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<br />6. Is the Park facility open 12 months a year?
<br />Yes, we are even open on holidays.
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<br />7. Is the Skateboard Park fenced in separately?
<br />Yes. This Park is very unique. The area in which the Skateboard Park is, one side is
<br />all condominiums, and the other three sides are mangroves. All of it is fenced in with a
<br />black picket fence, the same as the front side. The front will be the entrance gate and
<br />the concession stand. There is a fence separating the Skateboard Park from the main
<br />Park. There will also be lighting so it can be used at night. We will probably tell you
<br />8:30 p.m. as your posted hours so you can get everyone out by 9:00 p.m. because that is
<br />when Public Works comes in to clean it and close down the Park by 9:00 p.m.
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<br />8. Is the entire Park closed at night?
<br />Yes.
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<br />9. Is the Skateboard Park open even when the Park is closed?
<br />No. The regular operating hours for the balance of the Park is seven days a week,
<br />including holidays, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. except on Wednesday when it opens at
<br />10:00 a.m. in order for the landscaper to come in and do maintenance. If you have a
<br />special event, occasional special events with the City's approval would be permitted.
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<br />CHS Director Susan Simpson gave an overview ofRFP No. 10-08-02, Concessionaire Services at
<br />the Pelican Community Park located a block from City Hall. There is a gymnasium, a two-story
<br />community center, and a baseball field. We service 245 children in an after-school program which
<br />runs from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. We have a Summer Camp Program when
<br />school is not in session that goes from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. We have a
<br />basketball program, youth athletics, youth programs like karate, chess club, music lessons, baseball,
<br />cheerleading, etc. On average we have about 90 participants in our Recreation Programs, and for our
<br />athletics it is closer to 150. In addition to that the Sunny Isles Beach Community School is right next
<br />door, and a lot of people pass through there to get to their cars because they park on the other side.
<br />There are 1,500 student stations there so it is a very busy Park.
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<br />What we are looking for there is for somebody to sell concessions for children after school, Park
<br />patrons on the weekends, often it is drinks, water, etc., we have done hot chocolate in the winter
<br />when baseball is there and they have an early morning game, again, you get to know your customers.
<br />We don't typically permit other people to bring in a pizza and serve it to all their friends in the Park.
<br />The North Miami Beach Little League uses our Park for their baseball season, seven months out of
<br />the year, and they bring in approximately 200 kids on the weekends with their families to play
<br />baseball. On average when our Department was running the concession stand there, we would get
<br />approximately $400 a week in sales before expenses of purchasing and staffing it. There is a large
<br />industrial refrigerator/freezer there for your use, there is an ice cream freezer for your use, there is
<br />storage, a sink, running water, electric, air conditioning, a microwave, plenty of counter space, 200
<br />square feet, again, it is just oddly shaped. There is a diagram of it in the RFP packet, as well as other
<br />pictures. There is also a playground there, and sometimes special events on the weekends. This Park
<br />does close for holidays, but for the most part it is open seven days a week, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,
<br />except for Sunday we close at 5:00 p.m.
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