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UH, CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 North Fifth Street Garland, Texas May 7, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.]
UM, FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 2ND MEETING.A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY DAVID PARRISH.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SHALL SECOND.
THE OTHER DAVID, UM, YOUR NAME IS ESCAPING ME AND I ALWAYS GET MOREHEAD.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NUMBER TWO ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON PUBLIC AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
SO ITEMS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, UM, DO WE REALLY WANNA START WITH THIS PART? OKAY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER CANCELING THE PARK AND RECREATION JUNE 4TH BOARD MEETING.
AND SO JULIE IS GOING TO TALK TO THAT REASONING.
SO OUR MEETING FOR JUNE IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4TH, AND WE HAVE OUR CAPRA VISITATION TEAM COMING IN JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 4TH.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO GET 'EM BACK TO THE AIRPORT ON THE FOURTH.
AND SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO CANCEL THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
AND ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR THAT? YES.
DO YOU NEED ANY PARTICIPATION FROM US ON THAT CAP? WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER ON THE, IN THE AGENDA.
SO IS THE JULY MEETING CANCELED AS WELL? THE JULY MEETING? WE ARE DOING THE PARK BOARD TOUR.
ARE THERE ANY ISSUES THAT ARE LIKELY TO COME UP IN JUNE AND OR DURING THE REST OF MAY, JUNE AND OR, UM, JULY THAT WE, THE PARK BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE OF? SO, NONE THAT I'M AWARE OF AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, SINCE WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER IN JULY, WE COULD ALWAYS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON AND HAVE, UH, BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO TEND TO, WE COULD DO THAT AT THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING BEFORE WE LEAVE ON THE TOUR.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER RESCHEDULING THAT, UH, THAT IS UP TO THE BOARD TO, UM, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I HEAR THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SUPER BUSY.
YES, WE HAVE THROUGH JUNE 4TH, SO THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT ON, UM, I GUESS THAT'S A WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH.
THE, THE CHALLENGE WE ALWAYS COME IN, THAT ALWAYS COMES INTO PLAY, IS THE ROOM AVAILABILITY FOR THIS, THIS WORK SESSION ROOM.
SO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS IN HERE IS THE PREFERENCE.
IS THERE ANY, UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? I, I UNDERSTAND ON JULY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NORMAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING THE 1ST OF JULY JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE HAVING, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME AGAIN FOR MY AGING MEMORY, WHAT DATE IS THE, UM, THE TRIP IN THE TOUR IN JULY IS JULY 12TH, SO THAT'S CLOSE TO THAT.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S REALLY AROUND JUNE.
SO BE, IT WOULD BE BETWEEN MAY THE SEVENTH AND JUNE JULY THE 12TH.
BEFORE WE HAVE ANY, UM, ANY MEETING.
AND WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS IS THERE'S NONE THAT REQUIRE YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME.
IT WOULD JUST BE OUR NORMAL UPDATES THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU ALL.
SO CHAIR RECOGNIZES JERRY CARTER, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE DAVID IN A MINUTE.
UM, WITH THE BOND ELECTION JUST PASSING MM-HMM
AND, UM, WITH US MAYBE NEEDING TO HOPEFULLY GET IN EARLY AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING, BE PUT INTO THAT.
IS THAT TOO EARLY? BECAUSE WE GENERALLY GET IN TOO LATE.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE ON OUR, UH, PARKS BOARD ON THE BOND ELECTION THAT WAS ON OUR PARKS BOARD WHEN THE BOND ELECTION WAS GOING ON.
ANYWAY, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING FOR THE 30, $30 MILLION, YOU KNOW.
AND IN THE 2019 BOND ELECTION, HOW MANY OF US WERE ON THAT ONE? UH, OF DAVID, MOLLY, ME, UM, AND, UM, AND A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WERE IN HERE, A COUPLE OTHER OTHERS THAT WERE IN HERE TOO.
SO WE HAD A, A PHENOMENAL REPRESENTATION ON THAT.
WERE YOU, WERE YOU ON THE 2019 ALSO? I WAS ON THE 2025.
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MOST RECENT? YES.NO, BUT HE WAS ON THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT JUST HAPPENED.
HE WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE, OF THIS YES.
BOARD, SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AWARE OF WELL, NATE, WAS DAVID MOOREHEAD AT THE TIME? YES, HE WAS.
OH, HE WAS? NO, I'M SAYING JOSEPH WAS, YEAH, I'M SAYING I'M, I WAS ON THIS YES.
AND HE WAS A PARK BOARD MEMBER AT THAT TIME.
THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR US, BUT MM-HMM
ANYWAY, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD SOME, SOME TIME IN HERE BEFORE COUNSEL GEARS UP TOO MUCH, UH, IN DETERMINING THE, THE FINAL THINGS.
I KNOW THEY, I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT MIGHT COULD BE PUT IN THERE IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT 'EM IN THOSE, THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO 'EM.
SO IF YOU WANT, ANDY HESTER COULD COME AND PRESENT ON, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSITION FOR RECREATION, I MEAN, PARKS AND RECREATION.
BUT THAT COULD BE FOR THE AUGUST MEETING.
THERE'S NO URGENT REASON IN MY OPINION ON WHY WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE HIM BEFORE THEN.
THAT ANSWERS, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION AND GIVES THE ANSWER.
THAT, THAT, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND SEE IF WE CAN CATCH ANDY IN, IN AUGUST? I'LL SEE IF HE'S AVAILABLE.
WELL, I KNOW WE'VE GOT LIKE A MAYORAL, UH, RUNOFF ELECTION, UM, JUNE THE SEVENTH, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT AFTER JUNE, THE SECOND TO THE, AM I HEARING ANY REASON TO HAVE A JUNE MEETING RESCHEDULED? I WOULD JUST SAY IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, WE COULD RECONSIDER IN THE INTERIM, BUT I DON'T SAY ANY REASON TO HAVE ONE AT THIS POINT IS SO IF, IF SOMETHING WE, THE CAPRA RIGHT.
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, THAT IS ALSO A BUDGET WEEK FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE'LL BE DOING OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND IT'LL BE THE FIRST, THOSE FIRST INITIAL MEETINGS AND INITIAL.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL UNTIL AFTER THOSE BUDGET MEETINGS.
WE USUALLY DO THOSE IN AUGUST AT THE AUGUST MEETING WITH PART BOARD.
I THINK FOR STAFF'S SAKE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAT WE DO CANCEL.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CANCEL THE JUNE PARK BOARD MEETING.
SECOND DAVID PARISH HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE CANCEL THE JUNE 4TH PARK BOARD MEETING.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UM, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M GONNA CALL FOR, ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE THAT ARE FORCE SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
WE WILL NOT HAVE A JUNE 4TH MEETING IN, UM, IN LIEU OF ALL OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GONE ON BEFOREHAND, PARTICULARLY TO HAVE THE, UM, CAPRA BE, UM, CAPRA AND BUDGET ITEMS, UH, BE THE FOREFRONT AND NOT HAVE US AS A DISTRACTION UNTIL JULY.
SO THE JULY 2ND, UM, BOARD MEETING WAS NOT PART OF THIS MOTION.
DO YOU WANT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION ON THE JULY 2ND? SAY WE MOVE IT TO THE 12TH TO HANDLE ANY BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED? MM-HMM
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? THE JULY MEETING? YEAH, AND JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE JULY, UH, RED, WHITE AND U IS ON JULY 3RD.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE IN DOWNTOWN AND GETTING ALL THAT SET UP FOR THE EVENT THAT NEXT DAY.
AND SO, UM, AND A LOT OF STAFF RESOURCES GO INTO THAT.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE STAFF HAVE TO WORK THOSE EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, YES, WE COULD HANDLE ANY BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS IF NEED BE AT THE JULY 12TH MEETING.
CAN I JUST ASK A POINT, LIKE IF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INFORMATION, I MEAN IT'S INFORMATION I'M SEEKING.
UM, IF, IF SOMETHING WOULD COME UP, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE TO GIVE BEFORE WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING? JUST THE 48 HOURS.
72, 72 HOURS, 72 TO POST AN AGENDA MM-HMM
AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO PREPARE THE AGENDA.
SO LIKE A WEEK OR SO THAT, THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH.
SO THE CHAIR IS READY FOR A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, DEFER THE JULY MEETING UNTIL THE 12TH AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THE TOUR.
SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UM, DAVID MOREHEAD.
I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND FROM JASON AGUIRE, IF I SAID THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
HE'LL ANSWER AS LONG AS I, OKAY.
I'M TRYING
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JULY CRUSHING IT IN JULY 12TH.I, UH, HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE EMOTION EVEN, UH, NOT EMOTION, BUT, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS NEED ABOUT THE, THE MOST RECENT BOND I COULD, YOU KNOW, I COULD FIELD SOME QUESTIONS AND MAYBE PRESENT SOMETHING TO ANSWER, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, NOT NOW, BUT LIKE, I'D MAYBE SET THAT UP IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ON THE AGENDA.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING TO DO THAT.
CAN WE PUT YOU ON THE, CAN WE POSTPONE YOUR COMMENT INTO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AND THANKS YOU FOR YOUR, UM, PASSION IN GIVING US SOME INFORMATION THAT WE ARE SEEKING.
UM, SO IN LIEU OF THAT, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR POSTPONING THE JULY 2ND MEETING TO JULY THE 12TH TO BE INCORPORATED WITH THE TOUR.
OKAY, LET'S MOVING ON TO ITEM C, ATHLETIC LEAGUE REPORT.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ETHAN KNIGHT.
THAT'S ETHAN KNIGHT'S SOMEWHERE.
HE IS OUR, UH, ATHLETIC SUPERVISOR.
YEAH, YOU DO, DON'T YOU? I DIDN'T HAVE IT.
I'LL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SANDWICH.
ANYMORE MORE CHAIRS?
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN THIS EVENING.
UH, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY WITH, UH, NORTH GARLAND SPORTS.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A TURNOVER.
UH, I, TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, THE NEW PRESIDENT, UH, MR. ETHAN KNIGHT.
UH, HE'S BEEN WITH NGSA SINCE 2019 IN VARIOUS ROLES.
UH, HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE VICE PRESIDENT AND WAS JUST, UH, PROMOTED UP TO PRESIDENT
UH, AND THEN TO MY RIGHT, WE HAVE MR. UH, IS IT BOBBY? CORRECT.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE LEAGUE FOR JUST ABOUT A YEAR NOW, A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, THEY'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A REPORT AND AN UPDATE ON, UH, THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS.
UM, SO DO YOU WANNA START WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU HAD, UM, THAT YOU WANNA REALLY ADDRESS OR NOT REALLY? YOU GO AHEAD.
UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
UM, SO, UH, AS JARED MENTIONED, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE LEAGUE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, TAKING OVER THIS NEW ROLE, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOARD AND I, WE REALLY WANT TO GROW THIS LEAGUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN A LOT OF AREAS AND, UH, I THINK JUST WITH THE REGIME THAT WE HAD, IT JUST WASN'T GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE LEAGUE NEEDED.
UM, SO WE MADE THE, THE PROPER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FELT THE PROPER MOVES WERE.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, UM, GOING THE, YOU KNOW, GOING THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING KIDS FROM ALL OVER.
UM, UH, I, MYSELF HAVE A TEAM AND WE, WE SEE KIDS COMING FROM AS FAR AS JOSEPHINE AND NAVIDA EVEN TO COME PLAY IN OUR LEAGUE.
AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IDEALLY WHAT WE'RE WANTING IS, IS TO JUST HAVE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY COME JOIN.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LEAGUES LEFT IN OUR AREA, UM, THAT AREN'T COMPETITIVE AND SELECT TRAVEL BASED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO JUST, UM, EDUCATE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL PARENTS AND ALL CHILDREN TO JUST COME OUT AND HAVE FUN, HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND JUST REALLY GROW, UM, GROW THE LEAGUES IS THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ONE TO DO.
SO YEAH, OUR MAIN GOALS, EXCUSE ME, OUR MAIN GOALS BESIDES TEACHING THE SPORT OF BASEBALL IS SPORTSMANSHIP, UH, SPORTSMANSHIP, NUMBER ONE.
UH, I KNOW IT KIND OF SOUNDS A LITTLE ODD, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE PRETTY SAFE PLAYING BASEBALL AT THIS YOUNG OF AN AGE.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD GOAL WOULD BE, UH, DISCIPLINE.
DISCIPLINE AND HIGH MORAL VALUES BEING NUMBER FOUR, WE WANT TO THE PARENTS OR THE PARENTS.
SO
AND, AND, AND, UH, I COACH A TEAM AS WELL.
UH, I ASSISTANT COACH WITH ETHAN ON HIS TENURE TEAM.
UM, AND OUR GOAL AS COACHES, OF COURSE, IS TO INSTILL THOSE VALUES INTO THE KIDS.
UM, WE TEND TO WORK WITH OUR PARENTS.
UH, ETHAN AND I DO ARE RESPECTIVE TEAMS MORE THAN WHAT SOME COACHES TEND TO WORK WITH THEIR PARENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S HELPING TO PROMOTE THOSE VALUES FROM THE PARENT TO THE CHILD, MORE SO THAN JUST FROM THE COACH TO THE CHILD.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MENTOR THE PARENT INTO, UM, INTO, INTO INSTILLING THOSE VALUES FURTHER THAN JUST ON THE FIELD.
UM, CHEER THEIR KID ON AT HOME, CHEER THEIR
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KID ON AT SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONGRATULATING THEIR KID IN WAYS THAT ARE, THAT, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN IN WAYS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE MASTERS OF DISCIPLINE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE BASEBALL AS A PUNISHMENT OR A, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING AWAY A BASEBALL AS A PUNISHMENT OR BASEBALL AS, AS A, UH, UH, AS A REWARD NECESSARILY.
IT'S A, IT'S A SPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEIR ATTITUDES ARE WORKING.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO, WE TRY OUR PARENTS, WE'VE HAD OUR PARENTS A LONG TIME.
UM, I THINK ETHAN'S, SOME OF ETHAN'S PARENTS HAVE BEEN WITH HIM SINCE, UH, HAYDEN WAS IN T-BALL, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? UM, AND THE PARENTS THAT I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE PARENTS SINCE THEIR KIDS WERE JUST STARTING.
AND THIS IS THEIR THIRD, FOURTH YEAR IN SIX U.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, OF OUR AGE BRACKETS.
UM, SO I'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR YEAR PARENTS, HE'S HAD SIX OR SEVEN YEAR PARENTS.
SO ALL OF OUR, AND WE TRY TO KEEP OUR TEAMS TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO THAT KIND OF HELPS THE PARENTS TO GEL, HELPS THE KIDS TO GEL, HELPS EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS THEM TO BECOME A FAMILY, UH, JUST OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE AT THE DINNER TABLE OR, YOU KNOW, AT A RESTAURANT.
THEY HAVE A FAMILY THERE AT THE BALL FIELD.
AND WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS IS THESE NEWER TEAMS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE.
THE ONES THAT HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LOUDMOUTHED, UM, THAT WANNA FIGHT THE UMPIRES TALK BACK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE A SCENE.
WE IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ENCOURAGE THAT AT ALL.
UM, AND SO WE BELIEVE IT STARTS NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR PARENTS AND OUR PARENTS' ATTITUDES OR SHOWING THE OTHER TEAM'S PARENTS' ATTITUDES, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THEM HOW THEIR ATTITUDES SHOULD BE WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE ON THAT FIELD.
UM, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE THE UMPIRES LIKE, HELP PLAY A ROLE IN THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
AN UMPIRE'S DEMEANOR ON THE FIELD IS GOING TO 100% PLAY INTO HOW A PARENT REACTS OR HOW A CHILD REACTS, HOW A COACH REACTS.
UM, I, MYSELF, I'VE HAD SOME ISSUES ON THE FIELD, I'M GONNA BE HONEST AS A COACH, YOU KNOW, GETTING UPSET WITH A CALL, AND I'VE PROBABLY REACTED NEGATIVELY IN WAYS.
UM, I'VE BEEN DISCIPLINED FOR THAT IN THE PAST,
UM, AND, AND, AND I'VE FEEL THAT I'VE MADE A PRETTY GOOD CHANGE.
UM, AND THAT I'M A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A COACH FOR THESE OTHER COACHES TO FOLLOW.
UM, MY PARENTS, THEY SEE BAD CALLS ON THE FIELD, AND I KNOW IT, I CAN TELL IT.
I MEAN, I CAN LOOK BACK, I CAN SEE THEM.
I KNOW THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR HEAD IN THEIR HAND, BUT THEY'RE NOT YELLING AT THE UMPIRES.
UM, IN, IN, IN THE T-BALL LEAGUE, WE DEAL MORE SO WITH THE YOUNGER UMPIRES.
UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS IN OUR T-BALL, IN OUR, IN OUR EIGHT U UM, UH, UH, DIVISIONS, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE DEMORALIZED.
THEY DON'T NEED TO BE, UH, UH, DEGRADED WHILE THEY'RE ON THE FIELD TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.
UM, SO WE REALLY TRY TO HELP OUR PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE UMPIRES ARE FEELING ON THE FIELD.
SO, AND WE TALK TO OUR UMPIRES A LOT ON THE FIELD TOO.
EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR OWN GAMES, WE'RE TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, OUR UMPIRE SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
MAYBE YOU WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.
BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FORCEFUL.
YOU KNOW, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE POSITIVE, OR I'M SORRY, CONFIDENT.
BE MORE CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, TELLING THESE FOLKS.
UM, AND, AND, AND, AND THAT START, THAT'S HELPING OUT WITH OUR YOUNGER KIDS A LOT.
ANYONE ELSE? OH, MR. CARTER, SIR? YES, SIR.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
WHAT FIELD DO Y'ALL PLAY ON? WHAT PARK ARE YOU IN? WE'RE AT HALFORD.
IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN REWORKED RECENTLY? JUST THREE GROVES AND, WELL, WE HAVE GROVES AND HALFORD.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A FIELD AT GROVES, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE FOUR FIVE AT, AT, UH, HALFORD THAT WE UTILIZE, OR FOUR.
AND WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR, UH, UH, AGE BRACKET OF THE KIDS THAT YOU DEAL WITH? YOU? FOUR.
WE HAVE FOUR ALL THE WAY TO 14.
AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH THAT WOULDN'T BE LITTLE LEAGUE OR YOU AFFILIATED WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE USING FOR YOUR RULES? SO WE WERE LITTLE LEAGUE UNTIL ABOUT 2015.
WE TRANSITIONED TO, UM, SA THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SANCTIONED UNDER NOW.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE FOLLOW WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWED.
AND YOU'RE, SO YOU'RE PLAYING ON MORE THAN ONE FIELD OR THERE YES, SIR.
AND, UM, JUST AS, AS A QUESTION FROM BEING FROM THE, FROM THE PARK BOARD SIDE, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE THE FIELDS IN GOOD SHAPE FOR YOU? TELL PLEASE SAY YES.
NO, OVERALL, UM, OVERALL SINCE, YES, SINCE, YEAH, SINCE 2019, SINCE I'VE JOINED, IT'S, IT'S HAD A DRAMATIC CHANGE AND I'VE,
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I FOR THE BETTER.AND I'VE, I'VE APPRECIATED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING TO WORK WITH JARED CLOSER NOW, IN THE FEW MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION, UM, I SEE A DIFFERENT SIDE OF, OF HOW REALLY THE HARD WORK IS PUT INTO FROM THE PARKS AND BOARD SIDE.
AND SO I REALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY I APPRECIATE, UM, THE WORK THAT IS PUT IN.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, GONE ON IN JUST A FEW YEARS.
DO YOU RELY A HUNDRED PERCENT ON, ON THE, UM, THE CITY STAFF TO, UM, MANAGING AND TAKE CARE OF THE FIELDS AND ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE? UM, OR DO YOU HAVE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN SOME OF THAT? SO REALLY, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO OF THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE 95% OF THE TIME, UM, WHEN THE CITY'S NOT, I'M A PARENT.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE, THE, WHEN THE, UM, THE TEAM THAT Y'ALL BUILT, THE, THE FIELD MANAGEMENT TEAM, UM, WE WERE MORE INVOLVED BEFORE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM BECAME A THING.
UM, BUT WE JUST TRY AND HELP WHERE WE CAN WITHIN OUR, YOU KNOW, RIGHTS OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO.
UM, JUST PICK UP TRASH AND, AND JUST TRY AND KEEP IT AS A FIELD THAT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE PEOPLE LEAVE TRASH, WE TELL OUR KIDS ALL THE TIME BEFORE YOU LEAVE A DUGOUT, I DON'T CARE WHOSE TRASH IT IS, WHO DROPPED IT, WHO PUT IT WHERE, PICK IT UP.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR ROOM THIS WAY, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.
BUT THIS FIELD IS NOT OURS AND WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
AND WE MAKE 'EM RUN LAPS WHEN THEY DON'T.
YOU SAY THE COACHES RUN 20 LAPS.
AND, UH, SO YOU'RE WITH U TRIPLE SA AND SO, AND THOSE RULES, ARE YOU, ARE YOU PLAYING, UH, UH, YOU CAN PLAY RUN OFF PLAYOFF BASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? IS THAT SO, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT EARLY ON NOW INSTEAD OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE? YEAH, WE HAVE, I MEAN, SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR LEAGUE HAS, YOU KNOW, RULES AND GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, LESSEN THE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE LOWER DIVISIONS.
UM, AND THEN REALLY FROM 10 U UP, IT'S, IT'S BASEBALL, UM, AT THAT POINT.
UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE AU AND THE, AND THE T-BALL, OBVIOUSLY WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LESSEN, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TRY AND MAKE IT MORE OF A FUN THAN A, UH, YOU KNOW, WE STILL TRY TO MAKE IT COMPETITIVE, BUT JUST NOT AS COMPETITIVE.
SO TRY AND LET THEM LEARN THE BASICS, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SPORT BEFORE JUST HOPPING INTO THE, SOME OF THESE KIDS PLAY ON TRAVELING TEAMS ALSO.
WE DO HAVE, AS YOU GET TO THE UPPER END OF THAT.
AND, AND REALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SEEMED TO BE STARTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER EACH YEAR.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE SIX U IN THE T-BALL, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL TEAMS AND, AND
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT AGE, THE KID KNOWS NO DIFFERENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE TRAVELING TEAMS THAT COME IN AND, AND COME IN AS A TEAM AND PLAY WITH YOUR PLAYING WITH YOUR GROUP? YEAH, WE DO OFFER THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD A FEW OVER THE PAST FEW SEASONS.
UM, A FEW OF THEM RETURN, A FEW OF THEM JUST KIND OF JUMP AROUND.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE DO OFFER, UM, ANY TEAMS TO COME IN AS A FULL TEAM AND, AND JUST, JUST TO GET MORE COMPETITION FOR SOME OF THE KIDS.
BUT IT, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE, YOU'VE MODERNIZED WHAT USED TO BE THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, WE JUST IN RECOGNITION OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WEREN'T, WEREN'T TRAVELING TEAMS YEARS AGO AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A, GOT A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM THERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE, UM, WHAT'S THE O UH, OPTION IF YOU'RE NOT U TRIPLE SA? IS THAT A SA OR? UM, SO SOFT, JUST A LITTLE.
YEAH, I THINK I WAS GONNA SAY THE, THE BIGGER ONES ARE ARE LITTLE LEAGUE AND, AND THEN TRIPLE SA, SO, UM, I THINK THE ONLY LITTLE LEAGUE LEFT IS SOUTH, THINK SOUTH SAB SOUTH GAR.
SOUTH GARLAND'S THE ONLY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.
THE ONLY LITTLE LEAGUE AROUND HERE.
SO WHEN I STARTED HERE, A LONG TIME AGO, IN 2016, I THINK I'M ON, I'M OFF
WHEN I CAME HERE IN, UM, 2016, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING MEETINGS LIKE THIS AND EVERYBODY ON THE SPORTS SIDE WAS COMING IN SAYING, THESE FIELDS ARE PATHETIC AND THERE'S HOLES IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO BRING TEAMS IN FROM OUT OF TOWN.
SO IN 2019, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER A BOND, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS GOT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO SAY, OKAY, THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN COMING IN AND THEY'RE TELLING US THERE'S PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, ALLOWED US TO PUSH THAT BOND THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AT A PRETTY LARGE LEVEL FOR A PARKS AND REC BOND.
AND SO ANYWAY, SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING IN AND, AND LETTING US
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KNOW.SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN HOW THE NEW FACILITIES ARE WORKING OUT FOR YOU.
AND WHAT PROBLEMS DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BEEN COVERED YET? I MEAN, IN REALITY, I THINK ALL OF THE OLD PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE FACILITIES ARE CONCERNED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, MYSELF, I, THERE THERE'S ALWAYS IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN MAKE ON THE FIELDS.
UH, AND, AND THE FIELDS ARE GREAT FOR THE PLAY THAT WE DO NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS TO, IS TO BRING IN TOURNAMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HOST MULTI-TEAM TOURNAMENTS, 2030 TEAMS COME IN OVER A WEEKEND, UM, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME MONEY INTO THE AREA, UH, AND BRING SOME RECOGNITION IN FOR THE NGSA.
UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT THOUGH, I THINK WE WOULD NEED SOME OTHER FIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT MAJOR, UH, NOTHING NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, TORN DOWN AND REBUILD, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST LEVELING OF FIELDS, UH, YOU KNOW, CUTTING IN, CUTTING IN LINES A LITTLE BETTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKING THE, MAKING THEM MAKING THE MOUNDS A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, OVERALL, I THINK THE MAJORITY, THE MAJORITY OF THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLACES WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME EXTRA SUNSHADE, YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A BASEBALL FIELD.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND SHADE'S A CHALLENGE, RIGHT? PICNIC TABLES, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE NICE.
YES, I WAS WAS OVER THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
THE, UM, HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING JARED THESE THINGS? DOES HE KIND OF HAVE A LIST OF THE CHALLENGES? SO, UH, WHEN WE HOST OUR, UH, FUA MEETINGS TWICE A YEAR MM-HMM
UM, I HAVE A RUNNING LIST OF CURRENT EMERGENT NEEDS, UH, THAT I NEED TO GET TO OUR PARK STAFF TO ADDRESS PRIOR TO SEASON OPENING.
AND THEN WE ALSO COMPILE WITH, UH, WHAT WE CALL A WISHLIST FOR THINGS LIKE WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER BOND PROGRAM COME UP THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR LIST AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO, UM, WE GET OUR NUMBER ONE THING WE GET FROM ALMOST 90% OF THE LEAGUES IS TURF FIELDS.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN ON THERE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE THAT I'VE HAD SO FAR SINCE I GOT HERE IN 2023.
SO I'M SURE THAT WON'T STOP ANYTIME SOON.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE TURF, PLEASE,
UM, SO THAT WILL, UH, WE, WE DO KEEP A VERY DETAILED LIST AND, UM, WE, WE TRY TO SEEK OUT THE RECURRING ITEMS AND, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE THAT OR IF WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A, A BOND PROGRAM TO, TO ADDRESS IT, TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, HOLD OFF UNTIL THAT TIME.
HOW ARE THE SCOREBOARDS WORKING? THEY'RE WORKING.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, EVERY NOW AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS WITH THE LITTLE UNITS.
THE, BUT I MEAN, THEY COME RIGHT BACK AND, YOU KNOW, SOME DANGLING WITH THEM, BUT NO, THEY'RE WORKING GREAT.
SO I JUST LIVE A QUARTER A MILE AWAY, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO, JUST GO, LEMME KNOW.
I COME OVER AND WATCH THE GAME EVERY NOW AND THEN, SO.
WE'RE THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, JUST ABOUT NINE DAYS AGO.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTION? SO, TO BEGINNING TO BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE ACRONYMS OF FUA AS A FIELD AND USE AGREEMENT? FIELD USE AGREEMENT FACILITY.
USE AGREEMENT FIELD USE FACILITY, YEAH.
I, I PROBABLY SHOULD OUTLINE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
FOLLOWING EVERYONE ELSE'S FOOTSTEPS.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? I'M, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY THERE, BUT I'M
UH, ITEM D PARK FOUNDATION REPORT.
I'M GOING TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO JASON AGUIRE FOR THAT.
WHAT'S HIS NAME? UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, THE FOUNDATION HAS A, A FUNDRAISER EVENT AT HOLFORD AQUATIC CENTER ON MAY 17TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM UH, TICKETS ARE $15 AND INCLUDES HOT DOG AND WATER.
UH, AND THERE'S A FAMILY FOUR PACK FOR $50.
THERE ARE RAFFLE TICKETS GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR $5 A PIECE.
THEY'RE GONNA GO TOWARDS BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ABLE TO RIDE DOWN THE SLIDE.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE TONS OF GIFT BAGS AND MORE, AND WE'VE GOT A SILENT AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE BUDDY LEAGUE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION.ORG.
THE, DID YOU SAY IT WAS WHAT? IT WAS BENEFITING THE BUDDY LEAGUE FIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL CONSIDER, I THINK NANCY
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QUESTION OH, NANCY, TO HEAR MY VOICE.SO IF WE SHOW UP FOR THIS, WHAT IS OUR ROLE? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING OR JUST BEING A SPECTATOR? UH, WELL, THE EVENT WILL ALREADY BE STAFFED, UH, WITH VOLUNTEERS.
UH, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY ABLE TO TAKE ON MORE VOLUNTEERS, SO IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER, GREAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD JUST ATTEND AND SUPPORT, IT'D BE FANTASTIC.
IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, A PRACTICE TIME FOR THE STAFF TOO, SO IT'S MM-HMM
BEFORE IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S, IT SERVES DUAL FUNCTION THAT WE WERE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED TO SUPPORT THEM AND JOIN THE REC CENTER.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE RAFFLE ITEMS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
ONE OF THE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
IT'S A GREAT DEAL THOUGH, Y'ALL, IT'S ONLY $40 A PERSON YES.
SO, UH, IT WAS, THIS WAS AT HOLFORD AND AT, AT WHAT DATE? I'M SORRY.
JANUARY, MAY 17TH WITH THE RUN WITH THE RAIN RUNOFF.
WITH THE RAIN RAINOUT DAY ON, UM, MAY 18TH.
AND WHAT WERE THE TIMES AGAIN? 1:00 PM TO FIVE.
AND IF I MAY ADD ON THE PARK FOUNDATION, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING AS STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, THINK OF WAYS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE AND MAKE IT A TRUE PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AS WE HAVE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF REQUESTS FOR PARK BENCHES, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DONATE A PARK BENCH, AND SO WE ARE NOW FILTERING THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THE PARK FOUNDATION SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THOSE CONTACTS AND WORK WITH THEM ON GETTING THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS DONE.
IS THAT PART OF THE, OH, I'LL DO THIS.
IS THAT PART OF THE GRAND OPENING? BECAUSE IS THAT SATURDAY ALSO? NO, NO, NO.
IT ACTUALLY WON'T BE OPEN YET.
AND I BELIEVE IT'LL BE OPENING THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, IS THAT RIGHT? OR IS THAT MORE LIBBY? SO THE GRAND OPENING THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IS, IS FOR THIS SATURDAY FOR HOLFORD RECREATION CENTER, AND THEN THIS EVENT IS ON THE 17TH, THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.
AND THEN THE, UH, POOL OPENS ON ALBERT, IS IT THE 24TH OF MAY? YES.
SO MEMORIAL, THEY GOT HOLFORD REC GRAND OPENING THIS WEEKEND, WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY OPENING, BUT THEY'RE DOING AN EVENT PARK FOUNDATION EVENT 17TH, 24TH IS THE, UM, THE AQUATIC CENTER WILL BE OPEN.
IS IS THE REC CENTER OPENING PART OF BILL GARLAND? UH, THEY DID BUILD, BILL GARLAND WAS LAST FRIDAY.
SO THEY'RE OPEN, THE REC CENTER IS OPEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CAPRA BILLY AND KEITH
SO WE WILL KIND OF GO BACK OVER CAPRA, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE SINCE WE'VE, UH, STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY.
UM, BUT WE, OUR DEPARTMENT IS ON ITS JOURNEY TO BECOME AN ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE NRPA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, TRYING TO HELP WITH EVERYBODY ON THE ACRONYMS. SO OUR TIMELINE, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IS WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO, UM, TRY AND BECOME ACCREDITED.
WE SUBMITTED THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
SO IT IS A LONG JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON.
UM, WE HAD TO COMPLETE A, AN AGENCY SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT, AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE 154 STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO COMPLY WITH FOR THE REPORT.
AND WE SUBMITTED THAT DECEMBER 20TH, 2024.
AND SO JUNE 2ND THROUGH JUNE 4TH, WE WILL HOST A THREE PERSON REVIEW TEAM.
AND SO THEY'RE COMING FROM, WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? UH, OREGON, OREGON, BALTIMORE, AND DAYTON.
SO THEY'RE COMING FROM ALL OVER, AND THEY WILL COME VISIT US AND WE WILL ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM.
WE WILL, UM, TAKE THEM ON SOME TOURS OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE WILL HAVE A LUNCH THAT WE WILL DO FOR THEM WITH STAFF.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 'EM THAT, UM,
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JUNE 3RD.JUNE 3RD WOULD BE A REGULAR COUNCIL SESSION.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MAYOR DO A PROCLAMATION THAT NIGHT AND RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM AND OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS BECOMING ACCREDITED.
UM, AND THAT, TO GO TO DAVID PARISH'S QUESTION EARLIER, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE INVITED TO, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER WE HOST THE VISITATION TEAM, THEN WE WILL ATTEND THE IN-PERSON HEARING IN SEPTEMBER AT THE NRPA CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL BE IN ORLANDO.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE OF THIS JOURNEY.
AND WHY CAP R WHY DID WE CHOOSE TO PURSUE THIS? IT'S REALLY ABOUT SHOWING, UH, TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT AND OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR CITY COUNCIL PARK BOARD, THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE BEST PRACTICES IN THE INDUSTRY.
AND IT'S, IT'S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.
IT'S JUST A CONTINUATION OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE BEST PRACTICES AND THE BEST STANDARDS.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THE A ASSESSMENT THAT KEITH AND I, UH, GOT TO COMPLETE, UM, CONSISTED OF 154 STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO MEET.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF ALL THE CHAPTERS.
THERE ARE 10 CHAPTERS, AND THOSE ARE THE BIG TOPICS, UH, THAT EACH OF THOSE STANDARDS FALL UNDER.
UM, AND I IDENTIFIED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CHAPTER ONE, THERE WERE 14 STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO, UM, MEET.
SO OF THOSE 154 STANDARDS, 36 OF THEM ARE FUNDAMENTAL.
THAT MEANS IF YOU DON'T MEET, IF YOU MEET 35 OF THEM, BUT NOT 36, NO GO, YOU WON'T GET A CREDIT, YOU WON'T BE RECOGNIZED AS AN ACCREDITED AGENCY.
SO WE HAD TO MEET 36 OF THE FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS.
AND THEN OF THE REMAINING 115 STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO MEET 106 OF THOSE.
UM, AFTER OUR REVIEW, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHAPTERS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGENCY AUTHORITY, ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE'S A PLANNING CHAPTER ABOUT OUR PARK LAND, HOW WE ACQUIRE PARKLAND, HOW WE COME UP WITH OUR PROJECTS.
WE WORK WITH CONSULTANTS, ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT.
THAT'S REALLY THE RECREATION CHAPTER FACILITY AND LAND USE.
THAT'S A LOT TO DO WITH OUR PARK OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY, RISK MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH.
SO IT WAS A PRETTY BIG, UM, UNDERTAKING FOR US TO DO.
AND THE WAY WE WENT ABOUT THIS IS WE KIND OF INVENTORIED WHAT ALL ARE WE DOING REALLY WELL AND HOW ARE WE EASILY MEETING THE STANDARDS? BUT THEN THERE WERE, UH, QUITE A FEW AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED TO CREATE AND COME UP WITH NEW PLANS, NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
AND SO WE COULDN'T DO THIS BY OURSELF.
WE HAD TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS IS JUST A LIST OF SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH TO EITHER GET INFORMATION FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAYBE HAVE A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE THAT WE FOLLOW IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO, OR WE WORKED CLOSELY TO CREATE NEW THINGS, NEW POLICIES, NEW PLANS WITH THESE GROUPS.
THIS IS SOME, NOT ALL OF SOME OF THE NEW PLANS AND MANUALS THAT WE CREATED.
A RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN, A MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
WE HAVE OUR OWN DEPARTMENT FLEET PLAN, A NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN, EMERGENCY ACTION GUIDE, A VOLUNTEER MANUAL, AND A DEPARTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND THEN THIS IS, AGAIN, SOME OF THE NEW, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE CREATED AS A RESULT OF GOING THROUGH CAPRA.
I'M NOT GONNA READ 'EM ALL, BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK, WENT THROUGH, WE REVISED SOME OF OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WE DEVELOPED NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WE CREATED SOME NEW DOCUMENTS, NEW GUIDES.
UM, AND SO THESE ARE JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE CREATED.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH THAT CAPRA PROCESS.
AND I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, UM, IT'S PRETTY, UM, IT'S A BIG FEATHER IN YOUR HAT IF TO BE, UM, A PARK AND REC AGENCY THAT IS ACCREDITED.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM ALREADY OUT THERE.
AND SO WE ALL FEEL, YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE.
LIKE WE DON'T WANNA BE THE CITY THAT'S NOT ACCREDITED.
AND SO IT'S A PRETTY COMPETITIVE THING HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.
SO OUR SCHEDULE FOR THEIR VISITATION IS THE, THE CAPA REVIEW TEAM WILL ARRIVE ON JUNE 2ND, JUNE 3RD.
WE WILL TOUR FACILITIES, AND THEN WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE REVIEW TEAM AND WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS AND THEY MAY ASK US ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO DINNER WITH THEM.
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BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD INVITE THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS TO COME AND ATTEND WITH US.AND THEN, UM, JUNE 4TH, WE WILL COMPLETE OUR CHAPTER REVIEWS.
WE'LL HAVE AN EXIT INTERVIEW, AND THEN WE GET THEM ON THE PLANE AND OFF THEY GO TO THEIR, UM, UM, DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE HOMETOWNS.
WE WILL NOT NECESSARILY KNOW, UM, THE RESULTS AT THAT POINT, BUT WE WILL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF, WE'LL AT LEAST KNOW THE NUMBER OF STANDARDS THAT THEY ARE SAYING THAT WE RECOM, UH, THAT WE MEET.
AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE SIT ON THAT.
UH, MCKINNEY CITY OF MCKINNEY IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR VISIT.
AND SO WE ASK THEM A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE GET INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, HOW DID THAT GO? WHAT DID, WHAT WERE THE EXPECTATIONS? SO WE'RE JUST TRYING NOT TO JUST DO THIS BLINDLY.
A LOT OF WORK AND TIME HAS GONE INTO THIS.
AND, UM, ONCE WE ACHIEVE THIS, BECAUSE WE WILL ACHIEVE IT, THEN WE HAVE FIVE YEARS, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE TO GO FOR RE-ACCREDITATION.
SO ONCE YOU'RE ACCREDITED, YOU STILL HAVE TO SHOW THAT IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS YOU'RE MAKING EFFORTS TOWARDS CONTINUING AND KEEPING UP WITH YOUR STANDARDS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT FACILITIES WOULD THEY BE VISITING? UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE, BUT SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ACTUALLY GOING OVER TO SPRING CREEK.
WE HADN'T REACHED OUT TO MR PARISH YET, BUT WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM SPRING CREEK TALK.
UH, THAT'S JUST A VERY, UH, SPECIAL JEWEL THAT, THAT GARLAND HAS.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING OVER TO THE, TO AUDUBON PARK, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT'S IN THAT PARK.
UH, WE'VE GOT DISC GOLF OVER THERE.
WE HAVE SURF AND SWIM UNDER CONSTRUCTION, YOU HAVE BALL FIELDS, YOU HAVE THE PARK, THE PLAYGROUND, AND HAVE THE TRAILS.
THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM IN ONE PARK.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING OUT TO, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER CENTRAL, CENTRAL, CENTRAL PARK.
UH, AND THEN HOLFORD WILL BE THERE FOR LUNCH.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF SITES WE CAN VISIT.
SO WE WERE GOING TO SHOW THEM MORE AS WE'RE DRIVING.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MIGHT DRIVE BY AND SHOW 'EM A CRICKET PITCH, UM, AND SHOW 'EM, UH, RICK ODEN WAS ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA ALSO USE OUR DRIVE TIME TO SHOW OFF OUR FACILITIES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN OFFICIAL STOP AT WIND PARK.
SO I THOUGHT THE STORY AT SPIEGEL GREEN WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF WHERE IT STARTED, WHERE IT CAME TO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE A FEW YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS PATHETIC.
AND YOU KNOW, NOW, NOW IT'S KIND OF THE JEWEL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
THE OTHER ONE I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS WATSON THAT WENT FROM KIND OF A OPEN FIELD TO, IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY, TO ANOTHER REALLY, REALLY NICE FACILITY WITH LOTS OF THINGS FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
SO WATSON'S WAS ON OUR LIST, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT LOGISTICS OF OH, I UNDERSTAND.
OF HOW YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO, UM, IT'S CLOSE TO BABES,
I, SO, UM, I I'M JUST THINKING OF THE ONES YEAH.
BUT WATSON WAS A ONE ORIGINALLY THAT WAS ON OUR LIST.
AND THEN WE WAS LOOKING AT TIMING.
IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, IF WE HAVE TIME, WE MAY GO THERE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO END UP AT HEREFORD FOR, IT WAS MORE OF A LUNCH TYPE THING.
AND WHILE WE'RE THERE SORTING OFF THE FACILITY, UH, AT FER, UM, SO, SO A LOT OF IT IS DEPENDING ON TIMING 'CAUSE MM-HMM
WE'RE JAM PACKING A LOT OF, LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME.
DID THEY GET AN INDEX OF THE FACIL THE FACILITY HAVE WITH LOCATIONS AND ITEMS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THE MAP WITH WHERE THEY ARE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANYTHING THAT WE WANT.
I MEAN, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YES.
PROVIDING DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, UH, THE SILVER SCOOP, A WELCOME BASKET, YOU KNOW, WITH SWAG, WITH INFORMATION, WITH TREATS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR 'EM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THE LITTLE EXTRAS SO THAT THEY WALK AWAY REALLY HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
AND SO IF YOU, WE FALL SHORT ON A FEW STANDARDS, DO WE GET A CHANCE TO GO BACK
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AND FLESH 'EM OUT A LITTLE MORE? N NO, I DON'T THINK SO FROM THIS AT THE REVIEW.SO, SO WHEN THEY'RE THERE AND THEY ASK FOR ADDITIONAL, WE HAVE TIME TO SAY, HERE, LET US PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO, SO WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL EOC, BUT NOT ONCE THEY LEAVE, BUT ONCE THEY LEAVE NO, YOU'RE, IT'S, WE'RE DONE.
WHAT'S EEOC EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE? SO HOW DO WE MEET THE STANDARD? THIS IS OUR EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE ON HOW WE MEET THE STANDARD.
UM, I, I HOPE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE PUT IN THERE, IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME WOULD BE, UH, A, A A VERY POSITIVE THING.
AND THAT'S HOW MANY, HOW MANY ACRES OF PARKS DO WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR? YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING, YOU'RE SEEING PIECES OF WHAT WE DO, BUT WE HAVE O OVER 2000 ACRES.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? NUMBER 20.
AND THAT'S A PHENOMENAL CHALLENGE.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF THOSE EV THOSE ARE PART OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH PARKLAND WE HAVE, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY ACRES WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS CERTAIN THINGS.
AND SO THEY GET A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.
LINE WHERE YOUR, WHERE YOUR WORDS ARE ALL ABOUT THAT BEING, YOU GET 2000 ACRES.
IT'S, I MEAN, BECAUSE I, THAT'S A JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE THING THAT, THAT YOU HAVE THAT TO, TO MAINTAIN AND, AND DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB OF IT.
ANY, ANY OTHER, DID I MISS ANY? I'M GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE AS WRITING DOWN EVIDENCE OF COMPLAINT? UH, JUST, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT THOUGH.
I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT AND WE APPRECIATE IT FOR YOU GUYS.
WE NEED TO PLAN A PARTY WHEN YOU ALL PASS.
THAT'S ON THE, UH, THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA ON AGENDA.
JULY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TOUR UPDATE.
THE ONE SCHEDULED FOR JULY THE 12TH.
SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.
SAY IT HERE, TAKE NOTES SINCE WE WON'T BE HAVING MEETING, UM, IN JUNE.
SO JULY 12TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE THAT WE NORMALLY FOLLOW WHERE WE MEET OVER AT PARK ADMINISTRATION AT 8:30 AM WE USUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF BREAKFAST FOR YOU ALL AND THEN WE GET ON THE BUS AND WE DEPART AT NINE.
AND THEN WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, HARBOR POINT WIND, JOYCE SURF AND SWIM, JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
AND THEN LUNCH OF COURSE AT BABES.
AND THEN THAT'S USUALLY AROUND NOON THAT WE'RE OVER AT BABES.
AND ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH LUNCH, FREE TO GO.
UH, I MISSED ONE HARBOR POINT SURF AND SWIM.
HARBOR POINT WIN, JOYCE WIN, JOYCE SURF AND SWIM.
JOHN PAUL JONES AND BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
AND, AND WHEN JOYCE IS STILL BREAKING GROUND OR, UH, MARK WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST DURING HIS UPDATE THIS EVENING.
AND UH, WE MEET UP AT THE WHERE AGAIN, I'M SORRY, PARK ADMINISTRATION AT 6 3 4 APOLLO ROAD.
I GONNA WEAR MY STILETTOS THAT DAY.
IT LOOKS SO GOOD ON YOU, JASON.
THOSE USUALLY COME FROM YVONNE ON ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION, SO, UH, WE'LL SEND THE FINAL INFORMATION 'CAUSE WE'LL WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, POSTED 'CAUSE IT WILL BE A QUORUM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT POSTED.
SO, BUT JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ARE YOU FORGET, JUST CALL THE PARK OFFICE, PLEASE.
YEAH, THAT IS MARK THE WRONG ONE.
SO TO KIND OF ACCOMPANY THE LIST,
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I THREW IT TOGETHER A QUICK LITTLE PRESENTATION WITH PICTURES.WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, I GUESS THAT'S WELL, GREAT.
UM, SO AGAIN, SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE, IF THEY'RE STILL IN DESIGN, WHAT I'VE ACCOMPANIED WITH THEM IS JUST A SITE PLAN, MAYBE SOME
AND ALSO SOME, SOME KIND OF COOL, UH, PROJECT STATUS, SITE PHOTOS.
SO, UM, PLUS WE HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE FOR FAIRLY NEW, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KINDA GET IT FAMILIAR WITH EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, SO GARLAND, I'LL JUST JUMP INTO IT.
SO, UM, GARLAND, SENIOR, SENIOR, I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE PMO BID DATE FOR, FOR THAT ONE.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A EXACT DATE FOR NOW, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'RE STILL WAITING.
SO
WE SURELY WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THAT.
SO IT HAS, THE PROJECT HASN'T EVEN GONE OUT TO BID YET, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON.
SO MY POOR LITTLE SENIORS AT THE SENIORS TODAY JUST GETTING SO IMPATIENCE
UH, PAUL FOR REC, WE KNOW THAT.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? THE, UH, OPENING DATES COMING UP.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, THE LAZY RIVER IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IS THEY'VE POURED CONCRETE, GETTING THAT FRAMED UP, IT'S PROGRESSING REALLY WELL.
UM, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, STILL SHOOTING FOR MARCH, 2026.
HERE'S A COUPLE OF SITE PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF TELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW,
IT LOOKS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THEM TO HAVE ADDITIONAL COURSE.
OH, WITH THE, UH, DISC GOLF OR
IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THIS AREA ACTUALLY, SO, UM, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
UH, SO YEAH, AS WE, AS THEY GET MORE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS, ESPECIALLY THE AREA, THE DRONE PHOTO IMAGERY, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY COOL TO SHARE.
SO, UM, WE USUALLY GET THOSE EVERY OTHER WEEK.
SO THE NEXT, NEXT ROUND I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FEW MORE, UH, LU UFF PARK.
UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THE, UH, WAIT, IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE 100% PLAN SET AT WHICH TIME WE'LL SEND THAT TO GARLAND ENGINEERING TO GET THEIR FINAL BLESSING AND THEN WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO BID.
SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, I THINK EFFECT ALL OF THEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SHOOT FOR THREE TO FOUR WEEKS OF BIDDING.
WE WANT TO GET A LOT OF GOOD CONTRACTORS.
SO, UM, ASSUMING THAT, LET'S SEE, BIDDING.
YEAH, WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR KIND OF MAY, MAY MINNESOTA MUCH TO EARLY MAY, BUT KINDA A LITTLE BIT MID TO LATE MAY WITH THIS, UH, RECOVERING SPLASH PAD.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING IN ON THE PHASE TWO SIDE, UH, NEAR, UH, THE, WHICH IS THE SIDE FOR THE TENNIS CENTER.
UH, ONE COURT IS BEING REMOVED TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, THIS NEW SPLASH PAD'S KIND OF SITUATED BETWEEN THE, UH, TENNIS CENTER AND IN THE NEW PLAYGROUND.
SO IT'S KIND OF RIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE.
AGAIN, THIS WAS ON THE SAME PATH AS LOU HUFF.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY BIDDING MONTH COMING UP WITH THAT, UH, WIND JOISTS.
THAT, UH, THE LITTLE, UH, THE LITTLE WATER, UH, FEATURES YOU JUST HAD RIGHT THERE.
ARE WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY KIND OF GATED SURROUNDING FENCING TO LIMIT PEOPLE FROM COMING IN AND OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES OR NO? UH, NO, NO FENCING IS PLANNED TO DATE ON THAT.
WELL, UH, WELL, THERE'LL BE TIMES WHEN THE, WHEN THE WATER'S NOT ON OVER THERE.
YOU'LL HAVE TIME CUT OFF TIME AT NIGHT.
AND WILL THERE BE ANY STAFF THERE DURING THE DAY? THERE WILL BE.
UH, SO WHAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE, WE HAVE A PUMP HOUSE.
THIS IS A REALLY LARGE, I THINK BELIEVE IT'S OVER SEVEN TO 8,000 SQUARE FOOT.
SO THERE'RE GONNA BE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE LIKE, UH, WATER QUALITY TESTING, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A DAILY THING.
UH, KEY THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO A LITTLE BIT LESSONS LEARNED ON PUMP SIZE AND, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BACK WASHING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS TO WHERE IT'S, UM,
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YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE TO IT, BUT GIVEN THIS SIZE, THERE WILL BE A, A STAND, LIKE A PERSON KIND OF WHERE, WHERE I THINK THIS IS LOCATED THAT'S DOWN THERE TOWARDS THE, UH, SOUTH END AND PRETTY WELL HIDDEN BY A BANK OF TREES OR THIS, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE READILY.IS THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE ON RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PLAYGROUND AREA.
SO ON, AT RICKO, IT'S JUST ADJACENT TO THAT.
SO IT'S, UM, BUT THE INTENT IS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SELECTED THE FIXTURES AND THE, AND THE EQUIPMENT TO KIND OF REALLY PREVENT HAVING A LOT OF HIDING PLACES WITHIN THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF.
SO THERE'S SOME VERTICAL ELEMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT WALLED TO WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF REALLY HIDDEN AREA.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY KIND KNOW THE SITE THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE JUST DRILLING TO, UH, PREVENT AS MUCH AS THE BEST WE CAN WITH THAT.
AND JUST ANOTHER QUESTION BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED AT, UH, THE AUDUBON REC CENTER AND, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT SEVERAL OF US HAVE HAD FOR QUITE A WHILE ABOUT WHEN YOU GO OVER THERE, IT'S PITCH BLACK.
WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON, YOU CAN STAND 25 FEET AND SOMEBODY, YOU COULDN'T TELL WHO THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY WERE.
AND ARE WE, ARE WE, ARE WE TAKING ANY OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION NOW THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH LUMENS OUT THERE? WE'RE SHORT OF LUMENS.
WELL, FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'RE ACTUALLY INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL, UH, VERTICAL LIGHTING ELEMENTS TO, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND, BUT YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME LARGE LIVE OAKS THAT REALLY JUST SHADE THIS AREA OUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING MORE THAN JUST ONE SINGLE POLE.
I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LIKE THREE, IF I RECALL, THAT SPLASH PADS TURN OFF AT WHAT TIME? EIGHT, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM SO SPLASH PADS, THE WATERS ONLY RUNS 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND OF COURSE, DURING SUMMER, SO IT'S NOT YEAR ROUND.
SO, UM, WE HAVE MORE, IS IT DAYLIGHT? DOES IT THE WATER DRAIN AFTER 8:00 PM IT DRAIN, IT DRAINS TO, UH, UH, IT SHUTS OFF AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO THE CIRCULATION PUMP CLEANS AND FILTERS AND UV LIGHTS AND, AND WE ARE, WE ARE QUITE A WAYS OFF OF THE PARKING LOT.
THERE AGAIN, AM I AM I, RIGHT.
I THINK I KNOW ABOUT WHERE IT IS.
WE'RE QUITE A WAYS FROM THE PARKING LOT OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIGHTING ALONG THERE.
WE HAVE THE LIGHTING, UH, ALONG THE, SO WHAT'S NOT REALLY SHOWN HERE, WE HAVE, UH, LIKE THREE ACCESS POINTS TO THIS, THIS SPLASH PAD WITHIN, ALONG THOSE, THE, THE PEDESTRIAN PATHS.
WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING INCORPORATED WITH THAT.
UM, AND WE HAVE A DRAINAGE AREA TO CROSS.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED LIGHTING, I MEAN OH, THAT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
I JUST, I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT I HEAR FROM FEMALES EVERY TIME WE GO PAST AUDUBON REC CENTER, AND THAT IS, THAT IS, YOU CAN'T TELL ANYTHING.
THERE'S WAY, THERE'S NOT NEAR ENOUGH LIGHT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT INVITES PEOPLE IN AFTER IT GETS DARK.
AND IT'S, IT'S CONCERNING QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE GET OUR LUMENS, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUANTITY OF LIGHT PICKED UP.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS WONDERFUL.
JUST IT, IT'S NOT, SOME PLACES DON'T APPEAR SAFE.
NO, THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT.
AND I'M GIVING YOU THE VERY CLEANED UP VERSION I'M GETTING FROM SOME OF THESE FEMALES,
UH, SO WHEN JOYCE, UH, AGAIN, IT'S ON THE SAME PATH AS LOU HUFF RICKO AND SPLASH PAD.
UM, THIS HAS, THIS IS, THIS ACTUALLY IS ON THE PARK BOARD DOOR.
CAN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO RICKO FOR JUST ONE SECOND? THIS ONE SAYS IT'S 8,500 SQUARE FEET.
YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MANY SQUARE FEET LAWN WIND IS? MM.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I GAVE THAT NUMBER LIKE TWO YEARS AGO AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IT'S, IT'S LIKE A THIRD OF IT.
I THINK, I REALLY THINK IT'S, YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A THIRD.
THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY BIG SPLASH BED.
IT'S A LOT MORE INTERACTIVE AS WELL.
SO IT'S, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS GONNA GET A LOT OF USE.
THAT'S WHY WE'VE, UH, REALLY HONED IN ON THE DETAILS ON THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT AND THE, UH, THE PUMPS AND THE FILTERS AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, I MEAN, I SAY THE 75, 80% MAY JUST BE THE, THE PEOPLE THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THEY REALLY USE THAT PARK AREA AND THE, THE BENCHES AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT WE CAN, UH, GET TOGETHERS.
IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS GOT QUITE A FEW CARS DOWN IN THERE.
AND THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THERE FOR 'EM EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, SOME TABLES AND BENCHES AND RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND A PLACE TO RUN AND THEY DO IT.
SO, LISTEN, I THINK THIS COULD BE A REALLY GREAT SPLASH PAD, UH,
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ROUGH AREA, WIND JOISTS.WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UH, ON PARK BOARD.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE OTHER ONES JUST, UH, SOME, THE FINAL REVIEW.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WEATHER DELAYS.
YOU CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL SERVING WORK DONE.
SO IT'S PUSHED IT A COUPLE WEEKS WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT THIS TO GARLAND ENGINEERING AND WE'RE GONNA ROUTE THAT THROUGH AND, UH, JUST GIVE THE FINAL SIGN OFF.
ARE THOSE WALKING TRAILS? UH, YES.
IT'S KINDA A HIERARCHY, THE WATER TRAILS, WHICH ARE EIGHT FEET, AND THEN YOU HAVE LITTLE SECONDARY ONES.
SO, UH, WITH THE FUNDING ON THIS, WE WERE HAVING TO BREAK IT OUT ON SOME ALTERNATES JUST TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA IS A VERY DANGEROUS AREA OUT IN THE WATER BECAUSE IT, IT'S, UH, THE SEDIMENT, THE SILTATION THAT WE'VE HAD UP IN THERE USED TO DRIVE BOATS WAY UP PAST THAT.
AND NOW YOU CAN'T HARDLY GET 'EM UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND IT'D BE, AND THE OTHER PART OF IT THAT'S MORE DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE GOING OUT INTO THAT WATER, ARE WE GONNA HAVE, YOU'RE SHOWING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF VEGETATION AND THINGS AROUND THE, AROUND THE WATER.
HAVE WE HAVE, WE THOUGHT THROUGH THAT.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND STEPPED OFF THE SIDE OF A JET SKI WHEN I WAS, WHEN I, I GOT HUNG UP AND, AND I WENT ALL THE WAY TO MY HIP WITH ONE LEG, AND IT STILL HADN'T STOPPED.
FORTUNATELY I HAD THE OTHER ONE STILL ON THE, ON THE JET SKI.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SILTATION THERE BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT SMALL EXIT FOR THE WATER TO GO THROUGH AND GET ONTO THE BIG PART OF THE LAKE.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY ENCOURAGING.
AT ONE TIME WE HAD A KAYAK LAUNCH, BUT THAT'S BEEN, HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED.
UM, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA RELOCATE THAT TO A JOHN PAUL JONES.
UH, SO WE HAVE OVERLOOKS AND WE HAVE OVERLOOKS, AND I WISH I HAD, I DON'T THINK I INCLUDED A PHOTO, BUT, UH, THEY'RE POTENTIALLY PERMIT TRACK BOARDWALKS, JUST LIKE RICK OIN, UM, REALLY STRONG.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE RAILINGS INCORPORATED WITH THOSE.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY TRYING TO, UH, INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE WATER, BUT JUST TO ENJOY IT FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
SO IF WE, IF WE'RE EVER ABLE TO GET TO WIND SURF, THAT'S THE SIDE WHERE THE, THERE'S NO TIMES HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE YOU CAN HAVE OVER THERE.
UH, WE ARE IN DESIGN STILL WITH THAT ONE.
UH, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME, UH, A LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE, THE FIRE LANE ACCESS WITH THAT.
BUT, UM, THESE ARE SOME QUICK, UH, UH, IMAGES FOR THIS.
WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND, S ALL AND A JUST OPEN LAWN, REALLY RESILIENT MATERIALS AS FAR AS THE PLAYGROUND.
'CAUSE WE HAD SOME PAST ISSUES WITH YES.
SO, UH, WHICH MAY HAVE INVOLVED FIRE OR SOMETHING.
UH, BUT, AND AGAIN, ON THIS ONE I'M LIGHTING.
OH, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIGHTING ON THIS ONE, ACTUALLY.
UH, HOW ABOUT PARKING? UH, OH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT FIRE LIGHTING.
WE HAVEN'T ANY PARKING BECAUSE, UH, JUST TIGHT CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE, UM, AND BUDGET.
SO IF WE PUT A PARKING LOT IN, WE PRETTY MUCH, IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT IN THE FIELD.
SO IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR THE USERS MORE THAN, YEAH, EXACTLY.
IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR THE USERS OF, IT'S REALLY INTENDED.
IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO BE USED BY THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THERE.
IT'S NOT A REGIONAL DRAW, NOT A COMMUNITY PARK.
IT'S HIDDEN FROM THE WHOLE WORLD.
AND SO WHEN WE SAY FIRE LANE, THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ONE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATE IT.
MAYBE A GRASS PAVE WHERE IT'S, IT'S A, IT COULD IN THEORY COULD SUPPORT AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, BUT, BUT NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARK.
SO, UM, BUT POSSIBLY LOCATE THE FIRE LANE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO HAVE A, A PARKING WHERE IT'S NOSE TO TAIL, NOSE TO TAIL, NOSE TO TAIL ALONG THE SIDE OF IT WHERE IT DOESN'T TAKE ALL OF THAT EXTRA SPACE.
SO HOW EASY ARE, IS IT FOR BOLLARDS TO COME UP FOR ACCESS THEN IN AN EMERGENCY? THERE'S A TYPE CALLED LIKE CRUSHABLE BALLERS WHERE THEY CAN JUST KIND OF FALL OVER.
BUT SOMETIMES, UM, FOR LIKE, SAY AT RICKO AND WE HAVE A FIRE LANE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY JUST A GATE WITH A NOX BOX.
SO THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN UN YOU KNOW, THEY COULD GET OUT AND TAKE THE KEY, UNLOCK IT.
THIS IS REALLY, SO THE MATERIALITY OF THIS PROJECT, UH, IT'S ALL STEEL AND, UH, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S WOOD.
UH, BUT WE DID NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ACCESS FOR SAY, AMBULANCE, UH, AMBULANCES JUST IN CASE.
SO THAT ONE, IT COULD BE A SCENARIO.
WE JUST, UH, NOX BOXES AND, UH, BEEN DRIVING BY FOR SOME TYPE OF GATE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE BOLLARDS, BUT THOSE ARE QUITE PRICEY, THE ONES THAT GO DOWN.
SO, BUT YEAH, THOSE WOULD BE INTERESTING.
UH, JOHN POWELL JONES, IT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR TOUR.
UM, WE ARE, UH, SO THIS ONE'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME, UH, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE'RE SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT A 75%, 80% PLAN SET, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY GOOD.
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OF EVERYTHING.UM, WHAT TAKES LONGEST FOR THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE HAVE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FUNDING.
SO THE REVIEW PROCESS, THE TIMELINE FOR THAT TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.
SO, UH, OOPS, LEMME JUMP BACK REAL QUICK.
SO IF YOU GO UP THERE NOW, THE, THE, IT'S REALLY SLOPE.
THE SEAWALL IS FAILING IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
SO THIS IS REALLY GONNA, AND DRIVE THIS PLACE.
IT GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRUCTURE TO THE PARKING LOT TOO.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A, ESSENTIALLY A FREE FOR ALL OF TRUCKS AND TRAILERS AND ANYTHING ELSE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA DO A, A BIG FAVOR BY HAVING THAT, THAT ELEVATED, UH, TRACK AREA UP TO THE TOP OF IT, BECAUSE THAT'LL LET YOU CUT DOWN 5, 6, 7 FEET OF THE SLOPE.
BUT THAT PARKING LOT IS, OH YEAH, IT'S, IT, IT IS CROSS SLOPE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF SLOPE IN THAT PARKING LOT.
AND THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA RESOLVE THE MAJORITY OF THAT ISSUE.
IS IT IN THE SAME PLACE ESSENTIALLY? IT'S IN THE SAME PLACE, YEAH.
BUT WE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE JUST ADJUSTING THE, THE, THE BEGINNING PORTION OF THAT SLOPE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT, IT'S SLOPES ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND IT'S NOT REALLY ACCESSIBLE.
AND IT AND, AND WHERE'S THE KAYAK LAUNCH? UH, IS THAT AT THE TOP? IS THAT YES, IT'S GONNA BE INCORPORATED WITH A KIND OF A, A DOCK PIER AREA.
UM, SO WE FELT LIKE THIS SIDE OF THE, THE SIDE, A LOT OF WAVE ACTION, WHICH BE, COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HAZARDOUS FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO GET TO A KAYAK COMFORTABLY.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE LOCATED ON THIS SIDE.
UM, SO THE, THE KEY THINGS ON THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD, A BOAT RAMP.
SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THIS, THE RESTROOM BUILDING, IT'S ALL KIND OF ALTERNATES.
AND IT KINDA REALLY DEPENDS ON OUR BUDGET OR, OR THE, ONCE THE, THE PRICES COME IN.
SO IS THERE NO RESTROOM THERE NOW? THERE IS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, PORT CAN, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW ACTIVE IT IS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER THING.
AND, AND RIGHT ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT IS THEY'RE BUILDING A LARGE, WELL, IT'S IN DESIGN, BUT A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT, A BOUTIQUE.
THAT, THAT OLD HOUSE PROPERTIES, THAT OLD HOUSE IS THE ORIGINAL HOUSE THAT'S BEEN THERE.
FOR PROBABLY 50, 60 YEARS, FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER.
WENT THROUGH THERE AND GETTING YOUR KAYAKS AROUND.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET 'EM AROUND THIS POINT BECAUSE, UH, IT IS TOO MUCH OPEN WATER BECAUSE THE WATER'S GOING RIGHT PAST THAT AND GOING UNDER THE BRIDGE.
SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER DANGEROUS THING.
BUT BACK UP HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THIS AREA, YOU'RE ONLY ONLY SHOWING A, UH, UH, JUST A WALK AREA OUT THERE.
UH, HOW, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PUT THE KAYAKS IN ALONG? ARE YOU USING THE PATH ALONG THE SIDE OF THE LAKE AS YOU'RE GOING UP TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN? YEAH, WHAT'S, WHAT REALLY NOT SHOWN IN THIS PARTICULAR RENDERING, UM, IS THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S ACTUALLY A KIND OF A PATH FOR THAT.
AND IT'S STEPS DOWN TOWARDS KIND OF A, LIKE A, A DA ACCESSIBLE STYLE, UM, KAYAK ON.
SO IT'S, YOU'RE ABLE TO, IF YOU'RE IMPAIRED, YOU HAVE LIKE A RAMP THAT GOES DOWN TO THE WATERS LEVEL AND THEY ALL KIND OF ADJUST WITH THE WATER'S HEIGHT, BUT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
HOPEFULLY, HUH? YEAH, HOPEFULLY.
'CAUSE IT'S AN ALTERNATE, RIGHT? IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE BIDS.
BUT THAT MEANS YES, WE CAN DO IT.
UH, TUCKER THAT THIS PROJECT IS, IS REALLY MOVING ALONG, UM, SITE PLAN RIGHT HERE.
UM, THEY HAVE FINISHED POURING, I BELIEVE THERE'S THESE COURTS OVER ON THIS SIDE ARE THE LAST REMAINING ONES.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY MOWING THROUGH THAT COMPLETE OR TO, UH, THEY'RE, SO THEY'VE POURED THE CONCRETE AND, UM, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THE PAINTING AND STRIPING OR ANYTHING.
BUT, UH, THE KEY PART OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO GET THE COURTS IN.
SO ONCE THE COURTS IN, WE CAN KIND OF CATCH ALL THE OTHER SITE CONCRETE AND GET EVERYTHING ELSE WRAPPED UP.
BUT ONCE THE, THIS GROUP LEAVES, UM, UH, WE'LL BRING IN ANOTHER GROUP TO DO THE STRIPING AND, AND WHATNOT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S PROJECTED TO STILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED, I BELIEVE, IN OCTOBER TO, TO NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UM, SO HERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, SITE PHOTOS.
SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE PRO SHOP LOOKING OUT.
UM, THIS IS, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY PICTURES, BUT THEY COULD BE BETTER.
SO, UM, SO THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF THE PREMIER COURTS, UM, JUST IN THE INTERIOR.
SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS TAKEN, UH, LAST WEEK.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, IT'S REALLY SHAPING UP.
UM, SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT.
THE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS HAD VERY LITTLE ISSUES WITH, WITH ANYTHING.
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THEY, OR A GOOD GROUP.SO, WHICH MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO HAVE.
WHERE, WHERE HAVE THEY REROUTED THE WATER? THE WATER USED TO RUN WEST TO EAST, OR FROM THE TOP OF THE PICTURE DOWN TO THE ALLEY THAT WAS ALONG THE SIDE OF IT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THESE REALLY, THEY'RE DONE ALL DIRT WORK.
AND SO YEAH, THESE, UH, REALLY EXPENSIVE, UH, DETENTION PONDS THAT UP ON THIS SIDE, WATER IN THERE.
AND THEN IT TRAVELS DOWN INTO THIS LARGER DETENTION POND AND IT SITS THERE.
AND THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA BE THE ALLEY ON THE RIGHT SIDE GOING UP.
THAT'S THE ALLEY ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE DETENTION, PASSENG HAD A PHOTO OF THOSE.
UH, THEY HAVE SOME ROCK GRAVEL CHANNEL LINE, UM, AREAS OF IT.
AND IT'S FULLY SOD, IT'S ALL SODDED.
WE DIDN'T WANT THE ISSUES WITH IT WASHING OUT.
I BELIEVE THE DRAINAGE RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, THE, THE ROAD, WHATEVER THEY'RE JUST GOING THROUGH, WAY UP THERE ON THE WEST SIDE, RUNS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS.
AND SO I, I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, AND I'M SURE THEY HAD HAD THE, THE DETENTION PONDS ARE PRACTICALLY LARGER THAN THE PROJECT ITSELF.
MOST HAVE Y'ALL GOTTEN RID OF ALL THAT? UH, DIRT YOU HAD TO STACKED UP THERE.
IT'S A, IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN.
IT WAS ALMOST A SKI SLOPE THERE FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S COMING IN THE STREETS IS REALLY, UH, ASSISTING US WITH THAT, JUST WITH THE WATER AND RAIN AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DISTURB.
IT'S LIKE, BUT IT'S, THEY'RE ON A GOOD, UH, GOOD PROGRESS WITH THAT.
SO I THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE, HAVE THAT ESSENTIALLY FLATTENED BEFORE THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
SO, SO INTERESTINGLY IN THE PAST FOR TUCKER IN THE 2004 BOND COMMITTEE, IT WAS SLATED FOR SOCCER, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, AND LATER FOR A DOG PARK.
WE COVERED A LOT OF THOSE OTHER AREAS IN THE
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, 20 YEARS.
MAYBE THAT'S A PHASE TWO THING.
'CAUSE THIS IS JUST A PHASE ONE.
SO, AND ARE ALL OF THESE TENNIS COURTS, THERE'S NO PICKLEBALL IN THIS TENNIS COURTS ON THIS.
WE'LL HAVE PICKLEBALL ON, UH, SECOND PHASE.
AND WE, WE'VE, WE ADDED MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS NOW DOWN IN RICK ODEN.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL, THOSE ARE STILL TENNIS COURTS, BUT THE, I BELIEVE THE PLAN IS TO HAVE CONVERT THOSE TO PICKLEBALL.
HOWEVER, ONCE THIS IS ONLINE, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE A, WE DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY THE TENNIS COURTS WHEN THIS ONE, BEFORE THIS ONE IS COMPLETED.
SO, UH, I THINK THERE WAS THE GAME PLAN WE WE'RE WORKING FROM, WE GET PUT THE PICKLEBALL UP THERE AND KODEN UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS OUT HERE LATER.
AND, YOU KNOW, PHASE TWO EVER COMES ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A HOME FOR IT.
SO HERE,
THIS IS, UH, CONSULTANT IS WORKING TOWARD A 90% CD CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET.
UM, AND OH, UM, I'LL, I'LL GET TO THE ACRONYM THING AT THE END OF IT.
SO, UH, I, I SAW THAT AND I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WAY THAT YOU LINE THAT OUT.
I NEED THOSE MYSELF ACTUALLY SOMETIMES, UH, EOCS AND WHATNOT, UH, 90% SET WITH THAT ONE.
UM, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON, THIS COMES OVER FROM, UH, BILL CODY PARK, UH, RUNS ALONG, UH, WEST LOTS.
SO, UH, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED, UH, ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CONSULTANT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS WITH HIS, WHAT WAS THIS IS, WHAT DID YOU JUMP TO? WHERE'D YOU JUMP TO? OH, UM, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON TRAIL.
AND THAT BILL CODY'S NOT SHOWN IN THAT CREEK.
BILL CODY IS A KIND OF A PA LITTLE BIT.
JUST OFF, OFF SCREEN GIVES ME AN IDEA WHERE THIS ALL, SO WHAT WE'RE CROSSING DUCK, WE'RE CROSSING DUCK CREEK ONCE OR POSSIBLY TWICE.
JUST ONCE WITH THE, THE, THIS HIGH GROUND ON THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND THEN COMES BACK UP AGAIN AFTER YOU GET THROUGH THAT.
WHICH DALLAS, CHRISTIAN AND ALL THAT.
AND SONIC AND MM, I'M NOT SURE THAT CHRISTIAN.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULD, I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE THIS.
SEE, SEE O SEE OATS UP THERE AT THE TOP CORNER? I DO SEE THAT.
WELL, OKAY, THIS IS, THIS IS RUNNING DOWN AND THIS IS GETTING FIFTH.
IS THAT FIFTH STREET OR DUCK CREEK PARKWAY? WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT NOW? UM, DUCK CREEK.
IT, IT'S DUCK CREEK, THE ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
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NOW I THINK, UH, FUTURE REFERENCE FOR MY OWN, I'LL PUT A LITTLE SITE PLAN THERE.LITTLE KIND OF ZOOMS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
'CAUSE YEAH, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE IT'S LIKE TRAILS I MYSELF, UM, NEED A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT WITH THAT? SO I THINK IT CLOSEST IS CROSS STREET TO ON OATS.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, AION UP.
IF I HAD GOOGLE EARTH ON THERE, I'D SHOW YOU TOO.
OH, THAT'S WHERE IT ALL GOT HIS NAME.
HE HAD THE BIG, THAT WAS HIS BIG FARM.
BUT WE, UH, JOB WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
O'BANION, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL
UH, THIS PROJECT IS KICKED OFF ALREADY.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION HAS, THIS IS IN FRONT OF, UH, THIS IS GRANGER REC CENTER.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF A SIDEWALK TRAIL PROJECT.
IT'S, IT IS A TRAIL PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT RUNS ALONG THE INTERIOR SIDE OF A, UH, CENTRAL PARK.
SO ULTIMATELY WHERE YOU SEE THESE LITTLE LEAPS KIND OF STOPPING POINTS, THIS WILL PICK UP TO ANOTHER TRAIL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE STILL IN DESIGN.
IT'S ALL PART OF A SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, THAT'S WITH THE TRICON, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA CATCH THE TRAIL COMING UP FROM RICK DEN MILLER ROAD, RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THERE.
THEY'LL PICK UP ON THE DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL, WHICH IS THE ONE FROM RICK DEN TO UH, FURTHER NORTH.
WILL YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO EXTEND THAT TO THE NORTH? UH, YES.
UH, THAT WILL BE CALLED AND THE LAST PROJECT, I BELIEVE SO
UH, GARLAND AND I HAVE AN UNDERPASS.
THIS IS GOING TO GO OUT TO BID, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.
UH, THIS IS, UH, KIND OF WHERE I'M HOVERING THIS, THIS IS NEAR THE ACADEMY SPORTS STORE.
UM, SO THIS PROJECT PICKS UP FROM EXISTING SIDEWALK AND IT GOES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
IT'S NOT GONNA CUT BACK TO GAR, NORTH GARLAND NVE.
IT'S JUST GONNA GO UP AND INTERSECT, RIGHT? YEAH, IT PICKS UP, PICKS UP AN EXISTING ONE.
BUT IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, PART.
IS A SOCCER FIELD ON THERE? UH, THEY'RE, THEY ARE, UH, YEAH, IT'S, UH, ACADEMY'S PARKING LOT IS LIKE RIGHT HERE.
UM, THIS ONE WILL HAVE LIGHTING.
SO, UH, 'CAUSE THIS'S A LARGE BRIDGE.
YOU LUMEN THERE GO, UH, DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL.
THIS IS, UH, THE ONE THAT PICKS UP, UH, FROM THE CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL.
UM, SO THAT CENTRAL PARK TRAIL RIGHT OVER HERE.
UM, SO THE NEXT PROJECT, WHICH IS ANOTHER DUCK CREEK CENTRAL SEGMENT, WILL CONTINUE FROM THIS ARROW POINT FROM AND MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
IS THE BLUE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE? YES.
UH, THE, THE NEW RICKO TRAIL KINDA STOPS RIGHT AROUND THIS AREA.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST ALREADY GOES UNDERNEATH? YEAH, IT GOES UNDERNEATH, UH, THE MILLER ROAD.
SO THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THIS.
AND THEN, UM, IT'S ALL, UM, PART OF THE BIGGER SYSTEM.
SO IT CONTINUES ON PAST THE SKATE PARKING AND GOING ON DOWN SOUTH.
BETWEEN, THAT'S THE SKATE PARK DOWN CLOSE TO THE, WE GOT THE ISSUES WITH THE RAILROAD COMPANIES TOWARD THE YEAH.
AND I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND THEY SEEMED TO BE MORE RECEPTIVE LATELY.
SO WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO CONCEDE? UH, WELL, WELL WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE CAN TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD ITSELF.
UM, WELL THE OTHER OPTION, WE TRY TO JUST DO A, A TRAIL BETWEEN THE BUTTRESS, THE EXISTING SUPPORTS AND THEY WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF THAT AND YOU CAN'T CROSS IT.
UM, SO YOU HAVE TO BE SOMEHOW UNDERNEATH IT, IT GOTTA GO UNDER.
SO IT'S IN, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SYSTEM WITH UH, THIS THIS TUNNEL CULVERT LARGE PIECE.
SO, UM, IT'S A REALLY CRITICAL PROJECT TO HAVE THOUGH.
'CAUSE IT KINDA CONNECTS TO EVERY SINGLE THING ELSE.
SO, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WITH THE PHOTOS I HAVE WITH THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ACCOMPANY THE TEXT WITH THIS TO KINDA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF IDEA OF WHAT IT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.
AND AS WE GET FURTHER INTO DESIGN OR FURTHER INTO CONSTRUCTION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND, UM, SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK AT.
I READ IN THE PAPER WHERE THERE'S A BIG SOCCER COMPLEX GOING IN HALFORD AND BUSH.
HOW BIG IS THAT?
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I THINK IT'S GONNA SEE MOST OF THAT PASTURE THAT'S UP THERE.
I, 'CAUSE I REMEMBER DOING, UM, I COULD BE WRONG ON THE QUOTE, LIKE THE NUMBER, IT WAS LIKE 40,010, 10,000 PEOPLE.
NO, I MEANT FOR THE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THOUGH.
UM, HOW MANY FIELDS? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAD, THAT'S BEEN DETERMINED JUST YET.
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD DEFINITELY IS THAT A PRIVATE PART FOR? AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT ANDY CAN HELP, UM, PROVIDE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE HE'S INTERTWINED IN THAT ONE.
SO YEAH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S TO GET US A SEMIPRO SOCCER LEAGUE.
NOT ONLY A TEAM, BUT A LEAGUE PLAYING INTO IT.
IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE SITE.
AND THE, THE ADJACENT, YOU KNOW, THE STRIKE RULES IS THERE AND WE'RE DOING LIKE, ISN'T IT KIND OF BEHIND TARGET? EXACTLY.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRING NAMAN, THE PLAN IS BRING NAMAN FOREST AND CONNECT IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE MANSIONS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE, DEPENDING ON MONEY OF COURSE.
AND, UH, BUILD SOME SORT OF PREMIER SOCCER FIELDS FOR KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN USE FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME, MAYBE SOME RETAIL ALONG GEORGE BUSH.
THE PROJECT'S EVER CHANGING, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT A, THEY PUT IT OUT FOR DESIGN AND YEAH.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DESIGN COMES BACK.
TRAFFIC, UH, MARK SOMETHING WE HADN'T TALKED TO ANYTHING ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT THE LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOTS,
WELL I, I HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OTHER PERSON THAT WAS SITTING UP HERE.
AND DEE'S BEEN INTEGRAL PART OF SOME OF THE, HEARD SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS, BUT, UM, PROBLEMS LIKE JUST, LET'S TAKE AUDUBON.
OKAY? AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK AT IN WHAT THE SPECS ARE TO BE DELIVERED IS THERE'S, THERE ARE LIGHT POLES UP THERE.
OKAY? THERE'S A LIGHT POLE UP THERE AND IT'S GOT ONE LIGHT.
OKAY, WELL YOU CAN GO OUT OF GARLAND AND HITTING THROUGH RICHARDSON AND THERE'S A PARK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THEN THERE'S A LIGHT POLE THERE AND THERE'S FOUR LIGHTS.
IT DIDN'T TAKE ANOTHER POLE AND IT DIDN'T TAKE ANOTHER MAIN LINE.
ALL IT TOOK WAS AN UPGRADE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE POWER LINE GOING UP AND DIDN'T TAKE MUCH.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL LEDS AND IT, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A, A MONSTROUS EXPENSE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO WATCH THESE LUMENS BECAUSE I MEAN, I I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHENEVER, WHENEVER THERE'S FEMALES IN THE CAR, WE, WE DRIVE PAST AUDUBON PARK QUITE A BIT, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LIVE OVER IN THAT PART OF TOWN AND I GET AN EAR FULL, NO, I GET TWO EARS FULL.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY, BECAUSE YOU GO OUT THERE NIGHT AND, AND YOU, YOU COULD BE, YOU COULD BE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM SOMEBODY.
YOU COULDN'T TELL WHAT COLOR A CAR WAS, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF A CAR IT WAS.
YOU COULDN'T TELL ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE.
AND, AND YOU GO TO OTHER AREAS AND ALL OF THE NEW, OTHER AREAS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD READ A BOOK IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN'T.
AND SO I, I'M, I'M REALLY TELLING YOU THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE HARDLY ANYTHING.
BUT STICK FOUR LIGHTS ON THE TOP UP THERE.
GO UP CAMPBELL ROAD, GO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FROM PLANO ROAD AND GO UP THERE AT NIGHT AND YOU GO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
YOU GO, WOW, GO TRIPLE OR FOUR MAST LIGHT VERSUS A SINGLE.
YEAH, IT'S STILL JUST ONE POLE.
THAT'S THE BIG, THE BIGGEST FENCE IS GETTING THE WIRES OVER AND GETTING THE POLE UP, YOU KNOW, THEN STICK MORE, MORE LIGHTS ON THERE.
AND I WON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME WE MEET.
ALL I'M GONNA SAY, WILL I DELETE
CAN WE GET A COPY OF THE SLIDE DECK? SURE, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
SO I'M GOING TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE ENCLOSURES THAT YOU CAN, UH, REVIEW AND WAIT, YOU SKIPPED A NEW ONE.
YOU SKIPPED THE MANAGING DIRECTOR REPORT.
SO WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO, UM, IS TRY AND HELP CLOSE THE LOOPS ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETINGS.
UH, SO THESE ARE MEANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PENDING ITEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO SOUTH GARLAND LITTLE LEAGUE CAME AND VISITED WITH US AND MR. PARISH I BELIEVE HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE STILL NEEDED? AND THEY BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE RESTROOMS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD THE LOCKS.
SO WE'VE, UM, ADDED A, I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT LIKE A REALTOR TYPE KEY BOX.
UM, ON THERE WE'VE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THEN HE, UM, DISPERSES THAT HOW HE SEES FIT SO THAT THOSE RESTROOMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
SO WE HAVE DONE THAT ON THE SCOREBOARD SITUATION.
UH, WE HAD STAFF GO OUT, TRY TO DO SOME REPAIRS, TINKER WITH THINGS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'VE ENDED UP DOING IS ADDING THAT IN FOR CONSIDERATION.
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WE'VE ADDED IT AS A CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UM, REQUEST FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO CONSIDER FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT, SO THOSE ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OVER AT THE SKATE PARK.
AND ONCE THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THEN CENTRAL AND SPRING CREEK WERE IDENTIFIED AS OTHER PROJECTS.
AND SO WE WILL START LOOKING AT THOSE, BEING ABLE TO GET ESTIMATES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO BETWEEN THOSE TWO SITES.
WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT.
UM, ONCE WE FINISH THE SKATE PARK, UH, WE SUBMITTED AS PROMISED FROM THE LAST MEETING, A LIGHTING PACKAGE IN THE CIP.
UM, AGAIN, IT HAS TO GO, UH, AND BE CONSIDERED AND BE APPROVED, BUT, SO, BUT WE DID SUBMIT THAT AND IT WAS A LIGHTING PACKAGE FOR PARKS.
HOWEVER WE SEE FIT TO UTILIZE THAT, UM, TO ENHANCE LIGHTING IN OUR PARKS.
UH, MR. MOORHEAD HAD PUT IN A REQUEST TO ME A WHILE BACK ABOUT ADDING AUTOMATIC DOORS TO FACILITIES.
SPECIFICALLY IT WAS HALL BALL AND THEN THAT LED TO A BIGGER DISCUSSION OF THE NEED WHERE WE NEEDED AT OTHER, UM, REC CENTERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT.
SO BY NEXT WEEK, UM, ALL OF THE REC CENTERS WILL HAVE AUTOMATIC DOORS.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE THAT THE PARKS DIRECTOR POSITION IS POSTED.
UM, IT WAS CHRIS LEWIS, BUT HE SINCE HAS RESIGNED AND IS WORKING NOW FOR THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE.
SO, UM, JAY JASKO, WHO'S SITTING OVER IN THE CORNER, AND THEN HIS COUNTERPART, CASEY ALLISON, THEY ARE THE PARK MANAGERS AND THEY ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT PARKS HAD, UM, ON THEIR PLATE AND JUST KIND OF DOING A LOT OF FINISHING UP THINGS THAT WERE OUT THERE AND, UM, LOOKING AT CHANGING UP SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
SO VERY APPRECIATIVE TO CASEY AND JAY FOR THEIR HELP THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WHILE WE RECRUIT A NEW PARKS DIRECTOR.
IS THAT REPLACING YOU? THE PARKS DIRECTOR IS WHAT MATT'S POSITION WAS.
SO WE HAD NAMED AN INTERIM AND THEN CHRIS HAD RESIGNED, SO.
SO I JUST WANTED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND KIND OF AGAIN, CLOSE THE LOOP ON SOME OF THE THINGS.
SO Y'ALL WOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE LISTENING AND WE DO
SO
SO, UH, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A PARKS DIRECTOR AND WE HAD THREE MANAGERS, BUT ONE OF THOSE MANAGERS WAS TIED TO THE URBAN TREE, UH, FOREST GRANT THAT WE HAD.
AND THEN WHENEVER, UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WAS A CEASE AND DESIST.
UM, SO IT WAS, WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT FUNDING, WHICH MEANT THAT WE LOST ONE OF THOSE MANAGER POSITIONS.
SO WE HAVE TWO PARK MANAGERS AND THAT'S CASEY AND J.
SO WE WON'T GET TO HIRE THE THIRD ONE, BUT WE WILL GET TO HIRE FOR OUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHY I FOLLOWED ALL THAT, BUT, OKAY.
SO CAN I MENTION THE ENCLOSURES AGAIN AND MM-HMM
TO MOVE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA? YES MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE, OTHER THAN I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED LIGHTING, UM, FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS, WHAT'S THIS THING? AND IF I'M THAT YOU MENTIONED ON THAT, IF I, IF I MAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LIST OF Y'ALL'S ITEMS. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO FOR THE AUGUST MEETING, FOR EXAMPLE, IS WE'RE GONNA START AN EXCEL SHEET.
WE'RE GONNA SHARE THAT EACH TIME WITH YOU GUYS AND EITHER GIVE YOU, UM, A, A MONTH THAT WE WILL BRING THAT ITEM AND GIVE YOU A REPORT OR GIVE YOU A COMMENT ON WHY WE ARE OR NOT OR PUTTING IT OFF SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THOSE.
SO, UH, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER, BUT, UH, SOME KIND OF BREAKDOWN.
'CAUSE I WAS ON THE 2025 BOND, UH, BREAKDOWN OF THE RELEVANCE OF THE BOND PROPOSALS TO THIS COMMITTEE HERE.
SO, UH, I COULD PUT THAT TOGETHER, MAYBE HAVE JOE THOMAS, WHO WAS OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE LEADER, THE OF THE COMMITTEE COME HELP ME AS WELL.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU COULD FEEL THEM TO ME AND I COULD TRY TO PUT THEM, UH, ANSWER THEM THROUGH SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION.
UH, IT'D BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
BECAUSE ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UH, THE NEW KIND OF PARK AREA THEY'RE BUILDING OVER THERE, UH, OVER BY THE BASS PRO SHOP, THAT SEEMS
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VERY PERTINENT TO US.SO SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT, BUT, BUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION EITHER THROUGH ANDY HESSER OR MM-HMM
PERHAPS WITH MR. HESSER MM-HMM
YEAH, WE COULD STRATEGIZE WITH THEM DEFINITELY.
BUT YEAH, THAT SOUNDS, YEAH, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE, UH, ON THAT, LIKE I'D LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, MARRY THE TWO THINGS I'M ON, YOU KNOW,
AND, UM, AND UPDATE, I GUESS STILL PENDING OUT, THERE'S STILL A SKATE PARK, RIGHT? PLACEHOLDER.
I THINK YOU'RE THINKING IF SOMEBODY COULD GIMME SOME DETAIL ON WHAT THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE SKATE PARK, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE WAITING TO, YOU'RE HIDING AND WATCHING TO SEE IF, IF IT'S GONNA BE A, THE FENCING IS GONNA HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES.
SO THE FENCE PROJECT IS, UM, IN PROGRESS.
AND SO, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU NEED US TO BRING FORWARD ON SKATE PARK.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION, JUST LET US KNOW IF IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN TO TRY TO KEEP IT OPEN.
SO I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THAT REPORT WOULD BE.
THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK SKATE PARK REPORT ON JUST HOW, UM, HOW EFFECTIVE THE FENCING WAS, HOW EFFECTIVE FENCING CAMERAS ARE IN DETERRENCE FOR THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THAT'S NOT WELCOME OR APPRECIATED OR UNDERSTOOD, OTHERWISE HELPFUL.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? WELL, I'M STILL WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT, UM, THE STATUS OF BIKE LANES ON, UM, YALE AVENUE.
UM, I HAD BEEN TOLD BY THE, UM, STREETS DEPARTMENT THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE, UH, AND I BELIEVE THE ACTUAL PAINTING, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT HAD A, UH, HAND IN THAT.
AND SO I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WE COULD ADDRESS IN THE NEXT, UM, IN AUGUST AND IN OUR CIP REPORT.
MR. CARTER, SIR, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHICH WAY BACK DOWN THE ROAD, JUST, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT UP AND SEE WHERE IT MIGHT NEED TO GO TO MOVE.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS NAME, WHY THIS NAME? WHY THIS NAME? LIKE WHY, WHO, WHO DIED AND WE NAMED IT AFTER HIM? WHAT? WIN WIN JOYCE, WIN JOYCE PARK, UH, ALON WIND PARK, HALFORD, EVERY ONE OF THESE, EVERY ONE OF THESE PARKS ARE NAMED FOR PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF GARLAND.
AND I'VE TRAVELED, GOT TO TRAVEL QUITE A BIT AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND TAKE TIME AND GO TO SEE, VISIT SOME OF THE PARKS.
AND MANY OF THE PARKS WILL HAVE, UH, I THINK LIKE WE HAD IT DOWN IN HERE IN THE, UH, IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND, BUT WE LOST THAT SIGN THAT WHY, WHY THIS IS CALLED BANKHEAD ROAD AND WHAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROAD THAT COMES THROUGH GARLAND.
AND WHEN DID THAT COME THROUGH AND WHY DID IT COME THROUGH? JUST A REPORT ON OUR PARK, ON A, ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S PROCESS FOR NAMING FACILITIES.
YOU JUST WANNA HEAR THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, I'D, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO GET SIGNAGE UP TO TELL THE STORY.
AND AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU GET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED IN, IN THINGS IN THE PAST.
AND THE LANDMARK SOCIETY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
MAYBE, MAYBE OUR, OUR GROUP OVER HERE AND, AND A SIGNAGE THAT SAYS WHY THIS PARK WAS NAMED.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT KIM NMI CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION TO THE PARK BOARD, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, UM, ON THE INTERPRETIVE PANELS THAT ARE GOING IN, ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO YOU NEED AN UPDATE ON THAT OR THAT, IF THAT IS, IF THAT IS HAPPENING, THAT, LET'S, LET'S DO GET AN UPDATE PLEASE.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU GET IN PLACE AND WHY IS IT WIND JOYCE ROAD? OKAY, WELL THE WIND FAMILY HAD THE, HAD THE SECTION OF LAND ON THIS SIDE AND 600 SOME ODD ACRES.
AND JOYCE FAMILY, I WILL 600 SOME ACRES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND WHAT DID THEY, WHAT DID THEY DO? WHY IT JUST, UM, AND THIS GO THROUGH THE, THE LANDMARK SOCIETY TOO.
SO POSSIBLY USE THAT AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING.
WELL THEY DID THERE, THERE, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT WE BROUGHT A PRESENTATION FORWARD TO THE PARK BOARD ON.
UM, SINCE THAT PRESENTATION, KIM'S NO LONGER WITH THE CITY, SO WELL WE CAN CHECK AND SEE IF ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER COULD JUST REDO THAT, UH, PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL.
THAT'S WHY, WHY I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CALLS FROM KIM LATELY.
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WE USED TO COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY FEW MONTHS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.SO ANYWAY, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF THAT IS A POSSIBLE, 'CAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, SO WE'LL SEE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THOSE OVER AT GALE FIELDS.
WE HAVE 'EM AT GRANGER, WE HAVE 'EM AT CARVER CARVER COMPLEX.
UM, THEY'RE GOING IN AT SURF AND SWIM.
THEY'RE GOING IN OVER, UM, AUDUBON.
SO THAT INITIATIVE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
AND OKAY, ARE WE DOING, ARE WE DOING THE, UH, A SAME, A SAME TYPE OF MARKER ON EACH ONE? SO IF THEY YES, PEOPLE WERE TO SEE THIS MARKER, THEY'D KNOW YES.
THEY LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT THE ZOO OR THE MUSEUM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A PANEL AND IT'S GOT PICTURES AND EVERYTHING.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? WASN'T, WASN'T THERE JUST A MOMENT.
WASN'T THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT SPEG GREEN? YES.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
YEAH, THAT'S, SO IT'S EXACTLY THE INITIATIVE THAT'S OUT THERE.
YOU TORE DOWN MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A DOCTOR'S OFFICE YET.
RIGHT NOW THE I WAS WHEN I WAS A KID.
SO FOR THIS MEETING, I WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU BEING HERE AND THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY IN EVERY SEAT HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND I KNOW IT TAKES, UM, EFFORT TO GET HERE AND I KNOW IT TAKES AWAY FROM YOU EVENING TO BE HERE.
AND I JUST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT TIME AND BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING AND BEING A PART AND Y'ALL TOO.
AND OUR, OUR NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COURSE.
SO, UM, I, I JUST AM VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE AND THE MEETING A ADJOURNED.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT LIKE.