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Parks staff detail senior, aquatics and CIP updates; Roosevelt building to be assessed after weekend incident
Summary
Parks department managers outlined senior services, aquatics and community-center programming, summer events and capital projects. Nicholson Park nears ribbon-cutting, Second Lake received an additional $5 million from Ramos’s office, and the Roosevelt building will be structurally assessed after a weekend incident under county investigation.
Department managers presented an overview of Parks & Recreation programs and capital improvements and answered commissioner questions on program eligibility, outreach, and project timelines.
Miss Benza, the department director, opened the report and introduced managers Meta Suma and Michael Shakura. Mitch, manager of senior services and athletics, described two senior centers (Fifth Street and Paris Hill), intergenerational events, an upcoming senior showcase, volunteer programs (Senior Companion, RSVP) and several recurring activities. “I get to start off with the best stuff which is the senior activities,” Mitch said, urging…
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