEARCH AND SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS GOING FORWARD.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, EVERYBODY HAS AN AGENDA.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM THAT AGENDA SO THEY CAN WORK IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY, THE WOMEN A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TOMORROW.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, AND AS FOR THE TWO GUYS OVER THERE, IT'S ON YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?
>> NO. [LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE.
KEEP [OVERLAPPING] VALENTINE'S [OVERLAPPING].
>> TOM, WE DIDN'T TECHNICALLY MOVE TO ITEM 7 OR 8,
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SO WE NEED TO JUST MOVE [OVERLAPPING].>> JUST A QUICK STAFF COMMENTS, I THINK I GAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING.
>> I THOUGHT YOU ARE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I JUST THOUGHT CHAIR CAMERA WAS MOVING ON FROM THAT.
NO STAFF COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
I THINK CHAIR MADE HIS BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD HAS TIME TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO. THAT'S IT.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I THINK IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO, WE LOOKED AT THE VERY INITIAL PLANS OF THE RIVER PARK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE BULLET POINTS.
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE MOVES FORWARD, WILL THAT BE BROUGHT BACK TO US?
>> NO. OKAY. I KNEW THAT IT WAS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT'S THE FINAL DESIGN, BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DESIGN. WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU, IS THEY DID TAKE THE ONE CONCERN THAT YOU GUYS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE PLAYGROUND AREA.
THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN THE NEW DESIGN.
THE ONE CONCERN THAT YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT, THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY AT SIX O'CLOCK, THERE IS A AFRICAN AMERICAN READING SITUATION GOING ON OVER AT THE LIBRARY, MY SON WILL BE READING.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AFTER THIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO OVER. IT'S A GOOD EVENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON FOR YOU GUYS IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR HANDLING IT WITH GRACE.
>> APPRECIATE IT. THE CHILI COOK OFF WENT OFF REALLY WELL.
I'M STILL WONDERING ABOUT THE PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS..
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. KATIE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH MULTIPLE STAFF.
>> THANK HER FOR HER EXCELLENT JOB, SHE'S BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> I AM [INAUDIBLE] PARKS RECREATION MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING TODAY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR SPECIAL EVENT, SO I TOOK EVERYTHING WE HAD,
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AND I MADE ONE VERY LARGE BOOK, I WOULD CALL IT, OF ALL OF THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROCESSES.THERE IS NOT ONE QUESTION THAT'S NOT ANSWERED IN THERE.
I COMPILED THIS, THE COMMITTEES REVIEWED IT ONCE.
THEN TODAY, THIS MORNING, WE WENT OVER IT AGAIN.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE EDITS AND CHANGES WE WANTED TO MAKE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO JUST REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME.
THEN IT'LL GO TO LEGAL, AND THEN IT'LL COME TO THE BOARDS FOR REVIEW.
>> ANY APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN SINCE LAST YEAR, WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS?
>> NO. IF YOU HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, IT'S APPROVED AND YOU'RE GRANDFATHERED IN TO THE OLD PROCESS.
WE'LL SET A DATE THAT LIKE STARTING MARCH 1ST, FOR EXAMPLE, I DOUBT IT WILL HAPPEN THAT FAST, BUT FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THE NEW PROCESS WITH THE NEW APPLICATION AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
THERE WILL BE A GRACE PERIOD, OF COURSE, BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING ALIGNED.
THIS PROCESS WILL BE MUCH EASIER.
THERE'S LESS PAPERWORK TO FILL OUT, LESS MEETINGS TO GO TO. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU. I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THAT A QUESTION.
>> NO, OF COURSE, I SPEAK ABOUT IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP SO THAT IT COMES OUT THAT WAY.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU DO GIVING US AN UPDATE.
I THINK YOU ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMUNITY AROUND PET WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TRY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT BUILDING A FENCE, THE COMMUNITY COMES OUT.
IF YOU GET THEM INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING AT MLK AND ANYTHING YOU'RE DOING WITH THE PEC CENTER, I THINK IS GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO LOOK GOOD IN.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP ABOUT THE SKATE PARK, IT DOES MEAN SOMETHING TO ME, AND I DID SEE SOME WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OUT THERE, THAT IS A PLACE JUST LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOCKED AND IS ONE PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT BEING LOCKED.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING OUT THERE, SCOTT, WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PLACED UPON YOU GUYS AND ALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.