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Commission hears updates on Channel Lakes Park lighting and Winter Haven Recreation & Cultural Center construction
Summary
Staff showed photos of new Musco LED field lighting at Channel Lakes Park and drone footage of the Winter Haven Recreation & Cultural Center, saying the ballfields will host a tournament immediately and the new rec center gym and aquatic buildings are progressing.
City staff provided construction updates for Channel Lakes Park and the Winter Haven Recreation & Cultural Center.
For Channel Lakes Park, staff shared photographs of field lighting installed by Musco. They said the new fixtures concentrate light on playing surfaces with less spill beyond outfield fences, and that tournament play is scheduled to begin the coming weekend. Staff noted some gathering-area surfaces will be mulched temporarily and later concreted as part of finishing work.
For the Winter Haven Recreation & Cultural Center, staff played drone footage showing the scale of the new facility, including the main building, a large gymnasium (staff and commissioners referenced it as roughly double the size of the old gym) and separate aquatic center buildings. Staff described on-site tilt-wall casting and roof trussing in progress, and said contractors are using on-site casting beds for many exterior wall panels. Commission discussion included field lighting performance, foot-candle distribution and the contractor’s ability to adjust lights remotely via programming.
Ending: Staff said the park fields would be used for upcoming tournaments and that construction at the recreation center is moving quickly; no formal action or vote was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
