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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on December 6, 2023.]
TO THE DECEMBER 6TH, 2023 MEETING OF THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.WE HAVE, UH, EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT? AND, AND I GET TWO VOTES.
SO YOU GET, YOU GET TWO VOTES OVER THERE.
WELL, YOUR VOTES SHOULD COUNT THAT MUCH.
ANYWAY, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE WE START WITH THE AGENDA, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, HERE, AND THAT IS JUST RECENTLY WE LOST ONE OF OUR FORMER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE PARK BOARD, A PERSON WHO WAS CHAIRMAN FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND MOLLY, DID YOU KNOW, I DID NOT KNOW YOU.
YEAH, I, UM, IJ JR WYNN AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO GARLAND AND THEY MOVED TO THE, UH, LITTLE THING CALLED COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS RIGHT OUT NEAR CENTERVILLE AND GLENBROOK AREA IN THAT AREA WHERE THE, WHERE THE LONG WIND PARK, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE A GREAT, GREAT, PROBABLY, UH, TO JR.
AND HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND HE JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND JUST WANTED, WANTED US TO ALL BE AWARE THAT, THAT, UH, WE LOST SOMEONE THAT, THAT, THAT HAD A LONG HISTORY IN WORKING WITH THIS, WITH THIS BOARD.
UM, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION, A CHANCE TO LOOK AT 'EM AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE, AND YOU COULD RECITE IT TO US BACKWARDS.
BUT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE DANG THINGS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A, HAVE A MOTION BY MR. PARISH AND A SECOND BY MS. BISHOP.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND ALL THOSE APPROVED, ALL THOSE THAT OPPOSE NONE, SO THEY'RE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
SO WE GO THROUGH ITEM TWO AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM THREE, UH, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO LOOK AT, UH, EITHER CANCELING OR RESCHEDULING THE JANUARY, UH, 2024 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING.
AND, UH, FIRST OFF, UH, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE AN OPTION OF TWO DATES IF WE WISH TO CONTINUE THE JANUARY MEETING.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE THE, THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, UH, AFTER OUR NORMAL DATE.
THAT'D BE JANUARY 10TH OR 11TH IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THE MEETING OR IF YOU WISH TO CANCEL, UH, WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
I JUST, UH, YEAH, JUST, I, JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, I CAN'T IMAGINE MUCH IS GONNA HAPPEN BETWEEN THEN AND, UM, THAT FIRST WEEK.
I THINK, AND IT TAKES, IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO PUT THESE MEETINGS TOGETHER.
PROBABLY WON'T BE BUSY WORKING.
WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY GET TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WHICH I THINK IS EVEN MORE OF REASON.
IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE WORKING, THEY'RE GONNA BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ARE THERE ANY ISSUES THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY CRUNCH TIME ON RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD NECESSITATE OUR BEING HERE? THEY CAN'T WAIT TILL FEBRUARY.
I KNOW THIS ONE, BUT STAFF IS PREPARED FOR A LENGTHY FEBRUARY MEETING.
SO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UM, CANCEL THE JANUARY MEETING AND SO WE'LL CALL FOR VOTE NOW.
JANUARY, 2024 MEETING IS CANCELED AND WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY OF 2024.
WE GONNA HANDLE THIS ONE FOR US THIS EVENING.
IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THE MICROPHONE FROM HERE, I CAN MAKE THIS MICROPHONE.
WHERE'S THE BUTTON? COME ON NOW.
IS MIKE ON? I'M NOT USED TO BEING OVER HERE.
YES, THIS EVENING WE HAVE KEATON BLYTHE COME ON UP.
UM, HE IS OUR AQUATICS SUPERVISOR.
HE'S ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT HAS REALLY JUST GROWN UP IN THIS DEPARTMENT, AND HE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE AQUATICS,
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UH, DIVISION, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK RUN RUNS JUST MAY THROUGH AUGUST.AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
SO HOPEFULLY HE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T AS, UM, APPARENT ABOUT THE POSITION AND WHAT ALL IT TAKES.
SO LIKE LEE SAID, MY NAME IS KEATON BLYTHE.
UM, I'M THE AQUATIC, UH, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, I STARTED WORKING AT 16 AT SURF AND SWIM IN 2009.
I BECAME A POOL MANAGER IN 2013, AND THEN FULL-TIME, UM, IN 2018.
AND SO BASICALLY MY WHOLE PROFESSIONAL CAREER HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND, UM, WHICH I'VE BEEN VERY THANKFUL FOR.
UM, SO AS THE, UH, SUPERVISOR, I'M OVER THE BOND, UH, PROJECT, UH, AQUATICS, HIRING, TRAINING, UM, OPERATIONS.
UH, OPERATIONS, SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMMING, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS AND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO SOME OF THE BOND PO BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON ARE SURF AND SWIM, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
WE ARE 90%, UH, DONE WITH THAT.
UM, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE TO BE OPENING SUMMER 2026.
UH, HOLFORD IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH AN ANTICIPATED DATE OF T UH, SUMMER 2025.
UM, THESE PICTURES OVER HERE ARE, UH, HALFORD'S, UH, RENDERS.
UM, BOTTOM HAS THE REC CENTER AND THE POOL.
THE TOP ONE IS THE SLIDES THAT WE PLAN ON USING.
UM, SO LIKE DELEE SAID, MY JOB IS PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND.
UM, EVEN THOUGH SUMMER IS ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS, UM, I HAVE TO START HIRING IN DECEMBER.
SO THAT'S WHEN I PUSH OUT HIRING FOR MANAGERS.
UM, I HAVE TO HIRE THEM ON SO THEY CAN HELP ME WITH MY LIFEGUARD CLASSES, GO THROUGH INSTRUCTOR COURSES, UM, THAT HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY.
UM, SO WITH RECRUITING, I GO THROUGH SCHOOL VISITS.
UH, WE DO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, UM, TO HELP REACH OUT TO OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES.
MOST OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES AGE BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, UM, COLLEGE AGE.
UM, SO THEY'RE VERY SOCIAL MEDIA TECH FRIENDLY.
WE DO THREE TO FOUR LIFEGUARD CLASSES A YEAR.
DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH STAFF WE NEED AND HOW MUCH THOSE CLASSES MAKE.
UM, WE DO TWO SWIM INSTRUCTOR CLASSES AND THEN WE HAVE AN ORIENTATION FOR EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS AT THE POOL.
UM, IN A FULL SUMMER WHEN WE HAD ALL THREE POOLS OPEN, WE DID HIRE 18 MANAGERS, UM, SEVEN, UH, SWIM SUPERVISORS, 90 LIFEGUARDS, 45 SWIM INSTRUCTORS, AND 35 GUEST SERVICE.
UM, WITH JUST BRADFIELD BEING OPEN SINCE SURF AND, UH, HOLFORD HAD BEEN CLOSED, WE WENT DOWN TO, UH, FOUR MANAGERS, THREE SWIM SUPERVISORS, 35 LIFEGUARDS, AND 30, UH, SWIM INSTRUCTORS AND FOUR GUEST SERVICE.
UH, WE ALSO DO, IF IT'S A WEIRD YEAR, LIKE WITH COVID, WE DO STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A SHARK OUTFIT.
SO YOU MAY SEE US THERE AS WELL.
UM, FOR AQUATIC OPERATIONS, UM, I GO OVER STAFF SCHEDULING, UM, OVERSIGHT OF THE STAFF DAILY DOCUMENTATION, UH, RUNNING OUR IN-SERVICE TRAININGS, UM, ENSURING THAT OUR SUPPLIES ARE IN STOCK AND AT THE PROPER LOCATION.
UM, ALL OF OUR CASH HANDLING IS, UH, BEING MAINTAINED AND DOCUMENTED.
UM, ANY OPERATIONAL AUDITS THAT WE, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE OUR STAFF ARE DOING, AND THEN STAFF ENGAGEMENTS AS WELL.
SO FOR AQUATIC SAFETY, OUR LIFEGUARDS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOUR HOURS OF IN-SERVICE EVERY MONTH.
SO EVERY, UH, EVERY WEEK WE DO HAVE AN IN-SERVICE TRAINING, UM, WHICH MAINTAINS THEIR LICENSE THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY CURRENTLY HOLD.
AND THEN THEY, UH, ANY UPDATES FOR THOSE SKILLS AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE INTERNAL AUDITS, UH, WHICH ARE VISUAL TIMED VISUAL AWARENESS TEST.
UH, SO THIS JUST MEANS THAT WE WOULD THROW EITHER A MANNEQUIN INTO THE WATER THAT SIMULATES A GUEST IN DISTRESS.
UH, WE DO SILHOUETTES OR WE DO LIVE ACTIVE WHERE WE'LL SEND IN EITHER SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, ONE OF THE STAFF ON BREAKS TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE A GUEST IN DISTRESS.
UH, SO TRYING TO SIMULATE THESE SCENARIOS.
UM, WE ARE A CLIENT OF JEFF ELLISON ASSOCIATES.
UM, THAT'S WHO WE GET OUR LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH.
UM, AND THEY PROVIDE AUDITS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A VISUAL AUDIT, WHICH AGAIN, THEY COME INTO OUR FACILITY, UM, WE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
AND THEN THEY JUST VIDEOTAPE OUR STAFF, MAKING SURE THEY'RE SCANNING, WATCHING THEIR WATER, UM, WHICH IS MAJORITY OF THEIR JOB.
UM, AFTER THAT WE HAVE A SKILLS AUDIT WHERE ONCE THE PARK IS CLOSED, WE GO OVER A FULL BLOWN SCENARIO, WHICH CONSISTS OF EITHER A WATER RESCUE, PULLING THEM OUT OF THE WATER, UM, GOING INTO CPR, UM, RESCUE, BREATHING, WHATEVER THE SCENARIO MAY ENTAIL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DOCUMENTATION AUDIT, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR LICENSES.
UM, ALL OF OUR IN SERVICES ARE IN CHECK.
UM, ALL OF OUR OPENING CLOSING CHECKLISTS, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS, UM, NON EXPIRED AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE TOP 10%
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IN THE WORLD, UM, OUT OF THEIR 1500 CLIENTS.UM, SO WE DO LIKE TO HOLD THAT.
WE HOLD OUR STAFF AT A VERY HIGH STANDARD.
UM, SO THAT IS A VERY GOOD, UH, METRIC FOR US.
UH, WE DO, UH, EQUIPMENT AND, UM, ATTRACTION INSPECTIONS AS WELL.
SO WE ALWAYS, EVERY DAY WE INSPECT ALL OF OUR CRASH BAG EQUIPMENT, OUR OXYGEN, OUR A ED, UM, MAKING SURE ALL THAT STUFF IS UP TO DATE AND CURRENT AND IS READY TO BE USED IN A MOMENT'S NOTE NOTICE, UH, AQUATIC PROGRAMS. UH, SO WE DO HAVE A LARGE SWIM LESSON PROGRAM.
UH, JUST BRADFIELD ALONE, WE HAD 1,620, UM, REGISTRATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR SESSIONS PER SUMMER.
UH, EACH SESSION IS TWO WEEKS WITH FOUR, UH, DAYS A WEEK.
UM, WE DID OFFER A WATER AEROBICS THIS YEAR, BUT IT DID NOT MAKE, UM, FOR THE SENIORS.
UH, SO WE ARE GONNA TRY AND PUSH THAT OUT AGAIN, TRY AND, UH, WORK WITH THE SENIORS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN I WORK ON, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS.
SO I'M, UH, PART OF THE, UM, GARLAND GRAVEYARD TRUNK OR TREAT COMMITTEE.
UM, THE, A HUNT COMMITTEE AND IN THE, UH, THE SWEETHEART DANCE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I'VE ALSO PAIRED WITH THE CBB AND ATHLETICS, UH, RUNNING OUR ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT, UM, AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE OUR BUDDY LEAGUES, UM, ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE, UH, SPLASH PADS? SPLASH PADS? UM, NOT REALLY.
THOSE ARE OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, STAFF.
I'M PRETTY HANDS OFF ON THOSE.
UM, SO SURFING STONE'S GONNA BE CLOSED FOR TWO YEARS? YES.
WHY IS IT, WHY THE DELAY ON THAT? SO, SURF AND SWIM, I'LL, I'LL HELP YOU ON THAT ONE.
SO SURF AND SWIM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE EKING ALONG AND IT JUST BECAME REALLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE TO CONSTANTLY HAVE TO CLOSE EARLY DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT NEW FACILITY.
BUT, UM, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG? THAT'S YOU'VE, WE JUST, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 90% DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ON THAT.
IT WILL GO OUT TO BID, UM, IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND THEN ONCE THAT BID GETS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND AWARDED, THEN THEY CAN START CONSTRUCTION.
AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST THESE THINGS.
THEY'RE NOT JUST DONE ON A NAPKIN, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT HAVE TO GO INTO IT WITH A DESIGN DETAIL AND THEN CREATING THOSE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, ALL OF THE, THE BID PROCESS, IT JUST ALL TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
WELL, UM, THE CHAIRMAN AND I ATTENDED A, UM, A DALLAS PRESENTED FULL, UM, UPDATE AND THEY WERE GIVEN, UM, A TWO YEAR DEADLINE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A THREE YEAR ONE FROM WHAT I CAN KIND OF SEE.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE THAT UP.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, HOW THEY SAID, WANT THAT OPEN FOR A, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MADE IT HAPPEN? I JUST, I JUST REMEMBER BEING IMPRESSED PARTICULARLY.
UM, DOES, I DON'T FELT LIKE IT TOOK THAT LONG TO GET BUILT ORIGINALLY, SO I WAS, WELL THERE'S, THIS ONE WILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MORE AMENITIES WITH THE NEW FACILITY THAN THERE WERE WITH WHAT WAS THERE.
SO IT'S NOT GOING, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE WAVE POOL ANYMORE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT SLIDES AND THE FLOW RIDER AND SO THERE'S A LOT MORE IN, AND WE ALSO THOUGHT ORIGINALLY, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SALVAGE PARTS OF THE EXISTING SURF, LIKE THE BUILDINGS AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE STARTED THAT WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS AND HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH.
'CAUSE I, I MEAN, I KNOW IT COMES WITH A LOT OF MECHANICS, BUT I, AND I KNOW IT'S AN OUTDOOR PROJECT FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE MECHANICS.
AND I, AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE TOURED OVER THERE THE MECHANICS OF, OF WHAT USED TO BE THERE.
I JUST DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE SO LONG COMING TO FRUITION.
SO IT, IT'LL MAKE IT IN 2026 IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO I MEAN, WE, WE ARE JUST FINISHING ALL OF THE DESIGN UP AND LIKE I SAID, THE PROJECT WILL GO OUT TO BID IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND SO EVERYBODY, THEN THOSE BIDS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF, THEN THE BID HAS TO BE AWARDED.
SO ALL OF THAT JUST TAKES TIME.
UM, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
I JUST, SO WE ARE, WE TOOK, UM, UH, WIND, WIND POOL OUT OF, OUT OF PLAY.
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THE SUMMER BEFORE? YEAH.SO, SO WHERE'S THE RAPPORT? BRADFIELD IS THE CURRENT ONE.
AND THEN HOLFORD WILL OPEN AND THEN SURF WILL OPEN AND THEN WIND GOT THE SPLASH PAD SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T, THERE WON'T BE A POOL REPLACED THERE.
SO WE'RE LIKE GONNA PROMOTE LIKE EASTFIELD OR SOMETHING AND INDOOR FACILITY OR THERE ISN'T, THERE ISN'T ANOTHER POOL FACILITY FOR THE PUBLIC.
BUT BRADFIELD IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
CARL AND ISD ALSO HAS AN INDOOR FACILITY.
IT'S NICE AND IT'S NOT REALLY NICE.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A HIGH COST, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT.
YOU READY? OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS OPEN.
UH, THERE'S, THEY HAVE OPEN, UH, LAP SWIM TIME AND I'VE GONE, IT'S REALLY NICE.
HOW, HOW LONG IS IT OPEN DURING WEEK? UM, I THINK MON I THINK MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM LIKE FOUR TO SEVEN THEY HAVE OPEN LAP SWIM.
BUT YOU HAVE TO LIKE PAY I THINK $5 OR $10.
I CAN'T REMEMBER TO SWIM UHHUH.
BUT, BUT IT IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBS AND IN THE BEGINNING THERE'S A LOT OF GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I'M SEEING A LOT OF CARS THERE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO CHECK THEIR CALENDAR.
YOU HAVE TO CHECK THEIR CALENDAR.
'CAUSE IF THEY HAVE A MEET THEN THEY WON'T HAVE IT.
AND THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE POSTPONED.
THE AUDITORIUM OFF FIREWALL PARKWAY.
UM, MOLLY, ARE YOU DONE? YOU'RE DONE.
MINIMUM AGE OF THE, UH, LIFEGUARDS OR THE YOUNGEST EMPLOYEE? YOU CAN HAVE 16.
AND WATER AEROBICS? UH, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S ONLY OFFERED FOR SENIOR.
IT IT WAS ONLY OFFERED FOR SENIORS OR RIGHT.
SO THAT WAS OUR MAIN TURT AUDIENCE.
WHENEVER WE DID OUR, UM, MASTER PLANNING AND REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED, UM, AEROBICS WAS A, A MAIN ONE.
SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO PAIR WITH OUR, UM, SENIOR CENTERS TO TRY AND WORK WITH THEM, UM, AND GET THE SENIORS INVOLVED, UM, IN A BROADER PROGRAM.
WHAT DID, WOULD IT GONNA BE, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUBSIDIZED OR, BUT ARE THEY GONNA, UH, DO A COST? NO.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS 55.
$55 FOR HOW MANY CLASSES? TWO CLASSES FOR TWO CLASSES.
SO IT, IT WAS SIX WEEKS I HER TO COME UP HERE SIX WEEKS.
SO SAM, THIS IS SAM CAREY, SHE'S OUR ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS MANAGER.
SO IT WAS $55 FOR SIX WEEKS, TWO TIMES A WEEK.
AND TRANSPORTATION FROM THE SENIOR CENTER AND OH, OKAY.
IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS LIKE 55 FOR ONE WEEK.
I'M LIKE, OH, WELL THERE'S YOUR
WE JUST DIDN'T MAKE, WE, WE DIDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, SO IT, WE DID NOT MAKE THAT.
I WONDER IF WE COULD JUST A, A SUGGESTION.
I WONDER IF WE COULD MAKE IT SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANY OF THE PUBLIC AND THEN IF THERE'S JUST MORE OF A SUBSIDIZED COST FOR SENIORS.
UM, SO AT LEAST IT DOES MAKE, 'CAUSE I THINK WATER OAKS WOULD BE NICE FOR THE PUBLIC WITHOUT AN AGE RESTRICTION, BUT THERE COULD BE A LOWER COST FOR SENIORS.
YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR STAFFING LEVELS.
UH, HOW WERE THEY LIKE THE LAST FEW YEARS? I KNOW.
SO THEY WERE KIND OF STRUGGLING ALL ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, UNTIL WE RAISED TO $15 AN HOUR, UM, WE WERE STRUGGLING 'CAUSE WE WERE AT 8 75 AND THEN WE'D RAISED TO 12.
UM, THAT $15 AN HOUR STILL REALLY HELPED US, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME, UM, DIFFICULTY TRYING TO GET THAT.
UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY DOES HELP OUT.
SO WE'VE MET OUR STAFFING NEEDS.
LUCKILY WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY, UM, GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE ONE FOR THE SURFACE GROUND.
WE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THE FINAL LOOK ON THAT IS.
WE PLAN TO BRING SOME RENDERINGS TO THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY.
FUTURE AGENDA ARE AND ARE WE
THAT'S ONE OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAS A SPECIFIC DATE.
SURF AND SWIM DID NOT HAVE SURF.
WELL THERE'S A FLOW RIDER, WHICH IS THE BE SIR.
YEAH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS FLOW RIDER, LET'S KEEP IT POSITIVE.
SO MAKE THE PACKAGE AND WE WILL OH YEAH.
IF THE NAME IS THE ONLY THING, NOT
I JUST WAS, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF, UM, WHERE DO NEED TO SWIM IN THAT, UM,
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A SPLASH FACILITY INSTEAD OF A POOL.UH, QUESTION IN, IN THIS, IN THE DESIGN, ARE WE, ARE WE CONNECTING THIS IN ANY WAY TO, UH, THE REC CENTER THERE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF A USE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HOLFORD OR SURF? I, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT AUDUBON AND SURFACE.
WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A PHENOMENAL THING TO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT
SOME PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, DON'T I?
JUST THINKING I'LL, THERE'LL BE A RIM AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S UP ON MORE THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THEN IT GOES DOWN INTO THE CREEK, I WOULD THINK.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE BEAT THIS UP? BEAT THIS UP TOO MUCH.
UH, SO, UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE QUESTION YOU ASKED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, JERRY ON CONNECTIVITY AND WE THINK ABOUT THE BUILDING FACADE FOR THE NEW SURF AND SWIM FACILITY, AND THEN HOW DOES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOES IT COMPLIMENT THE EXISTING RECREATION CENTER OR DOES IT LOOK LIKE AN EYESORE? SO WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN CHOOSING OUR MATERIALS AND OUR COLORS, SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOW AN OUTDOOR COVERED FACILITY AT THE AUDUBON REC CENTER THAT IF THINGS WERE TO WORK OUT, THAT COULD BE AN EXCELLENT, MUCH LARGE, MUCH LARGER, UM, OH, A SLIPPING MUCH LARGER GROUP IN THE POOL.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT MAY NOT KNOW TRAPS, UH, IS NOT DOING A REGIONAL CONFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE NRPA CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD IN DALLAS.
SO, BUT IN STILL WANNA HAVE THEIR AWARD PROGRAM.
AND SO WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO IS HAVE THE AWARDS PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR NORMAL HOLIDAY, UM, EVENT THAT THEY HAVE IN DECEMBER.
AND SO, WHICH IS YES, WHICH IS WHY MATT IS NOT HERE.
HE IS THERE, UM, WITH ONE OF HIS PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO I GUESS IS NOW FULL-TIME.
UM, BUT AT THE TIME SHE WAS, SHE STILL IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
SO SHE GOT PART-TIMER OF THE YEAR.
UM, SHE IS COORDINATING ALL OF THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD MATT DISCUSS IN OUR MEETINGS AND IS VERY ORGANIZED AND HELPED WITH THAT WITH THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE EVENT.
AND SO SHE'S NOW A FULL-TIME POSITION.
SO THEY RECEIVED THAT AWARD AND THEN KIM NUMI RECEIVED THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AWARD FOR THE NASA, THE GARLAND AND BEYOND, UM, SPACE INDUSTRY EXHIBIT THAT WAS HERE AT CITY HALL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, I SEE KIM'S NAME ON HERE.
COULD YOU SAY YOUR LAST, HOW DO YOU SPELL HER LAST NAME? N-U-R-M-I.
I AM EXCITED TO, UM, SHARE WITH YOU THE, UH, SUMMARY OF OUR PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND, UM, AND DRAFT CONCEPT FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS, UM, IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE, WE DID A LOT OF, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND, UH, WE, UH, DID IT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE, UH, TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW IT, IT DOES TAKE A TI IT TAKE TIME TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND DEVELOP CONCEPTS THAT REFLECT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, I WANTED TO, I'LL, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THESE SLIDES.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO, TO SEE HERE.
UH, THE FINAL SLIDE IS THE CONCEPT, JUST SPOILER ALERT.
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IT'LL, I WANT TO KIND OF DRIVE YOU THROUGH ALL THE, ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.UM, UH, IT WAS A, A VERY EXCITING PROJECT JUST TO REMIND YOU.
UH, THIS WAS ONE OF FIVE PROJECTS THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, UM, AND STARTED, UH, EARLY THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, UH, REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT TO HAVE THIS, UM, PROJECT, UH, AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WE SET OUT SEVERAL GOALS, UH, PRIMARILY TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE PARK'S IMPORTANCE WITHIN THE LOCAL CONTEXT, UH, ESPECIALLY ITS STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOP AN INSPIRING VISION FOR THE FUTURE LU HUFF PARK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN DOING ALL THAT, UH, WE AIM TO CREATE A DRAFT MASTER PLAN, UH, FOR FURTHER COMMUNITY INPUT.
THIS BEING ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, GATHERING INPUT FROM, UH, THE PARKS BOARD.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE PLAN TO TAKE THE SAME PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, THIS COMING MONDAY AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO, UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INVITED TO GO AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, AND THEN COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN DESIGN EFFORT, UM, AND, AND GO FORWARD WITH DETAILED DESIGN AND FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, SO JUST TO GIVE A, A OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SITE AND KIND OF OUR CHARGE, UH, THE PARK IS NAMED AFTER A PROMINENT CHERISH AND RESPECTED, UH, GARLAND RESIDENT LULA LU HUFF.
UH, THE PARK IS SET, UH, WITH A $4.4 MILLION BUDGET FOR THE RENOVATION, UH, INCLUDING DESIGN.
UH, THE REVITALIZATION, REV REVITALIZATION OF THE PARK WILL BE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF CONNECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE G-P-N-G-P-N-L OPERATION SITE, UH, NORTH OF, UH, AVENUE B.
UH, THE EXISTING REC CENTER, UH, WAS CLOSED IN 2002 AND IS CURRENTLY USED FOR STORAGE.
AND, UM, THE BUILDING ITSELF CANNOT BE REPURPOSED, UH, DUE TO STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING.
UH, WE HAVE DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING AND IT CANNOT BE REPURPOSED.
SO THE CURRENT PROJECT CONTEMPLATES REMOVAL OF THE BUILDING AND RE-IMAGINING OF THAT SPACE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, UH, UTILIZE THE NEAREST, UH, REC CENTER AT GALE FIELDS, UH, IN EMORY PARK.
HOW FAR IS THAT, ROUGHLY? HALF A MILE, TWO MINUTES, YEAH.
DOWN, UH, SOUTH ON DAIRY AREA.
UH, THE, UH, PLAYGROUND AT LU HUFF PARK WAS REPLACED AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, UH, AND IS ROUGHLY 5,800 SQUARE FEET.
THERE IS AN ONSITE, UM, SOFTBALL FIELD THAT IS CURRENTLY A RENTAL FIELD.
AND, UH, THERE IS AN ACTIVE PROJECT WITHIN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO HELP STABILIZE THE CREEK PORTION OF THE CREEK, UM, NEXT TO THE, THE DAYCARE, UH, BUILDING.
UH, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THAT, THAT, UH, CREEK HAS SUSTAINED SOME EROSION AND, UH, HAS BECOME EVIDENT THAT WE NEED TO SHORE UP THAT, UM, THAT CREEK SO THAT THE BUILDING CAN STAY, UH, IN OPERATION.
IS THE DAYCARE PART OF
IT'S A COUNTY, COUNTY RUN, SO, AH, OH, IT'S RUN BY THE DALLAS COUNTY.
I KNEW THERE WAS A, A LEASE ON ON THAT SITE, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF THE PARK PROPERTY, SO YEAH.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS DALLAS COUNTY RUN.
UM, SO THE PROJECT SCOPE, UM, OUR CHARGE IS TO DEVELOP, UH, A CONCEPT THAT OFFERS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL GATHERING SPACE.
UM, PROVIDES OVERALL SITE SAFETY, UM, IS FOCUSED MORE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
SO IT'S A LOCAL FOCUS VERSUS A REGIONAL FOCUS.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THAT SITE AND ONE OF 'EM BEING STATE HIGHWAY 66, THE RAILROAD TO THE NORTH.
UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS THAT KIND OF LEND ITSELF TO IT BEING MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WANT IT TO BE WELCOMING A GATEWAY OF SORTS BECAUSE IT'S OFF OF HIGHWAY 66.
PEOPLE SEE THAT, UM, AS THEY ENTER INTO THE CITY FROM ROULETTE OR EXIT FOR THAT MATTER.
UM, WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE A, A, A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD RAINBOW ESTATES.
UH, WE WANT IT TO BE CREATIVE AND, AND IT'S, AND IT'S LANDSCAPING, IT'S HARDSCAPING AND HOW THE DESIGN IS DEVELOPED.
OBVIOUSLY WE DO THAT WITH ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE A VERSATILE PROGRAMMING SPACE, UH, TO PROVIDE AS MUCH MULTIPURPOSE USE, UM, WITHIN, WITHIN THE PARK.
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UH, WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF, OF LOU HUFF AND, UM, ARE FINDING WAYS TO DO THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE DESIGN.UH, WE WANNA REIMAGINE THE SPORTS FIELDS AND SPORTS COURTS.
UM, WE WANT TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING ASSETS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE SPORTS FIELD.
UH, WE WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS UTILIZED BY MORE THAN JUST THE PEOPLE WHO RENT THE FIELD.
AND SO WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO OPEN IT UP, UH, SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN USE IT.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE MORE USE AND POSITIVE USE YOU GET IN A PARK, THE, THE MORE NEGATIVE USES GET DISPLACED.
AND SO THE MORE YOU ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE PARK TO OFFER UP THOSE KIND OF, UM, USES OUTSIDE OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY BEEN JUST IN A RENTAL, UM, TIMEFRAME, IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING TO AN OVERALL, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL OF, OF, OF ANY GIVEN WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO INCORPORATE A MEMORIAL, UM, PUBLIC ART TO TELL THE STORY OF LOU HUFF AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA INVESTIGATE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO TIE THE PARK INTO OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING QUITE A BIT WITH THE RAINBOW AND STATES RAINBOW STATE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CHURCHES NEARBY.
SO IF THERE'S WAYS TO GATHER MORE PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM, THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE, UM, BEGINNING TO, TO HAPPEN NOW.
AND THEN ALSO TO REUSE SOME OF THE MATERIALS WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIALS AS PART OF THE OLD REC CENTER.
IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN REUSE SOME OF THAT TO KIND OF, UH, FURTHER TELL OUR STORY IN THE DESIGN, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO CREATIVELY PUT THAT TOGETHER.
SO JUST TO DIVE INTO THE, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
UH, SO THE CITY STAFF ENGAGED WITH, UH, A GROUP OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, THAT AREA.
AND HERE'S A LIST OF, OF PEOPLE WHO KIND OF REPRESENTED THOSE, THOSE GROUPS, UH, THAT WERE PROMINENT, UH, KEY FIGURES IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, PROJECT.
WE HELD TWO MEETINGS WITH THEM FEBRUARY 28TH AND APRIL 4TH.
SO WE MET WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RAINBOW STATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, THE GARLAND NAACP, UM, THE CAPS GROUP, UH, FORMER RESIDENTS, CLERGY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO, UH, PREVIOUSLY FREQUENTED THE PARKS.
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, HIS, UH, HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PERHAPS GREW UP IN THE PARK, PARK, YOU KNOW, SPENT TIME THERE DECADES AGO.
UM, REALLY THE PURPOSE WAS TO GATHER THE, THE HISTORY AND, AND MORE OF THE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PARK WAS TO THEM, UH, BEFORE THE REC CENTER CLOSED.
'CAUSE THE, THE REC CENTER WAS REALLY THE, THE HEART OF WHAT DROVE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THAT PARK.
UM, SO AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS WE ASKED WAS, WHAT DOES THE PARK MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY? AND SO WE PROVIDED SEVERAL QUOTATIONS OR QUOTES FROM, UM, FROM THOSE MEMBERS.
I'LL, I'LL JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OF THESE, UM, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF 'EM, BUT WE, THE, THE, THE GROUP IS REALLY LOOKING FOR A FOUNDATION IN THE PARK THAT SHAPES OUR FUTURE, A PLACE FOR FAMILIES AND MEET FAMILIES TO MEET AND GATHER.
BUILDING BRIDGES WAS A VERY STRONG THEME.
UM, AND, AND WE WILL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THE NEXT SLIDE OR SLIDE AFTER THAT.
UM, BUT AS WE WERE ENGAGING WITH THE GROUP, WE WERE TRYING TO SPARK SOME, UM, INSPIRATION TO HELP DRIVE THE DESIGN CONCEPT.
SO AS WE, AS WE AS DESIGNERS LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF, YOU KNOW, OUR AUDIENCE TO TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE SPACE WAS TO THEM, WHAT IT MEANT TO THEM, THAT DRIVES A LOT OF THE INSPIRATION BEHIND HOW THE FORMS OF THINGS PUT ARE PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THAT UNDERSTANDING.
UM, AND SO ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCES.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN CREATE THOSE SAME EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD AS, AS CHILD, AS CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEIR KID OR THEM AS CHILDREN WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEIR KIDS NOW YEARS LATER TO HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD AT THAT TIME WHEN, UH, WHEN THEY GATHERED AND, AND CREATED THOSE, THOSE MEMORIES.
SO AS WE, AS WE DEVELOPED THIS IDEA, WE, WE WANTED TO PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A LOGO AND, AND TAGLINE THAT THAT CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE, UM, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THAT GROUP.
AND SO THE LOGO THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THAT IN MIND.
AND SO THE, THE CELEBRATING LEGACY COMMUNITY AND CULTURE WAS HOW WE ARRIVED, WAS WHERE WE ARRIVED
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BASED ON ALL OF THOSE IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS.SO, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY WANTED TO BUILD A LEGACY, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT LU H MEANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW ALL OF HER EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, UH, CAN BE MEMORIALIZED AND, AND SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
UM, HOW COMMUNITY AND CULTURE ARE A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE.
UM, BRIDGING THE COMMUNITY AND THE CULTURE TO REIMAGINE THE FUTURE.
AND SO ALL OF THESE KIND OF IDEAS BROUGHT US TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE WITH THE CELEBRATING LEGACY COMMUNITY AND CULTURE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR DRIVING FORCE IN TERMS OF GETTING A DESIGN PUT TOGETHER THAT, THAT AIMS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
AND SO, UM, THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS AND METHODS, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL BRIDGES, PAVILIONS GATHERING SPACES, UM, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE, IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.
AND I'LL, I'LL REMIND YOU OF, OF THIS SLIDE AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO AFTER WE MET WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WE HELD, UH, TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS AT FIELDS RECREATION CENTER AT MAY ON MAY 18TH, UH, THE SECOND ONE ON JUNE 1ST AT SIMS CHAPEL CHURCH.
UM, THOSE WERE REALLY INSIGHTFUL.
UM, WE HAD PROBABLY AROUND 30 PEOPLE ATTEND EACH MEETING.
UH, WE HAD, UM, A, A VOTING EXERCISE, WHICH, UM, I'LL GO THROUGH IN JUST A MINUTE.
EVERYBODY WAS HANDED OUT $3 MILLION, HUFF BUCKS.
AND SO EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO, UH, VOTE ON HOW, WHAT LEVEL OF AMENITIES THEY WANTED IMPROVED.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'LL GO INTO IT IN A, IN A MINUTE, BUT LIKE IF THE, WE NEEDED A BRIDGE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO VOTE ON WHAT TYPE OF BRIDGE THEY WANTED, THE STANDARD, LIKE A MEDIUM AND AN ENHANCED BRIDGE.
AND SO THAT ALL THAT COMES WITH A COST.
SO WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVED IN THE HUFF BUCKS, THEY WERE ABLE TO VOTE AND PRIORITIZE HOW THEY WANTED TO SPEND THEM, THEIR MONEY, YOU KNOW, IN THE, ON THE PROJECT.
UM, ALSO IN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE DEVELOPED A SURVEY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PREPARED, UM, FLYERS, UH, 400 FLYERS WITH QR CODES TO ACCESS THE, UM, ACCESS THE SURVEY.
UH, WE HAD, I GUESS THIS IS, WE UPDATED THE SLIDE BEFORE, AND I HAD THE NUMBERS HERE IS LIKE AROUND 160, 170 DOOR HANGERS WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE RAINBOW ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND HUNG DOOR HANGERS FOR THE, UM, THE JUNE 1ST MEETING.
UH, WE PUT ADS ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, WE ALSO UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, UH, NEXTDOOR, UH, PUT THIS IN THE GARLAND CITY PRESS.
AND, UM, WE DISTRIBUTED THE FLYERS TO ALL THE CITY HALL LIBRARIES AND, AND REC CENTERS AS WELL.
UM, AND THE SURVEYS WERE PROVIDED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
SO IF SOMEBODY HIT THE QR CODE, UM, THEY HAD THE, THE, THEY HAD THE OPTION OF HITTING THE QR CODE IN SPANISH OR IN ENGLISH TO TAKE THEM TO THE RESPECTIVE SURVEY.
UM, AND, UM, SO AS, AS WE OBTAINED THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY, UM, WE COM WE HAD 43 SURVEYS COMPLETED, UH, BOTH ONLINE AND, AND WRITTEN.
UM, WE HAD AROUND 40 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE HUFF BUCK VOTING EXERCISE.
UH, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SURVEYS AS WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT LOU HUFF PARK? AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE LOVE THE OPEN SPACE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UH, ACCESSIBLE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY TO THE AREA RESIDENTS.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS HISTORICAL.
UM, AND IT'S CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP THERE.
UH, WHAT DO PEOPLE NOT LIKE ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE PARK? THAT IT'S NOT FULFILLING ITS POTENTIAL? UH, HAS POOR MAINTENANCE VISIBILITY NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED? UH, IT'S NOT WELL SEEN OR OBVIOUS TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S A HIDEOUT SPOT AND IT'S A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO HANG OUT AND DO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, UM, KIND OF BACK TO MY STATEMENT ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, OFFSETTING NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW BEING USED AS A STORAGE FACILITY, IT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO PARK ACTIVITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD, UH, DISPLACE SOME OF THIS.
SO, UM, WITH THE BUILDING, UM, UH, REMOVED FROM THE SITE REIMAGINED, UM, WE ARE PLANNING ALSO TO CLEAR THE UNDERBRUSH OF THE TREES ALONG THE CREEK.
AND SO IN DOING SO, IT OPENED UP A LOT OF VISIBILITY.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN, UH, PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE, WE GOT WAS ABOUT SECURITY.
AND SO IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE SOMEWHERE, THEY WILL NOT GO.
AND SO IT CREATES THIS VICIOUS CYCLE OF, UH, LACK OF ACTIVITY AND, AND MORE NEFARIOUS, UH, ACTIVITY HAPPENING.
SO, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE HEAR THAT.
AND SO WE'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THE, IN THE CONCEPT, JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IN FIELDS, UH, RECREATION CENTER.
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SO, UH, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE VOTING EXERCISE.UM, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE THE, THE BOARDS, BUT THE BOARDS HAD, UH, ESSENTIALLY THREE IMAGES ON THEM.
UH, OF THE, OF THE FOUR IMAGES YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THE TOP LEFT IS THE PAVILION, THE TOP RIGHT IS A SPORT, THE SPORT COURT.
UM, AND THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE BRIDGE AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS, IS THE TYPE OF, IS ANOTHER SPORT COURT, BUT IT'S TRYING TO ASK WHAT TYPE OF SPORT WE WANT TO SEE, UM, AS, AS THE, THE PRIMARY USE ON THE SPORT COURT.
AND SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PEOPLE RECEIVED 3 MILLION HUFF BUCKS.
UM, EACH ONE GOT A $1 MILLION BILL, TWO $500,000 BILLS, AND THEN 1,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS BILLS.
SO THAT'S INTENTIONAL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A SENSE OF IF THEY'RE GONNA USE THEIR $1 MILLION BUCK, THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT ON SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY LOVE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE MEDIUM TIER AND THEN THE, THE LOWER TIER IN TERMS OF THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, THEY MAY SUPPORT CERTAIN THINGS, MAYBE NOT OTHERS, BUT MAYBE ARE WILLING TO GIVE 200 OR $300,000 TOWARDS SOMETHING.
UM, SO THAT WAS VERY TELLING IN TERMS OF WHAT THE EXERCISE YIELDED IN, IN THE FEEDBACK.
SO WE, UH, WE FEEL LIKE ALL THE FEEDBACK WE DID RECEIVE WAS VERY MEANINGFUL AND VERY INTENTIONAL.
UM, IT DID REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEAS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, THAT THEY REALLY, YOU KNOW, DESIRED VERY SPECIFIC THINGS AND HAD EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN KIND OF PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY VALUED IN THE PARK.
UH, SO THE RESULTS OF THE HUFF BUCK VOTES ARE THAT, UM, SO OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED, THE ENHANCED BRIDGE, MORE PEOPLE VOTED FOR AN ENHANCED BRIDGE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE IMPROVED OR THE STANDARD LEVEL, UH, OF THE PAVILION.
MORE PEOPLE VOTED FOR AN IMPROVED PAVILION, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE STANDARD OR ENHANCED, UH, REGARDING TRAILS.
PEOPLE RESPONDED MORE IN FAVOR OF THE ENHANCED TRAILS, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SEATING AND PERHAPS A FITNESS STATION SHADE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, REGARDING THE SPORTS COURTS, PEOPLE, UH, VOTED MORE FOR THE ENHANCED SPORT COURTS.
UH, SO THE SUPPORT COURTS IN THE ENHANCED SCENARIO HAD, YOU KNOW, MORE MULTIPURPOSE ASPECT, MORE AMENITIES POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THOSE SUPPORT COURTS POTENTIALLY HAS AN ARC COMPONENT ON THE COURT ITSELF AS THE SURFACING.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE A SUPPORT COURT ENHANCED VERSUS KIND OF A STANDARD ONE.
UM, AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TENNIS COURTS, WHAT TO DO WITH THE, THE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, MOST PEOPLE VOTED TO IN FAVOR OF HAVING FUTSAL AS THE PURPOSE FOR THAT SPORT COURT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO, UM, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW, LOU HUFF PARK, THERE'S AN EXISTING TENNIS COURT KIND OF ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE FOUND THAT PEOPLE ARE CUTTING THE NETS TO PLAY SOCCER THERE.
UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEMAND FOR SOCCER.
UH, AND WE KNOW THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST YEARS.
AND SO, UH, SAL APPEARS TO BE MORE OF A, A, A NEED OR A DEMAND, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO VOTED HERE AND, UM, UH, COULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, SAL, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, WE HAVE ONE BUILT IN IN WATSON PARK.
WE'RE PROPOSING ANOTHER ONE IN KINGSLEY PARK.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE HOW THE USE HAPPENS, UH, IN THOSE PARKS.
BUT, UH, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WHEN WE REPURPOSE THE TENNIS COURTS FOR FOOTBALL, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE WELL UTILIZED.
UM, UH, WE INCLUDED THIS SNAPSHOT OF, UH, ONE OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS IS PLEASE SELECT WHAT PURPOSE A PAVILION AT LU HUFF PARK WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO OF THE VOTES THAT WE RECEIVED, 74% SAID THAT THEY WANT IT TO BE A PLACE FOR LARGE GROUP GATHERINGS.
UM, KIND OF COMES WITH THE TERRITORY OF A, OF A PAVILION, LARGE PAVILION.
UH, BUT THEY ALSO WANT IT TO BE A PLACE FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS, UM, TO BE A SHELTER AND A PLACE FOR PUBLIC ART POTENTIALLY.
UM, SO AS WE, AS WE DIGEST THE FEEDBACK HERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET IS A MAIN CONCERN IN TERMS OF HOW THESE AMENITIES ARE, UH, PUT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MEETS OUR BUDGET AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE PUT TOGETHER DETAILED DRAWINGS, KNOWING THAT A PAVILION IS, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD PAVILION SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE SUCH THAT THE PAVILION ENDS UP,
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UM, GETTING, GETTING MORE THAN JUST WHAT IT MIGHT GET IN THE IMPROVED, UH, SITUATION.BECAUSE, I MEAN, LOOK AT THE, THE VOTES ARE BETWEEN IMPROVED AND ENHANCED 56 VERSUS 42.
UM, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THE PAVILION AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THE PAVILION TO MEET THE COMMUNITY DEMAND.
AND SO, AS WE, THIS IS A, A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO GET THE SENTIMENT OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS NOT GONNA GET NECESSARILY SPENT EXACTLY THE WAY THAT YOU SEE IT, UM, LISTED SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MAXIMUM VALUE OUT OF A PAVILION, FOR EXAMPLE.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE THE LARGEST PLACE FOR COMMUNITY TO GATHER.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS THAT ARE COVERED LIKE A PAVILION? YES.
UHHUH,
AND, AND I THINK THE, UM, AN ENHANCED PAVILION MIGHT PROVIDE MORE OF A, A VENUE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.
CAN I ASK, ADD SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I HAD MY POLICE YOUTH PROGRAM THERE AT LOU HUFF, THE PLACE WAS ALWAYS PACKED WITH KIDS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO NORTH, THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
PARENTS WOULDN'T LET 'EM GO THAT WAY.
THEY COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE SOUTH.
THE PARENTS DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY.
SO THEY HAD A RECREATION CENTER RIGHT THERE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE WAS ALWAYS KIDS THERE.
UM, BUT I LIKED THE IDEA WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, VISIBILITY FROM HIGHWAY 66.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE TREES.
PEOPLE DRIVE AND THEY GO, WHOA, LOU HUFF, WHERE'S THAT? BUT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON CUTTING.
SO IT'S VISIBLE FROM HIGHWAY 66.
SO WE PLAN ON KEEPING THE TREES, BUT THE UNDERBRUSH THAT'S THERE, WE WILL GET CLEARED OUT.
SO A LOT OF THE BRIERS AND SOME OF THE BUSHES THAT ARE THERE TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY, THE TREES NEED TO STAY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT YES, UM, THEY'LL GET LIMBED UP LIKELY, AND THE UNDER BUSH WILL BE CUT.
COULDN'T BE A RECREATION CENTER.
'CAUSE IF IT'S JUST OUTDOOR STUFF, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF THE OLDER KIDS THERE AND A LOT OF THE YOUNG KIDS WON'T HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST NOT IN THE EVENING.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.
BUT, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WHOEVER MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A SPACE INDOORS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE GALE FIELDS' RECREATION CENTER, PARENTS.
SO HERE'S, UH, ANOTHER SNIPPET FROM, UH, OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSES.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THREE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.
UH, WHAT ARE THE TOP ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD PARTICIPATE IN AT AN IMPROVED PARK? UH, ONE, TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND FITNESS, DEVELOP OR LEARN NEW SKILLS, CELEBRATE, UH, SPECIAL OCCASIONS, UH, HAVE UNSTRUCTURED PLAY, INTERACT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MEET NEW PEOPLE, UH, SPEND LEISURE TIME, EXPERIENCE, UM, HAVE AN EXPERIENCE BEING PART OF A TEAM ACTIVITY, UH, GARDENING AND PARTICIPATE IN NON-ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS.
AND THE TOP 10 ELEMENTS THAT PEOPLE FELT, UH, IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND TO DEVELOP OR READ TO BUILD OR REDEVELOP, IS TOP 10 ELEMENTS OF SAFETY, WALKING TRAILS, RESTROOMS, ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS, UH, BASKETBALL COURTS, SOCCER FIELDS, PICNIC AREAS, PAVILION, EXERCISE STATIONS, AND PICKLEBALL.
UM, THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT PEOPLE FELT SHOULD BE PROMOTED AT THE PARK IS UPDATES, EXPANSION OF TRAILS, ADD MORE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WELLNESS, UH, COMMUNITY OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, MAINTAIN GREEN SPACE AND BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HERE IS THE CONCEPT MASTER PLAN, AND LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
SO AS WE GATHERED ALL THE FEEDBACK, WE, WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW ALL THOSE ELEMENTS ARE PLACED.
SO I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE, THE DETAILS.
SO JUST TO ORIENT YOU, THIS IS HIGHWAY 66, OR AVENUE B-G-P-N-L FACILITY IS JUST NORTH OF THE SITE.
AND SO THIS IS THE EXISTING BA UH, BASEBALL FIELD.
THIS IS THE EXISTING TENNIS CENTER OR TENNIS, UH, COURT 11 IS WHERE THE, THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS.
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THIS WHOLE SPACE WITHOUT THE EXISTING REC CENTER STORAGE BUILDING IS REIMAGINED IT BEING THE HEART OF THE PARK.THIS IS WHERE WE WANT IT TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE AMENITIES.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, SO AS, AS WE DEVELOP PATHWAYS AND AND CONNECTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND WALK AND EXERCISE, WE WANTED TO CREATE A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK HERE AT THIS LOCATION AT NUMBER SEVEN THAT HAS THE, UM, CULTURE RING AS, AS A VANTAGE POINT OR AN ACCESS FROM THE BRIDGE BEYOND THE CULTURE RING WOULD BE THE PAVILION THAT KIND OF WRAPS AROUND IT.
AND SO I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU IN A MOMENT WHAT THE CULTURE RING, UH, WHAT WE ENVISION THE CULTURE RING TO BE.
UM, BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF PLACE ALL THE ELEMENTS IN YOUR MIND SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THIS PLAN.
AND SO NUMBER 10 WOULD BE THE PAVILION.
NUMBER SIX IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE COURT AND BASKETBALL COURT.
AND THIS BEING THE OPEN FIELD, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO REMOVE THE SOFTBALL FIELD, INSTALL A, UM, A SHORT, UH, BACKSTOP.
UM, AND THE REASON ALL IT'LL BE A SHORT BACKSTOP IS, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU THE, ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE OBTAIN DURING THE P PUBLIC MEETINGS IS THAT THERE'S A GROUP THAT GOES OUT THERE NOW AND, UH, RENTS THE FIELD FOR KICKBALL.
AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW STILL PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY BASEBALL, PLAY KICKBALL OR WHATEVER SPORT THAT THEY WANT STILL AS AN OPEN FIELD.
SO IT'S NOT BASED ON A RESERVATION.
AND SO, UM, IT CAN BE USED AS A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, UH, KIND OF IRONED OUT THE PROGRAMMING YET AS POTENTIALLY, UM, IF, IF WE, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR SOCCER RENTAL SPACES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW IT'S USED AS A RENTAL FIELD PRIMARILY FOR SOCCER.
UH, THERE IS SOME BASEBALL BEING, BEING USED THERE, BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF THAT IS JUST BECAUSE OF OTHER FIELDS OR OTHER, UM, FIELDS BEING KIND OF, UM, MORE UTILIZED THAN OTHERS.
BUT, UM, SO STILL TO BE YET TO BE DETERMINED IN TERMS OF HOW THAT ENDS UP BEING, UH, UTILIZED GOING FORWARD.
THERE ARE EXISTING LIGHTS THERE AND SO WE'RE CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE LIGHTS IF IT'S WORTH KEEPING THEM SO THAT THE FIELD HAS EVEN MORE VERSATILITY FOR ITS POTENTIAL AS SOCCER RENTAL OR BASEBALL RENTAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
BUT THE, THE MAIN DRIVING DRIVER HERE IN THIS CONCEPT IS TO, UH, REMOVE IT AS A PERMANENT BASEBALL FIELD AND, AND OPEN UP MORE VERSATILITY AND MORE OPTIONS.
UM, NUMBER FIVE YOU'LL SEE IS, IS A, A NEW PARKING LOT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ALL THESE NEW AMENITIES, THE EXISTING PARKING LOT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE CAPACITY.
SO THIS IS KIND OF, UH, WOULD BE SEEN AS KIND OF A, AN AD ALTERNATE IF YOU WILL, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW IT WORKS OUT WITH THE BUDGET, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL THE MAIN ELEMENTS PLACED ON THIS PLAN.
SO LET ME KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH HOW, UM, HOW THE, THE CENTER PART IS KIND OF ORIENTED AND WHY.
SO THE BRIDGE WOULD OFFER A, A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET ACROSS THE CREEK VERSUS THE CURRENT SITUATION WHERE IF SOMEBODY WAS ON THIS SIDE OF THE PARK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP HERE TO THE, UH, PARKING LOT, COME DOWN THIS PARK ROAD AND WALK ALONG THIS ROAD.
SO WITH US DEVELOPING NEW SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, NEW PATHWAYS, THIS BRIDGE WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO CROSS THE CREEK SAFELY AND WE WOULD DESIGNATE THESE CROSSINGS ON THE PARK ROAD WHILE IT'S REALLY G-P-N-S-G-P-N-L ACCESS ROAD.
UM, BUT WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED AND IT'S SIGNED AND IT'S INTENTIONAL, THEN PEOPLE HAVE, UM, THE TRUCKS AND THE, THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THERE'S MORE DEPENDABILITY IN TERMS OF WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT CROSS OR AT LEAST BE MORE AWARE OF PEOPLE CROSSING.
AND SO THAT IDEA WILL HELP THE CONNECTIVITY, UH, YOU KNOW, GET ACROSS, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE PARK TO UTILIZE THE SPACE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT VERY EASY TO DO THAT.
UM, SO LOOKING AT THE CULTURE RING, THE CULTURE RING RIGHT NOW IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING EXISTING TREE.
SO THE TREE THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CULTURE RING IS, IS A REALLY NICE EXISTING TREE THAT WE WANNA,
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UM, KIND OF PIVOT AROUND.THE CULTURE RING WILL INCLUDE IDEAS AND, UH, ART EXPRESSIONS.
THE BE THE PLACE WHERE THE MEMORIAL OF LOU HUFF CAN HAPPEN.
AND BASED ON OUR FEEDBACK FROM, UH, THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS, THERE ARE OTHER PROMINENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD ALSO BE HONORED IN THIS CULTURE RING AS WELL.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IT COULD BE, UM, WALLS, IT COULD BE SOME EXPRESSION OF ART AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FROM MURALS, INTERPRETIVE PANELS, UH, THINGS THAT CAN TELL THE STORY ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO PROVIDE HISTORY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THERE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO PLACE THE CULTURE RING THE PAVILION AND THE MULTIPURPOSE COURTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE WE ANTICIPATED THOSE USER GROUPS TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A FAMILY COMING, UM, PERHAPS DRIVING, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR CAR BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BRING THEIR COOLERS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY BRING, THAT PAVILION WOULD BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE PARKING LOT.
THEY COULD EASILY, YOU KNOW, UNLOAD THEIR THINGS, UH, COME TO THE PAVILION.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A PERMANENT RESTAURANT BUILDING IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE PAVILION.
SO AS PEOPLE ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE ABLE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PERMANENT RESTROOM BUILDING KIND OF WITH THAT.
UM, AN IDEA THAT CAME, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS WAS ALSO TO INCLUDE SOME KIND OF STORAGE FACILITY WITH THE PAVILION AND RESTROOM SO THAT AS PROGRAMMING, UM, IS ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S BASKETBALL OR SOME KIND OF OTHER GAMES, THEN WE COULD PARTNER WITH EITHER THE CHURCH OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM A KEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO OPEN, TO BRING OUT GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT, UH, THE PROGRAMMING CAN HAPPEN THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A REC CENTER, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT AT AN OPEN AIR PAVILION IN THE PARK.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT REALLY THE STAFFING LEVEL THAT WE'RE SET UP TO, TO SUPPORT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE WE WANT TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH A A GROUP.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD EARLIER THAT MENTIONED IS THAT, UH, WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE SPACE AND, AND BRING IN THE PROGRAMMING TO GET PEOPLE IN AND USE IT WITHOUT UTILIZING STAFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY.
UM, AND SO WITH THE MULTIPURPOSE COURT AND BASKETBALL COURT HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE, UM, IN, IN ALL THREE OF THOSE MAJOR AMENITIES.
AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE EXISTING TENNIS COURT, IT BEING REPURPOSED AS SAL, UH, IS ALSO INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THE, THE USER GROUP THAT'S ANTICIPATED FOR FUS ALL MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE COURT AND PAVILION SPACE.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES THEY MIGHT BE, UM, YOUNG ADULTS, OLDER ADULTS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE VERY COMPETITIVE AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET A FAST PACED KIND OF MATCH GOING THAT ALSO MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE USER GROUPS OF FAMILIES AND YOUNG KIDS AT THE MULTIPURPOSE COURT.
AND SO THAT PLACEMENT IS INTENTIONAL AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD DISTRIBUTION OF THE, OF THE AMENITIES, BUT STILL ACCOMPLISHING THE DEMANDS THAT WE HEARD, UH, IN THE, IN THE FEEDBACK.
AND SO, UM, IT KIND OF BROAD BRUSHED STROKES, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, THAT'S OUR APPROACH TO HOW WE, WE HEARD ALL THE FEEDBACK AND, AND HOW ALL THOSE AMENITIES ARE LAID OUT.
UM, I CAN STOP HERE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I CAN CONTINUE TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS, BUT, UH, I'M HAPPY TO STOP THERE AND, AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS RIGHT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WELL, OR IS THERE MORE SLIDES THAT LOOK AT THE DESIGN OR THIS IS THE ONLY CONCEPT? THIS IS THE ONLY, UH, DESIGN PLAN THAT I HAVE TO SHARE.
SO THERE'S NOT PICTURES OF WHAT THE BRIDGE OR WHAT THE COURT OR LIKE THOSE ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE THE PAVILION.
SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA GONNA LOOK LIKE YET, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS PUTTING A PLACEHOLDER AS TO WHERE WE, WHERE IN THE PARK WE WANT IT TO BE.
UNTIL WE GET INTO DESIGN, WE WON'T HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO I CAN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
A GREAT WAY IN A IT REALLY IS.
UM, I JUST, UH, OKAY, WELL I'M GONNA START, UM, LIGHTING AROUND TRAIL.
IS THAT BEING THOUGHT OF TO PUT LIGHTS AROUND ALL THE TRAIL SPACE? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE HEARD WAS SECURITY.
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ABSOLUTELY PART OF THAT.UM, I SEE THAT THE PATH THAT IS CURRENTLY FROM THE NEW FIT ALL OLD TENNIS COURT TO THE CHURCH IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.
WHY DID YOU, WHY DO WE NEED, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS NUMBER 13? YEAH.
SO THE 13, IT KIND OF GO, CONNECTS ALL THE WAY TO THAT CORNER OF, CURRENTLY IT CONNECTS THE CORNER TO THE FUTSAL, TO THE NORTH SIDE OF IT.
WHY IS THAT NEEDING TO BE TAKEN OUT? UM, WELL, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A, A BETTER CIRCULATION PATTERN, UH, BECAUSE THAT, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT THAT SIDEWALK COMES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE? YEAH.
IT KIND OF GOES LIKE DIAGONALLY DOWN UHHUH.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT KEEPING THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS STILL KIND OF HIGHER LEVEL.
SO IF, IF WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A, A STRONG CONNECTION TO MAINTAIN THAT MIGHT, THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER TO KEEP IT, YEAH.
'CAUSE MAYBE IT'S THERE AND I THINK IT'S FINE TO JUST, IF IT'S JUST AT AN ADDED TRAIL.
BUT I, I MEAN I LIKE THE TRAIL AROUND IT.
BUT I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THE OLD ONE OR THE ONE THAT'S THERE NOW IS, IS NOT BAD TOO.
HAVE, UM, THE NEW COURTS AND FIELDS, UM, I GUESS TO KIND OF HEAR LIKE DALE AND SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE'S CONCERNS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, WHAT THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE YOUTH SPORTS AND GARLAND, BUT WOULD IT EVER BE POSSIBLE WHERE GALE FIELDS DOES A, UM, A REC SPORT, UH, LIKE BASKETBALL OR SALL AND HAVE THE PRACTICES AT, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT IS THIS, UH, LOU HUFF PARK? YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW LIKE SOME, I MEAN, WHERE I WORK OR YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, REC CENTERS WILL HAVE THEIR PRACTICES AT OTHER PARKS 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FIELD AT THEIR PARK.
SO I, I THINK JUST TO ACTIVATE IT, LIKE THEY SAID, OTHER THAN THE KIDS CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND THEY'RE JUST WALKING TO THE, SO I THINK THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE LOGISTICALLY HOW THAT COULD WORK.
UM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO AT THIS POINT IS, IS TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE, THE CHURCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO HELP PROMOTE THAT PROGRAMMING OR PROVIDE THE PROGRAMMING.
AND WE CAN, WE HAVE A, A MECHANISM IN PLACE WITH OUR FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS OR OUR COORDINATED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO DO JUST THAT.
UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW, BASED ON OUR STAFFING LEVELS AT THE REC CENTER, I KNOW THEY'RE VERY BUSY THERE.
AND SO TAKING STAFF AWAY FROM THE REC CENTER TO COME DO PROGRAMMING HERE, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED MORE STAFF AND A WAY TO DO THAT WITH BUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY AT STAFF ENOUGH TO DO THAT, BUT DELI CAN SHED SOME MORE LIGHT ON THAT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS OUT THERE TO TEACH A SPECIFIC CLASS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IS THE MEETING THAT I WAS AT, IT WAS A, THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON BEING ABLE TO, FOR THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE A LOT OF OWNERSHIP INTO THIS PARK.
AND SO THAT KIND OF BROUGHT UP OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS KIND OF DICTATING THAT PROGRAMMING AND MAKING IT REALLY THEIR OWN.
AND THEN I GUESS THAT GOES INTO THE OTHER QUESTION IS, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S INCLUDED IN FUNDING, BUT OF, UH, A KIOSK TO BE PUT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE ACTIVATED AREA.
UM, SO THAT ONE, TWO THINGS TO SERVE.
ONE TO BE ABLE TO POST FLYERS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THESE PARTNERS WANT TO DO AT THE, IN THE PARK.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO POST RESERVATIONS.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE RESERVED A LOT.
AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS JUST DISPUTE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL I RENTED IT, NO, I RENTED IT.
SO IF, UM, JUST SOMEWHERE WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE A GOOD BULLETIN OF WHAT'S GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE COST, THE COST OF THE KIOSK IS INCLUDED IN, IN THIS.
IF ANYTHING, MAYBE I WOULD EVEN SAY AT LEAST TWO ON EACH SIDE OF THE PARK OR JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S VISIBLE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
IN FACT, UH, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY DEPARTMENT TO PUT IN A BULLETIN BOARD, UM, CLOSE TO WHERE 13 IS NEAR THE CHURCH SIMS CHAPEL CHURCH.
UM, BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE MAYBE A SECONDARY ONE, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE PAVILION SO THAT YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE CAN, CAN SEE WHAT IS BEING RESERVED, WHAT OTHER PROGRAMMING MIGHT BE AVAILABLE SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH CAN BE UTILIZED.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS IF THESE CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, ORGANIZATIONS DO PROGRAMMING AT THE PARK, WILL WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN MOU OR AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PARTNERS? SO THERE'S SOME STRUCTURE
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AND SOME ALLOWANCE OF WHAT CAN OR CANNOT DO.I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO, I DO WANT THEM TO KNOW IT IS THEIR PARK, BUT NOT THEIR PARK TO CONTROL, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU JUST, NOT ONLY THEIR PARK, RIGHT? WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S STILL AVAILABLE FOR USE AND WE DON'T WANT IT SO BOOKED OUT ON THESE COURTS THAT IT KIND OF DEFEATED THE PURPOSE OF IT BEING A PARK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE.
IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE FACILITY USE AGREEMENTS THAT WE SET UP WITH THE LEAGUES WHERE THEY'RE REALLY RUNNING THAT PROGRAM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DATES THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.
YOU UTILIZE THOSE OR, AND THEN TIMES THAT THEY DON'T, WHERE WE COULD BRING IN PROGRAMMING IF WE NEED TO.
SO IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR SETUP AS THAT, I WOULD IMAGINE.
BUT THOSE FIELDS HAVE TO BE PAID FOR TO USE RIGHT.
USE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE WITH OUR LEAGUES, THEY PAY A, UM, PER PLAYER IF IT'S YOUTH OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT IF IT'S, UH, ADULTS.
BUT IF SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC OR NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST, BUT WE HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH SPRING CREEK, UM, FOREST, AND WE HAVE DOBA AND WE HAVE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE WORK WITH.
SO IT WOULD BE JUST HOW IT'S SET UP OR IF IT'S A CONTRACT INSTRUCTOR SITUATION, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SET UP TO WHATEVER THE CONTRACTOR IN THE CITY AGREE WITH, SO.
UM, YEAH, SO YES, THERE'S DIFFERENT METHODS AGREEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.
I JUST, SO I WANT JUST IN THOSE AGREEMENTS, I JUST DON'T WANT THESE COURTS OR AREAS BOOKED ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THIS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE FOR LIKE, PUBLIC USE.
THAT, THAT'S DONATION THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH, WE CALL 'EM COORDINATED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP PROGRAM THE SPACE, BUT THEY, THEY WILL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T SEE THE DOING ANYTHING, UM, BEFORE.
'CAUSE IT'S GOOD FOR TO CLEAN OUR AIR, UM, IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRAIN POLLUTION WE GET FROM IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT SECURITY IS A GREAT TOP, TOP PRIORITY IN THE DESIGN AND I'M EXCITED.
UH, MOLLY, UM, SO PARKING, I I HAD A QUESTION THAT BEFORE YOU MENTION IT, HOW MUCH PARKING IS, ARE YOU ENVISIONING BEING THERE? SO IN THE LARGER LOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 SPACES.
THIS SMALLER LOT WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20.
AND, UM, THE BRIDGE THAT'S GOING OVER THE WATERWAY, IS THERE SOME SORT OF PROPRIETARY, UM, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS TO OVERSEE, YOU KNOW, WATERSHED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I MEAN, IS THERE ANY, IS IT DALLAS COUNTY OR IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR ANY HELP FROM THAT SINCE THEY'RE GOING OVER THE CREEK OR WAY OFF BASE THERE? UM, SOME, I'M TRYING TO SORT OUT WHICH, WHICH QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
'CAUSE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT HAS A FACILITY IN LEHO PARK THAT SUPPLIES RAW WATER TO GARLAND AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? NO, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING, UM, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AND STREET IMPROVEMENT AND PUTTING IN BRIDGES THAT IT SEEMS TO BE SEVERAL ENTITIES THAT COME IN AND HELP.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ALL UP INTO, UM, I, I JUST WAS QUESTIONING IF THERE WAS ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE SO YOU COULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE BRIDGE AND PUT THE FUNDING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, SO THIS BEING A CITY PARK, IT, IT COMES DOWN TO THE CITY BUILD FUNDING WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS, UNLESS THERE'S A GRANT OUT THERE THAT PROVIDES US, YOU KNOW, WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT NO GRANT IS REALLY NOT THAT I KNOW OF, UM, IS AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING BRIDGES AND PARKS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, UM, THERE ARE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAILS THAT WOULD INCLUDE BRIDGES THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
UH, THOSE ARE GENERALLY AROUND $250,000.
UM, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ALSO, UH, AS WE KNOW WITH WATSON PARK AND JOHN PAUL JONES PARK TAKE A LONG TIME TO IMPLEMENT.
SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THAT FUNDING OR WOULD'VE GOTTEN THAT FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, THIS BEING SET UP ORIGINALLY FUNDED AS AN ARPA PROJECT, WHICH RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING
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ALSO HAS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, YOU CAN USE.I THINK SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, TYPICALLY WE WOULD'VE EXPLORED EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE COULD FOR GRANTS.
IT, IT WASN'T AVAILABLE TO US FOR THIS ONE.
SO, UM, WHERE CAN WE SEE A COPY OF THIS? THIS THE DRAFT MASTER PLAN OR THE WHOLE PRESENTATION? NO, JUST THAT, JUST THIS, JUST THE CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THERE PARISH, SO RAINBOW ESTATES, IS IT ON THIS EAST SIDE, UH, BY PARKER DRIVE? YES.
SO THAT LITTLE NUMBER 13 IS CONNECTS THAT, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND, AND SIMS CHAPEL CHURCH IS THE BUILDING THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THAT NUMBER 13.
THE, UH, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT SEPARATING THE FUTSAL COURT, WHICH HAS MORE COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES FROM THE, THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PARK, WHICH IS MORE FAMILY ORIENTED.
BUT CURRENTLY THE, THE PLAYGROUND IS KIND OF CLOSER TO THE FUTSAL COURT.
SO, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF MORE OF A FAMILY THING.
IS THAT A CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS HOW WE LAY OUT THE FACILITIES? UM, SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SINCE THE, THE PLAYGROUND HAS ALREADY IMPROVED MM-HMM.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT MOVING THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING IT.
AND, AND REALLY THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR THE PAVILION AND CULTURING AND MULTI-PURPOSE COURTS IS, IS TRULY THE HEART OF THE, OF THE PARK IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT AT THE TIMES THAT THE FUTS ALL, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IN ITS USE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AT THE SAME TIME AS PLAYGROUNDS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, WE, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE SITE WILL IN WILL BE USED.
UM, SO IDEALLY, YEAH, THE PLAYGROUND COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE PARKING LOT, PERHAPS AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE DESIGN WAS GONNA LAY OUT.
AND SO IT, IT, IT IS WHERE IT IS.
AND SO, UM, WELL MAYBE IF YOU KINDA CONNECTED THE, THE TRAILS MORE STRAIGHTER FROM THE PARKING OR FROM THE PAVILION, THE FAMILY AREA TO THE PLAYGROUND, THE CONNECTIVITY, IT'D BE A LITTLE MORE, THE FLOW WOULD BE A LITTLE SMOOTHER.
TOPOGRAPHY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT YES.
AND WE WILL, WE'LL CERTAINLY EXPLORE A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PLAYGROUND AND PAVILION.
HOW MANY ACRES DOES THIS PARK? OH, I CAN LOOK, I CAN LOOK IT UP.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE FOREST RESTORATION.
IS THAT JUST ONE TREE? I JUST SEE, LIKE I SEE EVERYWHERE ELSE, I SEE MULTIPLE TREES TOGETHER.
OR ARE YOU GONNA FOREST THAT WHOLE PART OF THE PARK? OH, SO IT'S ALL, IT'S ALREADY VERY FORESTED IN THAT NORTHWEST CORNER.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO ALSO, IT JUST LOOKS OPEN IN THE MIDDLE THERE AND IT IS OPEN IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, IT'S ALSO KIND OF, UM, GROWN UP ON THE UNDERBRUSH.
SO THAT WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS DO SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE WE'RE DOING ON THE CREEK IS THIS, THIS IS A SMALL TRIBUTARY, BUT ALSO PROVIDES SECURITY BY LIMING UP THE TREES AND CLEARING OUT THE UNDERBRUSH, PERHAPS REFORESTING SOME OF THAT AREA SO THAT IT CAN BE A PLACE OF RESPITE FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO WANT TO BE SEPARATE FROM SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT MORE INTENSIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK.
SO WILL THIS BE A, EXCUSE ME, A PAVILION THAT IT WILL BE RENTED LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER PAVILIONS IN THE PARKS? YES.
IT'LL, IT'LL BE A, A VERY, A SIGNATURE PAVILION.
ON THE VISIT GARLAND PAGE, ON THE VISIT GARLAND PAGE, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S EIGHT ACRES OF DEVELOPED PARK LANE.
I WAS GONNA SAY SEVEN, BUT YEAH, EIGHT IS PROBABLY DEVELOPED.
WRAPPING THIS UP, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY HAVING ATTENDED TWO OR THREE OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS OF DIFFERENT, UH, THINGS, AND I THINK I, I I WANT TO JUST COMPLIMENT THE STAFF IN ANY WAY THAT I POSSIBLY CAN.
THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION, THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION, THE ABILITY TO RELATE TO YOUR CONSTITUENCIES OUT THERE THAT ARE IN THE CROWD HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.
UH, IT'S BEEN EXCITEMENT AT EACH ONE OF THOSE THAT I'VE BEEN TO.
WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO THAT POINT OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE, PUTTING THE PASTIES UP ON THE, ON YOUR, ON YOUR BOARDS HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING.
AND SO THE FIRST THING I'M GONNA DO IS JUST TO COMPLIMENT THANK YOU, IS TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF ON, ON THAT PROCESS, ON GETTING THE INFORMATION.
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SECOND PART OF THIS IS, UH, DISSEMINATING, UH, THAT INFORMATION INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE OVERALL PLAN.IT'S JUST, I'M, I'M, I'M TRULY IN AWE OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING.
AND, UH, AND I HOPE EVERYONE HERE FEELS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS, YOU MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, AND I HOPE THIS IS PART OF THE OVERALL PROCESS ON EACH OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S A CHANCE TO TELL THE, TELL THE STORY OF GARLAND OR TELL THE STORY OF WHY THIS IS NAMED FOR THE PERSON IT'S NAMED FOR, OR WHATEVER OTHER REASON THAT THERE WAS.
AND SO IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HITTING THAT MARK.
AND THEN AS, UH, AS FINISHING THAT UP, JUST TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU SEEM TO BE LISTENING TO WHAT THE BOARD HAS, THE INFORMATION WE'VE GIVEN YOU OVER, OVER TIME.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, AND FORGIVE ME 'CAUSE I, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MY TEAM OVER HERE, UM, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE MARK ELLEN.
HE'S, HE'S A CRITICAL, UH, TEAM MEMBER.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE NICK NELSON, HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE.
HE'S WITH OUR CONSULTING FIRM, TEGNA PERKINS.
SO, UH, REALLY THIS IS THE TEAM THAT HAS HELPED KIND OF BRING THIS VISION TO FRUITION.
ULTIMATELY, IT WILL CREATED THE TEAM.
THIS IS, THE TEAM TEAM IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS
I HAD, I HAD A QUESTION, SORRY.
YEAH, ONE THING I WONDER IF THERE WOULD EVER BE, THERE SHOULD BE, UM, I SHOULD SAY AN EXPANSION OF THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE MONEY, BUT I, I LIKE THE, I KNOW IT'S NEW, IT'S JUST LIMITING OF THE ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE A REGULAR PLAYGROUND.
IT DOES, IT HAS A COOL ZIP LINE AND ONE SLIDE AND A TURNING THING, BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE ESSENTIAL LIKE FORT TYPE OF PLAYGROUND THAT THESE OTHER PART LIKE RE OR DUCK CREEK, UM, HAS.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIMITING.
I WONDER IF THERE'S EVENTUALLY IN THE FUTURE WE COULD EVER EXPAND AT THE PLAYGROUND.
'CAUSE YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THAT PLAYGROUND GOT KIND OF SOME, SOME OF THE SMALLER SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND, UH, AMENITIES THAN OTHER THAN THE NEWER PARKS.
UH, YEAH, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UH, EXPLORE THAT.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS THAT'S, UM, ON THE, ON THE TO-DO LIST, UH, WITH THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO REPLACE 25 PLAYGROUNDS.
THERE ARE, I THINK 10 OR 11 MORE THAT WERE BUILT AROUND THE 2008 THAT WOULD BE NEXT IN LINE TO BE REPLACED.
UM, WE ARE TALKING TO MANAGEMENT ABOUT HOW TO PROGRAM THAT INTO OUR DEBT MODEL FOR FUTURE CIP REQUESTS.
UM, SO ADDING OR EXPANDING EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS WOULD LIKELY COME AFTER THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE NOTE OF IT AS A FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UH, ITEM TO INCLUDE.
UM, I I WILL JUST IN, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT IT, UH, WHAT THE AMENITIES IN THE PLAYGROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM BY REPLACING 25 PLAYGROUNDS WAS TO CREATE UNIQUE PLAYGROUNDS AT EACH LOCATION THAT WE WERE GOING FOR.
AND, AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE AMENITIES THAT WEREN'T BEYOND WHAT TRADITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS MIGHT HAVE OFFERED IN THE PAST.
AND SO IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE PUT IN AT LOU HUFF ISN'T WHAT MEETING EXPECTATIONS OR, OR DESIRES, THEN, UM, WE SINCERELY, YOU KNOW, APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING A MORE ROBUST, YOU KNOW, PLAY EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ZIP LINE AND THE, THE WORLDLY BIRD AND THE, THOSE THINGS, UM, ARE KIND OF NEWER AMENITIES THAT ARE ON THE MARKET NOW THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THE ORIGINAL PLAYGROUND WAS PUT IN.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD ON OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, ARE MORE MAINSTAYS OF PLAYGROUNDS, IF YOU WILL.
YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, MAYBE MORE EXCITING, BUT AGAIN, IT'LL BE MORE OF A FUTURE KIND OF, UH, PROJECT IN THE CIP.
END THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE.
BUT I THINK, STAY PUT A SECOND THERE.
THE ODD, THE C, CAPITAL C, WE'RE GONNA BE AT, UH, THREE E CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND STUDIES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UPDATE.
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I, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDESHOW LIKE LAST TIME, SO I'M, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS.DO WE HAVE A DATE WHEN THE GRAINGER ANNEX IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE? SO IT, OH GOSH,
WE'VE MOVED, WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE PROGRAMS OVER THERE AND THEN WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH A FEW THINGS, UM, WITH THE FACILITY BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR RESERVATIONS.
SO, BUT SLOWLY STARTING TO MOVE OUR PROGRAMS OVER, WHICH WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT.
SO WE'VE MOVED IN, WE'VE GOT OUR STUFF IN, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING PROGRESS.
IS IS, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO HAVE ALCOHOL IN GRANGER'S ANNEX? NO.
BUT I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR USE, UM,
WELL, WE TALK ABOUT BEING A MINI ATRIUM, YOU KNOW, AN ATRI, ONE OF THE DRAWS OF THE ATRIUM IS YOU CAN HAVE A EVENT AND HAVE ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF IN THERE.
SO YES, WITH THE LAST DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAD WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ANDY HESSER, WE ARE NOT PURSUING THAT AT THIS TIME.
HOW IS THE WALKING TRAIL, UM, THE ONE FROM RICK ODEN TO CENTRAL PARK? I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN FIGURING, BATTLING WITH THE UNION TRAIN OR WHATEVER THE REAL, REAL RURAL WAY IS.
HOW'S THAT GOING? UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, IN A HOLDING PATTERN WITH THEM.
UM, WE RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM THEM, UH, TO REVIEW THE DESIGN FOR, FOR THEIR CONSULTANT TO REVIEW OUR DESIGN.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT AND THE ANTICIPATED COSTS AS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE RAILROAD WANTS THE TRAIL TO CROSS THE RAILROAD, IT'LL COST MORE MONEY.
AND SO THAT AMOUNT, THAT BUDGET INCREASE IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE CIP REQUEST.
UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING IN PLACE, WE WILL REENGAGE WITH THE CPKC, THE CANADIAN PACIFIC, UH, KANSAS CITY RAILROAD, UM, TO, ONCE WE HAVE FUNDING TO MORE ENGAGE WITH THEM TO, TO GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SO, MM-HMM
AND THEN NOW THAT WE'RE WHERE WE ARE AND, AND NEED MORE MONEY, IT TAKES TIME TO GET THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS AND GET COUNSEL UP TO SPEED WITH THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WITH US BRIEFLY? UM, I WILL MENTION THAT WATSON PARK IS, IS READY.
UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR FINAL, UH, CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES WITH THAT.
UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MARK, BUT THE FENCE IS DOWN ALREADY AT THE PARK, UH, MONDAY.
SO MONDAY THE FENCE IS COMING DOWN.
UM, AND SO ONCE THE FENCE COMES DOWN, IT'S REALLY, AND ANYBODY CAN GO IN THERE AT ANY TIME.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL LIKELY TARGET THE SPRINGTIME FOR A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
UM, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON, UH, RIBBON CUTTINGS IN THE SPRING WITH WATSON PARK AMONG A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THE WAY THAT WATSON PARK CAME TOGETHER.
UM, THE FUTSAL COURT, THE BASKETBALL, THE SPLASH PAD, UH, REALLY GREAT DETAIL AT THE SPLASH PAD.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S UNIQUE AND INTERESTING.
SO THAT, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT TUCKER BILL PARK WILL BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA NEXT WEEK FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
UM, IS TENNIS, THIS IS THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER AT TUCKER BILL PARK.
YEAH, QUESTION ACTUALLY HAS, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
UM, SO JUST A REMINDER FOR THE BOARD, 12 TENNIS COURTS PRO SHOP, UM, NEW ROAD PARKING LOTS, UTILITIES, DETENTION PONDS.
IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT TUCKER V.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AWARDED A, UH, A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH.
UH, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR? I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, UM, AT TUCKER BELL, WEREN'T YOU GONNA HAVE SOME DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS AS WELL? SO IN PHASE, IN PHASE ONE, WE HAVE ONLY TENNIS.
IN PHASE TWO, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE PICKLEBALL.
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ADD TO THAT, ONCE THE NEW TENNIS CENTER IS BUILT, WE'RE LOOKING AT REPURPOSING TENNIS COURTS AT, UH, JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER FOR PICKLEBALL USE.UM, SO, UH, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT IN JANUARY, UH, FOR THE TUCKER PARK OR BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER PROJECT.
AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT JANUARY 12TH AT 9:00 AM UM, FOR OUR DATE.
SO PLEASE, UM, CAN YOU SAY THAT DATE AGAIN PLEASE? JANUARY 12TH.
IT'S A FRIDAY, FRIDAY, JANUARY, JANUARY 12TH AT 9:00 AM SO THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT.
HAS THAT, UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING WITH THE, UH, POSSIBLE GRANT WITH THE NATIONAL TENNIS ASSOCIATION? UH, SO WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO USTA ABOUT THANK YOU.
UM, AND, AND THERE, THERE ARE SOME GRANTS OUT THERE AVAILABLE, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS TENNIS, THE NEW TENNIS CENTER, BUT POTENTIALLY FOR, UM, US GETTING SOME FUNDING OR ASSISTANCE ON REPURPOSING JACK COLEMAN.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM QUITE A BIT DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO, UM, YOU KNOW, STANDARD ON THEIR COURT STANDARDS AND KIND OF WHERE, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SET UP POSITIVELY FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM, NOT AS MUCH ABOUT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT, UM, MORE SO FOR WHAT POTENTIAL WE HAVE FOR TOURNAMENTS AND MAKING SURE OUR COURTS ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE FOR THAT.
WELL, GOING BACK TO, UM, TO, TO LOU HUFF, NOT LOU HUFF SPECIFICALLY, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DEVELOPING A SIGNAGE PROGRAM FOR, FOR LOU HUFF TO TELL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY HERE THE THINGS ARE GOING ON.
HAVE WE, ARE WE DEVELOPING THAT SIGNAGE PROGRAM TO BE, UM, SIMILAR, UH, OF SIMILAR SIGNAGE IN EACH OF THE PARKS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? SO YES, WE, WE DEVELOPED A SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING GUIDE, LIKE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE FOLLOW.
SO THAT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE, WE FINALIZED THAT, UM, THOSE GUIDELINES.
AND SO WE BASICALLY PICKED SIGNS, WE PICKED SIGNS OFF OF THE, THE MENU, IF YOU WILL, AND IMPLEMENT THOSE.
UM, SO THEY ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PARK SYSTEM, CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
AND, AND, UH, THIS, THIS SIGNAGE RIGHT HERE, UH, THIS'S, THIS NEW SIGN THAT'S JUST GONE OUT ON ROSE HILL, UM, WHO'S, WHO'S HANDLING THIS? IS THIS COMING THROUGH US OR, WELL, THAT, THAT'S A JOINT EFFORT.
ACTUALLY, OUR DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY ALL HAVE PITCHED IN TO DEVELOP THAT, THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE PIECE OF A LARGER KIND OF IMPROVEMENT TO HAPPEN AROUND IT.
UM, BUT THAT IS, AND, AND THE MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM WAS, UM, A MAJOR PART OF THAT AS WELL.
SO KIM NMI WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN A JOINT EFFORT.
MARK HAS BEEN TAKING MORE OF THE LEAD IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND LAYOUT AND GETTING IT BUILT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S ALL CERTAINLY PART OF THE SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SEE THESE AROUND IT DIFFERENT PLACES IN, AROUND GARLAND AND DIFFERENT, WITH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE THERE.
SO THAT'S ONE SIGN TYPE OF, OF MANY THAT'S PART OF THE GUIDELINES.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS THAT THAT PARTICULAR SIGN TYPE WE HAVE ALSO IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NOTICE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN GARLAND, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE SIGNS.
AND SO IN MAJOR DESTINATIONS YOU'LL LIKELY SEE THAT COME UP, UH, IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ISN'T A PLAN FOR WHERE EXACTLY THAT IS, BUT AS PROJECTS EMERGE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY INTO IT AND THROUGH IT.
ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA GET OUR STATE SIGNS BACKED FOR DOWNTOWN GARLAND BANKHEAD ROAD THAT WERE THE SIGNS THAT, UH, THAT WERE THERE? HAS ANYBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I KNOW THE, THE SIGNS WERE REINSTALLED ON THE, SOME SIGNS WERE REINSTALLED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SQUARE ALONG WITH THE TIME CAPSULE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT I, I BELIEVE THE BANKHEAD STORY WAS PUT ONTO THAT INTERPRETIVE PANEL.
THERE'S TWO OF THEM OVER THERE.
I HADN'T HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE YET.
AND UM, OKAY, SO MAY, SO ON THE SIGNS, WE HAVE SIGNS GOING IN NEXT WEEK.
SO DECEMBER 14TH IS OUR INSTALL DATE ON PHASE ONE OF AUDUBON, UH, SIGNAGE.
SO THE MARQUESS SIGN, UH, IS COMING UP ALONG WITH, UM, PARK ENTRY SIGNS ALL OFF OF OATS ROAD.
UH, SO THOSE ARE COMING IN, FINGERS CROSSED DECEMBER 14TH.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SIGN COMPANY TO GET THAT INSTALLED.
PHASE TWO OF, OF THE, THE SIGN PLAN INCLUDES ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE IN AUDUBON PARK, UM, DESTINATION SIGNS,
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WAYFINDING TRAIL, UM, MARKER SIGNS, KIOSK, UM, AND THEN OTHER SIGN DESTINATION SIGNS ALONG, UH, IN THE PARKING LOTS IN DUCK CREEK, ALONG WITH TRAIL MARKERS, NOMINAL.IS THERE GONNA BE ANY KIND OF A, ANYTHING JUST OTHER ON THE 14TH OTHER THAN JUST THE SIGN BEING STARTED UP? UH, MAINLY THE MARQUES SIGN IS GONNA BE THE BIG FEATURE ON THAT, ON THAT DATE.
AND, UM, UH, JUST A QUESTION, UH, THIS WOULD TAKE Y'ALL MOVING ON, MOVING THIS ON UP TO, UH, OH, HANG ON A SECOND, DON.
UH, TO MATT, TO ANDY, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE, UH, PARK BOARD HAVE A PART IN, UH, IN THESE OPENINGS OF THESE PARKS, THAT THE PARK BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THE LITTLE SHOVELING OF THE DIRT AFTER THE COUNCIL DOES THEIRS, UH, BUT HAVE IT MORE OF A, A FORMALIZED THING THAN AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
AND SO WE'D APPRECIATE, UH, Y'ALL TAKING THAT ON UP.
AND I WILL ALSO, UH, DO THE SAME THING.
HANG ON A SECOND, DON POINT OF INFORMATION DOWN THERE ON, IS IT ROSE HILL? IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
THEY PLANTED ABOUT 30 TREES AND MM-HMM.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UH, ROSE HILL STREET SCAPE? YES.
WELL, IT'S HIGHWAY, IT'S IT'S COUNTRY CLUB, THEN IT TURNS INTO ROSE HILL.
SO THAT WAS AN ENGINEERING PROJECT.
WE'RE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THAT WAS OUR FIRST MAJOR STREET SCAPE OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO YEAH, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IT USED TO BE A COMBINED EFFORT, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN THERE WAS A A REC CENTER, THE, THE PLAQUE WAS PUT THERE WITH THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PARK BOARD, UM, MEMBERS, BUT THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING.
WHY IS THAT? THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ODD.
THAT ONE, LIKE THE TENNISON UH, TENNIS, SORRY, THE TENNIS CENTER, BOB, WHAT'S IT? BOB, BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
BUT I'M JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AM I NOT GONNA BE INVITED? AM I NOT PART OF IT? LIKE, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO, DOES NOT ANY OF THEM GET TO BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PARK AND THEY'RE OVER THE PARK? I KNOW WE'RE JUST AT AN ADVISORY, BUT IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS KIND OF, MAYBE YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME ADVICE
SO I'M NOT SURE I MISSED THE QUESTION.
SO JUST LIKE JERRY JUST SAID, WHY WOULDN'T LIKE DAVID MOOREHEAD BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE TO HAVE A SHOVEL? IT'S A PARK AND IT'S IN HIS DISTRICT.
I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REASON NOT TO, UM, YEAH, I GUESS WHY WE'RE NOT LIKE, KINDA LIKE JERRY SAID, LIKE, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE AT AFTERTHOUGHTS, SO I JUST WAS KIND OF ODD.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO BRING THAT CONCERN TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
I'M SORRY, THEY WOULDN'T, WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT CONCERN TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY PLAN THE RIBBON CUTTINGS.
IT'S THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE THAT, UH, GUIDES THAT.
SO WE CAN TAKE THAT CONCERN TO THEM.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLAQUES, BUT THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS ARE LISTED ON THE PLAQUES OF THE NEW DEDICATED FACILITIES.
SO, AND, AND, AND SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, TUCKER PARK IS NOT MANAGED BY THE PPMO.
UM, FORMAL INVITATIONS WEREN'T SENT OUT FOR CITY COUNCIL OR FOR PARK BOARD FOR THAT DATE.
UM, ESSENTIALLY STAFF COORDINATED WITH THE COUNCIL TO GET THEIR SCHEDULE'S AVAILABILITY AND THE DATE WAS JUST KIND OF, IT WAS SET BASED ON THEIR AVAILABILITY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING ON SENDING, OR WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS FORMAL INVITATIONS AND PROMOTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THE PARK BOARD IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE INVITATION LIST.
UM, AND SO HEARING YOUR DESIRE TONIGHT TO BE PART OF THE CEREMONY, UM, WILL CERTAINLY BUILD THAT INTO THE CEREMONY.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT CAN'T BE, WELL, IT'S NOT JUST ME, I THINK JUST ANYONE.
AND I GUESS LIKE, WHY AM I NOT ASKED OR ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ASKED IF THE DATE WORKS OUT FOR THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A PARK AND IT'S IN THEIR DISTRICT.
AND I, I'M, THIS IS REALLY JUST CURIOUS.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN WHERE I WORK, LIKE WE COORDINATE WITH COUNCIL AND THE PARK BOARD MEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHEDULE WORKS FOR THEM.
IT USED TO BE PARK AND THE DISTRICT USED TO BE, IT USED TO BE PART OF THE, UM, PROGRAM AND, AND IT'S, UH, DIFFERENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE PARK BOARD IN DALLAS IS DIFFERENT.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE PARK BOARD IN DALLAS IS NOT AN ADVISORY GROUP.
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POLICY MAKING GROUP, POLICY MAKING GROUP.SO IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT DYNAMICS BECAUSE IT'S THAT DIFFERENT STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T, UM, MINIMIZE THE ROLE OF THE PARKS BOARD IN GARLAND.
IT JUST, UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DATES AND TIMES OF WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL FIRST AND FOREMOST.
AND THEN WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE THERE.
BUT WE JUST, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO BE A PART OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.
AND I MEAN, IT'S NO BIG, JUST SOMETHING, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING, GIVING MORE AND MORE OF OUR TIME AS WE HAVE OUR, HAVE OUR MEETINGS HERE.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION I CAN POSSIBLY GET IN HERE.
AND I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT RUNNING LONGER THAN WE USED TO RUN, BUT WE ARE, BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF VERY GOOD INFORMATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN BE A PART OF THE SYSTEM.
WE'D RATHER, WE'D RATHER BE STANDING IN THE ROOM WITH YOU RATHER THAN STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
UH, ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE? LET'S SEE HERE.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? UM, THE, THE, THE TRAIL, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, UH, THE MARKERS.
UH, WE'VE STARTED, WE WE'RE WORKING AROUND LOU HUFF HERE WITH MARKERS IN THERE.
ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE, ARE WE STILL WORKING TOWARDS HAVING, UH, MARKERS ALONG THE WAY ON THE, ON THE TRAIL SYSTEM? YEAH.
SO, UH, WITH THE SEVERAL TRAIL PROJECTS BEING IN DESIGN, WE ARE INCORPORATING TRAIL MARKERS INTO THOSE.
UM, THE TRAIL MARKERS WE'RE PUTTING IN DUCK CREEK RIGHT NOW ARE PART OF THE PHASE TWO OF SIGNS THAT ARE GOING IN AUDUBON.
UM, BUT YES, WE WE'RE CERTAINLY INCORPORATING MARKERS INTO OUR TRAIL PROJECTS.
DAVID, MR. PARISH, SO TWO, TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HERE.
ONE'S THE CONNECTION UNDERNEATH NORTH GARLAND.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT? UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 60% DESIGN.
ON THAT PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING SOME WORK ON GARLAND ROAD, I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF A BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
THE, UH, AND THE OTHER ONE'S BISS B, WHICH I KNOW IS PRETTY FAR ALONG, BUT IT'S, IT'S DONE FOR THE MOST PART AND, AND OPEN, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS SUCH AS INTERPRETIVE PANELS, SIGNAGE, LIKE THAT LARGE MONUMENT SIGN WILL LIKELY BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT AT, AT JUPITER AND OTHER PARTS OF, UH, THE TRAIL TO KIND OF MARK THE BEGINNING OR END AS IT AS IT IS OF THE MGR BIKEWAY.
SO THAT IS GONNA BE A, A POTENTIAL FOR A STORY, UH, AND DESCRIBING WHAT THE MGR BIKEWAY IS AND THAT BEING KIND OF THE BEGINNING, GOING ALL THE WAY TO MESQUITE.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE MAPS AND KIOSKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE.
AND UH, AND WE MENTIONED MS. NMI, UH, WITH THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HERE IN CITY OF GARLAND.
UH, IS, UM, ARE WE WORKING WITH HER OR ANYONE OUT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ABOUT, UM, THINGS ABOUT INFORMATION TO PUT ON SOME OF THESE SIGNS AND PLACES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ON EVERY SIGN WE WORK WITH KIM? YES.
SO SHE IS INVOLVED ON EVERY, YOU JUST KEEP BATTING A THOUSAND, I'M TELLING YOU.
UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR OVER, OVER COMPLIMENTING YOU, BUT I'D RATHER DO THAT THAN 'CAUSE YOU'VE EARNED EVERY BIT OF IT, YOUR GROUP.
UH, ONE LAST QUESTION ON A TRAIL THAT STARTED, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON LONG MARVIN LOVING DRIVE OUT THERE AT I 30.
UH, WHERE IS THAT TRAIL GONNA GO TO NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE ABILITY TO DO THE, THE, THE WALKWAY AROUND? SO THAT, THAT'S A, ANOTHER GREAT, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT AND, AND ACTUALLY TDOT AS WELL.
'CAUSE TDOT IS, IS DEVELOPING RE REWORKING THE, THE ROADWAYS ON, UM, BASS PRO ROAD, BASS PRO DRIVE AND ZION ROAD.
SO THEIR IMPROVEMENTS WILL, WILL GO UP TO MARVIN LOVING DRIVE, OUR IMPROVEMENTS START AT MAR MARVIN LOVING DRIVE ROOM, IMPROVING CHA HA ROAD TO INCLUDE A SIDE PATH TRAIL.
UM, CHA HA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WILL GO UNTIL, UM, WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THE ROADWAY ENDS AT AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD.
THE TRAIL WILL PICK UP, WILL CONTINUE, SORRY.
UM, FROM MARVIN, LOVING ALL THE WAY AROUND TO AN EXISTING PARKING LOT THROUGH LAKE ROY HUBBARD GREENBELT, WHICH IS, UH, ONE OF OUR PARKS.
UM, AND THERE'S A PARKING LOT AT THE END OF LAKE ROY HUBBARD GREENBELT, THAT'S ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF I 30.
AND SO IT'LL, THE TRAIL WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN SHAHA ROAD WHERE IT ENDS, AND THEN GET ON THE, ESSENTIALLY THE TAKE AREA OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD AND THEN HAVE, IT'LL BE 12 FEET WIDE AND GO ALL THE WAY AROUND LAKE RAY HUBBARD GREEN BELT TO END AT THE
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PARKING LOT THAT'S THERE.UH, THE, THE SKATE PARK OPENING, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, UH, TO THE RENAMING, THE SIGN RAISING.
UM, SO THE SIGN IS READY AND WAITING FOR THE EVENT THAT'S SCHEDULED IN THE SPRINGTIME.
UM, WE ARE, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, SCHEDULING AN ADAPTIVE, UH, SKATEBOARDING TOURNAMENT IN THE SPRING.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN MARCH OR APRIL.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, IS CREATE AN EVENT WITH THAT TOURNAMENT SO THAT WE CAN DO THE SIGN RAISING AND HAVE THE TOURNAMENT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
IS THIS TOURNAMENT GONNA BE A LOCAL REGIONAL STATE? UM, THERE POSSIBILITIES, IT'LL BE STATE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S, IT'S A LARGE, UH, ADAPTIVE SKATEBOARDING EVENT.
I HOPE, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.
THERE'S, THERE'S ONE PROJECT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S STARTING CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK.
IT'S THE DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION TRAIL.
UM, SO THAT ONE IS A TRAIL THAT'S PICKING UP THE, THE MESQUITE TRAIL DOWN AT SOUTH OF I 30 GOING EAST UNDERNEATH, UM, BELTLINE AND THEN GONNA GO UP TO GUTHRIE ROAD AND, UH, TERMINATE AT TALLER ELEMENTARY, UH, ESSENTIALLY CONNECTING PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL TO AVALON PARK.
UM, SO THAT ONE IS STARTING CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S THE 3, 2, 1 8 1, CORRECT.
UM, DIDN'T WE HAVE A SUGGESTION OR DOES IT NOT FIT IN THE FORMAT TO PUT A DATE ON THE LAST UPDATE ON SOME OF THESE? I'M SO SORRY.
I, I I GUESS MY HIGHLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS DID NOT COME THROUGH.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOUR COMMENT LAST MONTH WAS TO PUT HIGHLIGHTS AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP, SO I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I, I, I DID HIGHLIGHT THEM.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY DIDN'T
I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THEY END UP AND, AND IT'S MY FAULT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
IT'S, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PLACE BLAME.
WE MOVE ON TO, UH, ADAM THREE F.
WAIT, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? NO, IT MAY NOT BE HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE OF THE AGENDA QUICK AND HOW IT'S UPLOADED.
IT MAY STRIP ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS, SO IT MAY JUST BE A RESTRICTION.
SO, UM, LET ME ASK ABOUT THAT.
IF, AND IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE TIME ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING, ABOUT WHAT THE FORMAT IS BECAUSE I GET SEVERAL UPDATES FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND SO THE PART BOARD MEETING WAS, UM, KIND OF CAME THROUGH IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I GUESS IT JUST CAME THROUGH AS A COPY OF THE AGENDA AFTER BEING POSTED, TIMING AND STAFFING ISSUE.
SO IT'S JUST THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF STAFF THAT WAS GONE LAST WEEK AND THE AGENDA JUST DID NOT GET POSTED TO CORRECTLY.
SO, UH, THIS IS STAFFING ISSUE AND WE WILL CORRECT THAT THE NEXT NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.
UM, 'CAUSE I, I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE INPUT IN THE AGENDA BEFORE IT BECOMES PUBLIC INFORMATION.
UM, LIKE IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, UM, WE DO FORWARD THE AGENDA TO THE CHAIR HE MEETS WITH AND HE MEETS WITH MATT BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE AGENDA.
SO YOU GOTTA WE DO DO THAT CURRENTLY.
SO WE, WE REVISED IT IN THE, THE PAST FROM GOING TO ALL OF THE PART BOARD MEETINGS TO JUST GOING TO THE CHAIR.
IT'S, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING TO EVERYBODY BEFOREHAND.
ACTUALLY THAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT, SO WHEN I USED TO GET 'EM, OKAY.
WHEN I USED TO GET 'EM, I'D SEND THEM TO, YOU KNOW, THE VICE CHAIR AND THE PREVIOUS CHAIR JUST TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY THOUGHT MIGHT NEED TO BE PUT ON THERE.
THAT WAS JUST THE WAY I OPERATED YOU AND I SEE THAT YOU AND I SEE THE AGENDA AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, I DO VISIT WITH MATT AND YOU AND I ARE TRYING TO GET OUR TIMES TOGETHER TO DO THAT.
I I, THERE HAS BEEN A, YOU KNOW, A MEETING SET AND I CAN MAKE THE MEETING AND THEN MATT CHANGES THE MEETING AND I CAN'T COME ON THOSE OTHER THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE I'M SURE HE'S WORKING ON THAT AND, AND UH, 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED YOU AND I BOTH TO BE THERE AT THOSE MEETINGS 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE WHEN WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS AND YOU NEVER TELL WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH.
AND UM, WE WERE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ANY SPECIAL EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN.
ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTES, NO MINUTES, NO MORE SPECIAL
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EVENTS RIGHT NOW.THIS ON THE SQUARE TOMORROW THERE'S A HUGE EVENT TOMORROW.
CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE TOMORROW WHAT TIME? FIVE 30.
WHAT TIME DOES THE TREE GET LIT? WHEN IT GETS DARK? IT WON'T BE LONG AFTER THAT.
UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WANNA PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? UH, LET'S SEE.
WE COVERED THE SKATE PARK, THE SENIOR CENTER, THE, WE DIDN'T NEED TO COVER THE SENIOR CENTER, SO I THINK WE HAVEN'T COVERED AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
UM, WHERE ARE WE AT? WE IN THE BIDDING PROCESS ON THAT NOW DELAY ON THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, IT'S FINISHING SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
HAS IT ALREADY GONE TO BIDS? NO.
SO IT'S GETTING, GETTING CLOSE TO THAT? UH, NO.
NO, BECAUSE WE ONLY IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR FIRST COST ESTIMATE REVIEW NEXT WEEK, THEN WE'LL GET INTO DETAILED DESIGN, WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WHILE BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO BID.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE NEW NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
THERE WAS A STAFFING PROBLEM THAT ONE THAT CREATED OUR, OUR ISSUE.
SO IT'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OR IS THE, THE PUBLIC NOTICE? THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET NOW FROM NOW ON, JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.
JERRY, JERRY AND MOLLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MATT.
I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT RECEIVING WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE AGENDA.
WE WILL REVIEW THAT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE Y'ALL GET A COPY ON FRIDAY NO MATTER WHAT.
SO WE WILL REVIEW THAT PROCESS AS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED A WHOLE, I'M NOT TRYING TO ASK FOR ANYTHING.
WE'RE NOT GETTING, IT'S JUST THAT THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT COME OUT FROM THE CITY, UM, ARE THE SAME FOR EVERY COMMITTEE THAT'S MEETING.
SO I WASN'T EXPECTING TO LOOK FOR THAT FOR THE PART BOARD NOTIFICATION.
AND I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM ANOTHER, UH, PART BOARD MEMBER THAT ASKED ME IF WE WERE MEETING NOW THAT, SO IT WASN'T JUST ME.
SHE DIDN'T GO OUT UNTIL MONDAY WHEN BASICALLY V CAME IN AND SAW THAT THE NOTICE DIDN'T GO OUT AND SHE SENT IT ON MONDAY.
SO IT DID GO TO PUBLIC AND IT WAS PUBLICIZED TO THE PUBLIC ON TUESDAY, BUT, WELL, I DON'T WANNA ADD TO WHAT YVONNE'S DOING.
I MEAN, AND, AND I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO FORCE HER TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CALL US IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
I JUST WANNA BE A AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO EXPECT IT.
AND I KNOW THE TIMING HAS CHANGED WITH THE WAY THE AGENDA, WHATEVER IS DOING THE CALLING JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COURT THAT WAY THAT WE KNOW BEFORE WE GET HERE IF WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE.
SO I SENT OUT AN EMAIL, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, ASKING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP.
APPARENTLY YOU ALREADY SIGNED UP THE AGENDA.
WHEN IT GETS PUBLISHED TO THE PUBLIC, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP AND RECEIVE IT AT THAT TIME.
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE.
I WILL STILL SEND IT OUT ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY DEPENDING ON VACATION AND WHAT HAVE GOT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DO NOT WANNA WAIT FOR ME TO SEND IT OUT, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ONE THAT GETS SENT OUT AUTOMATICALLY.
'CAUSE IT COULD GET POSTED ON WEDNESDAY.
SO IF YOU WANT YOUR, I DON'T REALLY WANT THAT NOTIFICATION.
IT, THE OTHER ONE THAT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IS HAVING INPUT BEFORE THE AGENDA GOES PUBLIC AND, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TIMING WITH, UM, THE DIRECTOR IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON.
BUT OTHER, OTHER THAN THAT YOU CAN GET IT AT THE TIME THAT EVERY, THAT THE PUBLIC GETS IT.
IT'S JUST MY EMAIL WON'T GO OUT TILL MY TRADITIONAL FRIDAY OR EVEN MONDAY.
WE LIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL FRIDAY
WE LIKE YOUR, WE LIKE YOUR, YOUR UH, EMAILS.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANOTHER GREAT MEETING.
EVERYBODY'S READY NOW TO WRITE DOWN, UH, FEBRUARY THE SEVENTH OF 2024.
A LONG TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN FOR US TO YOU WRITE THAT DOWN.
COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND WRITE THAT DOWN, DON? RATHER THAN KEEP IT UP THERE? IT MIGHT GO AWAY.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT MEETING EVERYONE.
WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE HAD A, A GOOD YEAR.
UM, THE STAFF HAS JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL IN, IN WHAT THEY'VE, WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO WORK WITH US.
UH, WE'VE PUSHED 'EM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS GONE FURTHER THAN WE EVER EVEN PUSHED THEM.
SO THAT'S THE THING THAT COUNTS.
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COME BEFORE THE BOARD THIS EVENING.