Mar 03, 2025 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting

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[5. City Clerk's Orientation]

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>> THESE MEETINGS ARE LIVE STREAMED AND WE HAVE THE VIDEO TO GO BACK TO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION. AFTER THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, THE CHAIR WILL ASK ALL IN FAVOR, HE'LL ASK ANY OPPOSED AND THE CHAIR WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE. MAYBE HE'LL SAY IT PASSES

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SO THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE PREPARED FOR ORIENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. THANK

[6. Selection of Chair and Vice Chair]

YOU. >> AT THIS POINT SINCE ITS OUR INAUGURAL SESSION FOR THIS SESSION, I GUESS, OUR INAUGURAL MEETING FOR THIS SESSION, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE TO DETERMINE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD.

SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. LEO GORDON FOR CHAIR OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE NOMINATION, BRIAN, AND I WILL ACCEPT IT.

>> EXCELLENT. SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR LEO GORDON. ANYONE ELSE?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE BRIAN -- I'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR 12 YEARS AND STILL STRUGGLE, FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT POSITION.

>> VICE CHAIR.

>> VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. A SECOND? TWO SECONDS.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH? HEARING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, I MOVE THAT WE PUT IT TO A VOTE THAT MR. LEO GORDON BE THE CHAIR OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BRIAN BE THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING YES.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW GRACIOUSLY TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR, MR. LEO

GORDON. >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING HOW TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME.

I STILL WON'T TRY. BRIAN H.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYBODY GETS SO CONFUSED.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT'S AN HONOR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY LIVING HERE IN PARKLAND FOR 21 YEARS NOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, ALWAYS GIVING TO US. AND MY YOUNGEST KIDS STILL ENJOY THE PARKS. THE OLDER ONES ARE BOUNCING AROUND, BUT THEY LOVE TO COME BACK.

I'LL ALWAYS DO MY PART TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY.

[1. Call to Order]

[7. Approval of Minutes]

THERE WILL BE A MOTION TO APPROVE LAST MEETING'S MINUTES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OPPOSED? FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT HERE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR THOSE WHO WERE HERE, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY NON- AGENDA ITEM? ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC?

[9. Comments by the Chair and Board]

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO COME AND HELP US.

WE DO A LOT OF ADVISING. WE TAKE A LOT OF INPUT AND WE TEND TO, AS A BOARD, WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO SHARE OUR OPINIONS OR CONCERNS.

AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY AND TAKING IT BACK.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, WHILE YOU MIGHT BE NEW ON THE COMMITTEE, VOICE YOUR OPINION. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE GET OTHER OPINIONS, MAYBE ONE, NOBODY EVER THOUGHT OF THAT ANGLE, SO PLEASE DON'T BE BASHFUL.

>> ON THAT NOTE, EXACTLY, A LOT OF NEW FACES.

THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

SO A LOT OF THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING THAT ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP AND GET INVOLVED, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.

[10. Approval of the Agenda]

ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL GO ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING TONIGHT'S AGENDA. OPPOSED?

[11. New Business]

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>> HELLO, EVERYONE. FELICIA TRAINOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION.

I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU ALL.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU A PART OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL DEDICATING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE AND TO PROVIDE INPUT TO HELP MAKE THE CITY OF PARKLAND AS GREAT AS IT CAN BE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND INTRODUCE EVERYONE FROM OUR TEAM SO THEY CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES. SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE CHRISTINE. SHE IS OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND PROJECTS.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT

MEMORIZED. >> THANK YOU, FELECIA. YES, CHRISTINE GARCIA.

SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AND IT'S GREAT MEETING THE NEW FACES. AND LIKE FELECIA SAID, THE GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK WE HEAR FROM YOU GUYS WE TAKE SERIOUS, AND WE ASK YOU GUYS TO GO OUT, TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND RESIDENTS AND HELP US, ALSO, TO GO AHEAD AND HELP CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PARKS, OUR PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STEPPING UP, VOLUNTEERING.

AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT HAVING NEW FACES.

IT IS A TWO-YEAR TERM, SO YOU'RE LOCKED IN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS WITH US.

WE DO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH, SO IT'S NOT TOO EXTENUATING.

FROM TIME TO TIME WE WILL ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK FROM YOU GUYS. FELECIA IS GOING TO GO OVER -- NEXT WEEKEND IS OUR PARKLAND DAY PARADE AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR JUDGES. SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO COME OUT SATURDAY, YOU, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, LET HER KNOW.

WE WILL HAVE THOSE JUDGING SHEETS AND SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION, WHERE TO BE AND WHAT TIME TO BE TO BE A PART OF THAT JUDGING. AND THEN WE ALSO DO SOME JUDGING DURING THE WINTER HOLIDAY TIME.

WE DO OUR HOME DECORATING CONTEST, SO WE ASK FOR SOME JUDGING TIME DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN WE ALSO ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO SELECT BENEFICIARIES FOR OUR PARKLAND DASH, AS WELL AS OUR PUMPKIN PATCH. AND THEN THERE'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, HEARING SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.

LAST TERM WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF THINGS ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND ENHANCED IN THE PARKS BECAUSE OF YOU ALL.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT BASICALLY I AM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND PROJECTS, SHORT- TERM IT BASICALLY MEANS I OVERSEE THE PARKS & RECREATION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ANY OF THE PARK'S CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANYTHING, I THINK ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE MY CELL PHONE.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME ANY TIME THAT YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

THANK YOU. RYAN, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF?

>> SURE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I AM THE ATHLETICS MANAGER HERE FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND, SO I OVERSEE ALL THE FIELDS, I OVERSEE THE QUIGLEY TENNIS CENTER, ALL THE SPORTS LEAGUES YOUR KIDS MAY PARTICIPATE IN, I OVERSEE EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE PARKS.

I OVERSEE THE PARK RANGERS THAT MAKE THE PARKS SAFE.

YOU SEE THEM IN THE PARK, SAY HELLO. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND ALL YOUR IDEAS. COREY IS NEXT.

>> THANK YOU. HELLO, AND GOOD EVENING.

I GO BY COREY AND I'M THERE THE RECREATION COORDINATOR, AND I WORKED OUT OF THETHE REC CENTER OVERSEEING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THE AFTER CARE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ALL THE CONTRACTED PROGRAMS, KIDS DAY OFF, PARENTS NIGHT OUT, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.

I ALSO LIVE IN PARKLAND AS WELL AND I'M A RESIDENT AS WELL. I HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS AS WELL.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AND MEET YOU ALL. I AM FAIRLY NEW AS WELL. THIS IS MY FIRST ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AS WELL, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. SO WELCOME, AND THANK YOU.

>> AND I AM FELICIA TRAINOR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION. SO WITH CHRISTINE IN BOTH DEPARTMENTS, I KIND OF AM JUST OVER THE PARKS AND REC ASPECT. I APPRECIATE THE EXPERIENCE.

WITH THAT, MOVING FORWARD, I WANTED TO BEGIN WITH GOING OVER THE HANDBOOK.

SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A BINDER, SO IT JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO. AND SO WE HAVE OUR GENERAL PARKS & RECREATION INFORMATION, AND WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR. WE ARE SEEKING SOMEONE FOR THAT POSITION. THAT INDIVIDUAL, ONCE SELECTED, WILL BE JOINING US IN OUR MEETINGS AS WELL.

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IT HAS NAMES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES AND WHATNOT.

THEN WE HAVE THE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING DATES.

SO THOSE, I BELIEVE, THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA AS WELL OF THE PROPOSED DATES FOR ALL OF THE 2025 MEETINGS. THEN ON TAB 5 AND 6 WE HAVE RULES OF ORDER AND SUNSHINE LAW AND ETHICS.

I KNOW STEPHANIE TOUCHED BASE ON SOME OF THE SUNSHINE LAWS, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE MORE IN THERE AS WELL. THEN ON TAB 7 WE HAVE THE ACTUAL CODES THAT IMPACT THE ADVISORY BOARD, AND ALL ADVISORY BOARDS IN TAB 8, WE HAVE THE ONE SPECSPEC PARKS & RECREATION.

AND WE ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH ADVISORY BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ALL OF OUR PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT POLICIES IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EVENTS. IF YOU ARE EVER INTERESTED IN HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT OR WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS LIKE, THAT IS IN THERE, AS WELL AS OUR SPORTS POLICY AND OUR BANNER POLICY, OUR SPORTS BANNER POLICY AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT HOME WITH YOU.

THAT IS YOURS TO KEEP. AND IF YOU CAN REFERENCE IT WHENEVER YOU NEED. AND WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETINGS ON MARCH 12TH WE HAVE A 7:00 P.M.

REGULAR AGENDA MEETING.

APRIL 2ND WE HAVE ONE AT 7:00 AS WELL.

APRIL 16TH WE HAVE A 6:00 P.M. WORKSHOP FOLLOWED BY A 7:00 P.M.

MEETING. THEN MAY 7TH WE HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA MEETING AS WELL. THEN ON APRIL 7TH AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY ALL GATHER AND KIND OF GIVE THE WHOLE PLAN FOR OUR CITY.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR CITY DOESN'T JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP.

THEY LIKE TO PLAN. AND THAT IS HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE NEXT FIVE- YEAR GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND GIVE US DIRECTION SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. AND THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE LIBRARY AT 9:00 A.M. THEN OUR NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 5TH HERE AT THE CHAMBER AT 6:00 P.M. THEN I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE NAMING CEREMONY AT FIRE STATION 42.

IT'S FOR BECKY GARON, A FORMER MAYOR.

HER PHOTO IS ACTUALLY ON THAT WALL. SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO IMPLEMENTING OUR FIRE SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND IN THE '80S. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT FOLLOWING THE PARADE ON PARKLAND DAY AT 11:30 A.M.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR, SO YOU GET LUCKY AND I GET TO PRESENT TO YOU TWICE. SO OUR PAST EVENTS, WE HAD A FARMERS MARKET ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

THAT WAS OUR OPENING DATE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,900 PEOPLE.

THE SPONSORS LISTED ARE THE SPONSORS FOR THE WHOLE SEASON FOR FARMERS MARKET. SO YOU'LL SEE I DON'T HAVE THEM LISTED FOR EACH MARKET, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME ONES. THEN WE HAD OUR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY ON NOVEMBER 11TH, WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 GUESTS.

WE HAD A HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1300 ATTENDEES. WE DOUBLED THE EVENT CAPACITY THIS YEAR AS THE CITY ACQUIRED TWO WAGONS, SO WE WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE HAYRIDE, IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT IF YOU MISSED IT. WE HAD FOUR SPONSORS FOR THAT EVENT AS WELL. OUR SECOND FARMERS MARKET WAS THE PET EXPO, WITH APPROXIMATELY 5,000 GUESTS. THEN WE HAD OUR FARMERS MARKET DECEMBER 1ST, OUR CRAFT FAIR, 4,700.

WE HAD OUR LIGHT UP THE PARK WITH 2,000 GUESTS, WITH A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPONSORS AS WELL.

OH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NORMALLY GO THIS FAR BACK, BUT SINCE WE HADN'T HAD AN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

THEY WON'T BE THIS LENGTHY IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAD OUR HOME DECORATING CONTESTS, WE HAD SIX ENTRIES.

WE SHOWED THEM AT THE COMMISSION MEETING. IT WAS GREAT TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AT THAT EVENT. THAT IS ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE ASK YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ASSIST WITH JUDGING. WE HAD A FARMERS MARKET ON DECEMBER 15TH, THE CRAFT FAIR.

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IN JANUARY WE HAD OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS MARKET, WITH 3,700 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. AND THEN OUR FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL, WE HAD OVER 15,000 PEOPLE AT OUR CARNIVAL, WHICH THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE MOVED LOCATIONS TO THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. SO WE HAD DIFFERENT PARKING, WE HAD A DIFFERENT LAYOUT. IT SEEMED TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SPONSORS AS WELL. THEN WE HAD OUR MLK EVENT JANUARY 20TH, WE HAD OUR FARMERS MARKET JANUARY 21ST, AND THEN OUR MAYOR'S CHESS CHALLENGE JANUARY 27TH. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HOST 42 EVENTS A YEAR, SO THERE'S LOTS OF UPDATES FOR EVERY MEETING.

THEN IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD OUR FARMERS MARKET, 2,900 IN ATTENDANCE. WE HAD MSD COMMUNITY COMMEMORATION, WE HAD OUR FARMERS MARKET ON FEBRUARY 16TH, THAT WAS A FANTASTIC MARKET AS WELL, AS WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF 53 CLASSIC CARS AND TWO LAMBORGHINIS IN THE CAR PREVIOUS YEAR.

EILEEN IS NOT HERE, BUT SHE'S OUR SPECIAL EVENTS LEAD SPECIALIST AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB ACQUIRING THOSE CARS.

AND THEN SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.

WE HAVE OUR -- WE JUST HAD OUR FARMERS MARKET BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WHERE WE HANDED OUT CUPCAKES TO HELP PROMOTE PARKLAND DAY, WHICH IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, PARKLAND DAY IS THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH. THE THEME IS PIRATES OF PARKLAND, AS GUIDED BY THIS ADVISORY BOARD, WHO HELPED US SELECT THE THEME. AND IF YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE TO JUDGE, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAD EMAILED ME BACK AND I WAS STILL WAITING ON A FEW MORE, THE JUDGING ARRIVAL IS AT 9:30 A.M. FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW AFTER SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH CHAIRS.

WE JUDGE ON THE BEST OVERALL, THE BEST SPORT, AND THE BEST BUSINESS AND THE THEME IS PIRATES OF PARKLAND.

SO WE ARE JUDGING THE FLOATS, THE CARS, THE GROUP ON HOW WELL THEY MATCH THAT THEME.

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE EVENING ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS THE MAIN EVENT IS FROM 4:00 TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE PINE HILLS BAND, AND THERE WILL BE A KENNY CHESNEY TRIBUTE BAND.

YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE VOLUNTEER LUNCH AS WELL THAT IS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PARKLAND DAY PARADE AND BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M.

AND WE HAVE T SHIRTS FOR SALE FOR PARKLAND DAY. THEY'RE $12. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR CITY OF PARKLAND'S INSTAGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE A WOMAN SINGING.

>> IN A TREE.

>> IN A TREE, DISPLAYING A GREAT PIRATE SHIRT WITH NICE AI SONG COMPOSURE.

>> SHE DID WONDERFULLY, BY THE

WAY. >> I'LL LET HER KNOW.

THEY ARE ON SALE. AND I BELIEVE QUIGLEY HAS SOME SHIRTS. QUIGLEY HAS SOME SHIRTS AS WELL IF THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT. AND FARMERS MARKET CRAFT SHOW, THAT WILL BE ON SUNDAY, MARCH 16TH, FROM 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. THEN WE MOVE INTO APRIL BECAUSE WE DON'T STOP, A MOVIES IN THE PARK APRIL 4TH AT THE AMPHITHEATER. WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE MOVIE SHORTLY. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE LICENSING TO BE SECURED BEFORE WE CAN GO PUBLIC WITH THE NAME OF THE MOVIE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS EXPO ON SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH, OUR EGGSSTRAVAGANZA THAT IS FREE FOR PARKLAND RESIDENTS ONLY.

IT IS OPEN UNTIL IT IS FULL AND WE DON'T ALLOW SIGN- UPS THAT DAY.

THEN WE HAVE OUR AUTISM AWARENESS EVENT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 9:00 A.M.

UNTIL 12:00 AT THE AMPHITHEATER AND OUR FARMERS MARKET SUNDAY APRIL 27TH AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.

THEN OUR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, IN ADDITION TO THE 42 EVENTS WE HOST, WE ALSO RECEIVE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS FOR EVENTS

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OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE PROCESSED, THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT OR HOSTED THEM.

IN NOVEMBER WE HAD A CHRISTMAS TREE SALE, WE HAD PARKLAND FLAG SUPER BOWL, PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION THAT UTILIZED THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND WE HAD THE RIZZO WALK IN NOVEMBER. IN DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. WE HAD PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW. WE HOSTED MSD COLOR RUN, WE HOSTED MSD CATTLE CAR EVENT NEAR THE LIBRARY AS WELL.

THEN IN JANUARY, WE HAD ROTARY CLUB'S DAY OF SERVICE, WE HAD MSD FUN FOR FUN'S PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT. THE SEMINOLE NATION COOKOFF, WHIFFLE BLAST, AND THE PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW.

IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD A PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW, THE BUDDY SPORTS VALENTINE'S DANCE, THE PARKLAND SOCCER PICNIC AND CHALLENGER BASEBALL OPENING DAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CONTRIBUTE TO A LOT OF OTHERS TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR GREAT CAUSES.

JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID HOST THE I WALK FOR HOPE SPECIAL PERMIT. WE HAVE LITTLE LEAGUE COMING UP AND ANOTHER PARKLAND'S HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW.

IN APRIL WE HAD THE BURGER BASH, ANOTHER PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION SHOW, THE RED HAWKS LACROSSE END OF SEASON PARTY AND A BSO SHED-A-THON. THEY ARE STILL FINALIZING ON THE DATE. AS SOON AS WE KNOW, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AS WELL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, PAST EVENTS, UPCOMING PERMITS, PAST PERMITS? SURE.

>> CAN YOU GET ON THE MIC? THERE YOU GO.

>> IS THIS OKAY? YEAH, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW TO KIND OF PROCESS THIS INFORMATION. LIKE, IT'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF STUFF. HONESTLY, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME WHAT EVENTS WERE COVERED, I THINK I WOULD REMEMBER THE EGGSSTRAVAGANZA. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE FUNCTION THEY SHOULD BE PERFORMING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM YOU?

>> AS FAR AS YOUR ROLE?

>> YEAH. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE, PART OF OUR GOALS IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BETTER INFORMED COMMUNITY, AND SO AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS.

THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IT, WHERE TO FIND IT, SO BEING AN ADVOCATE, AN EXTENSION OF OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN AS WELL AS WHEN YOU SEE THESE EVENTS AND GO TO THEM, IF YOU MAKE NOTE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS.

SO IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WITH US, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IF IT'S WITHIN OUR SCOPE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR THE ADVISORY BOARD, AFTER LAST YEAR'S PARKLAND -- OR THE FIRST PARKLAND, THE 60TH BIRTHDAY, SOME ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS PROMPTED US, HEY, IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PARADE, YOU'RE WAITING FOR TWO HOURS. ALL THESE KIDS ARE SITTING AND WAITING. IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THERE COULD BE A COFFEE TRUCK AND SOME FOOD. AND THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT IDEA, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THE GO, GO, GO. WE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AND IMPROVE THAT EVENT SIGNIFICANTLY AND GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO JUST KIND OF HAVING THOSE THOUGHTS WHEN YOU GO TO THOSE EVENTS SO YOU CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK.

SOME OF THE OTHER ADVISORY BOARD FEEDBACK HAS BEEN, NEEDING A PARK BENCH OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT OPENS YOUR EYES A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIRECT LINE, EVERYONE HAS A DIRECT LINE BUT YOU HAVE NOW A PLATFORM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY.

>> WE MIGHT NOT SEE IT ALL. SO WHEN THEY DO COME TO US WITH, OH, THIS GROUP WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS, WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF -- WHEN THEY DO COME TO US FOR ADVICE, WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF, IS THERE SPACE FOR THAT, ROOM FOR THAT, HOW MUCH IS GOING ON, SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER KEY REASON WHY WE GET THESE UPDATES, SO WE'RE AWARE OF HOW BUSY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THINGS OR NOT.

>> I BELIEVE LAST YEAR THAT IT WAS SUGGESTED WE SEEK KIND OF A YEAR-OVER- YEAR

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COMPARISON. >> YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.

WELL, I DIDN'T DO THAT FOR EVENTS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WANTED IT FOR SPORTS.

BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN WE GET TO SPORTS.

WE HAVE THE YEAR-TO- YEAR

COMPARISON. >> IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE FOR THE SPORTS AS THE LEAGUES GROW AND ALSO FOR THE EVENTS OF

COURSE. >> WE CAN DO

THAT. >> WE CAN FEEL THE GROWTH, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE EVENTS.

>> WE WILL ADD THAT.

>> IF I COULD GIVE COMMENTS ON PAST

EVENTS. >> SURE.

>> THE SNOWFEST WAS WONDERFUL, AGAIN.

THE LOCATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD IT HISTORICALLY THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS THE SNOWBALL FIGHTS THAT TEND TO BREAK OUT IN THE OLDER CHILDRENS' SECTION.

AND THERE WAS A VERY GOOD SECURITY THERE WHO WAS GOING TO KICK SOME KIDS OUT FOR BEING A LITTLE TOO ROUGH.

AND I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE FIGHTING A LITTLE BIT AGAINST NATURE OF PUTTING A BUNCH OF SNOW IN FRONT OF KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE SNOW TO WANT TO DO IT AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO DO A SEPARATE SECTION WITH THE SMALLER, LIKE, FLUFF BALL SNOWBALLS WHERE THOSE KIDS COULD HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT SEPARATED BY THE SMALL KIDS AND THE OLDER KIDS.

MEANING 6, 8 YEARS OLD. JUST TO GIVE THEM AN OUTLET.

BECAUSE IT WAS EVERY FEW MINUTES, HEY, DON'T DO THAT, HEY, DON'T DO THAT. AND MAYBE THAT COULD KIND OF DIRECT THEM IN ANOTHER AREA.

BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. ALSO, FOR THE FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL, FANTASTIC. THE LOCATION REALLY, REALLY WORKED WELL, THE NEW LOCATION. IT FLOWED VERY GOOD.

AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND THEN THE MOVIES IN THE PARK, THAT IS EARLIER THIS YEAR, CORRECT? APRIL?

>> YES, EASTER THIS YEAR, I THINK, THE EGGSTRAVAGANZA FELL ON THE WEEKEND, SO IT WAS MOVED FOR APRIL.

>> EVENTS WHEN IT'S A LITTLE COOLER OUT MAY GET MORE FAMILIES AND ATTENDEES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL. THE SPORTS POLICY, IT SAYS PERFECTIVE JANUARY 20 -- POLICIES UP FOR REVIEW EVERY TERM, ARE THEY NOW RATIFIED FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS?

>> SO OUR SPORTS POLICY, IT'S JUST IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGE AND THE LAST CHANGE WAS DONE AT AN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, I BELIEVE, IN JANUARY OF 2024.

SO ANY TIME ANY CHANGE IS MADE TO ANY OF OUR POLICY, IT WILL HAVE A NEW DATE.

>> IT HAS TO GET ON THE DOCKET TO

BE REVIEWED. >> YES, SIR.

>> FOR SOME OF THE EVENTS WHERE THERE AREN'T DIRECT TICKET SALES, HOW DO YOU GET KIND OF THE ESTIMATION OF ATTENDANCE?

>> WE TRY TO COUNT. SO FOR THE FARMERS MARKET, WE TRACK CARS AND THEN WE MULTIPLY IT. SO WE HAVE AN OVER/UNDER BASED ON THE CARS. SO THAT DOESN'T CAPTURE GOLF CARTS OR IF YOUR CAR FITS SEVEN PEOPLE. AND THEN FOR OTHER EVENTS WHERE WE CAN'T DO THE CAR COUNT, LIKE PINE TRAILS PARK, THAT IS HARDER, US, ALONG WITH BSO, WE TRY TO TAKE SOME ESTIMATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THEN COME UP WITH AN AGREEABLE NUMBER.

BECAUSE BSO, WHEN WE DO OUR APPLICATIONS FOR OUR PERMITS, WE HAVE TO REFERENCE WHAT OUR SIZE WAS THE YEAR BEFORE. SO THEY WANT TO HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER AS WELL SO THEY'RE IN THE SAME BOAT COUNTING. SO WE JOIN FORCES.

>> ALSO, I WANTED TO SECOND THE CHANGE IN LOCATION TO FAMILY FUN FEST WAS EXCELLENT, AND MUCH EASIER GETTING IN AND OUT AND EVERYTHING. I'VE GONE EVERY YEAR FOR MANY

YEARS. >> GOOD, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT, SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PROGRAMS AND CLASSES WITH COREY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, PROGRAMS AND CLASSES. SO NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY WE HAD AFTER CARE GOING ON. THAT'S OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH ABOUT 100 PLUS PARTICIPANTS THAT COME AFTER SCHOOL EVERY DAY.

WE HAD OUR FALL AND WINTER PROGRAMMING SESSIONS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONTRACTOR BASED, BUT WE ALSO RUN A FEW PROGRAMS AS WELL IN THERE FROM THE P

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THE KIDS DAY OFF CAMP WAS TAKING PLACE NOVEMBER 5TH AND THEN ON JANUARY 10TH WE WENT TO PLASTER CAROUSEL AND WE HAVE ABOUT 50 KIDS THAT ATTEND AND IT'S A FIELD TRIP DAY WHERE THEY TAKE A BUS ON A FIELD TRIP. WE HAD FALL BREAK CAMP IN NOVEMBER, THAT'S THE THREE DAYS OF THANKSGIVING, AND THEN WE HAVE THE WINTER BREAK CAMP OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THAT'S ABOUT A TWO- WEEK PROGRAM FROM DECEMBER 23RD THROUGH JANUARY 3RD.

WE HAD A PARENTS NIGHT OUT ACTIVITY THAT'S TYPICALLY THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

NOVEMBER WE DID PAINTING WITH SOPHIA.

DECEMBER WAS A REPTILE SHOW. JANUARY WAS S.T.E.M. NIGHT, AND FEBRUARY WAS COOKING WITH ALICE.

THANK YOU. OKAY, UPCOMING WE HAVE SOME BIG DATES FOR US UPCOMING WITH SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION STARTING ON MARCH 18TH, AND THEN WE HAVE SPRING BREAK CAMP STARTING ON MARCH 24TH THROUGH THROUGH 28TH. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SPRING PROGRAM SESSION REGISTRATION OPENING UP ON MARCH 10TH. SO IT'S A BIG SEASON THAT WE'RE GEARING UP FOR WITH SUMMER CAMP. WE HAVE A LARGE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR KIDS CAMP AND 50 TO 100 IN OUR TRAVEL CAMP. WE ALSO OFFER OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT IS AT NO CHARGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM. EACH MONTH THEY DO A TRIP, A CLASS, A BREAKFAST SOCIAL AND MAYBE SOME FITNESS CLASSES.

SO FOR NOVEMBER THE TRIP WAS TO FLAGLER MUSEUM AND THEY HAD A CANDLEMAKING CLASS. DECEMBER THEY WENT TO VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND DID A CLASS ON GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD.

IN JANUARY THEY WENT TO MIAMI AND TOOK A PAINTING CLASS.

FEBRUARY WAS THE MAD ARTS IMMERSIVE ART MUSEUM, AS WELL AS THEY HAD A TECHNOLOGY CLASS. AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR PROGRAMS. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> SORRY, WAS ANY TEEN CLASSES ADDED?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BECAUSE CHRISTINE JUST TOLD ME, DID YOU ADD THAT TO THE SLIDES? SO, ACTUALLY, WE DID -- OKAY, YES, ALL RIGHT. SO IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR TEEN PROGRAMMING THAT IT'S AN UNTAPPED DEMOGRAPHIC AND IT'S A VERY HARD ONE TO TAP INTO. SO AT STRATEGIC PLANNING THEY TALKED ABOUT TEEN PROGRAMMING. WE BROUGHT IT TO OUR ADVISORY BOARDS BECAUSE WE HAD TRIED A BUNCH OF TEEN STUFF AND IT FLOPPED.

SO WE WERE JUST GETTING IDEAS ON SOME THINGS WE COULD IMPLEMENT AND THEY CAME UP WITH A HANDFUL OF IDEAS. SO WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO IMPLEMENT SOME ONE OF THE IDEAS, SOMEBODY DID RECOMMEND CREATING MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED -- COREY WORKED ALONG WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE OUR VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS TO NOT JUST BE A SPECIAL EVENT VOLUNTEER, BUT TUTORING FOR AFTER SCHOOL.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED HAVING SOME TEENS COME IN AND THEN HELP WITH AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, AS WELL AS WITH ANY OF OUR RECREATION PROGRAMMING.

SO IF YOU'RE A TEEN AND YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, THERE IS NOW AN AVENUE AND AN OUTLET FOR THAT. SO THAT HAS BEEN STARTED.

>> IF YOU GO ONTO THE CITY'S WEBSITE -- IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A LINK TO GOVERNMENT JOBS. IT'S NOT A JOB, BUT YOU APPLY TO BE A VOLUNTEER. IT SAYS TEEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE HUMAN RESOURCES PAGE. SO WE STARTED WITH THAT SO FAR.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF CLASSES OF TRYING TO FIND INSTRUCTORS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FOR THE TEENS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SPORTS -- I DON'T WANT TO STEAL RYAN'S THUNDER, BUT THAT ONE IS ON RYAN. RYAN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.

>> DO WE HAVE AN AVENUE FOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR NONPROFITS WITHIN THE CITY TO EXPRESS, HEY, WE COULD USE SOME TEEN

VOLUNTEERS? >> SO THEY COULD CALL US, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SET UP AN AVENUE WITH THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OUR MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN KEEPING THEM INTERNAL.

SO TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM WITH PARKLAND, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE TEENS TO VOLUNTEER HERE WITHIN OUR CITY.

SO ONCE WE BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, WE CAN

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SO OUR GOAL IS KIND OF NOT TO PUSH THEM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

>> I GUESS WHAT I'M MEANING IS, PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY THAT AREN'T RUN BY THE CITY. LIKE ALL OUR ATHLETIC

PROGRAMS. >> I KNEW THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE

HEADING. >> ALL OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. ALL OF OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS ARE NOT RUN BY THE CITY, THEY'RE RUN BY VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS.

>> CORRECT. SO ALL OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW. AND BASICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL COORDINATE WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT, GIVE US A LITTLE SCRIPT AND YOUR LITTLE EMAIL TO US IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD BE. IF IT'S FOR ONE DAY BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING OPENING CEREMONIES, OR YOU WANT SOMEBODY EVERY WEEKEND TO HELP OUT WITH THE CONCESSION -- NOT CONCESSION, BUT YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU COULD SEND THOSE BLURBS TO US. THEY WILL EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, IF INTERESTED, CONTACT BRIAN AND THIS WOULD BE HIS CONTRACT INFORMATION. I'M SURE IT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS POTENTIALLY.

THEY COULD THEN GET THE EMAIL OF VOLUNTEERS TO TRY TO COORDINATE FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NEED FOR SOFTBALL, AND VICE- VERSA TO ALL THE SPORTS. AND WE COULD SEND THAT OUT TO ALL THE LEADERS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN

AVENUE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SOFTBALL, WE USE GIRLS WITHIN THE PROGRAM, BUT I'M SURE BASEBALL, SOCCER, WHOEVER, COULD USE --

>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> -- VOLUNTEERS AND GET THEM

HOURS. >> YOU SAID THE APPLICATION LINK IS ON YOUR WEBSITE?

>> UNDER THE HUMAN RESOURCES.

>> UNDER THE HUMAN RESOURCES.

>> YES, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I WROTE DOWN ON MY NOTE AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE WILL ALSO ADD THAT SAME LINK UNDER THE PARKS AND REC PAGE, WE'LL SAY, WE HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PROGRAMS, SPORTS PROGRAMS, HERE IS HOW YOU APPLY AND IT WILL DIRECT THEM TO THE SAME PAGE BUT IT WILL BE AN AVENUE THROUGH THE PARKS & RECREATION AS

WELL. >> FOR US, WITH WORKING IN THE PTA AT RIVERGLADES, REACHING OUT WITH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, THE ONES THAT REQUIRE VOLUNTEER HOURS, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, LATINOS IN ACTION IN MASSIVE, AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT I WORK WITH AS WELL IN REACHING OUT WITH THEIR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS THAT IT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER NONPROFITS, I'M SURE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESOURCES THAT THEY RECRUIT HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS FROM THAT THEY COULD SHARE WITH YOU.

BUT I THINK THOSE MAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE VOLUNTEER HOURS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR YOU. AND EVEN WEST GLADES HAS A JUNIOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND THEY ARE A VERY HIGHLY UNTAPPED RESOURCE FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE STUDENTS WITHIN OUR CITY.

>> FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAMS, THERE WASN'T REALLY ATTENDANCE LISTED OR KEY METRICS.

ARE THEY KIND OF MEETING YOUR DEMAND FOR THEM VERSUS WHAT YOU EXPECTED? WHERE DOES THAT COME IN?

>> ATTENDANCE NUMBERS?

>> NOT NECESSARILY, JUST A

GENERAL FEEL. >> YES, SO I'LL GIVE -- BECAUSE COREY IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW, SO I'M GOING TO JUMP IN FOR A LITTLE BIT. AS FAR AS YOUR SENIOR NUMBERS, WE WENT FROM -- CDBG IS A GRANT WE GET IMBURSED FOR. SO WE HAVE OVER 250 SENIORS REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN SENIOR PROGRAMS. THAT MEANS THEY GAVE US THEIR PAPERWORK, PROVED THEY WERE A RESIDENT, GAVE THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL OF THAT. SO OUR TRIPS USED TO ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 50 SENIORS.

WE'VE DOUBLED THAT, SO WE'RE AT 100 SENIORS FOR OUR TRIPS, GIVE OR TAKE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS. SO WE'RE KIND OF AVERAGING IN THE 80 S-ISH.

>> DO YOU ACTUALLY DO A HEAD COUNT?

>> WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY PER PERSON, SO WE HAVE ACTUAL NUMBERS. I THINK COREY CAN PULL THEM IF YOU WANT THEM. BUT WE'RE AVERAGING IN THE 80S 80S FOR OUR ACTUAL SENIOR TRIPS.

>> THAT'S GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST TWO TO THREE

YEARS. >> AND DEPENDING ON THE TRIP, SOME OF THEM, THEY DO MAX OUT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SENIOR BREAKFASTS, THEY AVERAGE AROUND 15. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CDBG PARTICIPANT TO COME TO A SENIOR BREAKFAST. THEN WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES AND THEY ALL VARY BECAUSE THERE'S CAPACITIES BASED ON THE INSTRUCTOR. SO WE'VE HAD A COOKING DEMONSTRATION AND THEY CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 40. SO OUR NUMBERS DON'T

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>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> 62 PLUS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. ATHLETICS MANAGER.

I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE ATHLETIC NUMBERS OVER THE PAST TWO QUARTERS. FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, A LITTLE WORDY, I'LL DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN IT.

BUT I BROKE IT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS CURRENT YEAR. SO TRAVERS GIRL SOFTBALL IN 2023, WE HAD 73 PARTICIPANTS, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2024 WE HAD 70.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS SO IT'S NOT AS LONG. LITTLE LEAGUE HAD 313 AND THEN HAD 313 AGAIN. BUDDY SPORTS SOCCER HAD 290 AND WENT UP TO 300. TRAVEL SOCCER HAD 535 AND INCREASED TO 655. TRAVEL BASEBALL HAD 93 AND WENT UP TO 170. TRAVEL LACROSSE HAD 89 AND WENT UP TO 156. AND OUR ADULT COED, WE ARE STAYING STRONG AT 12 TEAMS. WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO ADD ANY MORE TEAMS BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING, SO IT DOES STAY MAXED OUT AND REGISTRATION IS FULL FOR THAT PROGRAM. FOR OUR TENNIS LEAGUES, SINCE WE HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE, YOU HAVE USTA, SOUTH PALM BEACH, CLAY MATES, MCCOY AND BROWARD.

IN 2023 WE HAD 20 LEAGUES, IN 2024 WE HAD 17.

IN 2023 FOR PARTICIPANTS, 274 AND THEN 258. OUR TENNIS LESSONS FOR ADULTS, WE HAD IN 2023, 481, WE ALMOST DOUBLED TO 886 IN 2024. PARTICIPANTS, WE HAD 113, AND 165. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T KNOW, OUR TENNIS CENTER IS CONTRACTED OUT TO ROB NICHOLS. HE DOES ALL THAT GOOD STUFF THERE. FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, SO CURRENT, 2024, WE HAD 73 PARTICIPANTS FOR TRAVEL SOFTBALL, THIS YEAR WE HAD 70. LITTLE LEAGUE WENT FROM 313 TO 422. BUDDY SPORTS BASKETBALL FROM 252 TO 240. TRAVEL BASEBALL, 93 TO 170. REC LACROSSE, 223 TO 122. REC BASKETBALL 1181 AND THEN THIS YEAR 1150. TRAVEL LACROSSE HAD 90, WENT UP TO 156.

ADULT COED, ONCE AGAIN, 12 TEAMS AND STILL AT 12 TEAMS. WINTER FLAG FOOTBALL, 594 TO 625.

OUR SAME LEAGUES AGAIN, WE HAD 20 LEAGUES OFFERED LAST YEAR AND NOW WE'RE AT 19.

OUR PARTICIPANTS WENT FROM 274 TO 268.

AND THEN OUR LESSONS WENT FROM 472 TO 554.

AND OUR PARTICIPANTS WENT FROM 115 TO 129. OUR ATHLETIC UPDATE, WE HAVE THREE PENDING CONTRACTS -- OR THREE PENDING TRAINER CONTRACTS AND 12 EXECUTED. SEASONS THAT HAVE CONCLUDED, WE HAD FALL FLAG FOOTBALL IN DECEMBER CONCLUDE, BUDDY SPORTS SOCCER IN DECEMBER, REC SOCCER IN FEBRUARY, TACKLE FOOTBALL IN NOVEMBER, ADULT COED SOFTBALL IN DECEMBER, AND THEN OUR SEASONS THAT HAVE RECENTLY STARTED, REC SOFTBALL JUST HAD THEIR OPENING DAY, REC LACROSSE, CHALLENGER BASEBALL, BUDDY SPORTS BASEBALL AND COED SOFTBALL. IT IS STILL 12 TEAMS. SO FOR JUST SOME UPDATES, WE HAD -- I'M IN THE PROCESS OF ORDERING NEW SCREENS FOR THE BATTING CAGES AT PINE TRAILS AND TERRAMAR. I DIDN'T TYPE IT ON HERE, BUT OUR TEAM PROGRAM WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A TEAM KICKBALL PROGRAM ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. IT'S GOING TO KIND OF BE -- YOU CAN REGISTER A TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL SIGN- UPS TO TRY TO GAUGE THE INTEREST, IT WILL BE ON FRIDAY MORNINGS. I KNOW AT NIGHT KIDS DON'T WANT TO COME OUT TO PLAY KICKBALL, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT IN THE MORNING AND SEE THE KIND OF INTEREST. WE JUST SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO FELECIA AND CHRISTINE. SO PENDING APPROVAL, WE'LL OPEN REGISTRATION. I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP WITH THE CHANGE IN JANUARY, WE HAD TO GO TO LEVEL 2 BACKGROUND SCREENINGS FOR ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER COACHES AND TRAINERS AND ALL THAT STUFF. IT HAS GONE REALLY WELL.

I'VE DONE ABOUT 675 BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR COACHES,

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>> SPEAKING OF KICKBALL, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ADULT KICKBALL

LEAGUE? >> ADULT KICKBALL, IT ENDED UP -- IT ENDED UP FLOPPING. I COULD ONLY GET TWO TEAMS. NO MATTER WHAT I DID, I HAD A COUPLE SINGLE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO CREATE ANOTHER TEAM.

SO WE KIND OF STAYED AT TWO TEAMS. WE HELD REGISTRATION OPEN, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS, LIKE, THREE MONTHS, AND I JUST CLOSED IT LAST WEEK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S TALKS ABOUT MAYBE SOME OTHER KIND OF SOFTBALL LEAGUE.

I'VE GOT TO PITCH THAT TO CHRISTINE AND FELECIA.

THERE WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE TO REPLACE IT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL AT THIS POINT.

PICKLEBALL, THE PROBLEM WITH PICKLEBALL IS AVAILABILITY.

I CAN'T GO OUT AND TAKE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT TERRAMAR, WE DO TEAM PROGRAMMING AND THERE'S BASKETBALL. THE AVAILABILITY ISN'T THE BEST. WE'LL LOOK INTO ADDING A PICKLEBALL ADULT LEAGUE ON FRIDAYS. ANYBODY ELSE?

FROM. >> I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. YEAH, I'M NOT 100% SURE.

I CAN DEFINITELY GET THOSE ANSWERS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

>> I NOTICE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE SIGNIFICANTLY GREW, WHICH I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GROWING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS.

>> SO THE PROGRAMS MAY BE GROWING, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING MORE FIELD SPACE. SO IF THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE FIELD SPACE THAT THEY'VE BEEN PERMITTED TO USE, THEY CAN GROW IT TO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO.

I KNOW TRAVEL SOCCER, THEY USE CND AT TERRAMAR AND WE HAVE A CRAZY AMOUNT OF KIDS BUT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING IT WORK.

THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO GIVE IT.

>> IF THEY'RE ON A WEEKEND NIGHT, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE 173 KIDS ON ONE FIELD.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S NO CAPACITY TO A FIELD THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO.

SO, I MEAN, THEY MAKE IT WORK WITH WHAT THEY DO.

AND IF THAT'S HOW THEIR PROGRAM OPERATES -- I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY COMPLAINTS FROM ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM.

>> A QUESTION ALONG SIMILAR LINES, HOW ARE THE FIELD ALLOCATIONS DETERMINED BASED ON THE PROGRAM GROWTH AND THINGS OF THAT SORT?

>> SO OUR FIELDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TWO LEAGUES ALREADY, THEY KIND OF GET THE SAME FIELDS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN SINCE I'VE STARTED HERE. IT'S KIND OF JUST BEEN STAYING THERE, STEADY GROWTH OR STAYING THE SAME BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY FIELDS WITHOUT CONTINUING TO GROW.

WITH THAT SAID, I GUESS THEY CAN'T GROW.

THEY JUST GET THOSE FIELDS ALLOCATED EVERY SEASON AND THAT'S WHAT THEY END UP

USING. >> BUT WITHIN THE SPORTS POLICY ITSELF, THERE IS STUFF ON HOW FIELDS ARE ALLOCATED.

SO REC SPORTS HAVE PRIORITY OVER TRAVEL SPORTS, THERE ARE PERCENTAGES FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS, BE IT REC OR TRAVEL, OF HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PARKLAND RESIDENTS. FOR REC SPORTS, IT HAS TO BE 90% PARKLAND KIDS. TRAVEL IS 50/50.

THEN I CAN TELL YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO RUNS IT, BASICALLY FOR SOFTBALL WE KNOW WE HAVE THESE THREE FIELDS THESE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE BETWEEN OUR TRAVEL PROGRAM, WELL, SOFTBALL IS UNIQUE BECAUSE OUR TRAVEL AND REC ARE UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA. WE JUST ALLOCATE. AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OF THESE FIELD PLANNING THINGS, IS WE ALL GET TOGETHER IN A ROOM, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED. WE TRY TO WORK TOGETHER TO ALLOCATE THE LIMITED RESOURCES TO BEST SERVE EVERY PROGRAM. BUT THERE IS IN THE SPORTS POLICY CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF WHO HAS PRIORITY AND WHO DOESN'T.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. IF YOU GO TO TERRAMAR TONIGHT, C AND D WILL BE PARKED AND A ANDAND WILL NOT. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS

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>> THANK YOU.

>> OF COURSE.

>> I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION. A LOT OF GREAT WORK GOING ON.

I GET THE SENSE OF ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON, BUT I DON'T GET THE SENSE OF WHAT'S HOLDING YOU BACK.

WHAT'S YOUR BIG ISSUE THAT YOU NEED TO GET SOLVED? I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GROWING, EVERYTHING IS GREAT.

YOU'RE BLOWING THROUGH THE NUMBERS.

YOU MUST HAVE ISSUES, RIGHT?

>> I'LL LET CHRISTINE -- TO DEFER TO ME.

>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'VE GOT NEW CHALLENGES AND WE HAVE TO HANDLE CONCERNS, ISSUES, ON A DAILY BASIS AND SO FORTH.

AND SO WE BASICALLY, WHEN WE COME TO THESE MEETINGS, WE GIVE YOU BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THE WORKLOAD IS IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WAS ASKED EARLIER, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE OR WHAT CAN YOU GUYS DO, IT'S TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE CITY. BUT, YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THERE ARE ISSUES, THERE ARE CONCERNS, THERE ARE OBSTACLES, AND WE WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER. LIKE RYAN SAID, WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A CONCERN TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BEST ADDRESS THOSE.

>> IS THAT SOMEWHERE TRACKED, LIKE, OKAY, LAST QUARTER THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS --

>> WE DID THIS, WE ADDRESSED THIS BY DOING THIS.

I GET THE SENSE OF ATTENDANCE, I GET THE SENSE OF EVENTS.

THAT'S ALL FINE. I DON'T GET THE SENSE OF THESE WERE THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, IN PROGRAMS, IN P REC. HOW DID WE HEAR THE PEOPLE? AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW?

>> RIGHT, UNDERSTOOD. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, YOU BRING UP PARKING AND THAT'S A GREAT TALKING POINT.

BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THAT.

WHEN WE GET INTO OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, OBVIOUSLY TERRAMAR PARK IS A CONCERN AND WE KNOW THAT HILLSBORO IS GOING TO BE WIDENING WITH A BIKE LANE.

WHERE THAT OVERFLOW AREA IS ALONG THE MEDIAN THERE IS NOT GOING TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BE WIDE ENOUGH AND BIG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO EVEN HOUSE CARS. WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN THOSE THINGS IN REGARDS TO COMING UP WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND PARKING AT TERRAMAR.

ACTUALLY, THE EXPANDED PARKING HAS BEEN A TWO YEAR CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE BOARD BUT ALSO THE COMMISSION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. LISTENING TO COMMISSION MEETINGS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS IS WHERE YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND CHALLENGES THAT WE DEVELOP PLANS IN REGARDS TO HOW WE ADDRESS OUR HANDLE THOSE. AND THEN JUST DAY TO DAY. AS STUFF COMES UP, RECOMMENDATIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING THE CARNIVAL TO A NEW LOCATION.

WE DIDN'T SAY, HEY, PUT IT AT THE E EQUESTRIAN CENTER. THE CHALLENGE AT PINE TRAILS WAS THE HOURS, THE PARKING, THE OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THE PARK AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND HOW MUCH THE CARNIVAL HAS GROWN, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE DO FOR TEENS. SO INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, OH, NO, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS EVENT ANYMORE, WHAT CAN WE DO. SO THE ALTERNATIVE WAS, LET'S TRY THIS LOCATION AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER.

IT WAS NOT AN EASY LET'S JUST MOVE IT OVER THERE, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE AN EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. WE HAD A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND HOMEWORK TO BE DONE IN REGARDS TO TALKING TO THOSE EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE IN THE RANCHES AND SAYING, HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT YOU GUYS IF WE MOVED THE EVENT HERE, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE STAY GOOD NEIGHBORS BY DOING THIS, AND THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS. SO, AGAIN, IT'S A CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD.

AND AS YOU CONTINUE AND YOU STEP UP AND BE A PART OF THIS, YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AND BE ABLE TO HEAR THOSE THINGS AND CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS MAYBE HELP COME UP WITH

SOLUTIONS. >> I'M SURE THERE'S THINGS PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON. IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE SEEING ALL THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP?

>> I THINK A LOT OF IT WILL COME -- MOST OF THE PARK IMPROVEMENT UPDATES YOU'LL SEE, A LOT OF THAT YOU'LL SEE

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BUT WE TEND TO TRY AND DO THAT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THOSE. IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF THING THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, HEY, WE NEED TO CHANGE, BUT AN ISSUE, THEY WILL BRING IT TO US IF THIS IS GOING ON, WHAT DO YOU GUYS

THINK. O CF1 CF2 O >> AND ONE OF THE PERFECT CONVERSATIONS, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PARKS HAVE HEARD, E-BIKES.

IT'S NOT JUST IN PARKLAND. THIS IS ACROSS THE COUNTY, THE STATES AS THE E- BIKES AND NEW FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY, OR WHATEVER THAT COMES OUT FOR KIDS AND SO FORTH.

AND SOMETIMES THAT CREATES SOME CONCERNS. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS IN OUR PARKS FROM THE E-BIKES. WE HAVE HEARD OF IT, WE'RE AWARE OF IT. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH BSO.

THERE ARE TASKS TAKING PLACE THAT IS TRYING TO HELP.

OUR LEAGUES ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THAT REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE PHONE CALLS OR EVEN HELPING WITH THE KIDS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM, WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO AND NOT ALLOWED TO DO IN REGARD TO THAT.

>> IT'S NOT ALL ROSY.

>> IN FACT, YOU JUST BROUGHT UP A GOOD IDEA.

WE COULD COMBINE THE TEEN PROBLEM WITH THE E- BIKE PROBLEM AND MAKE A RACETRACK.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> ON A SOCCER FIELD.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THE PROGRAMS, EVENTS OR ANYTHING OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES, WHERE WE'RE GOING? BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO GO BACK ONE STEP. MR. CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD OBLIGE.

ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE MEETING DATES. LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION AND A MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE TO ADOPT THAT SCHEDULE FOR 2025 MEETING DATES. I LET EVERYBODY KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THAT SOMETIMES THE CONVERSATION MAY BE AROUND THE JULY MEETING, OKAY. LAST YEAR WE ENDED UP MEETING, BUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR I THINK WE ENDED UP DECIDING TO GO ON A SUMMER HIATUS AND BREAK AND NOT MEET THAT MONTH.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND MAKE A MOTION TO EITHER ADOPT ALL THOSE DATES OR IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, WE UNDERSTAND FROM TIME TO TIME ONE OF YOU MAY NEED TO MISS, AND THAT'S OKAY. I DO, WHEN I SEND OUT THE AGENDA, ASK IF ANYONE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND JUST LET US KNOW. AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND EMERGENCIES SOMETIMES COME UP THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM COMING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE DATES ARE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE DATES AS WRITTEN.

>> SECOND.

>> I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MINDMIND THAT, AS CHRISTINE HAS SUGGESTED, THE JULY MEETING BECOMES AN --

>> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ADDRESS WHEN IT GETS CLOSER, IN THE MAY MEETING TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.

YOU KNOW MY WIFE, I WON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ON JULY 7TH UNTIL JULY 6TH.

>> SAME WITH MINE.

>> SO WE HAD THE MOTION, WE HAD BRIAN SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF KEEPINGKEEPING MEETING DATES AS IS.

MEETING DATES ARE UNANIMOUS AS IS.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

>> AND, YES, AS YOU SUGGESTED, AS WE GET CLOSER -- SO MAY WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE JULY AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN.

>> IF ANYTHING COMES UP, WE'LL EMAIL, COMMUNICATE.

>> I'M TRYING TO GET THIS MOUSE THIS COOPERATE. I'VE GOT TO START IT. I'M GOOD, THOUGH, THANK YOU.

THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WE COULD GET WITH YOU AT THE END AND CITY CLERK WILL UPDATE THE ROSTER AND WE'LL GET IT OUT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

YES, PLEASE CHECK THAT ROSTER AND MAKE SURE ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT IS CORRECT AND ACCURATE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE THE UPDATES AND GIVE OUT A NEW ROSTER TO

EVERYBODY. >> WHY IS THERE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO SEPTEMBER 15TH.

>> THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OUR NORMAL MEETINGS IS

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OKAY, FUN STUFF. PRESERVE PARK.

SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN TO SOME OF OUR OUTREACH MEETINGS. IF YOU HAVE NOT, THIS PROJECT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A TWO- YEAR PLUS PROCESS ALREADY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE'VE DONE STUFF OVER AT THE P REC WE'VE MET WITH OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND HAVE COME UP WITH A FINAL CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY COMMISSION IN AUGUST OF 2023.

SINCE THAT TIMEFRAME, OUR ENGINEERS, OUR DESIGN TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR NORMAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT GO OUT AS A DESIGN BID BUILD.

THIS WAS A CMR PROCESS. IT MEANS IT'S A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY HIRED OUR DESIGN TEAM, WHICH IS CPH. THEY DID THE PRE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND THE CONCEPT DESIGN AND THEN WHEN WE GOT TO OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS CLOSE TO 30%, WE BROUGHT ON OUR CONTRACTOR ALREADY. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE ARE ON CONTRACT FOR PRE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. SO THEY GUIDED AND HELPED US ALONG THE WAY WHILE WE WERE FINE- TUNING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO 100%.

WE ARE NOW AT 100% DESIGN WITH OUR DOCUMENTS.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES TAKING PLACE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WITHOUT THE CITY HAVING TO GO BACK TO A BUNCH OF MORE TIME AND MONEY. BUT NONETHELESS, WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN -- WE ARE GOING THROUGH COSTS AND GETTING TO OUR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. AS LONG AS WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE GMP, THEY WILL GO AHEAD AND DETDET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PARK.

OUR NEXT STEPS, WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP LAST MONTH WITH OUR COMMISSION. THOSE, AGAIN, THAT HAVE BEEN A AND FOLLOWING IT, THERE ARE SOME AMENITIES IN THIS PARK, AS WE IDENTIFIED AS OUR ADDED ELEMENTS, RIGHT? SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THIS PARK, BUT THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED BY OUR GRANT. SO WE AT LAST MONTH'S WORKSHOP ASKED THE COMMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND RANK THEIR PRIORITY FOR THOSE ADDED ELEMENTS, SO AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THESE COSTS, WE COULD SEE WHICH ONE HAS A HIGHER PRIORITY AND WHICH ONES, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, MAY BECOME FUTURE PHASES OF THIS PARK. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. THOSE ADDED ELEMENTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, THEY WERE THE NINJA COURSE AND TOWER, SPLASH PAD, COVERS FOR OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, EITHER HARD OR SOFT, THE MINI PLAY VILLAGE, COVERS FOR THIS WAS THE WORKSHOP. JUST FOR COURTS, EITHER HARD OR SOFT, THE CLARITY PURPOSES, THIS IS WHAT WAS BASED UPON THAT WORKSHOP.

WE'RE STILL NOT DONE. AS WE GO THROUGH THESE COSTS, WE WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, THIS IS WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND CONTINUE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION AND GUIDANCE.

>> COVERED PICKLEBALL COURTS?

>> THAT'S WHERE IT RANKED ON THE RANK

OF PRIORITY. >> OVER THE MINI PLAY VILLAGE FOR THE KIDS.

>> THAT'S WHERE IT RANKED SO FAR.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THEM ALL.

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. >> THEY BASICALLY EVALUATED THEIR PREFERENCE AND WE RANKED THEM AND TOOK AN AVERAGE SCORE. SO, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US AND HAVE NOT SEEN THE OVERALL SITE PLAN, I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS OFF OF HILLSBORO.

AS YOU COME THROUGH YOU WILL MEANDER BETWEEN TWO PONDS.

YOU COME AROUND OVER HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS UP HERE.

THERE IS A LAKE OVER HERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE AS WELL AND CONNECT TO FOR OUR PONDS.

THIS IS A LITTLE NATURE PLAY AREA CLOSER TO THE HOMES THAT BACK UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND. THIS IS THE LITTLE MINI VILLAGE AREA. THEY ARE CONNECTING AND BOTH ARE COMPLETELY FENCED IN. AND THEN THERE IS THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AND THEN A LITTLE LOOKOUT OBSERVATION PLANK WITH A BOARDWALK OUT INTO THE PONDS SOUTH OF THE BUILDING IS THE FLASH PAD.

AND THEN MOVING OVER HERE WOULD BE THE BANK SHOT COURT SYSTEM, SOUTH OF THAT IS THE NINJA COURSE, WITH THE SPIRALING RAISED ELEVATION PLATFORM THAT HAS A TOWER IN THE MIDDLE, TWO-STORY TOWER.

AND THEN MOVING OVER TO HERE, THESE ARE THE EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS, FOUR BASKETBALL COURTS.

AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST JOINING US, THE IDEA OF THIS DESIGN IS TO LEAVE SPACE ON EITHER SIDE FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

AND IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL, A NEED FOR EXPANDING EITHER ONE OF THESE COURT SYSTEMS, WE WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY. THIS IS AN EVENT SPACE, SO JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO MOVE A LOT OF OUR EVENTS OVER TO THIS. THIS IS A COMMUNITY PARK AND WE GET THAT. BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL EVENTS HERE OR HAVE A LITTLE CRAFT FAIR OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THIS IS A SMALLER MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AND THIS IS THE FULL SIZE REGULATION MULTIPURPOSE FIELD.

AND THEN TWO BASEBALL/SOFTBALL FIELDS AS WELL, TOO. THEN, OF COURSE, PARKING IS CENTRALIZED. A LOT OF THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK WE HEARD, LIKE TERRAMAR PARK HAS AREAS AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK AS WELL. SO KEEPING ALL OF THE CENTRALIZED PARKING TO ALLOW ANYBODY THAT'S VISITING THE PARK TO BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF THE AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

>> ON THIS SITE PLAN, IF ONE OF OUR PLUS ITEMS DOESN'T GET APPROVED, ARE WE JUST GOING TO MAIN THANE THAT AS A GREEN --

>> IT WILL BE GRASS, THAT IS CORRECT.

>> IT'S NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING AN AMPHITHEATER CAPACITY. BUT I COULD DO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND I'LL EMAIL YOU GUYS ALL THAT INFORMATION, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT AREA AND WHAT A COMFORTABLE SIZE WOULD BE.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE AREA OF THE BANK SHOT BASKETBALL COURT SYSTEM. IT DOES HAVE THE GATE, IT IS COMPLETELY FENCED THIS. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY -- I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT BUILDING IT.

IT DID RANK THE LAST PRIORITY. BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL, LIKE I SAID. BUT THIS WOULD HAVE A SOFT- SIDED SAIL COVER OVER IT TO KEEP SHADE, OBVIOUSLY, AND THERE ARE SOME BENCHES HERE AS YOU COME INTO THE COURT SYSTEM.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT A BANK SHOT BASKETBALL SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT IS. BASICALLY IT'S A 16-STATION PLAY COURT SYSTEM THAT WILL HAVE THESE VARYING SPOTS ON IT, AND IT'S A POINT SYSTEM.

SO IT'S ANY AGE, ANY ABILITY, ANYBODY COULD ENTER ACT, AND THEY WOULD GO FROM STATION TO STATION. IF YOU NOTICE, THE BACK BOARDS ARE VARYING ANGLES.

YOU TAKE YOUR SHOT, AND IF YOU MAKE THE BASKET, YOU GET THOSE POINTS.

>> NO, IT WOULD BE LIKE OUR BASKETBALL COURTS, THAT YOU WOULD BRING YOUR OWN BASKETBALL, AND IT'S JUST A REGULAR SIZE BASKETBALL. THEY'RE REGULAR SIZE RIMS, JUST DIFFERENT BACKBOARDS. THIS IS THE NINJA COURSE TOWER AREA. SO COMING OFF OF THAT SIDEWALK YOU WOULD ENTER THE NINJA COURSE THROUGH THIS START POINT.

AND IT DOES LOOP AROUND BACK AND FORTH INTO, LIKE, AN S FORMATION.

IT DOES VARYING OBSTACLES, FROM LOWER BODY TO UPPER BODY.

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AT THE END, THIS WOULD BE THE FINISH, THERE IS A POLE THAT YOU CAN CLIMB AND RING A LITTLE BELL. IN ADDITION, YOU COULD CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH.

THIS LITTLE SPIRAL HERE IS AN ELEVATED PLATFORM.

IT'S ABOUT A 12-FOOT ELEVATION FROM GROUND LEVEL. SO IT WOULD BE AN INCLINE AS YOU GO UP, WHETHER YOU WANTED TO RUN OR WALK.

THIS MIDDLE SECTION WOULD BE A TWO- STORY TOWER.

IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO THE TOWER AND USE IT AS AN OBSERVATION LOOKOUTOR ANYTHING TO THAT NATURE, YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL AND YOU COULD ACCESS IT FROM THIS ENTRY POINT INTO THE WALKWAY. SO THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S A TEN STATION CUSTOM FITNESS COURT.

AGAIN, WITH A MIX OF CHALLENGES FOR KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS. AND THEN THERE IS THE TWO- LEVEL TOWER. THAT BELL DOES NOT RING.

IT'S DECORATIVE. THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE MAD AT US. THEN THE MINI PLAY VILLAGE AND PLAYGROUND. THE PLAYGROUND CONNECTS TO OUR MINI VILLAGE.

AGAIN, COMPLETELY FENCED IN ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THERE ARE PARENT BENCHES ON THE SIDE WITH SHADE, AND I HAVE A COUPLE WONDERFUL PICTURES TO SHOW YOU OF WHAT THESE AREAS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE AVIATION THEMED, SO AS THE KIDS COULD COME AND LAND AT WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, THEY COULD PRETEND TO PLAY ON AIRPLANES AND GO DOWN VARYING SLIDES WITH OUR TOWER THAT IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE AN AIRPLANE TOWER. THERE'S ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH, WE HEARD ABOUT ZIP LINES, AND IT KIND OF CAME FORWARD AS A RECOMMENDATION. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD THAT ELEMENT, AS WELL AS SWINGS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE. MINI VILLAGE, SO THIS IS WILLOUGHBY PARK, BUT IT IS GOING TO SOMEWHAT RESEMBLE WHAT OUR MINI VILLAGE WILL LOOK LIKE. OUR BUILDINGS WILL NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS. ONE OF THE REASONS LEARNED IS THE BUILDING SHOULD BE INTERACTIVE AND OURS ARE GOING TO BE MORE PLAYGROUND TYPE OF MATERIAL AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPEN. WHERE HERE THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES AND THEY ARE LOCKED AND PEOPLE CANNOT GO IN AND OUT OF THEM FOR THAT CREATIVITY AND IMAGINE PLAY FOR THE CHILDREN. SO NOT ONLY WILL IT BE MINIATURE SIZED STREETS WITH ROADWAY MARKINGS AND STOP SIGNS AND ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS, BUT THEN, ALSO, WHEN THEY STOP AND PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE GROCERY STORE AND HAVE A PLAY ELEMENT INSIDE THERE. THESE ARE WHAT OUR STRUCTURES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEY WILL INCLUDE A CITY HALL, A POLICE STATION, A FIRE STATION, A GAS STATION, A SHOPPING CENTER WITH GROCERY STORE, LIBRARY, SCHOOL, RESTAURANT, AND, OF COURSE, OUR VERY OWN AMPHITHEATER.

AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN PARKLAND ROUNDABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN AS WELL.

>> CORRECT, CORRECT. SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE MINIATURE EVENTS.

BUT A SAFETY BIKE, THIS IS TO TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO CROSS THE STREET PROPERLY AND HOW TO GO AROUND A ROUNDABOUT. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO OUR SPLASH PAD, OUR SPLASH PAD IS APPROXIMATELY 1500 SQUARE FEED. IT WAS A LITTLE SMALLER IN THE BEGINNING. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK WAS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE WET AREA IS 1500 SQUARE FEET. YOU COULD SEE HERE IN THE MIDDLE THE CENTER CIRCLE IS WHERE THE SPLASH PAD WILL ACTUALLY BE, AND IT IS SURROUNDED WITH SEATING AREAS, UMBRELLAS, AND THERE WILL BE SOME LOUNGERS AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE. THIS IS COMPLETELY FENCED IN AND WILL HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE GATE AND ENTRANCE. JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA THERE WILL BE PROBABLY TWO VERY WELL POPULATED PA PAPA POPULATED PAVILIONS. THIS IS OUR SPLASH PAD.

IT IS BEACH THEMED. SO ONCE THEY COME FLYING IN

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THESE ARE NOT EXACTLY WHAT THE COVERS WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THESE ARE JUST INTERNET PICTURES TO GIVE AN IDEA IF WE WERE GOING TO DO A HARD COVER OR SOFT COVER. THE HARD COVER WOULD BE AN OPEN-AIR TYPE OF COVER AND THIS IS YOUR SOFT- SIDED SAIL, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE OVER PLAYGROUNDS.

PICKLEBALL COURTS, HERE IS THE EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS.

THEY ARE FENCED IN BETWEEN EACH COURT, AS WELL AS GOING ACROSS THE MIDDLE. IF THERE WERE COURTS TO BE -- IF THERE WAS COVERS TO BE DONE OVER THESE COURTS, AGAIN, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE BEING BUILT. THE COVERS IS WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT. BUT IF IT WAS A HARD COVER, IT WOULD BE ONE HARD PRE- ENGINEERED METAL CANOPY, OPEN AIR LIKE THE PREVIOUS PICTURE SHOWED.

OR IT WOULD BE ONE SOFT-SIDED FABRIC OVER ALL EIGHT COURTS. AND FOR THE BASKETBALL COURTS, IT WOULD BE TWO HARD COVERS, ONE OVER THESE TWO COURTS, AND ONE OVER THESE TWO COURTS, BECAUSE THERE IS A SEPARATION IN BETWEEN, BECAUSE THERE IS DRAINAGE.

AND THEN IF IT WAS A SOFT- SIDE COVER, THERE WOULD BE ONE OVER EACH COURT.

MOVING ON TO THE COMMUNITY

BUILDING. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, CHRISTINE.

>> YES.

>> WE'VE LEFT SPACE AROUND THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND THE TENNIS COURTS.

>> PICKLEBALL.

>> PICKLEBALL COURTS, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND.

DOES INCLUDING THE COVERS LIMIT OUR ABILITY THEN TO

EXPAND? >> NO.

>> YOU WOULD PUT THEM BACK UP AGAIN?

>> NO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT THEM BACK UP AGAIN.

AS YOU EXPAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE HARD COVERS ARE OVER THOSE EIGHT COURTS, MOVING FORWARD WITH AN EXPANSION, THEN A DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE IN REGARDS TO DO WE DO A SEPARATE COVER OVER THE ADDITIONAL COURTS OR LEAVE THOSE UNCOVERED AND HAVE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

SO WHEN THAT EXPANSION, IF THAT EXPANSION IS NEEDED, THOSE WOULD BE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE WOULD HAVE. BUT, NO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMOVE.

COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE COMMUNITY BUILDING IS ABOUT 4400 SQUARE FEET AND THIS IS WHAT THE RENDERING OF THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT DOES HAVE A FRONT SHADED AREA AS YOU PULL UP.

AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE THERE, THERE IS AN OUTSIDE COVERED PICNIC PATIO AREA THAT OVERLOOKS THE LAKE. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE BUILDING. SO THIS IS THE FRONT SHADED AREA AS YOU PULL IN. YOU COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS. THERE IS A SMALL OFFICE AREA.

THIS IS A WARMING/PREP KITCHEN. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A STOVE WHERE YOU COULD DO FULL- BLOWN COOKING IN IT.

BUT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY WHO UTILIZES THIS ROOM.

AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THERE'S A DOOR HERE THAT ACCESSES THE ROOM AS WELL AS ONE FROM THE HALLWAY COMING IN.

THESE TWO AREAS OVER HERE ARE THE RESTROOMS. YOU WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE EXTERIOR DOORS.

SO IF THERE IS NOT A FUNCTION GOING ON, THESE DOORS WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN AND OUTSIDE ACCESS TO THIS RESTROOM WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS THE SIDE THAT THE PLAYGROUND/MINI VILLAGE IS ON AND THIS IS THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THE SPLASH PAD IS. THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL LITTLE FAMILY RESTROOM THAT OPENS UP TO THE SPLASH PAD SIDE.

AGAIN, A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS, IF YOU GUYS RECALL WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THAT TYPE OF SPACE SO THAT PARENTS COULD BRING THEIR SMALLER CHILDREN IN THERE AND HAVE AN AREA TO CHANGE THEM IN OR OUT OF THEIR WETSUITS IF THEY'RE COMING FROM THE SPLASH PAD.

THIS IS A STORAGE AREA FOR TABLES, CHAIRS.

AND THEN THIS IS THE OUTSIDE PATIO AREA.

THIS ENTIRE BACK WALL IS GLASS PANELLED FROM CEILING TO FLOOR. THAT OVERLOOKS THE LAKE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. THIS SIDE OF THE WALL DOES HAVE, AGAIN, A BIG GLASS PANEL THAT OVERLOOKS THE PLAYGROUND AND MINI VILLAGE. AGAIN, A CONCERN THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO IF WE'RE HAVING A PARTY AND WE'VE GOT LITTLE ONES THAT WANT TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE AS WELL. THIS IS ALSO THE GLASS PANEL ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM. NOT GLASS PANEL, GLASS WINDOW.

>> QUESTION, CHRISTINE. HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION OF LIKE ELECTRONIC LOCKBOXES?

>> THERE HASN'T BEEN YET, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION PIECE THAT IS STILL ABLE TO BE HAD.

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BUT SOME OF THE PARK AMENITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS THAT WE COULD STILL CONSIDER AND LOOK INTO.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING, ACTUALLY, WHERE THINKING ACROSS THE BOARD, IS THAT EVEN SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO IN ANY OF OUR PARKS, BY BASKETBALL COURTS AND/OR OUR MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS TO LOCK AWAY PHONES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION PIECE THAT WE'RE EXPLORING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT WEDGE PRESERVE BEFORE I MOVE TO OUR OTHER PARK?

>> SO THAT IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PUT TOGETHER.

IT IS GOING TO BE COMPARABLE, OBVIOUSLY SURVEYS WILL BE DONE TO SURROUNDING AREAS IN A ROOM OF THIS SIZE AND WHAT GOING RATES WOULD BE AND NOT BE AND SO FORTH. BUT, YES, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING AVAILABLE FOR RENT ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR PAVILIONS ARE, AND THEN THE ROOM ALSO HAS THE ABILITY, AS I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT SENIOR PROGRAMS. WE SEE THAT OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING IS INCREASING AND THAT NEED, SO ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMERTIME WHEN THE P REC BECOMES INUNDATED WITH CONTRACTOR CAMP PROGRAMS, IT'S AN AREA THAT WE CAN DO DAYTIME SENIOR ACTIVITIES OUT OF THE WEEK. THE CLASSES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT AND VIABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT WILL HAVE A VARYING OPPORTUNITY.

BUT PRIMARILY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.

>> BRINGING THEIR OWN MOMMY AND

ME? >> ANYBODY WANTING TO DO ANY PROGRAMS WOULD STILL FOLLOW OUR EXISTING PROCESS, WHICH WE DO AT THE P REC. THEY WOULD UBMIT A PROPOSAL TO STAFF AND WE COULD LOOK AT AVAILABILITY IN REGARDS TO HOW IT COULD WORK, CORRECT. BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE A RENTAL OPPORTUNITY. A RENTAL OPPORTUNITY IS STRICTLY FOR A PRIVATE PARTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON WEDGE?

>> GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS TO YOU. I AM HOPEFUL BY THIS SUMMER WE WILL HAVE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.

IT'S PROJECTED TO BE AN 18- MONTH BUILD.

THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO TB PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS FOR GMP. AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY OF THESE AMENITIES WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD OR NOT BUILD.

YOU KNOW, AND WHICH ONES THEY ARE.

SOME OF THEM COULD BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WHERE WE DON'T LOSE TIME. IF WE DO THEM ALL, YOU KNOW, IT MAY TAKE A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS EXTRA, VERSUS IF WE DO THESE TWO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE TWO OR THREE MONTHS LESS. SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS GOING INTO OUR GMP AMENDMENT. WE'LL SHOW THE EXACT SCHEDULE AND TIMEFRAME.

>> IT'S JUST A COVER AT THAT POINT.

>> AS FAR AS THE ADD ON RANKING AND ALL OF THAT, WHAT IS THE PROJECTED PLAN OF HOW DODO YOU THE ADD-ONES? ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEEK MORE GRANTS? HOW ARE THOSE GETTING ADDED ON?

>> SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

>> HOW WOULD THESE ADD- ONES GET OFFICIALLY IMPROVED.

YOU'RE SAYING I HOPE WE COULD DO ALL

FIVE. >> IT DEPENDS ON THE PRICES THAT COME BACK.

>> IT'S JUST THE PRICING AND THEN YOU WOULD GO TO SEEK GRANTS?

MANY. >> WELL, REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT TWO GRANTS ALREADY ON THE SITE.

SO THOSE OF YOU, AGAIN, WHO ARE NEW, WE HAVE A $1.5 MILLION GRANT FROM WHEN WE BOUGHT.

THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE -- I HAD A LOT OF SLIDES THERE. SO THOSE WHO MAY REMEMBER, THIS SQUARE FROM LIKE HERE OVER IS 24 ACRES. THAT'S WHAT USED TO BE THE ANTENNA FARM.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY NOT IN PARKLAND. THAT WAS UNINCORPORATED BROWARD COUNTY. SO THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME SAID, HEY, WHAT VACANT SPACE DO WE HAVE. THIS WAS AN IDEAL LOCATION THAT THE CITY LOOKED INTO PURCHASING.

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SO WHEN WE DID THAT, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $1.5 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT ADDITIONAL LAND. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, WE ARE RECEIVING AN LWCF GRANT FOR ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PARK.

AND SO THOSE MUST- HAVE AMENITIES IS WHAT'S WRITTEN INTO THE GRANT. WE HAVE TO BUILD THOSE SO THAT WE GET THE $1.5 MILLION.

AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THAT GRANT, BUY AMERICA, BUILD AMERICA AND THOSE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO COMPLY WITH.

BUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE FEDERAL TYPE OF GRANTS, WE LOOKED AT OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PART OF BEFORE, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T ALLOW MORE THAN ONE OPEN GRANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A FEDERAL GRANT LIKE THAT ON THE SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE THOUGHT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE OTHER AMENITIES BUILT WITH THAT GRANT MONEY.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT THE TWO GRANTS.

>> ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING A LOT OF THE INSIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PUTTING FENCES AROUND THE VILLAGE AND THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPLASH PAD.

ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING THE CARPORT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT AREA, AS WELL AS THE EXTRA SEATING WITH SHADED COVERINGS FOR THE BENCHES.

ON THE EVENT BUILDING, HOW DO THEY ACCESS -- LIKE IF YOU'RE INSIDE THAT ROOM AT A PARTY, HOW WOULD YOU ACCESS THE SPLASH PAD OR THE PARK? IS IT ONLY THROUGH THE FRONT?

>> NO, THERE'S DOORS.

>> DOES THE PATIO HAVE --

>> THERE'S TWO DOORS OUTSIDE THAT PATIO.

I'LL GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE.

>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION, IS THAT PATIO GOING TO ACCESS OR WAS IT KIND OF RAILED OFF?

>> SO IF THIS SPACE IS BEING RENTED, WE WILL CREATE SOME SORT OF STANCHIONS OR SOME SPACE TO THAT NATURE OR SIGNAGE THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE AREA BEAUSE THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON. THERE'S A DOOR RIGHT HERE AND THERE'S A DOOR RIGHT HERE. SO THERE'S TWO DOORS ON THE OUTSIDE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND THEN GO BACK IN STRAIGHT INTO THAT

ROOM. >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS A RAILED- OFF TYPE OF THING AND YOU COULDN'T ACCESS IT. THAT'S PERFECT THEN.

VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE --

>> YEAH, WE THINK SO, TOO.

>> AESTHETICS ON THE TWO TYPES OF COVERS FOR THE COURTS, THE METAL VERSUS THE SOFT, IS ONE MORE RAINPROOF?

>> OH, COST?

>> DOES THE HARD ONE GET HOT UNDER IT?

>> THEN THERE'S ALSO -- YOU'VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON YOUR LIGHTING. SO YOU PUT A COVER OVER PICKLEBALL COURTS, THE POLES ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ENOUGH AND YOU'LL DO LIGHTING AS WELL.

>> RETRACTIBLE NOW.

I LOVE THE IDEAS. KEEP THEM GOING.

ALL RIGHT, SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ONGOING PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

OUR LIBERTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REMODELLING OUR RESTROOMS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN OUT TO TERRAMAR, WE DID A PROJECT OUT THERE AND WE HAVE ADDED AC AND SO FORTH.

THIS WILL BE A MULTI- YEAR CONVERSATION PIECE IN REGARDS TO GETTING AROUND TO ALL OF OUR PARKS IN REGARDS TO ADDING THE AC AND DOING ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR RESTROOMS. FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE RESTROOM IS FOR LIBERTY PARK.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED.

HE'S FINALIZING PERMITS. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL START ANY DAY. AS SOON AS HE GETS HIS FINAL OKAY ON HIS PERMITS, WE'LL START THAT CONSTRUCTION. FELECIA AND HER CREW HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. ANYBODY WHO IS RENTING LIBERTY PARK UNDERSTANDS THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THE RESTROOMS MAY BE SHUT DOWN AND WE WILL PROVIDE PORTABLE RESTROOMS IF THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION.

>> PART OF MY QUESTION BECAUSE A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IS THAT WE'RE IN PARKLAND AND HAVING TO USE PORT A

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PORT-A-LET. >> YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL PRICE DIFFERENCE AS WELL, TOO. ALSO, LOGISTICALLY, SO YOU CAN KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, IT REQUIRES POWER AND WATER SOURCES FOR ONE OF THOSE TRAILERS VERSUS A PORT-A- POTTY, SO DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION AND IF THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, IF WE'RE RENOVATING THE LIBERTY PARK RESTROOM AND THE WATER IS SHUT DOWN, THERE MAY NOT BE THAT CONSTANT WATER SOURCE.

>> WHEN WE DID TERRAMAR, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OPTION. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING PINE TRAILS, SO MANY GOING THROUGH, THAT' DEFINITELY SOMETHING, YES, IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE MUCH LESS FEEDBACK IN A NEGATIVE SENSE.

>> APPRECIATE THE INPUT. YEP, IT'S NOTED.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON LIBERTY? TERRAMAR PARK, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ON THIS EARLIER IN THE MEETING. BASICALLY, HILLSBORO IS BEING EXPANDED TO ADD A BIKE LANE. SO WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED DOING AN EXPANDED PARKING AREA FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF WHERE THIS MAY BE AT TERRAMAR, THIS IS A LITTLE RENDERING. SO THESE ARE OUR MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS C AND D. THIS IS THE EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT WAS JUST DONE. THERE'S THIS EXTRA ROAD BACK HERE. BASKETBALL COURTS OVER HERE.

I THINK YOU GUYS GET THE GIST. THE OPEN FIELD AREA BEFORE THE PAVILION AND THE EXISTING PARKING LOT IS THE SPACE THAT WOULD BE FOR THE EXPANDED PARKING WITHIN THE PARK.

INAUDIBLE. >> THERE WERE TWO SIGNS. THIS IS THE BIGGER ONE. YEP, THIS IS THE BIGGER ONE. AND AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW, 66% OF THE DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THEY WILL BE WORKING AND THIS WILL GO OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO TIMEFRAME- WISE, PROBABLY LOOKING AT PROBABLY NOT ANY TIME UNTIL AFTER SUMMER BEFORE WE WOULD GET INTO THIS ONE. COVERED BRIDGE NATURE PLAY AREA, THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHEN WE DID OUR COVERED BRIDGE, OUR LITTLE NATURE PLAY AREA WAS REAL WOOD, AND AS GREAT AS IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NATURE ESCAPE PLAY AREA, THAT DOES NOT LAST FOREVER.

FELECIA HEADED THIS UP AND THAT WAS HER DESIGN.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE SAME NATURE LOOK AND FEEL OF WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY INTENDED TO BE, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE REAL WOOD PRODUCTS. IT'S GOING TO BE A PLASTIC PLAYGROUND THAT WILL LOOK LIKE WOOD AND MIMIC WHAT'S THERE AND BE THERE FOR A LONGER DURATION OF TIME.

OUR CITY HALL ROOF REPLACEMENT, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY YOU PROBABLY SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON OUR ROOF. I KNOW OUR EMPLOYEES HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PROJECT TO BE DONE.

NONETHELESS, WE ARE REPLACING OUR ROOF. THE DEMO HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

GUTTERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND THEY ARE STARTING TO INSTALL THE ROOF PANELS WHICH WILL HAVE A LONGER DURATION LIFESPAN THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THIS ROOF. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE 40 YEARS. IN ADDITION TO IT, WE ARE PAINTING VARIOUS FACILITIES, NOT THAT I WANT TO JUMP AHEAD, BUT THE LAST BULLET THERE, CITY HALL IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED TO BE REPAINTED. SO ONCE THAT ROOF PROJECT GETS DONE, IT WILL BE PAINTED AND IT WILL MATCH THE SAME COLORS AS WHAT THE TRIM IS ON THE GUTTERS AND WHAT OUR ROOF LOOKS LIKE. SO THE GRAY WILL BECOME THAT GREEN AND SO FORTH.

SO ONCE WE GET THERE FOR THAT PAINTING PROJECT.

TERRAMAR PARK, BACK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, THAT IS ALSO IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WE'VE INITIATED DESIGN.

AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT OUR TEAM DOES AND THE NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAVE, WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SPACE THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT AND SO FORTH. BUT OUR TERRAMAR PARK PLAYGROUND IS DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS. WE'VE INITIATED DESIGN AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON THAT.

OUR FIELD 6 SPORTS LIGHTING, BRIAN WILL TELL YOU IT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND DONE.

LIGHTS LOOK GOOD, BRIAN?

>> CERTAINLY.

>> AWESOME. THE TERRAMAR PARK BASKETBALL COURT REPLACEMENT WILL ALSO BE DONE. IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET DONE UNTIL BASKETBALL SEASON IS OVER, SO THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THAT WERE APPROVED FOR PAINTING SUCH AS OUR PINE TRAILS SMALL BATHROOM AREA, THE

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CAMP. >> CHRISTINE, THE FENCE REPLACEMENT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, IS THAT BOTH SETS OF COURTS AT TERRAMAR?

>> YES.

>> BETWEEN THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE BACK BASKETBALL COURTS.

YEAH, THAT FRONT PLAYGROUND WAS REPLACED FOUR YEARS AGO, THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> WE'LL LET YOU LOOK AT IT.

>> THIS PLAYGROUND COMPARED TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE TERRAMAR IS VERY UNSATISFYING FOR THE

RESIDENTS. >> I KNOW. YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED. I KNOW.

>> JUST KEEP IN MIND THE BACK PLAYGROUND IS EXISTING AND IT'S ALREADY THAT. THIS PROJECT WAS NOT FUNDED AT THE LEVELS TO EXPAND. IT WAS JUST FUNDED TO BRING IT BACK UP TO STANDARDS. THERE'S LIFETIME REPLACEMENTS ON PLAYGROUNDS AND WE'VE REACHED THE LIFETIMER ERA.

THERE MAY BE SOME OPTIONSOPTIONS WE COULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. BUT IT'S NOT FUNDED AT THE LEVELS THAT EVERYTHING IS NOW GOING TO ENHANCE, GROW, AND BECOME ALL POURED AND PLAY SURFACING.

>> WITH THE CANOPY, YEAH.

>> RIGHT, SO, YES, THOSE PIECES WILL BE REPLACED AND THEN, YES, WE'LL BRING THAT DESIGN BACK.

>> SURFACING WAS SOMETHING OF THE GOAL FOR THE CITY TO DO AT THAT TIME.

FOR THAT AREA, BUT I COULD GET SOME FOR INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THAT, GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE HISTORY THAN I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF.

>> MOST OF THOSE GRANTS DO COME WITH SOME, OKAY, WE NEED TO HAVE -- EVEN LIKE THE PARK, WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THIS, THIS, THIS THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, DO WHAT YOU WANT. EVEN WITH THE PLAYGROUNDS, THEY HAVE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR

GRANTS. >> THERE ARE.

AND A LOT OF IT IS HOW WE WRITE THE GRANT TO GET THE FUNDING AND TO GET THE SCORING, TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE FUNDING AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'VE GOT WHATEVER WE COMMITTED TO IN OUR APPLICATIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO AT THE GRANT.

BUT, YEAH, THEY PROVIDE DIFFERENT SCORING BASED UPON WHAT THE DEMAND AND THE NEED IS.

SOMETIMES FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND CYCLE TO CYCLE THAT SCORING CRITERIA MAY CHANGE. IF PLAYGROUNDS IS THE BIG THING, MAYBE THEY GET MORE POINTS THAN A TRAIL, AND THEN OTHER TIMES YOU'LL SEE TRAILS GET MORE POINTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> OLD BUSINESS, NONE. COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF, IF YOU HAVE ANY VOICES LEFT. THAT'S A LOT OF TALKING

TONIGHT. >> YEAH.

>> JUST FOR THE NEW BOAR MEMBERS, NORMALLY WE DO NOT GO THIS LONG.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> THE FIRST MEETING IS ALWAYS --

>> I JUST GOT A TEXT NO ONE WILL BE HERE JULY 7TH.

THAT'S INTERESTING, ALL RIGHT.

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>> YES. AND I DO HAVE TO -- AGAIN, I SPOKE TO ESPECIALLY OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND SO FORTH AND TONIGHT DID GO A LITTLE LONGER, WE DID OUR SWEARING IN AND SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND WE GOT INTO A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY ON WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, AND THE COST IT'S GOING TO BE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO ALL UNDERSTAND IT.

>> I THINK SO MANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT WERE GREAT AND A LOT OF THE FRESH PERSPECTIVE IS GOING TO BE WELCOMING.

>> I AGREE.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO

ADJOURN. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MEETING ADJOURNED.

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