Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 06-12-1977 Regular — reading text

h~' l{oriRes~d~ntfee ~ut ~ ot' li~ fee waived. courts for Note: Charitable organizations requestingthe' u~e of the tournaments shou'1d add this court reeto' ' t he players entry fee in' ' order that the City and the' Charitabl,e o;oginazt1on will not have: to absorb this cost. , DAILY OPERATIONS l he Tennis ' Center' will beooerated on the " BlLrnp System". The, " Btmlp , System" ' is': court Tor one hour and Players may use a fill no one has reserved that court : for the next hour;. tbey shall have If" i' and use l. t hour.' J the right to pay their hourly :fee at:lother another group reserves their court -ror. the next the hour,. players ~ must relinquish the court to them. They then may reserve ~ he, next "--'" that are ~ va~' able. ou:rts V: I'  RECOr~~ENDED GUIDELINES FOR TOum~M~ NT ' PLAY, 7-/.< ~ ?7" 6'7' I ~ Tournaments: During the 1977 year the Fort Walton Beach Tennis Club scheduled nine' ( 9)weekend tournaments. AIso~ the, Kiwanis' Club and the' Billy Bowlegs Festival had tournaments. Eleven '( II) Weekends out oT the' year are now taken up Tor toUrnaments with several rec,ent requests by' other groups : and charitable "orginazatlons fishing to hold tournaments. " : J:", It is our obligation to meet the needs or, these organj.zations ,'and' tournament players. It is also our obligation ' to' meet the needs' o:f. our non- tournament, play- Tor'-Tun players, who only 'play once '" or twice a week and usually ~ n the weekend. ' .' . Thererore, I recommend that in order to' fulfl110ur obligations to both type players, we should limit local type tournaments to no more than eight ( 8) courts and have the other. four ( 4) availa- ble to the general public. The bigger, more prestigious tourna-' ments, which draws players trom other areas or the' State and the Southwest may use more than e~ 6ht ( 8) courts with the approval or ' , the R~ creation. Department. . u. Tournament Court Fees: A f'ee ot $ 2. 00 per hour per court tor' tournament play wIll be, paid ,:, to the Recreation Department in advance. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ABOVE: ,', 11" a charge 9f $ 1. 00 per hour tor' residents and $ 1: 50 per hour, or non residents is charged as. a daily fee to the general public, f' it is only tair that a similar fee be charged rortQurnament play. Reasons: l) Non- tournament players will complain about paying a fee to the City, while tournament players have tree court usage. 2) Tournament play will monopolize the ' courts while non- tournament players are willing to pay to play, , to. but unable to obtain a court;. , Free usage or courts for to,urnaments w~ ll eliminate re- venue that the City wlllneed to operate the Tennis Center t a minimum cost to our tax payers~ . III. Charitable O~ ganizations: Any and all charitable orglnizations' requesti~g to use the \ courts ~ tournaments or should add this court reet~ the players' entry ree, in order that the City and the charit~ble o~ gan1zat1on ll not have to absorb th~~ cost. XV. School Teams: Cou'rt rees ror school teams should, be the same as tournament court fees. r  r d....__--.-..-.-'-... 68' 7-/ 2 - 77 DATE: JUNE 1977 24.. TO: 1AYOR and ~ ffiMBERS OF C~ TY COUNCIL FROM:' CITY, MANAGER SUBJECT: TENNIS CENTER OPERATION Attached ' are' recommendations from the Recreation Director, on the T~ nnis' Center operation. I concur and recommend this m~ thod of ~peration to with.. yo'1: ." ( Se~.. previous" att:achments) We have appr'oached the Tennis Center on th& basis' , '" 9peratio'~' that it should ' b~ " self- sustaining operations'-wis~.. We feel that ':.' this can only be accomplished with the. us~' o.f' a Tennis Center Manager ' as opp'osed..to a Tennis Pro- Concession tyPe operatio~,.. ," With a Tennis Center Manager operation' you wi11 .&~ tain complete: . control.. ' , .' .:.-...., ." To arri~e a't a fee sclledule we l1~ ve WOrKed. ' in Uatbackwards we have prepared an, estiDtated expenditure budget and th~n estimated, ' tennis pla.y to ar ivea-t & 1\ h9urly rate., , We think you should con- , ~ sider a differential in fees :for day tennis play and night tennis ".:: play. We also think that you should consider a fee differential , . in resident, and non- resident 'tennis play. We recommend that a resident be charged $ 1. 00 per hour for day play and .$1. 50 per hour ' for night play - '- a non- resident be charg,ed' $ 1. SO per hour for day' play and $ 2. 00 per ~ our for night play.. ' In addition to the above there should be about 25~ charge for warm- up on the p~ actice backstops, an~ $ 3. 00 ~~ r month locker rent. We recommend that you consider' leasing pro: shop space ~ or the' sale of merchandise and repairs to tennis, racquet$ at a monthly , rental of $ 300. 00. ' . ~" Since this ' is public' facility' and nota private a I do" not recommend any ' type mem1)ership.' ~ eco_ encl all 'tournament club.. play,. be at Tennis Center with resid.. t iee' schedule, in affect. The tennis center complex is, su'ltstantiaily comPlete exc.~pt for landscaping at a cost of $ 36G, QOe. oo. The Public Works Section will be responsible for minimum landscaping plus necessary wa.ter for landscaping maintenance.' , ' .-..."- Iasking am the Mayor fOT a three- man Council committee to work with myself and the Ilecreation Director in finalizing these recommendations for presentation to you. I  7- I; z. - ? 7 69 REDUCED TENNIS COURT FEES 10. Recommend Superintendent of Recrea- tion meet with interested parties to discuss reduced tennis court fees for junior players. TRANSFER OF INDUSTRIAL PARK 11. Recommend approval of transfer of I LEASE FROM BLAKE CONST. CATALINA YACHTS TO Industrial Park lease from Blake Construc- tion to Catalina Yachts for the purpose of expanding their boat manufacturing operation; property any subsequent transfer of the would be subject to the approval of the City Council. Also, recommend quit claim deed be given for approximately 20 x 500' of land south of Anchor Street between previously leased property. Not included in legal description on previous lease) MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH 12. Recommend City not enter into a OKALOOSA ISLAND FIRE DISTRICT Mutual Aid Agreement with the Okaloosa Island Fire District. REQUEST FOR FILL DIRE: 13. Recommend approval of request from FIRST CHURCH OF GOD First Church of God, 605 Lovejoy Road for four loads