04/23/2019
Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes April 23, 2019
City of Clearwater
Main Library - Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
6:30 PM
Council Chambers - Main Library
Parks and Recreation Board
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City of Clearwater
Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes April 23, 2019
Roll Call
Present 4 - Board Member Lisa Tuttle, Board Member Kristin Langley, Vice Chair
Jennifer Wood, and Board Member Jason Hood
Absent 3 - Chair Mark Rodriguez, Board Member Norene M. Marlow, and Board
Member Michelle Ramirez
Also Present - Michael Lavery – Parks Planning & Project Manager, Patricia O.
Sullivan - Board Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Vice Chair called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve January 22, 2019 Parks & Rec Board Meeting Minutes
Member Langley moved to approve the minutes of the January 22,
2019 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 Review of Parks & Recreation Projects
Parks Planning & Project Manager Michael Lavery provided an update
of Parks & Recreation projects. He invited members to attend the ribbon
cutting for the Druid Road Trail on May 3, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. The
Morningside Recreation Center public art component required Public Art
& Design Board and City Council approval.
In response to questions, Mr. Lavery said FDOT (Florida Department of
Transportation) had delayed construction of the SR60 overpass until 2023;
the City continued to lobby for earlier completion. New equipment was
pending for the Countryside Recreation Center. A City facility’s manager
determined if repairs were required. If City tradeworkers could not make
repairs, outside experts were hired. Concession operation leases
specifically stated which party was responsible for repairs; the City was
responsible for large scale repairs.
Information was requested re timeline for new equipment at the
Clearwater Beach Library and Recreation Complex and the bidding
process for beach concession operators.
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4.2 Discussion Of New Agenda Items
Mr. Lavery said the City Clerk had contacted him. Under Sunshine rules,
Board members should forward all correspondence they receive to him
and he will distribute it to the board. Items of interest could be placed on
the next agenda for discussion. Members also could contact him to place
items on the agenda. Board members should not discuss with each other
any board business outside meetings. If an agenda has no discussion items,
staff can email board project updates and Council approved Parks &
Recreation Department items to members instead of holding a meeting.
5. Old Business Item: None.
6. Director's Report: None.
7. Board Members to be Heard
8. Adjourn
Member Langley said as the Parks & Recreation Department will be
responsible for Coachman Park, she questioned if the Parks & Recreation
Board would participate in the Imagine Clearwater planning process. She
said many neighbors had been contacting her with great concerns that
current plans for an amphitheater with up to 5,000 seats differed significantly
from the small band shell in the referendum they had voted to approve. She
said her neighbors were upset their vote for a park with a pond, green
space, and small band shell had been disregarded and supplanted by a
large covered entertainment facility requiring many more parking spaces and
leaving little or no room for blades of grass.
Member Christou-Wood expressed concerns an amphitheater would require
considerably more parking and public transportation options, would increase
pollution in Clearwater Harbor, and significantly impact beach traffic by
concert goers staying on the beach. She said heavy beach traffic already
was a problem.
Mr. Lavery said Coachman Park will be a park facility. The City Council
currently was reviewing the design. He will ask appropriate staff to provide
the Board with an update at the next meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 7;
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