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1 PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOWN OF REDINGTON SHORES Town Hall – 17425 Gulf Blvd. Redington Shores, FL 33708 REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 - 5:00 P.M. MINUTES A Regular Meeting of Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee of the Town of Redington Shores, Florida was convened at 5:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Loretta Fricks, Bonnie Utz, Ginger McQuigg, Mary Gerst Absent: Marie Palena, Emily Schraeder & Cathy Sypniewski 1. OLD BUSINESS a. Approval of Minutes: It was moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the last PAR meeting held on June 26, 2024. b. Proposed Beach Signage: Loretta reviewed the sign suggestion that she will be presenting to the Commission at tonight’s meeting. It was suggested that she inform the Commission that while it appears to be a very simple sign that a lot of work went into summarizing this sign. We visited all of the beach accesses in the town to review what is currently In use as well as looking at what other beach communities are using. From there a lot of discussion was had to talk about what we wanted to convey to beachgoers and the best way to do it. Loretta will present our final version to the Commission at their meeting tonight. c. Holiday Pole Decorations on Gulf Blvd. The town contracts with a vendor to hand our holiday decorations using “available inventory”. It is recommended that: PAR make a formal request to the Commission to update the Town’s public Holiday decorations. Town staff would then explore options. This could be done during a workshop, the Commission would then put it on their meeting agenda if they want to act. Their next workshop is Wednesday July 31 st and our request would need to be in by 7/22. Bonnie is to get a list of her thoughts and ideas to Loretta. It was agreed that we need to act fast on this issue. d. New Signs for Nature Park and Constitution Park: New signs for Nature Park and Constitution Park and Town signs on Gulf Blvd? – Signs are built into the 2024-5 budget year; Nature Park, Constitution Park and Town entry signs at north and south edges of town on Gulf Blvd. Details and design are still pending. Town staff handling. There was mention of working with Creative Pinellas. – This relates to Crosswalk or intersection art on pavement. e. New Town Logo – The commission is leaning toward the logo that is most like our current logo. They have asked the designer to tweak some of the things that they discussed and they are getting close to completing this item. 2. NEW BUSINESS: What will our next project be? a.. “dress up” the Message Kiosks: Need to straighten and remove old obsolete signs from beach and decorate the back side so that they have a “beachier” look to them. Public Works has removal, etc. on their list to complete and PAR needs to see what can be done to make them look better. b. It will soon be time for the Annual Town Picnic, and while we will not be as responsible for the picnic as we were last year, we need to decide how we will help. Bonnie discussed doing what PAR had done in previous years by staffing the activities for children. Loretta will let staff know that we are willing to help in some capacity.

2 b. MISCELLANEOUS County Beach Park. There was talk of replacing the fence, perhaps with shared funding from Pinellas County. Have a mural painted on the dumpster enclosure. – Mike has talked with Lyle Fuller at Pinellas Co. The county is not interested in replacing the fence. As a future project, the Town could add fence replacement to a future budget. Town would again address this topic with the County at that time. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting adjourned at 5:50 pm. The next meeting will be July 31 st . Respectfully submitted, Ginger McQuigg Date Approved