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>> ROLL CALL. >> BRIAN? JENNIFER? DANIEL IS OUT. LIAM ? JOHN? ANDREW? MATTHEW? PHILIP ? NO? OKAY, WE
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>> I AM ABSTAINING, I WASN'T HERE.
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CHAIRMAN, BOARD, MY NAME IS SHERRY, I AM THE BUDGET AND GRANTS MANAGER, I WORK IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT TWO GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS SEPTEMBER, DUE SEPTEMBER 30TH, TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUT EVERY YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE OFFER THIS GRANT CALLED FRDAP FOR SHORT. IT IS FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND THERE ARE TWO TIERS OF FUNDING THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT UNDER. THERE IS UP TO $50,000 FOR A DEVELOPMENT OR A NEW PARK, AND THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A MATCH. AND THEN THERE IS UP TO $200,000, WHICH REQUIRES A 50-50 MATCH. AND WITH THE ADVICE OF OUR LOBBYIST, HE IS SAYING YOU SHOULD ALWAYS APPLY EVERY YEAR FOR BOTH. WE DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST REPLACEMENT PLAN, SO WE KNOW OUT 20 YEARS HOW MANY THINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY UNDER THE $50,000 GRANT WITH NO MATCH FOR THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER. WE HAVEN'T APPLY FOR THIS BEFORE. THEY DO HAVE A PICNIC PAVILION THERE THAT NEEDS SOME WORK. IT IS PLANNED IN OUR FUTURE PLAN. AND WE ALSO DO SOME OTHER WORK THERE, HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DO, A FENCE, UM, THE QUESTION RINGS THEMSELVES. SO, WE THINK IT WOULD BE A PRETTY STRONG APPLICATION. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IF THE STATE WILL FUND IT. SO, THIS IS -- WE ARE APPLYING NOW AND THE STATE GOES THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AND THEN THE BUDGET STARTS NEXT JULY, SO WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL JULY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR IF THIS GETS FUNDED, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IF THIS GETS POINTS ON THE GRANT APPLICATION. SO, THAT IS THE FIRST ONE, THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND BY THE WAY, THE PICNIC PAVILION DOES GET US EXTRA POINTS BUT IT IS SOMETHING IN THIS REGION THEY WANT TO FUND A LOT OF. THE SECOND PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT IS FOR PINE TRAILS PARK. WE ALWAYS NEED IMPROVEMENTS THERE, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE DOING A LOT MORE WITH THE BASKETBALL COURTS, MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE, WE COULD USE SOME MONEY, UP TO THE $200,000 GRANT. AND IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALWAYS PUTTING MONEY INTO THE BASEBALL FIELDS, MULTIUSER FIELDS, AND ANY OF THE SUPPORT ELEMENTS, WE ARE ALWAYS MAKING SOME LITTLE TWEAKS TO THE LANDSCAPING OR IMPROVING SOME OF THE RESTROOMS, SO THAT IS A PRETTY ROBUST PROJECT THAT WE THINK WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD APPLICATION. AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE FUNDED UNTIL NEXT JULY, BUT WE SHOULD APPLY EVERY YEAR, AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS. SO, I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THERE. IF NOT, I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT TO BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
>> I KNOW YOU DON'T NEED -- LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE POINTS COMING UP BUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE SPEAKING OF AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND STUFF, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE BUDGETING DOWN THE ROAD ANYWAY FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SO IT IS NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS GRANT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL JUST BE NICE IF IT HAPPENS BECAUSE --
>> RIGHT, THEY AREN'T BUDGETED YET BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE
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FUTURE, SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.>> OKAY, SO THERE ON OUR RADAR FOR DOWN THE ROAD FOR MONEY IS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THAT. THEY HAVE TO BE IN OUR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT PLANS, BUT THEY CAN'T BE FUNDED, BECAUSE THEN THE STATE WOULD SAY, WELL, WHY DO YOU NEED A GRANT? THIS WOULD JUST HELP US SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE PLANNED TO DO. AND
POSSIBLY DO MORE. >> UM, SO, ON THE GRANT APPLICATION, YOU MENTIONED THE BASKETBALL COURTS, THE BASEBALL COURT, SO IT IS KIND OF ALL-ENCOMPASSING FOR PINE TRAILS PARK, NOT JUST THE BASKETBALL COURT?
>> YES, THE MORE ELEMENTS YOU CAN PUT IN THERE, INTO YOUR GRANT APPLICATION, THE MORE POINTS YOU GET, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO DO WORK ON EACH OF THOSE. BUT ALWAYS, WE ARE ALWAYS MAKING LITTLE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, BLEACHERS, AWNINGS, ANY OF THAT, THEY NEED CONSTANT REPLACEMENT. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A 20 YEAR PLAN AND WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN MULTIPLE ELEMENTS AT PINE
TRAILS. >> TO START UP, HE SAID THIS IS
AN EPA GRANT? >> THE FLORIDA DEP, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THAT IS A STATE-LEVEL EPA. EPA WOULD BE FEDERAL. THIS IS JUST STATE-LEVEL, FLORIDA DEP.
>> INAUDIBLE ]? AND HOW DOES THAT PICNIC PAVILION
>> THE STATE OFFERS -- THEY HAVE A STATE COMPREHENSIVE PARKS PLAN. AND THEY RATE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE. AND FOR SOME REASON IN OUR REGION, FIELDS ARE THE BIGGEST BUT IF YOU PUT IN A NEW FIELD, YOU GET THE HIGHEST POINTS, BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW FIELDS. BUT PICNIC PAVILIONS ARE A BIG NEED HERE, SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY LIKE TO FUND. IT'S JUST THERE IS A SCORING MATRIX OF ELEMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO FUND. AND A PICNIC PAVILION IS GOOD. SPEAKING OF THE EPA, THEY DO REQUIRE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY WILL REQUIRE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, BUT
NOT AT THE STATE LEVEL. >> OF FIELDS, CONSIDERATION OF THAT?
>> THERE WILL BE COMING UP, BUT NOT AS IMMEDIATE AS THE BASKETBALL COURTS. SO, LIKE I SAID, WE DO APPLY FOR THIS ALMOST EVERY YEAR. SO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THE FIELDS WHEN THEY
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD EVENING, FELICIA TRAINER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. SO, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW GENERAL UPDATES. SO, WE HAVE OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 24TH AT 6:00 P.M., THAT IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. THEN ON OCTOBER 8, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING -- OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON A COUPLE OF DATES THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FIT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM. BY OCTOBER 8TH IS BIKE WALK AND ROLL TO THE SCHOOL DAY. SO, YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KIDS WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL AT YOUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND THE CITY GOES TO THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DOES GIVEAWAYS TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO WALK, BIKE TO SCHOOL ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
AND ON OCTOBER 21ST THROUGH THE 24TH IS GOVERNMENT WEEK. SO, THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COME HERE AS WELL TO CITY HALL TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT WE DO. SO, THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INFLUX OF CHILDREN HERE, LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT WEEK, SO JUST SOME THINGS THAT OUR CITY DOES TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTH AND WANTED TO KEEP YOU ALL IN THE LOOP. AND THEN IT SAVE THE DATE, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO PLAN AHEAD, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED IN THE PAST, WAS WE WERE ONLY LETTING YOU KNOW IN NOVEMBER FOR THE JUDGING DATES FOR HOME DECORATING, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ADVANCED THAT DECEMBER 16TH WILL BE THE HOME DECORATING CONTEST JUDGING, SO IF YOU COULD ALL MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND TRY TO GET YOUR FAMILY TO MAYBE JOIN IN TO HELP US JUDGE ON THAT EVENING. AND THEN THE NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 3RD. AND I AM GOING TO PASS IT ON TO
SPECIAL EVENTS. >> GOOD EVENING, BORED. MY NAME
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IS ADELE. I AM THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR. AND WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.ALL RIGHT, SO, IN JULY, WE HAD OUR EATS AND BEATS. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 300 THIS YEAR, WE HAD 825. SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS DOING IS THAT WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THE WEATHER AND MAYBE SOME OTHER REASONS WHY OUR NUMBERS FLUCTUATE, SO I CAN FOR SURE TELL YOU WHY THE NUMBERS WERE SO LOW IN JULY, BUT WE HAD AN AMAZING BAND OUT FOR THOSE THAT CAME OUT, WE HAD A GREAT TIME. OUR FISHING DERBY, LAST YEAR WE HAD 150, THIS YEAR WE HAD 155 POINT MOVIES IN THE PARK, WE WENT FROM 250 TO 325. THEN IN AUGUST, WE HAD ANOTHERNICE JUMP IN OUR ATTENDANCE FOR EATS AND BEATS, WE WENT FROM 200 TO 500.
SRO, WE WENT FROM 1500 TO 2000. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SUMMER REINED US OUT ON OUR LAST FISHING DERBY, WHICH I THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD 1002 CHILDREN. I'M JUST KIDDING, BUT I WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUB SCOUTS, INDIAN PRINCESSES, INDIAN GUIDES, ALL OF THEM REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BRING THEIR GROUPS OUT, BECAUSE REALLY, IT'S THE END OF SUMMER, BUT IT'S A KICKOFF TO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET FAMILIES BACK TOGETHER, SO NEXT YEAR, FINGERS CROSSED. SEPTEMBER, WE FINISHED OFF WITH OUR SPLASH BASH. WE WENT FROM 2500 TO 2600, BUT WE DOUBLED OUR SPONSORSHIP THIS YEAR, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE. WHICH JUST, AGAIN, IT JUST BRINGS THE COMMUNITY CLOSER TOGETHER. WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARADE, AND WE ARE REALLY REVVING UP FOR THE PUMPKIN PATCH. SO, OUR NEXT EVENT IS THE PARKLAND DASH. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 255 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS. OUR GOAL IS 800 THIS YEAR. AND WE HAVE -- OH, AS OF ME WALKING THROUGH THIS DOOR, WE HAVE 14 SPONSORS. THAT WILL HAVE OUR PUMPKIN PATCH, OUR OPENING WEEKEND, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH AND 19TH THEN IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK, THROUGH THE 23RD. WE REALLY WOULD LOVE TO GET PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SCARECROW DECORATING CONTEST, SO PLEASE HELP US PUSH THAT. I DID NOT BRING THAT FIRE, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THEN WE WILL CLOSE OUT OCTOBER WITH THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, AND I HEARD LAST YEAR WAS CRAZY, AND I HOPE THIS YEAR, IT IS JUST AS CRAZY, BUT WITH GOOD PARKING. SO, THEN IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET OPENING DAY, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND ON NOVEMBER 2ND. THEN OUR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY. THEN OUR VERY, VERY QUICKLY SELLS OUT HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH. THEN FINISHING OUT NOVEMBER WITH OUR FARMERS MARKET PET EXPO. THEN THIS SUMMER, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR FARMERS MARKET CRAFT FAIRS, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SIX OF OUR FARMERS MARKET ARE SOLD OUT IN THE SPECIALTY AREA. OUR REGISTRATION FOR OUR SPECIALTIES IS GOING REALLY WELL. WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A FEW IN OUR FULL SEASON, BUT IT IS LOOKING LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AMAZING LINEUP FOR OUR FARERS MARKET THIS SEASON. THEN WE HAVE LIGHT OF THE PARK FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12. SNOWFEST ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH. WE KIND OF HAD A LIGHT SUMMER WITH OUR PERMITS. WE HAD THE LITTLE LEAGUE IN JULY, THEN IN AUGUST, WE HAD THE STONEMAN DOUGLAS PICNIC, AND THEN THE SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITIES OF EVENTS ARE THE PARKLAND HORSEMAN ASSOCIATION HAS ALREADY STARTED.
THEN IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE THE BSO WITH THEIR SHRED OF PHONE, PARKLAND RANGERS HOMECOMING, PARKLAND HORSEMAN'S ASSOCIATION AGAIN, THEN MARY HOPE OF CHRISTIAN HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR TRUNK OR TREAT PERMIT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES?
>> INAUDIBLE ] UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY IS IMPROVING THESE SPONSORS, AND
DID YOU WANT ME TO -- >> A GREAT QUESTION. SO, IT'S A
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WEIRD QUESTION, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANSWERS FOR THAT. SO, AS FAR AS SPONSORSHIP, WE DO WANT TO FOCUS ON BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCAL TO OUR AREA, SO PARKLAND BASED BUSINESSES, CORAL SPRINGS, ONES THAT CAN BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO, SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE HAVE OUR PAST SPONSORS, A PREDOMINANT GROUP THAT WE REACH OUT TO FIRST, WE SEND OUT MASS EMAILS, THEN OTHER SPONSORS, THEY REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY. ADELE HAS GONE TO BUSINESSES SENDS OUT EMAILS TO ANY OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. AS FAR AS REVENUE-GENERATING, WHEN WE GO TO COMMISSION AND REQUEST BUDGET INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE ALSO SHOW HOW MUCH REVENUE WE GENERATE AS A DEPARTMENT. IT DOES NOT MEAN, HEY, WE ARE IN THIS AMOUNT OF SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, WE GET TO SPEND EXTRA. NO, WE BUDGET FOR IT. SO, WE WILL GET GOALS EACH FISCAL YEAR. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS TO EARN $60,000 IN SPONSORSHIP MONEY, SO THEN THAT WILL BE THE GOAL. WHATEVER THE ACTUAL GOAL IS.THEN ADELE WORKS HARD WITH HER SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM TO MEET THAT GOAL, BECAUSE THAT SUPPORTS US WHEN WE GO TO COMMISSION AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WE SHOW THAT WE CAN BRING IN SOME OF THAT REVENUE. AND WE ARE SPECIFIC IN TARGETING LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO IT IS HELPING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, IT IS NOT JUST GOING AFTER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SPONSORS THAT ARE FROM KEY WEST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS COVERED
>> I AM NOT SURE WITH THAT, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT IS NOT MONEY WE ARE MAKING, THAT IS JUST HELPING TO DEFRAY COSTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANYWAY, IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS A REVENUE GENERATOR, IT IS JUST HELPING DIFFER FIELD MAINTENANCE COSTS.
THAT MONEY COMES INTO THE PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT TO HELP WITH THOSE LONG-TERM PROJECTS WE HAVE, JUST TO GO INTO THE BUDGET
IN THE FUTURE. >> GOING INTO THIS YEAR, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THIS MANY
>> THERE ARE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AS FELICIA EXPLAINED. THE REVENUES OF WHAT IS TRYING TO BE EXPLAINED DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TOWARDS EVENTS AND SO FORTH. SO YES, THERE ARE GOALS. IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DURING THESE MEETINGS OR DURING MAYBE A MONTHLY UPDATE THAT FELICIA SENDS OUT EVERY OTHER MONTH IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT REVENUE DOLLAR IS AND WHERE WE ARE AT, OBTAINING THAT GOAL, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
>> ALSO, I BROUGHT THIS UP IN THIS BOARD MEETING, THERE IS THE OLD BANNER WITH SOME TEAMS TO GENERATE AND STILL SHARE WITH THE CITY, THEY HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING BACK ] . SO, YEAH, I AM INTERESTED, COMMUNITY FOLKS
>> SURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FELICIA SAID LIKE YOU WERE JUST SAYING THERE, TOO, THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR SPONSORSHIPS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR EVENTS AND SO FORTH, IS THAT NETWORKING. WE WANT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BASED BUSINESSES AND THOSE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW IS OUT THERE FOR THEM, WHETHER IT IS RESTAURANTS OR SERVICES OR WHATEVER, JUST KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY, BUT THEN, YES, THERE ARE SOME REVENUE GOALS THAT ARE SET IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
>> AND A GOOD POINT WAS BROUGHT UP THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A MEETING AMONGST THE HEADS OF OUR VOLUNTARY WRECKS, SPORTS PROGRAMS THAT DO A PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, AND MAYBE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND YOURSELF ABOUT OUR BANNER POLICY, AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE COULDN'T -- SOME SORT OF SOMETHING WE COULD COME UP WITH, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU FROM RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION, TOO, THAT IS A VERY BIG HINDRANCE TO MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE TO SPONSOR, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE
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ABLE TO SEE THEIR NAME UP, OTHER THAN JUST ON THE BACK OF A JERSEY, SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING AMONGST THE LEAGUES, THEN MAYBE BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO MAYBE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON AN ADJUSTMENTTO THAT POLICY. >> SURE, SO, RYAN, IF YOU COULD COORDINATE, PLEASE, MEETING WITH ALL THE SPORTS LEAGUE PRESIDENTS, AND WE WILL GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED.
>> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT THAT A LOT OF OUR SPONSORSHIP IS SHOWING THE HEALTH OF THE EVENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HAD GROUPS FROM MIAMI TRYING TO COME UP AND THAT'S NOT WHERE OUR FOCUS IS, IT IS REALLY TRYING TO TIE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AS WELL AS AUTISM AWARENESS, SOME OF THOSE OTHER EVENTS, WHEN OUR SPONSORS ARE IN/BASH, THEY COME OUT WITH AN ACTIVITY, THEY ARE ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY, THEY ARE NOT JUST THERE TO DO SALES. SO, IT HAS BEEN REALLY NICE FOR ME ON A MARKETING LEVEL, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO EDUCATE THE
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, NOT ABOUT FUNDRAISING, BUT HOW CLOSE WILL THE TWO PROJECTS AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER OVERLAP? I HAVE DRIVEN BY AND I HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE DOING A BIG EVENT ON THE 18TH AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER, AND THEN THE FARMERS MARKET STARTS A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THAT, SO JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
IF THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED OUT. >> ARE YOU TALKING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE RANCH IS GOING ON IN REGARDS TO HOW THAT IS OVERLAPPING WITH ANYTHING THAT IS HELD AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITE THAT IS ON SITE? YES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ACTUALLY THAT CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR SITE WAS PART OF LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS LAST YEAR'S HORSEMAN ASSOCIATION, SO IT IS BEEN ALREADY IN THE WORKS, AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE WHEN THE EVENT TIME IS GOING ON. THE SPACE THAT IS THERE IS THERE SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER NOW. BUT THAT WAS KNOWN GOING INTO IT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS HAVE WORKED OUT.
>> AND WE DID JUST HOST OUR/BASH THEIR THAT HAD OVER 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND THERE WAS NO INTERRUPTION TO OUR EVENT OR TWO HOUR PARKING, IT WAS VERY EARLY PLANNED
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PUMPKIN PATCH, THE LOCATION WAS CHANGED LAST YEAR TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION . THE QUESTION WILL BE
HELD IN THAT SAME AREA. >> YES.
>> THE FEEDBACK ON THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THEN FOR THE BONFIRE, YOU DOUBLED THE SIZE ALLOWANCE BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND, WILL THAT CONTINUE ALSO FOR THE
>> YES. >> ANYONE ELSE? GREAT JOB.
INAUDIBLE ] PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES ?
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, MY NAME IS COREY KEOWN, I AM THE COORDINATOR AT THE REC CENTER, AND I OVERSEE THE PROGRAMS AND CLASSES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE BUILDING. I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SUMMER. WE HAD A WILD AND CRAZY , FUN SUMMER THAT ENDED ON AUGUST 8TH. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 200 KIDS PER WEEK FOR OUR KIDS CAMP, WHICH IS K THROUGH FIVE, AND THEN OUR TRAVEL CAMP AVERAGED ABOUT 70 KIDS PER WEEK, 70 TO 80, WHICH WE WERE VERY PROUD AND EXCITED ABOUT. IT HAS BEEN GROWING STEADILY OVER THE YEARS, AND WE HAVE SOME VERY TECH SAVVY COUNSELORS WHO CREATED A NICE LITTLE VIDEO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY FROM THE KIDS CAMP.
>> OKAY. SO, THAT WAS FROM OUR COLOR WARS WEEK, AND WE HAD A VERY FUN TALENT SHOW THAT WE ALL GOT TO JOIN AND BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE WHO VOTED ON THE WINNERS, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN
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FOR THE CAMPERS. THERE WERE EIGHT WEEKS ALTOGETHER OF ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES, SO WE HAD A REALLY GREAT SUMMER, VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING THEY DID WITH THE KIDS OVER THE SUMMER. AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. SO, AGAIN, MOVING ON TO OUR FALL PROGRAMS, WE DID START OUR FALL SESSION PROGRAMS, WHICH IS HEAVILY CONTRACTOR BASED. IT STARTED ON AUGUST 25TH. THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING VERY WELL. WE HAVE OUR REC AFTER CARE PROGRAM THAT IS SOLD OUT WITH 100 PARTICIPANTS WHEN SCHOOL WENT BACK IN SESSION ON AUGUST 11TH. WE HAVE OUR KIDS NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES. IN JULY, WE HAD AN ANIMAL SHOW. IN AUGUST, WE HAD AN ARTS AND CRAFTS PROGRAM. AND IN SEPTEMBER, WE DID THE PE GAMES, WHICH IS SPORTS SPACE BUT WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING DAYS OFF AS WELL, WHICH IS THE DAYS THAT SCHOOL IS OUT OF SESSION, AND WE WILL HAVE THE KIDS COMING TO REC, AND WE WILL BUST THEM OUT TO GO BOWLING . WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TOWARDS STARTING SOME TEAM CLASSES IN OCTOBER. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CALLIGRAPHY CLASS, A MAKE YOUR OWN HAT AND HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND AN URBAN ART CLASS. SO, WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT TAKEOFF IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE ALSO ENROLLED SOME NEW CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE AN IMPROV CLASS, WHICH STARTED IN AUGUST, AND IT WAS NEARLY FULL WITH 10 ENROLLEES.WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO GET OUR NEWER PROGRAMS OFF THE GROUND. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME MATH GAMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE STARTING IN OCTOBER AND OUR BRAIN BUILDERS, SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE STARTING IN OCTOBER AS WELL. WE ARE ALSO ADDING NEW PICKLEBALL TIMES, IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR OPEN GYM PROGRAMS THAT GOES VERY SMOOTHLY, SO FRIDAY NIGHTS, WE ARE ADDING 6:30 TO 8:30 P.M. OPEN PICKLEBALL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING SOME CONTRACTORS ON SITE TO DO SOME INTRO TO PICKLEBALL CLASSES AS WELL. SO, MOVING ON TO OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE -- WE ARE ROUNDING OUT OUR GRANT PROGRAM . THAT WILL BE ENDING AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR . IN JULY, WE WENT TO THE MUSEUM . WE DID A TRIP THERE, AND WE DID A WOODEN SIGN CRAFT CLASS, AS WELL AS A BREAKFAST SOCIAL, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY CATTAIL. IN AUGUST, THE SENIORS WENT TO THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM, THEY ATE A LOT OF ICE CREAM, IT WAS ONLY COMPLAINTS, THEY ATE TOO MUCH. THEY DID A WATER PAINTING CLASS.
THE BREAKFAST SOCIAL WITH MAYFLOWER CRUISES, AND AN IPHONE AND IPAD TECH CLASS. IN SEPTEMBER, THEY ARE DOING THE FROST MUSEUM AND THEY ARE HAVING A CHARCUTERIE BOARD CLASS. AND ANOTHER SOCIAL WITH -- BREAKFAST SOCIAL WITH CAPTEL. WE ALSO HAVE OUR FREE WEEKLY FITNESS CLASSES WHICH IS CHAIR TONING, CHAIR ZUMBA, AND AGELESS GRACE, WHICH IS BIWEEKLY , AND THAT IS AT NO CHARGE TO PARK WHEN RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 62. AND AS WE ARE ROUNDING OUT THE CLOSURE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, WE WILL BE STARTING TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW PROGRAMS. THE ADMINISTRATION CONSUMED A LOT OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THAT TIME AND ENERGY INTO SOME NEW PROGRAMS, SO WE HAVE A WALKING GROUP THAT WILL BE STARTING IN OCTOBER ON SATURDAYS AT 8:00 A.M. PEOPLE CAN JUST COME AND MEET AT THE REC CENTER AND WALK AROUND IN PINE TRAILS PARK AND JUST A SOCIAL THING FOR ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A CALLIGRAPHY AND COFFEE CLASS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN CALLIGRAPHY ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 10:00 A.M. AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A WEEKLY GAMES GATHERING WHERE THEY WILL PLAY MAH-JONGG AND WE ARE GOING TO ROTATE THE GAMES THAT THEY PLAY.
AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE LIBRARY ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY DO SOME CLASSES ON HOW TO LEARN TO PLAY THOSE GAMES, AND WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF CROSS PROMOTE WITH EACH OTHER, SO THEY CAN COME TO THE REC CENTER AND CONTINUE TO PLAY SOCIALLY. SO, THEY WILL LEARN TO PLAY AT THE LIBRARY AND THEN COME TO P REC TO ACTUALLY PLAY THE GAMES. SO, ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE? >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU
ABOUT THE P REC AFTERCARE. >> YES?
>> I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN'T EVER GET INTO THAT BESO, SO QUICKLY, AND I THINK THERE IS A MUCH GREATER DEMAND FOR THAT, SO IS THERE ANY -- HAS THERE BEEN ANY INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLY
GROWING THAT PROGRAM? >> COME ON, FELICIA, LET ME HAVE
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>> I AM GOING TO GET A ONE WORD YES OR NO. THAT'S YES. BUT -- IT IS VERY HARD TO CONTINUE TO HAVE STAFFING FOR AFTERCARE, AND SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY OF OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAM, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN THE ROAD SHIELDS -- RATIOS FOR OUR AFTERCARE PROGRAM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET STAFFING FOR LONG-TERM, AND JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, BASED ON OUR BUILDING SIZE, WE COULD ONLY ACCOMMODATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ANYWAY. WE COULD ONLY AT MAX, IF WE WERE FULLY STAFFED AT ALL
TIMES, WOULD BE 120 OR 125. >> IS THE STAFFING ISSUE A FINANCIAL ISSUE OR JUST LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF QUALIFIED
PEOPLE? >> I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR STAFFING. WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
>> YES. WE LOOK FOR -- WE HAVE A GOOD POOL FROM OUR SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS, BUT REALLY THE BIGGER THING IS REALLY, WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING THIS ISSUE WITH THE STAFF, JUST THIS PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, BUT REALLY THE CONCERN IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ANYWAYS. I MEAN, WE ARE ONLY LOOKING -- WE ARE DOWN ONE STAFF PERSON, SO THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE AN EXTRA 20 KIDS IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THAT IS ALL WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. THE P REC OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR AFTER SCHOOL, NOT JUST NECESSARILY FOR OUR AFTERSCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER KIDS THAT WILL COME TO THE DANCE PROGRAMS, THE ART CLASSES, MARTIAL ARTS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO OFFER TO THECOMMUNITY, RATHER THAN JUST
AFTERCARE. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION.
>> YES. YES. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SPACE WISE THAT WE HAVE AND THERE IS NO LONG-TERM PLAN TO GROW THE P REC FACILITY. IT IS PART OF OUR MASTER PLAN AT SOME POINT, BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I WOULD SAY, THAT TALKS ABOUT ANY SORT OF EXPANSION OR GROWTH TO THAT NATURE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE IS THAT I THINK THE POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAM AT THE P REC IS IN GREAT DEMAND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE OTHER CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, BECAUSE ALL THE SCHOOLS HAVE AN AFTERCARE PROGRAM ON SCHOOL SITE THAT THE STUDENTS COULD GO. SO, WHEN WE SAY IS THERE A NEED? THERE IS A WANT AND A DESIRE FOR PEOPLE WANTING P REC, BUT THE NEED IS ALWAYS BEING MET BECAUSE THERE IS A PROGRAM AVAILABLE. SO, WE HAVEN'T REALLY CROSSED THAT BRIDGE TO WHERE AN ELEMENTARY KID IS NOT ABLE TO GET THAT SERVICE.
>> THE CITY DOES SURVEYS, YEAH, CITYWIDE. IT IS PART OF OUR
>>, I HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT IT. I DON'T THINK IT IS DONE YEARLY, BUT I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS JUST DONE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
RESULTS. >> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE SCHOOLS ARE ENCOUNTERING SIMILAR STAFFING ISSUES. MY KIDS SIGNED UP THE SECOND IT OPENED AND THEY ARE STILL WAITLISTED. SO, THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING ARE ALSO --
>> STAFFING. >> YEAH, WITH THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES. SO, THE PROGRAMS AREN'T REALLY AVAILABLE THERE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS STILL WAY BEHIND.
>> RIGHT, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE, NOT BECAUSE OF SPACE WISE THAT THEY HAVE ON CAMPUS, BUT PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF STAFF WISE AND THE PROPER RATIOS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE MET.
>> SINCE WE ARE UNDERWAY NOW AND GROUND HAS BROKEN ON OUR NEXT BIGGEST X TYPE PROJECT AND IT IS ALL KIND OF PLANNED OUT AND BUDGETED, MEANING OUR NEW PARK, I THINK AN EXPANSION OF THE 26 MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AS OUR NEXT MAJOR THING AND BUMP IT UP ON OUR 20 YEAR PLAN, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, EVEN IF IT IS NOT JUST FOR AFTERCARE FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU GUYS OFFER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE ALL FILLING UP, THE BUILDING IS JUST OUT NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE DEMAND THAT I THINK OUR
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COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UNDERSTANDABLY BECAUSE OF THE SPACE BUT MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING IN THERE IS SPACE THERE TO EXPAND, THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT BUMPING THAT UPOUR TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT. >> SURE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TALK ABOUT -- TOPIC WE COULD TALK ABOUT DURING MAYBE EVEN
STRATEGIC PLANNING. >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE OFFERINGS TO THE SENIORS. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME COURSES THAT ARE FREE. WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN OR TO SHOWCASE THE ONES THAT ARE FREE, SO WE
KNOW THOSE? READ THEM OUT? >> ALL OF THOSE SENIOR PROGRAMS
ARE FREE. EVERY SINGLE ONE. >> YEAH, THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT ARE ALL FREE. WE DO OFFER OTHER SENIOR FITNESS CLASSES THAT ARE FEE-BASED, BUT EVERYTHING WE SPOKE ABOUT
TONIGHT IS NO CHARGE. >> AND TECHNICALLY THOSE OTHER CLASSES THAT SHE REFERENCED ARE JUST FITNESS CLASSES, NOT SENIOR FITNESS CLASSES, SO THEY ARE GENERAL ONES.
>> THE ONES WE CALL SENIOR, THEY ARE ALL FREE?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> THE SECOND THING IS THE TEENS. EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH SOME CLASSES IN OCTOBER. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, WHEN IN OCTOBER AND HOW WILL THESE BE RUN?
>> SURE, I GUESS. I CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THE WEBPAGE LINK AS WELL, SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE STARTING IN OCTOBER WITH A CALLIGRAPHY CLASS, AND BASICALLY WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE CLASS PER MONTH. WE'RE KIND OF USING OUR AFTERCARE STAFF AS A BASE AND ENHANCING AND EMPHASIZING THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE LEADING SOME OF THE CLASSES, AS WELL AS THE FULL-TIME STAFF AS WELL, WE ARE GOING TO BE LEADING SOME CLASSES AND SEE WHAT STICKS WITH THE TEENS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, YES, WE HAVE THE HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS CLASS, A LEARN TO DO CALLIGRAPHY AND URBAN ART CLASS WHERE THEY WILL LEARN TO DO THEIR NAMES AND KIND OF URBAN FANTASY ART ON PAPER, AND ALSO A CONTRACTOR BASED PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR OWN TRUCKER HATS AND THEY WILL COME IN AND DESIGN A TRUCKER HAT, SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE STARTING WITH THROUGH JANUARY BASICALLY, THE ONE CLASS PER MONTH THROUGH JANUARY, AND AS WE SEE WHAT LANCE REALLY STRONGLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL EXPAND UPON THOSE AREAS.
>> THAT IT WILL TAKE OFF. SO, BECAUSE IT IS A TOUGH DEMOGRAPHIC FOR SURE, SO --
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TO SEE IF THEY WOULD WANT TO HELP WITH SHARING THE COMMUNITY SOME SAFE VIKING TIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES --
>> THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW WERE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING.
>> RIGHT. YEAH, THANK YOU, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FEEDBACK, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> IS THE TRAVEL CAMP THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE VARIOUS --
>> YES, THEY TRAVEL TO A DESTINATION EVERY DAY OF THE
FIVE-DAY PROGRAM. YEAH. >> OKAY, SO THE THEY WOULD GO TO
THE ROLLER RINK AND ICE-SKATING? >> YES.
>> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS SOME OTHER TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT SOME -- MAYBE IT WOULD BE NICE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO SOME OF THE AGE GROUPS THAT GO ON SOME OF THE MORE COMPLEX PHYSICAL TRIPS. MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNSELORS, THEY ALSO HAD MAYBE A TOUGH TIME GETTING THE SKATES ON, WHILE ALSO TRYING TO MANAGE KIDS ON THE ICE OR IN THE RINK. JUST SOME THOUGHTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO A SURVEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
BUT -- >> YES, WE DID DO A POST CAMP SURVEY AND WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK ON IT, AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT IS OUR MOST LOVED FIELD TRIP AND OUR MOST -- I GUESS CRITICIZED FIELD TRIP. THE KIDS REALLY, REALLY LOVE IT, IT IS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE TRIPS, BUT YES, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH HELPING HUNDREDS OF FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS THAT THE ROLLER SKATES ON.
>> WE HEAR BOTH SIDES OF IT, THAT THEY LOVED IT, BUT THEN OTHER FAMILIES FELT THAT IT WAS TOO CHALLENGING MAYBE FOR THEIR
KIDS. >> ARE YOU ABLE TO SLICE THAT MAYBE BY AGE? LIKE YOU FIGURE IT'S THE OLDER KIDS WERE ABLE TO REALLY DO IT AND HAVE FUN AND MAYBE THE YOUNGER KIDS HAVE THE
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ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THIS WITH THAT PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE THAT DAY THE YOUNGER KIDS GO SOMEWHEREELSE OR YOU SPLIT IN HALF. >> YES. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR POST CAMP WRAP UP OF HOW WE WANT TO MODIFY THINGS FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT IS DEFTLY SOMETHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED, EVEN POTENTIALLY HAVING A BASE THAT STAYS ON SITE AT THE CAMPSITE. SO, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, IT IS NOT SET IN STONE OR ANYTHING, BUT WE WILL DO OUR POST CAMP WRAP UP WHERE WE LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THE EVALUATIONS, I HAVE READ THEM ALL ARE READY, BUT I NEED TO GET WITH FELICIA AND SHARE WITH GREENSTEIN AS WELL WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE , SO WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
ICE STAND? >> YEAH, WE DID THE PANTHERS AS
WELL AS BOOK ICE, YES. >> COORDINATING WITH THEM AND SAYING, HEY, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE A GROUP -- >> THE MOST THEY DO IS OFFER THE
BUDGET TO HAVE -- >> ONE OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS FOR CAMP THIS SUMMER WAS WE HAD ABOUT 15 TO 20 HIGH SCHOOL AGED VOLUNTEERS. THAT REALLY HELPED A LOT. THAT IS ANOTHER OPTION, TOO, THAT WE REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS TO ATTEND ON THOSE DAYS, BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST AMAZING THIS YEAR, THEY REALLY CAME IN AND WERE JUST VERY HELPFUL WITH SO MANY WAYS,
WITH CAMP THIS SUMMER. >> WE WILL HAVE LITERALLY OUR STAFF IS WORKING, LIKE THEY WILL WORK -- THE KIDS -- I THINK THE ICE STAND
>> TO ASSIST. >> KIND OF GET A GROUP OF
INEXPERIENCED KIDS. >> OKAY, YEAH.
>> THE TRICKY THING IS AT BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS, OTHER CAMPS WERE THERE ON THE SAME DATE. AND THE ROLLER RINK HAD -- I CAN'T RECALL NOW, THREE OR FOUR OTHER GROUPS. I MEAN, IT WAS HUNDREDS OF KIDS. THERE WAS NO WAY PARKLAND AND THEN BOCA ICE, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS TWO OTHER CAMPS. SO, THEY ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF THE SKATE MATES, THEY'RE CALLED, YOU CAN ICE SKATE AND PUSH ON THE -- YEAH, SO, I THINK WE WERE ONE OF THE LAST GROUPS TO GET THAT, SO A LOT OF OUR KIDS WERE OUT
THERE. >> THAT IS AN ISSUE AS WELL, SO THOSE QUESTIONS, ASKING THEM WHAT THEY CAN REALLY REALISTICALLY ACCOMMODATE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BRING
100 KIDS AND NOT HAVE THEM -- >> YEAH, JUST THE SIZE OF OUR CAMP ALONE, I THINK WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGER TRAVELING CAMPS, AND YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT WE DO OUR POST CAMP WRAP UP AS FAR AS WHAT IS A MORE IDEAL QUANTITY OF KIDS TO TAKE ON THESE FIELD TRIPS, WHICH AGES, AND SO FORTH.
>> OVERALL, IT WAS GREAT, SO --
>> THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. ACCEPTANCE UP ANOTHER QUESTION, NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU, BUT IN GENERAL. WE HAD SPOKEN MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AGO ABOUT DEVELOPING A LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS LOOKING FOR CREDIT HOURS THAT WE WERE GOING TO SUPPLY IT TO THE LEAGUE'S AND THE EVERYTHING ELSE, SO THAT WAY WHEN WE NEED VOLUNTEERS ON OUR OPENING DAYS OR EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE THIS LIST OF PEOPLE TO GO TO, SAYING, HEY, YOU NEED SOME HOURS FOR SCHOOL, WE COULD USE YOUR HELP. I AM NOT AWARE OF SUCH A LIST EVER MATERIALIZING.
>> WE HAVE ONE, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU THIS WEEK. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS -- AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO THE LEAGUE'S THAT IF THEY ARE STARTING UP THEIR SEASON AND IN SEARCH OF VOLUNTEERS, JUST A SIMPLE EMAIL MESSAGE OF SAYING, HEY, THIS LEAGUE IS STARTING, THIS IS WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, VOLUNTEERS ON THESE DAYS, APPROXIMATE DAYS, APPROXIMATE TIME FRAMES OF WHAT IS NEEDED, WHAT WOULD THEIR ROLE BE, AND WAS A VOLUNTEER TO REACH OUT TO, BECAUSE THE WAY OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WORKS, WE WILL DO AN EMAIL BLAST OUT WHEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE, THEN THE VOLUNTEERS REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THE CONTACT PERSON, SO THAT IS EVEN LIKE WHEN ADELE DOES THE EVENTS FOR THE CITY AND SO FORTH, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE WE WORK MOSTLY WITH OUR LEADS AND SO FORTH TO THAT NATURE, SO THEY CAN EMAIL US WHEN YOU ARE STARTING AND/OR LOOKING FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS, AND WE CAN SEND THAT OUT. JUST A GENERAL BLAST WOULD BE GOOD TO ALL THE LEAGUES, TO LET THEM KNOW, WE HAVE THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT IS LOOKING FOR HOURS, SO IF YOU NEED ANY HELP
WITH ANYTHING, LET US KNOW. >> LET US KNOW AND WE WILL PASS THE MESSAGE ALONG, WHO TO CONTACT, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
VOLUNTEERS TO KNOW. >> BRIAN KIND OF REFRESHED MY MEMORY. WITH THE LEAGUES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPORTING ACTIVITIES GOING ON ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS, AND SOME OF THE ATTENDANTS MAY ACTUALLY FLUCTUATE BASED ON HOW MANY KIDS ARE BUSY PLAYING SPORTS, SO I KNOW THERE HAVE
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BEEN TIMES WITH SOME EVENTS THAT THE LEAGUE PLAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING AT DATES FOR EVENTS, NOT HAVING LEAGUE PLAY ON CERTAIN NIGHTS?>> YEAH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT COME UP THAT THE LEADS ARE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE WHEN THOSE MAJOR EVENTS MAY TAKE PLACE. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WE MOVED THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL LAST YEAR BECAUSE THAT NOT ONLY IMPACTED THE LEAGUE THAT WAS PLAYING AT PINE TRAILS, BUT ALSO JUST THE EVENT GREW PINE TRAILS PARK. SO, THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE BECAUSE IT ALSO HELPED FACILITATE LEAGUES FROM NOT HAVING TO CANCEL GAMES FROM THEIR PROGRAMS, BUT YES, WHENEVER THERE IS THAT NEED, WE LET THE LEAGUES KNOW IN ADVANCE.
THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF THEM THAT THAT CONFLICT OCCURS.
>> I AM CONFUSED THEN BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT FRIDAY WHEN WE WERE DOING THE HALLOWEEN DASH, AND IT IS NOT AT A PARK OR WE DO THE LEAGUES.
>> ALL RIGHT, RYAN, ATHLETICS MANAGER. SO, THE EVENT -- FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT IN THE PAST, WE HAD SO MANY ISSUES FOR SO MANY OF THE KIDS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT NOT BEING ABLE TO COME TO THAT EVENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE GAMES OR PRACTICES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, SO WE ARE NOT LETTING DURING THAT PERIOD THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND IF THEY HAVE A GAME, THEY HAVE TO MISS THEIR PRACTICE OR THEIR GAME FOR THAT DAY. SO, WHEN WE HAVE THE LARGER EVENTS, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE DON'T ALLOW LEAGUE PLAY OR PRACTICES FOR THAT DAY.
>> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT IS PART OF THE HANDFUL, THE HALLOWEEN ONE, TOO.
>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL GET STARTED ON ATHLETICS. ALL RIGHT. SO, FOR JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE HAD TRAVELED GIRLS SOFTBALL. IN 2024, THEY HAD 72. THEY HAVE 70 CURRENTLY. DIRECT GIRLS SOFTBALL, THEY ARE AT 143.
LITTLE LEAGUE WENT FROM 313 TO ABOUT 422. TRAVEL SOCCER WENT FROM 638 TWO 655. TRAVEL BASEBALL WAS AT 144 AND IS NOW AT 170. TRAVEL ACROSS IS AT 156, IT WAS AT 100. TUG-OF-WAR, WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A DROP, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN PRESIDENT, SO, THE AMOUNT WENT FROM 90 TO 67. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GROWING A LITTLE LARGER. THE NEW PRESIDENT HAS BEEN REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO GET SOME CLINICS TO GO ON ON THE FIELDS TOGETHER SOME MORE INTEREST AND WHATNOT. RANGER CHEER AS WELL, THEY ALSO CHANGE PRESIDENTS AS WELL, SO THAT TOOK A PRETTY BIG HIT, FROM 115 TO 62. I AM IN CONTACT WITH THEM CONSTANTLY, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A CLINIC CURRENTLY TO GET SOME MORE INTEREST AND TO GET SOME MORE KIDS IN THEIR PROGRAM. FLAG FOOTBALL HAD 1300, THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 1400. BUDDY SPORTS FLAG FOOTBALL HAD 100 LAST YEAR AND THEY ARE AT 156 CURRENTLY. FOR TENNIS LEAGUES, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE A SLIGHT DROP FROM 10 TO EIGHT IN LEAGUES THAT WE OFFERED OVER THE SUMMER, TWO OF OUR TEAMS DROPPED OUT FROM THE LEAGUE, SO THEY DIDN'T RUN THROUGH THIS SUMMER. OUR PARTICIPANTS, BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO WEEKS, WE WENT FROM 82 TO 66. OUR LESSONS, YOU ALSO SEE THERE WAS A DROP THIS SUMMER FROM 619 24 55 AND OUR PARTICIPANTS FROM 104 255. THE REASONS FOR THE DECLINE WAS A CONTRACTOR WENT ON VACATION FOR TWO MONTHS. HE HOSTS A LOT OF THESE LESSONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AS WELL AS HIS HEAD TRAINER WENT AND GOT MARRIED, SO HE WAS GONE FOR TWO WEEKS, SO IT WAS A LOSS OF SOME CLASSES. SO, IT WASN'T ANYTHING THEY DID WRONG, THEY JUST WEREN'T HERE TO OFFER CONTRACTS THIS SUMMER. TRAINER CONTRACTS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 12 THREE PENDING. THIS NUMBER WILL PROBABLY GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT NOW THAT SUMMER IS OUT. A LOT OF THE TRADERS AREN'T TRAINING WITH US BECAUSE IT IS NOT SUMMERTIME. WE GOT SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL, FLAG FOOTBALL WHICH IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO PINE TRAILS PARK YOU SEE HOW CRAZY IT IS. THAT YEAR, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST HOME GAME TWO WEEKENDS AGO AND ANOTHER GAME THIS WEEKEND, AS WELL AS HOMECOMING COMING UP IN OCTOBER.
BUDDY SPORTS FLAG FOOTBALL IS GOING ON CURRENTLY, AND TRAVEL LACROSSE. PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED, THROUGH D, THEN NEW PINE TRAILS FOUR THROUGH NINE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M GOING
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TO ASK A QUESTION ALL NIGHT. IS THERE A RAIN DELAY TONIGHT ORSOMETHING? >> HIM AND I HAVE BEEN TEXTING, DON'T WORRY. LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS YOU GAVE US, EVERY RECS FOR PROGRAM AND TRAVEL PROGRAM WE HAVE BASICALLY IS GROWING 10% YEAR-OVER-YEAR, AND YET, WE'RE STILL BUILDING A BRAND-NEW 36 ACRE PARK THAT THE LEAGUES AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE,
IS THAT STILL THE PARTY LINE? >> THE DIRECTION FOR THE PARK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PARK, AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY USE OF IT. NOW, CAN I TELL YOU THAT THE LEAGUES WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE FIELDS? NO. BUT IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THEIR OWN FIELDS PER SE, LIKE IN THEIR
AUTOMATIC ROTATION. >> I JUST WORRY THAT -- I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO GO OUT AND PLAY SOCCER, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FIELD TO USE, BUT OUR FAMILIES ARE ALSO RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE IS REC PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE TO LIMIT THEM, SO IT IS STILL KIND OF GOT YOU.
>> THAT THAT WAS A COMMUNITY PARK.
>> YES AND NO. THERE IS NO GRANT REQUIREMENT THAT STATES THAT IT HAS GOT TO REMAIN A COMMUNITY PARK. I MEAN, THE PARK HAS GOT TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THERE ARE TIME FRAMES AND PARAMETERS, AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THE PARK, WE HAVE GOT TO BUILD THOSE THINGS. HOW WE CHOOSE TO PROGRAM IT, THE ONE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED FOR THE GRANT WAS CONCESSIONS.
IDEA ON RESIDENTS VERSUS NON-RESIDENTS? THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN OR NEED TO MAINTAIN?
>> OUR TRAVEL PROGRAMS NEED TO MAINTAIN A 50% RESIDENCY AND I HAVE ALL THOSE RESIDENCY PERCENTAGES BY LEAGUE, BY
QUARTER. YES, BY QUARTER. >> AND IT IS SPELLED OUT FOR
THEM IN THE SPORTS POLICY. >> YES.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
>> WILL DO. >> BECAUSE I CONSTANTLY HEAR PEOPLE SAYING, LIKE
>> SO, ONE OF THE THINGS I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE TRAVEL POLICY IS IT IS AS AN ORGANIZATION, SO TRAVEL BASEBALL HAS TO HAVE 50% RESIDENCY. THEY CAN HAVE A THAT HAS GOT TWO RESIDENTS AND THEY ARE STILL MEETING THAT
>> I CAN TELL YOU FOR SOMEBODY WHO COACHES HIGH-LEVEL OLDER KIDS SOFTBALL, AS THEY GET OLDER, THEY DROP OUT. WHEN YOU GET TO 12, 13, A LOT OF KIDS START DROPPING OUT, SO TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM, SOFTBALL TEAM, SOCCER TEAM, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AT 14, 16, 18, YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO GET ENOUGH KIDS. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTS I'M JUST SAYING, THAT IS PROBABLY A LETTER BEHIND THE
50%, BALANCES IT OUT. >> THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INAUDIBLE ]. ALL OF THAT, BUT I ALSO SEE LIKE A LOT OF THE YOUNGER KIDS, THERE ARE SO MUCH OF OUR KIDS
>> YES. >> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE INAUDIBLE ] THOSE KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY HERE.
>> I AGREE, AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT AGAIN, TOO, IS I HAVE IT EASY AND SOFTBALL BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH MINE, THEY'RE BOTH ARMS AS AN ORGANIZATION. BASICALLY IN BASEBALL, WE HAVE THE TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT IS ALMOST COMPETITIVE AMONGST THE TWO FOR PLAYERS AND THIS AND THAT AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT
WAY. >> I'M JUST ADVOCATING FOR KIDS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN INAUDIBLE ] WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE LOOPHOLE SAYING ] YOU CAN IGNORE THIS TOTALLY, BUT PLACE, NOT ENOUGH KIDS PLAYING RESIDENT WHO STARTED A WHOLE OTHER TRAVEL BASEBALL PROGRAM SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THEIR KIDS COULDN'T GET HERE.
INAUDIBLE ] >> WE WILL GET YOU THE
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PERCENTAGES, THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE, BUT JUST TO GET SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THIS, AND BRIAN, YOU MAY RECALL, THE SPORTS POLICY AT ONE POINT FOR THE TRAVEL TEAMS WAS DEFINED PER TEAM, AND THAT HAD BEEN CHANGED AT THE REQUEST AND CONVERSATIONS, IN REGARDS TO EXACTLY WHAT BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME OF THESE OLDER TEAMS CANNOT REACH THAT 50% THRESHOLD , SO DOING THAT NEGATES BEING ABLE TO HAVE A TRAVEL PROGRAM THAT KIDS CAN GROW ONE TEAM TO THE NEXT AS THEY GROW OLDER. BUT IS SOMETHING WE WILL SHARE THE STATISTICS AND THE DATA IS AND THE RESIDENCY IS PERCENTAGES WITH YOU. WE ARE ALWAYS HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS, SO FORTH, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY WHY WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AT TO WHERE IT IS 50% ACROSS THEORGANIZATION. >> AND WE LOOKED AT THAT SPORTS POLICY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO AND REDID IT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT IS SURPRISING TO ME THAT THE TRAVEL BASEBALL, BECAUSE I NEED MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SEEMS TO BE ALL PARKLAND RESIDENTS TO COUNTERACT THAT SURPRISING TO ME IF THEY ARE NOT HAVING PARKLAND RESIDENTS AND THEIR YOUNGER TEENS, BECAUSE HOW ARE THEY BOUNCING OUT? WAS I PROMISE YOU THEY DON'T HAVE 15 SUPERSTAR KIDS LIVING IN PARKLAND SO THEY ARE GETTING KIDS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE PARKLAND RESIDENTS ON THEIR YOUNGER TEAMS IS SURPRISING TO ME AND IT DEFINITELY DOES NEED TO BE
>> I CAN TELL YOU FROM LITTLE LEAGUE, HOW THEY ARE GOING, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS WITHIN MY PIECE, BUT WE NEED TO
>> AND BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE, YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS INFORMATION, BUT JUST FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, LITTLE LEAGUE IS ACTUALLY SET UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN REGARDS TO REC, BECAUSE LITTLE LEAGUE DEFINES THEIR OWN DISTRICTS, SO LITTLE LEAGUE, IF YOU LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT, THEN YOU HAVE TO PLAY IN THE PARKLAND PROGRAM. IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THAT THE PARKLAND LITTLE LEAGUE DISTRICT IS ALL PARKLAND AND VERY LITTLE OUTSIDE THE CITY. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME NON-RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE IN PARKLAND LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM THAT ARE ACTUALLY EXEMPT FROM OUR CODE OR FROM THE POLICY, FROM THE SPORTS POLICY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY LITTLE LEAGUE IS STRUCTURED. THEY CANNOT GO FROM REC PROGRAM TO REC PROGRAM.
IF THEY LIVE SOMEWHERE, THEY'VE GOT TO GO TO THAT LITTLE LEAGUE
PROGRAM. >> SURE THEY PULL FIRST FROM OUR KIDS. OKAY? SO, THAT IS WHAT I
AM ASKING. >> AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GOAL AND THE PUSH. AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO HELP BRIDGE THAT , AND BY DOING JOINT MEETINGS WITH POKERS AND LITTLE LEAGUE, AND EVERYBODY IN BOTH BOARDS SITTING DOWN AT THE TABLE TOGETHER TO CONTINUE WHAT THE GOAL AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE
IN THESE PROGRAMS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK
>> THAT'S IT. >> IT IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ONE
LEG. >> THAT'S OKAY. WHAT DID YOU
SAY? >> YOU , YOU, YOU -- SPOILER
ALERT . SPOILER ALERT POINT >> I WENT THE OPPOSITE WAY.
>> MEETING HAS BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING AND I APPRECIATE IT AND THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE, WE LIKE HAVING THE CONVERSATION, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO. MOVING ON TO PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, TONIGHT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HEARING. IN MY LAST SLIDE, WE WILL START SEEING SOME OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS. LAST FRIDAY, AND WAS THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING, AND IT PASSED, AND SO I CAN LET YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE PROPOSED PROJECTS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT GOING INTO THE NEW BUDGET YEAR. STARTING OFF WITH SAID, I RUINED THE THUNDER, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU TO REMEMBER , A YEAR AGO IN AUGUST 2024, THIS IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE DECIDED TO DO ANYTHING. AND THEN MAY 15TH , THEY STARTED GETTING TO WORK VERY LITTLE. THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE, THAT ROAD THAT IS THERE IS HILL, AND THEN THE ROAD THAT IS RUNNING THE
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OPPOSITE DIRECTION IS MILLSBORO. JUST TO MAX -- TWO WEEKS LATER, YOU CAN SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE, THE SITE IS ALL CLEARED. MOVING ONTO JUNE, PROGRESSING, THEY STARTED BUILDING AND EXCAVATING THAT BACK POND THERE. NOW MOVING ONTO JULY, YOU CAN SEE THE VERY FAR POND IS DONE, THEY HAVE CONNECTED IT WITH THE LAKE, AND STILL WORKING ON THAT OTHER POND. AND AS OF AUGUST, YOU CAN SEE BOTH OF THOSE ARE DONE. YOU CAN START SEEING THE FORMATION.THE ENTRANCE OFF OF HILLSBOROUGH IS UP HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY SEE MY CURSOR, KIND OF WRAPS AROUND THE POND AND COMES THROUGH HERE, AND THIS WILL BE THE ENTRANCE-EXIT --
>> THERE IS A NEW LAKE HERE ON THE WEST SIDE?
>> OH, YEAH, THAT IS NOT A LAKE, BUT THAT IS A LOT OF RAIN. IF YOU GUYS RECALL, A BIG EXPENSE OF THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE FILLED. WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE YET. YOU CAN SEE AFTER A NICE RAINSTORM, BUT MUCH NEEDED RAIN THAT WE NEEDED, SO I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT EITHER. THIS IS ALL JUST ANOTHER ANGLE FROM IT, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THAT LAKE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE TWO PONDS BEING FILLED UP. SO, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND IT IS MOVING ALONG VERY NICELY. WE ARE PROJECTING, AGAIN, JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, IT IS A 19 MONTH SCHEDULE, SO WHERE DOES THAT LAND US QUESTION AROUND NOVEMBER-DECEMBER OF 2026, HOPING WE GET NO STORMS OR MAJOR WEATHER DELAYS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES OF WHERE WE ARE AT, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT AS FAR AS PROJECTIONS RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSION DID APPROVE THIS AGENDA ITEM BACK IN JULY.
CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED AND EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED.
THE REASON WHY WE NEEDED TO DO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NATURAL WOOD THAT WAS DETERIORATING AND ROTTING AND SO FORTH, AND IS BEING REPLACED WITH ACTUAL WOULD LIKE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WE ARE GOING TO GET AN ETA OF WHEN THAT INSTALLATION WILL TAKE PLACE, BUT IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
THE CITY STOP IS THE ONE THAT IS REMOVING THE OLD NATURE WOULD STOP FOR THE NEW EQUIPMENT TO COME IN AND BE INSTALLED.
INAUDIBLE ] PARK EXPANDED PARKING, WE ARE AT 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THEM FOR PERMIT REVIEWS AND THAT IS BEING FINALIZED ONCE THAT ALL GETS DONE. WE WILL BE ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR PACKAGE READY TO GO OUT TO BID. ON A SIDE NOTE, THIS PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY EXPANSION AND BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT, BECAUSE TIMING BETWEEN THE TWO IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. SO, THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT PROJECT HAS BEGUN AND THEY ARE STARTING THE BOULEVARD ROUNDABOUT.
INAUDIBLE ] PARK PLAYGROUND, LAST FRIDAY, LAST MEETING, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO SEE THE RENDERINGS OF THE NEW DESIGN FOR THAT BACK PLAYGROUND, AND WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE WENT TO COMMISSION , AND LAST FRIDAY, THEY DID APPROVE THAT ESIGN. ONCE THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND FINALIZED, IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 30 DAYS OR SO. WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IN THE PURCHASE ORDER AND GET THE EQUIPMENT ORDERED WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE BACK PLAYGROUND BEING REPLACED. KEEP IN MIND THAT NONE OF THE TREES ARE LIVING, THEY ARE ALL STAYING IN PLACE, THEY PROVIDE NICE SHADE FOR THE PLAYGROUND AREA.
>> HOW ARE YOU ADDING ALL THE EXTRA GREEN SPACE?
>> I KNOW, WHEN WE PRESENTED IT, WE WERE LIKE THIS RENDERING DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE WITH WHAT OUR ACTUAL TREES LOOK LIKE. WE ARE NOT ADDING NEW, BUT WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY, EITHER. UPDATE ON ALL OF OUR OTHER ONGOING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, LIBERTY PARK, THE RESTROOM REMODEL HAS BEEN DONE. THE TCO HAS BEEN ISSUED, AND THE REASON WHY IT IS A TCO IS BECAUSE THE YEAR WAS A MISHAP ON THE AC AND THE PROPER AC NEEDED FOR THAT RESTROOM, SO THE TCO IS ABLE TO BE DONE, SO THAT RESTROOM COULD BE BACK OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE, WHILE WE GO AHEAD AND ARE WAITING ON THE NEW AC TO COME IN, SO AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT, BUT THE RESTAURANTS LOOK BEAUTIFUL, THEY HAVE BEEN UTILIZED, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT CLOSING OUT THIS PROJECT. OUR CITY HALL ROOF REPLACEMENT IS DONE. WE HAVE BEEN STARTING TO PRESSURE CLEAN THE AREA, AS YOU NOTICE AS YOU
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WALK IN AND SO FORTH, THE PAINTING WILL CHANGE, IT WILL MATCH MORE OF THE COLOR OF THE ROOT RATHER THAN THAT BLUE-GRAY TYPE OF TONE FOR THE TRAM AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, THE PAINTING WILL ALL BE DONE AND THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND PAINTING WILL BE COMPLETED. THE PARK BASKETBALL COURT FENCE REPLACEMENT, THAT PROJECT HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED THIS PAST SUMMER, AND OUR PINE TRAILS PARK PLAYGROUND, THE UPDATE ON THAT IS THAT OUR INITIAL SAFETY CONCERN REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE AS YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW AND ARE AWARE OF. WE WERE BRINGING ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR REPLACEMENT. THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE. FELICIA HAS WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE CLAYMORE GROUP IN REGARDS TO ANY OF THOSE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENTS BEING COVERED UNDERNEATH WARRANTY, AND SO, WE DID FIND THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE ABLE TO BE APPROVED, SO THAT IS GREAT SAVINGS TO THE CITY, SO NOW WE ARE JUST FINALIZING THAT UP AND ORDERING THOSE ADDITIONAL PIECES, AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE REPLACED OUT. AND THEN OUR PINE TRAILS AND TO BE REPLACING THE BENCHES AND THE PICNIC TABLES OVER THE SUMMER, SO ALL THAT TOOK PLACE AND THOSE ALL HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE NEW PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES THROUGHOUT THOSE PARTS SO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, OUR PROPOSED PROJECTS INCLUDE PINE TRAILS PARK BASKETBALL COURT IMPROVEMENTS. SO, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS GOING TO BE SEATING AND BLEACHER SHADE CANOPIES. SO, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BASKETBALL COURTS, ON THE SOUTH AT PINE TRAILS, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE ARE THREE SETS OF BLEACHERS, BUT THERE ARE FOUR COURTS. SO, ONE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ADDING THAT FOURTH SET OF BLEACHERS AND KIND OF SHIFTING THEM , SO THEY ALIGN WITH EACH OF THE COURTS, BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO IT, TO ADD SHADE CANOPY OVER THOSE BLEACHERS. REPLACEMENT -- THAT WORD IS NOT SPELLED RIGHT.>> THANK YOU, SEATING. AND THEN THE OTHER UPGRADE TO THE BASKETBALL COURTS IS THE SPORTS LIGHTING IS GOING TO BE UPDATED THE BASKETBALL COURTS.
, SO, THERE HAS BEEN -- THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE REMOVING A LOT OF THE BUILT-UP SEDIMENT IN THAT LAKE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW, OUR IRRIGATION FOR THAT PART RELIES ON THAT LAKE AND THE
LEVELS OF THAT LAKE. >> WHICH LAKE, THERE ARE TWO?
>> THE FRONT ONE, NOT THE ONE BY THE BASEBALL FIELDS. BY THE
>> YEAH. YEAH. SO, WE WILL ALSO BE EXCAVATING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE LAKE VOLUME, BECAUSE WHEN THAT POND RUNS OUT OF WATER, THEN SO DOES THE IRRIGATION FOR THE PARK, MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT DURING THOSE DRY SEASONS, SO THIS PROJECT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THAT GOING FORWARD. OUR P REC CONDENSER REPLACEMENT, OVER AT THE P REC, THERE IS A CHILLER SYSTEM THAT HAS REACHED ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY, SO THAT WILL BE DONE. RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS. SO, WE ARE STARTING TO NOW DO SOME RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS OVER AT PINE TRAILS AND P REC. THE FIRST SET OF RESTAURANTS WILL BE THE RESTAURANTS BY THE CONCESSION BUILDING, WHICH IS THE MAIN PLAYGROUND AREA RESTROOMS, SO THEY WILL BE UPGRADED TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH OUR OTHER RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE DONE AT LIBERTY AND PARK, WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING A SENSORY COMMUNICATION BOARD.
PART OF OUR LAST MEETING WITH YOU GUYS, THERE WAS THAT SENSORY BOARD, SO THAT IS ALSO NOW GOING TO BE ADDED OVER AT PINE TRAILS PARK AT OUR LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD WILL BE REPLACED. OUR LIBERTY PARK PAVILION AND ROOF REPLACEMENTS.
PLAYGROUND LIGHTING UPGRADE, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE, BY THIS BOARD, IF I'M CORRECT, JENNIFER, LAST YEAR, SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT ADDED INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, AND THEN THE DORIS DAVIS PAVILION ROOF, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN INTO DORIS DAVIS, WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT, YES, IT IS A WALKING TRAIL YOU GO AROUND, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE LEFT, CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL, THERE IS A PAVILION THERE, THAT PAVILION ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I THEN ALSO ON YOUR HARD WORK OF THE AED AND STOP THE BLEEDING THAT YOU GUYS ALL RECOMMENDED IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL STATIONS AT
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>> SURE, YEAH, WE ARE ALWAYS TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, SO YES, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE PLAYGROUND THAT YOU GUYS GOT A GOOD LOOK AT LAST MEETING WITH THAT DESIGN, SOME OF THAT KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE BACK PLAYGROUND WILL STILL INCLUDE THE FIBROUS RUBBER MULCH -- NOT RUBBER, THE FIBROUS MULCH. BUT WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THAT IS IT WILL BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE, SO THEY WILL HAVE THE BOARD IN PLACE STRUCTURES TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THOSE PIECES, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FELICIA WANTS
TO JUMP IN ON THIS. >> SO, I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT INCLUSIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS. I ACTUALLY LAST YEAR HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE FLORIDA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE WHERE THEY REALLY DUG DEEP INTO MAKING SURE YOU ARE INCLUDING THINGS, WHICH IS WHY THE BACK PLAYGROUND IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE FRONT, SO THE FRONT INCLUDES EXCLUSIVITY IN THE FORM OF RAMPS, THERE ARE ALOT OF DIFFERENT RAMPS AND WHATNOT. OUR BACK HAS MORE OF TRANSFER POINTS, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK INCLUSIVITY, THEY THINK JUST A RAMP OR JUST A SWING. SO, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALL THOSE ELEMENTS AT DIFFERENT PORTIONS AND DIFFERENT PARKS, BECAUSE THERE IS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPECIAL NEEDS THAT NEED THAT ASSISTANCE, SO WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATION BOARD, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTICED -- THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT IN THE PARK AND RECREATION CONFERENCE, IS BEFORE YOU BUILD A PARK AND YOU INCLUSIVITY, FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN KIDS IN OUR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE RB TEENS AND THAT HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION NEEDS AND NEED HELP ARTICULATING, BUT CAN STILL POTENTIALLY BE FUNCTIONAL AND HAVE ON STRENGTH AND HAVE AGILITY, BUT CAN'T TALK WITH THEIR PEERS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNICATION BOARD, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE, SO WE HAVE RAMPS AT ONE PARK. AND THEN ANOTHER PARK, WE HAVE TRANSFER POINTS, SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE DIFFICULT, AND THEN IF SOMEONE IS ON THE SPECTRUM AND THEY NEED DIFFERENT SENSORY OBJECTS, WE PROVIDE THOSE, TOO.
SO, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING OPTIONS AT THE DIFFERENT PLAYGROUNDS YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
>> WITH YOU AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, TOO. ALSO TO PIGGYBACK, YOU MENTIONED WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, WAS ONE OF THE THINGS DURING OUR DESIGN AND THE BOARD WAS PART OF A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THE SERVICING AND ALL THE PLAYGROUND PIECES ARE ALL A.D.A. COMPATIBLE, AND WEDGE PRESERVE WILL BE A
>> BUT I WOULD SAY RUNNING , ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF E-BIKES AND GOLF CARTS, SIDEWALKS ARE NOT SAFE TO RUN ON ANYMORE. I MEAN, I AM OUT THERE, MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER IS OUT THERE, WE ARE DODGING E-BIKES NONSTOP. THEY DO NOT CARE, THEY FLY RIGHT BY YOU, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, IT HAS CHANGED A LOT,
SO -- GOOD POINT. >> TO SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE EVERY E-BIKE AND GOLF CART WILL BE
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THING, ARE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR -->> ABOUT BLEACHERS. ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED IS THE BLEACHER MAINTENANCE, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO OCCUR . I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED THIS, BUT A LOT OF THE BLEACHERS, THERE IS MOLD AND GRUNGE AND GRIME AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SCHEDULE, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT CLEANED, BUT I FELT LIKE SOMEONE SHOULD ROUTINELY CHECK THE BLEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T NEED SERVICING. >> AND I THINK THAT VARIOUS , BECAUSE YOU NOTICE A LOT MORE NOW BECAUSE THE RAINY SEASON.
YOUR LAWN GUY COMES THREE OR FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, BUT ONLY TWICE DURING THE WINTER.
>> SURE, BUT YOUR POINT, WE WILL ADD THAT TO OUR CONVERSATION AS WELL AS A CONTINUOUS CHECK. IT IS PART OF THE ROUNDS AND SO FORTH, MORE ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THINGS, BUT DEFINITELY MORE EYES THAT WE COULD SEE IT. IF YOU GUYS ARE EVER OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE CALL US, EMAIL US, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF US, AND WE WILL GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET IT CORRECTED.
>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION AND A
COMMENT, AFTER YOU PICK >> JUST A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, CHRISTINE, AND YOUR WONDERFUL TEAM FOR ALL YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AS RESIDENTS, AND THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I SEE COMPLETED, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY.
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CHECKED, THEY ARE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AND I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY. AND WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT --
>> APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, BUT I DO WANT TO PIGGYBACK THAT. YOU KNOW, MY TEAM IS PHENOMENAL AND I GET THE JOY OF MEETING WITH MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS PARKS AND REC AND THE RELATIONSHIP AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE JUST STACKED UPON STACKED . THE STAFF HERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WITH -- WE ALL PITCH IN AND WORK TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, SO I AM VERY FORTUNATE AND BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH A DEDICATED TEAM WE WOULD LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING ON THE LIST, BUT WE'RE SUCH A SMALL TEAM, SO YES, WE SLOWLY TAKE AWAY AT THINGS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF SLOW IS REALLY THE RIGHT WORD. FOR THE WORKLOAD AND THE STAFF LOAD THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IS AMAZING, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS COMING UP WITH IDEAS , BRINGING THINGS FORWARD. TO HELP GET US AND GUIDE AND PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK. WE HEAR YOU, WE LISTEN, IT MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO THE NEXT BUDGET OR THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT IT CAN BE PUT ONTO A PLAN.
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AS WE DID DESIGN THE PARK THOSE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ARE NOT GOING TO BE WOULD. THEY WILL BE UPDATEDCLASSIC LOOK. >> AND COVERED BRIDGES.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE BUILT THE WALKING PATH AND PUT IN THE LITTLE STEPPING STUFF . TWO YEARS AGO.
>> A COVERED BRIDGE. >> YOU SAID THAT RIGHT.
>> IT WAS GREAT BUT HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER CHANGING AT ALL.
>> I COULD TELL YOU BACK THEN. I WAS IN A DIFFERENT POSITION BUT NONETHELESS THE ARCHITECT HAD A PHILOSOPHY AND MINDSET OF
KEEPING IT NATURAL . >> I'M ALL FOR NATURAL LOOKING.
>> I HAVE A SILLY COMMENT ON THE BENCHES. AND THE SEATING AREAS WITHIN THE PARK. ONE OF MY KEY ISSUES , I KNOW A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CUT ON STAPLES IN THOSE TABLES. YOU
LOOK LIKE YOU'VE SEEN THIS. >> LIBERTY PARK, I KNOW. BECAUSE LIBERTY IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PAVILION USES.
>> THE SECOND ONE IS PINE TRAILS.
>> PEOPLE WHO USE IT? >> WHEN THEY DO DECORATIONS THEY COVER THE TABLE AND WILL STAPLE IT . WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF TIMES TO TRY TO PULL THOSE THINGS OUT.
>> AND KIND OF A THOUGHT. ON HOW YOU UTILIZE MAINTENANCE STAFF BUT IF SOMEONE HAS TO PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN , SOMEONE SHOULD EXPECT THAT STUFF TO MAKE SURE IT'S BACK TO NORMAL BECAUSE THAT CUTS ME, IS THE REAL DEGRADATION OF THESE TABLES BECAUSE THEY JUST GET FILLED UP AND YOU CAN'T MOVE YOUR ARM WITHOUT SCRAPING YOUR ELBOW . SO YOU SAY, OH, THERE'S A $100 CLEANING FEE TO REMOVE ALL THE STAPLES.
>> SURE. >> WE GO TO METAL INSTEAD OF WOOD, THEN THEY CANNOT STAPLE THEM.
>> IT'S SO DENSE THAT THEY WILL GO THROUGH IT.
>> LIBERTY PARK PAVILION TABLE REPLACEMENTS ON FISCAL YEAR 2026. SO WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
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>> I REALLY HOPE YOU'RE NOT GETTING STAPLED RIGHT NOW AT PINE TRAILS. BECAUSE IT IS BRAND-NEW. THEY ARE BOTH
BRAND-NEW. >> I HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE PARKS. STARTING WITH THE LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD REPLACEMENT. WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE REPLACED THERE? THE EQUIPMENT AND THE GROUNDING FOR ONE OR THE OTHER?
>> OUR GOAL IS ALL OF THE ABOVE. BECAUSE THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS OUTDATED , OLD, AND ANCIENT AND CREATES A LOT OF DOWNTIME ENCLOSURES. A COUPLE YEARS BACK BEFORE WE WERE DOING THE PLAYGROUND WE WENT IN THERE AND REPAINTED THE FIXTURES AND TRY TO FIX HIM UP A LITTLE BIT. TO GIVE US A FEW MORE YEARS. SO THAT'S GOOD TO BE A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.
>> WHEN DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE BUT THAT IS EXPECTED TO LOOK
LIKE? >> I'M STILL FINALIZING. LIKE I SAID , BEFORE REGARDS TO STAFFING AND LEVELS IN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE HAVE. SOME STILL FINALIZING TIME FRAMES AS WELL. BECAUSE WE ALSO TRIED TO MATCH THINGS BRIAN TALKED ABOUT NOT CONFLICTING WITH EACH OTHER'S PROJECTS BUT WHAT MAKES SENSE LIKE THE BASKETBALL COURT REPLACEMENTS WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE LIGHTS DONE IF WE CAN DO IT BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS, BUT A LOT OF THIS MAY NOT BE UNTIL AFTER SEASON . SO KIND OF PLAYING THE SCHEDULES. WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THE STAFF TEAM AT THE NEXT MEETING I CAN COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF SOME TIME FRAMES FOR YOU. >> AND ALSO WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE
TO LOOK EQUIPMENT OPTIONS. >> WE WILL SHARE THE STUFF WITH
YOU LIKE WE HAVE BEEN. >> AND I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP THE POINT WITH THAT. I KNOW WE ARE INSTALLING THE SPLASH PAD WHAT A SIMILAR AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT ASCETICS AND FUNCTION?
IN THE TWO SIMILARITIES? >> IT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK.
THE THEME IS WE MAY STAY WITH THE CANONS AT THIS ONE. BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. OKAY.
>> AND FOR THE OTHER PARK I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA LIGHTING BEING ON THE BUDGET. IT WILL BE A GREAT IMPACT FOR THE FAMILIES THERE AT NIGHT PLAYING ON THE PLAYGROUND AND I MISSED THE MEETING LAST TIME FOR THE NEW EQUIPMENT IN THE BACK. BUT ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THAT IN PLANNING FOR IT BECAUSE THAT AGAIN A VERY LARGE IMPACT FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND WALK AND BIKE AND GO TO THAT PARK DURING GAMES. IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THE THOUGHT THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THAT AS WELL AS PRESERVING THE TREES. AND THEN , FOR THE NATURAL EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING REPLACED AT THE COVERED BRIDGE.
WE'VE NEVER DISCUSSED ANY TYPE OF SHADE BEING PUT OVER THAT. IS
THERE ANY KIND OF PLAN? >> THERE IS A TREE THAT'S GOING
TO GROW ONE DAY. >> THERE'S A COVERED BRIDGE.
>> BUT WEAR THAT -- I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NEED FOR IT.
>> SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO SHADE , FELICIA SAID THERE THERE IS TREES THERE AND IT WAS PLANTED BY THE ARBORIST KNOWING IT WAS GOING TO GROW AND PROVIDE THE SHADE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT AREA OR THE HOPES OF. BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AS WE GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE THE USERS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DURING PEAK SUNNY DAYS .
>> IT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY FISCAL YEAR 2060 THREE.
>> FELICIA HAS GONE OUT THERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAS SEEN IT BEING UTILIZED AND HAD CONVERSATION WITH THE KIDS
THAT WERE IN THE PARK >> I'VE ALSO SEEN THAT.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR. A LOT OF CHILDREN GO TO THAT. AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS TO PUTTING SOME TYPE OF EVENT ARE GATHERING ON A SMALL SCALE THERE? LIKE WE HAVE THE ZEN GARDEN AND THAT IN
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>> IN COVERED BRIDGE PARK. >> A SMALL PICNIC DAY FOR THAT AREA JUST TO PROMOTE THAT PARK. THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL SPACE THAT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UTILIZE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SMALL SCALE. BUT COME OUT AND BRING YOUR FAMILY SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD CENTER AROUND THE ZEN GARDEN JUST TO PROMOTE THE PARK IN PARTICULAR.
>> I HEAR YOUR MESSAGE IN REGARD TO PROVIDING THE PARK BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK. AND THERE ARE THINGS WE COULD DO TO HELP TO FACILITATE THE PROMOTION OF THE PARK , BUT, AGAIN, HISTORICALLY , WHEN THAT PARK WAS BEING DESIGNED , I WAS RIGHT AROUND WHEN I JUST STARTED AS THE PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND I WALKED INTO A COMMUNITY THAT WAS FILLED WITH PROBABLY 50 PEOPLE IN THE AMPHITHEATER ROOM THAT WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT THE ACTIVITY AND WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PARK BECAUSE IT DIDN'T USED TO EXIST THERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT , WE ORIGINALLY, IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT THE CITY BROUGHT FORWARD TO THAT MEETING HAD A BIGGER PARKING AREA. AND SO IT GOT REVISED AND REVAMPED TO BE SMALLER BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS. THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT TO SEE THIS TO BE AN EVENT SPACE OR HAVE THAT TYPE OF THING. IT'S MORE OF A PASSIVE TYPE OF PARK WHERE YOU'RE WALKING THE TRAIL AND YOU GET A BEAUTIFUL PARK TO WALK THROUGH. I DO SEE FAMILIES OUT THERE PICNICKING AND SO FORTH , BUT WE CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARKS,
BUT THIS ONE GETS HIGHLIGHTED. >> AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS
WELL. >> THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE AND THAT'S THE ONE WAY IN AND A CITY AND ALL THAT STUFF WAS BEING DONE. AND THERE'S NO RESTROOMS OUT THERE. MAYBE YOU COULD GET WITH THE PARKS AND REC PEOPLE AND
THEY COULD DO A YOGA THING. >> SMALLER EVENTS. NOTHING LARGE AT THE SCALE OF WHAT'S DONE AT THE OTHER PARKS. AND TALKING ABOUT INCLUSION AND AND OTHER -- I'M CURIOUS , I APPRECIATE THE TRADITIONAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE BECOME FAMILY TRADITIONS SUCH AS THE BONFIRE AND THE HAYRIDE IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH. THESE ARE KIND OF NOW HER OWN CITY TRADITIONS. BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S BEEN ANYTHING LOOKED INTO FOR , YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURAL EVENTS FOR THE CIT TO HOST. AGAIN, NOT TO BRING UP MY HOMETOWN, BUT WE DO A MOON CAKE FESTIVAL IN THE FALL AND A DIWALI FESTIVAL AND HISPANIC HERITAGE. I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR THE CITY ANYONE TO DO ANY TYPE OF CULTURAL EVENTS?
>> IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. IN REGARDS TO HAS THERE BEEN AN EXPRESSED INTEREST , THERE ISN'T, UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS POINT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WON'T BE OR WE CAN CONTINUE THROUGH SURVEYS AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE. IT WILL EVOLVE. THERE ARE SOME CULTURAL TYPE OF EVENTS THAT WE DO THAT UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW ARE VERY LOW ATTENDED, YOU KNOW , SO TO PUT FORTH THE ENERGY, EFFORT, AND THE DOLLARS TO DO SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AND HAVE 50 PEOPLE ATTEND IS NOT WORTH THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR PER SE. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THINGS WON'T CHANGE . OUR EVENT TEAM DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING FEEDBACK AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND TRYING TO GROW AND EXPAND AND DO DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE ARE THINGS SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO EVEN AT THE EXISTING EVENTS THAT ADDS ONE OR TWO LITTLE COMPONENTS THAT MAKES IT A DIFFERENCE FOR THE HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES. THE HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS THAT ATTEND THE EVENT.
>> WHEN YOU BROUGHT THAT UP IT MADE ME THINK OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AT RIVER GLADES AND WE ARE LAUNCHING A BRAND-NEW DIWALI EVENT THAT WE WERE HOPING TO KEEP TO ABOUT 200 . AND WE ALREADY HAVE 600 REGISTERED. AND LAST YEAR WE LAUNCHED A LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENT, WHICH WAS OVER 900 REGISTERED. AND WE DONE HISPANIC HERITAGE WHICH IS 1200. I THOUGHT I'M WONDER IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY INTERESTS, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> SURE. >> WE DID HAVE ONE REQUEST TO HOST AN INDIAN NEW YEAR , BUT BASED ON HER SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS IT WAS TOO SHORT OF A TURNAROUND TIME. BUT WE PROACTIVELY -- IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY PARKLAND RESIDENT BASED. SO INVITED THEM TO OUR CULTURAL AWARENESS EVENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A FARMERS MARKET WITH THE PERFORMANCE AND THAT'S
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WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. AND THEN THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM PROACTIVELY JUST REACHED OUT AGAIN RECENTLY TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY WERE INTERESTED IN TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY WITH AMPLE TIME FRAME BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR IT WAS TOO SHORT. SO I BELIEVE THERE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK IF THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY BACK OR NOT IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY PARKLAND RESIDENT BASED AND WE WOULD SUPPORT IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS NOTICE. ANY OTHERQUESTIONS? I. THANK YOU. >> MOVING ONTO OLD BUSINESS JOHN
>> NONE. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT SUMMER. A GREAT START TO
THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> IF THAT'S IT, TONIGHT WAS GREAT. VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR REALLY COMING WITH A LOT OF GREAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK. THANKS FOR ANSWERING
TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
>> ALL IN FAVOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.