As you recall the Parks Advisory Committee was formed to address and make recommendations to the City Commission on two issues;
1. Vendors being allowed to sell or rent their products within our city parks.
2. General and specific parking problems within our City parks.

Per my June update, I attended the Public Workshop meeting on June 10th. There is concern that our sand resource will be gone in eleven years. This project, which is in the beginning fact finding stage, is simply a method to store some or all the 130,000 cubic yards of sand required annually to maintain our beaches directly S of the Inlet. This sand would be available to place on our beaches as it is currently done.

Currently there are two options. In both, a 2,300 ft. long basin is constructed beginning just W of the North side of the Jetty.

The following report represents the status of our beach parks projects as of May 18, 2009

SOUTH CAUSEWAY PARK SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
The work is complete and there will be no further major projects in the foreseeable future. Minor landscaping will be ongoing.

KIMBERLY BERGALIS/ SURFSIDE.
The necessary DEP permit is in hand. The materials for the shelters, large pavilion, and restrooms have been ordered. The RFP(Request For Proposals) for construction will be ready for advertisement by the middle of June.

INLET LINEAR PARK.

Good evening

Arden Peck, chair of our Beach and Parks Committee cuts the ribbon to open the new South Beach Park on December 11th 2008

The new South Beach Park is now open. The official ribbon cutting will be on Dec. 11th.

Submitted by
Arden Peck-Chair
December 1, 2008

INTRODUCTION

The Parks Advisory Committee was formed to discuss and make recommendations on the following issues within our City Parks.

VENDORS IN THE PARKS

PARKING IN THE PARKS

The Committee members are:

1. Vendor must comply with all laws, rules and regulations promulgated by local, state or federal authorities, where applicable.
2. Original permits are not transferable and must be openly displayed on each vending unit, so as to be visible from the road.
3. Vendor shall not offer for sale anything from said vending unit, other than the items described in the permit for said vending unit.
4. No vending of alcoholic beverages is permitted under any condition.

A brief update on our current and future beach parks projects.

The South Beach Park project is scheduled for completion in September.

The South Causeway Park interim improvements project is scheduled to be completed by mid-October except for the pier over Harbour Isles outflow pipe. The City is now in charge of the park’s maintenance and will do the improvements.

The Jetty park design and build contract has been awarded. No start date as yet.