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>> I THINK WE ARE GOOD. GOOD EVENING. CALL TO ORDER. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ROLLCALL ?
>> JENNIFER? DANIEL? LEO? JOHN? SANDRA? MATTHEW? WE HAVE A
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QUORUM. >> I MISS TO APPROVE LAST
>> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS BY
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THE CHAIR AND BOARD? GO AHEAD. >> I WAS AT PARKLAND DASH, IT WAS REALLY WELL-RUN. WE HAD A NICE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION.
I SAW ABOUT 12%, BASED ON THE RESULTS. I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE JULIE ESPOSITO. I BELIEVE SHE HAS ONE COAT SEVEN TIMES FOR THE WOMEN'S FIVE MILE. SHE IS A LOCAL LEGEND. I WANT TO MENTION ONE THING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW IF NOW IS THE TIME OR LATER, IF WE CAN IMPROVE ONE THING REGARDING THE PARKLAND DASH. WOULD NOW BE THE TIME, OR LATER? WHEN WE DO THE RESULTS, JUST A COMMENT, IF WE COULD DO THE FIVE MILER FIRST, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS ALL THE FIVE MILER PEOPLE LEAVE BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY TIRED AND HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 5K RESULTS TO GO THROUGH FIRST. TECHNICALLY THE FIVE MILER PEOPLE DID A LOT MORE, RIGHT? SO, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY COULD GET THEIR REWARDS FIRST. OVERALL IT WAS GREAT, THOUGH,
THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT .
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND OUR PARK RANGERS. OUR LEAGUE IS ACTUALLY INTERCITY LEAGUE. WE PLAY CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE, COCONUT CREEK, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. AND NONE OF THE OTHER CITIES COME EVEN CLOSE TO THE DEDICATION TO OUR KIDS THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE OUT THERE DO , TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE ABLE TO PLAY. IN CORAL SPRINGS IT RAINS AT 3:00 AND THEIR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS GO HOME, SO IF IT RAINS THEY CANNOT USE THEIR FIELDS ALL NIGHT LONG BECAUSE THEIR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS HAVE ALREADY GONE HOME. I SEE OUR PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY BRIMMING WATER OFF OF FIELDS, AND THIS AND THAT CIRCUITS CAN PLAY. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THEM AND RECOGNIZE WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB THAT THEY DO, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT I WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE THAT, TO CONSUMMATE THEM ON WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB THEY DO TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS CAN PLAY. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL MAKE ONE COMMENT AFTER SEEING THE 2026 SCHEDULE.
ANOTHER YEAR IS ESSENTIALLY WRAPPING UP, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE. IF WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER BETWEEN NOW AND NEW YEAR'S, HAPPY HOLIDAY. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY SEASONS, ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH, BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE A ROUGH WEEK OR SO, I CAN TELL EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, DIG DEEP INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND APPRECIATE YOUR LOVED ONES. HAVE A BLESSED YEAR. THANK YOU.
>> THE HEARTS AND WRECK UPDATE HESITATION, WE WILL HAVE FELICIA WITH A BULLET TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR AND YOU GUYS CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AT
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AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR? >> WE ARE MOVING ON TO A NEW
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BUSINESS. THE FLAG FOOTBALL ? >> RYAN MARIANA PARKS PHONICS MANAGER . I AM BRINGING FORWARD A TRAVEL FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM.
I HAVE TODDLING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THE FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS LOOKING TO EXTEND OFFERINGS TO A TRAVEL PROGRAM UNDER THE RECREATIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL UMBRELLA. I WANTED TO MAKE SOME NOTES ON THE SEASON DATES THAT WE ARE ACCOMMODATING WITH THEM. FOR SUMMER, WE HAVE ONE FIELD AVAILABLE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. JULY AND AUGUST WE HAVE ONE FIELD AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE ALLOTTED FIELDS THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE FOR RECREATIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL , WHICH IS LATE AUGUST THROUGH EARLY NOVEMBER, AND THEN, HE RUNS AN NFL FLAG SEASON ON FRIDAYS, WHICH WE WILL ALLOT THE FIELDS USED FOR THAT AS WELL AS FIELD SIX OR SEVEN, FOR THAT. WE HAVE NO FIELD AVAILABLE MID NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER AND THEN MID-MARCH THROUGH MAY. I WILL BREAD BRING TODDLING UP , IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO
ASK. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, ALL. OLD GUYS LIKE ME NEED READING GLASSES, SO I WILL HIT YOU WITH SOME STATISTICS. I AM ONE OF THOSE FOOLISH PEOPLE , LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, WHO VOLUNTEERS TO RUN A RECREATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. OUR FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE, IF YOU COMBINE OUR TWO SEASONS, IT IS THE LARGEST SPORTS PROGRAM IN PARKLAND. WE PUT OVER 2000 KIDS THROUGH THE CREATION OF FLAG FOOTBALL BETWEEN THE TWO SEASONS. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FLAG FOOTBALL AS A PLAYER, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, LEAGUE DIRECTOR, COACH, AND I AM ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN ON THE FLAG BOARD FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FOR THREE YEARS, BUT I HAVE A HISTORY WITH FLAG FOOTBALL. USA FOR ALL LEVEL II LICENSED COACHED AND I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO COACH USA FOOTBALL'S LOCAL TALENT I.D. CAMPS . USA FOOTBALL IS THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR FLAG FOOTBALL, AS RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU COMBINE BOTH OF OUR SEASONS, WE ARE THE LARGEST RECREATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND. I AM PROUD TO SAY IN OUR FALL LEAGUE, ROUGHLY 1400 KIDS, WE ARE 40% FEMALE. THAT IS ALSO TRUE IN OUR NFL FLAG LEAGUE. I HAVE GOT MORE THAN 600 GIRLS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL ON OUR FIELDS IN THE FALL. I AM TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE BECAUSE WE ARE DEEP INTO OUR PLAYOFFS RIGHT NOW AND I CAME OVER HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR THIS BUT I HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE FIELDS. FLAG FOOTBALL IS THE FASTEST-GROWING TEAM SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH OVER 2.4 MILLION KIDS PLAYING. IT IS ALSO A TOP FIVE FASTEST-GROWING TEAM SPORT IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES. WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL HAS SEEN A 63% INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION SINCE THE 19. 15 STATES HAVE GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AS A SANCTIONED HIGH SCHOOL SPORT, WITH ANOTHER 13 STATES RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL AS PILOT PROGRAMS. GUESS WHAT STATE IT ALL STARTED IN, 20 YEARS AGO? FLORIDA. THE PIONEER OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL. THERE IS 105% INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION IN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL, JUST FROM SCHOOL YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2024. LIKE FOOTBALL WILL BE PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT IN THE 2028 LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL IS RECOGNIZED AS A SCHOLARSHIP SPORT AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE NIAA DIVISION II LEVELS, AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THERE ARE TWO FEMALES ON THE ONLY DIVISION I COLLEGE WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM THAT PLAYED IN PARKLAND. THAT IS ALABAMA STATE. THE NCAA RECENTLY RECOMMENDED THAT FLAG FOOTBALL BEING RECOMMENDED FOR INCLUSION IN WHAT THEY CALL THEIR EMERGING SPORTS FOR WOMEN PROGRAM , WHICH MEANS THERE WILL COME A TIME WHERE WE SIT ON OUR COUCH AND WE WATCH MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE IN THE SPRING AND IT WILL BE WOMEN'S FLAG FOOTBALL. THE NFL PRO BALL, ALMOST UNWATCHABLE IN ITS TACKLE FORMAT IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS HAS CONVERTED TO EIGHT FLAG FOOTBALL GAME . JUST LAST MONTH, THE NFL ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE EXPLORING STARTING A PROFESSIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE. WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
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A NEARLY TWO-YEAR PUSH TO GET THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO RECOGNIZE TRAVEL FLAG FOOTBALL AS A SANCTIONED CITY SPORTS PROGRAM. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE TEAMS IN PLACE BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, AND GO FROM THERE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT FIELD SPACE IS, IN THIS CITY. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS BUT WE KNOW THAT. WE AMENDED OUR PROPOSAL TO PUT THEIR THAT WE WILL TAKE THE LEFTOVERS. WE WILL TAKE WHATEVER YOU HAVE. YOU WANT TO SET TERM ARE ONE DAY, PINE TRAILS ANOTHER DAY? WE WILL DO IT. WE JUST WANT TO GET STARTED BUT WE HAVE THE DEMAND, THE KIDS, WE HAVE THE GIRLS THAT WANT TO PLAY THIS SPORT, AND I THINK THE TIME IS NOW. FLAG FOOTBALL HAS NEVER BEEN BIGGER AND MORE POPULAR THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. >> I WILL START. SO, YOU MENTIONED GIRLS A LOT. IS TRAVEL BOYS AND GIRLS? IT'S NOT COED,, BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS? IS THERE A TRAVEL FLAG FOOTBALL SEASON, OR SILICA SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL THING THAT RUNS YEAR-ROUND?
>> IT IS NOT LIKE BASEBALL WHERE THERE ARE LEAGUES. TRAVEL BASEBALL YOU ARE IN A LEAGUE. THAT IS NOT TRAVEL FLAG. IT IS JUST TOURNAMENTS . NFL FLAG, WHICH IS A PRODUCT THAT WE OFFER, THEY HAVE THEIR REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND NATIONAL CHAMPION SHIP. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. PARKLAND HAD, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THREE TEAMS AT THE NFL FLAG NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JULY. SO, IT IS REALLY JUST DETERMINES. COACHES WILL LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. THERE IS THE YOUTH TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE, YOU SIGN UP AND YOU PICK THE TENANTS YOU WANT TO
PLAY IN. >> THEY RUN YEAR-ROUND?
>> YEAR-ROUND. SPRING IS HEAVIER THAN FALL, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO PLAY IN FALL, YOU CAN DO THAT. THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE IN TAMPA EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY. YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT TOURNAMENTS
YOU WANT TO PLAY IN. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, YOUR HOUSING THIS UNDER THE RECREATIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL?
>> CORRECT BUT OUR BOARD MET, WE CARVED OFF A SEPARATE BOARD FOR THE TRAVEL PROGRAM APPROVED BY OUR BOARD. I WANT TO SAY OVER A YEAR AGO. TO OFFER THE TRAVEL PROGRAM AS WELL.
>> ULTIMATELY, THEY WILL REPORT TO THE MAINBOARD?
>> CORRECT. YES. >> WEREN'T YOU WEARING A BLUE JAYS HAD THE OTHER DAY? I REMEMBER, I SAW YOU AT THE FOOTBALL FIELDS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A GREAT WORLD
SERIES, THE. >> THAT WAS A GREAT GAME.
>> TODAY'S MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS. IS ALWAYS A CONNECTION TO BUFFALO. SO AGAIN, I AM A FAN OF FLAG FOOTBALL, WHAT YOU ALL DO.
IN TERMS OF THE TRAVEL PROGRAM, FIELD AVAILABILITY SEEMS TO BE A CHALLENGE. IS THERE A SPECIFIC AGE GROUP? HOW WOULD THIS WORK , ARE YOU THINKING, TO START YOU ARE SAYING IT WILL BE GIRLS AND BOYS? HOW WOULD THAT SCHEDULE LOOK ? OTHER TEAMS AROUND HERE IN COCONUT CREEK? IS THIS GOING TO BE TRAVEL?
>> THERE ARE TRAVEL PROGRAMS IN LOXAHATCHEE AND ACREAGE, IN NAPLES, NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THERE ARE TRAVEL PROGRAMS THERE. THE BEAUTY OF THE TENANTS TRAVEL, IT IS A FIVE ON FIVE FLAG FOOTBALL GAME. IT IS MUCH SMALLER. WHAT WE DO FOR OUR NFL FLAG PRODUCT IS THAT WE CAN RUN THREE FULL NFL FLAG FIELDS ON A STANDARD MULTIPURPOSE FIELD. WE RUN IT SIDEWAYS. SO, WHEN WE ARE TALKING PRACTICES, AND THIS IS ALL THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS TO GET DEDICATED TIME TO PRACTICE. WE CAN RUN THREE GAMES, SIX TEAMS, WE CAN PROBABLY GET 12 TEAMS ON A FIELD FOR PRACTICE. YOU DON'T NEED A FULL FIELD FOR PRACTICE, BECAUSE IT IS THE SMALLER VERSION, THE OLYMPIC VERSION YOU WILL SEE IN 2028 IS THE FIVE ON FIVE VERSION AND THAT IS WHAT TRAVEL IS. THE ORIGINAL GOAL IS TO ALLOW TWO TEAMS IN EACH AGE GROUP , AND THEN WORK FROM THERE, IF THERE IS A BIGGER DEMAND, IF THERE IS NOT THEN WE CAN GO ONE TEAM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE TEAMS, HAVE TRYOUTS, AND ALL THE RECOGNIZED AGE GROUPS . BOYS ENDS AT 14, GIRLS THEY ALLOW UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THAT IS THE PLAN , ONCE THIS GETS OFF THE GROUND, WE CAN BRING IT TO OUR CUSTOMER BASE AND SAY IT IS HERE, WE WILL HAVE TRYOUTS, AND TRY AND FIELD A TEAM OR TWO IN EACH AGE GROUP. I DON'T WANT TO DO TRAVEL AND BRING EVERYONE ON BOARD . WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR THAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. WE WANT TO HAVE TRYOUTS, BRING IN THE BEST KIDS AND HAVE OBJECTIVE PEOPLE RATE THOSE KIDS AND SAY, THIS IS THE TEAM. MAYBE THERE IS A OR B, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL BUT IF THERE'S TWO TEAMS, WE WORK FROM THERE. CERTAINLY THE DEMAND IS
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THERE IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT ON OUR FIELD.>> I WANT TO INTERJECT THAT HE IS A VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR SPORTS POLICY. BRIAN AND THE ATHLETIC STEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH TODD AND HIS BOARD. UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TRAVEL AND PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENCY AND ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE ROSTERS AND WHEN THEY ARE DUE AND THE FEES AND ALL THAT STUFF WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROGRAM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TRAVEL PROGRAM.
>> THAT WAS THERE TO BE MY QUESTION. 2000 KIDS, ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET APARTMENT KIDS OR OPENING THIS UP TO ANYONE IN THE
AREA? >> WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE. I THINK FOR OUR RECREATIONAL PROGRAM IT IS 98%. CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, FOR TRAVEL IT IS 50%. WE WILL COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE CITY GUIDELINES ARE . FOR OUR PROGRAM, WE OPEN REGISTRATION IN PARKLAND FIRST TO GIVE PARKLAND A HEAD START, AND WE ARE NORTH OF 90%. 50% IN TERMS OF THE TRAVEL PROGRAM HAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. WE HAVE SO MANY PARKLAND KIDS IN OUR LEAGUE. SO MANY PARKLAND FAMILIES. I LIVE IN PARKLAND. MY TAXES PAY FOR THE FIELDS AND THE PARK RANGERS THAT I WANT TO CONSUMMATE BECAUSE THEY WORK SO HARD. I GET THAT. MY TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THOSE FIELDS AS WELL. THOSE POLICIES, I AM FAMILIAR WITH, I COMPLY WITH THEM. FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, I AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY I SPENT MORE TIME RUNNING THE PARKLAND RECREATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THOSE RUNNING RECREATIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. MY DAUGHTER STARTED PLAYING WHEN SHE WAS 6 IN THE BOYS DIVISION IN PARKLAND BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A GIRLS DIVISION, NOW WE HAVE OVER 600 GIRLS IN THAT LEAGUE.
>> I WILL GO QUICK. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY, YOU MAY NEED TO CHOOSE SOME NIGHTS WHERE YOU USE THE RECREATION FIELDS FOR TRAVEL. DO YOU PLAN TO KEEP YOUR RECREATION NUMBERS THE SAME OR CONTINUE TO GROW? WHAT ARE YOUR
NUMBERS -- >> IF YOU LET ME GROW THAT PROGRAM I WOULD. MY PROBLEM IS IT IS JUST A NUMBERS GAME. WE KNOW WE ARE THE SHORTEST SEASON OF ALL THE RECREATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAMS AND I KNOW HOW MANY DAYS THAT I HAVE THE FIELDS AND HOW MANY HOURS I NEED TO RUN A GAME, SO I CAP IT AT THAT MATH
EQUATION. >> WOULD YOU SEE THE TRAVEL,
WOULD YOU SHRINK RECREATIONAL? >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO. I THINK IT IS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY RECREATIONAL KIDS OUT THERE TO GET A UNIFORM AND SAY, YOU KNOW, GO DOLPHINS OR GO CHIEFS. THEY ARE NOT TRAVEL KIDS. IT IS NOT WHAT RECREATIONAL IS. BUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN RECREATIONAL THAT ARE TRAVEL CALIBER PLAYERS , BUT THERE IS A HOME FOR THOSE RECREATIONAL KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT HOME FOR THOSE KIDS. THERE ARE REALLY TALENTED KIDS OUT THERE THAT CAN PLAY TRAVEL AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A PRODUCT
AS WELL. >> YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON IT WHERE A LOT OF FAMILIES NOTE TRAVEL OPENS UP , THEY FEEL LIKE IF THE KID IS NOT PLAYING TRAVEL, THEN THEY ARE NOT GOOD , ESSENTIALLY.
>> WELCOME TO PARKLAND. >> THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING. I AM HOPING TO NOT SEE IT BECOME TRAVEL DOMINANT OR HEAVY.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP RECREATIONAL THE MAIN PROGRAM AND BY LIMITING IT TO ONE OR TWO TEAMS PER AGE GROUP I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. WE ARE NOT OPENING THIS UP TO EVERY KID, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU ALL. >> I JUST WANT TO FORMALLY HAVE THE BOARD MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL , AND RECOMMEND TO COMMISSION TO UPDATE OUR SPORTS POLICY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE PARKLAND FLAG FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, IN BEING ABLE TO RUN BOTH RECREATIONAL AND TRAVEL PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION AND SECOND, I WILL SUPPORT IT.
>> SO, I MOVE THAT WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH ALLOWING PARKLAND RECREATIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL TO START A TRAVEL PROGRAM WITHIN
THEIR PROGRAM. >> ALTERNATES DO NOT VOTE UNLESS YOU ARE ON THE DAIS CORRECT. I RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PARKLAND RECREATIONAL FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM INSTITUTE A TRAVEL PROGRAM WITHIN THE RECREATIONAL
PROGRAM. >> WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
>> THANK YOU ALL. >> GRADUATIONS.
>> I HAVE MORE TIME OF THE FLAG FOOTBALL FIELD NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
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>> PARKS AND REC GENERAL UPDATES?
>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO EVERYONE. FELICIA TRAINOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A FEW GENERAL UPDATES. WE HAVE A FEW COMMISSION MEETINGS COMING UP. WE HAVE ONE ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT 6:00 P.M.
ANOTHER ONE ON DECEMBER 3RD. AND THEN, SOME UPCOMING DATES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR DECEMBER 16TH, IT IS OUR HOME DECORATING CONTEST, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE ABLE TO GO ON A VAN AND GET TO SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS AND JUDGE
THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING. >> QUICK QUESTION, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CAN ALSO BRING FAMILY MEMBERS?
>> YES, THEY CAN BRING FAMILY. WE DO NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE THAT IMPACTS THE SIZE OF THE VAN OR BUS THAT WE HAVE. SO, ADELE WILL BE SENDING AN EMAIL OUT WHERE YOU CAN RSVP. FOR YOU, YOUR CHILDREN , WITH SOME LITTLE SNACKS AND THEN YOU GET TO GO SEE SOME LIGHTS. OUR NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ARE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 5TH, 20 26TH. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE 2026 ADVISORY BOARD SCHEDULED TO CHECK EVERYONE ON DATES I DID DO A PRINTOUT , AND I WILL SEND IT ELECTRONICALLY, AS WELL. SO, THE PROPOSED DATES ARE JANUARY 5TH, MARCH 2ND, MAY 4TH, JULY 6TH, SEPTEMBER 21ST, NOVEMBER 2ND .
SO, IT IS THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH , UNLESS THERE IS A HOLIDAY, AND THE GOVERNMENT HOLIDAY, SO IT WAS MOVED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST BECAUSE OF LABOR DAY ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE?
>> WE JUST MENTIONED, THE 21ST IS A JEWISH HOLIDAY?
>> YES. >> SO, CAN WE LOOK AT OTHER DATES FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING?
>> WE WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I CANNOT CONFIRM BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS AND CITY COMMISSION MEETING DATES AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH, ONE IS ON THE FIRST, ONE IS ON THE SECOND, WAS ON THE THIRD. BUT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AS FAR AS THE SEPTEMBER 21ST WITH
OPTIONS. >> JUST FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES, FOR KEEPING IT ON MONDAY, MAYBE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER 14TH WOULD BE YOUR FIRST PREFERRED OPTION?
>> WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AT THE NEXT MEETING IF THAT IS A
POSSIBILITY. >> EVERY YEAR WE TOUCH ON JULY BRIEFLY BECAUSE THE FOURTH IS A SATURDAY, WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE MAY TRAVEL AND MAY NOT BE BACK FOR THE SIXTH.
>> CORRECT. >> I WILL SAY THAT LAST YEAR THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION AND THEN WE WERE VERY SHORT ON THAT DATE. WE CAN TAKE A SUMMER RECESS . IT WOULD BE CALLED A SUMMER RECESS, YES. YOU GUYS COULD DO A SUMMER
RECESS. >> WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO SKIP OUR JULY MEETING IF THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH
PEOPLE. >> CAN I MAKE THE MISSION?
>> , SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? >>
>> PERFECT. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING,
REGARDING SEPTEMBER. >> I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AMENDED SCHEDULE AS WRITTEN , WITH AN ASTERISK ON SEPTEMBER MEETING WITH A CHANGE OF DATE POSSIBLE TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE NEXT
>> SOUNDS GREAT. NEXT WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. I AM A DELL CASINO. SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT EVENTS OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. OKAY. SO, WE ENDED OUR SUMMER GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH SPLASH BASH . WE DID GO UP IN NUMBERS FROM 3000 TO ABOUT 3500. AND, WE HAD A REALLY NICE USED IN SPONSORSHIPS, SO WE HAD 15 SPONSORS AT THE EVENT. I HOPE SOME OF YOU GUYS WERE THERE. PARKLAND DASH , WE DID GO UP IN NUMBERS, IN PARTICIPATION,
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WE WERE SEEING REALLY NICE GROWTH THE AWARDS, IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING THAT PARTICULAR PERSON EXECUTING, TELLING PEOPLE THEIR AWARDS, THEY GIVE THEM TO ME AS PEOPLE FINISH, SO THE 5K COMES AFTER -- I'M SORRY, THE FIVE-MILE COMES AFTER THE 5K, SO THAT'S WHY THEY GOT ANNOUNCED, BUT I WILL MAKE A NOTE TO SEE IFWE CAN GO FASTER. >> THEY WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO FINISH BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCE, SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME. I JUST KNOW THE FIVE-MILE PEOPLE, THEY ALWAYS ARE OUT OF THEIR AND HALF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR THEIR AWARD.
>> I CAN REQUEST IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THE ONES THAT WIN COME IN THE FASTEST. SO, THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
>> I AM ALSO A STICKLER FOR AWARDS , BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TO SO MANY RACES IN MY LIFE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A WOMAN WHO BEATS THE MAN IN THE TIME BUT THEY STILL ANNOUNCEMENTS AWARDS FIRST. I JUST THINK IT IS A LITTLE 1960S TO DO THAT. I KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT ASIDE, THE GROWTH WAS REALLY NICE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU HAVE A 12% INCREASE IN RENT PER DISSIPATION THIS YEAR, 10% LAST YEAR. THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS OVERALL LOOK SIMILAR, YOU'RE GETTING HIGHER VOTER PER DISSIPATION WHICH DRIVES FEES AND SPONSORS. SO, I THINK, ONLY TELLING PART OF THE STORY BUT THERE IS ANOTHER PART HERE THAT
IS PRETTY GOOD. SO, -- >> THANK YOU. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. WE SAW WE WERE ALMOST DOUBLE THE ENROLLMENT OUR FIRST MONTH OUT . SO, WE WERE PROJECTING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT AND THEN PLATEAUED IN THE LAST WEEK , THEY JUST TRICKLED IN WHERE I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE, THEY HAD 75 THE DAY OF. SO, WE WILL CHANGE SOME OF OUR LANGUAGE ON THE WEBSITE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE TO DECIDE TO RUN, BUT THEY CAN STILL JOIN US.
>> ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO IMPLEMENT THIS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE PARKLAND IS REALLY GETTING INTO THIS ROCKING TREND. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE
CAN DO FOR RUCKING, >> IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR PUMPKIN PATCH. WE WENT FROM SEEING 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE WEEK TO ABOUT 7000. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PUMPKIN SALE, SO WE ARE EXCITED WORKING WITH BENEFICIARIES. FOR THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL, IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME, FOR OUR TRUNK OR TREAT. I THINK WE STILL HAVE MORE THAN 7000, BECAUSE WE EXPANDED THE FIELD, SO IT DID NOT LOOK AS COMPRESSED AS THE YEAR BEFORE , BUT, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TO SEE TRAFFIC GOING OUT AND TRAFFIC COMING IN ALL AT THE SAME TIME. OUR NOVEMBER FARMER'S MARKET YESTERDAY, WE WENT FROM 6000 PEOPLE TO ALMOST 8000. THAT IS VERY EXCITING, AS WELL AS HAVING 11 SPONSORS, AND THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WHERE 10 WAS HOW MANY THEY HAD FOR THE FULL SEASON LAST YEAR. WE ARE HOPING TO ADD A FEW MORE. COMING UP NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THREE EVENTS. VETERANS DAY ON TUESDAY, THEN WE HAVE OUR HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE ON FRIDAY, AND THEN OUR SECOND FARMERS MARKET ON THE 16TH WHICH WILL BE THE PET EXPO. WE STILL HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE HAYRIDE AND BONFIRE, SO, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY ABOUT IT, LET THEM KNOW TO GO REGISTER. IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT, AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET, LIGHT UP THE PARK. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE HOME DECORATING CONTEST. APPARENTLY I AM IN A VAN, BUT I AM GOOD AT SNACKS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
THEN WE HAVE SNOW-FEST, REGISTRATION BEGINS, THEN WE END OUR YEAR WITH OUR CRAFT FAIR. J KNOW, WE ARE HAVING EXCEPTIONAL ENROLLMENT FOR OUR FARMERS MARKET. WE HAVE A WAITLIST OF ABOUT 30 PEOPLE FOR EACH OF THOSE EVENTS, BUT I AM STILL SEARCHING FOR SOME GREAT ADDITIONS. IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANY MUSHROOM GUYS, I KNOW THEY ARE FUN GUYS. MANY OTHER THINGS, IF YOU CAN TEXT OR EMAIL ME WE ARE LOOKING FOR UNIQUE VENDORS. ONE
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OF THE PLANTS PEOPLE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRODUCE, SO I AM ADDRESSING THAT. I THINK IT IS JUST A NAME THAT PEOPLE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE, SO IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS -- AND NOW THAT YOU SAY IT, I THINK IT WILL BE FUNNY, TOO. IT IS MORE ARTISAN FOOD VENDORS, AND THEN OUR SPECIALTIES.>> OKAY, WE HAVE -- >> AT LEAST MAYBE A COUPLE OF THOSE STANDS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE THE STANCE TO SAY, THEY HAVE LITTLE ELASTIC BAGGIES AND SAY PLEASE PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG. WE CAN PUT THOSE AROUND.
>> I SAID THAT YESTERDAY? >> WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS A PET EXPO. >> WE DO HAVE THOSE TEMPORARY STANDS WITH THE DOG TAGS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MARKET. WE WILL EXPLORE TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHERS.
>> OH, IN THE FOOD COURT? OKAY. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE 30 CRAFTERS ON A WAITLIST. THAT IS A HUGE FIELD. WE CAN'T MAKE IT ANY BIGGER TO ACCOMMODATE? WOULDN'T WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE? IF WE CAN HAVE MORE VENDORS? FELICIA IS SHAKING HER HEAD.
>> FOR SAFETY REASONS, THE WAY OF THE LAYOUT OF THE FIELD ITSELF AND SEPARATING PARKING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS STILL AMPLE PARKING FOR ENOUGH CARS THAT, AS WELL AS KEEPING THE SEPARATION FROM THE VENDORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE LINE ALREADY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SPLIT RAIL AND AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET TO KEEP THAT SAFETY DISTANCE FROM THAT PATH COMING IN OFF OF 87TH.
IT'S REALLY MAXED OUT. BEFORE COVID WE HAD IT IN A DIFFERENT FORMATION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FOM VENDORS THAT WANT TO GO TO THE OLD LAYOUT WHICH WOULD CAUSE US TO GO BACK FROM TO LESS VENDORS. SO, OUR LAYOUT WORKS OUT GOOD, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT CAPACITY OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> OKAY. >> IF YOU DID ATTEND THIS WEEK'S MARKET, FOR THE FIRST MARKET WE DON'T HAVE SPECIALTY VENDORS, BECAUSE WE DO JUST GET VENDORS INTO SPOTS AND GET THAT COORDINATED. OUR FIRST MARKET IS ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY ONE WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD TO. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WILL SEE AT THE NEXT MARKET , THE AREA THAT WAS VACANT WILL BE FILLED.
>> IS IT JUST THE BLOCK OF VENDORS THAT YOU HAVE, IS THAT UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO STOP COMING? IS THERE SOME DEGREE OF ROTATION THAT HAPPENS OR COULD HAPPENS TO BETTER SERVE THE
INTERESTS OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEND? >> HOW IT IS ESTABLISHED IS THAT IT IS ARTISAN FOOD VENDORS ON 50% OF THE FIELD, THEN WE HAVE OUR FOOD COURT AND SPECIALTY. WE DO LIKE TO HAVE ROTATING ONES THAT WOULD QUALIFY , BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE CAN PICK THEM UP FOR NEXT SEASON TO HAVE MORE POLISHED VENDORS, OR JUST TO KEEP IT FRESH. SO, I AM STILL WORKING ON THAT LIST. I AM TRULY REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WANTING INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, TRYING TO GET ONES THAT WILL REALLY MAKE OUR MARKET THE BEST ONE OUT THERE. I WANT TO HOLD THAT TITLE. WE ARE THE BEST BUT I WANT TO HOLD THE TITLE. SO, AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS SEE ANY VENDOR THAT YOU FEEL IS INTRIGUING OR WOULD FIT WELL INTO THIS SPACE, LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO MAKE ROOM WHEN IT
IS NECESSARY. >> I WANT TO COMMENT ON SEVERAL OF THE EVENTS. THE TEMKIN PATCH WAS WONDERFUL. WE WENT ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND SAW FAMILIES, DIFFERENT FAMILIES EVERY SINGLE TIME AND EVERYONE WAS HAVING FUN , FROM VERY LITTLE CHILDREN, ALL THE WAY UP TO QUITE A FEW TEENAGERS THERE HANGING OUT, WHICH SURPRISED ME. SO, IT SEEMED TO BE DRAWING MORE OF A CROWD , AS YOU GUYS HAD SHOWN. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. I THINK THAT THE LOCATION FOR THE SETUP IS VERY GOOD. I WAS ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE SCARECROW DECORATION CONTEST WAS FILLED WITH ALL RESIDENT VERSUS HAVING THE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DEPARTMENTS DOING PUNK AND DECORATING, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NICE IN GIVING THE KIDS OPPORTUNITIES TO VOTE WAS VERY GOOD. THE HAYRIDE HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO FAMILIES ,
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QUITE A FEW MORE FAMILY TICKETS VERSUS INDIVIDUAL TICKETS. SO, ARE YOU DOING TWO BONFIRES AGAIN AND TWO HAYRIDES AGAIN TO ACCOMMODATE? THAT IS VERY GOOD. AND FOR THE SNOW-FEST, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE SNOWBALL FIGHTING, HOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE KIND OF FIGHTING AGAINST SOMETHING THE KIDS WANT IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO DO A SOFT SNOWBALL FIGHT OR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE AN OUTLET FOR THEM WITHOUT HAVING THE HARD ROCK ICE HITTING SMALLER CHILDREN.>> WE NEEDED MORE STAFF, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR ISSUES, AS WELL.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE SOME OF
THOSE REQUESTS THIS YEAR . >> I WILL REVIEW LAST YEAR'S NOTES. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.
>> WE SAW THE UPCOMING EVENTS. >> THERE WE GO.
>> HELLO, KARINA KEENE, RECREATION COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND OVERSEEING PROGRAMS AND CLASSES. OUR UPCOMING UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, FALL SESSION 2 CLASSES JUST BEGAN, ON OCTOBER 27TH, AND WE ARE HAVING A KIDS NIGHT OUT, B3 IN SEPTEMBER AND WE WILL BE SETTING UP SOME NINJA COURSES. HAVE KIDS DAY OFF ON THE 23RD WE WENT TO BOWLING, SEPTEMBER 22ND. WE WENT TO OCTOBER 13TH URBAN AIR AND OCTOBER 20TH TO PALM BEACH, SO LOTS OF KIDS DAYS OFF IN OCTOBER. WE ARE SELLING OUT ALL OF THESE DATES, SO IT IS A GOOD PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY. OUR TEAM CLASSES HAVE STARTED OFF STRONGLY WITH CALLIGRAPHY. WE HAVE A MAKE YOUR OWN HAT CLASS COMING UP, AND WE HAVE HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS, THAT WILL BE RUN BY A TEAM THAT LIVES OUT OF PARKLAND AND HAS STARTED HER OWN BUSINESS IN PARKLAND. WE ARE HAVING URBAN ART CLASSES AS WELL IN JANUARY FOR THE TEENS. WE HAVE POTENTIAL NEW CONTRACTORS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE INTRODUCING IN JANUARY. WE HAVE PICKLE BALL INSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE ON SUNDAYS. A FRIDAY NIGHT SALSA CLASS, AND ALSO A FRIDAY NIGHT PICKUP VOLLEYBALL. SENIOR PROGRAMS, YOU WILL JUST NOTICE THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT MORE SENIOR PROGRAMMING GOING ON STARTING IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. SEPTEMBER WAS THE LAST MONTH OF THE CDBG GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAD ENDED, ALLOWING US TO EXPAND OUR ACTIONS THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY IN PARKLAND. IN SEPTEMBER, WE DID A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM, WE DID A CHARCUTERIE CLASS, BREAKFAST SOCIAL . IN OCTOBER WE ARE DOING A BREAKFAST WITH LOVING GRACE. THEY WENT TO THE GAME , THE MIAMI DOLPHINS CAME ON OCTOBER 12TH. I HAVE DONE A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CLASS OCTOBER 16TH. WE HAD PARFITT ON SITE WHICH WAS A BRAND-NEW PROGRAM, WHERE SENIORS CAN BE FITTED, MAKING SURE THEY ARE SITTING SAFELY AND APPROPRIATELY IN THEIR CARS. WE HAD OUR FIRST BINGO CLASS AND WE DID CALLIGRAPHY AND COFFEE AS WELL WITH THE SENIORS. RESTARTED THE MATTER OF BALANCE SERIES WHICH IS TO SUPPORT SENIORS WITH THEIR BALANCE. IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE HAVING A BREAKFAST LEARNING PROGRAM WITH POISON CONTROL CENTER. THEY WILL BE DOING A TRIP TO THE HOLLYWOOD HOT GLASS ON NOVEMBER 13TH. CANDLEMAKING ON NOVEMBER 6TH . A TECHNOLOGY CLASS ON NOVEMBER 7TH, BINGO , CALLIGRAPHY AND COFFEE WHICH WILL BE THE CLASS THAT WE ARE RUNNING THE 18TH, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ASSISTING THE SENIORS WITH HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE , SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME INTO REGISTER, THEY WILL BE LEARNING HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE ON THEIR PHONES. THEY SEEM TO REALLY VALUE THAT ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT WITH LEARNING HOW TO REGISTER ON THEIR OWN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL OR COME IN. WE ALSO HAVE OUR WEEKLY FITNESS , OFFERING CHAIR ZUMBA, AND WE HAVE A WALKING MEET UP, THAT IS CALLED THE WALKIE-TALKIES EVERY SATURDAY, THEY MEET UP AND WALKED THROUGH THE PARK, TOGETHER. WE ARE ALSO JUST
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ANNOUNCING OUR SENIOR HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE EXPO , THAT WILL BE COMING FEBRUARY 28TH IS THE FIRST ONE WE ARE RUNNING, SO, WE WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL. ONE MORE COMMENT, WE ARE DOING CLUES IN THE PARK THIS NOVEMBER, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR OUR MASCOT. THERE IS AN INFLATABLE TURKEY, HE LOST HIS FEATHERS AND HE IS LOOKING FOR THE COMMUNITY OF PARKLAND TO HELP HIM FIND HIS FEATHERS. THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY SON TOOK THE ROLE FOR SUMMER.>> RYAN MARIANO, FEDEX MANAGER. I WILL MOVE THROUGH ATHLETICS, TRY TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW. I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EVERY NUMBER BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ALL OF OUR LEAGUE SPORTS , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TACKLE FOOTBALL. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT, SO HE IS WORKING ON GROWING THAT PROGRAM AND GETTING IT BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE. OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD.
WE HAD OUR INCREASE IN TENNIS LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS, WE HAD TENNIS LESSON PARTICIPANTS INCREASE. 557 LESSONS OFFERED THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR, WE HAVE 422. PARTICIPANT NUMBERS WENT DOWN, JUST BECAUSE WE DID LOSE A COUPLE OF OUR LEAGUE TEAMS, SO, THEY WEREN'T THERE TO DO THE LESSONS, BUT ON A REPETITIVE BASIS, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE DOING THESE LESSONS, I CAN PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AS A TOTAL FOR WHO HAS DONE THOSE LESSONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ENROLLMENT FOR THE LEAGUES?
>> WHY DID SCHEER GO DOWN? IS IT JUST BASED ON FOOTBALL NUMBERS?
>> CHEER IS THE SAME THING, THEY BOTH GOT A NEW PRESIDENT SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO GROW THEIR PROGRAM AND GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT USED TO BE. SOME IMPORTANT NOTES, CURRENT TRAINER CONTRACTS, WE HAVE 10 AND WE ARE PROCESSING THREE. ALL OF OUR SPORTS ARE GETTING READY TO START IN FALL. SEASONS ARE STARTING, EVERYTHING IS GETTING READY TO GO ON. FLAG FOOTBALL IS ENDING BUT SOCCER STARTS, THEY START PRACTICES ALREADY. ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE FULL SWING OF THINGS. WE HAD OUR TOURNAMENT HELD, VERY SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, PARK WAS BUSY. NO COMPLAINTS.
SO, THAT IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE. IF YOU GO TO PINE TRAILS PARK, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE WERE NO SCREENS INSTALLED AT PINE TRAILS PARK, YOU WILL SEE SOME NICE NEW SCREENS ON ALL THOSE FIELDS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. FOR MOVING I-9 BASEBALL. THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING THAT MOVE.
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU. >> USUALLY AT THESE TOURNAMENTS ECM ACCUMULATION LIKE A TRASH MOUND THAT JUST HAPPENS FROM THE INCREASE AND I DID NOT SEE THAT. THE PARK WAS CLEAN, THANKS TO THE STAFF . THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN MAGICALLY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT -- I SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE INCIDENTS WITH E BIKES AND SCOOTERS . I KNOW THAT THERE IS A POLICY THAT IS STATED CLEARLY ON THESE BOARDS, I ALSO KNOW THAT IF YOU PUT A CAMERA UP AND IT DOESN'T WORK, AND PEOPLE FIND OUT IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN IT LOSES ITS ABILITY AS AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. AND SO, I AM CURIOUS, HOW WE THINK THAT IS GOING, COLLECTIVELY? I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF COACHES GET ANGRY AND CONFRONT KIDS WHO ARE WRITING TO CLOSE, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN IT WAS, BUT THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY FOR IMPROVEMENT. I AM CURIOUS . I KNOW IT PUTS THE RANGERS IN A SPOT, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE, AND I KNOW LAW-ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY SAY THEY HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO. BUT, FROM A SOLUTION SPACE, AND THE GENERAL FEEL FOR HOW THAT ELEMENT OF THINGS IS GOING, I AM CURIOUS.
>> I WILL LET RYAN TALK IN REGARDS TO WHAT HIS PARK RANGER TEAM , AND THE RELATIONSHIP HE HAS WITH BSO MORE RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. WE ARE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT AND SO FORTH. E BIKES, AS WELL AS GOLF CARTS NOW THAT WE ARE GOING BACK
INTO SEASON. >> THE PARENT YELLING AT HIS GET ON ANY BIKE WITH HIS GOLF CART GOING 30 MILES PER HOUR DOWN THE
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SIDEWALK. EMAILS AND INDICATIONS WITH THE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS, TO TRY TO HELP WITH THAT NATURE. AS WELL AS WITH YOUR RANGER TEAM, YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU AREDOING WITH BSO AND SO FORTH. >> FOR THE E BIKES, THEY ARE STILL A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH RANGERS. THE E BIKE ISSUE IS NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS IN THE SUMMER. WHETHER THAT IS BECAUSE KIDS ARE NO LONGER IN SCHOOL, OR IF THEY ARE CATCHING ON, BUT THE RANGERS HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BSO, THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IF THEY SEE ANYBODY, TO GIVE THEM A CALL.
THEY ARE JUST WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, RANGERS ARE PATROLLING THE AREA, I KNOW THEY TRY TO ENTER OVER THE BERM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE JUST TRY TO DO THINGS TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING. THEN ALSO, WE HAVE THE GOLF CART ISSUES HAPPENING, I HAVE SENT ISSUES TO THE LEAGUES, LETTING THEM KNOW TO ASSIST US AND LETTING PARENTS KNOW THAT NO GOLF CARTS ARE ALLOWED IN THE PARK, KEEPING THE PARKING SPACES ALONG THE BERM BUT NOT ON THE FIELD THROUGH THE SIDEWALKS . LIKE I SAID, MY TEAM HAS BUILT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH BSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF COMBAT THE ISSUES WE ARE HAVING IN BOTH THE PARKS.
>> I NEVER LEAGUES AND PROGRAMS THERE IS A QUANTITATIVE WAY TO ASSESS HOW IT IS GOING , IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT AND PERCENT PARTICIPATION. THIS IS MORE OF AN ISSUE, BUT I THINK IT IS MORE RELEVANT, WHETHER PEOPLE ARE USING THE PARKS, AND ENJOYING OR IF THEY ARE HAVING TO CONFRONT THIS ELEMENT OF THINGS ON THEIR OWN. I DON'T HAVE ANY GREAT IDEAS TO DO IT, BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF WE COULD THINK ABOUT SOME WAY TO TRACK WHETHER THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER, WHAT ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN AND IF THINGS ARE WORKING OUT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
>> CRISTINA GARCIA, SENIOR DIRECTOR. GOING THROUGH SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WEDGE RESERVE PARK IS PROGRESSING NICELY. WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THERE IS ALWAYS SOME HICCUPS. OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE IS LEADING THIS PROJECT, AND DEFINITELY STAYING BUSY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SCHEDULE IS MOVING NICELY. WE ARE REPORTING THAT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS SLATED FOR NOVEMBER OF 2026, THE FOUNDATION ON WALLS OF THE COMMITTEE CENTER ARE UP, THAT IS EXCITING TO COME TO LIFE. THESE FOOTERS FOR THE PICKLE BALL HARDCOVER, I WENT WITH CONTRACTORS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND DID A TOUR, AND THE SIZE OF THESE FOOTERS FOR THIS HARDCOVER PICKLE BALL COURTS IS QUITE AMAZING. I WILL SHOW YOU A QUICK VIDEO, HERE, I DELETED SOME OF THE PREVIOUS PICTURES, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SHOW YOU EVERY SINGLE MEETING, BUT JUST TO RECAP, THIS WAS HOW WE LOOKED IN AUGUST. YOU CAN SEE PONDS WERE FORMING ON THE NORTH SIDE. THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PICTURE, IT IS ACTUALLY THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THIS IS THE SHORT VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE, AS THE DRONE GOES THROUGH,JUST PAST THAT POND, YOU CAN SEE WALLS GOING UP ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEAR. AND THIS NEXT CENTER, WE ARE GETTING TO IS THE PARKING LOT AREA, THE COURSE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN, WE ARE APPROACHING THE PICKLE BALL COURTS. YOU CAN SEE THE SQUARES, THOSE ARE THE SIZE OF THE FOOTERS. THEY ARE JUST PAST, AND THERE IS THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS. THE RESTROOM WILL GO IN THE MIDDLE, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, YOU CAN SEE AT THE END, THAT MAINTENANCE YARD AND THAT FOUNDATION IS BEING SET NOW. SO, KIND OF COOL. THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES. THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE OFF OF HILL IS THE ONE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE OFF OF HILLSBORO IS RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE MEANDERING DRIVE GOING THROUGH .
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>> HAD AN OUTLINE THAT UP WITH A LEFT TURN LANE?
>> BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS IS A FIELD. THEY WILL BE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS DONE WITH THIS PROJECT. THIS IS WHAT WILL GET CLOSED DOWN AND FILLED IN, THE MEETING WILL BE EXTENDED AND THEN YOU TURN LANE WILL BE PUT IN. OKAY.
>> THERE IS OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS NOBHILL.
ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT WITH THE MEDIAN AS WELL IT NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED BACK A BIT TO MAKE A LEFT IF YOU ARE HEADING SOUTH ON NOBHILL TO TURN INTO THE PARK. SO, THERE ARE A COUPLE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS DONE AS WELL. MOVING ON TO COVER BRIDGE, WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS ON SITE, PERMITTING IS BEING FINALIZED, AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG. WE ARE INCORPORATING THE COVER BRIDGE TO HIGHLIGHT IT. DURING A FOOD TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT THEY KNOW THIS HAS ALL BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL. WE WILL DO SOMETHING ON A SMALLER SCALE WITH THAT MAGNITUDE. PERMITTING IS BEING FINALIZED FOR PARKING, WE ARE FINALIZING THAT BIG PACKAGE TO GO OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SOLICITATION ON THE STREET FOR CONSTRUCTION. TOMORROW PARK BACK PLAYGROUND, CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED, EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ORDERED. THE PERMITTING PROCESS HAS STARTED. WE ARE PROJECTING THAT THIS INSTALLATION WILL HOPEFULLY START SOMETIME IN JANUARY OF 2026. I'M SORRY? EIGHT WEEKS? APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS FROM THE TIME THEY START CONSTRUCTION IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET STARTED.
>> WILL THAT CONSTRUCTION INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE BASKETBALL MULTIPURPOSE TENNIS COURT?
>> NO. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND MOVEMENT AND THINGS WILL BE TAKING PLACE WILL HAPPEN DURING THE DAY, OUTSIDE OF THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
>> EVERYTHING SHUTDOWN LIKE STORAGE? INCLUDING PARKING
SPACES? >> CORRECT. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL
>> SOME OF OUR LAST ONGOING PROJECT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WAS OUR LIBERTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, THE RESTROOMS WERE REOPENED. WE ARE AWAITING THE AC INSTALLATION TO COME IN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LEAD TIME ON THAT UNIT, BUT NONETHELESS, IT IS STILL ON OUR LIST, AND OUR PINE TRAILS PARK PLAYGROUND, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE INITIAL SAFETY REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ADDITIONAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT NEED TO BE REPLACED ON THE OLDER EQUIPMENT ON THE PARK, HAS BEEN SHIPPED, AND WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH OUR INSTALLERS. WE ARE INSPECTING TO HAVE PIECES AND REPLACEMENT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 PROJECTS, ALL THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN ADAPTED IN OUR BUDGET, SO WE WILL BE GETTING THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. OUR PINE TRAILS PARK FESTIVAL COURT IMPROVEMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE SEATING AND SEATING OVER THE BLEACHERS SO THEY ALIGN WITH THE FORECOURTS AT PINE TRAILS. WE ARE WORKING ON THE QUOTES. BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE BLEACHERS AND SEATING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL NOT GET THAT DONE IN TIME FOR THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THAT. REGARDING THE SPORTS LIGHTING FOR THE COURTS, IT IS ON FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL AT OUR NEXT NOVEMBER MEETING IN TWO WEEKS. OF COMMISSION APPROVES, IT WILL DEPEND ON LEADTIME TO GET THOSE LIGHTS IN. IF WE ARE ABLE, DEPENDING ON DOWNTIME, COORDINATED DURING SEASON WE WILL GET THOSE LIGHTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THE LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT. BUT, IF NOT, THEN IT WILL ALSO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE BASKETBALL SEASON. TMR PARK, WE ARE EXCAVATING THAT LAKE TO CREATE MORE RETENTION AREA FOR OUR DRY SEASON. WE ARE OBTAINING QUOTES AND WE ARE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO DO THIS, SOMETIME IN MARCH. WE WILL BE REPLACING THE AC CONDENSER. WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING THAT FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL IN DECEMBER AND THAT WILL BE DONE SHORTLY THEREAFTER IF APPROVED. OUR PINE TRAILS PARK CONCESSION RESTROOM, WE WILL REDO THOSE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT LIBERTY, AS WELL AS TARA MAR. STAFF IS WORKING ON OBTAINING PROPOSALS FOR THE DESIGN, THE DESIGN WILL TAKE TIME BUT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE DESIGN AND GET IT OUT ON THE STREET, AND GET AN AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. IT IS IN THE WORKS OF BEING
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DESIGNED OUT. PINE TRAILS PARK PLAYGROUND COMMUNICATION BOARD , THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET THAT BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT BOARD INSTALLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT YOU SAW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BACK PLAYGROUND. WE WILL INSTALL THAT BOARD THERE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE IT, ALSO, AT PINE TRAILS. THE LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD REPLACEMENT, AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE PROPOSALS TO DESIGN. I KNOW IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO BRING FORWARD WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. I AM ANTICIPATING HAVING SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT, PROBABLY AROUND OUR MAIN MEETING. LIBERTY PARK BUILDING AND PAVILION ROOF REPLACEMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING THAT FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN THAT WILL BE DONE SOMETIME SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BEFORE THE SUMMER MONTHS. OUR PARK PLAYGROUND FRONT PLAYGROUND LIGHTING WE ARE FINALIZING THOSE QUOTES AND WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE THE LIGHTS AND EVERY THING UPGRADED BEFORE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. DORIS DAVIS AND LIBERTY PARK PAVILION ROOF REPLACEMENTS WE ARE ANTICIPATING BRINGING THAT FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL SOMETIME IN JANUARY, AND STOP THE BLEED, THAT YOU GUYS WORKED SO HARD ON AND SO FORTH, THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, THE FUNDING IS THERE. FELICIA'S INPUT AT THE PO, ONCE WE GET THAT ISSUE THAT WE WILL GET THAT STUFF ORDERED AND WE WILL COORDINATE INSTALLING THEM AND SO FORTH. AS WE TALKED ABOUT, A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS IS ALSO ROLLING OUT TRAINING. AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION AND SO FORTH AS FAR AS LOCATIONS. SO, WE ANTICIPATE ALL HAVING THAT DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026, SOMETIME AROUND JANUARY IS WHEN WE LOOK TO ROLL THAT STUFF OUT.YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >>
>> THE FIRST LIBERTY PARK ITEM IS FOR THE SPLASH PAD.
>> ARE. THE LIBERTY PARK AND DORIS DAVIS WILL BE GROUPED TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. I FORGOT TO TAKE THAT SECTION OFF WHEN WE GROUPED THEM TOGETHER, WORKING ON THE SCHEDULE. IT WILL GO WITH DORIS DAVIS FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL IN JANUARY.
>> THAT IS NOT SEPARATE? >> NO. THAT ONE IS NOT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD.
>> IN THE LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT , IN THE LONG TERM PLANNING, LOOKING AT WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BUILDING, WHAT IS NEEDED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION AND
FOLLOW-UP FROM THAT? >> DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO TAKE AN OFFICE AT OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED?
>> I HAVE NOT. >> WHY DON'T WE SPEND A BIT OF TIME, I CAN SHOW YOU THAT PLAN. SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WERE ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. OTHERS, IT WAS A PART OF WHEN YOU GUYS ALL CAME ON BOARD. INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AVAILABLE. IT IS AVAILABLE ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT, I WILL SIT WITH YOU, I NOTED A LOT OF PAGES AND A LOT OF READING, SO, I WILL GO THROUGH DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE BOOK THAT CAN SHOW SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS. EVERY YEAR, OUR COMMISSION HAS A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT THE PRIORITIES MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL GET DISCUSSED DURING THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION , AND I COULD GIVE YOU -- IT IS USUALLY AROUND MARCH OR APRIL, AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE DATES, YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WHEN THOSE SESSIONS TAKE PLACE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE TOPICS WILL BE.
>> GOT IT. I JUST WANTED TO SEE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING LIKE PINE TRAILS AND THINGS.
>> CORRECT. SOME OF THEM ARE AND SOME OF THEM ARE A PART OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, AND WE ARE PROUD LIKE WHAT BRIAN TALKED ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING, OUR CITY TAKES OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PARKS, AND OUR FACILITIES, AND WE PLAN OUT THE PROJECTED LIFESPAN OF WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO START
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TEARING DOWN AND BREAKING DOWN , AND WHEN THAT THRESHOLD OF PAIN FOR REPLACEMENT VERSUS THE MAINTENANCE AND ONGOING REPAIR WORK, WE HAVE EVERYTHING SCHEDULED OUT FOR A 30 YEAR PLAN. EVERY BUDGET SEASON , AS WE SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET, WE LOOK AT THE REPLACEMENT PLAN, AND WE LOOK AT THE VERY NEAR FUTURE , THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS OUT, TO SEE IF THINGS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BASED UPON WHAT WE HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT STUFF.>> GOT IT. THANKS. MY MAIN QUESTION WAS WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS, CORRECTIONS BUDGET YEAH. SOME OF THEM YOU WILL SEE PART OF OUR REPLACEMENT PLAN. OTHERS ARE CONVERSATIONS --
>> WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT EXPANDING P REC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MAY BE WE WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT DURING
THE STRATEGIC PLANNING DATE, >> THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION, CORRECT. AND THEY BECAME A PART OF THE MASTER PLANNING. ANY
>> PART OF OUR POLICY, WE DO NOT REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT BUDGETS, PER SE. IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE FEES ARE THAT THEY ARE CHARGING, YES. RYAN KNOWS WHEN REGISTRATIONS ARE GOING ON, AND WHEN THOSE FEES ARE BEING REPLIED APPLIED AND SO FORTH.
>> WE ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COPY OF OUR TAX RETURN.
>> THE FINANCIALS ARE THE TAX RETURN WE GET ANNUALLY FROM EACH ORGANIZATION.
>> YES, I WILL WORK THROUGH OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE ON THE BOARD. SOME OF THAT INFORMATION MAY BE REDACTED. WE
WILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. >>
>> SPECIFICALLY FOR FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAM?
>> DO YOU KNOW THAT INFORMATION?
>> THEY ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. >>
>> I THINK THAT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL. EVERY LEAGUE HAS THEIR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. I KNOW THAT FOR HOURS, YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN ONE FAMILY MEMBER ON A BOARD, BASICALLY. BUT, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION WOULD DO THAT. -- RIGHT, BUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT PROVIDING A SERVICE, BECAUSE THE CITY DOES IT. IT IS A TOUCHY AREA, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO RUN YOUR ORGANIZATION. I UNDERSTAND, 100% WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND DO NOT DISAGREE WITH YOU. LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T
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ALLOW THAT. I THINK IT IS A TREAD LIGHTLY KIND OF AREA, ASFAR AS HOW WE DO IT. >> WE DEFINITELY COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO A SPECIFIC LEAGUE, TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. TO BRIAN'S POINT, IN REGARDS TO CHANGING ANY OF OUR POLICIES, THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO US WHAT THEIR BOARD MEMBERS ARE, ANNUALLY. SO, WE KNOW WHO THOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LEAGUE THAT JUST HAS HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES RUNNING THE ENTIRE LEAGUE. YOU KNOW, THERE IS USUALLY A LIST OF DIFFERENT ROLES THAT WILL BE MORE CUMBERSOME. BUT, IF THERE IS A CONCERN IT'S JUST A QUESTION AND A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE.
SURE. >> I WILL TELL YOU, FROM BEING IN THIS POSITION, IT IS VERY HARD TO GET THE BOARD MEMBERS THROUGH THESE THINGS. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SITUATION
IS. >> IT JUST MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED AS A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I'M SORRY, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I WANT TO GET THIS REQUEST CORRECT. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE FINANCIALS, WHATEVER ANNUAL TAX THINGS, FROM ALL THE BOARDS? FROM ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS?
THANK YOU. >> SOCCER, ALSO. THAT'S LIKE
1700 KIDS. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY?
>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE BIG ONES, SOCCER HAS LIKE 1700 KIDS.
>> OKAY. SO, YOUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST IS FOR FLAG FOOTBALL AND
>> YEAH, FROM THIS PAST APRIL. YEP. ANY OTHERS? PHILIP?
>> I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE FLAG FOOTBALL, COMPETITIVE. I ASKED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO IF THERE IS A GRAND STRATEGY FOR FIELD UTILIZATION . IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO HAVE ALL THE FIELDS USED ALL THE TIME BY SOME GROUP OR ORGANIZATION? OR, DO WE WANT TO HAVE , AS A COMMUNITY, A BIT OF BREATHING ROOM SO THAT CASUAL PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AT THE PARK CAN UTILIZE THEM ON OCCASION? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, ALREADY, THEY ARE FREQUENTLY COMPLETELY JAMMED UP. AND IF WE JUST ADD SOMETHING, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, I KNOW TODD SPENDS HIS TIME AT THE FIELD AND IT'S A GREAT LEAGUE, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU RUN OUT OF RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO FROM A SAY YES TO EVERYONE STANDPOINT, IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING, OR A FELT LIMIT AS TO WHAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE? IF WE SAY YES TO HIM WE HAVE TO SAY NO TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FUTURE? OR WILL IT?
THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD? >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT BUT JUST BECAUSE WE SAY YES TO HIM DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE MIGHT NOT SAY NO DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THIS, BUT, THAT IS WHY RYAN AND HIS TEAM SPENT A LOT OF TIME WHEN THIS PROPOSAL INITIALLY CAME IN, REGARDING WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. WE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. I NEEDED TO KNOW THAT , YOU SAW ON THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE CANNOT COMMIT TO FIELD SPACE. AND, WE WENT COMMIT TO FIELD SPACE. THAT IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND AS IT GETS PROPOSED AND ADOPTED, IT IS GOING TO BE IN OUR POLICY THAT WAY. HE IS HERE ON THE RECORD SAYING TO YOU THAT HE KNOWS HE IS THE LAST MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE, YOU KNOW? IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME THAT WE HEAR ABOUT IT FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, THEY START, AND THEY ARE GREAT AND THEY GROW, THAT IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL THING. BUT, FOR THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE TOLD ALL OUR LEAGUES, LIKE BRIAN HAS SAID, AND HE IS ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAS REALLY PUSHED IT, WE CONTINUE TO TELL THESE LEAGUES, INCLUDING HIS LEAGUE, THE SOFTBALL LEAGUE, WHO DID GREAT AND WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL , THAT WE HAVE GOT TO CONTROL THAT GROWTH. YOU KNOW? SO, WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THAT MESSAGE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IT CANNOT CHANGE IN A YEAR FROM NOW. THIS IS ALL OF THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE, AND IF THERE IS MAYBE SOMETHING WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TACKLE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS ARE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR, BECAUSE WE GOT A NEW PRESIDENT.
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BUT, IF THE TREND AND THE NEED HERE CONTINUES TO DECLINE FOR THAT PROGRAM, THEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AND SHIFT THINGS AROUND. BUT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE ATTODAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, STARTING AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, THE WEDGE PRESERVE PARK IS BEING BUILT WITH THE INTENTION, AT LEAST, OF THERE WILL BE NO LEAGUE PLAY ANYWHERE THERE. SO, FOR RESIDENTS IF THEY WANT TO GO PLAY SOCCER OR SOMETHING, DON'T GO TO PINE TRAILS, YOU ARE RIGHT, THOSE FIELDS ARE FULL. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO WEDGE PRESERVE PARK AND PRESUMABLY THEY WILL BE OPEN COURTS AND FIELDS , MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS FOR THEM TO USE.
>> CORRECT. RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO PLAY. IT IS VERY LIMITED, TO YOUR POINT. IT IS WHEN LEAGUES ARE DONE. CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, LEAGUES PLAY A BIT LATER DURING THE WEEK, WE CANNOT GET THEM PERMITS OR WE
HAVE TO GET THEM -- >> EMAILED THE WORDS IT IS A BALANCING APPROACH. EVERY DAY AND EVERY MONTH LOOKS AT THE SCHEDULES AND PROJECTIONS AND SO MUCH, AS WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE ROLLED OUT A FEW YEARS BACK, CLOSING DOWN FIELDS AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THE REST OF THESE FIELDS IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE THROW THE FACTOR IN AS WELL
>> I MUST EXCUSE MYSELF, I HAVE A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT. I HAVE TO
GO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, BRIAN. ANY
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>> WE WERE JUST COMING BECAUSE I HAD ONLY RECEIVED -- I JUST WANTED TO GIVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANTED TO BE ON THAT SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE. THERE IS NOT A SET NUMBER, BUT, BASED ON WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP, ORIGINALLY I HAD ONLY RECEIVED TWO EMAILS, SO I DECIDED TO MAKE SURE, BUT THEN I GOT A LATE ANSWER, YOU WOULD BE JOINING OUR COMMITTEE AS WELL. WE DO HAVE THREE NOW. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN IT? DON'T BE OBLIGATED. FIRST ALTERNATE. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. I HAVE LEO, JOHN, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME WRONG. SAMIA? I WILL GET IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. I AM
TRYING. >> JOHN REPLIED FIRST?
>> HE DID. >> JOHN WILL CHAIR THE
COMMITTEE. >> PERFECT. I WILL REACH OUT SENDING YOU AVAILABILITY DATES FOR OUR FIRST MEETING. THANK
>> NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.