Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 23 Feb 2026

Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 23 Feb 2026. Location: Largo Community Center. Time: 06:00 PM. Agenda: Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 23 Feb 2026 - Agenda - Html AGENDA Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board Monday, February 23, 2026 Largo Community Center @ 6:00 p.m. Page I. PRESENT II. ABSENT III. CITIZEN COMMENT IV. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA V. MINUTES A Approval of the Minutes of the January 26 minutes Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 26 Jan 2026 - Minutes - Pdf 2 - 6 VI. OLD BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS A Largo Central Park Playground project B Summer Camp update C Department staff changes D Department data VIII. UPCOMING EVENTS IX. ADJOURNMENT Document: Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 23 Feb 2026 - Minutes - Html Largo Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board Minutes Monday, February 23, 2026 @ 6:00 PM PRESENT: Commission Liaison Michael DiBrizzi ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: Staff Liaison Krista Pincince A. Present Daniel Alejandro, Jim Angles, Michael DiBrizzi, Michele Paulson, Sue Porter, Pang Thao, Mark Weber, Krista Pincince, Lara Khoury, Megan Sanders, Christina Lorenz, and Alison Libby B. Absent Laurie Downen C. Citizen Comment D. Additions to Agenda Christina Lorenz, Manager of the Largo Community Center, introduced herself to the Board and gave a general overview of the Largo Community Center. Christina started with the City of Largo in 1996 and has now been the manager of the Largo Community Center for 8 years. The Board was given a copy of the Largo Lantern, which is a publication created by the Community Center staff every two months to highlight their programs. The Community Center mostly caters to seniors during the day, but at night is the home to the Tutterow Dance Company. The building is also used for a variety of special events, rentals and is even the location for the staff shelter during emergencies. E. Minutes 1. Approval of the Minutes of the January 23rd meeting. Recreation, Parks & Arts Advocacy Board - 26 Jan 2026 - Minutes - Pdf F. OLD BUSINESS G. NEW BUSINESS 2. Largo Central Park Playground project Assistant Director, Lara Khoury told the Board about the 2-million-dollar project to replace the playground at Largo Central Park this year. The goal is to start construction after summer. The playground will be closed for 6-10 weeks depending on delivery of the pieces. The Board was shown mockups of what the updated Playground is expected to look like after construction is complete. 3. Summer Camp update Summer camp registration opened on February 5th for residents, and February 19th for nonresidents. As of right now, Cool Kids at Highland and Little Mermaid camp at CPPAC are completely full. Some specialty camps are approaching their max as well. 4. Department staff changes Jennifer Fawcett has changed positions from the RPA Childcare Manager to the Recreation Leader 2 at Highland. This change allowed Brittany Schug to be promoted into the Childcare Manager role. She is now recruiting for someone new to take over her role as the Childcare Supervisor at Southwest. 5. Department data Over the next few months, the RPA Leadership Team will be building the FY27 budget and using performance data to influence this process. RPA is collectively gathering data to reflect the commitment to LarGOALS, a City of Largo policy which outlines data ownership as a shared responsibility among all team members. Megan Sanders, the RPA Business Manager, gave a presentation which gave an overview of performance measures and their purpose. This data is used to inform decision making and to create transparency for the public. H. Upcoming Events Upcoming events were discussed. They are as follows: March 6, 6-8P, Line Dance Social March 7, 9A-12P, Indoor Garage Sale March 7-8, Largo Central Railroad Train Weekend March 7, 10a-2P, Largo Historical Museum Open House March 11, 10A-12P, Car Fit March 13, 6:30P, Game Show Night March 14, Shamrock ‘N Run & After Party March 19, 12-2P, Live Music Luncheon March 20, Concert Series on the Breezeway March 21, 9A-1P, Spring Craft Sale March 21, 9A-3P, Largo Line Dance Fest March 26, 1P, Center Stage Concert Series March 28, 1-2:30P, Bites with the Bunny March 28, 8A-12P, SPCA Pet Walk March 28, 5-9P, Largo Evening Market I. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm. Diane L. Bruner, CMC, City Clerk