04_14_2022 Parks Advisory Board Meeting 1 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOCC Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Advisory Board Thursday, April 14, 2022 Lesley “Les” Miller, Jr. All People’s Community Park and Life Center PRESENT: Anthony Sanchez Jack Berlin Nathan Gennara Joe Guidry, Jr. Aaron Casteel Barbara Heineken STAFF: Rick Valdez Forest Turbiville Alison Hughes Ross Dickerson Billy Graham Dave Ramirez Chris Kiddy Greg Brown I. WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER a. This meeting was called to order at 12:07 p.m. by Anthony Sanchez b. Thank you to the Friends of the County Parks and Recreation for providing lunch today. II. PUBLIC COMMENTS a. None III. PRESENTATIONS a. Park Cell Towers i. Anthony Sanchez stated that he has been in contact with Scott Lewis from the last meeting. Mr. Sanchez also summarized the information that has been sent to him on this issue. Mr. Sanchez is not in support of the cell tower. ii. Discussion ensued regarding opposition and Board/staff member positions on this issue. Mr. Valdez stated that contracts for current cell towers on parks will not be renewed and that a solution must be found that does not involve parkland. The Board agreed that this is no longer a Board issue. b. ELAPP Acquisition Update i. Ross Dickerson shared that there is no major update at this time. c. State Road 56 Extension i. Forest Turbiville shared that there is no update at this time. d. Lettuce Lake Park Nature Center Naming i. Billy Graham stated that he met with the honoree last week and the template for the sign has been created. ii. Discussion ensued regarding sign and sign unveiling ceremony. iii. Mr. Graham shared videos about the interpretive program and introduced Ashley Martin. Ms. Martin spoke about her vision for the program. iv. Discussion ensued regarding interpretive programs, camps, and volunteers. ACTION ITEM- Connect Anthony Sanchez and Ashley Martin regarding volunteer 04_14_2022 Parks Advisory Board Meeting 2 outreach e. Skyway Park Update i. Dave Ramirez shared that Skyway is fully managed by the department’s athletic team. They have been cleaning and upgrading the facility and brought in new staff. ii. Rick Valdez gave several updates regarding youth football. He has been working with the City of Tampa to establish background screening criteria and an appeal process. He has been meeting with affiliations to look at operations and equipment certifications. He has also reached out to HCSO to have deputies at all games and is looking into approved security firms. iii. Discussion ensued regarding seasons for youth football, tackle football, and flag football. f. Hybrid Meetings i. Mr. Sanchez explained why today’s meeting was hybrid. ii. Discussion ensued regarding the meeting format. Motion: Jack Berlin made a motion to allow hybrid meetings only in special circumstances that must be approved in advance and the motion was seconded by Joe Guidry. The motion was passed with no opposing members. g. May 19 Meeting i. Discussion ensued regarding scheduling conflicts with the next meeting. Motion: Nathan Gennara made a motion to move the May 19 meeting to May 26 and the motion was seconded by Jack Berlin. The motion was passed with no opposing members. IV. BOARD ACTION a. Approve minutes from the February 24, 2022 meeting Motion: Joe Guidry made a motion approving the February 24, 2022 meeting minutes and the motion was seconded by Jack Berlin. The motion was passed with no opposing members. V. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS a. Jack Berlin asked about sponsorships and Alison Hughes gave an update. b. Chris Kiddy gave an update about baseball tournaments. VI. COMMUNICATIONS, ACTIVITIES, OR STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS a. Mr. Valdez shared an update about the groundbreaking on Waterset Sports Complex. VII. ADJOURNMENT a. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:00 PM. Respectfully submitted, 04_14_2022 Parks Advisory Board Meeting 3 Alison Hughes, Parks Board Facilitator