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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-16-2001 Regular MeetingThe Recreation Board of the City of Fairhope met Monday, April 16, 2001 at 6:30PM at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section Street Present: Charlie Langham, Chairman; members Rae Jackson, Trisha McMahon, Bob Callahan, Jim Godfrey, Larry Thomas. Eddie Boyett, Recreation Director, Sherry Sullivan, Mike Ford, Council Liaison, Betty Rivenbark, Secretary. Also present tonight was the Mayor and City Council who had been invited to talk about recreation priorities. Eddie Boyett told how the Recreation Board had met with the council before a council meeting and they had expressed how they would like to have a priority list. Thus the reason for meeting together tonight. Eddie had put together a slide presentation and the listed as the first priority getting a new gym. He said that the one we have is used all it can be and we are having to go to other facilities around town for the different activities/leagues to practice. He told of the many programs that could be offered at a new gym. Size of this gym to be 32000 sq ft a metal building with a brick facade at a cost of $96,000. Second, he said we needed to fence the practice fields at Founders Park. This was determined to be a 4 ft. fence and cost to be around $10,000. He also mentioned that the Mayor had said he would like to have a skaters area. He showed pictures of how it might look. Different revenue sources were talked about ..charging for memberships. Discussion followed by all on whether or not we needed to include in plans new pool, tennis courts. It was also talked about pros and cons of mixing children and adults. This was where we ran into problems before because the adults did not want to mix with the children. Eddie was praised for his presentation and after all this was talked about Cecil Christenberry asked what do we do now? He was told that the problem we have always had was funding. At least we could have a plan and work towards that. It was determined that to do all talked about we were talking about possibly two million dollars. Tim said he also had been hit with possibility of new library and that he would have to see how the dollars went. Larry emphasized to all that a big part of the recreation programs have been the volunteers and that we do not wish to discourage them. Bob Callahan also said that the different leagues had from time to time paid for repairs or new scoreboards, etc. The council was thanked for coming and left. The minutes of the February meeting were considered and duly approved as written on motion by Trisha McMahon, 2"d by Rae Jackson and unanimously carried. The bills were considered and approved for payment except for 3 that were questioned by Mr. Boyett on motion by Larry Thomas, 2"d by Bob Callahan and unanimously carried. Eddie reported on things that the mayor told him to go ahead and do - old bathroom behind concession stand being torn down, additional parking at Founders Park being added(500 spaces). Larry said that the FSTC had said they would buy materials to put in walkway to high school parking lot from Founders. All thought this would be a great idea and see if Eddie can go ahead and get done while doing current projects. There being no further business, meeting was duly adjourned.