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NOTICE of REGULAR MEETING Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston Parks and Amenities Committee Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:00 A.M NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston Parks and Amenities Committee Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Park Board Plaza, Board Room - First Floor 601 Tremont Street, Galveston, Texas 77550 I. Call Meeting To Order II. Pledge Of Allegiance III. Roll Call And Declaration Of A Quorum IV. Conflict Of Interest Declarations V. Requests To Address The Committee The public shall be allowed to address the Committee regarding one or more agenda or non- agenda items. All requests to address the Board must be submitted in writing to the Board Reporter the day of the Board meeting. Each person shall be limited to three (3) minutes regardless of the number of items addressed. VI. Discuss And Consider Approval Of Meeting Minutes Documents: DRAFT 12-05-2019 PAC MEETING MINUTES.PDF VII. Meet Our Park Champions: Tim Jackson, Dellanera Park Manager VIII. Presentation On Stewart Beach Drainage Project (Sheryl Rozier) IX. Discuss And Consider Recommendation Of Approval Of $16,000 For Support Of Bucket Brigade And World Ocean's Day Celebration At Stewart Beach (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: ARTIST BOAT FUNDING.PDF X. Review Draft State Of Parks Document (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: DRAFT STATE OF PARKS DOCUMENT.PDF XI. Concessionaire Bid Update (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: CONCESSIONAIRE UPDATE.PDF XII. Review 2019-2020 Revenue Targets And Assumptions (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: PARKS TEN-YEAR REPORT.PDF XIII. Discuss Special Event Management (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGEMENT.PDF EAST BEACH.PDF XIV. 2019-2020 Committee Work Plan Documents: PAC WORK PLAN 2019-2020 .PDF XV. Future Agenda Items XVI. Announcements XVII. Adjournment I certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted in a place convenient to the public, in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas government Code, on or before , January 3, 2020, 5:00 p.m. Approved Approved Approved as to Format Steven Creitz Spencer Priest Kelly de Schaun Chair, PAC Chair, Park Board of Trustees Park Board Executive Director Please Note Members of the City Council may be attending and participating in the discussion. In accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), persons in need of a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding shall, within three (3) days prior to any proceeding, contact the Park Board Administration Office, 601 Tremont, Galveston Texas 77550 (409-797-5147) NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston Parks and Amenities Committee Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Park Board Plaza, Board Room - First Floor 601 Tremont Street, Galveston, Texas 77550 I. Call Meeting To Order II. Pledge Of Allegiance III. Roll Call And Declaration Of A Quorum IV. Conflict Of Interest Declarations V. Requests To Address The Committee The public shall be allowed to address the Committee regarding one or more agenda or non- agenda items. All requests to address the Board must be submitted in writing to the Board Reporter the day of the Board meeting. Each person shall be limited to three (3) minutes regardless of the number of items addressed. VI. Discuss And Consider Approval Of Meeting Minutes Documents: DRAFT 12-05-2019 PAC MEETING MINUTES.PDF VII. Meet Our Park Champions: Tim Jackson, Dellanera Park Manager VIII. Presentation On Stewart Beach Drainage Project (Sheryl Rozier) IX. Discuss And Consider Recommendation Of Approval Of $16,000 For Support Of Bucket Brigade And World Ocean's Day Celebration At Stewart Beach (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: ARTIST BOAT FUNDING.PDF X. Review Draft State Of Parks Document (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: DRAFT STATE OF PARKS DOCUMENT.PDF XI. Concessionaire Bid Update (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: CONCESSIONAIRE UPDATE.PDF XII. Review 2019-2020 Revenue Targets And Assumptions (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: PARKS TEN-YEAR REPORT.PDF XIII. Discuss Special Event Management (Kelly De Schaun) Documents: SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGEMENT.PDF EAST BEACH.PDF XIV. 2019-2020 Committee Work Plan Documents: PAC WORK PLAN 2019-2020 .PDF XV. Future Agenda Items XVI. Announcements XVII. Adjournment I certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted in a place convenient to the public, in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas government Code, on or before , January 3, 2020, 5:00 p.m. Approved Approved Approved as to Format Steven Creitz Spencer Priest Kelly de Schaun Chair, PAC Chair, Park Board of Trustees Park Board Executive Director Please Note Members of the City Council may be attending and participating in the discussion. In accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), persons in need of a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding shall, within three (3) days prior to any proceeding, contact the Park Board Administration Office, 601 Tremont, Galveston Texas 77550 (409-797-5147) Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston Parks and Amenities Advisory Committee Regular Meeting 601 Tremont Street, Galveston, Texas 77550 12/5/2019 - Minutes I. Call Meeting To Order The meeting was called to order at 9:02 a.m. II. Pledge Of Allegiance The pledge was recited by those present. III. Roll Call And Declaration Of A Quorum Roll was called and a quorum declared. Committee Members Present: Jason Worthen, Mary Branum, Ann Hobing, Marlo Landreth, Sam Malchar, Wanda Buttner, Mario Rabago, Kristin Vale, Joan Marshall and Robert Callies (9:09 a.m.). Committee Members Absent: Steven Creitz and Joe Zdunek. Staff Present: Kelly de Schaun, Reuben Trevino and Schel Heydenburg. IV. Conflict Of Interest Declarations There were no conflicts declared. V. Requests To Address The Committee There were no requests to address the committee. VI. Discuss And Consider Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion: Jason Worthen motioned to approve the October 3, 2019 Parks and Amenities Committee Meeting minutes. Second: Wanda Buttner seconded. Vote: Approved (8-0, Rabago abstained). VII. Artist Boat Bucket Brigade Presentation (Karla Klay) Kelly de Schaun shared that the Park Board and Artist Boat have been partners for the past several years. She introduced Karla Klay, the Executive Director of Artist Boat who gave a presentation on the programs that have been part of this partnership. These programs include the Bucket Brigade Beach Tours, Beautify the Bucket and the World Oceans Day Festival. Ms. Klay shared that these programs, as well as the Marine Debris Task Force, were initially funded by a grant from the Texas General Land Office. She shared that the Park Board has contributed funding the past few years and that Artist Boat is again asking for funding from the Park Board in the amount of $36,000. Mrs. de Schaun advised the committee that Artist Boat would also be presenting to the Tourism Development Advisory Committee and the Beach Maintenance Advisory Committee and that the funding item would be placed on the January agenda for the committee to consider. VIII. Review 2019-2020 Committee Work Plans (Kelly De Schaun) Kelly de Schaun reviewed the PAC mission statement, role and goals and presented for discussion the draft of the 2019-2020 work plans. Mrs. de Schaun shared that she would like to add education and environmental outreach to the Special Projects portion of the plan. Ann Hobing recommended looking in to adding a loyalty program to the annual pass. Mrs. de Schaun will add these to the list and bring the plans back to the committee at the next meeting. IX. Discuss "State Of The Parks" Report Kelly de Schaun distributed a sample of the State of the Park report done earlier this year for Seawolf Park. She shared that staff is working to compile a report like this to include all of the parks and she reviewed the information to be included. Mrs. de Schaun will bring back the draft of the report for the committee to review before distribution. X. Review And Discuss End Of Year Park Financials (Kelly De Schaun) Kelly de Schaun reviewed the 2018-2019 financials for the Parks. She will bring back the 2019-2020 projections for the committee. XI. Future Agenda Items Concessionaire Program Update Capital Improvement Plans Funding for Artist Boat XII. Announcements XIII. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Agenda: Discuss and Consider Recommendation of Approval of $16,000 for Support of Bucket Brigade and World Oceans Day celebrations at Stewart Beach Background: In November the PAC Committee received a report from program partner Artist Boat regarding on going environmental education and marine debris efforts undertaken on the Park Board’s behalf and with financial support of the same. This presentation is also being shared with TDAC and BMAC in January. Current year fiscal commitments were outlined with a specific request to support activities at Stewart Beach; 71 days of Bucket Brigade tours at Stewart Beach Annual Beautify the Bucket contest at Menard Park, April 18 Celebration of World Ocean’s Day event at Stewart Beach (Build out to a 3 day event) Support of the Marine Debris Task Force Requested fiscal contributions for 2019-2020 programming total $36,000. For consideration by PAC, $16,000 is being solicited from Stewart Beach budget. Recommendation: Staff recommends allocating budgeted resources of $15,000 (SB 51-5345), plus an additional $1,000 to support; Bucket Brigade ($9,000) World Ocean’s Day ($7,000) Additional funds for Beautify the Bucket and World Ocean’s Day will be solicited from Tourism Development and consideration for support of the Marine Debris task force will be put before BMAC. Agenda Item: Review Draft State of the Parks Document Background: The attached Draft of the State of the Parks Document is for the PAC committee to review and provide input for distribution. 601 Tremont St.
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