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Minutes 02/26/1992 R Parks & Recreation Advisory Board ( PARA13 ) Minutes February 26 , 1992 MINUTES COLLIER COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Veterans Community Park, Community Center Naples, Florida, 33942 Wednesday, February 26, 1992 PRESENT: Mr. Timothy Blackford Mr. William Clendenon Mr. Gil Mueller, Vice Chairman Ms. Cherryle Thomas, Chairman Ms. Geneva Till ABSENT: none ALSO PRESENT: Mr. Thomas 011iff, Public Services Division Administrator Mr. Murdo Smith, Acting Parks & Recreation Department Director Mr. Gary Franco, Parks Superintendent Ms. Ramona Daugs, Secretary II I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 2 : 05 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Approval of 01/22/92 Minutes. Motioned by Mr. William Clendenon, Seconded by Mr. Timothy Blackford, and passed unanimously. IV. REQUESTS FOR DISCUSSION - SPECIFIC UPDATE ITEMS: Ms. Geneva Till requested to discuss the subject of the entrance sign at Veterans Community Park located on Immokalee Road. Mr. Murdo Smith introduced Mr. Thomas W. 011iff, Public Services Administrator. Mr. Thomas 011iff gave the board a brief update on some of the issues that staff has been moving forward on: A. LEE/COLLIER COUNTY BONITA BEACH PARK PROJECT: Mr. 011iff discussed events leading up to the Board of County Commissioners vote on the joint park venture with Lee County. The BCC ' s decission was to not join the two parks and continue with two seperate parks. However, the BCC approved the improvements on the Collier County park. The BCC also will continue with the sewer line agreement for Lee County to use the Collier County sewer line for the Bath House facility on the Lee County park site. The restroom facilities will be available to anyone who ' s at the park. 1 B. REGISTRY RESORT PROPOSAL: Mr. 011iff brought PARAB members up to date on the Registry Resort proposal and the amendments to the County' s ordinance for alcohol on the beach, the concession agreement, and the escrow agreement with the Registry Resort. The amendments to the ordinance etc. will be presented to the BCC on 31-Mar-1992 . PARAB decided that no additional action from their Board was warranted. C. THE UTILITIES AT CLAM PASS PARK: Mr. 011iff informed the BCC on the status of utilities at Clam Pass Park. An interlocal agreement with the City of Naples must be approved as the City will be supplying the water to the Park. This item is scheduled to go to the City Council on March 4 . PARAB again decided that no additional action needs to be taken and their recommendaiton stands. D. 306 BUDGET: A part of our 306 budget this year was based on the sale of the Bluebill property. That didn't occur, because the market was soft, we didn't accept the bids that were received. Several Capital projects were stuck in limbo waiting to see now the County would replace that revenue source. The decision was made to roll over a loan for the Community Centers for an additional year, sell the Bluebill property when the market is stronger, and then pay off the loan from the proceeds of that sale. E. VETERANS COMMUNITY PARK NAME CHANGE AND SIGN: Last year the JC ' s worked with the County to rename the North Naples Community Park to Veterans Park. The park was dedicated on Veterans Day, last year. The JC' s made a commitment at that time to (1) construct a war memorial, and (2) change the sign at the park entrance V. NEW BUSINESS/PRESENTATIONS: A. WALK-THROUGH OF VETERANS COMMUNITY CENTER: Postponed until the end of the meeting. VI. REPORTS/UPDATES: A. BONITA BEACH PARK: Item previously addressed. B. TIGERTAIL VEGETATION: This issue can be removed from the agenda. The County has considered it cleared. Cool Concessions asked for a reduction in their monthly remittance to the County. The BCC approved that reduction on Tuesday, 25-Mar-92 . The Finance Department will be refunding COOL Concession over payment for the months 01-Aug-91 through 01-Feb-92 . 2 C. 951 BOAT RAMP PARKING: We' re still reviewing estimates for the Engineering and the total amount the project will cost in order to see if we wish to proceed. It is estimated that the Engineering fees alone would be in the neighborhood of $50, 000 just to add approximately 20 parking spaces. Then the cost to construct the parking spaces would be an additional $200, 000. Mr. Tom 011iff commented that he had a meeting this past week with the people who own the Goodland Marine property. They are interested in approaching the County with a proposal for a long-term lease for a boat ramp, or a public facility there. It is a great location. Mr. 011iff has asked them (the Maritime group) to put their proposal in writing for us, and expects something from them in about a week or so. D. POOLS: Mr. 011iff stated that we are going to be trying to get this project going soon as money in the 306 Fund has been made available. Golden Gate is scheduled for the first pool, and Immokalee is scheduled for the second pool . The Golden Gate Community pool will be a 25 meter pool, L shaped, and will cost approximately 1. 5 million dollars. We are looking at having the design completed and out for bid this fiscal year. Staff feels no construction will be started until fiscal year 1992/93 . E. VANDERBILT BEACH ACCESSES & PARKING: In regard to the landscaping of the Beach access turn-around, the item will be going to the BCC this Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 , for approval of the design plan and the authority to go ahead an proceed with that project. Mr. 011iff commented that the Ritz Carlton Hotel is now committed by letter to do on-going maintenance of the turnaround. Mr. Murdo Smith, Mr. 011iff, and Commissioner Volpe have met with Mr. Freni (Regional Vice President and General Manager) from the Ritz Carlton in regard to this subject. Also, the Homeowners Association of Vanderbilt Beach have committed by letter to do clean-up of the turnaround as well . The estimated cost for construction is $50, 000. Mr. 011iff Commented that the Homeowners Association is requesting a restroom facility at the access. The Parks and Recreation Department tried to permit a restroom in the past with no success. But, we' re committed to look at it once again. F. COMMUNITY CENTERS: All buildings now have their Certificates of Occupancy. We have also planned grand openings and dedications for all three buildings. The dedication schedule is as follows: Veterans Center is 05-Mar-92 , East Naples Center is 12-Mar-92 , and Immokalee Center is 26-Mar-92 . G. SOCCER FIELDS: The BCC has directed staff to construct soccer fields at the Vineyards Community Park site. Staff is in the process of working with Wilson Miller who are the designers, the Office of Capital Projects, and the Vineyards in trying to get a layout that is agreeable to everyone. Hopefully we will reach an agreement by 06-Mar-92 . Hopefully the or soccer fields will be built by the beginning of the soccer season which is September. Mr. 011iff commented that the Vineyards in the original 3 agreement had some constraints on where the fields could be constructed, because they didn't want the lights effecting some of the residential areas. H. CONKLIN POINT BOAT RAMP: Mr. 011iff gave PARAB an update of the status of Conklin Point Boat Ramp park. The engineers have submitted preliminary final drawings to the county for review. I. LISTING OF DONATED PROPERTY: PARAB agreed to remove this item from the Reports/Updates list. J. CLAM PASS PARK: Previously discussed. K. KIDS' DAY: Kids ' Day will be on March 20th and 21st this year, and it is going to be at Veterans Community Park. We've had this event four years and it has been very successful . This year we are working with the Kiwanis Clubs of Lee and Collier County to cosponsor this event. They are donating approximately $5, 000 towards the event. We would like to keep the kids rides at a minimum during the event on Saturday. It will be a little different this year, in that we're planning on having a teens night in the park on Friday night and having a dance on the basketball court. There will be a Battle of the Bands with the Middle schools and the High Schools. That will run from 6: 00 to 9 : 30 p.m. Then on Saturday, we will have the actual Kids' Day in the park which will run from 10: 00 a.m. until 3 : 00 p.m. L. BAREFOOT BEACH PRESERVE: Mr. Gil Mueller asked how the restroom facility construction was coming along. Mr. Smith commented that the contractor had some problems with the building' s pilings, they couldn't get a base that would hold. They had to go back and get some additional engineering on the pilings. They have also started working on the Handicap Boardwalk. In regard to the Management Plan, we have received a response back from the state for the leased land at the Preserve. Staff right now is working on making the corrections that the State has requested and hopefully we will have the corrections made and return the plan to the state relatively soon. M. IMMOKALEE PARK BATHROOMS: Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested an update on what' s happening with the handicapped access at the bathrooms. Mr. Gary Franco commented that we still have not added a handicapped access. However, with the renovation to the ampitheatre we will be adding the Handicapped access. Also, Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested an update about the picnic tables. Mr. Murdo Smith commented that they are out for bid. Gary Franco commented that there has been no award of a bid, it is held up in Purchasing. Award of the bid will not be made before April . Ms. Cherryle Thomas wanted the picnic tables in time for an event on 06-Apr-92 . Ms. Thomas requested that staff keep her posted. 4 N. MARCH PARAB MEETING: It was agreed to hold the next PARAB meeting in Immokalee at the new Community Center. O. COLLIER COUNTY RACQUET CLUB: Mr. Gil Mueller requested that Mr. 011iff update PARAB on this subject. There are three tennis courts that are in need of repair. An overwhelming response from a survey that was taken said that 70%+ of the people wanted clay courts as opposed to the hard courts. The older population generally wants a slower softer surface. Based on that, staff met with the County Manager, and he recommended since the people want clay courts, then we should provide them the clay courts. The bids came in over our budget. The low bid was approximately $71, 000 which was approximately $13 , 000 over budget. The proposal that we ' ll recommend to the BCC on Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 , is to go ahead and accept the bids subbmitted. The improvements consist of building two clay courts, repairing a single court with asphalt, and lighting of the two clay courts. If it' s approved, the construction contract will be awarded in a matter of weeks after that. P. BEACH FEES: Mr. William Clendenon asked staff if there has been an agreement between the City of Naples and Collier County on the beach fees. Mr. Murdo Smith commented that the BCC and the City of Naples came up with a three year agreement as far as paying a certain amount per year to the City for beach parking in the City. VII . NEW BUSINESS: A. 20 YEAR PROCLAMATION: This February is the twentieth year of our Department' s existence. Our Department will receive a proclamation from the Board of County Commissioners expressing March as Collier County Parks and Recreation month. Past Directors will be present to accept his proclamation. VIII . ADJOURNMENT: Mr. William Clendenon motioned to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Geneva Till seconded, the motion passed, and the meeting was adjourned at 3 : 30 p.m. MS : rtd: 004141 12-Mar-1992 Thu 09: 52 5 MINUTES (long version) COLLIER COUNTY PARRS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Veterans Community Park, Community Center Naples, Florida, 33999 Wednesday, February 26, 1992 PRESENT: Mr. Timothy Blackford Mr. William Clendenon Mr. Gil Mueller, Vice Chairman Ms. Cherryle Thomas, Chairman Ms. Geneva Till ABSENT: none ALSO PRESENT: Mr. Thomas 011iff, Public Services Division Administrator Mr. Murdo Smith, Acting Parks & Recreation Department Director Mr. Gary Franco, Parks Superintendent Ms. Ramona Daugs, Secretary II I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 2 : 05 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Approval of 01/22/92 Minutes. Motioned by Mr. William Clendenon, Seconded by Mr. Timothy Blackford, and passed unanimously. IV. REQUESTS FOR DISCUSSION - SPECIFIC UPDATE ITEMS: Ms. Geneva Till requested to discuss the subject of the entrance sign at Veterans Community Park located on Immokalee Road. Mr. Murdo Smith introduced Mr. Thomas W. 011iff, Public Services Administrator. Mr. Thomas 011iff gave the board a brief update on some of the issues that staff has been moving forward on: (1) Lee/Collier County Bonita Beach Park Project: Staff spent a lot of time working with the three groups that were involved (CABB, The Little Hickory/Bonita Shores Association, and the Homeowners Association of Barefoot Beach Subdivision) . Staff worked two weeks with each of those groups separately and together trying to work some sort of compromise out. The BCC finally heard the item Tuesday, 25-Feb-92 , and voted that there just wasn't a good compromise available. The BCC voted to have two separate parks. The general feel of the parks will essentially still be the same, there just won't be vehicular thruways between the two parks. We will continue to strive to have pedestrian walkaways to 1 join the two. The restroom facilities will still be available to anyone who's at the park. From a cosmetic standpoint, there won't be a lot of difference. The Lee County Commission (LCC) was pressuring Collier County to go ahead and make a decision because they wanted to begin construction. The decision that was made will probably force the LCC to do a little re-design on their own. They' ll have to put in a turnaround. There were too many outstanding issues in regard to our parking lot, and many restrictions on the deed that came with that property that was given to us. So, for better or for worse that decision was made. Staff can now go ahead and move that project along towards construction. Mr. Clendenon asked if the conflict was resolved in relocating the traffic signal, and a new entrance way. Mr. 011iff Coimmented: This was the proposal that staff was trying to work out. The whole proposal that was brought to the groups of a compromise, is that Collier County would create a new entrance to the Collier County Park at the time the road was four-laned. The Concern was that we couldn't put a different entrance there and guarantee it' s safety while the road was two-laned. During the interim period, the Barefoot Beach Homeowners Association did not want traffic entering and leaving the current entrance, and would not conceive that point. Generally, that was the issue. They would allow ingress, but they would not allow egress out of that same point. They hold the trump card, in that the easement said if we had a second entrance to that parking lot, then the land that we currently use as an entrance reverts back to the Homeowners Association. They could actually take it back. Mr. William Clendenon reminded Mr. 011iff that they did say they would deed that land to us for additional parking. That they had said that at both a previous PARAB Meeting and a BCC Meeting. Mr. 011iff: However, the BCC was not willing to have an ingress only into that park. They wanted to have ingress and egress and the Homeowners wouldn't conceive that, even for a short term. So the entrance to that will continue to be right where it is. The Transportation Department is now working on widening that intersection. There are some obligations by the developer to pay a fair share towards that lighting and turn lanes. We're also working with the Condominium project to the north called the Bonita Beach and Tennis Club. We're trying to work on a contribution from them as well, because they would like to have a lighted intersection. That will help the situation some. Mr. William Clendenon asked if there was some discussion about putting a traffic signal that would be directly opposite the park entrance and the tennis club. Mr. 011iff replied that there was, and he will provide to him a copy of the Executive summary that he provided to the BCC. The whole compromise included that, a second intersection. All of it hinged on that one issue. (2) Registry Resort Proposal : This item is scheduled to go before the BCC on Tuesday, March 24 , 1992 . The intention is to try and get it before the BCC before the season is over. This way staff won't be criticized for bringing it back up after the season is over, and not having enough public input on it. In order to take care of what the BCC directed at their last meeting, which was to approve the Registry' s proposal we've got to amend one Ordinance which specifically relates to the liquor issue, a concessionaire' s agreement that we have with the Registry Hotel, and an AUO 1983 Escrow agreement. We've got two of the 2 three revised, we 're working on the third, and should have all that advertised and then ready for the BCC on the 24th. There was disagreement among PARAB on whether it is liquor on the beach issue or not, and also what was agreed upon between the Registry Resort and PARAB. Mr. Tom 011iff informed PARAB that there is so much public opposition for that proposal now, that the Clam Pass Assoc. has been formed because of it. Their President is Mr. Rodkey Craighead. Mr. 011iff commented further that he did send a long letter to Mr. Craighead trying to explain what the proposal was and wasn't, trying to answer some of the many misconceptions that are in those letters to the Editor. Disagreements between the PARAB Members about the Proposal were presented. Ms. Geneva Till commented that if the issue were to come up again for a vote between the PARAB Members, she would reconsider her vote and vote NO. She feels that the comparison with the Golden Gate Community Center was unfair. There was some discussion by the PARAB Board as to whether or not to open this subject up again for discussion and to vote again. However, it was decided that their recommendation has already been made and further discussion wasn't warranted. So their previous motion will stand unchanged. Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested that Mr. 011iff please keep PARAB informed on this issue. (3) The Utilities at Clam Pass Park: Unfortunately, because of timing, this is surfacing at the same time. Although the two have very little to do with each other. The utilities (which include water, electricity, and telephone) have been contemplated for that park ever since that park was originally constructed. We are right now in the process of getting ready to let the contract for construction. But, in order to do that, we need an Interlocal Agreement with the City of Naples to tap into their water. The closest point of water is at Naples Cay which is at the northern end of the city water service district. So, by law we have to execute and agreement with them, for them to provide the service. This item is scheduled for the City Council to consider on Wednesday, 04-Mar-92, and is becoming one that is being tied in to the Registry' s proposal, which is unfortunate. Our opposition is now saying, "If we can stop the water, we can stop the project. " The original agreement calls for the Registry to contribute 50% of the cost which tiday is somewhere around $220, 000. So their actual contribution is about $110, 000 today. Their new proposal is, that they would pay for the entire cost of utilities if the BCC approves their proposal . So, it' s an additional $110, 000 plus or minus that the County would receive towards those utilities. The big thing that is confusing on this issue, is the size of the water-line. The line we're running is an 8" water line. Which is a large water line! They think it's being sized in order to accommodate the Registry' s 250 seat deck proposal. That is simply not the case. The 8" line was specified by North Naples Fire in order to meet fire flow and to provide water to sprinkler systems that are already there. Because of the importance of this issue, Neil Dorrill will make the presentation to the City Council at their meeting. The City Manager should understand it's strictly a utility issue. The only question the City County should base their decision on, is whether or not they have capacity in their water supply for us. The use that we anticipate for our park is little better than single family home. It really shouldn't 3 be a question of whether or not the City can or should approve the agreement, but we' ll have to wait and see. Mr. Gil Mueller commented that he feels the water line is a necessity, and doesn't think that it will be environmentally disruptive to any great extent. There was some discussion by the PARAB Board as to whether or not to open this subject up again for discussion and to vote again. However, it was decided that their recommendation has already been made and further discussion wasn't warranted. Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested that staff provide a copy of this discussion from the past minutes to Mr. Blackford since he was not on the PARAB Board at that time, and to bring him up to date on this subject. (4) Budget: A part of our budget this year was based on the sale of the Bluebill property. Because that didn't occur, because the market was soft, we didn't accept the bids that came in. The revenue didn't come in from the sale of that land. So there was several Capital projects that were stuck in limbo waiting to see what was going to replace that revenue source. That money was sort of on a line of credit loan. The decision was made to roll that over for an additional year, sell that Bluebill property when the market is stronger, and then pay off the loan from the proceeds of that sale. What that all boils down to and means is that there were some capital projects waiting for a decision to begin. The decision has been made, so now we can get started. Mr. 011iff will meet with Murdo this coming week to jump-start some of these capital projects. Hopefully we' ll start working on the Community pool, etc. B. VETERANS COMMUNITY PARK NAME CHANGE AND SIGN: Last year the JC' s worked with the County as part of renaming the park to Veterans Park. The park was dedicated on Veterans Day, last year. The JC's had made a commitment at that time to (1) put a war memorial in, and (2) change the sign up front also. We are waiting on funds from the JC' s to change the name on the sign. It has been brought up to put something temporary there so people will be able to find Veterans Park. Gary Franco commented that a temporary sign will be constructed within two weeks. When the road is four-laned the permanent sign will be installed to replace the temporary sign. V. NEW BUSINESS/PRESENTATIONS: A. WALK-THROUGH OF VETERANS COMMUNITY CENTER: Postponed until the end of the meeting. VI. REPORTS/UPDATES: A. BONITA BEACH PARK: Mr. 011iff explained the situation with the Bonita Beach Park already. 4 B. TIGERTAIL VEGETATION: This issue can be removed from the agenda. The vegetation is relatively cleared. The County has considered it as cleared because we can not do much more with it. Cool Concessions were looking for a reduction in their fee. The BCC approved that reduction on Tuesday. So the Finance Department will be refunding them the money for the months that they asked for the reduction which was through 01-Feb-92 . Murdo talked to the Concessionaires and they are full aware of it, and agree to it. It was based it on the percentage of the minimum that they would have to pay us. They requested a reduction to $650. The BCC approved that. So it will be retroactive until 01-Aug-91. Mr. Gil Mueller commented that he feels we' ll go a long way to find as hard working and enthusiastic concessionaires as at Tigertail Beach. Also, anything we can do to help them along, he feels we should. C. 951 BOAT RAMP PARKING: We're still reviewing the cost estimates of the Engineers and the total cost of what they feel the project will be in order to review it and see if we want to proceed. As said before, the permitting will be a major factor in this process because of the sensitivity of the land. It is estimated that the Engineering fees alone would be in the neighborhood of $50, 000 just to add approximately 20 parking spaces. Then the cost of those parking spaces would be an additional $200, 000. It's a lot of money per space. Murdo is working with Tom Donnegan in Capital Projects to see if we should proceed with it. Mr. Gil Mueller commented that in the future it will be a necessity, because the public is already parking along both sides of the road in the swales. It has been getting progressively worse every year. He also commented that he can't see where the engineering fees should be anywhere near that amount. Murdo commented that this project will probably take two years to complete. Mr. Gil Mueller commented that in two years it will be an absolute necessity. Mr. Tom 011iff commented that he had a meeting this past week with the people who own the property on Goodland. It is permitted and in fact is zoned for a marina. They are interested in approaching the County with a proposal for a long-term lease for a boat ramp, a public facility there. It is a great location. Mr. 011iff has asked them (the Maritime group) to put their proposal in writing for us, and expects something from them in about a week or so. D. POOLS: Mr. 011iff stated that we are going to be trying to get this project going soon because the money in the 306 Fund has been made available. Golden Gate is scheduled for the first pool, and Immokalee is scheduled for the second pool. The Golden Gate Community pool will be a 25 meter pool, L shaped, and will cost 1. 5 million dollars. We are talking about getting the design completed and out for bid this fiscal year. But, no construction will be started until fiscal year 1992/93 . 5 E. VANDERBILT BEACH ACCESSES & PARKING: In regard to the landscaping of the Beach turn-around, we have gotten a cost estimate from an Architect. That item will be going to the BCC this Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 , for approval of the design plan and the authority to go ahead an proceed with that project. Mr. 011iff commented that the Ritz Carlton Hotel is now committed by letter to do on-going maintenance of it once completed including plant replacement as needed, because to them, it reflects directly on their hotel. Mr. Murdo Smith, Mr. 011iff, and Commissioner Volpe has met with the Ritz on this subject. Also, the Homeowners Association of Vanderbilt Beach is also committed by letter to do clean-up on the project as well. It will be a very nice little addition up there. The estimate for completion of that project is $50, 000. We're going to be taking that out of Regional Park Impact fees. Mr. 011iff Commented that the Homeowners Association is requesting a restroom facility there somewhere, especially at the parking lot. We've tried that in the past with no results. But, we're committed to look at it once again. F. COMMUNITY CENTERS: All buildings now have their Certificates of Occupancy. We have also planned grand openings and dedications for all three buildings. The dedication schedule is as follows: Veterans Center is 05-Mar-92, East Naples Center is 12-Mar-92, and Immokalee Center is 26-Mar-92 . They are all Thursdays in March. All the insides are basically the same. The Architect may have switched things around a little bit to accommodate for the differing site plans. They are all about 7, 000 square feet. G. SOCCER FIELDS: The BCC has directed staff to contruct soccer fields at the Vineyards site. Staff is in the process of working with Wilson Miller who is the designers, the Office of Capital Projects, and the Vineyards in trying to get a layout that is agreeable to everyone. Hopefully we will reach an agreement by 06-Mar-92 . The next step then is to proceed with the design. Hopefully the soccer fields will be built by the beginning of the soccer season. Four regulation soccer fields and two smaller fields will be put in. Mr. 011iff commented that the Vineyards in the original agreement to that park had some constraints on where the fields would be, because they didn't want the lights effecting some of the residential areas. Staff has a deadline of 01-Sep-92 to have the fields open and ready to go. Ms. Cherryle Thomas commented that on Immokalee Drive, where the Middle School is, somebody tore up the fence so they can get to that soccer field. Also, the gate hasn't been open to that soccer field on the weekends. Mr. Gary Franco commented there is a lot of criminal mischief activity at that site, and to the best of his knowledge the gate is supposed to be open daily and will check into it further. H. CONKLIN POINT BOAT RAMP: Staff is working with Capital Projects on this. We've got approximately 58 parking spaces. Presently we 're in the process of getting our preliminary designs done. In fact we just had a meeting on Monday with Gee & Jensen who is the Architect. They gave us a 6 preliminary final design of how the ramp would look. Westinghouse of course has been very interested in that site. 'ir Mr. 011iff: Westinghouse' s concern is that they have to take the traffic to their development, which is directly adjacent to the County's boat ramp, through the park to get there. Like a lot of developers, they never have a real firm plan until they're ready to go. They've been changing plans ever since they bought the property and they're continually trying to work with us. They continue to try to pursue a purchase of a portion of our park property there, continually trying to get us to change the design a little bit. While they're still trying to make up their minds, staff will go ahead and get this project out to bid and get it built. We've never been real anxious to sell off a piece of waterfront County owned park property, which you don't get too often. I think if you're familiar with Bayview Park, it is tucked away in a very difficult area to find in East Naples. The use that park gets is tremendous primarily because it' s waterfront. It's the same kind of park that Conklin Point will be, with a boat ramp park, picnic tables, grills, etc. It just really gets used a lot. Mr. 011iff will try to push as hard as he can for us to maintain the whole piece of property that we have, go ahead design it, and get it finished. Murdo Smith commented that Westinghouse has also cleaned up the site for us. In an agreement with Westinghouse, the BCC agreed to go in there and do some clean-up work for us. We had the two buildings that were there burned down by the North Naples Fire Department and I Westinghouse. It just worked out real nice. While they were cleaning up their site, they cleaned up the debris from the fire for us. We saved about 10 to 15 thousand dollars by not demolishing those buildings and not having them removed that way. Westinghouse also donated, as part of that agreement, 137 thousand dollars towards the construction of that park, and we have that in an escrow account. The BCC has approved us using Boater Registration Fee funds to construct a portion of that park also. We have approximately 505 thousand dollars worth of Boater Registration fees that we can use to fund that park. The BCC has authorized the Parks Department to apply for that grant. The estimated original cost of 950 thousand dollars will be reduced considerably. The completion date is projected for December of 1992 . We have a neighbor to the south of us, right across the waterway that owns a piece of property that' s got some dock on it. They made and application to extend the size of their docks which would actually encroach out into the waterway and take up to about 50% of the waterway out there. So, we've got a letter on the Commission's Agenda this Tuesday in opposition to their permit application in Tallahassee, because it would be a negative impact in our ability to have a decent boat ramp park there. I. LISTING OF DONATED PROPERTY: PARAB agreed to remove this item from the Reports/Updates list. J. CLAM PASS PARK: Already discussed. 7 K. KIDS' DAY: Kids ' Day will be on March 20th and 21st this year, and is going to be at the Veterans Community Park. We've had this event four years and it has been very successful. This year we are working with the Kiwanis Clubs of Lee and Collier County to cosponsor this event. They are donating approximately $5, 000 towards the event. We would like to keep the kids rides at a minimum during the event on Saturday. It will be a little different this year, in that we're planning on having a teens night in the park on Friday night and having a dance on the basketball court. There will be a Battle of the Bands with the Middle schools and the High Schools. That will run from 6: 00 to 9 : 30 p.m. Then on Saturday, we will have the actual Kids ' Day in the park which will run from 10: 00 a.m. until 3 : 00 p.m. Ms. Cherryle Thomas commented that we didn't contact the Immokalee Chapter which now has a Kiwanis Club who has extra money for that. Also she asked how staff is targeting the underprivileged families that can't afford to pay or get here. Mr. Murdo Smith commented that usually in our programs, if they can not pay, we' ll let them go free. Also, if we know of anyone that would like to come to the event and can not afford it, we usually check with Social Services first, but we' ll be very helpful and work out something with them. We've done some things in Collier County like that in the past. L. BAREFOOT BEACH PRESERVE: Mr. Gil Mueller asked how the restroom facility was coming along. Mr. Smith commented that they had some problems with pilings that were being put in, they couldn't get a base that would hold. So, they had to go back and get some additional engineering on the pilings so that they would stay. They have also started some work on the Boardwalks on the beach also. Also, we are in the process of designing the third parking lot up there and some nature trails that will be on the east side of the road. The Office of Capital Projects, who handles those projects for us, is in the process of working with Coastal Engineering to get an estimate to provide that service. Also, on the Management Plan, we have received response back from the state for the leased land at the Preserve. Staff right now is working on making the corrections that the State had requested and will include some additional information. Hopefully we will get back to the state relatively soon with this. M. IMMOKALEE PARK BATHROOMS: Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested an update on what' s happening with the bathrooms handicapped access. Mr. Gary Franco commented that we still have not added a handicapped access to that bathroom. We' re looking at some moneys in Immokalee right now. But, have not forgotten about it. Also, the ampitheatre is also up for renovations. That may be going before the BCC on Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 . The Office of Capital Projects is also handling that. Also, Ms. Cherryle Thomas requested an update about the picnic tables. 8 Mr. Murdo Smith commented that they are out for bid. Gary Franco commented that there has been no award of a bid, it is held up in Purchasing, and that they wouldn't be made before April. Ms. Cherryle Thomas wanted the picnic tables in time for her event on 06-Apr-92 . Ms. Thomas requested that staff keep her posted. N. MARCH PARAB MEETING: It was agreed to hold the next PARAB meeting in Immokalee since we have not been out there in a long time. O. WESTINGHOUSE: Westinghouse has got one of the last large pieces of property left in the County. It' s called Manatee Group Company. It' s a portion that runs along the west of the Vineyards and all the way down to U.S. 41. It's a large tract that used to be tomato farms. They're bringing that project preliminarily to the development stages and they're ready to talk about Park properties. The Comprehensive plan and land development regulations require them to set aside some land for public parks. So staff will be meeting with them soon. P. COLLIER COUNTY RACQUET CLUB: Mr. Gil Mueller requested that Mr. 011iff update PARAB on this subject. There are two tennis courts that we want to redo. An overwhelming response from a survey that was taken said that 70%+ of the people down there wanted clay as opposed to the hard courts. The older population generally wants a slower softer surface. In Marco Island, the YMCA has clay courts which are a big success. They're right down the street, and are our competition. Based on that, staff met with Neil Dorrill, and he said that we budgeted for hard, but if that' s what the people want why would you go and build something that the people don't want. So, if that's what they want, we're in the business to provide a service, let's go to bid on clay. The bids naturally came in way over our budget. $71, 000 was the low bid which made us $13 , 000 off. The proposal that we've got to go to the BCC on Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 , is to go ahead and accept the bids the way they are. Because we basically budgeting wise drug our feet on some things, there is some additional moneys this year to be able to make up the difference. The difference in this case is some 20 thousand dollars to go ahead and resurface both of those courts with clay and light them. If it ' s approved, the construction contract will be awarded in a matter of weeks after that. Then, we should have those courts resurfaced. We have a staff of 2-1/2 plus some maintenance staff that will be able to maintain those courts. The material that we specified was specifically designed to try and minimize the maintenance, however. Q. BEACH FEES: Mr. William Clendenon asked staff if there has been an agreement between the City of Naples and Collier County on the beach fees. Mr. Murdo Smith commented that he believes that the BCC and the City of Naples came up with a three year agreement as far as paying a certain amount per year to the City for the beach parking in the City. Staff has not heard from Commissioner Volpe yet as to what the Commission wants PARAB to do as far as Beach & Water User Fees, if 9 anything. Mr. Smith will review that and hopefully have an answer at their next meeting. VII. NEW BUSINESS: A. 20 YEAR PROCLAMATION: This February is the Twentieth year of our Department' s existence. So, we did a little proclamation and sent it to the BCC, and it will be on their agenda on Tuesday, 03-Mar-92 . They will give us a proclamation stating that March will be Parks and Recreation month for Collier County. If you look at what we had when we started, we've come a long, long way. Dan Breeden was the first Director, and Rollie Rice was the second. Rollie Rice and Dan Breeden will be at the BCC Meeting on Tuesday to accept the Proclamation. VIII. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. William Clendenon motioned to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Geneva Till seconded, the motion passed, and the meeting was adjourned at 3 : 30 p.m. MS: rtd: 004141 05-Mar-1992 Thu 16: 27 10