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Board of County Commissioners <br />Meeting Minutes - Final May 14, 2019 <br />Commissioner Zorc posited that local businesses can now apply for their foreign <br />trade zone subzone number, and expressed dismay that SHIP has not been fully <br />funded. <br />No Action Taken or Required <br />12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br />A. Community Development <br />B. Emergency Services <br />C. General Services <br />12.C.1. 19-0415 <br />Recommended Action: <br />Staff Report and Update to the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners - Pickleball in Indian River County, Florida <br />Staff recommends that $50,000 of the $450,000 in FY 2021/22 be moved <br />forward and allocated into the FY 2019/20 CIE, in order to complete site <br />planning, construction plans, permitting and construction estimates for a <br />pickleball complex at Dick Bird Park. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Comprehensive Plan/CIE Pages A-7 & A-8 <br />Director of Parks & Conservation Resources Kevin Kirwin recalled the County <br />Commission Meeting of March 26, 2019, at which Mari Colacino, on behalf of <br />Pickleball University, Inc., had requested that funding for a pickleball complex <br />be made available sooner than the currently planned for Fiscal Year 2021/22 <br />Capital Improvement Element (CIE). He provided background on existing <br />pickleball courts, noting that the City of Vero Beach Council authorized <br />Pickleball University to raise funds to upgrade the courts at Pocahontas Park. <br />Director Kirwin stated that the available funding to develop a pickleball <br />complex at Dick Bird Park has been included in the Fiscal Year 2021/22 CIE, <br />and invited questions from the Board. <br />Responding to the Board's questions and comments, Director Kirwin spoke to <br />the proposed courts at Dick Bird Park, and Pickleball University's Go Fund Me <br />initiative. He also affirmed staff's intention that funding for the Pickleball <br />courts would not impact the County's other recreational venues. <br />Mari Colacino, President of Pickleball University, discussed the progress being <br />made on the Pocahontas Park courts and advocated for staff's recommendation. <br />She thanked the Board and staff, and noted the importance of the County <br />planning for adequate parking at the recreational facility. <br />Indian River County Florida Page 7 <br />