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UM, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD, AND I'M CALLING THE MEETING[Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on May 3, 2023. ]
OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO ORDER.SO NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE MINUTES OF
A MOTION IS MADE BY, UM, DAVID PARRISH.
DO I WANT A SECOND? I WOULD SAY, UM, I'M GONNA GIVE THE SECOND TO KENYA.
SO, AND THIRD ONE IS, NOW THAT WE'VE CONVENED THIS MEETING, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING.
SO THERE IS, UM, ON, UH, ITEM TWO A CONSIDER A PARKS AND, UM, PARK TOUR ON JUNE 17TH IN LIEU OF THE JUNE MEETING.
SO I DID TALK TO JERRY AND JUNE 17TH WAS A, A GOOD WEEKEND FOR HIM.
UH, THAT'S ALSO THE SAME DATE AS THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
UH, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO, TO MOVE INTO THE TOUR, WE COULD, UM, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE DID A TOUR LAST YEAR.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY NEW COOL NEW THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO SEE.
UM, SO IT'D BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION, I THINK, TO BE ABLE, IF IT WORKS FOR YOU ALL ON THAT DATE, WE CAN DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST TIME.
WE CAN MEET AT PARK ADMIN, HAVE SOME DONUTS AND COFFEE, UH, DRIVE AROUND C THREE.
I WOULDN'T DO MORE THAN FOUR SITES, OTHERWISE A DAY CAN GET REALLY, REALLY LONG.
UM, HAVE YOU BACK AT A A, A DECENT HOUR.
UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD JUST NEED IS, IS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOME THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE.
UM, DAVID, I KNOW HOLLOW BALL'S HIGH ON YOUR LIST.
THAT'S ONE THAT I THINK WOULD BE WORTH SEEING.
THERE'S PHASE TWO OF RICK OIN THAT'S HAS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON IT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO EITHER EMBRY OR LONGWIN.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.
UM, BUT ONE OF THOSE TWO THAT, THAT HAS A SPLASH PAD COMING ALONG.
UM, AND THAT'S MIGHT BE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TIME FOR, BUT I'LL HAPPY TO, FIRST OF ALL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WANNA DO AND IS THAT DATE WORK AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT POSSIBLE LOCATIONS AND THEN WE CAN SET IT UP FROM THERE.
SO YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS, I DON'T THINK, RIGHT? FOR THE TOUR? ANYTHING IN JUNE? WELL, I, I WOULD BE OUT OF THE BOARD, BUT I RIGHT.
IF I'M AROUND PLEASE, I CAN BE INVITED.
IS THAT WORK FOR YOU? WORKS FOR ME.
A A SATURDAY IS BEAUTIFUL TO ME.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LONG WIND.
UM, SO THE CHAIR IS PUTTING ONE LITTLE VOTE, ONE LITTLE HASH MARK OR, UM, YELLOW STICKIER, UM, LITTLE CIRCLE THING, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT.
SHE WOULD, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, BUT NOT OPPOSED TO AMBRY.
HOW, HOW FAR ALONG IS MONTGOMERY PARK? QUITE, QUITE A WAYS.
UM, THEY, THEY SET THE BATHROOM LAST WEEK, SO, AND THEN THERE'S A NEW PLAYGROUND.
SO MONTGOMERY, WE CAN ADD TO THE LIST THAT'S IN A DIRECTIONAL.
THERE'S NOT IN SAME PART OF TOWN, SO, UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH NEW AT AVALON EXCEPT FOR THE NEW PIER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, THE NEW INFLOW AND OUTFLOW IS KIND OF NOT EXCITING TO LOOK AT.
DID YOU THE ONE ON GUTHRIE THAT AON, YEAH.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT WE DON'T STOP, BUT WE DRIVE BY AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AT, UH, WATSON.
WHAT'S ON? IT'S A, WHAT'S UP WATSON? IT'S A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG CONSTRUCTION SITE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN KIND OF MAP IT OUT, WHERE IF THERE'S, AND FROM GOING FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER, WE DRIVE BY A SITE THAT IS WORTH JUST, WE MIGHT NOT GET OUT AND ACTUALLY WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT IT, BUT WE COULD DRIVE BY AND AT LEAST SEE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE COULD DRIVE BY HALL BALL TOO, BUT IT'S JUST A BIG PILE OF RUBBLE AND THAT PROBABLY WON'T EVEN BE THERE BY THEN.
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CLOSE TO THAT DRIVE BYAND IS THAT, WHAT'S, WHEN IS ANNEX SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY END OF MAY, WHAT I'M TOLD.
SO IT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE COULD SQUEEZE IN.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO I HAVE LAWN, WIND, HOLLOW BALL, MONTGOMERY FOR SURE.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TIME GO BY THE ANNEX.
DID THE JOHN PAUL TOO FAR? UH, WELL THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO SEE AT JOHN PAUL RIGHT NOW.
WELL JUST THINKING AHEAD MM-HMM.
YOU WANNA SEE A BEFORE? SO WE CAN, WELL NOT NECESSARILY BEFORE BUT NEXT YEAR TO EXPLAIN BETTER WHERE ALL THE CHANGES ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE.
TAKE PLACE, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, JUST IN CASE, IF IT'S NOT TOO FAR, IF WE'RE, UM, MEETING BEFOREHAND AT THE PARK OFFICE, CAN WE LIKE SEE A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO GO? AND, AND IF IT NEEDS A DESCRIPTION ABOUT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN HERE, HERE, AND HERE.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
WE CAN HAVE A PACKET OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, OKAY.
INFORMATION TO IT THAT YOU GUYS CAN LOOK THROUGH AS WE'RE GOING IN BETWEEN SITES.
SO I, I, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED A RECOMMENDATION AND A MOTION AND A VOTE.
DOES SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? UM, KENYA? NO.
HAVE A LIST OF RIGHT TO BE DETERMINED.
DO WE NEED TO SAY WHAT TIME OR ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU JUST NEED MORNING
I, I'VE ROOTED FOR SEVEN BEFORE, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS, IT'S USUALLY FALLS AROUND NINE, I THINK.
BUT, SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE A PART TWO ON JUNE 17TH IN LIEU OF THE JUNE REGULAR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING MADE BY KENYA.
UM, SO, UH, DO I, I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY DAVID MOREHEAD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY, ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE, WE DON'T MEET IN JULY.
IS THERE ANYTHING COMING UP THAT NO.
I SPOKE WITH KEITH AND, AND DE LEE AND EVERYBODY AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S PRESSING UNTIL FALL, SO THIS WORKS OUT AT A, AT A REALLY GOOD TIME.
MAKE A NOTE OF JUNE 17TH IN LIEU OF JUNE, WHATEVER THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JUNE IS.
AND, AND I WILL ADD, WE'LL DO WITHIN IN YOUR PACKET, WE'LL STILL DO A WRITTEN BRIEFING LIKE WE DO MOST MONTHS.
SO THAT KIND OF UPDATES YOU ON THE HIGH POINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S MOVED TO JUNE 17TH? YEAH.
THE FIRST, FIRST PART, YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A OVERVIEW OF WHAT PARTS IS ALL ABOUT AND SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE WERE SEVERAL I ON BOARD.
UM, SO BACK TO BACK WITH THAT IS CONSIDERING CANCELING THE JULY REGULAR PARKS BOARD AND RECREATION MEETING.
UH, IS IT FALLING ON JULY 4TH OR SOMETHING? IT'S THE DAY AFTER STAFF.
I DO WANNA GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT.
WE NORMALLY DI DIDN'T MEET THAT FIRST WEEK OF JULY BECAUSE WE USED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY FOURTH FEST.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A, UM, BIG ENDEAVOR THAT HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEER PRESENTATION AND IT WAS DOWNTOWN, SO IT WAS REALLY KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE, IMPRACTICAL.
AND WE WERE, UM, DOING OTHER THINGS IN JULY.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT INITIALLY INITIALLY STARTED.
AND IT WILL BE TWO WEEKS AFTER WE WOULD'VE MET IN JULY, OR I MEAN JUNE, JUNE 17TH.
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SO, UM, I NEED A RECOMMENDATION IF I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION,DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I I JUST MEANT IT'S, UM, YOU'RE VERY HELPFUL FOR BRINGING HIM.
IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER END OF TOWN.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT? ALL THIS IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CONSIDER AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE TEXAS FOR THE HARBOR POINT SHORELINE TRAIL.
UM, ZIAD, YOU, THANK YOU FOR DRESSING FOR THE MEETING
JUST FOR, I LIKE THE REST OF THE STAFF.
IS THERE A TIE THAT'S MISSING?
I'M JUST SAYING THE REST OF THE PEOPLE,
I WASN'T IN TOWN TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY TODAY, BUT I WAS THERE IN SPIRIT.
BUT YOU STILL GETS A T-SHIRT, RIGHT? HE DOES, BUT YOU STILL GET THE T-SHIRT.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT A VERY EXCITING PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY GARNER YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR GETTING A GRANT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S, THAT'S A VERY, UM, EXCITING GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UH, COMING THROUGH FROM TXDOT, UH, THAT ARE, IS GOING OUT TO ALL, ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND DIFFERENT CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND OF DIFFERENT VARIOUS SIZES ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THIS GRANT.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, IS TALK THROUGH, UM, THE PROJECT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, GET YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE PUBLIC ALSO, IF ANYBODY'S LISTENING, UH, IN GARLAND FROM THE CITIZENRY TO, UM, HELP THEM, UM, ALSO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL, UM, EXPRESSED THROUGH, UH, THEIR, THEIR PARK BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.
AND SO, UM, THE HARBOR POINT, SHO SHORELINE TRAIL IS A, IS A TRAIL THAT, UH, FOR ONE WE IDENTIFIED ON THE TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN AS A, AS A CRITICAL CONNECTION, UH, IS ALSO ON THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL VE WEB.
AND SO, UH, WHEN THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, WE AS STAFF, UH, MET INTERNALLY AND, AND ANALYZED SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE OR BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS GRANT.
UH, WE ALL ARRIVED AT THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR 'CAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT MET A LOT OF THE CRITERIA THAT TXDOT WAS LOOKING FOR, AND, UM, ALSO HAD, UH, A REALLY TRANS TRANSFORMATIVE ASPECT OF IT THAT WE FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY BENEFITS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO HAS A GREAT POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE HARBOR POINT DISTRICT.
UM, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO TALK THROUGH MY, OUR APPROACH ON, ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, UM, WE'RE IN THE, UH, SUPPORT GATHERING PHASE OF THE GRANT APPLICATION.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WRITING LETTERS TO, UH, ELECTED, UH, OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS, SENATORS, UH, ALSO WE'RE GETTING SUPPORT FROM CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE GETTING SUPPORT FROM, UM, UH, FROM TXDOT FROM, WE HAVE ALREADY NORTH CENTRAL OR NORTH TEXAS TOLL AUTHORITIES SUPPORT, UM, AND, UH, DALLAS COUNTY AND ALSO LOCAL, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, WHO ARE, WHO ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.
SO WE, WE PRESENTED THIS, UM, ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL THIS PAST MONDAY.
WE WANT TO COME, UM, UP IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND, AND TALK THROUGH THE PROJECT WITH YOU.
WE'RE ON A KIND OF A TIGHT TIMELINE, UH, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A FEW SLIDES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO GET THIS SUBMITTED IS THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.
SO WE ONLY HAVE LIKE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS LEFT TO GET THIS IN.
SO, UM, WE HAD TO KIND OF STRUCTURE IT THIS WAY AND IT JUST ENDED UP THAT THIS ENDED UP IN, IN COUNCIL'S, UM, AGENDA BEFORE THE PARK BOARDS, UH, JUST FROM SCHEDULING STANDPOINT.
AND SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A, A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE GRANT.
UM, THIS GRANT HAS TAKEN MANY FORMS OVER
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THE LAST 30 YEARS.UM, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ICE T OR T OR SAFETY, UM, MOST RECENTLY FAST ACT.
AND NOW THIS ONE IS COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, OR, YEAH, I THINK SO.
SO, UM, ALL IN ALL, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GETTING $250 MILLION.
UM, SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT WITH AS MUCH AS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING TO THIS GRANT, IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA GO PRETTY QUICK.
UH, BASED ON OUR POPULATION SIZE, UM, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT THE 200 MILLION, WE'RE GETTING 200 MILLION, WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR ROUGHLY 200 MILLION STATEWIDE FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES OF OUR SIZE.
AND SO APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION ARE GOING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE LESS THAN 200,000 IN POPULATION.
UM, JUST WANNA PAUSE HERE FOR A SECOND AND JUST REASON WHY WE NEEDED A FUNDING RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THIS IS THIS GONNA BE ON THEIR AGENDA IN A COUPLE WEEKS, UM, IS THAT IT'S A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FUNDING RESOLUTION THAT STATES, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY IS AWARDED THE GRANT, THEN THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS THAT IS THE LOCAL MATCH PORTION OF THE PROJECT, UM, TO, TO THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S A CRITICAL STEP IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY, UH, WE ARE QUALIFIED UNDER THE LARGE SCALE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY.
THERE'S FOUR, UH, TOTAL CATEGORIES.
AND SO, UM, AS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THAT CATEGORY WOULD RANGE FROM $5 MILLION IN SIZE TO $25 MILLION IN SIZE.
AND SO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ARE THESE REALLY LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE CITIES TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY.
AND SO MY, MY GUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HOPING TO GET FEWER LARGER PROJECTS TO HELP ALLOCATE THAT, THAT MONEY, THE 200 MILLION.
AND SO WHAT THEY'LL END UP WITH IS REALLY KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY SOLVING SOME, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY ISSUES OR GAP ISSUES, FILLING GAPS IN THE, IN THE NETWORK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE, THE US SENATORS AND, AND, AND REPRESENTATIVES ARE ABLE TO SEE THOSE FUNDS IN PLACE IN A, IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.
UM, AND SO, UH, ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP AT CITY COUNCIL THE OTHER DAY, UH, WAS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS TDCS.
UM, I DID RESEARCH AFTER, UM, THE COUNCILMAN ASKED ME THAT QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'D BE ABLE TO USE TDCS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND, UM, I I, I SAID NO, AND I, I KNEW THAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
AND FOLLOWING UP, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL AFTER RESEARCHING IS THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE FOR THIS GRANT, TDCS ARE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 200,000 IN POPULATION AND FEWER.
AND SO TDC TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDIT, AND A LOT OF TIMES, SO THOSE CAN BE USED IN LIEU OF FUNDS LIKE CASH.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE, UM, CREDITS VERSUS MONEY.
AND SO THEY, YOU CAN, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW CREDITS CAN BE OBTAINED.
UH, I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT, UM, LIKE USING MILEAGE, IT'S, I I WOULD MAYBE EQUATE IT SIMILAR TO THAT.
I, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE OBTAINED, BUT, UM, YEAH, THOSE CAN BE USED BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A, A MONETARY VALUE.
AND SO ARE YOU CONSIDERED A TRANSIT AGENCY,
WE ARE IN A T M A, WHICH IS A
ANOTHER ACRONYM, UM, TRANSPORTATION METROPOLITAN AREA.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE D F W METROPLEX, WHICH IS MOST OF IT, IF IT'S A POPULATED CITIES IN THE T M A THAT REALLY REFERS TO AREAS.
IF YOU'RE NOT IN A T M A, THEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF AN URBANIZED AREA.
AND SO JUST TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE GRANT CATEGORIES, THERE'S COMMUNITY BASED LARGE SCALE NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS AND NON INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE LARGE SCALE.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM IT SAYS, REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL TRANSFORMATIVE ELEMENTS NARRATIVE.
AND SO, LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE, WHICH I BELIEVE OUR PROJECT IS JUST THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY UNDER THESE CATEGORIES, PROJECTS SUCH
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AS, YOU KNOW, LONG DISTANCE, UH, ACTIVE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SHARED USE, PASS ALONG RAILS, UM, REMOVING BARRIERS, YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE AREA WIDE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO MAKE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE US COMPLIANT WITH, UM, AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT.
UM, AND THEN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CONNECTING TO INTERMODAL HUBS SUCH AS, UM, RAIL STATIONS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THIS IS, AGAIN, VERY EXCITING.
AND SO WHAT I AM GONNA HIGHLIGHT ARE THE LIMITS.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE PIN ON THIS SIDE JUST WEST OF, UM, PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC, UH, ON ZION ROAD.
AND SO MY CURSOR JUST DISAPPEARED.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS START THE TRAIL THERE AND, AND KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR TRAILS AND BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN, GO UNDERNEATH THE, THE TURNPIKE THROUGH JOHN PAUL JONES PARK ALONG THE TAKE AREA.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET JUST TO NORTH OF I 30, IT'LL TRANSITION TO A BOARDWALK THAT WILL GO UNDERNEATH I 30 AND WRAP AROUND HARBOR POINT AND THEN COME UP TO A PARKING LOT THAT WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE RESTAURANTS, UH, AT THE HARBOR POINT DISTRICT.
AND SO THE YELLOW LINE REPRESENTS THE BOARDWALK, AND THE INTENTION IS THAT IT'LL BE A CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, BOARDWALK VARIABLE IN WIDTH TO ALLOW, UM, MULTIMODAL TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON BIKES AND, AND WALKING, BUT ALSO ALLOW AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UM, WIDER AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GATHER AND LINGER AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE PICTURES AND REST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, EAT, EAT AT THE RESTAURANT AND THEN COME DOWN AND ENJOY THE LAKE, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO THIS IS SORT OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE CONCEPTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'LL BE VARIABLE IN WIDTH IN SOME AREAS.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE WHOLE THING BEING, YOU KNOW, 25 FEET WIDE, BUT WE'LL WANT TO DO IT STRATEGICALLY SO THAT IT'S KIND OF A, CREATING AN EXPERIENCE ALONG THE LAKE.
SO, UM, THIS IS AN INSPIRATIONAL PRECEDENT THAT EXISTS TODAY IN AUSTIN.
UM, THEY HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, OR NOT PROBLEMS, BUT SIMILAR ISSUES IN ALIGNING THEIR TRAIL ALONG THE LAKE.
UM, THIS IS LADYBIRD JOHNSON LAKE JUST AT SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.
AND, UM, SO THEY HAVE, ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF THE LAKE, THEY HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BUILT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE SHORELINE.
SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE A TRAIL CONNECTION THROUGH THERE.
SO THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO TAKE THE TRAIL OUT INTO THE LAKE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS IN CONCEPT, UH, CONCRETE COLUMNS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE LAKE BOTTOM, UH, CONCRETE BOARDWALK WITH RAILINGS AND, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE IT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE TO KINDA LINGER AND, AND ALSO MAKE, MAKE CONNECTIONS ON, ON THEIR BIKES AND, AND, UM, AND WALKING.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS IDEA.
IT'S A REALLY INSPIRING PROJECT AND I THINK IT'LL LOOK AND FEEL AND CREATE A REALLY AWESOME EXPERIENCE AT HARBOR POINT.
AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER CONCEPTUAL EXHIBIT OF WHERE THAT WOULD CONNECT INTO THE ZION ROAD, UM, CUL-DE-SAC.
SO IT'LL, WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY, UM, AUTHORITY TO ALIGN A TRAIL UNDERNEATH HERE.
SO ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CRITERIA ON THE GRANT IS THE PROJECT READINESS.
AND SO THIS KIND OF HELPS US GET, UM, GET THAT PART OF THE APPLICATION SECURED IS, IS IT BEING READY TO GO? SO THIS IS A, A CONCEPTUAL CROSS SECTION OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
YOU KNOW, THE COLUMNS WILL GO IN, OBVIOUSLY INTO THE WATER, INTO THE LAKE BOTTOM, AND HERE'S THE EXISTING SEA WALL THAT YOU'D FIND AT, YOU KNOW, HARBOR POINT LIGHTING WOULD BE INCLUDED.
UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING ONE WIDTH, BUT IT SAYS UNDERNEATH HERE, 14 TO 25 FEET.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT,
SO, SO AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT OF THE BOARDWALK, WILL THAT BE LIKE ABOVE THE HUNDRED YEAR OR 500 YEAR? YEAH, SO CITY OF DALLAS HAS REQUIREMENTS THAT, SO RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE, UH, WATER SURFACE ELEVATION FOR LAKEWOOD HUBBARD'S 4 35 0.5, SO THEY'LL REQUIRE ANY STRUCTURE.
SO LIKE THE LOW CORD OF THE BEAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRAIL WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST TWO FEET ABOVE THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 4 30, 7 0.5 MINIMUM TO BE THE LOW COURT OF OUR, OF OUR BEAMS, UM, TO ALLOW FOR, TO ALLOW FOR FLOODING AND ALL THAT.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK ALL THAT OUT WITH CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY'RE ALL VERY, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING THEIR LETTER OF SUPPORT ANY DAY NOW.
SO THIS IS A TWO, UH, TWO STEP APPLICATION PROCESS.
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WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE FIRST STEP, HAD OUR INTERVIEW WITH TXDOT, KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE PRO UH, THE PROJECT WITH THEM.UM, AND ESSENTIALLY ANY AGENCY WHO THEY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANY MAJOR OBSTACLES IS GONNA MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH IS THE DETAILED APPLICATION.
UM, I'M TOLD THAT THERE ARE O OVER 300, UM, AGENCIES APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT, AND SO IT'S LIKELY GONNA BE VERY COMPETITIVE.
UM, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE A, A VERY STRONG, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AND A VERY STRONG CONTENDER FOR, FOR THE GRANT.
AND SO THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TIMELINE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED THE DETAIL APPLICATION, WHICH, UM, WE'RE IN NOW.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS TIMEFRAME RIGHT NOW.
OUR DEADLINE IS IS JUNE 5TH, BUT WE'RE LIKELY GONNA HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN SUBMIT ABOUT A WEEK IN ADVANCE.
WE REALLY DON'T WANNA PUSH IT, AND THEN IT'LL TAKE THEM SEVERAL MONTHS TO REVIEW.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS OCTOBER FOR A NOTIFICATION OF AWARD.
DOES THIS REQUIRE A FEDERAL REVIEW? UH, T TDOT IS DOING THE REVIEW FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THE CRITERIA IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ADDRESS IN, IN OUR NARRATIVE AND OUR EXHIBITS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE PART OF THIS.
SO WE'RE THE MAIN, THE MAIN CATEGORIES, THE HEAVIEST WEIGHTED CATEGORIES ARE SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY, AND PROJECT READINESS.
AND SO THOSE ARE, UM, THE MAIN CATEGORIES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S THIS TRANSFORM TRANSFORMATIONAL ELEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED THAT I THINK WILL ESSENTIALLY SET APART, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WINNING PROJECTS FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY BE GREAT, BUT MAY NOT HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF, UM, ELEMENT TO IT.
AND SO THERE'S ALSO A COMPONENT OF GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PLANNING.
A LOT OF THE GEO THE GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY IS GONNA BE AN ANALYSIS DONE BY TEXT DOT STAFF.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE KIND OF DOING AS A CITY STAFF IS JUST GARNERING ALL THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WHAT DOES GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY MEAN? SO THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT, IT, UM, IS RESOLVING, UM, BASICALLY CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY ISSUES FOR POPULATION THAT OKAY.
IS IN GREATER NEED OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE KIND OF FACILITIES.
AND SO THIS IS A KIND OF A WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THESE CATEGORIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE 25% FOR ALL THESE TOP THREE CATEGORIES, AND THEN GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND THEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT ARE WEIGHTED SLIGHTLY LESS.
SO THIS IS THE SAME SLIDESHOW I USED FOR CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS OUR MEETING, UM, WITH YOU PRESENTING THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO GET, UM, OUR FUNDING RESOLUTION FROM CITY COUNCIL, UH, ON THE 17TH.
AND THEN, UM, LAST MONTH WE STARTED GETTING LETTERS OF, OF SUPPORT ALREADY, AND WE'RE GETTING MORE THIS MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET EVERYTHING IN BY MID-MAY SO THAT WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN HAND, UM, TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, AS I MENTIONED THAT TEXDOT WILL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THAT AND, UM, PROJECT SELECTION IS, IS MADE BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
SO ALL OF OUR LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE ADDRESSED TO THE DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR TXDOT.
UM, AND SO THE TDOT DISTRICT ENGINEER WILL BE THE ONE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS TO WHICH PROJECTS TO ADVANCE.
AND SO ULTIMATELY THOUGH THAT DECISION COMES FROM THE COMMISSION, BUT THEY WILL, THEY'LL RELY HEAVILY ON TECH DOT'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE ARE PLEADING TO TDOT FOR OUR PROJECT.
UM, AND SO, UH, YEAH, OCTOBER NOTIFICATION OF AWARD, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION HAS TO BE INITIATED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE COMMISSION AWARD.
SO THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS GET DONE IN, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND, UH, 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THESE GRANTS THAT PROJECTS SIT FOR TOO LONG.
UM, SO THAT IS, I DON'T THINK COSTS GO UP.
AND SO, YEAH, THEIR INTENTION IS TO GET EVERYTHING DESIGNED AND BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE MAP.
HOW MANY MILES IS THE TRAIL? IT'S ABOUT ONE AND THREE QUARTERS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY GARNER PUBLIC SUPPORT, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE IT ALREADY OR YOU NEED TO GATHER MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT, OR HOW, HOW DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? THE, THE MORE, THE MERRIER.
AND, AND NOW WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GARNER SUPPORT FROM PARKS BOARD, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY OTHER GROUPS OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, WORKED WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, THE GARLAND CHAMBER, CITY OF DALLAS,
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DALLAS COUNTY.WE'LL GET A, A LETTER FROM TXDOT, UH, AS WELL TO FORMALLY ALLOW US, YOU KNOW, TO CROSS UNDERNEATH THEIR HIGHWAY.
UM, THEN THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND STATE SENATORS AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
OH, IT'S, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS PART OF A LITTLE TOUR THAT WENT DOWN THERE.
THE BOARD WENT DOWN THERE AND WE, WE GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WE STOPPED, AND THEN WE WALKED AND THEY SAID, SO THIS GRASSY AREA, BASS POST HOP IS LOOKING ABOUT BUILDING A FACILITY HERE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CONCESSION TO DO THIS, AND THEN THE MARINA WILL RELOCATE TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THIS PASSAGEWAY THAT GOES UNDER I 30.
WELL, THIS IS PUTTING THIS INTO IT AND THEN CONNECTING IT TO THE OTHER TRAILS, WHICH IS, UM, REALLY HELPS TO SEE THAT.
BUT MAN, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN IDEA THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO US IN A WAY THAT WE CAN SEE IT.
AND I MEAN, IS ANYBODY NOT EXCITED,
UM, SO IT CONNECTS TO OTHER TRAILS, LIKE IT WILL.
AND SO ON THE WEST SIDE, WE HAVE A PLANNED ON STREET, UM, BIKE NETWORK PLANNED FOR ZION ROAD.
SO THAT'LL BE A SHARED USE LANE ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE IT TERMINATES.
IT'LL BE, IT'LL END UP BEING A TRAILHEAD OF SORTS SO THAT WE WILL, THIS PARKING LOT IS OWNED BY THE CITY, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES FOR A NICE TRAILHEAD, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF THIS I 30 EXPANSION, YOU KNOW, THEY, SO ONE THING I DID NOT MENTION, UM, IS THAT THERE'S A SHARED USE PATH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS I 30 EXTENSION.
AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY CURRENTLY BUILDING THAT.
AND SO THIS PROJECT WOULD CONNECT INTO THAT.
AND SO ONE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ASPECTS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT TECH'S ALWAYS LOOKING TO, TO FIND WAYS TO, FOR THEIR FACILITIES TO BE MAXIMIZED.
AND, AND THIS PROJECT EXTENDING THOSE TRAIL FACILITIES WILL IN, IN OUR OPINION, YOU KNOW, HELP OUR CASE EVEN FURTHER.
UM, BUT ALSO AS PART OF THAT EXPANSION PROJECT, THEY ARE GONNA BE REPLACING, UH, THIS ROADWAY THAT CROSSES, UM, UNDERNEATH I 30.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA DO WHAT THEY CALL FLIPPING THE STACKS.
TEXDOT WILL GO OVER BASS PRO DRIVE, AND SO BASS PRO DRIVE WILL HAVE, WILL GO UNDER I 30.
AND THEN AS PART OF THAT IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE INCLUDING, UM, TRAILS AND, AND BIKEWAY FACILITIES ALONGSIDE THAT FRONT, THAT FRONTAGE ROAD OR THE, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY OF, OF BASS PRO DRIVE.
AND SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 30, THE PROJECT LIMITS GO TO A STREET CALLED MARVIN LOVING.
AND THEN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS A PROJECT THAT REPLACES, UH, CHA HA ROAD DOWN TO THE LAKE THAT IT ALSO INCLUDES A TRAIL.
AND THEN WE HAVE A TRAIL PICKING UP AT THE END OF THAT CHA HA ROAD AND THEN GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND LAKE RAY HUBBARD, UH, TO, UH, END AT THIS PARKING LOT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S CURRENTLY A PARK LAKE RAY HUBBARD GREENBELT.
AND SO THAT PROJECT WILL START CONSTRUCTION, I'M TOLD NEXT YEAR, OR THIS, THIS YEAR, SOME, SOMETIME VERY SOON.
UM, I THINK THEY HAD SOME ISSUES GETTING DESIGN COMPLETED, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE WRAPPING THAT UP.
UM, AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF I 30 TEXDOT WILL GO SOME DISTANCE, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET.
I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, THEY WON'T BE GOING ALL THE WAY TO ZION ROAD.
UM, BUT THERE WILL BE A NEW ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME TRAIL FACILITY ON THIS, ON THIS NORTH PART OF I 30 AS WELL.
SO THOSE, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN, IN THIS AREA.
AND SO EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE SOME REALLY GREAT CONNECTIVITY.
YOU KNOW, AROUND ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRIAL TRAIL TRAIL TRAIL, UM, YOU, YOU SAY THAT IT'S GONNA BE USED FOR WALKING AND ALSO FOR BIKES MM-HMM.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE, THE MINIMUM, UH, TRAIL DIMENSION, THE, THE, THE, THE GUIDELINES OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ASH AASHTO ARE A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET MAXIMUM OF, UH, 14 FEET IN WIDTH FOR SHARED USE PATHS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY INSTALLING THE MAXIMUM, YOU KNOW, AND THE AASHTO RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS FOUR 14 FEET, UM, BUT ALSO EXTENDING, EXTENDING THAT TO UP TO 25 FEET FOR ADDITIONAL KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH,
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WE'LL HAVE ADEQUATE WIDTH FOR BOTH, YOU KNOW, USERS OF, OF THE FACILITY.SO THE 25 MILLION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT, OR WHAT NUMBER OF THAT IS, UH, BOARDWALK? PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS GONNA BE THE BOARDWALK.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, TOTAL, YOU KNOW, WITH PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS 25 MILLION.
UM, THE LOCAL MATCH, IT WILL BE 5 MILLION BEING 20% OF THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE GRANT, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT AND THEN GET REIMBURSED AS WE GO.
SO THIS WILL GO INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR SURE.
DID THEY DO IT BASED ON PERCENTAGE COMPLETION? YES.
BECAUSE I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN AND FOR THE TRAIL THAT WAS GOING AROUND THERE, THEY JUST ESTIMATED, HE JUST ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR 9 MILLION.
SO LIKE, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN, BUT IT TALKED ABOUT THE ACCESS PROBLEMS. MM-HMM.
AT, AT THE TIME THAT, UH, WE WERE CONTEMPLATING A CONNECTION, WE, WE WEREN'T, UM, LOOKING AS GRAND AS WE ARE NOW WITH THE BOARDWALK.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S MORE OF A POTENTIAL HERE FOR A LARGER, A LARGER VISION.
AND FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE EAST THAT ARE STUCK IN TRAFFIC, THEY CAN NOW STOP AND EXERCISE ON THEIR, BEFORE THEY GET TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.
OR THEY CAN WALK OR THEY CAN WALK OR THEY CAN, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'D HAVE TO BIKE.
THEY CAN, BECAUSE THIS TRAIL THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE TECH, THE I 30 EXPANSION WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO ROCKWALL.
AND WHERE'S IT START AT? 6 35 OR, UM, SO THERE, THIS WILL BE THE KIND OF THE END OF THEIR, THE TEXT DOTS SHARED USE PATH.
THEIR GOAL WAS TO CONNECT ROCKWALL AND GARLAND ACROSS THE LAKE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR BEYOND ROCKWELL THEY'RE TAKING IT, BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THOSE PLANS IN DETAIL.
I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE CONSTRUCTION WISE.
OH, HOW DOES A MAINTENANCE AFTERWARDS DOES, DO THEY CONTINUE
WELL, I, I GUESS I, I GUESS THIS IS MORE FOR A GENERAL QUESTION, BUT I GUESS AS WE ADD ON THESE TRAILS OR MORE PARKS, I ASSUME PART BEING IS BUDGET GETS BIGGER, THE REQUEST, MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP WITH IT.
THE REQUESTS ARE DEFINITELY THERE, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FUNDING IS ACTUALLY THERE.
IS IS KIND OF THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH WE GET FOR THESE NEW FACILITIES THAN JUST LIKE BUILDING NEW FACILITIES AND GETTING NEW STAFF.
MATT, MATT CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON, MATT'S WORKING ON GETTING THOSE BUDGET REQUESTS PREPARED AND THERE'S CERTAINLY A BIG REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE COMING IN PLACE.
WE CAN HAVE IT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED? NOT GROUNDBREAKING.
WHAT'S THE OPENING DAY? RIBBON CUTTING.
MAKE SURE IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THAT AFTER FIVE YEARS.
I USED TO JUST RUN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND HOUSES 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND A LONG ENOUGH TRAIL IN GARLAND
UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY AN ACCESS POINT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BASS PRO.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL WOULD BE, YES, TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY FROM THE PARKING LOT HAS, UH, AN EASY ACCESS TO THE BOARDWALK, BUT IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ONE PER RESTAURANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, IT, IT MAY END UP BEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE RESTAURANTS OR AT LEAST THE LANDOWNER TALK TO THEM.
MAYBE THEY CAN HELP OUT ALSO, RIGHT? FINANCIALLY OR MM-HMM.
IS THERE STILL A TIFF FOR BASS PRO OR THAT AREA? WHATEVER THAT I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STILL IN THAT TIF.
I MEAN, I KEEP SAYING BASS PRO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AREA, BUT THAT'S
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TRUE.ARE WE AT THE POINT FOR ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION? SORRY.
I BELIEVE THE, THE TIFF MAY BE EXPIRING SOON.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT IS THAT'S EXPIRING SOON.
UH, YES, I'M, I'M REQUESTING SUPPORT, UM, FORMAL SUPPORT BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR DON.
YOU WANNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, I RECOMMEND THAT WE SUPPORT THE HARBOR POINT SHORELINE PROJECT TRAILS.
ON THE RECORD WITH A, A STRONG THIRD GOING TO
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE WANT ONE OF THESE EVERY YEAR.
IS ANYBODY ELSE PRESENTING ANYTHING ELSE? UH, KEITH VERBAL BRIEFING FOR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
IT'S JUST AN INFORMATIONAL WHAT? NO, IT'S JUST, I'M COMING UP HERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM, BUT, BUT, UH, BUT THIS WAS MAINLY JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND UM, I TYPICALLY LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WE AS SUBMITTED OUR, OUR BUDGET REQUEST AND OUR NEXT STEP IS BASICALLY GOING TO THE CITY MANAGER REVIEW IN JUNE.
UH, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW OUR BUDGET PROCESS, UH, BASICALLY WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING IN.
1ST OF MAY, WE GO TO THE CITY MANAGER.
HE REVIEWS OUR CUT, UH, REQUESTS, MAKES CUTS, AND UH, AND THEN SUBMIT OUR REQUESTS IN AUGUST.
IT GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST.
THAT WEDNESDAY WE WILL GET COPIES AND IF IT'S FALLS WHEN THE COUNCIL IS FIRST AND THE PARK BOARD, I WILL HAVE COPIES AT THE PARK BOARD.
IF NOT, I WILL EMAIL THAT TO YOU.
WE WILL USUALLY DO OUR PRESENTATION THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.
WAIT, WAIT MONTH ARE WE IN? AUGUST.
I'M TRYING TO, AND THEN THE FIRST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER IS USUALLY WHEN THEY APPROVE THE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S TWO SPECIAL WORK SESSIONS.
SO THE THIRD WOULD PROBABLY BE AUGUST 20.
IT IS THE ONE, EXCUSE ME, IT WILL BE THE SECOND ONE.
WILL BE THE, IT'S THE ALL DAY SATURDAY PRESENTATION.
IS THAT LIKE A T-SHIRT WEARING? UM, NO BART BOARD MEMBER SUPPORT SHOWING TIME NOW? YES.
IT'S YOUR PARKS RECREATION SHIRT.
AND, UH, AND DEFINITELY TALKING TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFOREHAND.
'CAUSE WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE NEW FACILITIES COMING ON BOARD, UH, THAT WE NEED, UH, UH, STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS ON.
WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO GETTING ONE TIME MONEY.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ONGOING, THAT RECURRING EVERY YEAR.
SO WE KEEP ON ASKING FOR ONE TIME MONEY.
UH, SO WE'LL BE ASKING FOR A, A PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT THIS YEAR, BUT THAT MAY NOT GET TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT IS THAT WHAT PART OF THE BUDGET THAT HAD TO BE SUBMITTED? MAY THE FIRST.
AND THEN, SO WHEN ARE YOU GONNA GET A CHANCE TO SH UH, SHARE WHAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR 1ST OF AUGUST AFTER IT GOES THROUGH? 'CAUSE WHAT I, WHAT WE SUBMITTED WILL NOT BE WHAT IS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTING THEIRS.
AND I'VE HEARD THERE'S, 'CAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT.
AND THE CITY MANAGER BASICALLY HAVE A RETREAT WITH COUNCIL.
UH, HE WILL GET PRIORITIES WITH COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, AND THEN HE WILL DEVELOP HIS BUDGET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST 2ND BEING, UM, THE, YES.
YOU WILL GET YOUR, THE PRESENTATION ON AUGUST 2ND.
SO WHAT'S A RETREAT WITH COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER? UM, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ON THERE, BUT USUALLY
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WHEN YOU GOT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING, THEY USUALLY DO A RETREAT TO KIND OF GIVE A, YOU KNOW, UPDATE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT.AND THEN THEY, AND THE COUNCILMAN TOO.
BUT THEY USUALLY, UH, UH, ASK ABOUT BUDGET, KIND OF GIVING THEM THE, YOU KNOW, HOW THE BUDGET'S LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY GOT PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM THE CAD ALREADY.
UM, UH, THEY DON'T GET THE OFFICIAL ONES UNTIL JULY.
SO, UH, SO THEY HAVE SOME NUMBERS THEY CAN BASICALLY PROVIDE COUNSEL OF WHERE WE STAND SO FAR.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS LAST BOND THAT WE'RE FIXING, REPLACING THINGS THAT WEREN'T ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED OVER THE LAST 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 YEARS.
AND THAT KEEPING THINGS UP AND MAINTAINED IS, SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
I THINK THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID FOCUS ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SUBMITTAL IS LETTING THE CITY MANAGER KNOW HOW BAD IT IS AS FAR AS WHAT IS NOT BEING FUNDED.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE REQUEST THAT'S GOING FORWARD TO GIVE HIM A BIG PICTURE OF, OF OUR HIGH PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT GETTING DONE.
SO, AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS TIED DIRECTLY TO C I P PROJECTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIND OF JUST HIGH LEVEL RIGHT NOW WHERE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY, THAT'S HIGH PRIORITY ON OUR SIDE IS TYING THOSE NEEDS TO NEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED.
AND MOLLY, YOU WAS ASKING ABOUT PICTURES.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE BOARD, I ALWAYS ASK FOR PICTURES.
SO, UH, THE, UH, P M O OFFICE DID A, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS BASICALLY THEIR PRESENTATION IN A VIDEO FORMAT.
UH, WE WILL DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR PAPER-WISE FOR Y'ALL JUST ON THE PROJECTS.
AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEN WE WILL PROVIDE YOU SOMETHING.
BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A VISUAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT'S WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO MUSIC WITH PICTURES.
I GOT A BATHROOM ON BOTH SIDES.
OH WAIT, THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY IN MY DISTRICT TO GO SEE THE DINOSAURS.
IS THAT COMING IN OR GOING OUT?
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IF THIS ONE'S CLOSER.DOESN'T HAVE A PICTURE OF ALL OF THE TEMPORARY FENCING AROUND THERE.
DID HEATHER CRY? SHE WORKED THERE HER WHOLE CAREER SO FAR.
NOW WE EXPECT THIS EVERY MEETING.
KEITH, BEFORE YOU GO, UM, JUST QUESTION IN PERSON,
AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO MORE DECK ON THE, ON THE LAKE.
SO IT'S THAT GOING TO BE REVEALED.
THE FLOATING DOCK? YEAH, THE BOAT DOCK.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS PUT IN BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, THAT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DEVELOPER.
TALKING BEHIND, UH, UM, BEHIND BASS BRO.
BEHIND, BEHIND WHERE THE RESTAURANTS WERE.
THAT OLD AREA WHERE THE, THE BOATS COULD PULL UP.
IS THAT BEING OTHER STUFF? OTHER SIDE.
THAT, THAT WAS NOT OUR PROJECT.
THAT ALL BELONGED TO THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT OUT OF THERE.
AND IT IS NOW OUT OF THERE, OR AT LEAST THE PART THAT WAS BROKEN IS, IS OUT OF THERE.
SO ALL THOSE BOATS, THEY USED TO PARK THERE.
NOWHERE TO, NOWHERE TO PARK ANYMORE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS NEVER A CITY OF GARLAND PROJECT.
THAT WAS A DEVELOPER PROJECT AS PART OF THE OVERALL BASS PRO DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE, I WON'T GET INTO THE WEEDS ON IT, BUT THEY, THEY DROPPED THE BALL AND MAINTAINING IT AND REPAIRING IT, AND THEN THAT BIG WINDSTORM CAME AND BROKE A BUNCH OF IT APART.
UM, BUT WE HAD TO WORK WITH THEM TO PUSH THEM IN CERTAIN AREAS TO GET IT OUT OF THERE.
AND THEN THE PARTS THAT WERE BROKEN AND UNSAFE HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL EVER BE REPLACED.
KEITH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO HIGHLIGHT ON WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY PRESENTED IN THE PACKAGE? I WAS JUST GONNA ASK SINCE, SINCE THE SKATE PARK IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, IF, IF ANYBODY WANTED AN UPDATE ON THE NAMING OF THE SKATE PARK? SO, GREAT.
SO, UH, UH, MR. PARIS DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON MONDAY NIGHT, UM, PRESENTING AT COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS, UM, THERE WASN'T AS MUCH PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK THERE WAS THREE OR FOUR SPEAKERS.
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UM, AND THEN THE, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK, UH, MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PARKS BOARD, BUT TO REMOVE THE BONEYARD FROM THERE.SO NOW IT WILL BE THE, THE JOHN KUER SKATE PARK, JOHN COMER, SKATE PARK.
CAREFUL, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET US IN TROUBLE WITH COUNCIL.
NO, I'M GONNA GET US IN TROUBLE.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR FORMAL APPROVAL AND ADOPTION.
THAT'LL BE ON THE 16TH OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I GOT THE ORDINANCE BACK TODAY, SO IT'LL GO ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW.
AND THERE WAS, I HAD TO LEAVE AFTER I MADE MY PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT ON, UH, THE VIDEO AND, UH, WHEN THE, UH, COUNCIL KIND OF GAVE THEIR THUMBS UP CONSENSUS, ALL OF, UH, JOHN COMER'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WERE HERE CHEERED.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE MOMENT OF CELEBRATION.
SO FOR OUR GUEST, UH, GO UP, GO LOOK UP A GUY BY THE NAME OF JOHN COMER, AND A VIDEO BY THE NAME CALLED, UH, NEVER BEEN DONE.
AND WE, WE HAD A REQUEST TO RENAME OUR SKATE PARK FOR THIS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME FROM, UH, FROM GARLAND, WHO WAS THE FIRST SKATEBOARDER TO, UH, SKATE ON A PROSTHETIC LEG.
SO HE INSPIRED A WHOLE GENERATION OF NEW, UH, ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDERS.
I BELIEVE THE VIDEO WAS DONE BY TONY HAWKS.
IT WAS A, WELL, WELL, TONY HAWK MADE A LITTLE SHORT PRESENTATION ASKING GARLAND TO, TO CHANGE IT, THAT THIS WAS LIKE A DOCUMENTARY.
IT WAS DONE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO ABOUT JOHN COMER'S LIFE.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING CINCO DE MAYO AND CINCO DE MAYO MAY 5TH, OR IS THAT JUST A, IMAGINE THAT, UH, YES.
AND IT'S ALSO, UH, THERE'S VERY, VERY LITTLE, LITTLE CITY SUPPORT THIS YEAR.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE, OH, I SHOULD KNOW THIS.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AT A CITY PARK THIS YEAR.
IT'S AT, UM, LAKEWOOD, LAKEWOOD BREW.
I JUST THINK IT'S FUNNY GOING AROUND.
I THINK THE ONE ON LAKEWOOD'S ON SUNDAY IS ON, I DON'T KNOW, MESQUITE HAS HAVING CINCO DE MAYO.
IT'LL SAY CINCO DE MAYO MAY 6TH, AND I'M LIKE,
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, QUESTION I, I'VE READ IT THROUGH.
I, I, SORRY, I COULDN'T, MAYBE I DIDN'T READ IT RIGHT.
SO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RICK ODIN AND CENTRAL PARK, IS THAT THE TRAIL TRAIL? YES.
I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE PROJECTS IN THE, YEAH, THE CPI, C I PS UH, THAT PROJECT WOULD BE CALLED THE DUCK CREEK, UM, CENTRAL TRAIL.
IT'S LIKE DUCK CREEK, AUTOBAHN AND DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I PROBABLY JUST NEED TO ADD TO THE, UM, TO THE SUMMARY.
I WAS LIKE, I THINK IT'S MISSING.
HOW IS THAT GOING? UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEGMENT ONE COMPLETED, WHICH IS THE CONNECTION UNDERNEATH MILLER TORIC CODE AND PHASE ONE, UH, SEGMENT TWO IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE MATERIALS ON SITE, PART OF THE PHASE TWO PORT PORTION OF RICK ODEN PARK.
UM, SEGMENT THREE, WHICH IS THE PORTION THAT'S BETWEEN MILLER ROAD AND, AND CENTRAL PARK IS, UM, MAKING PROGRESS.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE, WITH THE RAILROAD COMPANY.
AND WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MADE SOME, WE'VE MADE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROCE PROGRESS WITH THEM.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH US ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF CONNECTION WILL BE, UH, ACCEPTABLE BY THE RAILROAD UNDERNEATH, UM, UNDERNEATH THEIR RAIL LINE AT DUCK CREEK AND WHERE GLENBROOK INTERSECT MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE ARRIVED AT A, A REASONABLE DESIGN SOLUTION.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE PURSUING THAT WITH THEM AND HOPEFULLY GETTING THE LETTER LIKE A ME, UH, ESSENTIALLY LIKE A MEMORANDUM OF, OF UNDERSTANDING IN PLACE SO THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN OUR CONTRACTOR IS APPLYING FOR THE PERMIT, THEY WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, UM, GETTING THEIR PERMIT.
SO WE ARE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME.
UH, THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAIL LINE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL LINE, AND SO THAT'S ALL BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST
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YEAR AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING IN PLACE WITH THE, WITH THE RAIL.AND SO THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE BEEN VERY PREOCCUPIED WITH THAT ACQUISITION.
AND NOW THAT THE ACQUISITION IS FINAL, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN AND, UM, THE STAFF THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE ESSENTIALLY TALKING TO US ABOUT A SOLUTION.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MAKING, WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
'CAUSE I THINK, OH, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
I SHOULD HAVE REPORTED IT BACK THEN, BUT HAS THE GRAFFITI UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR THE NEW PATHWAYS, HAS I BEEN REMOVED? OH, YEAH.
THAT, THAT WAS REMOVED A LONG TIME AGO.
I WAS LIKE, OH, I NEED TO, I NEED TO PUT A THREE ON ONE OR WHATEVER.
AND I WAS LIKE, I DID, WE, WE, WE KEEP UP ON THE GRAFFITI DOWN THERE QUITE REGULARLY.
I ALWAYS KEEP FOR, YEAH, I SHOULD DO IT, AND THEN I DID IT.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, I STILL, I'M TRYING TO LEARN WHAT I CAN SAY OR NOT SAY.
CAN YOU,
UM, I, I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 18TH FOR THE LOU HUFF PROJECT.
UH, IT JUST, JUST CAME OUT IN THE CITY PRESS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE IT IN THEIR MAILBOXES.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, SOLICIT FEEDBACK FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF LU HUFF PARK.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UM, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND, UM, ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE WILL, UM, HOLD OUR INITIAL PUBLIC MEETING, OUR OPEN PUBLIC MEETING, MAY 18TH AT GALE FIELDS RECREATION CENTER FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30.
UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL BE DOING A, UM, MORE TACTICAL STRATEGIC PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, UH, BRINGING THE, THE PLAY TRAILER, NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, THE LIBRARY GROUP TO THE RAINBOW ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHICH IS THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO LOU HUFF PARK, UM, AND THE MOST EASILY ACCESSED NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE PARK.
UM, UH, AND SO THAT'LL BE JUNE 1ST.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SIX O'CLOCK AS WELL START TIME.
AND SO WE WILL, UH, HAVE, UH, GAMES FOR THE KIDS AND, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING A SURVEY TO GET, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT DOOR HANGERS, UH, TO THOSE RESIDENTS, LIKE PROBABLY AROUND A WEEK OR SO IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.
UM, BUT WE INVITE YOU TO COME, UH, PLEASE TO THE, THE PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 18TH IF YOU'RE ABLE TO.
AGAIN, THAT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK AT GALE FIELDS'S RECREATION CENTER.
SO I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE CONNECTION UNDERNEATH GARLAND ROAD, BETWEEN SPRING CREEK TRAIL AND YES.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AROUND 30% COMPLETE WITH THAT DESIGN.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL ON DESIGN, STILL IN DESIGN.
I SAW A BUNCH OF STUFF IN THE OPEN AREA THERE BY THE BRIDGE, UH, THAT I THINK THAT'S PART OF A, UM, THEIR REPAINTING AND DOING SOME WORK ONTO THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
THAT WAS A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S AN ENGINEERING PROJECT OR A STREETS PROJECT? OH YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE ENGINEERING BRIN SAP, UH, PROGRAM THAT THEY DO.
THEY, THEY PICK CER CERTAIN NUMBER OF BRIDGES EVERY YEAR AND THEY DO REMEDIATIONS TO THOSE BRIDGES, BUT THAT'S NOT OURS.
I WISH WE WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE STILL IN DESIGN
AND THEN ONE MORE THING, UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE CLEANUP DUCK CREEK CLEANUP, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT? UM, WHAT DO THEY GET? WHAT DO THEY DO? ARE THEY ASSIGNED? CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THAT? YEAH, SO THIS IS OUR SECOND ANNUAL CLEANUP OF DUCK CREEK.
SO AFFECTIONATELY CALLED GET THE YUCK OUT OF THE DUCK.
UM, AND IF THE LINK IS ON THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE, OUR, THE GARLAND PARKS AND, AND REC SITE TOO, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER.
UH, I THINK WE ARE UP TO 164, UH, SIGNED UP.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO CAP IT AT ABOUT TWO 50.
UH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HIT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THAT WILL BE ON THE, OH, AWESOME.
MORNING OF WHEN IS THAT 13TH, MAY 13TH.
AND YOU JUST NEED TO SHOW UP, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE, WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR IT, YOU, YOU SIGN YOUR WAIVER.
UM, AND SO THEN YOU SIGN UP AND WE'LL HAVE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THERE FOR YOU TO GET INTO THE CREEK AND PICK UP TRASH.
SO IF YOU LIKE TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND GETTING WET BRAIN WADERS, UM, WE HAVE SPOTS FOR KAYAKS TO BE PUT IN IF YOU WANT TO USE KAYAKS.
UH, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL JUST BE WALKING THE TRAIL AND THEN WE WILL PICK A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT OF, OF, OF TRASH, UH, AND THEN HAVE LUNCH AND THINGS AFTER.
AND ACTUALLY THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE T-SHIRTS, UH, WE HAVE A SPONSOR FOR T-SHIRTS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE T-SHIRTS.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS A, AN ANNUAL THING.
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SO THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE DOING IT.WE PICKED UP ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF TONS LAST YEAR.
I'M HOPING TO DOUBLE IT THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME TO GET IN AND CLEAN A LOT OF THAT STUFF THAT COMES IN AFTER FLOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG DUCK CREEK.
IT'S ONLY ONE DAY, ONE VOLUNTEER DAY.
DID I GET WHAT YOU NEEDED? MM-HMM.
UM, IF, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE, ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA? YES.
AND IT'S BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO SOME CITIZENS AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET CORRECT INFORMATION THERE, I THINK TO HELP.
UM, DO Y'ALL DO LIKE STUDY CRIME REPORTS OF LIKE PARKS OR, UM, YES.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE IS, I WOULD SAY A, A, A, I DON'T KNOW, PREJUDICE VIEW, A, I DON'T KNOW A MYTH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A SKATE PARK, IT'S DANGEROUS AND I DON'T THINK THAT, BUT THERE'S THIS COMMONALITY LIKE, OH, THERE'S SKATERS OR UP TO NO GOOD WHATEVER.
AND I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME CRIME RATE AROUND THERE, THERE, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN WITH OR WITHOUT A SKATE PARK.
SO I, I THINK IT'D BE COOL IF LIKE PARK ROCK COULD DO MAYBE LIKE A MIDST OR TRUCE CAMPAIGN, JUST KIND OF, BUT EITHER WAY, SECURITY.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK? CRIME REPORTS IN OUR PARKS, I WOULD SAY SAFETY'S PROBABLY BETTER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY CITIZENS THAT ARE USING THE SKATE PARK.
WELL, AND THE, THE CITY DOES DO THE CRIME REPORTS, YOU KNOW, BY SECTOR.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF SECTORS, YOU GOTTA KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
BUT COMMUNITY, SO YOU COULD CAPTURE THAT PART OF IT.
COULD WE HIGHLIGHT THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING? YEAH, I, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHT THAT AND, AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF SCIENCE AROUND WHERE PARKS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BRING MORE PEOPLE AND INCREASE, UH, SAFETY AND, AND, AND DRIVE THAT KIND OF ELEMENT OUT, OUT.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR NEW PARKS, UM, HAVEN'T BEEN, I THINK, ACTIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BIG CHUNK OF INFORMATION THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO SHOW TRENDS.
UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT SECURITY OVERALL IN THE PARK.
UM, AUGUST MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT 'CAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE SOME BUDGET REQUESTS, UH, COMING FORTH THIS YEAR THAT HAVE SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT WHOLE CONCEPT.
SO I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT FOR SURE.
I KNOW AT OUR PARK WE'VE HAD LESS PROBLEMS WITH THE NEW BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, THE OLD BUILDING WE USED ALWAYS GET BROKE INTO DAMAGE TO IT.
THE NEW, UM, RESTROOM CONCESSION BUILDING.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT MORE SECURE.
IT DOESN'T GET MESSED WITH, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S BUILT.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE, YEAH, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS PAPER ABOUT CRIME ALONG TRAILS, YOU KNOW, AND I KIND OF POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THAT CRIME DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TRAILS.
THEY JUST, THE WAY THEY REPORTED THE CRIMES AND, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD JUST PICK UP ON THE, THE GENERALITIES AND, AND WANT TO MAKE THE WORST OF IT.
SO I THINK GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT IS IMPORTANT.
SO YEAH, WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD IN A FUTURE MEETING.
MOST MISCHIEVOUS KIDS ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, WHAT, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, UM, ADJOURN THE MEETING, BUT I HAVE HAD A REQUEST FROM, UM, KENYA TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING AND STOP THE RECORDING.
UM, AND LET HER HONOR HER REQUEST.