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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
Immokalee, Florida
June 19, 2024
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Parks & Recreation Advisory
Board, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met
on this date at 6 p.m. in REGULAR SESSION at Immokalee South Park, 418
School Drive, Immokalee, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Edward "Ski" Olesky (excused)
VICE CHAIR: Joshua Fruth
Jessica Bergel
Lee Dixon (excused)
Rebecca Gibson-Laemel
Kristina Heuser
Eric Kelly
Donna Fiala (excused/alternate)
ALSO PRESENT: James Hanrahan, Assistant Director, Parks & Recreation
Miguel Rojas Jr., Admin. Assistant, Parks & Recreation
Ed Finn, Deputy County Manager
Randi Swinderman, Region 3 and 4 Parks Manager
Said Gomez, Region 2 and 5 Interim Parks Manager
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Anyone who needs a verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the
recording and PowerPoint presentations from the Collier County Parks &
Recreation Department.
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I. Call to Order o
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Acting Chairman Fruth called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
11. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation
The board recited the Pledge of Allegiance and observed an invocation/moment of
silence.
a. Welcome by the Director
Mr. Hanrahan read the Parks & Rec mission statement:
The Parks & Recreation Advisory Board serves as a vital bridge between the
community and Collier County's Parks & Rec division and is dedicated to enhancing
local recreation facilities. Working hand -in -hand with staff, our board members
actively contribute to programming, fundraising, special events, maintenance, and
recommendations for physical improvements. Our primary goal is to continuously
elevate recreation services for all residents of Collier County.
Through careful evaluation and thoughtful analysis, PARAB provides
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recommendations to Collier County Parks & Rec, striving to improve, modify or
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develop services to better meet the diverse needs of our community. As outlined in our
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ordinance, PARAB's functions include evaluating parkproperty acquisition,00
analyzing development of Parks & Recreation facilities, reviewing programs and
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special events and providing input on the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. We
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actively seek input from the public to inform our decisions and recommendations.
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Additionally, PARAB may provide recommendations to the Board of County
Commissioners on relevant issues. Public participation is encouraged, with members
of the public being allowed three minutes to be heard on any proposition before the
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board, ensuring that community voices are heard and valued in the decision -making
process.
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b. Roll Call
C. Verification of Quorum
The roll call was taken and a quorum of five was established. Acting Chairman Fruth
noted that Mr. Dixon also did not attend last month's meeting.
M. Approval of the Agenda
(No changes)
Ms. Laemel made a motion to approve the agenda. Mr. Kelly seconded it. The
motion passed unanimously, 4-0.
IV. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
Ms. Laemel made a motion to approve the May 15, 2024, meeting minutes. Mr.
Kelly seconded it. The motion passed unanimously, 4-0.
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V. New Business
Immokalee Parks
Ms. Swinderman detailed a PowerPoint presentation and told the PAHAB:
• We've had many upgrades and some changes in the months since you were here
in February, so we wanted to highlight those changes. Her team at South Park
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Sports Complex and Community Park put together a slideshow for everybody.
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• We recently upgraded the playground and opened the new playground. (She
showed before and after photos.) It opened this Monday after we finally got a
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CO for a brand new South Park playground.
• We've also been replacing the lighting here and at some of other parks. We're
switching many lights to LED so they're more energy efficient and provide
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better lighting.
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• The basketball court here gets a lot of use. It's the only one on this side of town,
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so we want to make sure we have amenities that are well lit at night so people
feel safe when they come to our facilities.
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• We just finished a fencing project around Immokalee because we had some
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damage to the fence. In the photo, it's missing a top row and we recently had all
that redone so it's more secure.
• There was a lot of exterior painting redone here. We're giving the building a 12
refresh and the concrete was resurfaced. We had a lot of trip hazards and those
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were all fixed and replaced.
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• We've had a lot of issues with the oak trees in the parking lot so we took out all
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the old concrete and put in new concrete, so it's nice and smooth.
• At the Fitness Center, we did some repainting. There are a lot of black accents
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that were done by my park staff. They did a really good job. They also did the
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other walls and some facelifts on the outside.
• They've laid all the sod on the field so we're resting the field so when we start
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back up in August, the field will be safe, in really good condition and ready for
our soccer and Pop Warner teams.
• The kiddie pool has been closed for the last few months. We've had a pump
issue and the concrete around the outside has been cracking and was a hazard.
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They poured the concrete and fixed the outside today. We still have a slight
issue with the pool pump that we're working on, but as soon as we get the pump
fixed, the pool will be ready to reopen and will be a lot safer.
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• At Immokalee Community Park, we're still in the midst of renovations for the
men's outdoor restrooms. The men's restrooms inside are complete. There was
mismatched paint on the walls, the flooring was stained in some areas, so we
did a facelift.
• We have 75 kids at the summer camp this summer, the most we've had for
several years.
• South Park is getting a lot of use and got a really nice upgrade. Same thing with
the kitchen and conference center. When you were here in February, we had just
redone the walls. We also did that in our game room. Instead of having carpet
on all the walls in the building, they now have a nice finish that's a lot more
sanitary for the kids.
• We have new counters in the kitchen, which we use a lot for summer camp
when we're grabbing snacks, etc.
• We have a huge sidewalk project that we did at multiple parks in Immokalee as
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well as Naples. A lot of people walk on that walkway at that park. We're
looking at continuing that pathway a bit farther in the future, but we fixed a lot
of the sidewalk issues there.
• (She showed photos of the concession stand that's shared with the school, the
back softball field, and walkways.)
• If you go by the community park at night, it's fully lit. It looks great and we're
really excited once again for security reasons. They've had a bit of a delay in
getting some parts and bulbs so not all of them are fixed. We're still in that
process. A majority of them have been fixed all around the walkway.
• We have a PO for new fitness equipment, so we're in the process of purchasing
and upgrading those.
Manuel Preciado (audience) asked if they've looked at anything to provide shade. He
brought that up in the past about summer program staff members supervising kids who
have to stand outside. We talked about umbrellas at one time. It was a needed fix and
then it wasn't done. Are we looking into that at all for shading?
Ms. Swinderman said shade is not part of this phase. When we're doing pool
renovation, we'll probably get to that, but it's not in our current plan. We can look at
possibly getting more umbrellas there.
Ms. Laemel said when you did the walkways and sidewalks, there was a discussion last
month about the walkways dropping off.
Ms. Swinderman said our team added soil on both sides, so there's no drop off
anymore. They also did some tree trimming.
Mr. Kelly asked if the county has thought about using sprigging versus sod to spread
on the surface? Sod is expensive. You can use sprigging versus sod. We use it on the
golf course. It's cheaper than sod.
Mr. Hanrahan asked him to send him the information so maintenance can look into it.
Ms. Swinderman said our maintenance person can't be here this evening, but he sent
Manny and Pop Warner a full calendar of when things arrive, what's been done on the
field, and the future plans and timelines. We're having a very open dialogue with our
sports facility partners.
VI. Old Business
a. Immokalee Sports Complex Update
Mr. Hanrahan told the PARAB:
• At our last meeting, we mentioned that the County Manager's Office was
working diligently to secure fiends for the Immokalee Sports Complex project
and on June 11, the BCC approved $4 million for the project.
• He thanked Deputy County Manager Ed Finn, Dayne Atkinson, Brian
Deloney (Facilities Division projects manager) and Olema Edwards for
pushing this through. Ed found the funds to make it happen, so we're excited.
+ We'll be adding artificial turf on two fields. Field No. 1 will remain grass.
• There also will be bathrooms that are closer, on the field.
• We will remain in close, constant contact with our sports partners to tell them
about closures and when the project will start. He Manny, Randi and Kyle
Price have discussed that.
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• We're going to also make sure we have popcorn out there.
• He thanked the PARAB for its support and for pushing this agenda.
Mr. Finn thanked the parks team and the PARAB for their efforts and reported.
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• It's going to take the fields out of service so there's going to have to be a
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more flexible.
• Dayne is intimately involved with aquatics. There's a trajectory for updating the -�
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• The intent and funding for Immokalee exists. It's a matter of pulling off that y
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Pickleball Contract Update
Mr. Hanrahan told the PARAB:
• At the previous BCC meeting, the board asked us to meet with our
concessionaire to go over the contract.
• He thanked the PARAB for its input, which we provided to the BCC and the
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County Attorney's Office. We had two meetings with the concessionaire and
their lawyer.
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• We met with the County Attorney's Office and the percentage we received was
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considered substantial so they noted your input on that.
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• When we present it to the board with the changes, which haven't been
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confirmed by the County Attorney's Office, he'll make sure he sends it to the
PARAB.
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• We've discussed it twice and several of you mentioned a need for more public
time on the courts. It's not confirmed yet, but one of the things we were able to
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negotiate in the prelim was extending the time for public courts.
• 8 a.m. to noon is prime time for members, but instead of noon to 5 p.m. just
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being county time, during the hottest part of the day, if everything is approved,
the county has courts from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m., so we'll gain three additional
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hours on six courts, so there was a good conversation that came out of that
meeting. But nothing is confirmed yet with the County Attorney's Office.
• The PARAB's concerns were heard and your input was well received. As long
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as it doesn't change the contract's overall structure, we're looking at it.
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« The fee rate is considered substantial so he'll keep them posted on that.
• We received that information this week and are reviewing it now. He'll provide
the PARAB with an update before July.
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Ms. Berge] asked if the concessionaire bid ever went out to contract for another
concessionaire.
Mr. Hanrahan told the board:
There were amendments that increased the contract term, which ends in 2027.
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• We've extended some contracts for many years.
• This one has no extension, so if the board decides to continue with this current
contract, NPC would have until 2027 and then we'd either do an ITN or an RFP
(an intent to negotiate or request for proposals). That's where community
organizations and businesses can come in and bid and negotiate to run it with
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the county.
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• If the board is happy with NPC, then we'd have NPC until 2027.
• This would be the fourth amendment. The first contract was with Jim Ludwig,
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then we added another amendment due to the welcome center. There was
another amendment when Jim Ludwig sold it to Bob Strommen and that
included 2027, so, if there are no major changes to the contract, this would be
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the fourth amendment.
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Ms. Bergel asked if we're in negotiations right now because the contract is done now.
Mr. Hanrahan said no and told the PARAB:
• This is just an amendment going into 2027.
• Given the full background, the PARAB's recommendation was to terminate the
contract for various reasons, including late payments and other issues.
• The Board of County Commissioners advised and recommended that we work
together, work on communication, look at the contract to see if there was any
language or anything we needed to clean up, so that's what we're doing now.
• However, we made the recommendation to terminate it.
Ms. Laemel asked whether the BCC wanted you to go back to the drawing board.
Mr. Hanrahan said Mr. Strommen had multiple meetings and an opportunity to talk 1*
and we've had monthly meetings about day-to-day operations. I also had had meetings N
with the County Manager's Office about the contract. Since that directive,
communication has been better and he's empowered staff to work with them and
escalate it to me if it needs to be escalated.
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Public Comment:
Manuel Preciado (audience) said he believed he heard the answer to his question but
wanted to clarify. Manny told him to say two things. Thank you for not giving up. The
other question was what's the next step? He heard the county won't give us a date so
we want to hear what the next steps are and a timeline. It doesn't sound like you want
to tell us. Do you know the year for the Sports Complex?
Mr. Finn said it comes down to getting the design underway and that takes time and
then procurement takes time. It won't be soon. He spoke to Manny many times and he
understood it won't happen overnight. Instead of focusing on that, we need to make
sure we have a plan for parks and those who use the fields. They need something that
can be done in the interim so we can move on that plan and provide capacity while this
is under construction. That's our short-term goal because ideally we have a few plans
for when we start construction.
Mr. Hanrahan said separate from construction, we're going to continue field
maintenance as if we don't know when the closure is happening so you will have
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beautiful fields in the fall, then we shut down again and you will have beautiful fields
again in the spring. Once they give us the update and say we're ready to go, you will
know as soon as we know. He told staff we're going to keep planning, resodding and
re -nourishment until we hear it's time to shut down.
Mr. Preciado said we had Friday Night Live. He doesn't think it was Pop Warner but
his concern with the men's leagues is that where the goalie is, the grass disappeared in a
heartbeat. Are we adjusting to that? He remembers hearing about the amount of time on
the field and what must done if it's used a lot. He understands it's all about growing
and learning.
Mr. Hanrahan responded:
• Staff will keep an eye on that.
• On any rectangular field for soccer, that's where you're going to see dead areas
— the goal mounds, center field and midfield, so we look at that. We do it across
all of our fields and work on it with sand. We're able to do some things.
• But wear and tear will happen throughout the year.
• He's had staff take aerial views of when we closed and when we opened, night
and day and when you're on them.
« He had Kyle Price run a utilization report and we're close to over 300%
utilization, and that's across the board, so that means we're using our fields to
the max.
Acting Chairman Fruth said Vineyards is probably the next worst. It's been there
long and this year was rough.
Mr. Hanrahan said we spent over $600,000 on sod to renourish community park
fields.
Aquatic Facilities Update
Mr. Atkinson told the PARAB:
• John McCormick, our facilities director, made a presentation to the board last
week, and we gave an aquatics report card. Some places got A's and others
got F's.
• John and the board supported changing our model of forensic failure and
being more proactive with preventive maintenance on all of these projects.
• Immokalee. We're going to build a new facility and are getting proposals now
so we can have the design done and it can be done in conjunction with the
stormwater and the turf field. They have to be done simultaneously, so we
have a proposal in, we made corrections to it and we're waiting for the
proposal to come back so we can get a deal and get the engineers to do the
pool design.
• In addition to the $4 million for the turf field, we set aside $3 million for the
pool, so a total of $7 million will be invested in the Immokalee sports program.
• Big Corkscrew, which got an A, is doing well and everything is set on the
warranty so all features are open and active.
• Eagle Lakes is doing well. We have one issue with a slide that's down and
we're actively working on it. We have a contractor who's going to be onsite on
Saturday to start repairs for the yellow slide, but everything else is operational
and running. We had an issue with the geothermal, which heats and cools, but
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that was corrected yesterday.
• Golden Gate. We don't have our slides now. A vendor is doing some
modifications and a geothermal company for heating and cooling is scheduled
to start work so we're moving forward with that.
• We'll be fitting some replacement units and making repairs to wells so we can
have heating and cooling. We're hoping to have slides in service by mid -July.
• There's a major project going on there. They're going to be re-marcited, and
then we'll get new slides. After that, we have to install safety fencing for
compliance.
We're also remodeling the men's locker room.
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decides to break, it broke all at the same time.
• The slide is down and we have an engineer on board now and expect to have the
100% design done in July.
• We're working on the pump house now. It's the heart of the facility. If the pump
house is not operational, none of that works so we're doing many major
upgrades in the pump house and adding all new pumps.
+ We're working with our vendors and contractors and are doing electrical
upgrades and bringing in new pumps. We're working with our contractor for
purchase and installation of the new pumps.
• We're also working on the Lazy River. There's a compliance issue involving
the main drain suction.
• We have several projects going on and just couldn't get them done for a
summer opening.
• With the BCC's support, they gave us a lot of money to do the upgrades we
need.
• The Splash Pad analysis is being completed at the end of this week.
Mr. Kelly said you've got your work cut out for you.
Ms. Laemel asked if he did the grading on the aquatics facilities.
Mr. Atkinson said he did and he's a harsh grader. He sat down with Brian and they
graded the facilities together.
Ms. Laemel said she approves of doing that analysis.
Mr. Atkinson said each pool has two pumps and they're all down.
Ms. Laemel said she's glad our newest facility got an A.
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VII. Staff Reports
Mr. Hanrahan said Mr. Ossorio isn't feeling well so he'll provide the Region 1
report.
Region 1 [James Hanrahan]
+ Region 1 covers beaches and water.
Even though the season may have slowed down for the county, beaches and
marinas are fully busy. We're being aggressive and proactive to be prepared for
season.
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• We're having tough conversations with cleaning companies, making sure that
when season comes, we're doing the right things now to prepare for season.
Mike has led that along with facilities and they've had good conversations with
the cleaning companies about getting everything in order.
• We're prepared for Fourth of July weekend. We heard the TDC's expectations
for cleanliness of the beaches, so he overstaffed maintenance to work the
beaches that entire weekend to ensure they're clean and ready for visitors.
• The marinas are doing well. For the commercial boat launch, we were tasked
with getting it from 220 down to 180 slips rented. Mike and his team did an
amazing job. We're maintaining and controlling what's going on at marinas.
• Commissioners asked us to look into whether Blue Water, the marina
concessionaire, can accept cash because the community told commissioners that
the marinas should accept cash so we're working on that now. He will provide
an update later.
Acting Chairman Fruth asked if there was an update about the boardwalk work.
Mr. Hanrahan said he hadn't heard anything yet.
Mr. Hanrahan continued with the Region 1 report:
• We've done a soft launch of the T2 beach parking app at several locations with
parking areas. Once we hear back, we will be officially unveiling T2.
• We heard good things so far and are working out the kinks before season.
• We've dedicated some Park Rangers to those parking lots to educate the public.
• He suggested giving the public informational cards to educate the public. The
Rangers are helping drivers by handing out the cards so the public can see
answers for any questions they may have, keep going, park, and then scan the
app before going where they need to go.
Region 2 [Said Gomez]
• Region 2 covers Max Hasse Jr. Community Park, Golden Gate Community
Park, Golden Gate Community Center and AIR therapeutic recreation.
• Max Hasse has 120 campers at its summer camp. That's a lot of kids.
• The AIR program has 15, and AIR Too, the sister camp at North Collier, has 30
campers.
• Golden Gate Community Park has 90 kids for the regular camp and the middle
school camp there has 18 kids for the no -school camp.
Region 3 [Randi Swinderman]
• She oversees eastern Collier County, which is Big Corkscrew Island Regional
Park, Immokalee South Park, Immokalee Community Park and Immokalee
Sports Complex.
• Big Corkscrew has over 200 kids daily.
Last week, we were rained out so we were trying to keep them all inside, but we
managed and had a lot of fun. It was almost like going to the movies because
you'd walk into a different room and a different movie was playing.
The pool is very busy. Sun-N-Fun's staff has been split up among our aquatic
facilities. Our senior program leader, Kelly, replaced our program leader, Sue,
who left for another position so she's at Big Corkscrew running that crew.
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• We've kind of turned Big Corkscrew into Sun-N-Fun for the summer. The
majority of the Sun-N-Fun team is at Big Corkscrew. Because of the volume,
we've got two or three people on cashier and people at the gate to help direct
people. There's also a very full art staff that's very busy. The other two, Rich
and Bryce, are at Eagle Lakes. So we split that very experienced team., and since
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we're expecting and seeing higher numbers, they know how to handle them, and
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• Once Sun-N-Fun opens, we will reevaluate our staffing situation, but for now,
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it's working out well.
• Big Corkscrew field are being resod now. They're working on Vineyards, and
then they'll finish Corkscrew. Vineyards had a lot of issues and was in worse
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condition that what Immokalee looked like at the end of the season, with hardly
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any grass on the fields. So we're resodding and making sure everything is safe
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and ready for when we reopen in the fall.
Region 4 [Randi Swinderman]
• Region 4 is Vineyards, Veterans and North Collier Regional Park.
• We have camps at Vineyards and Veterans parks that each have about 120 kids.
• North Collier Fire Department was at Veterans this morning and they were
spraying the kids down with a water hose. The kids were smiling and having
fun.
• North Collier's sports camp has 30 kids. They went to Top Golf last week. They
tried to end them last week, but with the rain they got pushed to this date. After a
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need that one -to -four ratio, rather than the one-to-10 ratio. We've gotten a lot of
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and now we've brought it to North Naples and we're spreading out areas where
we're offering adaptive programming.
• Monica, the AIR supervisor, is working hard to do a nice job making that camp
what it was supposed to be. _
Region 5 [Said Gomez]
• Region 5 covers Donna Fiala Eagle Lakes Park, East Naples Community Park
and Southern Regional.
• East Naples has 50 campers. The pickleball program also has 50 campers.
• Eagle Lakes Community Park has 40 campers. They're very busy and that's
where a lot of people are going now when some pools will be closed. The
numbers are tremendous. We're seeing over 1,000 people there a week and
there were nearly 2,000 people there last week.
• Big Corkscrew's team gives him numbers every Monday for the previous week.
They had over 2,500 people there last week. Eagle Lakes was close to 2,000.
• Not counting the week with all the rain, we're seeing about 2,000 at each
location, where historically we saw 800-1,000 weekly.
• Kudos for staff for getting the messaging out on where to go if a park is closed.
We have four other amazing parks the public can visit and they're visiting them.
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• Southern Regional Park is seeing 12 kids weekly for the next four weeks for
summer. They're doing a great job with a staff of two. They lost another
employee so he's proud of them for handling that.
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includes Big Corkscrew, Immokalee and as far down as Paradise Coast Sports 21
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• They were happy to hear that since Big Corkscrew opened, they have 280
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• VPK, the first year being open, scored 6.1 out of a possible 7 on their m
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• They were happy to hear all Paradise Coast Sports Complex fields are being
used.
• The advisory board also knew about the purchase of the Williams property and
the upgrades that we'll be doing at Immokalee Sports Complex and were happy
about that.
• It was his first time presenting to that group and they took it easy on him
because they know he's the interim director. Mike Bosi also was there and
assisted.
• We're going to keep Rick Garby's position open for now. He's looking at the
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applications very closely because that job is a unique position. The County
Manager's Office, including Dan Rodriguez, gave him great feedback on what
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we should be looking at and looking for.
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• Olema's director position has had an amazing number of applicants. He's on the
selection committee as a non -voting member to represent parks staff so he can
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see what candidates bring to the table and the applicant's chemistry with the
parks team. He will be able to represent the parks team and help select the new
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Parks & Recreation director.
• He will ensure that the PARAB is kept up to date on that. Our homework is to
rank the applications. Over 30 applicants were referred from HR out of those
who applied.
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• In comparison, only nine applicants were referred by HR for Rick Garby's
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superintendent of maintenance position.
• He's overseeing the maintenance team, the recreation team and being the voice
and spokesperson for the community so he'll be excited when those positions
are filled and he can return to his regular job.
• His team has been amazing. The regional managers have stepped up and he
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can't thank them enough for their work. Randi and Said have stepped it up in
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ways he couldn't imagine and Said and Mike Ossorio are doing a great job.
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• His objective now is to work with the Facilities Division to make sure our
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facilities are where they need to be and to assist with hiring the right people for
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the open positions.
• He will provide the PARAB with a pickleball contract report in July.
• Spirit Promotions, which handles the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships, has
two new owners, Mike Dee and Bob Bowman. They come from the
professional sports world and will be introducing themselves to the PARAB
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with a presentation next month so you can start a relationship. They're separate
from the concessionaire.
• We've had Terri Graham and Chris Evon since 2016 and they will be handing
that over to them. He's been working closely with Mike and Bob. Mike Dee's
background comes from working in the front office for the Red Sox, the
Dolphins and the Padres, so they have a wealth of knowledge in sports and
understand the trajectory of where pickleball is headed.
Ms. Laemel said he mentioned the Williams property. Did she miss that update?
Mr. Hanrahan said that on May 28 the BCC approved the purchase of over 2,200
acres for about $20 million, and Parks & Rec will get part of that land. It's in
Immokalee on Lake Trafford, outside Lake Trafford Road.
Mr. Finn told the PARAB:
• It's a big parcel. It was mostly acquired for conservation purposes. It's an
important sluice area and watershed area.
• 1,200-1,400 acres will be for Conservation Collier.
• 168 entitled acres will be used for affordable housing.
• There could be as many as 254 acres for parks.
• That's conceptual. We need to properly program and zone it, get the right
permits, including water -use permits, and FDEP permits. Those take time.
• The purchase shows the BCC's commitment to important legacy
acquisitions that will be a benefit to the program. More importantly, it will
benefit the environment, including important conservation purposes.
• The parks were registered as part of our conceptual plan.
• There will be input from the community and we'll work out a plan for the
good of the entire community.
Mr. Hanrahan introduced the Parks & Rec intern, Tyler Marsico:
• When he met Tyler during his interview, he (Mr. Hanrahan) told him he also
had a finance degree and did an internship with Shelby County government
in his home town, Memphis, TN. He did auditing and they basically put him
in a closet with all of the financials for the entire Memphis City government,
including Shelby County and their third -party agency.
• He hated it and that's why he never went into finance and went straight into
athletics. He promised Tyler he wouldn't do that to him and would expose
him to everything parks does. We're halfway through that now.
• Tyler is putting together a PowerPoint presentation and we might have him
present that to you in July and put him on the spot.
Tyler told the PARAB:
• He's at USF in Tampa and is studying economics, which may change.
• For his first week here, he shadowed North Collier staff to get an idea of
what their jobs were like. He likes front -desk work.
• He spent time with Park Rangers and with the sea turtle people, which was
cool. We got to look at nests on the beach and report the numbers.
• He worked with project management and saw everything they're building at
different sites. He also watched them inspect the work.
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• This week, he'll be working with Miguel in the office and taking field trips
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• It's been fun so far. It's definitely been a good experience.
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didn't want to stick him in an office and not let him get exposure.
Mr. Kelly asked about Friends of Barefoot Beach and whether their problems were
resolved.
Mr. Hanrahan said we're working through it now. They need to separate that from
the FEMA project. There were a lot of hand tools. He tasked the management team
to look at all the equipment to determine what the Friends donated and also met
with Tony Barone from the Facilities management team. They're hoping to start on
the project in six to eight months.
Ms. Heuser asked if there was an update on a new Parks & Rec logo design.
Mr. Hanrahan said they have a new county logo and there was a presentation on
that to the PARAB last month that's in the minutes. We're going to get an outside
opinion about your concern. It's not a dead deal but it could cost $250,000. The Ops
team is working on it.
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