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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
MONDAY, April 21 AT 7:00 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. Call to Order
11. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Roll Call
IV. Additions, Deletions, and Modifications
V. Items by Council Liaison
VI. Items by Staff Liaison
1. Grant Updates (PGA Park — LWCF, FRDAP, Lilac Park - FRDAP)
2. Announcement: Public Budget Workshops, May 1 & 15 6PM
VII. Old Business
1. Master Planning Start: Plant Drive /Lilac Drive
a) Site Data — review survey forms
b) Next Steps
VIII. New Business
1. Meeting needed to discuss the combination of Boards (RAB & CAB)
IX. Updates
1. Construction Services (TK)
2. Recreation (CP)
3. Parks (MK)
4. Golf (DR)
I. Comments by the Public
II. Comments by the Board
III. Adjournment
Recreation Advisory Board
Plant Drive /Lilac Park Site Visit — Survey
Site inventory:
Park Element
Condition: New /Refurbished/
Notes
Needs Attention /Replace
Skate Ramps
Ok
Separate from basketball
Good
Update and expand
Needs Attention
Ramps appear to be in good shape
New, fairly new
Basketball
Good
Needs moved
Courts
Good
Need new backboards
Needs Attention
Possibly move to the Lilac side, expand
Good
parking and plants
Needs attention
Excellent condition
Should be moved to NE corner of site
South Restrooms
Ok
Inadequate
Refurbish
Building needs attention
New facilities with stadium
ADA compliant questionable
Women's had large garbage cans
Meeting Room
Needs Updated
And expanded
Needs Attention
Building needs attention
Replace
Possible phase III replacement
Softball Field
Best
See stadium plans
Excellent
Needs more parking
Replacing, Excellent,
New, OK
Ball Field Parking
Good Shape
Inadequate
Insufficient /Shared
Need more —expand
Fine
See stadium plans
New
May need more spaces, Needs more
parking
Batting Cages
Old
Design with new stadium
Good
See stadium plans
Replacing, Good, New
Netting in good shape
Rinks
Ok
Not much use
Refurbish
Add stands
Needs Attention
Needs more study
Refurbish
Needs a little TLC, graffiti in dug outs,
What is missing? (what would you add and where to enhance the park development)
1. More parking
2. All purpose field
3. In -line skating rink where volleyball is
4. Lilac side — 2 multipurpose fields, with dog park & parking
Needs attention
piles of leaves in corners, no spectator
shade
Dugouts needs attention
Rink Restrooms
Nice
No problem
Good, Needs attention
Floors need to be painted /repaired
Rink Parking
Ok
If no games
New
Inadequate /need more
Sufficient at present
Could use more spaces, more parking
Baseball Field
Good, Excellent, Newer,
Needs more study
Excellent,
Needs attention
Baseball Parking
Ok
If no other activities
Good
Not always sufficient
Excellent, New
Needs more parking
Dog Park
Newer
Needs expanded
New
Need More
Needs additional space
Add another section big /small
No ada access, dirt and mud by gate
Playground
OK, Newer
Well used, expand
Excellent, New
Need more for younger children
Exercise Trail
Newer
Needs expanded
Excellent, Good
Fine, Can add to the east by the canal
Exercise
Excellent
Need more for younger children
Equipment
Good
Can add stations
Pavilion
Good
Add smaller ones throughout
Newer, Excellent
Fine, Should add more
New, Needs attention
Picnic Area
Good
Same comment
Excellent
Fine
New, Needs attention
Needs more study
Bridge
Good
Good
Newer
Excellent, New, OK
What is missing? (what would you add and where to enhance the park development)
1. More parking
2. All purpose field
3. In -line skating rink where volleyball is
4. Lilac side — 2 multipurpose fields, with dog park & parking
5. Needs more study
Dog park — cement walking into the area, around park and by water fountain
Rink — shade coverage if games scheduled during the day
Additional parking for the entire area
Some kind of connection between the parks, maybe a bridge or crosswalk
Lots of baseballs go over top the playground, can we stop this?
Overall comments about the two parks: (too much, too little, use conflicts, do elements compliment each other ?)
1. Not enough
2. Basketball vs. skate park
3. Elements do not compliment each other
4. Plant Drive needs refurbishing to be freshened up
5. Expand parking to north at softball field, make basketball parking
6. Rock wall needs to be for younger children
7. Plant Drive — older, bathroom needs touch up, repaint over graffiti
8. Lilac — awesome facility except for condition of dog park facility, odor of the area is
bad
Sand Volleyball not used
How about a playground next to the volleyball court
Facility participation:
Facility
Number of Participants
Comments
Playground
3
2 children /1 adult
8 kids
Lighter color rubber, flooring gets hot, put
benches under stand by playground, rock
climbing wall, playground for smaller
children
Skate park
10,14
Softball
2
Rink
3
Dog park
8 dogs, 15 adults
10 people /12 dogs
More benches needed
Exercise Trail
2 adults, 3 people
Basketball
5
People were skateboarding on the
basketball courts
Baseball
6 people