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Board debriefs Celebrate the Season: safety fixes, ticketing changes and equipment purchases planned
Summary
Board members praised the Celebrate the Season turnout but flagged safety problems with a small event train, discussed fencing and wristband enforcement, and heard staff report on a $35,000 FieldPro purchase and several park projects funded by grants.
Board members praised the turnout and management of Longwood’s Celebrate the Season but raised safety and operational concerns that staff said they will address before next year.
Several board members said the event ran smoothly overall but described repeated safety risks around the small event train, where children and parents moved near the track. One member (speaker 6) said a “couple people almost got run over by the train,” prompting suggestions to hurricane-fence the perimeter, lock the basketball courts for the…
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