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Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 5:30pm
City Hall Room 204
MINUTES
Present: Sarah De La Rosa, Hillery Ross, Evelyn Hough, Sidney Long, David Ruck, Aaron Bodbyl-Mast,
Leann Heywood, John Burt, Roberta King, Lynnette Marks
Absent:
I. Approval of 5/15/2024 minutes
a. Motion by Marks, second by De La Rosa to approve the May 2024 meeting minutes;
unanimously approved.
Motion passes
II. FY25 Projects Discussion
a. Director Karczewski gives a brief presentation on projects that were completed in FY24.
b. Bodbyl-Mast asks about the costs – it is a one-time cost of $20,000 per beach safety
tower. Ruck inquires about data and metrics, wondering where information is coming
from as well as what measurables we hope to get out of this.
c. Burt lobbies to push the discussion of beach safety purchases to a future meeting.
Mayor Johnson requests that we put the information about monitors and stop-light
system on the City website. Long suggests putting a notification on the parking kiosks.
III. Hartshorn Planning Update
a. Director Karczewski had a Community Engagement session. A lot of the concerns were
about the traffic patterns and the bike path. There is an engagement at Hartshorn on
July 26 that the Mayor encouraged the board to attend in leu of the July PRAC meeting.
Bodbyl-Mast requested an updated on the previously discussed topics including
Adelaide Point’s connection with the City, fines, and replacement of the bike path.
IV. Swimming Buoy Update
a. Permit was accepted by the State for 5 swimming buoys. The Fire Department is going
to use it as their annual dive training.
V. Planning PRAC Park Tour
a. The trolley at MATS is open to doing a trolley tour for the board. Director Karczewski
suggests the meeting date in August. Mayor Johnson suggested waiting until September
due to hot weather. The board agrees and Director Karczewski will plan to schedule the
tour in September from 4-7pm approximately.
VI. Public Comment
Motion by Heywood, second by De La Rosa to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 7:10pm.
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