Carolina Beach Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee
November 3rd 2014
7:00 PM
Present: Duke Hagestrom
Heather Kinne
Charlie Thomas
Lonnie Lashley
Absent: John McGuire
Jason Kessler
Mike Callahan
Christina Dees
Eric Jelinski (staff)
Tim Murphy (staff)
ITEM #1
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Adam Myer-Skate Park Presentation
Wilmington resident Adam Myer presented ideas on ways to improve CB Skate Park
He spoke about certain maintenance issues and the group discussed ways to alleviate
problems.
Trash cans can be moved into more advantageous positions to help with trash issues
Engage the youth to help with vandalism problems. Encourage skaters to help prevent
others from vandalism
Address graffiti removal on the bowl and bank part of the park
Spoke about safe paints that will not make the surfaces too slick
Lonnie mentioned contacting the gazette for a possible article
We talked about collaborating with skaters to hold future events at the park
Eric spoke about having the rec leaders help with new and creative ideas for the park
and competitions.
ITEM #2 Youth Room Renovations
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Eric talked about what needs to take place before beginning project; removing old
equipment, clean room and install flooring.
Eric spoke about new ideas for the youth room learned at the NRPA conference
including game console controllers charged from exercise bikes.
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Eric and the committee agreed that a good idea would be to involve the local youth in a
focus group to receive input on room ideas.
Spoke about ways this group meeting would be facilitated by staff
Tim recommended emailing local youth found in the rec center database to get a sense
of interest
Lonnie recommended a timeline be in place for the completion of the project
Item #3 Christmas by the Sea
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Eric explained that the event would be moved to the lake this year and coincide with
Lights by the Lake
The gazebo will be enclosed and transformed into Santa’s workshop
Island Women have agreed to paint while island Men would help in the construction of
the walls, ect
Heather informed staff about the mailbox idea where kids can drop off their letters to
Santa, the Post Office could not provide an old mailbox. We spoke about the possibility
of making one.
Agreed upon the date of December 13th for Cookies with Santa event
Duke discussed possibility of incorporating a storytelling section
Discussion moved to ideas for this year’s Christmas float (many themes were discussed)
Heather offered the idea of purchasing matching sweatshirts for staff and committee to
wear to the event.
Item #4 Park Improvement Discussion
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Eric spoke to Todd at Landscapes Unlimited about seeding the multi-use field at MC park
Plans will be in place to re seed field upon completion of PISA season
Duke offered that the most important step will be watering the field
Eric spoke about the lights maintenance at MC park has significantly hurt our parks
maintenance budget
Duke suggested digital codes for lights in the future
Eric spoke about the future removal of some tree limbs in the residents yard at
McDonald Park
Eric said some possible plans at McDonald include: relocating swingset, pushing back
playground mulch and having landscapers perform a more thorough cleaning
Heather spoke about the possibility of moving the gazebo
Item # 5 Programs
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Eric conducted a brief recap of the Halloween event
The group discussed the possibility of changing the event to a Fall Festival next year
Duke suggested having multiple activities could happen on the different fields at MC for
a possible Fall Festival Event
Lonnie expressed concerns over parking
Duke shared his thoughts on a “Friends of the Park” program and offered the positives a
program like that could bring
Eric spoke about the possibility of coordinating with Fort Fisher/Kure Beach like Island
Day
Tim gave a rundown of the youth basketball program progress
Meeting Adjourned