01/13/2016 Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes January 13, 2016
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
6:30 PM
The Long Center
Parks and Recreation Board
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Roll Call
Present5 - Chair Ric Ortega, Vice Chair Norene M. Marlow, Board
Member Candace Gardner, Board Member Emilio Gonzalez, and
Board Member Lisa Tuttle
Absent2 - Board Member Nola Johnson, Board Member Carmen Santiago
Also Present: Felicia Donnelly - Administrative Support Manager, Patricia O.
Sullivan - Board Reporter
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 October 27, 2015 meeting
Member Marlow moved to approve the minutes of the October 27,
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 said restroom and office
renovations at Jack Russell Stadium should be completed by June. Staff will email
board members with design plans for the restrooms, which also will serve Walter
Campbell Park. Starting in May, the Long Center pool will close for 5 to 6 months
while the pool and deck are resurfaced, the work is replaced, and pump room piping
and pumps are renovated. The pool's deep end served as a diving well. The
Bayshore Trail neared completion. Staff was discussing with the State the FDOT
(Florida Department of Transportation) building site on SR60 for trail parking,
Clearwater originally gave the subject property to FDOT.
Ms. Donnelly said at its first meeting on January 19, 2016, the Morningside
Recreation Center project advisory committee will review site placement analysis.
The tennis courts will not be touched, a schedule determined the order of tennis
court refurbishment throughout the City. The new facility's budget was $5.4 million.
Onsite stormwater will be impacted. Staff planned to use CIP (Capital Improvement
Project) funds to relocate the pool's pump house. Some current parking will remain
in place. Ms. Donnelly will bring plans for the center to the next meeting. Discussion
ensued regarding some Councilmember concerns. Ms. Donnelly said the center
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could not be designated as an evacuation center due to its location in an evacuation
zone. The center will incorporate many LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) standards but requiring LEED certification would have
increased the budget significantly.
Ms. Donnelly said community input will be a big component of renovation plans for
Crest Lake Park.
4.2 Review of Council items
Ms. Donnelly reviewed Parks & Recreation Department items recently considered by
the City Council. The City Council approved a contract to design the new
Morningside Center.
4.3 Election of Officers
Member Marlow moved to reappoint Ric Ortega as Chair. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
Member Gonzales moved to reappoint Norene Marlow as Vice
Chair. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
5. Old Business Items: None
6. Director's Report
Ms. Donnelly reviewed upcoming events, including music festivals, spring training,
softball tournaments and major league soccer training. On January 18, 2016, 200
volunteers from Valpak will undertake a major clean up of Moccasin Lake Nature
Park. The park's birds of prey collection, which was maintained by volunteers,
recently added 2 injured and non releasable owls. Nagano students will arrive in
February for their annual visit.
7. Committee Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
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The meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
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