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DANIEL, JOHN BRESSET IS OUT. SANDRA SCHROUDER.
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COMMENTS -- COMMENTS BY THE CHAIR AND BOARD.WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LIGHT TONIGHT BUT AT LEAST WE'LL GET SOME STUFF DONE HERE, BUT I THINK OUR LAST MEETING WAS RIGHT BEFORE ET, IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PICKING THE THEME FOR NEXT YEAR. ANYONE ELSE?
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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA HERE. >> SECONDED.
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>> ALL IN FAVOR? NEW BUSINESS.
PARKS AND REC GENERAL UPDATE. >> THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT.
>> YOU HAVE TO SWITCH SCREENS -- SCREENS.
>> OKAY. YES, GOOD EVENING, CHRISTINE GARCIA SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL SERVICES AND PROJECTS. FELICIA HAS JOINED US ONLINE, CAN SHE TALK? CAN YOU HEAR US? MAYBE. YOU MAY BE MUTED.
SHE MAY JUMP IN FROM TIME TO TIME AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH PRESENTATIONS SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE.
SO GENERAL UPDATES, OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY, IT WILL START AT 6:00 P.M. AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE IS ANOTHER MEETING IN MAY ON MAY 20TH, 5:00 P.M. WHERE THE
CITY WORKSHOP. >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> WE HEAR YOU NOW.
I CAN HEAR YOU. >> THE MICROPHONE IS PICKING US UP, THE MICROPHONE IS PICKING US UP, WE CAN SEE IT MOVING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE'S UNABLE TO HEAR.
HER MIC IS DEFINITELY PICKING IT UP HERE I CAN'T DO MUCH BEYOND
THAT, I'M SORRY. >> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH THE PRESENTATION. ALSO, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN INFORMED BUT THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING WE WILL BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING OUT AT THE PARK AVENUE PLAYGROUND AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL INVITED TO BE OUT THERE. BRINGS CHILDREN, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COME OUT AND ENJOY THE NEW PLAYGROUND ONCE IT GETS CUT. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE NIGHT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STATE OF THE CITY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, YOU GUYS HAVE RECEIVED THE RSVP LINK ON THAT IT'S SCHEDULED FOR MAY 13TH.
AT 6:00 P.M. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING PLEASE GO AHEAD AND REGISTER THROUGH THAT LINK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH FOOD, WATER AND THINGS THAT NEED
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TO TAKE PLACE FOR THAT EVENT. IF BY SOME CHANCE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LINK OR YOU WERE HAVING ANY ISSUES JUST REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN HELP GET YOU GUYS REGISTERED.AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT OUR TREE DEDICATION, YOU GUYS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH JOHN POWELL, OUR PARK RANGER WHO PASSED LAST YEAR. THE CITY DID AN EMPLOYEE COLLECTION IN REGARDS TO RAISING THE MONEY FOR A TREE DEDICATION.
AND BUDDY SPORTS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO WANTING TO DO A BENCH DEDICATION. SO WE WILL BE DOING A SMALL CEREMONY AT THE PARK DOWN BY THE TENNIS COURT SIX, SEVEN, AND SO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 26TH AT 3:00 P.M.
YOU GUYS ARE INVITED AND WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN OUR NEXT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WHEN WE ADOPTED ALL OF OUR DATES FOR THIS YEAR AS YOU GUYS REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT JULY, NOT DOING THIS YEAR. WITH SUMMER TRAVELS AND ALL THE VACATIONS, IT WAS DIFFICULT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL NOT BE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28TH AND WE WILL HAVE A SUMMER RECESS.
AND THEN NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR STAFF TO DO THEIR UPDATES.
STARTING WITH EVENTS. >> GOOD EVENING, ADELE SPECIAL EVENTS. WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR MARCH STAFF, WE HAD OUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THIS YEAR WE WERE RIGHT UNDER 6000, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 3655.
THE PARKLAND WE DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT, FROM 4800 TO 5100, AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE SPONSORS.
I THOUGHT THE EVENT ESPECIALLY BEING MY FIRST PARK ONE DAY I KNOW THAT FOR THE PARADE WE DID 50% MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING SO IT DID LAST LONGER. I GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT GOT TO ATTEND IT. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AS WELL AS THE BAND WAS WELL RECEIVED AND IT WAS A LOT OF FAMILY FUN. I JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT.
PARKLAND THE FARMER'S MARKET MARCH 15TH, WE WENT FROM 3593 TO 4800 AND THEN THE EXTRAVAGANZA WE DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT, WE INCREASED THE ENROLLMENT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE KIDS AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE SHOWED UP LAST YEAR WE HAD JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE A SPOT BECAUSE IT'S FREE AND THEN NOT SHOW UP BUT AFTER WE CHECK THE REGISTRATION. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP AND WE DID DOUBLE OUR SPONSORSHIP HERE AND WE HAVE RUN OUT OF SPACE IN THAT FIELD FOR SPONSORSHIP HERE MOVIES IN THE PARK, WE DID -- FOR THE FIRST MOVIES IN THE PARK WE HAD GOONIES AND WE HAD GREAT WEATHER, IT WAS A BIT OF A DROP OF ATTENDANCE TO 250 THEN OUR FARMERS' MARKET APRIL 12TH, WE WENT UP TO 4300, AUTISM AWARENESS WE HAD A NICE LITTLE JUMP AS WELL AS WE WENT FROM 19 PARTICIPANTS TO 32.
SO THEY HAD 32 VENDORS THAT THEY COULD GO, WALK AROUND GET FUN STUFF FROM, WE HAD A LLAMA WALKING AROUND GIVING HUGS AND KISSES. AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT EVENT.
THE LAST FARMER'S MARKET APRIL 26TH WE CLOSED OUT WITH 4692, AGAIN IT HAS BEEN A GREAT MARKET.
WE'VE -- LITERALLY SURVIVED THE HEAT, THE RAIN AND THE FREEZING COLD AND WIND BLOWING OVER TENTS BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT.
WE'VE ALREADY OPENED UP REGISTRATION AND WE'VE HAD 90 APPLICANTS IN THAT REGISTRATION OPENED UP ON FRIDAY.
I HOPE TO HAVE SOME MORE NEW VENDORS AS WELL AS OUR FAVORITES. EATS AND BEATS WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY WE DID DROP, WE WERE ABOUT 350 TO 400, I DID HEAR THAT WE WERE IN COMPETITION OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND A RACE DOWN IN MIAMI SO THE BAND WAS STILL AMAZING, THE NIGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I HAD A GREAT TIME.
OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, THE LIVE ACTION. WE HAVE HOMES FOR DOGS, AGAIN WE WENT FROM 19 VENDORS TO I HAVE 31 REGISTERED.
SO WE'RE SEEING SOME GROWTH IN THAT ONE.
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, WE HAVE TWO GREAT SPEAKERS, IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE EVENING. THEN IN JUNE WE HAVE EATEN BEETS WHICH IS A TRIBUTE BAND TO THE POLICE AND STING, MOVIES IN THE PARK WITH A GOAT AND THEN WE WILL START OFF OUR FIRST FISHING DERBY ON SATURDAY JUNE 13TH. THEN IN JULY WE HAVE EADS AND BEADS WITH CAPTAIN MIKE AND THE SHIPWRECK WHICH IS A TRIBUTE TO
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JIMMY BUFFETT AND THEN OUR FISHING DERBY.IN MARCH WE HAD THE ASSOCIATION, I WALK FOR FRIENDSHIP AND THE EGG HUNT. IN APRIL WE HAD THE DAY OF SERVICE WITH ROTARY CLUB, CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER PERFORMANCE WHICH PERFORMED ON THE AMPHITHEATER.
PARKLAND BASKETBALL PICNIC AND ALL-STAR GAME.
HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND THEN PARKLAND TOWN HALL.
UPCOMING, OF COURSE THE MEN'S ASSOCIATION AND THEN PINE TRAILS ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE THEIR END OF THE YEAR PICNIC AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER WE HAVE THE LACROSSE CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT AND THEN IN JULY MSD MARCHING BAND WILL HAVE THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL FAMILY PICNIC. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
WE GO TO THE FARMERS' MARKET AND I THINK THEY ARE GREAT AND I THANK WHOEVER IS PUTTING OUT MORE TRASH CANS FOR DOG WASTE BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF DOGS, THEY ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> OUR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS.
>> I HAVE A SICK ANIMAL AT HOME SO PLEASE EXCUSE ME AS I DEPART, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
>> HELLO, RECREATION COORDINATOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND I HAVE AN UPDATE WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND CLASSES.
WE HAVE OUR SPRING SESSION CLASSES THAT WILL BE ENDING HERE AT THE END OF MAY, WE HAVE SUMMER SESSION REGISTRATION WHICH WILL BE OPENING NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY, MAY 11TH AND THOSE CLASSES WILL RUN THE DURATION OF THE SUMMER, JUNE 13TH THROUGH AUGUST SECOND. WE'VE HAD SOME KIDS NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES IN MARCH WE HAD GET FIT FOR KIDS, WE HAD A MAGIC SHOW IN APRIL, EXCUSE ME, AND WE HAD THE PLASTER CAROUSEL THIS PAST FRIDAY WHERE THE KIDS GET TO PAINT SOME OF THE PLASTER MOLDS. WE ALSO HAD SOME KIDS DAY OFF TRIPS THEY WENT TO FLAMINGO GARDENS, THEN THEY WENT TO THE MOVIE THEATERS. WE ALSO WRAPPED UP OUR SPRING BREAK CAMP AND THEY TOOK A FEW FIELD TRIPS TO THE RECREATION PARK AND BOWLING AND THE MOVIES AS WELL.
WE HAVE SOME TEEN CLASSES THAT WE ARE DOING IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE'RE DOING THE HIP-HOP DANCE, WE DID THE HIP-HOP DANCE CLASS AND IN APRIL WE HAVE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO CREATION.
AND THEN NEXT SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN, OUR KIDS CAMP IS AT 85% COMPARISON WHICH IS WE TAKE ABOUT 200 KIDS EACH OF THE EIGHT WEEKS OF SUMMER FOR KIDS CAMP AND 13 CAMP WERE ABOUT 50% OF CAPACITY AND WE TAKE 80 TO 100 FOR THE TEAM CAMP EACH WEEK. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED QUITE A FEW SPECIALTY CAMPS THIS SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING TUDOR'S OWN CAMP, CHESS, ART, ROBOTICS, DANCE, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, SPORTS AND STEM CAMP PROGRAMS. SOME OF THESE ARE HALF DAY PROGRAMS AND SOME ARE FULL DAY SO WE'RE OFFERING A LOT MORE VARIETY AND ACTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING SOME NEW PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTORS WE'RE LOOKING INTO FINDING THE KIDS COOKING INSTRUCTOR, WE WERE APPROACHED BY SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN OFFERING THAT AS WELL AS AN ADULT HIP-HOP CLASS AND POTENTIALLY THE PROGRAM ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IN THE GYM.
AND THEN FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAM IN, THEY'VE BEEN BUSY AS USUAL, AND MARCH THEY HAD A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CLASS, CALLIGRAPHY, AND COFFEE, BREAKFAST SOCIAL WITH QUALITY AT HOME THERAPY, BINGO AND MINI GOLF. IN APRIL THEY DID A RESIN NIGHT CLASS, -- CALLIGRAPHY, SPRING BRANCH SOCIAL THAT WAS A POTLUCK AND THEY DID BINGO AND THEY WENT DOWN TO FORT LAUDERDALE TO GO ON THE WATER TAXI TOUR. AND IN MAY THEY HELD -- THEY WILL BE HOLDING A WATERCOLOR PAINT CLASS, CALLIGRAPHY, BREAKFAST SOCIAL, AND BINGO AND THEY WILL BE DOING A TRIP TO SUPERBLUE IN MIAMI. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WEEKLY FITNESS CLASSES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING WELL.
WE'VE ADDED THE NEW SEED PROGRAM THAT'S ON TUESDAY MORNINGS, THAT IS A NEW FREE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO THE 55 PLUS POPULATION. AND THAT'S IT, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YES, DO YOU TRACK DATA ON WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR WITH OUR CAMP REGISTRATIONS TO WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR AND IF THERE ARE
DIFFERING? >> TO SOME DEGREE YES, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME WE DID TRACK ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF REGISTRATION HOW WE WERE DOING
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AND WE DID EXCEED LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS JUST UPON OUR FIRST WEEK OR SO OF REGISTRATION. I DO GO BACK FROM TIME TO TIME, I HAVE NOT DONE IT THAT RECENTLY BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECKTHAT AS WELL. >> INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS ARE SO GOOD AND REASONABLY PRICED -- PRICED AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT IT IS, PERHAPS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE MORE OF OUR SERVICES. CURIOUS IF WE ARE SEEING THAT
UPTICK IN NUMBERS. >> FOR THAT TRAVEL CAMP WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING A STRONG INCREASE IN THAT PARTICIPATION.
THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. I WILL SAY FOR KIDS CAMP LAST YEAR WE SOLD OUT ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE CAMP STARTED.
LAST YEAR. >> DOES CAMP START?
>> IT STARTS JUNE 15TH, JUNE 16TH.
AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH AUGUST FOURTH.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE BUY.
>> FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS BUT IN CASE YOU DON'T, THIS YEAR SUMMER CAMP THE KIDS THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IS HELD AT PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY. AND THEN THE TRAVEL CAMP FOR THE
TEENS IS HELD AT WEST GLADES. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AS WELL AS WE MOVED OUR FIFTH GRADERS UP INTO THE TRAVEL CAMP THIS YEAR, WE GAVE THEM THE CHOICE LAST YEAR AND SO THAT'S JUST ALLOWING MORE ENROLLMENT TO TAKE PLACE OVERALL SINCE WE'VE CONDENSED THE FIFTH GRADERS INTO THE TRAVEL CAMP SINCE WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE LEFT IN CAMP -- TRAVEL CAMP TO OPEN UP MORE SPACES FOR THE YOUNGER MORE POPULAR CAMP AS WELL.
>> STAFFING THE CAMP AS WELL? SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE BASED
UPON STAFF. >> YES, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR THIS SUMMER, WITH AN ABBOTT RATIOS, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPOT TO FILL WITH SOME LAST SECOND SHIFT STAFFING CHANGES BUT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS.
>> WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, WE WENT BACK AND DID SOME WORK ON ANALYSIS IN REGARDS TO SALARIES AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WHICH PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE THE TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN RECRUITMENT WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO BRING IN GOOD QUALITY COUNSELORS TO BE ABLE TO NOT BE STRUGGLING, FILLING POSITIONS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE PAST.
SO WE'VE SEEN ALL THOSE CHANGES COME AROUND SO IT WAS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, RYAN, ATHLETICS MANAGER. I WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR YOU FROM THE LAST QUARTER.
>> TRAVEL GIRL -- FOR GIRLS SOFTBALL WE DROPPED DOWN TO 50 PARTICIPANTS FROM LAST YEAR THEY HAD JUST LOST A FEW TEAMS KAKIS EXPECTED THEM -- THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE AGAIN.
LITTLE LEAGUE WENT FROM 429 TO 462, TRAVEL SOCCER AT 655 TO 731 ALSO A FEW TRAILS PARK YOU WILL SEE THEM HOLDING THEIR TRYOUT AT THE PARK THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS SO THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON.
TRAVEL BASEBALL WENT FROM 167 TO 156, LACROSSE WENT FROM 153 TO 177, WE DID TALK LAST TIME THE NUMBERS HAD DECREASED AND THEY WERE DOING THINGS TO CHANGE THEIR PROGRAM, MAKE IT SMALLER FIELD PLAY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT HAS PROVEN TO WORK OUT FOR THEM.
THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THAT AND WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT GROWTH -- PROGRAM. TRAVEL ACROSS 127, TO 107 COED SOFTBALL WE HAD 12 TEAMS WERE DOWN TO NINE TEAMS. THE MEN'S BASKETBALL WE HAD CRAZY UPTICK LAST YEAR WE USUALLY HAVE SIX TEAMS WE HAD EIGHT TEAMS LAST YEAR.
WE ARE BACK DOWN TO SIX SO WE WILL NOT BE PUSHING THAT TIME CONSTRAINTS IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
16 IS WHAT WE ARE USUALLY AT SO WE ARE BACK TO THAT.
FOR OUR TENNIS LEAGUES WE HAVE 19 LEAGUES OFFERED LAST YEAR WE HAVE 19 CURRENTLY, WITH 268 PARTICIPANTS STILL THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO INCREASE THIS YEAR AS WE DID ADD TWO LEAGUES FOR PLAY STARTING NEXT SEASON. TENNIS, WE HAD IN 202-5710 LESSONS, NOW WE HAVE 826 LESSONS WE HAD 126 PARTICIPANTS AND WE GREW THAT TO 138 PARTICIPANTS. THE TENNIS CENTER IS AVERAGING ABOUT 100 LESSONS PER WEEK SO IT'S CRAZY BUSY OVER THERE AND IT IS REALLY SUCCESSFUL SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THE NUMBERS PICK JUST SOME UPDATES FOR OUR TRAINERS WE HAVE FOUR PENDING TRAINER APPLICATIONS WITH SEVEN EXECUTED FOR THIS YEAR.
SEASONS THAT HAVE CONCLUDED FOR THE LACROSSE AND BASKETBALL SEASON SEASON STARTING LIKE I JUST TOLD YOU IT TRAVEL SOCCER OUT THERE DOING TRYOUTS, THEY'RE GETTING BACK INTO THE KICK OF EVERYTHING, TRAVEL LACROSSE IS GOING CRAZY OVER AT PINE TRAILS, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ADULT COED BASKETBALL WHICH TAKES PLACE TOMORROW. THAT KICKS OFF, WE HAVE A BUNCH
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OF EAGER ADULTS GETTING THAT READY TO PLAY SOME INDOOR BASKETBALL. THAT WILL BE FUN.I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE TODAY THAT MY SCREEN HAS ARRIVED SO THEY WERE DELIVERED TODAY THOSE WILL GET BUILT AND PUT OUT AT PINE TRAILS AND THE OTHER PARK AND THEN I DID ORDER SOME REPLACEMENT LACROSSE ONES JUST TO REPLACE THE HEAVY DUTY ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE STARTED TO BREAK.
THOSE WILL START GETTING REPLACED AS WE GET BACK INTO THE FULL SWING OF LACROSSE SEASON. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CONTRACTS FOR THE TRAINERS, WHAT SPORTS?
>> OUR TRAINERS CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE TO TRAIN, MAJORITY OF IT IS SOCCER. I DO HAVE A TENNIS TRAINER, AND THEN I HAVE A FOOTBALL TRAINER, MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SOCCER.
THERE'S CURRENTLY TO FLAG FOOTBALL ONE TENNIS.
BASEBALL -- THERE IS ONE BASEBALL PLAYER STEPHEN IS HIS NAME. YES.
>> THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF. >> I'M SURE THERE WILL BE, THE RANGERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY ARE WATCHING.
>> WHERE DOES THE FUNDING FOR THE EL SCREENS AND THE LACROSSE COME FROM? IS IT GENERAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE? DO WE COST ANYTHING OUT BACK TO LEAGUES? SAY LIKE USAGE FEES, THAT GET
TAKEN IN? >> YES, I MEAN THE WAY THAT CITY PART OF OUR OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE BUDGETS ANNUAL BUDGETS AND SO FORTH BUT THAT IS WHY WE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE USER FEES A FEW YEARS AGO TO HELP TRY TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS. LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WE KNOW THERE IS USER FEES DON'T FULLY PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT OUR FIELDS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS. >> FOR THE NEXT ONE PARKLAND DAY THEMES, FELICIA WANTS TO JUMP IN HERE SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO HER. THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
HOPEFULLY. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
ALL RIGHT, PARKLAND THEMES 2027, AS YOU KNOW WE STARTED THIS TRADITION A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE WE ADDED THEMES IT JUST ENCOURAGED PARADE PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE UNITY AS THEY DECORATE, GAVE US CREATIVE FREEDOM AS WE HOST VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON AND FIND BANDS THAT GO WITH OUR THEMES. WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT THEMED OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL. WE HAVE SPACE.
IS FOCUSED ON SPACE EXPLORATION, IMAGINATION, THE UNKNOWN, THE TAGLINE WOULD BE PARKLAND IS OUT OF THIS WORLD.
THEN WE HAVE OUR WILD WEST THEME WITH SADDLE UP PARKLAND, WE HAVE OUR JUNGLE -- JUNGLE SAFARI WILD ABOUT PARKLAND.
WE HAVE OUR MULTICULTURAL, MANY VOICES ONE COMMUNITY AND THE TAGLINE IS UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE OUR SUPERHERO, HEROES AMONG US AND OUR LAST ONE I CANNOT SEE BECAUSE MY COMPUTER FROZE, IF YOU WANT TO SAY WHAT THE LAST TAGLINE IS CHRISTINE NEVER MIND I SEE IT, CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL. PARKLAND THE BEST TICKET IN T TOWN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT UP TO THE BOARD TO VOTE ON OUR THEME FOR
2027 PARKLAND. >> I'M GOING TO SAY I'M A FAN OF SUPERHEROES AND SPACE. PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU WANT THE KIDS TO REALLY BE INTO PARKLAND AND HAVE A REALLY FUN TIME.
I THINK THEY ARE PART OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE HERE BUT I THINK BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WOULD RESONATE PRETTY WELL WITH THAT YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC IF YOU WO WOULD.
>> I LIKE SPACE, IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH ARTEMIS RECENTLY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW ARTEMIS NEXT YEAR, THIS IS GREAT WHEN THEY DO IT. I'M NOT A FAN OF SUPERHEROES BUT
DAREDEVIL WAS INVOLVD, MAY BE. >> I'M PRETTY PARTIAL TO THE WILD WEST, HAVE BEEN IN PARKLAND FOR A LONG TIME, I OWN A HORSE HERE IN PARKLAND SO I'M IMAGINING WALKING THE HORSE UP AND DOWN THE PARADE BUT THAT BEING SAID I DO AGREE WITH THE
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SPACE THEME WOULD BE MY SECOND, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED FROM SOME RESIDENTS WHO LIKE THE OUTER SPACE THEME AND WITH THE CURRENT EVENTS AND THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES I THINK THE MILESTONES THAT WE'VE BEEN SETTING OUT FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION HELPS PUSH IT TO THE KIDS AND MAYBE THE KIDS AREN'T SO WILD ABOUT HORSES AS MUCH AS OUTER SPACE. I'M SURE HORSES WILL BE THERE ANY WAY, DRESSED UP IN HORSE COSTUMES SPACE CAR.SPACE HORSE. BUT I'M COOL WITH OUTER SPACE.
>> NOW THAT YOU LET US KNOW YOU HAVE A HORSE, NEXT YEAR OUR EXPECTATION MAY BE THAT YOUR HORSE JONES -- JOINS THE PARADE.
>> THE HORSE WILL BE IN THE PARADE DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I TOO LOVE THE SPACE THEME I ALSO LIKE WILD ABOUT PARKLAND, JUNGLE SAFARI. SINCE WE'RE IN THE WEST -- WESTERN SIDE I THINK THAT COULD ALSO BE APPROPRIATE PLUS THE NAME SOUNDS GREAT. I WOULD GO WILD WITH THIS ONE.
AND I ALSO LIKE THE MULTICULTURAL AND MANY VOICES, ONE COMMUNITY. THERE'S ALSO TO ME WITH A 250TH -- THE COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS AND WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO WITH COMING UP WITH THESE SIX DIFFERENT IDEAS IS TO YOUR POINT KIND OF MAKE IT FUN, ENGAGING FOR THE KIDS TO GET INTO AND GET BEHIND IT. REALLY DRUM UP THOSE THEMES FOR THE PARADE AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE.
I REALLY THINK THAT PUTTING THIS DECISION AND ESPECIALLY I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE BUT I THINK WHAT IS GOOD IS WHATEVER DOES NOT GET CHOSEN DOES NOT MEAN IT GOES AWAY, IT MEANS WE -- WHEN WE GO TO 2028 WE REVISIT SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND YOU HAVE OPTIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU GUYS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION AND GIVE US DIRECTION ON WHICH IS YOUR FINAL
SELECTION PICK. >> NO PRESSURE GUYS.
>> I LIKE SPACE. >> I LIKE SPACE.
>> WE CHOOSE JUST ONE TONIGHT? JUST ONE?
>> THE OTHERS CAN STAY ON THE LIST FOR NEXT YEAR'S
CONVERSATION. >> I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT OTHERS REMAIN ON THE LIST AND WE SELECT THE SPACE THEME FOR THIS
>> ALL IN FAVOR? PARKLANDS OUT OF THIS WORLD, WINDS. WE ALREADY KNEW THAT THOUGH.
>> NICE JOB TO YOU GUYS AS WELL. >> SHE RIGGED THAT TO SOUND LIKE
SHE'S FROM OUTER SPACE. >> DID A GREAT JOB.
>> I SHOULD HAVE PUT A SPACE BACKGROUND FOR YOU ALL.
>> THE HELMET. >> WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
>> I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HER IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT I JUMPED AHEAD A LITTLE BIT ON THE AGENDA, I APOLOGIZE.
OUR NEXT ITEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PARK BUT WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT
IF YOU GUYS ARE READY. >> WESTMINSTER PARK, EXCITING.
IS COMING ALONG, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE THINGS ABOVE THE SURFACE, ABOVE THE GROUND SO IT IS STARTING TO REALLY TAKE SHAPE. WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE WITH ANTICIPATION COMPLETION FOR NOVEMBER.
THEY ARE DOING SOME OFF SITE WORK ON HILLSBORO ON -- THEY HAVE DONE THE FIRST LAYER OF ASPHALT OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTERNALLY IS TO THE PARK.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME ♪ ♪ APPROVALS FROM THE COUNTY TO DO THE WORK ON THE HILL. WE'VE BEEN GIVING A COMMITMENT THERE'S A TWO YEAR LEAD TIME THAT GIVES US SOME DETOURS AND POTENTIALLY A CHANGE IN SHIFT IN TRAFFIC WHEN THEY GET TO THE HILL. SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE OUR RESIDENTS AT LEAST TWO WEEKS ADVANCE NOTICE AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WELL. ON THE PLAYGROUND, THE MINI VILLAGE, THE EQUIPMENT IS ALL INSTALLED AND IT LOOKS GREAT, IT'S EXCITING. THE INSTALLATION ON THE SIDE ELECTRIC POLES AND THEY ARE FINISHING UP DOING SOME OTHER SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
I COULD TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE'S A LOT OF WALKWAYS AND SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THIS PARK. THEY ARE WIDER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE PART OF A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH MEETINGS I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO MAKE THE SIDEWALKS WIDER SO THAT RUNNERS AND WALKERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE
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PROGRESS AND YOU CAN SEE OUR PLAYGROUND AND THE SHADES ARE BEING INSTALLED. OUR NINJA -- COURSE AND YES, THE BOX ON THE FOREFRONT IS ACTUALLY THE-FOOTER FOR THAT SHADE SAILS. IT IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE-FOOTER, THE POSTS ARE A BIT THICKER THAN THE NORMAL SAIL.IT WILL BE COMPARABLE CLOSER TO THE POLES YOU SEE AT THE PINE TRAILS PLAYGROUND. AND THEN THERE IS THE MINI VILLAGE STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE AS WELL.
EXCITING TIMES. AND THERE IS SOME OTHER WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING ALONG HILLSBORO ROAD, YOU CAN SEE THAT ENTRANCEWAY BEING SHAPED UP. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'M SORRY? YES.
WE STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS SUMMER SEASON, BUT, YES, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE PARK EXPANDED PARKING THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN FINALIZED, PERMITTING HAS STARTED AND STAFF IS GOING TO BE COORDINATING A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO WORK OUT THAT SCHEDULE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TAKING PLACE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THE SPORTS SEASON STARTS SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE AVAILABILITY IN THAT PARK.
THE PARK BACK PLAYGROUND, WE TALKED EARLIER ALREADY ABOUT THIS ONE, THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE DOING THE RIBBON CUTTING SO VERY EXCITING PLAYGROUND TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP TO THE RESIDENTS.
PINE TRAILS PARK BASKETBALL IMPROVEMENTS CACTUS SEATING AND BLEACHERS WITH THE CANOPIES, COMMISSION APPROVED APRIL 15TH.
THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTING -- EXECUTED AND WE WILL BE COORDINATING A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO START THAT PROJECT AND PLACE. THE SPORTS LIGHTING FOR THE BASKETBALL COURTS HAVE BEEN DONE AND COMPLETED, SO THOSE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH THE LED LIGHTS.
THE PARK -- THE LAKE PARK EXCAVATION WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE QUOTES AND ANTICIPATING LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS WOULD BE A SUMMER 2026 PROJECT.
OUR AC CONDENSER REPLACEMENT, THE EQUIPMENT IS ORDERED, THE PUMP IS GOING THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AT THE CONDENSER UNIT SO THE PUMP IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INSTALLED NEXT WEEK.
SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS WILL BE COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO FINISH AND CLOSE THIS PROJECT OUT. OUR PINE TRAILS PARK CONCESSION RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT SHIFT IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF.
WE ARE GOING TO DELAY THE PROJECT SLIGHTLY AS WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH TAX REFORM AND MAYBE SOME PRIORITIES MAY HAVE TO SHIFT AROUND AND SO FORTH. WE WILL REVISIT THIS NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT IT'S OFF THE TABLE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE, BUT ONCE WE KNOW MORE WITH THE TAX REFORM THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS AND REWORK THAT SCHEDULE FOR WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT.
LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD REPLACEMENT, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING SOME RENDERINGS FOR THIS MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE YET, STAFF IS WORKING HARD IN REGARDS TO THE PROCESS THAT WILL BE GOING OUT TO BID FOR THIS AND ONCE WE DO GET SOMETHING WE DID PROMISE THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN THE LOOP AND WE WILL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHEN WE GET SOMETHING WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OUT BY EMAIL TO YOU, AGAIN YOU CANNOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER BUT ME ANTOINE -- FELICIA WILL HEAD UP IF WE WANT TO TRY COORDINATE A MEETING OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE GET THOSE PLANS FINALIZED. WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TO REVISIT THAT AT THAT TIME. THE FRONT PLAYGROUND LIGHTING UPGRADE, THEY ARE STILL FINALIZING SOME OF THE QUOTES AND WE ARE LOOKING TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT SPRING OF 2026.
DORIS DAVIS LIBERTY PARK, ROOF REPLACEMENT.
THOSE ARE PUSHED BACK AGAIN WITH COORDINATION OF THE LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD. ONCE WE GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THAT WE WILL REPLACE THIS AT THE SAME TIME TO AVOID CLOSING DOWN THAT PARK AND THAT FACILITY MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER OR ANY OTHER ITEMS?
>> CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ON THE PINE TRAILS PARK BATHROOMS AND HOW THAT TAX REFORM POSSIBLE TAX REFORM -- HOW WOULD IMPACTS
THAT? >> YES SO WHEN WE HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT THE CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET THAT PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND ADOPTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET
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HOWEVER DEPENDING ON HOW OUR OPERATING COSTS ARE GOING TO LOOK MOVING FORWARD WE WANT TO POTENTIALLY WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT LONG TERM OPERATION COSTS AND MAYBE EVEN OFFICIAL, IT MAY END UP BEING MORE.THAT WHOLE 9 YARDS IN REGARDS TO DO WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJEC RIGHT AWAY, DO WE WANT TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO DELAY IT, AND THINGS -- AND DEFER IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER OR WHERE DO WE STAND. IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT WITH WHAT PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE IN COMPARISON TO SOME OTHER THINGS CITYWIDE NOT JUST OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ALL OF THAT IS STILL SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION. WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT AND WE DISCUSSED IT AT THAT TIME WITH OUR COMMISSION AND THE PLAN IS TO COME BACK WITH A PHASE TWO ONCE WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE TAX REFORM DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
>> IN A RELATED QUESTION, OF ALL THE PROJECTS WHY WAS THAT SPECIFIC ONE THE ONE IMPACTED BY THE POSSIBLE TAX REFORM?
>> A LOT OF THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND FUNDED OR UNDER CONTRACT TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THINGS HAVE GONE OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THAT IS KIND OF WHY.
THE TIMING OF IT I GUESS YOU CAN SAY.
>> THE LAST ONE. >> IT WAS A TWO PART FUNDED PROJECT WHERE THE DESIGN WASN'T ONE BUDGET FISCAL YEAR AND THEN THE ACTUAL UPDATE OF THE BATHROOM WAS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF WHY BECAUSE IF TAX REFORM DID HAPPEN IT WOULD IMPACT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PART AND WE DID NOT WANT TO WASTE THE MONEY ON FINALIZING A DESIGN IF IT WOULD IMPACT THE OVERALL TAX REFORM.
>> SURE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE, THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I HAD ONE.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM ANY OTHER RESIDENTS WHO WERE LIVING NEXT TO THERE THAT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE LIGHTING?
>> NOT RECENTLY. >> A LOT OF THAT CAME UP DURING OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS AND STUFF AND SO THAT WAS LOOKED AT DURING THAT TIME FRAME AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE SPORTS AMENITIES AND FIELDS ARE ALIGNED WHERE THEY ARE AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THE LIGHT POSTS.
THERE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL SHIELDS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT ON THAT SPORTS LIGHTING BUT AGAIN THE REALITY IS A SPORT LIGHT POLE, YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THEM, THEY ARE PRETTY HUMONGOUS.
NO MATTER WHAT THE SHIELDS WE HAVE IS NOT GOING TO DO A DIRECT IMPACT INTO THE HOMES BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE LIGHTS ON BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE POLE.
THE PHOTOMETRICS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR LIGHTS IS REALLY TO DIRECT THE LIGHT ON THE FIELD AND THE PLAYING SURFACE AND NOT THE SURROUNDING AREA AND COMMUNITY.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WILL BE AN UPTICK IN COMPLAINTS ONCE IT'S LIT UP BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED THAT THE TREES WERE GONE AND SOME OF THOSE HOMES WERE NOW OPEN TO A FIELD.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON SITE AND EVEN ASKED THEM, ARE YOU GETTING PEOPLE STOPPING BY, BECAUSE I THINK OUR OUTREACH AND THE EDUCATION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
ESPECIALLY WHAT YOU SAID, ONCE THE TREES GET MOVED THAN IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE YOU NOW KNOW. BUT NONETHELESS, THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANY ONE, NOISE LEVELS FROM THE
CONSTRUCTION, NOTHING. >> THAT'S GREAT.
AND SURPRISING BY THE WAY. >> THANK YOU.
ONE COMMENTS FROM STAFF? FELICIA, ANYTHING?
IF SHE'S STILL HERE. >> I AM HERE, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME I'M AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU, I THINK WE ARE ALL SET.
MOTION, MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING?
>> SECONDED. >> ALL IN FAVOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.