War Memorial Stadium Advisory Board

PENINSULA STADIUM AUTHORITY Minutes from June 5, 2017 The meeting was called to order by Jim Wilson, chair. Others in attendance included Everett Bensten, Frank Feagan,Wayne Gomes, Sallie Marchello, Kevin Myers, Ruth Simmons, Tim Smith, Brenda Stokes, Steve Todd, Pat Uribes, and AG Womble from the board and Henry Morgan and Jeffrey Scott from Community Baseball. Pat moved and Tim seconded approval of the May 1, 2017 minutes. Sallie gave the Treasurer's report. We received our annual allocation from the City. We are waiting for the insurance checks and the bills for the bathroom and left field work. We have $114, 987.79. The left field project is complete. There is more work to be done on the bathrooms. Henry has a contractor looking at the batter's eye. Frank has someone who is willing to do drawings. Tommy Garner will start working in the third base restroom this week. He will give half of the air conditioning, and we will pay half plus labor. Our paper supply person has made contributions to restroom fixtures. The City is involved in two projects-the new building and site design. Q Design is working on everything related to the site plan. They need to have the AECOM information. The site plan is our first priority so that we can prioritize our plans. Then we can talk with the City about how our capital improvement money will continue. Capital improvement money will be kept and paid by the City. On July 1st, we will receive $99,000 for our 2018 budget. By Wednesday, Jeffrey hopes to have a sign showing the new building with credit given to the City and Q Design. The Pilots are expecting seven players who are still in college tournaments. Jim met with the police department. We will pay for police protection for about ten games. A crossover has been requested. Public Works will give us traffic cones to put on parallel lines. Jeffrey said that they will set up the cones. Jim met with Public Works. They have started to clean the ditch. More clean- up is needed around center field. The site plan group, AECOM, need to keep us and the Pilots abreast of needs for restrooms, drainage, etc. so that we can make plans together. The Apprentice School will begin with a capital improvement contribution in 2018. Money that was used for the scoreboard can be used-$15,000 annually. They pay utilities when they are here and up to $12,000 for maintenance. Their contract ends this year. Henry says they will make a batting cage plan while the new building is being built. The scoreboard is being worked on. Steve Todd resigned from the Authority because he is now living in Newport News. He was thanked for his service. Frank has someone coming to look at the parking lots. We will meet again on Monday, August 7, 2017.