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PARAB Minutes 11/14/2012 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 01 November 14,2012 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Naples, Florida,November 14,2012 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 2:00 P.M. at North Collier Regional Park, Administration.Building, Conference Room A, 15000 Livingston Road, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: John Ribes VICE CHAIR: Edward(Ski) Olesky Mary Bills Phil Brougham (Excused) David Saletko (Absent) Murdo Smith Vacancy ALSO PRESENT: Barry "Williams, Parks and Recreation.Director Tony Ruberto, Senior Project Manager, Facilities Management Jeanine MePherson-Hogle, Parks and Recreation Amanda Ebert, Administrative Assistant 1 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 02 November 14, 2012 I. Call to Order John Ribes,Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:00 PM. A quorum was established 11, Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and Invocation was held. �I. Approval of Agenda Mr. Olesky moved to approve the Agenda as presented. Second by Ms.Bills. Motion carried unanimously, 4-0. IV. Approval of October 17,2012 Minutes Mr. Olesky moved to approve the October 17, 2012 Minutes as presented. Second by Ms. Bills. Motion carried unanimously, 4-0. V. Staff Highlights a. Employee of the Month for September Barry Williams announced Jeanine McPherson-Hogle as the Employee of the Month for September 2012. She was recognized for going above and beyond her responsibilities. John Ribes presented the"Employee of the Month"award. b. Facilities Management- Capital Projects Report Tony Ruberto distributed and reviewed the Capital Projects Update dated October 23,2012. (See attached) Gordon River Greenway Park Bids had been received on 2-boardwalks in last week included the base bid plus alternates. The alternate bids varied on the add-ons. The basic bids came in at: > Manhattan Kraft-$8.976 mil. > Gates- $8.998 mil. > JL Wallace -$9,109 mil. > Core Construction-$9.265 mil > Brooks&Floyd-$9A83 mil > Wright Construction-$9.494 mil > Astaldy- $9.872 mil Partners on the project are Conservation Collier,Naples Zoo, South Florida Water Management and PAR.. • Opinion of Probable Cause is based on funds allocated. • US Corp South Florida may honor price for 5 years. ■ Executive Summary will be submitted to BCC on December 11, 2012. • NTP approximately January 7-14. • Parking lot will be completed in two phases. • Project estimated to be complete by December 2013. 2 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 03 November 14,2012 A suggestion was made for Staff to approach the TDC to get funding for alternates in order to complete project at the same time. The zoo is a tourist attraction. Discussion was made on Staff concerns on maintaining the Gordon River Greenway Park to level of expectation with reductions made in the budget and Staff Conservation Collier will assist in maintenance and the Naples Zoo will maintain a portion of the parking lot. Immokalee South Park > Bids are due in November 16, 2012 on the 4,000 sq. ft. Community Center. ➢ The Community Center has 2 Grants. ➢ Received 2 bids with an additional 10%for administration. Project will still be within the budget. Max Hasse Expansion > 2-Additions have been completed. > Multi Purpose and Fitness rooms will be ready to use starting the November 16th weekend. Eagle Lakes Community Center > Notice to Proceed was given on October 5,2012. > Stakeholders group will hold initial design meeting. • It was estimated it would take 6 Months have 30%design documents out to bid. Port of the Islands > Dry storage area has been completed. A BCC approved repair of ramp on October 9,2012. > The low bidder was unable to provide a performance bond. > Project was stopped and will go out to bid in spring of 2013. VI. New Business a. Friends of Barefoot Beach Margaret Winn.,the past president of The Friends of Barefoot Beach Preserve expressed concern the ramp installed between the showers and the concession stand was steeper than other ramps and too steep for a wheel chair. Tony Roberto noted it was built to the 1 on 12 ADA Code and had a railing. He will review the drawings and verify the ramp was built as specified. Mr. Olesky left at 2:42 pm. Barry Williams stated Staff would inspect the ramp and if necessary,funds are available to cover this issue. Tony Ruberto suggested another solution could be to install another ramp on the south side of the building. 3 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 04 • November 14,2012 Mr. Olesky returned at 2:47 pm. Margaret Winn read the following aloud: I believe it would be beneficial if you would all obtain the opinions and observations of the Friends organizations at all of your parks and consider them when making decisions and recommendations affecting those facilities. We spend hundreds of hours a week at your parks and we interface with thousands of visitor users. Ifind it interesting;we have never been contacted regarding concerns, amenities or programs at barefoot by the PARAB. She stated no one from the Board has contacted them when they do the Adopt a Park monthly report. Barbara Schimbke,the new President of the Friends of Barefoot Beach Preserve made a brief self introduction. John Ribes identified himself as the Board Representative that will be doing a January report on Barefoot Beach. He will be contacting Barbara Schimbke and Margaret Winn to do walk through. b. East Naples Skate Park Presentation Ben Johnson,president of the Ramp Doctors and Jeanine McPherson-Bogle gave a presentation on updating the East Naples Velocity Skate Park. tie gave a brief self introduction with background history and provided a resume. (See attached) They reviewed the following: o The history of skate parks in Collier County o The future of skate parks in Collier County and abroad o The East Naples Velocity Skate Park situation - Every 5-8 years skate parks require major repairs. - The decline usage of East Naples Velocity Skate Park. Mandatory use of skating helmets and skaters going to other parks. Most skate parks are helmet optional. - A community meeting was held to gather input from skaters on what they like. Skaters ranged from 6-60 years old. o Comparison of skate park designs - Option I. is to invest the money to do major repairs"as is"without changing elements it would cost approximately$60,000-$70,000. - Option 2 is to keep the concrete slab and build a new skate park, change design to include street elements with a.wood and steel combination it would cost approximately$125,000 or in concrete, $200,000. o Proposed Timeline Schedule Jeanine McPherson-Hogle reported the East Naples Velocity Skate Park is in the planning stage. A community meeting was held to provide input from skaters. A consensus was formed to go with a street element designed park. 4 • 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 05 • November 14, 2012 PAR and the Citizen Group recommendation were to go with a newly designed park. Mr. Smith expressed concern in doing repairs to the park if skaters were no longer interested in the current design. Ms.Bills inquired to what legal was saying about mitigation on optional helmets. Staff reported most State Parks are helmet optional. Naples skate parks are helmet optional with the exception.of East Naples Velocity Skate Park. Risk Management has signed off the helmet optional. Mr.Smith suggested reusing pipe and wood from the current skate park,where possible,to build the new design and still keep the flow in order to defray costs. Mr. Ribes supports bringing people back to the park and is in favor of using wood over concrete. Barry Williams asked PARA.B to move forward on a recommendation. He reiterated the need to do something. Mr. Smith moved to go with the recommend improvements the community recommended in the$120,000 range. Second by Ms.Bills. Mr. Smith modified the motion to direct Parks and Recreation Department pursue a design with wood and steel consistent with what was presented in the $120,000 range. Second by Ms. Bills. Discussion was ensued on renovation of half the park,a design to bring skaters back and combine concrete and wood. It was noted a"no helmet policy"would give the park a higher boost. Staff stated the City of Naples has older skaters sign a liability waiver. Motion carried unanimously,4-0. VII. Directors highlights Barry Williams reported: • Snowfest is scheduled to be held on December . • "Christmas around the World"will be held on December 8th. • ATV Advisory Committee inspected a site off of Oil Well Road. In January they will be inspecting Devils Garden located in Henry County as another possibility. • He traveled to the National Recreation and Park Association(NRPA)in Anaheim, California with over 7,000 participants. " PAR Department end of year cost recovery was met with budget expectations. VIII. Informational Items—PARAB Read only IL. Public Comments/Board Comments Mr. Smith asked if the issue with the Department of Agriculture had been resolved. 5 11/27/2012 18:00 18774686770 PROCESSOR PAGE 06 November 14, 2012 Staff responded the State is reviewing. Department of Agriculture has yet to identify a court date. There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chairman at 3:50 PM. COLLIER COUNTY PARKS &RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD N Johm WI I es,PA" • : Chairman These Minutes were approved by the Committee/Board on l t 1z.. ,as presented 4 OR as amended: