Archive for the ‘Parks & Recreation’ Category
A few items we wanted to highlight today:
Roger Scott pool delayed til July. Jamie Page of the News Journal reports that the reopening of Roger Scott pool has been delayed to July. City Engineer Derrik Owens said at yesterday’s Council committee meetings that a pre-construction meeting will take place today, with construction expected to start next week and close within 90 (working) days. Meanwhile, the Cecil Hunter Pool at 200 East Blount Street will open April 12…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, March 8. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Economic & Community Development Committee and the…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, February 8. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Enterprise Operations Committee and the Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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A few items we wanted to highlight today:
FOP president on police budget cuts. Sunday’s Pensacola News Journal featured a viewpoint from Robert Bell, president of the local lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union which represents most Pensacola Police officers. The piece argues that cuts to the police budget have affected and will continue to affect public safety, and explains the union’s recent demonstration at the opening of newly-constructed clay tennis courts at the Roger Scott…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, January 25. The meeting begins at 2:00 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. Note the earlier-than-normal start time…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
As the first set of committee meetings since City voters approved a new charter last month, Monday’s committee meetings are expected to be lengthy. In addition to a large agenda otherwise, the Committee of the Whole meeting will likely…
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This past Friday, the City of Pensacola held a grand opening for the new Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Community Centre. The facility replaces two community centres destroyed in 2004 by Hurricane Ivan.
We can’t praise the new community centre enough. It is simply gorgeous inside and out. The spacious ballroom and its magnificent view of Pensacola Bay alone are worth the trip. The 17,500 square foot facility was constructed at a cost of $4.4 million…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, September 24. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall.
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 8 due to the Labour Day holiday. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall.
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, August 24. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
US Airways expanding service at Airport. US Airways has announced that beginning in 2010, it will add- nonstop service between PNS (Pensacola) and DCA (Washington—Reagan National).
De Luna monument dedicated. The Spanish conquistador monument was unveiled and dedicated at a ceremony held last night in Plaza de Luna. With the dedication of the monument, the Plaza de Luna project is essentially complete…
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At 5:15 this evening, a statue of Spanish conquistador Don Tristan de Luna will be dedicated in a ceremony at Plaza de Luna. Mayor Mike Wiggins, County Commission Chair Marie Young, and other city and county officials will be present. Dr. Judy Bense, President of the University of West Florida, will present a brief history about the de Luna expedition.
Local sculptor Bob Rasmussen created the life-size bronze statue in celebration of the 450th anniversary. The 6-foot 2-inch statue portrays…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, August 10. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
More on the North Hill vs. AT&T showdown. Rick’s Blog reprints a letter from Scott Davis of the North Hill Preservation Association to Council and City staff. The letter is a well-reasoned, legally-grounded argument for oversight of AT&T utility installations in public rights-of-way.
More on the Plaza Ferdinand VII situation. Our friends at the ultra-conservative loopty blog The Lunch Counter encourage citizens to show up…
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Last night, the Pensacola City Council voted to bring back an ordinance proposed at Council’s previous meeting, which would heavily restrict group and event use of Plaza Ferdinand VII. The ordinance was approved by a 7-2 vote, with Council members Cannada-Wynn and Pratt dissenting. The ordinance must still be read and approved a second time before taking effect, which should happen at the Council’s August 13 meeting.
If approved, the ordinance would allow groups of people 29 or fewer to use Plaza Ferdinand VII…
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By far the most contentious debate at last night’s meeting of the Pensacola City Council was concerning an ordinance regulating use of Plaza Ferdinand VII. The ordinance would have barred the Winterfest organisation from continuing many of its activities in the Plaza, so they came in force to plead their case, going so far as to bring a costumed Santa Claus whose “helper” attempted to distribute lumps of coal to Council members.
The proposed ordinance was developed in response to pending federal litigation against the City. That suit was filed by a church group who was barred…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, July 6. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Finance Committee, the Economic and Community Development Committee, and the Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, June 22. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall.
All committees, including the Community Redevelopment Agency, will meet…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 26 rather than on Monday, due to the Memorial Day holiday. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Economic and Community Development Committee will not meet.
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
Pensacola News Journal:
“Project a walk in the park”
Maren DeWeese:
“Scenic Bluffs Park… What a difference 3 hours can make!”
Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren DeWeese organised a volunteer cleanup this past Saturday at Bay Bluffs Park…
Maren DeWeese:
“WHAT IF?”
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
Committee of the Whole
Neighbourhood Services
Enterprise Operations
Economic and Community Development
Finance Committee
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Pensacola City Councilwoman Megan Pratt has provided on her blog an update on her efforts to pursue a “natural playground” at the Bryan Park site surrounding the new Tryon Branch Library. She and Parks & Recreation Staff met with Mr. Ron King of Natural Playgrounds Company, and apparently had some good discussions:
“The original plans had a walking trail around the park, and the current plan is for that to stay, with major play elements in the center as well as some scattered around the park. Mr. King was particularly conscious of the fact that this is a park around a library, noting the potential for outdoor…”
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Last night, Mayor Wiggins presented Sam’s Club with the Mayor’s Beautification Award, in recognition of their work to improve Springdale Park, which is located on Brent Lane between Lynell Street and Evergreen Road. They deserve it. They’ve donated money and loads of volunteer time to revitalise that park, which was… somewhat lacking before Sam’s Club took it up as a pet project.
The Sam’s Club representative who accepted the award also presented the City’s Parks & Recreation Department with a further $10,000 donation, and announced that Sam’s Club would also begin working at Corrine Jones Park…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Committee of the Whole
Neighbourhood Services
Enterprise Operations
Economic and Community Development
Finance Committee
The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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Here’s the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week:
*Committee of the Whole
*Neighbourhood Services
*Enterprise Operations
*Finance Committee
Note: The Economic and Community Development Committee and the Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet on Monday; however, the CRA will hold a special meeting on Thursday night, before Council, from 5:30-6:30 PM.
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Megan Pratt: “Natural Playgrounds”
The Pensacola City Councilwoman proposes rather than buying some boring plastic playground equipment, we turn Bryan Park at the new Tryon Library into a “natural playground”:
Sam Hall:
“Staff/council communication”
Fellow Council member Sam Hall does just that, attempting to set up a meeting between City staff and the Broadview Farms Neighbourhood Association to discuss Pratt’s park idea.
President Obama visits Fort Myers
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On the agenda for Monday’s meetings of the various committees of the Pensacola City Council:
Committee of the Whole
Neighbourhood Services
Finance
Enterprise Operations
Economic and Community Development
Community Redevelopment Agency
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