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January 26, 1995 Mac'Kie /Ai
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ALSO PRESENT: Steve Brinkman, Parks and Recreation Director
Murdo Smith, Parks and Recreation Operations Manager
Gary Franco, Parks Superintendent
Jacquie Minnis, Secretary Mise. Correa
Bill Kimberly, Marco Island Resident
Jack O'Brien, Marco Island Eagle Date, �� -- 5
Todd Tateo, Marco Island Resident
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I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 1:20 p.m.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG CoPiesTo:
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 26, 1995, meeting.
Motion by Max A. Hasse, seconded by Stephen Klee. 6/0
IV. PRESENTATION OF PLAQUE - Darlene Koontz was presented with a
plaque for her dedication and service to the Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board.
A. Introduction of New PARAB member - Ms Kimberly Kushman
introduced herself as Vice President of Corporate Banking
Group for Barnett Bank of Naples.
V. NEW BUSINESS/PRESENTATIONS
A. Bill Kimberly, of Marco Island
Presented an issue regarding the needs of Marco Island that
needs to be addressed. The park facilities on Marco Island
are totally inadequate.
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The other problem Marco Island has is all the recreational
facilities are right in the middle of the Island. The
school, YMCA, Frank Mackle Community Park and other
facilities are located right in the center of the Island.
The situation is terrible and dangerous. The road is not
adequate to handle the traffic. Newspaper reported
accidents, inadequate bike paths, and inadequate sidewalks
for children or adults to get to these facilities, Bill
Kimberly suggested that there is only 50-55% of buildout at
this point, which means we have not even begun to see the
problem of too many people trying to use the facilities all
at once.
Marco Island has only one park to facilitate the entire
Island for recreational activities which is not enough.
There is an area right off Tigertail Court in the N.W. of
the Island. It's the farthest from the central part of the
Island and has many children around this area. In order for
these children to get to Frank Mackle Park they have to
travel on Collier Boulevard then to San Marco Road. These
are two major and busy highways on Marco Island. This is
totally unsafe. Just less than a month ago, a father had
put into the Marco Eagle paper, wrote an article about how
there was not enough park facilities and that it was unsafe
for the children on Marco Island to get to Mackle Park.
January 6, 1995 his son was killed in traffic accident
riding his bike leaving Frank Mackle Park. What a tragedy!
Bill Kimberly is pleading to PARAB that something be done
about this problem. Marco needs more Park facilities. Bill
Kimberly requested, that PARAB act and make a recommendation
to BCC, to enter into a negotiation. Also, see what the
feasibility is for Collier County to acquire school property
on Marco Island, near Tigertail Court (11 acres) , donated by
Mackle brothers and turn into a park. Once the land is gone
the options are unattainable.
B. TODD TATEO OF MARCO ISLAND
Todd Tateo questioned, what was the Parks and Recreation
plan regarding future bike paths on Marco Island? Mr. Steve
Brinkman stated that this issue does not fall under the
Parks and Recreation Department. However, a letter of
recommendation will be forwarded to Anita Chapman.
Motion that Steve Brinkman write a letter of recommendation
and perhaps he can discussed some of the conversation that
was discussed today and that the letter goes to BCC and
copies forwarded to the Bike Path Department. Made by Gil
Mueller. Seconded by Max Hasse. 6/0
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VI. UPDATE/OLD BUSINESS /06
A. Impact Fee Study - Mr. Gil Mueller inquired where is the
study and what is the status of the Impact Fee?
Mr. Brinkman stated that the Assistant County Manager, Bill
Haggert, is responsible for putting the Impact Fee study
together for the commission.
B. Lake Avalon • A study is being done on Lake Avalon site.
Real Property are finishing up appraisals that are being
done and starting to put together contracts.
C. Friends of the Parks - There are a number of friends groups.
Veterans Community Park Friend groups are the only one
operating now. To create, an attorney has to set up as a
corporation in order to be established and be approved by
the state. The Friends Group also has special events at the
park that supports fund raising. Hopefully, there will be a
group for each community park site. There is a group on
Marco Island that had formed an advisory group through the
tent center.
D. Adopt a Park - Chairman Joe Zaks suggested that each PARAB
member should adopt a park.
Motion made by Max Hasse recommending that a park be
assigned to each PARAB member. Seconded by Gil Mueller. 6/0
Max Hasse volunteered for Golden Gate Estate & East Naples
Community Park; Steve Klee. Vineyards Community Park; Tim
Blackford, Veterans Commun.cy Park & Lely Barefoot; Kim
Kushman, Clam Pass & Pelican Bay; Gil Mueller, Frank Mackle
Community Park; Joe Zaks, Golden Gate Community Park &
Cocohatchee River Park; and Bruce Pray, Immokalee Community
Park.
Bruce Pray has resigned his position and moved to Carlifonia
over the Christmas Holiday. A position for a PARAB member
is now open for the Immokalee area.
VII. Growth Management
A. The existing Growth Management Plan also gives a summary of
different directions that the Parks and Recreation
Department would like to take. Generally, for each
particular community park, we have somewhere between
200-300,000 people that use the park on a day to day basis.
Pelican Bay Community Park, which is a brand new park, is
only 15 acres. The attendance figure is remarkable because
of the number of tennis courts.
Some information on page 3 shows a buildout of the County
and what it would look like in a number of years when its
actually built out. The Urban area population is estimated
to be 458,000 between year 2019-2046.
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In the past, the community centers have been built on the
basis of 1 per every 25,000 population. If that were
continue, the Parks Department would need to build larg
numbers of community parks as the County continues to grow.
The Parks Department is emphasizing building regional and
districts parks instead of community centers. District
parks are generally 50-100 acres, and Regional parks
normally 200 acres.
Districts parks usually service twice the size of a
community park which is 50-75,000 in population. Regional
service 100,000 or more in population. Some regional parks
have specific facility in them that people will drive from
one county to another county to use that facility.
Golden Gate Community Center will increase from 10,000 to
25,000 sq. ft. and will have a gym, a number of meeting
rooms, and auditorium. It will serve a large number of
people. This is the type of facility that will be looked at
in the future.
The Immokalee Pool/Rec. Center will have a pool, gym, and
fitness equipment facilities. The recreation facility will
be 25,000-35,000 sq. ft.
Steve Brinkman stated that it is less expensive to run a
large facility versus a number of community centers.
B. Executive Summary for trophies and plaques - was presented
by Murdo Smith. The bid opening for plaques and trophies
was January 10, 1995, 4 vendors responded. These trophies,
plaques and awards are presented to participants in programs
such as softball leagues, baseball, football, tennis, etc.
Motion to accept Golden Gate Trophy Center made by Max
Hasse. Seconded by Kimberly Kushman. 6/0
Executive Summary for the purchase of arts and crafts
supplies - Staff has reviewed the bid and recommend that the
bids be awarded to Triarco and S & S Arts and Crafts. These
supplies purchased through these contracts will be used in
programs such as summer camp, preschool, after school and
other recreation programs.
Motion to recommend Triarco and S & S Art and Crafts which
have the two highest percentage. Made by Max Hasse.
Seconded by Tim Blackford. 6/0
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m. Joint meeting with Library
Advisory Board to take place in 15 minutes.
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