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RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
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PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
February 2, 1988
The City of Palm Beach Gardens Parks and Recreation Department
Advisory Board met on Tuesday, February 2, 1988, in the Com-
munity Center.
Present were: Chairman Chuck Campbell, Betsey Yerry, Art
Kaminski, and Ellen Finnerty. Absent was Cindy Cody, David
Kanter, Kevin Feeney, and City Council liaison, Dick Feeney.
Also in attendance was Sue Ruskay, Assistant Director of the
Parks and Recreation Department.
Chairman Chuck Campbell called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.
and presented an agenda for discussion.
Chuck Campbell stated that he had hoped to have a meeting with
the City Contract Planner to discuss future plans for recrea-
tion by this date and have a letter to the City Council with
recommendations from the Advisory Board. The City residents
will be voting on a proposed annexation plan that will extend
the boundary lines of Palm Beach Gardens. If this plan is
passed, the additional population and land area will require
expansion of recreational facilities for the city. Recommen-
dations to the City Council would have to wait until this
vote is decided.
Ellen Finnerty suggested that the Chairman draft a letter
to the City Council with recommendations from the Advisory
Board and a final letter will be discussed at the next
board meeting. These recommendation would include obtaining
the property behind the Klock Company and Community Center
expansion.
The Youth Athletic Association basketball and baseball program
was discussed. The YAA Board voted to run their own basketball
program instead of having the Recreation Department take it
over. The first appointed director did not work out and had
to be replaced. Julie Mojica is running that program now.
A major part of the upcoming baseball program will be run
by women volunteers.
"QUALITY LEISURE SERVICES ... JUST FOR YOU"
• Some of the problems at PGA Park were discussed. The water
fountain now has a step for youngsters and there is no longer
a problem with a locked gate on weekends. The long grass is
still a problem and cannot be eliminated without being replaced.
The lights at the public tennis courts was discussed as well
as the need for the replacement of shrubs around the back
tennis courts. It was suggested that new lights could be
installed at the public tennis courts when additional light-
ing is added to the Gardens Park softball fields.
Sue Ruskay explained how the Summer Tennis Program will be
run. This will be seperate from the Community Center Summer
Program; the tennis will be run by Alyce Marshall, Tennis
Pro and Jim Gignilliat, assistant Tennis Pro. The swim
program will also be seperate - this way those that are
interested in these programs can sign up instead of having
it as part of the Summer Program.
Chuck Campbell stated he would like to invite interested
residents to apply as members of the Advisory Board. He
would like to see the members increase from seven to possi-
bably eleven. Chairman Campbell also stated he would like
to see a questionaire in the newsletter to see if the Parks
and Recreation Department is meeting the needs of the resi-
dents.
There was a discussion on the need to have a city library.
The county library is just too small for the growing popu-
lation. It was mentioned that both North Palm Beach and
Lake Park have libraries with nice facilities that include
meeting rooms. This would be helpful in eliminating some
of the demand for space at the Community Center.
Because the results of the annexation will not be known
until after the March 8 election, it was decided the next
meeting would be April 5th.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Sellers
Secretary