War Memorial Stadium Advisory Board

Peninsula Stadium Authority Minutes January 6th, 2020 The meeting was called to order by Jim Wilson, Chair. Others in attendance included: Lola Perkins, Sallie Marchello, Kiufordis Khasidis, Pat Uribes, Randy Price, Frank Feagan, Wayne Gomes, Jim Goodbody, David McCauley and Linda Williams. Attending from Community Baseball was Henry Morgan. The December Minutes were approved by Jim G. and seconded by Pat. Treasurers report was emailed to all Committee Members. The balance is $98,130.25. Lola reviewed the final changes that were made to the By Laws. A motion was made by Randy to accepts the By Laws, Sallie seconded the motion and it was approved by the Committee. Jim W. gave an update on the Stadium Insurance Policy. The last insurance policy was drastically outdated. The policy is in the process of being updated to a current Stadium value of $7-8 million. Jim has requested a meeting with City Officials to discuss which items should be included on the policy. The increased value will greatly increase the policy premium. The current premium of $7,493.91 was paid in August and has not been requested to be reimbursed by the City until the final additional premium has been paid. Jim hopes to have this resolved and completed by our next meeting. Jim W. has been approached by a City Council member to look at additional parking at the Stadium. Possible additional parking locations are currently being discussed by the Council. Jim W. will keep us posted with the insurance and parking situations. Outfield fence work is scheduled to start Thursday and Friday of this week and completed by next week. New fence is black vinyl coated chain link, 8' tall with a top rail and bottom rail. The Pilots will get back to the committee at our February meeting with an updated cost and vendor for; a top fence cover, Line fence pole cover and padding and the black wind screen material for the center field area. Community Baseball will be replacing the black windscreen at the 2nd and 3rd layer above the chain link fence. PSA? or Henry? looking into the cost for the top fence cover and padding for Centerfield fence. We will discuss cost at our next meeting. Frank distributed a diagram of the proposed Tiki Tavern and explained the design and building with a cost estimate of $38,500. He said the cost could be reduced to $28,500 by changing out the material quality. A motion was made by Randy to establish a Special Committee to proceed with the Tiki Tavern project. Their focus will be on getting estimates for the materials and design. The committee will consist of Frank, Jim G. and Henry. Sallie seconded the motion and it was approved by the Committee. Winter Projects proposal by Peninsula Pilots to be discussed at next month’s meeting. Henry informed us that Community Baseball is in the process of replacing the Sky Boxes on the ground level and re-lamping the Visitor and Home Locker rooms with LED lights. They are also running electrical from the pump way area to bathroom down to the 1st Base line. 2021 Stadium Budget: Jim will be asking for the usual budget of $100,000 but will also be asking for consideration to fund some capital improvement projects such as: New Locker Rooms for the teams and Official space for men and women, New ADA restroom on 1st Base side with a Family room and ADA seating on 1st Base side. Meeting was adjourned by Jim W. Next meeting February 3rd.