Parks and Recreation Commission

Skateboard Park Ad-hoc Committee Meeting

March10, 2014 6:00pm at Marine Aen!e Park

Meeting "otes:

Ad-#oc Committee member and Parks and Recreation Commissioner "anc$ #ersman %e&comed
attendees to the meeting, introd!ced committee members, Cit$ sta'', and inited participants and
%e&comed ne% attendee (a!ra Santos) Ms) Santos took the opport!nit$ to e*press concerns abo!t the
'o&&o%ing:
sa'et$ re+!irements,
&iabi&it$
iss!es o' skateboarders !sing the streets
possib&e !se o' a skateboard park b$ non-residents
impacts o' attendance at ne% 'aci&ities on the comm!nit$
%hether a skateboard park %o!&d be a good inestment

"anc$ #ersman thanked Ms) Santos 'or her inp!t)

Parks and Recreation ,irector Mark (e$man reie%ed agenda items and e*p&ained ad-hoc committee
goa&s, the disc!ssion process and the Cit$ Co!nci&-s direction 'or the bene'it o' 'irst time attendees)

"anc$ #ersman then began disc!ssion o' .!nding options:
"anc$ stated that skateboard park grants are aai&ab&e, b!t are genera&&$ resered 'or &o%er
income areas and not a rea&istic so!rce o' '!nds 'or Manhattan /each
"anc$ said a p!b&ic-priate partnership co!&d be a possibi&it$, citing the Cit$-s partnership %ith
A0S1 in constr!ction o' a s$nthetic t!r' soccer 'ie&d at Marine Ae) Park
"anc$ asked the gro!p 'or s!ggestions on %ho to approach and ho% to do it
o 2he gro!p sho!&d come !p %ith a &ist o' potentia& donors and s!pporters
o (oca& ch!rches and the ,o%nto%n M/ /!siness Association %ere s!ggested
o Richard Cro% noted that that &oca& companies ,3S Shoes and S1 #e&mets had e*pressed
Richard Cro% stated that a c&ear message m!st be comm!nicated and s!ggested p!tting
together a presentation that co!&d be gien to potentia& '!nding so!rces)
o 4Skateparks So&e Prob&ems5 sho!&d be the core message
o 2he +!estions 4%hat prob&em does it so&e65 and 4%hat does it do 'or me65 need to be
ans%ered
Richard a&so s!ggested coming !p %ith a 4p&edge and re%ard5 s$stem to o''er incenties to
potentia& donors) Re%ards do not need to be materia& items, b!t rather things &ike 4irt!a&
sho!t-o!ts5
/&ake /ordokas mentioned reaching o!t to Mira Costa #igh Schoo& St!dents
7aeden 8ese&& said that the /o$ Sco!ts might a&so be interested in s!pporting
"anc$ bro!ght !p the possibi&it$ o' a 8ickstarter campaign and asked i' an$ members o' the
gro!p %ere 'ami&iar %ith setting one !p
7aeden 8ese&& asked ho% '!ndraising can begin
o 2om A&&ard ans%ered that he be&ieed a non-pro'it needed to be set !p prior to raising
or co&&ecting an$ mone$
"anc$ and 2om e*pressed the importance o' getting as m!ch inp!t as possib&e be'ore the Parks
and Recreation Commission presents to the Cit$ Co!nci&)