TAMPA Tampa Mayor Jane Castor announced late Friday that some of the citys parks would open on Monday at sunrise along with the citys beaches.

The mayor made the announcement on her daily Facebook Live update, saying that dog parks, kayak, canoe and boat launches and other amenities were also reopening.

Here is the list of parks:

Restrooms, playgrounds, picnic area and sports fields will remain closed, according to an accompanying news release.

Castor asked residents to exercise in groups no larger than 10 and to maintain social distancing rules.

Code and law enforcement will monitor the spaces, she said.

Ben T. Davis, the beach on the south side of the eastern terminus of the Courtney Campbell Causeway is the citys most popular beach. The others are Picnic Island, Cypress Point and Davis Islands.

Hillsborough County has already announced it will reopen some of its parks as early as Saturday.

On Wednesday, Castor said she would keep the citys parks and beaches closed for the time being, citing her concern that they would attract crowds.

She also told the Tampa Bay Times in that interview that she considered getting the citys service industry back on its feet to be a higher priority.

Were doing all we can to help out our restaurants and our retail locations, she said. Its critically important that our economy get back open but that we do it very thoughtful, she said in her Facebook appearance.

She said the city would be making an announcement about Gov. Ron DeSantis statewide order allowing restaurants to operate at 25 percent capacity very soon.

Other city parks will remain closed, the release said.

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