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Agenda Workshop 07-18-00 CITY COMMISSION CITY OF DELRAY BEACH. FLORIDA WORKSHOP MEETING - JULY 18, 2000 6:00 P.M. - FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM The City will furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessaryto afford an individual wid~ a disability an equal oppommity to participate in and enjoy the benefits of a service, program or activity conducted bythe City. Contact Doug Randolph at 243-7127 (voice) or 243-7199 (TDD), 24 hours prior to the program or activity in order for the City to reasonably accommodate your request. Adaptive listening devices are available for m_eetlngg in the Commission Chambers. WORKSHOP AGENDA 1. joint workshop with the Parking Management Advisory Board- 2. Discussion concerning the solid waste franchise agreement. 3. Linton Boulevard Bridge Tender Building - Report on Proposed Improvements and Preliminary Cost Estimate. 4. Presentation on proposed traffic calming policy. 5. Overview of Parks and Recreation Departmem. 6. Overview of proposed budget for FY 2001. 7. Commission comments. Please be advised that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting, such person will need to ensure that a verbatim record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. The City neither provides nor prepares such record. I M MORANDUM I TO: FROM: DATE: David T. Harden, City Manager obertA. Barcinski, Assistant City Manager July 14, 2000 SUBJECT: Agenda Item City Commission Workshop, July 18, 2000 Joint Meeting with the Parking Management Advisory Board Attached are supporting documents for the joint workshop between City Commission and the Parking Management Advisory Board. Documents include a brief history of the Board, a proposed Strategic Plan, and a summary of past parking studies. Commission requested the meeting to discuss general philosophy, direction, and meeting schedules. Board members had also been requesting a joint meeting for a number of months. The Board is seeking input and approval of the proposed Strategic Plan. This workshop item begins to address Commission "Top Priority Number 4" as outlined in the Strategic Plan 2000-2005. RAB:kwg Attachments cc: Parking Management Advisory Board Members File:u:graham/misc Doc.:City Commission Joint Mtg with PMAB MEMORANDUM TO: David T. Harden, City Manager ~Rober~ A. Barcinsld, Assistant City Manager FROM: DATE: July 14, 2000 SUBJECT: Agenda Item City Commi.~sion Workshop, July 18, 2000 Joint Meeting with the Parking Management Advisory Board Attached are supporting documents for the joint workshop between City Commission and the Parking Management Advisory Board. Documents include a brief history of the Board, a proposed Strategic Plan, and a summary of past parking studies. Commission requested the meeting to discuss general philosophy, direction, and meeting schedules. Board members had also been requesting a joint meeting for a number of months. The Board is seeking input and approval of the proposed Strategic Plan. This workshop item begins to address Commission "Top Priority Number 4" a~ outlined in the Strategic Plan 2000-2005. Attachiuents cc: Parking Management Advisory Board Members Fil~:u:snham/mi~ Do~.:City Commi~ion Joint Mt wi~h PMAB o ~.., © crc> CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PARKING MANAGEMENT BOARD 05/t 2/00 PROBLEM STATEMENT There is a lack of trained City staff to do appropriate study and analysis of parking and traffic issues in order to provide accurate information and alternatives to the Parking Management Board for consideration and recommendation to the City Commission and City management. The lack of diversification on the Parking Management Board, including consideration of race, particular city areas, residential, business representatives, etc., may cause a lack of communication and confidence in board recommendations by both the community and the City Commission. There is a belief on the part of some of the community that there is not a parking problem, while others believe there is a sedous problem. Thera are no cdteda at present time that can be used to qualify a parking problem. The City Parking Requirement Code exacerbates the parking problem because of 'in lieu of fees," which do not create additional parking, restaurant requirements that are too Iow, and no incentives for developers to provide additional public parking (too much leeway). Employees and owners take up available customer parking, valet service on Atlantic Avenue causes traffic congestion, and inconsistent parking enforcement, all of which discourage customers from coming into the downtown area. The following goals and objectives are recommendations by the Parking Management Board: Goal #1: Create a position within the City government who will take responsibility for addressing the parking issues within the city of Delray Beach and who will be charged with the development of a master plan to address parking within our city and to work directly with th.e Parking Management ,Board to solye proble~ms~, Obiectives: 1. Develop a job description for parking specialist position (July 1, 2000). 2. Recruit and hire a person to fill the position (October 1,2000). 3. Develop master plan for the Transportation Concurrency Exception Area (October 2001). Goal #2: To balance the membership of the board so that it reflects the diverse interests of all of our citizens, which will increase communication and confidence in board recommendations to the Commissio. rj Obiectives: ~R'~- - ~O~C[~ OmR ,4.~-p--/ ~q~a~..[t~E. one rnc~e.~ 1. Set up bi-annual meetings with the City Commission to discuss and update issues pertaining to parking (June 2000). Review board make-up and make recommendation for balancing the board (September 2000). Review board meeting schedule and develop a more effective meeting plan to get things done (June 2000); Plan and schedule a training session in parking issues and problem solving techniques for existing board members and see that all new members receive training (January 2001). Goal #3: Develop written criteria which will be used to determine if a parking problem exists. This will be used to distin, guish which parking issues will receive board attention. Obiective: 1. Hold a series of meetings specifically for developing this definition (February 2001). 2. Develop a final product describing criteria to be used to determine/prevent a parking problem (March 2001). CITY OF DELRAY BEACH PARKING MANAGEMENT BOARD 05112100 Goal #4: To develop a city parking code which will be mom contemporary in addressing current issues and problems that the city faces now and into the future. Obiectives: 1. Review existing parking codes to identify current requirements that may be outdated based on the growth and development the city is currently enjoying (January 2001). 2. Make recommendations for updating and improving the code (June 2001). 3. Develop policy regarding roles of public and private sectors in planning construction and funding parking (June 2001). Goal #5: Analyze the immediate problems created by employee/owner parking and valet service in the Transportation Concurrency Exception Are;i. Objectives: 1. Define the exact problems, including days, times, areas, etc. (February 2001). 2. Develop alternatives for immediate relief (April 2001). MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Parking Management Advisory Board Members  Robert A. Barcinski, Assistant City Manager June 22, 2000 AGENDA ITEM PARKING STUDY REPORT The Board is requested to review a parking study report, which summarizes all parking studies conducted since 1989. The report summarizes year report prepared, who it was prepared by, costs, area covered, and status of recommendations contained in each study. This information was requested by Commissioner Archer and will be presented to City Commission as part of the back up material for your joint workshop to be held on July 18, 2000. I am estimating that in-house staff costs for assisting in preparing these reports was approximately $45,000 to $50,000. The 1992 report was entirely prepared by in-house staff. This report is for information and review. I will be out of town for this meeting, but I will answer any thquestions you may have that Ron Hoggard is unable to answer after I return on July 10 . RAB/tas FiI¢:u:sweeney/parking Doc:agenda item parking study report Table 14 MASTER PARKING PLAN Delray Beach Master Parking Plan BLOCK Primary Locations: M/O K L PARKING Spaces Type- 540 Structured 420 Structured 420 Structured Secondary Locations: C D/F E G H/F T 340 Structured 425 325 Structured 100 Surface 380 Structured 440 Structured 425 325 Structured 100 Surface 330 Structured -34- X I I I £1T¥ OF UELRR¥ BERTH DELRAY BEACH AII-AmericaCity 1993 June 19, 2000 100 N.W. 1st AVENUE · DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33444 · 561/243-7000 Mr. Carlos Mangual, General Manager BFI 1475 S.W. 4th Avenue Delray Beach, Florida 33444 Dear Mr. Mangual: On May 25th Dan McGinnis wrote us a letter requesting that the City begin the process of negotiating an extension or new agreement between BFI and the City of Delray Beach for Solid Waste Collection Services. I have reviewed this matter with my staff. We have decided that your request should be presented to the City Commission for their consideration. Therefore, we will schedule your r,ethquest for discussion with the City Commission at their regular worksession on July 18 . The worksession begins at 6:00 p.m. in the 1st Floor Conference Room in City Hall. Representatives of BFI are welcome to attend. Sincerely, David T. Harden City Manager DTH:kwg cc: Joe Safford, Director of Finance Lula Butler, Director of Community Improvement File:u:graham/cmgr Doc.:Catlos Mangual re BFI Contract Extension THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS [IT¥ OF DELRI:I¥ BEll[Il DELRAY BEACH Ail-America City 993 June 19, 2000 100 N.W. 1st AVENUE. DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33444 · 561/243-7000 Mr. Carlos Mangual, General Manager BFI 1475 S.W. 4th Avenue Delray Beach, Florida 33444 Dear Mr. Mangual: ~T) - /~o~t ,~ ~,e~/'/- ~ Ct%,~8~ On May 25 D~ McG~s ~ote us a le~er requesting ~a~ ~e C~ty begin ~e process of negotiating ~ extension or new agreement be~een BFI ~d ~e City of Delray Beach for Solid Waste Collection Semites. I have reviewed ~s ma~er wi~ my s~ff. We have decided ~at yo~ request should be presented to the Ci~ Co~ission for ~eir consideration. Therefore, we will schedule your r~uest for discussion wi~ the CiW Co~ission at ~eir regul~ worksession on July 18 . The worksession begins at 6:00 p.m. in the 1st Floor Conference Room in City Hall. Representatives ofBFI ~e welcome to a~end. Sincerely, - ~ ~/ ~ ~o~ ~ David T. H~den Ci~ M~ager DTH:kwg cc: Joe Safford, Director of Finance Lula Butler, Director of Community Improvement Filc:u:graharrdcmgr Doc.:Carlos Mangual re BF! Con~act Extension THE EFFORT ALWAYS MATTERS RECIEIV~D MEMORANDUM CITY I'~qAN AGEF~ TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Lula Butler, Community Improvement Director Richard Bauer, Code Enforcement Administrator REPORT ON BFI SERVICES DATE: April 4, 2000 Summary of Significant Items In my opinion: 1. BFI does not have adequate operational controls to detect service lapses. If they have such controls, they are not utilized to inform the City of field level problems. 2. BFI bulk service is inadequate and unacceptable. 3. The City should assume complete control of bulk services. Statistics alone are not sufficient to permit assessment of BFI services since the inception of their contract with the City on August 8, 1996. Our statistics indicate citizen inquiries about BFI services have risen 77% during the period 10/99 - 2/00 as compared to the period 10/98 -2/99. In addition to statistics, there are items such as customer service, promptness in answering inquiries, information flow to the responsible City agency and consistency of service. (It should be remembered that complaints are not necessarily phoned into the City first; BFI could be first contact.) Although I am not fully pleased with all aspects of BFI services, BFI has cooperated and done a good job at City special events, such as the Citrix and Chris Everett tennis tournaments, and during the recent Hurricane Irene cleanup (for which they were compensated). Most of the problems we encounter with BFI occur in two key areas: 1. Lack of information flowing back to our offices when routes are not completed during the normal course of events, and 2. Service lapses, which occur, sometimes coincidental with the first line field supervisor's absence. Further explanations follow: An incident occurred where bulk pickups in a gated community (Andover) were missed several times because the gate code was changed. BFI did not inform us of the situation - angered citizens did. (Although, I am not certain if BFI even knew their driver did not complete the route.) Failure to inform my office about incomplete routes or service problems as they occur makes it very difficult for us to respond to citizens who call our office to report service problems. There have been other cases where BFI did not complete routes, either due to equipment malfunction, personnel shortage, volume or labor problems, (the latest incident was 4/4/00). Again, the situations were not always timely reported to my office - and, in most instances, the lapses involved bulk service. · Although the two most recent BFI field supervisors have been conscientious about improving service, we have observed that when a first line supervisor is absent, collection lapses seem to occur. BFl's backup personnel do not always come into our office on a daily basis to pick up customer complaint sheets or to determine if any other problems exist. Paperwork on complaint resolution is not always returned to our office on a daily basis necessitating additional clerical intervention to follow up on the unsubmitted paperwork and delaying computer input. The "unofficial" correlation between the absence of a first line supervisor and the delivery of services is disturbing -and led to at least one major confrontation between my office and BFI's. Customer service is a vital element of the waste collection business. BFI started off very poorly- streets were missed, bulk service was erratic and field supervisors were not accustomed to the service level expected within the City. There has to be some judgement in determining service quality levels. Service should be consistently acceptable or it should be considered unacceptable. Swings between adequate and inadequate service means that the service level is unacceptable since both customers' and the City's confidence is weakened and expectation levels are inappropriately lowered. There are four major services that BFI provides: Commercial: since the City does not bill or set individual service levels (e.g., collection frequency, container sizes), my involvement is minimal: to hear and to get complaints resolved when they are reported to our office. Complaints have been few to my office. However, I have spoken to several businesses and other commercial accounts that have complained about BFI's lack of response and follow-up to inquiries. As an example, a commercial account informed us that they contacted BFI to collect a pile of vegetation. BFI never collected the materials and we finally sent our special collection vehicle to the site to resolve the problem (corner of Homewood and Lowson). However, on an overall basis, the commercial service seems to be adequate, as complaints to my office have been few. Residential Recycling: service now seems to be adequate. We have had several recent problems, such as missing a street two weeks in a row (Bermuda Gardens Drive) and missing another complex, even after the problems were reported to BFI. From a customer's perspective, I know it is difficult to explain repetitive lapses. From my perspective, I can see how a lapse might occur twice - but no more. For the most part, recycling services have been adequate. BFI has not been providing detailed statistics on recycling collections; however, we have not pursued this issue since we are trying to develop our own internal statistics on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis rather then relying on averages for a collection area. Residential Garbage: service now seems to be adequate but not by much. BFI crews are not consistent collecting palm fronds or all of the 1- yard piles they are suppose to collect on each regular garbage day. In March, we monitored the Tropic Isle area for compliance with BFl's "one yard pick up rule." This monitoring project was not announced to BFI. Of the 41 small piles monitored, BFI did not collect 9 or 22%. Most of the misses were palm fronds and small branch piles. Apparently not all of BFl's collectors realize that these small piles are suppose to be collected on both regular garbage days. One of our Code Enforcement Officers questioned a BFI collector why he was not picking up palm fronds with the regular garbage. The answer was, "it's bulk." As late as 3/30/00, we found 4 missed small piles of palm fronds, a mattress and bagged garbage - all at curbside - in the northeast area and on Vista Del Mar Drive. Residential Bulk: service levels have been a roller coaster ride with as many Iow points - and, therefore, in my opinion, the overall service is inadequate. Uncompleted routes, inexplicable missed pickups and unreported lapses are recurring problems. The implementation of the Special Collection Program by Code Enforcement (where residents are billed for trash set out too early) has the side benefit of forcing some improvements in BFI's bulk service because residents would complain about being billed for . trash piles missed by BFI. Regardless of the impact of the City's Special Collection program on BFI's regular bulk collection services, one would anticipate that more than 3 years into a contract, a company would have eliminated common place service problems. Unfortunately, this is not the case. As a test, we monitored three trash piles on vacant lots in residential areas. These types of piles are supposed to be collected by BFI (paragraph 6.1.9 of the contract between the City and BFI) but for the three in our test, one was missed two consecutive weeks before being collected, another 3 consecutive weeks before being collected and the last has been missed 4 consecutive weeks (and remains uncollected). Additionally, on 3/30/00, we found 4 obvious, large piles missed by BFI in the northeast and Vista Del Mar areas. We deliberately did not report these piles to BFI. With bulk pickups, collection personnel have to be observant to find the piles - unlike garbage receptacles and recycling bins, which are obvious. Bulk collection personnel must drive every street and must have a fundamental knowledge of what is collectible and what is not. There are no borderline situations - material is either collectible or it is not. Even with the City's prior collector, when significant collection problems occurred, they were with bulk collections. (Although the prior collector did, in my opinion, a better, more consistent job than BFI does.) We don't expect that there will never be a missed trash pile - but we do expect that if routes are not completed, BFI will inform us, that obvious trash piles will be collected even if missed the first time and that collection personnel will perform in a professional manner in the absence of their supervisor. Conclusion I have to conclude that BFI does not have operational controls in place to monitor the performance of their collection activities. If they do have such controls, why are bulk trash piles missed for weeks in a row, uncompleted routes not reported, collection personnel not familiar with palm frond collection and one-yard piles overlooked? Regardless.of whether the City or a private company handles waste collection, the City should have a full time employee constantly monitoring waste collection services, investigating customer complaints, evaluating schedules, etc. The City will need hands on contractual control to implement route changes, to evaluate the collector's performance and to implement changes necessary to expedite, control and improve services. I would go so far as to say that the City should assume complete control of bulk collection services, just as we do with the Special Collection program. Code Enforcement successfully operates the citywide garbage cart and the Special Collections programs and was the focal point of monitoring and assisting BFI in improving its services when the contract was initiated. We know where the problems are and where the problems are likely to occur in the future. The services provided by BFI effect virtually every citizen, every business, every neighborhood, and every area of the City. I think the last sentence puts the appropriate perspective on the necessity to carefully and constantly monitor waste removal services. City Of Delray Beach Department of Environmental Services M E M 0 R A N D U M TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: David Harden Randal L Krejcarek, P.E. 5 June, 2000 Linton Blvd Bridge Tender Building Report of Proposed Improvements & Preliminary Cost Estimate Project # 1999-060 RECEIVED JUN 0 F; ~nnn C~ITY MANAGER Enclosed is the report prepared by David Miller and Associates regarding the proposed changes to the tender building. The estimate for these changes is $116,250.00. I have included this project in next year's CIP. Thanks! CC: Richard Hasko, P.E. Bob Barcinski file ~E$SRVOO2V3EPARTMENTS~EngAdminV. etters~RLIGCiTYMGRVinton tender bldgOl.doc City Of De. lray Bea. ch Department of Envtronmental Services MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: David Harden Randal L Krejcarek, P.E. June, 2000 Unton Bird Bridge Tender Building Report of Proposed Improvements & Preliminary Cost Estimate Project # 1999-060 RECEIVED JUN 0 B~nnn ~ITYMANAGER Enclosed is the report prepared by David Miller and Associates regarding the proposed changes to the tender building. The estimate for these changes is $116,250.00. I have included this project in next year's ClP. Thanks! CC: Richard Hasko, P.E. Bob Barcinski file %IE$$RVOO2~DEPARTMENTSIEngAdmlnV_etterstRLi~CITYMGRiIinton tender bldgOf, doc CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING City Project No. 99-060 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS Prepared For: City of Delray Beach Department of Environmental Services 434 S. Swinton Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33444 By: David Miller & Associates, P.A. 2090 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 205 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (561)697-4700 Am'il CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING Proposed Improvements Table of Contents II. III. IV. Project Overview Existing Conditions Proposed Design Estimated Project Costs CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING Proposed Improvements I. Project Overview The project will be a renovation of the Linton Avenue Bridge Tender Building that was originally constructed in the early 1970's. The original design for this building can be considered as modern styling which was typical of the public works projects of that era. The structure is a flat roofed, stucco faced building. The exterior windows of the upper level slope outwards for view of the waterway. The renovation of the facility is expected to last a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) days, during which time the operation of the drawbridge and the right of way must remain intact. CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING Proposed Improvements II. Existing Conditions The following plans show the existing conditions of the Linton Avenue Bridge Tender Building. This structure was built in the early 1970's and is of steel and concrete construction. Miscellaneous plans showing the original configuration are attached. CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING Proposed Improvements III. Proposed Design The following pages show the proposed design for the Linton Avenue Bridge Tender Building. The design utilizes the existing layout and structure and can be considered to be cosmetic, enhancing the exterior to provide an updated style. The construction work will include new roofing, windows, stucco, paint, trim, and exterior wall modifications as well as limited interior improvements. CITY OF DELRAY BEACH LINTON AVENUE BRIDGE TENDER BUILDING Proposed Improvements IV. Estimated Project Costs The following cost estimate outlines the probable costs associated with the proposed renovation. ITEM Mobilization/Traffic Control Demolition Temporary Facilities/Staging Equipment Rentals Roofing Stucco Repairs/Work Window Replacement Painting/Caulking Carpentry/Trim Interior Modifications (allowance) Contractor's overhead & profit (15%) Contingency (10%) Soft Costs (testing, permitting) ESTIMATED COST $ 5,000 $ 5,000 $ 6,000 $ 6,000 $ 10,000 $ 8,000 $ 12,000 $ 10,000 $ 8,000 $ 20,000 $ 13,950 $ 9,300 $ 3,000 Total $116,250 NOTE: The above costs are preliminary in nature and were completed without the benefit of contractors or suppliers bids or quotations. No allowances are included for furnishings, fixtures, equipment, or systems. The major Divisions of the Parks and Recreation Department are the: 1.) Ocean Rescue Division 2.) Recreation Division 3.) Parks Maintenance Division Our beach is our number one asset. Travel Holiday Magazine named our beach one of the top 35 beaches in the country and Parenting Magazine named our beach the best in Palm Beach County. We have over 1.2 million visitors annually. We are blessed with 1~ miles of oceanfront beach with three (3) oceanfront parks. Sandoway Park has 124 parking places and a new rest room this year. Anchor Park has 84 parking places and is the home of our Ocean Rescue Headquarters. Atlantic Dunes Park is a separate 500 foot beach located near Linton Boulevard with 114 parking places and picnic pavilions, a nature trail and rest rooms. Our lifeguards are all emergency medical technicians which brings an extra measure of safety to our beach patrons. Our Beach Patrol is o~e of only 31 agencies in the United States that has received advanced certification from the United States Lifesaving Association. This past year our Ocean Rescue Division received both the Agency of the Year Award and the Lifeguard of the Year Award from the Florida Beach Chiefs Association. This past July 12th, our EMT competition team competed in Orlando in the Basic Life Support Competition against emergency medical providers from throughout the nation and won first place. This is the second year in a row that we won first place. By the way, Boca Raton placed 6~h. We have two (2) surf chairs available that allow our physically challenged residents to enjoy the full use of the beach. We also have an observation platform where handicapped residents can sit and enjoy the ocean scenery. Our Ocean. Rescue Division conducted classes in Ocean Awareness to over 5,100 elementary students this past year and had over 150 children enrolled in their Junior Lifeguard Program. In December, over 400 swimmers participated in the Ocean Mile Swim. The Parks and Recreation Department has three (3) recreation centers available to its citizens. Pompey Park is the largest with a community center that has a gymnasium, auditorium, meeting rooms and game rooms. On the grounds are three (3) new baseball diamonds, state of the art swimming pool, two (2) tennis courts with new surfacing and lighting systems, and new playground equipment. Our Community Center is next door to City Hall and contains a gymnasium, meeting and game rooms, and the administrative offices of the Parks and Recreation Department. Over $250,000 worth of improvements have been made to the Community Center over the last 10 years, and under construction at the present time is a new wing for additional office space. This will free up space for additional classes and programs. Veterans Park is home to our senior citizens' activities, with a center with multipurpose rooms where classes in bridge, line dancing, ballroom dancing, art and y, oga are conducted. Veterans Park also has 16 shuffleboard courts and 7 lawn bowling courts that are used extensively by our senior citizens. I'm sure you all are familiar with Veterans Park Playground which was constructed in 1993. Over 1,500 volunteers raised $90,000 and built the playground over a 5 day period. Recently the playground was damaged by fire. I recommended to the City Manager, and he approved, waiving the requirement to bid the repairs to the playground. We have distributed the bid to four contractors and hope to have a recommendation for bid award to City Commission by the last meeting in July or first meeting in August. Our Out of School Program is comprised of our After School and our Summer Day Camp Program. Our After School Program is run at 4 different sites - Community Center, Pompey Park, Pine Grove, and Delray Full Service Center with 400 children enrolled. This programs targets "latchkey', children ages 5-12 and offers such activities as tennis, golf, swimming, soccer, ballet, Ocean Awareness, Conflict Resolution, and homework assistance. Next year, the Delray Academy will be offering their own After School Program and we will reduce to 3 sites and 300 children. ~ Our Summer Day Camps are offered at the same sites as our After School Program and has 450 children enrolled. The program runs for 8 weeks, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The early start time and later end time allows parents to drop off and pick up their children with little impact on their work schedule. The focus for the Summer Day Camp is on recreation activities as opposed to our After School Program where our focus is both recreation and academics. As part of our Summer Day Camp, we offer an Inclusion Program for our children who may be physically or mentally challenged. This summer we have 5 children enrolled in the program and we contract with the Association for Retarded Citizens for staffing needs. The Parks and Recreation Department sponsors 10 special events a year ranging from the Easter Egg Hunt for the youngest, which attracts about 1,000 children, to our Senior Games for the oldest with 300 participants. Special events for other ages include our Dad and Daughter Date Night, which is very popular, our Concert in the Park series at Veterans Park, and an ~Lnnual Turkey Trot 5K Run on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. But the biggest special event each year is our July 4=h fireworks, which we coordinate with Police, Fire, Public Works and the Chamber of Commerce. Other special events include Kidsfest, Santa's Calling, Holiday Toy Drive, Festival of Trees and Keith Straghn Thanksgiving dinner. The Parks and Recreation Department has 7 separate athletics facilities where baseball, football and soccer are played. Miller Park is the largest with 6 baseball diamonds and multipurpose field for soccer, and Pine Grove Park is the newest with a baseball diamond and soccer field. Both Pine Grove Park and Atlantic High School are cooperative projects with Palm Beach County School Board. The Parks and Recreation Department also sponsors the Rocks Football Program, with 5 teams, a Youth Basketball Program with 24 teams, and the Adult Golf League with 42 teams. New parks developed over the past year include Leon Weekes Environmental Preserve, Pine Grove Park and Orchard View Park. Leon Weekes is composed of endangered scrub and scrubly flatwood communities. Less than 2% of the scrub habitat in Palm Beach County now remains. At Leon Weekes we have a nature trail that is handicapped accessible, a gazebo, information kiosk and playground equipment. Besides the aforementioned baseball field and soccer field at Pine Grove Park, we have a picnic pavilion, walking trails, and playground equipment and basketball courts that are located on school property. Orchard View, which should be open to the public in about a month, is a passive park with picnic pavilions, walking trails, playground equipment and rest rooms. We have two Intracoastal parks for public use. Veterans Park has picnic facilities, playground equipment, a gazebo and public boat docking. Knowles Park, recently renovated with a grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District, affords the only public boat access to the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach. Knowles Park also provides picnic areas, playground equipment and rest rooms facilities. Our marina, also located along the Intracoastal, offers 24 slips for rental to the general public. City Commission recently approved plans to renovate and upgrade our City marina. Our Parks Maintenance Division is larger than most Departments within the City, with 54 employees and a budget in excess of $2 million dollars. They are responsible for 165 separate parks, recreation sreas, medians, beautification sites, or public facilities. They are responsible for over 18,000 irrigation heads and over 600 zones that exist throughout the City. Parks Maintenance assists in every special event that takes place in our commuity. Shortly we will begin expansion of the Parks Maintenance building to keep up with growing demand. Parks Maintenance is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of Delray Beach Memorial Gardens, our municipal cemetery. Several years ago, we completed the expansion of the Memorial Gardens. This expansion provided for the main access to be off S.W. l0ch Avenue, and for over 3,000 additional burial plots, satisfying our needs for years to come. The Memorial Gardens also offers a mausoleum as an alternative to below ground burials. One of the things we learned at Visions 2000 was, despite our efforts, some of the public was uninformed about our facilities and programs. We upgraded our special events position to include marketinq and now publicize our programs and facilities not only through the standard press releases and brochures, but also through our website that contains daily beach conditions, up to date information on programs and facilities, and position openings throughout the Department. Our web address is w%wv. dbpr.c0m. If you miss our web page, you can call our Leisure Line at 243-7274 that has weekly updated information on programs and activities. Previously I made a presentation to City Commission on our Parks and Recreation Department receiving national accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Parks and Recreation Agencies, one of only 26 agencies in the United States to have received this prestigious award. This is a list of future projects. Needs Assessment and Master Plan Future soccer facilities (15 - 20 acres) Pompey Park ballfields - Phase II Sarah Gleason Park renovation Marina renovation Lake Ida Park renovation - N.W. 11~h Street Skateboard/Rollerblade Park Cornell Park Intracoastal Park (MSA 650) Lifeguard tower replacements Mobile stage Cemetery maintenance building Miller Park storage building Currie Commons field lighting Merritt Park rest room facility Beach pavilion roof replacement Computerized irrigation Parking lots and roadways Miller Park fence replacement Catherine Strong Center Playground equipment replacement If our Needs Assessment and Master Plan request is approved, certainly add to this list. Lastly is our Mission Statement, which reads "The City of Parks and Recreation Department will enrich the quality of people of Delray Beach by providing significant opportunities in exemplary park environments." That concludes our presentation this evening. we will Delray Beach life for the recreational 4