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[Community Services Advisory Board on August 19, 2025.]

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OKAY. LET'S CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH. ROLL CALL. MEMBER. BARONE. PRESENT. MEMBER. MORASCO. PRESENT. MOROCCO.

MEMBER. MOREY. ABSENT. MEMBER. I'M SORRY. ALTERED. MEMBER. MEMBER. AUSTER. PRESENT. VICE CHAIR. SMITH. PRESENT. CHAIR. SMITH. PRESENT BUT NO LONGER. CHAIR. MEMBER. SMITH. YES. IT WILL BE A. EMPTY CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. BARONE. OKAY. OKAY. CASSIE, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ANNOUNCEMENTS. NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WELCOME. AS THE CHAIR AND OUR NEW VICE CHAIR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SERVING IN THOSE CAPACITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. NO CHANGES. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MEETING MINUTES? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION PASSES. MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

REGULAR AGENDA. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR. LAST ONE. WE HAVE THE WRONG ONE. THEY HAVE THE. THEY PULLED YOU UP THE WRONG ONE. OKAY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. REGULAR AGENDA.

CAMBIER PARK SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD. DONATION. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAD MERRITT, PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR. THIS IS AN ITEM. WE'VE GOT THE NAPLES SOFTBALL GROUP USES THE SOFTBALL FIELD OVER AT CAMBIER PARK. AND THEY HAVE. THEY ACTUALLY ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR 25 YEAR AGREEMENT THAT ENDS THIS YEAR. THAT WILL BE UP FOR RENEWAL. THE SCOREBOARD, IT IS IN A LITTLE BIT OF DISREPAIR. IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY HAVE A DONOR WHO IS SPECIFICALLY HAS ASKED TO DONATE FUNDING FOR THE SCOREBOARD SPECIFICALLY. SO THEY'VE GOT SOMEBODY WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $20,000 REPLACEMENT. THEY'VE DONE A RENDERING HERE. DID YOU CAN SEE ATTACHED AS WELL. BUT THIS SOFTBALL FIELD IS PRIMARILY USED BY NAPLES SOFTBALL GROUP. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO NOTATE. WITH THIS, THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED RIGHT HERE CURRENTLY, IF YOU BRING UP THE SCOREBOARD, ONE THING THAT I, I WOULD RECOMMEND IS WHERE IT'S GOT HOME OF NAPLES GIRLS SOFTBALL. I FEEL THAT IT MAY BE A BETTER SUITED TO HAVE THE CITY'S LOGO MOVED TO THE CENTER OF THE SCOREBOARD, AND IT READS CITY OF NAPLES AT THE TOP AND THEN MOVING NAPLES GIRLS SOFTBALL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A SPONSOR, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT DONATED THE FUND DOWN TO WHERE YOU SEE THE SPONSORSHIP AREA. SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. AND BECAUSE, AS I'VE SAID, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS CERTAIN. THE CITY OF NAPLES, OUR LOGO AND CAMBIER PARK, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN PLACE. THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THIS GROUP. SO THIS GROUP COULD CHANGE. THEIR LOGO COULD CHANGE. SO IF THEIR LOGO CHANGES AND WE HAVE IT ON THE PRIMARY SPOT ON THE SCOREBOARD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WE WOULD BE CHANCING THAT. AND NOW WE WOULD HAVE A LOGO THAT WOULD KIND OF BE STUCK. SO I THINK IF WE MOVE IT ON THE BOTTOM HALF WHERE IT'S PUT IN, WHERE THEY WOULD, IF WE NEEDED TO REMOVE IT IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE SECOND THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE

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WE WOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS. WE WOULD HAVE TO INSURE THIS. IT WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE DONATION. SO THIS WOULD NOT THEY WOULD DONATE IT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY. SO WHAT WAS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS HERE'S THE LOOK OF IT. HERE'S THE PROPOSAL. WE'RE LOOKING AT $20,000 DONATION. DONATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THIS BOARD SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO STATE THAT IT'S BEEN CSAB. SO WE WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT POINT. SO THAT'S IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT JASON HERE WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THAT GROUP AS WELL AS DAVID. DOES THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IN THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT. BUT WE WOULD ALSO WE WOULD PROCURE THE PROJECT. WE WOULD ALSO MANAGE THE PROJECT. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE MANAGED OUTSIDE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? SO IS THIS ANOTHER 25 YEAR ARRANGEMENT? NO. SO WHEN WE RENEW THIS WILL BE SEPARATE. SO THIS SCOREBOARD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. THIS WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THAT. WHEN WE DO GO BACK TO RENEW THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT ENTER INTO A 25 YEAR AGREEMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR TYPICAL AGREEMENTS ARE OF FIVE YEARS OR LESS. AND I ASK BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO SOMEWHAT KEEP IT NEUTRAL, SEPARATE THE DONATION FROM PERMANENT HOME. CORRECT. IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THIS GROUP HAS CHANGED NAMES. AND WITHIN THAT 25 YEARS TOO. SO AND THEY'VE CHANGED WITH WHO'S RUNNING IT AND SO ON. SO IN THE FUTURE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. SO THE SCOREBOARD IS IN GOOD GOOD REPAIR. AND THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THEIR NAME, CHANGE THEIR LOGO. THEN WE CAN DO THAT BY PULLING THAT DOWN, REVAMPING THE BOTTOM HALF OF IT, PUTTING IT BACK UP THERE. YOU KNOW IT'S UP TO A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU ALL. IF THE BOTTOM HALF HAS THEIR LOGO AND PUTS HOME OF NAPLES GIRLS SOFTBALL AND IT HAS THE DONOR AS WELL ON THERE, TO ME THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S REPLACEABLE IF WE COULD HAVE IT SEPARATED LIKE THAT. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS THEIR FINAL DRAWING. HAVE THE COMPLETE HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE IF THEY'VE GOT, I GUESS THE DEPTH IS NOT COMPLETE. IT DOESN'T SAY HOW BIG IT'S GOING TO BE. 29.5IN IS GOING TO BE ADDED ON. YEAH. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE 29IN DOWN AND THEN 20FT, WHICH IS THE FULL WIDTH. THEY GOT THE 20FT WIDE JUST FULL. SO IT'S A LITTLE SHORT OF THREE FOOT I THINK ON THE BOTTOM HALF IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. PLUS THE EIGHT PLUS THE FOUR. JUST A TOTAL. OKAY. AND AGAIN THIS IS A DONATION. BUT THEN THE CITY OWNS IT. THE CITY ACCEPTS THE DONATION JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC ART CITY ACCEPTS THE DONATION.

CITY OWNS IT. CITY MAINTAINS IT. CITY ENSURES IT. CORRECT. AND SO WHEN THIS DONATION GOES. AND ONE THING THAT I COULD DO FOR YOU ALL TO FOR PEACE OF MIND IS IF YOU ESSENTIALLY WERE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH TO HAVE THE ACCEPT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DONATION SO WE CAN GO FORWARD WHEN THE PROJECT GETS TO THE POINT OF IT'S GETTING BUILT, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO. THE CONTRACT IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO FOR FINAL APPROVAL. ACTUALLY, WITH THAT AMOUNT, IT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WOULDN'T HAVE THAT, BUT WE COULD HAVE A FINAL DRAFT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED. THIS IS WHAT THE FINAL DRAFT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT JUST KIND OF OCCURRED. WE HAD ONE CONVERSATION, AND THEN YOU NEVER SAW IT AGAIN UNTIL IT WAS PUT UP. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS. IF WE CAN FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET THE DONATION FIRST. HERE'S A LOOK OF IT. WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION KNOWING THAT WE WON'T HAVE IT CONSTRUCTED UNTIL WE BRING YOU BACK A FINAL VERSION, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE IT AS SOON AS NEXT MEETING. IF I CAN. SO YOUR SUGGESTION WOULD TO NOT INCLUDE THE WORDS CAMBIER PARK. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO UTILIZE THE BOTTOM SPAN SPONSOR PANEL FOR NOTING NAPLES GIRL SOFTBALL, AND I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. THAT IS SOMEONE THAT WORKS A LOT IN SPORT, SPORTS, SCOREBOARD SPONSORSHIPS. THAT IS A MUCH EASIER AREA TO MOVE. BUT WHAT ABOUT PUTTING CAMBIER PARK AT THE TOP AND THEN THE SEAL THERE? I DON'T KNOW, THAT WOULD WORK TOO. I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A

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GOOD SUGGESTION. CAMBIER PARK AT THE TOP AND THEN PUTTING CITY OF NAPLES WITH THE SEAL WHERE CAMBIER PARK IS. IS THAT WHERE WHAT WE'RE TALKING? NO, MAYBE AT THE TOP SOMEHOW AS WELL. BUT I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE CAMBIER PARK DESIGNATION, BUT I AGREE, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERYONE'S SPOKEN THEIR MIND, I THINK JUST MOVING FORWARD TO THE DONATION AND THEN THE DESIGN CAN BE ONE BE OF THAT. SO PERHAPS CAMBIER PARK AT THE TOP WITH. THE CITY SEAL AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE DO TWO CITY SEALS ON BOTH SIDES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OVERKILL, BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE CITY OF NAPLES, BECAUSE THE CITY SEAL ACTUALLY SAYS CITY OF NAPLES ON IT. BUT I THINK FOR BALANCE PURPOSES AND IN MY OCD, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT HAD SOME KIND OF LANGUAGE SINCE THEY HAVE HOME OF NAPLES GIRLS SOFTBALL. SO IF IT SAID CAMBIER PARK ACROSS THE TOP AND THEN HAD THE SEAL LOCATED, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE CENTER WHERE CAMBIER PARK IS RIGHT THERE, I MEAN, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A IT. DOES CAMBIER PARK HAVE A CIRCULAR? IT DOES. SO IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT KEVIN IN THE AUDIENCE THERE, HE'S THE TENNIS CENTER IS AN ENTERPRISE, HAS A KIND OF A LOGO THAT'S GOT CAMBIER PARK ON THERE WITH THE LITTLE PARROT, AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ONE THAT THEY'VE USED FOR. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG KEVIN'S BEEN HERE. A LOT LONGER THAN ME. 15 YEARS THAT WAY. YEAH. SO 15 YEARS IS WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THEY'VE USED THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO STICK TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. I GO BACK TO THAT COULD CHANGE IF WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO REBRAND THAT. SO I THINK THE CITY SEALS THAT'S SET IN STONE. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CAMBIER PARK. SO IF WE WANTED TO PUT CAMBIER PARK AT THE TOP AND YOU WALK IN AND YOU SEE CAMBIER PARK, I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S A ROUTE TO GO VERSUS CITY OF NAPLES WITH THE SEAL THERE. SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH MAYBE WE HAVE A MOCK UP BOTH. AND THEN WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S LET'S ROLL WITH THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT. AND YOU KNOW, JASON'S UP HERE. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO DO, IS THE MOCK UP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE COULD BRING BACK WITH THAT, HAVING CAMBIER PARK AT THE TOP AND THEN HAVING THE SEAL WITH CITY OF NAPLES AT THE TOP AND SEE WHICH ONE WE THINK LOOKS THE BEST ABOUT THAT. I LIKE THAT IDEA. I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT CAMBIER PARK IN THE CITY OF NAPLES SEAL SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE TOP WITH THE GIRLS SOFTBALL LOGO AT THE BOTTOM. I THINK THAT JUST MAKES MORE SENSE. PERFECT. SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DONATION ACCEPTANCE OF $20,000 DONATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SCOREBOARD? PENDING THAT WE APPROVED THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE SCOREBOARD? DO YOU WANT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION OR. YEAH, I MOVE THAT WITH THE CITY OF NAPLES, GRATEFULLY ACCEPT THE $20,000 DONATION FOR A NEW CAMBIER PARK SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD. SECOND MOTION PASSES. LET'S DO. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. 2025 SUMMER CAMP REVIEW. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, CHAD MERRITT, PARKS RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO JASON COLLINS AND LET HIM KIND OF LEAD THIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. JASON COLLINS, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHERE WE'RE GOING BY NOW. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE JUST WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR LAST WEEK OF SUMMER CAMP. LAST WEEK. SUMMER CAMP WAS AMAZING. I SAW I WENT I WENT TO ALL THE CAMPS ALL THE TIME, SAW A LOT OF SMILING FACES. WHICH IS WHY YOU WANT TO SEE, RIGHT? YOU GOT A LOT OF HAPPY KIDS AND JUST A LOT OF GOOD, GOOD MEMORIES BEING MADE. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE ULTIMATE GOAL. SO I'M KIND OF KIND OF GO THROUGH A FEW LITTLE, FEW SLIDES FOR JUST THE BASE OF THE SUMMER CAMPS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR, OUR LEADERS OF THE DIFFERENT SUMMER CAMPS AT A DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND LET THEM KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC AREAS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD WE OFFERED A LOT OF SUMMER CAMPS. SOME OF THESE SUMMER CAMPS ARE IN-HOUSE. SOME ARE CONTRACTED. WE HAVE

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DIFFERENT ONES. YOU CAN GO YOU GO FROM SOCCER. WE HAVE ARCHERY, SPRING SPORTS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SWIM, SNORKEL. WE HAVE RIVER PARK DAY CAMP, WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL SUMMER CAMP, FITNESS CAMPS, ART CAMPS. SO WE REALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S KIND OF THAT'S ONE THING WE I CAN ALWAYS SAY HERE IS WE IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR KID IS INTERESTED IN, I GUARANTEE WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU THAT YOU THAT YOU CAN ENTERTAIN YOUR KIDS WITH DURING THE SUMMER. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION ON THE REVENUE AND THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE LETTERING THAT'S IN BOLD. THOSE ARE OUR IN-HOUSE CAMPS. IF YOU SEE LIKE THE EXTREME SPORTS CAMP, FISHING CAMP, FITNESS CAMP, THOSE ARE ALL NEW CAMPS WE HAD THIS YEAR. RIVER PARK DAY CAMP HAS BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SWIM AND SNORKEL AND RACING ROOSTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE TOTAL NUMBERS, THE 2024 TOTALS YOU HAVE. REGISTRATION NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR, BUT THE REVENUE WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER. AND IT'S KIND OF FUNNY WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. BUT THE THESE THESE REVENUE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING THE, THE, THE ACTUAL, THE GROSS REVENUE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NET AT THE END, IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE STRUCTURE OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

ALL THE CONTRACTED CAMPS ARE ALL DONE ON A BASIS OF PERCENTAGES. SO WE BASICALLY THE CITY GETS ABOUT 35% ON AVERAGE OF ALL SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATIONS FOR CONTRACTORS AND THE OTHER. AND THE CONTRACTORS OBVIOUSLY GET THE 65%. WITH THE WITH ALL. OBVIOUSLY, WITH OUR IN-HOUSE CAMPS, ALL THE REVENUE IS ALL CITY GOES ALL STRAIGHT TO THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. BUT ALSO WE HAD WE HAD ONE PARTICULAR CAMP THAT WAS ACTUALLY THAT EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LONGER. THAT'S THE GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE CAMP THAT WAS AT THE I WAS AT NORRIS CENTER, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY EXACTLY AROUND $60,000. SO THAT WAS THE REVENUE FOR THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE THERE. SO GOING FORWARD, OUR GOAL IS TO GROW THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND HONESTLY EXTREME SPORTS CAMP, FISHING CAMP, RIVER PARK, DAY CAMP. THESE CAMPS SOLD OUT. FISHING CAMPS SOLD OUT IN FIVE MINUTES. WE HAD TO ADD AN EXTRA WEEK. AND IT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME OF OUR RECORD NUMBERS ON THESE CAMPS THIS YEAR. I MEAN, SOME OF THEM JUST AMAZING. BUT YEAH, JUST KIND OF KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE A BASIS ON THAT. AND THEN JUST KIND OF HAND AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAND IT OVER TO THE, TO THE, TO THE STAFF AND SEE WHAT YOU LET THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL ONES. BUT YEAH. SO THAT'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I HAND IT OFF. OKAY. I'M GONNA HAND OFF TO MERCY. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MERCEDES PUENTE. I'M THE PARK MANAGER FOR RIVER PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE RIVER PARK AQUATIC CENTER. CHARLIE C, ANTHONY PARK AND SEAGATE PARK. SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR RIVER PARK SUMMER PROGRAM. LIKE. LIKE JASON SAID, WE TRULY HAVE A TRADITIONAL SUMMER DAY CAMP WHERE PARENTS DROP THEM OFF AT 730 IN THE MORNING AND PICK THEM UP BY 530 IN THE AFTERNOON. AND LIKE THE HIGHLIGHTS SHOW, WE HAD FIVE 497 CAMPERS THIS SUMMER, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT WAS WE CHANGED UP A COUPLE THINGS. WE OFFERED NOT ONLY JUST A PACKAGE DEAL OF BEING ABLE TO REGISTER THEM FOR THE TEN WEEKS, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDED WHERE THEY CAN REGISTER THEM FOR WEEKLY RATE FOR A WEEKLY CAMP, WHICH THAT WAS WHERE WE GOT A LOT OF OUR NUMBERS. WE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED JUST THE ONE WEEK HERE, ONE WEEK THERE. WITH THAT, WE THEMED THOSE WEEKS. SO FOR INSTANCE, WEEK NUMBER ONE WAS OUR WELCOME WEEK. ALL OF OUR FIELD TRIPS, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND EVERYTHING WE DID FOR THAT SPECIFIC WEEK, WE TAILORED TO THAT SPECIFIC WEEK. SO OUR FIRST WEEK WAS WELCOME WEEK. WE HAD HEADPINS WHICH WAS BOWLING. AND THEN WE PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH SCOOPS AND HOOPS. OUR WEEK NUMBER TWO WAS ROUND AND ROUND. WE HAD A BUBBLE TRUCK THAT CAME WITH BUBBLES, AND THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THE BUBBLES AND PLAY. AND WE ALSO TOOK THEM TO SPINS, WHICH IS A ROLLER

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SKATING RINK IN FORT MYERS. OUR THIRD WEEK WE DID OUR SUPERHEROES WEEK. THEY DRESSED AS THEIR FAVORITE SUPERHERO. THERE IS A PICTURE OF THEM ON THE STEPS THERE. THEY ALL MADE SUPERHERO CAPES AND WORE THOSE FOR THE PICTURE DAY. AND WE TOOK THEM TO THE MOVIES TO SEE LILO AND STITCH. AND OUR WEEK NUMBER FOUR WAS UNDER THE SEA. WE TOOK THEM TO THE ROOKERY BAY EDUCATION CENTER, WHICH WAS VERY HANDS ON, WHERE THEY GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE IN FLORIDA. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW HOW THEY LOVED IT. THEY THEY ENJOYED THAT PROGRAM VERY MUCH. THE WEEK NUMBER FIVE WAS PARTY IN THE USA. WE DID LASER TAG AND THEN WE DID WHERE THEY CAN DRESS UP IN THEIR RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND THEY CAN DO A FASHION SHOW WITH ALL THEIR COLORS AND STUFF, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL TO WATCH.

OUR WEEK NUMBER SIX WAS OUR GO GREEN. WE TOOK THEM TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. THEY DID A TOUR FOR OUR KIDS, TOOK THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN GARBAGE MOUNTAIN, AND TOOK THEM ALL THROUGH THROUGH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT. AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS SUPER COOL. OUR WEEK NUMBER SEVEN WAS CAMP GOES WILD. WE TOOK THEM. THEY DID DRESS FAVORITE IN THEIR FAVORITE ANIMAL, AND THEN WE TOOK THEM TO. PRESERVE, WHICH IS AN ANIMAL PRESERVE THAT'S OUT IN THE ESTATES. SO WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE ZOO, WE TOOK THEM TO THAT PRESERVE WHERE THEY GOT A TOUR AND KIND OF HANDS ON WITH THE ANIMALS THERE. OUR WEEK NUMBER EIGHT WAS HOLLYWOOD WEEK. WE TOOK THEM TO SEE THE SMURFS, AND OF COURSE, THAT WAS OUR RED CARPET WEEK WHERE WE TREATED THEM LIKE STARS. OUR WEEK NUMBER NINE WAS OUR BUSIEST WEEK OF THE SUMMER. ONE OF THE REASONS WAS WEEK NUMBER TEN. WE LOSE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS THIS YEAR. SO OUR WEEK NUMBER ONE, OUR WEEK NUMBER NINE WAS THE BIG THE BIG WEEK. THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WE DID.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. WE HAD OUR COLOR RUN THAT WEEK AND OUR POOL PARTY. WE DID CHUCK E CHEESE THAT WEEK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR FAMILY NIGHT. TYPICALLY WE DO OUR FAMILY NIGHT THE LAST DAY OF CAMP, BUT WE MOVED IT UP THAT WEEK PRIOR. AND THIS YEAR OUR THEME WAS LET'S GO TO THE BEACH AND FUN. SO THE KIDS GOT TO DO ALL THEIR SKITS AND GOT TO SING FOR THEIR PARENTS. BUT THE COLOR ONE WAS THE MAIN EVENT FOR THAT WEEK. WHERE DURING THE YEAR OR I'M SORRY, DURING THE SUMMER THEY RAN ONE MILE AT A TIME. SO EACH WEEK THEY WOULD RUN 2 OR 3 MILES, OR THEY CAN WALK 2 OR 3 MILES AT ALL, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WANTED TO DO IT. AND THEN BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, WHICH WAS THAT TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 29TH, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR COLOR RUN, THEY WOULD HAVE RUN A 26.2 MILE MARATHON. AND AT THE END, IT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THEM WITH ALL THE COLORS. I KNOW JASON AND AARON CAME OUT AND WE HAD MEDALS FOR THEM. THE SHIRTS AND THE MEDALS WERE ALL GIVEN TO US WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAFE AND HEALTHY CHILDREN'S COALITION. SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY. KIDS HAD FUN AND THEN WE TOOK THEM TO THE POOL PARTY, CLEANED THEM OFF, TOOK THEM TO THE TO THE POOL AND THEY HAD A GREAT POOL PARTY THERE WITH SOME MUSIC. AND THEN WEEK NUMBER TEN, THAT WAS OUR LAST WEEK. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A CAMP MASHUP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WEEKS THAT WE HAD. WE ALSO HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AND THE PAINT WITH THE COP, AND THE KIDS GOT TO DO THIS ARTS AND CRAFTS FISH MOSAIC THAT THEY DID THAT DAY, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE THEM DO SOME ARTS AND CRAFTS THAT DAY WITH, WITH THE COPS THAT THEY WERE THERE, THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE THAT ENJOYED IT, HANDS ON. SO THAT'S OUR TYPICAL DAY CAMP PROGRAM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO THANK A LOT OF OUR OUR SPONSORS, OUR PARTNERS, LIKE THE SAFE CHILDREN'S COALITION FOR SPONSORING THOSE SHIRTS AND THOSE MEDALS. THE NAPLES CHILDREN AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAR ABILITY FOUNDATION, THEY PROVIDED THE FUNDING FOR THE ONE ON ONE CAREGIVERS FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS WHO REQUIRED PERSONAL CARE. WE WANTED TO THANK MISS ALEXA HALEY. SHE STARTED A SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND THIS YEAR, AND HER AND HER FRIENDS DONATED $2,100 TO OUR CAMP. THEY ACTUALLY PAID OFF BALANCES FROM ABOUT 6 OR 7 OF OUR KIDS THAT WE HAD IN CAMP THAT WERE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY ENDED UP SHE ENDED UP COMING IN THAT LAST MINUTE AND PAID FOR ALL OF THEIR CAMPS. SO THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THE NAPLES ARTS CRAFTERS, THEY DONATED $1,500 TOWARDS ARTS AND CRAFTS SUPPLIES FOR US, AND THEY DID ARTS AND CRAFTS ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WE DID. AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, I WANTED TO THANK OUR

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AMAZING CLEANING TEAM THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY OF NAPLES. THEY ARE PHENOMENAL. WE WOULD GET IN AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING AND THE BILLS, THEY WERE THERE BEFORE US AND THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN AND READY FOR US TO GO. BUT JUST NOT ONLY THEM, BUT OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, THEY KEPT US GOING WITH THE AC. WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE AC AND THEY WERE RIGHT THERE WHEN WE CALLED THEM AND GOT THE AC RUNNING. AND A LITTLE STORY. WE HAD A YOUNG MAN THAT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR, AND HE'S GOTTEN A LITTLE LARGER AND DOESN'T HAVE A REGULAR WHEELCHAIR ANYMORE. HIS WHEELCHAIR IS LARGER, AND WE CALLED UP OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE OUR FAMILY NIGHT WHEN WE REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T GET UP, UP, UP ON THE RAMP TO GET HIM ON STAGE FOR OUR PERFORMANCE. AND THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A RAMP FOR US. SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM. THAT WAS VERY NICE OF THEM TO DO THAT FOR US, AND I DON'T THINK WE THANK THEM ENOUGH. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AQUATIC CENTER. SEE. THERE WE GO. SO THE AQUATIC CENTER WAS SUPER BUSY THIS YEAR. THERE WASN'T A TIME SLOT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS, THAT IT WAS JUST GOING AND GOING AND GOING. WE DID HOST OUR RACING ROOSTERS TEAM. WE HAD ABOUT 19 KIDS IN THAT. THEY PRACTICE MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, AND THEN THEY HAD THEIR BIG EVENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER, WHICH WAS AMAZING. I ACTUALLY WAS SENT A LINK. THERE IS A PICTURE, THE SECOND PICTURE, THE FIRST AND SECOND PICTURE UP THERE. I ACTUALLY GOT THE FULL PORTFOLIO AND IT WAS AMAZING. THE GENTLEMAN DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE PHOTOS FOR THE KIDS. THE SWIM AND SNORKEL CAMP HAD TEN CHILDREN. WE ALSO HAD OUR LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR REGULAR SUMMER HOUR SWIM LESSONS, WHICH ARE TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, AND THEN ON SATURDAYS. WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 38 KIDS IN THAT, BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF WEATHER THAT ROLLED IN IN THE AFTERNOONS, A LOT OF RAIN. SO OUR NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS ON THE MONDAY WEDNESDAYS. THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO SESSIONS THAT WE OFFERED, AND I THINK WE ENDED UP AT THE END OF THE OF THE SUMMER THAT WE REALLY WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET ONE FULL SESSION IN THE SUMMER. WE ALSO DID AN ADULT SWIM, WHICH WAS KIND OF COOL. WE HAD SIX ADULTS.

A COUPLE GUYS WERE AT THE POOL. THEY ASKED ABOUT SWIMMING LESSONS. THEY WERE PRACTICING, AND WE GOT THEM TO COME OVER AND SIGN UP. AND THEN THEY BROUGHT A COUPLE FRIENDS, AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAME. SO IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT FROM TWO GUYS THAT JUST CAME TO HANG OUT AT THE POOL, TO ACTUALLY US BEING ABLE TO DO AN ADULT LESSON. OUR SWIM CENTRAL IS PARTNERED WITH THE SAFE AND HEALTHY CHILDREN'S COALITION. THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE DID. THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT'S TEN DAYS, HALF AN HOUR EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT COVERS ABOUT FIVE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM. SO IF THEY FELL IN THE POOL, THEY CAN GET THEMSELVES TO THE EDGE. THEY CAN KICK THEIR FEET, USE THEIR HANDS, TRY TO GET TO THE EDGE OR FLOAT ON THEIR BACK, BE ABLE TO CALL OUT FOR HELP. AND. BE ABLE TO USE THEIR LEGS AND THEIR HANDS MOTION WHEN THEY SWIM. SO WE DID OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.

WE HAD 19 KIDS THAT WERE REGISTERED IN OUR PROGRAM THIS YEAR THAT DID NOT SWIM, SO WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM. WE DID A FUN TIME EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY. WE HAD 27 KIDS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED. SO FUN TIME. AT THE END OF THOSE TEN DAYS, WE DID 227 LESSONS, HALF AN HOUR LESSONS WITH OUR SUMMER CAMP KIDS. WE DID 120 HALF AN HOUR LESSONS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR LIGHTHOUSE OF COLLIER. THESE ARE KIDS THAT HAVE SOME TYPE OF VISUAL DISABILITY, AND THERE'S 12 KIDS THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO DO 25 LESSONS WITH THEM, AND THAT IS A REALLY COOL PROGRAM. IF YOU SIT THERE AND YOU WATCH THE, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON THAT INSTRUCTOR BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE THAT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, THAT THEY ACTUALLY TRUST THAT INSTRUCTOR TO HELP THEM AND TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE WATER.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE. WE ALSO HAD THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAD NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL THAT DID THEIR CONDITIONING THIS YEAR. THEY JUST STARTED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO. THEY JUST STARTED THEIR SEASON PRACTICES. SO IT WAS A BUSY, BUSY, BUSY TIME AT THE POOL. AND THEN LASTLY CHARLIE, SEE ANTHONY PARK. WE DID HAVE AN ARCHERY CAMP. SHE HAD SHE OFFERED THREE ONE WEEK CAMPS AND WE HAD 36 CHILDREN THAT WERE REGISTERED IN THAT PROGRAM. SO OVERALL WAS VERY, VERY BUSY FOR US. SO AND FUN. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. HEY, DAVID. MICHAEL PARKS MANAGER I'M GOING

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TO TALK ABOUT OUR THREE NEW CAMPS THAT WE HAVE OUR FISHING CAMP, OUR EXTREME SPORTS CAMP AND ALSO OUR FITNESS CAMP. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE THREE NEW CAMPS THIS SUMMER. OUR OWN RECREATION COORDINATORS, TWO OF THEM ARE BRAND NEW POSITIONS THAT WE JUST GOT LAST YEAR. SO OUR COORDINATORS ACTUALLY COORDINATED AND OVERSAW THESE PROGRAMS. JASON KIND OF ALREADY MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FISHING CAMP. IT SOLD OUT WITHIN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES ONLINE THAT WE OPENED IT UP. SO IT WAS VERY POPULAR. WE STARTED WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS OF OFFERING IT, BUT THEN WE DID ADD IN AN EXTRA WEEK, SO WE ADDED FOUR WEEKS. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE HAD OVER 30 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST, SO WE CALLED THOSE PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST TO ADD THAT EXTRA WEEKEND. SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. JAMES BLAKE, HE WAS OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR THAT OVERSAW THAT. THE KIDS, THEY FISHED ALL OVER THE CITY. JUST A FEW INTERESTING THINGS. THEY CAUGHT EVERYTHING FROM A BONNETHEAD SHARK AT THE PIER. THEY CAUGHT MULTIPLE OF THOSE THAT DRAW QUITE. I HAPPENED TO BE DOWN THERE THE ONE DAY AND IT DREW A HUGE CROWD THERE WITH PEOPLE, PEOPLE WATCHING IT. SO THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME TO SEE THAT. THEY WENT ALL OVER THE PARK TO ANTHONY PARK, BAKER PARK, AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SPOTS. WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AND WE ACTUALLY WENT TO FREEDOM PARK AS WELL, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST SPOT TO FISH WITHIN THE IN THE CITY. WE CAUGHT A LOT OF BASS THERE, WHICH WAS PRETTY NEAT TOO.

PRETTY NEAT TO SEE. SO FISHING CAMP WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ADD SOME MORE WEEKS SINCE THE POPULARITY OF IT FOR NEXT SUMMER. EXTREME SPORTS CAMP.

CHRISTINA LAMAS, SHE OVERSAW THIS. THEY DID EVERYTHING FROM SURFING SKIMBOARDING AT THE BEACH. THEY WENT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL THE WAY FROM LOUDERMILK, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PIER, AND THEY CHECKED OUT DIFFERENT BEACH ENDS THROUGHOUT THAT. AND THEY ALSO WENT TO FLESHMAN PARK, FLESHMAN PARK AND LEARNED HOW TO SKATEBOARD, ROLLERBLADE, AND DO SOME BMXING AS WELL. SO THIS WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMP. IT ALSO SOLD OUT EVERY WEEK. SOLD OUT. THERE WAS FOUR WEEKS OF THIS CAMP. SO. SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND CHRISTINA DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB OVERSEEING THIS CAMP. THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR FITNESS CAMP THAT JAMIE RYLES.

HE OVERSAW THIS ONE. SO IF YOU WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO RUN FASTER, JUMP HIGHER AND GET A LITTLE STRONGER. JAMIE JAMIE WAS THE GUY FOR THIS. SO THEY LEARNED DIFFERENT SPEED, TECHNIQUES, AGILITY, STRENGTH TRAINING. ALSO, THEY LEARNED SOME MUAY THAI KICKBOXING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE SOME PICTURES RIGHT THERE. SO IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A OVERALL BETTER ATHLETE, JAMIE IS THE GUY TO KIND OF COME SEE. JAMIE ALSO OFFERS CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR YOUTH. HE STARTED A YOUTH CLASS ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS AT NIGHT AT 5:00, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WHERE KIDS LEARN SOME MUAY THAI KICKBOXING. JAMIE'S ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT SUMMER. WE HAD A FITNESS CLASS, BUT HE'S ALSO GOING TO PROBABLY ADD IN A SPORTS CAMP THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO OFFER NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SO THOSE WERE OUR THREE NEW CAMPS THAT WE KIND OF INTRODUCED THIS YEAR TO THE SUMMER CAMP. HELLO, KEVIN WALKER, TENNIS MANAGER, ARTHUR ALLEN TENNIS CENTER. WE TOOK OUR KIDS TO THE TENNIS COURTS THIS YEAR. IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW MERCY HEAR YOU KNOW DAVID AS WELL. IT'S LIKE ALL THESE PROGRAMS. LET'S SEE. WE HAD I THINK TEN WEEKS. SO WE STARTED WEEK ONE, WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH WEEK TEN. THIS YEAR I HAD FOUR AMAZING INSTRUCTORS ON THE COURTS THIS YEAR. COACH STEVE COACH ASHTON LED THE PROGRAM, COACH LEAH AND COACH SPANO WERE KIND OF THERE THERE SECOND AND THIRD PRO. SO BUT EACH DAY WE HAD 30 KIDS. SO WE WOULD DO WE HAVE TENNIS. WE TRIED MOSTLY FOR BECAUSE OF LIMITATIONS. WE HAD 25 STUDENTS EACH DAY WERE TENNIS ALL DAY, SO IT'D BE 9:00 TO 3:00 AND THEN ABOUT FIVE KIDS WOULD DO TENNIS STRICTLY IN THE MORNING. SO FOR THE CAMP, THE 9:00 DROP OFF, WE GET THE KIDS OUT ON COURT. WE TAKE THEM OUT AND COOK THEM AND PLAY THEM ON THE COURTS TILL ABOUT 1030 AND THEN BRING THEM IN. THEY LOVE THEIR POPSICLE BREAK, GET THEM COOLED BACK OFF, AND THEN WE GO BACK OUT IN THE COURTS FOR ABOUT 30 OR ANOTHER HOUR FROM 11 TO 12. THE LITTLE ONES WILL CONTINUE DOING SOME DIFFERENT GAMES, DIFFERENT STROKES AND A LITTLE BIGGER ONES THAT CAN RALLY AND PLAY. WE TRY TO DO A LITTLE TOURNAMENT, LITTLE GAME INSTRUCTION WITH THEM THAT WAY. SO BUT THEY ENJOY THAT USING THEIR SKILLS. COME TO THE AFTERNOON TIME, WE DO A LITTLE LUNCH BREAK FROM 12 TO 1230. THEN THEY'RE BACK OUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THAT'S THE PLUS PORTION OF THE CAMP WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH DAVID AND ALEC. NEXT DOOR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE GAME ROOM TWICE A WEEK. IF IT RAINS A LITTLE BIT, WE'LL TRY AND GET THEM OVER THERE AS WELL, SO THAT KEEPS THEM A LITTLE COOLER. WE LOVE USING THE PLAYGROUND OVER IN CAMBIER AS WELL. SOMETIMES WE'LL GET THEM ON THE BASKETBALL OR THE SOFTBALL FIELD JUST DEPENDING ON ON WHAT, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KEEPING THEM MOVING AND WORKING ON THE TENNIS PORTION. AND BUT IT WAS A GREAT SEASON. EVERYONE CAME THROUGH IT HEALTHY THIS YEAR, AND WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ANALYZE I FORGOT WATER SLIDE DAY. I THINK WE HAVE

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THE LARGEST WATER SLIDE IN COLLIER COUNTY I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A HUGE INFLATABLE WATER SLIDE WE DO ON WEDNESDAYS FOR THE KIDS. SO EVEN THE KIDS ARE DOING THE HALF DAYS. THAT'S THE ONE DAY. CAN WE STAY ALL DAY? ABSOLUTELY. SO THEY'LL COME IN. WE DO, USUALLY ABOUT AN HOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE SLIDE COOLING OFF. SO THEY ENJOY THAT. WE DO PIZZA DAYS FOR THEM ON FRIDAYS FOR LUNCH. SO JUST DIFFERENT THINGS TO KIND OF KEEP IT GOING. BUT IT'S A GREAT IT'S A FUN CAMP. THE KIDS ENJOY IT. YOU SEE A LOT OF REPEATS COMING THROUGH THROUGH THE YEARS, THROUGH THROUGH THE WHOLE SUMMER. SO I CAN'T I MEAN, I MIGHT WANT TO DO MORE CAMPS NEXT YEAR. THAT'S SOME GREAT TRIPS THERE. SO BUT THAT'S IT FOR TENNIS. BUT IT WAS ANOTHER FUN SUMMER. AND ACTUALLY WE'LL BE TRANSITIONING NOW INTO AFTER SCHOOL CAMP, STARTING UP HERE IN MID SEPTEMBER. AND THEY'LL BE I'LL BE OFFERED THREE DAYS A WEEK. HOPEFULLY THESE KIND OF KEEP THE KIDS ROLLING AND KEEP THE INTEREST THERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T REALIZE EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT. AND WE HAVE EXTREMELY GOOD STAFF. THEY PUT THESE PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND PROFESSIONALLY. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO ENHANCE THIS, THEIR EXPERIENCES. AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE CHALLENGED THEM AND THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE SOME THINGS. THEY'VE COME UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS. THE FISHING CAMP WAS THAT WAS NOT MY IDEA. THAT WAS GENERATED THROUGH STAFF. AND, YOU KNOW, DAVID MICHAEL SAID IT. WHEN WE HAVE COORDINATORS, THE ONE THING WE WANT THEM TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO THESE THINGS. IT IT'S MORE REWARDING AS A PROFESSIONAL TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHAT THEIR THEIR EXPERTISE IS. WHERE YOU LOOK AT JAMIE AND JAMIE'S EXPERTISE IS FITNESS. IF YOU EVER SEEN JAMIE, HE'S HE'S A BIG GUY. HE'S IN SHAPE. HE'S HE'S ALWAYS ENJOYED DOING THOSE THINGS. SO WE FOUND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO TURN THAT INTO PROGRAMS. CHRISTINA. SHE'S VERY GOOD WITH WATER SPORTS AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO COME IN AND DO THOSE THINGS.

MERCY AND HER TEAM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AQUATICS, AQUATICS IS EXPERTISE. YOU SAW IN THOSE PICTURES MERCY. EVEN IN THE POOL TEACHING SOME OF THE SWIM LESSONS. BUT EACH ONE OF THESE GROUPS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHAT THEIR EXPERTISE IS AND PROVIDING THAT. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT IT'S NOT ONLY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THEM AS PROFESSIONALS TO CONTINUE TO GROW. AND YOU KNOW IT. KEVIN SAID IT IT LOOKED FUN. I WOULD HAVE RATHER PROBABLY BEEN I THINK I WOULD HAVE SELECTED FISHING CAMP BECAUSE I IF I DID EXTREME SPORTS, I'D PROBABLY HURT MYSELF. SO. BUT IT THE LAST THING I'LL ADD, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE AS AN OPPORTUNITY. BUT WHEN WE HAVE CAMP COUNSELOR POSITIONS OPEN AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT PART TIME POSITIONS, THAT'S WHY I'M IN THIS FIELD, BECAUSE I TOOK ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND I EXPERIENCED WHAT THESE KIDS IN SOME SITUATIONS, THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ON SUMMER BREAK. BUT IT IS A REWARDING EXPERIENCE. IT WILL TEACH YOU A LOT ABOUT LIFE.

AND IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, IF YOU HAVE KIDS, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS KIDS, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT HAS COLLEGE STUDENT, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S A TEACHER, I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S AN EDUCATOR AND EDUCATION, BUT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I FEEL THAT WOULD REALLY BE REWARDING FOR THEM. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THEM TO LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR FREE LIKE WE DO PAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO HAVE THESE THINGS. I MEAN, YOU GET PAID TO GO TAKE A KID FISHING OR YOU GET TO PAY TO TAKE A KID ON A FIELD TRIP TO SOME KIND OF PRESERVE. I MEAN, IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WOULD WANT, BUT TO ME IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS NOT ONLY AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. SO ONE QUICK QUESTION. THE FISHING ZOOM WAS ALL CATCH AND RELEASE. AND ARE YOU ABLE TO DO SOMETHING SO

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KIDS DON'T HOOK EACH OTHER AND STUFF? YES. WE HAD MULTIPLE VOLUNTEERS AND ALSO 2 TO 3 STAFF PEOPLE WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES, AND THAT'S WHY WE KEPT IT SMALL. ONLY 2 TO 12 PARTICIPANTS, JUST JUST FOR THE SAFETY REASONS AND ISSUES. BUT IT WAS ALL CATCH AND RELEASE. YES. OKAY. JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT. I HAD MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED IN TENNIS.

SHE WAS A RACING ROOSTER. SHE DID ARCHERY AND PAPER MACHE. SO WE SAMPLED A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF IT AND SHE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE. IT WAS WONDERFUL. CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE RACING ROOSTERS. I WANT TO LIKE THAT PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT ISN'T TRIPLE THE ENROLLMENT, RIGHT. BUT ONE THING TO YOUR POINT, CHAD, WHAT ALSO I THINK WAS VERY IMPACTFUL WERE THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT GOT TO PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTEER, AS I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAME AND DID FOUR DAYS WORTH OF A STROKE CLINIC FOR THE RACING ROOSTERS. THE FACT THAT IT GOT HIGH SCHOOLERS OUT OF BED BEFORE EIGHT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK ONE ON ONE WITH STUDENTS AND THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THESE, YOU KNOW, BIG, IMPRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN ANY OF US WILL EVER BE, THAT IT GIVES THAT LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. I KNOW THERE WAS EVEN A VOLUNTEER, PROBABLY HIGH SCHOOL, I DON'T KNOW, HELPING WITH ARCHERY CAMP, BUT TO GIVE THESE HIGH SCHOOLERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE THEIR TIME OR MAYBE MAKE SOME MONEY, I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE NO ONE'S SIGNING THEIR HIGH SCHOOLER UP FOR CAMP, BUT YET THEY NEED THINGS TO DO AS WELL. SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS TO THIS, AND THE BENEFIT IS JUST AMAZING. SO, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, WE CAN PROMOTE THIS AND GET THIS OUT THERE AND JUST HELP EVERYONE KNOW WHAT A ASSET IT IS. I KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF, IT WOULD BE EASIER BUT NOT AS ENJOYABLE, RIGHT, TO NOT DO THESE ACTIVITIES. SO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DO THESE IN-HOUSE CAMPS IS, IS JUST AWESOME. AND IT'S GREAT. ALL OF THEM ARE WONDERFUL. AND I LOVE THE CREATIVITY WITH THE DIFFERENT CAMPS. IT'S FANTASTIC. SO GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. AS A PARENT AS WELL AS SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS KEEPING THEM BUSY, IT'S JUST AWESOME. I LOVE IT, SO THANK YOU. YES. EXTRAORDINARY WORK. THANK YOU.

THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, THE MORE I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE STAFF AND WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO IN THE IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ON THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES. I'M WONDERING, SO THE CAMPS SEEM LIKE THEY'RE SO WELL PRICED, BUT IS THERE? I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT CAN'T AFFORD CAMP. IS THERE A MECHANISM? IS THERE LIKE A SCHOLARSHIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT CAN'T? YEAH. SO IF YOU MERCY TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE HAVE SOME DONATIONS THAT COME THROUGH, BUT WE YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHERE WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ONE ON ONE CARE. YOU'VE GOT THE DONATION THAT WE HAD. WE'VE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR. SOME OF THE SPECIALTY CAMPS ARE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. BUT THE TRADITIONAL DAY CAMP, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO BUILD THIS. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS REALLY TRIED TO MOVE AND TRANSITION BECAUSE WE GOT IN A LULL BACK MANY OVER A DECADE AGO, WHERE OUR RECREATION COORDINATORS, YOU HEARD THE PHRASE, OUR RECREATION COORDINATORS ARE COORDINATING NOW, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF OUR PHILOSOPHY IS WE'RE WE'RE WANTING THEM TO GET BACK INTO ACTUALLY DOING THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY WERE STOPPED WITH ONCE WE WENT THROUGH THAT RECESSION AND NEVER REALLY CAME IN, TRANSITIONED BACK INTO DOING WHAT WE DO AS PROFESSIONALS. AND WHAT WE DO AS PROFESSIONALS IS PROGRAMING EVENTS. WE MAINTAIN FACILITIES, PARKS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET BACK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND FOLLOW WHAT WE SEE WITHIN THAT MASTER PLAN. SO IT'S A IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GOOD. AND THIS IS JUST I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE FIRST YEAR, BUT THIS IS A THIS WAS A BIG YEAR OF TRANSITION. AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. AND YOU KNOW I, I KIND OF PUSHED I WAS I HAD A DIFFERENT MINDSET. AND WHEN TALKING WITH STAFF BEFORE IS TRYING TO FOCUS A LOT MORE ON THE DAY CAMPS. AND THEY WERE THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO THE SPECIALTY CAMPS, WANTED TO DO SPECIALTY CAMPS. SO, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF BEND A LITTLE BIT AND LET THEM KIND OF TAKE THE REINS AND LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND IF WE NEEDED TO MAKE

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AN ADJUSTMENT, THEN WE WILL. SO WE'LL WE'LL MEET AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS AND, AND HOW EVERYTHING WENT. THEY DO EVALUATIONS ON EVERY ONE OF THESE CAMPS. WE GET POSITIVE. WE GET NEGATIVE VERY LITTLE NEGATIVE. BUT THE POSITIVE REALLY HELPS US BECAUSE IT TELLS US THIS IS WHAT THEY REALLY ENJOYED. SO MAYBE WE FOCUS MORE IN THIS AREA. WE DIDN'T IF WE DIDN'T SEE THIS AREA, AS MUCH SHOW UP AS THIS WAS MY FAVORITE PART, THEN WE MIGHT MINIMIZE THAT SECTION. BUT YOU HERE AND ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS KEEPING NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL ASPECT, THE PHYSICAL ASPECT, BUT ALSO THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION TO BE ABLE TO FOR THEM TO LEARN WITHOUT REALIZING THAT THEY'RE LEARNING. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD ADULTS THAT CAME IN AND WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM IS IMPORTANT. WE LIVE IN A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM IT, THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN. SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAS A CHILD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INVOLVED WITH OUR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. SO ON TO THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORT. YES. SO AGAIN, CHAD MERRITT, PARKS RECREATION FACILITIES DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU PUT I TRY TO PUT A MESSAGE THAT KIND OF IS FITTING FOR EACH MONTH. AND OF COURSE, I PUT SUMMER WAS A BLAST AND THE MEMORIES WERE MADE BY A LOT OF MOST OF THE KIDS. AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR WORKING HARD TO PUT TOGETHER ALL THESE QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR THE CAMPERS. SO AGAIN, THAT KIND OF FITS THE WHAT WE DID TODAY. OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE STAYED PRETTY STEADY WITH OUR HAVING VERY FEW VACANCIES. WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY WE WERE AT NO VACANCIES FOR THE LONGEST TIME. AND WE DID HAVE ONE VACANCY ACTUALLY THIS WEEK THAT OCCURRED. WE HAD A LANDSCAPE TECH. SO ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW THAT IS INTERESTED IN FULL TIME POSITION, WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE TECH POSITION THAT WILL BE OPEN IN PROBABLY THIS WEEK OR EXCUSE ME, NOT LANDSCAPE TECH. WE HAVE A IT IS A TRADES WORKER POSITION SORRY TRADES WORKER POSITION THAT WILL BE OPEN. AND THEN THIS WEEK WE HAD A GOOD EMPLOYEE THAT HAD TO MOVE BACK TO HIS HOME. AND SO WE UNFORTUNATELY LOST A GOOD EMPLOYEE. AND SO IT'S SAD TO SEE HIM GO. BUT YOU KNOW WE HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN REPLACE. UPDATE ON CAMBIER PARK PLAYGROUND. I WANTED TO ADD THAT WE DID GET THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK. WE GOT ALL THAT BACK. WE'VE WENT THROUGH IT, ANALYZED IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING INTERNALLY TO DISCUSS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SMALL SECTION OF THE PLAYGROUND, IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE, IF YOU'VE HEARD SOMEBODY, WE DID HAVE TO SHUT THE SMALL SECTION DOWN. WE WENT THROUGH WE DID INSPECTIONS ON IT. IT WE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THAT SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND WAS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON, AND THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THIS POINT IS SO EXTENSIVE. WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO IN. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THAT RIGHT NOW TO GO IN AND SPEND, IF WE WENT TO REPLACE IT RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE IN THE SIX FIGURES, EASY TO OR NOT REPLACE IT TO REPAIR IT. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A GOOD SPEND OF TAXPAYER MONEY. SO THE OTHER HALF OF THE PLAYGROUND IS OPEN. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SECTION WE HAVE PUT WORK IN TO CONTINUE TO BAND-AID AND ALLOW IT TO BE OPEN, BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT AND SAFETY WILL BE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND IF WE FEEL THAT THAT SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND IS GETTING TO A POINT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN, WE WILL SHUT THAT PLAYGROUND DOWN. THAT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH CITY COUNCIL. IT'S JUST NOT WORTH JEOPARDIZING SAFETY. TRYING TO MAINTAIN A PLAYGROUND THAT'S 30 PLUS YEARS OLD. SO WE'LL SO THAT'S KIND OF UPDATE ON THAT. THE MASTER PLAN PROJECT, IT DID KICK OFF ON JULY 23RD THROUGH THE 24TH. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WITH SOME STAFF OR THEY DID SOME STAFF INTERVIEWS. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLLECTING A LOT OF THAT DATA. AT SOME POINT THAT'S GOING TO COME TO YOU ALL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET AS FAR AS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BRING YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR SCHEDULE SOMETHING INDIVIDUALLY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, BUT YOU WILL BE INVOLVED. AND ONCE WE AS WE MOVE THROUGH IT, AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE COMING IN HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE

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AT, WHAT'S HAPPENING, A DRAFT. WHENEVER THEY GET ANY KIND OF DRAFT TOGETHER, IT'S GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY YOU ALL. YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK THROUGH IT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WHAT COMMUNITY IS SAID AND ECHOED. IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, PLEASE DO IT. I SAY IT TO YOU ALL. I SAY IT TO EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND IF YOU GET THE LINK AND YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT IT WE CANNOT PUT TOGETHER A PLAN WITHOUT THE INPUT. OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN OFF OF WHAT WE THINK. AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY THESE PLANS ARE MEANT TO BE. SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. AGAIN, THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS. WE STARTED AND KICKED US OFF IN JULY. SO YOU CAN EXPECT THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WOULD BE NEXT SUMMER, A DRAFT. IF I HAD TO GUESS OF PROBABLY MORE IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS COMING UP YEAR. WE MAY HAVE A DRAFT BY THEN. IT REALLY DEPENDS. WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH THE IN-SEASON AS WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COME BACK INTO TOWN. THAT'S WHY THEY ARRANGED THE TIMELINE THE WAY THEY DID, SO THAT THAT KIND OF CAPTURES SOME OF THAT CROWD WHEN THEY COME BACK INTO TOWN. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND THEN EVERYBODY COMES BACK INTO TOWN AND WE DON'T HAVE THEIR INPUT AS WELL. BEACH ACCESS PROJECT. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE BEACH ACCESSES RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ABOUT 15 OF THEM THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOME FORM IN THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS. AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THIS. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COMES TO YOU, YOU CAN SHARE THIS. THEY HAVE A TEAM, A TEAM COMES IN. SO BASICALLY WE TELL THEM THIS IS THE ACCESS. THIS IS THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO. THEY GO TO THE ACCESS, THEY PREP THE SITE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A WHERE THEY GO IN AND THEY THEY CLEAR IT. THEY GRADE IT. THEY PULL ALL THE EXCESS SAND FROM THE THREE STORMS THAT WE HAD. THEY PREP IT. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND THEY FRAME IT OUT. THEN THEY HAVE SOMEBODY, ANOTHER TEAM COMES IN, POURS THE CONCRETE, FORMS IT. THEY SET UP EVERYTHING WITH THE BIKE RACK. SO IF YOU'VE SEEN WE HAVE MORE BIKE RACKS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE BEACH ACCESSES IS GOING TO HAVE THREE BIKE RACKS. AND THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. IF WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO RIDE BIKES TO THE BEACH. SO WE'VE GOT THE BIKE RACKS AND THEN ANOTHER TEAM WILL COME IN AFTER THAT AND THEY INSTALL THE BENCHES AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THESE BIG CONCRETE BENCHES THAT COME IN, AND THEY'LL PLACE THEM IN WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. AND THEN THE TRASH CANS AND THEN SHOWERS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE NEW TRASH CANS, WHICH SHOULD BE HERE EITHER TOMORROW OR, YEAH, TODAY OR TOMORROW. AND THEY WILL GO IN AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE TRASH CANS THAT WERE KIND OF PUSHED THROUGH FROM THE SURGE. AND SOME OF THEM WERE DAMAGED, BUT THEY WERE WHERE WE COULD USE THEM. BUT THEY ARE REPLACED. WE WILL PULL THOSE OLD ONES OUT.

WE'LL PUT THOSE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR DOWN THE ROAD IF WE HAPPEN TO NEED THEM. BUT. BUT WHICH ONE? THE ONES THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, THAT IS. AND THEN THE SHOWERS WE'RE WAITING ON.

THE SHOWERS COME IN. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OLD SHOWERS STILL INSTALLED IN THE NEW LOCATION.

ONCE THE NEW SHOWERS COME IN, THEY'LL PULL THOSE OUT. THEY'LL POP THOSE THE NEW ONES IN. WE ARE PUTTING SHOWERS AT THE LOCATIONS THAT HAD SHOWERS BEFORE. THERE ARE NONE. THERE ARE NONE TAKEN AWAY. THEY ALSO WILL BE GOING IN AND YOU'LL SEE LANDSCAPING AND THEY'LL PUT IN SMALL LANDSCAPING. THESE AREAS DO NOT HAVE IRRIGATION, SO WE HAVE TO INSTALL SMALLER PLANT MATERIAL, BECAUSE THE LARGER PLANT MATERIAL TAKES A LOT OF WATER TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH.

THE SMALLER PLANTS DON'T TAKE AS MUCH WATER. SO THEY GET ESTABLISHED AND THEN THEY GROW A LOT QUICKER. SO THIS YEAR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A BIG A LARGE AMOUNT. BUT WHAT WE'VE GONE AND DONE IS TRY TO ROPE IT OFF, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING THROUGH THOSE NEW LANDSCAPED AREAS. WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO STAY. IN THE PAST WE'VE TRIED TO DEFINE THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CONTINUE. THIS IS ESTIMATED 10 TO 12 MONTHS. THE CONTRACTOR IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY. I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO LAST THAT LONG. THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE THAT MAY KIND OF SKEW THAT TIMELINE IS WE ARE HAVING TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THERE'S FIVE ACCESSES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE BLOCKED OFF. THE ONLY FIVE THAT ARE SHUT DOWN RIGHT NOW THAT I SHOULDN'T SAY THE ONLY FIVE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TWO OTHER ONES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEACH OUTFALL. SO YOU GOT TWO, TWO ACCESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BEACH OUTFALL PROJECT, THIS THIRD AVENUE NORTH AND EIGHTH AVENUE NORTH. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT FIVE ACCESSES THAT ARE SHUT DOWN RELATED TO THE SEAWALL PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE REPLACING SEAWALL. THAT

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SAID, MAN, LET'S SEE IF I CAN HOW GOOD I AM. THIRD AVENUE SOUTH, NORTH LAKE, 14TH AVENUE SOUTH, 15TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND 16TH AVENUE SOUTH. THOSE ARE SEAWALL. ONCE THEY FINISHED THE SEAWALL PROJECT, WE HAVE TO GO IN THEN AND DO ALL OF THE WALK AWAY AREAS, THE HARDSCAPE, THE LANDSCAPE. SO THERE'S TWO PORTIONS TO THOSE PROJECTS. SO THOSE FIVE HAVE A LOT MORE EXTENSIVE WORK THAT HAVE TO BE DONE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS, WHICH THE OTHER 25. SO THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO. IF YOU SEE THE STRATEGY OF HOW WE DID IT, WE WENT AND COMPLETED THE ONES AROUND THE NAPLES PIER FIRST. SO ANTICIPATING WHENEVER THAT PROJECT WERE TO START THOSE ACCESSES, THEY'RE DONE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WORKING ON THAT. THERE WON'T BE ANY CONSTRUCTION, ALL THOSE AREAS RIGHT IN THERE.

SO ACTUALLY WE DID BROAD, WE DID 11TH, WE DID 13TH. WE CAN'T DO 14TH UNTIL SEAWALL IS DONE. BUT THREE ACCESSES RIGHT CLOSE TO THE NAPLES PIER. WE WENT AHEAD AND REDID SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE COMPLETED. WE'VE TRIED TO DO SOME OF THE NORTH, SO IF YOU LIVE UP IN THE NORTH END OF THE AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT HORIZON WAY AND VEDADO WAY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. WE WILL COME BACK AND DO VIA MIRAMAR AS SOON AS WE GET THAT ONE HAS A SPECIAL PERMIT. THAT HAS TO THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND A PROCESS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH FDEP. SO AS SOON AS WE GET THAT PERMIT THAT HAS A TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO IN AND DO THAT ONE. SO THIS THING IS LIKE A IT IS CHAOTIC. THIS PROBABLY BEEN ONE OF THE CRAZIEST PROJECTS I'VE HAD TO DO, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN I GO INTO A PROJECT, I KNOW THIS IS EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. HERE'S THE ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. WE'RE HAVING TO SHIFT, BASICALLY BASED ON WHAT THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ARE. WHEN PERMIT COMES IN, WE'RE WE HAVE TO DIRECT TO THAT. SO IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY CRAZY. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TAKE A LOOK, I THINK MY FAVORITE ONE RIGHT NOW, I TOLD SOMEBODY WAS THE ONE AT SIXTH AVENUE SOUTH, I THINK IS MY FAVORITE ONE SO FAR, THE WAY IT LOOKS AND EVERYTHING. SO IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO LOOK AT THEM AND LET ME KNOW WHICH ONE YOU THINK YOUR FAVORITE ONE IS, THE DOG PARK. WE PLAN TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID WITH THAT, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GATHERED IN THAT PROCESS WAS IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL WITH CITY COUNCIL TO, TO HAVE THEIR CONVERSATION. AGAIN. MEDIANS ARE CONTINUED TO BE REVAMPED. THEY WORKED ON GULF SHORE BOULEVARD NORTH. THEY DID THAT IN TWO SECTIONS. THEY'VE I THINK THEY HAVE FINISHED THE SOUTH SECTION OF THAT ALL THE WAY TO DOCTORS PASS. SO THEY'RE CONTINUING ALSO TO MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER MEDIANS AND SOME OF THE CUL DE SACS THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WILL HAVE STAFF AT A STATE CONFERENCE AND A NATIONAL CONFERENCE. COMING UP WITH THE STATE CONFERENCE IS ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK, AND THEN THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS IN SEPTEMBER.

THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE THAT THEY DO, AND A LOT OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY TAP INTO, WE HAVE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. SO THOSE CONFERENCES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US PROFESSIONALLY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND WE CAN UTILIZE THAT. SO WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE STATE CONFERENCE. BUT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS ACTUALLY IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT THERE AS WELL TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF NAPLES.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT AS WELL. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. WE JUST DID IT YESTERDAY. IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT ONLINE. BUT MY GOAL IS ONCE EVERYTHING IS CLOSER TO FINALIZED, I WANT TO COME HERE AND I WANT TO BASICALLY PRESENT THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE BUDGET'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS THE CIP, SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT OUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THIS COMING UP HERE. SPEAKING OF, HERE'S THE PROJECTS CIP PROJECTS THAT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE ONES THAT EVERYTHING IN GREEN COMPLETE. WE'VE GOT THINGS IN DESIGN, WE'VE GOT THINGS IN PROCUREMENT, OUR PLANS. WE'VE GOT THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CARRY OVER A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS, BUT THEY ARE MOVING. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S JUST SITTING STAGNANT. THERE'S ALL OF THESE ARE OURS. BUT UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE PROJECTS TOO. SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN THE CITY. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THIS NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE COURSE OF A FISCAL YEAR IS PRETTY ASTONISHING. SO I COMMEND

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OUR STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KIND OF TURNS INTO A PROJECT MANAGER. NAPLES PIER AGAIN, STILL STILL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT UNTIL I TELL YOU OTHERWISE, IT'S GOING TO STAY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND ONCE WE GET THAT FEDERAL PERMIT, WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. EVERYTHING FROM OUR SIDES IN PLACE. WE'RE READY TO ROCK. WE JUST NEED THE GREEN LIGHT FROM BOTH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND WE'LL BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. LET'S SEE. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE BEACH ACCESSES. IF YOU GO TO FACILITY MAINTENANCE. THERE'S WORKING ON A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH SOME ELEVATORS WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. WE'VE GOT A PROJECT WITH BAKER PARK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WHICH IS A DESIGN PROJECT TO WE HAVE A CIP THAT'S ADDING A BATHROOM AT BAKER PARK OVER ABOUT A PLAYGROUND AND THEN ADDING THE OFFICE SPACE SO STAFF WILL HAVE A PLACE TO WORK OUT OF SO THEY DON'T USE OUR STORAGE CLOSET. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME WORK ON SOME PAVERS AROUND THE GOMEZ CENTER THAT CONTINUE TO SINK EVERY SINGLE TIME I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND I'VE REPLACED THEM I THINK, THREE TIMES. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A PERMANENT FIX. I'M TIRED OF DOING THE, THE SAME THING. THAT'S NOT REALLY A TASK THAT SHOULD HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BUT THE THAT PROJECT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE GOT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DO. THEY GO IN AND THEY TRY TO DO SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO SOME OF THE RESTROOM FACILITIES AND DIFFERENT PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON. I SHOWED UP AT A BEACH ACCESS AND THEY WERE CLEANING UP SOME OF THE BEACH ACCESS DEBRIS AROUND THE ACCESS THAT HAD JUST BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GOING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BUT TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE. PARKS AND PARKWAYS CREWS, SAME THING WITH THEM AND THEIR MAINTENANCE CREWS. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS. I WILL ACTUALLY LET AARON TALK ABOUT RECREATION AND THE ENTERPRISES. ALL RIGHT. AARON HOPKINS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, RECREATION, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF AGAIN FOR SUMMER CAMP TO MERCY JASON, DAVID, KEVIN, ALL THE STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD A GREAT SUCCESSFUL SUMMER. NOW JUMPING INTO RECREATION. NOW THAT THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, WE HAVE OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS STARTING UP AGAIN. WE HAVE ONE AT RIVER PARK. WE ALSO HAVE ONE OVER AT FLESHMAN PARK. LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL THE AGENDA HERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE NEXT SLIDE. FLUSHING PARK SUITE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. IT'S COMPLETED, COMPLETED, FINALIZED THE BATTING CAGES. THE COMPANY DID A GREAT JOB. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GOING OVER THERE AND TAKING A LOOK AT THEM. YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE PICTURES. THEY ACTUALLY LOOK A LOT BETTER IN PERSON. SO SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT.

MOVING ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AGAIN, YOU GUYS CAN VIEW THOSE THINGS IN THE CALENDAR. IT'S BEEN PRETTY SLOW OR IT'S SLOWED DOWN AT LEAST IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. BUT I KNOW VERY SOON THOSE EVENTS WILL BE PICKING BACK UP AND NAPLES WILL TURN INTO A SPECIAL EVENT CITY AGAIN, AGAIN BREAK DOWN OF OUR RECREATION PARTICIPATION NUMBERS. DESPITE US HAVING SUMMER CAMPS, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS GOING ON, AND WE'RE STILL HAVE GOOD MEMBERSHIPS FOR OUR PICKLEBALL, FOR OUR SKATE PARKS, FOR OUR DIFFERENT CLASSES, AND DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES IN OUR THEATERS AND WHATNOT. SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS PRETTY STEADY. MOVING ON TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT, I FEEL LIKE I SAY THIS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. WE KEEP INCREASING, WE HAVE MORE FOLLOWERS, WE HAVE A MORE REACH, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.

UNDERNEATH THE SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT, YOU KIND OF SEE TWO FLIERS THAT WERE CREATED BY OUR SOCIAL OR EXCUSE ME, OUR SPECIAL EVENT MARKETING SUPERVISOR, DANIELLE, THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTION, AS I JUST MENTIONED. AND THEN SOMETHING NEW. THIS IS SOMETHING I DEFINITELY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, KIND OF GOING OFF OF WHAT CHAD WAS SAYING EARLIER WITH STAFF. AND A LOT OF US HAVE ACTUAL DEGREES IN RECREATION. THIS IS JUST WHAT WE DO. WE SAT WITH STAFF AND ONE OF JASON'S RECREATION MEETINGS AND WE SAID, HEY, WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT? MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE FUN HALLOWEEN EVENTS, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE AS WELL OVER AT FLESHMAN. BUT WE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW. SO WE ESTABLISHED THE CITY OF NAPLES.

HALLOWEEN HUSTLE FIVE K. IT IS FOR ADULTS, TEENS, SENIORS, FAMILIES, EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 10TH FRIDAY I BELIEVE IT'S 6 P.M. YEP, A LOT OF VENDORS. IF YOU LOOK AT FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON

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THERE. ALL THE SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE, I BELIEVE THERE'S ALREADY ABOUT 10 OR 12 SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE. SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. PLEASE LOOK AT THE LISTING AND WE WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO SIGN UP AND REGISTER. THAT'D BE REALLY COOL. I BELIEVE LAST TIME THEY TOLD ME WE HAD ABOUT 27 PEOPLE, I ASKED THEM TODAY, I THINK WE'RE UP TO LIKE 57 PEOPLE. SO THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THIS WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING EVERY SINGLE YEAR. MOVING ON. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO KEVIN WHO GAVE HIS PRESENTATION. BUT ARTHUR TENNIS CENTER GIVES YOU GUYS THEIR REVENUES FROM THE MONTH. KIND OF GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE RACKETS, THE RESTRINGING, THE MEMBERSHIPS, HE SAID. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 667 MEMBERS. WE ALWAYS HAVE BETWEEN 650 AND 750 MEMBERS. THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE AGAIN WHEN SEASON. EVERYBODY COMES BACK BUT TENNIS CENTER. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THEY INCLUDED SOME PICTURES THERE OF THE SUMMER CAMPS, OUR OUR CONTRACTED IN TENNIS PROS.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE KIDS. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH OUR TENNIS CENTER. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE NAPLES CITY DOCK OFF SEASONS IN FULL SWING. SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OPERATIONAL THINGS OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYTHING CLEANED UP, GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR SEASON GIVES YOU GUYS. THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUES OVER JULY AND THE CURRENT PROJECTS. I KNOW EDDIE, JAKE, SIDNEY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THE MARINA OPERATIONS MANUAL AS WELL AS THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS, AND I BELIEVE I MENTIONED THIS LAST MONTH, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN TO THE DOCK, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GO CHECK OUT THE SHIP STORE. THEY BASICALLY RENOVATED THE ENTIRE THING. NEW FLOOR, NEW COUNTERTOPS, NEW MERCHANDISE.

AND YOU GUYS KNOW THE NEW LOGO THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED SELLING T SHIRTS, SELLING HATS? I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY'RE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES YET, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY PEOPLE BUYING THEM.

AND I KNOW ONE SEASON HITS, THEY WILL BE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES. SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR OUR DIRECTOR AND STAFF REPORT. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON YOUR HALLOWEEN HUSTLE? WAS THAT AT BAKER PARK? IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT OKAY. YEP. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE HALLOWEEN HUSTLE FIVE K IS TAKING PLACE AT BAKER PARK. AND THEN IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HALLOWEEN EVENT THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AT FLESHMAN, WE WILL BE DOING THAT ONE AS WELL.

THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THE SKATE PARK. THERE'LL BE BOUNCE HOUSES AND FOOD VENDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CANDY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN. AND WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF VENDORS OUT THERE BEING ABLE TO PASS OUT GOODIES TO THE KIDS AS WELL. SO WE'LL PUT THAT. WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO WAIT AND PUT THAT ONE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WE'LL HAVE THE HALLOWEEN HUSTLE FIVE K AND THEN ALSO THE FLESHMAN PARK HALLOWEEN EVENT AS WELL. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. THAT IS THE SAME NIGHT AS NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL'S HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME AS WELL. SO WE MIGHT BE COMPETING, BUT. UNDERSTOOD. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

BRIAN. YEAH. CAN I CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER OF YOU HAVE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF STUMBLING ACROSS ANY OF THE ONLINE DISCUSSIONS OF THE PIER, EITHER ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THIS? SO I TRY I TRY TO STAY OFF. THAT'S PROBABLY SMART. IT ANNOYED ME JUST READING IT, BUT THERE DEFINITELY IS A PERCEPTION OUT THERE AMONGST PEOPLE THAT THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH INCOMPETENCE OR NOT WANTING TO GET IT DONE OR BRIBERY, IS NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PIER. SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA AT SOME POINT JUST THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER, TO JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE READY TO GO. WE'RE HELD UP AT THE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL JUST TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE IT STANDS. YEAH. AND WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PIER UPDATE AND I KNOW THEY SHARE IT IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND SO ON. AND BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, OUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY ON THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND TRY TO SEND OUT THINGS TO TRY TO DO THAT THEY NEED TO. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM IF THEY HAVE THAT, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL SHARE THAT. WE'RE TRANSPARENT. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIDE ANYTHING. BUT THERE'S A PROCESS FOR EVERYTHING. WE WENT THROUGH, THE PROCESSES THAT WE CAN CONTROL. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE. BUT AS I'VE TOLD PEOPLE, BECAUSE I GET THE QUESTION EVERY TIME I GET MY NEIGHBORS ASK ME ANYTIME I GO FOR A COOKOUT, SOMEBODY ASKS ME ABOUT THE NAPLES PIER. IT'S NEVER IT'S INEVITABLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT IT'S A PROCESS. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST GOING OUT AND SAYING, OKAY, LET'S JUST BUILD IT. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT PERMITS. THERE'S BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING. THERE HAS TO BE SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS FROM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL. WE'VE MOVED THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO DO FROM A

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PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT WHERE WE WENT THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED AND GOT A CONTRACTOR, WE GOT A DESIGN, WE GOT ALL THAT WAS APPROVED, THE FUNDING'S IN PLACE, THE WE GOT THE LOCAL PERMIT, THE STATE PERMIT, ALL THAT STUFF IS IN PLACE. BUT THESE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE FEDERAL AGENCIES. SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THEIR QUEUE. SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THAT WERE IMPACTED IN IN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS OR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPACTED IN TEXAS, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPACTED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THIS, THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON FEMA, AND THEY'RE RELYING ON SOME OF THEM ARE RELYING ON ARMY CORPS FOR PERMITTING AND CERTAIN THINGS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M NOT THERE TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO ME, IT'S OBVIOUSLY MY PRIORITY IS THE NAPLES PIER. BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEIR HOMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GO ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT I TRY TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF MY MIND WHEN I GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE LIVED THE WAITING FOR THIS THING. I WAS THERE, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THE PIER AFTER THE STORM TO SEE IT DESTROYED. SO I, YOU KNOW, THAT I FELT THE PAIN THEN, AND I'VE LIVED IT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME. AND OUR STAFF WORK. WE MEET. I MET TWO HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT NAPLES PIER. SO I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONTROL AND THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL. AND RIGHT NOW, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS WE CONTROL, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, AND WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM THAT'S DOING THAT. AND WE THE CITY HAS BROUGHT ON PROJECT MANAGERS, AND WE'VE ADDED DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS TO TRY TO HELP WITH CLOSING SOME OF THOSE GAPS AS WELL. SO I FEEL THAT THE CITY AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE REALLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO AND HAVE THE ALL THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY ASK YOU IF YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WE CAN'T GO ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND TALK LIKE THAT OPENLY. BUT WE WILL WE'LL TALK AND SEE. THERE IS A COMMUNICATION THAT MONIQUE PUTS OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY, SHE PUTS A NEWSLETTER OUT AND SHE UPDATES THAT THERE IS A WEB PAGE AS WELL, WITH THE NAPLES PIER THAT UPDATES KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT. AND THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO LOOK AT. I WONDER, AND I'VE GONE RUNNING UP TO THE PIER, BUT IF INVESTING IN SOME AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE JUST VERY CLEAR THERE AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND SOMETHING EASY TO UNDERSTAND, NOT A, YOU KNOW, A DISSERTATION, BUT SOMETHING THAT VISITORS TO THE PIER WHEN THEY COME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT WEEKS THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING TO ARRIVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PIER AND SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE, EVEN THOUGH, YES, THEY CAN GO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. BUT, I MEAN, I'M AS GUILTY AS ANYONE. YOU KNOW, WHERE I NEVER GO FOR INFORMATION IS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITES. I JUST ASK GOOGLE. AND GOOGLE TYPICALLY BRINGS YOU TO THE CHAT ROOMS RIGHT TO THOSE POSTS. BUT JUST SOME SORT OF GRAPHIC. I MEAN, YOU COULD EVEN MAKE IT A VISUAL WITH THE I REALIZE IT ISN'T A LINEAR PROCESS, BUT MAYBE WE COULD MAKE IT LOOK LINEAR AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK. I DON'T THINK IT WILL RELIEVE PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATIONS BECAUSE THEY WANT IT DONE AND IT'S NOT DONE. AND THOSE ARE THE FACTS. BUT MAYBE IT CAN REDIRECT THOSE FRUSTRATIONS TO MAYBE WHERE THEY BELONG. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY IT TAKES A LONG TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE AFFECTED BY OTHER, YOU KNOW, DISASTERS MUCH MORE DRAMATICALLY THAN US JUST NOT GETTING TO GO TO THE PIER. SO WE ALL DO UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT MAYBE JUST A GRAPHIC AT THE PIER WHEN PEOPLE ARE THERE COULD HELP. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL I'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. OBVIOUSLY MONIQUE IS THE SHE'S THE ONE THAT HANDLES ANY KIND OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS. SO I'LL PROBABLY START THERE AND THROW AN IDEA OUT. AND IF WE FEEL THAT THAT MIGHT HELP, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST IF, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT TO THE PIER. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL SHARE THAT. BUT I YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP TO YOU AND, AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEY'RE GOING TO ASK YOU THOSE QUESTIONS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S

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KIND OF THE ANSWER. I ANSWER THEM MORE TIMES THAN A WEEK THAN I CAN EVEN COUNT. I'VE STOPPED COUNTING AT THIS POINT. I'VE GOT IT INTO MY HEAD WHAT THE RESPONSE IS AND HOW TO HANDLE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT A HUNDRED TIMES A MONTH, IT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THESE ARE FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A GREAT DISCUSSION, GREAT SUGGESTIONS, AN EASY WAY TO DO IT AT THE PIER END IS SIMPLY A BIG QR CODE THAT LINKS YOU TO MONIQUE'S LATEST COMMUNICATION.

AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY ONLY THREE. IN MY SIMPLE MIND, CRITICAL ISSUES HERE ONE. HERE'S WHY YOU CAN'T TOUCH THE PIER RIGHT NOW. EVEN DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, MOST OF WHICH IS LYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN. NUMBER TWO, THE DEMANDS, MULTIPLE DEMANDS THAT FEMA HAS PLACED ON THEM. AND SO MANY OF THEM ARE SAFETY AND LIFE THREATENING, AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO SERVICES. AND IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS, TO MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE PIER. AND THEN THE LAST PART IS MONEY. I MEAN, ROUGHLY WHAT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IS IT 45%? SO IT'S UP TO IT'S AN UP TO AMOUNT. AND I BELIEVE THE LAST NUMBER WAS UP TO LIKE 10 TO 12 MILLION. IT COULD GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT. SO RIGHT OF A TOTAL 2122 MILLION. YEAH. SO IF YOU MOVE TOO QUICKLY OR YOU TRY TO SKIP PROCESSES THEN YOU JEOPARDIZE THAT, WHICH THEN COMES BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN'T JEOPARDIZE. SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF NOT WANTING THIS. IT'S WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THOSE KIND OF DOLLARS, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE PROCESSES AND, YOU KNOW, MITIGATION IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WENT INTO THIS PROJECT THINKING, YOU GOT TO DO MITIGATION. DOING MITIGATION HELPS YOU WITH THOSE AGENCIES, TOO, BECAUSE WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IS SAY, OH, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU MONEY AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND BUILD AN EXACT SAME WAY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME RESULTS. SO IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN, THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY SEE, THEY SEE THE PIER AND THEY WANT IT TO LOOK SIMILAR. BUT YOU'RE TALKING PILES ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE DIFFERENT SIZE. THEY'RE CONFIGURED DIFFERENTLY. YOU GOT JOISTS THAT ARE UP UNDERNEATH THE DECKING. THAT USED TO BE WOOD THAT'S NOW MADE OF CONCRETE. THAT'S GOING TO HELP IT HOLD IT TOGETHER. YOU'VE GOT AN ELEVATION THAT'S BEEN INCREASED. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE WITH A REASON, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR WHY WE WENT THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO REBUILD THIS THING AGAIN. I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE STORMS. IF WE CAN HAVE A STORM THAT COMES THROUGH AND IT HITS THE PIER AND IT BLOWS OFF DECKING, WHATEVER, WE CAN REPLACE DECKING. BUT AS SOON AS IT DOES WHAT IT DID IN IAN, WHERE IT TEARS HALF THE PIER, THAT'S WHEN WE IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT COST US. SO IF I HAD ALL OF MY PILES AND ALL OF THE FRAMING, THE PIER WOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY REBUILT. EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. BUT WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IS BUILT BACK IS BUILT BACK STRONGER. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RESISTANT TO EVERY SINGLE STORM. THERE'S ALWAYS I'VE BEEN THROUGH STORMS AND TWO DIFFERENT STATES.

EVERY STORM I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH HAS BEEN DIFFERENT IN SOME WAY. SO WE TRY TO THINK ABOUT IN. BUT THEN YOU GOT SOME OTHER ONE THAT COMES ALONG AND DOES SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND I CAN'T PROJECT THAT AND NOBODY ELSE COULD PROJECT. I HEAR PEOPLE TELL ME, I'M THE GUY THAT GOT HERE AND SAW IAN AND GOT STORM SURGE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD STORM SURGE LIKE THAT IN ANY STORM. AND I HEAR PEOPLE TELL ME WE NEVER GET STORM SURGE. WELL, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I'VE SEEN THREE STORMS WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE AND ALL THREE OF THEM, I'VE GOTTEN STORM SURGE. SO UNTIL THERE'S A STORM THAT DOESN'T HAVE STORM SURGE, I'M GOING TO EXPECT THAT EVERY STORM HAS GOT STORM SURGE. SO THAT THAT'S JUST SHOWS YOU HOW THINGS CHANGE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN THAT PROFESSION. BUT WE HAVE TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRENGTHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK THE PIER AND I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE DESIGN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH THE ENGINEERS, AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL DO WHAT THEY EXPECT IT TO DO. QUICKLY. I THINK YOU'RE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE,

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AND I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE A PIER, YOU KNOW, WENT DOWN, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME UNTIL IT GOES. I DO LIKE THE IDEA, IF IT'S POSSIBLE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A QR CODE, SOME KIND OF A SIGN. THAT'S VERY SIMPLE. MEANING. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS. PLANS COMPLETED MARCH 2024. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE NAME SENT OUT TO FEMA ON THIS DATE? MAYBE A FEW EXTRA COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING. AND JUST SO THAT ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND THE SAME KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO YOU FOR ADVICE. WHAT DO WE SAY? EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT IN A QR CODE TO GO TO THE DEPTH BECAUSE I'M LIKE YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO GO AND RESEARCH. I'M NOT GOING TO GO LOOK UP AND READ AND READ. I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH INTEREST. I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, WHERE'S WHERE ARE WE IN THE HOW MUCH LONGER? AND IT IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS. AND BASICALLY WHAT YOU KIND OF WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IS GOOD QUESTION. BUT MIGHT BE A COUPLE MORE YEARS FOR THE ANSWER TO COME. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT ITSELF. IF IT STARTS TOMORROW, WE'RE TALKING AN 18 AT LEAST AN 18 MONTH PROJECT. WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT. SO 18 MONTHS IS YOUR THAT'S A YEAR AND A HALF. SO YEAR AND A HALF FROM THE START DATE MAYBE PUT THAT ON THERE. YEAH. IT'S JUST KIND OF YEAH. IN THE QR CODE. YOU KNOW AGAIN I TALK ABOUT THE, THE WEBSITE AND WE'VE TRIED TO PUT THOSE TIMELINES. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE HOW WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH. BUT YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR THE PERSPECTIVE FROM FROM YOU ALL BECAUSE I LIVE IT. I SEE IT SO MUCH EVERY DAY THAT I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE I SEE IT EVERY DAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE IT, ESPECIALLY ON SITE, AND WORK WITH THOSE TEAMS. AND IF WE DO THAT, THEN I'M GOING TO EXPECT FOR YOU ALL TO GO AND EXPERIENCE THAT AND TELL ME IF IT IF IT WORKS GOOD. IF YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT SAY IT, IT'S GREAT. AND WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE. SO THANK YOU. GREAT CONVERSATION. OKAY. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS? I WAS JUST CURIOUS. CHAD, YOU AND AARON MENTIONED THE SITUATION WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CSB HANDLES OR IT'S HANDLED? CITY CLERK THE CITY CLERK HANDLES ALL OF THAT. SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GOT ON THAT YOU CAN SEND THEM AN EMAIL. BUT THEY'LL BE SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION WITH WHATEVER OCCURS WITH THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.