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02-23-2000 Minutes February 23, 2000 Parks & Recreation City and Lake County Directors Meeting Minutes from February 8, 2000. Meeting was held in Lady Lake. Sharon Ellis, Parks & Recreation Director of Lady Lake. I would like to thank her for the coordination of the meeting place and refreshments. Those in attendance: Jay Slaughter - Minneola, Ann Bowan- Eustis, Mary Bryant - Eustis, Larry Walker - Groveland, Judy Smathers -Mt. Dora, SteffaniWitmer -South Lake YMCA, Amy Lesner - Clermont, Bob Stevens -Lake County Parks & Recreation, Vicki Prettymon- Ocoee, Allie Tate - Barnett- Ocoee, Collier Clark- Florida Division of Recreation & Parks, Lynn Walsh - Fruitland Park, and Sharon Ellis -Lady Lake. • City reports: Clermont needed information regarding the depth of infield clay mixture for ball fields. There are no specifications as far as anyone knew. Hancock Park is in the process of getting bids out for the park Questions arose about the turn over of staff and how much is being paid. Human Resource Dept. should do a job study to find out what other cities are paying, etc. Are cities on State Pension Plan? • Ocoee has had increase growth. Just opened a $2 million Beach Recreation Center. Will be opening a zero depth pool in the future. Many parks -most are lighted. Lady Lake had recreation workshops. Looking at 45 acres: 35 for recreation and 10 for well site. Presently, have 3 baseball fields for Little League. Just formed Park & • Recreation Board as of 2/7/00. Ocoee - maintenance: trying to get funding sources. Switching grass to Bermuda by . killing Bahia and letting Bermuda grow through. Minneola - Trailhead Park and Lakewood Ridge are the only parks in Minneola. Just got a new commissioner. Fruitland Park- Roller hockey and soccer program are going. They have a rink for hockey. They are in process of getting lighting and bleachers for the court. Musco has a scholarship for lighting. Annual Fruitland Park Day coming up on 3/31 - 4/1/00. Eustis - Facilities and-recreation. All events must go through them Have programs: softball, most of recreation is k -12` grade; most of programs are free though grants. They are in low - income area with at -risk children. Work with schools and share facilities. They have an aquatics center and many special events planned. Groveland- Changing Parks& Recreation impact fees. Just did sewer master plan, doing •water master plan and then will do parks & recreation master plan. Currently writing 3 grants for 3 of their parks. Students at Grey Middle School are designing improvements for the parks. Also use talents of students at South Lake High School for input. Baseball fields in middle of enhancements from Little League. The city takes care of mowing and irrigation. Improvements to fields since Little League took over. Mount Dora- Recovering from Art Festival. Rebuilt Domelly Park. Take care of 16 parks, 7 recreation areas, cemetery, and grounds where the public service buildings are . located. They have an after school program. Raised funds to take children to Kennedy • • ;!.. • Space Center for an overnight trip. Redoing parking lots in Gilbert Park. Will have a new multi - purpose building. South Lake YMCA- Collaborative efforts with the City of Clermont and Groveland on facilities for day camp. Running out of small facility. Collier Clark -Dept. of Environmental Protection Advisory Services Manager . He passed out a book about grants. FRDAP -handed out list of projects (may come out in the Fall) Due back in Dec., .in July 2001. Land Water Conservation- Federal grant program 50/50 match. Florida got $1.7 million and is stressing acquisition. Transportation Enhancement Program Historic Preservation Cultural Arts Small Community CD Block grant program Urban Forestry County Recycling gives grants Greenways and Trails Community Centers Grant has House and Senate bill sponsor and is in proposed legislation/Bills in Tallahassee that may provide additional grants. Bob Stevens -Lake County has 39 parks, 22 cemeteries. They need to establish a program to recognize and protect them. Bob is writing a master plan for the county. Survey residents to find out which facilities they would like to have. Would like to do special events in conjunction with the cities. Park Issues: Medal of Honor memorial needs to be moved, Lake Idamere- second FRDAP extension, three -way contract to do soccer program at Hickory Point. Other recommended speakers to attend meetings: Recycling Next meeting date and location: Eustis, April 4 at 10:00 a.m. Meeting adjourned at Noon. • • • • • • City and Community Agencies addresses and telephone numbers: City of Clermont -Amy Lesner City of Eustis -Mary Bryant 400 12 Street 2214 E. Bates Avenue P.O. Box 120219 Eustis, FL 32726 Clermont, FL 34711 (352) 357 -7969 (352) 394-6763 or 394 -3350 (352)357 -3642 fax • (352) 394 -8776 fax email: recdept @eustis.org email: clrmntpr @gate.net Fruitland Park - Lynn Walsh City ofMinneola- Sylverster Julien 506 W. Berckman Street 302 Pearl Street • • Fruitland Park, FL 34731 P.O. Box 678 (352) 323 -1653 Minneola, FL 34755 (352) 787 -4219 fax (352) 394 -6198 lynnwalsh- 2000 @yahoo.com (352) 394 -0051 fax City of Groveland- Larry Walker South Lake YMCA & Lake- Basha Schlazer 156 South Lake Ave County Advisory Board Groveland, FL 34736 855 W. DeSoto Street (352) 429 -2438 Clermont, FL 34711 (352) 429-3852 fax (352) 394-7243 email: walker@veriomail.com (352) 394 -7243 Fax Town of Lady Lake- Sharon Ellis City of Tavares- Alan Gagne 409 Fennell Blvd. 00 Disston Ave: • Lady Lake, FL 32159 P.O. Box 1068 (352) 751-1507 Tavares, FL 32778 -1068 (352) 751 -1510 fax (352) 742.6221 or 742 -6319 (352) 742 -6397 fax Lake County Parks & Recreation Mgr. Town of Montverde- Bob Stevens Ruth Ryan or Vera Higuera 315 W. Main Street 17404 6 Street Tavares, FL 32778 Montverde, FL 34756 (352) 343-9761 (407) 469-2681 (352) 343 -9794 fax (407) 469 -2773 Fax email: bstevens @co.lake.fl.us City of Leesburg City of Mascott- Sonny Bell or Jim Branigan Janice Bennett 318 South 2 Street 529 East Myers Blvd. Leesburg, FL 34748 Mascott, FL 34753 (352) 728-9885 (352) 429-3341 • (352) 728 -9889 fax (352) 429 -3345 fax City of Mount Dora -Judy Smathers Golden Triangle YMCA 510 Baker Street - Admin. Paul Bianchi • Mt. Dora, FL 32757 32029 Merry Road (352) 735-7183 Tavares, FL 32778 (352) 742 -2101 fax (352) 343 -1144 email: smathersj @mount- dora.fl.us . (352) 735 -1539 City of Ocoee 1320 A D Mims Rd. Ocoee, FL 34761