04-11-2002 RECREATION /CULTURAL SERVICES BOARD
APRIL 11, 2002, 7:00 PM
EDGEWATER CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
MINUTES
ROLL CALL /CALL TO ORDER
The Chairman, Tom Tipton, called the meeting to order. Members present were: Mike
Visconti, Diane Trout, Joe Fishback and Tom Tipton. Also present was Adelaide Carter,
liaison from the Economic Development Board, and Jack Corder, Director of Parks and
Recreation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mrs. Trout moved to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2002 meeting and Mr.
Visconti seconded the motion. Motion CARRIED 4 -0.
OLD BUSINESS
Project Update
Mr. Corder stated the 442 project is underway, and we don't have a lot of involvement
right now, but we will have when the plans are begun for the beautification, sometime in
the coming months. The actual planting will be the last thing done, but plans will be
started much sooner. He said the time frame for the project is about 560 days. Mr.
Fishback asked if there would be sidewalks put in, and Mr. Corder replied, yes, on both
sides. He stated there would be 5 lanes of road, a small bike lane, curbing and sidewalks
No grass between the sidewalks and the curbs, the sidewalks will be dead against the
curbs. The only thing we will have to work with is the backside of the sidewalks. There
will be a couple of medians to work with however.
Mr. Visconti asked about the palm trees that had to be removed and asked why they
couldn't have been planted between the huge electrical poles, and Mr. Corder stated it
was because of an FPL easement through there. He said some of the trees were slated to
be replanted at the Fire Station on Hibiscus, but not many were able to be saved, due to
the fact that most of the roots of the palms had grown into all the lines of Bellsouth and
therefore had to bulldozed down.
Mr. Corder stated we are now getting bids for the excavation of the ballfields at Hawks
Park. He said hopefully that will get started sometime in May.
Mr. Corder said he has the sod down on two of the medians and plants should be in next
week. And about two weeks after that, we will go up to the Park Avenue median and get
started on that one.
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He noted the Department has now moved into the new offices at 1108 S. Ridgewood, and
it is really nice. There is some landscaping to do outside now, but it is pretty much
completed. He invited everyone to stop in and take a look.
Mr. Corder stated the Echo Grant that had been applied for, did not receive funding,
though it is not totally finalized. Preliminary awarding did not go to any of the 9 cities
who applied. Money was given to the top 7 rankings, and we were in the 9 ranking
position, and also the highest ranking city. He stated the funds were given to two County
projects and all the rest were non - profit organizations. County Council will now receive
the preliminary recommendations by the ECHO Board, and they have the option to
change it, but it is not known if they will. He stated we will apply again next year, if the
rankings stand as they are now.
Mr. Corder said the Little League season is in full gear with 33 teams, playing in two
locations. When the new fields are done, then one of these locations will be converted to
playing fields for soccer.
Re- Appoint Tom Tipton/Term Expired
It was brought to the Board's attention of the expiration of Mr. Tipton's term on the
Board. Mr. Tipton expressed his desire to be reappointed and the Secretary stated she
would forward the necessary paperwork to Council for their decision.
NEW BUSINESS
Beautification Award Nomination
The Board discussed putting off the next selection of the resident award nomination until
June. The Secretary explained that due to the timing of the Newsletter, we have not
received any nominations from the public for the next award. The next newsletter going
out will give the public 4 -6 weeks to nominate before the Board makes another choice.
The Board agreed to wait until June for the next beautification award.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr. Visconti asked if it were possible to put the fountain which had to be removed from
Indian River Blvd. in front of the new Recreation Office. It had been previously decided
by the Board to relocate the fountain to Menard Park. Mr. Corder stated he still had a
sign to put in front of the building and had 20 or more trees removed from the property to
make the house more visible from the road, and he did not want to distract from that. Mr.
Corder did suggest however, that an appropriate place for the fountain might be in the
area where the arboretum will be placed. The Board agreed that near the arboretum and
the trails would be a nice location, where people could walk, sit on the benches and enjoy
the fountain.
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Mr. Fishback stated he had spoken with Mr. Corder the past week about the possibility of
having some cultural classes, ballet, art, drama, etc.. The problem thus far has been
facilities to hold these classes in and the YMCA was mentioned as a possible location.
Mr. Corder stated shortly after he'd spoken with Mr. Fishback, Mr. Parker from the
YMCA stopped in and they discussed it further. He said Mr. Parker is looking for some
classes to hold during the daytime hours and has one good size room that could
accommodate them. Mr. Fishback said any sort of classes like dance or art, that would be
a good cultural start for the area.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mr. Visconti moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr.
Fishback.
Minutes submitted by
Barb Kowall
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