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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE TOWN OF REDINGTON SHORES REGULAR MEETING MINUTES April 24, 2024 – 5:00 P.M. Minutes Town Hall- 17425 Gulf Blvd. Redington Shores, FL 33708 CALL TO ORDER – 5:00 PM ROLL CALL – Marie Palena, Loretta Fricks, Mary Gerst, Bonnie Utz, Cathy Sypniewski OLD BUSINESS 1. Minutes from meeting 4/3/2024 were approved. 2. Nature Park Status: Planting is complete. Sufficient watering was a concern that has been addressed and wilting plants seem to have recovered. Sprinkler heads that were damaged during planting will be replaced. 3. Beach Access: a. New benches have come in. Four were placed on the sand near Beach Access areas; others were placed in the community where benches were missing or damaged. b. Four Beach Access locations are thought to be privately owned by adjacent condo buildings. (183rd , La Vistana, Pier, across from Town Hall.) The town is communicating with those HOAs to confirm. If these are private the town will no longer maintain them on a regular basis. c. Goal is to complete Beach Access updates by end of fiscal 2024-2025 (9/30/2025). NEW BUSINESS 1. Special Guest Town Administrator Mike McGlothlin attended for coordination with budgeting and assistance with projects. Mike to attend PAR meeting on 5/29/2024 to get input for Capital Improvements Projects that may fall into PAR. 2. PAR account comes from Land Development Fees and is allocated for: a. Development and Maintenance of Parks b. Cultural and Community Recreation activities and events. 3. Beach Access project funding is in good financial shape for the remainder of 2023-2024. a. Comprehensive sign needs to be designed. Consult Mario for more information. 4. County Beach Parking Lot: Discussion regarding asking County to address curbing around parking islands before Town refreshes ground cover in islands. A few more plants (hawthorns) need to be removed from surrounding border and area needs to be mulched. Bike Racks to be ordered and installed. Obsolete Parking Pay Stations are to be removed.

MISCELLANEOUS Osprey platforms are damaged and birds have relocated to light poles. Town to work with Duke Energy about replacements. McGlothlin to check on replacement of exercise equipment in Nature Park. PAR asked for status of update to own logo. This is impacting designing and ordering new signs for Nature Park and Town Parking Lot, and perhaps County Beach Parking Lot. Our Town hosted Governor DeSantis to sign two coastal project bills today. Next meeting is May 8, 2024 at 5 PM ADJOURNMENT 5:55 PM “Persons are advised that, if they decide to appeal any decisions made at this meeting, they will need a record of the proceedings, and, for such purpose, they may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.”