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[CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:03]

WHILE THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 1225, 2025 OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD TO ORDER.

I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. JUST A MOMENT.

TOM. GRAHAM, PRESIDENT. WOODSON. FENLON. PRESIDENT.

I'LL FEEL GARY HERE. JOSH FRISBY HERE. JOSE AGUILAR, PRESIDENT.

AND WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER THAT WAS. WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER THAT WAS APPOINTED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MEETING.

EXCUSE ME. SHE PROBABLY HASN'T RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY YET.

THAT'S KRISTEN LANSANA. YES. SHE'S SHE IS ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE AS A RESIDENT TODAY AND SHE HAS RECEIVED HER INFORMATION. OKAY. YES. WELCOME. I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU'RE NOT SEATED UP HERE TONIGHT. I DIDN'T HAVE MY PAPERWORK FIGURED OUT THIS TIME, I GUESS.

OKAY. I WOULD JUST FILL IT OUT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET IT IN.

SO. OKAY. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY? NONE. SEEN. WE'LL GO TO ADOPTIONS OF MINUTES FOR THE MAY 6TH MEETING.

[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]

I NEED A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MAY 6TH MEETING AND JULY 1ST. I WOULD NEED TO DO THEM ONE AT A TIME. OKAY.

JUST A MATTER OF PROCEDURE. MAY 6TH. THERE IS ONE EDIT ON THERE.

NUMBER TWO, WHERE IT SAYS. MR. WEI ALSO RELAYED UPDATES ON THE FOLLOWING.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY JOSH'S REPORT. OKAY, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO.

APPROVE WITH THE NOTED CHANGE, ALFIE? YEAH. HEREBY.

I MEAN, THE MOTION TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE ON THE REPORT.

I NEED A SECOND. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 1ST MEETING.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES. SECOND, I SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED?. THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO REPORTS, MR. HADDOCK. ALL RIGHT.

[REPORTS]

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CDBG PROJECTS. THE KEN GREEN TENNIS COURT SLASH PICKLEBALL IS COMPLETE FOR THE MOST PART.

THE COURTS ARE COMPLETE. NETS ARE UP, FENCE IS DONE.

WE STILL HAVE TO INSTALL AN ADA RAMP INTO THE COURTS, AS WELL AS SOD AROUND THE THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE AREA THAT WAS DISTURBED DURING CONSTRUCTION. THAT SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

THE CDBG LIBERTY WE WE ARE PROCURING CLAY AT THE MOMENT.

FENCING HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND STARTED THE CONCRETE.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ADDITIONAL CONCRETE OUT THERE THAT IS DAMAGED FROM FOREST.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH SIX INCH CONCRETE.

WE'RE ALSO REPLACING THE STRETCH OF CONCRETE THAT GOES SIDEWALK, THAT GOES FROM BATHROOM TO THE BATHROOM OUT THERE.

SO FROM THE BALL FIELDS TO THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED FROM ADA, EIGHT FOOT WIDE, INSTEAD OF A FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK THAT STARTS THIS WEEK.

AND THEN THAT WILL WILL BE FINISHING OUT CDBG PROJECT SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.

THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED. THE CONNECT AND NUNGESSER FIELD RESTORATIONS AND ALTERATIONS.

WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A WARNING TRACK LIKE WE'RE DOING OUT AT NUNGESSER ON FIELD THREE.

AND AND AND HINKLE, WHICH ARE THE BIGGER FIELDS AS WELL AS EXTENDING CONNECT FIELD FOR TO 90 FOOT BASIS SO THAT THE LEAGUE CAN DO TOURNAMENTS THERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE LEAGUE HAS A PORTABLE MOUND THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IN.

BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE WAITING ON A PROJECT TO GET FINISHED.

SOCCER FIELD THREE OUT AT REGIONAL. THAT'S GOING TO STAY CLOSED UNTIL.

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TILL SEPTEMBER. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT THE MONTH OF AUGUST TO GROW IN THE WE WE INSTALLED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF SOD ON FIELD ON ALL OF ALL THREE OF THE FOUR FIELDS OUT THERE, ONE, THREE AND FOUR.

THE AREA THAT FIELD THREE IS HAVING TO GROW IN WAS DAMAGED WHEN WE ORDERED THE SOD.

AND THEN BY THE TIME WE GOT THE SOD PROCURED AND DELIVERED IN THE DAMAGED AREA WAS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT.

SO THERE'S STILL LIVING PLANT THERE THAT'S GROWING AND FLOURISHING.

SO WE'RE ANOTHER MONTH OF GROWTH ON THAT. SHOULD OPEN THAT BACK UP TANNER FIELD, WHICH IS OUR FOOTBALL FIELD AT VETCH PARK THAT IS OPEN FOR LEAGUE PLAY. THEIR FIRST GAME IS THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE READY TO GO. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THEM PRACTICING.

WE STILL HAVE THE INSTALL OF THEIR GAME BENCHES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LET THE GRASS GROW BEFORE WE PUT BENCHES OUT THERE, WHICH IS GOING TO ATTRACT TRAFFIC AS WELL AS SHADE.

WE ARE DOING. WE HAVE A VENDOR DOING REPAIRS AT INSPIRATION PARK ON THE MERRY GO ROUND.

THOSE PARTS CAME IN TODAY. THE VENDORS SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITH THE MERRY GO ROUND TOMORROW.

THE ZIP LINE THAT'S OUT THERE. PARTS ARE IN TRANSIT.

WE EXPECT FOR THEM TO SHOW UP NEXT WEEK AND BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN OAKWOOD. SWINGSET WE ARE. WELL, PATRICK WOODARD USED TO BE OAKWOOD.

THAT SWING SET IS IN TRANSIT. I'M WAITING FOR A CONFIRMATION ON SHIPPING DATE.

THAT'S IT FOR PARKS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE COMMENT. I WENT BACK TO FRED POPPY PARK, AND.

IT REALLY DID MY HEART GOOD TO SEE THAT PLAYGROUND.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. PLAYGROUND LOOKS GREAT.

THE FENCE IS A GREAT ADDITION TO IT. AND THEN WE GOT EIGHT BENCHES SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND FOR.

MY FAMILY'S VERY INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND THE CHALLENGER DIVISION FOR LITTLE LEAGUE.

I STARTED YEARS AND YEARS AGO. SO THAT REALLY MEANT SOMETHING TO ME.

THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY FIANCE AND OUR NEWBORN CHILD.

WE WE WENT OUT FOR THE POLICE NIGHT OUT WHERE IT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO TAKE THE STROLLER, AND WE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THEN WENT UP TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY NICE. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB.

MOVING ON DANIEL. YEP. SO MAJOR EVENTS. OBVIOUSLY I SAW SOME OF YOU OUT THERE, BUT OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS JULY 5TH.

WE DID HAVE SOME WEATHER, SO WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO START THE FESTIVITIES TILL ABOUT SEVEN 3745.

BUT THE CROWD STILL CAME OUT. WE'RE ESTIMATING AROUND 6000 WITHIN THAT EVENT AREA, AND THEN PROBABLY AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6000 JUST IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KIND OF TAILGATE IN HOME DEPOT AND PUBLIX AND WALMART AND EVERYTHING.

AND LOWE'S AS WELL. SO THE EVENT WENT GREAT. LUCKILY, THE WEATHER CLEARED OUT EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO HAVE ENTERTAINMENT AND SOME FUN THERE. I JUST WANT TO UPDATE. SO TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY, THERE ARE THOSE MODULAR RESTROOMS GOING IN. WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE NOW.

WE ARE EXPECTING AROUND NOVEMBER FOR THOSE TO BE INSTALLED.

SO THEY THEY'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE GOPHER TORTOISE PERMIT.

THERE WERE TWO BURROS IN THERE. THEY WERE ABLE TO TO RELOCATE ONE.

AND THE SECOND BURRO LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NOT ONE LIVING IN THERE.

SO ONCE THE 30 DAYS ARE UP OUR NATURALISTS WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND MAKE SURE IT'S EMPTY AND ABLE TO COLLAPSE IT.

SO THE SUMMER CAMP HAS FINISHED. A SCHOOL STARTED THIS WEEK.

WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF NUMBERS FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER.

YMCA, THEY RAN THEIR PILOT CAMP AT TED WHITLOCK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR TEN WEEKS.

THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 4544 REGISTRATIONS AVERAGING 54 PER WEEK.

AND THE CITIES CAMP AT TONY ROSA COMMUNITY CENTER RAN FOR NINE WEEKS, AND WE HAD 628 REGISTRANTS AND ABOUT 70 PER WEEK. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, LAST YEAR.

TED WHITLOCK WITH THE CITY RUN CAMP AVERAGED ABOUT 62 PER WEEK.

SO YMCA FELL A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THAT. BUT THEY WERE STILL WITHIN OUR AVERAGES OVER THE PAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

SO. AND THE CITY CAMP DID NOT RUN LAST WEEK DUE TO A LOT OF OUR COUNSELORS.

WE HIRE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.

SO A LOT OF THEM HAD TO GO BACK A WEEK EARLY.

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SO WE WERE UNABLE TO RUN CAMP IN HOUSE FOR THAT WEEK.

AND THEN AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THERE WAS TALKS ABOUT THE WALL OUT HERE IN FRONT OF BUILDING EA.

I DID MEET WITH PARKS AND FACILITIES AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND HE DID ASSURE THAT THE LANDSCAPE THAT IS OUT THERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO IT'S A TYPE OF PLANT THAT IS GOING TO GROW AND COVER THAT WALL.

SO EVENTUALLY THAT WALL WILL BE HIDDEN AND THE ONLY VISIBLE AREA WILL BE THAT CITY OF PALM BAY LETTERING THAT THEY HAVE.

AND THAT'S ALL MY REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE BOARD.

THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE THAT, MADE COMMENTS ABOUT NOT GETTING ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARDS.

AND IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I LAST MADE A REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS, I THINK, ONE OF THE LAST REPORTS GIVEN BY ANY BOARD MEMBER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND BUT IT'S BEEN A YEAR AT THAT. I BROUGHT FORWARD THAT WE WANTED TO BUILD THE PICKLEBALL FACILITIES AND IMPROVED THE PICKLEBALL STUFF.

WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS. THE MASTER PLAN IS IN PLACE.

WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO REPORT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT AND MAKE THE GIVE THE COUNCIL SOME URGENCY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING THE PICKLEBALL FACILITY. I MEAN, THAT'S WE HAVE THE MONEY.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED. IT'S IN PLACE. WE JUST NEED SOME INCENTIVE.

THE OTHER ITEM WAS I HAD SENT DANIEL AN EMAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

AND HELP ME OUT HERE. THE IT HAS TO DO WITH AGRICULTURE BOARD WITH THE STATE.

IT'S THE EXTENSION OFFICE. AND I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE COUNTY AND THEY HAD ALL THESE GREAT CLASSES.

THAT ONE WAS DOING JAMS AND JELLIES. ANOTHER ONE WAS TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO DO BACKYARD CHICKENS.

ANOTHER ONE WAS ABOUT DECISION MAKING. A LOT OF GREAT CLASSES THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED IN PALM BAY.

THE PROBLEM IS, THEY'RE ALL HELD IN COCOA. SO I'D LIKE THE CITY TO INVESTIGATE ATTRACTING SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES INTO THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY.

I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR TONIGHT. I TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER ITEM EARLIER ABOUT THE FRED POPPY PARK IN THE ROUNDABOUT OUT THERE.

NOT ROUNDABOUT, BUT TURN AROUND. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON THAT SOCCER FIELD NEARBY THE FRED POPE PARK.

MR.. JOSH YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SOCCER FIELD WILL BE CLOSED FOR ANOTHER MONTH? JUST ONE OR ALL THREE? FIELD THREE. JUST FIELD THREE.

OKAY. THERE'S FOUR. FOUR MAIN FIELDS OUT THERE.

RIGHT. FIELD THREE. THAT THE ONE THAT'S JUST EAST OF THE MOST WEST LIT IT.

FIELD. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND AND NOTHING, NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT THOSE FIELDS IN THE MIDDLE THAT WE CAN TRY TO UTILIZE ANY ONE OF THOSE THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSER, CLOSER TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD, THE NON LET IT FIELDS.

THOSE FIELDS NEED TO OVERHAUL WITH ATHLETIC TURF GRASS.

THE OLD TURF GRASS THAT HAS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT THERE HAS SINCE FALL TO THE WAYSIDE.

SO WE NEED A WE NEED A RE SPRIG OR RE TURF THOSE FIELDS TO BRING THEM UP TO A STANDARD ATHLETIC FIELD WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE HAD THE COMMUNITY PARTNER GO OUT THERE AND PRACTICE.

WHEN WE SHUT DOWN THE FIELDS IN THE WINTER AND AFTER A FEW PRACTICES, THOSE FIELDS ARE SO TORE UP THAT THEY BECOME UNSAFE.

OKAY. YEAH, A BUDGET ITEM AT THE MOMENT. RIGHT.

YEAH, IT'S VERY CONCERNING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS THING GOING ON TO ITSELF, AND IT'S KIND OF.

IT WAS HARD. I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE, AS SOME YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE COUNCIL.

WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME MORE SOCCER FIELD IN THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT 50,000 PEOPLE JOINED THE CITY WITHIN 4 OR 5 YEARS, AND WE'RE NOT EXPANDING THE FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PART OF MY REPORT. LAST YEAR WAS THAT WE HAD $8 MILLION IN 32909, BUT NO PLACE TO PUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PARKS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE CAPACITY ON. SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN REALLY BE DONE WITH THAT MONEY IS TO PURCHASE LAND FOR ANOTHER PARK.

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BECAUSE IT'S ALL IMPACT FEES, MONEY. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT FRONT OR NOT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PUT INTO THIS REPORT, THAT I'LL TAKE THE COUNCIL. SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ASKING THE BOARD FOR, WAS BRINGING BRING THE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THAT REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. NO PROBLEM. THANKS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

MY NAME IS JOSE AGUILAR. WELL JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I'VE BEEN LIVING IN PALM BAY FOR ABOUT MAYBE 14 YEARS, AND AND IT'S BEEN MAYBE AN ONGOING ISSUE WHERE I, WHERE I USED TO PLAY SOCCER MYSELF.

SO LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO GET, YOU KNOW, JUST SEE HOW I CAN OFFER MY IDEAS OR WHAT SUGGESTIONS I CAN MAKE TO YOU GUYS OR WHAT I CAN MAKE IT TO AS FAR AS MAYBE IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION THAT IS FIXED FOR FOR ALL.

MY APOLOGIES. I GOT SIDETRACKED BECAUSE KRISTIN WAS HERE AND I DID MEAN TO INTRODUCE YOU.

IT WAS IN MY NOTES AND I JUST GLANCED RIGHT OVER IT.

I APOLOGIZE. SORRY ABOUT THAT, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? YES, SIR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR DANIEL. IS THE CITY CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THE COMMUNITY SPONSOR FOR SOME OF THE PARKS AND SO FORTH? AND WHEN WILL IT BE READY FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS? CORRECT. SO WHAT OUR PLAN IS RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNITY PARTNER AGREEMENTS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. SO THE FIRST STEP WE'RE TAKING IS UPDATING THOSE CONTRACTS TO RENEW THEM.

THEN THE SECOND PART, ONCE THOSE ARE ALL FINALIZED THROUGH THE CITY'S PART, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A NEW PROCESS FOR THE APPLICATIONS FOR NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERS. YES, THAT DID JOG SOMETHING IN MY MEMORY.

I SEEN THE BOARD OUT HERE AS I WAS COMING IN FOR THE RECREATION AND HAD THE QR CODE AND EVERYTHING ON IT.

TALKING ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT WHY ISN'T WALMART'S NAME ON THAT? AND ONE OF THOSE SITTING IN FRONT OF EVERY ENTRANCE OF WALMART? SO WALMART, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND OF WALMART SPECIFIC TO WALMART.

NO, I KNOW, BUT WALMART DOES SPONSOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS, BUT THEY HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THEY SPONSOR IT NOW GOES THROUGH A CORPORATE PROCESS.

IT USED TO BE UP TO THE STORE MANAGER TO APPROVE THE AMOUNTS.

NOW WE HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. AND DUE TO THAT, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AS MUCH OF A DONATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST. BUT THEY ARE A PARTNER WITH US, FOR SURE.

AND BUT I UNDERSTAND PUTTING THE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE SOME OF THE RETAIL STORES ABOUT PUTTING UP OUR IFRAMES AT THEIR STORES, OR AT LEAST A FLIER ON THEIR DOORS.

I KNOW FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS, ONLY IF THEY'RE A SPONSOR OF IT.

THEY ALLOW IT. SO IT DOES DEPEND. YEP. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING? NOTHING. DANIEL. SORRY. FOR THE YMCA THING.

WAS THAT SUCCESSFUL? LIKE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR? MAYBE. SO WE'RE ENTERING OUR EVALUATION PROCESS NOW.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A STAFF MEETING TO GO OVER KIND OF WHAT WE DO WITH ALL OUR PROGRAMS AT THE END OF THEM.

WE GET TOGETHER, KIND OF COME UP WITH LIKE A SWOT ANALYSIS AND GO OVER THE PROS AND CONS.

THE SURVEYS WERE ALL EMAILED OUT, SO WE'RE WAITING ON RESPONSES FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A WISE DECISION OF WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.

SO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO MORE SURPRISES.

I'LL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. LET ME SEE YOUR PEN REAL QUICK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.