HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-20-2013 Regular MeetingMinutes of the Fairhope Recreation Board
November 20, 2013
The Fairhope Recreation Board met Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 5:15pm in the meeting room at
the Recreation Center, 803 N Greeno Rd.
Present were Jennifer Douglass, Bob Keyser, Vann Saltz, Tom Kuhl, Sherry Sullivan and Diana Brewer.
Absent were Kevin Grimes, Derek Thomas, Michelle Smith and Mike Ford. Cathy Hudson arrived at
5:45pm. Jennifer Olmstead took the minutes. Summer Lake Subdivision, Pedestrian Trail Group and
Brad Townsend with Tennis were represented as well.
After a correction under the update by Tom Kuhl, it was to be the High School Battle of the Bay, not the
Master Swim Battle of the Bay the minutes of the October 16, 2013 meeting were considered and
approved on a motion by Bob Keyser, second by Cathy Hudson, none opposed.
The Manley Complex — Sherry Sullivan gave an update to the board. The new plans were reviewed by
all. The rec board needs to make a recommendation before taking the new plans back to the planning
commission. Maintenance of county Road 13 will need to be taken over by the City. With the new plan,
we retained the 10 fields; however the number of parking had to be reduced. Concerns were brought
up by Bob Keyser. They were the distance between fields not being enough, parking shortage,
retention space, and tapering of the fields. The acquisition of an additional 10 acres and how to
incorporate the extra land into the current plans were discussed. An outside person will contact owner
about pricing of the 10 acres.
Recommendation was proposed by Bob Keyser to acquire additional 10 acres in order to spread the
fields out and add green space. The recommendation was seconded by Jennifer Douglass, none
opposed.
On Sunday, November 24, 2013 an e-mail with new revisions for the Manley Road Complex was
proposed. Bob Keyser proposed a motion to submit the plan to both the City Council and the Planning
Commission; second by Derek Thomas, none opposed.
Tennis — Brad Townsend spoke about the economic impact that the sport of Tennis could bring to our
area. The addition of more hard courts with the possibility of a few soft courts and a pickle ball area
would be what is needed. The question came up on incorporating a full service Tennis Shop into the
current structure and what the process would be to obtain this. A franchise agreement would be
needed along with council approval to place a Tennis shop in the building.
Recreation Update — Tom Kuhl updated the Board. Basketball is the only sport going right now and
everything else is going fine.
Community Park — Sherry Sullivan updated the Board about the new park. School visits are in progress.
The comments and remarks about the new park have all been positive. Project looks to be completed in
April which would be the 201h Anniversary of the old park.
Swimming — Cathy Hudson updated the board. The County high school meet was held in Fairhope.
Fairhope placed V in combined boys & girls, I" in boys and 3rd in girls. State is in 2 weeks. Fairhope will
be brining 13 swimmers that qualified and an additional 3 swimmers to round out the relays.
Soccer — Bob Keyser updated the board. The first day of pre -season conditioning was today and the
group looks good.
After no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:15pm.
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The Fairhope Recreation Board did not have a meeting in December 2013.