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UH, AUGUST 7TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE GARLAND[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 North Fifth Street Garland, Texas August 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. ]
PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TOGETHER.AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE, ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR MEETING, WHICH WAS, UM, I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY ONE MEETING OF THE MAY 1ST, 2024 MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, THE SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THEY'D BE KNOWN THAT THE, THE MOTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE IN HERE THAT I'VE COVERED UP.
WHERE? WHERE'D YOU GO? THERE, THERE YOU GO.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE JAMES, NO, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE.
UH, LAURA PERKINS COX PARKEY TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD, IT'S AN HONOR TO COME TO, BEFORE YOU TODAY SPEAK WITH Y'ALL.
I LIVE AT 7 1 8 BARD DRIVE IN GARLAND.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE MILL CREEK CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD A ZONING CASE FILED BY THE CITY REQUESTING TO REZONE SOME OF OUR GREEN BELT FOR AN INDU, A COUPLE OF INDUSTRIAL USES.
THIS WAS HEARD AT THE PLAN COMMISSION, AND THE PLAN COMMISSION DENIED UNANIMOUSLY THAT APPLICATION.
WE ARE AWARE THAT, UH, AT THIS TIME, IT HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON A COUNCIL AGENDA.
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ASKED ME TO COME DOWN HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT GREEN BELT IS TO US, RUNS BEHIND OUR HOUSE.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS MILL CREEK CROSSING NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, THIS IS OUR THIRD GO AROUND TRYING TO PROTECT THAT GREEN BELT FROM ENCROACHMENT OF SOME KIND.
MOST OF IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
WE ALSO REALIZED THAT, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THERE FROM THE 1980S THAT HAVE USES THAT IS EVERY ZONING CATEGORY IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND SO THOSE, THOSE USES RUN THE GAMUT FROM CHILDCARE TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PARKS TOGETHER, RIGHT? ALL OF IT.
IT'S, SO WE'VE GOT SOME CLEANUP WORK TO DO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GREEN BELT IS TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENVISION GARLAND PLAN, WHICH SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THAT GREEN BELT IS TO BE RESERVED FOR PARKS AND PARK USES.
SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PERCOLATING OUT THERE.
WE ARE NOT COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS OR PLANTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL PERSON TO REQUEST THE, UH, RECONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS IN PROCESS AT THIS TIME.
BUT WE DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNEW THAT WE DO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH AN AREA THAT IS WONDERFUL.
I WAS STANDING IN MY BACKYARD THIS AFTERNOON.
I, I AM RIGHT ON THAT GREEN BELT.
AND AS I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF MINE, A GREAT HORNED OWL FLEW AWAY.
NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS TRYING TO SIZE ME UP TO SEE
BUT, UH, I, I, I WAS AMAZED TO SEE HIM.
WE HEAR THEM EVERY NIGHT, BUT TO SEE ONE DURING THE DAY WAS, WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT MY HOUSE THERE.
THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN MILL CREEK CROSSING BOUGHT THE HOUSE THERE.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION TO YOU THAT, UM, I AM NOT REPRESENTING THE SUMMERFIELD NEIGHBORS.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN HOA BOARD, BUT THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WORKING TOGETHER CLOSELY ON THIS MATTER AS IT MOVES FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, REALLY ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO PROTECT THAT GREEN BELT.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH Y'ALL TODAY.
AND, UH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT ENVISION GARLAND IS.
THIS IS THREE MINUTE NO PUBLIC CON OR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I CAN EXPLAIN WHAT ENVISION GARLAND WAS,
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HAS TIME LEFT, RIGHT? CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? NO, YOU CAN'T.YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTION ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
ENVISION GARLAND WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL.
UH, IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A VISION FOR HOW WE WANTED THE CITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP, UM, WITH AN EYE TOWARD BUILD OUT.
LIKE I SAID, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME DOWN.
I CAN THANK YOU FOR COMING THOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GARLAND AND YOUR RESIDENCE.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND THANK YOU GIVING YOUR PRESENTATION.
MOLLY, YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS? THIS IS THE MA DARK LINE AND CENTERVILLE, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S, I WANTED SITTING HERE.
I HAD TO GET IT OUTTA THE WAY.
WE, SHE, SHE WANTED TO ASK WHERE IT WAS.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY DOWN WAS BEST WE CAN THIS DOWN HERE.
WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE, RIGHT? WE CAN SHARE THE MAP, BUT WE CAN'T DISCUSS THE ITEM.
IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WANT MORE INFORMATION ON, THEN WE CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA.
WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING OKAY.
WE DONE ADJOURN ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE, UH, YOU GUYS GOT SOME UPDATES, UH, ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE, WERE GOING ON IN THE, THE PARKS DIVISION.
AND IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER.
UH, AND SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE, UM, UH, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ASKED TO, TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL, UH, KIND OF UPDATE ON A FEW ITEMS, UH, AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE PAINT, THE, THE PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT THAT HAPPENED AT, AT AUDUBON AND THIS AND THE RECOVERY PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THE SPRING STORMS THAT WE'RE GOING, THAT, THAT HIT US IN MAY.
AND THEN, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT, THAT PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE BEEN BUSY HELPING WITH THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A BUSY, BUSY, BUSY SPRING AND SUMMER.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE, UM, WE HOSTED THE 2024 NXL LONE STAR AMATEUR PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT IN AUDUBON IN LATE APRIL.
AND THIS WAS A FANTASTIC TOURNAMENT THAT THEY REALLY FOUGHT HARD TO GET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND IT BROUGHT TEAMS IN FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT BROUGHT TEAMS IN FROM, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE, BUT THERE WAS EVEN A TEAM FROM RUSSIA THAT WAS THERE THAT WAS CURRENTLY, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? I'M JUST HAD A MIND BLANK.
THEY HAD SOUGHT ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES 'CAUSE THEY WERE OVER HERE PLAYING PAINTBALL TOURNAMENTS WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE OVER HERE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THERE WAS TEAMS FROM ALL OVER IT.
OVER 4,000, UH, ATTENDEES, OVER 1300 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS WITH OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT TOURNAMENT, UM, WAS OUT THERE FOR THE, THE, THE, UM, MOST OF IT.
UM, AND WHEN WE MET WITH, WE MET WITH THEM FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS.
PLANNING, PLANNING, PLANNING THIS THING.
UH, AND THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL SAID WAS, THE ONLY THING THAT COULD RUIN THIS EVENT IS IF IT RAINS.
UM, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT AUDUBON OR THE OLD AUDUBON SOCCER COMPLEX, IT'S NOW A CRICKET PITCH, IS VERY, VERY HEAVY CLAY SOIL.
UH, IT HAS HORRIBLE TRAINEE DRAINAGE AND IS JUST, UM, DOESN'T HANDLE WATER WELL, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T HANDLE WATER WELL AND 1400 PAINTBALL PLAYERS FOR AN ENTIRE WEEKEND.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND THIS IS OUT OF A, A LARGER PRESENTATION
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THAT DANA LODGE AND I GAVE TO, TO COUNCIL ABOUT THIS EVENT.UM, AND I WANT TO, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO PUT SOME THINGS IN CA CONTEXT.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE NOW WHEN IT'S 104 DEGREES, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN THE LAST 30 DAYS TO REMEMBER BACK TO SPRING AND REMEMBER HOW MUCH RAIN WE GOT.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, THE THIRD WETTEST, UH, SPRING ON RECORD.
UM, AND WHAT I DID WAS I WENT BACK AND I PULLED THE RAIN TOTALS OVER THE TWO WEEKS THAT FROM WHEN THEY CAME IN TO SET UP FOR THIS PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT UNTIL THE DAY THAT THEY LEFT.
AND IN THAT TWO WEEKS, WE GOT OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN.
AND YOU COMBINE THAT, IT WAS A PERFECT STORM.
LITERALLY WE GOT RECORD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND A PARK THAT DOESN'T HANDLE, UH, HAVE, THAT DOES NOT HAVE GOOD DRAINAGE AND A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, IF THIS TOURNAMENT HAD BEEN HELD THE SAME TIME THE YEAR BEFORE, WE ONLY GOT A LITTLE OVER AN INCH, A HALF OF RAIN.
AND IF IT HAD BEEN HELD IN 2024, WE ONLY GOT, UH, JUST OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
IF WE HAD ONLY GOTTEN, IF WE HAD, THAT HAD BEEN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE HAD GOTTEN AT THIS TIME, NOBODY EVER WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT THEY WERE EVEN OUT THERE.
UH, EXCEPT HOW GREAT OF A TOURNAMENT IT WAS AND HOW MUCH MONEY IT BROUGHT INTO THE CITY, AND HOW MUCH OF A, UM, UH, A GREAT, A GREAT EVENT THAT THIS WAS.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, THAT DID HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO WE, WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF REMEDIATION OUT THERE.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT REMOVED.
WE WENT OUT AND WE TILLED THE AREA.
WE HAD SOME IRRIGATION REPAIRS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.
WE BROUGHT IN SOME ADDITIONAL SOIL.
WE USED THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVEL A LOT OF AREAS OUT THERE THAT WEREN'T LEVEL.
UM, AND THEN WE SPRIG IT WITH, UH, BERMUDA SOD ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO.
AGAIN, IT DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THAT WE HAD LATER IN THAT YEAR.
IT DELAYED US GETTING THE BERMUDA OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD WANT.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY, UH, GROWN IN, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL SAW THAT'S GONNA GO OUT, UH, IN A WEEK AND A HALF THAT'LL FINISH THAT OFF.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY BY ABOUT THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, YOU'LL, ALL YOU'LL KNOW IS THAT THAT FIELD LOOKS BETTER THAN IT'S LOOKED IN MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, AND THEY'LL BE BACK TO PLAYING CRICKET.
SO YEAH, WE HAD A SHORT INTERRUPTION TO THE CRICKET PLAYERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME LEMON OUT, SOME, SOME LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS BASED ON THE SITUATION THAT WE WERE DEALT.
UH, AND THE GREAT THING IS ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE'S NO COST TO THE TAXPAYERS ON THIS.
THE NXL PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT COVERED HALF OF THE COST, AND THEN THE OTHER CO HALF OF THE COST CAME OUT OF HOT TAXES THROUGH THE CDB FUNDS.
SO, UM, THERE WAS NO TAX DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT ON THIS RIGGING COST.
AND WE'RE GONNA GET A BETTER FIELD OUT OF IT, OUT OUT OF THE END.
SO THIS IS JUST A, A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE RIGHT BEFORE THE SPRIGGS WENT DOWN.
I'M SURE YOU ALL WENT OUT THERE AND PROBABLY SAW OR MAYBE GOT A PHONE CALL BEFORE WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THIS.
AND FOR THAT, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DID HAVE TO FIELD SOME OF THOSE CALLS.
UM, I TRIED TO GET OUT THERE TODAY TO GET A PICTURE OF IT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, AND I JUST RAN OUT OF TIME, SO I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
SO RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF US GETTING THIS REMEDIED AND, AND GETTING THIS PUT BACK TOGETHER AND, AND EVERYTHING WE THAT WAS, THAT WENT IN WITH THAT ON MAY 28TH, WE GOT HIT WITH LITERALLY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD SECTIONS OF TOWN THAT WERE HIT WITH 90 AND 95 MILE AN HOUR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WE, WE LITERALLY GOT HIT WITH A HURRICANE ONE, UH, TO, UM, UH, STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND IT CAUSED MASSIVE, MASSIVE DAMAGE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY WHEN IT CAME TO TREES.
UH, AND THIS IS, I I'VE BEEN DOING STORM RESPONSE AND TREE RESPONSE MY ENTIRE CAREER.
UM, I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE 2015 TORNADO.
I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE 2019 TORNADO THAT HIT NORTH DALLAS AND HIT GARLAND.
AND THIS IS THE WORST I'D SEEN.
AND THE REASON IT WAS THE WORST I'D SEEN WAS BECAUSE IT WAS SO WIDESPREAD.
UH, TORNADOES, YES, MIGHT HAVE MORE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND OVERALL DAMAGE, BUT IT'S IN A, IT'S USUALLY IN A FINITE AREA WHERE YOU CAN REALLY GET IN AND THROW ALL YOUR RESOURCES AT IT, AND YOU CAN REALLY, UH, START THOSE CLEANUP EFFORTS VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
THIS LITERALLY HIT EVERY PART OF TOWN.
UH, I AM NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAD A TREE OR A LIMB DOWN IN EVERY SINGLE PARK ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, THE GOLF COURSE ALONE LOST ALMOST 200 TREES, UH, IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
SO JUST WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SPACE, NOT COUNTING THE PRIVATE TREES THAT WERE LOST, WE LOST OVER 500 TREES.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE MASSIVE CLEANUP THAT THAT TOOK, PLUS IT DIDN'T STOP RAINING, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WEEK.
IT KEPT RAINING AND KEPT RAINING, WHICH HINDERED AND, AND SLOWED THE, THAT PROCESS.
THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND GPL DID, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST FANTASTIC, UH, AMOUNT OF WORK
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TO BE ABLE TO GET THE POWER BACK RESTORED, UH, TO GET DEBRIS PICKED UP.AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I SEE AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OVER 90% CLEANED UP AND THERE'S STILL CITIES.
DALLAS IS SAYING IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THEY GET EVERYTHING PICKED UP.
RICHARDSON STILL HAS TREES DOWN IN THEIR PARKS.
I MEAN, SO THE CITY OF GARLAND REALLY STEPPED UP AND, AND DID A A, A GREAT JOB OF RECOVERING AFTER THIS STORM IN PARKS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK LEFT TO DO.
THERE'S STILL SOME TREES AT AUDUBON PARK.
UH, THERE'S STILL SOME TREES THROUGHOUT THE DUCK CREEK GREEN BELT THAT WE'RE FINISHING CLEANUP ON.
'CAUSE YOU REAL, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH WERE OFF NORMAL OPERATIONS FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS DOING CLEANUP RECOVERY.
SO WE EVENTUALLY HAD TO GET BACK TO MOWING GRASS AND TAKING CARE OF BALL FIELDS AND DOING ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.
UM, UM, BUT IT WAS A, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK AND, AND WE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS CLEANED UP AND, AND WE LOST A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GREAT TREES, UM, IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT WAS GOING ON THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE.
AND BY THE WAY, OH EIGHT, WE JUST ROLLED RIGHT INTO HEAVY SPECIAL EVENT SEASON.
UH, SO WE HAD OUR MUSIC MADE HERE SERIES.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE, IN A LONG TIME THAT THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WAS BACK ON THE SQUARE.
WE HAD OUR VIETNAMESE NATIONAL, UH, TOURNAMENT.
WE HAD OUR FIRST RESPONDER SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS AND, UH, BOTH REC STAFF AND PARK STAFF, UM, SUPPORT SPECIAL EVENTS IN A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR WAY.
I WENT BACK AND DID A QUICK COUNT JUST SINCE APRIL 1ST.
UH, PARKS AND REC STAFF HAS SUPPORTED OVER 30 DIFFERENT EVENTS, WHETHER IT WAS ONE OF THE MUSIC MADE HERE EVENTS, JUNETEENTH, BIG ART DAY, SOCCER, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, URBAN MARKET, THE BUSINESS EXPO 5K AND 10 K RUNS RED, WHITE AND U AND THAT'S JUST A FEW.
UM, I PULLED THE REPORT AND THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME JUST IN PARK STAFF, NOT COUNTING REC STAFF.
'CAUSE AGAIN, REC IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THESE AS WELL.
UH, IN THAT SAME TIME, WE SPENT 2,375 MAN HOURS TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE WORK THAT WENT INTO TO RECOVER FROM THE PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT, THE STORM, AND THEN OUR SUMMER SPECIAL EVENT SEASON, UH, MY GUYS ARE PRETTY TOAST.
AND SO WE'RE DOING A, UM, A YEOMAN'S JOB TRYING TO JUST KIND OF GET BACK TO SOME NORMAL OPERATIONS.
UH, AND THEY REALLY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND, UH, HANDLED ALL OF THIS WITH THE, UM, GREAT SUCCESS AS, AS THEY ALWAYS DO.
UM, BUT I DID TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASY ON 'EM THIS, THIS PAST MONTH BECAUSE THEY, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A YEAR, UH, SPRING AND SUMMER THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST IN A, A NUTSHELL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
HOLLY? UM, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT FIRST THAT I THOUGHT THAT GARLAND RESPONDED REALLY, REALLY WELL WITH CLEARING THEIR MEDIA.
AND MESQUITE JUST CLEARED THEIRS TODAY AND PUT THEIR DEBRIS ON AUDUBON.
UM, BUT AT LEAST IT'S ALL TOGETHER FOR THEM PROBABLY TO COME PICK UP.
AND I, I WENT TO THE RED WHITE NEW, WHICH WAS AN AWESOME EVENT.
I I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE WIRELESS, HOW I KNOW THAT IT AFFECTED THE VENDORS.
DOES IT AFFECT ANY OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THERE AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF CONNECTIVITY? OH NO.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY, THEY'RE ALL ON THEIR OWN CHANNELS AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COMMUNICATION AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY, AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF.
SHE DID, DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UM, ILL EFFECTS INTO THEIR COMMUNICATION.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FROM THE, FROM MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE TO REACH EMERGENCY NUMBERS? IF YOU CAN DO THAT.
IT WAS JUST SO MANY, SO MANY PEOPLE THERE THAT YOU HAD A HARD TIME GETTING A CELL CELL.
YEAH, THE LAST TIME IT WAS IN GARLAND.
UM, GUESS I DIDN'T HAVE MY PHONE WITH ME TRYING TO SEND PICTURES OR ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY OUTSTANDING EVENT THAT I THINK WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE WIRELESS.
I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH DANA AND PD ON THAT.
'CAUSE USUALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU FIX THAT IS YOU GET AN EXTRA REPEATER ON SITE AND THOSE ARE SUPER, SUPER EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT I KNOW IT'D BE SOMETHING IF THEY, YOU WERE HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING CALLS OUT, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.
SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH DANA ON THAT AND ASK THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY COULD DO ETHERNET OR SOMETHING TO THE VENDORS.
I WOULD THINK THAT YEAH, WELL, PLANNING ON IT.
THEY, THEY, THEY HADN'T PLANNED ON THAT, UH, ISSUE, BUT
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MATT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, ME,
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AND I AND THE VICE CHAIR MEETING ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE MEETING, SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE LAST MEETING AND WHAT THINGS WE MIGHT WANNA SEE DURING THE, DURING THE NEXT MEETING.AND I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING.
SO
AND, UM, UH, THE SECOND THING ABOUT THAT IS, UH, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD HOW IN THE WORLD, THE CITY OF GARLAND MANAGE THAT FLEET OF VEHICLES TO CLEAN THIS MESS UP.
WHY THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.
WELL, I MEAN, A LOT THAT URIEL AND HIS TEAM OVER AT SANITATION, UM, IS FANTASTIC.
OUR, OUR OEM, OUR OFFICE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS FANTASTIC.
UM, THEY OPENED THE OEC, THE INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER FOR THIS, THIS, UH, STORM EVENT.
IT WAS OPEN FOR A MONTH AND, UM, THEY, THEY REALLY JUMPED ON IT QUICK.
UH, AND THAT'S A CALL THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRE-PLANNING THAT THAT HAS TO, TO GO INTO EFFECT TO, TO MAKE A, AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT GO SMOOTH.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS, IS HAVING THOSE CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH HEAVY DEBRIS HAULERS.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE IN PARKS WERE ABLE TO AX SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE WE HAD CONTRACTS WITH OUR, WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TREE CARE COMPANIES AND LANDSCAPE COMPANIES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE THEM REALLY QUICKLY TO GET OUT AND START DOING A LOT OF WORK.
IF, IF IT, IF I HAD TO DO ALL OF THAT CLEANUP WITH JUST MY STAFF, WE'D STILL BE DOING TREE WORK.
I MEAN, WE STILL ARE DOING TREE WORK, BUT WE'D HAVE A LONG, LONG WAYS TO GO.
UM, SO JUST HAVING THOSE CONTRACTS AND THOSE SITUATIONS SET UP, UH, AND ABLE TO HAVE EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE TRIGGER REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, AND THEN EURO AND HIS TEAM WERE JUST, UH, FANTASTIC IN TERMS OF ROUTING IT OUT, GETTING OUT AND SCOPING THE WORST NEIGHBORHOODS AND FINDING OUT WHERE EXTRA TRUCKS WERE NEEDED AND THEN GETTING THEM ON AND, AND, AND GETTING THEM, UM, ON THE STREETS.
AND, AND REMOVING DEBRIS, UH, ALSO HELPS HAVING, YOU KNOW, A LANDFILL THAT'S FAIRLY CLOSE AND, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO EXPEDITE THE, THE, THE STAGING OF, OF DEBRIS.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN CHRIS HUFNAGEL AND HIS GROUP OUT AT THE LANDFILL ARE FANTASTIC.
AND SO ALL OF THAT DEBRIS THAT CAME IN, UM, WILL BE CHIPPED AND SO, AND, AND GO INTO FUTURE PARK BEDS, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
SO WE'LL USE MOST OF THAT MULCH THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THEY COLLECTED MORE DEBRIS IN THIS STORM EVENT THAN THEY DID IN THE 2015 AND 2019 TORNADOES COMBINED.
THAT'S HOW MUCH DEBRIS WAS, WAS, UM, UM, PRODUCED BY THIS STORM.
SO, UH, YEAH, THEY DID A, THEY, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT FOR SURE.
UM, AND EVERYBODY STEPPED UP AND IT, IT SHOWED AS A, AS A PIECE OF THAT, UM, WAS THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, WE WERE GETTING FROM AL OUT OF THE CITY.
WAS IT 50 MILLION POUNDS? TONS, 50 MILLION TONS 50.
THE LAST I HEARD THAT THEY, THEY WEREN'T FINISHED, BUT THEY'D ALREADY COLLECTED, ROUNDED UP AND TAKEN 50 MILLION TONS IN A MATTER OF JUST A FEW WEEKS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAPPEN TO SEE THE VEHICLES THAT THEY WERE USING ON THESE, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST HAULING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN COME, COME DOWN CITY.
THEY, THEY WERE A, A SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, WHERE THEY HAD THE TRUCK THAT HAD A HUGE AREA THAT THEY COULD FILL IN THERE, THEN HAD THE, HAD THE MACHINE THAT FILLED ON THE BACK OF THAT, AND THEN THEY HAD A TRAILER THAT WAS EVEN BIGGER THAN WHAT WAS ON THE TRUCK.
AND THEY, AND THEY FILLED THAT.
AND THEN WHEN IT GOT TO THE LANDFILL, THEY, THEY TOOK EVERYTHING TO A SEPARATE SPOT.
SO, AND, AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS GONNA BE THAT WE WERE GONNA USE UP A, A GOOD CHUNK OF LANDFILL SPACE THAT WAS GOING TO CUT THE TIME FRAME DOWN, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO USE THE LANDFILL.
THEY HANDLED THAT BY ALL, TAKING IT ALL TO ONE OTHER AREA OVER THERE ON ITS OWN, WHERE THEY COULD, WHERE THEY COULD, UM, RECYCLE AND CUT THE TREES AND LIMBS AND ALL THAT UP.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS TRULY AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WENT DOWN ALONG DUCK CREEK IN THE GLEN BROOK AND, UH, GLEN BROOK BETWEEN FIRST STREET AND, AND CENTERVILLE WHERE, WHERE IT WAS SOLID FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO HOUSE.
IT WAS SOLID TREES TALLER THAN YOU COULDN'T SEE OVER 'EM THAT THEY'D, THEY'D STACKED ON THE CURB.
I MEAN, JUST WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS THEY HAD 'EM ALL OFF THE STREET AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER GOT 'EM OUTTA THE YARDS AND GOT IT ALL OUT THERE WHERE EVERYBODY COULD AT LEAST USE THE PLACE.
I MEAN, YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN THE ENTIRE STREET AND YOU COULDN'T, YOU COULDN'T HARDLY SEE ANY OF THE HOUSES BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND IT TRULY WAS A, A VERY, UH, UH, A WONDERFUL THING TO EXPERIENCE AT THE CITY OF GARLAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE CITIES AROUND US AND YOU SAW THINGS THAT WERE THERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND IT WASN'T NEAR AS MUCH EITHER.
SO ANYWAY, UH, ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE FOR MATT ON THAT? UM,
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MATT, YOU GONNA, YOU GONNA TAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR WHO'S GONNA HANDLE THIS? UM, MR. MARK BUDGET.YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S NEXT THOUGH.
DID I MISS, DID I MISS IT? PROPOSED BUDGET UPDATE.
OKAY, SO MONDAY, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE, UH, PRESENTED, UH, THE 2020 4 25 PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO INSTEAD OF GIVING YOU 500 AND SOMETHING PAGES, I KIND OF SUMMARIZE IT.
SO I, I KIND OF GAVE YOU 21 PAGES INSTEAD OF 500.
SO, UM, SO IT'S BASICALLY THIS RIGHT HERE.
SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT'S IN HERE AND THEN LEE'S GONNA COVER, UM, SOME PROPOSED FEES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, NOT, NOT IN THE THING I JUST WANTED YOU TO, UM, THE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY MANAGER WAS HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON NEW FACILITIES RESULTING FROM THE PAST BOND PROGRAM AND ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE STAFFING AND FUNDING TO OPERATE AT A EXPECTED SERVICE LEVEL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, IN OUR BUDGET PACKET FOR FER AND, UM, FER REC CENTER AND HEREFORD POOL.
UH, HE WANTED TO MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE POSITION WITH COMPOSITION AND MERIT INCREASES, UH, ENHANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAIN, UH, AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATE RESPOND TO THE RESULTS OF THE STREETS AND ALLEY CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND OTHER LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT HE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF RESERVES TO RESPOND TO ANTICIPATED AN UNFORESEEN FIN FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.
SO, UH, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT MEMO BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY AT 21 PAGES AND I DIDN'T THINK Y'ALL WANTED A BOOK, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR TO LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THIS CITY MANAGER'S PRIORITY WAS.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HAS GOTTA LEAVE HERE.
SO, UM, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE 1 56, UH, I'M GONNA JUST SUMMARIZE.
SO, UH, 1 56 IS BASICALLY OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE PARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND JUST 2020 3 24 ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UM, THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE 1 57 IS THE 20 24 25 GOALS AND INITIATIVES.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING AS OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, PAGE 1 58 IS PERFORMANCE KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE BASICALLY PROVIDE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
UH, AND THEN 1 59 IS PROBABLY THE MEAT, UH, AND ONE 60 IS PROBABLY WHAT Y'ALL REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
SO OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY $821,778 LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD APPROVED IN 20 23, 24.
UM, I, I THINK THAT IS KIND OF DECEIVING, UH, WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING, UH, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET, A LOT OF THAT WAS ONE TIME MONEY THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR THAT WE DID NOT GET THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.
UM, AND THEN ON PAGE ONE 60, I WANT, EXCUSE ME A SECOND.
WAIT, CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT? YEAH.
YOU WANT, WELL, UM, AS IN WHAT, I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD A COUPLE CENTERS THAT WERE CLOSED AND WE KEPT THE PERSONNEL.
SO IS IT, WHAT IS THE BULK THAT MAKES UP THAT EIGHT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BIG NUMBER.
I HAVE NOT DIVED INTO THE DETAIL YET.
WOULD IT BE OKAY IF WE JUST PUT THAT AS A FUTURE ITEM? I, I CAN BRING BACK ON SEPTEMBER AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
SO IF YOU GIVE ME SOME TIME, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I, FIRST TIME I SAW THIS
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WAS TODAY ALSO SO HOT OFF THE PRECEDENT.IT IS HOFF, IT'S, IT'S NOT APPROVED, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S JUST, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET IS NOW.
IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET AND THEY GET TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
SO, AND THERE'S A COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET.
SO, SO, AND THEN THERE'S A, AN OPENING AT THE, UH, PARK AFTER THAT.
UM, COULD PART OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN FROM ONE TIME FUNDS FOR ANY REASON IN THIS YEAR OR THE LAST YEAR? YES, IT WAS THAT WE HAD A PRETTY LARGE, UH, AND I, I WOULD HAVE TO OFF, I KNOW IT WAS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO TWO, ONE TIME MONEY LAST YEAR THAT WE JUST, WE GOT SOME ONE TIME MONEY THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WAS FUNDED SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
SO, UH, UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT DETAIL HERE.
AND IF YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE, I WILL BRING THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
WOULD, WOULD WE SUSPECT ARPA FUNDS FOR THAT? NO, WOULDN'T COME.
WOULDN'T HAVE COME FROM THERE.
IT WOULD NOT COME FROM ARPA, NO.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE THAT MORE, UM, THE NEXT MEETING.
SO, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S IN HERE, UH, IS THAT, UH, UH, HOFER AND REC CENTER AND POOL, UM, WERE ADDING ABOUT 767,700 TO FUND BASICALLY TWO FULL-TIME POSITION, ADDITIONAL SEASONAL, AND A LOT OF, UM, ONE-TIME MONEY JUST TO GET THE FACILITY UP AND RUNNING.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ONGOING EXPENSES FOR, 'CAUSE WE GOT A BIGGER FACILITY.
WE NEED MORE OPERATING EXPENSES AT, UH, BOTH, BOTH FER POOL AND FER REC CENTER.
SO THAT IS REPRESENTED IN THAT 767,700.
UH, WE ALSO GOT A UPGRADE FROM A PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME AT GRANGER REC CENTER.
SO THAT, WE FELT THAT WAS A BIG WIN FOR US.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S ABOUT 740,500 IN ONE TIME FUNDING THAT'S FOR SECURITY CAMERAS, TURF REPLACEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND CHEMICALS, UH, PARK SECURITY, WHICH WAS A REQUEST WE HAD LAST YEAR, DUGOUT COVERS AND THE WILDFLOWER PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY OUTLINED IN HERE.
SO GRAINGER IS SOMETHING THAT CAME, IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAD, WAS GONNA OPEN, GONNA OPEN, IT'S FINALLY OPEN THEN.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PART-TIME PERSON WILL BE DOING SOME TOO WITH THE GRAINGER? UM, NO.
SO, UH, OUR BUSINESS MODEL FOR OUR OPERATIONS AT EACH OF THE FACILITIES IS TO HAVE A CENTER SUPERVISOR, TWO RECREATION SPECIALISTS, WHICH ARE THE PROGRAMMERS FOR THE FACILITY, AND THEN A SERVICE ATTENDANT WHO TAKES CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND THE DAILY CLEANING.
AND SO GRANGER AND BRADFIELD HAVE ONLY ONE RECREATION SPECIALIST AT EACH LOCATION.
AND SO WE ARE TAKING ONE OF OUR PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITIONS AND ASKING TO RECLASSIFY IT TO FULL-TIME.
AND SO WE ASKED FOR BOTH, UH, ONE FOR EACH CENTER AND WE WERE GIVEN ONE THAT WILL SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE TWO OR BE AT GRANGER FROM WHAT? THEY'RE ONLY AT GRANGER.
GRANGER GRANGER STAFF TAKES CARE OF.
IF YOU'RE, WHEN YOU SAY TWO, DO YOU MEAN THE GRANGER ANNEX? SO THE GRANGER STAFF TAKE CARE OF GRAINGER RECREATION CENTER AND THE ANNEX, RIGHT? YOU HAD ASKED FOR TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS, ONE AT HOLFORD AND ONE AT GRAINGER HOLFORD.
NO, GRAINGER AND BRADFIELD HAVE, UM, ONE RECREATION SPECIALIST AND ALL THE OTHERS HAVE TWO.
AND SO THIS IS TO REQUEST THE A RECLASSIFICATION.
AND SO WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED A RECLASS OF THOSE POSITIONS AT BRADFIELD AND AT GRANGER, AND CITY MANAGER IS MOVING FORWARD IN HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET, ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS TO BE.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR FOUR.
NO, I DON'T HAVE FOUR TO OFFER
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ASKED FOR STAFF THIS YEAR, AND THE ONLY ONES THAT GOT FUNDED WAS THINGS THAT WAS TIED TO A FACILITY THAT WAS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND MAYBE THIS POSITION, ALL THE OTHERS POSITIONS DID NOT GET FUNDED.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FIVE, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN THE CITY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED BUDGET FIVE TOTAL, UM, POSITIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO SUPER HAPPY ON HOW WE CAME OUT OF THAT.
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SO THAT'S A GOOD GO AHEAD, DAVID.SO ON THE PARK SECURITY, ARE WE GONNA SEE AN INCREASE FROM WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR? NO, IT'S GONNA BE THE, THE SAME AMOUNT AS WE HAD LAST YEAR, BUT, UM, THROUGH THE, THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND HOW THEY'RE STAFFING IT, WE SHOULD BE HAVE ADEQUATE TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
JUST MORE PICTURES? NO, THIS IS FOR THE, ISN'T THAT THE CAMERAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, OVERTIME? THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THE PD FOR OVERTIME IN THE PARKS.
WOULD WE LIKE TO HAVE DONE MORE? OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE HAD 'EM GO ALL NIGHT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 'EM FOR THREE HOURS A NIGHT.
BUT, UM, WELL FOR RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, FOR, FOR HOW TIGHT A BUDGET YEAR IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM IS A BIG SUCCESS.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING WITH THE CAMERAS IS BIG TOO, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD MENTIONED, UM, THIS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE CAMERAS IN FOR THE PARKS THAT WE HAD HAD WANTED TO PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL ONES AT RICK OWEN, WHICH IS, UM, A PLUS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK, WHERE THEY WERE.
IS THE WILDFLOWER PROGRAM THE SAME OR IS IT AND, UH, IT'S GONNA EXPAND A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO ABOUT DOUBLE OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UH, AND KNOWING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT APPROVED UNTIL COUNCIL VOTES ON IT.
UM, AND THEY'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS ON THE 17TH.
UM, BUT IF, IF IT GOES THROUGH AS IT IS NOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AND BE ABLE TO, TO GET 'EM IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WHICH SHOULD HELP WITH THE SUCCESS OF IT.
UM, THIS MAY BE OUT OF ORDER, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT.
UM, I'VE BEEN BRINGING UP, UM, THE SITUATION ABOUT THE MARQUEE SIGNAGE, UH, BEING, UM, QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD, BUT A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN WHAT WE NEED.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COSTS OF THE SIGNAGE, WHAT, WHAT'S BEEN PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE MARQUEE SIGNS.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TALK, HAVE SOMEONE TALK TO THE PEOPLE TO FIND OUT IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THOSE TO ANOTHER SIZE, WHAT MIGHT, WHAT MIGHT, WHAT MONEY MIGHT THAT TAKE? UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPLY ALL OVER THE WORLD SITTING RIGHT ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY FROM US OVER HERE IN, IN ETTE.
THEY'VE DONE THE SIGNAGE AROUND HERE, UH, AROUND THE, THE, THE CENTER OVER HERE.
AND I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND, UM, IT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE, THE CITY'S FUNDING TO DO THAT.
AND IF I COULD HAVE SOME NUMBERS, THEN I THEN WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE, I COULD FIND OUT, UM, WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE NEED AND THEN WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE MIGHT COULD GET AND IF IT, AND IF IT MIGHT WORK.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT ON THE EXISTING MARQUIS NOT COUNTING THE INSTALLATION OR IF ELECTRICITY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SIGN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER $40,000 FOR WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND TO GET A LARGER SCREEN, I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT, UM, INFORMATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT, UM, SPECED OUT SPECIFIED IN OUR SIGN PLAN.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I NEED IS SOME KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE.
JUST SO HAPPENS I HAVE THE, THE SIGN, THE, THE INFORMATION FROM THE PEOPLE THAT COULD DO THIS.
THIS HAPPENS TO STAY WITH ME ALL THE TIME NOW.
'CAUSE I, I'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES 'CAUSE WITH GRANDKIDS PLAYING BASEBALL AND CHEERLEADING AND STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND, AND I GO OUT TO THE TOWNS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 25,000 PEOPLE AND LOOK AT THEIR NEW THINGS AND, AND THEY'RE STILL DOING BETTER THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT THAN WHAT WE ARE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS.
AND THIS, THIS IS TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IF WE CAN.
IS IT OKAY? WE CAN GET YOU, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO MATT AND HE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET YOU NUMBERS.
I'LL WORK ON, I'LL WORK ON, I'LL WORK ON DOLLARS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WILL BE PART A OF THE CIP PROCESS AND NOT THE OPERATING BUDGET.
YEAH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SO SIGNAGE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, UM, THE TIMING OF THAT WILL BE COMING UP.
UM, MOST LIKELY IN WE WILL BE STARTING CIP PARDON IN OCTOBER.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET TO WORK ON.
SO, SO, AND I, I JUST, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR PROJECTS FOR THE SHOW.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? THEY GOT A NEW PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING BY JULY 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER, IT'S PART OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, IT WILL BE PART OF THE SENIOR CENTER PROJECT.
SO IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THOSE.
UM, BUT IT IS NOT CURRENTLY A PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT ONE AT THIS TIME.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, IT'D BE A NEW
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PROJECT THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD IT ENTERED THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS THIS YEAR.AND THAT THAT DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE.
WE, OKAY, WELL LET'S GET IT STARTED SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST AGAIN.
AND I JUST, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD PULL THIS OFF AND I MEAN, WE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST YOU GUYS.
UM, UH, SOMETHING NEW MID-YEAR LAST YEAR WAS WE RECEIVED TWO GRANTS.
UH, ONE WAS FOR A URBAN FORESTRY GRANT.
UH, THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OR GOVERNMENT GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, SO WE HAVE TWO NEW SHEETS OR THREE NEW SHEETS THAT, UH, IS ON PAGE 1 94.
JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A FUN SUMMARY OF WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THAT, UH, THOSE TWO GRANTS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY TRACKING THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE MISSION, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE GOES FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE DEPARTMENT DETAIL OF WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR THOSE TWO GRANTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO Y'ALL.
UH, THEN STARTING ON PAGE 3 0 3 IS OUR REC PERFORMANCE FUND.
UM, THIS IS JUST GIVE YOU A FUND SUMMARY OF THE FUND ITSELF.
THE REC PERFORMANCE FUND IS, IS BASICALLY LIKE A BUSINESS THAT MONEY IN, MONEY OUT.
UM, WE BASICALLY, UM, CANNOT GO OVER OUR, UH, REVENUE.
SO THE, UH, WE NEED A FUND BALANCE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE, WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, WE'RE ABOUT 435,000 FUND BALANCE.
SO, UH, BUT THE EXPENDITURES HAS TO BE TIED TO THE REVENUE.
SO, UH, THAT'S HOW WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT FUND BALANCE, UH, STRONG, IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IN THE REVENUE TO COVER THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST AN ENTERPRISE TYPE FUND THAT, UH, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE REVENUE TO, UH, BEFORE WE CAN DO THE EXPENSES.
SO, UM, AND THEN ON ON PAGE 3 0 4, IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, UH, FUND DETAIL.
UM, IF YOU READ THERE, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS $500,000 FOR A REVISED BUDGET.
UH, EVEN THOUGH EVENTS AND ARTS IS NO LONGER IN OUR DEPARTMENT, THE REC PERFORMANCE FUND INCLUDE THEM IN OUR BUDGET.
SO, UH, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THERE, THEY HAD TO BRING IN THE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE EXPENSE.
WE HAD A YEAR END STUFF THAT BASICALLY, UM, THEY HAVING AN EVENT IN SEPTEMBER THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE PROJECT ABOUT FIVE 50,000.
SO WE INCREASE THEIR BUDGET BY 50,000.
BUT THE, UH, UNFUNDED STUFF, OR THE FUNDED STUFF THAT THEY HAVE IS SOME REPLACEMENT CHAIRS AND TABLES AT THE REC CENTERS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME A ED DEVICES TO VEHICLES LIKE THE SENIOR BUSES.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN THAT BUDGET.
MOLLY? UM, ON THE AQUATICS OH YEAH.
I, I SEE A, UH, YOU'RE EXPECTING TWICE THE REVENUE.
IS THAT SOLELY FROM HOLFORD? 'CAUSE SURF AND SWIM WILL NOT BE THERE AT ALL, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT WOULD BE BRADFIELD AND HOLFORD NEXT SUMMER.
FROM INCREASED FEES AT BRADFIELD OR JUST THE NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST ADDING THE HOLFORD LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT OPEN.
'CAUSE WE'VE ONLY HAD BRADFIELD POOL OPEN THE LAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS.
SO FROM HERE, UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER PAGES JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU STAFFING.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THAT.
UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DELEE AND LET HER TALK ABOUT FEES.
DON'T HIDE, THEY MAY NEED YOU.
SO WANNA JUST GO THROUGH THE, THE TABLE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THE DESCRIPTION IS, UH, WHAT THE FEE IS ASSOCIATED TO.
UM, SO THE FIRST TWO JUST, OR THE FIRST FOUR ARE THE GATE FEES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
I MEAN, IT'S THE GATE FEES THAT WE HAVE FOR HOLFORD AQUATIC CENTER.
SO WHEN IT SAYS CURRENT FEE AND YOU SEE IT SAYS $2, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD COST TO GET UP INTO HOLFORD POOL WHEN HOLFORD POOL WAS OPEN.
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AND THEN THE FEE INCREASED COLUMN IS THE DIFFERENCE BASICALLY BETWEEN THE CURRENT FEE AND THE NEW PROPOSED FEE.SO YOU ALL, UH, WHEN CAME OUT AND ENJOYED THE PARK BOARD TOUR, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD BE BRINGING THESE FEES FORWARD SO WE DON'T JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP AND COME UP WITH SOME FEES, WE DO A, A BENCHMARKING.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BENCHMARK AGAINST SIMILAR FACILITIES.
AND SO, UH, WE, UH, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW, WE BENCHMARKED ROULETTE, UH, THE DALLAS AQUATIC CENTERS, RICHARDSON, KELLER HURST, AND MESQUITE.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SIMILAR AMENITIES.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE WILL NEXT YEAR BE PROPOSING FEES FOR SURF AND SWIM, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S A LARGER FACILITY, IT'S GONNA HAVE MORE AMENITIES.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOKED AT THIS, UM, JUST VERY METHODICAL ABOUT HOW WE WENT ABOUT PROPOSING OUR FEES.
SO THE GATE FEE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND 12 IS $6.
THE AVERAGE, UH, ON THE BENCHMARKING IS $6 AND 83 CENTS.
AND THEN THE GATE FEE THAT WE, SO ADMISSION FEE THAT WE'D BE CHARGING FOR THOSE THAT ARE 13 AND UP IS, UH, $8.
AND THE BENCHMARK IS $7 AND 50 CENTS.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER ON THAT.
HOWEVER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR NEIGHBORS AND RICHARDSON, THEY'RE HELPING SKEW THAT, UH, THEY CHARGE, I THINK IT'S $4, BUT THEY ARE, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
YEAH, THEY'RE CHARGING $4 RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AN AQUATICS MASTER PLAN PROCESS AT THIS TIME.
AND I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR OVER THERE.
AND WHILE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE YET FROM THE AQUATICS MASTER PLAN, THEY FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THEIR GATE FEES.
SO NEXT SUMMER WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF, OF WHAT THEY WILL CHARGE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE UM, THE ADMISSION FEE, $6 FOR BASICALLY, UH, AGES TWO TO 12 AND 13 AND OVER $8.
AND THEN OUR NON-RESIDENTS, UH, SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME VISIT AND YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER CITY, WE'RE PROPOSING $10 AND $12.
WE ARE ABOVE THE AVERAGE ON THAT.
NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GARLAND RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, THE, UH, THE AVERAGE THERE IS 9 25 AND NINE 50.
WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A COOLER FEE.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A COOLER FEE BEFORE.
UH, SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO BRING IN THEIR OWN COOLERS WITH SANDWICHES AND CHIPS AND WHATEVER, PROSING $5.
AND THEN THESE OTHER ONES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH JUST BASICALLY PRIVATE RESERVATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR OWN, NOT NECESSARILY A AFTER HOURS IS COMPLETELY PRIVATE RENTAL.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL COST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, FOR TWO HOURS TO HAVE IT FULLY STAFFED WITH LIFEGUARDS AND POOL MANAGERS AND EVERYBODY THAT SHOULD BE THERE.
UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING OUR COSTS.
SO THAT'S $725, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST RENTING IT FOR YOUR OWN, UH, PARTY.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE PARTY DECKS, A CABANA RENTAL AND A THE PARTY ROOM.
AND SO THE PARTY DECK, IT'D BE $60 FOR THREE HOURS AND THE CABANA WOULD BE 45 AND 80.
SO $45, UH, FOR THREE HOUR RENTAL OR $80 FOR ALL DAY.
AND THEN THE PARTY ROOM IS $120 FOR TWO HOURS.
AND THAT ALIGNS WITH THE REC CENTERS.
UH, THEIR ROOMS RENT FOR $60 AN HOUR.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROPOSED FEES THAT WE HAVE ARE OVER AT HOBA AND WE'RE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS FEE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A KITCHEN, A NICE KITCHEN, AND WE HAVE TWO MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS. AND SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT ONE ROOM MIGHT WANT IT VERSUS ANOTHER.
UH, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A WAY TO, UH, BE ABLE TO RESERVE THAT.
SO IT'S $15 THAT WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS, ISSUES WITH THAT CURRENT FEE THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN OVERT BRADFIELD NEXT SUMMER, WE WILL HAVE A, A PARTY DECK, UH, THAT WE'RE MAKING A SHADED AREA OVER THERE WITH THE HELP, HELP OF PARKS.
AND THAT WOULD BE $60 FOR THREE HOURS.
SO IT'S ALIGNING WITH THE PARTY DECK THAT YOU SEE OVER AT HOLFORD.
IS THERE A CONTRACT LIKE THAT HAS TO RETURN TO A CERTAIN CONDITION OR WHEN YOU DO RENTALS FOR THE HOLLOW BALL KITCHEN? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD OH YEAH.
WE HAVE RESERVATION RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR RESERVATIONS.
SO IS THERE A DEPOSIT THEY PUT DOWN IN ADDITION? WE DON'T DO DEPOSITS FOR ANY OF OUR RESERVATIONS.
HOW DO YOU RECOVER IF THERE'S DAMAGE THAT'S DONE? SO CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, WELL, ONE, WE'VE BEEN, I NEED TO KNOCK ON SOME WOOD.
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THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT.BUT WE GO THROUGH A CHECKLIST BEFOREHAND AND AFTER THE RENTAL AND LOOK FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO REALLY DEAL WITH MAJOR DAMAGE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A, IT'S NOT A COOKING KITCHEN, IT'S JUST TO HEAT UP OR KEEP HOT OR SOMETHING.
CAN I JUST ASK ABOUT THE ANNEX, UH, HOW'S, HOW IS IT DOING? UH, IS IT, ARE WE LEASING IT OUT NOW? ARE WE GETTING INCOME FROM IT? UH, YES, IT IS BEING AND REPORT ON THAT ONE.
IT IS BEING LEASED AND IT'S GOING WELL.
AND UM, IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC NUMBERS, I'D HAVE TO BRING THOSE BACK BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THOSE.
NO, I SAID IT'S BEING RENTED OUT.
WE, YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN IT'S BEING USED FOR WEDDINGS, FOR ANNIVERSARY PARTIES FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, YEAH.
NOW DO YOU MIND, UM, JUST SENDING THAT COPY OF THE FEES THAT YOU HAD ON THE LAST TWO SLIDES TO US AND PERHAPS THAT MISSION STATEMENT.
KEITH, DO YOU MIND SENDING THAT AND DILI, DO YOU MIND SENDING THESE TWO PAGES AT SOME POINT? I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT TO SEND YOU THESE TWO UNTIL AFTER THE 12TH.
UH, THE MISSION TO MISSION STATEMENT, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I WILL SEND YOU THAT.
YEAH, I'LL SEND THE LINK TO IT 'CAUSE IT WILL HAVE OUR MISSION VALUE STATEMENT AND OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR AS USUAL, YOUR VERY GOOD REPORTS AND YOUR VERY GOOD PROGRESS THAT YOU'RE MAKING.
WHERE ARE, WHERE ARE WE NOW? HERE, LET'S SEE.
IT'S BUDGET WITH, UH, WITH MARK DOWN D UH, WE'RE IN THREE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
YOU WANNA DO C REAL QUICK? YEAH.
OKAY, LET'S DO, SO, UM, I I, I ADDED THIS, I APOLOGIZE, AFTER, AFTER OUR MEETING, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN, I, I STARTED LOOKING AT OUR, THE BYLAWS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO, UM, THEY'RE HAVING SOME CHANGES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE A NEW CITY SECRETARY AND, UH, YVONNE AND I WENT TO A TRAINING THE OTHER DAY AND THERE'S SOME, UM, NOT MAJOR CHANGES, BUT LITTLE CHANGES LIKE IN TERMS OF AGENDAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND SO NOW IS A GOOD TIME, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THOSE, UH, BYLAWS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IF, IF THE, THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH IT, THAT THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS, AND YVONNE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SEND IT TO ME, WHICH IS MADE UP OF TAMARA, NANCY, MOLLY, AND DON, UM, TO REVIEW THE BYLAWS, UH, AND SIT DOWN WITH MYSELF, UH, AND GO THROUGH, I'VE GOT SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF UPDATING THEM AND REFRESHING 'EM AND GETTING THINGS INTO GOOD PRACTICE FOR HOW A BOARD SHOULD, SHOULD RUN AND WORK.
UM, AND SO IF YOU GUYS ARE, ARE OKAY WITH THAT, UM, THE, THE CHAIR CAN, CAN FORMALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, I GUESS IS CAN, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
HE CAN, UH, REFER THE, THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE, REVIEW THE BYLAWS, AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL OKAY WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT.
ARE WE OKAY? UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL LET, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE? THANK YOU.
ARE I WILL SEND, I WILL SEND SOMETHING OUT, YVONNE AND I WILL SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE'LL SET UP A TIME, WE CAN DO IT OVER AT PARK ADMIN.
UM, AND WE'LL SET UP A TIME AND, UH, I'LL, WE'LL SEND OUT THE BYLAWS TO YOU AS WELL SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THEM BEFORE WE MEET.
AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE AN HOUR AND WE CAN GO OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, THAT I RECOMMEND AND THEN GIVE YOU GUYS SOME TIME TO REVIEW 'EM SO THAT YOU CAN BRING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN WE WILL, WE, THE COMMITTEE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, LIKE MAYBE BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER AND DO THIS IN THE MEANTIME.
OR ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING IT BEFORE? NO, I, I THINK OCTOBER'S A, A, A GOOD TIME.
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I APPRECIATE THAT.YEAH, SO ESSENTIALLY I HAVE THE LIST AND I COULD TALK ABOUT PROJECTS WHERE, ACTUALLY JUST START WITH A LIST AND I'LL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE FOR THEM UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY WITH THOSE.
SO, UM, TOP OF THE LIST, WE HAVE THE GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
UM, WE RECENTLY REVIEWED, UH, WITH ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE 50% CD PLAN SET.
UM, THE COMMENTS ARE BEING INCORPORATED BY THE CONSULTANT, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF, I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY THE 75% PLAN SET, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE TO BID THAT SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS ABOUT 16, GIVE OR TAKE MONTHS.
UM, HOLFORD REC CENTER, WE ALL, UH, TOURED THAT RECENTLY.
IT'S MAKING PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS.
UM, LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE OUTSIDE THE POLE AREA.
UH, IT'S REALLY SHAPING UP REALLY NICELY.
WE HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING SET TENTATIVELY FOR, UH, AUGUST 15TH WITH, UH, FEIN CONSTRUCTION GROUP.
UH, CONSULTANT IS KINLEY HORN.
SO TYPICALLY WITHIN, WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THE PRE-CON MEETING, THAT'S WHEN THE NOTICE FOR NOTICE TO PROCEED WILL BE ISSUED.
UH, LUHA PARK, UH, RECENT, I NEED TO EDIT THIS SLIGHTLY.
SO, UH, BACK IN JUNE 18TH, WE HAD A REALLY SMALL, UH, PUBLIC KIND OF KEY STAKEHOLDER MEETING HERE AT, UH, IN CITY HALL, UH, AMOUNT TO ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES.
IT'S SIMPLY JUST A, A, IT WAS A CHECK-IN OF SAY, HEY, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE DO A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS AND THEN WE, WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE PLAN SET.
SO THIS WAS KIND OF A, A DIFFERENT APPROACH WE'RE TRYING TO DO JUST TO JUST SAY, HEY, NEEDS TO CHECK IN, SAY X, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, VERSUS JUST SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING FROM PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CONSTRUCTION ISSUE, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY CHECK-IN.
UM, AND JUST IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
UM, SO THAT WAS, IT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE 30% PLAN SET WITH THE CONSULTANT.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BID THIS ULTIMATELY JANUARY 1ST WEEK OF JANUARY, 2025.
UH, RICK ODEN SPLASH PAD, WE ARE AT A 90% PLAN SET CURRENTLY INCORPORATING COMMENTS FROM ENGINEERING, UM, AND ANTICIPATING THE BID THAT, UH, SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
WHAT DOES CD MEAN? UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, DOCUMENTS.
SO THE BASICALLY, UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SET AT A 90% WE HAVE AFTER THAT WOULD BE THE BID SET, AND THEN THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THAT, IT'S THE ISSUE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO AS IT SAYS, 90% CD SAID THAT MEANS THE PLANS ARE ALMOST FINISHED, UH, BEING DEVELOPED.
YEAH, THAT'S AFTER, THAT'S ACTUALLY, YEAH.
MINIMIZE THE WELL EXTRA PARTS.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PREVIOUS THREE SPLASH PADS, AT LEAST THREE RE SMALLER, SMALLER, THIS ONE'S MUCH LARGER AND WE'RE GOING WITH A DIFFERENT, UM, SUPPLIER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
MORE OF A MORE ESTABLISHED THING WITH THIS.
BUT THE EQUIPMENT, UH, WILL HAVE SOME STANDARDIZATION TO IT.
IT'S GONNA HAVE THE SAME, THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE THE SAME ITEMS. IT'S GONNA MAKE, PERHAPS, FUNCTION DIFFERENTLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT UUV FILTER, SAND FILTER.
BUT WE'RE TAKING KIND OF THE LESSONS LEARNED ON ANY OF THE OTHER SPLASH PADS AS FAR AS LIKE SIZING, UH, REALLY ACCOUNTING FOR THAT, THAT USER LOAD.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER SPLASH PAD.
SO, UM, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A LEARNING CURVE.
BUT, UH, MATT HAS A GREAT PARK OPS CREW THAT REALLY KNOWS THEIR STUFF, REALLY LEARNS THE, THE STUFF.
SO IT'S, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT.
UH, WIND JOY'S PARK, WE'RE, AGAIN, SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN THE SAME, THE VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF STAGE WHERE THEY'RE, UH, WE'RE AT A 60% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET, SO WE'LL HAVE A 90% SET AND THEN A, A BED SET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROGRESSING REALLY WELL, JUST INCORPORATING COMMENTS FROM ENGINEERING, UM, AND AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
KINGSLEY, WE'RE STILL, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT A
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30% CONCEPT STAGE OF THIS.WE'RE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS JUST BASED ON SOME BUDGET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UH, JOHN PAUL JONES, UM, AS YOU, IF YOU'RE AWARE, THERE'S A LARGE BOUTIQUE HOTEL THAT'S GOING IN JUST ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY AT THE, AT THE CHA HA BOAT RAMP.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING TO REALLY ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO WITH THIS, THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NEAT PROJECT, JUST THE NEIGHBORING, UM, BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
IT'S, UM, IT'S GONNA BE VERY UNIQUE LOOK.
SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO PICK UP SOME OF THAT FAMILIARITY AND THAT APPEAL FOR THAT FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE, UH, THE BOAT RAMP RV PARK, THOUGH.
THAT SEEMS TO BE WELL DONE TOO.
I MEAN, THAT AREA IS REALLY POPPING UP, SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT WAS A NICE ADDITION FROM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND OH, DEFINITELY.
AND STANDARDS OF WHO THEY HAVE THERE AND ALL LIKE THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT, UH, THESE VESSEL HOMES, THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEM, OR AT LEAST THEY'RE MANUFACTURED OR IN GARLAND.
SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE PART OF THIS BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A, ONE OF A KIND TYPE AREA.
SO VESSEL, THEY CALL THEM VESSEL HOMES.
THEY'RE LIKE, UH, PODS THAT THEY HAVE NEXT DOOR.
SO THIS WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE JOHN PAUL JONES BO RAMP.
SO REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE IT KIND OF RE REINVIGORATES THE DESIGN TO KINDA KEEPS, IT, KEEPS THE CONSULTANTS.
IT'S GONNA BE WHERE THE OLD FARMHOUSE STILL SITS THERE.
SHE'S COMING OFF CHA ON DEAD ENDS AND YOU TURN RIGHT OR LEFT IN THE FARMHOUSE THERE.
THE BOAT RAMPS OVER HERE? THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THAT, IN THAT AREA, RIGHT IN THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER SHOT IN THE ARM REALLY KIND OF GIVES THAT EXCITEMENT GOING WITH THE CONSULTANT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING A REALLY NICE DESIGN FOR THAT AREA.
SO IT'S, AND, AND WHAT STAGE IS THAT ONE IN? RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE 60% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET, SO WE'LL STILL HAVE A, I THINK WITH THIS ONE WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER ROUND OF THIS FOR AT THE 60% STAGE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE DESIGN IS DONE RIGHT AND IT REALLY COMPLIMENTS WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT DOOR.
AND MY QUE MY QUESTION REALLY WAS ABOUT THE HOTEL.
WHAT STAGE, WHAT STAGE ARE THEY, ARE THEY IN DESIGN OR THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DESIGN.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE REALLY REFINING THE SITE PLAN.
UM, THEY HAVE A REALLY, UH, EXTENSIVE LIST OF LIKE, PERSPECTIVE VIEWS, BUT THERE, THERE ARE WAYS OUT FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT JOHN PAUL JONES WILL BE COMPLETED LIKELY AHEAD OF TIME OR BEFORE THIS HOTEL WILL BECOME ON BOARD.
BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THEIR ACTUAL STATUS OF WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF LAYING OUT WITH THAT.
SO, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, I'M FEEL FAIRLY COMFORTABLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE HOW ACCESS IS GONNA BEGIN WITH JOHN PAUL JONES PARK FROM THIS BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S REALLY NEAT, NOT JUST, OH, WELL, WE GOTTA GET DOWN THERE.
AND IF IT WORKS OUT, WE, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LOGISTIC KIND OF COORDINATION IF WE COULD HAVE THE SAME, WHO KNOWS THE SAME CONTRACTOR FOR BOTH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THEY'RE ON THE SAME PROJECT AND, UH, COMMUNICATION COULD WORK, BUT OTHERWISE, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT STRATEGIC LIKE ACCESS AND TIMING, UH, FOR THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE AS YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW OR? YEAH, WE ARE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRULY ACCOUNT FOR IF WE NEED TO HAVE ANY TEMPORARY ACCESS ON THEIRS OR, OR WHATNOT.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, BECAUSE TRAFFIC, I MEAN, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY INTO THAT, THAT BOAT RAMP AREA.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK SCHEDULED WITH, UH, KIMLEY HORN AND OUR CONSULTANT TO REALLY TRY TO GET THAT AHEAD OF TIME.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING IT, I, I SEE THE END PROJECT THEN SAY, HOW DO WE GET, HOW DO WE GET THESE TWO TOGETHER? THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU GOT THIS ONE AND THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY YET.
I WOULD HOPE THAT GO AS FAR AS YOU COULD AND THEN SAY WITH THE, WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU FAR ENOUGH ALONG WHERE WE CAN SEE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU THE BEST PRODUCT THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GAME, THAT'S THE GAME PLAN.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY, UM, HAVE THAT SQUARED AWAY BEFORE WE REALLY GET TO IT.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, THAT YOU ARE, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY.
UM, UH, TUCKER HILL, UH, WE ARE ROLLING REALLY WELL WITH THAT PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, DETENTION PONDS HAVE BEEN, UH, PRETTY MUCH FORMED UP.
THEY HAVE ALL THE DRAINAGE INCORPORATED.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOD WITHIN, UH, LIKE TWO WEEKS OR SO.
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JUST A, A HOLDOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE WE'RE GONNA PUSH.UH, IS TUCKER RELATED TO TENNIS? YES, ACTUALLY.
SO BOB DAY TO CENTER A K TUCKER PARK.
UM, SO WE ARE, UH, MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS WITH THAT ONE.
SO IT MAKES THE SITE MEETINGS A LOT MORE INTERESTING VERSUS JUST LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF DIRT.
SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SEE SOME ELEMENTS BEING SHAPED AND FORMED.
SO IT, UH, MAKES IT WORTHWHILE WITH THAT.
DO WE HAVE, UH, AN IDEA OF WHEN THE COMPLETION DATE MAY BE TENTATIVE? VERY TENTATIVE.
TENTATIVE WOULD BE THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, WE'RE MAKING, I MEAN, WE HAD SOME SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE WEATHER AND, UM, JUST GIVEN THE SIGHT WASN'T REALLY, IT WAS JUST A GRADE OR OOPS, DIRT, ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE LOST A COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THAT, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR COULD BE STILL, COULD BE EARLY TO OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SUMMER, MAYBE IN LATE THE SPRING.
AND NO NEED FOR A GRANT OR ANYTHING FROM THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION TO COMPLETE THAT? WE, WE HAVE OR ENHANCE? WE HAVE, UH, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DESIGN, WE MADE SURE WE ADHERED TO THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THAT AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, SLOPE AND CERTAIN CAPACITY FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVEN'T APPLIED TO THAT, BUT, UH, WE COULD ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE'RE, WE'VE DESIGNED IT AND IT'S BUILT FOR IT AND, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WITH THAT.
FREE MONEY IS, UH, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE WANTING TO ADD SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE DEDICATED.
IS THAT IN, UH, WILL THOSE BE OPEN IN, UH, ROUND ONE OR IS THAT GONNA BE SAVED FOR A LATER? THAT WILL BE A PHASE TWO.
UM, IN FACT, THE ACTUAL IF, UM, AT RICK, SO FOR THE, THE, THE PHASE, PHASE ONE WILL BE ACTUALLY 12 TENNIS COURTS OKAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PICKLEBALL IS ALWAYS PRETTY COOL TO HAVE TOO.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW 'CAUSE SURE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF, YEAH.
IT WASN'T DESCRIBED IN ANYTHING FOR PHASE ONE.
AND I, I DOUBT THAT THE USTA WOULD, UH, CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THAT.
NO, THEY, THEY, THEY LIKELY WOULD, BUT I MEAN, I, I, I, THEY WERE HERE AT THE NATIONAL PARK, UM, MEETING AND THAT THEY DO GRANTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT'S, WE WOULD, UM, BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR RECIPIENT BASED ON OUR DEMOCRA, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUR LOCATION PERHAPS.
AND ESSENTIALLY THE REST WE HAVE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
THESE ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE PMO OFFICE.
UH, WE DO HAVE CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL, UH, WHICH IS THROUGH PARKS.
UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO GET THAT OUT TO BID ON THE END OF THIS MONTH, EARLY SEPTEMBER.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY, OH, AND ACTUALLY LAST THING, UH, DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION, THE BRIDGE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WAS INSTALLED LAST, UH, LAST WEEK.
IT WAS A HUNDRED FOOT LONG, UH, STILL TRUS BRIDGE.
UH, WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS WITH THAT.
I ANTICIPATE, UH, WITH CLEANUP AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS.
SO, WAIT, WHERE WAS THAT AT DUCK CREEK IN, UH, BELT LINE.
SO NEAR THE MESQUITE HERITAGE TRAIL, UH, NEAR BELTLINE ROAD BRIDGE.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES TO GARLAND THERE, GUTHRIE? CORRECT.
IT'S A RATHER LONG TRAIL SEGMENT, BUT I GUESS START TO FINISH GUTHRIE ROAD BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOLAR.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH BELTLINE ROAD BRIDGE.
AND THEN IT CONNECTS TO MESQUITE HERITAGE TRAIL.
SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A LENGTH TO IT.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT ONE.
'CAUSE IT, WITH THE HEAVY RAINS IT WAS, UH, OH, THE CREEK IS A CHALLENGE.
THE CREEK WAS RISING UP OVER THE CONCRETE THERE.
I SURE DID DRIVE THROUGH THERE QUITE OFTEN AND TAKE A LOOK DOWN IN THERE AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S BURIED THIS TIME.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY WELL NOW.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE FOR US? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? I ONLY HAVE ONE, AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU WENT OVER IT REAL FAST.
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ARE WE DOING THERE? WHAT'S THE CON? SO WE, SO THE INTENT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IS A, UH, FUTSAL COURT, MUCH LIKE, UM, WATSON, WATSON PLAYGROUND AND FUTSAL, UM, PLAYGROUND COMPONENT AND UH, BASICALLY A LOOP TRAIL, UH, JUST DUE TO SOME, THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS ON THAT.WE'RE HAVING TO MODIFY THAT SLIGHTLY TO, WE'LL STILL KEEP ALL THREE OF THOSE FEATURES, BUT IT MAY END UP JUST BEING A PEDESTRIAN BASED ACCESS PARK.
UH, THE PROBLEM IS, WE, WE TRYING TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF THE PARKING AND WHATNOT, IT JUST REALLY, IT'S A REAL TIGHT SITE IF YOU'VE BEEN BACK IN THERE TIGHT AND THERE'S A REALLY NOT A, A REALLY BIG BUDGET THERE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S, HOW DO YOU PUT, PUT ASSETS IN THERE WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT THAT WAS, THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING, OR DO WE HAVE ANY PARKING IN THAT AREA? IN THE PARK? IN THE PARK? WE DO NOT.
AND WE'VE GOT, FORTUNATELY WE'VE GOT APARTMENTS ACROSS KINGSLEY ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND WE'VE GOT HOUSES BACKING UP TO IT ALL THE WAY AROUND, SO THERE SO GOOD.
COULD, GETS A RATHER GOOD USE FOR IT, BUT, AND, AND HOW DO YOU, HOW DO WILL Y'ALL GET IN THERE TO SERVICE THE PARK FOR A LITTLE NARROW CHANNEL BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THE HOMES? SO IT'S, IT'S
IT IS VERY TIGHT MARKED VEHICLE.
AND WE ARE NOW TO OUR NEXT MEETING DATE.
UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE MAKE THIS MEETING, UH, SUMMARY COMMUNICATIONS AND CLOSURES.
YOU GAVE US SOME GOOD STUFF HERE.
AND, UH, THE SILVER, SILVER SLIPPER.
I DIDN'T RAKE IT ALL THE WAY UP.
IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY.
ANYWAY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
YOU, DO YOU HAVE SOME MR. PARISH AND
SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE FINDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE POLICE FINDING WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE? IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN HOW MANY BATHROOMS ARE UNLOCKED OR I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT, WHATEVER KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS YOU KEEP? YEAH, NO, WE, THEY GIVE, UH, I GET A MONTHLY FROM THEM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, UM, BRING THAT BACK.
YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE ON THE URBAN FORESTRY GRANT, WHICH I GUESS IT'LL ACTUALLY BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS UPCOMING YEAR BUDGET IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT CORRECT.
THAT WILL, AND THAT'LL PROBABLY BE, THERE'LL BE MORE OF AN UPDATE FOR THAT, PROBABLY CLOSER TO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN I DO MY TYPICAL FORESTRY UPDATE.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN THAT ONE WILL COME.
AND, UM, PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, IN HOW THE NUMBER OF TREES WE LOST FROM THE STORM ARE GONNA IMPACT THAT.
IT'S GOOD FOR, IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, UNLESS SURE.
WELL, WELL, I'M NOT SURE DOES, FITS THE BIGGER PICTURE.
SO, UH, THERE, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME ON THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT ONE IS.
SO AS THAT BECOMES CLEAR AND IT'S MADE CLEARER EVEN TO, TO US AS STAFF WILL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
THOSE, THOSE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE OPEN, OPEN MEETINGS.
HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE GET, UH, AN AGENDA, NOT AGENDA WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THEIR MEETINGS? SO WE COULD, UH, IF WE WANTED TO SIT OUT THERE AND ARE THEY, ARE THEY ON THE CITY? YEAH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE POSTED ON THE, ON THE, THE CITY WEBSITE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PUBLIC MEETING.
SO IF YOU JUST GO TO
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
THE ALL KNOWING YVONNE FROM THE CORONER.
SO YOU'LL GET THAT, YOU'LL GET THAT UP ON, ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR US? NO, NO, NO.
YOU'LL AS AN INDIVIDUAL COULD GO SIGN UP AND IT'LL SEND TO, TO GET AN EMAIL NOTICE ON ANY PARTICULAR, OR YOU CAN JUST GO AND CHECK IT.
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UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UH, SOME, THERE WAS IRRIGATION APPARENTLY PUT IN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL ACTIVE OVER BEHIND THE TRAILS.UH, THAT'S IN ACTUALLY IN AUDUBON PARK, BUT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO A WILD FLAW GARDEN, NEIGHBORHOOD GARDEN, SOMETHING WITH THAT BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT FOR A SCOUT PROJECT.
LOUIS AND THEY SAY A LOT OF TIMES THAT THEY DO IT FOR THE PROJECT AND THEN IT'S, IT'S NOT MAINTAINED.
AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.
JUST A SUGGESTION AND INPUT THAT I'M GETTING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE NATURE OF SCOUT PROJECTS IS THAT WHEN THE PROJECT'S DONE, SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO TAKE IT OVER.
THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED BY PARKS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHOEVER.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, DAVID AND MOLLY GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO NATIVE PLANT.
SO, UH, BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOW MUCH DEBRIS AND TREE LOSS THAT WE HAVE, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TREE MITIGATION FUND.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE TREE GIVEAWAY WITH GPNL WAS GONNA BE LOOPED INTO THAT PERHAPS IN SEPTEMBER.
IT, IT WILL NOVEMBER, I MEAN, YEAH, WHENEVER, YES.
WE WILL BE DOING THE, WE CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY.
AND THEN ALSO I WOULD LIKE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO PLEASE INCLUDE THE MILL CREEK, SOMERVILLE FIELD GREENBELT, UH, THAT, THAT PRICKY ADDRESSED.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL AGAIN, YOU, YOU ASKED IT TO BE ON THE AGENDA, SO I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IT'S THERE FOR THE, UM, BYLAWS IN, UH, OCTOBER.
AND AUGUST 17TH IS A PICNIC TABLE OR A BENCH GOING IN OR COMMEMORATION OF THAT BRIEF AT 6:00 PM AUGUST 17TH AT DORFMAN PARK.
WE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME PICTURES IN OUR NEXT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU IN ATTENDANCE,
I WILL CHECK MY SOCIAL CALENDAR.
IT'S NO MORE SHOTS ACROSS THE BOW HERE.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE LAST, BASICALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A BANYAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUICK THING.
IT'S COMING UP THIS FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO SIX.
THE, UH, UH, DISPLAY OUT HERE IN THE, IN THE MAIN LOBBY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
THE LANDMARK SOCIETY HAS, THOSE LADIES HAVE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN HUSTLING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, AND THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A, A VERY INTERESTING DISPLAY ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE SCHOOLS IN GARLAND AS THEY'VE GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY, AND THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF THEM CORSAGES AND THE, AND THE CROS THAT WE USED TO GET THE LITTLE THING LIKE THIS, THEY GOT 'EM UP THERE NOW THAT YOU PUT 'EM ON A SIX FOOT MAN, HE COULDN'T CARRY 'EM, YOU KNOW, UH, ANYWAY.
BUT THEY, THEY'VE GOT THAT ALL OUT THERE AND READY.
AND THERE'S A, THERE'S JUST A, A LITTLE GET TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, THIS FRIDAY FROM FOUR TO SIX, AND THEN IT'LL BE OPENED UP FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, AFTER THAT.
BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME SEE IT, I'VE, I'VE STUCK MY HEAD THROUGH THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THEY HAD ME GET A, A FEW THINGS, UH, FOR 'EM.
AND SO, UH, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
SO ANYWAY, ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE US? THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
I SAW IT OVER THERE AND I WAS LIKE, I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT.
OH, IT'S, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY, THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING IT TOGETHER NOW.
AND, AND, UH, THE, THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD SOME HANDS IN THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND, IN, IN PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE WHEN? SEPTEMBER 4TH.
AND, UH, I WANT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I'VE MISSED SEEING ALL OF Y'ALL.
UH, WE'VE GONE FOR SEVEN MONTHS NOW.
NO, IT WAS JUST TWO MONTHS, WASN'T IT? AND, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND IT WAS FUN TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND DO THIS.
SO NO MORE BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD AT, UH, 8 23 THIS EVENING.