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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001 12 20 Central Winds Park Expansion Ad Hoc Committee Minutes CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES CENTRAL WINDS PARK EXPANSION AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORGANIZA TIONAL MEETING DECEMBER 20, 2001 I. CALL TO ORDER City Manager Ronald W. McLemore called the Organizational Meeting to order at 7:09 p.m., Thursday, December 20,2001 in the East Training Room of the Municipal Building (City Hall, 1126 East State Road 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32708). Roll Call: Committee Member George Barcus, present Committee Member Paula Davoli, present Committee Member Tim Johnson, absent Committee Member Sally McGinnis, present Committee Member Rodney S. Owens, present Committee Member Vernon Rozelle, Jr., present Committee Member Kelly Thompson, present Committee Member Wayne Wojewoda, present Committee Member Ron Zarbaugh, present II. INFORMATIONAL INFORMA TIONAL A. Introductions. Discussion. INFORMATIONAL B. What Did The Voters Approve And Why? Mr. Chuck Pula, Parks and Recreation Department Director distributed a copy of the September 4,2001 City Newsletter, "Expansion Of Central Winds Park Ballot Question" to all Committee Members. Staff Members spoke of the purchasing of twenty-seven (27) acres for park expansion, the recreational facility deficiencies, and advised that February 8,2002 will be the closing date for purchase of the property. INFORMA TIONAL C. Progress To Date. Discussion. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES CENTRAL WINDS PARK EXPANSION AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - DECEMBER 20, 2001 PAGE 2 OF 5 INFORMATIONAL D. Resolution 2001-44. Manager McLemore spoke of and distributed a copy of Resolution 2001-44 to all Committee Members and informed the Committee that the City Commission has requested the Committee's final report by March 1,2002. .:..:. AGENDA NOTE: THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE ORDER DISCUSSED. .:..:. III. REGULAR REGULAR B. Committee Process. Discussion with Manager McLemore. Committee Member Sally McGinnis stated, "There is some information that I think we need from the City that would be helpful. Some numbers, growth numbers." Manager McLemore responded, "You're going to get all that." Committee Member McGinnis stated, "Okay, good. I am assuming we can arraign for a tour?" Manager McLemore stated, "Sure." Committee Member McGinnis stated, "What mechanism is there to get feedback from the community beyond Public Input at the Meetings, because we don't have a newspaper here. People don't even know we're going to have the Meetings perhaps. So is there anyway to get out into the community or has that been discussed?" Manager McLemore stated, "You can set an advertised Special Meeting. Like I said we'll post it and have it on the website." Committee Member McGinnis asked, "Are you going to do a newsletter?" Manager McLemore said, "Yes, the newsletter in fact will go out the first week in January." Committee Member McGinnis asked, "Could you put something in there about..." Manager McLemore said, "... Oh yes; I plan to but we needed to have this Meeting in order to - we'll put there when you're meeting and what time and all that. We'll do all that." REGULAR C. Consultant/Staff Process. Mr. Forest Michael introduced his firm, Michael Design Associates and gave a slide presentation to the Committee. Mr. Pula distributed a copy of the "Recreation and Open Space" Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Discussion followed. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES CENTRAL WINDS PARK EXPANSION AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - DECEMBER 20,2001 PAGE30F5 Tape l/Side B Committee Member Wayne Wojewoda asked, "Can we get copies of what you just showed?" Mr. Pula agreed. Discussions ensued regarding "Levels of Service". The Committee commented on the growth of lacrosse and the possibility of dual use fields. Mr. Pula stated, "I'll do some looking into it. I am not aware of any "Level of Service" standards for lacrosse; but I'll research that." Committee Member Vernon Rozelle, Jr. requested, "Can we get a print out of this [Comprehensive Plan] later Chuck [Pula]?" Mr. Pula agreed. Committee Member George Barcus requested the assistance of the Seminole County School Board in coordinating the concept plan. Mr. Michael advised, "All right." Manager McLemore then spoke of the need to double the amount of parking spaces and stated, "We're not talking about finished surfaces for competitive play here. That's never been our view of this. Our view has been this is areas that - a lot of open ground where you could have soccer play. You could have practice area for baseball, practice area for football; practice area for all kind of things and you weren't structuring out activities. And when we have the July 4th celebration that surface could be used for parking. We don't see buildings, we don't see gymnasiums, and we don't see a lot of structures on this land." Manager McLemore reiterated, "We never envisioned building finished surfaces for Little League or anybody else. It was always envisioned as an area that would be more open to be used by everybody." Discussion followed. Tape 2/Side A Due to technical difficulties Tape 2 was removed, and Tape 3/Side A was inserted. Tape 3/Side A Mr. Michael suggested the Committee Members write down their main interests, then submit their ideas to Mr. Pula. REGULAR D. Time Line. With discussion, the Committee agreed to meet January 3, 2002, January 17, 2002, January 31, 2002; and February 7, 2002, February 14, 2002, February 21, 2002, and tentatively February 28, 2002. Manager McLemore departed the Meeting at 9:05 p.m. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES CENTRAL WINDS PARK EXPANSION AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - DECEMBER 20, 200 I PAGE40F5 Discussion. ADD-ON IV. PUBLIC INPUT Ms. Jill Sherrod, 110 Keith Court, Winter Springs, Florida: spoke in favor of fenced "Paw Parks" for dogs. Mr. Bob Ruchi, 973 Turkey Hollow Circle, Winter Springs, Florida: also agreed with the "Paw Parks" concept. Tape 3/Side B .:..:. AGENDA NOTE: THE FOLLOWING REGULAR AGENDA ITEM WAS DISCUSSED NEXT. .:..:. REGULAR A. Swearing In Of New Committee Members. Ms. Holly Pierstorff, Assistant To The City Clerk presented the Committee Members with their Committee Member Handbooks, and the Committee Members were sworn in. IV. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS · Staff/Consultant Reports. · Public Input. · Committee Discussion. · Committee Directions. V. REPORTS None. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES CENTRAL WINDS PARK EXPANSION AD HOC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - DECEMBER 20, 2001 PAGE50F5 VI. ADJOURNMENT The Meeting was adjourned at 9:38 p.m. HOLL Y ERSTORFF / ASSISTANT TO THE CI IBOARDSICentraI Winds Park Expansion Ad Hoc Advisory CommitteelallllMinutesl122001 MINUTES.doc NOTE: These minutes were approved at the January 3,2002 Central Winds Park Expansion Ad Hoc Advisory Committee Meeting.