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PARK BOARD,[ 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 April 2, 2025 7:00 p.m. ]
UM, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.AND FIRST ON THE AGENDA'S, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION BY DAVID PARISH AND A SECOND BY I'LL SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO LET'S MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE.
PARKS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN, UM, JASON AND I TO GIVE.
AND WE USED TO SAY ONCE A MONTH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT, BUT NOW WE MEET EVERY WEEK.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY WEEK ON SUNDAY AND SOMETIMES TWICE DURING THE WEEK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS.
BUT OUR BIG EVENT IS GOING TO BE AT HOLFORD, UM, MAY 17TH WITH THE RAINOUT DAY OF MAY 18TH.
WE ARE GETTING SILENT AUCTION ITEMS AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION.
THE GARLAND PARKS, PLURAL FOUNDATION.ORG, AND BUY A TICKET FOR GENERAL ADMISSION.
OR YOU COULD BE IN OUR VIP AND THE VIP WE'RE DOING, UM, MOCKTAILS.
UH, SADLY WE CAN'T HAVE ALCOHOL THERE, BUT THE POOL, THIS WILL BE A, UM, THE STAFF WILL BE THERE.
SO IT'S A TEST FOR THEM AND IT'S JUST A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
THE REC CENTER WILL ALREADY BE OPEN AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, UM, RAFFLES FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, FIRST DOWN THIS AND THAT.
AND FOR, UM, A YEAR MEMBERSHIP AND THE REC CENTER, UM, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THAT ARE IN THE SILENT AUCTION.
BUT JUST AS A A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
AND THEN I THINK THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB WILL BE THERE PROVIDING WATER.
WE'RE PROVIDING SOME FOOD THAT I HAVE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS GONNA BE, BUT JUST A REALLY FUN TIME.
AND, UM, WHAT ELSE DID I NEED TO SAY? THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MOVING PIECES GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
OH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PROCEEDS THAT WE'RE, UM, HOPING TO, UH, GAIN FROM THE EVENT WOULD BE GOING TO THE BUDDY LEAGUE.
SO, AND THE, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE BUDDY LEAGUE? YEAH, THEY WERE, THEY DID A PRESENTATION HERE.
SO YOU MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT IT'S A NO, NO, I WAS THE NAME.
WHAT TIME TIME WAS IT? ONE TO FIVE.
MAY 17TH WITH THE RAINOUT DATE OF MAY 18TH.
SO, SIR, SO, UM, I HAVE SOME AUCTION ITEMS FOR YOU.
HOW DO, HOW DO I GIVE EM TO YOU? TALK TO JASON
UM, YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF COOL.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING AROUND, UH, WE'VE BE MEETING THE, IF YOU GO TO THE OFFICE OFF OF CRANFORD, THE LOGO IS ON THERE FOR THE GARLAND PARK FOUNDATION.
SHE'S GOT SOME, WE WILL HAVE SOME SWAG.
UM, SHE'S HAS 80 BAGS WITH OUR LOGO ON THERE AND I SHOULD HAVE ONE ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SADLY I DID NOT BRING THAT WITH ME.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING AROUND A TABLE WITH SIX CHAIRS AND WE HAD TO GET TWO MORE.
AND WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING AND CHECKING OUT HOLFORD.
'CAUSE I THINK, I KNOW WE WENT IN THE HARD HAT AREA, BUT THE POOL I THINK WILL BE, I THINK IT'LL BE A FUN TIME.
SO THE CHAIR HAS LINGERED ON THAT DISCUSSION.
AND AMBER, ARE YOU, YOU READY? YEAH.
SHE'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR.
AND SHE IS GOING TO, JUST TO TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS,
I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR FOR CITY OF GARLAND.
WE SPLIT OFF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO I TOOK FOUR PEOPLE AND SOME TASKS WITH US.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT MY TEAM DOES IS STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
UH, IF IT'S NOT RAIN GOING DOWN THE STORM DRAIN, WE INVESTIGATE THAT AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM IS BASICALLY WHAT MY TEAM DOES.
WE ALSO DO INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS AND COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS LIKE AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE OR WHAT WE, WE'VE NAMED WECAN, WHICH IS THE WAYWARD ENCAMPMENT AND COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK.UM, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT A DEPARTMENT, IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES.
IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THIS CITY.
UH, IT'S OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF A CITY DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, WE, UM, THE DIRECT TEAM IS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, BUT IT'S TWO OFFICERS AND MYSELF WHO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS OR PEOPLE IN NEED THAT ARE UNHOUSED.
UM, THE HOMELESS LIAISONS, THOSE ARE THE TWO OFFICERS WE I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE THE PD WHO GO OUT AND OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIVERSION PROGRAM AND THINGS THAT, THAT WE DO.
UH, SO JUST A QUICK THING ABOUT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE DO, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR, WE HAVE THREE, UM, DEPARTMENTS HERE THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND THE FIRST PLACE, HOUSING AGENCY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FAIR HOUSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF SOME INFORMATION ON THEM.
UM, ASSISTANCE FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, HOME REPAIRS AND HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE WEEKEND PROGRAM COMES IN.
DEFLECTION IS THE, WHAT OUR HOMELESS LIAISONS DO.
UM, THEY REALLY TRY TO DIVERT THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND GUIDE THEM TOWARDS SHELTERS AND SERVICES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT WITH OUR LIAISONS OR TALK TO OUR LIAISONS, BUT THEIR FANTASTIC PEOPLE, UM, THEY DON'T GO OUT AND ARREST PEOPLE IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT FOR, FOR BEING HOMELESS.
UM, SO THEY'RE TRAINED IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND ALL KIND OF THINGS WHERE THEY CAN, UH, IDENTIFY AND OFFER ASSISTANCE.
UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE HAVE A DOME.
WE DON'T HAVE A A, A HOMELESS SHELTER.
WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AND WE HAVE A WARMING SHELTER.
Y'ALL KNOW GLOWS SHELTER THAT COMES IN WHENEVER THERE'S FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT OFFER, UM, FOOD ASSISTANCE, WARM MEALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UH, MULTI-CITY ASSISTANCE.
SO I PARTNER WITH CITY OF MESQUITE, TOWN OF SUNNYVALE AND CITY OF DALLAS.
WE DISCUSS, WE DON'T WANNA JUST PUSH PEOPLE FROM ONE JURISDICTION TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
SO WE ALL TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES AND THINGS THAT WE DO TO GATHER, UM, TO TRY TO PREVENT OR REDUCE HOMELESSNESS WITHIN DFW AREA.
SO METRO RELIEF IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.
IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT RUN BY ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY, UM, THAT ASSISTS OUR HOMELESS LIAISON PD OFFICERS EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SO EVERY WEDNESDAY OUR OFFICERS TAKE METRO RELIEF TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED TO TRY TO GET THEM, UM, THEIR IDENTIFICATION, THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS.
THEY EVEN HAVE A VAN THAT WILL DRIVE THEM TO A SHELTER IF THEY NEED TO BE DRIVEN TO A SHELTER.
UH, SO THIS QUOTE HERE JUST SAYS, GETTING SOMEONE OFF THE STREETS ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.
OUR CASE MANAGERS OFTEN SPEND MONTHS OR YEARS WALKING ALONGSIDE OUR HOMELESS FRIENDS TO GET THEM IN STABLE HOUSING.
SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL IN AND SAY THERE'S A PERSON IN NEED AT THIS LOCATION, IT MAY TAKE A YEAR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM TO SEEK HELP.
AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR LY AS LIAISON OFFICERS.
THAT'S OFFICER WILSON RIGHT HERE TAKING THE PHOTO.
AND IN THE BACK YOU CAN SEE OFFICER POLK.
AND THESE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR METRO RELIEF.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR METRO RELIEF WERE PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS, SO THEY KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE AND THEY CAN HELP.
UM, OUR OFFICERS DO MANY THINGS, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO, UH, THEY CAN DO A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT.
UM, THESE ARE NOT OFTEN, UH, BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS IN SERIOUS RISK OF HARM TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, THEY CAN ISSUE A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT, UH, AND HAVE THEM TAKEN TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.
UM, THEY DO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PERSON IN NEED.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
YOU KNOW, WHERE'S YOUR FAMILY? HOW CAN WE GET THEM TOGETHER? AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, UM, TRAINED IN CRISIS TRAINING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH RUNAWAYS AND OTHER TYPE OF CRISIS.
UM, IDENTIFICATION, SHELTER AND ADDICTION COUNSELING ARE THREE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT THEY DO.
AND THIS IS THEM AGAIN, IN ACTION.
UM, THIS IS, UH, AMBER'S HER NAME AND SHE HELPS PEOPLE.
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SHE HAS A CLIPBOARD, YOU NEED YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, LET'S FILL THIS FORM OUT TOGETHER.AND EVERYTHING'S SENT TO METRO RELIEF LOCATION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
UM, METRO LEAF BEEN AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE IDENTIFICATION ON THEIR BEHALF, SO THEY'RE VERY HOPEFUL.
UM, THE WARMING SHELTER, EMERGENCY FOOD AND SOUP KITCHENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN'T DO THIS.
IT CAN'T JUST BE ME AND TWO OFFICERS.
IT CAN'T JUST BE ONE CITY DEPARTMENT.
IT REALLY TAKES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO HOUSING FORWARD, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE SHOWS.
HOUSING FORWARD IS A HUD FUNDED, I BELIEVE, GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM THAT, UM, HELPS A LOT OF CITIES, UH, COORDINATE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT HELP, HELP OUTREACH, COORDINATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, CITY OF DALLAS RELIES HEAVILY ON HOUSING FORWARD TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU CAN LEARN ALL KIND OF AMAZING STUFF THAT THEY DO, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
THAT'S JUST A QUICK, UH, THING FROM THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, I WILL SAY THEY, THEY, THEY, THEIR GOAL IS RARE, BRIEF AND NON-REOCCURRING.
THAT'S THEIR GOAL FOR THE HOMELESSNESS IN THE DFW AREA.
SO THEIR DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY IS WHERE THEY FOCUS THEIR AREA.
BUT I THINK HOUSING FORWARD IS A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM.
SO HOUSING FORWARD COORDINATES WHAT'S CALLED A POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, WHERE ONCE A YEAR, EACH CITY WITHIN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY GOES OUT AND COUNTS THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY.
AND SO THIS IS INFORMATION FROM THAT, WHAT WE CALL A PIT COUNT.
UM, IT HAPPENS IN JANUARY AND YOU CAN SEE THE COUNT DECLINE FROM 2021 TO 2024.
UM, FOR CITY OF GARLAND, I THINK IN 2023, WE WERE AROUND 120 INDIVIDUALS AND THIS YEAR'S COUNT WE'RE AT 70.
SO, UM, WE ARE SEEING A DECLINE.
SO ENCAMPMENTS IS WHERE I HEAVILY FOCUS ON BECAUSE I AM ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND MY MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR LAND SAFE AND SHAREABLE.
UM, SO WHEN I FIND AN ENCAMPMENT, I HAVE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IF IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, WE GIVE THEM A 72 HOUR NOTICE THAT WE WILL BE COMING AND REMOVING THE ENCAMPMENT AND OUR OFFICERS GO OUT AND OFFER ASSISTANCE.
IT USUALLY TAKES MORE THAN 72 HOURS FOR ME TO GET MY CREW OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.
UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PROPERTY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND I, AND I ASSIST THEM IN HELPING THEMSELVES.
SO I TEACH THEM, UM, WAYS THEY CAN PREVENT THESE TYPE OF THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
WAYS THEY CAN HELP THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE IN A PLACE NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
THEY CAN CALL METRO RELIEF, THE BUS CAN COME OUT, PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO A SHELTER.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING ENCAMPMENTS, RESIDENTIAL.
UM, WE USUALLY GO OUT AND CLEAN RESIDENTIAL, UM, FOR THE CITIZENS.
UM, BUT ENCAMPMENTS PRESENT ALL KIND OF HAZARDS, NOT ONLY TO THE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT TO THE PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE ENCAMPMENT, UM, WHEN YOU LIVE IN A PLACE NOT MEANT TO BE LIVED IN.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THAT.
ARE THOSE ALL IN GARLAND? YES.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, CENTERVILLE AND 6 35.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN I, WE CLEAN THERE LAST MONDAY.
THAT MAY BE A REOCCURRING ONCE A MONTH, UM, PLACE THAT WE CLEAN.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS A PICTURE OF AN ENCAMPMENT ALONG A, ON A ABANDONED OR VACANT BUILDING WHERE THEY STARTED A FIRE AND IT CAUGHT THE BUILDING ON FIRE.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AT A ONE OF OUR PARKS.
UM, ALL KIND OF CAR BATTERIES AND ALL KIND OF THINGS INSIDE THAT ENCAMPMENT IN THERE.
WHICH PARK THAT IS? I DON'T THINK IT'S A CITY PARK.
BEHIND THE RACETRACK OFF OF GUTHRIE.
SO AT SINCE OCTOBER OF 2024, THAT'S WHEN I TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM.
UM, WE REMOVED 320,000 POUNDS OF ENCAMPMENT RELATED MATERIAL AND GARBAGE.
SO WE ARE WEEKLY, WE CLEAN EVERY MONDAY, UH, ALL DAY.
UM, WE GO TO, IT COULD BE ONE SITE, IT COULD BE FIVE SITES.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW EASY OR HARD IT IS TO ACCESS, UM, HOW BIG IT IS, WHAT KIND OF HAZARDS ARE PRESENT, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WE CAN CLEAN IN, IN
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A MONDAY.UM, SO THIS SLIDE WAS, I DID THIS FOR THE TOWN HALL.
SO WAYS THAT, THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN HELP IS WE REALLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER GIVING YOUR TIME OR MONEY TO AN OUTREACH ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREET WE CALL STREET CHARITY.
UM, THE OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS VERSUS JUST CASH IN THEIR HAND.
UM, SO THE OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS, THERE'S A COUPLE HERE, THERE'S SO MANY YOU CAN RESEARCH.
UM, THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL AND THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED.
THESE ARE ALL IN GARLAND? UH, NO, THE BRIDGE IS IN DALLAS.
AUSTIN STREET'S IN DALLAS, SALVATION ARMY'S ALL OVER.
UM, THE GLOWS CLUB EXPRESS, THAT'S THE GLOW SHELTER HERE IN GARLAND.
AND THEN GOOD SAMARITANS OF GARLAND, I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ONE.
AND THEN METRO RELIEF IS HOUSED IN DALLAS, BUT THEY DO OFFER SERVICES HERE IN GARLAND.
SO THAT'S SOME CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, GENERAL QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL OR EMAIL ME.
UM, OUR MAIN EMAIL FOR THE PUBLIC IS WE CAN@GARLANDTX.GOV, UM, REPORTING ENCAMPMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT ENCAMPMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I CAN HELP YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, YOU HAVE A, UH, REDUCTION OVER THESE PAST THREE YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT THE PIT COUNT SHOWS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY BREAK ANY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MANY OF THESE ARE JUST SIMPLY WHACK-A-MOLE ALL AROUND THE METROPLEX AND HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING OFF THE STREETS? THAT WOULD BE HUD, HUD HAS THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE SHELTERS HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A REHOUSING RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, WE HAVE NO DATA FOR THAT INFORMATION.
UM, BUT IF YOU GO TO HOUSING FORWARD, ALL THEIR DATA IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
YOU CAN RESEARCH AND READ ALL THE STATISTICS OVER ALL THE YEARS THEY'VE DONE THIS.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO, THEY, IT CAN TELL YOU LIKE WHO'S BEEN HOUSED, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN HOUSED, HOW LONG THEY STAY HOUSED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE A THANKLESS JOB, THEY'RE ALL PROBABLY LOOKING UP AT YOU AT THE TOP AND YOU'VE GOT THE MOST THANKLESS JOB OUT THERE BECAUSE WE REALLY CAN'T STOP THE PROBLEM.
ALL WE CAN DO IS MODIFY A BIT HERE AND MODIFY A BIT THERE.
THERE, THERE ARE SOME TOWNS THAT TEND TO DO BETTER AT THAT THAN OTHERS.
AND I'M NOT NAMING ANY NAMES ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
JUST AS A GENERAL STATEMENT, UH, THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING OUT OF THAT, UM, UH, STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE WAS THAT, UH, YOU, YOU CLEANED UP CENTERVILLE ROAD THE LAST, UH, TWO WEEKS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? MM-HMM
AND WE MAY HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE'LL BE DOING IT MONDAY AGAIN.
AND IF IT NEVER GOES AWAY, THAT MEANS THE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER GONE AWAY.
SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE, IT'S JUST ONE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE.
AND BETWEEN THAT AND, AND THE, UH, LACK OF MAINTENANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG CENTERVILLE AND LBJ, WE HAVE A PLACE THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS TO COME THROUGH THERE, HEADED TOWARDS GARLAND TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE GONNA LIVE THERE, THEY WOULD STILL ON THE SERVICE ROAD, GET BACK ON LBJ AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AS A PERSON WHO BUILT HOMES HERE IN GARLAND FOR SEVERAL DECADES, UM, I I I'VE HEARD, UH, MOST EVERYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD EVER WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHY WE'RE NOT STAYING.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS A PIECE OF IT.
WE HAVE A, ANOTHER AREA OVER NEAR, UM, UM, BELTLINE, OTHER SIDE OF I 30 GUTHRIE IN THAT AREA.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A REGIONAL LEVEL BANK MM-HMM
AT THE INTERSECTION WHO HAS TO KEEP THE FRONT DOOR LOCKED TO KEEP THE HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM COMING IN AND MM-HMM
WE HAVE REGIONAL LEVEL MM-HMM
WE DON'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE OR TWO OF THOSE IN THE WHOLE CITY IF WE'RE LUCKY.
AND WE, AND WE CAN'T SEEM TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT PROBLEM.
OF COURSE WE HAVE ACROSS THE STREET, AS GUTHRIE CONTINUES ON, THERE'S AREA BACK IN THERE AND THEN DOWN ALONG, UH, THE CREEK IS ITS PASSING THROUGH.
AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE SOLUTIONS TO RECOMMEND TO YOU 'CAUSE IT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE
UM, BUT WE HAVE WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SERIOUS FOR THE FEELING THAT PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY COME TO GARLAND.
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REAL BIG ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE SAYING THERE WITHOUT USING THESE WORDS, I DON'T THINK, IS THAT FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE THE ONE THAT COUNT THE MOST.IF YOU MAKE A BAD FIRST IMPRESSION, YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE THE SECOND IMPRESSION.
AND, AND THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE TENDING TO STAY BROADWAY AND LBJ BELTLINE AND UH, AND, AND, UH, BROADWAY AGAIN.
AND, UH, UM, YOU JUST WISH YOU COULD FIND SOMEPLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY COULD FIT.
THAT WASN'T THE, THE FACE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS HARD THINGS TO SAY FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S LIVED HERE FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.
BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER.
AND I REALLY SINCERELY WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD.
AND, AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN, THAT YOU CAN ASSIST US WITH THIS FIRST, THE FIRST IMPRESSION.
THE FIRST IMPRESSION, I CAN'T TELL EVEN FIRST IMPRESSION, RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE DRIVE UP TO YOUR GARAGE DOOR TO SEE HOW YOUR HOUSE HOUSE IS GONNA LOOK.
YOU TAKE 'EM TO THE BEAUTIFUL FRONT ENTRY WITH ALL THE THINGS AT THE FRONT.
'CAUSE YOU MAKE THAT GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF IT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? IT IT, IT SEEMED LIKE YOUR NUMBERS OF HOMELESSNESS ARE DECLINING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE VISIBLE.
RIGHT? SO BROADWAY IN 30, UM, MESQUITE RECENTLY HAS A WHOLE DEPARTMENT DEDICATED TO THIS, TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WITHIN THE LAST EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING TO CLEAN ENCAMPMENTS IN THAT AREA.
'CAUSE IT DOES BORDER MESQUITE ALONG WITH ALL, ALL OF THE DUCK CREEK.
SO THAT, THAT MAY BE WHY YOU'RE SEEING AN INFLUX OF THEM NOW ON THE STREETS AND AROUND THAT AREA.
AND THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WILL COME ACROSS BORDERS AND OFFER ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT WE CAN ONLY OFFER ASSISTANCE.
WE CAN'T REQUIRE YOU TO TAKE THAT ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO THAT MAY BE WHY THERE, THERE'S RESOURCES OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I HAVE THE MANAGER'S CELL PHONE NUMBER OF RACETRACK.
I MEAN, WE TALK ALL THE TIME TRYING TO HELP THEM.
AND THE WHOLE PROPERTY OWNER, THE WHOLE COMPLEX.
AND, UM, WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
UM, CENTERVILLE IS 6 35 IS BIG FOR PANHANDLING.
UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PANHANDLER, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE GIVING MONEY TO THEM.
UM, SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
SO I'LL I'LL KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT THOUGH.
I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY, UM, GRATITUDE FOR YOU BEING HERE AND FOR YOU PRESENTING THIS AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO.
I KNOW IT'S GOT TO BE, UM, A CHALLENGE.
AND I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S THANKLESS 'CAUSE I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE THERE.
WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE THERE.
UM, AND, AND WE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE HUMANS THAT WE'RE MM-HMM
IT'S JUST THAT, UM, THEY'RE SO PRESENT RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M JUST REALLY SURPRISED THAT IT'S, THAT THE NUMBERS IN THE CENSUS SHOWED THAT IT'S DECLINING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY WAY ANYWHERE THAT I'VE DRIVEN IN PARTICULARLY ON MY DRIVE AND DESTINATION AT WORK, WHERE I DON'T SEE A LOT OF, UM, EVIDENCE OF, UH, TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS.
AND, AND DALLAS, LIKE YOU'VE GOT DALLAS DIALYSIS, YOU KNOW, PUT BRIDGES, FENCES AROUND BRIDGES.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S A SOLUTION.
IT KEEPS IT FROM BEING EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT, UM, YEAH.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT OF CLEANING UP AND THEN MOVING AND THAT HELPS.
WE, WE WILL RAISE CANOPIES, TREE CANOPIES AND STUFF, UM, SO THAT LIKE TINSLEY PARK PLACES ARE VISIBLE.
UM, AND THAT DOES DETER TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENTS, UM, FROM, FROM OCCURRING IF THEY, WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE SEEN, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
SO, MADAM CHAIR, ONE MORE MINUTE.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU MENTIONED BROADWAY AND, AND I 30 AND IN THAT AREA DOWN THERE, I I, I KNOW BECAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BANK AND, AND THAT REGIONAL MM-HMM
PRESIDENT THAT'S SITTING IN THERE AND I KNOW THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE HAD THE ALL THE WAY UP PRETTY WELL CLOSE TO, OR MAYBE EVEN INCLUDING THE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE DOWN THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, DO YOU HAVE A COORDINATING EFFORT
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WITH, WITH THEM AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING? UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION ALSO.AND SO IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT, IS THAT THE BANK NEXT TO THE CHILI'S? NO, WHICH ONE IS THAT? IT'S GUTHRIE AND OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
GUTHRIE GUTHRIE AND, AND I 30.
IT'S ON THE MESQUITE SIDE, BUT IT'S IN GARLAND CITY LIMITS.
BUT YOU CAN GIVE 'EM MY CONTACT INFORMATION OR GIVE ME THEIRS.
WELL I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, IF YOU HAD A, IF YOU HAVE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT ALL.
I MEAN I HAVE, SO THE TWO OFFICERS THAT I'M WITH DAILY, OFFICER POLK AND OFFICER WILSON, UM, AND THEY JUST, THEY HAVE A NEW LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT MARK BRI IMAGE, UM, WHO I'M SURE WILL HAVE GOOD IDEAS AS WELL.
'CAUSE HE'S JUST NEW INTO THIS AS WELL.
AND HE COMES TO THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AND HE'S ALSO STRATEGICALLY TRYING TO THINK OF THINGS TO DO, UM, ON THE POLICE CRIME RELATED SIDE.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M WITH OFFICERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S MORE THAN THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU AMBER.
UM, MOVING ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND STUDIES.
OH, WE GOTTA GO BACK TO CI DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT.
GOING BACK TO SEE THE PART TOUR DISCUSS LOCATIONS FOR THE JULY 12TH PART TOUR AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF YOU WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY ON THE JULY 12TH DATE.
IT SEEMED TO BE ONE THAT WE WERE ALL AVAILABLE.
SO IF THAT WANTS TO BE CHANGED, WE JUST NEED TO BRING A NEW DATE FORWARD FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER.
UM, AND I'M SURE YOU HAD DISCUSSION ON THIS, WHY WE WEREN'T DOING IT EARLIER THAN HOT JULY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, SO IN JUNE WE WILL HAVE OUR CAPRA VISITATION AND YOU, AND THEN JULY SUPER BUSY WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE JULY MEETING FALLS WITHOUT LOOKING AT A CALENDAR, WE HAVE THE RED WHITE NEW EVENT THAT'S AROUND THE FOURTH MM-HMM
AND SO THIS IS A SUBSTITUTION FOR THE JULY? YES, THAT'S, YES.
SO, UH, STAFF, IF I MAY, STAFF, UH, ABSOLUTELY CAME UP WITH SOME IDEAS TO HELP GENERATE THE DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD STOP FOR YOU ALL TO SEE.
DEFINITELY A LOT OF MOVEMENT GOING ON OVER THERE.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER SURF AND SWIM, WHICH, UM, IS DIRT IS MOVING, THEY ARE EXCAVATING OVER THERE.
THE LAZY RIVER, THE BUILDINGS FOR SERVICE WHEN WERE GONNA START GOING UP SOON.
SO BY THE TIME JULY ROLLED AROUND, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO SEE SOME, UM, GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN JOHN PAUL JONES IS ONE OF OUR CIP PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WHAT WE THOUGHT IS WE COULD TAKE YOU GUYS OUT THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE SPACE, BUT THEN BE ABLE TO RELATE THE SPACE WITH THE RENDERINGS WHILE YOU'RE OUT THERE ON THE SITE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS Y'ALL'S TOUR AND WHAT Y'ALL WANNA SEE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU.
SO WHAT'S UM, ROUGHLY IS DIRT MOVING UP ON THE TENNIS CENTER IS YES.
YOU'VE GOT DIRT MOVING OVER AT BOB DAY AND SURF AND SWIM.
JOHN PAUL JONES IS NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION YET.
I UNDERSTAND THE RENDERING ON JOHN PAUL JONES AND MM-HMM
UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE BOB DAY.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER END OF TOWN.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? IT WAS A JOHN PAUL JONES SURF AND SWIM AND WHAT ELSE? BOB DAY.
UH, THE ONLY REASON I MADE A COMMENT ON THAT, THEY HAD LOOKED AT PUTTING THAT SPOT AS A DOG PARK AND THEY SAID IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO ETTE.
WE GOTTA BE CLOSE TO SOMETHING
ANY OTHER, THEY'RE MOVING MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DIRT ALREADY AT SURF AND SWIM.
SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THIS, THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH GRADING DONE.
I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO GET THE LAYOUT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND BOB DAY, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT NOW FOR A, A YEAR OR BETTER.
AND UH, AND THEY'VE MOVED A LOT OF DIRT THERE AND YOU OF COURSE YOU CAN'T GET UP IN THERE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN TAKE US THERE AND WE WOULD LOVE TO GO WITH YOU.
YEAH, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE COOL.
THAT'S, UM, SO THAT'S FROM THE SOUTH END TO THE NORTH END.
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WHAT ABOUT THE HARBOR POINT? YOU KNOW, IF THE BOND PASSES IN MAY, YOU KNOW, AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING OUT THERE AND VISUALIZING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE GOT PLANNED TO DO THERE.
I, SO WITH THE DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS, UM, SO THERE'S SOME CORRIDORS, UM, ENHANCEMENTS THAT, THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
SO AS WE GO ALONG THE TOUR, WE COULD ALSO DRIVE THROUGH.
I MEAN, IT MAY BE THAT WE DRIVE AND WE DON'T GET OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT THERE AND LAY EYES ON IT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GUYS WANNA SPEND YOUR TIME.
WE USUALLY MEET OVER AT ADMIN, I WANNA SAY IT'S LIKE EIGHT OR EIGHT 30.
I KNOW WHERE WE END UP AND YES, WE USUALLY END UP AT BABES
I THINK THAT'S WHY Y'ALL WANNA DO THE TOUR, UM,
BUT, UH, WE USUALLY GET DONE AROUND NOON AND HAVE LUNCH.
AND SO IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL.
BUT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DRIVE TIME FROM THE LOCATIONS THAT Y'ALL DO WANNA SEE.
WHAT ELSE COULD WE DO OUT AROUND JOHN PAUL JONES? 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THERE, BUT IT, IT, IT'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO DO.
HARBOR POINT WAS A GREAT HARBOR POINT AND THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE EARLY, WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE BAD.
WHAT ABOUT WIND? WIND, JOYCE IS, IS THAT STILL? YEP.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR THEN WIN JOYCE IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THERE.
WE COULD GO THERE ALL THE WAY BACK ON TWO THREE OR GOING IN OR ROUTE.
SO WHAT I'VE HEARD Y'ALL SAY IS HARBOR POINT WIN, JOYCE, UH, JPJ JOHN PAUL JONES ACRONYM SURF AND SWIM.
SURF AND SWIM AGREEING WITH WHAT YOU SAID AND BOB DAY.
AND JUST ASK A QUESTION HERE ON, ON HOBA, HOW, UH, HOLLOW BALL'S DONE.
BUT THE LIBRARY, HOW FAR IS IT ALONG IN THE CONNECTION AND UH, THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE? IT'S GORGEOUS FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW THEIR ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON OUR CIP.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I ACTUALLY DROVE BY IT LAST FRIDAY ON A TOUR OF LOOKING AT CORRIDORS AND THE GLASS AND THE COLORED GLASS OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALBERT, WHERE'S ALBERT? I CAN'T SEE HIM 'CAUSE HE IS BEHIND A CHAIR.
DO YOU KNOW ANY UPDATES ON THEIR LIBRARY? NOT WHEN THEY'RE OPENING, BUT THEY, WHEN THEY HAD A MEETING YOU NEEDED TO COME UP HERE TO A MICROPHONE.
ALBERT, WHICH ONE? JUST SO IT GETS CAUGHT IN THE RECORDING.
NOT AN OPENING DATE, BUT THEY'RE AT ABOUT 80% DONE, COMPLETED RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU LOOK, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
OH, BY JULY IS THERE A POSSIBILITY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN WANDER THROUGH A BIT? UH, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK, UH, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES.
SEE IF THAT'S A POSS BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT WAS REALLY A, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF CONNECTING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S A ABSOLUTELY PERFECT PLACE FOR THE LIBRARY AND THE REC CENTER TOGETHER.
AND, UH, AND THAT ONE SOMEWHAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, THAT'S A LONG WAYS FROM ALL THESE OTHERS THAT WERE YES.
AND WELL SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO TIE TO, YOU KNOW.
WELL, AND JUST REMEMBER YOU JUST HAVE A FEW HOURS.
SO, AND DRIVE TIME AT GARLAND IS BIG.
THERE'LL BE ANYTHING TO SEE IT.
LOU H UH, SO LOU HUFF, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE STARTED.
LET ME LOOK AT WHAT MARK'S LATEST UPDATE IS.
OH, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE FINAL PLAN SET.
THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANY DIRT TURNING THEN AT THAT POINT.
UM, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER YOU COULD DRIVE BY, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AS WE GO BY.
WE USUALLY, UH, PREPARE A PACKET FOR YOU ALL.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OF THESE THAT YOU JUST WANT INFORMATION ON THAT WE COULD JUST PROVIDE IN THE PACKET THAT MAYBE WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET OUT AND TOUR.
I DEFINITELY THINK, UM, THE SURF, SURF AND SWIM AND BOB DAY, Y'ALL ARE GONNA WANNA SEE THOSE AND THOSE WILL BE FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY START TO GET, I MEAN, VISITING.
I MEAN THE, THE ACTUAL TENNIS CENTER THAT THE BUILDING, UM, SHOULD BE FRAMED IN.
THEY'LL BE DOING IN, YOU KNOW, INTERIORS AT THAT POINT.
THE BUILDINGS ARE GONNA START GOING UP.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ADMISSIONS, THE, THE, THE PUMP ROOMS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THOSE TWO I THINK ARE DEFINITES THAT YOU ALL SHOULD SEE.
THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN THE REST, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD WITH WIND, JOYCE AND, UM, JOHN PAUL JONES AND GOING OUT TO HARBOR POINT, WE CAN CONNECT, WE CAN CONNECT THOSE RHYMING.
THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN A MILE AND HALF.
SO THAT'D BE A GOOD CONNECTION.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE OUT, WE'RE OUT FRONT.
THERE WON'T BE PROBABLY BE ANYTHING DONE THERE.
BUT, UH, IF WE HAVE THE CONCEPT PLANS MM-HMM
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CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE.AND HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT HALFORD? UH, WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE IT THEN AGAIN? WELL, BILL GARLAND DAY, AS WE MENTIONED, UM, THAT YOU GOT THE EMAIL ON FOR THE, UH, APRIL, UH, 19TH.
SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SAVE THE DATE AND THEN THE ACTUAL INVITES I THINK ARE COMING IN THE EMAIL TODAY, TOMORROW, SOMETIME BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
ALSO, PARK FOUNDATION'S HAVING THE EVENT IN MAY.
SO THERE'S CLOSE AND PERSONAL AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE HOLFORD.
WHICH IS WHY WE WEREN'T SUGGESTING IT AS PART OF THE TOUR.
WE'RE ELSE IS SOMEPLACE WE THAT'S GOING ON THAT WE NEED TO, TO KNOW ABOUT.
WHAT ABOUT THE FENCE THAT, UH, RICK O AND AROUND THE SKATE PARK? WHAT'S THE STATUS? I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT IN FUTURE.
I WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE CIP REPORT.
UNLESS YOU'RE WANTING TO GO SEE RICK DEN.
UM, OH, IF A POTENTIALLY WILL BE DONE.
WE STATUS IS UNCLEAR ON THAT PROJECT AT THE MOMENT.
ARE WE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SKATE PARK OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER END? THE FENCE AROUND THE SKATE PARK.
THERE'S THE OTHER END OF THE PARK.
IS IT DONE NOW? NO, IT'S THE SPLASH PAD.
IS IT, HAS ANY WORK BEEN DONE DOWN THERE? I HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.
THAT HASN'T STARTED WITH ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S STILL WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL YEP.
SO WHAT I, LET ME JUST REITERATE.
HARBOR POINT WHEN JOYCE, JOHN PAUL JONES SURF AND SWIM AND BOB DAY AND THEN POTENTIALLY IF TIME ALLOWS, UM, MAYBE A LI GOING TO LOOK AT THE LIBRARY.
I WENT, WAIT, I DON'T REMEMBER BOB DAY BEING BOB.
IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN US DIRECTION.
SO WE WILL WORK ON SOMETHING AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL IN MAY.
I WILL IF THOSE LIBRARIES ARE DONE.
TEXAS PARK, TEXAS TRAPS RODEO AND AWARDS UPDATE.
SO I JUST WANTED, THAT'LL BE ME.
SO WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH YOU ALL.
WE WON SOME AWARDS AT THE STATE CONFERENCE.
SO, UH, PROUD OF OUR, UM, PARK OPERATIONS TEAM.
THEY GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARK MAINTENANCE RODEO EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY FUN.
SO THEY GO, THEY HAVE THE REGIONALS AND THEN IF THEY PLACE THERE, THEY GET TO MOVE ON TO STATE.
SO WE ACTUALLY COMPETED IN, LET ME SEE IF I REMEMBER.
WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, COMPETITIONS THAT WE HAD, UH, OUR PARK STAFF COMPETE IN, AND TWO OF THEM PLACED.
SO, UH, DONALD SPENCER EARNED FIRST PLACE IN NAIL DRIVING AND HE DID IT IN TWO HITS.
IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO WATCH.
AND THEN BRADY LAMAR PLACED FORTH IN PLANT IDENTIFICATION.
AND UH, AGAIN, WE COMPETED IN TRUCK AND TRAILER AND THE ZERO TURN MOWER.
SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE, BUT WE DIDN'T PLACE ON THOSE AND THEY WEREN'T HAPPY, BUT THAT THEY'LL GET IT NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, FOR, UH, THE OTHER AWARDS, INDIVIDUAL OUTSTANDING SERVICE, JACK SPARKS, UH, WITH A, HE'S A DOORBELL VOLUNTEER AND HE WON, UH, WON FOR THE TRAIL STEWARD, UH, INDIVIDUAL OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
AND THEN IN ARTS AND HUMANITIES, THIS, THIS ONE WON FOR BOTH THE REGION AND THE STATE.
UH, SO THEY WON WHEN WE DID THE FALL REGION CONFERENCE AND THEN AGAIN IN STATE.
Y'ALL MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN YOU CAME FOR ONE OF OUR PARK BOARD MEETINGS, THE BIG, UM, DISPLAY THAT WAS OUT THERE ON THE HISTORY OF, AND THE TRADITIONAL MOMS AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THERE WAS THAT GIANT MOM THAT WAS OUT THERE IN THE LOBBY.
SO THAT ONE WON FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES.
SO, SO CONGRATS TO OUR TEAMS ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? NO MA'AM.
NOW CAN I SAY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? MM-HMM
AND SO MARK ELLEN'S GOT SOME, HE'S HOME WITH SICK KIDDOS.
I CAN GO THROUGH HIS UPDATES AND THEN I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON DETAILS.
I MAY HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU, UM, SINCE MARK IS NOT HERE.
BUT, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UH, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO, UM, GET THAT BID DATE OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START BIDDING ON THAT PROJECT.
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SO THEN IT CAN BE REVIEWED AND THEN AWARDED.AND SO WE ARE STILL, I AM NOT EVEN ANXIOUS ANYMORE.
I'M, I'M JUST, WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS.
BUT WE ARE, WE'RE READY FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
UM, NOT AS MUCH AS THE SENIORS ARE READY FOR IT TO HAPPEN, BUT WHOLE FORD RECREATION CENTER.
SO STAFF HAVE STARTED MOVING IN.
THEY STARTED MOVING IN LAST WEEK.
WE ARE STARTING TO GET TABLES AND UH, CHAIR CARTS AND CHAIRS AND ALL THOSE THINGS UNPACKED AND OFFICE FURNITURE HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
THE FITNESS, UM, EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE DELIVERED AT THE END OF APRIL.
THERE ARE STILL, UH, SOME THINGS HAPPENING, JUST A FEW CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE FACILITY.
THE CONSTRUCTION FENCES DOWN ON THAT.
UM, THE AQUATICS STAFF, THEY'RE MOVING IN THEIR ITEMS. PARK MAINTENANCE NOW IS GONNA BE MAINTAINING THE SITE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE IF YOU, IF YOU LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA OR DRIVE OVER IN THAT AREA, START SEEING A LOT OF CLEANUP HAPPENING AND GETTING READY FOR NOT ONLY BUILD GARLAND DAY, BUT THE OPENING OF THE FACILITY.
WE HAVE THE BASKETBALL COURTS, WE HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, SO ANYWAY, ANY QUESTION ON THAT? IS THE TRAILS OPEN THAT GOES AROUND THE PARK? YES.
OUR NEW SIGNAGE, WE'VE GOT NEW SIGNS OUT THERE THAT WERE PART OF OUR SIGN, UM, PLAN THAT WE'VE TALKED TO Y'ALL BEFORE ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SO THAT ONE'S JUST A REALLY OVERALL GREAT PROJECT THAT INCLUDES LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, UPDATES AND AMENITIES.
UH, SO THE LAZY RIVER, THEY'VE EXCAVATED PART OF THAT.
LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THE BUILDINGS READY TO START GOING IN.
UH, THEY'VE REDONE PARKING LOTS OVER THERE, SO LOTS OF ACTIVITY, LOTS OF DIRT MOVING OVER THERE.
UH, LOU H PARK IS AWAITING FOR THE FI FINAL PLAN SET TO BE SUBMITTED BY OUR CONSULTANT THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
UH, SAME, THE RICK ODEN SPLASH PAD.
THAT ONE IS THE FINAL PLAN SET IS BEING UNDER REVIEW, UM, WITH THE, THE GARLAND REVIEW GROUP.
WHEN JOYCE PARK, WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE FINAL PLAN SET TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE CONSULTANT, UH, KINGSLEY PARK.
THE DESIGN IS 60%, UH, OF THE PLAN IS UNDER REVIEW.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT STAGES, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE TO CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND THEY PROVIDE COMMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
WHERE IS KINGSLEY PARK? WHERE'S THAT? KINGSLEY IS OVER BY DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT FIVE.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP ON A CALENDAR.
KINGSLEY AND TINSLEY ARE BOTH IN FIVE, AREN'T THEY? RIGHT.
I THOUGHT IT'S KIND OF A FUN, WE WERE MOST ALL I SHOULD KNOW THAT ONE.
DO WHAT IS IT ONE OF THOSE TUCKED AWAYS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD? THE ONE BEHIND HIS APARTMENT? IT'S THE WEIRD LITTLE ONE.
ARE WE SPENDING THE APARTMENTS? ACTUALLY? WHAT? YEAH, IT'S NEXT TO THE APARTMENT.
I I I SHOULD KNOW WHERE THERE WAS, I DROVE THROUGH IT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
IF YOU DROVE BY IT, YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULD TOTALLY MISS IT.
I MEAN, LIKE, IT, IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE.
I TOTALLY MISSED IT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, BUT I FINALLY FOUND IT.
UH, JOHN JUST GONNA SAY, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE? WHAT, JUST AMOUNT OF MONEY OR SOMETHING JUST QUICKLY? NO, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
'CAUSE THAT ONE IS, UM, I'LL HAVE TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THAT ONE.
THAT ONE JUST SEEMS LIKE ALMOST A WASTE.
IT'S, THERE WAS A, WELL I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOT SAL FOOT.
AND, UM, SOME LIGHT, I THINK A A, A SMALL LITTLE TRAIL TO WALK AROUND.
IT'S REALLY MEANT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA FOR THEM TO HAVE A RECREATIONAL SPACE.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A REGIONAL PARK BY ANY MEANS.
UH, SO WE JUST HAD A MEETING, UH, WITH GARLAND FIRE JUST TO DISCUSS THE FIRE LANE THAT'S GOING IN OVER THERE.
AND THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING TOWARDS HAVING A 90% PLAN PLAN SET COMPLETED TUCKER PARK.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE, UH, BOB DAY IS OVER THERE AT TUCKER PARK.
SO THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY NOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN I'M SAYING, BUT YOU CAN
SO THE DRIVEWAY IS ALL DONE ON THAT.
UM, THEY'VE POURED, UM, FOUNDATION, THEY'VE GOT STEEL GOING UP FOR THE STRUCTURE.
UH, LET'S SEE, TENNIS, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS ARE GOING IN OVER THERE.
SO A LOT IS HAPPENING OVER AT BOB DAY TRAILS IN GREENBELTS NAME AND FOREST CONNECTION TRAIL CONSULTANT IS ADJUSTING THE TRAIL ROUTE AWAY FROM THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND SO THAT, THAT ONE IS, THE HOMEOWNERS WANTED IT TO BE SET BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, NOT RIGHT UP
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AGAINST THEIR, TOO CLOSE TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE.SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED.
OH, I JUST SAW THAT EMAIL TODAY.
OR YEAH, IT WAS LIKE AT 35 AND NOW IT'S AT 50 55.
IF, IF YOU WANT THE EXACT NUMBERS, WE CAN EMAIL THAT TO YOU.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ROUTE, WHATEVER THAT 15 FEET IS THAT WHAT I, WE CAN SEND THE ROUTE TO YOU 'CAUSE THAT'S OUT THERE.
OKAY, SO IT'S NOT SWEEPING THEIR FENCE LINE.
UH, THE DUCK CREEK AUDUBON TRAIL, UH, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'VE HAD A COORDINATION MEETING WITH GARLAND ENGINEERING AND THE CONSULTANT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED.
CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL DESIGN IS COMPLETE.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED AND CONSTRUCTION IS TO COMMENCE WITH ONE WEEK OR WITHIN ONE WEEK.
UH, COORDINATING, OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATING FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO THEY'RE COORDINATING CURRENTLY WITH GPNL FOR UTILITY POLE RELOCATION PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS.
THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE COORDINATING WITH PURCHASING TO ESTABLISH WHEN THAT WILL GO OUT TO BID.
MEADOW CREEK BRANCH GREENBELT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND PRE-BID MEETING WAS HELD ON MARCH 2ND, 2025.
CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND THE DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL MEETING IS TO BE SCHEDULED WITH, I'M GONNA SAY C-P-C-P-K-C.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE IS.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO, THAT'S THAT LOOK THAT MARK AND HIS ACRONYMS. DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT ONE? IS THAT THE CONSULTANT ON THAT ONE? 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE I'M STILL GETTING CAUGHT UP TO SPEED ON SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT RAILROAD.
OH, WELL THEN THAT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE.
SO THE REASON THAT SAYS AWAITING, YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY AWAITING THE RAILROAD RESPONSE FOR A WHILE.
'CAUSE RAILROADS AND ENCORE ARE ALWAYS ONES THAT PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH CP K SOMETHING SOMETHING CAN SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL PACIFIC.
KANSAS CITY COULD HAVE SAID RR OH, THAT ONE.
CAN I GET THE ROUTE ON THE, UM, GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS TO YES.
BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE WE'LL SEND THAT TO.
I KNOW WHERE ALL THE TRAILS ARE IN THERE, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING TO.
WE'LL SEND THAT TO ALL PARK BOARD MEMBERS VIA EMAIL.
UM, DID YOU GO TO THE COMPLETED PROJECTS? I'M JUST LOOKING AT STARTING AT AON PARK THAT, THAT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY NOW.
THE THE POND AND ALL THAT, THAT WAS THAT COMPLETED? THAT IT SAYS COMPLETED.
LEMME GO BACK TO THE FRONT WHERE YOU WERE GOING REALLY FAST WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.
I COULDN'T ARGUE ABOUT WITH OH YEAH, THOSE ARE COMPLETED.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? YOU WERE TALKING REALLY FAST AND I COULDN'T ARGUE YOU.
I SLOWED DOWN THE SPEED AND THESE WILL BE EASY.
UH, THE RE COING SPLASH PAD, WHAT'S THE LOCATION OF THAT? SO IT'S DOWN BY THE TENNIS COURT.
THERE'S, IS IT ON THE BACK END OR MM-HMM
IT'S ON THE BACK ON THE SOUTH END DOWN THERE.
AND THERE'LL BE A TENNIS COURT THAT WILL GET REMOVED.
SO THE COORDINATION OF ALL OF THAT WHEN BOB DAY.
OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE THIS FURTHER BACK.
JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER, SO IS CURRENTLY OPEN, WE PUT OUT A BID TO HAVE, GET A NEW, UM, OPERATOR FOR BOTH OF THE, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES.
WHEN BOB DAY OPENS, JACK COLEMAN WILL CLOSE, UH, THE OPERATOR WILL RUN BOB DAY.
WE'LL DO SOME UPDATES OUT THERE.
AND THEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, THEN THE NEW TENNIS OPERATOR WOULD WORK BOTH.
SO, BUT IN FOR THE SPLASH PAD, I THINK IT'S MAYBE ONE COURT THAT WILL GET LOST OUT THERE TO ONE THE COURT.
THEY'LL BE RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA.
KEEPING, THEY, THEY NEED THAT.
THAT'S, THEY'RE KEEPING THE TENNIS CENTER THE WAY THAT IT IS EXCEPT FOR ONE COURT THAT'S GOING TO SPLASH PAD IS WHAT, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
WELL, WE WANT, SO WE HAVE A CIP PACKAGE FOR, UH, TO CONVERT SOME OF THOSE, NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF THEM, BUT A GOOD PORTION OF IT TO PICKLEBALL.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF, UM, LEAGUE GOING IN? IS THERE, UH, IS THERE ANY COORDINATED LEAGUE EFFORT FOR PICKLEBALL AT THAT LOCATION? CURRENTLY AT JACK COLEMAN? UHHUH
THE NEW OPERATOR, UH, THAT WILL BE TO BE DETERMINED AS THEY DO THEIR PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACT ON THAT ONE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO PICKLE, A LOT OF PICKLEBALL THERE WHERE WE'VE HAD ALL OF THE TENNIS COURTS THERE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PICKLEBALL NOW IF AT BOB DAY, THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA HANDLE US IN THE INTERIM.
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PROBABLY TOLD US ALL THIS BEFORE, BUT AS OLDER PEOPLE YOU HAD TO TELL US.UH, WIN JOY, WIN JOYCE PARK, UM, DEVELOP, REDEVELOP, WIN JOYCE PARK.
AND GIMME JUST A, BRING ME BACK TODAY.
WHERE, WHICH ONE IS THIS? WHERE ARE WE AT? WIN JOYCE ROAD? WELL, WE THE ONE RIGHT ON THE LAKE IN THE AREA WHERE THE, THAT'S AT THE END.
TALK TO US ABOUT NO, UM, THIS IS, OKAY.
THIS IS ONE TYING INTO THE, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THERE.
I KNEW IT WAS IN THERE, BUT IT WOULDN'T COME UP TO THE SURFACE.
AND, UH, SO THERE WERE 95%, UH, ON THE, THE PLANS AND REVIEW UNDERWAY.
SO, UM, A TIME TO START ON THAT ONE.
POSSIBLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS WHEN JOYCE UHHUH
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE'S ON THE CIP SHEET.
'CAUSE I THINK DO YOU HAVE THAT OF WHAT WE'VE, AT LEAST
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF REVIEWS THAT WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF GETTING THOSE BACK.
I THOUGHT WHEN JOYCE WAS ON ARPA.
AND THAT'S, I GOT THAT PAGE OF QUESTIONS AND THAT'S NOT QUITE THE LAST PAGE.
ANYONE ELSE? I'M GONNA SEE WHAT KEITH SAYS ON THE CIP SHEET.
UM, SPEAKING OF REFRESHING MEMORY, UM,
THEY'RE NOT OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
IT'S OUT OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
KEITH, YOU WANNA DO YOUR NORMAL SPIEL ON ALL THAT
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN,
SO THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S FUNDING THAT, UH, IS NOT PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE NOT DEBT, IT'S JUST CASH FUNDING FROM LIKE INTEREST OR WHATEVER.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST, I ALWAYS WANT, IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL FUNDS.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE WHICH WALLET'S BEING OPENED HERE.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S FROM THE DEBT SIDE.
MAJOR PROJECTS ARE NOT COMING FROM OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
UM, JUST ANOTHER, JUST ANOTHER PIECE.
UM, UH, THE LAST OR THE MEETING BEFORE THAT, UH, AT THE END, THERE WERE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT, FROM THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE, WE NEEDED TO, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND IT'S IN OUR, IT'S IN OUR PACKET, BUT IT, I WAS LOOKING OTHER, OTHER PIECES NOT HERE.
UH, WHEN THE, WHEN THE MINUTES, UH, TALKED ABOUT THINGS, DATA, I THINK YOU HAD SOME THINGS YOU WERE ASKING AS PART OF THAT UNDER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YES.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM.
ONCE WE GET TO THAT, ARE WE READY FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? YEAH, BUT WE'RE STILL ON THIS ONE.
SO ARE WE READY FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR IS THERE ANY MORE ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? IS ANYBODY ONE THING, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE HEADINGS, WE'VE ASKED FOR DATES AND UPDATES.
YOU'VE PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR AND SO THAT MAKES ME WANNA ASK FOR ONE MORE THING.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SMALL PICTURE OF EACH OF THE PROJECTS? YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING, AND I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO CHANGE TIME, BUT IT JUST ASSOCIATES IT VIRTUALLY WITH THE LOCATION.
WHAT WE CAN PROBABLY DO IS MAKE SOMETHING THAT COULD GO INTO THEIR NOTEBOOKS THAT'S MORE OF A PERMANENT THING THAT WE DON'T BRING EVERY TO YOU EVERY TIME.
UNLESS THERE'S A MAJOR CHANGE OR SOMETHING.
SO WE COULD DO THAT AND THEN YOU COULD KEEP IT IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS.
LIKE A, A ONE OR TWO SHEET THING ON THAT.
THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RENDERINGS OR MM-HMM
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD, UM, WHEN NOT BY NEXT MEETING, BUT
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PRESENTATIONS HAVE GONE TO COUNCIL WITHOUT US AT, AT THEIR REQUEST, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PRESENT FROM TO COUNCIL, CAN YOU LIKE, JUST GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, A RECAP? YEAH.I CAN'T THINK OF A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN TO COUNCIL LATELY.
I MEAN, THE LAST THING, UM, I NEED STAFF TO HELP ME OUT, BUT THE LAST THING, THE LAST THING THAT WE TOOK ON THE REC SIDE WAS, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAD ADDING THE COMPONENTS, UM, THE AQUATIC COMPONENT OR NOT, UM, THAT WAS A THUMBS DOWN, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THAT WON'T HAVE THE AQUATICS AND THAT WE BROUGHT THAT SAME, UM, PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL.
UM, I MEAN WE HAVE OUR NORMAL CIP PRESENTATIONS, BUT CAN WE PUT A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE SKATE PARK ON THERE AND LET US KNOW HOW THAT'S DOING? MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CURB MALICIOUS ACTIVITY.
WE DO HAVE A SMALL PROJECT WITH THAT, SO IT'S JUST FENCING.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, IF AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET SOME CAMERAS AT SPRING CREEK FOREST WAS, AND YOU WANT AND YOU WANNA FEED RIGHT IN.
AND DO WE WANNA, ARE WE MOVING ON TO AGENDA FUTURE, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I THOUGHT WE WERE, WE WERE ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT I, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
THAT WAS MY REQUEST FOR, UM, DAVID WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THE CAMERAS ACTUALLY WERE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU IN MAY, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL BE FUNDED OR HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING IS PROBABLY MORE THE ACCURATE TERM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PUSH AND SHOVE GOES ON THERE.
MR. CARTER STILL ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A WORD IN, IN OUR, UH, UH, CHARGE FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND, AND THAT WORD IS ADVISORY.
AND I DON'T EVER REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO THE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABOUT ADVISING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE, PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
AND WE DID, WE DID BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, MONTHS AGO, A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A HALF, HALF AGO, BUT AN ONGOING BASIS, UM, UH, KNOWING ABOUT THINGS SOONER SO THAT WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING INPUT INTO IT IN ALL PROBABILITY.
NINE OUTTA 10 TIMES IT WOULD BE NOTHING.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW ABOUT THE ONE THING THAT'S GONNA COUNT.
UM, I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU THINGS THAT, UM, TALKED ABOUT.
UH, AND ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF 'EM IS LIGHTING AT, UH, AT THE AUDUBON REC CENTER IN THE PARKING LOT OUT THERE.
UM, YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AT NIGHT AND YOU CAN BE 50 FEET FROM SOMEBODY AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE.
AND I WAS JUST IN A REAL NICE PARKING LOT IN A REALLY ELABORATE, UM, WELL TO DO TOWN CALLED CATTLE MILLS.
AND YOU COULD READ A BOOK ANYWHERE IN A PARKING LOT THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR FOOTBALL FIELDS IN SIZE, AND IT JUST FELT SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.
PICK A NUMBER, PICK A WORD, UH, TO BE IN A PARKING LOT LIKE THAT.
IT, IT, IT FELT SO MODERN TO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOW ON LIGHTING.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL ALONG.
I KNOW YOU, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO START ADDRESSING THESE, AND I'M THINKING AT THE AUDUBON REC CENTER WHILE WE'RE BUILDING, UH, SURFACE AND SWIM RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT, WE ALREADY HAD THE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE AND WE ALREADY HAD THE POLES.
WE ALREADY HAD THE ELECTRICITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE LIGHT UP THERE.
WHY CAN'T WE GO UP THERE AND PUT ANOTHER LIGHT IN THE PARKING LOTS OUT THERE AT, AT UBON? I MEAN, IT IS DARK.
THAT DOES SOUND LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CONNECTIVITY.
BUT I MEAN, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY WITH MATT MULTIPLE TIMES AND, AND, AND I GOT, OKAY.
BUT I, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S MAKING A REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, FOR EXAMPLE, SO SERVE AND SWIM.
OUR CONTRACTOR HAS A FOOTPRINT THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK WITHIN.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE A CONTRACT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED.
THEY HAVE THE FOOTPRINT THAT, THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, THAT THEY'VE GONE OUT AND GOT THEIR INSURANCE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THAT THEY HAVE TO GO DO.
SO, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE AUDUBON PARKING LOT FOR THE REC CENTER OR IN THE BACK.
UM, BUT WE DO, WE DO SOMETHING ELSE TO GET IT INCLUDED.
BUT, SO THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE CI MEAN, THE BOND WENT SO FAR FOR
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US TO BE ABLE TO DO SO MANY THINGS, BUT WE HAVE CIP PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR THIS YEAR.UM, MEANING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO JOHN PAUL JONES, WHEN, JOYCE, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING AND THEN WE'RE SUBMITTING, SO WE CAN PUT THAT IN FOR CONSIDERATION.
FOR THIS NEXT CIP IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE POWERS THAT BE AS TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT THAT IS THE, THE, THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME WITHIN THE POWER THAT WE HAVE AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.
YOU WOULD DO THAT AND, AND LET US KNOW WHEN IT WAS GONNA BE GOING TO THEM THEN.
THEN SOME OF US COULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS.
IT DOESN'T GO TO COUNCIL UNTIL LIKE, UH, FEBRUARY.
WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR? AUGUST, YEAH.
GET IN AUGUST IS OPERATING BUDGET.
SO IT'LL GO, THERE'LL BE COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC AGENDAS.
BUT YES, WE CAN TRY AND BE HELPFUL TO BE REMIND Y'ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS.
I DON'T WANNA BE PUSHY ABOUT THIS.
I'M JUST BEING PUSHED FROM BEHIND BY THE LADIES BACK BEHIND ME THAT, THAT ARE SAYING IT IS DANGEROUS TO COME OUT HERE.
YOU CANNOT SEE ANY, I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A POORLY LIT PARKING LOT IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
JERRY, I CAN ASSURE YOU TOMORROW AUDUBON LIGHTING FOR, UH, WILL BE SUBMITTED INTO THE CIP PORTAL THAT WE AS STAFF CAN PUT IN AS CONSIDERATION.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON I'M NOT AVAILABLE, KEITH REAGAN OR ALBERT MONTERO WILL GET IT DONE TOMORROW.
JOSEPH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANK, I'LL LOOK.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR MY OWN NOTES.
UH, WHERE WERE YOU REQUESTING, UH, OR RECOMMENDING MORE LIGHTING OR, UH, MORE CAMERAS RATHER.
HE WANTS TO SEE ALL THE WILDLIFE, THE FOREST, HAVE IT PUT IN HIS HOUSE.
WELL, WE COULD USE SOME OF THE FOREST, BUT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY DOWN THERE.
SO THE, UM, SO, SO YEAH, WE WANNA DISTURB THE, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THEORY HERE, I MEAN THE CONNECTION HERE IS, YOU KNOW, SECURITY CAMERAS, LIGHTING, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER CHALLENGES AROUND THE PARK SYSTEM, SO, SO MAYBE A REGULAR SECURITY ITEM THAT KIND OF CHIPS AWAY AT THIS AS WE GO, YOU KNOW, FORWARD FROM YEAR TO YEAR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, PLACEHOLDER FOR THE NEXT AGENDA.
SO WE COULD DO OUR BEST ON THAT.
SO WE ARE IN A TRANSITION AT THE MOMENT.
SO WE'VE NAMED AN INTERIM PARKS DIRECTOR, LITERALLY JUST THIS WEEK, WHO IS GONNA HAVE TO LEARN A LOT WHILE WE POST THE POSITION.
UH, YOU'VE GOT A MANAGING DIRECTOR WHO'S NEW TO HER ROLE AND LEARNING A WHOLE LOT AND UNRAVELING SOME THINGS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT AN UPDATE ON THE PARK SECURITY.
WE HAD THE PARK SECURITY PROGRAM WHERE PD WAS GOING AROUND AND WE COULD PROBABLY BRING SOME BASIC INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER MAYBE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DELVE INTO, I WOULD JUST REQUEST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE JUST, WE JUST WANNA KEEP IT WHERE THE FUTURE COMES IN,
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT BACK UP.
ABOUT, ABOUT THE LIGHTING AS WELL.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS YES.
THAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK UP?
THIS IS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL ISSUE,
AND THAT I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT PARKS IS LOOKING AT THE SIGNAGE AND THE PAINTING.
THIS HAS BEEN MY INFORMATION FROM STREETS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE, PLEASE.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, BIKING, BIKE TRADE.
BUT, BUT I, I JUST WANT AN UPDATE OF, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE?
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT GOES TO A CITY COUNCIL, BUT IF, COULD WE GET, IF, IF IT HAS COMPLETED, COULD YOU GIVE, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE FOR THAT? I'M NOT AWARE.
ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT? WHO? WHOEVER SEES THAT CITY SECRETARY? NO.
UM, I MEAN, IT, IT IS A IT I THOUGHT THEY WERE, I WILL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION SO I CAN ADD THAT AND I WILL REQUEST THAT SEPARATELY WHEN I HAVE THE RIGHT WORDING FOR THAT.
IT'S KIND CAME INTO MY MIND, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING ABOUT THE ROLES OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE COULD BOOK.
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? WHAT'S THIS? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY PUT IT ON BACK.
THAT'S WHAT THESE TWO NEW PAGES ARE.
THAT WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THESE TWO PAGES?
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DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE DELETES KEITH? OR ON THE NEW INSERTS TO THE NOTEBOOK? SO, UH, YES, THANK YOU.SHE PRINTED THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE CODE ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 10.
THAT'S MORE ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
WE'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED Y'ALL CHAPTER 25.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD, UH, THINGS THAT YON FOUND THAT WE THOUGHT, UH, IS THIS JUST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, WHAT'S THAT? THE ROLES OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
SO WE JUST ADDED THAT TO YOUR PACKET.
IT IT IS ALREADY IN HERE, ISN'T IT? I'M ASKING.
THIS IS, IT IS NOT, THIS IS WHAT I WANNA PUT THIS IN CHAPTER 25 OF THE COHORT THAT WAS IN THERE.
SO THIS IS JUST THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF THE ROLES OF BOARDS COMMISSION.
YOU SEE, WHERE DID I PUT AND HELPS? THIS IS LIKE A QUARTERLY THING.
SHE INSERTED INTO YOUR CHAPTER 25 FOR THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THEIR BINDER TODAY.
WE, BUT WE HAD OURS FROM LAST TIME.
THOSE OF US WHO HAD 'EM FROM LAST TIME, IT'S NOT IN THERE.
THANK YOU YVONNE, FOR DOING THAT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A QUARTERLY SIZE NOTEBOOK THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IT IS 8 0 6.
DO YOU SEE WHAT WE JUST DID? WE BECAME AN ADVISORY BOARD.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I, THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND THEN WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING TO GOING TO COUNCIL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE WERE AWARE OF THAT.
SO THE CHAIRMAN OR THE, OR THE VICE CHAIRMAN, UH, COULD GO AND AND SPEAK RELATIVE TO THINGS.
CAN I JUST HAVE JUST ONE THING ON MOLLY'S REQUEST? WE HAVE UPDATED THE WEBSITE.
WE HAD PUT MORE FOCUS ON THE PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE GARLAND PARKS WEBSITE PARKS, NOT BILL GARLAND.
SO BECAUSE WE ARE, THE INFORMATION KIND OF WENT AWAY.
WE WANTED TO PUT SOME INFORMATION MORE FROM OUR STANDPOINT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE UPDATED PICTURES OF THE PROJECTS, UH, ANY DESIGNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO HAVE THAT MORE UPDATED.
YOU CAN GO TO NOW AND I HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S JUST UNDER GARLAND TX GARLAND PARKS.
YEAH, YOU GO GARLAND PARKS.COM.
THERE'S A SECTION DOWN THERE THAT SAYS PROJECTS.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE PROJECT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN THE GARLAND PARK FOUNDATION ORG.
OH WAIT, UM, I SAW HIS FINGER SUMMON.
WE ARE, I THINK IT NOW WE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
I THINK WE WERE ALREADY ADJOURNED, BUT OKAY.