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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE A CALL TO ORDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION PORT CITY OF CAR PARKLAND.
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>> MOVING ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION? >> WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
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UNANIMOUSLY.OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENTS? JUST FOR MOMENT JUST ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT CITIZENS WISHING TO BE HEARD WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.THERE WILL BE NO CROSS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD MEMBERS.IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND YOU BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE CHAIR.
ONCE ACKNOWLEDGED PLEASE COME FORWARDED TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
>> MY NAME IS CHRIS SMITH. I JUST WANTED TO QUOTE THE SAY ON THE WITH A PROPOSAL FOR THE BASEBALL CLUB TODAY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING EVERYONE DOES.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING.
I'M NOT HERE ON BEHALF OF ANY ORGANIZATION.
[INAUDIBLE]. ALSO IF THERE ANY QUESTIOS OR
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CONCERNS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.THANK YOU. >> COMMENTS BY THE CHAIR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION ONE THING.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BRUNO AND LESLIE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN SHORT ON FUEL SPACE AND THEY HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB GOING TO THE HEADS OF THE LEGS AND WORKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS GETTING SPACE WORKING IT OUT.
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?TONIGHT'S.
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MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA?[8. New Business]
UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO NEWBUSINESS. >> CHRISTINE GARCIA PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. SO JUST A FEW GENERAL UPDATES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT OUR OUR AT-LARGE BOARD APPOINTMENTS SERVING A ONE-YEAR TERM AND THUS YOUR TERM WILL BE EXPIRING THIS DECEMBER. IF YOU ARE AN AT-LARGE AND ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALSO I LIFTED EACH OF YOUR SEATS BUT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE LINK SHOWN ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE COME WANT TO GIVE HATS OFF TO NICK, THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR. HE WORKED VERY HARD TO PUT TOGETHER A SPONSORSHIP PACKET THAT IS EASY TO BE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND ISSUED OUT. SO IT GIVES POTENTIAL SPONSORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE COURSE
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OF THE YEAR. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MULTIPLE OFFENSE, SINGLE EVENTS, AND THERE ARE SOME PACKAGES AVAILABLE THAT IF WE HAVE SPONSORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT OF US PERCENTAGE REDUCTION THE MORE THINGS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO COMMIT AND BE A PART OF WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO HE DID A VERY NICE JOB PUTTING THAT TOGETHER WITH A BRAND-NEW LAYOUT THIS YEAR.HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT IN THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL OUT IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE LINK AND LET THEM TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD FIT WE COULD HELP THE NETWORK WITH THEIR BUSINESS, WHEN WE HAVE OUR OFFENSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THROW THEM NICK'S WAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONLY THING IS SOME MEANING UPDATES.
THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 22 AND THERE ARE TWO MEETINGS IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 6 OCTOBER 20.
THE BUDGET MEETING, THE FINAL HEARING WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 22 OF SEPTEMBER 22 WHICH IS WEDNESDAY, AND OUR NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 1. AT THIS TIME I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO NICK TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IN OUR EVENT WORLD AS WELL AS WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
>> HELLO EVERYONE. SO FOR OUR EVENTS IN JULY, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS ON MYSELF BECAUSE I AM NEW TO THE CITY, ON JULY 3 BUT A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT EVENT, WONDERFUL WEATHER. HAD 800 PEOPLE THERE.
THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY WE HAD A DERBY WILL ALSO WITH A REALLY GOOD EVENT AND REALLY GOOD WEATHER.
WE HAD ANOTHER 65 PEOPLE COME OUT TO THAT ONE A LOT OF REGULARS WHO ATTEND THOSE AND COME OUT .
AND THEN WE ENDED UP THAT MONTH WITH A MOVIE IN THE PARK.
SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER VERSE, AND UNFORTUNATELY WEATHER WAS NOT IN OUR FAVOR THAT THEY SAID WE MOVED TO THAT WHEN INDOORS INTO OUR GYMNASIUM HAD SOME PEOPLE COME OUT EVEN DESPITE THE WEATHER SO IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT WEATHERWISE.
FOR AUGUST, WE STARTED THE MONTH WITH OUR PARKLAND NIGHT OUT. PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. WE HAD 500 PEOPLE ATTEND IN OUR GYMNASIUM AND OUTDOORS. WHETHER IT BE WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT AS WELL.
WE HAD EATS AND BEATS THAT SAME WEEK AND ABOUT 200 PEOPLE CAME OUT FOR THAT AND ONCE AGAIN IT WAS A ROUGH WEATHER DAY BUT WE MADE IT WORK. HAD 200 PEOPLE THERE.
THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND WE HAD OUR FISHING DERBY AGAIN IT WAS OUR FINAL ONE FOR THE YEAR AND HAD 40 PEOPLE COME OUT FOR THAT. IT WAS A NICE DAY TO ROUND OUT THE SEASON. AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER WE HAD A ANOTHER MOVIE IN THE PARK MONSTER UNIVERSITY AND HAD 300 PEOPLE SO THAT IS THE MOST WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR FOR A MOVIE IN THE PARK. REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AS WELL.
FOR SEPTEMBER, SOME EVENTS JUST RECENTLY PASSED, WE HAD OUR TREE DAY CEREMONY, WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE AT CITY HALL.
A VERY GOOD EVENT. WE ALSO HAD OUR SPLASH BASH ON SATURDAY. IT SAYS AROUND 200 ATTENDEES BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY AROUND 1,100 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP FOR THAT. VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
FOR SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, SOME OF THESE WILL BE IN THAT SPONSORSHIP PACKET AS WELL, WE HAVE OUR PARKLAND ÃCOMING UP ON OCTOBER 17 REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 17 FOR 8:53 AM UPON PHIL'S PART. SATURDAY THE 23RD, THROUGH THURSDAY THE 28, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR PARKLAND PUMPKIN PATCH. IT IS VERY NEW WILL HAVE A CORN MAZE THERE AND OBVIOUSLY A PUMPKIN PATCH AND SOME FOOD ACTIVITIES, QUITE A FEW THINGS TO DO THERE.
IT WILL BE AT THE PARKLAND EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS 23RD AND 24TH IT WILL BE FROM 9:00 A.M.
TO 5:00 P.M. AND THEN 530 TO 7:30 P.M.. THAT FRIDAY WILL BE A VERY BUSY WEEK. WE WILL HAVE OUR HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL FROM 530 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. AT MONTROSE PARK WITH HER TRUNK OR TREAT ENTERTAINMENT ON THE STAGE THE MUSIC AND FREE PUMPKIN GIVEAWAYS THERE ALSO. REALLYLOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO START ROLLING INTO OUR FARMERS MARKET . THERE ARE TWO FARMERS MARKETS IN NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH AND THE 21ST FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 A.M.. IT IS THAT TIME A YEAR AGAIN TO START THOSE UP.
THEN THURSDAY THE 11TH WE WILL HAVE OUR VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY AT VETERANS PARK AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH WE WILL HAVE OUR HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE OF THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AT 6:00. FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS WE HAVE QUITE A FEW. IN JULY AND AUGUST WE HAD OUR.
[INAUDIBLE] PARADE. WE HAD A HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION ARE PITCH HIT-AND-RUN, OUR MSD HOMECOMING PARADE WOULD ACTUALLY JUST HAPPEN IN GIRL SCOUTS FALL RALLY WHICH JUST HAPPENED AS WELL.
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FOR SOME EVENTS COMING UP WE HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET, OR NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY REFRESHMENTS ASSOCIATION SHOW WHICH IS AN ONGOING EVENT. WE HAVE A HERRING DAY CARNIVAL THE WALK OFFER CANCER IN THE MAKE OUR SCHOOL SAFE ROUND ROBIN. ANY QUESTIONS?>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
QUICK SCOTT HARRISON PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER.IN THE PROGRAMS OR AFTERCARE CURRENTLY HAS 80 ENROLLED WHICH IS AT A MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT ON THE WAITLIST.
OUR SENIOR TRIPS, WE OFFER TO SENIOR TRIPS A MONTH.
WE STARTED DOING TWO TRIPS AS WELL AS OUR CLASSES.
IN SEPTEMBER THEY DID THE HISTORY OF FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM AND THE WINTER MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS.
THAT IS NEXT THURSDAY COMING UP.OUR SENIOR CLASSES COMING UP ONE OF THE POPULAR ONES WE HAD A LOT SIGN UP FOR RIGHT NOW IS LINE DANCING AS WELL AS A GUEST SPEAKER ON WORLD EVENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE JULY AND AUGUST ON OUR TRIPS IN OUR CLASSES. FOR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE RUNNING STARTING IN OCTOBER FOR NEW REGISTRATION FOR SESSION TO HIS CHEST.
THAT IS WHEN WE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY IN HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONING ABOUT A CHESS PROGRAM THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN OCTOBER WILL BE A GOOD TURNOUT. CONNECTIONS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TODDLER MOMMY AND ME TIGHT CLASSES.
ALL OF OUR TODDLER CLASSES FILL UP SO THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THEM. OUR MONTHLY TEEN NIGHT IS SOMETHING WE STARTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
WE'VE BEEN OFFERING BASICALLY THE FOURTH FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH WE WILL OFFER 18 NIGHT IS USUALLY AROUND 530 THEY'LL PLAY SOME TYPE OF GAME OR ACTIVITY LIKE LASER TAG WAS THE FIRST ONE OF PICKUP BASKETBALL'S BE OUTSIDE COURTS UPON TRAILS PARK THIS SATURDAY. THAT HAS BEEN A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. WE HAVE HAD FROM 20 TO 40 PEOPLE SHOW UP SO THAT IS GOOD. THAT IS ONE OF OUR HARDEST TARGETS TO REACHES THE TEENAGE SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER THOSE OF THE CLASSES THAT HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN OFFERED THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE NOTICED NOW A LOT OF OUR CLASSES ARE STARTING TO REACH THAT MAXIMUM CAPACITY THE CR SESSION 2 WILL START MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 AND RUN UNTIL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 AND THE REGISTRATION STARTS ON MONDAY THE 27TH.E HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND TRYING TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE, SO WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE 27TH IS COMING UP WE ARE EXPECTING A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. WE OFFER A NIGHT CLASS WHICH IS TONIGHT FROM SIX UNTIL 7:00 P.M.. THAT IS START PICKUP.
AND PICKLE BALL IS OFFERED TUESDAY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY FROM NINE UNTIL 12 AND SATURDAY FROM 1,030 TO 1:30 P.M..
OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A POPULAR SPORT AROUND HERE PEOPLE ARE -- WE'VE HAD TO DO A MAX CAPACITY FOR THAT.
TO ACCOMMODATE THAT MANY PEOPLE MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GET IN.
>> THANK YOU. BRIAN, YOU WILL BE AT THE LINE DANCING. I KNOW THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER.SO THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST WE HAVE RECREATION GIRLS SOFTBALL NUMBERS HUNDRED 10% PARTICIPANTS.
LITTLE LEAGUE BALL SEASON 261 PARTICIPANTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM WHICH IS DOING REALLY WELL FOR FALL SEASON RIGHT NOW. RANGERS CHEERLEADING 68 PARTICIPANTS IN TRAVEL SOCCER UP TO 442 PARTICIPANTS.
TRAVEL BASEBALL 129. TACKLE FOOTBALL 77.UT EXPORTS IS 100 PARTICIPANTS AND THEY ARE GETTING READY TO START THEIR FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
FLAG FOOTBALL HAD 937 PARTICIPANTS.
HAVE A LOT OF KIDS DOING REALLY WELL WITH REGISTRATION.
AS FAR AS OUR TENNIS LEAGUES G , WILL BE OFFERING 10 LEAGUES AND 86 PARTICIPANTS TENNIS LESSONS 475 LESSONS WITH 200 AND 80 PARTICIPANTS FOR THOSE LESSONS.
ATHLETICS UPDATE FIELD SEE IN THE EVERETT PARAMOUNT PARK
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RENOVATED IN OPEN FIELDS SIX AND NINE AT PINEVILLE PARK, WE GOT THOSE FIELDS OPEN I KNOW EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.WE ALSO USE THE TRAIL FROM PINE TRAILS SEE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY SITUATED ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYONE BEING DOWN FOR OTHER RENOVATION PROJECTS PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTED US RIGHT AWAY WE ARE EXCITED TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER FIELD TO PLAY ON. AGAIN FILLED RENOVATION PROJEC , THE COVERED BRIDGE PARK CONSTRUCTION IS ON THE WAY AS WELL THE ANNUAL MUSIC MEETING HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW PRESIDENTS WE HELP THE WOMEN'S TENNIS LEAGUE MEETINGS TO COORDINATE THE OTHER MEETINGS AS WELL OPEN REGISTRATION EVERYTHING WENT WELL. WE ARE STILL TAKING TEAMS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIX TEAMS RIGHT NOW BUT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE UP TO EIGHT. SO SIGN UP FOR REGISTRATION WILL STILL TAKE YOU. THE BASEBALL FIELDS REQUIRE WOOD LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLIANCE IN PLACE REPLACE BATTERIES ON ALL UNITS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT?
>> INAUDIBLE. >> SO WE HAVE A LINK AND I CAN SEND YOU THAT LINK AND THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS TO SEE WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS. NO PROBLEM.
I WILL SEND THAT TO YOU, NO PROBLEM.
>> TWO QUESTIONS REAL QUICK. DID THEY FIX PINE TRAILS? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE OUT THERE WE HAD SO AGO AND NEVER SHUT OFF. THE PARK RANGER CAMARENA SAID OKAY YOU'RE GOOD TO GO, BUT THE LIGHTS WERE ALL STILL FLASHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS ADDRESSED.ND THEN ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE NOTICED ON FRIDAY , THE LIGHTNING IS GOING OFF. CERTAIN FIELDS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLAYED ON YET. THERE WAS TWO FOOTBALL PRACTICES IN JUST THE ENFORCEMENT FROM THE PARK RANGERS TO GET EVERYBODY OFF THE FIELD I THINK NEEDS TO BE STRESSED BECAUSE LIGHTNING ALARMS GOING OFF THAT IS A LIABILITY FOR US. WE ARE ALLOWING ORGANIZED PLAY ON THE FIELD WHEN THAT IS GOING OFF AND SHOULD NOT BE.
>> WE DID ALL THE BATTERIES OVER IT PINE TRAILS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE ONE THING IS THE LIGHT STAYS ON SOMETIMES. IF IT IS CLEARLY THERE'LL TALK TO THE RANGERS AND LET THEM KNOW OF PLAY OUT THERE WITHOUT LIGHT ANYWAY, BUT WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON YOUR OWN. IT HAPPENS, BUT IT RARELY HAPPENS FOR THE LIGHT WILL STAY OFF.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CHECK THE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO LIGHTNING ANYWHERE IN THE AREA.
JUST TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES. US AN EMAIL AND I TEXTED THE FLAG FOOTBALL COACHES INSPECTED THE RANGERS ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK LAST WEEK TO MAKE SURE THE COACHES NOT THE RIGHT IF EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING DETECTORS ON SEEK SHELTER MILL IMMEDIATELY. GO TO YOUR CARS.
DUGOUTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU.
>> FOR THE NEXT ITEM FOR PARK IMPROVEMENT PRODUCTS EVERY MEETING WE LIKE TO GIVE UPDATES WITH OUR VARIOUS PARK PRODUCTS THE PARKSIDE DRIVE, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE THE BOARDWALK IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SHADE COMPANY CANOPY, A CANOPY HAS BEEN ORDERED AND THE
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DELIVERY HAS BEEN DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.IT IS NOW PROJECTED TO BE SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IN THE CANOPY THE FINAL STEP WILL BE THE POURED IN PLACE RUBBER SERVICES WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE IT OPEN AND COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER THE TERROR MOORPARK BASEBALL, CONSTRUCTION STARTED -- THAT PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER. IT IS TAKING THE ONE PART THERE MAKE IT INTO TWO ADDITIONAL SOFTBALL FIELDS.
FIELDS SIX THROUGH NINE, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE FINISHED THOSE FIELDS, ACCEPTED THOSE FIELDS, AND WE HAVE A TESTAMENT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH THAT PROJECT. THERE IS SOME AREAS OF FIELD BEER WE ARE WORKING TO THEIR STILL HOLDING AND OBTAINING WATER. WE ARE FIXING AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE STILL. PEPPER BRIDGE PARK, COMMISSION APPROVED IT ON MAY 19. THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED LAST MONTH IN AUGUST AND THERE WORKING ON UNDERGROUND WORK SEE YOU WILL NOT SEE A WHOLE LOT OF MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW.HE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SUMMER OF 2,022. LESS COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 13TH, COMMISSION DID APPROVE THEMODIFICATION TO MAKE THE FIELDS INTO ARTIFICIAL TURF . THE DESIGN IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER AND GO OUT TO BID WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN APRIL OR MAY 2022. THAT IS ALL OF OUR PROJECT UPDATES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> CHRISTINE, THE PARKING LOT PART OF THIS ON THE SAME TIMELINE AS. [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YES. >> READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM?
>> WEST BLADE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPOSAL.
>> SO I RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FROM WEST BLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL CLUB, CHRIS SMITH. HE IS A VOLUNTEER EVERETT WEST BLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IS REQUESTING TO BE RECOGNIZES SPORTS ORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR SPORTS CLUB.
CURRENTLY BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS DO NOT RECOGNIZE BASEBALL AT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, THEREFORE IT WOULD NOT FALL UNDERNEATH THE CITY'S RECIPROCAL USE OF THAT.
THE CLUB IS REQUESTING THE PRACTICE AND PLAY GAMES OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES. I'VE ATTACHED IN YOUR BACKUP PROPOSAL THAT HE IS SUBMITTED. HIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES THE CLUB'S PHILOSOPHY, THE CLUB STUDENT REQUIREMENTS OF BEING A FULL-TIME STUDENT AT WEST BLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH A GRADE OF C OR HIGHER, ALSO WENT TO WHAT HIS PLANS ARE IN HIS FORMAT, AND THE CLUB WILL ONLY PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. NO OUTSIDE TEAMS SUCH AS TRAVEL TEAMS OF ANY KIND WILL BE PERMITTED.
AS REQUIRED IN OUR POLICY, THE PROPOSAL IS PRESENTED TO OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW, DISCUSS, MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION.
YOUR PARKS AND BREAK MANAGEMENT TEAM IS HERE AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING YOUR CONVERSATION.
>> I KNOW WECURRENTLY HAVE TRAVEL , AND I KNOW THIS WILL NEED TO BE SEPARATE TO THEM. I THINK IN CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH YOU THAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO BE RESTRICTED TO ONE TEAM, RIGHT? FROM A SPORTS POLICY PERSPECTIVE.SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK IN ORDER TO KEEP CONSTRAINT ON IT THAT THEY ARE NOT BUILDING ON OR COMPETING OR IMPACT OF POKERS.
AND IF IT 6/7 AND EIGHTH, OBVIOUSLY, SO THERE'S IMPACT BETWEEN THAT AND SAY THE POKERS PPROGRAM? HAVE YOU HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH
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THAT? >> STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATION
WITH THE POKERS CLUB. >> PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER, I DID SPEAK WITH CHRIS SMITH AND CONTACT THE POKERS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT CHRIS WAS LOOKING TO DO.
I SPOKE TO GREG RALEY WHO OVERSEES THE TEAMS AND HE IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH
BRINGING THE PROPOSAL FORWARD. >> DUAL ENROLLMENT, ANY OF THESE PLAYERS ON THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM, DOES THAT LIMIT THEM, IS THERE A SITUATION WHERE THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT OR IS IT STRICTLY GOING TO BE THEY HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER?
>> SO WESTLAKE IS LOOKING TO USE THE FIELD BETWEEN 4:00 AND 530. THAT IS NOT GOING TO CONFLICT WITH OUR LITTLE LEAGUE OR TRAVEL PROGRAM, AS FAR AS WHEN WE GET ROSTERS IN WE CAN OVERSEE.
THERE IS NO ISSUE IF THEY ARE PLAYING ON THE POKERS AND THEY'RE PLAYING WEST PLACE. I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS TO SEE AGE GROUP INTERFERE WITH IT.
I THINK THE POKERS RUN FROM EIGHT YOU NINE YOU, ALL THE WAY TO 15 YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOME KIDS IN THOSE AGE GROUPS THAT COULD KNOW THAT THE POKERS PROGRAM CAN BE VERY DEMANDING. THEY WORKED IN THE PAST WITH HIGH SCHOOLS IF THEY COME ABOARD, THEIR RELATIONSHIP WILL WORK TOGETHER IN BASEBALL IS YOU GUYS KNOW IN PARKLAND IS AMAZING AT LEAST THE LEVEL WE HAVE WE HAVE KIDS BEING DRAFTED LEFT AND RIGHT IN ON WHAT WAS GOING ON APARTMENT WITH THE AMOUNT OF BASEBALL PLAYERS THAT WE HAVE SPONSORS IT'S GOOD FOR
BOTH PROGRAMS. >> I'M SURE THAT'S MY FEAR IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WILL COMPLETE PETE.O WE HAVE A POOL OF CHILDREN FOR THIS TEAM? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO FILLTWO TEAMS ? ARE THEY GOING TO COMPETE, WILL THEY PLAY EACH OTHER OR WILL THEY HAVE TO PULL FROM THE
OTHER TEAMS? >> I GUESS IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF CREATING A SECOND PROGRAM
LEAK OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE.>> THE RATE I'VE READ THIS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG MAYBE CHRIS CAN STEP IN, BASICALLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WANTS A BASEBALL TEAM.
AND JUST A BASEBALL TEAM TO PLAY AGAINST OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS ANDSTUFF . THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BUS DOES NOT ALLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS TO HAVE ONE, SO THEREFORE THEY ARE ASKING TO FORM IT AS A CLUB THAT CAN USE OUR FACILITY.
IT WILL BASICALLY BE AN MIDDLE SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM, THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY AND PLAY ON OUR FIELDS AS OPPOSED TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. >> DO THE POKERS ALREADY ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT? DO THEY PLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS? I THOUGHT THEY STARTED DOING
THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> CURRENTLY THEY DO NOT.
>> THEY PLAY OTHER TRAVEL PROGRAMS.
>> SO WEST BLADES HAS HAD MY NEPHEW PLAYING FOR THREE SEASONS. [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHAT HAS BASICALLY HAPPENED DIFFERENT IS THAT WEST BLADES HAS GONE THROUGH THE POKERS ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM.
CHRIS IS SUBMITTING HIS PROPOSAL SEPARATE AND APART
FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. >> THERE IS A WESTLAKE STEAM IS JUST NOW TRANSITIONING FROM WHAT IT WAS UNDER CHRIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS UNDER IN THE PAST.
>> IN THE CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WISE AT WEST
BLADES LIKE THAT ALREADY? >> THE RECIPROCAL USE AGREEMENT IS ONE THAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
IT ALLOWS FOR SHARED USE OF FACILITIES.
UNLESS THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER NAMES TEAMS NEED A COUPLE EXTRA PRACTICE TEAMS FOR SOCCER AS LONG AS A SCHOOL BOARD ACTIVITY, THUS PRINCIPAL WILL SIGN OFF ON THE REQUEST AGREEMENT SAYING YES WE SUPPORT AND ENDORSE AND THIS WILL FOLLOW UP UNDERNEATH THAT AGREEMENT FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THE PRINCIPAL HAS TO SIGN THAT FORM AND THEN IT GETS TURNED OVER TO US AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE AVAILABILITY WE GO AHEAD AND WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH THAT RECIPROCAL USE AGREEMENT.
IN THIS CASE, IT IS NOT APPROVED FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD SO THE PRINCIPAL CANNOT ENDORSE AND SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THOSE LEGAL MEANS.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR FIELDS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS AND SO FORTH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FORM THEIR
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OWN UNDERNEATH THEIR OWN UMBRELLA.KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS THAT ALL OF OUR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO FORM A 501(C)(3) WHICH HE HAS NOT YET. HE IS OBVIOUSLY WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS. HE WOULD HAVE TO GET THE INSURANCE. HE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT ROSTERS, HE WOULD HAVE TO MEET PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENTS LIKE ALL OF OUR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE HELD TO.
TO ANSWER, YOU HAD MADE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER HOWARD ON YOU GUYS AS A BOARD CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CONDITIONS.
SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CERTAIN STIPULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS , ONE TEAM THEY MUST BE WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
>> ONE OF THE POSSIBLE DRAWBACKS?TO THE NEW
ORGANIZATION? >> IT COULD OPEN UP THE DOOR AND AVENUE FOR OTHER PROPOSALS AND CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO COME FORWARD. AND THEN WE MAY REACH TO A POINT WHERE WE SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE AND AVAILABILIT . I DON'T KNOW.
>> AND THE TWO DRAWBACKS I SEE SONDRA, OR ONE, YOU ARE COMPETING WITH CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT THE SPORTS POLICY THERE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE RECOGNIZED GROUP PER SPORT BASICALLY FOR THE CITY FOR HER TRAVEL VERSUS RACK OR WHATEVER.
THIS WOULD THEORETICALLY BE COMPETING WITH ONE WHICH WE ALREADY KIND OF DISCUSSED IS NOT REALLY COMPETING.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING OF COURSE IS FIELD SPACE.
NOW YOU ARE HAVING ANOTHER PERSON COMING ON TO LIMITED FIELD SPACE WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE LONG AND AS BRUNO ADDRESSED I DON'T HOW MUCH CONFLICT WOULD BE IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, SO FOR 30 TO 530, THOSE FIELDS
ARE REALLY NOT BEING USED. >> ON TOP OF -- RIGHT.
>> THAT WOULD BE MY ONE CONCERN WITH ANOTHER SOCCER TEAM YOU HAVE THAT WILL BE MY CONCERN THAT THEY WANTED ONE THIRD SOCCER TEAM TO COME AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
>> HOW CAN YOU DO IT FOR ONE NOT TOO OVERALL.
>> I THINK WHAT LEO WAS REFERRING TO END THE PAST WITH BLAZE HAD A BASEBALL PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL BUT IT WAS UP UNDERNEATH THE POKERS ORGANIZATION.
SO THEY COACHED IT, THEY COVERED UP UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA LICENSE AND SUBMITTED THE ROSTER.
>> THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT NOW? >> CHRIS IS NOT A PART OF THE POKERS ORGANIZATION WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> CAN CHRIS MAYBE DO SOMETHING WITH THE POKERS ORGANIZATION?
>> WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THAT. >> WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR LONGEVITY. ARE YOU GOING TO GO GOING TO GO
SEEK OUT? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. >> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS I
JUST DON'T HAVE ANSWERS. >> I JUST WANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING SO YOUR GOAL IS TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM AND PLAY
WHO. >> SO WE PLAY CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS NEVER A TRAVEL TEAM, THAT IS NOT OUR GOAL. OUR KIDS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM, BUT THIS IS FOR THE KIDS WHO REALLY DON'T MAKE POKERS OR I NEVER PICKED UP A BASEBALL TO LOSS 14 YEARS OLD I PLAYED A VERY HIGH-END LEVEL OF BALL. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THE POKERS. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HAS BEEN OUR LEARNING ÃIS THERE LOTS OF KIDS AND SAY OH THAT'S THE POKERS I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT IS NOT ABOUT WINNING ANYTHING IT IS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT 11 OF THE GAME.
I AM NOT -- >> THAT IS WHY AM TRY TO HAVE
AN UNDERSTANDING. >> IT IS NOT A.
>> CHARTERS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL , THOSE OF THE BEST KIND OF
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SCHOOLS THE REBUTTAL ABOUT WORD AND LET EVERYBODY IN, BROWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL CLUB, PARKMAN RESIDENCE, PARKLAND PARENTS, I SEE YOUR POINT. ALSO SEE YOU CAN ALSO LOOK, HE IS PART OF MIDDLE GLADES, HE IS PART OF THE SCHOOL.THE SCHOL ALWAYS HAS SOCCER VOLLEYBALL FLAG FOOTBALL, THERE IS NOT MANY LEFT. I DON'T SEE WHO WOULD REALLY COME, OTHER THAN ME. AND IF THEY DID, I WOULD KIND OF HOPE THAT WE GRANT THEM BECAUSE OURCITY , REAR FOR THE PARKLAND SCHOOLS APARTMENT RESIDENCE IN MY TEAM IS 100% PARKLAND KIDS. THE POKERS ORGANIZATION ISN'T THAT IS 50%. THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE HUNDRED PERCENT PARKLAND KIDS. I AM SAYING MY KID MY TEAM WOULD BE. I WISH I HAD TIME TO RUN TWO OR THREE THINGS. I LOVE BASEBALL AND I LET THE KIDS. I HAVE RAN LITTLE LEAGUE AND I HAVE READ MANY ORGANIZATIONS. BASEBALL IS MY PASSION.
I JUST WON'T ONE TEAM. MOST KIDS WILL NOT MAKE THE TEAM UNLESS THEY ARE SOME SORT SUPERSTAR, BUT WE HAVE TO LIMIT IT TO 25 KIDS, MOSTLY SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS.BVIOUSLY MY POINT WOULD BE FOR THE LOVE TO HAVE 1/6 AND SEVENTH GRADE TEAM IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE TEAM SO SIX AND SEVENTH GRADERS COULD FEEL THEIR WAY UP AND ONLY PRACTICE WAS SIX AND SEVENTH GRADERS ONE DAY IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS MONDAY. BEFORE I EVEN STARTED THIS THE FIRST THING I DID WAS REACH OUT TO EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE Ã TRICIA DID NOT TALK TO BRIAN BUT I KNEW BRIAN VERY WELL.
UNDER THE SUPPLE PROGRAM WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO INVEST
IN FIELD D AND FIELD FOUR. >> BRIAN IS PRETTY SCARY.
>> IT HAS TO BE AFTER SCHOOL. I WILL NEVER COME TO YOU AND SAY I NEED SIX TO SEVEN. AND NO ONE IS RUNNING THOSE FIELDS EXCEPT FOR SOME PARENTS WHO ARE PRACTICING THEY ARE NOT USING THE BIG BUILDING AWAY FROM 4:00 TO 530.
SO BACK TO THE POKERS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY POKERS AS I CAN. IF IT DOESN'T INTERFERE THEY CAN COME TO PRACTICE OR THEY CAN GO TO AGAIN.
THIS IS FOR EVERYONE. >> DO YOU WORK FOR THE SCHOOL?
>> NO, I'M A BIG TIME VOLUNTEER.
I HAVE A JOB WHERE HE THE TRAVELER ON HOME BUT WHEN I'M HOME I'M PUTTING TOGETHER BENCHES OR WHATEVER IT IS I'M HELPING THE SCHOOL OUT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, I WAS JUST TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS, ABOUT ITS OWN ENTITY.
IT IS NOT ABOUT TAKING IT FROM SOMEONE ARE DOING THIS, THEY SAID CHRIS I LOVE THAT IDEA. I LOVE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE A BASEBALL TEAM THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO IT IS WHETHER WHERE IT IS AT. EVEN THE PRINCIPAL SAID THAT.
SO NOW WE ARE A CLUB. WE ARE ACTUALLY CLUB.
I'M SURE IT'S ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE TRYING TO COME IN, BUT I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOU MIGT ASK AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. I SAY AGAIN, IT IS JUST MIDDLE SCHOOL. MANY SAY THIS IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT HAS ALL THE BASKETBALL HAS ALL THE SPORTS, SO DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WOULD COME IN.
>> THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY DROVE DOWN.
MY PHONE MINUTES VERSUS 6000 THIS MONTH FROM BROWARD COUNTY.
I TOLD THEM THAT BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL KEEP THEM RUNNING.
DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE FOOTBALL HAS TO BE FLAG FOOTBALL BUT THESE ARE THE TWO MOST PATRIOTIC SPORTS IN THE WORLD AND WE DON'T HAVE THEM. WE ARE AMERICA, BE PROUD, WE CAN EVEN PLAY BASEBALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT I'M NOT IN MY MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAD IT ALL.
WE PLAY BASEBALL WE PLAY FOOTBALL AND THEY SAID IT IS TOO DANGEROUS. WE DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY.
PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MIAMI-DADE HAVE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. WEST BOCA HESITATING.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE A TEAM.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THE ENTITY TO SAY WEST BLADES, BROWARD COUNTY WILL NOT LET THEM BUTTHEY HAVE A REAL CLUB.
IT IS RECOGNIZED . >> I AM GOING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. WHY NOT PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE? ND LET ME TELL YOU WHY ASKED THAT.WE ARE AND A HALF LITTLE LEAGUE FAMILY AND AND A HALF POKERS FAMILY.
POINT MADE THE JUMP TO POKERS I WAS AGAINST IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT DILUTED THE LITTLE LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY START SO YOUNG. THESE KIDS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT AT THE LEVEL THE PLAYING TRAVEL, LIKE YOU SAID BUT STILL
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WANT TO GIVE IT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE 14 AND PICKING UP A BAT FOR THE FIRST TIME I LET THEM?>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION ON THE BOARD SO THAT IS EASY FOR ME TO ANSWER. WE'RE GETTING TO THE AGE OF 5070 PLAY. ONE YEAR WE DID NOT EVEN HAVE A TEAM SO WE HAD TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE CITY TO PLAY.
I'D LIKE THE PARENTS ARE LEO, I JUST WANT TO DROP MY KID OFF AND GET AWAY FOR TWO HOURS. HEY DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
WE WOULD LOVE THAT, THEY JUST DO NOT SHOW UP.
AND JUST FOR YOU, I HAD THE SAME, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO PLAYS TRAVEL WALL. SHE IS THE ONLY GIRL IN THE THOUSAND BOYS AND SHE PLAYS LITTLE LEAGUE TWO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS TOUGH. IN THAT ASPECT.
TRAVEL IS A WHOLE OTHER WORLD. AGAIN SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE LIKE I AM AFRAID OF TRAVEL. THEY ARE AFRAID OF TRAVEL.
BUT MAYBE THEY NOT ARE NOT AFRAID TO COME OUT AND TRY OUT FOR THE TEAM. THAT WOULD BE -- I COULD TAKE 25 KIDS. FOR THAT REASON PEOPLE COULD GROW INTO IT. SO YOU WOULD SAY WHAT DO WE DO A 25 KIDS? I WILL HAVE TWO TEAMS AT LEAST WE HAD SCRIMMAGE TOGETHER AND THEY CAN GET BETTER PRACTICE AND GET ÃIF I HAVE IF I ONLY HAVE 12 KIDS THERE JUST HITTING BALLS TO EACH OTHER. OUR PRACTICES COULD BECOME SCRIMMAGES AND GAMES THEY CAN REALLY LEARN RATHER THAN JUST HITTING BALLS. THAT IS THE THING ABOUT 25 KIDS. AND IT IS CHEAPER TO THIS DEFRAY THE COST. THE POKERS DID THE SAME THING AND LIMITED IT TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF KIDS.
IT IS A GREAT IDEA BUT IT HELPS SPREAD THE COST, BECAUSE IT IS A NONPROFIT. OBVIOUSLY YOU GO FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR SOMETHING TO HELP WITH UNIFORMS, INSURANCE,
501. >> HAVE A QUESTION.O AS OF RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY OTHER SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, HAVE A CLUB PROGRAM IN PLACE RIGHT NOW OR AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT
IT? >> IF YOU GO TO ANY CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER, I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THEY ALL HAVE THEM. IREACHED OUT TO ALL THE COACHES
AND THEY LOVED IT . >> SO SHARED EXPERIENCE BACK WHEN MY SON WAS A FRESHMAN AT DOUGLAS HE PLAYED LACROSSE.
EVERY SCHOOL IN BROWARD COUNTY HAD A CLUB.
IT TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND A LOT OF LOBBYING WITH ALL THE ATHLETICS, AND FINALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AS A RECOGNIZED SPORT.IMILARLY FOR YOU GUYS, IF EVERY SCHOOL HAS A CLUB PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD JUST TRY TO LOBBY.
>> I HAVE WRITTEN THE GOVERNOR. >> URGES BROWARD COUNTY.
>> THE GOVERNOR HAS A LOT MORE PULL.
LIKE YOU SAID, I HAVE DONE A FEW THINGS BUT I HAVE TAKEN IT AS FAR AS APPROACHING THE GOVERNOR.
I'VE TALKED TO MR. DESANTIS PERSONALLY AND FACE-TO-FACE WITH THIS CONVERSATION AND HE AGREES TOTALLY THAT BASEBALL SHOULD BE A SPORT IN BROWARD COUNTY.
HE PLAYED BASEBALL FOR HARVARD. SO, YEAH I DID KNOW THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING. HE IS ALL FOR IT, AND APPALLED THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL. WE BOTH AGREE THAT IT'S AN AMERICAN PASTIME SPORT AND IT SHOULD BE PLAYED.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IN
ONE THING FOR YOU. >> I HAVE SO MUCH INTEREST.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO PLAY ON YOUR TEAM,.
YOU ANSWERED IT ALREADY. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN I SAID I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE DOOR FOR ANOTHER CLUB, I DO NOT CARE AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I WOULD SAY WE WELCOME THEM AL .
INTO ANSWER WHY NOT JUST PLAY FOR THE POKERS, I PLAY FOR MY SCHOOL TEAM. THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE KIDS. WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT IS STILL WE ARE ALLOWINGANOTHER OUTSIDE CLUB , IF ANY OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL CLUB SAID THAT I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU YES IT'S A GREAT THING WHICH ARE OPENING THE DOOR FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT WITH A SPORTS POLICY OF EVEN IF IT'S NOT A SCHOOL TEAM EVEN THE THIRD OR FOURTH ORGANIZATION.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS RIGHT NOW YOU ARE NOT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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TEAM, YOU ARE THE CLUB. JOE JONES COUD SAY I'M GOING TO START A SOCCER CLUB NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANYTHING ELSE AND YOU LET ANOTHER BASEBALL CLUB IN.I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THAT IS.
>> WEST BLADES HAS A SOCCER TEAM.
>> I AM JUST SAYING WE WILL BE ALLOWING ANOTHER CLUB RECOGNIZED RIGHTS UNDER THE CITY, WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PERSONALLY WITH JUST THE SITUATION I AM JUST SAYING IS OPENING THE DOOR. MY OTHER QUESTION, AND I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WAS -- I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT POINT, I THINK LACROSSE IS AN EXAMPLE.
YOUR PLAYING CLUB, PLAYING STEALTH, AND THEN YOU SORT OF FILTER IN TO THE HASKELL PROGRAM.
IN THE INSTANCE WHERE YOU SAID HEY, WE WANT TO HAVE THE LACROSSE, IT MIGHT BE UNIQUE, IT IS INTERESTING THAT BASEBALL
DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY. >> LACROSSE IS EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPEN FIELD. ITERALLY JUST GOT THROUGH AN OPEN FIELD. HONESTLY IF I COULD FIND THE FIELD, ONLY MR. BIANCHI JUST SAID WHY NOT JUST GO TO COOL SPRINGS. LOOK, WE ARE PARKING SCHOOL RESIDENTS AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT.
>> I AGREE IT WOULD BE COOL TO REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL.
>> THAT WAS NOT ONE OTHER QUESTION THOUGH, IS THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR CLUB AND YOU WILL BE CALLED THE WEST BLADES WHENEVER?
>> YOU WILL GET A SCHOOL LETTER.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE USED TO WEAR THE LITTLE JACKETS. ACTUALLY EVEN DOUGLAS RECOGNIZES THE LACROSSE TEAM AS A CLUB AND GIVES THEM A VARSITY
LETTER,. >> IT WAS A BATTLE.>> I KNOW THERE WAS NO ONE OF THE STATE LOBBYING MORE FOR BASEBALL IN
BROWARD COUNTY. >> WITH MR. BIANCHI SUPPORTING IT, THESE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE CLUBS, DO YOU HAVE A COALITION OF PRINCIPLES AND MR. BIANCHI GOING TO BROWARD?
>> THEY JUST SAY THEY DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY.
WHAT I WANT TO HAVE TO DO NOW IS YOU HAVE TO GET A PETITION.
>> THE OTHER PRINCIPLES -- >> I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING THAT BUT ALSO HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AND TRY TO DO THIS THE MARKETPLACE TRAVELING LITTLE LEAGUE.
BUT I AM TRYING TO SPEARHEAD IT.
I'M NOT LAYING AROUND GOING ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAID I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD DO THAT. I AM TRYING TO MAKE IT
HAPPENED. >> CHRIS WHAT WOULD YOUR SEASON
BE? >> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I LOVE FOR MY SEASON TO BE. AGAIN, MIDDLE SCHOOL BALL DISPLAYED ON A BIG FIELD. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT REALLY PLAYED MUCH -- MOST TEAMS PLAY IN THE SPRING IN JANUARY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET MY KIDS READY IN THE FALL, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BIG STEP FOR SOME SEVENTH GRADERS. EIGHTH-GRADERS ARE BIGGER AND STRONGER THE BABY A LOT OF EIGHTH-GRADERS DON'T WANT TO PLAY.O WE PRACTICE AND PRACTICES SOMEONE NEEDS A FIELD BUT IS ONLY PRACTICE. MAYBE ONE GAME A WEEK.
IN THE SPRING EVERYBODY IS READY IN THE SPRING IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PLAY WE ARE BETTER ORGANIZED AND BETTER PREPARED.
>> SEE OUR PRETTY MUCH TALK IN A NINE-MONTH SEASON?
>> YES. BUT IF IT IS LIMITED IN JUST SPRING I AM OKAY WITH THAT. THE ONLY REASON I SAID THAT WAS BECAUSE MY FIRST APPROACHES EVERYBODY I TALKED TO THEY HAD AN ORGANIZATION OR NEEDED THE FIELD SAID 4 TO 5 ? SO IS LIKE IF I PRACTICE EVERY DAY NO ONE IS OUT THERE GOING CAN WE USE HIS FIELD? IF THAT IS THE CASE TAKEN.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHY IT WORKS SO WELL BECAUSE IT DID NOT INTERFERE. I AGREE THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT TIMESLOT, THAT IS FINE.
TAKE IT AWAY OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.
THAT IS WHY IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYBODY AND IT GIVES ANYBODY THAT IS ARTIE PRIDE PLAYING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE.
>> INTO PLAY DEVILS ADVOCATE AGAIN, WHAT WOULD FORBID CHRIS WHICH IS PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION FOR FIELD USAGE, PAYING THE FIELD JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PARKING RESIDENT AND OKAY I WANT TO ONE DAY -- JUST GETTING A PERMIT.
NOT SAYING THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD GO WITH THIS.
>> BASICALLY FOR RESIDENT COME IN AND GET A PERMIT THEY ARE CALLED SHORT-TERM PERMITS. HEY CANNOT BE RUNNING A PROGRAM. IT WOULD BE LIKE OPEN PLAYER SO FAR, BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE WE SAID BEFORE ALLOW OTHER
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ORGANIZATIONS TO COME INTO PRACTICE AND COMPETE.AND THAT ALSO THAT SHORT-TERM PERMIT IS RESTRICTED TO ONE PERMIT A WEEK. IT IS ALSO RESTRICTED TO YOU ONLY ALLOWING HAVING THREE OPEN PERMITS AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. YOU COULD PULL THREE PERMITS, ONE DAY A WEEKFOR UP TO THREE WEEKS, AND THEN WHAT YOU USE WHEN YOU COULD OPEN UP A NEW ONE .
IT CAN BE A ROTATING THING, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE SHORT-TERM
PERMIT PROCESS IS. >> HAVE A QUESTION.SO LONG TERM, WHAT HAPPENS? MR. BIANCHI SUPPORTS IT.
I BELIEVE YOU NAMED YOURSELF AS THE PRESIDENT.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'VE GOT A FULL-TIME JOB.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER MOVES ON FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL? FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT AN
ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW. >> IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT COULD GO BOTH WAYS, WHAT IF THEPAPERS ONE DAY , LET'S JUST SAY THEY SAY WERE TIRED. SO IT IS DONE.
WHAT IF I RAN TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE POKERS, SAID I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM.
THOSEKIDS THEY LOOSE NOW . AT ANY POINT IN TIME, THAT WORK IS SAFE ARE THEY DOING THIS. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK FOR NO REASON. NOW WE HAVE A BOARD THAT ONLY DOES THAT. I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE A 33-YEAR-OLD SON AS WELL AND I STILL DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH HIM LIKE I DID WHEN HE WAS A KID.
I AM NOT ONE TO SAY I DID THIS FOR ME OR MY DAUGHTER THESE
KIDS AT THISPOINT. >> IT WASN'T PERSONAL.> IT CAME TO THE POINT WHERE OF COURSE I CANNOT RUN IT WITH THE SAME PASSION AS I'M STANDING HERE WITH TODAY I'M GOING TO GO THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL AND LET THEM DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OR THE BOARD LATE.
I THINK THE PRINCIPAL, IN MY EYES, SHOULD BE THE PERSON THAT ALEXA PERSON, RESPECTS THE PERSON.
THE BOARD AS YOU KNOW CAN BE MANIPULATED OR ANY OTHER THING.
I CAN WRITE THAT IN MY CONSTITUTION, HAVE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE. THAT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME.
IT IS ABOUT JUST HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. >> I THINK SHE IS TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE.ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE THIS THING
LAST FOR 20 YEARS OR WHAT? >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE SAY WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR DAUGHTERS EVEN MARRIED OR NOT STILL GOING TO BE RUNNING WEST GLADES BASEBALL? WELL YEAH, THERE IS A GUY IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD, HIS KIDS ARE GROWN UP AND HE IS SIX YEARS OLD HE JUST WANTS TO BE IN THE BALLPARK BECAUSE HE LOVES BASEBALL. HE HELPS US OUT AS A VOLUNTEER LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE. HE PUTS IN WAY MORE TIME THAN
THE BOARD DOES. >> I GET IT.I LOVE IT TOO, I LOVE BASEBALL AND I HAVE COACHED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW HOW LIFE IS AND WE ALL GET PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS . STARTING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT TO, IT IS JUST THAT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR THE SCHOOL AND TO DO SOMETHING REALLY GOOD AND TO BRING THESE KIDS UP AND CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME, I LOVE THE IDEA.
BUT IF IT COMES A TIME FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS GO DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH, AND YOU ARE NOT GETTING A FOLLOWING, OR YOU ARE JUST MOVING ON, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE KIDS THAT IS STARTED LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM AND NOW THE PROGRAM IS NOT THERE ANYMORE? THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT.
AND I JUST HAVE MORE THING. DO YOU HAVE, I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT A MINUTE AGO, DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME KIDS THAT ARE INTERESTED RIGHT NOW? AND IF YOU DO, ARE THESE KIDS YOU'RE PULLING FROM THE POKERS, ARE YOU PULLING FOR TEAMS
APARTMENT? >> WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS HAVE MR. BIANCHI'S POST OF PULL UP THING OUT ON FACEBOOK SAY WE'RE HAVING A CLUB MEETING COME BEFORE SCHOOL COME TO THE GYMNASIUM AND LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
THAT I CAN TELL YOUTHAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'M TRY TO DO THIS .
THE RESPONSE HAS JUST BEEN BLOWN UP.
THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS THAT PARENTS IT'S THAT I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE SCARED OF THIS AND THAT. AND ALSO HAVE FATHERS THAT ARE COACHES FOR THE POKERS AND YOU JUST WANT TO RUN THAT THING, LET ME COACH LET ME DO THIS. I ACTUALLY HAVE A GUY THAT HAS A KINDERGARTNER REACH OUT TO ME AND SAYS I WANT TO HELP YOU.
HIS KID IS IN KINDERGARTEN. BASEBALL IN PARKLAND IS -- I DO NOT REALLY SEE THAT PART. AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. I GET IT.
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IF I HAD TO LOOK AT PROBLEMS, THAT IS NOT EVEN IN THEBUILDING. >> I WAS COACHING WHEN THE POKERS CRANK THAT PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO.
I LIKE THEIR PROGRAM. >> THEIR ORGANIZATION IS AMAZING. I GET IT, IT WAS UNDER THE POKERS AND IT AS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
I AGREE THAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE.
[INAUDIBLE]. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, SAY WHAT WERE YOUR SEASON LOOK LIKE? AFTER NINE MONTHS? MOST SCHOOLS YOU CAN'T EVEN DO THAT CAN'T WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AND OFF-SEASON AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE I'M GOING TO HAVE NINE MONTHS TO WORK WITH THESE KIDS MAYBE SOME OF THOSE KIDS PLAY FOR THE POKERS AND I HEAR WHAT YOU SAY YOU CAN COACH THEM FROM 430 TO 530 AND THEY CAN GO TO THEIR
POKERS PRACTICE AND DO THAT. >> THE REAL REASON IT IS IN THERE AND SAYS AND THEN THERE IS SAYS BECAUSE YOU GUYS INITIALLY I KNOW YOU GUYS TALK TOUCHED ON ONE TEAM ONLY.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS START A 5480 TEAM.
50 4/80 MOSTLY FOR 12 AND 13-YEAR-OLDS IN SIX SEVENTH GRADERS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BRING THOSE KIDS UP BECAUSE THEIR ARMS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS IN THE FIRST PART OF THE BALL SEASON WAS ONLY DEAL WAS SIX AND SEVENTH GRADERS.
WORK ONLY ON SIX AND SEVENTH GRADERS, AND THEN ICE TAKE THOSE TOP SEVENTH GRADERS, AND MY EIGHTH GRADERS AND PLAY IN THE SPRING AND THEN NOW MY SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS THAT DID MAKE IT, THEY GOT GOOD. THEY GOT TRAINING.
AND NOW FOR THE NEXT SEASON, I BUILT THEM UP.
IT HAS BEEN LIKE SPRING TRAINING.
I BASICALLY CALL FALL TRAINING INSTEAD.
I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, MAYBE I MISSED STEP OVERIT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE SAME 25 KIDS AND JUST PLAY THEM .
LET'S BRING THEM OUT. ESPECIALLY THE AIRPLANE TRAVEL.
>> JUST MAKE A POINT, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE BASEBALL SEASON WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE HOSPITAL BASEBALL SEASON.
>> IT IS 10 AND A HALF WEEKS. >> THEN YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR PRESEASON TRAINING AND GAMES. THINK THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. AFTER COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND PUT TOGETHER A SCHEDULE.
>> ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE DOING THE SAME.
THEY PRACTICED DURING THE FALL AND THAT THEY PLAY IN THE SPRING. I GET IT.
IF THAT IS THE WAY YOU GUYS SAY LOOK, THAT IS THE WAY WE NEED TO SEE IT TO WORK ON HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> JUST TOUCHING ON CONTINUITY, 18 OR 20 OR SO AGO TERRY CRAWLEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO START LACROSSE IN DOUGLAS. AND THEN HE LEFT, AND I WAS ON THE BOARD. I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FOR THREE YEARS. BOARDS COME AND GO, COACHES, GO, BUT THE LEAK, JUST LIKE BASEBALL, GOES ON AND ON.
NEW PLAYERS, NEW PARENTS, HOPEFULLY THE COACHES ARE THERE SOME CONSISTENT THE SEA AND THAT, BUT IF THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO STRUCTURE IT PROPERLY THAT THEY DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE POKERS AND THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER A SEASON WITH ALL OFTHESE OTHER BROWARD COUNTY TEAMS. IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE FIELDS . IT MAKES SENSE.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF RUNWAY HERE, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT WEST GLADES? IS HE TRYING TO COORDINATE? THEY ARE NOT GOINGTO RECOGIZE
IT. >> THEY CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED .
>> IT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, RIGHT?> CORRECT, IT IS NOT
AN ENDORSMENT.>> I THINK THERE WAS AN ENDORSEMENT BECAUSE WE WERE USING THE SCHOOL FIELDS FOR LACROSSE.
>> THEY CAN LET YOU, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED.
>> ALL OF THESE TEAMS ARE GOING TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY, NOT ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS IN ALL THESE FIELDS ACROSS PARKING?
>> CHARTER AND PRIVATE FALL UNDER DIFFERENT.
>> THAT IS THE ONE THING IS WE WOULD PROBABLY END UP ON GAME DAY GOING TO THEIR SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY NOW THAT WE HAVE RESURRECTED FIELD D WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL, THEY CAN COME TO US AND PLAY. IF YOU SAY CHRIS I DON'T WANT TEAMS PLAYING, THAT IS FINE TOO.
THEY HAVE BIG SCHOOLS WITH LOTS OF MONEY AND THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE A CLUB. .
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HERE IS 50 GRAND, LET'S GET A BASEBALL CLUB.>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER SCHOOLS.
>> YOU I THINK IT IS AN AWESOME IDEA FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM. I THINK IT IS GREAT.
MY ADVICE IS THIS SHOULD BE A TWO-YEAR PLAN AND THAT IS IT.
BECAUSE WITHIN TWO YEARS, YOU GUYS NEED TO WALK ON GETTING BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO RECOGNIZE.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL.
ULTIMATELY IT DOESN'T BELONG HERE IT SHOULD BE A RECOGNIZED SPORT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM, I THINK WE NEED SOME MORE DETAIL WORK HERE.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY. NOT TO CONTINUE TO FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS BUT SUPPORT THIS WHILE YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO GET THIS.
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> I AM NOT SAYING BY YOURSELF YOU GOT TO GET THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS
>> IT WAS A THING, IT WAS ALL SELF-FUNDED.
THE SCHOOL DIDN'T WANT TO USE ANY CAPITAL OR RESOURCES FOR THAT. WE HAD TO RAISE OUR OWN MONEY, BUY THE UNIFORMS, THEY JUST LET US USE THE FIELDS.
IT IS IT JUST STARTS WITH THIS IDEA, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ALL THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, GET THIS GOING AND I THINK WE COULD BE THAT STARTING POINT FOR YOU. I WOULD, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO START. I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU UP BECAUSE THE IMPACT IS ON THE SPORTS POLICY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, JUST TO CIRCLE IT ALL BACK, UNLESS INELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS, I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE YOUR CONVERSATION AND START TO GIVE SOME DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING IF YOU'RE WANTING TO APPROVE WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY LIKE YOU SUGGESTED, I DON'T KNOW, BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS.
>> I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE WE PULL LIKE WE DID FOR THE OTHER THINGS, A LITTLE SIDE COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH CHRIS AND COME UP WITH WHAT EXACTLY THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND PARAMETERS AND AS A GROUP COME BACK AND SAY THSE ARE THE PARAMETERS TO SET WITH THIS JUST SO WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE MORE CLEAR OF A VISION AS FAR AS IS IT GOING TO BE 9 MONTHS OR 6 MONTHS? OR WHAT EXACTLY THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE MAKE A --
>> WORKING GROUP. OH, YOU ARE CORRECT.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTION. >> I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMEONE
MOVE. >> MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXPLORE --
>> A WORKING GROUP, RIGHT. >> SO WHILE YOU GUYS ARE PONDERING THAT SUGGESTION, JUST SO EVERYBODY ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT AS STATED EARLIER, OUR NEXT PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS NOVEMBER 1ST. IF YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THAT MEETING, THEN I COULD POSSIBLY GET IT ON THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE I NEED TIME FRAME PARAMETERS TO PREPARE THE AGENDA ITEM AND PROPERLY NOTICED.
THAT MEANS IT WOULD NOT GO FOR COMMISSION TO THEIR REVIEW UNTIL NOVEMBER 17TH. IN HIS PROPOSAL HE WAS LOOKING TO START IN DECEMBER, SO IT DOES KIND OF MEET THOSE TIME FRAMES BUT IT'S A REAL CLOSE CUTOFF SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY DO A WORKING GROUP, JUST KEEP THROES -- THOSE STATES IN MIND ASTHOSE STATES IN MIND AS YOU MOVE
FORWARD. >> SO THE RECOMMENDATION, IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE OR TO -- THE SUBCOMMITTEE WE'RE TALK ABOUT, YEAH.
>> ALL OF US GETTING TOGETHER WITH CHRIS AND GOING OVER THIS.
>> I THINK IT'S MORE THE RULE BECAUSE SPORTS POLICY IS THE
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SPORTS POLICY. IF I'M SETTING PARAMETERS THAT DON'T ALREADY EXIST -- [INAUDIBLE] I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A WORKING GROUP REVIEWING PARAMETERS PUT TOGETHER BY CHRIS AND HIS BOARD OR THE GROUP YOU'RE WORKING WITH OR CHRISALONE. >> AND YOU CAN INVITE ANYONE YOU
WANT, I GUESS. >> YES, JUST LIKE WE HAVE HAD OUR OTHER WORKING GROUPS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AT LEAST TWO OF YOU GUYS TOGETHER DURING THOSE MEETINGS AND SO WELCOME TO INVITE MIGHT BE FROM THE OUTSIDE, SOME OTHER SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN OUR SPORTS POLICY AREA, HOWEVER YOU FEEL AND IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC MEETING SO ANYONE CAN COME ONCE IT'S PUBLICLY NOTICED AS WELL.
>> THIS DOESN'T ALL HAPPEN -- [INAUDIBLE] I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THERE ARE STILL OTHER PEOPLE WHO-- [INAUDIBLE]
>> I WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT. I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILIES AND I PROAPPRECIA YOU'RE TEEM, WE COULD REVERT BACK, AGAIN, OR THIS IS WHAT THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME TO DO.
THE QUOTE WAS GO TO PEARL SPRINGS AND RENT A FIELD AND RENT IT THERE. I CAN GO TOMORROW, PAY THEM $57 AND START TOMORROW THEY WILL GIVE ME WHATEVER I WANT.
IN THAT TIME SLOT, AGAIN, NO ONE IS USING THE FIELDS FROM 4:00 TO 5:30. PICK YOUR FIELD, TAKE FOUR OF THEM. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY. >> RIGHT, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. CONVERTING BACK TO WHAT IT
AGAIN, IT WON'T BE ITS OWN IDENTITY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] FOR
[INAUDIBLE] >> IN ORDER FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED SOMEONE TO MOTION AND SECOND IT AND VOTE.
>> MY UNDERING IS IT'S CORAL SPRINGS ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS WHO GO THERE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOUTH OF SODGRASS BUT THERE ARE SOME CORAL SPRINGS STUDENTS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I HATE TO EVEN QUALIFY IT BUT 100%, EVERY KID WHO GOES TO THAT SCHOOL -- [INAUDIBLE]
>> SANDRA, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE?
THANK YOU. >> YEAH, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO REVIEW CHRIS'S WORK, WHEN WOULD THIS SUBCOMMITTEE MEET AS A
LARGER GROUP? >> IF THAT'S THE MOTION MADE AND YOU WANT TO FORM A WORKING GROUP, IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO BE THAT YOU WORK ON IT RIGHT AWAY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET HOWEVER MANY NEATINGS YOU NEED TO HAVE SCHEDULED BETWEEN
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NOW AND THE NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING SO THATTHE NEXT ADVISOR SO THAT AND THE NEXT ADVISORY B MEETING SO TOW AND THE NEXT ADV MEETING SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET WHAT WE NEED TO MEET HISTIME FRAMES. >> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, THIS IS TOUGH. AS I PEEL BACK THE LAYERS AND LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS A BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL ISSUE SO THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL DOESN'T OFFER IT, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO. AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE ARE THINGS THE CITY CAN'T DO WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOLS AND I FEEL LIKE THIS FALLS WITHIN THAT. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY OUR BUSINESS TO CREATE A SECOND ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DOESN'T PROVIDE IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THE SCHOOL DOESN'T PROVIDE AND AS A CITY, THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN WHAT WE CAN INTERVENE IN AND WHAT WE CANNOT.
OVERALL IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A WORKING GROUP, I WILL SUPPORT THAT, BUT, AGAIN, CHRIS, I ENVOY YOUR PASSION.
I UNDERSTAND AND I'M A PARENT, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE HAD SOFTBALL IN 6TH, 7TH, 8TH GRADE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK OUR SPORTS POLICY IS WRITTEN A CERTAIN WAY FOR A REASON AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS BUT I DO THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. >> WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION --
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> WELL, IT ALREADY FAILED SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER MEMOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO SUPPORT? OKAY.
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT? >> I NEED A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD, EITHER THE BOARD SPORTS THE PROGRAM, DOES NOT SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AT THIS TIME.
>> IT'S SOMEWHERE TIED THIS WITH LAC LACROSSE THE COMMISSION WHICH I WAS A PART OF ALLOWED THE DOU DOUGLAS LACROSSE TEAM TO USE THE FIELD. BEING THAT THE SUPPORT IS LIMITED YOU HAVE TO GET THAT SPATHE FRUPPORT FROM BROWARD CO
SOME WAY. >> COULD I MAKE A MOTION, THEN,
TO TABLE? >> SO THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE.
IS THERE A SECOND? >> WHEN IS THE NEXT BOARD
>> THAT WAY WE HAVE TIME TO -- [INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE THE MEETING, TABLE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
A SECOND? >> I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THIS
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ALONG, EITHER. >> PERHAPS THERE COULD BE SOME SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY OR SOMETHING.
MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN START PETITIONING.
YOU GOT TO START REALLY GETTING FAMILY, GETTING KIDS TO START APPROACHING THE DIRECTOR OF BROWARD COUNTY ATHLETICS AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND SWELL SUPPORT FOR THIS.
ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTY WANT TO DO THIS.
AT LEAST GRANT US CLUB STATUS AND THEN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT CAN HAPPEN, A LETTER OF INTENT, CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT AND WE CAN SAY, OKAY, WE CAN APPROACH THE -- AT LEAST GIVE YOU THE SPACING OR THE FIELD TO USE IT.
THERE ARE E-MAILS, CALLS. IT FTOOK ME 9 DAYS TO GET A REPY FROM AN E-MAIL AND 12 DAYS TO GET A CALL BACK.
>> I GET IT BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH KIDS IN SCHOOL, WE KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD -- I CAN SHOW UP THERE TOMORROW WITH EVERY PARKLAND RESIDENT AND IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.
I GET IT. THE SCHOOL BOARD JUST DOESN'T MEET THAT FAST. I COULD SHOW UP WITH A THOUSAND
RESIDENTS TOMORROW. >> I THINK IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT, TIME SHOULDN'T BE SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT BY DECEMBER, I NEED TO START THIS PROGRAM.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF POPPING UP AND IF YOU'RE THAT PASSIONATE, PUT THAT FIGHT ON. IF IT TAKES 2 DAYS, 9 DAYS, 12 DAYS, WHATEVER IT IS. IN THE INTERIM, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY WE HAVE A PARKLAND RECOGNIZED TEAM OUT THERE, I STRUGGLE WITH WHY YOU CAN'T WORK WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND IT'S ALREADY VERY, VERY WELL-KNOWN AND WORK WITH THEM TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE INTERIMMENT TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT WHILEOUT PUT YOUR FIGHT WITH BROWARD COUNT
YOU CAN DO THERE. >> I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU SEE IT.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST SAYING IT'S A TRAVEL ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE NOT A TRAVEL ORGANIZATION. THESE WITH KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PARKLAND KIDS, PARKLAND SCHOOLS, PARKLAND RESIDENTS, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR THIS. I'M NOT ASKING TO DO ANYTHING.
YES, I COULD CALL TOMORROW AND THEY COULD SAY ABSOLUTELY AND WE DO IT THAT WAY BUT THIN YOU'RE THE WEST GLADES POKER TEAM AND YOU OPEN ME UP TO START PLAYING ANYONE.
>> I'M NOT THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR YOU TO GO PUT A CHALLENGE OUT THERE NOW AND SAY WELL, IF THAT'S THE WAY I HAVE TO DO THAT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US AND TAKE THAT TO THE POKERS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, GUYS. I ONLY WANT TO USE PARKLAND KIDS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY KIDS I WANT TO USE AND TELL THEM YOUR IDEA AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND MAYBE YOU CAN START THERE WITH YOU'RE IN THE FIGHT WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
THE FIGHT WITH BROWARD COUNTY IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE YOU SOME TIME. IF YOU'RE THAT PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING A PROGRAM FOR WEST GLADES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
>> SECOND THE TABLE THE MOTION PENDING ANY SIGNIFICANT --
[INAUDIBLE] >> HE'S GOING TO SECOND THAT MOTION TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF LEO SECONDED SANDRA'S MOTION.
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HER MOTION IS ON THE TABLE. TO NOVEMBER 1ST.>> CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? >> YEAH, THERE'S STILL A MOTION.
>> IF THIS WAS THE CHARTER SCHOOL, WOULD WE ALLOW IT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
>> IF THEY'RE PART OF A BROWARD COUNTY.
>> IF SUMMER SET CHARTER CAME AND SAID WE WANT TO START A BASEBALL TEAM FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED KIDS.
WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO DO SO SO?
>> IF THEY'RE PART OF THE RECIPROCAL AND THE PRINCIPAL
SIGNED OFF ON THAT, YES. >> SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE PAYING KIDS CAN GET IT BUT NOT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING? >> [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THINK THERE'S AN SUMMERSET OR SOMETHING, THEY'RE NOT USING OUR FIELD. WHY THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY'RE USING THEIR OTHER SCHOOL'S FIELDS.
>> AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WOULD DEPEND ON IF THEY FALL IN THAT RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO.
>> OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO REVISE THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL
AND IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP. >> SO THE MOTION IS TO TABLE
>> RAISE YOUR HANDS. ALL NO THOSE OPPOSED?
LOOKS LIKE IT WAS 3-2 IN FAVOR. >> THERE ARE SEVEN OF YOU.
YOU ALL NEED TO VOTE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
>> SORRY. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE 4 IN FAVOR AND 2 OPPOSE. SO THAT MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
>> THANKS, CHRIS. >> OLD BUSINESS.
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PARKLAND DAYS, 60TH AN V.RY CELEBRATION UPDATES.>> WE HAVE NOT MET, AGAIN, BUT WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY AT 5:30 AT THE AMPHITHEATER OFFICE.
THAT IS AN OPEN MEETING IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.
MORE TO SHARE ON NOVEMBER 1ST. >> OKAY, USER FEES SPORTS POLICY
UPDATES. >> OUR SUGGESTED VERBIAGE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE SPORTS POLICY FOR THE USERS FEES AND SUCH WENT TO THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION CAME UP WITH THREE ADDITIONAL THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THERE AND DIRECTED STAFF TO ADD THAT INTO THE POLICY, SO THE THREE ADDITIONAL DIRECTIVES THAT THEY ADDED IN WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO APPROVE, DENY, OR REVOKE AN APPLICATION FROM ONE OF THESE TRAINERS.
IF A TRAINER DOES APPLY, THE CITY HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE THEM OR TO REVOKE AT A LATER DATE, SHOULD THEY BE NECESSARY, THEY WANT TO REQUIRE THAT EACH TRAINER SERVE AT LEAST 85% PARKLAND RESIDENTS SO LIKE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OUR SMALL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 200 PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 25% PARKLAND5% PAR85% PARKLAND RESIDENTS AND BE SURE [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH AT THIS POINT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE SUCH AN ORGANIZATION WITH AN EXCLUSIVE AS FAR AS TRAINING FOR ANY
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SUPPORT OR ANY PARTICULAR THING, SO MORE FOR COVERING OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST AS NEEDED BASED ON WHO WE HAVE COMING IN.SO THAT WAS ADDED TO THE SPORTS POLICY AND I BELIEVE THE NEW SPORTS POLICY WITH THAT VERBIAGE WAS INCLUDED IN CHRISTINE'S E-MAIL TO EVERYONE FOR THE MEETING.
>> AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SO IT WILL BE IN EFFECT
OCTOBER 1ST. >> OKAY, THANKS, BRIAN.
>> THANK YOU. IT WAS MOST OF YOU GUYS WITH ME,
SO. >> ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?
>> I JUST WANT TO COMMEND NICK AND HIS TEAM FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WAY YOU DISPLAYED THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.
IT'S EASY TO SEE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALL OF US THE CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, IT STILL HAS A BEAUTIFUL OVERVIEW AND WE CAN SHARE IT EASILY WITH RESPONSIBLE SPONSORS.
>> IS THIS ALSO LIKE WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO THE EVENT? THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, IS THIS CHART RIGHT THERE WHEN SOMEBODY GOES SO IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING THEY CAN SEE THAT
RIGHT THERE? >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IT HASN'T BEEN BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
TO SEE. >> AT THIS POINT, MOTION TO
>> SECOND THAT MOTION. >> WELL, I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION, SORRY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBO
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