Millsboro Parks Committee Meeting - February 11, 2026
Millsboro Parks Committee Meeting - February 11, 2026
On February 11, 2026, the Millsboro Parks Committee met to review and revise a community survey on park amenities and future development, and to hear a presentation from the USTA regarding potential grants for tennis courts. The meeting covered survey question edits, discussion of park programming, and scheduling of future meetings.
Consent Calendar
- Agenda adopted unanimously.
- Minutes from January 20 and February 4 approved unanimously.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No public comments were made.
Discussion Items
- Review of Park Survey: The committee went through each question of the proposed survey line by line, making adjustments to streamline and optimize data collection. Notable changes included removing gender (question 3), combining age and household questions, changing question 13 to a priority ranking (top 5) based on question 12, and deleting "don't know" options. The committee also discussed adding phone number as an optional contact and improving question 18 by removing safety as a separate option. The survey will now have approximately 11–15 questions.
- USTA Presentation: Debbie, a USTA parks advocate, presented on grant programs for tennis courts. Key points: USTA offers 50% matching grants up to $150,000 for court construction; four courts are recommended for league play (1–1.2 acres); additional funding is available for restrooms, accessibility, and youth programs. She offered to connect the committee with the Delaware community tennis organizer for a site visit and noted that pickleball noise ordinances should be considered.
- Future Programming: The committee discussed the potential for a parks and recreation department, volunteer programs, and supervised children's activities leveraging USTA and YMCA resources.
Key Outcomes
- The survey will be finalized by staff based on the meeting's edits and circulated to members for final approval before distribution.
- Next meeting scheduled for February 23, 2026, at 9:00 AM (tentative; may be cancelled if survey is finalized via email).
- A March meeting will be held to review survey results, with a target of presenting recommendations to the Town Council at the April 6 council meeting to meet a grant deadline for the Community Reinvestment Fund.
- The committee will coordinate with USTA for a site visit to the proposed park location.
Meeting Transcript
February 11th, calling the park uh committee meeting to order. Uh please join me in rising for the pledge of allegiance. And super public individual liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Okay, roll call. Uh Councilman DeSilva. Present. Assistant town manager Ashley Sander. Present. Uh Mayor McKee. Present. Uh town manager Mr. Burt. Present. And Chair uh Ron Mason present. Um can I have a motion to adopt the agenda? So moved. I second that, second. All in favor. Aye. Motion passes. Approval of the minutes from January 20th. Can we have a motion to prove the minutes from January 20th? I'll make the motion to approve the minutes. I'll second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries approval minutes from February 4th. We have a motion to approve the minutes from February 4th. I'll approve those minutes. I'll second. All in favor? We'll pay. Um public comments. Are there any public comments at this point in time? No. Okay. Um we have completed a survey. I guess we'll go through the survey. Um the revised survey line by line and see if there's any other changes to it and so forth. I try to get the survey as close to finalized as we can. Um I received a copy of this yesterday. The original copy for some reason I wasn't able to open. Um so the first one name basically not required, email address not required, uh gender. Do we want to do we even need this in there at all? Or do we want to leave it as a non just delete it? Because we want to try to get to what 15 questions. So we can delete number three.
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