01-12-1995
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CITY OF EDGEWATER
PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
JANUARY 12, 1995 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL/CALL TO ORDER
The January 12, 1995 meeting of the Parks
Board was called to order by the Chairman,
7:08 P.M. in the Edgewater City Hall.
and Recreation
Tom Tipton, at
Members present were, Tom Tipton, Shirley Pittman and Hal
Jones. Members absent were Paul Alvord and Larry Ruggles.
Also present was Jack Corder, Director of Parks and
Recreation.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Before approval of the minutes, Mr. Jones asked that his
name be corrected to Hal instead of Roy. Mrs. Pittman moved
to approve the minutes with this correction, seconded by Mr.
Jones. Motion CARRIED 3-0.
OLD BUSINESS
26 Acres/Tour of Homes
Mr. Corder stated at the last Council Meeting he received
the go ahead to proceed with the fund-raiser. Discussion at
the Council meeting involved a high visibility lot for the
home and Mr. Corder stated he received permission to proceed
wi th the purchase of a lot on Indian River Boulevard. He
said he also received permission for seed money to proceed
with bids for construction and if Council approves the lot
to be chosen at the last meeting in January, he hopes to be
out for bids in early February.
Mrs. Pittman noted the newspaper stated the marketing would
be done in-house and Mr. Corder said yes, due to the problem
he had getting responses on the bids to marketing firms for
which no firm responded. He stated if it became necessary
to bring in a consultant, part time, to help with the
marketing, we would. He said since Council's approval, his
staff has contacted magazines for advertising, and also
stumbled across the marketing firm who handled the project
in Stuart, and they were helpful with tips on how to
proceed. He also noted the original price for the tickets
was to be $20.00, but on the City Manager's recommendation
and the recommendation from this marketing firm, it may be
reduced to $10.00 per ticket. The Board discussed this and
agreed that $10.00 per ticket would make it much easier for
all people to be able to purchase a ticket.
Mr. Corder stated we would be going slowly with the first
house and possibly the first drawing would be at Christmas
time, and perhaps the home could be called "Christmas
Housen. Thanksgiving was also brought up as a good time to
draw the ticket and the winners could be in their new home
by Christmas.
Mr. Corder stated that staff had also contacted the Miami
Herald newspaper about advertising there and were told that
other newspapers, including Canada, copy some of the
advertisements to use in their own areas. He stated that
this national advertising would be putting a high profile on
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the City of Edgewater. Mr. Corder also added that Council
decided that everyone would be eligible to buy a ticket.
Mr. Tipton asked when anything would be started at the 26
acre site and Mr. Corder said he already had some local
contractors who were willing to clear the land for the price
of their fuel only and he hoped to get the land at least
scrubbed for clearing this year. He stated he still needs a
topo done for final design for St. John's permitting. He
said when the bids were back, he would bring them to the
Board for review and recommendations before going to Council
for their final decision.
NEW BUSINESS
Joint Meeting With Beautification Committee
Mr. Corder stated this was put on the agenda after receiving
a memo from the Beautification Committee about the upcoming
Arbor Day celebration and their desire to have a name the
park contest. Mr. Corder explained that he informed their
Committee that naming parks really fell into the
responsibilities of the Parks and Recreation Board and they
should be consulted before a final decision was made. He
said the park they wished to name was the little one on the
corner of Lake and Alice streets, which has always been
known as Lake & Alice Park. Mr. Tipton asked who was going
to be running this contest and doing the paperwork that
would be necessary, the Beautification Committee or the Park
Board. Mr. Corder stated he wasn't sure what their plans
were exactly. Mr. Jones suggested maybe they could put the
contest out to the schools and let the children be
responsible for picking a name if this was the decision of
the Park Board to have this park re-named. Mrs. Pittman
asked when Arbor Day was and was told it was April. Mr.
Corder added that a minor problem with planting a tree at
this park was a lack of water supply and he does not really
have the man power available to haul the necessary water it
will take for a few months time to get the tree established.
He noted they have attempted to plant trees there before and
they never made it. He stated he notified the
Beautification Committee of this problem and has not
recei ved their response as of yet. Mr. Tipton asked the
Board's feelings about this naming of the park and the
planting of the tree and after further discussion determined
they would really prefer to leave the name of the park the
way it is because everyone already knows the park by its
present name of Lake & Alice Park. They also decided it
would be OK for them to have the Arbor Day celebration at
this park if they can coordinate everything through Mr.
Corder's office and take care of the necessary water needed
for the tree, and Mr. Jones so moved that their committee be
sent a memo stating this, seconded by Mrs. Pittman. Motion
CARRIED 3-0. The Board further stated if their Committee
still wished to have a joint meeting concerning this, they
were welcome to attend the next Park Board meeting on March
9th.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mr. Corder asked the Board's feelings and recommendation on
the article in the paper concerning the YMCA at DBCC and
after discussion the Board agreed they would prefer to see
Edgewater tax dollars go for Edgewater projects and
especially they were most interested in our own present
project at the 26 acre site and they didn't feel Edgewater
should get involved in a huge project such as the YMCA that
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we wouldn't have any control over, and Mrs Pittman so moved,
seconded by Mr. Tipton. Motion CARRIED 3-0.
The Board also discussed other minor miscellaneous items
such as the widening of U. s. 1, damage to the parks from
Tropical storm Gordon, and this year's upcoming baseball
season.
ADJOURNMENT
Their being no further
adjourn, seconded by Mr.
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business, Mrs. Pittman moved to
Jones. The meeting ended at 8: 45
Minutes submitted by
Barb Kowall
Parks and Recreation Board
Minutes/January 12, 1995