2022-04-06 Agenda
NEW HANOVER COUNTY PARKS & GARDENS
896 Airlie Road · Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 798-7620 · (910) 798-7621 FAX · www.nhcgov.com
PARKS ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
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April 6, 2022 8:15 A.M.
(Airlie Cottage 896 Airlie Road)
1. Call to Order John Hinnant, Chair
2. Approval of March Minutes John Hinnant
3. Voice of the Customer Brooks Robinson, Cape Fear Rugby
4. Top of Mind Topics
5. Director/Staff Q&A
6. Adjournment
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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 2, 2022
ASSEMBLY
The Parks Advisory Board held its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at the Airlie
Cottage.
Present: John Hinnant (presiding), Joe Irrera, Nicholas Leger, , and Malik
Shabazz. (All Via Microsoft Teams)
Absent: Pete Wildeboer
Staff: Tara Duckworth, Tanya Gurganious, Andy Johnson, and Jodi Rich.
WELCOME AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The meeting was called to order by John Hinnant who asked for a motion to approve the minutes of
the February meeting. The following motion was presented:
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MOTION: Joe Irrera MOVED; SECONDED by , that the minutes of the March 2
meeting be approved. Upon vote, the MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1. Voice of the Customer. John asked for suggestions of possible guests for future meetings. He
shared that maybe we could have the rugby group, Sevens, come for the voice of the customer.
Nick Leger is a member of that group, and he will reach out to the president (Brooks Robinson)
to see if he would be available for the April meeting. Andy will reach out to the ultimate frisbee
and disc golf clubs as possible attendees as well. The YMCA as well as the Latino Festival was
also suggested.
2. Top of Mind Topics. There were no topics to discuss.
3. Director/Staff Q&A. Tara reported that she is working on getting the easements for the Middle
Sound Loop and Market Street Trails. Also, still waiting to get final DOT permit for Hanover
Pines. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is getting ready to do an easement at Arrowhead Park.
This will not be a permanent impact as they are putting in a sewer line. The timeline completion
by June or July. Andy shared that resurfacing of the Long Leaf Park tennis courts has been put
out for bid and we hope to have the proposals back in the next couple of weeks. Additionally,
the multipurpose trail for Northern Regional Park (1.7 miles) has been put out for bid as well.
Jodi Rich shared that she is currently working on expanding programming to encompass the
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parks and not just Airlie. There will be a walking tour on Mark 19 with our environmental
educators at Pages Creek and more nature walks and educational programming is forthcoming.
There is a group from UNCW that is working on a study on programming in the parks. They will
put together a survey to aid us devising programs such as tennis and wellness in the parks as
well as aquatics and tennis programing at Echo Farms. The pool will be opening soon, and we
are looking for lifeguards. The board was asked if they know anyone who might be interested in
being a lifeguard at Echo Farms to let us know.
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REGULAR MEETING MARCH 2, 2022
Tara also shared that the budget has been submitted. Department heads will meet with the
management team to pitch any enhancements they have. The budget will then be presented to
the Commissioners in June. She has asked for the funding for Arrowhead pickleball court, as we
did last year. Since Snows Cut has been closed and we have not heard anything else from the
community. The Army Corps of Engineers want us to remove the pavement.
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4. Next Meeting. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 6.
5. Adjournment. John asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting.
MOTION: MOVED; SECONDED by Nicholas Leger, that the meeting be
adjourned. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Meeting adjourned at 8:40am.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Gurganious
Administrative Coordinator
-Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim record of the New Hanover County Airlie Gardens Foundation Board meeting.