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r DEC rC° <br />PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE <br />SUMMARY <br />December 3, 1992 <br />BOOK 88 FXE 260 <br />1) Construction of _ Girl's _Softball _ Field _ at _ the 16th _ Street <br />Baseball Ca_ <br />n• lex '--- - ------ ---•- - -- -- - _. _ _ <br />Bernie Grall asked permission to construct a girl.'s softball <br />field at the 16th Street baseball complex. The leagues will <br />have • fund raisers to develop aiid mai.ntairi the field. <br />Pat Callahan, City of Vero Reach, and Vero Reach Recreation <br />Committee have all approvefl t'he .1equest c'oIlt.iI':geiit. upon <br />County approval. <br />The Parks and Rec:reatioit recomn,ended <br />that the County Commission grant the request. <br />2) Request to Fxteiid After School_ Program <br />Godfrey Gipson, Vero Reach Elementary School Principal, and <br />Susan Ear.lywine, PTA President, requested aii after school <br />program. he started at Vero Reach Elementary School.. Pat <br />Callahan said there are only 3 schools in the County that do <br />iiot have an after school piogritm. She said. the 11rograw is <br />t caxpayF'l <br />She recommended 1 -bat an after school program be initiated at - <br />the I bi f -f. TPn�i�ll�i)1(j school .c: jr, the rount.y. . She also <br />recommended that the program be turned over to the schools <br />when we can show them t -bat it. is self-sul)portirig as school <br />teachers, aides arid facilities are used. <br />The committee unanimously recomwen(led that: the after school <br />program be extended to the three remaining schools if the <br />schools are in agrecmexit, olid when feasible, turn the <br />program over to the schools. <br />This i.tc-m has beeli F.c bedul Endfor pplil i c discussion at at. the <br />December 15,. _1992. C�oWx.. C.n►niission Meeting. . - <br />3) Request for Recreation _ F_a_ c_ i_ l.i.ti_ es_ for _ E:_I derly. -Persons _ ir, <br />North CountX Area <br />Kay. Rogers requested that several recreational facilities be <br />constructed or, County property between Donald MacDonald and <br />Dale tviriibrow Parks. % She was advised to make her request <br />when budgets are considered next year. <br />4) Offer to Lease'Prj)aert- in_ Archie Carr -Sea Turtle Refuge <br />Because an endangered of beach mice have been <br />discovered on the Treasure Shares Park beach parcel., further <br />construction of the park has been halted. DNR has offered <br />to Lease two small strips of land to the County as an <br />option. <br />The committee recommeiided ghat the County Commission enter <br />into a lease agreement with the state to keep our options <br />open. <br />This item will be scheduled for discussion at a future <br />CountX- Commiss'ion meeting_ " - " ' - __. _ . _ _ . _ _ _ _ <br />52 <br />