08-03-1988
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CITY OF EDGEWATER
PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
August 3, 1988 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL
The August meeting of the Parks and Recreation Board was called to
order by the Chairman, Harry Montgomery, at 7:20 P.M. in the
Edgewater City Hall.
Members present were: Harry Montgomery, Jeff Ridgdill, Sue Pezanowski
and Lawrence Lanchoney. Also present was David Garrett, Recreation
Birector/Buildings & Grounds Maintenance Superintendent and Jack Corder,
Assistant Recreation Director/Buildings & Grounds Maintenance Super-
intendent. Board member Kirk Jones was absent.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Ridgdill moved to approve the minutes of the June 1, 1988 meeting
and Mrs. Pezanowski seconded the motion. Motion CARRIED 4-0.
OLD BUSINESS
Skateboard Arena
The Board discussed the subject of skateboard parks and reviewed the
newspaper article concerning Carol Ward, who seems to have put her
plans for a skateboard park in Edgewater on hold, due to the fact
that South Daytona is now going to have a skateboard arena in their
city. The biggest problem Mrs. Ward faced was the liability insurance
which turned out to be much higher than she had anticipated. Research
from the Parks and Recreation Department on area parks revealed that
the operating parks i~ business are not carrying liability insurance,
but signing waivers. ~rs. Ward had mentioned before that Virginia
Beach, Virginia had a municipally owned arena and the Recreation Dept.
sent a letter to them, asking for information and are still awaiting
a reply. In light of these new developments; South Daytona getting a
park, problems with liability, and difficulty in getting concrete in-
formation from other parks, the Board decided this kind of a project
was doubtful at this time, however, we would await some kind of reply
from Virginia Beach. Mr. Lanchoney moved to table this subject until
further information can be obtained from Virginia Beach. Mr. Ridgdill
seconded the motion and it CARRIED 4-0. Mr. Ridgdill wanted to go on
record stating it was a shame that liability insurance has gotten where
it is today and cities are not in a good position to help with projects
such as these. .
Outline for Remaining Acreage at Whistle Stop Park
The Board had a lengthy discussion on plans for the rest of Whistle
Stop Park and the location of much needed ballfields for the next
baseball season. It was mentioned by Mr. Garrett that he had received
information that the School Board was now considering selling the re-
maining 25 acres of the School Board property where our present ball-
fields are now located. If this were indeed the case, all the Board
agreed that the 25 acres would be the ideal spot for future ballfields,
as our complex would then all be in one location. The original intent
for the remaining acres at Whistle Stop was for a possible gymnasium,
playfield, and open space natural area, however, if it were necessary
to put three new ballfields there, it would be possible to fit them in
with a possible youth/senior citizen center there also. The ideal
situation would be to locate all the ball fields at the elementary school
and the Board decided we should definitely check out this possibility
before completely deciding on Whistle Stop. Mr. Montgomery asked how
much time we had left before we absolutely had to start on new fields
and Mr. Corder replied that something should be started no later than
October 1, in order to be ready for the next season. Mr. Lanchoney
moved to establish October 1, 1988, as a deadline to determine the
viability of purchasing the 25 acres from the Vo1usia County School
Board. Mr. Ridgdil1 seconded the motion and it CARRIED 4-0.
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NEW BUSINESS
Update on Parks
Mr. Garrett began the update with Rotary Park. He stated that
Tallahassee would be forwarding a letter soon about the ways we're
to handle the $50,000. donation the city received from the state to
help with the development of Rotary Park. He said the Rotary is
still getting plans together and some clearing was done on the day
the ground breaking ceremony was held.
Mr. Garrett stated that the. final approval for Veterans Park was
going before the Governor and Cabinet's agenda, hopefully on the 23rd
of August, and with their approval we can get the final permits for
the development of the fishing pier and restrooms planned for that park.
He continued with the swimming area at Menard Park. He stated he had
met with the County people that morning and they had done one week's
testing already, but the results were inconclusive due to a lab error
and they would test for a few more weeks before giving their final
recommendations.
Mr. Garrett proceeded to Whistle Stop Park, stating not much had been
done there due to the impact fee money being frozen, except for the
grading we had done to put in a remote control car track.
Mr. Garrett ended his update with the soccer camp eoing on at the ball-
fields. Soccer season signups will be at the beginning of September
when school starts and the season will run through the middle of December.
Impact Fee Monthly Report
The Board reviewed the three previous months' impact fee reports and.
had no questions on these reports. Mrs. Pezanowski asked how the
court case was going on the impact fees and Mr. Garrett replied that
the issue should be settled soon, and so far it looks favorable for
the City.
Parks and Recreation Monthly Report
There were two monthly reports this meeting and Mr. Garrett commented
only on a few of the items, those being: ordering a new maintenance
van, work on permits for Veterans Park and Menard, the remote control
car track at Whistle Stop, and the extensive mowing which has to be
done this time of year. He mentioned there had been a few problems
with the tennis clinic offered this summer; signups were low, fees
rather high, and lots of area kids were away on summer vacations.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the Board, Mrs. Pezanowski moved
to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Ridgdill. The meeting adjourned at 8:35
P.M.
Minutes submitted by
Barb Kowall
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