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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOCC
Parks, Recreation, and Conservation Advisory Board
Thursday, July 15, 2021

PRESENT:
Anthony Sanchez
Nathan Gennara
Joe Guidry, Jr.
Aaron Casteel

STAFF:
Rick Valdez
Forest Turbiville
James Crouch
Ross Dickerson
Keichia Gilyard



I.
WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER
a. This meeting was called to order at 12:02 p.m. by Anthony Sanchez

II.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
a. Brian Faulk spoke, a canoe vendor with CELM, spoke about his challenges regarding
recent changes to the vendor agreement.
b. Discussion ensued between Mr. Faulk, Board members, and staff. Documents were
shared regarding this case.
c. Anthony Sanchez will follow up with Forest Turbiville and Mr. Faulk to investigate this
case further. Joe Guidry, Jr. and Barbara Heineken offered to assist.

ACTION ITEM: Keichia Gilyard will send the relevant documents to Alison Hughes to
share with the Board.

III.
PRESENTATIONS

a. Sponsorship Update
i. Ms. Hughes gave an update that the team met with Bonnie Wise. Ms. Wise is
supportive of the program and is presenting minor changes to the current BOCC
Sponsorship Policy to the BOCC, per the staff’s suggestion.
ii. The Friends of the County Parks agreement is back with the County Attorney’s
Office to review the additions/clarification made at the Friend’s request.
iii. The Sponsorship Coordinator position was reposted and closes July 29.

b. AED Update
i. James Crouch shared that he spoke with Risk Management yesterday. The AED bid
came back, but the majority of the agreement dealt with leasing AED’s and not
purchasing, so they are going back out to bid. Mr. Crouch is working with
Procurement to try and get onto the same contract for Public Works so that
purchases can be made this year.

c. ELAPP Acquisition Update
i. Ross Dickerson shared that there are no updates at this time.



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d. State Road 56 Extension
i. Mr. Turbiville shared that the BOCC met on June 16 and voted unanimously to let
FDOT know of its opposition of the extension. The next meeting on the expansion
has been indefinitely postponed.
ii. Mr. Sanchez requested that the Board be kept informed of any developments and
can call a special meeting if necessary.

e. USF RFI – Forest Preserve
i. Mr. Dickerson shared that they are working on assessing the site.

f. Apollo Beach Nature Preserve—Safety Measures
i. Mr. Turbiville shared that 15 signs have been installed in addition to float rings. Staff
is there daily for the next one to two weeks and a permanent staff member will be
stationed Friday to Sunday, with the ultimate goal of having the site staffed daily.

g. Board Positions
i. Mr. Sanchez welcomed Ms. Heineken. He will follow up with Commissioner Myers
about her spot.

h. August 26 Meeting
i. Mr. Sanchez stated that an item for the following meeting will remain on the
agenda to allow board members a chance to voice concerns about meeting in
person.

IV.
BOARD ACTION
a. Approve minutes from the June 3, 2021 meeting

Motion: Joe Guidry, Jr. made a motion approving the June 3, 2021 meeting minutes and the
motion was seconded by Nathan Gennara. The motion was passed with no opposing
members.

V.
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS
a. None


VI.
COMMUNICATIONS, ACTIVITIES, OR STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS
a. Mr. Valdez thanked Mr. Sanchez for attending the BOCC meeting for the Parks and
Recreation Month proclamation.

VII.
ADJOURNMENT
a. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:51 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Alison Hughes, Acting Parks Board Secretary