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Minutes 11/17/1993 R Parks & Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB ) Minutes November 17, i993 MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY PARK Naples, Florida November 17, 1993 PRESENT: Mr. Timothy Blackford, Chairman Ms. Geneva Till, Vice Chairman Mr. Vin DePasquale ABSENT: Mr. Joseph Zaks Ms. Darlene Koontz ALSO PRESENT: Ms. Margaret Bowles, Planner II, Long Range Planning/ Growth Management Department Mr. Max A. Hasse, Jr. Mr. Steve Brinkman, Parks & Recreation Director Mr. Murdo Smith, Parks and Recreation Operations Manager Ms. Barbara Johnson, Secretary I. Call to Order - 2:10 pm II. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag III. Minutes of October 27, 1993 meeting approved. Motion by Ms. Till and seconded by Mr. DePasquale. IV. Requests for Discussion - None V. NEW BUSINESS/PRESENTATIONS None VI. REPORTS/UPDATES A. Growth Management - Margaret Bowles, Planner II from the Growth Management section of the Long Range Planning Department, gave a brief history of the Parks and Recreation segment of the Growth Management Plan. The original Plan was adopted by the State in 1985 and requires that the County monitor the Plan and guarantee adequate public facilities to support all new growth. If this is not done due to lack of revenue etc. , in any segment of the Plan, the State can temporarily stop new building until a solution is found. This refers to the entire plan, not just one segment. The local government has latitude regarding the standards, but once adopted by the State an annual analysis and inventory are required. We are required to put into the Capital Plan every year the projects that must be initiated to maintain the Level of Standards. The -1- State requires there must be a revenue source for these projects. A project can be put into the Capital Plan with the revenue source; one can decide not to put the project in the Capital Plan and direct staff to amend the Plan to lower the Level of Service; or declare a temporary moratorium. Our source of funding these capital projects is impact fees. The Level of Service Standard for Recreation facilities was determined as follows: The original population projected in five years divided by the value per unit of basic facilities equals the value per capita. The existing figure is one the original committee adopted as minimum standard. Parks and Recreation, and approved by the BCC for transmittal to DCA, is proposing to change this value per capita from $122 to $168, and to include a Construction Cost Index adjustment factor for determining the current value of capital facilities. The value figures have been adjusted to reflect more accurately the current construction costs. This revalued basic inventory divided by the census figure changed the minimum standard of $122 per capita to $168 per capita. If old figures were used, the dollar inventory figure' would have been greatly reduced and would not justify the impact fee. Parks and Recreation has a total of 22 Goals and Objective Policies which must be met or be amended. Amending would require completing the formal amendment process - approval by the DCA, etc. Some of these goals are critical and a determination should be made if you wish to do them or is there something you do not deem necessary. If a goal is deemed not necessary it is important to move to the amendment process. Some of these goals have definite dates. The State makes it possible for citizens to challenge the local government if these dates are not met. Referring to handout: Page RO-II-1 — Background information RO-11-12 = Material used to establish standards 52 — New standards, column 3 includes existing facilities 55 — Land done separately 57 — Current inventory (private and other governmental column should be revised) Beaches are included in the Regional Park inventory. Facilities maintained by Parks and Recreation on property owned by School Board or other entities are also included in the inventory. i.e. athletic fields, etc. The Plan should be completely re-evaluated before next April for inventory and the five year plan. The process is - plan for the next five years, update it getting guidelines from BCC, prepare new CI Plan which is approved by BCC, and then send to Tallahassee for approval. The process then starts all over again. Currently if the Plan is not in compliance with the State, the local government cannot operate under a planned amendment until DCA issues a final order. Previously one could adopt an amendment, send it for approval and begin to operate immediately. The public facilities have to be in place or under contract at the time new development impact occurs. -2- Page 32 shows the projects that are going to be built. Mr. Brinkman stated the next challenge is to review the Plan before April. A number of things are not listed in the existing Plan; hence the money is not coming from impact fees. The Department is going to try to simplify some things - lump all community park facilities into community park, and not list each facility individually. The Department would also like to consider some sort of sports complex facility in the next five years. With the amount of impact fees now being collected, there would be no money available. A Standard needs to be set that would assure that money would be available to pay for it. Traditionally a facility is built on the real population base but we cannot wait until 150,000 new people come in - it would take 15 years for enough impact fees to be accumulated. Probably 50 acres of regional park land would amount to $8,000,000. If there were 50,000 new people in 5 years, it would take $304 per dwelling unit above and beyond what is currently being collected to meet this goal. If the project were built now it would be cheaper dollar wise, and would probably be done in phases - land, facilities, etc. Mrs. Bowles thanked PARAB for having hex and offered to come back again before April. New community parks will be built to new, higher standards, then the existing community parks could be brought up to this standard. It is necessary to make sure the existing facilities are meeting the needs of people. Here at GGCP and Veterans there is room to expand two additional tennis courts which are needed, . but there is no money budgeted in our project sheets to upgrade existing parks. If standards are established for new community parks and the existing parks do not meet this standard then impact fees would be collected to upgrade these parks. If community parks and centers were combined, it would eliminate a number of types of facilities; then a typical community park could be established which would become a standard for all community parks. Ballfields, courts, playgrounds, etc. would all be included in the community park. Impact fees cannot be used for operation or renovating existing fields. PENDING EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES: 1. Golden Gate Community Center Expansion - It will cost 1.5 million dollars to expand the existing community center. Money is to be reallocated from existing projects. We can now use impact fee money with certain stipulations. The expansion will add 15,000 square feet to the building with additional parking located on the west side of the existing building. 2. RFP 93-2117 - Tigertail Beach and Water Recreation Concession - Two bids were received with Recreation Facilities of America, the current concessionaire, being selected as number one. 3. Extension of Beach Concession at Caxambas - No responses were received for this RFP. Until this item has been rebid, the Department is seeking -3- ti approval of the extension of the current concession agreement with Marco River Marina, Inc. at Caxambas . Marco River Marina had some concerns regarding the expense of improving the fuel system and wishes the County to commit to building a structure to replace the two existing trailers. The building would probably be similar to the one at Cocohatchee. Motion by Mrs Till: Move approval of the three Executive Summaries. Seconded by Mr. DePasquale. When the Impact Fees were increased two years ago the Marco Community Park Impact Fees were not collected as it was felt this area did not need additional development. We are now getting some interest in having additional facilities, i.e. expanding the existing tennis center where there is room to add some additional courts, enclosing the basketball courts at FMCP, additional playgrounds. This indicates there may be some interest in seeing impact fees established in this area. B. Immokalee Recreation Center - The existing gym is to be remodeled, there are plans for a 25 meter by 25 yard pool wi,th a slide and additional parking. The architect is still working on the building plans. A public hearing for Conditional Use will be required in the SDP review. The equipment building will be same as at GGCP Aquatic Facility. The total project will cost 2.2 million dollars. The original figure was 2.7 million, but the activity pool and slide were bid as alternates. Wilson, Miller, Barton & Peek are the engineering firm and Barney Schmitt Weaver the architectural firm. The pool itself will be going . out for bid, probably in January. The Department will negotiate with the School Board for the use of their parking lot to meet the required number of spaces. This project should be completed some time next year. The BCC will decide on the schedule for the pool and to what extent the operation and maintenance will be funded - i.e. yearly, 6 months, 3 months, etc. Ms. Till spoke about the School Boards zero tolerance for drugs and would like to see the program instituted in our parks and facilities. C. Golden Gate Estates Park - Real Property has purchased the necessary property for this project and Agnoli Barber & Brundage has signed the contract for design. Hopefully this Agreement will be going before BCC for approval of design of the facility and public meetings will be held after that. D. Boat Ramps - Five areas have been investigated for fresh water boat landings. 1. There are two existing landings on Golden Gate Parkway which belong to South Florida Water Management Board. 2. 20 acres on 951, Front Road and 39th Street S.W. . There is currently no ramp in this area. 3. 7th Street S.W. - The Utilities Division owns approximately 7 acres of land at this location which we would not have to purchase. A public meeting was held with residents deciding they did not want a landing located in this area. -4- 4. 5th Street S.W. - 650 acres owned by APAC where rock mining is being conducted. Real Property is contacting APAC to see if they would be willing to donate, lease, or sell 3 to 5 acres of this site for boat ramps and parking. 5. The "T" by the Port of Isles - there is a canal going south, east and west. The County owns two five acre tracts here; however, the State is going to be purchasing all this land to turn it back to wet lands. If this occurs there would be no guaranteed access to the canal. We may have to do something politically to try and press this issue. There would possibly be two paved ramps with a parking lot area, not necessarily paved, and no restroom facility. It would be similar to the ramp on 951. The Office of Capital Projects Management has discovered that the canals are actually drainage easements and the County may have liability in the canal. The purchase price for the long on the Golden Gate Parkway would be approximately $400,000. D. Vineyards Community Public Park - The final plan of the park was shown. The bids are going out next Tuesday, pre-bid on December 2 and the opening at 2:30 on December 15. Next PARAB meeting is 12/15 and we would like to bring this bid to you at some point. OCPM wants to have work started in January so we may need a special meeting after the 15th. Plans for Vanderbilt Bath House were also shown. E. Pelican Bay Public Community Park - The playground equipment,which is all handicap accessible, has been ordered for this park. Authority to spend $250,000 for lighting and playground equipment at this site was received from the BCC. The permits are in the process of being obtained. The restroom building is similar to the one at Cocohatchee. A contractor may be obtained to run and maintain the 8 clay tennis courts which will have an underground irrigation system. F. Snowfest - V.I.P. passes were distributed for the event to be held Saturday, December 4, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m. Mrs. Till - possibly Mr. Blackford and Mr. DePasquale - will be judging the ice carvings. A tour of the pool for the public will also be held during Snowfest. G. School Board Transportation Agreement - this item will be presented to BCC on 11/23. The cost of utilizing school buses is one half that of public companies. Motion to adjourn at 4:50 by Mr. DePasquale, seconded by Mrs. Till. Next meeting to be held at Golden Gate Community Park, Administration Building. 10142 -5-