War Memorial Stadium Advisory Board

Peninsula Stadium Authority Minutes June 3rd, 2019 The meeting was called to order by Jim Wilson, Chair. Others in attendance included: Pat Uribes, Randy Price, Frank Feagan, Lola Perkins, Brenda Stokes, Dave McCauley, Wayne Gomes and Linda Williams from the Board. Present from Community Baseball was Henry Morgan. The May meeting minutes were approved by Frank, seconded by Pat and approved by the Committee. Treasurers report was received by Sallie, no changes. Jim met with Brian DeProfio and Mary Bunting about next years budget. The basic budget for $99,000 has been approved and they will entertain the idea for the addition amount requested after the Field work is done. Observations from the early Home games: Thursday night game had lots of cars parked on the Stadium side of Pembroke Ave, barrels were set up on opposite side of Pembroke and were effective. The additional lighting made it safer for pedestrians. Sallie was not able to attend the meeting but asked Randy to comment about the clock on the score board. Since it isn't working maybe it could be painted to look like a baseball. Henry is aware and has had it looked at by a clock repair person but is on the back burner for now. He does have plans to do something about it. The radar gun and the new TracMan was not functioning properly at the games, they are working on it. Overall feedback from the fans was positive. Henry announced that there will not be fireworks at the July 4th game due to cost. Extra Law Enforcement will be requested for the June 22nd, July 4th and July 25th games. All projects have been completed except for the Building project which is scheduled to be completed by the end of August. Jim is requesting the Committee to gather any history information about the War Memorial Stadium. There are plans to look into getting a new detailed insurance policy for the Stadium next year. Future project ideas include ADA seating and netting to protect the fans while in the new building. Pat asked if there was any news about parking on the City property near the Stadium-no news yet. Henry was approached by Huntington Ingalls about putting their emblem on the Foul Line Pole. Some research is required by Lola and will be discussed at the next meeting. Lola brought to our attention that at our next meeting we will need to vote on the next years officers, which are: Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Our next meeting will be July 1st. Jim adjourned the meeting.