War Memorial Stadium Advisory Board

PENINSULA STADIUM AUTHORITY Minutes from July 2nd, 2018 The meeting was called to order by Jim Wilson, Chair. Others in attendance included: Frank Feagan, Randy Price, Lola Perkins, Pat Uribe and Linda Williams from the Board. Kay Trotter, Deputy Director of Hampton Parks & Recreation Leisure Services. Hampton City Mayor, Donnie Tuck. Henry Morgan from Community Baseball. Meetings minutes from June 4th were approved by Randy and seconded by Linda. Sallie was not able to attend the meeting but we have her Treasurer Reports. Entryway Pavilion- Bids will open on July 12th. Once we have the Bids, they will be reviewed and awarded. Beam work will go out to Bid July 3rd. Beam work is scheduled to be set up and done by the Fall of 2018. Field work - drawings are 30% done. Plans are on display outside the building for Committee members to look at. Realistically the field work is expected to be completed one year from this Fall, due to existing Game Scheduling. Drainage line (30" pipe) across the parking lot is schedule to be put in next week. Foundation for parking lot lights, the conduit and light pole foundation will be done after the parking lot is resurfaced and restriped. It is scheduled for mid August. In the Fall, Dominion Virginia Power will come in and put in the lights for the parking lot. Message board sign will be installed July 3rd. City of Hampton will have a tree crew come to trim the trees near the sign today. City of Hampton filled in the holes in the parking lot last week. Henry gave us an update on the projects currently underway. Mayor Donnie Tuck invited Henry to make this same presentation to Council Members to update them. Old Business - Directional signs. Randy brought an example of a sign for us to see and showed us on a City of Hampton map some possible locations for the signs. There are approximately 13 locations. Jim asked Randy to get an cost estimate for the signs to discuss at our next meeting. Frank distributed a drawing by Architects Hudson & Associates for Handicap Seating along with a Motion to authorize funds for the modifications. Jim stated that he will be meeting with Hudson & Associates to talk about some preliminaries that we might be able to do this Fall. Frank and Jim will get a cost estimate to bring to the next meeting. As far as when we will be able to start this project will be determined by how much money is left in the budget after the current projects are completed. Frank also asked for a motion to have an official ground breaking for the Entryway Pavilion. Henry mentioned also contacting Daily Press and local News Stations and other social media. Lola had some concerns about having a Contractor contract accepted and waiting for the 30 day protest period that if it were protested, would run into the projected ceremony date of July 30th or August 2nd. Mayor Donnie Tuck suggested that the ceremony take place regardless of the contract process being completed. Plan to have it on July 30th with August 2nd as a back up date. Randy seconded the motion and it was approved by the Committee. We will invite past Committee members to the ceremony. Randy proposed getting collared shirts made for PSA members to wear at Board Meetings or Ball games. Randy will get a drawing to bring to the next meeting. Frank brought up the safety concerns about parking on Pembroke Ave during the games. He spoke with the Assistant City Manager, Pete Peterson, about his concerns. Mr. Peterson will check with various city departments and get back with Frank. Meeting was adjourned by Jim. Next meeting will be Monday, August 6th at 12:00 noon.