[1. Call to Order ] [4. Approval of Minutes ] [6. Comments by the Chair and Board ] [00:01:56] I WANTED TO MENTION I MADE IT TO THE FARM E'S MARKET. GOT THERE EVENTUALLY. YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC, WHICH MEANS IT WAS VERY POPULAR. YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER WASN'T, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT TOO MUCH. PRETTY GOOD CROWDS. SO THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. SO YEAH. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. OKAY. >> SO IT IS WITH BITTERSWEET DECISION THAT I DID NOT REAPPLY. MOVING FORWARD, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN MY LIFE. I HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK FULL-TIME. I REALLY HAD TO SCALE DOWN MY COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. BUT IT HAS REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH ALL OF Y YOU. THE CITY STAFF AS WELL. IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A LOT OF FUN. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PARKS AND REC AND THE CITY IN GENERAL. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PROUD TO TELL PEOPLE I WAS A PART OF THIS BOARD. I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THOUGH WE ARE ONLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, I FEEL IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE SHARED, THE GOOD, THE BAD, HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN ON OTHER ADVISORY POSITIONS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A STALEMATE SITTING IN THE ROOM. THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THESE. THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR MAKING US FEEL WELL-RECEIVED. AND FOR LISTENING TO US AND TAKING OUR OPINIONS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE PERSONAL OR THOSE IN THE FIELD, TO HEART. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU HERE. AND THOUGH I WON'T BE UP HERE, I'LL STILL BE ON THE FIELDS. SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY. I WISH EVERYBODY WELL. >> VERY WELL-SAID. THANK YOU. DENIED. (LAUGHTER) OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. [7. Approval of the Agenda ] WE HAVE A MOTION. SECONDED. >> A SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> OKAY. [8. New Business ] THE AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. AND YES, WELCOME TO OUR LAST MEETING OF Y'ALL'S TWO-YEAR TERM. IT HAS BEEN GREAT HEARING EVERYBODY'S INPUT. WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SUGGESTED FOR US TO MAKE OUR PARKS AND OUR PROGRAMS BETTER AND IMPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE. JUST SOME GENERAL UPDATES. THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETINGS WILL BE NOVEMBER 16 AND DECEMBER 14. AFTER THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE [00:05:01] APPOINTED FOR THE NEW TERM, THE VERY FIRST MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 6:00 P.M. AGAIN, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING% ABOUT, THE ADVISORY BOARD TO YOUR TERM IS UP AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND HARD WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AS A TEAM. FINAL BUDGET ARE ALSO BEING COMPLETED WITH OUR EXPENSES TO DETERMINE THE DONATION AMOUNT TO EAGLES HAVEN AND PARKLAND DASH. ONCE WE FINALIZE UP ALL THOSE NUMBERS, WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU AS WELL. THEY WILL BE PART OF THE COMMISSION PRESENTATION AND MEETING AND SO FORTH. IT WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED. A COUPLE OF SIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS I WANT TO JUST BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRUNO. HE HAS BEEN RECENTLY PROMOTED TO OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO EVEN THOUGH HE IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE IN PARKS AND REC, HE IS STILL GOING TO BE WITH US IN PARKLAND. IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT WIN-WIN. HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE OVER THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION, ESPECIALLY ON THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION. AND HE KNOWS WHAT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND NEEDS ARE. TO BE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY CLOSE WITH THEM. WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR HIM. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS ANYWAYS. AND THEN THE SECOND NOTE IS T THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, SCOTT HAD TO MISS TONIGHT. HE HAD A MEDICAL PROCEDURE DONE. HE IS OKAY. BUT I WILL BE GIVING HIS CLASSES AND PROGRAMS UPDATE. SO WE HAD A COUPLELE OF KIDS DAY OFF PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. ONE ON OCTOBER 21, ONE ON SEPTEMBER 26. WE ARE SEEING THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE REACHING MAX CAPACITY. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT WITH 50 KIDS. AND THEN OUR FALL CAMP IS WHAT WE CALL THAT THANKSGIVING WEEK. THE KIDS ARE NOW OUT THAT ENTIRE WEEK. WE DO A LITTLE FALL CAMP PROGRAM FROM... IT OPENED ON OCTOBER 17. AND IT WAS FILLED BY THE NEXT DAY. WE ARE SEEING THAT OUR CAMPS AND OUR WINTER BREAKS AND SPRING CAMPS ARE FILLING UP M MUCH QUICKER. OUR SESSION TWO CLASSES STARTED ON OCTOBER 17 AND ARE GOING WELL. OUR SUMMER TEEN NIGHT FOR SEPTEMBER, THEY WENT TO BOOMER'S. THERE WAS 25 TEENS WHO ATTENDED. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND KICK BACK OUR TEEN NIGHTS BACK UP IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DID GET A SOUND SYSTEM FOR OUR GYMNASIUM INSIDE THE P-REC. IT SOUNDS GREAT. WE ARE LOOKING INTO INSTALLING SOME SYSTEMS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND STUDIO. IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH THAT TAKE PLACE THERE, RATHER THAN BRINGING A PORTABLE SOUND SYSTEM IN THERE. WITH THE ECHOING AND SO FORTH, THEY WILL BE BUILT-IN, IN-HOUSE SOUND. OUR PARENTS NIGHT OUT PROGRAM TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 21. THERE WAS 20 KIDS. WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE PARENTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. WE ARE ALSO EXCITED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING A NEW PROGRAM FOR SESSION THREE, AND IT WILL BE A NINJA WARRIOR CLASS. OUR SENIOR TRIPS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE BEEN TO FLAGLER MUSEUM AS WELL AS MIAMI SEAQUARIUM AND THE MUSEUM IN OCTOBER. THE CLASSES FOR SEPTEMBER WERE PAINTING WITH A TWIST, CHAIR AEROBICS AND CHAIR ZUMBA. IN OCTOBER, THEY TODAY POTTERY CLASS WHICH WAS VERY WELL-LIKED AND HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THAT IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO SEE MORE FREQUENTLY. WE MAY EVEN ROLL IT INTO MORE OF A MONTHLY TYPE OF CLASS OR PROGRAM. THEN AGAIN, OUR AEROBICS FOR OCTOBER. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO NICK WHO WILL GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENTS. >> HELLO. NICK WILLIAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR. SO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR PARKLAND DASH. THAT WAS ON OCTOBER 16. WE HAD A REGISTRATION TOTAL OF 534. WE HAD A BUNCH OF SPONSORS FOR THAT EVENT. WE HAD BROWARD HEALTH OF CORAL SPRINGS, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME REALTY, ELEMENT 5 FITNESS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS SPINAL CARE, FPNL, GEARING GROUP, PARKLAND REDHAWKS LACROSSE, PREMIER BALANCE, YOGA SIX. CARRYING ON, PARKLAND PUMPKIN PATCH WAS FROM OCTOBER 22-27. OUR OVERALL ATTENDANCE FOR THAT WEEK WAS AROUND 4,000. WE SAW A PRETTY GOOD CROWD COME THROUGH THE EQUESTRIAN SENT HEAR THE WHOLE WEEK. OUR HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL FOLLOWED UP THE END OF THAT WEEK ON THE 28TH. WE HAD IN ATTENDANCE, ESTIMATED AROUND 6,000. WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VENDOR THERE IS FOR THAT. OUR SPONSORS FOR THAT WERE BROWARD HEALTH, PRESTIGE HOME [00:10:03] PROS, FUNDAMENTAL ACADEMY. FOR SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS, THIS FRIDAY, HOPEFULLY, WEATHER-INTENDED, WE WILL HAVE OUR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT VETERANS PARK AT 11:00 A.M. NEXT FRIDAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR HAY RIDE AND BONFIRE. THE EQUESTIONS TREMENDOUSIAN CENTER. THEN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, WE WILL HAVE OUR FARM E'S MARKET COMING UP AGAIN, AND THE SPECIALTY AREA WILL BE OUR CULTURAL AWARENESS MARKET. FIRST TIME DOING THAT. THIS FARMER'S MARKET SEASON. THAT WILL BE FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. SOME OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE. DECEMBER 4, WE HAVE OUR FIRST CRAFT FAIR FARMER'S MARKET. THE FARMER'S MARKET SEASON. ONCE AGAIN, FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. THEN WE HAVE LIGHT UP THE PARK ON DECEMBER 9. FROM 5 50BG TO 8:00 P.M. THEN THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE OUR SNOW-FEST AT THE EQUESTRIAN SENT THEY ARE YEAR. FROM 5:00 TO 8:00 P.M. THEN ONCE AGAIN, IN DECEMBER, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CRAFT FAIR. FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. SOME OF THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS WE HAD THIS PAST MONTH IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR POCKET REFUGE DAY. WE HAD THE HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW. WE HAD THE CAR SHOW. DOUGIE'S EPIC ADVENTURE 5-K. AND TRUNK OR TREAT. FOR SOME UPCOMING EVENT PERMIT THAT IS WE HAVE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE HAVE PARKLAND SOCCER MEMORIAL CEREMONY. S.O.S. SOLDIER RUSH THIS COMING WEEKEND. HERON BAY FARM E'S MARKET. THE PTO RUN AND WALK. THE FALL FESTIVAL. PARKLAND YOUTH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. THE ZIMMERMANN LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. THE RIZZO WALK. MAKE OUR SCHOOL SAFE, TENNIS ROUND ROBIN AND THE COASTAL COMMUNITY CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVE. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. BRUNO BATTEL. ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER, WE GOT RECREATIONAL GIRLS SOFTBALL. THEY ARE ABOUT TO END. 118 PARTICIPANTS. LITTLE LEAGUE HAS 303. RANGERS CHEERLEADING HAS 78 PARTICIPANTS. RANGERS TACKLE HAS 97 PARTICIPANTS. ONE 8-U TEAM STILL IN THE PLAY-OFFS. AND THEY HAVE PROBABLY A WEEK OR TWO LEFT. THEN WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL THAT JUST ENDED WITH 1,50 PARTICIPANTS. TRAVEL SOCCER WITH 401. TRAVEL BASEBALL WITH 118. TRAVEL LACROSSE, 146. AS FAR AS TENNIS LEAGUES, WE HAVE 22 LEAGUES APPARENTLY OFFERED WITH 195 PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE LEAGUES. AND THOSE TENNIS LESSONS DURING THAT TIME. TRAINER CONTRACTS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE PENDING. WE HAVE 12 THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXECUTED. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED THE EQUIPMENT DURING LAST MONTH. TWO MONTHS AGO NOW. WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT ON BOTH SIDES. >> YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO STOP BY THERE, GO AHEAD AND STOP BY. EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT NOW. WE ARE DOING MORE UPGRADES. WE HAVE SOME BENCHES COMING IN. WE STARTED THE ADULT KICKBALL LEAGUE. THAT IS OFF TO A GREAT START. OUR ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AS WELL. THAT ONE... WE CONTINUE TO GET INPUT FROM EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY IS LOVING THAT LEAGUE. YOU KNOW, IF OFF CHANCE, SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT ONE. LOOKING TO GET. IN PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO SO EARLY. IT IS FILLING UP REALLY QUICKLY. WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE LEAGUES ON LIMITING REGISTRATION AND FUTURE GROWTH. FLAG FOOTBALL JUST FINISHED THE SEASON. HELD THE END-OF-YEAR EVENTS. RAKERS TACKLE HAS ONE TEAM ADVANCING IN THE PLAY-OFFS TO 8-U DIVISION. BUDDY SPORTS FOOTBALL JUST ENDED. THE SOCCER PROGRAM HAS JUST BEGUN. RIGHT. AND THAT IS IT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATIONS AROUND LIMITING REGISTRATION? >> I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. WE SPOKE TO LITTLE LEAGUE. LITTLE LEAGUE HAS GROWN OVER THE PAST TWO, THREE YEARS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO CONTINUE TO GROW. WE LET LITTLE LEAGUE KNOW THE SCHEDULE THEY HAVE FOR THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE SPRING SEASON IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL BE DOING. >> OKAY. >> FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON. YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY HAS NOT BEEN NEGATIVE. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING TO GROW. THERE IS ANOTHER PARK IN THE FUTURE. EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING OF. THAT OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND PUT AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE ON THE FIELDS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE. >> THAT IS A CONVERSATION BEING HELD ACROSS ALL SPORTS. LIKE, FOOTBALL IS, LIKE, THE FLAG FOOTBALL TO ME IS CRAZY. >> WE SPOKE TO FLAG FOOTBALL. THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AS WELL. THE ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW THAT DOES HAVE SOME ROOM FOR GROWTH IS OUR RECREATIONAL LACROSSE. THEY ONLY USE FIVE FIELDS. [00:15:01] THEY STILL HAVE THOSE TWO FIELDS IN THE BACK THAT, IF NEEDED, COULD BE USED. AS FAR AS EVERYBODY ELSE, WE ARE CAPPED OFF. >> THAT IS WITH BASKETBALL, TOO. INKNOW THEY JUST CLOSED. >> BASKETBALL DOESN'T... THEY DON'T COMPETE WITH ANYBODY FOR SPACE. YOU KNOW? SINCE YOU HAVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS OUTSIDE. BUT THEY ARE PRETTY MAXED OUT. I THINK THEY GREW BY 400 KIDS ALONE LAST SEASON. IT IS JUST DIFFICULT TO TRY TO HAVE AS MANY GAMES AS POSSIBLE. >> THEY ARE GETTING LATER AND LATER. >> YEAH. YEAH. AND EXTENDING THE SEASON. I KNOW THE SEASON HAS GONE A LITTLE LONGER LAST YEAR. THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEM. THEY DON'T COMPETE FOR FIELDS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES. OR ANY OTHER SPACE. >> HOW MANY TEAMS DO THEY HAVE IN THE ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE RIGHT NOW? >> I THINK THERE ARE 13. 12 OR 13. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> HOW IS THAT... I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO CAP OUT ON THAT? I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO 2:00 NOW. >> YEAH. WE ARE NOT... AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO GROW ANY MORE. IF WE HAVE 12 RIGHT NOW, I THINK I TOLD THEM WE COULD DO 13. THAT WOULDN'T ADD MORE TIME TO IT. THE SAME NUMBER OF GAMES. THE SAME LENGTH OF THE SEASON. WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SEASON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE... WE DON'T HAVE MORE FIELDS THAT WE COULD PLACE THEM ON. WE ARE LIMITED AS WELL. >> THE TEEBALL FIELD? >> THE TURTLES. >> THE KICKBALL ARE. WE GOING TO GET... I WILL TELL YOU, THAT KICKBALL IS FUN AS HECK. IT IS A BLAST. YOU SEE SOME ROWDINESS OUT THERE. WE ARE MAKING OUR OWN CALLS. THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF LITTLE... >> HAVE TO CALL FREDDY. >> YEAH. YEAH. I HAVE SPOKEN TO LESTER. HE IS OUT THERE. HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE IS TRYING TO REFEREE THE GAME. FOR THE SEASON. THAT HAS COME UP A FEW TIMES ALREADY. WE WILL LOOK AT THE COST OF THAT AND REFEREES FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON. WE WERE TRYING TO LIMIT THE COST OF THE SEASON. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE DOING IT. WE WEREN'T USING UMPIRES. WE WILL LOOK AT THE COST AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. >> LESTER IS OUTSIDE. HE WATCHES FROM OUTSIDE. >> YEAH. (LAUGHTER). >> OH, SO YOU ARE THE ISSUE. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> I MIGHT BE THE ISSUE. >> NO, NO. I HAVE SEEN A FEW ARGUMENTS GOING ON OUT THERE. >> I'M SURE. >> NO. WE HAVE HEARD IT. WE ARE DEFINITELY TAKING IT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE SEASON. >> IT IS A BLAST. IT IS FUN. >> GLAD TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> GOOD LUCK. YUP. >> SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS. JUST TO RUN THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ON. THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD C AND D. AND THE PARKING LOT EXPANSION. WE HAVE COMPLETED SUBSTANTIAL FIELDS, AS YOU KNOW. THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE REACHED COMPLETION ON THE PARKING LOT. THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL LIGHT POLES WE ARE JUST WAITING ON ONE OF THE FIXTURES THAT CAME IN. IT DIDN'T FIT CORRECTLY. THEY ARE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE FINAL COMPLETION IN THIS PROJECT WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH. PINE TRAILS PARK, MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD THREE. THE A EVGUENIA ARTAMONOVA OFFICL TURF. THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ANTICIPATING ON HAVING THIS FIELD OPEN A LITTLE BIT SOONER. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND DELAYS WHEN WE DID A WALK-THROUGH. IT APPEARS AS IF THE TURF LOOKS ALL GREAT AND FINE. THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF THE SUB-SURFACE THAT HAD TO BE ROLLED OUT AND LEVELED OUT. THEY HAD TO POOL THE TURF TIGHTER ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD. AND SOME OTHER ISSUES IN REGARDS TO SURROUNDING THE FIELD AND IN REGARDS TO GRADING WORK. IRRIGATION WORK. THEN, OF COURSE, THEY NEED TO COME IN AND LAY THE SOD. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THIS CORRECTION ALREADY. WE ARE EXPECTING FOR THED SO TO BE LAID THIS WEEK, DEPENDING ON WEATHER. IF THIS STORM COMES THROUGH OR NOT. THERE IS ALSO THAT PATHWAY THAT THEY TOOK FROM THE GRAVEL ROAD TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. ALSO NEEDS TO BE RESTORED IN THE CONCRETE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE AS WELL. PINE TRAILS PARK PLAYGROUND, THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED. AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO START AFTER THE WINTER HOLIDAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. SO THIS WILL MEAN THAT THE PINE TRAILS PLAYGROUND WILL BE CLOSED FROM WHEN THE TIME CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN JANUARY UNTIL ABOUT MAY. YES. SO THEY ARE REDOING THE SURFACE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW. THE PROJECT, THE SURFACING AND ALL THAT SUFFER THE THAT WE WENT THROUGH AT THE LAST MEETING. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE HOPING THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO IT BY SECTION AND KEEP SOME OF IT OPEN. [00:20:03] BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. IT WILL BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE START OF THE YEAR. SOME ADDITIONAL PARK PROJECTS THAT WE ARE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THE DOG PARK. THE AGILITY EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON FINALIZING UP THE QUOTES FOR THE NEW PARK BENCHES AND PICNIC TABLES. ONCE WE GET THAT ALL FINALIZED, THAT WILL BE INSTALLED THIS YEAR. THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER HORSE R RING. BIDS WENT OUT. THEY CLOSED. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE CONSIDERABLY OVER OUR BUDGET. RIGHT NOW THIS PROJECT IS ON HOLD WHILE WE COULD REVIEW THE PRICING AND THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. PARK FIELDS ONE, TWO, FIVE,AND SIX, FENCE AND DUGOUT REPLACEMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MEETING. THAT WE WERE GOING TO SCALE BACK AND ONLY DO FIELD SIX. THE PRICING CAME IN FOR THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE ACTUALLY GETTING TWO FIELDS DONE. WE ARE FINALIZING PRICING TO MAYBE TO DO FIELDS TWO AND FIELD SIX. BUT THAT IS STILL PENDING. ONCE THAT PRICING COMES IN. THE ADDITION OF THE TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS. CONSTRUCTION IS... WE GOT THE TENTATIVE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THE OTHER DAY. AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO START THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL BE CLOSED. THEY WILL BE CLOSED THROUGH THE PROJECT... IS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JANUARY. THE TWO TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE NEXT TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL BE TENNIS COURTS THREE AND FOUR. THEY ARE ALSO PAINTED WITH PICKLEBALL LINES. TENNIS COURT NET WILL COME DOWN. A PICKLEBALL NET WILL GO UP. A TEMPORARY PICKLEBALL NET WILL GO UP. THOSE W WILL BECOME TEMPORARY PICKLEBALL COURTS WHILE THE COURTS ARE CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE STARTED OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR. THESE ARE SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR. WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THE NEW PROPOSED PARK ON HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD. THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THE DESIGN TEAM WAS FINALIZED AND AWARDED. WE WILL BE HAVING A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM. AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WILL INCLUDE THEM COMING IN AND TALKING TO YOU GUYS AS A BOARD. AS WE AS SOME... AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS AND SURVEYS. WE ARE EXCITED TO START THAT PROJECT. THE BATHROOM REMODEL: WE ARE FINALIZING UP THE DESIGN ON. THAT HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO AWARD THAT OUT LATER THIS YEAR. PARKLAND BARK FENCE REPLACEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING TO ENHANCE WILL BE TO REDO THE REPLACEMENT. THIS IS PART OF OUR REPLACEMENT PLAN. IT IS SCHEDULED THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR IT TO BE DONE. DESIGN FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT OVER AT THE PARK. WE KNOW WE EXPANDED THE 19 SPACES WITH THE PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY JUST FINISHED UP. ONE OF THE IDEAS IS TO TAKE SOME OF THAT OPEN GREEN SPACE AREA THAT IS JUST ADJACENT TO FIELD C AND D. AND TO POTENTIALLY PUT AN ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT THERE. WE WILL BE ASKING FOR A DESIGN TO SEE HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES WE COULD GET. EVEN WITH THOSE NEW 19 SPACES, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST OPENED UP THE FIELDS C AND D. THE TWO ADDITIONAL BASEBALL FIELDS. IT IS PACKED. YES, MELISSA. SO WE ARE STILL FINDING THAT THE CARS ARE PARKING OUT ALONG THE ROAD. WE WILL KIND OF LOOK FOR SOME IDEAS OF SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THAT PARK AS WELL. DORIS DAVIS, THERE IS A PROJECT TO REMOVE THE INVASIVES AND TO DO THE FENCE REPLACEMENT. WE TALK ABOUT REMOVING THE INVASIVES, WE ARE NOT TALKING HUMONGOUS AREAS. IT IS REAL CLOSE AND ADJACENT TO FENCE AREA. THAT PARK WILL GET A FENCE REPLACEMENT AS WELL. THEN THERE WILL BE SOME FENCE REPAIRS AND RESURFACING AT BASKETBALL COURTS ONE AND TWO AT PINE TRAILS. THIS PROJECT WILL BE LATER IN THE YEAR. ONCE THE BASKETBALL SEASON HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT FOR OUR LIBERTY PARK PLAYGROUND. TO START WORKING ON... ON DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS. REPLACING SOME SLIDES. YOU KNOW, MAYBE GETTING A NEW SWING FIXTURE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. STILL KEEPING THE AESTHETICS AND THE LOOK OF THAT PLAYGROUND. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. >> I HAD ONE. ON THE, ON THE PLAYGROUND CLOSURE, WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AROUND THAT? I MEAN, A FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE, YOU WILL WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN ADVANCE. >> YES. YES. ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO KNOWING EXACTLY WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE HERE, WE WILL GIVE SOME LEAD TIME. ... THERE WILL BE SIGNS PLACED AT THE PLAYGROUND AT LEAST TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA AND SO FORTH IN REGARDS TO. THAT WE COULD DO SOME TENTATIVE LEAD-UP, YOU KNOW, ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THEY KNOW THAT THE PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE REPLACED. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ON ANY EXACT DATES UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT EQUIPMENT IS 14-16 WEEKS LEAD TIME. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS HERE [00:25:02] BEFORE WE START, YOU KNOW, ADVISING WE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING DOWN THE PLAYGROUND. >> DOES THAT ELIMINATE USE OF THE PAVILION? >> THE PAVILION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. CORRECT. THAT'S BEEN TAKEN OFF FOR OUR... SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL IN FOR PAVILION, WE ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY PAVILION RENTALS FROM JANUARY TO MAY AS OF RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. >> YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS. I'M NOT SURE. THE NEW PARK ON HILLSBOROUGH, WILL THAT BE A CITY OR COUNTY PARK? >> IT IS A CITY PARK. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE CITY PURCHASED THE 24 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE 12 ACRES THAT WERE SLATED FOR A PARK. IT HAS BEEN ANNEXED NOW INTO THE CITY. IT IS ALL CITY LAND. IT WILL BE A CITY PARK. YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHRISTINE. [9. Old Business ] >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. MOVING TO OLD BUSINESS. PARKLAND DAYS. YES. >> I'LL TAKE THAT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. LEO GORDON, CHAIR OF THE PARKLAND DAY EVENT. SINCE THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, NOTHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE NEWS HASN'T CHANGED TOO DRAMATICALLY. WE DID HOLD A MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETING ON OCTOBER 12. JUST REALLY, WE WERE DISCUSSING SOME VENDOR PRICING. NICK WITH THE CITY IS WORKING ON A LOT OF THAT STUFF. TO HAVE IT ALL IN ORDER. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO START TO THINK ABOUT THE BUSINESS EXPO SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND THE PARADE ITSELF. ALL APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE. IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED, REALLY WE SHOULD START DOING THIS NOW. SPREAD THE WORD. AMAZING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND SURROUNDING CITIES. IF ANYONE WANTS TO APPLY FOR THE PARADE. END FOR THE EXPO. THAT IS AVAILABLE. VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. I MEAN, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US IN THIS MISSION OF OURS TO GET PEOPLE ABOARD, AND TO HAVE FUN THAT DAY, THE NEXT MEETING WE ARE HAVING IS ON NOVEMBER 30. THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY, THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WILL BE OVER. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE MICROSOFT TEAM, 6:00 P.M. THERE WILL BE A LINK GOING OUT FROM THE CITY. AND ALSO I THINK JUST IN GENERAL, START SPREADING THE WORD. BECAUSE MARCH IS AROUND THE CORNER. I THINK WE WILL NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS. A LOT OF HELP LEADING UP TO IT. AND THE DAY OF. IF ANYONE, INCLUDING ANY OF YOU GUYS, WANT TO BE PART OF THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OR THE PARADE. GO ON-LINE OR SPEAK TO NICK WILLIAMS. AND THAT IS REALLY IT. THANK YOU. >> THANKS, LEO. ONE THING I WANT TO ADD SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF. THE DEADLINE FOR THE ENTRIES IS JANUARY 31. BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICS THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REVIEW... THAT WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICANT, PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT LOGISTICAL ORDER, GET INFORMATION BACK TO EACH OF THE ONES PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE IN REGARDS TO SAFETY AND HAVE SAFETY MEETINGS AND DO ALL THAT COORDINATION, THE DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS WAY IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT. IT IS... IT WILL COME QUICKLY THEREAFTER FOR US TO HAVE THAT COORDINATION EFFORTS IN THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE EVENT. ANYBODY LIKE LEO SAID, KNOWS. THEY NEED TO START APPLYING NOW. THE DEADLINE WILL BE FASTLY APPROACHING AFTER THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. A QUESTION REAL QUICK. WILL THE CITY BE SENNING OUT AN EMAIL ANY TIME SOON? AND IS THE WEBSITE... >> YES. YES AND YES. THE WEBSITE IS UP AND ACTIVE. IT IS CITY OF PARKLAND.ORG. BACK SLASH PARKLAND DAY. THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLANNING FOR THE DAY. AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGARDS TO OUR HEADLINER, ONCE THAT CONTRACT BECOMES FINALIZED, ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THE PAGE WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY GROWING AND BEING UPDATED AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE EVENT. RIGHT NOWST THE PAGE IS AVAILABLE. AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY GET THE APPLICATION AND EVERYTHING ON THAT WEBSITE. AND I DID SPEAK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO START, YOU KNOW, PUSHING AND DRUMMING THIS UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND A FEW WEEKS. >> SUGGESTION PERHAPS? AT THE FARM E'S MARKET, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE... WAS THERE ONE THERE? I DON'T KNOW. JUST TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP, FILL OUT, TO BE A VOLUNTEER. >> YEAH. NO. THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. WE COULD DO THAT AT OUR BOOTH AT THE MARKET. >> RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. REAL QUICK. SORRY. WITH BRUNO'S PROMOTION, HAVE WE COMMUNICATEDST TO THE LEAGUES WHO THEY ARE TO [00:30:03] COMMUNICATE WITH, THEN, SINCE HE IS NOW IN PUBLIC WORKS? I MEAN, WE CAN STILL COMPLAIN TO HIM ABOUT HOW BAD OUR FIELDS ARE. AS FAR AS BOOKING FIELDS AND STUFF? >> SO AS OF... WE ARE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO THE NEWS WAS ACTUALLY JUST TODAY, SO THIS WEEK LEADING UP TO AND AGAIN, WITH THE STORM, DEPENDING ON... AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE IS STILL WITH US. HE UNDERSTANDS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND SO FORTH, HE IS GOING TO BE PLAYING A TRANSITION ROLE. ACTUALLY, A DOUBLE DUTY ROLE. HE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE LEAGUES AS NEED BE. HE WILL WORK OUT THAT TRANSITION. THE LEAGUES ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WHO THE SCHEDULING AND ALL THAT STUFF WILL GO THROUGH. >> ANOTHER QUESTION. >> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF? OKAY. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. >> OKAY. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.