Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY- December 13,
2012. Lance and Jackie Bourn reported on their business that was allowed to
operate in the Park last summer. They
would very much like to renew this license for the coming summer. They would like to get started on advertising
for the next season. As part of the
agreement for being able to rent the paddle boats, they agreed to clean that
section of the beach and keep it clean.
They also cleaned the rest rooms twice a day, trimmed the trees, and
cleaned the boardwalk.
They discovered that they
needed to have the paddle boards on the beach and use that location for the
rentals. As a result, they put up a
canopy and stored the paddle boats in the restrooms each night.
The found that about 85 percent
of the people who rented the paddle boats had never used them before. They found themselves in the teaching
business as well as the rental business.
They tried to make sure that everyone had an enjoyable time. They had a great number of people on FaceBook
who said they enjoyed their experience.
They noted the business was not a big money maker, but that they would
really like to follow through and try again this coming summer.
Several of the Council
Members indicated that they had given this opportunity to the Bourns, but the
whole idea was based on the plan of allowing a bidding process to be held in
order to determine who had the opportunity to use that location after the first
year. They asked the Bourns to wait
until next month so that the Council Members could listen to the minutes from
last spring to make sure they followed through on what had been decided in that
previous meeting.
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