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GUY.[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 North Fifth Street Garland, Texas February 5, 2025 7 p.m. ]
USUALLY THE TIME THAT KEITH COMES AROUND, CHECK
OH, I THOUGHT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
WHO ELSE? HOW ABOUT THAT TRADE GUYS? OH,
YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
WELCOME TO THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.
THIS IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH.
SO FIRST STAYING ON THE AGENDA, UM, IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY DAVID PARRISH AND A SECOND BY, UH, DAVID MOORHEAD.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OH, HI.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T, UH, GET THE WRONG SPOT.
NO, THEY ALMOST GAVE IT, THEY ALMOST GAVE IT AWAY, BUT OH, REALLY? I SAVED IT FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS DAVID, DAVID, JASON, MOLLY, MATT, DON, AND JERRY.
UM, DID WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? NO, THOSE IN FAVOR, UM, SAY AYE.
UH, NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC CONDUCE.
I DON'T SEE THE PUBLIC HERE, SO, UM, PUBLIC, PUBLIC
I, I CAN GO OVER THERE AND MAKE IT WITH
I DO WANT TO WELCOME, UH, IS IT MARO? YEAH, THAT'S ME.
JOSEPH MARO FOR DISTRICT TWO TO THE MEETING.
AND, UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, MOVING ON THE ATHLETIC LEAGUE REPORT HAS BEEN, UM, POSTPONED.
UM, IT'S NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATIVE IS OUT ILL AS OUR TWO OF OUR STAFF.
AND SO THAT BRINGS US UP TO ITEM THREE B FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION, ORGANIZATIONAL STAFF CHANGES.
AND SO, UM, SIT DOWN AND HOLD ON.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHANGES THAT SHE'S GOING TO, UM, INTRODUCE.
UM, SO I ASSUME THE ROLE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR AND THE END OF DECEMBER, I GUESS 1ST OF JANUARY, REALLY.
AND, UM, WE DID NOT GET ANY ADDITIONAL FTES.
SO WHAT WE DID ON THE RECREATION SIDE IS WE HAD TO BACKFILL POSITIONS.
SO, UM, ALBERT MONTERO, WHO WAS THE RECREATION MANAGER, IS NOW THE RECREATION DIRECTOR.
AND THEN THE, THAT OPENED UP THE RECREATION MANAGER POSITION.
AND SO WE FILLED THAT WITH JESSE JOHNSON, WHO NOW WILL BE THE RECREATION MANAGER.
AND HE IS OFFICED OVER AT GALE FIELDS'S RECREATION CENTER.
UM, AND SO SINCE HIS OFFICE IS THERE, HE WILL TAKE ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
SO THE POSITION THAT IS NOT GETTING FILLED AT THIS TIME IS THE FIELD SUPERVISOR POSITION.
UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF GOING AT A CRAZY PACE.
WE HAD ONE WINTER WEATHER EVENT, WE'VE HAD A HOLIDAY IN HERE.
THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
WE HAVE OUR A TEAM WITH KEITH AND YVONNE OUT.
SO YOUR B TEAM DID THEIR BEST TONIGHT.
WE PROBABLY MISSED A FEW THINGS.
WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THAT.
SO THINGS WILL BE BETTER IN MARCH.
SO JESSE CAME FROM AUDUBON, RIGHT? JESSE WAS OVER AT AUDUBON? YES.
AND SO BRIAN GATIS, WHO WAS OVER AT FIELDS, IS NOW OVER AT AUDUBON? YES.
WAIT, WHO'S, WHO'S AT AUDUBON? BRIAN GADDIS.
AND HE'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR, WELL, 15, 15 YEARS.
UM, AND YOU'RE SAYING FIELD SUPERVISOR, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GALE FIELDS SUPERVISOR OR FIELD SUPERVISOR? GALE FIELDS ONE AND THE SAME.
SO WE JUST, GALE FIELDS SUPER CENTER SUPERVISOR.
DAWN, WHAT IS, WHAT IS FTE? FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
SO WE DIDN'T GET ANOTHER POSITION.
CHANGES WERE MADE, BUT NO, NO ADDITIONAL STAFF.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LIAISON FOR THE PARK BOARD, WE'RE KEEPING MATT IN THAT PLACE FOR A YEAR.
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THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA ROTATE, AND ALBERT WILL TAKE ON THAT ROLE FOR A YEAR.IT JUST GIVES STAFF SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY MAY NOT NORMALLY HAVE.
AND OF COURSE, WE ALL BACK EACH OTHER UP IN CASES LIKE TONIGHT.
GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER C, URBAN FORESTRY ACTIVITY REPORT.
SO WE HAD HAD A BUSY YEAR IN THE TREE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WITH YOU GUYS AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER BIG YEAR, UM, IS WE'RE REALLY RAMPING UP OUR, OUR GRANT THAT I HAD KIND OF, WE HAD SHARED WITH YOU LAST YEAR.
SO I'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH IT AS WELL.
SO THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATED ARBOR DAY, UH, ON NOVEMBER 2ND.
IT'S OUR 17TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A TRUE CITY.
USA, UH, SO THAT'S A, A, A, A PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT, THAT WE HAVE HERE AND SHOULD BE PROUD OF IN, IN THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UH, FOR ARBOR DAY THIS YEAR, WE PLANTED 40 TREES AT WATSON PARK.
WATSON PARK IS THE, UH, NEW PARK THAT HAS THE NEW, HAS A NEW PLAYGROUND, HAS A NEW SAL COURT, HAS A NEW SPLASH PAD.
UM, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF, UM, DEAD AND DYING HACKBERRY TREES IN THAT PARK THAT, THAT WERE ALREADY DEAD AND DYING, AND THE CONSTRUCTION DIDN'T HELP 'EM OUT ANYMORE.
AND SO WE LOST QUITE A FEW TREES AT THAT PARTICULAR PARK.
UM, AND SO BY REPLACING A LOT OF THOSE TREES, BY PLANTING THOSE TREES, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GROW THAT CANOPY BACK UP, UH, WHICH WILL BE AWESOME.
UM, AS PART OF THAT EVENT, WE ALSO, AGAIN PARTNERED WITH GP AND L ON THE TREE POWER TREE GIVEAWAY, AND WE GAVE AWAY 400 TREES.
UH, SO WE, AND THOSE, AGAIN, WE DID THAT ONLINE AS A PRE GIVEAWAY TWO WEEKS BEFORE.
UM, AND THEY WENT LIKE HOT CAKES, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE AWAY ALL OF THOSE TREES IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY, WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY THE, THE PICKUP WENT REALLY WELL ON THAT ONE.
WE DID IT BACK AT THE GREENHOUSE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ONLY HAD LIKE 20 TREES LEFT, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, PARTNERED, WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THAT ARBOR DAY.
UH, WE HAD A SPONSOR FOR THIS YEAR'S ARBOR DAY, UH, AND THAT WAS FORD BRONCO AND THEIR GO WILD FUND.
GO WILD FUND IS A NONPROFIT PARTNER FOR FORD BRONCO, WHERE THEY GO OUT AND THEY DO, THEY DO PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF, UH, AROUND, UH, OUTSIDE AND ADVENTUROUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY WERE GONNA BE DOING A, A PROJECT DOWN IN DUNCANVILLE.
AND THEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE PARK THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE WORKED WITH IS ACTUALLY TOYOTA PARK, AND IT'S SPONSORED BY TOYOTA.
AND SO THEY HAD TO VERY QUICKLY SCAM HER TO FIND A NEW PARK.
LES REDMONDS, WHO'S ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, DOES WORK WITH THEM, UM, AND HELPING TO PROMOTE AND, AND PUT TOGETHER PROGRAMS. AND HE'S LIKE, I THINK WE CAN HELP YOU OUT.
SO WE QUICKLY GOT WITH THEM, UH, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO A PROGRAM WITH THEM.
SO NOT ONLY DID THEY, EXCUSE ME, UM, UH, SPONSOR THE TREES THAT WE PLANTED THAT DAY.
UM, THE MAYOR TRIED TO GET IT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO HIM.
UM, AND THEY HELPED US PLANT TREES, GAVE AWAY A LOT OF REALLY COOL SWAG.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD A BOOTH AT DELA AT, AT DIA.
AND AT DIA WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND WE GAVE AWAY 500 SEEDLINGS AT THE DIA EVENT.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
I TOLD 'EM, COME BACK ANY TIME.
WE'D BE GLAD TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE GET THAT CHANCE TO WORK WITH THEM AGAIN.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT REALLY CONSUMED THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE MAY STORM.
UM, I'M GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT, UH, HERE IN A MINUTE.
UH, WE HIRED AN URBAN FORESTER THIS YEAR, UH, AS PART OF OUR GRANT.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON OUR TREE GARLAND PROGRAM.
SO HERE'S JUST SOME PICTURES FROM ARBOR DAY.
SO WE HAD ABOUT 75 VOLUNTEERS COME OUT THAT DAY, UH, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
AND SO WE PULLED IT RIGHT UP THERE ON THE GRASS AND, UH, GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PICTURES.
UM, WE PLANTED A BUNCH OF REALLY COOL TREES.
IT WAS A KIND OF A, A COOL WET DAY.
UH, AND IT RAINED IN THE AFTERNOON, SO IT WAS A PERFECT DAY TO PLANT TREES.
UH, AND SO THESE TREES ARE ALL DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND THEY'RE ON A WATERING SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SUMMER.
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A GOOD FEELING THAT THESE WILL ALL SURVIVE AND MAKE A BIG IMPACT TO THIS PARK MOVING FORWARD.UH, HERE'S JUST A COUPLE PICTURES.
HERE'S THE, IT STARTED TO RAIN OVER AT THE GREENHOUSE.
HERE'S JUST A COUPLE, OOPS, SORRY.
THERE'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF OUR TREE GIVEAWAY.
IT WORKS WELL AT THE GREENHOUSE.
WE WERE MOVING THAT AROUND, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT THERE.
ANYBODY GET A TREE IN THE GIVEAWAY THIS YEAR? ANYBODY GET A TREE? THEY USED TO DELIVER 'EM TO THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS.
OH, HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT, THAT UP
WELL, WE CAN PROBABLY BRING THAT BACK.
SOMEBODY GIVE 'EM A GOOD HOME FOR ME.
UM, THE MAY STORM, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT MORNING, I'M SURE OF MAY 28TH.
UH, IT WAS A CRAZY, CRAZY MORNING.
UM, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE STORM IMPACT, I, I DIDN'T PUT THE WHOLE PRESENTATION IN HERE FROM THE STORM IMPACT REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT WE LITERALLY HAD HURRICANE FORCE WINDS THAT THAT CAME THROUGH TOWN AND THE DAMAGE PROVED IT.
UM, AND THIS, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS THE OTHER NIGHT, UH, THIS STORM GENERATED MORE DEBRIS THAN THE LAST TWO TORNADOES DID COMBINED.
AND, AND THIS THING REALLY AFFECTED US.
UH, 'CAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A TORNADO IS, IS VERY, IS IS VERY DEVASTATING, BUT IT'S USUALLY IN A VERY, IN A, IN A ISOLATED AREA, IT CAN BE VERY LINEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET RESOURCES TO IT.
YOU CAN CONCENTRATE ALL OF YOUR RESOURCES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY, VERY HARD HIT AREA.
THIS THING LITERALLY HIT EVERY PART OF EVERY PART OF THE CITY.
UM, THERE WAS NOT A PARK THAT WASN'T AFFECTED.
I, I, WE LOST, UM, RIGHT AT ABOUT 245 TREES IN PARKS.
SO WE LITERALLY LOST A TREE IN ALMOST EVERY PARK IN THE CITY.
THE GOLF COURSE ALONE LOST ABOUT ALMOST 64 TREES, UM, AT THE GOLF COURSE.
UH, AND IT WAS FOR EVERYTHING FROM, UH, COMPLETE LOSS.
LIKE YOU SEE THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE THAT WAS SPLIT IN HALF, THAT, THAT PECAN TREE THAT WAS, THAT WAS DOWN AT AUDUBON PARK.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THING WOULD'VE SPLIT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT DID THERE.
IT JUST BARBER CHAIRED AND SPLIT RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UM, WE, AND NOT ONLY WAS IT IN OUR PARKS, BUT WE ALSO HAD FLOODING THAT CAME A PART OF THIS.
SO ANYWHERE WHERE WE HAVE FLOOD FLOWN AREA, FLOOD PRONE AREAS, WE HAD DEBRIS THAT WAS WASHED UP.
UM, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM, UH, WE ASSISTED STREETS AND, UH, LITERALLY OUR ENTIRE CREW FOR, UM, ABOUT EIGHT DAYS STRAIGHT, DID NOTHING BUT, BUT CLEAR OUT ALLEYS AND STREETS TO MAKE WAY FOR GP AND L TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO RECONNECT POWER, UH, AND TO RESET THINGS.
SO IT TOOK A WEEK FOR US TO EVEN GET INTO A PARK 'CAUSE WE WERE BUSY HELPING TO, TO GET POWER RESTORED AND GETTING TREES CLEANED UP.
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND, AND FOCUS ON PARKS.
UM, LUCKILY, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVE WHAT THIS DEVASTATION WAS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A, A PRETTY LARGE, UH, BLANKET TO DO SOME TREE REMOVAL.
UH, SO WE DID A, WE SPENT BETWEEN US AND THE GOLF COURSE, $250,000 ON TREE REMOVAL PLUS, UH, A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME ON OUR PART, BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T CLEAN UP EVERYTHING THAT, THAT MONEY JUST PAID TO TAKE CARE OF THE BIG STUFF AND TAKE CARE OF OUR IMMEDIATE HAZARDS.
ANYTHING THAT WASN'T A HAZARD.
UM, WE CAME BACK AND GOT LATER.
AND THIS WAS, WE, WE PROBABLY WE'RE STILL SEEING IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, I'LL GO BY A PARKING, THERE'LL BE A HANGER UP IN A TREE, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE LEAVES DROPPED.
AND I'LL BE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE DIDN'T GET THAT ONE.
AND WE HAVE TO SEND A CREW OUT AND GET IT.
UM, A LOT OF THAT DEBRIS IS STILL AT THE WINTER'S AMPHITHEATER THAT WE'LL ALL HAVE OUT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
BUT THIS WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT REALLY THREW US FOR A LOOP.
IT WAS ALSO RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF SPECIAL EVENT SEASON.
IT WAS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THE GRASS STARTS TO GROW.
IT WAS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO IT REALLY KIND OF PUT US BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL LAST YEAR.
THE GUYS CAME TOGETHER, UM, AWESOMELY AND KNOCKED IT OUT.
AND, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, WE DID LOSE A LOT OF TREES.
UM, OTHER BIG EVENT WE HAD WAS, IS WE REALLY KICKED OFF OUR TREE GARLAND EVENT.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, THIS IS OUR LOGO.
THIS IS FRESH OFF, HOT OFF THE PRESSES AS OF ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UM, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR YOU JOSEPH, THAT'S NEW.
UH, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE, UH, INFL INFL INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE.
UM, THERE WAS A 1.5 BILLION THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR URBAN AND FORESTRY FOR PLANTING TREES AND UNDERSERVED IN CLIMATE, UM, WHAT THEY CALL CLIMATE JUSTICE ZONES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
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OUT IN APRIL OF 2023.UH, WE APPLIED FOR 1.25 MILLION.
UH, WE WERE AWARDED 1 MILLION AND WE WERE, UH, ONE OF SIX GRANTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN TEXAS.
AND WE WERE THE SECOND HI THIRD HIGHEST GRANT FUNDER, UH, IN TEXAS AS WELL.
UM, IT TOOK ABOUT ALMOST 10 MONTHS TO GET OUR GRANT AGREEMENT.
OUR MONEY DOESN'T COME STRAIGHT FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY, THERE WAS OVER 3000 GRANTS THAT WERE GIVEN.
SO THEY DID PASS THROUGH FUNDING TO DIFFERENT NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, ONE OF THOSE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IS THE ARBOR DE FOUNDATION, WHO I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF OR HEARD OF.
THEY'RE THE SAME ONES THAT ADMINISTER TRU CITY, USA, UH, THEY ARE OUR DIRECT GRANTING ENTITY.
SO IT TOOK ALMOST SIX MONTHS FROM THE TIME THAT THE GRANTS WERE, THE MONEY WAS AWARDED FOR ARBOR DAY AND THE US FOREST SERVICE TO GET THEIR CONTRACT TOGETHER.
AND THEN ONCE THEY GOT THEIR GRANT TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO START WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THAT TOOK ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO GET THAT CONTRACT TOGETHER.
SO THAT WHOLE THING TOOK ALMOST A YEAR JUST TO GET, UM, UH, ALL THE PAPERWORK IN PLACE TO, TO START GOING.
AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY HIRE JAY, UH, WHICH GAVE ME A FULL-TIME PERSON TO BE ABLE TO, UH, START WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
AND SO WE HAVE STARTED IN EARNEST, UH, WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE GO BACK AND SHOW YOU AGAIN.
SO THIS IS THE, THE LOGO THAT WE HAVE, IT'S TREE GARLAND MAKING GARLAND GREEN.
WE KICKED OFF REALLY KIND OF, I WOULD SAY A SOFT LAUNCH WAS OUR ARBOR DAY PLANTING THIS PAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PLANTED AT SEVERAL OTHER PARKS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ROBUSTLY PLANTING TREES, UH, GOING INTO THIS, UH, THE REST OF THIS SPRING AND GOING INTO NEXT FALL.
SO OUR FIRST GROUP OF PLANTINGS ARE AT EMRY, RAY, HUBBARD PARKWAY, AVALON, DORFMAN, AND WOODLAND.
UH, THOSE ARE ALL HAPPENING CURRENTLY.
UH, WHILE WHAT WE'LL START TO DO HERE IS, IS THIS ROLLS OUT MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
IT'LL BECOME KIND OF A PART OF A, OF OUR NORMAL MONTHLY UPDATES TO YOU GUYS OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE PLANTING PRIESTS.
IF THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO COME OUT AND HELP DO THIS.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM.
UH, IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ADDITIONAL TREE GIVEAWAYS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN YOUR AREAS, I'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW.
UH, SO WE'RE REALLY JUST NOW STARTING TO, TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.
AND IT'S GONNA TAKE OFF HERE IN A, IN A BIG WAY IN THE COMING, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
SO THAT WAS, UM, KIND OF OUR YEAR IN, IN FORESTRY, UH, IN ENTRIES NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL, I'LL HAVE JAY GIVE THIS REPORT SO THAT, 'CAUSE HE'LL BE, HE'LL BE KNEE DEEP IN IT, UM, AND PROBABLY KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT IT GOING ON THAN I WILL.
BUT THAT WAS OUR YEARS FOR URBAN FORESTRY.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
MR. CARTER, JUST INTERESTING, UH, AS, AS BUSY AS YOU GUYS WERE WITH ALL OF THE THINGS WE'VE HAD FROM THE BOND ELECTION, WHAT, WHAT ROLE DID THE, DID THE PARKS, UH, CREW PLAY IN IN, UH, TREE REMOVAL AND HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO IT FOR THE STORM? FOR THE STORM? YEAH.
SO THE BIG THING WAS, WAS IMMEDIATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT, THAT STORM, THEY, THEY ACTIVATED THE, UH, OEC, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
AND WE WERE INITIALLY TASKED SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THE MOST CHAINSAWS ARE STREETS IN US.
SO WE GO OUT VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND, UH, START DOING ASSESSMENTS OF ALL OF THE, THE STREETS AND WHERE WE HAVE, UH, TREES THAT ARE BLOCKING STREETS.
'CAUSE PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IS TO CLEAR THE STREETS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN CASE PEOPLE NEED HELP.
UH, SECOND WAS TO CLEAR OUT ALLEYS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF POWER LINES ARE BEHIND, UM, IN ALLEYS.
AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE UNIMPROVED ALLEYS, UH, THAT HAVE A LOT OF TREES.
AND SO WE WOULD GO IN THERE AND, AND REMOVE, REMOVE THOSE AND CUT THEM OUTTA THE WAY.
AND THAT WENT ON UNTIL WE, WE DID THAT UNTIL A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE POWER WAS RESTORED.
UM, BE 'CAUSE WE WERE CONSTANTLY FINDING THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE BIG ONES WERE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD HAPPEN, BUT THERE'D ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WAS MISSED.
UM, AND SO, BUT TO, FOR HOW BAD OF A STORM IT WAS, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE POWER BACK ON AS FAST AS THEY DID IS A HUGE TESTAMENT TO GP AND L.
AND THE GROUPS THAT WERE HERE, UH, AND THE LINEMEN AND, AND ALL OF THE, THE OTHER ADDITIONAL, UM, COMPANIES THAT CAME IN AND HELPED.
UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, A REALLY GREAT JOB BY GP AND L TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT STUFF BACK UP AND ONLINE.
SO ONCE ALL OF THAT WAS, WAS CUT OUT OF THE ROADS, UH, THEN WHAT WE DID IS WE MOVED INTO PARKS.
AND SO WE QUICKLY ASSESSED WHAT WE HAD AS A NEEDS IN OUR PARK.
UH, WE WORKED WITH CITY MANAGEMENT TO GET A, A BLANKET TO GET A TREE CARE COMPANY ON, ON BOARD TO START TO, UM, REMOVE, UH, DEAD TREES.
WE ALSO PARTNERED AND, AND WORKED WITH SANITATION TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH DEBRIS WAS PILING
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UP ON THE RIGHT OF WAYS.'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS WASN'T JUST AN ISOLATED NEIGHBORHOOD OR TWO, THIS WAS THE, YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER DRIVING AROUND THE CITY THAT MONTH AND A HALF AFTERWARDS.
EVERY STREET, EVERY HOME LITERALLY HAD DEBRIS IN FRONT OF IT.
AND SO, AGAIN, URIEL AND HIS TEAM DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
UH, WE WORKED WITH CODE, UH, TO DO ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT WHERE ALL OF THIS BRUSH WAS.
THEY GOT A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD VERY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
UM, AND WAS ABLE TO START DOING BRUSH CLEANUP SO THAT, SO THINGS COULD GET KIND OF BACK TO NORMAL.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.
I MEAN, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR HAND IN IT, UH, US YOU KNOW, TO WATER, TO, TO SANITATION, TO EVEN, EVEN THE LANDFILL WAS STAYING OPEN, EXTRA HOURS AND EXTRA DAYS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT WOOD DEBRIS.
UM, AND SO SOMETHING THAT I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT MORE NEXT YEAR, 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MUCH WOOD DEBRIS, UM, BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CHRIS IN THE LANDFILL AND THEY'RE NOW DOUBLE GRINDING A LOT OF THAT MATERIAL.
AND WE'RE USING A LOT OF THAT MATERIAL IN OUR PARKS AND OUR BEDS AND LANDSCAPE BEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE GETTING REUSED AND IN OUR PARKS HOW MUCH THE TRASH WAS IN THAT.
UH, ACTUALLY WE DID A PER, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OF SEPARATING THAT OUT.
YES, THERE WAS SOME LOADS, CHRIS, WE COULD TELL YOU PROBABLY WHAT THE CONTAMINATION PERCENTAGE WAS, UM, TO THE, TO THE PERCENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER.
BUT I KNOW THAT I SAW THE BIG PILE OF LIMBS THAT WERE OUT THERE.
THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, AGAIN, COMMUNICATIONS AND GETTING THE WORD OUT TO SEPARATE THAT MATERIAL OUT SO THAT IT COULD BE, COULD BE USED.
AND, AND THE REALLY, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF STORM IT WAS, MOST OF THE DEBRIS THAT WAS OUT THERE WAS TREE DEBRIS.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, UH, DID HAVE BUILDING MATERIAL, ROOF MATERIAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE MATERIAL THAT WAS BEING LOST IN THIS STORM WAS TREE MATERIAL, BRUSH MATERIAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS CLEANER THAN I WOULD'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT IF IT HAD BEEN LIKE A TORNADO DEBRIS.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES? I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT IT WAS WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN.
IT, IT HIT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY MUNICIPALITY AROUND US.
AND I KNOW I TALKED TO OUR TREE VENDOR AND THEY SAID THAT WE WERE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SHE SAID, YEAH, THERE'S, I I, I KNOW I WAS TALKING EVEN TO RICHARDSON AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL OUR STUFF, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE MAJOR STUFF, ALL THE MAJOR STUFF WAS UP BY THE END OF JULY.
AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO RICHARDSON IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY HADN'T EVEN HAD A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD YET.
SO WE WERE DEFINITELY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
ONE MORE WITH ONE MORE WITH THAT ONE THERE.
UM, HOW IN THE WORLD DID THE CITY MANAGE TO ROUND UP THAT TEAM OF TRUCKS AND THAT WERE TAKING AND PICKING THAT STUFF UP AND, AND HAULING IT OFF? I MEAN, THAT, THAT WAS JUST, I, I WAS PULLED IN SOME PLACES AND JUST STOPPED AND WATCHED THEM WORK FOR A WHILE.
HOW DID WE GET THAT WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT, OR CITIES THAT NEEDED THE SAME THING? WELL, IT'S GOOD, GOOD PLANNING.
UH, IT'S ALSO VERY HELPFUL WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SANITATION DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF LIKE ROULETTE, THEY CONTRACT OUT THEIR SANITATION DEPARTMENT, THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, IS USUALLY HAS A REALLY HIGH PRICE TAG ON IT.
AND, AND CORPORATE, NOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PULL RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE TIED BETWEEN DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.
'CAUSE UIL WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY CONTROL ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, RIGHT? THEY WEREN'T BEING PULLED AWAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WAS GOOD PLANNING IN TERMS OF WE HAD A READY SET EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH A BRUSH HAULER.
AND SO HAVING THAT IN PLACE, WHICH IS IS GOOD PRACTICE, ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THEM.
AND PART OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE, WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, IS US HAVING THIS CONTRACT, YOU COME TO US FIRST.
AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM ON THE HORN IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE SAW, LITERALLY, I THINK WITHIN THE FIRST TWO DAYS WHEN WE REALIZED THE EXTENT OF WHAT THE DAMAGE WAS.
UH, BY THE SECOND, THIRD DAY HE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR CONTRACT COMPANY ON THE GROUND SURVEYING IT TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY RESOURCES WE WOULD GONNA BE NEEDING.
UH, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
SO EVERY, EVERY YEAR THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR UH, UH, KEEP KEEPING THAT, UH, THAT ABILITY OPEN.
I, I'VE NEVER SEEN, I'M SEE HOW IT WORKS IN THE NUMBERS.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE CONTRACT IS THERE.
YEAH, WELL THAT, THAT, THAT'D BE A, A STANDBY CONTRACT COULD MONEY, MONEY WELL SPENT WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT.
BUT THE REST OF THE TIME IT'S THROWN AWAY.
AND THE, THE TRUCKS AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAD, I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH HUGE, UH, TRAILERS.
ARE THESE FROM, WERE THESE FROM AROUND HERE OR WHERE'D THEY COME FROM? UM, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE THIS EXACT COMPANY IS FROM.
I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAIRLY, I DON'T KNOW IF ONE IS, I WAS ON THE TEAM THAT
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GRADED THESE.I, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE OUTTA LOUISIANA OR ARKANSAS.
BUT THEY'RE, THERE ARE COMPANIES SPECIFICALLY THAT SPECIALIZE IN THIS TYPE OF, OF DEBRIS REMOVAL.
SO THEY HAVE THE BIG DOUBLE AXLE TRUCKS WITH THE BIG BOOM TRUCKS ON 'EM AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, AND THEN THEY HAVE IT SET UP.
DID THEY HAVE ANOTHER, UH, STAGING AREA BESIDES, UH, HBJI, I LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA AND I'D SEE 'EM ALL LINED UP ACROSS THE PARKING LOT OUT THERE.
AND HERE THEY WOULD COME AND ONE TIME IN THE MORNING THEY'D JUST START COMING OUT THERE AND YOU'RE GOING, WOW GUYS, THIS IS PHENOMENAL.
WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE STAYED THE TRUCKS.
BUT WHAT WHAT WAS AMAZING WAS, IS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAGE THE BRUSH ANYWHERE.
ALL THE BRUSH WENT STRAIGHT TO THE LANDFILL.
AND WE HAD A STAGING AREA AT THE LANDFILL, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAGE THE BRUSH, WHICH IS FANTASTIC 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S EXPENSIVE TO MOVE BRUSH, IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO MOVE BRUSH TWICE.
SO THE FACT THAT THAT'S ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO THE PRE-PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND INTO WHAT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING IS HERE AT THE CITY OF GARLAND WAS EVERYBODY WAS SET UP AND READY TO GO SO THAT THERE WASN'T ANY LAG IN THE SYSTEM.
SO IT DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE STUFF TWICE.
UM, FINDING THE STAGING FOR THE COMPANY WAS JUST TALKING TO GISD.
AND LUCKILY THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PARTNER WITH US.
BUT THE LEASE, THE LEASE TEAM, UH, SHUTTLED SOME OF THOSE DRIVERS BACK AND FORTH FROM THEIR HOTEL.
I THINK THEY SHOWED UP AT LIKE 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND WE HAD TO EMERGENCY GET ONE OF THEIR GUYS TO BRING A BUS OVER THERE TO GET 'EM TO THEIR HOTEL.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T COME IN IN CARS.
THEY COME IN IN THOSE HUGE TRUCKS.
YOU CAN'T JUST PULL THAT INTO THE LA QUINTA
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE TEAM COMING TOGETHER TO, TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF 'EM RIGHT THERE FROM THE STATE OF THE CITY AND THERE'S ALL THE BRUSH BEING DROPPED OFF.
UM, WOULD YOU SAY THAT, UH, BEING CAPRA ACCREDITED, LIKE IN PREPPING FOR THAT KIND OF HELPED WITH THAT? WELL, WE'RE NOT KIND OF HAVING, OH, WE'RE NOT ACCREDITED YET.
WELL, BUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IT, YEAH.
I MEAN THOSE ARE PIECES, PUTTING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER, PIECES OF THE NICE THING IS, IS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CREATE FOR CAPRA, WE ALREADY HAD THOSE PIECES.
SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, I'VE ALREADY HAD WORKED WITH, UM, UL AND HIS TEAM AND MISTY OVER AT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE HAD ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY, IF WE HAD TO STAGE BRUSH, WE'VE ALREADY PRESELECTED THOSE, THOSE PIECES.
WE HAVE 'EM REVIEWED BY TCEQ EVERY YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE EVALUATED AND APPROVED BY TCEQ IF YOU'RE GONNA STAGE BRUSH.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD JUST REDONE OUR, OUR BRUSH MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO EVERYBODY WAS, WAS, YOU KNOW, TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, PERFECT.
BUT, UM, WE HAD JUST KIND OF RUN THROUGH A LOT OF THAT, UPDATED A LOT OF THAT.
UM, AND WE HANDLED EMERGENCIES REALLY, REALLY WELL IN THIS CITY PROBABLY.
'CAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH A FEW OF 'EM.
SO, SO THERE'S AN ALL AN OPTIMAL PERIOD YES.
OF TIME WHEN, WHEN WE SHOULD BE PLANTING TREES TO ASSURE THEIR SURVIVAL.
IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE TREE PLANTING? OH YEAH.
SO WE'LL PLANT UP THROUGH, UM, END OF APRIL AND THEN WE'LL PICK IT UP AGAIN IN OCTOBER.
UM, I, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
SO AFTER THE VOLUNTEERS PLANTED THE TREES AT WATSON, DID YOU HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND KIND OF STRAIGHTEN SOME OF THOSE UP? YES.
I HAD HEARD OF THAT BEFORE WHEN IT WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, ON THE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT, IS THE, ANY OF THAT'S, UH, AT RISK WITH FEDERAL FUNDING CHANGES THAT ARE, UH, SINCE IT'S, SINCE IT'S BEEN RES RESCINDED? NO.
NO, BUT THERE WAS A VERY NERVOUS 48 HOURS THE WEEK BEFORE LAST.
YOU, YOU, YOU'D MENTIONED URIEL IS, WHO IS HE WITH? URIEL IS THE SANITATION, UM, DIRECTOR.
I I, I KIND OF, SORRY, I'M USING FIRST NAMES LIKE Y'ALL KNOW HIM.
AND THEY, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, AND WHEN WILL THE, UM, NEXT, UH, ARBOR DAY BE? UH, SO LIKE IN NOVEMBER, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.
THE FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.
SO WE ALWAYS FOLLOW THE TEXAS ARBOR DAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.
'CAUSE NOVEMBER IS A MUCH BETTER TIME TO PLANT TREES.
UH, OFFICIAL ARBOR DAY IS THE LAST FRIDAY IN APRIL.
UM, THAT'S NOT A GOOD TIME TO PLANT TREES IN TEXAS.
AND SO TEXAS, STATE OF TEXAS ADOPTED A TEXAS ARBOR DAY.
AND THAT'S THE, UH, FIRST SATURDAY OF NOVEMBER.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE TRY TO SCHEDULE OURS.
AND SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT ONE.
I HAVE NOT SELECTED A LOCATION
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YET, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA BE YET.I DON'T NEED LEAVE THAT OPEN IN THE CALENDAR, BUT I, I WON'T
ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS? UH, DID YOU WANNA, ARE YOU EVER WHELMED YET OR DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAPRA IS? OR DO YOU WANT ANY WE SPEAK IN A LOT OF ACRONYMS HERE.
I'M JUST KIND OF OBSERVING THIS ONE.
UM, WELL WE, WE ARE A BOARD THAT RECOMMENDS, AND SO PLEASE FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO TOTALLY, YEAH.
WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE AT SOME POINT.
WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A BREAK.
THIS, THIS MEETING, NEXT MEETING YOU, NO,
TALK ABOUT YOURSELF LIKE I DID.
CAN WE, CAN WE DO THE, AS IN A CHANGE OF AGENDA, IF WE COULD JUST PUT A PIN IN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? IF, IF YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PART, THESE ARE ALL DONE QUESTIONS.
AND CAN WE LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO LET US KNOW? SURE.
I WORKED WITH MY FRIEND HERE ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE BEFORE.
UH, CHRIS HAS BEEN REALLY HELPING ME, YOU KNOW, UH, GET TO KNOW THE CITY MORE.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A SERVANT AS MUCH AS I CAN.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN GARLAND? ABOUT ALL MY LIFE, EXCEPT FOR LIKE FOUR YEARS UNTIL I WAS FOUR.
YOU KNOW,
I MIGHT NOT BE AS TALKATIVE TODAY 'CAUSE OF THAT, SO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT IS CAPRA? OH,
HE JUST, IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE CAN, WE CAN MEETING, YEAH, WE CAN UPDATE HIM AFTER THE MEETING.
AND THEN WE, AND WE'LL, AND WE, I I WILL SAY THIS, WE, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET, UH, WITH MS. RO ON FRIDAY, BUT HE WAS UNDER THE WEATHER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL DEFINITELY, AFTER THE MEETING, LET'S TOUCH BASE 'CAUSE WE'LL RESCHEDULE THAT WITH YOU AND WE CAN CATCH YOU UP ON ALL OF THE ACRONYMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE GOING ON AND HELP THAT LEARNING CURVE A LITTLE BIT.
I'M USED TO ACRONYMS. DON'T WORRY.
THEY'LL PROVIDE PILLOWS FOR YOU TO STAY THE NIGHT TOO WHILE
THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE LOVELY.
THERE'S A NOTE ON HERE ABOUT THE, UM, THAT THEY APPROVED THE BYLAWS.
SO THAT WAS JUST AN UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE BYLAWS, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE BYLAWS.
THEY HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN APPROVED BY COUNSEL.
SO YOU ALL HAVE OFFICIALLY HAVE NEW BYLAWS.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST THE UPDATE THERE, THERE, THE ONLY, THERE WAS ONE, THERE WAS ONE QUICK LITTLE CHANGE FROM COUNSEL.
THEY WANTED IT TO, THEY WANTED THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER TO MATCH WHAT IS FOR COUNSEL, UH, AS IT SUGGESTED.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE.
NOTHING ELSE CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU ALL APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED.
SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE RULES ARE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THOSE GET SENT TO YOU.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY THANK YOU.
I, I, I HAD SEEN THAT THEY HAD APPROVED IT, COUNSEL.
AND SO ARE YOU, WHO'S KEITH TONIGHT? HE IS.
THIS IS CAPITAL, THIS IS A, UH, WE'RE DOING CAPITAL PROVEN PROJECTS.
IT SAYS IT'S GONNA BE, UH, PRESENTED BY KEITH REAGAN.
YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE A, A CHANGE IN THE AGENDA.
IT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY MS. WILLIAMS AND MYSELF IN A MINUTE.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA ROLL WITH THAT.
JUST MAKE A NOTE TO KEITH THAT IT TAKES TWO TO REPLACE ONE.
SO WHILE HE'S SETTING THAT UP.
SO, UH, WE, MATT AND I PROVIDED THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS POWERPOINT TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN JANUARY.
AND IT WAS OUR, UH, CIP PRESENTATION.
ONE IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION CIP PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, UH, ARE THE SLIDES THAT WE DID NOT DO, UH, GO OVER IN OUR PRESENTATION WITH COUNCIL.
SO THEY ASKED FOR SOME THINGS TO BE PRESENTED AND OTHER THINGS THEY JUST WANTED THE BACKUP FOR.
SO WE'VE PROVIDED YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S NOT GIVING ME A PRESENTATION VIA JUST A PDF.
CAN WE CLOSE THAT AND SEE, CAN A BE BIGGER LIKE THE X THAT UP? WE'RE JUST GONNA DO THIS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, AGAIN, WE'RE ROLLING WITH IT.
SO OUR FIRST PROJECT, UH, THAT WE PRESENTED IS SURF AND SWIM.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OVER IN THAT AREA, THEN YOU NEED TO GO BY, UH, THE PARKING LOTS CURRENTLY ARE BEING
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WORKED ON.AND, UH, THE OVERFLOW PARKING AND THEN THE ACTUAL PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF SURF AND SWIM.
AND THEY HAVE DEMOLISHED ALL OF THE EXISTING FEATURES, DUG EVERYTHING UP.
SO THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED, UH, FOR NEXT SUMMER, AN OPENING FOR NEXT SUMMER.
SO WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THEM TODAY AND, UM, EVERYTHING STILL IS ON TRACK.
AND WHEN YOU'VE TOUCHED THESE, WILL YOU LET US KNOW? YES.
SO WE WON'T, UH, SO THOSE ARE BACKUPS.
SO THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE UP HERE THAT HE FINALLY FIGURED OUT THANK YOU, UM, WAS THE PRESENTATION WE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL.
SO THE ONE WITH THE REALLY COLORFUL PICTURE ON THE FRONT IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THAT HAS ADDITIONAL SLIDES, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, CIP PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL DID NOT WANT A VERBAL PRESENTATION ON.
BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ON ABOUT ANY OF THE SLIDES EITHER IN YOUR PACKET OR THAT YOU SEE UP HERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PROJECT IS FULFORD RECREATION CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND GOING THROUGH PUNCH WALKS, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THE ARCHITECT AND STAFF.
I JUST, WHEN YOU GET DONE THAT, I, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE PROJECTED DATE FOR OPENING 'CAUSE I'M GETTING THAT.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE PUNCH WALKS AND THAT IS WHERE WE GO AROUND AND WE, UH, LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL ACCEPT AND SIGN OFF ON.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THOSE AND IT'S A MASSIVE PROJECT.
SO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE REC CENTER, THE SITE, THE LANDSCAPING, THE AQUATICS FACILITY, AND THAT'S BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT PORTIONS.
SO IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE, MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
WE HAVE A GREAT CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WITH HILL AND WILKINSON.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE PROJECTED, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A SET OPENING DATE YET AS FAR AS WHAT, WHEN IT IS, UM, OFFICIALLY GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED, BUT WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
BUT, UH, WE HOPE TO BE STARTING TO MOVE IN TO THESE FACILITIES IN MARCH, UM, AND APRIL AND GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND READY FOR THE OPENING.
UM, AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET THAT FACILITY OPEN AND GOING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY MAY OR YES.
UH, THE AQUATIC, YOU KNOW, THE AQUATIC CENTER WILL BE OPEN FOR THE REGULAR SEASON.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, BEAUTIFUL TWO STORY.
WE HAVE AN INDOOR WALKING TRACK IN THERE, DOUBLE GYMNASIUM.
UM, WE'VE GOT ADDED PICKLEBALL COURTS OUT THERE.
WE'VE GOT THE BASKETBALL COURTS OUT THERE.
WE'VE ADDED OUR PARK SYSTEM, UM, SIGNAGE FROM OUR APPROVED SIGN PLAN OUT IN THAT PARK.
UH, WE HAVE THE SLIDES OUT IN THE AQUATIC FACILITY, A CURRENT CHANNEL, I GUESS WE'D CALL IT OUT THERE, UH, LAP LANES FOR SWIMMING.
SO IT, IT, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
THIS IS A GOOD, GREAT PROJECT.
AND, AND NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT OTHER USES ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS BUILDING EXCEPT FOR THE STREET SIDE.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOME TERM THAT, UH, WE USED IN THE PAST CONNECTIVITY ON THIS ONE.
CONNECTIVITY, THE CONNECTIVITY, WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THERE, JOSEPH, WE'LL TRAIN YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
THEY'RE GONNA COME ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE PEOPLE ARE, THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THIS GUY HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.
THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THIS.
AND IT'S, I MEAN, I, I REALLY THINK IT'S AMAZING.
I WAS THERE JUST THE OTHER DAY, TOOK A LOOK AND IT'S, UH, YOU ALL, THIS WILL BE A PART OF THE NEXT BUILD GARLAND DAY.
UM, DON'T HAVE A DATE ON THAT, BUT YOU ALL WOULD BE INVITED TO THAT.
YOU SAID THAT WAS OPEN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL OPENING DATE, BUT MAY-ISH, MAY-ISH THIS YEAR.
UH, NEXT ONE IS JOHN PAUL JONES.
UH, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE WE'RE AT, UH, 60% ON JOHN PAUL JONES ON DESIGN.
THE REASON THAT THERE WAS A, THIS WAS GONNA, IS INCLUDED INTO THE, THE PRESENTATION WAS 'CAUSE THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL ASK.
AND SO THE ADDITIONAL ASK ON THIS ONE WAS TO DESIGN THE WHOLE PARK AND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH SOME COST ESCALATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE AMENITIES, UM, THAT WE'RE CALLED FOR.
AND THIS, REMEMBER THIS ONE HAS, UH, GRANT FUNDED TO THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
SO THERE'S GRANT FUNDING THAT COMES ALONG WITH THIS ONE.
UM, THIS ONE IS A, A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG ON DESIGN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT AND BECAUSE IT FALLS, UH, WITHIN
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THE TAKE AREA FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT HAS TO BE A REVIEWED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND BY T-P-T-P-T-P-W-D.AND SO WE WILL BE PUSHING THEM AS FAST AS WE CAN, BUT THAT REVIEW PROCESS COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING AT FINAL DESIGN.
ONCE WE GET TO FINAL DESIGN, THEN IT'LL GO TO THOSE TWO ENTITIES FOR REVIEW AND FOR APPROVAL.
ONCE WE GET THOSE, UH, APPROVALS BACK, THEN IT WILL BE READY TO GO OUT TO BID.
SO, UM, THIS ONE, WE STILL HOPE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT MAYBE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND LATER THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT GONNA CROSS MY FINGERS.
THAT WOULD BE BEST CASE SCENARIO.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF NEXT YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS.
IF WE CAN MOVE IT FAST FORWARD FASTER THAN THAT, UM, WE WILL, WHAT IS IT? SO JOHN PAUL JONES, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE IS, THE BIG ONE IS REDOING THE BOAT RAMP.
SO THE PARKING LOT IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY REDONE.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A BRAND NEW BOAT RAMP, AND THEN IT'S ALSO GONNA HAVE A NEW RESTROOM FACILITY OUT THERE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A NEW COURTESY DOCK.
IT'S GONNA HAVE A NEW DOCK WITH A KAYAK LAUNCH, IT'S GONNA HAVE, THE OTHER TWO DOCKS WILL BE REPLACED AS WELL.
SO, WELL, SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE PART OF, OF THIS PROJECT THAT WILL, WILL COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THIS PARK.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE OLD BOAT RAMP? IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE DEMOED OUT AND A NEW ONE WILL BE BUILT.
SO IT'LL BE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
EVERYTHING WILL BE IN THE SAME LOCATION.
IT WILL JUST BE, UM, REDONE AND IT'LL BE SAFER AND IT'LL BE UP TO CODE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE THAT, THAT PARKING LOT IS HORRIBLE.
IT'S JUST POTHOLE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY UNLEVEL, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A VERY STEEP SLOPE TO IT.
SO THE WHOLE BACK END OF THAT, THAT PARKING LOT IS GONNA BE DROPPED DOWN.
I WOULD, IT'S GONNA LEVEL IT OUT, BRINGING A BOAT IN THAT THERE WAS LIKE TONS OF SWIMMING GOING ON THERE FROM KIDS THAT WERE DOWN THERE.
I JUST WAS LIKE, WELL IT'S, IT'S ILLEGAL TO, IT'S ILLEGAL TO SWIM UNLESS YOU'RE SWIMMING FROM A BOAT.
SO, BUT WE DON'T, AGAIN THAT CITY OF DALLAS, SO ONCE YOU TOUCH THE WATER, THAT CITY OF DALLAS AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION, IS IS THAT TRUE? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS CONTROVERSY ON THAT.
ONCE IT HITS THE CITY OF DALLAS, IT IS, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE WATER, IT IS THEIR JURISDICTION AND THEIR, THEIR JOB TO BE ABLE TO, TO MAINTAIN THAT.
AND THERE IS, THEY MAINTAIN IT.
THEY OVERSEE THE LAWS, THEY OVERSEE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE.
AND IT'S WRITTEN INTO, UM, OUR ILA WITH THEM WITHIN THE TAKE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT THERE IS NOT, IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM FROM THE SHORE.
IT IS ALLOWED TO SWIM FROM A BOAT WITHIN THE LAKE, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM FROM THE SHORE IN THAT, UM, LAKE, THE ACRONYM YOU USED THAT USAGE AGREEMENT.
IT'S OUR TAKE, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE TAKE AREA.
BECAUSE THE TAKE AREA, SO THEY OWN ESSENTIALLY THE FLOOD ZONE RIGHT AROUND THE LAKE.
WE MANAGE IT, UH, UNLESS AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LEASE THAT LAND.
SO IF THEY, UH, GO INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY CAN LEASE THAT TAKE AREA.
THEY TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT LAND.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE, THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS FALLS UNDER OUR JURISDICTION TO MAINTAIN.
MADAM CHAIR, JURY, COUPLE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT JOHN PAUL JONES COURT.
FIRST OFF, ON THE, GOING OUT TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE GO, WE GO AROUND AND UNDERNEATH THE I 30, IS ANY OF THAT PART OF JOHN PAUL JONES PARK OR IS THAT JUST, HOW'S THAT CALLED? I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT, EXPLAIN TO ME, UH, IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE, UH, YOU, YOU WERE GOING DOWN, GOING DOWN INTO THE, INTO THE PARK HERE, RIGHT? UH, GOING AROUND TO THE RIGHT TO GO UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
IS ANY OF THAT JOHN PAUL JONES PARK? OR IS THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE HAMMER.
OH, WE'RE TALKING DOWN BY ONE 90.
SO WHEN YOU GO OFF THAT WAY, OR ARE YOU TALKING TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE OF THE HALLWAY? NO, WE COME IN, WE COME IN OFF OF, ON ZION ROAD OFF OF I 30 AND WE TAKE A RIGHT.
AND THAT TAKES YOU RIGHT DOWN TO THE WATER.
SO JOHN PAUL JONES, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, JOHN PAUL JONES PARKS ON THE LEFT.
IS ANY OF THAT THAT GOES AROUND TO NO, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PARK.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PARK, NO, SIR.
BUT WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE, THE BOARDWALK OR, UH, TRAILS AND THINGS.
NOW GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, BOTTOM DOWN THERE.
WHERE YOU'RE NOW GOING DOWN ZION ROAD AND YOU'RE GOING OVER TOWARDS, UH, GEORGE BUSH.
IS ANY OF THAT PART OF JOHN PAUL JONES PARK? BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE GOT IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
YEAH, IT STOPS, RIGHT? SO YOU GET TO THE END AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF TREES AND YOU HAVE THE RV PARK, AND THEN IT'S KIND OF TREED.
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SOMEWHERE IN THERE.AND I'D HAVE TO SHOW YOU ON A MAP, BUT IT'S, UH, RIGHT IN THERE IS WHERE THE PARK ENDS, AND THEN IT TURNS INTO NTTA RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO NTTA THEN TURNS INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
AND, AND, UM, THIS GOES TO SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO OR SO AGO, AND THAT IS CLEANING UP THAT LAST BIT OF AREA THAT'S BEHIND THE MOBILE HOME PARK THERE, WHICH IS THE THING THAT THEY SEE THE MOST IS THE MOST DISAPPOINTING PART OF THAT SECTION OF THE RIGHT SHORELINE FOR US.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE CLEANED UP AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO IN HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE, THE BOND MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THIS YEAR IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE.
UM, SO IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE ON OUR LIST IS, IS FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, MAYBE IN A FUTURE BOND OR FUTURE CIP FUNDING.
BUT CURRENTLY WE'VE, WE'VE CLEANED UP THE UNDERBRUSH.
WE'VE, WE HAVE SOME MORE DEAD TREES IN THERE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK.
SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY AND SO IT'LL HAVE TO BE A FUTURE PROJECT.
WE DON'T, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS PROJECT TO REDO THE OTHER TWO PARKING LOTS.
AND THE OTHER TWO PARKING LOTS AT J AT JOHN PAUL JONES SORELY NEED REDONE TOO.
BUT THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE, UM, THROUGH FUTURE FUNDING.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THE, THE WORST OF THE WORST OF IT DONE.
AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO SAID WE WOULD DO AS PART OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.
THOSE, THOSE TWO PARKING LOTS ARE NOT THE, NOT THE PRI PRIMARY THING BECAUSE YOU, YOU'VE GOT THE BOATS AND THERE'S YOUR TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE PARKING AND PICNICKING AND FISHING AND ALL THAT AROUND THE AREA THAT YOU'VE GOT DRAWN HERE AND THE OTHERS.
YOU TAKE THE BOATS OUT OF THAT AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG PART OF THE TRAFFIC JAM.
BUT I'M, I'M STILL GOING TO ASK THAT.
IT CAN'T COST THAT MUCH MONEY TO TAKE THE BRUSH OUT OF THAT LITTLE BIT OF THAT LITTLE BIT OF AREA AND, AND TAKE THE LIMBS DOWN.
WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE BRUSH AND THE LIMBS OUT OF WHAT'S ON PARK PROPERTY.
SO IF YOU'RE SEEING A PART THAT'S NOT, THEN THAT'S OFF OF PARK PROPERTY.
SO I'D HAVE TO GO OUT THERE, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO OUT THERE WITH YOU AND MEET YOU OUT THERE AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THAT BOUNDARY LINE IS AND CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THERE'S ONE AREA THAT'S RIGHT DOWN NEXT TO THE WATER THAT HAS A LOT OF CATTAILS, THAT, THAT HAS A, UH, ESSENTIALLY A WETLAND.
WE CAN'T GET IN THERE AND DO A LOT IN THERE, BUT EVERYTHING BESIDES A COUPLE OF DEAD STANDING TREES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, WE'VE GOTTEN THAT AS CLEANED UP AS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT CLEANED UP.
UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, IS NOT, IS NOT CITY OF PROPERTY ANYMORE.
SO I'M, WE MIGHT NEED TO MEET OUT THERE SO I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT.
I'M SORRY TO KEEP PUSHING ON THIS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA KEEP PUSHING.
I'M JUST, I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I CAN DO,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HELP YOU, UH, TELL US WHAT IT IS YOU REALLY NEED AND WE CAN'T HELP YOU TO GET THAT.
UH, BECAUSE IT, I MEAN, YOU GOT ALL THESE, THESE PEOPLE COMING INTO THAT AREA.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THAT THING HAS DONE OUT THERE.
AND THE ONLY PLACE THEY GET TO SEE OUT OF ALL OF THIS WORK WE'VE GOT PLANNED ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND INTO, INTO THE SOUTH COUNTRY, IS THAT CLUMP OF JUNK.
WELL, BUT TO GET THAT CLUMP OF JUNK TO THE NEXT LEVEL IS, IS GONNA REQUIRE SEA WALL.
'CAUSE THE SEA WALL STOPS AT THE END OF WHERE THAT PARKING LOT IS AND WHERE THE END OF THAT RAMP IS.
THERE'S NO SEA WALL BEYOND THAT.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST COST ON THE OTHER SIDE TO FINISH THAT SEA WALL.
SO FOR US TO, TO REALLY PUT A NEW TRAIL IN THERE, TO PUT ANOTHER DOCK IN THERE TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD REALLY IMPROVE THAT SECTION ANYMORE IS GONNA REQUIRE THAT SEA WALL TO BE EXTENDED.
AND NOW THAT, THAT'S REALLY THE EXPENSIVE PART.
UH, JUST FIXING THE SEA WALL OVER BY THE BOAT DOCK IS A, IS A HUGE, HUGE EXPENSE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO LOOK IF THERE'S ANOTHER TREE OR BRANCH THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT.
BUT WE'VE REALLY CLEANED THAT UP ABOUT AS GOOD AS WE CAN GET IT CLEANED UP TO DO ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE IS GONNA BE BIG DOLLARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO START DOING THINGS LIKE SEA WALL.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP THAT MESS.
THAT'S THE GARBAGE PILE DOWN THERE THAT THEY ALL LOOK RIGHT OVER INTO.
SO ANYWAY, I'D LOVE TO MEET YOU OUT THERE IN THIS.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY, I'LL SET IT UP WITH YOU AND MEET YOU OUT THERE.
'CAUSE WE, YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OURS.
I'LL, I'LL TEXT YOU AND WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT.
I BRING CHAINSAW YOU, YOU BRING THE TRAILER
WE ALL COULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE.
BUT THAT, THAT ONE AIN'T GONNA GO AWAY.
IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY OF GARLAND AND WE, WE FAILED MANY TIMES ON OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
JERRY, IF YOU GO, CAN YOU, UM, SHARE PICTURES PLEASE? YES.
WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE OTHER DAY.
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WEEK, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE IN AUSTIN, SOUM, THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT AND SO THIS IS WHY THIS ONE WAS ADDED.
UM, AS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AWARE, YOU KNOW, OF SOME OF THE, THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE SKATE PARK.
UM, WE, WE MET WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, AND COUNCILWOMAN LUCK.
AND THEN WE MET WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE DECISION WAS, UH, TO, TO FENCE OFF THE SKATE PARK.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, LITERALLY THIS WEEK, THEY, THEY WERE PUTTING IN THE TRENCHES AND THE SLEEVES FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND THE FIBER THAT WILL ALL BE IN THIS WEEK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE INSTALLING SECURITY CAMERAS OUT THERE, UH, THREE OF 'EM IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME EROSION WORK WE HAVE TO WORK ON, UM, TO GET THAT DONE.
AND THEN WE WILL, UM, BE PUTTING UP A FENCE, UM, PROBABLY IN MARCH TIMEFRAME.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, UM, MARK AND THERE MESSAGING THAT WE'LL WORK WITH OUR PMR DEPARTMENT ON WHEN THAT FENCE GOES UP.
THERE'S SOME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TO GET THAT CLOSED EVERY NIGHT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE HOPE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP CURTAIL SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE, UM, HAVE OUT THERE.
WHAT DOES THAT PERIMETER LOOK LIKE ON THAT PICTURE? UH, SO PRETTY MUCH WE'RE, IT'S GONNA FALL.
IT'S GONNA BE IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE MM-HMM
IT'S GONNA BE BEHIND THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S IN THE FRONT.
IT'S GONNA KIND OF FOLLOW THAT CONCRETE RIBBON.
UM, IT'S GOING TO, SO IT'S GONNA COME FOLLOW THIS LANDSCAPE BED ON THE SKATE PARK SIDE.
IT'S GONNA CUT OVER RIGHT ABOUT IN HERE.
FOLLOW LIKE THE LIGHT PATH THERE? YEAH.
IT'S GONNA FOLLOW DOWN HERE AND THEN WRAP ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND THEN IT'LL HAVE A GATE HERE.
IT'LL HAVE A DOUBLE GATE HERE.
WE'LL HAVE A MAINTENANCE GATE HERE FOR, I ASK THIS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND THEN IT'LL HAVE A GATE RIGHT THERE.
AND, AND THAT PREVENTS ANYONE FROM, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH WROUGHT IRON FENCE, SO BLACK WROUGHT IRON FENCE.
SO IT WILL, IT WILL LOOK NICE.
UM, AND AGAIN, ANY FENCE IS CLIMBABLE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL DETER, UM, MOST OF, OF, OF THAT ACTIVITY THAT'S THERE.
AND THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS IF IT GETS REALLY VANDALIZED, UM, WE'LL CLOSE IT.
AND I, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD TO DO.
IF YOU TALK TO OTHER CITIES, YOU TALK TO MCKINNEY, YOU TALK TO ALLEN, YOU TALK TO OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE PUT IN SKATE PARKS.
UM, IF IT GETS TAGGED REALLY BAD OR IF IT GETS VANDALIZED REALLY BAD, ESPECIALLY TO THE POINT WHERE IT BECOMES UNSAFE AND THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY JUST CLOSE IT AND THEY LOCK IT AND IT'S, AND IT'S CLOSED.
UM, AND THAT SKATERS DON'T LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? SO THAT LEADS TO A LITTLE BIT BETTER SELF-POLICING, UM, WHEN YOU DO THAT.
UM, AND PEOPLE REALIZE, HEY, THAT THEY'RE REALLY WATCHING THIS NOW WITH THIS.
SO WE'RE HOPING WITH THE CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE, THE ELEMENT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S NOT OUT THERE TO SKATE WILL GET THE PICTURE AND MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.
UH, WHEN JOYCE, UH, IS ANOTHER GREAT ONE, THIS ONE IS GETTING READY TO GO TO BID.
SO THIS ONE'S GETTING READY TO GO TO BID IN MARCH.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES HAVE TO BE, UM, SHARED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S ALONG THE LAKE.
UM, BUT THIS IS A, A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC PARK THAT'S GONNA ADD A WHOLE BUNCH OF WALKING TRAILS.
NOW, I WILL SAY THIS ONE, ONE OF THE BIG, UM, WHEN WE DID THE COMMUNITY INPUT THE PARKING LOT, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS THEY DID NOT WANT PARKING ON THE STREET.
AND THAT'S HOW THERE IS NO PARKING LOT AT THIS PARK CURRENTLY.
SO IT CALLS FOR A PARKING LOT ON HERE.
UM, PARKING LOTS ARE EXPENSIVE.
SO WHAT WE SHOW IS THE, THE RESTROOM FACILITY, WHICH IS RIGHT IN HERE.
AND THEN THIS DOCK AND THIS DOCK, THIS BOARDWALK, THESE ARE MEANT TO BE BOARDWALKS.
AND THIS IS MEANT TO BE A BOARDWALK THAT WOULD GO OUT OVER THE WATER INTO THE LAKE TO GET PEOPLE CLOSE TO IT.
THOSE ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED AS ADD ALTERNATES.
AND SO WHEN THESE GO OUT TO BID AND WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS BACK, WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND HOPEFULLY OUR NUMBERS COME BACK.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THOSE, ADD ALTERNATES.
UM, IF THEY DON'T, THEN THOSE, THOSE AMENITIES MIGHT NOT, MIGHT, MIGHT NOT MAKE IT IN, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE NUMBERS COME IN.
BUT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO GOING TO BID ON THIS ONE.
SO WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT HAVING A PARKING LOT, IS THAT A YES OR IS THAT YES.
NO, IT WILL HAVE A PARKING LOT.
THE, THE PARKING LOT WILL BE PART OF THE MAIN BED.
HOW MANY SPACES ON THAT PLEASE? ABOUT 40.
AND WE, AND THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHTING IN THIS PARK AND THERE'S EVEN ACCENT LIGHTING THAT IS ALONG THE TRAILS.
THAT'S AMAZING HOW THAT COMES ABOUT.
UH, A A QUICK STATEMENT FOR EVERYBODY HERE THAT
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IS NOT A BOATING AREA ALONG THERE.NO, YOU CAN, UH, THERE'S TIME.
YOU CAN WALK ALL THE WAY TO ETTE STRAIGHT ACROSS THAT WHEN IT'S COMPLETELY DRIED UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY IS, UM, WE WERE, SO WE'VE BEEN MOVING OFFICES A LOT THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AND, UM, ONE OF OUR STAFF WAS MOVING OFFICES AND I NEED TO SHOW 'EM TO YOU.
SO I JUST FOUND 'EM THIS EVENING.
THERE WAS SOME PICTURES OF THE ORIGINAL BOAT DOCK THAT WAS AT WIN JOYCE.
BUT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE ROAD COMES ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND THERE'S ONLY THE SMALL OPENING JOYCE BOAT.
USED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO EASTERN HILLS.
THEY HAD A BOAT DOCK UP IN THERE.
BUT BECAUSE THE ROADWAYS BUILT THERE AND THEY ONLY HAVE THE SMALL AREA FOR THE WATER TO PASS THROUGH, THE WATER HITS UP AGAINST IT AND IT'S CIRCLES.
AND WHEN IT DOES, IT DROPS ITS SEDIMENT.
AND WHEN I SAY YOU COULD WALK OUT ACROSS AREA WHEN IT'S DRY, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO BOTTOM TO IT'S, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE COMPLETELY DRY ONE OF THESE DAYS.
WE, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE THAT.
BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON WIND? JOYCE? UM, THIS IS THE MEADOW CREEK GREEN BELT IMPROVEMENT.
THIS WAS, THIS IS AN ENGINEERING PROJECT, SO THIS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PARK PROPERTY.
UH, MEADOW CREEK PARK IS, IS RIGHT HERE.
IT'S JUST, THERE'S, THERE'S NO AMENITIES OR ANYTHING THERE.
THIS WAS AN OLD GIAN WALL THAT WAS, UH, IN BEHIND THESE HOMES THAT STARTED TO GET WASHED OUT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS WHY THIS GOT FUNDED.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS BEING MANAGED BY ENGINEERING.
SO THAT'S WHY IT FALLS INTO OUR CIP SHEET.
UM, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL TO BE PRESENTED ON, WHICH IS WHY YOU ALL ARE SEEING IT.
UH, AND SO JUST A, A QUICK SUMMARY OF, OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND AGAIN, UH, MARK WILL BE UP HERE IN A MINUTE, CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UM, OR THIS YEAR, 2025 CIP PROJECT, UH, BUDGET OF ABOUT 71, UH, 71 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS
THEY WERE JUST THE BACKUP SLIDES TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON.
SO CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS COURT'S CONVERSION? WILL THAT START AFTER THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER IS OPEN? RIGHT.
UM, SO THAT IS, IS ON THIS LIST, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO FUNDING TO IT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE FUNDED IN THE 2026 CIP.
AND SO WE WILL START THAT CONVERSION, WE'LL BE PREPARING FOR IT THIS YEAR, AND THEN THAT CONVERSION WILL START AFTER THE 2026 CIP BUDGET IS APPROVED.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF SEEING THIS AND IT'S KIND OF GOT SOME SMALL PRINT ON HERE.
SO WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE PARKS, CIP APPROVED PROJECTS, UM, IS FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF 10 YEARS.
IS THAT RIGHT? IT USED TO, WHAT WHAT USED TO HAPPEN IS, UM, THAT THE FIRST COLUMN WOULD BE WHAT WE HAD FUNDING FOR IN THE CIP MM-HMM
AND THEN, UM, IT WOULD INTERSPERSE SOME AMOUNTS ACROSS.
AND THEN MY PROJECTS THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN, LIKE LIGHTING AT AUDUBON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, WE FELL OFF IN THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, KIND OF LIKE IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
SO HAVE YOU TRIMMED THE CIP TO JUST BE FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF 10? WHICH SEEMS LIKE A PRACTICAL CHANGE.
THE BUDGET OFFICE CONTROLS HOW THOSE SHEETS LOOK AND SO WE JUST FILL IN THAT DATA.
I'VE NEVER KNOWN 'EM TO LOOK ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT MAY BE A CHANGE THEY MADE AT SOME POINT PRE YES.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING'S FUNDED IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST YEAR.
WELL, WHICH PROJECT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE ZEROS IN THE LAST COLUMN BECAUSE WELL, BUT, BUT THOSE, THE YEAH, IN THE, IN THE TYPE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SMALL.
BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS I THINK THAT'S A, A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS YOU'RE SEEING, THE REASON YOU'RE SEEING ZEROS IS BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMING TO A COMPLETION.
SO OUR, OUR BOND PROJECT AS A WHOLE, WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS IS, IS REALLY, IS, IS COMING TOWARDS THE TAIL END.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BROKE GROUND ON SURF AND SWIM.
THE BIG ONE THAT WE STILL HAVE OUT THERE IS SENIOR CENTER.
I WAS GONNA LET YOU SAY IT
UH, THE WIND, JOYCE IS GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO BID.
LOU HUFF IS GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO BID.
UM, WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR TRAIL PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GO OUT TO BID.
I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING ONE MARK.
UM, SENIOR CENTER WILL GO OUT TO BID THIS YEAR EVENTUALLY.
UM, SO THESE, THESE PROJECTS WERE, WERE ON THE TAIL END, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE
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SEEING MORE ZEROS THAN YOU'RE USED TO 'CAUSE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK THAT THE VOTERS ENTRUSTED US TO DO AND WE'RE COMPLETING PROJECTS.
IT'S, IT DIDN'T SAY BOND THAT SAID CIP THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT, UM, AND IT USED TO BE DIFFERENT WHEN IT WAS ON THERE.
SO THERE'S A SPLASH PAD GOING IN AT RICK ODIN THAT I SEE.
AND THEN THE ER STATE PARK SKATE PARK, IT'S, IT'S STILL THE SAME PARK, RIGHT? YEAH.
IS IT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM AND GONNA NEED A FENCE TOO, OR, I HOPE NOT.
SHOULDN'T IT? WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO TO FENCE OFF THE SPLASH PAD.
NO, WE HAVEN'T SPLASHED OFF, WE HAVEN'T FENCE OFF ANY OF OUR OTHER, SO WHAT'S THE, TO THE ESCAPE PARK? JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE, UM, WE JUST HAVE AN ELEMENT THAT HANGS OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT HANG OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE.
AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE REALLY, AND I, AND I'LL, I'LL BE BLUNT, THEY'RE PREYING ON THE, THE KIDS THAT DO HANG OUT THERE, THERE, WE GET A LOT OF KIDS THAT COME THERE TO SKATE THAT YOU KNOW, ARE TEENAGE.
AND THERE'S GROUPS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE TRYING TO SELL THEM DRUGS AND, AND PREY ON THOSE, ON THAT, ON THAT AGE GROUP.
THEY'RE THERE TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
THE, THE SPLASH PADS BRING A DIFFERENT GROUP, RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HANGING OUTTA THE SPLASH PADS.
WE'RE GETTING MOMS AND DADS WITH THEIR KIDS AND, AND GROUPS LIKE THAT TO COME OUT.
UM, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT ELEMENT THAT, THAT ELEMENT THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT GONNA BE DRAWN TO.
SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE SAME ISSUES, UM, AT THE SPLASHED.
AND THE WAY THE PARK'S LAID OUT.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARK.
IT'S GONNA BE OVER BY THE TENNIS CENTER SIDE.
AND, AND TO GIVE YOU AN, AN EXAMPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK WHERE WE HAVE THE BRAND NEW HUGE PLAYGROUND AND RESTROOMS AND ALL OF THAT, WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS. NO PROBLEMS OVER THERE.
THE VANDALISM OVER THERE IS MINOR.
IF, IF ANYTHING, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY ALL AT THE SKATE PARK AND RIGHT THERE AT THE SKATE PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE NORTH SIDE.
YOU GOT THE BUSINESSES AND YOU GOT MILLER ROAD AND CORRECT.
YOU GOT THE INTERSECTION ON THE OTHER SIDE AND SIDE, YOU KNOW IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSES AND PEOPLE.
WELL, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT REPORT PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, IF IT, THEY DON'T WANT THAT STUFF GOING ON RIGHT.
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY JUST, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NORTH END.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU PRESENTED A LOT
SO JERRY
YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT JUST AS GENERAL INFORMATION, UH, WE'VE GOT THE NEW SPORTS STADIUM THAT'S COMING IN THAT WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT AND SEEN ANYTHING ON IT AND HAD ANY INPUT INTO IT.
SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING WITH PARKS, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN IT.
I TELL YOU WHAT WE WILL DO 'CAUSE IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON PARKS.
LET US TALK TO ANDY AND SEE WHEN WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BRING THAT BEFORE THIS BOARD.
AND WE WILL MOST DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, THE ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THERE'S STILL NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON AND SO WE DON'T, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S NOT READY TO BE TOLD TO THE PUBLIC YET.
AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU'RE A PUBLIC BOARD, SO AS SOON AS IT GOES HERE, IT'S OPEN RECORDS.
BUT, UM, WE'LL LET ANDY KNOW AND AS SOON AS HE GIVES US THE GO AHEAD, WE WILL PUT IT ON AN AGENDA.
I I JUST, I JUST HAVE ONE PIECE AND I'M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T GO TOO FAR 'CAUSE YOU'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN AGENDA.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAY ON IT.
THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS EXPECTING HIM TO SAY.
SO OUR NORMAL LIST OF WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE IS GONNA COME BACK NEXT MONTH.
SO AGAIN, YOU GOT THE B TEAM TONIGHT TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND WE REALIZED TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MARK'S LIST.
SO, BUT MARK CAN STILL GO THROUGH PROJECTS AND ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF 'EM, BUT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON ANY PROJECT, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO ASK.
WELL, I DO WANNA THANK THE B TEAM FOR BEING HERE AND THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM,
YEAH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE A TEAM COMING BACK AS WELL.
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THANK YOU ALBERT.WE THE FOOD? WE GOT FOOD, WE GOT PICTURES, YOU GOT FOOD, WE GOT, YOU'RE THE ONLY TEAM I'VE KNOWN, SO YOU GUYS ARE GREAT TO ME.
SO I WILL GO THROUGH THE LIST AND TRUST ME THAT IT'S ALL ON HERE.
SO
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE QUICK LIST AND THEN YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, JOSEPH, UH, SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY 30%, 60, 90, SO THAT'S LIKE THE STAGE OF THE DRAWING SET.
SO 30%, 60%, 90% BID SET AND THEN CONSTRUCTION.
SO I'LL REFERENCE THIS A LOT AND, AND THIS ONE, SO LET'S SEE, WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE GARLAND SENIOR CENTER A LITTLE BIT, UH, BASED ON PMO, UH, I GUESS OPINION, OR AT LEAST WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US.
UH, END OF FEBRUARY, 1ST OF MARCH, POSSIBLY TO BID FOR THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY REC CENTER, IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
PUNCH LIST, PUNCH WALKS, UH, SURFACE SWIMS. DOING GREAT.
YOU GOTTA CHECK THAT PLACE OUT.
UH, UFF PARK, UH, THE 90% SET HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE CONSULTANT FOR INCORPORATION.
AND SO THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE THE BID SET.
SO THAT SHOULD, WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOMETIME IN MARCH.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROJECTS FOR, WITH PARKS THAT ARE GONNA BE BIDDING ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME.
A FEW WEEKS INTERVALS IN BETWEEN.
UH, RICK CODE AND SPLASH PAD, UM, THEY ARE FINALIZING THE BID SET.
SO WITHIN A MATTER OF, WE THINK ABOUT A MONTH OR SO, AGAIN, SOMETIME IN MARCH WE'LL BE BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ONE.
UH, WIND JOICE, UH, THE 90% SET IS BEING REVIEWED BY ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW WITH WHEAT AND GARLAND.
UM, ONCE WE GET THAT TOGETHER, UM, UH, AGAIN, WITH PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BID FOR THAT ONE.
UH, KINGSLEY IS AT A 30%, UH, DESIGN.
UH, WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME, UH, SOME TRICKY SITE CONDITIONS WITH REALLY CONSTRAINED ON SOME SIDES, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH A CONSULTANT.
UH, LIKE MATT MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE AT A 60% SET.
UH, THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TO, I THINK ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE MONTHS, GIVE OR TAKE OF REVIEW AFTER THE FACT.
SO, UM, TUCKER, THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL.
THE, THE DRIVES AND THE PARKING LOTS HAVE BEEN POURED.
UM, THE SPORTS COURT, I GUESS THE TENNIS COURTS, UH, HOPING TO GET THE INSTALLER OUT THERE WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS.
'CAUSE ONCE THOSE GET GOING, UH, THAT POST TENSION SLABS, THEY WILL JUST START POPPING IN AND WE CAN REALLY GET SOME GOOD PROGRESS GOING WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE CAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO GO VERTICAL IN A MATTER OF WEEKS WITH THE ACTUAL PRO SHOP ITSELF.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROJECT, UH, CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF IT.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONTRACTOR AND IT'S, UH, WE ONLY WISH IT WAS LIKE THAT ON EVEN THE SMALLEST OF PROJECTS.
WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN THIS ONE.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE WITH THAT.
UH, NAME AND FOREST TRAIL CONNECTION.
UH, WE WRITE A 60% SET, UH, THAT WILL BE REVIEWED, UM, BY THE ENGINEERING GROUP IN GARLAND SHORTLY.
SO I'M, I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M READING THIS AS IF YOU HAD A LIST, BUT, UH, SO DUCK CREEK AUDUBON TRAIL, UH, THE 30% SET WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSULTANT FOR, UH, FOR UPDATING.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A FOLLOW UP MEETING IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
UH, THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, WE HAD RECEIVED A BID, UH, WITH, UH, UH, LOW BID WITH, UH, TRICON.
SO, UH, THEY ARE WILL HAVE A PRECON ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, AND ABOUT SIX, MAYBE A WEEK AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE, IN THE, UH, START OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT ONE TO HAVE.
THE DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
YES,
UH, AND THE GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS, UH, WE WILL BE BIDDING FOR THAT ONE IN ABOUT, I THINK ABOUT A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF.
SO WE'RE JUST, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE, ALL THE, UH, UH, PURCHASE INITIATION, JUST ALL THE, GETTING ALL THE KIND OF THE GETTING ALL THE PAPERWORK STAGED COMPLETE.
WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
UH, WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER BIDDING
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OR STARTING CONSTRUCTION.SO WHEN THEY START ON THE NORTH
PUT BARB ON THERE AND DEFINITELY.
AND THEN BE SURE WE PUT A GATE IN TO OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M GLAD WE WALKED AT THE, UH, YEAH, I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FANCY, BUT I GOT AS MUCH AS I COULD.
YEAH, I KNOW
SO YES, TOTALLY IS, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO LEARN ALL YOUR ACRONYMS. MM-HMM
YOU BEING AN FTE
UH, THAT IS THE PROJECT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, UM, PMO IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
UM, IN FACT, WE'VE INHERITED, UH, ABOUT FIVE OR SO FROM THEM.
SO WHAT INHERITED, WHAT PEOPLE, UH, PROJECTS.
SO THEY WERE MANAGING PROJECTS.
THEY TURNED 'EM OVER TO THE PARKS TO MANAGE.
TELL YOU WHAT, ON THE NEXT LIST.
UM, I STARTED TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, SD DD.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE THAT POPS IN, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO KEEPS EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO
I SAW, THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND OVER THERE,
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. USL SOCCER,
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT.
WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ACRONYMS. YEAH.
SO THAT'S, YOU CAN DEFINE WHAT THAT IS NEXT MONTH WHEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND THE NEXT TIME THAT IT WELL, IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA WHENEVER ANDY SAYS IT CAN BE ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE GARLAND PARK FOUNDATION COME BACK ON THE AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN UPDATE ON THE HOMELESS AROUND AUDUBON.
HOW ABOUT HOMELESS IN GENERAL? HOMELESS IN GENERAL, YEAH.
THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THEY TEND TO OCCUPY GREENBELT, BUT, UM, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CLEARING OUT OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE US AN UPDATE BEFORE HOW YOU'RE MOVING THINGS AROUND.
IT JUST KIND OF LIKE, ALMOST THAT TO BE A STANDING POINT ON THERE, JUST KNOWING KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
BECAUSE WE WENT TO BRANSON, MISSOURI, AND UM, I LOOKED OUT IN THIS HEAVILY FORESTED AREA FROM LIKE THE FOURTH FLOOR, AND I THOUGHT IF I WERE LOOKING OUT ONTO AUDUBON, IT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE TRAIL AND IT WOULDN'T BE OF HIKERS.
SO I JUST WAS TRYING TO YOU TALK ABOUT THAT ENVISION BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M, IT'S EVERY, IT'S EVERYWHERE IN THE METROPLEX.
WELL, IT'S IN MOST PLACES WIDESPREAD MIGHT BE.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL INVITE, UM, UM, SO WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR OVER OUR HOMELESS TASK FORCE, AND WE'LL INVITE HER TO COME AND
WE PARTNER, WE PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
UM, I'M LITTLE OFF TOPIC WITH YOU.
WHERE'S THAT? WHICH ONE IS THAT? TINSLEY PARK IS, OH, IT'S RIGHT.
UM, DOWN THE STREET FROM, UM, CENTRAL AND RICK ODEN.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE ROAD GETS OFF OF.
RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GARLAND ROAD.
IT'S WHERE THAT OLD APARTMENT COMPLEX, REMEMBER THERE WAS AN OLD APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS OVER THERE.
UHHUH, WE HAD TORN DOWN, UM, THAT WAS HEAVILY WOODED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HOMELESS.
AND WE WENT IN THERE AND TOTALLY CLEANED THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S WAY OUT OF THE WAY.
IT LOOKS WAY BETTER THAN THE HOMELESS.
I'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
WAS THAT THE LOCATION THEY WERE PULLING DOWN LIKE SOFAS AND EVERYTHING INTO THAT
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OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT, UH, IT, IT BORDERS OTHER COMMUNITIES.SO I APPRECIATED YOUR UPDATE THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND I'M REQUESTING FOR AN UPDATE.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU IT, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE BRUSH AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE HAULING OUT AND THEN YOU COMPARE IT TO, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MOVING AROUND THERE.
UM, AND THEN I DID, I HIT HOMELESS AON.
AND UM, MAYBE TO VISIT, UH, AUDUBON REC CENTER LIGHTING.
I THINK WE'VE BROUGHT THAT UP BEFORE.
WE HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT WE HADN'T MOVED.
I WOULD WANT, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT.
THERE'S NO, THERE IS, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A ACTIVE PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE IT UP TO, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE, UH, UH, FEMALE PORTION OF THE FAMILIES WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE AND IT, IT IS SO DARK AND IN AROUND THAT PARKING LOT, AND WE'VE GOT POLES, WE'VE GOT LIGHTS.
SO WE GOTTA JUST PUT ANOTHER LIGHT UP THERE ON THAT POLE.
YOU TALK TO THE, THE PARKING LOT.
AND IN THE BACK OF THE PARK, THE WHAT, WHAT HE'S, WHAT JERRY HAS TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S BACK, BACK OF THE PARKS OFF THE FRONT OF THE PARK.
WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT WE'RE ALSO, THERE'S ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THAT'S GONNA GO IN AS PART OF THE SURF PROJECT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE, WE UP THE, UP THE LUMENS.
WE WANT, WE WANT MORE LUMENS,
SO, YOU KNOW, MY LIKE A, YOU KNOW, REGULAR UPDATE ON SECURITY AND HOW WE'RE DOING ON THAT.
AND WHENEVER YOU GUYS WANT SPRING CREEK TO COME TALK, GIVE US A HOLLER BARBECUE PLACE.
ARE WE GONNA SCHEDULE OUR FIELD TRIP? YES.
JUST TELL ME WHAT MONTH YOU WANNA DO IT.
LET, LET'S PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA TO DISCUSS AND DISCUSS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF BRING YOUR CALENDAR WHEN THINGS ARE GONNA GO TO BID AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHOW.
WELL, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER, SO I THINK WE NORMALLY DO IT IN JUNE.
IN JUNE WE HAVE OUR VISITATION TEAM COMING FROM CAPRA.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE AN EVENT THAT Y'ALL NEED TO BE AT.
SO WE'LL PUT IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR, UH, THE MARCH MEETING.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET LIKE A MAIN DATE AND THEN JUST A BACKUP DATE.
THAT COUNCIL CAN STAY AWAY FROM SCHEDULING THINGS ON OUR MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH.
WE HAD FOR CHICKEN FRIED STRIKE
I SAID SPRING CREEK, THE BARBECUE PLACE.
YOU CAN COME OUT THERE ANYTIME.
I'LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL TOUR.
WE SCHEDULE, UM, USUALLY ONCE PER YEAR, UH, A TOUR OF SOME OF THE ACTIVE PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST FINISHED OR MAYBE A PROJECT THAT'S NEAR, NEARBY, NEAR THE OTHER PROJECTS TO GO BY FOR HANDS-ON AND DISCUSSION.
AND WE TAKE THAT BETTER PART OF A SATURDAY TO DO THAT.
WE HAD, UM, TWO DIFFERENT DATES TO DO THAT, UH, DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
AND, UM, IT FELL THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE HAD THAT, UM, PLANNED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON TONIGHT, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD TOO MUCH WITH THANK YOU.
THE MEETING, SIR, I WANTED WAIT UNTIL WE GOT TO THE END THIS, THIS COUPLE OF MINUTES.
AND IT'S AN, IT'S SOMETHING NICE.
UH, REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER WE HAD, UH, HEATHER MILLER FROM THE SPORTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS BUDDY LEAGUE.
I MEAN BUDDY LEAGUE COME BUDDY LEAGUE COME IN AND COME, COME TO FIND OUT IF SHE AND I GOT TALKING.
I, I KNEW HER FATHER, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, IT WAS AN, IT WAS AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING THING.
AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
HE, HE HAD, HIS HEART HAD STOPPED ON HIM.
HE QUIT AND HE ALMOST WENT AWAY.
AND HE FOUND, THEY FINALLY FOUND A HEART AND TRANSPLANTED INTO HIM.
AND HE SPENT ABOUT THE LAST 10 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, UM, WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING TO HAVE MAJOR TRANSPLANTS.
WELL, WHILE SHE WAS DOING THAT, I SAID, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS OR NOT, BUT YOUR, YOUR FATHER HAS A, HAS A BENCH RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION WITH, WITH A, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE DID.
SHE WENT OVER AND TOOK THE FAMILY OVER JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND OUR EO
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TALKED TO HER THAT SHE WAS SEEING HER ON THE RING CAMERA AS THEY WERE UP THERE.AND THEY, UH, THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT AT ALL.
AND IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR 10 OR 12 YEARS.
AND SO IT WAS SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE THAT CAME OUTTA IT.
THEY HAD A REAL GOOD FEELING OUT OF IT.
AND WE DID TOO FOR PUTTING 'EM TOGETHER WITH IT.
THAT'S CONNECTIVITY THAT
SEEING ANY OTHER BUSINESS, SEEING NONE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT, UM, EIGHT 20.