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Meeting Minutes - Final
Island Strategic Action Committee
Tuesday,January 10,2023 5:30 PM Padre Island Baptist Church
14253 S. padre Island Dr. C.C.TX. 78418
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A. Call To Order
Chair Jay Gardner called the meeting to order at 5:31 pm.
B. Roll Call
Present: 9- Chair Jay N. Gardner, William Uhlarik, Robert Pruski, Michael Pittman, Craig Thompson,
Meagan Furey, Robert Corbett, Roy Coons, and Charles F. Duffley
Absent: 3- Daniel R. Brown III, Eric Evans, and Melanie Salinas
C. Public Comment
David Eckenrode, 13541 Camino De Plata Ct.
Pickleball advocate, would like some pickleball courts on the island, online booking
system would be great, would like the city to consider it.
Lori Jones, 13838 Doubloon St.
Pickleball advocate, great amenity for the island community.
Debbie Fitch, 15201 Isla Pinta Ct.
Pickleball advocate.
Jan Park, 13817 Gunwale Dr.
Co-chair of the Riley P. Dog Park, requesting status update.
Jason Gresham, 13750 Eaglesnest Bay Dr.
Pickleball advocate.
Todd Hunter, Jr., 13526 Catamaran Dr.
Pickleball advocate, wants ISAC to reference the multi-use park in Port Aransas.
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Ted Mandel, 15306 Key Largo Ct.
In support of the second causeway, wheels in motion and moving up the timetable for this
project.
Bob Cushing, 14017 N. Cabana
Reviewed the June ISAC documents concerning the park, would like to advocate for
more parking and street access.
Earl & Rebecca Koester, 14026 Cabana Dr.
Community center proposal: would like to know if that is true and why we would need one.
Lisa Van Malsen, 15305 Caravel Dr.
Pickleball advocate.
Ken Harrelson, 14018 Cabana North
Concern about the site where the community center was proposed as well as where the
pickleball courts may go. Not clear on why city funds would be spent on them.
Lacy Harrelson, 14018 Cabana North
Same concerns as above. Location of potential pickleball court and/or community center
need to be reconsidered.
Nick Colosi, 13561 Camino De Plata
Riley P. Dog Park Chair, would like updates.
Jeff Smith, 14513 Dorsal St.
Pickleball advocate.
David Pierce, 14769 Dasmarinas Dr.
Restrooms being built down the street from the lift station, would like ISAC to revisit the
option of a restroom as well as a water quality analyzer.
Linda Griffin, 13826 Suntan Ave.
Tennis court advocate.
Lauren Bratty, 1246 Dona Drive
Advocate for community center, need a place to socialize and network on the island and
take your families. A community pool would be wonderful too.
Rose Haas, 13926 Primavera Dr.
Lived in the neighborhood for years, advocate for community center.
D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences
This was passed.
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1. 23-0113 ISAC Meeting Minutes for 12/6/22
Attachments: ISAC Legistar Minutes 12.6.22 TBI
G. Ongoing Business
23-0273 Island Strategic Action Committee Presentation
Attachments: ISAC Presentation 1.10.23
2. 22-0397 Ex-Officio Member Updates
Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee (Meredith Darden): Didn't meet yet, first
meeting.
Parks & Recreation Committee (Twila Stevens): Not much pertaining to the island at the
last meeting, passed the joint resolution but didn't do a roll call vote so it is back on the
agenda.
Convention & Visitors Bureau (Brett Oetting): Created a CC Sports Commission in June,
very supportive of pickleball, would like to bring it into the region, winding down the winter
marketing, start with summer marketing, marketing in Canada, Detroit, Chicago, etc.
Hosted a "day of tourism" event recently.
VistiCC would like to go back to the sports commission, created a Corpus Christi Sports
Hall of Fame and in May 2024 will host a banquet for CCISD sports stars as well as the
induction of the first hall of fame class. We also want to make sure we aren't focusing only
on land sports, but water sports as well. Who are the great athletes in the world of sports
that VisitCC will need to know?
Finished last year with the highest visitor revenue, expecting this year to beat last year.
Has data on visitors to the island and is happy to provide it for the second causeway
effort.
Nueces County (Bryan Gulley): New judge for the county, also new court commissioner
since the vice chairman wasn't reappointed, waiting to have a meeting with Connie Scott
about her plans moving forward.
3. 22-0398 Beaches & Parks Update
Darren Gurley: New building is up (Beach Equipment Storage Facility), keys come
through on Friday, ribbon cutting on 2/7/23 at 11 am. Still waiting on permit, revamping
lifeguard platforms to make them easier to move, moving sand, and Deidre Williams will
be working on a shoreline survey.
4. 22-0399 Engineering & Bond Updates
See presentation for details.
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Bond 2018 Update: JFK Causeway improvements are not moving forward, will find a
replacement project (around $1.3 million budget).
Craig Thompson: what is the process for finding a replacement project?
Heather Hurlbert: bond language will leave some latitude, will need to check what is
allowable and then we can do a similar project to replace it.
CT: should ISAC look and identify potential projects?
HH: yes, the plan would be for ISAC to weigh in and give feedback.
5. 22-0400 TIRZ#2 & Subcommittee Updates
Subcommittee has not met yet.
6. 22-0402 Island ADP Committee Update
Subcommittee has not met yet.
7. 23-0109 Commodore Park Update
Attachments: Commodore Parks Presentation 12.6.22
Kevin Johnson: Holiday break made it difficult to get a consultant online, behind a little,
but will have an actual proposal for a contract soon, including outreach (council, ISAC,
VisitCC, community, etc.). Basically, surveying the community for feedback, composed a
plan drawn from the 10-Year Master Plan (specifically the survey, compiled the data). Will
contract the survey out. Plan B is that Parks is looking to do it in-house, but it is
time-consuming so they are still weighing both options, at the next ISAC meeting should
have updates. 45-60-day timeframe to complete, asking ISAC to help promote the
survey. Will give the information collected to the contractor and a concept can be created
of what the park could look like.
Bill Uhlarik: benchmarks for surveys, is there a vision already in process that the survey
takers can build on? Park systems in the US or something equivalent?
Kevin Johnson: yes, we are definitely looking at best practices and will either scale up or
down the survey to be appropriate and collect the information the contractor needs. Also
don't forget that in the 10-Year Master Plan we are following the guidelines already
established. So only things that belong in a park, will not stray from those guidelines.
KJ: Riley P. Dog Park update: the potable water agreement has been approved and will
be emailed out for review asap.
8. 23-0117 Erosion Plan Update
Waiting on passage at PRAC.
H. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
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9. 23®0112 Second Causeway Resolution
Attachments: ISAC Second Causeway Resolution 2023
Chair Jay Gardner: With Todd Hunter, started looking at different options for roadways off
the island, wanted to get local support that he can use in Austin and Washington D.C. in
order to speed up the funding process. Have been working with Nueces County and City
of Corpus Christi, drafted the resolution with Todd and his assistant with assistance from
the city and county, conditionally approved by Tammy Embrey.
I. Future Agenda Items
J. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 6:55pm.
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