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OR SOMETHING.WHO'S ON ROBERTS RULES? NO, HE SAID, CAN WE START EARLY? I SAID, NO,
I HAD A BEACON, ONE OF MY POOL LINES.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE MARCH 6TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WANTED TO THANK ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD, GOOD GROUP HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN, I BELIEVE.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
EVERYBODY STUDIED THE MINUTES? MAKE A MOTION.
AND, AND NANCY SPOKE UP AND HAS GOT IN, GOT IN THE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY CORRECTIONS? ANY ANYBODY NEED ANYTHING? DONNA, ON THE MINUTES, WE'RE OKAY? UH, WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.
UH, SECTION TWO IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF ANYONE WAS HERE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, WE, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE PRIVATE COMMENTS FROM THIS END OF THE ROOM.
UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE HAVE A PLACE ON THE AGENDA OKAY.
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, AND THIS, WE, WE KIND OF ADDED A LITTLE THING IN HERE.
UH, AND BEFORE, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, UH, I WANNA SHOW YOU, UM, UM, WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE DISCUSSION HERE OKAY.
AND HE AND I HAVE STARTED HAVING A MEETING AND MOLLY, WHEN SHE CAN, WHEN WE CAN GET HER WORKED IN THERE TOO, THE VICE CHAIR.
AND WE STARTED HAVING A, A MEETING ABOUT TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THIS MEETING.
AND THIS IS GETTING, IT'S GETTING TO BE A, A DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE THESE WERE MY TWO PAGES OF NOTES AS TO WHAT WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS.
AND THE TERRIBLE PART ABOUT IT IS THE FACT THAT MATT HAD HIS NOTES, WHICH WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
WHEN WE COME IN THERE AND WE'RE GOING, OH MY GOD, WE HADN'T SEEN MINE.
AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE, UH, ITEM THREE B.
UH, CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION OF YOUTH, YOUTH PROGRAMS, STANDARDS OF CARE.
AND WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THAT ONE DE DELEE WILLIAMS. OKAY.
SO THE YOUTH STANDARDS OF CARE, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THESE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT SO THAT WE CAN, UM, BE EXEMPT FROM STATE LICENSING FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND OUR HOLIDAY CAMPS THAT WE OFFER.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, IT'S RIGHT THERE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IT'S REQUIRED, UH, BY THE, UM, TEXAS CODE.
AND BASICALLY IT COVERS HOW WE WILL GOVERN, UM, THE CAMPS FROM OUR STAFF TO PARTICIPANT RATIOS.
HOW WE WILL DISCIPLINE, HOW WE WILL NOTIFY PARENTS, DISPENSE MEDICATION, ALLOW WHO CAN PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO KEEP THE KIDS, UM, SAFE.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THOSE STANDARDS OF CARE, WE BRING 'EM HERE FOR Y'ALL'S, UM, REVIEW AND, UM, APPROVAL.
WE TAKE 'EM TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY IS THEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE.
AND THEN ONCE ADOPTED, WE HAVE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE STATE AND THEY KEEP IT ON, UM, RECORD.
AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE THIS PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
UM, THIS YEAR WE MADE NO CHANGES TO THE STANDARDS OF CARE.
UM, SO THEY'RE EXACTLY THE STANDARDS OF CARE THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE, BUT IT'S PRETTY BASIC.
UM, KIND OF JUST THE NORMAL PROCESS ROUTINE THAT WE'D GO THROUGH EACH YEAR.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS? WHAT KIND OF COMMENTS DID, DO YOU TYPICALLY GET SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE? UM, AND PRESENTING IT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF GARLAND SINCE 2018, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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DOES THIS HELP YOU WITH CAPRA BY CHANCE? IT DOES.UM, AND AS YOU, YOU ALL KNOW OR MAY REMEMBER, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS OUR ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.
WE'VE SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION.
AND, UM, WE WILL SUBMIT OUR ASSESSMENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE VISITATION, UM, NEXT YEAR AND THEN HOPEFULLY NEXT FALL BECOME AN ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY, WHICH IS HUGE.
AND THE WAY THAT TIES INTO IT IS, UH, THERE ARE JUST DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND THERE'S A MINIMUM NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND WE HAVE TO SHOW HOW WE MEET THOSE STANDARDS BY PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE ONE AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, IN RECREATION ON JUST, UH, SHOWING THAT WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING GOOD PROCEDURES, PROCESSES SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE ARE, HAVE A QUALITY PRODUCT THAT WE'RE OFFERING THEM.
I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT PLUG IN THERE ABOUT CAPER TWO 'CAUSE WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE PAST YEARS.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM, UH, THAT WE MADE AT ALL OVER THIS PAST YEAR.
SO IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME SET OF STANDARDS THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
IS THERE ANY ACTION, UH, REQUIRED BY THE, BY THE BOARD FOR THIS? JUST A THUMBS UP AND, AND A MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE.
SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY MR. KERNER AND SECOND BY MS. BISHOP.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
NOW THEN, IN MY TYPICAL FASHION, ALSO, I SKIPPED OVER ONE, ONE ITEM, UH, HERE A LITTLE.
UH, AND, UM, UH, MR. PARISH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PHENOMENAL THINGS HAPPENED AT OUR FOREST PRESERVE OR SPRING CREEK? HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY READ THEIR, UH, CITY PRESS THAT CAME IN THE MAIL IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
AND, UH, WE, WE MADE THE COVER FROM SPRING CREEK FOREST HERE.
UM, SO OLD GROVE FOREST NETWORK IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF, UH, FORESTS THAT ARE PROTECTED FROM LOGGING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN GARLAND, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A EASY LIFT FOR US BECAUSE IN GARLAND, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTION WAS TAKEN LONG, LONG AGO BY CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT THE FOREST.
AND, UM, SO WE JUST TURNED IN THAT, THAT INFORMATION TO 'EM, AND THEY SAID, OKAY, LET'S SCHEDULE A DATE.
AND WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TROUT LILY WALK.
AND, UM, WHICH WAS, UH, FEBRUARY 24TH.
I SAY IT'S TYPICALLY 25TH, YOU KNOW, THE SUNDAY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, WELL, THE 24TH WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE SO MANY PUBLIC, WELL, MORE PEOPLE SHOWED UP ON THAT DAY THAN, THAN THE REGULAR TROUT LILY WALK.
BUT, UM, UH, WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UM, OLD GROVE FOREST NETWORK BOARD WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE HERE IN TEXAS AND COLLEGE STATION.
SHE CAME UP, UH, WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE FIRST IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THERE ARE, I SAW THE SNATCH RIGHT HERE, UM, INSIDE PAGE TWO, IF Y'ALL RIGHT.
SEE WHAT'S 200 FOREST AND 36 STATES.
SO WE, UH, MADE THE CITY PRESS AND WE'RE ALSO, WE'LL GET A PLUG IN, UH, GREEN DFW AND, UH, THE GARLAND TEXAN.
UH, OVER TWO DAYS WE HAD WELL OVER 200 PEOPLE COME THROUGH, LOOK AT TROUT LILIES.
AND UH, IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
NANCY, WAS THERE ANY COMMENTS? IT WAS FASCINATING.
JERRY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK ALL OF US.
BUT YOU WERE THE TEACHER, SO YOU, YOU REALLY NO, I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I SPENT ALL MY TIME TALKING TO PEOPLE
I'VE NEVER HEARD OR SEEN A TROUT LILLIAN MILL.
OH, THAT WAS VERY FASCINATING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A FISH WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT.
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE NAME COMES FROM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY COMMON ACTUALLY IN OLD GROVE FOREST.
'CAUSE OUR FRIEND THAT, UH, USED TO BE PART OF OUR GROUP THAT MOVED TO ATLANTA HAS BEEN SENDING US PICTURES FROM, UH, OVER IN GEORGIA.
IS IT ONLY IN THE SOUTH? NOPE.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO MANITOBA AND QUEBEC AND, OKAY.
SO, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREAS THAT GOT FOREST RIGHT, SO YOU DON'T SEE 'EM, THERE ARE SOME PLAINS SPECIES, BUT, UH, MOSTLY SEA IN FOREST AND YOU SEE 'EM IN FORESTS THAT ARE UNDISTURBED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
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REALLY, UH, YOU REALLY GAVE A, A GOOD HISTORY OF THIS AND, UH MM-HMM.A PIECE OF IT KIND OF WENT AWAY AND THEY'VE BEEN RESTORING THAT, UH, THROUGH EFFORTS WAY BACK.
UH, BUT JUST ON THIS, THE OLD GROWTH FOREST NETWORK HAS RECOGNIZED MORE THAN 200 FORESTS IN 36 STATES.
UH, AND YOU, YOU STATED ABOUT THE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF GARLAND RESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST AND THE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD PROTECTING CARE AND EDUCATE ABOUT THIS SPECIAL PLACE.
SO, UM, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING FOR SOMETHING THAT MM-HMM.
SO, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
ANY, ANY OTHER, WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON OUR SIDE THAT THE PRINTER.
WELL,
SO WE KNEW ALUMINUM SIGN WOULDN'T LAST LIKE A WHOLE WEEK.
ALL UM, THE PARKS FOUNDATION UP? NO, THE, WE'RE GONNA DO PARKS FOUNDATION, THEN RECREATION.
WHO'S GONNA GIVE US THAT ONE? OH BOY, BOY, BOY, BOY, BOY.
OH, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I DON'T HAVE MY COUNCIL HAT ON TONIGHT.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION HAT ON.
AND AT OUR LAST MEETING WE WENT OVER A PROJECT FOR DORFMAN PARK AND WE VOTED TO PURSUE THAT PROJECT.
IT'S A BENCH ALONG THE PATHWAY OF THE PARK.
UH, THERE'S A WALKWAY THAT GOES AROUND THE WHOLE PARK.
AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE BIG LION SCULPTURE IN IT, UM, IN SOUTH GARLAND.
UM,
THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2019 BOND WITH THE PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, I BELIEVE NEW WORLD WORKED ON THAT PARK AS WELL.
ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT PARK.
AND IS IS, DOES CLEANUPS THERE AND IS HAS DONATED SOME OTHER PARK.
THEY GOT ARMSTRONG THE PARK TOO, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO POCKET PARKS.
UH, WHITE PARK, WHITE AND GRISMAN GRIS.
SO THERE'S FOUR PARKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S A REALLY BIG NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THEY HAVE 5,500 HOMES IN THAT, UM, IN THAT SECTION.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT A, A BENCH CLOSE TO THE WALKWAY AWAY FROM THE PLAYGROUND WHERE THE OTHER BENCHES ARE.
AND THEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS PLANTING SOME SOMEWHAT MATURE TREES.
NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LIKE 20 YEARS OLD OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE, THEY'RE NOT TWIGS
THAT INCLUDES THE CONCRETE PAD.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BOULDER WITH OUR PLAQUE ON IT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION LOGO.
AND WE'RE GONNA ADD NEW WORLD'S LOGO ON IT.
THEY'RE DONATING A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE PLAQUE.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE, THE BENCH WAS 1600.
AND THE PLAQUE WAS HOW MUCH? UH, A HUNDRED I BELIEVE.
LIKE, LIKE WELL, THE PLAQUE WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE BOULDER THAT WILL BE NEXT TO THE BENCH.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT DESIGNED.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST FORMAL DONATION BY THE, THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY AWESOME.
'CAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS START OF, OF HOW A GOOD PARKS FOUNDATION, WELL, ANY PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO THIS IS SUPER, SUPER EXCITING AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE NEW WORLD AND THE FOUNDATION FOR, UH, DONATING TOWARDS THIS.
AND, AND WE'VE ALREADY, UH, UH, I THINK THE PAD'S GONNA BE POURED AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, AND THE BENCH IS ALREADY IN.
SO WE'LL GET WITH YOU AND START WORKING ON THE, THE PLAQUE AND WE'LL GET A BOULDER.
ONCE WE GET ALL THAT IN, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE RIBBON CUTTING.
SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS OUR FIRST ACTUAL PROJECT.
UM, THE SECOND PROJECT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IS AT LAWN WIN, THEY NEED TWO PICNIC BENCHES UNDER THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE THAT'S OVER BY THE BASKETBALL COURT.
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HANDICAPPED, UH, BENCH, SO IT HAS LIKE A SHORTENED BENCH SO THAT HANDICAP CHAIRS CAN PULL UP IN THERE.SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THAT ONE WILL TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER TO RAISE MONEY FOR AND, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS AFTER THAT.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON FIVE ITEMS TO ADD TO OUR WEBSITE AS A CATALOG OFFERING TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE WEBSITE.
WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE? THE CATALOG? AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE FIVE ITEMS,
WHO'S WORKING ON THAT?
I MEAN, UM, ANY, ANY INPUT YOU HAVE IS WONDERFUL.
NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY IS IN SEPTEMBER, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LOT OF JUNK IN THE MAIL RIGHT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, IT'S EASY TO GO IN SEARCH ON GARLAND AND FIND, YOU KNOW, THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE IN GARLAND AND GIVE, SO I FOUND THAT THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE MY MONEY GOES TO GARLAND.
AND I KNOW SPRING CREEK FOREST WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING OUR PAPERWORK AND, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL PAPERWORK IN ORDER TO, TO BE PART OF THAT THIS YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT THING FOR THE PARK FOUNDATION IS TO, YOU KNOW, GET IN AN ORDER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BE, BE A CHOICE ON NORTH TEXAS GIVING AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A, UH, SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, DO A MARKETING CAMPAIGN AROUND.
THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA.
I'LL GET MY SECRETARY ON THAT.
HE IS ON THE BOARD AS THE SECRETARY AND MOLLY BISHOP, DISTRICT FOUR.
SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER AS WELL.
SO DO YOU HAVE A TREASURER? WE DO KENYA, HUDSON, OT.
SHE USED TO BE ON THE PARKS BOARD AS WELL.
AND DAPHNE STANLEY IS ON THE BOARD ALSO.
SHE WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD AS WELL.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WHAT YOU ALL DO.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE TO PARKS BECAUSE THEY MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER, SO THANK YOU.
YES, SIR, YOU WERE HERE AND INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL THIS STARTING IN THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS, MOLLY, DAPHNE, AND KEN AND I, I BELIEVE WERE THE FIRST FOUR MEMBERS, FIRST FOUR OUT OF COMMITTEE HERE THAT, THAT, UH, PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND YOU'VE TAKEN IT AND CONTINUED TO, TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING.
UM, HOW, HOW DOES A PERSON, HOW CAN A PERSON GO ABOUT, I KNOW YOU SAID THIS, WE'RE GOING ONLINE, BUT, UH, HOW DOES A PERSON GO ABOUT CONTRIBUTING TO THIS CAUSE IN THE EASY WAY? WELL, UM, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND CONTACT US IF THEY WANNA SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER, AND THERE WILL BE A DONATION BUTTON ON THE WEBSITE VERY SOON FOR THEM TO PAY THROUGH PAYPAL OR, MM-HMM.
TGPF WAS TAKEN
AND I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED, IT WAS OKAY.
IT WANDERED AND WANDERED AND WANDERED AND WANDERED.
AND THEN AS YOU, YOU AND OTHERS PUT MORE TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS THING, IT'S NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW THE RESULTS OF THAT EFFORT.
AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US THAT REPORT.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB HERE AND I'LL SEE Y'ALL SOON,
THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR REPORT.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SKIP PARKS, UH, THE HISTORICAL SIGN FOR JUST A MINUTE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THREE E AND WE'LL GO BACK TO 3D.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR BRINGING, UM, GUEST SPEAKERS FROM OUR RECREATION DIVISION, OUR SUPERVISORS THAT, UM, OVERSEE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES OR OUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS LIKE AQUATICS.
AND SO TONIGHT I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE DION MULLING HOUSE HERE WITH US.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL WHAT HER, UH, BACKGROUND IS WITH THAT LAST NAME? UM, BUT ANYWAY, SHE IS THE SUPERVISOR OVER AT THE, WELL, THE NON-EXISTENT, UH, GARLAND SENIOR CENTER SINCE
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IT WAS DEMOED.UM, BUT SHE HAS WORKED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT SINCE 2010, AND SHE ACTUALLY GREW UP, UH, WITH HER CAREER OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO SHE STARTED OFF AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE WORKING AT THE FIRST, UH, FRONT DESK.
AND THEN FROM THERE SHE WORKED WITH THE NUTRITION PROGRAM.
SHE BECAME A PROGRAMMER, THE RECREATION SPECIALIST, AND NOW SHE OVERSEES THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT IS A, THE EXISTING BUILDING WAS DEMOED, SO IT'S NOT EXISTING ANYMORE.
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE NEW FACILITY.
AND SO THAT'S A SUPER EXCITING TIME TO BE A PART OF THIS FACILITY.
DION IS NERVOUS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S FORCED AGAINST HER WILL TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT, UM, I'M HERE.
SO BE NICE TO HER TO, UM, SHE'S JUST, SHE PUBLIC SPEAKING GIVES HER THE HEEBIE-JEEBIES, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ALONG THE WAY ALSO.
SO, SO AS DELEE SAID, I WAS ALWAYS THE LAST KID TO VOLUNTEER FOR ORAL REPORTS.
SO THIS IS THE POWERPOINT THAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS.
AND BASICALLY, WHAT IS THE GARLAND SENIOR CENTER? WE ARE A RECREATION CENTER FOR ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS, 55 AND BETTER.
UM, WE WORK REALLY HARD AT, UM, PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES AND TRIPS FOR OUR MEMBERS, UM, TO SOCIALIZE.
THEY MAYBE DON'T HAVE A, A WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
MAYBE THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO, THEY LIKE TO SLEEP IN LATE, YOU KNOW, ENJOY ALL THAT GO ON VACATION, AND THEN THEY HAVE A WHOLE MANY YEARS AHEAD OF THEM.
SO WE HOPE THEY COME TO US AND ENJOY WHAT WE OFFER TO THEM.
UM, I HAVE THREE RECREATION SPECIALISTS, A MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION DRIVER, THREE BUS DRIVERS, UH, ONE BUILDING ATTENDANT, TWO RECREATION ASSOCIATES, UH, AND THEN, UM, FOUR PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS.
AND THEN ME NOTICE HER PICTURE IS NOT ON HERE, NO
I BUILT THE POWERPOINT, I GOT TO PICK IT
AND WHAT DO WE DO? I KIND OF JUST PUT THAT IN THERE.
WE PLAN ACTIVITIES AND CLASSES TO ENHANCE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR OLDER, UM, RESIDENTS.
UM, THIS SLIDE IS ONE OF THOSE CLASSES.
IT'S OUR CHAIR EXERCISE CLASS.
IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CLASS.
UM, IT'S PROVIDED TO OUR MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE.
THEY WORK OUT FROM A CHAIR USING, UM, BANDS THAT GIVE, UM, TENSION TO HELP 'EM.
IT'S LIKE LIFTING WEIGHTS, I GUESS.
UM, SMALL LITTLE BALLS TO KEEP THEIR FINGERS MOVING.
UM, THIS IS OUR FIT TO LIVE CLASS.
IT'S ALSO, UH, A VOLUNTEER CLASS.
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE AND THEY REALLY SWEAT IN THERE IS WHAT I HEAR.
UM, WE OFFER BRUSH PAINTING, UM, CLASS, UH, YOU CAN PAINT CLASS.
UM, AND THEN THESE, THIS IS A PICTURE OF ACTIVITIES ON THIS SIDE.
THIS IS JUST SOME GAMES WE WERE PLAYING ONE DAY, UM, WITH BALLOONS.
UM, THIS WAS A CHRISTMAS GAME.
AND THEN AT THE, THE VERY TOP IS OUR LUNCH PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO, UH, PLAN AND OFFER TRIPS.
THEY COULD BE ANYTHING AS SIMPLE AS A DAY TRIP TO AN AREA RESTAURANT, OR IT COULD BE EXTENSIVE.
UM, ACTUALLY THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO NEW ORLEANS WITH A LARGE GROUP.
OH, AND WHAT ELSE DO WE DO? OH, I FORGOT MY PROP.
SEE, OH,
UM, WE PUT THAT TOGETHER EVERY MONTH.
WE PROVIDE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION FOR GARLAND RESIDENTS, 60 OR OLDER WHO, UM, THANK YOU.
UM, MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION TO OUR RESIDENT SIX YEAR OVER WHO ARE NOT WHEELCHAIR BOUND.
OUR, UH, VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE WHEELCHAIR LIFT IN IT.
UM, BUT WE PROVIDE THAT FREE OF CHARGE ANY TO ANY MEDICALLY RELATED APPOINTMENT IN THE CITY LIMITS OF GARLAND.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM.
IT'S KNOWN AS THE LUNCH PROGRAM.
AND IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO EAT IF THEY'RE ALONE.
UM, THEY COME, THEY SOCIALIZE, THEY ENJOY SEEING EACH OTHER, THEY GET TO VISIT AND THEN, UM, THAT'S AN ACTIVE DAY FOR THEM.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO AM, UM, I ATTEND THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS AND, UH, GIVE THEM A REPORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING EVERY MONTH IN OUR BUILDING OR WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
THE CENTER STATUS, WELL THAT'S WHERE IT USED TO BE.
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DESIGN PHASE.UM, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THE ROOMS WILL BE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE THOSE ROOMS FOR, WHERE OUR STORAGE WILL BE.
ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE TOOK SO MUCH TIME TO GET, UM, DONE.
THAT IS THE FLOOR PLAN, UM, IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, AND THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
WE ANTICIPATE OPENING BACK UP IN MID TO LATE 26 IF WE'RE ON TIME WITH EVERYTHING.
OH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOU STARTED OFF GETTING SOME OF OUR ATTENTIONS, PRIMARILY US THAT ARE ABOVE THAT 55 BY CALLING US 55 AND BETTER.
YES,
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A LOOK AT A, AT A SEPARATE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR FLOOR PLAN THAT YOU HAVE THERE, UH, OUTSIDE AREA, UH, ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE AN OUTSIDE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR IT BECAUSE OF THE VIEW THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IN THE WINTERTIME, IT'S GOING TO BE NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED AS MUCH.
AND I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAVE A PLACE OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE BY 15, 17 AND FOUR, WHERE WE COULD HAVE A COVERED PAVILION OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE COULD USE THAT ALL YEAR ROUND.
AND SO ANYWAY, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KEEP THROWING IT OUT.
MAYBE IT'LL STICK WITH SOME MUD SOMEDAY.
MAYBE IT WON'T, BUT, WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PURSUE THAT IDEA.
WE JUST HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO WORK, UM, WITH.
AND SO CURRENTLY THAT'S JUST NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE.
SO UHHUH
I DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT, JERRY.
THEY JUST NEED A DONOR OR A DEEP POCKET.
THEY NEED A DONOR WITH DEEP POCKETS.
YOU COULD BUILD, OR I WAS GONNA SAY MAYBE A BUILDER, MAYBE A BUILDER.
YOU GO, YOU'RE GONE ONE FRIDAY AND YOU COME BACK NEXT MONDAY AND THERE'S ABOUT A 20 BY 40 PAVILION OUT THERE,
UH, OF COURSE THE GUYS WOULD PROBABLY LEAVE AN INVOICE, BUT I WOULDN'T.
ANYWAY, UH, YOU DID GREAT PRESENTATION AND, UH, YOU, YOU REALLY DID WELL.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING ROLLING FOR YOU AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE GONNA BE AN EXCITING PLACE TO, TO BE WORKING.
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SHE WORKS WELL WITH JSA BAKER WHO CAME AND VISITED WITH Y'ALL.
SHE, UM, IS A SUPERVISOR AT CARVER.
SO THEY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS CAN INTERACT WITH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT.
SO FROM A 55 AND BETTER PERSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO GET A COPY OF THE SILVER SCOOP? SILVER SCOOP? WELL, NORMALLY IT, IT GETS DIFFERENT, USUALLY IT WITH US, BUT IT DIDN'T THIS MONTH YET.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO, I WILL LET YOU HAVE THIS.
ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
DO WE PRINT THE SILVER SCOOP IN HOUSE OR IS THAT LIKE NO, IT'S PRINTED, UM, AT A THIRD PARTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GOOD JOB.
UH, LET'S GO TO THE HISTORICAL SIGNAGE PROGRAM PRESENTATION NOW.
I'M THE HERITAGE CROSSING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND, UM, I USED TO BE IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY MOVED HERITAGE CROSSING OUT, BUT WE STILL DO A LOT OF PROJECTS WITH PARKS.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE, FILL YOU IN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UM, LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS A LOT YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW NECESSARILY, BUT WE DO WORK WITH TWO MISSIONS, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE THE HERITAGE CROSSING, WHICH IS THE CITY DIVISION.
AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE GARLAND LANDMARK SOCIETY.
SO WE HAVE TWO MISSIONS THAT WORK IN PARALLEL, UH, TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS.
UM, OUR MUSEUM HAS BEEN OPEN FOR 50 YEARS THIS YEAR.
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AGO, UM, THIS ALL USED TO EXIST OVER, BEHIND CITY HALL AND WAS MOVED IN, UM, 2013 TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION AT WALNUT IN SIXTH.UM, IN 2023 WAS AN AMAZING YEAR.
YOU HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, WE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN 2023, AND, UM, IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL YEAR OF, UH, VISITORS OF PROGRAMS. UM, OUR PROGRAMS REACHED ALMOST 350,000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE DO TRAVELING EXHIBITS.
WE ARE NOT JUST IN THE MUSEUM.
WE ARE DEFINITELY BEYOND THE WALLS.
UM, DOING PROGRAMS, UH, TRAVELING EXHIBITS ACROSS THE CITY, UM, INTERPRETIVE HISTORY PANELS ACROSS THE CITY.
WE ALSO, UM, INCREASED OUR ARCHIVE COLLECTION BY OVER 1200 ITEMS, UM, IN ONE YEAR.
IF I LOOK TIRED, IT'S 'CAUSE I'M TIRED,
UH, BUT IT'S AMAZING THAT SO MUCH COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE YEAR AND, AND THAT WE COULD TOUCH SO MANY PEOPLE.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING OVER THERE, BUT WE WORK WITH EVERY ONE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, WE ARE VERY INVOLVED ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, WE ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE HELP WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS. UM, UH, AND WE, WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE ACHIEVE.
IF YOU WANNA TELL THE STORY OF THE CITY OF GARLAND, YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE YOUR FEELERS OUT ACROSS, UH, THE CITY AND ITS ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE YOU WANNA TELL A COMPLETE STORY.
UM, THIS YEAR, 2024, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR LEGACY PROGRAMS. UM, PASS THESE AROUND AS I TALK.
SO, TRAVELS IN HISTORY IS OUR LECTURE PROGRAM.
WE DO EVERY, UH, HALLOWEEN TIME.
WE DO WALKING TOURS OF THE GARLAND CEMETERIES.
WE DO A NEW, UH, ADDITION OF THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
OUR HANDS ON HISTORY EXHIBIT WILL CONTINUE AT THE MUSEUM BECAUSE IT'S INSANELY POPULAR.
UM, IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY OLD, BUT WE HAVE A TELEPHONE BOOK AND A TELEPHONE AND PEOPLE GET THE BIGGEST KICK OUT OF IT.
THEY LOVE LOOKING A TELEPHONE BOOK.
WHAT? AND THEN THEY REALIZE, AND THEN THEY LOOK UP THEIR GRANDPARENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND THEY JUST LOVE IT.
UH, BUT YES, IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY OLD THAT THAT IS AN EXHIBIT IN A MUSEUM.
UM, BUT NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM IS THIS FRIDAY.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I JUST PASSED AROUND THE BROCHURE FOR THAT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME OUT.
UM, IT'S A MONTHLY PROGRAM THAT WE DO.
WE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM EVERY MONTH.
THIS MONTH IS A GALLERY WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN GARLAND.
UM, WE'RE VERY HONORED AND EXCITED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL DAVID BATES SCULPTURE AT THE MUSEUM.
UH, HE'S AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ARTIST THAT'S FROM GARLAND.
UM, ANN WEARY, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST.
UM, SHE GREW UP IN THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE IN THE SUMMERTIME ON HER FAMILY'S RANCH.
AND, UM, IS A, IS A GLORIOUS ARTIST.
AND SHE WILL BE AT THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER.
UM, AND THEN APRIL, WE HAVE PARTNERED, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
WE'RE DOING, UM, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FIRE WHEEL GOLF AND WE'RE DOING FREE PUTTING LESSONS ON THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE TO THE MUSEUM.
WE'RE GONNA SNEAK IN A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON AND, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH ALL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS.
UM, COMING AT THE END OF THE SUMMER IS OUR TRAVELING EXHIBIT.
THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING MOMENTOUS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXHIBIT ABOUT THE INSANITY OF HOMECOMING MOMS AND HOW WE GOT TO THIS INSANE, UM, POSITION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN WHERE YOU CAN'T EVEN WEAR THE MOM BECAUSE IT'S SO HUGE.
UH, BUT IT HAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STORY, WONDERFUL HISTORY, AND WE WILL CONNECT IT TO THE GARLAND STORY THROUGH, UM, FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS, HOMECOMING.
UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE THINGS PLANNED FOR THAT EXHIBIT.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, SO WE'RE GONNA PARTY.
WE WILL HAVE A PARTY IN SEPTEMBER FOR, UM, OUR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, YOU SHOULD START SEEING BANNERS TOMORROW
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AROUND DOWNTOWN.UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HERE.
UM, AND THERE'LL BE OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE YEAR TO CELEBRATE THAT.
UM, IT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR 40 YEARS.
UH, IT WAS ALL DONE WITH VOLUNTEERS, NO CITY SUPPORT WHATSOEVER.
SO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE CREATED THIS AMAZING COLLECTION AND THAT IT HAS SURVIVED FOR SO LONG IS REALLY SOMETHING WORTH CELEBRATING.
SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO, UM, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE BEYOND THAT, IS THE INTERPRETIVE HISTORY PANELS.
UH, WE HAVE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW.
UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW IN PROGRESS, UM, THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES.
UM, THE COPY IS DONE, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON GRAPHIC DESIGN, OR IT HASN'T QUITE FIT INTO THE PROJECT YET.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF PLACES THAT WE KNOW WE WANT PANELS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT WE, THE TIMING ISN'T RIGHT TO DO IT.
UM, OR WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET.
UM, LIKE THE ROSE HILL PANELS THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE DID TWO PANELS FOR THAT.
AND THAT PROJECT, THOSE PANELS HAVE BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
BUT, UH, THEY'LL GO IN AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.
THEY TELL A GLORIOUS STORY ABOUT A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY THAT BECAME A PART OF GARLAND.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY LOVELY WHEN YOU CAN HAVE HISTORY IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.
SO NOBODY'S GONNA GO HERE TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY, BUT THEY'RE GONNA SEE IT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERESTING STORY AND THEY'RE GONNA WALK AWAY WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN THEY HAD WHEN THEY CAME.
AND, UM, AND WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES ALL OVER THE CITY, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
AND EVENTUALLY, UM, WELL PRETTY SOON NOW THAT OUR COMPLETED LIST IS GETTING SO LONG, WE DEFINITELY INTEND TO ADVERTISE IT AS A, UH, HISTORY TRAIL, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
SO YOU CAN STUMBLE ACROSS THEM OR YOU CAN GO TO EVERY SINGLE ONE.
UM, WE'LL USE EITHER OUR APP OR THE VISIT GARLAND APP AND HAVE IT BE A TRAIL OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND AND SEE ALL OF THE HISTORY PANELS AND SEE ALL OF THESE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
AND IF ANYONE EVER HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A PLACE THAT DESERVES TO HAVE ITS STORY TOLD, WE LOVE TO HAVE INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS.
UH, WE ALSO WORK ON HISTORIC MARKERS.
WE DO NOT DO ALL THE HISTORIC MARKERS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY, BUT WE ARE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THEM.
UH, THE CITY HAS QUITE A FEW ALREADY.
UM, THIS YEAR WE GOT ONE FOR THE PULLMAN RAIL CAR, WHICH IS THE GREEN RAIL CAR THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE PLAQUE YET, SO WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATION, UM, CELEBRATION.
AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR ONE FOR LU HUFF PARK.
UH, SO AGAIN, THAT'S A THING WHERE IF IT WORKS REALLY WELL WITH A PROJECT OR, UH, IF THERE'S A STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN UNDERTOLD STORY, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH WITH PEOPLE, UM, AND PROJECTS TO HAVE MORE HISTORIC MARKERS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS, UM, CALLED GARLAND PERSPECTIVES.
AND WE ARE INTERVIEWING LONGTIME GARLAND RESIDENTS AND, UM, RECORDING THEIR STORIES.
UM, AND WE EDIT IN PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION, FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THEIR STORIES.
AND MAN, PEOPLE HAVE GREAT STORIES.
UM, SO THESE ARE THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
WE ARE REALLY RUNNING WITH THIS.
UM, KIM EVERETT DOES THE INTERVIEW AND WE HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD THAT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON THAT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE NEXT 50 YEARS TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WE HAVE BIG NEEDS AND BIG WANTS AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY BASIC.
LIKE NOT LETTING THE PULLMAN RAIL CAR DISINTEGRATE WHILE IT SITS OUT IN THE SUN, UH, WHICH IT IS DOING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT COVERED AND DOING WHAT NEEDS TO DO TO PROTECT THE ASSETS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO THAT THEY WILL BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
UM, THE DEPOT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, UH, BUT IT WAS BUILT IN 1901 AND THE WINDOWS
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ARE LITERALLY ROTTING AWAY.THERE ARE ISSUES THAT, UM, THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IF WE WANNA BE AROUND FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
UM, WE NEED MORE EXHIBIT SPACE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD, AND WE NEED THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING NATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITS TO GARLAND LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
WE WORKED WITH NASA, WITH THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER TO BRING THE SPACE EXHIBIT HERE.
WE WORKED WITH THE WORLD WAR II MUSEUM TO, UM, BRING A WORLD WAR II MANUFACTURING EXHIBIT TO GARLAND.
AND, UM, I'M CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH THE SMITHSONIAN TO BRING A TRAVELING EXHIBIT HERE IN 2026.
BUT AS YOU WORK WITH THESE BIGGER INSTITUTIONS AND, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE THESE WANTS AND NEEDS THAT COME UP.
SO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT ANOTHER 50, I'M SURE OF IT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IT'S A LOT.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT YOU WERE, WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, IS IT USUALLY LIKE THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH? THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY.
IT IS ALWAYS ONCE A MONTH, AND THAT'S ABOUT AS CONSISTENT AS IT GETS AND IT'S ALWAYS, NO, IT'S NOT ALWAYS FREE.
UM, BUT THIS, WE ALWAYS, UH, BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE EXPENSE, UH, FOR PEOPLE.
THE GALLERY WALK IS A COMPLETELY FREE EVENT.
WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT OR TWO IN HERE.
AND YOU SAW THAT UGLY FACE UP THERE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONSISTENCY.
YOU CAN JUST SAY WE'RE CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, I WAS WORKING WITH BOTH THE KIMS, UH, KIM EVERETT WHO PUBLISHES THE GARLAND TEXAN AND, AND, AND OF COURSE, UH, OUR, OUR KIM NMI HERE.
AND I FOUND THEM TO BE, I FOUND THEM TO BE VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE.
UH, AND I, I'VE HAD JUST A BALL.
I I, I GOT TWO GENTLEMEN WHO WE ALL KNEW, WELL, WE ALL KNEW ONE OF 'EM WAS HERE, JACK MCDANIEL ROCHE FEEDING SEED.
AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE BUILT A HOME FOR HE AND HIS WIFE 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, AND HE'S BEEN TALKED TO BEFORE, BUT HE, HE, HE REALLY WASN'T EXCITED ABOUT COMING BACK UNTIL HE GOT HERE.
AND BOY, I GOT TO SIT IN ON THAT INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
HE CAME TO, HE CAME TO GARLANDS FAMILY, CAME IN THE EARLY FORTIES, UH, AND, AND CAME HERE AND, AND, UM, HIS DAD SOLD GRAIN OUT OF THEIR GARAGE ON THEIR HOUSE THEY LIVED OFF OF ON ROSE HILL, UH, ROSE HILL ROAD OUT THERE.
UH, AND UH, AND I GOT TO FIND THAT OUT.
AND THE OTHER FELLA THAT I'D BUILT A HOME FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE THAT'S, UM, 45 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
HE HAD ACTUALLY RODE HIS HORSE OVER AND BOUGHT GRAIN FROM, AND I MEAN, AND THE TWO OF THEM HADN'T PUT EACH OTHER TOGETHER.
UH, AND WHEN, WHEN IT GETS STARTED TALKING, AND IT'S BEEN THE MOST INTERESTING THING TO LISTEN, THE OTHERS, UH, LOUIS WIGGINS, UH, UH, MOVED, MOVED TO GARLAND IN, UH, 1932, NOW TO THINK ABOUT GETTING A HISTORY BACK TO 1932.
AND THEY BOTH WERE GOING, OH, NO, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I SAT DOWN AND I STARTED, I VISITED WITH EACH ONE OF 'EM.
AND AS I VISITED WITH EACH, WITH EACH ONE OF 'EM, IT WAS, IT WAS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE ACTING THEIR 95-YEAR-OLD OKAY.
UNTIL THEY WENT BACK AND IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S JUST LIKE A SCREEN CAME DOWN.
AND, AND, UM, LEWIS EVEN MADE A STATEMENT ONE TIME ABOUT THAT MULE THAT HE USED TO RIDE, UH, AND, AND HE SAID, I CAN SEE THAT MULE STANDING IN FRONT OF ME.
THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE VIDEOED.
THEY WERE VIDEOED AND, UH, THEY, THEY NEEDED A, THEY NEEDED, UH, SOMEBODY TO BE THEIR, UM, TEST DUMMY.
SO THEY, THEY INVITED ME IN BECAUSE WE GOT HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE LATE FORTIES.
BUT, UM, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS YOU FIND OUT LIKE THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE TRACKS OF LAND OF NEARLY A THOUSAND ACRES A PIECE IN THE GARLAND AREA.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
JACK MCDANIEL'S WIFE, IT'S A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET HER BEFORE WE LOST HER BECAUSE HER FAMILY WENT BACK TO THE LYONS FAMILY, LYONS ROAD.
AND ONE OF HER GREAT GREATS WAS THE FIRST POSTMASTER OUT THERE OFF OF BARNES BRIDGE ROAD,
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AND THAT WAS THE FIRST POST OFFICE THEY HAD HERE, WHICH MOVED TO THIS AREA UP HERE AS IT BECAME GARLAND.AND SHE HAD THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, AND WE MISSED OUT ON THAT.
BUT IT IS BEEN, IT IS BEEN REALLY A, A JOY TO TALK WITH THE, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AND COME TO CARLAND IN 1932, YOU KNOW, DAMN MY KNEE, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN, IN FACT, TO THE POINT THAT WE WENT OUT TO WHERE HIS HOUSE WAS OFF OF, UM, CENTERVILLE ROAD, LBJ, JUST OVER IN THE MESQUITE SIDE.
AND HE SAID THAT, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A CREEK DOWN HERE AND THE, AND THE BRIDGE ALWAYS WASHED OUT, YOU PEOPLE ALWAYS GETTING HURT WHEN THE RAINS CAME THROUGH.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FERGUSON ROAD THERE, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LBJ.
AND HE SAID, UH, THE HOUSE WAS RIGHT BACK UP, BACK UP IN HERE.
AND SO I, WELL, I'M GOING, OKAY, WHEN HE TELLS ME HE'S UP IN THERE, I'M GONNA TURN.
AND, AND, AND WE WENT BACK UP IN THERE AND HE RECOGNIZED A CLUMP OF TREES AND HE SAID, THAT TREE RIGHT THERE WAS OUTSIDE MY WINDOW WHEN I WAS A KID.
AND I GO, THIS IS, THIS IS, I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.
AND ONCE THIS HAS GONE, IT'S GONE FOREVER.
SO I'M SO PROUD, UH, OF THE TWO KIMS AND, AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY VERY INTERESTING.
AND IF ANY OF YOU KNOW FOLKS THAT ARE IN THERE EIGHTIES OR NINETIES THAT HAVE MOVED TO GARLAND EARLY ON, UM, THEY'RE, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE HESITANT ABOUT TALKING UNTIL THEY GET TO TALKING.
AND THEN BOY IT IS, JUST HANG ON 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON FOR A RIDE.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, MA'AM.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND I WAS GONNA SAY KIM EVERETT ARE DOING, WHERE DO YOU SEE THE, THE ARCHIVE VIDEOS THAT ARE ON THE, THE LIST THAT YOU PUT OUT? OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING? THE UH, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED BECAUSE WE ARE STILL EDITING THE PHOTOS IN FROM THE COLLECTION.
BUT THE PLAN IS THEY'LL BE ON CGTV, UH, WE'LL RELEASE 'EM.
AND THEY ARE ALSO ON THE TOUCH SCREEN AT THE MUSEUM.
UH, WE HAVE, SO MIKE HASLIP, IF ANYBODY KNOWS HIM, HE DID GARLAND PERSPECTIVE INTERVIEWS IN THE EIGHTIES.
AND SO WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ON THE TOUCH SCREEN AT THE MUSEUM.
AND UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM AND WE PICKED UP THE IDEA AGAIN NOW WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GENERATION, OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO, UM, SO THEY ARE, WE WILL ADD THEM TO THE TOUCH SCREEN TO OUR EXISTING, UH, INTERVIEWS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SO THEY'LL GET PUT OUT ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND THEN WE'LL POST ABOUT IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE EVERY TIME WE RELEASE A NEW ONE.
'CAUSE UH, MY UNCLE'S ON HERE,
THEIR STORY GOES BACK TO 1928.
WAS HE A FOOTBALL PLAYER FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL? MM-HMM.
I REMODELED HIS HOUSE 30 OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND HE CAN TELL YOU A STORY HE'LL REMEMBER WHAT WHEN I DID IT.
DAVID, HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED ANYBODY FROM THE CARTER CENTER IS CAR CARVER CENTER? PARDON ME? OH, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEY OPENED UP THE CARVER CENTER MM-HMM.
HAVING TO TAKE A BUS ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN TO ACTUALLY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE JUST COMPLETED THREE, UH, INTERPRETIVE HISTORY PANELS ON THE CARVER MM-HMM.
UM, AND WE WORKED WITH THE, THE CAPS TEAM, UH, TO PRODUCE THOSE PANELS AND, AND MAKE SURE IT TOLD AN ACCURATE STORY.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CAPS AND NON CAPS, BUT PEOPLE, UM, THAT WENT TO SCHOOL AT CARVER, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM ON THE LIST TO BE INTERVIEWED.
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS, UM, TAKE SUGGESTIONS, UM, IF YOU HAVE 'EM.
I, WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER THE CARVER SCHOOL, I, UH, DID SOME REMODELING ON THE SCHOOL FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
IT IS TERRIBLE WHEN I START SEEING THESE THINGS.
UM, AS A, AS A QUICK THOUGHT, UH, WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SIGNAGE FOR TRAILS AND THINGS IN THE PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THIS, AND THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP AS FAR AS PROBABLY 35 OR 40 YEARS AGO.
AND IF I CAN FIND MY FOLDER ON IT, I'VE GOT INFORMATION, BUT ANYWAY.
AND, AND SOMETHING MAYBE A HERITAGE TRAIL.
THIS COULD BE THE HERITAGE TRAIL FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.
IT'S EXCITING TO BE THINKING THAT WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE CALLED IS COMING.
AS SOON AS WE PUT IN A COUPLE MORE SIGNS, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A MICROSCOPIC ONLY SIX STOPS.
UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET A FEW UNDER OUR BELT THAT WERE SPREAD
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AROUND THE CITY, NOT ALONG THE SAME AREA.AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE PUBLISHING, UH, ON THE APP AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT IT.
TRULY, TRULY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UH, THREE F SOUTH CAROLINA LITTLE LEAGUE AND BALLPARK BUNS GRANT.
UH, SO THIS WILL BE PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD LITTLE STORY HERE WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
UH, IF I CAN GET IT JUST, THERE WE GO.
SO, SOUTH GARLAND LEGAL LEAGUE, DON, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE.
I THINK THEY WERE APPROACHED BY, UM, BALLPARK BUNS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A, A NATIONAL PRODUCT.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE FIRST, UH, UH, WHOLE, NOT WHOLESALE, BUT THEY WERE THE SOLE PROVIDER OF HOT DOGS FOR THE, UM, DETROIT TIGERS BACK IN THE DAY.
UH, AND THEN IT TOOK OFF FROM THERE.
UH, THEY STARTED OUT MAKING HOT DOGS AND THEN IT WENT ALL OVER MICHIGAN AND THEN WENT ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
UH, NOW THEY MAKE BALL, THEY MAKE HAMBURGERS, THEY MAKE HOT DOGS, AND THEY MAKE HOT DOG BUNS AND HAMBURGER BUNS.
UM, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GIVE BACK TO LITTLE LEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO LITTLE LEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THEY GIVE GRANT DOLLARS OUT TO BRAIN, UM, UPGRADE, UM, EXISTING BALLPARKS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST NOT QUITE USABLE AND GET 'EM SO THAT THEY ARE USABLE, UM, AND GIVE 'EM REFRESHERS, GIVE 'EM MAKEOVERS, UH, AND REALLY BRING 'EM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND SO THEY WERE, UH, SOUTH GARDEN LITTLE LEAGUE WAS APPROACHED BY, UM, THE BALLPARKS FOUNDATION TO, AS A POSSIBLE, UH, RECIPIENT FOR ONE OF THESE GRANTS.
AND SO WE MET WITH, UM, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE AND WE MET WITH, UH, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD RIGHT THERE AND, AND OUR PARKS TEAM AND REC TEAM, AND TALKED ABOUT, UH, A PARTICULAR FIELD THERE AT CENTRAL PARK AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO IT, UM, AND WHAT THE CITY COULD HELP, UH, BRING TO THE, TO THE TABLE AS WELL.
AND THEY WERE SELECTED AS A RECIPIENT OF ONE OF THESE GRANTS, WHICH IS REALLY FANTASTIC NEWS.
UM, AND SO WE ARE RECEIVING A GRANT FOR $20,000.
UM, THE GRANT IS FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, BUT IT'S GONNA WORK.
THE, THE MONEY IS GONNA COME INTO THE CITY AND THEN WE WILL USE THAT MONEY IN TURN TO, TO DO THIS WORK.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE GONNA UPGRADE THE OLD T-BALL FIELD.
UH, IF YOU, THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CENTRAL PARK, IT'S KIND OF WAS GROWING IN WITH GRASS.
IT HAD AN OLD BACKSTOP TO IT AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY WAS NOT MUCH OF A FIELD AT ALL.
UM, AND IT IS GOING THROUGH IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION AND WILL BE A FULL ON USABLE T-BALL FIELD, UM, BY COMPLETED BY THEIR OPENING DAY.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A OFFICIAL KIND OF RIBBON CUTTING RECOGNITION, UM, BASED ON WHEN THE, THE FOLKS FROM BALLPARK CAN BE THERE.
WE'RE HOPING IT HAPPENS ON OPENING DAY, BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE WILL PLAN SOME COOL THINGS AROUND IT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET SOME LITTLE LEAGUERS OUT THERE AND WE'LL MAKE A DEAL OUT OF IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS INVITED TO IT WHEN WE DO THAT.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT FIELD, THERE WASN'T MUCH THERE, THERE WAS JUST AN OLD BACKSTOP.
SO WE HAVE, WE CAN, WE RIPPED OUT THE OLD BACKSTOP, WE'RE GONNA PUT IN A FULL FENCE SO IT'LL HAVE A FULL OUTFIELD FENCE.
UH, IT'S GONNA HAVE FOUL POLES, WHICH IT'S NEVER HAD FOUL POLES BEFORE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUL POLE OUT THERE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA REDO THE, THE DUGOUTS, UH, REDO THE BENCHES IN THE DUGOUT.
UM, AND WE REDID THE INFIELD, GOT RID OF ALL OF THE WEEDS AND EVERYTHING THAT WERE IN THERE, BROUGHT IN SOME NEW CLAY.
UH, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE, THE INFIELD AND THE OUTFIELD WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
SO WE WENT IN THERE AND RENOVATED ALL OF THAT, UM, AND PUT IN SOME NEW SOD.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA RENOVATE THE OUT OUTSIDE OUTFIELD AND KILL THOSE WEEDS OFF AND START TO GET THAT BACK.
IT'S GONNA GET ALL NEW BASES, A NEW HOME PLATE, A NEW PITCHING RUBBER IT, IT'S GONNA GET, UM, UH, FENCE TOPPERS ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO IT'LL LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THE OTHER FIELDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
IT'LL BE IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
AND IT'LL BE A FANTASTIC T-BALL FIELD, UM, FOR THAT ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE ON AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GAMES ON, UH, FOR THOSE YOUNGSTERS THAT ARE, ARE GETTING INTO IT.
SO REALLY, REALLY SUPER EXCITING, UM, PROJECT
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THAT'S GOING ON.WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, USE THAT GRANT TO LEVERAGE SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
AND IT MAKES A HUGE, IT'LL MAKE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT TO THE PARK.
UH, IT'LL HOPEFULLY BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR SOUTH GARLAND LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND IT'S A, UH, JUST ANOTHER GREAT WAY WITH A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OF HOW WE CAN, UM, BRING THINGS FORWARD.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THAT.
UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WHEN THE, THE KIND OF RIBBON CUTTING THE, THE, THE CEREMONY PIECE THAT WE DO WITH THE BALLPARK FOLKS.
SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME OUT, YOU CAN.
WHEN'S OPENING DAY? UH, IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL.
AND I THINK THE BALLPARK PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT FOR THAT.
IF THEY HAVE, THAT'S NEWS TO ME.
SO MAY HAVE TOLD, THEY MAY HAVE TOLD YOU FIRST.
I'LL, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT COREY, OUR, OUR PRESIDENT COREY, HE TOLD US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FUNDS AND ALL AT OUR LAST MEETING AND WE'RE ALL REAL EXCITED.
THIS FIELD, WHICH DIDN'T HAVE A FENCE AROUND, IT WAS KIND OF A PLAYGROUND FOR ALL THE FOUR WHEELERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
SO IF YOU PRACTICED ON IT, YOU KNOW, YOUR KIDS WOULD FALL IN THE RUTS.
AND THIS IS JUST GREAT HAIR AND ANKLE UP.
THEY ALWAYS COMPLAINED IF THEY GOT THAT FOR A PRACTICE LOCATION, THAT COACHES ALWAYS COMPLAIN.
SEE NOW THEY'RE ALL GONNA WANT PICK
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOOD ANYMORE.
YES, WE'RE HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND NOW WHO APPLIED? WHO APPLIED FOR THIS? WE DIDN'T.
THEY WERE APPROACHED AND I, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MAYBE COREY CAN TELL YOU HOW THEY, HOW THEY HEARD ABOUT 'EM.
WELL, I KNOW WE APPLIED LAST YEAR FOR A GRANT THROUGH LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE PUSHED THE FACT THAT WE'RE, MOST OF OUR PARTICIPANTS COME FROM, WHAT IS IT, TITLE ONE, TITLE EIGHT, WHAT IS IT? THE LOW INCOME AT SCHOOL.
MOST OF OUR PLAYERS ARE TITLE ONE.
AND UM, THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR THIS GRANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? YOU'D BE PROUD OF THAT DON GETTING THAT DONE? YEAH, AND THAT'S GREAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MATT? ALRIGHT, QUICK BEFORE HE GETS AWAY.
YOU MAY NOT COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE FOR A WHILE,
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND STUDIES.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UPDATE.
HOW MANY THINGS DO WE MISS? AHA.
REMEMBER THESE ARE, UH, UH, WRITTEN BRIEFING.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC, UH, CIP PROJECTS, MARK IS YOUR MAN FIRE AWAY.
SO GIVE IT ANOTHER MONTH, IT'S GONNA LOOK EVEN LIKE IN A WEEK.
IT'S LIKE THEY ADDED A WHOLE STORY TO THAT'S RIGHT.
WHEN IS IT PROJECTED TO, TO BE READY? DO WE HAVE TIME YET? WELL, THAT ONE WAS, UH, MID, MID 2025.
SO, AND HOW ARE WE COMING ALONG ON, UH, WHAT WAS SURF AND SWIM NOW WHAT'S IT GONNA BE NOW? SURF AND SWIM.
PLAY AROUND AND FLOAT 2.0,
IT'S GONNA STILL BE SURF AND SWIM.
SURF AND SWIM BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 100% DRAWINGS JUST PRIOR TO BID.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, THE WEEK OF THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH TO SEND THAT OUT FOR BID FOR.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS NICE THAT MATT HAD THOSE DRAWINGS LAID DOWN THE TABLE WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING AND I GOT GOTTA SEE THOSE AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.
SO, OH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
OUT OF OUR LITTLE MINOR INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE IN THE CITY GARDENS.
THAT'S PROBABLY TWO GOOD WORDS TO DESCRIBE EVERYTHING.
AND THEN HOW ABOUT HOBA, UH, REC CENTER? THAT'S, THAT'S, HOW'S IT DOING COMPARED WITH THE, AND THE LIBRARY NEXT TO IT? SO THE HALABA RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S IN MARCH, BUT I THINKING MORE LIKE A, PROBABLY AN APRIL TYPE, UH, 2024 TYPE THING.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO, TOO CLOSE.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18TH? YES.
SO ARE IMPORTANT DAY AFTER THAT.
YOU ARE WORKING ON A PUNCH LIST ON THAT ONE, OR NOT JUST YET? WE'RE STILL GOING
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THROUGH THE INTERIOR.WE'RE, WE JUST HAD A MEETING, UH, LAST, ACTUALLY YESTERDAY ABOUT SOME LIGHTING.
SO IT'S SHAPING UP REALLY WELL.
UM, NOW THE LIBRARY SIDE OF THAT, UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING.
THEY HAVEN'T GONE VERTICAL YET.
THEY'RE STILL RUNNING WITH THE, UH, UTILITIES AND GETTING ALL THAT SET UP.
AND I KNOW THE LIBRARY'S NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN A WHILE.
HOW HAS THE, HAVE THEY STARTED WITH THE BUILDING? ARE THEY IN GROUNDWORK OR ARE THEY IT'S GROUNDWORK RIGHT NOW.
UM, HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR RENDERINGS? UH, I HAVE TO.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT GONE VERTICAL.
THEY'RE STILL KIND OF GETTING ALL THE UTILITIES AND, UM, ALL THE SITE WORK.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT DEFINITELY DIFFERENCE GOING TO, TO DO THAT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S REALLY UNIQUE, UH, ARCHITECTURE FOR THAT.
UM, SO IT'S, BUT, AND, AND THE USES, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT THERE IS SUCH NEED OF, OF A LIBRARY AND THE ELECTRONICS THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR, UH, ACCESS TO INTERNET.
UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE SET OF KIDS GO OVER HERE TO, YOU KNOW, ON THE INTERNET AND THE OTHER SET, GO PLAY BASKETBALL AND WHATEVER.
IT'S, UH, IT IS GONNA BE PHENOMENAL FOR THAT AREA.
AND ALSO JUST DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK ON YALE, WE HAVE THE NEW WATSON, UH, PLAYGROUND AND SPLASH PAD, WHICH HASN'T OPENED.
JUST, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S READY TO BE OPENED, BUT ONCE THE SEASON, I THINK IT'S IN APRIL, I BELIEVE IT'S WHEN WE'RE OPENED, THAT SPLASH PAD.
BUT, SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING.
THEY'VE GOT A, GOT A LOT OF WORK FOR THAT AREA OUTTA THE BOND OUT THE BOND PROGRAM THAT, UH, THAT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE.
AND THAT MOVING THE LIBRARY FROM WHERE THEY HAD ORIGINALLY, WHERE THEY'RE ORIGINALLY GONNA PUT IT WAS THE BOND COMMITTEE.
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A LOGICAL LOCATION.
AND FINALLY IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT TO THEM.
BUT THEN OF COURSE, MOVING THE LIBRARY ONTO PARKS, WE HAD TO GET, UH, PERMISSION FROM THE CITIZENS OF GARLAND, BUT IT SOLD IMMEDIATELY TO THEM.
IS THAT SOMEBODY DOING MUSIC? IS IT BELIEVE IT'S YOU,
OFFED JIM AND KNEE YOU'RE POPULAR.
ONE OF MY OTHER COMMITTEES STARTING.
WATSON, IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER, WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT ELSE IS IN THE, IN THE MILL SO WE, WE CAN READ.
WE HAVE LOU HUFF PARK IS IN DESIGN, UH, RECCO AND SPLASH PAD.
UH, WIN JOYCE, WE, UH, PRESENTED AT WIN JOYCE LAST MM-HMM.
SO WE'RE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, WE'RE MAKING SOME REVISIONS TO THE SITE PLAN BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK, PARTICULARLY IN THIS MEETING IS, UH, ABOUT THE KAYAK AND REALLY HONING IN ON THE, THE PARKING, UM, UH, KINGSLEY PARK.
IT'S IN DESIGN, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHURCH OWNER ABOUT SOME ACCESS TO THE SITE.
UM, JOHN PAUL JONES, AGAIN, IT'S IN DESIGN.
IT'S REALLY, WE HAVE A, A GOOD TRACTION WITH THAT.
JUST ADJACENT TO JOHN PAUL JONES IS A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT JUST SITE ADJACENT.
SO IT'S GONNA REALLY REQUIRE SOME NEAT LOOKING DESIGN AT THIS PARK.
SO, UM, UH, TUCKER PARK, UM, THAT'S UNDERWAY.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF DIRT WORK.
THERE'S 60,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL THEY NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE SITE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING IT, UH, TO THE SIDE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT ON HAULING THAT TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY AND ALSO TO SOME OF THE LANDFILLS.
SO WE HAVE SOME FEELERS OUT ABOUT ANY PRIVATE, UM, CONTRACTOR NEEDS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF LIKE DIRT.
ANYBODY NEEDS DIRT LIKE A LOT.
THERE'S A PLACE ON I 30 FREE, THEY'RE BUILDING UP THE LANDS.
IT'S BETWEEN BROADWAY AND ROSE HILL.
YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY'RE JUST DUMPING DIRT, SO THAT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY.
MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DRIVE BY OVER THERE.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS VERY VALUABLE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE BUILDING IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH, IT'S UNREAL.
WE HAD A PIECE OF LAND OUT IN ROW THAT MANY YEARS AGO AND, AND WE GOT ALL THE DIRT FROM ALL THE SEWER LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN ROW THAT ROAD AND ROUND MILLER ROAD AND DOWN DEXTER ROAD.
THEY, THEY ALSO DID THE DIRT WORK FOR US AND EVERYTHING.
PROBABLY CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK THAT WE GOT FOR FREE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK IT'S YOUR IPAD.
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IT TURNED OFF OVER HERE.UH, NAME AND FOREST TRAIL CONNECTION.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 30% OF THE DESIGN WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK IT'S NEARLY 60%, HONESTLY.
SO WE TALKED TO MATT, I TALKED, MATT AND I TALKED THE OTHER DAY ABOUT MAYBE WALKING THROUGH THERE AGAIN.
SO IF WE CAN FIND A DATE OR MM-HMM.
WE ALREADY, I, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH MARK ON IS WE'RE, AND PROBABLY IN THE, PROBABLY BE THE WEEK AFTER NEXT, UH, WEEK, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROPOSED LAYOUT AND WE HAVE THE, THE, THE CAD FILE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA WALK IT ON THE PROPOSED SITE AND WE'LL MARK THE CENTER LINE AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE DO THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO WALK IT WITH US.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE A FEW BORING LOCATIONS AND, UH, THE, JUST THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT WOULD DISTURB THE SITE.
SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT TREES YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO COME OUT ANYWAY.
THAT WAY WE CAN GET SOME ACCESS TO IT.
SO WE DON'T WANNA TAKE OUT ANY TREES.
UM, WHEN, WHEN JOYCE, UH, PARK, I'M SORRY, I WAS DISTRACTED HERE.
SO WE ARE, UH, THE CONSULTANT IS UPDATING THE, THE PLAN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED.
UM, KAYAK LAUNCH IS NOW, IT'S BEEN STRUCK FROM THE PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY REFER TO.
WE'RE GONNA RELY ON, UH, THE JOHN PAUL JONES TO THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATER LEVELS AS THEY RECEDE.
AND THEN JUST THE, THE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE PHOTO.
AND JUST IN GENERAL SITE ACCESS TO THAT.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE JET SKI ABOUT THE QUICK SAND TYPE ASPECT OF THAT.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M HOPING YOU'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS ONE WHERE THE WATER IS PLACE OF VIEW OR MAYBE A FISH.
YOU KNOW, BUT TO, BUT TO NOT, BUT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF IT, BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SEVERAL FEET OVER THE YEARS AND IT, IT'S, THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO BOTTOM IF YOU STEP OFF IN IT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? I GOT ONE MORE THING.
I GOT LIKE A, SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE TRINITY PADDLING TRAIL FOLKS? MM-HMM.
THEY ALSO CALLED THE TRINITY COALITION.
SO I GOT IN LIKE A LAST MINUTE INVITE THAT WEEK OR TWO AGO.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A PADDLING TRAIL, YOU KNOW, AT LAKE RAY HUBBARD.
NOW I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY ONE OUT OF PADDLE POINT, UH, WHICH IS JUST THAT ONE ARM.
BUT THE CONCEPT THEY HAD WAS LIKE THE WHOLE LAKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT WAS LAST MINUTE, I COULDN'T GET ON THE ZOOM.
BUT, UH, I DID TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARKS HAD PLANNED AS FAR AS I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY MET WITH THOSE FOLKS TODAY.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHEN THE BEST TIME IS TO APPLY.
UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BOAT RAMP ISN'T GONNA BE BUILT FOR A WHILE.
SO IS IT BETTER TO APPLY THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? BUT WHEN WE GET THAT DIRECTION, WE WILL APPLY.
UH, AND THEY ALSO HAVE ACTUALLY THAT GROUP HAS GONE THROUGH, UM, UH, AND IT'S ALSO NOW LOOKED AT AS A NATIONAL, UM, UH, WATER TRAIL.
AND SO THIS WOULD LEAD INTO THAT.
AND SO YES, WE ARE MUCH ON BOARD WITH THAT AND WORKING WITH THE CORRECT PEOPLE AND WE'LL APPLY AT THE RIGHT TIME AND, AND, AND MAKE THAT WORK.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT OUR MAPPING THAT WE DID AT SPRING GREEK FOREST.
SO THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TOO.
THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT TO HAVE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WAKE UP, LET'S TALK NOW.
UH, PROBABLY COLDER ON THAT END.
THE GUYS, ALL THIS TALKING DOWN THERE.
THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN WE'LL ACCEPT THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA REPORT ON? NO, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING, STAYING WITH US.
SPECIAL EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
AGAIN, THIS IS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT TWO DATES FOR Y'ALL.
UH, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, MARCH 29TH AND 30TH, UH, IS GONNA BE A SKATE TOURNAMENT WITH BORDER, UH, SKATE TOURNAMENT.
AND SO THAT WILL BE A, UH, FRIDAY AND A SATURDAY.
SO THAT'LL BE OUR FIRST OFFICIAL SKATE PARK DEAL.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING FORWARD, IT'S NOT ON THIS UPDATE, UM, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO APRIL, APRIL 27TH
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IS WHEN WE ARE GOING TO BE UNVEILING, UH, THE NEW NAME, UH, FOR THE SKATE PARK TO THE JOHN COMER SKATE PARK.AND THERE'S GONNA BE A, UH, MEMORIAL KIND OF SKATE SHOWCASE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ADAPTIVE SKATERS THERE, UH, AND DO THE OFFICIAL SIGN UNVEILING AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
SO, BUT APRIL 27TH ON THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, UH, AND MAKE SURE, GET AN INVITATION FOR IT.
AND YOUR MARCH 29 AND 30TH IS JUST A SKATE TOURNAMENT.
IT'S A BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF YOU WANT TO GO.
THERE WON'T BE ANY FANFARE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO SEE SKATEBOARDERS, LOCAL, FLIP AROUND.
THERE'LL BE SOME LOCAL AND SOME REGIONAL.
AND THEN ON THE, ON THE, ON APRIL THE 27TH, UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE THERE TO PROBABLY DO SOME SPECIAL SHOW OFFS.
THAT'D BE SPECIAL, BUT NOT THE WAY THEY WANNA SEE IT.
I HEARD JERRY WAS GOING TO GET ON A SKATEBOARD.
I STILL HAVE MY HIGH SCHOOL SKATEBOARD.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE HALFWAY THERE NOW.
THAT'S AS FAR AS WE'RE GONNA GET.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO, UM, UH, DID WE GET H THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE DOING AS H THEN VISIT, UH, GARLAND SPECIAL EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
IS ANYTHING ON THAT? THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU AGAIN, WRITTEN BRIEFING.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REC DIVISION UPDATE OR THE PARK DIVISION UPDATE, UM, WE CAN HELP YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, HOW ARE WE COMING ALONG IN THE, UH, PROCESS OF, UH, LOOKING TO REPLACE OUR ONE PERSON THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE? OH, HE AT, UH, HIS PO HIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY POSTED, SO WE'LL GIVE THAT SOME TIME FOR SOME, UM, APPLICANTS TO COME IN AND THEN THE INTERVIEW PROCESSES WILL START.
I HOPE WE CAN COME CLOSE TO MATCHING THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OH, YOU'RE GETTING TOO EASY HERE NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? PARK DIVISION UPDATE.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND ME, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS THAT'S GOING ON HERE, UH, IF YOU COULD ESPECIALLY GET 'EM TO ME IN THE NEXT SAY 10 DAYS OR SO BECAUSE MATT AND I AND HOPEFULLY MOLLY WILL BE MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WE PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA.
AND THAT'S WAY, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, MATT FOR THE GIVING ME OR GIVING US THAT HOUR, HOUR-ISH OF DISCUSSION.
AND IT'S, IT WE'RE, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THEM.
NOW THAT WE ARE, WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ALIKE.
WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ALIKE AND I FEEL, FEEL SAD FOR MATT THAT THAT HAPPENED, BUT, BUT IT IS.
ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING BEFORE THE GROUP TONIGHT, MR. PARRISH? I JUST WANNA KEEP SECURITY AT THE TOP OF THE PILE.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET TO THAT, SO YOU'LL FIND THIS VERY INTERESTING
UM, IT WILL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
'CAUSE THE REASON WE HAD A HARD STOP TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GET DONE WAY EARLIER, IS I'M ACTUALLY DOING THE FIRST RIDE ALONG WITH POLICE TONIGHT THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN THEY WILL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HIRE THOSE FOLKS AND, AND, AND GET THEM GOING.
SO TONIGHT'S THE FIRST RIDE AROUND.
SO I'M ON DEEP NIGHTS TONIGHT, SO EVERYBODY WISH ME LUCK.
TELL 'EM TO GET OUTTA THE CAR AND PULL THE DOOR IN THE BACK.
THEY COULD DRIVE RIGHT UP TO IT.
I THINK I JUST SAW THE POLICE BACK.
YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET A CAR THAT HAS THE SAW OFF SHOTGUN UNDERNEATH SEAT.
LIKE MY DAD RIDING WITH THE, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE BACK A LONG TIME AGO.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL STAFF AND, AND MEMBERS FOR, FOR PARTICIPATING.
YOU GOOD? NO OTHER BUSINESS TO BRING BEFORE THE, THE GROUP THAN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.