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UP AND ADDRESS THE BOARD? WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO DO IT.[Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on March 1, 2023.]
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT AND GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.UM, BUT I DID SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AS MANY OF YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE THAT TIME WITH YOU.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME IN DOING THIS.
IT IS YOUR, UM, INPUT AND YOUR TIME THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AS A CITY TO, YOU KNOW, PROPEL PROPELS AND TO LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND GETTING NEW IDEAS.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT MEETING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US ON THE COUNCIL, AND, UH, AND WE HAD A, WE HAD A FUN TIME WORKING WITH YOU, AND WE KNEW YOU WERE DOING A GOOD JOB UP THERE, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
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NUMBER TWO, A CONSIDER AND APPROVED, UH, CONSIDER AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, AMY, WHO IS OUR, OH, THERE WE GO.
ARE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, DIRECTOR, WHO'S GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION, STEPHEN.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT YOU.
YOU'RE FIRST ON MY ROAD SHOW OF MY, UH,
SO, UH, AGAIN, I'M AMY ROSENTHAL.
I'M THE CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECT OR CULTURAL DIRECTOR, CULTURAL ARTS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, AND I AM SO EXCITED TO, TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE REQUIREMENTS, THE BENEFITS.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL DISTRICT GRANTS.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT GARLAND'S OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN I'D LIKE A LITTLE INPUT FROM Y'ALL.
UM, AND, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR GOALS.
AND THEN I ALSO NEED A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT.
UM, ACTUALLY THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING, UH, RECENT THAT'S COME UP WITH ME.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.
SO RECENTLY, UH, THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS DRIVE MORE SALES TAXES BY CREATING AND SUPPORTING AMENITIES TO PROMOTE GARLAND AS A DESTINATION DURING DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME, WEEKDAYS, AND WEEKENDS.
IT WAS ALSO LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 PRIORITIES IN THE, UH, ARTS MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN THE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AS WELL, TOO.
SO, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR A WHILE.
SO WHAT IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT? UH, WELL, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS ESTABLISHED A FORMAL PROGRAM FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS BACK IN 2009.
CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE, IT'S AN ANCHOR OF A RECOGNIZED LABELED, MIXED USED AREA OF A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THERE EXISTS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, AND EVENTS THAT ARE PROMOTED TO ATTRACT CULTURAL TOURISTS.
WELL, WHAT IS A CULTURAL TOURIST? RIGHT.
SO, AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS DEFINES A CULTURAL TOURIST, UH, AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SEEKING OUT DISTINCTIVE EXPERIENCES, FOCUSING ON VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, CUISINE, AND CRAFTS.
SO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT FOLKS THAT LIKE TO TRAVEL TO SEE COURTHOUSES OR PAINTED CHURCHES OR, UH, MURALS OR GO HAVE WONDERFUL INTERACTIONS, UM, AT ART EXHIBITS, THOSE ARE CULTURAL TOURISTS.
AND THE DATA PROVES THAT THOSE TOURISTS ACTUALLY SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THAN JUST YOUR AVERAGE JOE TOURIST.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BRING CULTURAL TOURISTS TO GARLAND.
SO WHO SHOULD APPLY, UM, COMMUNITIES WITH AN EXISTING CONCENTRATION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSETS IN ONE WALKABLE AREA OF A CITY THAT THEY WANNA PROMOTE TO VISITORS.
SO HERE IS THE LIST OF CITIES IN TEXAS WITH A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE DALLAS HAS THREE, UM, THAT'S FAIR PARK, DEEP ELM AND THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT.
UH, HOUSTON HAS SEVEN, SAN ANTONIO HAS FOUR.
UM, AND IN NORTH TEXAS, WE HAVE ARLINGTON, PLANO, MCKINNEY.
YOU CAN KIND OF GO A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH TO DENNISON SHERMAN.
THIS IS A REALLY PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNATION,
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AND THEY'RE VERY, UM, PARTICULAR AND TO, TO WHO THEY DESIGNATE, UH, AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT.SO THIS PROCESS, IT'S A PRETTY RIGOROUS PROCESS.
WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED, UH, A LETTER.
UM, YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR LETTER IN YOUR PACKET, AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL LETTER, UM, NEXT TO YOUR INFORMATION.
SO, UH, MR. REX HELPED US WITH A LETTER.
SO WE HAD TO SAY WE WERE INTENDING TO APPLY FOR THIS, UH, DESIGNATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ARE IN SUPPORT OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
SO TONIGHT I'M HERE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
I'M GONNA ATTEND
UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA BE ON THE ROAD.
SO, UH, EVENTUALLY AFTER GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, I'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
I'LL PRESENT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE NEED A COUNCIL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION OR TO, TO APPLY.
SO THE REQUIREMENTS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO THIS STATE.
THE STATE REALLY WANTS TO KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S INVESTED IN THIS.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THIS RESOLUTION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, A PLAN, A MASTER PLAN.
THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS INCREDIBLE MASTER PLANS FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR CULTURAL ARTS.
UM, YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
MANY TIMES THESE LETTERS INCLUDE, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTA BE PRETTY STRATEGIC WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THERE'S A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY 50% OF THE SCORING PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR VIDEO PRODUCT HAS A LOT OF, UH, GREAT MESSAGES AND GREAT PICTURES, AND REALLY CAPTURES ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY COMPETITIVE.
UM, AND I, AND I JUST WANNA SHARE A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, ARLINGTON WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS TWICE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR DESIGNATION.
UH, THE YEAR THAT MCKINNEY WAS APPLYING, UH, LEGACY WEST WAS ALSO APPLYING IN PLANO A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUT LOTS OF MONEY AND RESOURCES BEHIND THEIR APPLICATION.
SO IT, AGAIN, IT'S, THIS IS A PRETTY, UH, EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
BUT GARLAND HAS ALL THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS, IN MY OPINION.
THIS IS, IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO GET THIS APPLICATION IN, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, THE BENEFITS OF A DESIGNATION, IT'S THE STATE GIVING YOU A SEAL OF APPROVAL.
HEY, GARLAND HAS ASSETS THAT ARE WORTHY OF THIS TYPE OF A DESIGNATION.
OKAY? SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT.
THERE'S MARKETING PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT OR OUR ARTS DISTRICT, UH, IT GIVES US A WAY TO REALLY TALK IN A SIMILAR LANGUAGE.
UM, AGAIN, IT INCREASES OUR PARTNERSHIPS, BUT ONE OF THE BEST BENEFITS IS THE ACCESS TO CERTAIN FUNDING.
SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF, UH, CULTURAL DIS DISTRICT GRANTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
YOU CAN SEE ABILENE USED, UH, THEIR FUNDS TO LIGHT SCULPTURES.
AMARILLO PRODUCED A CONCERT SERIES, UM, CANADIAN, CANADA,
UM, THEY HAD A, AN INSTALLATION OF AN ELEVATOR.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY, UH, UNIQUE USE OF THEIR FUNDS JUST TO HELP WITH ADA.
SO AGAIN, IT'S CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT'S PROGRAMMING, UH, AND, AND IT'S ALSO MARKETING.
SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE TOO, UH, DENTON, UM, USED THEIR DOLLARS WITH A FESTIVAL, UH, EL PASO, ANOTHER EVENT, GALVESTON, A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, UM, HOUSTON FOR MARKETING.
UH, AND THEN ANOTHER PROGRAM IN HOUSTON USED IT FOR AN ARTIST RESIDENCY, LUBBOCK IMPROVEMENTS TO A COURTYARD SAN ANTONIO, MORE MARKETING.
UH, TEXARKANA HAD A VARIETY OF THINGS FROM MURALS TO ACTIVATING ALLEYS.
UH, AND THEN WACO USED THEIRS FOR, UH, A D MARTOS PARADE AND FESTIVAL.
SO, AGAIN, TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS AT THIS POINT WITHOUT THE DESIGNATION.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S GARLAND'S OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT DEFINITION, IT'S GOTTA BE A WALKABLE AREA USING EXISTING ASSETS.
UM, WE DO, WE HAVE A VERY TERRIFIC WALKABLE AREA HERE IN THE CENTRAL GARLAND AREA.
UM, NOW, SOME DISTRICTS NOW WE MAY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OH, GOSH, FOR ME TO WALK FROM CENTRAL PARK TO THE DALLAS COLLEGE, EH, BUT THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED, THIS IS, THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES SUBMIT.
THIS IS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF BY A MILE AND A HALF.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
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THE ASSETS IN THIS CENTRAL GARLAND AREA.UH, WE HAVE THE, THE COLLEGE, THERE'S A NEW POTTERY STUDIO COMING UP, UH, THAT'S NORTH HERE BY THE COLLEGE.
WE HAVE THE ART CENTER, THE LIBRARY, THE MUSEUM.
WE HAVE, UH, GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAS A TOP FILM, UH, PROGRAM IN THE STATE.
UH, WE HAVE LOU HUFF PARK, WE HAVE THE CARVER SENIOR CENTER, AND WE HAVE GRANGER, I MEAN, INCREDIBLE ASSETS RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF GARLAND.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE AND KIND OF EXCITING, IS THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
SO THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY TRAVELS AS A RIBBON THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ASSETS IN THE CENTRAL GARLAND AREA.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP PROMOTE THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY AS PART OF OUR DISTRICT.
UM, SO IS, IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, THE BANQUE IS THIS RIBBON OF ROADS THAT CONNECT SOME OF GARLAND'S MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL ASSETS.
UM, PLAYED IN A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GROWTH.
AND IT'S A UNIQUE FEATURE THAT BUILDS E AND T.
SO, AGAIN, AFTER, BASED ON DISCUSSION WITH THE GROUPS AND THEN GOING TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, ONE POSSIBLE WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY THIS CENTRAL GARLAND DISTRICT WOULD BE GARLAND'S, BANKHEAD, ARTS DISTRICT.
SO, BANKHEAD ARTS SOUNDS KIND OF, KIND OF COOL.
UM, THIS IS TAKING A LOOK, UH, AT A MAP THAT Z'S TEAM HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER.
THIS IS, THESE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT, AND THESE NUMBERS HERE REPRESENT TRAFFIC.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING TRAFFIC EXPOSURE.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, RIGHT DOWN HERE, 42,000, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT FIRST STREET, KIND OF WHERE IT INTERACTS WITH AVENUE B.
SO, SOME GREAT EXPOSURE FROM TRAFFIC, UM, WHICH THE, THE STATE WILL WANNA KNOW TOO, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A SCULPTURE OR A WAYFINDING PIECE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THOSE REALLY STRATEGIC PLACES TO PUT, UH, THESE TYPES OF FEATURES.
UM, WE LOVE THIS TOO, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE CONNECTIVITY.
I KNOW CONNECTIVITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS BOARD.
UM, AND, UH, BUT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAILS, IF WE'VE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR PROPOSED TRAILS, I MEAN, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, OUR VISION OF THE FUTURE IS REALLY THAT IT'S GONNA BE VERY CONNECTED.
SO, UM, I, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO, TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS AS THE BANKHEAD DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS DISTRICT, PARKS AND RECREATION HAS SEVERAL ASSETS, REALLY IMPORTANT ASSETS.
WE HAVE CENTRAL PARK, WE HAVE GRANGER RECREATION CENTER, WE HAVE LOU HUFF PARK.
WE HAVE DOUGLAS PARK, WE HAVE THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
WE HAVE THE CARVER SENIOR CENTER, AND WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
SO, Y'ALL'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSETS OF OUR DISTRICT IS, IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL TONIGHT, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND HELPING ME OPEN FOR CONVERSATION, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL MIGHT BE THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW WOULD A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION, BENEFIT PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A FEW NOTES, AND THEN I, I DO HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, A MOTION TO HELP, UM, GARNER SUPPORT FOR, UH, CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
UH, DOES, UH, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS FOR, UH, MS. AL AND YES, UH, MR. KENO? HI.
UM, WHY ARE, YOU SAID WE HAVE THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS.
WHAT ARE THOSE INGREDIENTS THAT YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAR THIS? ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE ALL OF THE ASSETS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES.
UM, WE HAVE THE HISTORY, WE HAVE THESE HISTORICAL, UM, ASSETS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A 30 MILLION NEW DOWNTOWN THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DEBUT.
UM, WE'VE GOT THESE PARKS, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL RENOVATED PARKS AND RECREATION SPACES.
SO, AGAIN, AND, AND WE'VE GOT, I THINK THE TIME IS RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU SEE ALL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AREA.
UM, YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT PLAYERS ON BOARD.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT COUNCIL THAT'S CHAMPIONING THIS.
SO, I, I BELIEVE, AND, AND JUST BASED ON MY RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT MAKES OTHER DISTRICTS SUCCESSFUL, THIS IS GARLAND'S TIME.
AND I GUESS YOU MENTIONED PLAYERS, WHICH KIND OF ASK MY SECOND QUESTION.
UM, SO THE ARTISTS THAT ARE GONNA BE FILLING THESE PLACES, EITHER THE SCULPTURES OR THE MURALS, OR DANCING, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, YEAH.
ARE THESE ARTISTS LOCAL? DO WE HAVE A GOOD BASE OF LOCAL ARTISTS HERE, OR ARE WE GONNA BE MORE
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IMPORTING THEM FROM OUTSIDE TO COME TO US? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YOU, YOU TOUCHED ON A VERY IMPORTANT THING, LOCAL ARTISTS.UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WE, WE MAY NOT HAVE A, AN ARTIST, UH, CO-OP YET
YOU HAVE MICHELLE, NOAH WITH HER GALLERY.
YOU HAVE THIS NEW POTTER THAT'S COMING IN WITH THIS STUDIO.
YOU SEE THE ARTWORK AT ROSALYN'S, AND IT INTRINSIC, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE BUILDING A DATABASE.
UM, AND SO FINDING A WAY TO HELP PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW THEIR WORK OR HELP TO PROMOTE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE LOCAL ARTISTS ARE CRITICAL TO THIS DESIGNATION.
NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THIS ALSO UP OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN AN ARTIST FROM ANOTHER PLACE, ALMOST LIKE AN AMBASSADOR.
SO LET'S SAY WE EMBARKED ON A REALLY COOL BIG PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
UM, AND AFTER SEEING SUBMISSIONS, IT MADE SENSE TO MAYBE BRING SOMEONE IN FROM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
THAT PERSON SAYS, OH, I CAME TO GARLAND, AND GUESS WHAT I SAW IN GARLAND? I SAW ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS INCREDIBLE DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT BECOMES KIND OF AN ADVOCATE OR AN AMBASSADOR FOR FUTURE WORK.
SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S FOUNDED ON YOUR LOCALS, BUT THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN OTHERS AS WELL, TOO.
UM, HOW YOU SAID A
TRACY, HOW WOULD THAT CONNECTION LOOK LIKE? IS, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I SAW THAT, DID IT REALLY HAVE CONNECTION ON THE CONNECTIVITY? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I, I THINK LU H IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO INCORPORATE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND IT'S THERE CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE SIDEWALKS.
I, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SIDEWALKS THAT COULD GET YOU ON FOOT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE VISION, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE ROUTES THAT WOULD EXPAND THE SIDEWALKS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BIKE TRAILS.
UM, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU HAD A, A WALKING, NOT A EVEN A TOUR, THE OF DIFFERENT SCULPTURES AT DIFFERENT ASSETS OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, REALLY AMAZING COOL THINGS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE AND GO TAKE A PICTURE THERE, AND THEN DRIVE AND GO TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE THERE.
YOU KNOW, LOTS OF CITIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING THOSE KIND OF, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY PASSPORT, BUT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN TRAVEL AROUND TO SEE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WORK.
AND MY LAST ONE IS, UM, OKAY, SO THE NAME, UH, DISTRICT, RIGHT? UM, INVOLVES DOWNTOWN BARLAND.
SO WOULD THAT ESSENTIALLY MEAN IT'S GONNA LIKE, REPLACE THIS IDENTITY OR LIKE THE NAME, YOU KNOW, JUST YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND, AND THAT'S ONE TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL FOLKS PRIOR TO EVEN PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND COMING TO Y'ALL.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND ONE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS THE DOWNTOWN CULTURAL DISTRICT, OR, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT WHERE I STARTED TO RUN INTO SOME TROUBLE.
IS IT IN GARLAND, IF YOU'RE IN THE MAGIC 11TH STREET AREA, OR IF YOU'RE IN CENTRAL PARK, YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY CONSIDER YOURSELF DOWNTOWN MM-HMM.
AND SO HOW, HOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN REFERENCE THIS AREA? YOU KNOW, AND, AND HONESTLY TOO, TO SAY CENTRAL GARLAND CULTURAL DISTRICT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, I MEAN, IT, IT GIVES YOU A GEOGRAPHICAL SENSE OF WHERE IT IS, BUT I THINK THE STRENGTH IS ACTUALLY USING AN ASSET THAT'S THAT'S HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO, UM, BUT I THINK, I MEAN, AGAIN, FROM A BRANDING STANDPOINT, YOU DON'T, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOWNTOWN, I THINK YOU SAY DOWNTOWN GARLAND IN THE BANKHEAD DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT BECOMES ITS OWN, AGAIN, ITS OWN ASSET.
DOES ANYONE ELSE MOREHEAD? YES.
UM, FROM WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS, UM, BUT ALSO SERVES AS AN ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, CATALYST.
I MEAN, WE ALL ARE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, DEEP ALBUM AND MANY OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED, OF COURSE, THAT ALSO WILL FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, SECURITY ISSUES, UM, TO AVOID NIGHTLY NEWS
BUT, UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU ADDRESS, UH, HOW THIS MIGHT ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER TO, UM, THE, OUR GARLAND'S MARKETING OF ITS,
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YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND OTHER AMENITIES? UM, YEP, ABSOLUTELY.YOU, YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD, MR. HEAD MOREHEAD.
SO, UM, NO PUN INTENDED THERE, BUT IT, IT IS, IT IS REALLY, IT IS A MARKETING TOOL, RIGHT? BUILDING A BRAND OR BUILDING, BECAUSE YOU, YOU DO, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SENSE WHEN YOU THINK OF DEEP ELM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU THINK OF MURALS OR LIVE MUSIC, WHEN YOU THINK OF BISHOP BART, YOU THINK OF ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SMALL SHOPS, KIND OF A CREATIVE BOHEMIAN TYPE OF FEEL, YOU KNOW, HAVING, THIS IS ALL ABOUT BRANDING AND, AND IT IS DESIGNED FOR VISITORS, BUT IT BENEFIT, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THAT TOO.
I MEAN, IT REALLY IS YOUR, YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM THIS.
I MEAN, THE, THE DOWNTOWN WITH THE PLAZA, UM, THE AMPHITHEATER AND ALL OF THE PLAY FEATURES, I MEAN, OUR CITIZENS ARE GONNA LOVE THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY ATTRACTIVE FOR VISITORS TO ATTEND AS WELL TOO.
SO, UM, I, I THINK, AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF THIS DESIGNATION, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GOING RIGHT BACK AGAIN TO THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THREE WEEKS AGO WAS DRIVING SALES ATTACK TAXES WITH THIS DESTINATION TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
AND THOSE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT'S EATING LOCALLY, THAT'S SEEING A SHOW.
ANY OTHER, MR. PARISH? SO, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WHEN, WHAT ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER? SO THE SENIOR CENTERS THAT WE VISITED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE TOURING AROUND AND LOOKING AT IDEAS, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF ART, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE DESIGN, BUT THE SENIORS THEMSELVES DO A LOT OF ART.
HOW, HOW DO WE BRING THEM INTO THIS, UH, VISION? I, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF, THEY'RE AN ASSET.
I MEAN, I, IN OUR APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE ESTABLISHED CARVER SENIOR CENTER, AND WE'RE BUILDING A NEW SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE COULD BE CLASSES OR WHERE IT COULD BE EXHIBIT SPACE.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO INVOLVE AND ENGAGE OUR SENIORS IN THIS DESIGNATION PROCESS.
THERE COULD BE PERFORMANCES, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD ONE OF THESE GRANTS IS TO HELP FUND SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM FOR, YOU KNOW, OLDER ADULTS.
UM, IT'S JUST A, THOSE ARE ASSETS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
MY SECOND QUESTION THAT MIGHT LEAD TO ANOTHER, YOU NEVER KNOW,
THE, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF GARLAND.
IS DOES THIS ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO DO ART THROUGHOUT GARLAND IN, IN OTHER, YOU KNOW, AREAS? CUZ YOU KNOW, MANY OF US REPRESENT PARTS OF GARLAND THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THIS, THIS AREA.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON DEFINING A CERTAIN AREA.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW, LARGER CITIES DO HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS.
UM, WOULD GARLAND EVER REACH THE POINT WHERE THEY MIGHT WANT TO, WHERE WE WOULD WANT, MIGHT WANNA PURSUE ANOTHER DISTRICT, I MEAN, POTENTIALLY.
BUT THIS DISTRICT DESIGNATION PROVIDES GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR ASSETS WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.
NOW WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, THEY ARE TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
THIS SUMMER WE HAVE AN ART VIBE GARLAND PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING IN ALL EIGHT DISTRICTS.
SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD, UM, TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE TYPE OF INITIATIVES, BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO REALLY HEIGHTEN THE EXPOSURE OF THE ASSETS IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
SO, AFTER NINE 11, SOME OF US REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK, UH, I WAS TRAPPED IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FOR SEVERAL DAYS RIGHT BEFORE WE COULD GET OUT OF THERE.
SO AT ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUED TO MEET CUZ THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE TO DO.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT THE DAY AT THE MUSEUM OF ART IN THE MODERN MUSEUM OF ART IN MOMO OR MOMA OR SOMETHING DOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
AND ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, EXHIBITS THEY HAD WAS ON COMMUNITY YARD AND THEY HAD THIS MAP.
YOU COULD GO OUT AND YOU COULD, UH, WALK AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND, AND FIND THESE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE MUSEUM OF DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH IS VERY WALKABLE.
AND, UM, THE, UH, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY COOL TO GO OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THE ART IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY WAS HISPANIC ORIENTED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN IT WAS ALMOST AS COOL AS THE STATUE OF MICKEY OR, UH, WILLIE MAYS AT
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THE, UH, BALLPARK THERE.BUT, UH, YEAH, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT PART OF MY LIFE.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE POTENTIAL WHEN YOU HAVE A, A DISTRICT AND YOU SAY, HERE ARE THE SPECIALTY THINGS THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO CHECK OUT, OR THE SPECIALTY PIECES OF ART THAT IT DOES HELP ENCOURAGE KIND OF A CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN CERTAIN ASSETS WITHIN AN AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE DREAM IS THAT THERE WOULD BE EITHER PROBABLY ON YOUR PHONE, BECAUSE I GUESS WE'RE ALL KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THE PAPER BROCHURES EVEN I STILL LOVE THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT SOMETHING THAT GETS YOU FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM, MS. ROSENTHAL.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND SURE.
I CAN GIVE YOU JUST BRIEF ANSWERS.
BECAUSE YOU, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THINGS.
UM, ARE ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA AWARE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN? WELL, UH, YOU'RE MY FIRST ON THE ROAD SHOW, SO NEXT WEEK I GO TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS THIS, UH, DESIGNATION PURSUIT HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.
THIS IS NOT ME JUST KIND OF BRINGING THIS UP, BUT PROBABLY WE'RE ON THE START OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE ABOUT IT.
AND THEN, UM, HOW, IF THIS IS A PASS, HOW WOULD THIS POTENTIALLY AFFECT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IF THEY WERE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA TEAR DOWN THEIR HOME AND NOW PUT A ULTRA-MODERN, UH, ALL GLASS HOUSE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS YEP.
WITH WINDMILLS ON TOP? WELL, SO THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND SOME OTHER RATE.
DOES IT, DOES THIS CULTURAL ARTS DESIGNATION? NO, IT HAS, IT HAS NO, UH, IMPACT ON A CITY'S, UM, ORDINANCES OR, YEAH, I MEAN, IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART IT IS A KIND OF A PROMOTIONAL TYPE OF DESIGNATION OR, YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDARIES AND THEY CAN BE ADAPTED AND MODIFIED.
WE, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE TO INCLUDE THIS, OR WE NEED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NARROW IT DOWN.
SO LET THIS GROUP KIND OF GO DOWN THERE.
UM, IS THERE A REQUESTED AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS? OR YOU SAID THAT YOU SAW SAID FUNDING THAT CAME IN THERE.
YEAH, THIS, YOU JUST MAKE A REQUEST AND DO THEY AUTOMATICALLY GIVE YOU SOME FUNDING OR NO, IT'S, THEY MAY NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING.
SO THE PROCESS IS, IF WE WERE TO, OKAY, SO WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION BY JUNE 15TH, THEY MAKE THE DECISION SEPTEMBER ABOUT WHAT CITIES ARE ACCEPTED AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS ONE, IT WAS CONROE.
SO HOPEFULLY GARLAND, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR DESIGNATION.
IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WHEN WE LAUNCH THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DEBUT THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDS IN JUNE OF 2024.
SO THERE'S NOT A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
WE DON'T, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS FOR THIS DESIGNATION, NOR THEY, NOR DO THEY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF A RETURN, BUT IT COULD HAVE, WELL, SO AN IMPORTANT, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS APPLICATION IS DEMONSTRATING THE, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
THEY WANNA SHOW, THEY WANT US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN AN X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND, OR THAT WE HAVE GENERATED X AMOUNT OF SALES TAX.
I MEAN, THE ECONOMIC COMPONENT TO THIS, UM, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE TO, TO TRACK.
AND THE FUNDING IS A ONE-TIME FUNDING.
SO, SO FUNDING THERE, THEY'RE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
SO THEIR ANNUAL, THEIR ANNUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND, UH, UH, ELTON SQUARE, HAVE WE TAKEN DOWN THE, UH, PLAQUES THAT WERE THERE? THE STATE MONUMENT PLAQUE ABOUT THE BANKHEAD? HAVE WE TAKEN THOSE DOWN TO RESERVE THEM OR TRIED TO DESTROY 'EM, BUT HAVEN'T MANAGED TO YET? OH GOSH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL FIND OUT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE, THERE'S A HISTORICAL MARKER THAT WAS ON BETWE IN BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH ON MAIN STREET.
AND I, I'M SURE IT MUST HAVE BEEN RELOCATED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT PE TYPICALLY PEOPLE DON'T THROW THOSE AWAY, SO, WELL, NO, I WOULDN'T BE THROWING AWAY.
I JUST WONDER IF THEY, AND THEY WOULD BE COMING BACK THOUGH.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. ROSENTHAL? EVERYBODY.
THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE TO SAY
SO, MR. FERRIS HAS MADE A, MADE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WE, UH, SUPPORT THE, UH,
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CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT AND MADE A MOTION.SO SAYING, AND, UH, SECOND WAS BY MR. MR. KERNER.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND NOW OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
WE LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM, SUPPORT AGAIN.
A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING HERE THAT I MISSED ON THE, UH, EARLY IN THIS THING, UH, TODAY, THREE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, TRAPS MEETING OVER IN, UH, FRISCO, WHICH TRAPS THIS TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY WITH MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
UH, COULD BE ADMITTED AS A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, BUT THERE WERE THREE OF US THAT WERE THERE.
AND OUT OF THE THREE UNDERSTOOD, UM, UH, UH, GARY AND GARY AND, AND, UH, MYSELF AND MR. KENO AND MRO JUST HAPPENED TO GET A MINOR RECOGNITION THERE AND BE CALLED UP ON THE STAGE IN FRONT OF ALL THESE FOLKS.
UM, I GRADUATED FROM THE TEXAS, UH, TRACKS, UH, AT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
UM, I PRETTY MUCH, I SPENT A YEAR GETTING TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES ACROSS TEXAS.
UM, GETTING TO HEAR FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I HAD TO APPLY FOR AND, UH, WAS FORTUNATE NOT TO GET SELECTED.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR A YEAR, AND I FINALLY CONCLUDED THIS MORNING, SO I GOT TO DO THAT.
AND THERE, HOW MANY? DON'T UNDERSELL IT.
AND THERE WAS 20, 22 OF YOU TODAY, I THINK.
AND YOU HAD TO BE, YOU HAD TO APPLY AND BE AND BE SELECTED TO GET IN THERE AND THEN, AND THEN PARTICIPATE.
WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER TWO B, CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMS STANDARDS OF CARE.
AND I PRESUME, IS THAT GOING TO BE YOU, MR. LEE? UH, OH, MR. LEE.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE ALL BEFORE I, SORRY.
I'LL JUST TALK LOUD AND THEN HIT A PANIC BUTTON.
SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT STANDARDS OF CARE EVERY YEAR.
UM, THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE USE TO RUN OUR, UH, SUMMER CAMP, SPRING BREAK CAMPS, SCHOOL, DAY OUT PROGRAMS. UM, AND WE DO THIS SO THAT WE CAN BE EXEMPT FROM LICENSING BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND SO, BUT IN THE, UM, CODE WE HAVE TO, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO ADOPT, UH, THE CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO ADOPT THE STANDARDS OF CARE, AND THERE HAS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE.
SO MY FIRST, UM, START EACH YEAR IS TO COME BEFORE THE PARK BOARD TO GET Y'ALL'S APPROVAL ON THESE, UM, AGAIN, STANDARDS OF CARE.
THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES ON HOW WE SELECT OUR STAFF, THE DISCIPLINE, UH, STAFF TO STUDENT RATIOS, HOW WE WILL TRANSPORT THEM, DIFFERENT DRILLS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO, UH, FOR OUR PROGRAMS. SO LAST YEAR, THIS BOARD, UH, APPROVED THE STANDARDS OF CARE.
AND THIS YEAR IT'S THE EXACT SAME DOCUMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE ADDED, UH, ONE REVISION TO, UH, IT'S NINE D.
UH, UNDER LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH OUR LEADERS ARE OUR CAMP COUNSELORS.
AND IT JUST SAYS LEADERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO POST PICTURES OR VIDEOS OF CAMPERS ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UM, IN THE PRE-MEETING, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, WELL WAIT, YOU KNOW, MARKETING AND OUR PHOTOS ARE A GREAT WAY, YOU KNOW, TO PUT OUT ON FACEBOOK.
WE JUST DON'T WANT IT ON THEIR PERSONAL SITES.
UM, AND THEIR PERSONAL TIKTOK OR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT OR INSTAGRAM.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THOSE THROUGH THE CITY.
UM, AVENUES THAT WE HAVE, CITY OF GARLAND ARE OUR, UM, OWN PARKS AND REC PAGE.
SO THAT'S THE ONE REVISION THAT WE MADE.
EVERYTHING ELSE, THE LANGUAGE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
SORRY, I JUST RE RELATED TO THAT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE WAIVERS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS? YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED YES.
USED IN MARKETING PURPOSES? YES.
WELL, IF THERE'S, WELL, THE QUESTIONS, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IN THE STANDARDS CARE.
I SECOND, YOU'VE MADE THE MOTION THAT WE
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APPROVE, THEN WE GET A SECOND.AND IT WAS A LONG, LONG DAY OVER THERE.
AND FOR THOSE, THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, THOSE STANDARDS ARE SEVEN PAGES LONG OF, UH, THINGS THAT, UH, STAFF HAS TO BE AWARE OF AT ALL TIMES.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO, NO MORE DISCUSSION.
CALL FOR CALL FOR VOTE ON THE MOTION.
THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMS. NOW WE COME TO ITEM NUMBER TWO C, THE CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO RENAME THE SKATE PARK.
AND PRIOR TO OUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR, UM, COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN HANDLING THIS, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
AND SO I'M GONNA CALL ON THEM NOW AS IN OUR LAST, UH, TIME.
YOU'LL COME UP TO THE, UP TO THE DESK UP HERE, UH, SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE.
THEN THERE'S THE MICROPHONE ON THIS SIDE NOW.
AND, UH, UH, WE'VE GOT THE OFFICIAL TIMER COMING OUT NOW.
AND IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE READY TO BEGIN.
MY PHONE'S ABOUT TO DIE, SO I'M ASK, I'M DEFERRING THE THREE MINUTES TO YOU.
WANT ME TO PLUG IT IN? IF YOU WANT TO, OR THERE'S NO POWER TO THAT'S, OH, THERE'S NO POWER.
FIRST, UH, SPEAKER, UH, WELL, WE HAVE ONE HERE.
BRIAN HARRISON, UM, UM, YOUR, YOUR ORAL TESTIMONY, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE CENTER STAGE? CORRECT.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND, UH, WE'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU ABOUT A 15 SECOND, UH, NOTICE BEFOREHAND.
AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
BETO, I'M ACTUALLY A DALLAS RESIDENT, BUT I USE YOUR SKATE PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE'RE THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
I'VE GOT THREE BOYS, 10, 13, AND 15.
WE'RE, UM, WHO USE IT RELIGIOUSLY.
THE SIGN TODAY FOR THE NAME I THINK IS FINE.
I THINK A NAME CHANGE IS NOT WARRANTED.
I DO SUPPORT, THOUGH A MEMORIAL AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT'S ARTISTIC, SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS, UM, WAS IT MR. COMMERCE, UM, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIM IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MEMORIAL MIGHT BE BETTER FITTED FOR AS OPPOSED TO A NAME, UM, OVER THE BONEYARD OR REPLACING THIS CURRENT SIGNAGE.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I SPEAK TO THAT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMANDER'S BEEN LOOKING AT IS, UM, UH, NAMING POLICIES FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE NAMES THAT ARE ON MO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE, THE BUILDINGS AND THINGS, THESE, THESE ARE PUT ON BY, YOU KNOW, LONGTIME COMMUNITY LEADERS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE WORKED, YOU KNOW, EITHER IN THE CITY OR, UH, AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, YOU KNOW, SERVING THE CITY, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THE MEMORIAL IDEA FITS MUCH MORE IN MIND THE POLICY THAT, THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO, UH, TO HONOR THIS GENTLEMAN.
UM, SECOND, UH, SPEAKER K JEFFERS, UH, AND I'M NOT TESTIFYING.
NOT TESTIFYING, AND UH, BUT YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE.
CAN WE ASK HER A QUESTION? WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR OF A, UH, MEMORIAL? COULD, COULD THIS MORE IN LINE WITH THE POLICY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, AT THE CITY LEVEL? MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THE BUILDING OF THE SKATE PARK WAS IN DISCUSSION MM-HMM.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD
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A SKATE PARK.BUT DO SOMETHING THAT THE PROS WOULD COME TO.
THE PROS ARE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE BONEYARD, BUT THEY WILL COMER.
AND, AND I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING WOULD HOPEFULLY ACCOMPLISH THAT.
UM, ARE YOU MISS JEFFERS? DID I, I JUST, JUST DID THAT ONE.
CHRIS JEFFERS, UM, ORAL TESTIMONY IF NEEDED.
NOW GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
SORRY, MY NAME IS, WELL, UH, I HOPE THAT THE THREE MINUTES WON'T COUNT TOWARDS THIS.
MY NAME IS CHRIS JEFFERS, 8 29 EAST DARDY IN, UH, GARLAND, TEXAS ON 5 0 41.
UH, I, I'M CONCERNED THAT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M ARGUING YET.
WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO, NOW, NOW WE'RE AT THE STAGES OF, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE HEARING RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO YET.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSING SO I CAN ACTUALLY COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU WITH, UM, WITH, WITH SOME SUBSTANCE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T, I DON'T, I I'VE ALREADY PUT OUT MY ARGUMENTS TWO WEEKS AGO.
I CAN REPEAT 'EM, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE REASONS.
BUT IF IT'S NOT ADDRESSING YOUR CONCERNS, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT IS THE PUSHBACK? WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? AND LET'S PARTNER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND IF Y'ALL CAN TELL ME WHERE YOUR STANCE IS, THEN I CAN COME BACK UP HERE AND PRESENT SOME IDEAS AND PARTNER WITH Y'ALL.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND WE HAVE SOMEONE SPEAK TWICE IN ONE MEETING.
WELL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL ALSO, AND THEN I WILL ADD TOO, IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROCEDURAL WORKS, THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BOARD THAT WILL THEN GO TO COUNSEL WHO WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
AND SO THIS ISN'T THE FINAL SAY.
THIS WILL JUST BE A RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN WHEN THIS GETS TO COUNSEL ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS FROM THIS BODY.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT ONCE THIS, THIS BODY'S MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL.
THEN IF I CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT REAL QUICK TO SAY, UH, AND, AND THEN I, I'LL, UM, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE MY TIME, BUT TWO THINGS.
ONE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT MARKETABILITY AND WANTING TO MARKET THIS PARK.
Y'ALL DISCUSS THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 22, UNBEKNOWNST TO THE SKATERS WHO HAD ALREADY PROPOSED NAMING IT IN MEMORIAL JOHN COMER, ONCE HE HAD DIED, IT WAS JUST ONCE HE DIED, WE WERE TOO EARLY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS TO CONSIDER NAMING.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY THE CITY ONCE IT CAME TO NAMING.
WE WERE NEVER MADE AWARE OF A MEETING.
SO WE COULDN'T BE HERE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT MARKETABILITY.
THE JOHN COMMER FAMILY IS GOING TO TO, TO OFFER HIS NAME FOR USE.
AND WE, THE SKATERS WE'RE YOUR MARKET.
WE HAVE OVER 600 SIGNERS ON OUR PETITION SKATERS NEAR AND FAR WORLDWIDE.
WE EVEN HAVE PROS WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS REACHING OUT TO, EVEN AS HI TO TONY HAWK WITH MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS, WHO WHENEVER THEY GO TO THE SKATE PARK, THEY CAN EITHER SAY IT'S THE BONEYARD AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BONEYARD LIKE THEY DO TODAY? WHAT'S THAT MEAN? OR THEY CAN SAY, JOHN, COME MEMORIAL SKATE PARK.
OKAY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN.
AND IT'S ALREADY DONE, BEEN DISCUSSED.
WE CAN BRING THE JOHN COM JOHN COMMER MEMORIAL EVENT HERE.
ALSO, OSCAR LORETTO, UH, WHO IS JOHN COM'S HERO, UH, HE IS NOW SPONSORED BY RYAN SHECKLER FOUNDATION.
RYAN SHECKLER, BIG MTV MOVIE STAR SKATEBOARDER.
SO THERE YOU HAVE, AND HE WANTS TO COME IN AND BE INVOLVED.
SO NOW YOU HAVE EVEN MORE PRESS WITH THE JOHN COMER MEMORIAL SKATE PARK.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU BROUGHT UP THE NAMING, WHY WE NAMED BUILDINGS EVERY, UH, PARKS AFTER INDIVIDUALS.
WELL, RICK ODEN, UH, TRAGIC STORY, BUT HE, THE STORY IS HE GOT HIT BY A PITCH AND THEY, HE GOT A, A 15 SECONDS, HE GOT A HUGE BASEBALL FIELD NAMED AFTER A, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO IS INFLUENTIAL AROUND THE WORLD, AND TO THIS DAY, EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH IS STILL INFLUENTIAL AROUND THE WORLD, INSPIRING OLYMPIANS.
WHAT? SO WHAT I, I SEE THAT WAY MORE INSPIRATIONAL AND INFLUENTIAL THAN A TRAGIC STORY, AS TRAGIC AS IT IS, BUT MORE WORTHY OF BEING, HAVING A MEMORIAL SKATE PARK NAMED AFTER HIM.
NOT JUST A MEMORIAL BENCH OR OUR FULL SIGNAGE.
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UH, BE INFLUENCED AS WE HAVE BEEN.THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOU'RE NOT FAR OFF FROM WHERE WE ARE, AND SO WE'LL SEE.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
AND WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN THIS RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE COUNCIL.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE COME TO YOU WITH SUBSTANCE INSTEAD OF REP REPETITION.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER, JESSICA LLOYD.
UM, NOT TESTIFYING, UH, BUT IT'S FOUR.
NOT TESTIFYING, BUT IT'S FOUR, CORRECT.
UH, NOT TESTIFYING BEFORE? YES.
UH, ORAL TESTIMONY FOR STOLEN, I GOT YOUR NAME RIGHT? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND WE'LL NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS TODAY.
SO ONE, UH, 1004 CLARENCE STREET WEST.
UM, I WAS AN OLD FRIEND OF JOHN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
HE WORKED AT THE SKATE PARK AND, UH, YOU SEE HIM GROW.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE HAD A PROSTHETIC LEG TILL LIKE SOMEONE TOLD ME ORIGINALLY WHEN I MET HIM.
AND, UH, JUST WATCHING HIM ON SKATE, HE WAS TALENTED ALREADY.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT.
EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE PROSTHETIC LEG, HE HAD THE TALENT WAS UNDENIABLE.
HE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN AN INTO TO ME AND WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL, UH, YEAH, THE MEMORIAL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MEMORIAL, LIKE I WERE SAYING, AND THE RENAMING, BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING A MEMORIAL AND RENAMED THE PARTY NO.
WOULD YOU ACCEPT IF IT WAS, UH, IF IT WAS, UH, THE NAME STAYED THE SAME WITH THE, WITH THE MEMORIAL, RECOGNIZING HIM AND WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THAT, NOT JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF BOARD SOMEPLACE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I, I JUST DON'T THINK THE BONEYARD STAYS WITH THE JUSTICE.
I'VE ASKED YOU ACTUALLY TO HELP BUILD THE SKATE PARK, MY CONCRETE FINISHER.
AND, UH, I WORK FOR SPA SKATE PARKS AND WE, I HELPED BUILD IT.
AND ALL THE OTHER, MY EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE ALL SKATEBOARDERS TOO.
AND THEY'RE BMXERS AND THEY KNEW 'EM TOO.
AND THEY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED THAT FIRST OFF THE BAT.
BUT I KNOW THE TIMING AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE YOU, THE LAST GUY WAS SAYING JUST WASN'T RIGHT.
WELL, THIS WILL GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION DENIED THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR TIME TO COME OVER HERE.
I, I CAN'T QUITE READ THIS NAME.
UH, BRYCE COFIELD, UH, DALLAS TESTIMONY.
GOT THREE MINUTES STARTING NOW.
BRYCE CAULFIELD, DALLAS 99 20 ESTATE LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO START WITH JOHN FOR ME, BECAUSE I WORKED WITH HIM AT ESCAPE PARK IN GRAPEVINE MILLS.
AND THEN FOR ME AT THE TIME, AFTER I HAD GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE TIME, IT WAS LOOKING FOR A CAREER PATH.
AND IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR JOHN BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A LEGEND IN OUR SCENE SINCE I WAS A YOUNG KID.
I CAN REMEMBER BEFORE CABLE, MY DAD SAYING, YOU GOTTA COME LOOK AT THE NEWS STATION BECAUSE THERE'S THIS GUY WITH ONE LEG THAT'S AN AMAZING SKATEBOARDER.
AND ME AND MY BROTHER WERE AT THE TIME JUST GETTING INTO SKATEBOARDING.
SO LATER IN LIFE WE WOULD SEE JOHN AT THE SKATE PARK AND IN MAGAZINES AND IN VIDEOS.
AND HAVING A LOCAL LEGEND AMONG US WAS, UH, THE ONE LEG THING WAS A BIG DEAL.
HE'S BIG ON ANOTHER LEVEL, AS YOU CAN TELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TONY HAWK, WHO'S A BIGGER NAME THAN
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MORE PEOPLE KNOW WHO TONY HAWK IS THAN THAN SENATORS.SO HE'S A, IT IS A BIG, BIG DEAL, JOHN IS.
AND UH, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH HIM AT THE SKATE PARK, I GOT TO SEE HOW HE WOULD TRAVEL TO DO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONAL THINGS FOR, UM, ADAPTIVE SPORTS OLYMPICS AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE, UM, IN EXTREME SPORTS BUT HAD OTHER, NOT EVERYONE'S MISSING A LAKE FROM THE KNEE DOWN, BUT OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK JOHN'S SO SPECIAL AND HAVING THE SKATE PARK NAMED AFTER HIM IS GONNA BE WAY MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE BONEYARD, WHICH IS, DOESN'T REALLY STAND FOR ANYTHING IN MY OPINION.
AND, UH, IF ANYTHING IT'S A DETERRENT FROM SKATING AT THE SKATE PARK.
LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT OR SOMETHING.
UM, I JUST LOVE JOHN AND I HOPE THAT HE CAN LIVE ON AND THE MEMORIAL IS APPROPRIATE AND NAMING THE SKATE PARK AFTER HIM WOULD ALSO BE APPROPRIATE.
UH, THE HONORABLE RICHARD ALMOND SENIOR, OUR VARIOUS AND SUNDRY
IT'S VERY RARE THAT ANYBODY ACTUALLY CALLS ME HONORABLE, BUT IT'S A LIFE FOR PAUL.
WELL, YOU WROTE IT IN ALL CALVES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR OF THE REST OF THE BOARD.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS RICH ALBAN, 1 2 29 SATURN SPRINGS DRIVE IN GARLAND.
UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SIX YEARS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT WHERE THE SKATE PARK IS LOCATED.
UM, I'VE SPENT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THOSE SIX YEARS AS A LABOR OF LOVE, TRYING TO MAKE THIS SKATE PARK HAPPEN.
UH, I OPPOSE THE RENAMING OF THE SKATE PARK, UH, WITH ALL DUE AND SINCERE RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF MR. COMER, HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS THAT ARE, ARE BETTER ALIGNED WITH POLICY AND BEST PRACTICES.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, IT TOOK 20 YEARS FOR THE SKATE PARK TO GET BUILT.
IT WAS BUILT IN TWO, IT WAS PASSED IN THE 2004 BOND ELECTION, WHICH MEANS IN 2002 AND 2003, THEY WERE PUTTING IT ON THERE.
AND IT WAS, IT TOOK A LOT TO GET IT BUILT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO IT, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN APPROVED.
THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO, OH, NOBODY SKATES OR, AND, AND ALL THESE FOLKS WHO SKATE, THEY KNOW THAT KIND OF OPPOSITION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IS OUT THERE.
AND NOW IT WAS THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL THAT KEPT US ALIVE FOR YEARS.
I GOT ON THE COUNCIL IN 2016 AND SPENT ALL OF THAT TIME FIGHTING TO GET THIS PARK BUILT TO FIND A LOCATION FOR IT BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT IT.
I WAS THRILLED TO BRING IT TO RICK ODEN PARK TO GET IT FUNDED CUZ PEOPLE WANTED TO FUND A PARK THAT WAS ONE FIFTH, $400,000 INSTEAD OF A 2 MILLION ESCAPE PARK.
AND SO IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE BATTLE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE TRIED TO KILL THIS PARK, BUT IT WASN'T ME WHO GOT IT DONE.
PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THERE WAS ME WHO GOT IT DONE.
THEY GAVE ME A VERY NICE SKATEBOARD, I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME AND DID THAT.
IT WAS FOLKS LIKE, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT DR.
CLINTON HALEY, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NOT WITHOUT ELIJAH MOORE, NOT WITHOUT GRANT MCAL, WAYNE.
NOT WITHOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP.
THEY SHOWED UP FOR EVERY MEETING AND IT MADE IT HAPPEN.
AND NO OFFENSE AT ALL TO MR. COMER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE PASSED IN 2019 AND THOSE 15 PRECEDING YEARS, NOT ONCE DID HE COME TO ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS.
NOT ONCE DID HE ADVOCATE FOR THIS FACILITY.
TONY HAWK, WHO COMES IN AFTER WE'VE ALREADY BUILT IT, HIS FOUNDATION REFUSED A GRANT TO THE CITY.
I REACHED OUT TO MR. HAWK TO TRY AND GET THIS FACILITY BUILT AND I HEARD NOTHING.
I REACHED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES, PEOPLE REACHED OUT AND WE GOT NOTHING.
IT WAS THIS COMMUNITY, THESE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP AND THEY MADE IT HAPPEN.
THE, THE FACILITY ULTIMATELY, IT'S NOT FOR PROS, IT'S FOR ALL LEVELS AND IT'S FOR, AND WE DON'T NEED MARKETING.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FACILITY? HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BUSY IT IS? WE HAVE PEOPLE SNOWBOARDING ON IT WHEN IT SNOWS
IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE FUNCTION, RENOVATION OR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY IN GARLAND.
THIS BUILDING, THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, THE NEW TENNIS CENTER, RICK ODEN PARK, IT'S THE TENNIS CENTER NAMED AFTER SOMEONE WHO, WHO TAUGHT JACK COLEMAN TAUGHT TENNIS FOR YEARS.
I CAN STOP OR THE BY YOUR REQUEST.
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ANOTHER, ANOTHER, ANOTHER MEETING.I'LL, I'LL BE, I'LL TRY SPEAK EVEN FASTER.
UM, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU, YOU SPENT A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME OVER SEVERAL YEARS WORKING ON THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN, THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNATURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MY TIME ON COUNCIL, UM, RICK ODEN PARK.
AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU KNOW, RICKY ODEN DIED AT RICK ODEN PARK.
HE DIED, THAT'S WHERE HE WAS HIT WITH THE BASEBALL.
HE WAS THE FIRST LITTLE LEAGUER IN THE UNITED STATES TO BE KILLED ON THE FIELD.
AND SO, AND HIS FAMILY IS STILL INVOLVED WITH THAT PARK.
AND THAT PARK WAS LEFT MOSTLY TO ROT.
AND SO REBUILDING THIS PARK AND MAKING IT A PARK, NOT JUST FOR KIDS WHO PLAY BASEBALL, BUT FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T PLAY ORGANIZED SPORTS, FOR KIDS WHO WANT TO USE SPLASH PADS FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THERE'S A REAL STRONG CONNECTION THERE.
AND, AND, AND IT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIS RICK RICKY ODEN TO REFER OR ANYONE TO REFER TO THIS AS THE BONEYARD THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ANDY HASSER.
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, HE THOUGHT IT, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GRAY NAME AND I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO.
AND IT REFERENCE RELATES TO A SKATE MOVE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS HERE IS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD SWITCH HORSES ON PARK NAMES MIDSTREAM.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD POLICY OR WHAT OTHER PARKS, WHAT OTHER FACILITIES ARE GONNA GO AND RENAME AND FOR WHAT REASON? WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? AND I'D LIKE TO ADD, IF WE'RE GONNA NAME IT AFTER A PERSON, NAME IT AFTER CLINTON HALEY, NAME IT.
AFTER GRANT MIGUEL, WE NAME IT AFTER CLINTON, HALEY HAS DONE MORE FOR THE BUILDING OF SKATE PARKS IN THE METROPLEX THAN ANY OTHER PERSON I'VE MET.
AND IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL WITHOUT HIM.
DON'T I HAVE SOME PEOPLE ASKING YOU IF THEY SHOULD NAME IT AFTER ME? I DON'T WANT IT NAMED AFTER ME.
I DON'T WANT ANYTHING NAMED AFTER ME.
I GET, THEY GAVE ME, I LOVE THIS, THIS ALL THE THINGS YOU GET, YOU GET, YOU KNOW, IT IS, YOU THROW ON SOMETHING, THEY GIVE YOU STUFF.
IT SAYS GARLAND'S RICH AUBURN GARLAND'S, SKATE PARK HERO.
I, WE DON'T NEED, I DON'T NEED MONUMENTS.
OTHER PEOPLE DON'T NEED MONUMENTS TO THEIR LEGACY.
AND FINALLY, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS HERE OTHER THAN HAVING A COMMER PARK.
WE HAVE, YOU HAVE A PLAQUE, YOU HAVE A FEATURE.
IF YOU HAD SIGNATURE MOVES, LET'S DESIGN SOMETHING THAT, THAT TELLS THAT STORY.
LET'S DESIGN SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO REPLICATE THAT MOVE OR THAT CREATES A, A MEMORIAL.
THE PARK HAS OVER 70 DISTINCT FEATURES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND NAME ONE AFTER HIM.
BETTER YET, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A PERSON, AND I LEARNED THIS THIS EVENING AND IT'S VERY SAD AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT.
BUT HE, YOU KNOW, HERE HERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO DIED OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS WHAT I'M TOLD, WHICH IS HORRIBLE.
I WOULD RATHER SEE IF I WAS A PARENT, I'D RATHER SEE, I'D RATHER HAVE A FOUNDATION NAMED AFTER HIM TO HELP PEOPLE HELP SKATERS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES.
MY GOD, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU THE OPPOSITION THAT WE HAD INCLUDED FOLKS SAYING, WE DON'T WANT THESE DRUGGIE SKATERS HERE.
WE DON'T WANT WEED, WE DON'T WANT THIS, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THAT'S NOT WHO THIS SKATING COMMUNITY IS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING I WOULD ACTUALLY, SIR, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT BADMOUTHING ANYBODY, MAN.
SO IN ANY EVENT, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET THE MARSHALL HERE TO ESCORT YOU OUT.
LIKE EVERYBODY, THERE WAS NO DRUGS.
ALL I'M, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IF SOMEBODY DIED FROM GO TO WHATEVER IT WAS, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT WAS.
I DON'T CARE IF HE DIED OF CANCER.
LET'S HAVE A FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
LET'S HAVE SOMETHING, LET'S HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN DO SOME GOOD, RATHER THAN JUST BUILDING A MONUMENT TO SOMEBODY.
UM, WE, WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR TO ALLOW SOMEONE BECAUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS ALLOWED, MAYBE CAUSE OF THIS PREVIOUS CALL HERE.
AND MR. ROBIN, I THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THIS STATEMENT.
NO, I'M NOT GONNA TALK TO YOU.
YOU DON'T GET TO JUST INTERRUPT ME WHILE I'M USING.
YOU DON'T GET TO INTERRUPT ME.
I DON'T WANNA TALK TO ME AS REACH OUT TO ME AND TALK TO INTERRUPT YOU, SIR.
AND I'M TRYING TO COME TO YOU VERY APPRECIATIVELY.
THERE'S ANOTHER TIME THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
OH, WHY, WHY DID HE GET EXTRA TIME? IT'S
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NOT, CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND AS, AS A RESIDENT OF GARLAND, WHY I WAS NOT ALLOWED THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME PARTICIPATE AS HIM? NO.AND, AND I'LL DO SO, I MEAN, IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK 10 MINUTES, LET SPEAK.
BUT I, I WOULD ASK THAT I GET 10 MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I CAN SAY.
SO CAN I UNDER, CAN I, CAN I PLEASE ASK WHY, WHY WAS THIS GENTLEMAN AND MR. I DID THIS? THIS IS THE TIME.
BUT HERE'S, HERE'S THE QUESTION.
BUT THEN HERE'S THE QUESTION TO YOU.
I REACH OUT TO HIM AFTER, BUT HERE'S, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THANK YOU.
WHY CAN I HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP TALKING TO ME SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR MEETING.
WELL, I GONNA, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'M ON THE RECORD.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OUT IN THE HALL SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME OUT IN THE HALL AND TALK TO ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE A MEETING IN PROGRESS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
YOU ALLOW A SIR, WE GO OUT THE HALL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT.
AS LONG AS POTENTIALLY COMING BACK IN HERE.
REMIND YOU WHAT COME TO SPEAK IS AN OPTION.
THERE'S, LET'S, SPEAKER CARD YOU DIDN'T TAKE OFF THE TABLE.
WE HAD TO, I'LL, I'LL ENDURE THAT.
BUT, UH, THIS, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD.
BRYCE CAULFIELD, UH, SPEAKING ORAL AND SPEAKING FORM.
WAS THAT, WAS THAT YOU? THAT'S ME.
WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL, EVERYBODY SHOWING UP.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, JUST NEED, JUST NEED YOU TO STAND THERE, MR. SURE.
WOULD YOU CLOSE THE DOOR THERE? YES.
THE COMMITTEE HAS A PROPOSAL WE'RE FIXING TO GET TO.
WE'LL CALL A MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
AND WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE THAT'S, UH, BEEN STUDYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, MR. PERRY
SO WE'VE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER SOME NOTES AND THEN KIND OF, UH, WORKING, WORKING AMONGST OURSELVES.
AND, UM, THE, UM, SO, SO I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE NEED A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME IN ORDER TO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED TONIGHT TO, UH, FORMULATE A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE, UH, GARLAND PARKS NAMING, UH, POLICY.
AND THAT IT, WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TO HONOR THE, UH, THE MEMORY AND THE, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY AND THE SKATEBOARDING COMMUNITY OF, UH, MR. COMER.
AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU NEXT MONTH.
SO WE'RE MOVING INTO NEXT MEETING TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.
DO YOU, UM, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH, UH, STAFF? SO WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO PREPARE A PROPER RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN GOING ON GETTING INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, BUT, BUT WE'RE CLOSE, BUT WE WEREN'T CLOSE ENOUGH.
SO IT WOULD YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION BE TO, UH, TABLE THIS ISSUE TILL THE NEXT MEETING? YES.
WE TABLE THIS ISSUE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
SECOND, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU'LL BRING BACK, BRING BACK THE RECOMMENDATION FROM WORKING WITH THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
TABLE THE MOTION TO THE NEXT MEETING.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING AGAIN.
LET'S DON'T, LET'S DON'T GET ANYTHING GOING OUTSIDE.
HERE, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THAT GROUP OUT.
YEAH, PLEASE APPRECIATE THE PROBLEM,
YOU WANNA, YOU WANT FOLLOW? I'LL WAIT.
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GO.WE'RE, WE'RE THROUGH DISCUSSING THAT ONE FOR THE EVENING.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE TWO D, WHICH IS VERBAL BRIEFINGS.
DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS OF UPCOMING ITEMS TO BE ASSIGNED TO, UH, EACH SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND, UH, FOR A SECOND, WE'VE GONE OVER THE WORK OF, OF YOUR COMMITTEE, SIR.
AND THEN, UM, MR. CARNEY, YOU HAD, YOU HAD A, A COMMITTEE MEETING AND WHAT, UH, WHAT THINGS WERE YOU DISCUSSING? THE, UH, STANDARDS OF CARE WAS ALL WE HAD ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THE STANDARDS AND STANDARD CARE OF CARE.
AND WE, AND WE GOT THAT ISSUE WE RESOLVED THERE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTACK NEXT TIME? YOU, YOU HAD INDICATED THERE WERE SOME, UH, ISSUES OF SOME OF THE, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY NEED SOME UPDATING.
UH, I COULD DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON THAT AND COME BACK TO YOU.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA? THE VERBAL BRIEFINGS TO HAVE A, HAVE AN OPTION CASE DISCUSSING THE ITEMS ASSIGNED TO EACH COMMITTEE.
THAT GENESIS WAS TO, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE.
ME TO HAVE IT IN CASE WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IF I HAVE IT.
UH, WRITTEN BRIEFING IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND STUDIES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
IT'S DEPENDING ON WHAT QUESTION YOU HAD, MOST LIKELY WILL BE.
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UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY? IT'S NOT ON.
IT'S NOT ON, I I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS PART OF MY, UM, MONTHLY UPDATE.
IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.
I WOULD, I WOULD START, I WOULD START THIS WITH JUST A GENERIC, UM, ONCE MOVE THE FASTEST.
WELL, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT GOING ON, UM, BOTH IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SORRY, I, I MIGHT NEED TO SWITCH OVER TO, UH, A MICROPHONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I'M UP HERE.
THAT'S THE REASON I GOT THIS GOING.
WELL THEN I'LL SIT CLOSER TO YOU.
WE HAD JUST WOKE UP FROM A NAP.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M, I'M NOT MOVING CUZ I'M KEEPING THIS ALIVE CUZ WHEN IT GOES TO SLEEP, THE RECORDING STOPS.
I I DIDN'T GET THE MICROPHONE MEMO.
UM, WE, WE HAVE YOU, YOUR QUESTION WAS, WHAT'S MOVING THE FASTEST CURRENTLY? UM, YEAH.
WHETHER IT'S IN DESIGN OR COMING UP, UH, TO GO OUT THE BIDS.
THAT WAS WELL, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ON, UM, OUR, OUR PLAYGROUNDS GROUP THREE.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
WE HAD JUST BROKEN GROUND ON, UH, A FEW OTHERS.
UH, YARRO PARK, ARMSTRONG PARK.
UH, WE'RE WRAPPING UP, UH, CARTER SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
UH, WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND THE NEW SHADE STRUCTURE, UM, CENTER IN THIS, IN THE CENTER.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A SALE THAN IT WAS, THAN IT IS A YEAH.
AND SO, UM, AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION GOES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT GOING ON, UH, RECO AND PHASE ONE IS JUST ABOUT COMPLETE, UH, CODE IN PHASE TWO, THE PARKING LOT'S COMPLETE.
WELL, NOT THE PARKING LOT, THE SUB-BASE PREPARATION FOR THE PARKING LOT'S COMPLETE.
SO THE NEXT STAGE IS GETTING PAVING DOWN.
I KNOW WE'RE, UM, UH, IN A RACE TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE, UM, TOO LONG BEFORE.
CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE TENNIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY NEEDING A, A SOLID CONCRETE TO PARK ON AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, PLAYGROUND, UM, AT RICKEN PARK IS UNDERWAY.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT MOVING AND IT'S, IT'S ALL MOVING FAST.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW STARTING IN DESIGN.
UH, WE STARTED THE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE LU PARK OR REVITALIZATION PROJECT.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
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FUNDED PROJECTS THAT PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, IS OVERSEEING.UM, WE HAD, UH, A FIRST STAKEHOLDER MEETING, UH, COMPLETED.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING, UH, SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR, WHICH, UH, WILL BE, UH, ADVERTISED THROUGH OUR PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, SOON, AS SOON AS THOSE ARE SCHEDULED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THE BOARD'S TIME.
I'LL JUST, LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN GIMME A DATE, A YES OR NO.
UH, THE GAR SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT OFF TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BRING US BACK A PROPOSAL.
SO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT IS THAT WE'VE COMPILED ALL THE DATA AND THE CONSULTANT IS, UM, GET, IS BASICALLY COMPILING ALL OF THAT AND, AND GIVING IT BACK TO STAFF AT THIS POINT.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DELEE ON GETTING SOME DATES IN THE FUTURE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND, AND OTHER COMMISSIONS TO, UM, PRESENT THAT DATA.
AND SO THAT'S ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE, UH, FOR NEXT MONTH.
UH, SO WE'LL WE'D BE BACK, UH, FOR OUR PARK BOARD MEETING IN APRIL TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF, OF THOSE FINDINGS.
THE HOLLAH REC CENTER THAT SAYS CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE ON THIS? WELL, WE'RE IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF HOLLAH.
UM, SO THEY'RE, UH, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DEMOLITION AT THE MOMENT.
AND, UM, YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S VERY, AT THE VERY EARLY STAGES, THE LIBRARY THAT GOES ALONG WITH, IT'S NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW, BUT WE'RE, IS IT IN, UH, PROCESS? SO THEY'RE FINALIZING DESIGN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THAT STARTED IN CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY.
UM, BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO WORK THROUGH SOME DESIGN ISSUES AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING THOSE RESOLVED.
UH, THE HOFF UH, REC CENTER, UM, HAS IT COME DOWN YET? NOT YET, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
DELEE MAY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT'S RANDY DID? YEAH.
AND, UM, THEY, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AECOM IS WORKING, UM, ON THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
SHE'S STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT CONTRACT AND PROJECTED TIME BEFORE WE START TO HOPING FOR SPRING.
I DID SEE A BUNCH OF DUST OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT WAS JUST MATT'S GUY MOWING THE DUST.
UH, GRANGER GRANGER ANNEX, UH, RENOVATION, UM, IT SEEMS TO BEEN GOING AWFULLY SLOW.
IS IT UP? AND IF YOU YES, IF YOU GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL SEE SOME PROGRESS AND SEE SOME, AN ENVELOPE, MORE OF AN ENVELOPE.
AND SO INTERIOR WORKSHEET BE HAPPENING SOON.
THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE BACK OPEN IN AP LATE APRIL, EARLY MAY.
AND, UH, SERVING SWIM DESIGN PHASE IS UNDERWAY.
YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY, UM, WALKED THE SITE WITH THE CONSULTANT AND, UM, THE DEMOLITION FIRM, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SURVEY DATA AND OUR DEMOLITION PLANS, UH, PREPARED.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH DESIGN.
UH, CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON, UH, THOSE DEMOLITION PLANS FIRST.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EVOLVE THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING STAGES, WE'LL DEVELOP, UM, A MORE REFINED DESIGN.
BUT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE EARLY, UH, CONCEPT PHASES OF THE CONCEPT.
IS THE ENTIRE SERVING SWIM FACILITY GONNA BE GONE? START OVER AGAIN? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SITE.
INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS IN FRONT.
ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS A CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THAT AND AUT AUTOMO REC CENTER WITH YOUR NICE VEHICLE V AND OUT THERE? CERTAINLY, YES.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH HOW THOSE TWO FACILITIES WILL CONNECT IN ADDITION TO SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
AND I, I THINK, UH, ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON SURFACE SWIM THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW IN CASE YOU GET QUESTIONS.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO TRY TO DEMO IT THIS SUMMER.
UM, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR OPERATIONAL REPAIRS THAT NEED TO, TO BE MADE TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL FOR, FOR ONE MORE YEAR.
THAT WAS GONNA BE VERY, VERY COSTLY.
AND THAT COST OUTWEIGHED THE ABILITY FOR WHAT WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET.
WE BARELY GOT THROUGH THIS LAST SUMMER, UH, IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL WISE.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND OUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WAS IT WAS GONNA COST A LOT TO BE ABLE TO DEMO IT AND GET THE SITE SAFE AND THEN FENCED UNTIL CONSTRUCTION COULD START.
AND WE'D RATHER PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO AMENITIES WITHIN THE POOL.
IT'LL BE FENCED OFF LOCKED, WE'LL HAVE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS.
WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SIGNS THAT GO UP THAT SAY WHAT IS COMING.
UM, BUT THIS SUMMER IT WILL BE EMPTY.
UM, AND NOT IN USE AND STILL THERE.
SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, UH, WHAT THAT STORY IS IN CASE YOU GET, YOU GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT THERE WERE SOME, SOME WE, WE BARELY GOT THROUGH LAST TIME, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
AND THERE WERE SOME MAJOR THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE END
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OF THE YEAR THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO FIX.THAT'S VERY HELPFUL, ISN'T IT? YES, VERY ANSWER.
THE QUESTION ON SURFACE SWIM JUST CAME TO MY MIND.
SO IN SURFACE SWIM THERE WAS AN AREA CALLED WALLY'S COVE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FUNDED BY THE FAMILY.
A GUY THAT WORKED THERE, I GUESS A LOT VOLUNTEERED THERE.
DID THOSE KIND OF FEATURES GET CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEW DESIGN? YOU KNOW, DO WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, RE YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING TO THIS INDIVIDUAL? WELL, WALLY ACTUALLY WAS THE AQUATICS MANAGER.
SO HE HAD AQUATICS AND ATHLETICS, SO HE WAS ACTUALLY A STAFF MEMBER.
UM, AND THAT HAS NOT COME UP YET IN OUR, UM, DESIGN CONVERSATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A E T A FOR RICK ODEN? LIKE WITH ALL THE PHASES COMPLETED, UM, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE, WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING IN THIS YEAR.
ORIGINALLY WE HAD LOOKED AT, UH, JUNE.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A REALISTIC TARGET AT THIS POINT.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AND I WOULD SAY I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, EARLY FALL WOULD PROBABLY BE A LIKELY, UH, COMPLETION DATE.
UM, AND JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE FINISH PHASE TWO OF, OF RICK ODEN PARK, WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE SPLASH PAD.
AND SO, UM, VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WILL WE, WE WILL COME BACK IN AND START CONSTRUCTION AGAIN ON THE SPLASH PAD.
SO THERE MAY BE A, A BREAK THERE IN TERM IN TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING GOING ON.
BUT ONCE WE START CONSTRUCTION ON THE SPLASH PAD, IT'LL TAKE ITS TIME TO, TO GET COMPLETE SPLASH PAD'S GONNA BE IN PHASE TWO OR IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY ITS OWN PROJECT.
IT'S ANOTHER, UM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROJECT.
UH, LOCATION THOUGH NEAR THE CITY CENTER OR IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE, YEAH, JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE, JUST JUST EAST OF THE TENNIS CENTER.
ON THE HIGHER GROUND UP THERE.
WHAT ABOUT ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS? WHAT'S THE TENANT CENTER DONE? THE BOB DAYTON CENTER.
UH, COULD I GET YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER? SEAN WANTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU ABOUT THE INCIDENT BACK HERE OR WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE HERE.
WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON? THE CHAIR.
YOU CAN LOOK AT HIS FINGER GOING ON.
THAT'LL BE JUST WANTED TO CONTACT.
UM, I WAS GONNA AN ANSWER MR. AGUIRRE'S QUESTION ABOUT, UH, BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, WRAPPING UP DESIGN AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL KIND OF WEEKS OF GETTING OUR PLANS, UH, SET.
AND OUR TARGET DATE FOR BIDDING THE PROJECT IS JUNE.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THREE MONTHS.
UH, GIVE OR TAKE SOME, SOMETIME IN, UM, LATE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE A BID AWARD, UH, GOING TO COUNCIL.
UM, SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
I, I NOTICED FOUR, FOUR LETTERS THAT I LIKE REPEATED.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 TIMES HARPA MM-HMM.
UH, THAT'S, UH, THESE PROBABLY CAN'T DISCUSS THAT.
WHERE ARE WE WITH, WHERE IS, UH, LOTTIE WATSON IN ITS, UM, TIMELINE? ITS TIMELINE IS, IN FACT NEXT WEEK THE CONTRACTORS ARE, ARE PLANNING TO MOBILIZE AND START CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THE FOOT ALL COURT AND THE AREA AROUND THAT UNDER RECONSTRUCTION STARTING THIS WEEK.
UM, SO, AND THEN, SO THERE'S TWO CONTRACTORS.
WE, THE REASON I'M SAYING IT THAT WAY IS CAUSE WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTORS, ONE DOING THE FOOTS ALL COURT AND ONE DOING THE OVERALL PARK RENOVATION.
SO, UM, THEY'LL BE, THEY'RE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE PAST, SO THERE'S NO ISSUE.
AND, AND THOSE ARE SEPARATED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY.
SO, UM, BOTH INTEND TO START NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
ONE OF 'EM STARTS NEXT WEEK AND THE OTHER ONE STARTS THE WEEK AFTER.
SO, UM, WE HAVE JACK COLEMAN CENTER PART, NOW WE GOING TO BRING THE, THE JACK COLEMAN NAME OVER TO THE NEW TENNIS CENTER AND NAME A FEATURE AFTER HIM.
THE JACK COLEMAN CENTER WILL REMAIN AS JACK COLEMAN CENTER.
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NEW TENNIS CENTER IN TUCKER PARK WILL BE NAMED BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.BUT, BUT EVENTUALLY WILL THE 10, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS CENTER AND RICK OTON PARK WILL BE DIMINISHED, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, REMOVED.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT POTENTIAL USES.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF TAKING AWAY THE TENNIS CENTER, UM MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THE, THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE TENNIS CENTER, UM, WILL REMAIN.
UM, THERE MAY BE ASPECTS OF IT THAT, THAT CAN'T BE, UH, SALVAGED MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THE TENNIS COURTS WILL REMAIN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT REPURPOSING THOSE FOR, UM, OTHER POTENTIAL USES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL OR WHATEVER OPTIONS MAY COME UP.
UH, TUCKER TUCKER, BILL, UH, PLANS 90% SUBMITTAL THE WAY YOU SUBMISSION FOR THE 95% PLAN SET ARE, OR THE, HAVE YOU SEEN, HAVE YOU SEEN THE 95% PLANS SUBMITTED YET? BUT WE, WE DID REVIEW THE 90 AND WE HAD SOME, WE HAD SOME QUITE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY ON THE ARCHITECTURE SIDE OF THE, OF THE DESIGN.
AND SO WE, WHEN WE GET OUR PLANS SUBMITTED, WE CIRCULATE THEM AROUND TO ALL OF OUR, UM, RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT IT.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH, UM, OUR FACILITIES GROUP, OUR IT GROUP AND, UM, OUR, UM, UH, ENGINEERING GROUP TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME, SOME ISSUES THAT WE'RE JUST HAVING TO OVERCOME.
IT'S, IT'S A LARGE DEVELOPMENT, VERY COMPLEX, LOTS OF MOVING PARTS, AND WE'RE POTENTIALLY BRINGING IN FIBER OPTIC SERVICE FROM ACROSS HIGHWAY 66.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT ON GETTING THAT DONE.
LOGISTICS INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, WORKING THROUGH SECURITY CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE INSTALLED WITH OUR FACILITIES GROUP.
UH, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ALSO HAS THE ARCHITECT ON STAFF THAT'S HELPING US, UH, REVIEW THE, THE PRO SHOP PLANS.
UM, ENGINEERING IS LOOKING AT THE HYDRAULICS AND HYDROLOGY OF THE SITE BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE OF THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN THROUGH TUCKER HILL PARK.
AND SO WE'RE, UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT'S IN THERE WASN'T SIZED PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOW.
UH, A LOT OF IT CONTEMPLATED IN THE PAST WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, CONTEMPLATED A LESS, UH, OR MORE, MORE PERVIOUS SURFACE IN THE PARK.
SO NOW WE'RE INTRODUCING A LOT MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO TALK ABOUT STORMWATER DETENTION AND HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN.
SO IT'S A VERY COMPLEX KIND OF, IS THAT DRAINAGE GOING DOWN UNDERNEATH THE ALLEY? UH, GOING DOWNHILL FROM 66 AWAY? IS THAT WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS IT IT'S ALL GETTING CAPTURED IN THE PARK FOR THE THE HUNDRED? WELL, CURRENTLY IT IS, BUT EVEN WITH THE FULL DESIGN, IT WILL DO THE SAME.
WE'RE UPGRADING THE DRAINAGE INLET THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK TO MAKE SURE IT MANAGES THE, THE HUNDRED EUROTOP STORM FLOW.
THIS IS WORKING OUT AS I HOPE IT WILL BE.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN US JUST READING IT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US NOW AUMAN PARK PICNIC, UH, AREA PARKING IS THIS, AS THE ROAD GOES THROUGH, THIS IS GONNA BE A REDO OF THE ENTIRE ROAD FOR ONLY A PARKING AREAS.
ORIGINALLY SCOPED IT WAS GOING TO CONTEMPLATE REPAVING THE ENTIRE ROAD AS IT WENT DOWN TO DUCK CREEK.
SO IT'S CURRENTLY ON HOLD AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S FULLY DESIGNED AND WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE, UM, THAT ONE, THAT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A, AS A HIGH NEED.
THERE ARE JUST HIGHER NEEDS THAT CURRENTLY ARE EMPLOYEES AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.
LET'S, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MARKETING DIVISION UPDATE.
DO WE NEED, WE GOT THAT? SURE.
UM, AND THIS IS, I GUESS A QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS IN GENERAL, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING MOVE OFF RIGHT NOW, UM, HOW, WHAT DOES DESIGN LOOK LIKE? IS IT ONLY KIND OF LIKE THE IMAGE WORKSHOP TOPIC? IS IT ONLY DONE IN ONE LANGUAGE OR DO Y'ALL TRY TO YEAH.
HOW DOES, DO Y'ALL CONTRACT OUT FOR THE FIRM TO DO THE CONSULTING OR, UM, INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? HOW DOES THAT TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND, AND WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE THOSE IN PERSON AND THOSE WILL USUALLY BE IN THE, IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WE SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, JUST AS, AS THE MEETINGS ARE HELD.
WE DON'T HAVE TRANSLATORS NECESSARILY ON, UH, ON STAFF TO DO THAT.
BUT ANY PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE MADE
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OUT PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, WILL BE TRANSLATED IN SPANISH AND IN VIETNAMESE BE AVAILABLE IN THOSE LANGUAGES.SO THERE'S NOT REALLY METHODS OR Y'ALL DON'T REALLY PRACTICE WHERE Y'ALL GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET'S SAY SET UP A POP-UP BOOTH FOR THEM TO COME AND YOU KIND OF HAVE LIKE DISPLAY BOARDS OUT THERE.
UM, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THAT PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY LIKE IMMIGRANT, UM, MULTICULTURAL.
AND IT IS NOT COMMON FOR, IT'S NOT A COMMON THING TO HAVE REC CENTERS.
LIKE, THAT'S LIKE A REALLY NEW CONCEPT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
LIKE THE, AND SO HOW CAN WE ENGAGE THEM WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS OR THAT, HOW CAN THEY SUGGEST SOMETHING OR COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT IF THEY ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THAT.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LIKE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL RATHER THAN JUST WAITING FOR LETTERS TO COME BACK FOR RESPONSE THAT US GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY ASK OR WANT FURTHER ENGAGEMENT? THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND UM, THAT WILL TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO GET PEOPLE ON, ON THE TEAM TO, UM, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, TRANSLATING, YOU KNOW, UM, SERVICES, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR PRESENTATIONS, WHICH IS A, IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
WE, WE HOLD OUR, OUR MEETINGS IN PUBLIC SPACES AND WHEN WE ADVERTISE, WE DO ADVERTISE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER POPULATIONS THAT SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS AMONG STAFF TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO MAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EVENT PARK AND REC AND, UM, I THINK IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY OFFICE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE VERY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT LIKE THE VITAL VITALITY GRANT, THE GRANT MM-HMM.
LIKE THEY COME OUT OR THEY PUT OUT BOOTS AND I'VE SEEN THEM OUT TO OTHER EVENTS TO LIKE TRY TO GET INPUT IS THAT YOU NEED HARDSHIP IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING RESOURCE TO REALLY GO BE OUT THERE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT BETWEEN YOU Y'ALL TOO, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THAT LIKE THAT? WELL, SO I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, WE GO OUT, BUT WE DON'T DO POPUP EVENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS NECESSARILY FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
USUALLY OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT VENUES INCLUDE LIKE ONE OF OUR REC CENTERS OR A LIBRARY OR UM, LIKE A CITY FACILITY THAT, THAT THEY CAN COME TO.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE TARGETING A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A PARK PROJECT, USUALLY OUR, OUR REACH IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY GROUP IS A, IS A LOT MORE STRATEGIC AND TARGETED, UM, IN TERMS OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THEY MAY BE WANTING TO REVITALIZE A SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD AND TARGETING LIKE, UM, UH, NOT TARGETING, BUT LIKE ENGAGING WITH AN HOA PRESIDENT FOR THEIR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, USUALLY WHEN WE DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IT'S FOR A LARGER AREA.
AND SO, UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES OFFERED AND DURING THOSE MEETINGS, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT KIND OF DEMAND YET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE ATTENDEES THAT DO COME TO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, WE HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY ENCOUNTERED, AND I DO A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.
I HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR INDIVIDUALS EVEN THAT, UH, COME TO THE MEETINGS THAT, UM, ARE NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
UH, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ISN'T A NEED TO DO THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT JUST BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE.
BUT THAT, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE.
BUT, AND I'LL ALSO ADD, WE, WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS REDEVELOPING AND IN TARGETING, TARGETING'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THERE.
AND A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THE, IS THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT LOU HUFF PARK AND WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARK AND THE HISTORY OF THAT PARK ARE GONNA BRING THE SAME THING THAT WE ENJOYS.
TUBERVILLE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CAUSE THAT'S A LARGER REGIONAL PARK THAT HAS A DIFFERENT USE TO IT.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WHEN WE'RE REDEVELOPING, WE DO A LOT OF WORK TO WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THOSE PARKS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR BUY-IN, TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO TO HELP DRIVE WHAT THOSE DESIGNS ARE.
DOES THAT HELP? YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OR REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW
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CAN WE ENGAGE ESPECIALLY WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT TO SAY NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW ALL OF EMRY AND IT IS, A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY SPANISH SPEAKING.AND SO YOU SAY THE ONES THAT DON'T COME, THAT COME TO THE MEETING, DON'T ASK FOR IT.
BUT THEN WE NEED TO THINK WHY AREN'T THEY COMING TO THE MEETING AND IS IT BECAUSE WE ARE CREATING A BARRIER UNINTENTIONALLY? UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT A CULTURAL THING, UM, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN.
AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE, IT'S NOT, IT'S ONLY GONNA BE ENGLISH, THEN WHY COME IF THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A TRANSLATOR, UM, OR SOME MATERIALS IN SPANISH FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO REALLY ENGAGE IN.
IS THERE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? UH, WE, WE WENT DEEP INTO SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
WE'RE, WE'RE BEHIND ON CATCHING UP ON THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO AFTER MISSED ONE MEETING LAST AND HOPEFULLY WE CUTTING THIS DOWN LITTLE, THIS ORGANIZATION OR THIS, THIS MEETING.
BUT, UH, UH, THINGS, THINGS WENT, THINGS WENT WAY TOO FAR, UH, IN THIS THING.
MR. COLONEL, I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
AND THEN MAC COULD HELP ME WITH THIS AND WHAT JERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHEN I FIRST GOT THIS BOOK, I READ THE WHOLE BOOK, LOOKED THROUGH IT ALL AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE PROBABLY SHOULD UPDATE.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT IT SAYS YOU CAN'T CAMP OVERNIGHT IN THE PARK AND WE'VE HAD TENTS POPPING UP AT THE BALL FIELDS.
I'M GUESSING THERE ON HOW IS THE PEOPLE YES.
OF THAT, UH, HAVE POPPING UP MM-HMM.
UM, AND WE HADN'T CALLED THE POLICE.
CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEN THEY LEAVE.
BUT ARE THEY, CAN THEY ENFORCE THAT ANYMORE? UH, YES.
AND THAT'S AT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY A NEW STATE WALL, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS PASSED.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN, IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SOME SIGNS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT INTO SOME PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE HAVE ISSUES.
UM, IF YOU SEE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AND WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOME HOMELESS TASK FORCE, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE AND PD.
SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, UH, SHOULD BE A TEXT AND WE ARE VERY, VERY QUICK TO RESPOND TO THOSE ISSUES.
I KNOW HOW A CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ONCE WHEN WE, THIS IS BEEN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, HE SAID IF THE CITY DOESN'T OFFER HOMELESS SHELTERS, YOU CAN'T STOP THEM FROM SLEEPING ANYWHERE THEY WANT.
YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM FROM, UM, SLEEPING DURING THE DAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE NEW STATE LAW, YOU CANNOT PHYSICALLY PUT A 10 UP OR A STRUCTURE, UH, WITHIN A PUBLIC SPACE AND STAY THE NIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN USE TO DO.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, STORE STUFF.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, TO GATHER BELONGINGS.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY MORE OF THAT, UM, BY STATE LAW.
AND SO WE CAN USE THAT TO ENFORCE IT, BUT WE CANNOT ENFORCE SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO, TO LAY DOWN ON A BLEACHER AND DURING THE DAY AND, AND SLEEP.
UH, WE'RE THERE'S NOTHING, OUR HANDS ARE KIND OF TIED THERE.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'VE, UH, GONE ABOUT FAR ENOUGH FOR THIS, THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ENDURING THIS.
UH, WE RECORD HIM BACK, BACK TO THIS GROUP AND KEEP IT HERE.
UH, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, MR. CALL AT, UH, EIGHT FORTY FOUR THIS EVENING? THAT THE, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.