PR 05-26-88 MinLNe esker
Absent. sed
Ms CynthGOeCOOmbs- excused
Meeting ca 11 etl to order by Chairperson Ms Newkerk at 7:OBPM
eling.
s excu sedasMievtes aco pt drDyeMS Lomax
seconded byaMr L,v t]y xz
Publit Participation- None
om mated M iiy v Chair-
personso andeAe create on AdvisorLy Board. Seconded by
Ms. Newkerk Passed
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Meeting Adjourn
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Chairper
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I would likes to request' t the Conoiss signation frrm th¢
]ongxexxl Pe on Boartl. Belwv are listed sac o£s y ~asor5,y
AS1 of thetsaggestions fran this beards ce 1 have been on t, approx Aug.
196.7. lave either been Ignored or rejected by the O.ximission, i t upgratle of
all the pazks with volwteer help antl donations ftan iwsinesses within the City,
for plants, landscaping, sprinkling pipe, e This coultl have been a great
Gxmwnity project, st ing with STta11 i o co-operation
this ore ame abort. h'e asla board spentetwo Saturday's of o
and we oth¢ parka to see wlat oeedetl to be dms in each p
how we eadtl help,tueaalso spent tvrs Picking uP trash £rw the growl wd didand
general cleanup with just out banal as toals. 'mil whole plan seerzetl to Ce put w
the back burner never to be brought uP again. I feel we a boatU, are tolerated
respected. After see g the t antl toil A5. Newkirk and Ah. Lilly h
to this hoazd for three yeazs, I c ee they have erorked for nil, and I do np vt
end to use my t and talent for an er day w~ this boartl after I have seen haN
these two above people havebeen, I feel,tusetl, and totally ignored.
thiNC the typical exanyle of how respected the people antl talent w This
hoaralare tak s the £an a lovely, n ew nenser frwa mstriot z has
been appeintea iorrnis boare, no~ever, t u rerces¢~ hancens to be only xs y¢ars Dior.
All things being equal, every bosh in this Cityshould have a least one child
wtler 18 appointetl to Why could there not have been a eenager's boazd
separate Prtm outs, that could have given us their input, and we nwultl have been
glad to and Luke it nsideraT.ion o oP our ¢genda's. H
thfe City¢about Re and volunteer taxparyors donatfng their time to a
board th is being nmdeaa
rtnved our wetings to Thurs. night Par fhs c of tea G dssion,
City Attorney, and any other pecsrn the, red tonti~i¢ ll+mday night r'ee ings.
Where is everyone??? toe needed your support and input, as ty as an
aa~inory board, w•e wPma knwa the desires of the oitiu
Inngwoca has two great things going Por tbem, on of them Is potential and the
other is children, end vz are denying both. 'Ibese cheldren ar ur twmrrow and we
deserve just wnat we gec, e o
and rears wtaz..Y aenf¢d them tease. 'man cast go to
no rrmtter how ne as to yaye
z aunt 1988
City M1lanager
City Commissioners
City Parks Director
Commissl oners~
Effective this date, I am submitting my resignation Prom the City of
After s rvl ng o and for approximately three (3) y I h
ami ned the effectSVeness of the Boards r endat SOns~eand note dvth at
most 3dv15ories were Sgnored or simFly notea~ted upon.
1. Since Sanuary 1 1900, a ordinance c ange has been placed before
the c mmission changing the closing time of all of the oar ks from
8:3o pm to 9:00 pm All it took f'or this ordinance to be submitted
and taken into c sideration by t ssion w omp hints by o e (1)
and three (3) o^ foun (4) chlldranland a petition Prom o e (1)
neighborhood which w a Hoard, t All other parksnu
n the Clty baveon omplained,eat rleast not t my knpwled ge oat Eb1s
timei The Parks and Recreation B and c nsidered the complaint and advtsed
the c mmission to leave the t hey a with v s for doing
My impression is t thesesr endatlons a beingrl gnored. o (2)
of the present e mmissloners approvedo the c ord lnance as 3ssIas£W9ear.
The ordinance took about o e (1) year to developt refine, a 'approve.
2 firmly a opposed t changes u maJ ority o the Cityd's residents
request Stm o~ a portion oP the ordinance proven unena ore eable.
2. At the last c mmission meeti.ng~ the Parks and Recreation Director
presented a proFOSal, r ended by this Advls ory Board, to purchase
multi-PUnc.t l.ona 1. pi ec ec of equipment for placement at Sandalwood Park.
The budget w s there for the purchase, but the c mmission re,]ect ed i .
If you will e amine the list of parks equipment inventory, you rr111 t
discover that xonly three (3) items of play ground equipment have b ..:
purchas ea since 1982. The total c t $1,985.00. o (2) picnic tables
also purchased - t $SSO.000S All other playwground equipment
Snst al.led since 1582, w s donated by Companies who w upgrading their
equipment because the donated equlpme nt no longer metre
national safety standards. Evidently the City of Longwood does not need
The lack oP attention and a e given t the CSty Parks, and the lack
oC ac tlve programs and facilities Sn which to pursue r eat tonal
ctivit Ses is appalling. 3 c t forsee a y hope of i Lhe
future, hav ing experienced thenlack of interest by pastr~andvpresentn
mmisslons. Most of Longwood's Parks will n eat Florida nelghb orhood
park guidelines. We don t have a park meet Sng City Park guidelines by
Florida requirements, yet pall proposals to date for a icing the land
ory to cor_ect Longwo od's lack of Park's pos iti oo yore not acted
uponss
I also obt ect t appointing children to Adult City Hoards. If a City Board
has so little significance t ongoing business of the. City, it sfiould
be dissolved. By your a ,tyou s ved notice to the s ruing Hoard
Members, and the City Community, of the lack of imporT.ance Parks and
Rec eat ion has Sor all of you c ently s ruing o the City Commission.
Yourplaced a fifteen (15) Year old child Sn a situation which is not of her
making, but yours. No other Clty Board 15 currently being served Dy
children.
The young lady you appointed is very 't tellige nt, m e for her age, and
ery ar culate and personable. However, St Ss my opinion that Board
emb erstls ruing Longwood Clty Boartls, should be o£ at Seast v ing age.
Board r endations and aeclsio ns affect e ery taxpayer in this City,
both inetheir pockets and in thC1r ongo i.ng lives.
If Parks and R atlon eyulpme nt 1 being malnta'Sned o zed
ectly, St Ssrt he City Administrst ort and Ctty Comnil ssi tins tobltC
correct the situation.
I have 1 e improvements a ompllshed o e past three (3)
yoars and tithe e Dots trans pirSng since Sanuany 1988,tand e n Pind n
to continue donating my t n protects that go nowhere. aThe taxpayeras
o£ Longwood are being shortec hanged. We all deserve better.
2 had high hopes of a omplishments with both Sandy Lomax and Morita
Newkirk s ruing out the Hoard. They a e both very dynamic, knowledgeable
people with the s e desires as I haverfor improvement. Zt is not easy
to admit that we have wasted our time.
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