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Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
Wednesday August 21th 2024 at 5:30 PM
City Hall Room 204
MINUTES
Present: Evelyn Hough, Hillery Ross, Sidney Long, John Burt, Aaron Bodbyl-Mast, Leann
Heywood, Lynette Marks, Roberta King
Absent: Sarah De La Rosa, David Ruck
I) Call to order at 5:30 pm
II) Approval of 6/26/2024 minutes
a) Motion by Marks, second by Ross to approve the June 2024 meeting minutes;
unanimously approved.
Motion passes
III) Action Item:
i) PRAC Bylaws
(1) Mayor Johnson took the committee through the PRAC Bylaws to see if any
changes were wanted by the group.
(2) Committee agreed to add clarifying statement speaking to the purview of the
ward member under “name and purpose”.
(3) Committee would like to add absence policy. We will need to clarify with the
Clerks office the exact verbiage for the absences.
(4) Committee would like to add that commenters should share their name and
address, whether in person or written, and comments shall be limited to 3
minutes.
(5) Mayor Ken asks the committee if they would like virtual attendance to be an
option. Committee members attending virtually cannot participate in voting and
does not count toward quorum unless it is a disability issue.
IV) Discussion:
i) Park Rules
(1) Bodbyl-Mast asks about citations and what the enforcement is for breaking park
rules. Kyle explains park rangers will have citation powers. Marks asks about
having a warning before the citation.
(2) The committee agrees to add vaping to the No Smoking park rule.
(3) Kyle brings up fishing in the Marina. Currently the public is allowed during
business hours and after hours your must be a boat owner or guest of boat
owner. The committee feels that no fishing should be allowed at the marina.
(4) Kyle brings up STR’s in Hartshorn Marina. Heywood asks if it says in the
ordinance, you are not allowed to run a private business. Mayor Ken looks up the
private mooring buoy ordinance. He concludes that the City can revoke permit if
operating STR.
(5) Kyle talks about beach safety audit. He also informed the committee the swim
buoys are now in. Trinity Health is interested in partnering with beach safety.
Marks wants to know if we have any facts about the events that have happened
so that we can get data from these incidents. Kyle is unaware of if this data
collection is out there but it is possible somewhere.
(6) Kyle informs the group we have hired a new harbor master and give a brief
background on him.
(7) Kyle asks the committee if the trolley tour should be in place of our next meeting
or an addition. The group agrees to make the trolley ride in place of the
September meeting.
V) Public Comment
a) No public comment
Motion by Heywood to adjourn, second by King. Meeting adjourned at 7:26 pm
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