(April 13, 2017) The Ocean Pines Association Recreation and Parks Committee discussed the following items during a meeting in the community center last Tuesday.
Board assistance
Committee Chairman Tim McMullen, at the start of the meeting, said the committee would prefer to have a board member in attendance to provide updates on ongoing projects. Board liaison and interim General Manager Brett Hill was not available to attend, as he is on leave until April 7 because of the birth of his son.
Project updates
McMullen said he had received several calls that the new restrooms at White Horse Park were not open. He said he would look into the matter.
New information technology systems at the community center, according to McMullen, should be up and running by June. The systems are used, in part, to book activities through the recreation and parks department in Ocean Pines, including the Summer Youth Program. McMullen said the systems were a necessity.
New playground equipment will be installed at Huntington Park by mid-April, and renovated sports fields will be seeded this spring and open for use this fall.
McMullen said the Manklin Meadows Sports Complex hired a new racquet sports director, Erin Starr, who will start on May 1. He expected renovations of tennis and pickleball courts to start soon, but said weather was a factor. A week of continues 65-degrees or higher temperatures are required.
Installation of new playground equipment at Manklin Meadows Park should be finished by Memorial Day. McMullen said public works would repaint the lines in the parking lot.
South Gate Lake trail
Committee members continued a discussion of establishing a lighted walking and jogging trail around the South Gate Lake.
Estimates for a solar array came back at about $3,000 per pole, which would have to be installed every 100 feet. The total area was estimated at close to 3,000 feet.
McMullen said he would run it by Aquatics Director Colby Phillips, who helps oversee parks and recreation programs, and potentially present the idea to the board of directors for inclusion in the fiscal year 2019 budget.
Parade in doubt?
McMullen said the committee was asked if it would help plan a parade in Ocean Pines next year, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the community. He said Judy Boggs, who was assigned to plan that event by the 50th anniversary committee, had stepped down from that role.
Members of the committee present during the meeting unanimously agreed they were not comfortable taking over the event because of time constraints.
“This group here is a solid group of volunteers who have their hands in three, four, five other type of things. I will tell them that our committee is just not able to do this organization,” McMullen said. “I don’t want to be in a position where I’m telling people they shouldn’t be having a parade … but I do know this is the wrong group to do that.”
Board assistance
Committee Chairman Tim McMullen, at the start of the meeting, said the committee would prefer to have a board member in attendance to provide updates on ongoing projects. Board liaison and interim General Manager Brett Hill was not available to attend, as he is on leave until April 7 because of the birth of his son.
Project updates
McMullen said he had received several calls that the new restrooms at White Horse Park were not open. He said he would look into the matter.
New information technology systems at the community center, according to McMullen, should be up and running by June. The systems are used, in part, to book activities through the recreation and parks department in Ocean Pines, including the Summer Youth Program. McMullen said the systems were a necessity.
New playground equipment will be installed at Huntington Park by mid-April, and renovated sports fields will be seeded this spring and open for use this fall.
McMullen said the Manklin Meadows Sports Complex hired a new racquet sports director, Erin Starr, who will start on May 1. He expected renovations of tennis and pickleball courts to start soon, but said weather was a factor. A week of continues 65-degrees or higher temperatures are required.
Installation of new playground equipment at Manklin Meadows Park should be finished by Memorial Day. McMullen said public works would repaint the lines in the parking lot.
South Gate Lake trail
Committee members continued a discussion of establishing a lighted walking and jogging trail around the South Gate Lake.
Estimates for a solar array came back at about $3,000 per pole, which would have to be installed every 100 feet. The total area was estimated at close to 3,000 feet.
McMullen said he would run it by Aquatics Director Colby Phillips, who helps oversee parks and recreation programs, and potentially present the idea to the board of directors for inclusion in the fiscal year 2019 budget.
Parade in doubt?
McMullen said the committee was asked if it would help plan a parade in Ocean Pines next year, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the community. He said Judy Boggs, who was assigned to plan that event by the 50th anniversary committee, had stepped down from that role.
Members of the committee present during the meeting unanimously agreed they were not comfortable taking over the event because of time constraints.
“This group here is a solid group of volunteers who have their hands in three, four, five other type of things. I will tell them that our committee is just not able to do this organization,” McMullen said. “I don’t want to be in a position where I’m telling people they shouldn’t be having a parade … but I do know this is the wrong group to do that.”