10/27/2015 Parks and Recreation Advisory Meeting Minutes October 27, 2015
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City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
6:30 PM
The Long Center
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
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Parks and Recreation Advisory Meeting Minutes October 27, 2015
Board
Roll Call
Present 6 - Chair Ric Ortega, Vice Chair Norene M. Marlow, Board Member
Emilio Gonzalez, Board Member Nola Johnson, Board Member
Carmen Santiago and Board Member Lisa Tuttle
Absent 1 - Board Member Candace Gardner
Also present - Felicia Donnelly —Administrative Support Manager, Nicole Sprague —
Official Records and Legislative Services Coordinator
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Long Center.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve minutes from July 28, 2015 meeting
Member Marlow moved to approve the minutes of the July 28, 2015
Parks & Recreation Board meeting as submitted in written
summation. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda: None.
4. New Business Items
4.1 Parks & Recreation - Projects Update
Administrative Support Manager Felicia Donnelly provided and reviewed
a project update log that is distributed monthly among city staff.
In response to questions, Ms. Donnelly said the restroom renovation for
Jack Russell Stadium will be accessible from the outside. Restrooms
were provided at special use facilities and not at neighborhood parks. The
light ballards on Beachwalk were concrete with polyaluminum tops. There
were long term plans to expand McMullen Tennis Complex but there was no
funding currently. Comment was made that a professional tennis
stadium would bring revenue to the City. In regards to national
guidelines, Ms. Donnelly said the City was within the standard with 3 golf
courses, however there was a shortage of rectangular multi-use fields.
5. Old Business Item: None.
6. Director's Report
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Ms. Donnelly provided and reviewed a handout of Parks and Recreation
agenda items that had been presented to Council between August and
October 2015.
In response to questions, Ms. Donnelly said the City did not keep
statistics on the number of visitors to parks and facilities. The United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tracked
and provided funding to disadvantaged areas by zip code. In Clearwater,
Ross Norton Recreation Center and North Greenwood Recreation
Center received HUD funding.
In regards to the approved Morningside Recreation Center, Ms.
Donnelly provided and reviewed the Community Engagement Plan
which contained a tentative project schedule. In response to a question,
Ms. Donnelly said staff anticipated opening the facility in December 2017.
Ms. Donnelly provided and reviewed the Parks and Recreation budget
which included an organizational chart and an overview of departmental
operations.
7. Committee Members to be Heard
8. Adjourn
Attest*
In response to a concern, Ms. Donnelly said the Enterprise Dog Park was
closed for maintenance for a few hours 2 times a week. She will provide
information as to why the dog park was closed during maintenance when it
was not closed in the past.
A suggestion was made to promote Moccasin Lake Nature Park at local
schools. Ms. Donnelly said master planning efforts for the nature park
were underway with $600, 000 in renovations budgeted.
In response to a question regarding the Marina District, Ms. Donnelly
said at its November meeting, Council approved to publicize a Request
for Proposal for a planning firm for Coachman Park who will look at all
the codes and districts that relate to the Harborview, •tuff property, and 4JJ
The meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m
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