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<br /> <br />CASSELBERRY PARKS & RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD <br />Parks & Recreation Administration Office <br />125 E. Melody Lane, Casselberry, FL 32707 <br />th <br />A regular meeting of the Parks & Recreation Department was held Tuesday, May 8, 2007. At <br />the Police Station, Multipurpose Room, located at 4195 South Hwy 17-92. Butch Spence called <br />the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br /> <br />Board Members Present <br />: <br />Butch Spence, Phyllis Sheppard, Liz Torres and Marianne Kappel. <br /> <br />Board Member Absent: <br />June Herron <br /> <br />Staff Present <br />: <br />Matt Fortini (Parks & Recreation Director), Maria Simmons (Sr. Staff Assistant) <br /> <br />Audience Present: <br /> <br />John Casselberry <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes <br />: <br />th <br />Phyllis Sheppard made a motion to accept the April 18 minutes with the correction to minutes <br />stating that digging was “not allowed”. Liz Torres seconded the motion. The motion carried <br />unanimously 4-0. <br /> <br />Audience Participation: <br />None <br /> <br />Board Members: <br />Mr. Fortini included in the packages delivered to the Board Members a copy of the code of <br />membership. All members in the Board had received a copy from Thelma earlier in the month. <br />All members agreed that this rules are necessary to conduct and provide good input to the <br />departments in the City. Phyllis moved to approve code of membership without changes. <br />Marianne seconded. No action needed. <br /> <br />Metal Detector Issue: <br />Mr. Fortini received answers from the City Attorney for the questions that the Board asked in the <br />previous meeting and proceeded to read the e-mail: <br />? <br /> <br />Holes – who is responsible if anyone falls and gets hurt after a hole(s) are left in the City <br />Parks? <br />The City has a responsibility to maintain the parks in reasonably safe condition. The City could <br />be liable if a dangerous hole is dug out and the City does not fill it within a reasonable time, after <br />it “should have known” about it. In other words, liability for a fall into a hole would depend on <br />how long the holes were there and the danger posed by the hole. <br />If the City is aware that people with metal detectors are routinely digging dangerous holes and <br />not refilling them, the park staff should advise these users not to dig the holes. The City certainly <br />cannot monitor every person in every park, however, and would not be held liable if the City <br />could not have reasonably known about a hole because it was only there a short time, or was <br />concealed. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> <br />