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OKAY.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, AUGUST 2ND,
[Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on August 2, 2023. ]
UH, 2023 MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND TO ORDER.I'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A, WE HAVE, DO HAVE A QUORUM FOR THE MEETING, SO I THINK WE WILL BE READY TO GET STARTED HERE.
FIRST THING, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 3RD, 2023 MEETING.
I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO STUDY THEM THOROUGHLY AND, UH, APPROVE.
UM, WHAT WAS THAT MOTION? MOTION TO SECOND.
WE HAVE A MO MOTION, UH, MADE BY MOLLY BISHOP.
DAVID, YOU, YOU GOT THAT LAST TIME I WAS HEARING YOU ON THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WE CALL FOR VOTE.
UH, LET THE RECORD, UH, UH, RECORD THAT THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
THE NEXT THING WE'LL DO IS GO TO ITEM THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND I, BEFORE I, BEFORE I GET STARTED, YES, THAT'S, SORRY, THAT'S WHERE I GET, I APOLOGIZE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP ME ON TRACK.
AND WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM TWO FOR US IS PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUESTS OVER HERE.
AND DO EITHER OF YOU WISH TO, UM, THROW YOUR 2 CENTS WORTH INTO WHATEVER'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND VISITING WITH US THIS EVENING.
NOW WE'LL GO TO SECTION THREE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, CONSIDERATION OF THE JOHN COMER SKATE PARK RULES AND, UH, Z ODDS GONNA GIVE US THE, THE UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD, UM, IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING A SET OF RULES FOR THE SKATE PARK, UH, MUCH LIKE WE DID FOR THE DOG PARK.
UH, OF COURSE, THEY WON'T BE THE SAME RULES, UH, AS THEY'LL BE, UH, VERY DIFFERENT.
BUT, UM, WE, WE COMPILED A LIST, UH, THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
AND, UM, WE, WE REVIEWED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT RE UH, CREATING THE WHEEL FROM SCRATCH HERE.
SO, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PRECEDENCE OUT THERE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
UH, ONE BEING, UM, UH, PUBLIC SKATE PARKS, UH, PUBLIC SKATE PARKS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT, UM, NAME OF IT, UH, OFFHAND.
AND THEY'RE NOW, UH, CALLED SKATE PARK.ORG.
THEY WERE RE REORGANIZED THEMSELVES.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES ONLINE IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPES OF RULES ARE APPROPRIATE.
UH, SOME GUIDANCE ON, UM, HOW RESTRICTIVE THE RULES NEED TO BE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME, UM, SKATE PARKS OUT THERE, PUBLIC SKATE PARKS THAT, UH, ARE VERY MINIMALIST, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR APPROACH.
JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUN, BE RESPECTFUL, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL, YOU KNOW, WEAR SAFETY GEAR.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY JUST VERY SIMPLE, UH, TO THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM WHERE IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, A VERY LONG LIST OF RULES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT TOGETHER THE, THE LIST OF RULES THAT, UH, WE THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE.
UH, WE ALSO CONSULTED SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UM, GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, UM, CLOSE TO US.
AND SO THE, THE LIST OF RULES THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET, UH, REFLECTS KIND OF A COM COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE RULES.
UM, SO I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
UM, THE MAIN POINT THAT WE NEED TO CONVEY TO EVERYBODY IS THAT THE SKATE PARK'S GONNA BE OPEN, UM, BEGINNING AT 6:00 AM WHICH IS WHEN ALL OF OUR PARKS OPEN, UH, UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
UH, AND, AND THIS IS TREATED A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUELY BECAUSE THIS IS THE SKATE PARK FACILITY.
UM, SOME FACILITIES IN, IN THE, IN THE PARK SYSTEM ARE TREATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER MAIN HOURS IN OUR PARKS, WHICH WAS CHANGED TO 10:00 PM.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S A UNIQUE FACILITY TYPE.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED, UM, MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PARK.
UM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ON THE RULE BOARD.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE WANNA OBVIOUSLY KEEP IT OPEN FOR SKATEBOARDERS, SCOOTER, SCOOTER RIDERS, UM, ROLLER SKATES, UH, INLINE SKATES, BICYCLES, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DON'T WANT MOTORCYCLES
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OR MOTORBIKES, YOU KNOW, IN THE SKATE PARK.UH, WE HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT'S OPENED, EVEN BEFORE IT WAS OPENED, WE SAW THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT AGAIN, WE WANNA PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT, UM, AS PEOPLE ARE USING THE FACILITY, THEY KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S OKAY, WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT'S NOT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, CALL SOMEBODY IF THEY NEED HELP TO GET ANY RULES ENFORCED OR LAWS ENFORCED.
AND SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST UNLESS YOU WANT TO.
UM, BUT I ALWAYS WANNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
WHAT'S UP WITH THE NO WAX? WHY IS WAX NOT ALLOWED? UM, SO I'M NOT AN EXPERT SKATEBOARDER, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THERE'S WAX ON THE BOARD AND IT GETS IN AREAS THAT ARE, UM, HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, IT BECOMES SLIPPERY.
UM, SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ON YEAH, SURE.
I, SORRY, I JUST SEE YOU FIRST.
I SAW DAVID FIRST
SO I WAS JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, SO I UNDERSTAND CALLING 9 1 1 FOR EMERGENCIES.
SO SOMETIMES YOU SEE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCIES, BUT ARE, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
AND I KNOW AT, AT SPRING CREEK FOREST, WE HAVE PEOPLE CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE STEAL TRUCKS AND STAGE 'EM, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, SO, SO IT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED SOMEBODY TO COME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LIFE IN DANGER, BUT YOU DO WANT THE POLICE TO GET OUT THERE AND CHECK ON IT WHEN THEY CAN.
WOULD THAT, UH, WOULD SOME TYPE OF, SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE OUT THERE, WHICH WOULD GIVE THAT NUMBER MM-HMM.
THE INTENT IS FOR THESE RULES TO BE POSTED ON A SIGN AT THE PARK.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS AND THE, YOU KNOW, REFERENCE TEXAS LAW AT THE BOTTOM WOULD BE PART OF THE RULE SIGN.
BUT PART OF THE GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, TIE UP 9 1 1 RESOURCES WITH NON-EMERGENCY.
IF WE HAD THAT, WE HAD THAT NUMBER MORE AT THE TOP.
SO IF SOMEONE HAD SOMEONE THEY WANTED REPORT, UH, WITHOUT IT BEING AN EMERGENCY, HAVE THAT, HAVE THAT NUMBER UP THERE AND HAVE IT WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT TO USE IT.
I'M SORRY, MOLLY, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR.
I JUST THOUGHT OF ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, SO WHEN I INITIALLY I LOOKED AT THIS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE HOURS ENDING EARLIER, PERHAPS FOR THIS THAT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I'M THINKING IF IT ENDS AT MIDNIGHT, PEOPLE LEAVE THERE BY ONE
UM, IF THAT WOULD HELP ANY WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOISE.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT IT OPENS AT SIX BECAUSE THE PARK OPENS AT SIX, BUT THAT'S TO OTHER AREAS, NOT JUST THE SKATING CAN, ARE PEOPLE SKATING AT 6:00 AM ACTUALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR? YES.
UM, SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE HOURS.
'CAUSE THAT'S LIKE, SO I WAS THINKING IF IT'S OPEN FOR 15 HOURS AND YOU STILL HAVE TO DO, UM, GRAFFITI CLEANUP AND REPAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, DO THE LONGER HOURS DISCOURAGE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY.
WE, WE HAD ORIGINALLY INCLUDED THIS PARK, UH, AS A 10 O'CLOCK HOUR CLOSE TIME.
BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LUCK WAS PUSHED IT BECAUSE OF THE DESTINATION THAT THIS PLACE IS AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, THAT IT BE INCLUDED WITH OUR OTHER ATHLETIC COMPLEXES AND STAY OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
UH, WE DO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF AT 1220, SO THAT WAY AT 12 WHEN IT CLOSES, IT GIVES PEOPLE TIME TO GET TO THEIR CARS AND HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL LIGHT.
BUT AT 1220, ALL THE LIGHTS OUT THERE DO SHUT OFF EXCEPT FOR THE, UH, THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS AND THE SAFETY LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE BIG LIGHTS THAT, THAT SHINE DOWN, UM, DO TURN OFF SO THAT IT WOULD BE PRETTY DANGEROUS.
NOT THAT THERE'S PEOPLE STILL THERE, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO SKATE.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA POST THIS, HOW WILL IT BE ENFORCED? WELL, THAT'S THE TRICK WITH ANY PARK RULE, RIGHT? IS, IS, IS ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND SO WE RELY ON, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NEIGHBORS THERE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH IT THAT THEY CAN CALL INTO TO PD.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BUDGET LATER, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME REQUESTS AND BUDGET FOR SOME OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS TO HELP WITH THESE TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
BUT, UM, AT THE TIME, IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT THE, UM, PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO, TO FOLLOW RULES AND THE POLICE THEMSELVES, AND THEN IF THERE'S TROUBLE
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THAT'S BEING MADE TO, FOR PEOPLE TO CALL IN SO THE POLICE CAN COME IN AND HELP US WITH IT.ARE THERE CAMERAS OUT THERE THAT ARE BEING NOT CURRENTLY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, THIS ONE GETS ONE MORE FOR ME FOR ZIYAD HERE.
UM, ARE WE HAVING ANY RECURRING PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE, UM, CREATING, CREATING SITUATIONS FOR US? AND IT'S THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER, OR ARE WE SOMEHOW ANOTHER MISSING OUT ON THAT FUND? AND MATT CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THIS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING CONSTANT GRAFFITI.
WE'RE SEEING CONSTANT VANDALISM TO THE RESTROOM, UM, VANDALISM TO OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE JUST TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND, AND ENJOY THE PARK.
THERE ARE SOME UNFORTUNATELY THAT, YOU KNOW, CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A NEFARIOUS WAY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS IS BRINGING VARIOUS GROUPS THAT, THAT LOVE THE SKATE PARK TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT A PLAN TO HELP EACH EACH OTHER KIND OF MONITOR THE PARK.
UM, WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEING LIKE A QUOTE UNQUOTE FRIENDS OF THE SKATE PARK KIND OF GROUP WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE, THEY FEEL INVESTED IN, YOU KNOW, RETAINING A HIGH STANDARD FOR THE SKATE PARK.
UH, SO THEY MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MORE INCLINED TO, UM, THEY MIGHT BE MORE INCLINED TO SPEAK UP IF THEY SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING OR, YOU KNOW, CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER IF THEY SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, IS REALLY LIKE, THEY'RE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND SO A MINOR IN INFRACTION AT THE SKATE PARK IS NOT THE TOP ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
SO IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE HOURS, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY, AN OFFICER TO GET OUT THERE.
UM, WHICH BY THAT TIME A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY IS EITHER GONE OR, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE REGULARLY IN PERSON TO SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, AND IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, BRAVERY, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT.
IT DOES NOT, IT'S NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S SPEAK UP AND CALL SOMEBODY OUT ON SOMETHING.
AND SO AS WE, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HELP THEMSELVES AND COMMUNICATE AMONG THEMSELVES, NETWORK AMONG THEMSELVES TO, UM, TALK TO EACH OTHER AND, AND, AND KEEP THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY MINIMIZED.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THESE POPUP EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING THEMSELVES AND CREATING THESE EVENTS, TOURNAMENTS, IF YOU LIKE, MINI TOURNAMENTS AND, UH, SKILLS, UH, CHALLENGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS AWESOME.
IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND IT, UM, IT BUILDS, YOU KNOW, BUILDS SELF-ESTEEM, BUILDS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TRYING TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND ALL THAT.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A PUBLIC PARK, AND WHEN THOSE EVENTS, THEY, THEY DESCEND ON THE PARK, THEY'RE KIND OF BLOCKING OTHER PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO AN OPEN PUBLIC PARK.
AND SO, UM, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO TRY TO HELP, UM, ORGANIZE THAT AND, UM, STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE CITY AND, AND WE CAN HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, UH, NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND, AND SET THINGS UP IN, IN THE SKATE PARK TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THESE TIMES ON THESE DAYS, THIS EVENT'S GONNA BE THERE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, RATHER THAN IT JUST KIND OF HAPPENING ON ITS OWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE COMING FROM LONG DISTANCES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE THE PARK.
I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA HEAD TO, TO THE BIGGER THINGS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL START RIGHT THERE.
UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE INFORMATION, THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CITY ON THIS, ON THIS SIGN WHERE IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON AN ORGANIZED EVENT, UH, CONTACT THIS NUMBER AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DAYS AHEAD, WHATEVER YOUR, YOU KNOW, POLICY IS ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IN OTHER WORDS, GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING, UH, SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE, WE'VE GOT THIS, AND THEN NOW WE HAVE TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HANDLE THAT BETWEEN THE OTHERS.
OR MAYBE IT'S A TIMING, UH, TIMING ISSUE OF WHEN THOSE ORGANIZED EVENTS CAN HAPPEN.
UH, THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO COME UP WITH ALL THAT.
THAT'S OVER, THAT'S ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE.
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AND THEN, AND THEN THE, AND THEN ONE MORE, ONE MORE PIECE.
AND NOW WE GO TO THE BIG, BIG, UH, STORY.
UH, THE PHENOMENAL THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE RENAMING OF THE, OF THE FACILITY, UH, WAS THE FACT THAT WE'VE, WE'VE NOW FOUND THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE IN GARLAND THAT WE, THAT MOST OF US NEVER KNEW.
WE HAD THAT, THAT HAVE CONTACTS ON THE REGIONAL AND THE STATE, AND EVEN THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE WE COULD, WHERE WE COULD BEGIN TO LOOK AT PUTTING ON SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL TO SHOW THIS OFF TO THE, TO THE WHOLE STATE AND TO THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.
HAVE WE, HAVE WE HAD ANY PROGRESS ON TALKING ABOUT THAT? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? UM, JUST WHERE, WHERE, WHERE COULD WE, WHERE COULD WE GO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
SO PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT WE'RE ENGAGING ARE THE, THE FOLKS THAT DID COME AND, AND SPEAK TO THE PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL FOR RENAMING FOR, UH, THE SKATE PARK TO JOHN COMER SKATE PARK.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ENGAGING THE, THE GROUP FOR A, UM, UH, AN ADAPTIVE TOURNAMENT, ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDING TOURNAMENT.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW AND, AND I WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING TO, TO TRANSPIRE IN THE, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, IN TERMS OF GETTING, UH, EVERYBODY TALKING AND, AND ORGANIZING AND PLANNING SOMETHING IN TERMS OF AN ACTUAL EVENT.
UM, OF COURSE, THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED THAT KIND OF COMES OUT OF WHATEVER TRANSPIRES OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS.
ARE THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A, A CONTACT PERSON OR CONTACT PERSONS, UM, YES.
THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH TO GET THIS MOVING? AND HAVE YOU GUYS STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER A PROCESS FOR IT TO HAPPEN? UH, THE ANSWER IS YES.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED REACHING OUT ALREADY, UH, THROUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND, AND MATT AND I ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM CURRENTLY.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY EXCHANGING EMAILS AND WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A, A MEETING PUT TOGETHER SOON.
WELL, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS ON, UH, JULY THE FIFTH CITY ROLLS WITH PITCH TO RENAME PARK FOR LOCAL ADAPTIVE SKATER, SKATER IN THE, UH, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
UH, AND I PUT ONE OF THESE OUT FOR EVERYONE HERE.
YOU DIDN'T GET ONE Z HAD YOUR, I'VE GOT ONE FOR YOU TOO.
WELL, UH, BUT READING THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS SO NICE BECAUSE THE SKATEBOARD PARK HAD, UH, IT, IT HAD SO MANY CONCERNS BEFORE, BEFORE WE EVER GOT TO DOING THIS.
AND THE COUNCIL STAYED ON IT AND STAYED ON IT TO GET THIS IN.
AND THEY GOT, AND THEY PUT A REALLY, REALLY NICE, UH, FACILITY TOGETHER THERE, NOT JUST, OKAY, WE GOT SOMETHING, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL, AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SPREAD THE WORD ON THAT, UM, I THINK WOULD BE, WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AS ONE.
BUT OF COURSE, THE MAIN THING IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR WOULD BE GOOD FOR THOSE SKATERS THAT LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN ORGANIZED EVENTS.
THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME.
YOU HONOR, THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING IN HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED TO THE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE OPPOSED, BUT THERE WAS AT LEAST 35 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF RENAMING THE PARK, THE SKATE PARK.
IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF MAKING THE CHANGE.
I, I'VE BEEN COMING IN THIS ROOM FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND, UH, THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAD FOR THE, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT THE, THE PARK WAS, I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE TIME THAT THERE WAS JUST A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY A, A KNOCKDOWN DRAG OUT ON THAT ONE.
BUT THIS ONE, THIS WAS, UH, IT WAS NICE THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, AND IT WAS GOOD FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? DO YOU WANT US A MOTION TO, UM, MOVE THIS FORWARD LIKE THIS? OR YOU JUST MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT FORWARD? I SECOND.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A MOTION BY
IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, THAT WAS UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE ON THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF THE PARK STAFF AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE, UH, PARKS, UH, GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE.
AND WHAT THIS IS FOR, FOR THE FOLKS THAT, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE, UH, JUNE OF 2020, UH, I FOUND WHERE WE, I FOUND MY WORK WHERE WE'VE DONE SOME WORK ON THAT TO BEGIN WITH, UH, STARTING TO TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER A A PARKS FOUNDATION TO ASSIST WITH, UH, SOME OF THE PIECES THAT PARKS HAVING, UM, MAYBE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, UH, MONEY, RESOURCES TO, TO DO.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO START OFF, MATT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT THAT YOU WANNA PUT IN ON THIS ONE? I KNOW THIS WAS JUST BEFORE YOUR TIME, BUT, UH,
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BEFORE YOUR TIME.YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALREADY SO FIRMLY INGRAINED.
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NOW THAT WE'RE MOVING SOME THINGS FORWARD AND WE'RE KIND OF TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN REVISIT THIS AND REALLY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE START TO ACTIVATE THIS GROUP AND CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW IT WAS FORMED AND WHAT Y'ALL'S PLANS ARE WITH IT, AND, AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE GET THEM MORE ENGAGED AND, AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM TO DO THAT.
YOU WANNA KNOW HOW IT WAS FORMED, MS. BISHOP, WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? UH, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
UM, IT WAS FORMED BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTED SOMETHING DONE IN THE PARK THAT THE CITY SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
AND HAD MONEY TO PUT BEHIND THAT.
SO, UM, MARGARET LUCK, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD AND MYSELF AND, UM, DAPHNE STANLEY WHO WAS ON THE BOARD, UH, GOT TOGETHER KENYA, WHO WAS KENYA OTT, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD, GOT TOGETHER AND THEN WE ALLOWED JASON TO COME JOIN.
AND, UM, WE STARTED MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, WHAT I WAS ASKED TO PRESENT THAT OUR FOCUS REALLY WANTS TO BE ON BENCHES.
AND, UM, WE'D HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOUR PREDECESSOR AND THEN, UM, I THINK HIS, UH, FOCUS WAS CHANGED WHEN HE WAS PROMOTED.
BUT, UM, IT, WE WANT OUR FOCUS TO BE ON BENCHES.
WE NEED A PRICE RANGE, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO KNOW AN INSTALL COST, UH, FOR THAT, THE CONCRETE PAD, THE PAD DESIGN, AND A DEDICATION, UM, PLAQUE OR PLATE.
BECAUSE WE'RE READY TO PUT A CATALOG TOGETHER.
I KNOW SOME OF THOSE AMOUNTS ARE MOVING PIECES, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT BEING POWERFUL.
BUT I THINK OUR FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO COME ALONGSIDE AND HELP THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO COME ALONGSIDE AND PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR THE GARLAND COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, THAT, UH, MAYBE IS BEYOND YOUR SCOPE, UM, BUT WOULDN'T BE IN ANY THAT WOULD HELP THAT.
UM, I THINK I KEEP MENTIONING THAT WORD.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO IMPROVE BEAUTIFY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT IN THE PARKS.
UH, SO WHY, WHY ARE WE LIVING OURSELVES SECOND? MR. CARTER? I, I SEE DALLAS HAS, THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE PAPER, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THE PARKS AND DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PEOPLE THAT GIVE MONEY TO DALLAS PARKS.
DO WE EVEN HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT? YES, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT.
WE HAVE A, UM, 5 0 1 C APPROVAL.
WE HAVE, UM, A WEBSITE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THOSE, UM, DOCUMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE MONEY IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
WE'VE HAD DONORS THAT BECAUSE OF THE 5 0 1 C WERE ABLE TO GET MATCHING FUNDS FROM THEIR EMPLOYER.
UM, BUT PART, PART OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE TENNIS CENTER, AND THEN THE TENNIS CENTER SEEMS TO HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDING THAT'S COMING ACROSS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF REVISITING BACK IN OUR LOCAL PARKS.
BUT, UM, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN.
SO WHY FOCUS JUST ON BENCHES? WHAT, I MEAN, THERE SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD, THE PARKS COULD USE AND THE FOUNDATION COULD SUPPORT.
UM, I'M PROBABLY AT BLAME AT PARK TO BLAME FOR THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD, UM, A NEIGHBOR THAT, THAT LIVED IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND I LIVED NEAR AUDUBON PARK AND SHE WOULD WALK DURING CANCER TREATMENTS WITH HER HUSBAND AS FAR AS SHE COULD.
AND THEN SHE WOULD SIT ON THE BENCH THAT WAS OVER THERE BY, UM, THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
AND THEN THAT GOT TAKEN OUT AND ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS PUT THERE.
SO THEN MY HUSBAND HAD SURGERY AND HE WOULD GO FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THAT WALKING OVAL.
AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
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SO THEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT THERE.THE CITY HAS, UH, THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, INSTALLED FOUR BENCHES THERE.
AND SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THE, THE PICNIC TABLES.
SO IT'S MORE OF A COMMUNITY USE KIND OF AREA.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME NEIGHBORHOOD FUNDING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE.
I PUT MARGARET OUR PRESIDENT, SHE'S ALSO ON COUNCIL, SO SHE HAS AND A JOB.
SO SHE'S GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE, BUT I PUT HER ON THE SPOT TODAY AND SO THIS IS WHAT SHE CAME ABOUT.
UH, WE HAVE DUES OF $20 A YEAR.
IS THERE A WAY THAT, SO I GUESS TO GIVE DIRECTION FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT Y'ALL HAVE A ACCESS TO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT INVENTORY SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE FUNDS CAN BE BEST USED FOR.
THAT IS REALLY NEEDED AND THAT IS NOT FUNDED.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE FOUNDATION THEN.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN HELPING US GET STARTED.
UM, EVEN A PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, UH, WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, SENT, UH, TWO OF THE MEMBERS TO TRAINING FOR THE PARK FOUNDATIONS.
UM, SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO YES, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE DOING SOMETHING ON PARK, UM, LAND, WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE IN THE WAY IN MAINTENANCE OR, UM, IN THE USE THAT IT'S PRESCRIBED.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
THE TENNIS CENTER CAME TO US FIRST TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.
UM, AND THAT'S, SOME OF THAT WAS, UM, SEPARATELY FUNDED.
SO, UM, ASSESSMENT IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
CATALOG IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THERE.
SO, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO PAY, WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE STAFF.
SO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE, UM, THE WEBSITE, WHICH DOES HAVE A COST TO IT.
UM, SO MY, ANY OF YOUR DONATIONS REALLY GO TO, TO THE ULTIMATE PLACE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
WHEN WE GOT SOME OF THE PRICES ON THE BENCHES THAT THEY WERE, WE WERE ASKED BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, IT CAME BACK, THEY WERE SHOCKED.
IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING THROUGH GARLAND, IF YOUR, IF YOUR IDEA IT'S GONNA COST A THOUSAND DOLLARS, GET THAT OUTTA YOUR MIND BECAUSE IT'S LIKE $5,000 BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST, UM, IN EVERY CITY THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY HERE.
UM, WHERE THINGS SEEM TO COME CERTAINLY HAS TO FIT, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURE THAT WILL HOLD UP TO VANDALISM.
IT HAS TO BE STURDY AND EASILY EASY TO CLEAN.
WELL, I, THEY WITHDREW THEIR CONTRIBUTION, UM, WHEN THEY FOUND OUT HOW MUCH YEAH, IT COST, WHICH, WHICH IS SAD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT? UM, FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND I THINK YOU, FACEBOOK, I THINK THERE IS INSTAGRAM.
I, UM, I HAVEN'T, HAVE YOU GONE TO THE, EVEN THE WEBSITE? I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED LOGGED IN LIKE A MONTH AGO AND HAVE, WHAT, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS THE WEBSITE? GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION? THE GARLAND.
SOMEONE WAS INSISTING IT THAT IT'D BE THE GARLAND.
'CAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT FROM GARLAND SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD, I GUESS.
BUT THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION, SO T G P SS, YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A WRITEUP ON EACH OF US.
I DIDN'T SUBMIT A PICTURE, SO I HAVEN'T GONE TO SEE WHAT'S ON THERE FOR MYSELF.
MARGARET HAS BEEN, SHE'S JUST MORE, UM, MOTIVATED AND VERY, UH, TECH SAVVY IN GETTING ALL OF THOSE GRAPHICS AND PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN AT ALL THE MEETINGS, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THAT THERE'D BE ANY REASON THAT I HAD TO GO ON THERE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT, IT, THE WEBSITE IS TO BE TRANSPARENT.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A PLACE ON THERE THAT YOU CAN GIVE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
YEAH, I JUST ALWAYS WANNA ENCOURAGE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING RELEVANT IN DIFFERENT METHODS.
SO WHAT WORKS FOR, HAVE A WEBSITE THAT IS SOCIAL
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MEDIA, RIGHT? WELL, BETTER FOR ONE GENERATION, BUT FOR ANOTHER ONE FOR US TO GET TO WEBSITE FIRST.WE COULD WANNA LOOK AT IT AND THROUGH A INSTAGRAM STORY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, 'CAUSE IF YOU WANT THE ATTENTION AND MORE AWARENESS AND MORE DONORS, YOU KNOW, I THINK I HEAR A POTENTIAL MEMBER SPEAKING
OH GOD, THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE.
JASON'S ALREADY IN MY GENERATION, HE'S ALREADY
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK'S KIND OF GETTING, I UNDERSTAND IT'S FOR OLD PEOPLE.
LIKE I SAID, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GENERATION AND HOW THEY RELATE.
WE DON'T HAVE A THREAT ACCOUNT YET.
THANKS MOLLY FOR GETTING A REQUEST FROM ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOU TO PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER.
I SAW IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND I WENT, I WONDER WHAT'S UP,
SO JUST RIGHT QUICKLY TO GIVE A, UH, SOME BACKGROUND, UM, OUR MEETINGS ON THIS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, A WHOLE, WHOLE NOTEBOOK FULL OF PAGES HERE.
THE THINGS TO ABOUT THE, THE PARK, UH, FOUNDATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS, IT WAS IN JUNE OF 2020.
AND IN JUNE OF 2020, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT WERE, UH, MORE THAN JUST A, A WISH AND A AND A AND THEY WERE MOVING THROUGH, BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE.
AND MOLLY CAME UP WITH THE, WITH THE BENCHES.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO IS TO, IS TO GET, UH, THE GROUP TOGETHER, MOLLY, IF YOU AND OF COURSE, UH, WITH OUR, OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE THERE.
SHE, SHE'S A, SHE IS A GO GETTER.
THERE'S TWO OF YOU THERE THAT, THAT CAN GET THESE THINGS MOVING.
I'D BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEEDED ME FOR SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
BUT, UM, NOW WE NEED, WE NEED NOW TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND THINK, I THINK JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY AND DO THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM.
THAT'S GONNA BE A PERMANENT SIGNAGE TO TELL THE, TO TELL THE HISTORY A AFTER OUR, AFTER OUR BILL GARLAND THE OTHER DAY.
AND OUR WONDERFUL HISTORY LESSONS THAT WE GOT ABOUT THE PARKS AND THAT WE WERE THEY, WHERE WE WERE AT AND WHY THEY WERE NAMED FOR INDIVIDUALS.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT.
AND THEN I GOTTA THINKING, WELL, I WENT BACK AND, UH, I PULLED UP SOME PICTURES FROM MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER'S LOG CABIN THAT'S, UH, IN EDGEWOOD, TEXAS AND THE, UM, THE SIGNAGE ON THAT THING.
IT TELLS THE STORY AND A CHANCE TO TELL THE STORY.
SO ANYWAY, UH, WE HAVE THE SIGNAGE WE CAN PUT IN EVERY NOW THEN WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE JUST IN, YOU'RE JUST IN THE, AN INFANCY OF BEGINNING TO WORK ON FUNDING FOR THIS THING.
AND, AND OF COURSE, I ALWAYS TRY TO THINK OF WHERE, WHERE CAN, WHERE CAN MONEY COME FROM? WELL, WE HAVE THE HERITAGE, UH, MUSEUM AND WE HAVE, UH, SIGNS BEING, UH, PRODUCED THERE TO GO INTO THE PARKS.
AND I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY AND I WAS TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LADY AND SHE HADN'T, WE HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTION YET.
BUT I'LL STAY ON THAT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHERE'S THEIR MONEY'S COMING FROM, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, I GO TO THINGS NOW, NOW WE GO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WE START HITTING THE BUSINESSES.
AND THERE'S WHERE WE CAN START.
THERE'S WHERE WE CAN START BRINGING IN THE MONEY INSTEAD OF AN INDIVIDUAL GIVING, GIVING A HUNDRED A A BUSINESS CAN GIVE A THOUSAND OR 2000 OR 3000 AND, AND, AND REALLY GET THIS THING MOVING.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE I HOPE WE GREW.
SOME OF OUR GUESTS HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL.
UM, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOING THE URBAN, HAVING A PRESENCE AT THE URBAN FLEA MARKET, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY EVENT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST.
IS THAT RIGHT?
UH, AGAIN, WE GONNA DO COOLING BENCHES.
AND EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
SHADE STRUCTURES, LISTENING US SO MUCH MORE.
WE, WE DISCUSSED SHADE STRUCTURES AND IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN ANYWHERE WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE VENDORS, MAN, THEY THINK A LOT OF THOSE, SO YEAH.
UH, PROBABLY WENT A LITTLE LONGER THAN I, THAN I WAS THINKING IT WOULD, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
MOLLY, YOU DID A GREAT, YOU REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
AND FOR THE REST OF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE.
THE FOUNDATION EXISTS SEPARATE FROM THE PARK BOARD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S MADE UP PRIMARILY OF PARK BOARD MEMBERS AS A START.
IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE.
IT CAN BE OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS LITTLE YOUNGER THAN SOME OF OTHERS OF US THAT NEEDS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FAMILY.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MOVE ALONG NOW AND WE'LL LET'S, WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THE NEXT MEETING.
THIS WAS JUST TO BE AN INTRODUCTORY PIECE, UH, FOR US TONIGHT.
AND AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST INTRODUCING, DIDN'T
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IT? WOW.LET'S GO TO, UM, ITEM C, WHICH IS THE, UH, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.
OKAY, SO LET ME GET THIS PULLED UP.
I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF, UM, SINCE WE LAST TALKED, THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED US DIRECTION, UM, TO RECAP, UH, OR BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE, UH, LAST WERE, WE WERE TRYING TO GET DIRECTION ON, WOULD THIS BE A, JUST A DRY ONLY FACILITY? WOULD IT HAVE A THERAPY POOL OR WOULD IT HAVE A LAP, UH, POOL.
AND SO WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT DIRECTION, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DRY ONLY OPTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW Y'ALL THE SLIDES AGAIN TO, WE'VE PICKED UP THE DESIGN, UH, MEETINGS AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD ONE, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE NEW DIRECTION, 'CAUSE WE HAD TO GET OUR CONSULTANTS BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE THERE THEY WERE IN A HOLDING PATTERN AND WE'RE PICKING UP OTHER THINGS TO WORK ON.
SO JUST TO RE REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THIS, WE'RE USING THE SAME EXISTING SITE WHERE THE, UH, FORMER CENTER WAS SITTING.
AND WE'VE GOT 1.6, 1.76 ACRES THERE OF USABLE SPACE THAT WE CAN BUILD ON.
AND THIS IS THAT BASE PROGRAM.
SO I GAVE YOU SOME UPDATES HERE ON, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE.
AND THEN WE GET INTO THE MORE DETAILED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT THOSE ROOMS LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S IN THOSE ROOMS, WHAT'S THE MILLWORK LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CLOSETS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
WE WILL BE IN THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, THE FIRST PART OF 2024.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, TAKE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, HAVE TO, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS HAVE TO GET MADE.
THEY HAVE TO BE PUT OUT TO BID.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY, THE BIDS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED, HOPING TO HAVE A FINALIZED CONTRACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THEN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION, HOPING TO BE COMPLETE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2026.
AND THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, TODAY RIGHT NOW.
BUT JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON IT, THAT SPACE, THAT NEW BUILDING WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 26,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THAT IS $17,490,000.
IT DOES INCLUDE, YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT BUBBLES ON HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT THE GROUP FITNESS ROOM, THE FITNESS AND WEIGHTS AREA.
YOU'VE GOT THE WALKING TRACK, AN IMMERSIVE CLASSROOM, A WELLNESS SPACE.
YOU'VE GOT A LARGE EVENT HALL.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE GAME ROOM ARTS AND CRAFTS ROOM, SMALLER CLASSROOM.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE DINING AREA, THE KITCHEN AD, ADMINISTRATIVE AREA, FRONT DESK.
SO IT'S STILL A FANTASTIC SPACE THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR OUR SENIORS.
UH, THIS IS A REMINDER OF KIND OF JUST THE SIZES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AT THIS STARTING POINT OF PICKING BACK UP ON THE DESIGN OF THE APPROXIMATE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.
I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'LL START, JUST HANG ON A SECOND, DAVE.
UM, THEN, THEN IT'LL BE YOU, DAVE.
SO, UM, WHEN DID IT GO DRY? WHEN COUNCIL, WE WENT TO COUNCIL IN JULY.
AND SO THEN THEY GAVE US DIRECTION.
WE HAD TAKEN, HOLD ON, I'M TRYING TO THINK IN MY TIMELINE.
IT WAS JUNE OR JULY THAT WE TOOK IT TO COUNCIL AND THEY HAD GIVEN US THE FINAL DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT BEING A DRY CENTER AND, AND, AND PART OF THAT.
SO THERE, THERE WERE THREE, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ORIGINALLY, WHICH WAS, UH, THE, THE BASE PROGRAM.
WE HAD THE BASE PROGRAM PLUS THE THERAPY POOL.
AND WE HAD A BASE PROGRAM PLUS, PLUS THE THERAPY, I MEAN, AND PLUS THE LAP LANE POOL.
UM, AND THEN WE TOOK THAT TO COUNCIL AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WELL WE WANNA KNOW WHAT DO THE SENIORS WANT IF THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN THE OPTION BETWEEN A BASE PROGRAM AND THE OPTION WITH THE THERAPY POOL.
SO WE WENT BACK TO THE SENIORS, WENT BACK TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND IN THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION ACTUALLY IS WHERE THE PHRASE ALL, ALL WE OR ALL DRY CAME UP, UH, WITH, AND THE SENIORS OVERWHELMINGLY AT FIELDS, THEY WERE TO, BECAUSE TO DO THE THERAPY POOL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF THEIR BASE PROGRAMS, SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT.
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COUNCIL PROVIDES MORE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IT ALL WET.MEANING THEY WANTED THE LAP LANES, THEY DIDN'T WANT THE IN-BETWEEN AND THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO GIVE UP SPACE.
AND SO AFTER ALL OF THAT, TAKING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL, THE DIRECTION WAS GO WITH THE BASE PROGRAM.
IS THIS APPROXIMATE TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IT WAS BEFORE? NO, THIS IS LARGER PROBABLY BY ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE THE PEOPLE, THE GOAL OF, UM, HAVING A SUITABLE DANCE FLOOR AND A PLACE FOR THEM TO COME DO THEIR COMPETITIONS OR WHATEVER, THE EVENT HALL WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ROOM WHERE THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A BUBBLE DIAGRAM.
DOES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FIT ON THE SPACE? SO WE WILL GET, AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN, PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME WE WOULD COME TO BEFORE THE BOARD AND THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION IS WITH MORE OF THE ACTUAL CONCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOR LAYOUT OF WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
MAYBE SOME ELEVATIONS, SOME RENDERINGS.
UM, NO, THIS IS ALL THE FIT ON ONE FLOOR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THERE'S THE, THERE WAS, WHEN THE TALK OF PUTTING AQUATICS IN, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLY GOING TO A SECOND FLOOR TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE LOSS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
NO, THIS IS ALL, ALL SINGLE STORY.
ADDING MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ADDING THE SECOND STORY ADDS A LOT MORE, UM, REQUIRE MANY MORE REQUIREMENTS.
FOR OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, ELEVATORS AND OTHER PARTS AND PIECES.
AND REALLY IT WAS FIRE CONTROL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO IS THE OPERATIONAL COSTS.
SO THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AND I HAVE THAT FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU WANNA SEE IT.
SO THE OPERATIONAL COSTS BETWEEN A DRY CENTER AND ADDING IN THE AQUATICS COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ONGOING COST THAT COUNCIL HAS TO CONSIDER, UM, INTO THE BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE FISCAL, IT WASN'T JUST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO DO THAT.
SO WITH ALL THE OTHER, I MEAN, WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE UP ON OTHER THINGS AND OTHER PROJECTS.
SO YEAH, THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE LOSING TO GAIN THE AQUATICS POOL, UH, WERE MORE VALUABLE THAN THE AQUATICS.
IS THAT THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I MEAN, THE COUNCIL WOULD BE FACED WITH A TOUGH DECISION TO LOOK AT OTHER 2019 BOND PROJECTS TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO S YOU KNOW, HOLD 'EM OFF AND NOT DO THEM DOING 'EM AT A LAY OF THEIR TIME.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A BIG IMPACT.
YOU KNOW, $726,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND IS A BIG CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AND, UM, ANY O ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DELEE ON THIS? IF WE COULD NOW THEN, UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL SKIP TO ITEM E, UH, FOR DELEE TO GIVE US THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES OVERVIEW.
I'M MAKING KEITH COME UP HERE.
SO THIS IS FRICKING FRACK AND YING AND YANG, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
BUT, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE THE DYNAMIC DUO WORKING ON CAPRA.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST GONNA BE SO EXCITING.
AND I KNOW THAT BOTH OF YOU ALL CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
SO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST, UM, APPLICATION FOR IT.
SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH CAPRA, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT, UH, CAPRA STANDS FOR THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE STALLED.
BUT WE'LL WATCH THIS KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS KAPLAN, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE PERFORM BEST PRACTICES WITHIN OUR AGENCY, BUT BEING CAPRA ACCREDITED REALLY ENSURES THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND IN THE RIGHT WAYS.
BEING ACCREDITED REALLY DOES BRING YOUR ORGANIZATION TO A TOP LEVEL.
SO YOU REALLY MEET A RIGOROUS SET OF STANDARDS THAT SETS YOU APART FROM OTHER RECREATION DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE NOT ACCREDITED.
ACCREDITATION ACTUALLY WILL SOMETIMES HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU'RE NOT SO GREAT AT.
AND TO ME, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE LEARNING THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.
WE STRIVE TO BE THE BEST AND DO THE BEST.
WE CREATE A BODY OF WORK AND THAT BODY OF WORK HAS TO BE APPLIED WITH EXCELLENCE.
AND THAT EXCELLENCE COMES FROM STANDARDS THAT'S PROVIDED BY CAPRA.
WE WANNA BE AMERICA'S PREMIER COMMUNITY HERE IN HENDERSON.
AND CRE ISS THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY TO SHOW HOW WE ARE DEDICATED TO OUR SERVICES AND PARKS AND RECREATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR 20TH YEAR OF ACCREDITATION.
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WE EVERY DAY, UH, LIVE, UH, THE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS SHOWN THROUGH THE EXCELLENCE IN HOW WE DO OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW WE SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.WE CAN RESPOND BACK TO THE PUBLIC AND SAY TO THEM, WE HAVE THE BEST TOOLS THROUGH CAPITAL, THROUGH ACCREDITATION THAT OFFERS THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING MORE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THEY'RE GETTING MORE SOCIAL EQUITY, THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE PILLARS OF N R P A AND THAT'S REALLY BACKED UP THROUGH THE CAPRA PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE GETTING GOOD SERVICES.
THEY'RE GETTING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRIDE THAT THEY CAN HAVE IN THEIR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES AND THE FACILITIES THAT WE OFFER IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THAT YOU MAY NOT GET IF YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE CAPRA PROCESS, IF YOU'RE NOT ACCREDITED, IF YOU'RE NOT REINFORCING OVER 140 STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE CAPER ACCREDITATION ALLOWS US TO BE ON PAR.
AND I WOULD EVEN BOAST AS MUCH TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES ABOVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER VITAL COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ACCREDITATION AND THE PROCESS OF ACCREDITATION HELPS US BE BETTER.
YOU KNOW, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE ACCREDITED BECAUSE IF YOU WERE THE MAYOR OR A COUNCIL PERSON, WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW OFF YOUR COMMUNITY THAN MENTIONING THE PARK SYSTEM IT'S ACCREDITED.
THERE ISN'T ANY DOUBT THAT KEPRA DOES GIVE US AN ELEMENT OF ADDED MARK OF EXCELLENCE FROM A GROUP THAT'S REALLY OBJECTIVELY LOOKING AT WHAT MAKES UP GREAT PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND THE STAFFING THEREOF, EVEN THOUGH WE GET AN AWFUL LOT OF AFFIRMATION FROM OUR CITIZENRY AND WHAT WE PROVIDE.
THAT REALLY IS THE, IS THE TELLING TALE.
PEORIA IS PROUD OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR CAPRA ACCREDITATION.
IT'S AN ASSURANCE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEM WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS AND AN ONGOING QUEST TO BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE THE NETWORK OF, OF NOW KAPPRA ACCREDITED AGENCIES IS GROWING AND GROWING EVERY YEAR.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY AGENCY TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE SELF-ASSESSMENT TO EXPLORE THE BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION.
THE PROCESS ITSELF, UH, IS A STEP TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT.
ONCE YOU HAVE ACCREDITATION, IT GIVES YOU THAT CREDIBILITY, UH, AMONG PEERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING CERTAIN STANDARDS AND YOU ARE TRYING TO BE THE BEST AGENCY THAT YOU CAN BE WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER AGENCIES TO GO THROUGH THE KAPPA PROCESS AS IT BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
A SMALL OR BIG AGENCY, YOU'RE ALL GOING TOWARDS THE SAME STANDARDS IN THE SAME PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO KAPPA.
SO IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS AND YOU HAVE TO PULL EVERYBODY INVOLVED, AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE DIRECTOR, ONE ADMINISTRATOR KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE, UM, IT REALLY DOES, IT BRINGS A SENSE OF COMRADERY, IT BRINGS A SENSE OF EXCELLENCE, A SENSE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THAT I THINK CAN REALLY GROW A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY FROM A WHOLE, HOW DO I GET TO THE NEXT STEP? HIT IT FOR ME.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE FRICKING FRACK.
SO ON THE OVERVIEW, SO, UH, TO BECOME ACCREDITED, THERE ARE SOME STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ONE STAFF MEMBER MUST COMPLETE THE CAPRA ONLINE TRAINING SERIES AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS NOW TWO STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THAT.
UH, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
SO THAT JUST TELLS, UH, THE AGENCY THAT YES, WE ARE WANTING TO PURSUE OUR ACCREDITATION.
UM, AND THEN WE DEVELOP A SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT AND WE SUBMIT THAT 10 WEEKS PRIOR TO OUR SITE VISIT.
THE SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT, WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
UM, ONCE THE VISITORS, UH, THE LEAD VISITOR HAS REVIEWED OUR SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT, THEN THEY SCHEDULE THEIR VISITATION.
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE SET WHENEVER WE PUT IN OUR APPLICATION.
AND THEN WE HOST THE VISITATION TEAM.
AND THOSE HAPPEN BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE COME OUT, DONE THEIR REVIEW, UM, THEY WILL LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AND THEN WE WOULD ATTEND IN PERSON THE, UM, I GUESS THE HEARING THAT THEY HAVE AT THE ANNUAL N R P CONFERENCE.
UM, SO, AND YOU HAVE TWO YEARS FROM THE TIME THAT YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO BECOME ACCREDITED.
SO WHAT ARE THE CAPA STANDARDS? WELL, THERE'S 154 TOTAL STANDARDS.
36 OF 'EM ARE FUNDAMENTAL, SO THEY'RE NON-NEGOTIABLE.
AND IF YOU DON'T MEET ONE OF THOSE, THEN TWO BAD, SO SAD, YOU WILL NOT BECOME ACCREDITED.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MEET 106
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THE FIRST TIME AROUND OF THE 118 NON FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS.SO THAT GIVES YOU A LI LITTLE BIT AT LEAST OF, OKAY, WELL WE CAN'T MEET THAT ONE.
UH, BUT WE'VE GOT THESE OTHER ONES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, TOTAL OF 154, BUT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH, UM, WHAT IS THE MATH ON THAT? 36 PLUS 1 0 6 1 4 2 1 42.
UM, AND THEN THE DIFFERENT, UH, CHAPTERS WITHIN THE SELF-ASSESSMENT.
SO YOU HAVE THE AGENCY AUTHORITY, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY PLANNING, ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, FACILITIES AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY, RISK MANAGEMENT, EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH.
AND WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS, THEY HAVE, UM, THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS LISTED.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD.
SO THAT COULD BE, UM, A PARK BOARD AGENDA MAYBE FOR, UH, SHOWING THAT WE GOT RECEIVED PUBLIC INPUT FOR THE SKATE PARK.
IT COULD BE A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE THAT SHOWS OUR PLAY GUIDE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OR THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND TRAILS MAPS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHATEVER THE STANDARD IS.
WHATEVER THE STANDARD IS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A FEW, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE FOUR OR 5, 6, 7.
IT JUST KIND OF REALLY DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT THAT STANDARD IS SO THAT WE CAN MEET IT.
UM, AND THEN WHAT KEITH AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, SO WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION YET.
LET ME GO BACK TO JUST KIND OF, I GUESS THE OVERVIEW.
UM, WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION YET.
WE'RE HOPING TO SUBMIT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO SOMETIME BETWEEN TOMORROW AND THEN, UM, BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO, SO THE DEPARTMENT STARTED THIS PROCESS AND THEY WERE GOING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION BACK IN, I GUESS 16 2016, 17 OR 17 18, 17, 17 18.
AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED AND TRANSPIRED A DIFFERENT DIRECTOR.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN INTERIM DIRECTOR, WE'VE HAD C O V I D, YOU'D ALL KNOW THE STORY, THE BOND, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE.
AND SO WE ARE NOW FINALLY IN A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF OUR PEERS.
SO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, ACTUALLY IN TEXAS, I DON'T WANNA, IT'S, I DON'T WANT, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 20 SOME ODD I GOT YOU.
AND, AND, AND A LOT OF THEM FROM TEXAS, THAT NUMBER A BIG IMPACT IS HERE.
THERE'S 192 IN THE US LIKE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATES.
THERE'S 22 IN TEXAS AND 11 IN D F W.
SO, SO WE FEEL PRESSURE, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE IT'S A BIG DEAL WITHIN LIKE OUR TRAPS NORTH REGION GROUP.
YOU KNOW, IT, YOU THINK OF THE BIG DOGS LIKE IN KNOW ARLINGTON AND GRAND PRAIRIE AND YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, LITTLE GARLAND FOR SO LONG WAS LIKE, OH, WE COULD NEVER BE THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE A GRAND PRAIRIE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE THE BEST GARLAND THAT WE CAN BE AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
SO ANYWAY, IN SAYING THAT, IT, IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG PRIDE THING, UH, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH IT IN, IN THIS, UH, PROFESSION.
AND I THINK IT REALLY DOES THAT, THOSE NUMBERS SPEAK JUST TO OUR PROFESSION.
SO ANYWAYS, UM, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY, IT DOESN'T ONLY SAY A LOT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, IT SAYS A LOT FOR OUR CITY, UH, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, PD, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AREAS RISK BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THIS REALLY WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE.
SO WHAT KEITH AND I HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE BACKGROUND IS REALLY TRYING TO REVIEW ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAD BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY, EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED.
ARE THEY STILL, UM, VIABLE EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF THE LEGWORK SO THAT ONCE WE ROLL THIS OUT WITH STAFF, UH, WHICH WE'VE STARTED TALKING TO DIRECTORS ABOUT THIS, THAT IT MAKES IT REALLY EASY FOR THEM AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG CUMBERSOME, UM, OVERWHELMING CAPRA.
WE, WHY ARE WE DOING CAPRA? WE'VE GOT ALL THIS STUFF.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OTHER STUFF THAT WE NEED TO BE PUTTING OUR EFFORT TO.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY SO THAT THEY GO, OH YEAH, CAPRA.
AND WE WANT OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, NOT TO JUST, NOT TO BE SOMETHING.
THEY JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
SO, UH, KEITH HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ON, UM, IF YOU KNOW KEITH IN OUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S A VERY POPULAR SAYING TO BE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST CALL
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KEITH.LIKE IF THAT'S BUDGET RELATED, IT RELATED, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
KEITH LITERALLY CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
AND I PROMISE YOU THAT HE HAS GIVEN, AS WE, HE AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR THE LAST ON FRIDAYS FOR A COUPLE HOURS EVERY FRIDAY FOR, FOR MONTHS NOW, TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH IF, UM, AND THE GOOD YIN AND YANG IS, WELL I LIKE ORDER AND I LIKE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION AND LET'S NOT MAKE IT CONFUSING FOR STAFF.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD BRING ME SOMETHING AND I SHOOT HOLES THROUGH IT AND HE IS LIKE, WELL WHAT ABOUT THIS? ANYWAY? SO WE'VE, I FEEL LIKE BEEN A VERY GOOD BALANCE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I THINK WE'VE DEVELOPED SOMETHING, UH, WHERE WE CAN TAKE IT TO STAFF.
AND SO IF WE ASK, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO SUBMIT THIS, THEY HAVE A VERY EASY WAY TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT, THAT YOU WOULD WANNA SAY? I THINK YOU COVER EVERYTHING, KEITH AND I, IT'S LIKE WE USUALLY, I LEAVE OUR FRIDAY MEETINGS GOING, I'M SO EXCITED.
'CAUSE IT, IT'S REALLY FUN AND IT ALSO, IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO, BUT IT REALLY DOES OPEN YOUR EYES IF YOU'RE LIKE, OH THAT SEEMS REALLY SIMPLE.
WHY AREN'T WE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT PROCESS OR THAT STANDARD.
SO THERE ARE ALREADY SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST CHANGED.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN RECREATION OF SOME LITTLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH MY MANAGERS THAT WE WEREN'T DOING THAT JUST LITERALLY MAKES SENSE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS IN THE ROOM THAT COULD DEFINITELY TALK TO IT IF THEY WANT.
MR. PARISH, WHAT CAN THE BOARD DO TO HELP YOU? WHAT WHAT, WHAT'S OUR ROLE IN ALL THIS? WE HAVE STUDY HALL WITH YOU
UM, I THINK JUST TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO COUNCIL, UH, BECAUSE WE WILL OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, BE MAKING THIS EFFORT AND ONCE WE DO PUT IN THAT APPLICATION, WE WILL NOTIFY COUNCIL, BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL.
ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU IN OUR PROFESSION THAT ARE REPRESENTING ON THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S A HUGE, HUGE DEAL, A HUGE HONOR.
UM, YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT THE EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE FOR EACH STANDARD, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO WRITE A NARRATIVE AND YOU KNOW, THEN DO THE EVIDENCE COMPLIANCE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT DOES GO INTO IT.
AND THEN HAVING IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL.
UH, WHEN WE DO OUR VISITATION.
MY LOFTY GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR VISITATION NEXT SPRING.
UM, I REALIZE THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN.
IT MAY BE MORE OF, UM, SPRING OF 24, 20 25 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY GONNA BE 24 NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET IT DONE NEXT YEAR.
AND THE REASON BEING, THE LONGER YOU WAIT, EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE CAN CHANGE AND IT JUST, I FEEL LIKE FROM PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO IT KIND OF BOGS THE PROCESS DOWN.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT TOO, UM, FOR COUNCIL TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
BUT WHEN WE HOST THE VISITATION TEAM, WE WOULD DO LIKE A BIG KICKOFF PARK BOARD WOULD BE INVITED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD BE INVITED.
SEE, UH, TAMARA, DO YOU WANNA TAKE THIS ASIDE OVER THESE TWO? UH, NO, GO AHEAD.
IF YOU'RE, ONCE YOU GET ACCREDITED, IS IT AN ANNUAL THING WHERE THEY HAVE TO, SO THEN YOU CAN BE RE-ACCREDITED AFTER EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND SO, AND TO BECOME RE-ACCREDITED, IT'S MORE STRENUOUS.
SO OF THE 118 NON FUNDAMENTALS, THEN YOU HAVE TO MEET 112 OF THEM.
I KNOW YOU GOTTA GET 1 0 6 FIRST AND THEN ONE 18 AFTER I LEFT.
NO, THAT, NO, IT'S LIKE 95% OF THE NON FUNDAMENTALS.
SO WHATEVER THAT MATH IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MATH INVOLVED.
BUT YES, YOU HAVE TO MEET, LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST INITIALLY BECOME ACCREDITED, YOU MEET 90% BASICALLY OF THE NON FUNDAMENTALS.
AND WHEN YOU BECOME RE-ACCREDITED, YOU HAVE TO MEET 95% OF THOSE.
SO ANY, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER THINGS FROM THE BOARD? DID YOU, OH, GO AHEAD, MOLLY.
WHEN, SO WHERE WILL THE N R P A MEETING BE? 'CAUSE IT'S LOCAL THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YES.
WHICH, SO WE WOULDN'T MAKE THAT ONE NEXT YEAR.
IT'S SO PERFECT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN ATLANTA AND MY DAUGHTER'S GOING TO SCHOOL IN SAVANNAH, SO I WOULD THEN LEAVE THE CONFERENCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO ATLANTA NEXT YEAR AND 2025 IS ORLANDO.
ANYTHING ELSE, MOLLY? GOOD? NO, BUT THERE'S A HANDOVER THERE.
I JUST, I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR TAKING IT ON.
UH, I KNOW IN RA IT'S BASICALLY A FOUR YEAR PROCESS FOR US, BUT WE MEET MONTHLY ON IT AND JUST, WE DEDICATE LIKE THREE HOURS A MONTH AND HIT UP ALL OUR CONTACTS THAT WE NEED TO, LIKE, AS YOU SAID, IT'S VERY INTERDEPARTMENTAL
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AS WELL.UH, A LOT OF, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU REALIZE YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT YOU SHOULD BE JUST AS A DEPARTMENT.
LIKE I KNOW OURS, OUR BIG ONE WAS KIND OF LIKE A RECYCLING PLAN.
WHY, WHY DIDN'T WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE A FORMAL RECYCLING PLAN? WE ALREADY RECYCLE.
NOW IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS OUR FORMAL PLAN FOR IT.
AND IT'S A MATTER OF DOCUMENTING IT TOO.
AND IT REALLY HELPS YOU GET CERTAIN NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST KIND OF NEED TO MAKE YOUR DEPARTMENT BETTER.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO FIND INFORMATION.
IT'S LIKE, NO, YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
SO IT'S LIKE I SAID, I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR TAKING IT ON.
YOU TWO ARE TO BE COMMENDED AGAIN FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND UNFORTUNATE FOR YOU, WE'VE COME TO EXPECT IT
KEITH, YOU, KEITH, YOU'LL BE NEXT.
YOU CAN STAY IN THE SAME CHAIR.
PROPOSED, UH, 2324 PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET, KEITH.
SO, AND I HAVE PRINTED OUT A SMALL COPY THANK YOU OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, NOT THE WHAT, 300, 290 PAGES THAT, UH, WAS THERE.
BUT IF YOU WANT THE WHOLE THING, THIS IS ON THE WEBSITE, SO YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO THERE.
SO, UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED, UH, THE, UH, PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET TO COUNCIL.
UM, WE WILL PRESENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION SECTION AT A SATURDAY SPECIAL BUDGET RETREAT ON AUGUST 12TH.
AND THEY WILL BE HAVING MEETINGS.
UM, AND, AND IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A SCHEDULE, I WON'T GO OVER EVERY SINGLE ONE.
UH, IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE APPROVED AT THE TUESDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING.
UM, BUT, UH, I'M, I WILL GIVE Y'ALL A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S IN THERE SO YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S, AND, AND I'M NOT GOING INTO DETAIL.
WE'LL DO THE DETAIL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT'S IN THERE.
WE ARE, WE ARE EXPECTING A GOOD BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UM, UM, SO LET'S KIND OF GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW.
UM, LAST YEAR OR CURRENT YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 13.3 MILLION.
UH, THE PROPOSED, WE ARE LOOKING AT 14.4 MILLION.
UM, THAT IS ROUGHLY A 8% INCREASE.
THAT IS A PRETTY NICE INCREASE.
UH, WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THAT, OF THAT, UM, FIVE NEW POSITIONS IS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
UH, THAT IS A VERY BIG HELP, UM, TO, TO OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S LISTED IN THE BUDGET ARE ONGOING FUNDING.
UH, WE HAVE 250,000 FOR MOWING CONTRACT.
UM, 445,000 FOR TEMPORARY STAFF FOR RECREATION AND ARTS FACILITIES.
UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20,000 FOR PLAYGROUND SURFACE AND THEN 74,000 JUST FOR ADDITIONAL OPERATING COSTS FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, CLEANING FACILITIES IN UNIFORMS. UM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING.
UM, WE HAVE 114,000 FOR A DENVER LIGHTING SYSTEM AT THE GRANDVILLE, A CENTER 112,500 FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDING.
UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR PARK SECURITY, 175,000 FOR TURF AND SPRINKLER REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
50,000 FOR A RECREATION DIVISION TRUCK, 25,000 FOR A PRESSURE WASHER, AND 75,000 FOR A TRAIL VISIBILITY STUDY.
SO, UM, UH, THAT IS A NICE, UH, BUDGET FOR US.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE RECREATION PERFORMANCE FUND.
UH, THIS IS A ENTERPRISE FUND.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO EARN REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SPIN.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A ROUGHLY A 14% INCREASE.
SO THAT MEANS OUR REVENUE ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY
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HAVE THAT 14% INCREASE.SO, UM, THE ITEMS WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW IS BASICALLY, UM, WE ACTUALLY DID A, UM, UH, REVISED BUDGET MIDYEAR.
UH, WE DID, UM, THE FENCE AT WINTER'S SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL NOTICED THAT, BUT WE ALSO DID 65,000 FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT IN SPORTS.
FIELD MAINTENANCE, UH, WAS ADDED TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
AND THEN IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE'RE ASKING FOR 144,600 TO REPLACE, UH, THE FOOTBALL FENCE THAT'S CENTRAL, UH, AND PURCHASE MOBILE, UH, PITCHING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DETAIL DOESN'T SHOW EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME TABLES AND CHAIRS, WE'LL, GETTING SOME AEDS FOR THE SENIOR, UH, BUS.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S, UM, A CARVER REFRIGERATOR I THINK IS ALSO IS ON THAT LIST, BUT THAT'S JUST BASICALLY A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT'S IN THERE.
SO, UM, WE WILL PRESENT, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AT THE SEPTEMBER, UH, ONCE WE PROVIDE THE, UH, COUNCIL THAT PRESENTATION ON THE 12TH.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS GO AHEAD, DAVE.
PITCH MOBILE PITCHING, IS THAT LIKE BASEBALL PITCHING? IT'S A PITCHING, UH, MOUND.
SO FOR LIKE CARTER COMPLEX, IT'S A FLAT SURFACE.
SO IF WE WANNA DO BASEBALL, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A MOBILE PITCHING MOUND.
SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW LIKE GUITAR AND PITCHING TAR
AND, AND THAT, THAT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE I'M WITH A GRANDSON, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THOSE IN A LOT OF THE FIELDS.
IT GIVES YOU MULTIPLE USES OF THE FIELD THAN THE WAY YOU SET UP YOUR BASES AND YOUR PITCHING ALLOWS YOU MOVE THEM MORE TOURNAMENTS.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO, TO UTILIZE THE COMPLEX IN A LOT MORE DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE FOR KEITH ON, ON THIS, DAVE? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU, JASON.
SO JUST, UM, SO THE CITY MANAGER'S ON BOARD WITH THIS BUDGET IS PROPOSED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO HE'S SUPPORTIVE, HE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PARKS OF RECREATION.
YOUR, EVERYTHING THAT WE ASKED FOR THAT WAS BOND RELATED WAS APPROVED.
LIKE I SAID, WE GOT FIVE POSITION OVERALL, THE CITY'S GOT 44 POSITIONS, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE POLICE AND FIRE.
BUT, UH, WE FEEL VERY LUCKY TO GET THOSE FIVE POSITIONS.
JASON, UH, YOU SAID YOU HAD ABOUT AN EXTRA 14% IN REVENUE THEN FROM YOUR PROJECTIONS.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS KIND OF ATTRIBUTED TO? A LOT OF IT IS RENTALS.
UM, LIKE FOR FIELDS OR JUST, UH, LIKE AT EVERYTHING.
WONDERFUL REC CENTERS, RENTALS ARE REALLY UP.
AND THE FITNESS, BECAUSE WE HAD THE ADDITION AT AUDUBON YES.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE WITH THAT.
YES, I WAS, YEAH, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT, BUT GOOD JOB
SO, AND, AND WE'RE SEEING HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE INCREASES WHEN HOLLOW BALL COMES ONLINE.
SO, UH, WITH THE LARGER FITNESS CENTER, UH, DOUBLE GYM OR THE GYM.
YOU KNOW, SO, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, AT GRANTING UP CENTRAL PARK, THE, THE ANNEX, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S COMPLETED, THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, A LOT OF RENTAL USE OUT OF THAT.
I OBJECT TO SEE HOPE I, I GUESS I CAN RELAY, BUT, UH, IT IS GONNA BE IN OUR BUDGET, UH, OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
BUT, UH, UH, IN YOUR PACKET THERE, UH, WE ARE ASKING TO INCREASE THE FEE AT GRANGER TO ONE 50.
UM, BECAUSE WE, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T, WE WENT BY AND SAW THE GRAINGER.
WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A, A BIG HIT AS FAR AS RENTALS.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, UM, LOT OF REVENUES FROM THAT, UH, FACILITY THAT'S GONNA GIVE US OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA HAVE THEIR EVENTS AND THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN THE REC CENTER.
AND ALSO GIVES OPTIONS THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES AROUND US, POSSIBLY, I HOPE, WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE, UH, OTHER, UH, ADULT BEVERAGES, UH, SERVED IN THERE.
UM, I WILL DEFER THAT TO DELETE ON THAT ONE.
SO
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SO YOU BETTER PLAY CATCH UP WITH HIM.WELL, I KNOW, I KNOW WE DO HAVE ONE FACILITY NOW THAT SERVE ALCOHOLICS, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY STRICT RULES AND THAT'S THE ATRIUM.
IT, IT, SO IT'S TOO, I WILL SAY IT'S GETTING STRICTER THOUGH.
BALLPARK AROUND AROUND D F W TO HAVE THAT.
WELL THIS, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT FACILITY, SO IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS THERE TO DO WHATEVER, INDEPENDENT OF WHAT
YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN HAVE A FACILITY ALL YOUR OWN.
I SEE THIS ONE BE A GREAT HIT FOR, FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND AND AS BEING IN CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING BUILT WHAT THEY BUILT OUT OF WHAT WAS THERE.
WONDERING IF, UM, WHEN DOWNTOWN GARLAND, THE PARK, IS IT PART OF UNDER OUR JURISDICTION? YES.
UM,
IS THAT GONNA BE RESERVABLE? DOES HER NAME? YES.
LIKE IF PEOPLE WANTED TO A SPECIAL EVENT AND THEY WANNA RENT IT OUT FOR THE AMPHITHEATER PART, IS THAT BEING FACTORED INTO? SO ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING OKAY.
IS TO BE ABLE TO PROGRAM THAT SPACE.
AND UH, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, IS BEING ABLE TO, HOW TO PROGRAM THAT, UH, DOWNTOWN SPACE.
BUT ALSO IT'S CAN OUTSIDE GROUPS PAY TO USE AMPHITHEATER OR THE DEGRASSI.
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WITH US THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE, OR AT LEAST IS ONE OF THEM GONNA BE MORE FOR Y'ALL? SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING? NO, UH, I, I CAN BASICALLY GIVE YOU THE, THERE WILL BE TWO IN PARK OPERATIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
UM, JUST THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE.
UH, THERE WILL BE ONE FOR HOTTER BALL REC CENTER.
THERE WILL BE A REC SPEC SPECIALIST ON THAT, UH, GROUND ARC CENTER WILL HAVE A GROUND ABILITY ATTENDANT.
UH, AND THEN THE ACTIVATION, UH, PERMITTING OFFICE WILL HAVE ONE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND BEING ABLE TO PERMIT ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, WILL THIS, THE FUNDING THAT, UH, THE NEW, UH, PEOPLE, WILL THIS COME OUT OF THE, UH, YOUR, THE GENERAL FUND THAT EACH, EACH YEAR'S BUDGET? OR WILL IT BE ANY OF THAT BE FUNDED FROM BOND ELECTIONS? WHICH, WHICH FUNDING? UM, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FUND YOUR, ON YOUR, AN ANNUAL BUDGET, OTHER NEW NEW PEOPLE AND ALL THAT.
IT'S ALL GONNA BE ANNUAL BASED.
SO THE BOND FUND WOULD NOT BE PAID FOR ANY STAFF, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME TRANSFER FOR T F FUNDING.
UM, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION.
SO, SO PART OF THE FUNDING THAT, UH, MATT'S GETTING PART OF THAT WILL BE PAID BY T I F, UH, ALONG AS THE TIF IS STILL, UM, TAX INSTRUMENT.
THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCE FOR DOWNTOWN.
UH, IS THIS, IS IT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A TIF FOR DOWNTOWN? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE, KEITH? THANK YOU.
YOU, I KNOW THIS YOU HAVE, UM, ARE YOU WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE AT NEXT? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I JUST WANNA SHOW Y'ALL REAL QUICK WHILE DON'T WE GO INTO REPORTS OF, UH, BILL GARLAND, I'M SORRY.
JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL TO THE PEOPLE THAT WASN'T THERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON BILL GARLAND DAY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS BOND PROGRAM, WE REALLY, REALLY SHOULD CONTINUE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND WHO VOTED FOR IT.
AND THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO FEATURE SOME VERY UNIQUE AND ENHANCED EXPERIENCES, UH, IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
WE HAD GROUNDBREAKINGS FOR THE HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER.
IT'S GONNA BE A NEW 37,000 SQUARE FOOT RECREATION FACILITY.
AND YOU ALSO WILL HAVE AQUATIC FEATURES WITH IT AS WELL.
YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS.
IT'LL MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
IT'S OVER, I THINK, TRIPLING THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT LOCATION.
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ROOM FACILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES WITH TECHNOLOGY, UH, DIFFERENT SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN INDIVIDUALLY OR IN GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO LEARN, COMMUNICATE, UH, COLLABORATE, AND, UM, LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE.THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING IMPROVEMENT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLIMBING OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
THE WOLF HEAD, THE TURTLE, THE ROCK WALL, AND THEN YOU CAN SLIDE DOWN TO AND FROM THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM TIER ON THE SLIDE.
YOU KNOW, IN 2019 WHEN THE BOND PACKAGE WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY THE VOTERS, THE COUNCIL MADE A DECISION, A COMMITMENT TO SEE THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM THROUGH TO ITS ENTIRETY.
AND, AND SO FROM DAY ONE, WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PROJECT THREE, TWO, DURING THE BOND STUDY PROCESS AND, AND EVERYTHING LEADING UP TO THE BOND ELECTION.
THE CITIZENS WERE VERY VOCAL IN THAT THEY WANTED NEW, UPDATED ADMINISTERED, YOU KNOW, NEW PARKS, NEW POOLS, LIBRARIES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHERE THEY REALLY SPOKE OUT VERY LOUDLY ABOUT AND, AND IN PARKS.
AS PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE, WE HAD $117 MILLION IS JUST DEVOTED TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE HAVE ALMOST HALF OF THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.
THE REMAINING PROJECTS ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW OR IN DESIGN.
HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO HAVE THAT KONA ICE TRUCK OUT THERE?
SO WELL JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR FUTURE EVENTS, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE ON A HOT DAY.
THEY'RE NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS YOU WOULD THINK.
YEAH, THEY REALLY, I THINK, I THINK THEY WENT OVER A HUNDRED IN WHAT THEY HAD PROJECTED BECAUSE THE CROWD DIDN'T REALLY, WASN'T WASN'T YOU HAD TO PAY YOU PAY USUALLY PER YEAH, I WAS PAY AN AMOUNT AND IT GET SO MANY AND THEN IF IT GOES OVER, YOU PAY FOR, BUT IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY MODEST.
WE DO THAT AT A COUPLE OF OTHER EVENTS.
BUT I COULD GET THAT COST IF YOU WANTED.
WELL, IT'S NOT THAT LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
YEAH, WELL NO, FOR US TO USE IT, UH, FOR SOMETHING THE LITTLE LEAK.
YEAH, IT DON IT'S NOT THAT MUCH.
IT'S NOT THAT, THAT WAS THAT BILL GARLAND, UH, TRIP.
THERE WAS, UH, LET'S SEE, THERE WAS DAVID MOREHEAD AND MYSELF AND MOLLY, AND I'M MISSING SOMEBODY DON GOTCHA.
AND DON, UH, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE EVENTS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THAT UH, THAT LAWN WIND PARK OUT THERE WHERE YOU SAW ALL THOSE KIDS AND THE WATER AND ALL THAT STUFF, THAT WASN'T A, A COMBINATION OF ANY OTHER EVENTS.
I, I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARK SINCE BACK IN THE 1960S.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE NEVER EVER, EVER SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE PARK.
AND THEY WERE HAVING A BALL AND THAT SNOW CONE, THAT SNOW CONE DEAL, I MEAN THEY HAD A PRODUCTION SET UP THERE.
I MEAN, ABOUT EVERY 15 SECONDS THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAD IT WHERE YOU COULD WALK UP, GET YOUR CONE AND GO, GO MAKE IT THE, THE COLOR YOU WANTED IT.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT.
WHOEVER, WHOEVER DID THAT, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A REALLY NICE, AND AND DON ESPECIALLY, I ENJOYED IT IN A DIFFERENT, SEVERAL.
HE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, THREE
UM, FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, THANK YOU FOR GETTING SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF US THAT WERE, SOME PICTURES THAT YOU GAVE US FOR THE BILL GARLAND DAY FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
AND WOULD, UH, ASK THAT ALL, ANY, ANY CHANCE YOU GET IF THE STAFF IS GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO INVITE US SO WE CAN GO TO THOSE.
IT IT'S BEEN INTERESTING EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE IT AND, AND EVEN BEING AROUND HERE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE, UH, I STILL LEARN SOMETHING EVERY TIME AND THAT'S GREAT.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE ALONG HERE AND WE'LL UH, NOT PICK UP, WE WILL PICK UP THE PACE, HOPEFULLY.
SPECIAL EVENTS AND MARKETING DIVISION UPDATE.
THIS IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MARKETING DIVISION UPDATE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT'S GONNA, UH, ANY STAFF PERSON'S GONNA HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT, THAT'S JUST, WE, UH, THESE ARE ALL JUST WRITTEN, ESSENTIALLY WRITTEN BRIEFINGS.
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YOUR PACKET.AND IF THERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS IN ANY OF THOSE BRIEFINGS, UH, NOW IT'S TIME TO ASK.
SO, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS MARKETING AND MARKETING DIVISION UPDATE.
AND ARE YOU COMING BACK? GO AHEAD.
I NO, NO, I'M JUST DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
PARK OPERATIONS DIVISION UPDATE, WRITTEN UPDATE.
WE HAVE IN OUR PACKET THE RECREATION DIVISION UPDATE.
WE HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION ON PARKS PARK OPERATION ON THE U SS D A FORCE GRANT.
THE, IS THAT, THAT'S TIED TO THE TREE CANOPY STUDY? YES, SIR.
AND WHAT, WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT TREE CANOPY STUDY? IT IS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
UM, AND PROBABLY WE WILL HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU ALL TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL KNOW IF WE GOT THE GRANT IN OCTOBER.
ANY OTHERS RECREATION DIVISION UPDATE? I, I'VE GOT A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
DON, ONE OF, I, UH, I SAW A PICTURE ON FACEBOOK, I THINK IT WAS GALE FIELDS' RECREATION CENTER.
THEY, THE KIDS HAD THEIR FACES PAINTED AND I NOTICED ONE OF MY NEIGHBOR'S KIDS WAS IN THERE, SO I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, YEAH, THAT IT'S, IT'S A GREAT, THEY DO A GREAT JOB THERE.
HE'S, HE'S AT AUDUBON AND ONE DAY HE COULDN'T GO TO AUDUBON SO HE WENT OVER TO GALE FIELDS, BUT HE'S REALLY ENJOYED BOTH OF THOSE CAMPS AT AUDUBON AND GALE FIELDS.
JUST THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW.
AND THEN, UM, KEITH AND, UH, AND DE LEE AND, AND, AND MATT, UM, THE, UH, THE HOBA REC CENTER, THE ADDITION THAT ARE GOING ON TO THAT, UH, AND THEN HAVING THE LIBRARY NEXT TO IT.
UM, I KNEW HARRIS HOBA, ONE OF OUR FORMER COUNCILMAN THAT THAT WAS NAMED FOR, AND I SWEAR HE WOULD BUST HIS, BUST HIS BUTTONS ON HIS VEST IF HE, IF HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING COMPARED TO ALL WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OUTTA THE 2014, UM, BOND ELECTION.
AT LEAST GOT A REC CENTER THERE.
BUT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF ANYTHING ELSE.
AND NOW IT IS, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY SPECIAL.
AND, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, OH, WHAT'S IT GOING? CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WORD CAME FROM.
BUT, BUT HAVING THE LIBRARY THERE AND THE, THE USE OF THE, THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO, THEY'RE GONNA JUST, THEY'RE GONNA BLOW UP.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN AT THOSE TWO THINGS.
UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE THING HERE THAT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'LL NEED TO, LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.
'CAUSE UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED IT, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION, UH, ON MONDAY NIGHT, THANK YOU MR. PARISH FOR SENDING ME THE EMAIL ON THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ADDITIONAL BOND ELECTION.
UM, AND, UM, AND THEY, THEY VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT.
AND IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE THAT THEY'VE, THAT THEY'VE PUT IN HERE, UH, FOR THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENTS, UH, SEPTEMBER 19TH, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL DUE IN.
THEY'VE HAD GONNA HAVE 19 PEOPLE ON THERE, WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAD IN THE LAST ONE.
UH, MOLLY AND I PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
AM I MISSING ANYONE? AND DAVID, EXCUSE ME, MR. MOREHEAD.
WHEN YOU GET MY AGE, YOU'LL SEE WHY YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THINGS.
I KNEW, I KNEW THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE.
UH, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS EXCITING TO BE IN, BE INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE WE GOT TO, WE GOT TO, WE GOT TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IN DECIDING THE PROJECTS THAT WERE GONNA BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC TO DO THAT.
ANYWAY, IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT, YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL PERSON.
EACH COUNCIL PERSON WILL HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS.
THE MAYOR WILL HAVE THREE OR FOUR.
AND, UH, AND IT, IT IS AN EXCITING THING TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT IT WILL BE, IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT TWO HOUR MEETINGS.
IS THIS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO BRING BACK AT NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? TO, TO GO TO WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY'VE GONE TO NOW? OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
THIS, THIS JUST GIVES US THE, THE, THE FIRST HEADS UP, JAMES, ON THAT, THE, THE PRESENTATION FROM THE, UH, CITY MANAGER WAS VERY FOCUSED ON, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY VALUES UP, BRINGING MORE LAND ONLINE TO DEVELOP, TO BRING UP THE TAX BASE SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PAY FOR.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING IN TERMS OF PROJECTS THAT DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUILDING APARTMENTS EVERYWHERE THEY CAN.
I KNOW THAT MUCH, BUT WE, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AT NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
AND PLUS HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN IS GONNA HELP A LOT.
LAST TIME WE CAME IN COLD AND YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
AND, AND I WILL SAY, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THAT TRIP DOWN TO AUSTIN FOR, FOR STATE HIGHWAY ONE 90 CAME IN, UH,
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IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, STATED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THAT HIGHWAY WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE THE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.AND I THINK THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THAT IS, THAT IS COMING TO FRUITION AND IT IS RUNNING WIDE OPEN.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY AND, AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN ALONG I 30 ALSO GOT THAT OUT OUR TOWN HALL MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, OH, NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ADDED WITH NEW MEMBERS.
OUR OUR TIMES WILL BE RE-UPPED ON AUGUST THE 15TH, SO IT'LL BE IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW FACES, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THESE CHAIRS WON'T BE EMPTY ANYMORE.
AND, UH, AND MATT, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? UH, I JUST WANTED, I DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO FORGET.
WE, WE SKIPPED F IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY BOND PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, ZIA'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAVE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT US TO ADJOURN WITHOUT Y'ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAD.
I ONLY HAVE 17 PAGES HERE, SO CAN WE DO THOSE NEXT TIME OR MEET YOU FOR AN HOUR? YES, MOLLY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA HIGHLIGHT? WELL, I JUST, I DID PUT TOGETHER A SMALL SLIDESHOW OF PICTURES.
JUST PLEASE DO YOU HAPPEN TO, IT'S LIKE THE FIRST PARK BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU FLEW PAST THE PROJECT SECTION, BUT, UM, BUT NO, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, UM, JUST SHOW YOU A FEW PICTURES, LIKE PICTURES
UH, SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT FOUR PROJECTS, UH, THIS EVENING.
BISBEE TRAIL, WATSON PARK, YARBOROUGH PARK, AND RICK ODEN PARK.
UM, THERE WERE SOME CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, SO I DIDN'T WANNA GET TOO CLOSE TO ALL THE, THE PEOPLE IN THERE.
SO THE, IF THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, THIS IS OFF OF APOLLO NEAR JUPITER.
AND SO THERE'S A TRANSMISSION EASEMENT BACK BEHIND.
THERE'S A WATER TREATMENT PLANT OVER THERE.
UM, THIS IS CONNECTING TO A STREET CALLED LAWRENCE.
UM, SO THIS IS A, UM, PROBABLY LESS THAN A MILE LONG TRAIL THAT, UM, CONNECTS THROUGH THIS TRANSMISSION EASEMENT THAT WILL SERVE AS A, LIKE A, A SAFER CONNECTION TO GET TO THE RICHARDSON CITY LIMITS BORDER.
UH, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A SHOT.
THEY, THEY REALLY, THE CONTRACTOR'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB PUTTING A LOT OF CONCRETE DOWN REALLY FAST.
UM, WE COORDINATED QUITE A BIT WITH G P N L.
THIS IS A THICKER CONCRETE, UM, SECTION.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY DO ANTICIPATE GETTING LARGE VEHICLES IN AND OUT OF HERE.
SO, UM, WE WANTED TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE TO WITHSTAND ALL THOSE, ALL THE HEAVY WEIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST SOME PHOTOS OF THAT.
THIS IS A, A DRAIN THAT THEY HAVE TO FORM UP AND POUR.
AND, UM, JUST MORE CONCRETE, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF CONCRETE ON, ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO THE MORE TRAILS THAT, UM, WE CAN GET, THE BETTER.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR FIRST TRAILS OF OUR TRAIL PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE PUT IN FOR THE 2019 BOND.
UM, THAT'S GETTING ON THE GROUND.
AND IN FACT, THE FUNDING KIND OF SWITCHED AROUND.
UM, NONETHELESS, THIS IS ONE OF OUR FIRST OF MANY TRAILS THAT ARE GETTING CONSTRUCTED.
UH, WATSON PARK IS REALLY GREAT PROGRESS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU, UH, SEE HERE, UM, IS JUST ALL THE SUB-GRADE TREATMENT FOR, UH, NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE AN OPEN FIELD.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO APPRECIATE FULLY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT ALL THAT LIGHTER COLOR DIRT IS ALL THERE IS FEET AND FEET AND FEET OF THAT.
UM, TO JUST TO GET READY FOR THE SPLASH PAD.
UH, THIS IS AN AREA FOR THE SWING SET, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE, UM, ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER, UM, SORRY.
THIS, THIS PART OF THE PLAYGROUND IS GONNA GET, UH, POURED IN PLACE RUBBER.
SO THERE'LL BE TWO SECTIONS OF PLAYGROUND WITH RUBBER AND, UM, MULCH.
AND THIS IS JUST A, A SHOT OF SOME OF THE TRAIL GETTING THE SIDEWALK GETTING BUILT OR, UH, POURED.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED ACTUALLY.
THIS IS THE PARKING LOT THAT'S OFF OF, UH, YALE.
UH, ALL THAT IS ACTUALLY POURED NOW.
SO, UM, THEY'RE MAKING REALLY GREAT PROGRESS.
UH, YARBOROUGH PARK, THIS IS FULLY DONE, UM, ALL SORTED.
IT'S A LITTLE FRESH, YOU KNOW, AND IT GOT PUT DOWN WHEN IT WAS REALLY HOT.
WE GOT A FITNESS STATION PUT IN HERE.
UM, THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS REALLY COOL.
WE HAVE THIS NEW, UH, NEW PLAYGROUND HERE.
UM, THAT REALLY WAS A MUCH NEEDED REPLACEMENT FROM THE OLD ONE THAT WAS THERE.
UM, SO REALLY COOL NEW FEATURES.
WHERE IS THAT? BOROUGH PARK IS NEAR KINGSBRIDGE AND BUCKINGHAM, UM, KIND OF IN NEAR OUR ADMIN OFFICE.
UH, IT'S WEST OF JUST PAST FIRST
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STREET.UH, THERE'S A NEW, UM, SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST NORTH OF THIS MM-HMM.
THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE NEW PARKING LOT TOWARDS THE PLAYGROUND.
UH, THIS IS CROSSING THE NEW BRIDGE THAT IS GONNA TAKE PEOPLE FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE PLAYGROUND AREA.
UH, IT'S ALSO THE SAME PERMIT TRACK MATERIAL THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ON PHASE ONE, UH, REALLY LOOKING AWESOME.
UH, SO THEY POURED IN THE RUBBER, THE GREEN RUBBER TODAY.
I WENT OUT AND GOT THESE SHOTS TODAY.
UH, THE GREEN RUBBER IS TODAY AND THEN THE, THE, THE BLACK AREAS THAT YOU SEE ARE, IS, THAT'S THE SUB RUBBER LAYER.
SO THE BLUE IS GONNA GET POURED ON TOP OF THAT TOMORROW.
UM, THAT PLAYGROUND IS LOOKING AMAZING.
THAT'LL BE OUR LARGEST PLAYGROUND IN THE SYSTEM ONCE IT'S DONE.
SO WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURE AND ALL THE PLAY ELEMENTS, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE AROUND 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, SO YOU CAN GET UP, YOU KNOW, THIS SMALLER TOWER AND THEN KIND OF TUNNEL YOUR WAY ACROSS TO THIS LARGER TOWER.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IN THE PICTURE.
UH, THEN YOU CAN GET ON THE SLIDE AND GO DOWN.
UM, THEN THERE'S THIS SECONDARY AREA THAT'S BETWEEN THE PLAYGROUND AND THE RAMP LEADING TO THE RESTROOM WITH THIS LITTLE OBSTACLE COURSE.
THERE'S A LITTLE, LITTLE SKUNK RIGHT THERE.
I GUESS IT WAS GRAFFITI ALREADY IN THE IT IS, IT'S THERE'S GRAFFITI ALREADY.
THEY, THEY'RE JUST NONSTOP OUT THERE.
NEW AND NICE THAT THEY JUST LIKE TO MM-HMM.
SO THESE ARE THE COOL LITTLE WALL PANELS WHERE YOU CAN INTERACT WITH IT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MADE TO THE PICNIC SHELTER.
SO WE PUT A NEW, UH, STONE CLADDING ON THOSE SUPPORTS THERE ON THE BACK.
WE REPAINTED IT, CLEANED IT UP, ADDED CONCRETE AROUND IT.
AND THEN THIS IS THE NEW BASKETBALL COURT RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING BASKETBALL COURT, POST TENSION SLAB.
UM, DID ALL THE CURING, THE TENSIONING.
IT'S REALLY, UH, COMING TOGETHER NICELY.
UH, YOU'RE IN RICK ODEN PARK THERE AND I HAPPEN TO, WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE I SAW THIS NOW, BUT I SAW IT RECENTLY.
UH, A, A SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT RICK ODEN PARK.
PEEWEE, UH, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL STARTED IN 1947.
RICK ODEN WAS, UH, WAS UH, KILLED.
HE WAS HITTING THE HEAD, UH, WITH A BALL COMING IN.
WE HAD THE OLD HELMETS THAT WERE OPEN IN THE TOP AND HE WAS HITTING THE HEAD THERE.
AND I BELIEVE HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER DIE PLAYING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, IT'S A SAD, IT'S A SAD THING, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO HONOR, UH, TO, TO TELL A STORY.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE GANG? UH, I GOT ONE QUICK THING.
WE HAVE A NEW SPONSOR AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
IT'S THE GARLAND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.
AND THEY HAVE THESE HUGE BANNERS THAT WE MADE FOR THEM ON RECYCLING RATHER THAN USING, YOU KNOW, BUYING ANOTHER WATER BOTTLE, BUYING ANOTHER WATER BOTTLE.
AND I THINK THOSE NEW WATER FOUNTAINS THAT Y'ALL PUT UP DO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE, IT FILLS UP YOUR WATER BOTTLE RATHER THAN JUST LEANING OVER AND GETTING A DRINK.
THERE'S ONE AT FIELD, NUMBER ONE NEAR THE DOG PARK.
UH, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE AT, AT, UH, THE OTHER OFF FIELDS.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THEN AT THE END, THIS I WANNA THANK, FIRST THING I WANNA DO IS THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR PREPARATION OF THE MATERIALS FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, THEY OF COURSE, THEY'VE HAD TWO MONTHS, SO THEY HAD PLENTY
AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANNA DO IS I WANT TO THANK THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND PARKS IN, IN GARLAND, UM, YOU MAY NOT REALIZE JUST HOW SPECIAL A TIME THAT IT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN CHOSEN TO THE NINE TO REPRESENT, UH, NEARLY 250 CITIZENS HERE IN GARLAND AND, AND, AND 250,250,000.
IT JUST, IT JUST DIDN'T COME OUT.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THIS IS EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE SPOKE MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO HAVE NO OBSERVERS ON THIS GROUP.
I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU ALL AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU.
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YOUR HONOR.