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PARAB Minutes 05/27/1998 eft PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD Mav 27, 1998 Minutes Vineyards Community Park 6231 Arbor Boulevard West, Naples, Florida PRESENT: Joseph Zaks, Chairperson Daphnie Bercher, Vice Chairperson Timothy Blackford Gil Mueller John Grice Edward "Ski" Olesky ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Marla Ramsey, Director Murdo Smith, Recreation Manager Gary Franco,Parks Manager John Dunnuck, Operations Coordinator Jacquie Hart, Secretary II Donald Wirth, Community Service Director, City Of Naples, Terry Fedelem, City of Naples I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 2:20 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG III. INVOCATION: by Jacquie Hart Iv. INTRODUCTION: Chairman Zaks welcomed Mr. Edward "Ski" Olesky as Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Member for Immokalee. v. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 22, 1998 meeting. Motion by John Grice to approve April 22, 1998 minutes. Seconded by Gil Mueller. Passed 6/0. VI. AWARD PRESENTATION - Chairman Zaks presented Murdo Smith and Barbara L. Johnson with the attitude award. Mr. Smith accepted the award on behalf of Barbara Johnson. VII. NEW BUSINESS/PRESENTATIONS a. City of Naples Capital Improvements Proposal - Mr. Don Wirth, Community Services Director of City of Naples, submitted a Joint County/City of Naples Capital Improvement Proposal. The City is proposing that $100,000 is needed to improve the following Beach Accesses: 1 1. 3rd Avenue North $ 2,000 2. 2n1 Avenue North $ 6,450 3. 1st Avenue South $ 2,600 4. 2"d Avenue South $ 2,600 5. 6th Avenue South $ 8,400 6. 7th Avenue South $ 5,600 7. 8th Avenue South $35,850 8. 9th Avenue South $ 1,450 9. 10th Avenue South $ 6,200 10. 11th Avenue South $ 2,100 11. Broad Avenue South $ 8,000 12. 13th Avenue South $ 8,500 13. 14th Avenue South $ 7,800 14. 33th Avenue South $ 7,450 $100,000 The City Manager met with the County Administrator and discussed the proposal and an amount of$25,000 was penciled in the FY/99 budget to be submitted for approval. Mr. Olesky inquired if the City of Naples had presented the proposal to the Tourist Development Council, and if not he suggest that the City do so. Mr. Olesky stated that the Tourist Development is very interested in the beaches so it would be a good idea to submit a proposal. Mr. Mueller inquired whether the subject of submitting the City of Naples Capital Improvements proposal to the Tourist Development Council came about during the City Manager's meeting with the County Administrator. Ms. Ramsey stated that the meeting was at a Capital Budget hearing so that discussion was not appropriate at that time. Ms. Ramsey stated that Mr. Wirth and Mr. Terry Fedelem were directed by the Board of County Commissioners last year to present the proposal before the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for recommendation. The City of Naples is requesting that Collier County contribute $50,000, which is half the cost to improve the Beach Access. The City will contribute the other $50,000. Mr. Grice inquired whether, if any, of the parking meter funds are set aside for refurbishing. 2 Mr. Fedelem stated that the parking meter funds are not used for refurbishment, but for the daily maintenance of beach operations. Mr. Mueller inquired if there is a report that breaks down the percentage of what Ad Valorem tax dollars are contributed by the City of Naples. Mr. Wirth stated that the City resident pay the same amount of Ad Valorem tax dollars as county residents do and in addition they also pay City tax. Ms. Ramsey stated that there is no report that shows a breakdown. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board discussed and analyzed the packet and made the following motion. Motion by Gil Mueller that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board recommend $25,000 for approval by the Board of County Commission with the understanding that the City of Naples will submit a proposal to the Tourist Development Council for the additional $50,000. Seconded by Tim Blackford. Passed 6/0. b. Landing Park Phase III - Mr. Fedelem stated that the Landing Park is located on Naples Bay. Its primary objective is to provide boating access to City and County residents. It is proposed that Collier County provide partial funding for Phase III of the Landing Park Development in the City of Naples. This proposal is consistent with concept that both City and County residents will benefit from this park located on Naples Bay. Phase I provided boat launching improvements and shore protection. Phase II, which is currently under construction, will include sidewalks, lighting, gazebos, landscaping and shore protection. County funding support for Phases I and II totaled $160,000. Phase II will be completed fall, 1998. City provided a total of$161,746 for Phase I and II. In order to provide additional amenities to support previous improvements, Phase III will include additional lighting, and improved additional parking, gazebos, shore protection and landscaping. The City of Naples proposes that funding for Phase III (1999) be a combination of City, County and State funding sources, to be detailed as follows: County $60,000 City $60,000 3 State $50,000 Total Phase III $170,000 The development project will be completed with Phase IV in year 2000. Phase IV will include a new park building to house restroom and storage for the park and boating activities at the park. Landscaping and irrigation will be completed. The County Administrator has penciled in $60,000 in the budget for this project. Ms. Ramsey inquired if the project is an improvement or is it maintenance repair. Mr. Fedelem stated that its both. The City is adding parking space, resurfacing, gazebos and landscaping. Chairman Zaks inquired whether there was a breakdown of the items that are being proposed for the Landing Park Phase III. Mr. Blackford stated that if there was something unique about the park that county facilities could not provide then he would consider funding the project. Since there is park related services within that park; and he would like to see some breakdown. Mr. Wirth stated that he would get his office to fax a copy of the breakdown. Chairman Zaks requested that the City fax a copy of the breakdown before the meeting is over. Motion by Tim Blackford to recommend to the Board of County Commission to approved $25,000 for the Landing Park project. Seconded by Daphnie Bercher. Passed 6/0. VIII. REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION/SPECIFIC UPDATE ITEM a. Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Ordinance - The board members requested at the last meeting that a copy of the ordinance creating the board be included in the packet . The question was raised at the last meeting whether the ordinance described their job function as a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board member. Ms. Ramsey stated that she reviewed the ordinance and her understanding was that there is a fine line between operating and procedures verse policy 4 and project recommendations to the Board of County Commission. Ms. Ramsey stated that there is a lot of time spent discussing day to day operating activities when more time should be spent on major projects which needs to be addressed. Mr. Mueller suggested that Parks and Recreation make a presentation or write something spelling out what the boards function is. Mr. Mueller stated that for an example he had quite of few residents of Marco Island asking him what did he think about the Coast Guard building at Caxambas. Mr. Mueller stated that he did not know anything about it. Mr. Mueller stated that this is something that should have been brought to the board. How could something like that not be brought to the board? And why would they have this board if projects like that are not being discussed or the board is not informed. Ms. Ramsey stated that she would not disagree with that issue because something like that should have been presented to the board; however, directions from higher authorities is given to Parks and Recreation staff that a project needs to get done and by the time the board meets its already done. b. BCC Recap - Mr. Blackford inquired whether there could be a brief synopsis be submitted with the packet since the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board makes recommendation to the Board of County Commission. Mr. Blackford stated that he understands that the board meets once a month and that impossible to bring everything before the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. E.g. The Midnight basketball would not be something the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board needs to discuss. Ms. Ramsey stated that every executive summary that goes before the Board of County Commission is not always discussed on the agenda. Sometimes, depending on part of the agenda ,the items get on approved consent agenda. Ms. Ramsey also gave examples of items which were discussed by PARAB and now went before the board. c. Sunshine Laws - A copy of the Sunshine Law was included in the packet. At the last meeting the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members raised the questions as to whether PARAB could asked interviewers to leave the meeting for an open discussion. The County Attorney spoke to Parks staff and stated that if a person is being interviewed for the Advisory Board position the board could asked the person to leave but the individual could choose to stay in on the 5 4 . meeting. The Attorney's Office also when on to say that the Board of County Commission interviews for the County Administration position and asks the interviewees to leave the room before making a decision. Also, the advisory board is not under the Robert Rules. d. Letter from the Agriculture/Extension Services - The letter was reviewed by the Board. Ms. Ramsey stated that the Parks and Recreation Department did give the Agriculture Department 300 yards of fill which cost $1,200. Mr. Mueller stated that, as he recalled, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board made several good constructive suggestions to the Agriculture/Extension Services, he asked whether they had followed up on these suggestions. Motion by John Grice to direct Parks and Recreation staff to write a letter saying that the board is not taking any further action unless the Agriculture Department follow up on the boards suggestions or recommendation. Seconded by Gil Mueller. Passed 3/2 and 1 abstained. Motion by Daphnie Bercher to write a letter stating that the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is not interested in the Project. Seconded by Tim Blackford. Passed 4/2 abstained. e. Bayview Lighting- Ms. Ramsey met with the Sheriffs Department to discuss how to make Bayview a safe place. The Sheriff suggested lighting the back of the park. Ms. Ramsey talked to Ron Steedman, Specific Lighting, Inc. Mr. Steedman gave the Parks and Recreation Department a proposal showing the cost for the lighting at approximately $55,000. Ms Ramsey stated that the cost of a pole is approximately $2,000. Motion by Tim Blackford to recommend to the Board of County Commission for approval that the project be funded through boating improvements funds in this fiscal year. Seconded by Daphnie Bercher. Passed 6/0. f. Sugden Regional Park Dedication Update - Chairman Zaks gave the Board an update on the dedication at Sugden Regional Park. The weather was beautiful, Chairman Zaks spoke, Jacquie Hart sang the National Anthem, each commissioner spoke, Mr. Sugden also made a speech. Everything at the dedication went well. 6 Ms. Ramsey stated that for the Grand Opening of Sugden Park a block party will be held on June 12, 1998. The date is tentative and could be changed. g. South Naples Community Park - Ms. Ramsey stated that there was an RFP for a construction manager and the committee selected W. G. Mills. The Department is in the process of negotiating fees with the construction manager at this time. h. Impact Fee Study - Mr. Mueller inquired again on the Impact Fee Study. What is being studied, and what is it costing the department? Ms. Ramsey stated that basically the Impact Fees has two funds. One is Community Park and the other is Regional Park. The parks are build out and the department is switching its focus from community to regional parks. The fees needs to be utilized into one impact fee. i. Immokalee Community Park - Mr. Olesky stated that there are gangs in Immokalee who are vandalizing the Immokalee Community Park. Mr. Olesky inquired if there is any way that the department could have the Sheriff's Department to look into the matter. Ms. Ramsey spoke to Annie Pappalardo, Recreation Supervisor and she will talk to the Sheriff staff in Immokalee. Mr. Olesky stated that he would do whatever he could to try to keep things under control. IX. Monthly Report a. March & April's Monthly Report - Mr. Grice inquired as to why the figures come into the office so late. Ms. Ramsey stated that the figures have to be accumulated from all the satellite park sites, including the concessionaires fees in order to give an accurate revenue report. The concessionaires date (15th of each month) is included in there contracts. b. Beach Parkin! Non-Resident Fee - Mr. Smith researched and distribute a status sheet of his survey. Mr. Smith surveyed several different counties and some of them had fees and others did not have a fee. Dade County had determined fee by proximity to beach. • Mr. Smith stated that the people he talked to, and answered the phones were rude and gave him the run around. Mr. Smith stated that Collier County staff has good service and the staff is really nice and helpful. Chairman Zaks stated that if Collier County instituted a fee, then he would like to see the City of Naples do the same. Motion by Chairman Zaks to recommend the institution of a $35.00 per year non-resident beach parking fee pass. Chairman Zaks withdrew the motion. Mr. Grice stated he feels that the institution of a fee will limited the ability to obtain more revenue. The motion from previous meeting not to have a beach parking fee still stands. Old Business c. Siznage Update- Ms. Ramsey stated that a representative from the Department of Environmental Protection did a walk through on Sand Dollar Island and will report to the State Department who will address the issue. Mr. Mueller stated that he still maintains that a universal sign needs to be installed. d. Caxambas Gate Update: Mr. Franco reported that he did visit the gate and it was okay, nothing was wrong. e. Adopt-A-Park Report: Mr. Grice reported that he visited the East Naples Community Park and was not pleased with the condition. The grass is dead, the garbage can lids are all off, the park has trash. The park is not well maintained. The water fountain is not draining properly, there are fire ants, sidewalks are untidy and the men's restroom counter is filthy. The golf cart is parked in front of the building. Mr. Franco stated that the Crew Leader that was stationed there is no longer at this park and staff is addressing these issues. Mr. Grice stated that the Sugden Regional Park looks great but there is still a lot of work that needs to get done before the park is open. 8 f. PARAB Meeting Schedule - The next meeting is scheduled at the East Naples Community Park, at 2:00 p.m. VIII.ADJOURNMENT Motion by Chairman Zaks to adjourn. Seconded by Daphnie Bercher. Passed 6/0. Meeting adjourned at 5:25 P.M.. 9