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PR02-06-07Min MINU7CES PARKS AND RECREATICiN ADVISORY BOARD 175 WEST WARREN AVENUE LONGWOOD, FLORIDA February ~6, 2007 COMMISSION CHAMBERS 7:00 PM Present: Abigail Shoemaker, Chair Bob Driver, Vice Chair James Htnnter, Member . Elsie Richardson, Member Tammy Uliano, Member Kitty White, Member Chris Capizzi, Recreation Program Coordinator Linda Goff, Recording Secrets~ry 1. Call to Order. Chair Shoemaker called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. She announced that Member Gavoni ha.d resigned from the board. 2. Election of Officers. A. Election of Chair. ~ Vice Chair Driver moved to nominate Abigail Shoemaker as Chair. Seconded by Member Richardson and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. B. Election of Vice Chair. Chair Shoemaker moved to noninate Bob Driver as Vice Chair. Seconded by Member White and carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 3. Approval of Minutes November 14, 2006 Regular Meeting. Member White said the sentence that each board member would paint a wall as a fire retardant, needed additional explan,~tion. Chair Shoemaker explained there was a. situation with Booville where the .Fire Marshall said they would need to change materials, so she recommended the walls could be painted with fire retardant paint or something that would be acceptable. Mr. Capizzi advised there would be a rr?eeting held on Thursday with the Building Inspector, Fire Marshall, Tom Smith, Peat Smith, Mr. Drago, and Chief Mooney to discuss options for next year. P&R 02-0fi-07/1 Member White moved to amend the minutes to better explain this ~ ~ statement. Seconded by Vice Chair Driver and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Vice Chair Driver moved to approve the minutes as amended. Seconded by Chair Shoemaker and carried. by a unanimous voice vote. 4. Public Participation. Commissioner Brian Sackett said he ha~i been given the charge to work with Fran Meli on development of the Lyman High School pool. He reported the Lyman High School pool was the oldest pool ir.~ town and preserrtly was not repairable. He said to take out this pool properly would cost over half a million dollars. He stated Lyman was looking at partnering with the City to make a community pool. Therefore, becoming part of the Parks ~z Recreation facilities. He said this would be a zero depth pool with diving and lanes. He advised to take the existing pool out and rebuild that type of pool is approximately $1.5 million. Lyman has also put together with Nike and others a grarrt for $700,000 to redo the track. He stated these grants were not coming through. 7Che entire project is looked at as a $2.2 million project. He said the City was willing to look at the project. He met with Senator Lee Constantine who is looking; at getting $1 million through a Community Budget Issue Request (CBIR) Plan. He said it was the understanding that Lake Mary went off on their own for their pool. He stated Altamonte Springs has said they would be willing to contril~~ute $100,000 based on the vicinity of ~ Lyman High School. The County Commission has already dedicated $1.2 million to the Lake Mary pool. He stated the Cc?unty has donated to pools in other areas and we feel it is our turn. He advised wE; were pursuing $1.2 million from the County as well. He said they recently learned we would need a House sponsor for the CBIR Plan.. He, affirmed they were actively pursuing getting a state of the art pool to be open to the community. He s;~id they envisioned the Parks Department would run the pool and it would be a City pool. Lyman only uses the pool approximately three hours a day. He stated the location of the pool made it community friendly. Member White inquired if there was am;rthing the board members could do to help. Commissioner Sackett said corporate sponsorships would be helpful. He stated with the CBIR Plan, anytime you have t~usiness support it looks better. He advised the School was making an in-kind donation of the land. The land has a value of $750,000. He said the State lo~~ks favorable upon corporate sponsors. He stated any potential .sponsors should be :referred to Ms. Meli. 5. Old Business. A. Recreation Manager's Report. P&R 02-06-07/2 Mr. Capizzi reported Celebrate the Season was a successful event. He said the ~ only thing that could have been better was the sound system. They will be evaluating the concessions for next year. He stated they had great arts and crafts and they had a gentleman doing balloon. art. They will have him at Easter as well. He reported the Movie in the Park was very successful. 'Chey had 300 plus in attendance. He said they would be showing another movie on February 16'n Fliers were passed out at the schools an~i notices were also placed in The Orlando Sentinel and The Sanford Herald newspapers. The event is also posted on the City's website. He confirmed the conce;~sion stand would be open. Vice Chair Driver inquired if they would be putting out a schedule of which movies would show for the Movie in thy; Park. Mr. Capizzi said starting in the fall they would like to show a movie every other month up until this time of the year. Mr. Capizzi reported they would be holding a Spring Break Camp this year for the first time. They have three field trips planned and it will be held at Lyman High School. He said there will be plenty of activities such as basketball, dodge ball, soccer, and arts and crafts. Mr. Capizzi reported the Easter Egg Hunt would be held March 31~`. He said they have everyone lined up for the event. Triey will have pony rides, face painting, ~ balloon art, sack races, bouncy ball, relay races, and tug of war. He said they will have a bounce house and the Easter Egg Hunt with a visit from the Easter Bunny. He stated they would not be decorating dyed eggs this year due to the mess. Chair Shoemaker said she would think parents and'kids would want to have the egg decorating. Mr. Capizzi said he would discuss this vrith Ms. Meli. Vice Chair Driver said if it was popular with the community, regardless of the mess, they should do them. Chair Shoemaker said if they are not doing the eggs, perhaps they could come up with a craft. Mr. Capizzi said he would talk with one of the employees, Linda Jacobs, regarding a craft. He stated she has phenomenal ideas. He co~rmed she came up with all of the arts and crafts for Celebrate the Seasons and was very creative. Member White said her term was up in P~Iarch, but she would continue to volunteer. P&R 02-06-07/3 Mr. Capizzi said athletics were going very well, including golf, futsal, and softball. He stated futsal was going well and it would. take some time to grow. Chair Shoemaker said she and Member Richardson have gone back to Seniorcise and it was great. Mr. Capizzi said they hope to have more for seniors in the future. Chair Shoemaker suggested something ;similar to jazzercise like sweating to the oldies and holding evening classes. Mr. Capizzi said he would check into instructors for this type of class. Mr. Capizzi reported golf starts Saturday, February 10~' at the Casselberry Golf Course. He said they were teaming with Winter Springs. He stated mid to late March they were planning on a Seminole County Golf League from the surrounding cities and put together a larger league. He said Longwood has been a leader in the golf clinics and it was good to see this work on a larger level. Member Uliano inquired if there would be an increase in the age limit. Mr. Capizzi said the Seminole County League would be opened to more ages and probably adults in the future. He reported Ms. Meli has been working on Reiter Park and Smallworld Park. She had a meeting with Professional Design Associates, Inc. (PDA) earlier today on :E~eiter Park. He. advised they were redoing some items in the planning and it was taking a little longer than anticipated. Member Uliano inquired when the grou~id breaking. would be. Mr. Capizzi said the ground breaking would hopefully occur before summer. Ike stated one of the issues was the retentior? pond area. He discussed various aspects of the park and said they would have a good sound system and plan to have music events. Member White said they had previously discussed the possibility of a farmer's market. She inquired if Mr. Capizzi had any information. Mr. Capizzi said he did not have any information on a farmer's market. He said Ms. Meli may have researched this and. lie would ask her about this matter. Chair Shoemaker inquired if Rock the P;~.rk would be held on the last day of school. Mr. Capizzi advised Rock the Park would be held in May and they would discuss this further at a later time. He stated Ma~~ 22°d was. the last day of school and may be a good day to hold Rock the Park. He said they would work around graduation P&R 02-06.07/4 dates. He reported Summer Camp would be from June 4th through July 27th. He ~ said the summer break would be longer this year, but they were not approved for the additional time. Chair Shoemaker inquired if she should be at the meeting on Thursday. Mr. Capizzi said this was basically going; to be with City officials and she did not need to be there. Member Uliano inquired if there were any options of lake access available in Longwood for fishing. She said most lake access was private. She asked if the City owned any property that could be used for access. She said she would like to find a lake in Longwood to be able to fi~:h and she would be interested in a City owned dock. Mr. Capizzi said he would inquire and check into this matter. 6. New business. None. 7. Adjournment. Chair Shoemaker adjourned the meeting at 8:04 p.m. ti Abig 'Shoemaker, Chair ATTEST: Linda F. Gof~',1Etecordin ecretary P&R 02-06•-07/5