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AUGUST 6TH PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, UH, TO ORDER.UM, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE'RE GOING TO DO AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES NOW.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE.
REALLY? WE DIDN'T DO ONE IN MAY EITHER.
OH, IT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION MOTION BY DAVID PARRISH.
I'LL SECOND AND SECOND BY DAVID MOREHEAD.
ANY, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, I'M GOING TO DO A, A REVISION, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY STILL HERE UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WE HAVE, UH, JERRY CARTER JUNIOR HERE, AND I THINK HE WOULD LIKE, UM, A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK.
DO I HAVE TO RESET IT BEFORE HE GETS UP HERE? OKAY.
WELL, SINCE I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT FASTER.
SO Y'ALL GET YOUR YEARS ALL GOING.
SO WE GONNA UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THIS THING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA GO.
NOW, I WANT TO GIVE A REPORT WHEN I'M FINISHED FOR THE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
AGAIN,
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE, WHERE WE COULD SEE THE GOING ZONE, HAVE A STAFF THAT WAS WILLING TO TELL US WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT WHAT WAS GOING ON SO THAT WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THINGS GOING TOGETHER.
AND IT WAS, IT'S, UH, I THINK, WELL, LET SEE, DAVID, DAVID AND, UH, MOLLY, I THINK WHAT WE WERE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS TOGETHER NOW, SIX YEARS AFTER WE DID THE 2019 BOND ELECTION.
UH, AND, AND THAT, THAT WAS REALLY EXCITED.
AND, AND WHEN I THEN GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET ON, UH, THE PARKS BOARD, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY A, UM, REALLY A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE ALL GOT TO HAVE REAL INPUT INTO WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY FROM THIS ROOM GOT TO, GOT TO COMMENT, EXCEPT ONE WHO RAN THE TRIP, RAN THE SHOW UP THERE, SITTING OVER THERE ON THE END, UH,
SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN INPUT THERE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, UH, FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
YOU NEED TO GET AWARE BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITIES COME OUT OF THE, THIS LAST BOND ELECTION.
UH, AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO MAYBE FINE TUNE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD GOING, MAYBE EVEN FIND SOME MONEY TO PUT LIGHTS IN AUDUBON PARK.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, YOU SAW IT IN THE DAYLIGHT.
YOU NEED TO GO OUT THERE IN THE DARK.
ANYWAY, I'VE WORKED WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTION FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND CODES AND STANDARDS FOR A LONG TIME OVER THE, OVER THE, OVER THE TIME WE WERE, WE WERE GOING, I WAS HOME BUILDER HERE IN GARLAND FOR 50 YEARS, AND, UH, UH, HELPED TO DEVELOP CODES WHEN WE CAME ON THE UNIFIED FAMILY OF CODES, UH, BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UM, WERE, I WAS THE ONE BUILDER WHO WORKED WITH THE CITY TO, UH, MAKE GARLAND ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE NATION TO HAVE AN ENERGY CODE.
AND I GOT TO WORK WITH A YOUNG, YOUNG FELLOW NAMED SANI, WHO'S GOING TO GET HIS DOCTORATE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND HE KNEW ALL THE DOCTORATE STUFF, AND I KNEW ALL THE STUFF THAT WASN'T GONNA WORK THAT WAY.
SO, ANYWAY, WE'RE DOWN TO ME BEING ONLY HAVING ONE MORE MINUTE AND WE GO FROM THERE.
ANYWAY, WANTED TO THANK, THANK YOU ALL REALLY AND, AND CHALLENGE YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED OUT OF WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS LAST BOND ELECTION.
AND PLEASE TAKE IT, TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU GAVE ME.
THANK YOU, JERRY, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, OKAY, ANY OTHER ASKING AGAIN, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO.
UM, EVERYBODY'S BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I NEED TO INTRODUCE ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S IN HERE.
DO, UM, SO IS THIS YOU THREE AAU? MM-HMM
OKAY, SO CARRIE PACHECO, IF YOU WANNA COME UP TO THE HOT SEAT
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SO, UH, THIS IS CARRIE PACHECO.
SHE IS OUR NEW PARK OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
SHE STARTED LAST MONDAY, BUT SHE'S NOT NEW TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
SHE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE, WELL, SHE WORKED FOR RECREATION SIDE, THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS HIRED IN GARLAND.
AND THEN SHE MOVED AND TRANSITIONED OVER TO PARK OPERATIONS.
AND SINCE THEN SHE'S WORKED IN SOME OTHER, UM, CITY.
BUT SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE CARRIE BACK HOME.
WERE REALLY THRILLED THAT SHE CAME BACK.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A CITY THAT HAS GONE THROUGH CAPRA AND THE REACCREDITATION.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE A REAL ASSET WITH THAT.
AND SO SUPER EXCITED WHERE THE FUTURE GOES, HAVING HER AS PART OF THE TEAM.
UM, I LEFT AND LEARNED SOME LESSONS AND GOT TO WORK ON SOME PROJECTS THAT I THINK WILL HELP, HELP ME HELP THE DEPARTMENT, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.
LIKE PHILLY MENTIONED CAPRA, UM, WHEN I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF RAAD, KRA, UH, THE CAPRA VISITORS WERE VISITING THE VERY FIRST WEEK THAT I STARTED THERE.
SO THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO CAPRA.
AND SO FROM THEN IT WAS, UM, REALLY KEEPING THAT ON THE FOREFRONT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW, OKAY, OUR VISIT'S NOT FOR FOUR MORE YEARS, BUT WE WORKED ON IT.
AND SO THAT REALLY KIND OF, UM, SOLIDIFIED THE IMPORTANCE OF CAPRA AND, AND KEEPING THOSE STANDARDS BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP THE DEPARTMENT BE THE BEST OF THE BEST.
AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT GARLAND HAS GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I'M GONNA GET TO HELP, UM, KEEP THE DEPARTMENT ACCREDITED IN THAT WAY.
AND JUST SOME OTHER, UH, PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT I GOT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THROUGH, UM,
I ALSO WORK FOR THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE AND HELP WITH SOME PROJECTS THERE.
AND SO, AGAIN, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO BE HOME AND WORK WITH THIS TEAM AGAIN.
IT'S, UM, ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE TEAMS I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH, AND SO HAPPY TO BE BACK.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, REACH OUT.
AND WE ALREADY TOOK HER OUT TO SPRING CREEK, SO, YEP.
WE'VE GOT A 2025 BOND UPDATE FROM, UM, MR. HESSER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I'VE, I'VE, AS I'VE BEEN TOLD, I'VE GONE TO THE DARK SIDE, SO IT'S KIND OF NICE TO BE BACK AGAIN.
WHERE IS THE MOUSE? IT'S DI HERE WE GO.
ALRIGHT, WHICH ONE ARE WE DOING FIRST? THE BOND.
BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I, I WANT TO FURTHER RECOGNIZE JERRY CARTER, UM, REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM, UH, AS A PARK BOARD MEMBER.
UM, AND I THINK HE DESERVES A LOT OF RECOGNITION FOR BEING KIND OF, I THINK, UM, THE EPITOME OF, OF COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND, AND MANY, MANY DIFFERENT ROLES AND TASKS.
AND I THINK IT MAKES A COMMUNITY BETTER WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS INVOLVED THAT ARE TRULY DEDICATED.
SO, JUST WANNA TELL YOU PERSONALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE AND, AND ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE, FOR THE PARKS AND REC WORLD.
UM, SO SEGUEING TO, UH, THE BOND, UH, PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, WORKED ON BY A, A AS, YOU KNOW, A, A COMMITTEE OF OF CITIZENS THAT WORK REALLY HARD, UH, PONDERING A LOT OF IDEAS AND POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES AND, UM, AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH HERE, I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH IT AND I'M, AND THEN I'LL FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON PROP D, WHICH I'M SURE IS OF INTEREST.
BUT, UH, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, AGAIN, CAME THROUGH AND PASSED A BOND PROPOSITION THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE THE CITY.
UM, A REALLY BIG ONE IS, IS STREET REPAIR.
I, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT STREET REPAIR, IT'S NOT NEW ROADS.
UM, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM, UM, CRACK CEILING TO OVERLAYS TO COMPLETE PANEL REPLACEMENT TO COMPLETE STREET REPLACEMENT.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT NUMBER IS CALCULATED BASED ON A VERY SCIENTIFIC METHOD WHERE THEY ASSESS THE ROAD WITH A, WITH EQUIPMENT TO KNOW, AND THEY USE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND OTHER THINGS TO DETERMINE AND SCORE A STREET ON JUST HOW BAD IT IS.
AND SO THE FOCUS IS GONNA BE PRIMARILY NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
THERE'LL BE SOME ARTERIALS THAT NEED, UH, SIGNIFICANT REPAIR.
UM, BUT REALLY AND TRULY WHERE WE'RE BEHIND IS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO A LOT OF DIRECT IMPACT THERE.
UM, ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT.
SO THERE WAS 75 MILLION THERE, AND IT'S A LITTLE
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BIT OF A HODGEPODGE BUCKET.AND SO WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO IS THERE'S ABOUT 7 MILLION DEDICATED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PROJECTS.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN THAT WAS IN THE LAST BOND PROGRAM.
THAT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, UH, PROGRAM THAT, THAT REALLY IMPROVES, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS.
UM, THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE SOME, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CALL LAND ASSEMBLY FUNDS, UM, TO HELP US ACQUIRE LAND TO START ASSEMBLING FOR BIGGER, UH, PARCELS OF LAND THAT WE CAN WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO BRING GOOD PROJECTS FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN SOME REVITALIZATION MONEY.
AND THAT REVITALIZATION MONEY IS IN THE FORM OF, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING WITH A SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S KIND OF AGING AND TIRED AND NEEDS A FACELIFT AND, AND, AND HELP FOR THOSE THAT ARE WILLING PARTNERS, UH, PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR THEIR, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR, UM, INCENTIVES.
SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE CASH INCENTIVES WITH DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, UH, FOR SELECTED PROJECTS.
UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC ADJACENT, UM, CULTURAL ARTS.
AND SO A, A FANTASTIC PROJECT FOR RENOVATING THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER.
THAT IS REALLY GONNA BE, UM, AN EXCELLENT, I'M, I'M REAL EXCITED.
I FORTUNATELY WAS A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED IN THE EARLY PLANNING OF THAT IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS GONNA LOOK AND PERFORM.
AND NOT ONLY WAS IT, IT WAS BUILT BEFORE THE A DA LAWS, AND SO IT HAD SIGNIFICANT NEEDS JUST IN THAT AREA ALONE.
SO SIGNIFICANT THAT IT WAS LIKE, WELL, GEE, WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO THE WHOLE THING.
IT IS A MAJOR RENO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE, PROP D.
SO, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH HARBOR POINT, WHICH IS WHERE BASS PRO SHOP IS, VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS.
UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE APPLIED FOR A TEXAS, UH, OR A T GRANT, UM, FOR, UH, THIS PART OF OUR TRAIL MASTER PLAN.
AND IT'S BASICALLY TO CARRY, AND I'LL, I'LL GO, I'LL PULL UP A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION FOR THAT ONE.
IS THAT, OKAY? SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, PART OF THE TRAIL MASTER PLAN IN, UH, CONTEMPLATED SOME KIND OF A, A TRAIL CONNECTION ALL ALONG THE SHORELINE OF GARLAND FROM BOUNDARY TO BOUNDARY.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU DO IT IN THE PIECES THAT YOU TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO COME TO FRUITION.
UM, THE GRANT WAS, UM, A SIGNIFICANT GRANT.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 25 MILLION AT THE TIME.
UH, WE THOUGHT WE HAD A PRETTY COMPETITIVE PACKAGE, BUT, UH, DART GOT OUR MONEY INSTEAD, UM, FOR ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY, AND I WILL SAY WHERE THIS, UM, WAS KIND OF IN, WAS INSPIRED BY IS, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AUSTIN? TO, UM, I THINK IT'S NOW LADY BIRD JOHNSON LAKE.
THERE'S A BOARDWALK DOWN THERE THAT'S REALLY AMAZING AND IT KIND OF TAKES THIS SHAPE WHERE YOU KIND OF SEE THIS, THESE JUTTING OUT, UH, PIERS, UM, OUTTA THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BUDGET TO COVER THAT MUCH LINEAR, UM, FOOTAGE, BUT THE IDEA IS, UM, AND THE REASON THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WHO DOESN'T WANNA BE ON THE WATER? AND WE HAVE ALL THIS LAKEFRONT AND YOU CAN'T GET TO IT, UM, IN A LOT OF PLACES.
AND SO THERE, HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR, OUR GRANT APPLICATION THAT KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET A BOARDWALK, UH, AROUND HARBOR POINT UNDERNEATH I 30 AND HOPEFULLY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO GET US CONNECTED TO JOHN PAUL JONES.
AND THEN FROM THERE, ONE DAY IT CONTEMPLATES GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO EASTERN HILLS ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF, OF GARLAND.
SO HERE'S ANOTHER KIND OF VIEW OF THAT.
THERE'S BASS PRO KIND OF ON THIS RIGHT SIDE, RESTAURANTS OVER HERE.
UM, WE FORESEE, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROJECT OUT THERE NOW.
IT'S THE HARBOR POINT SMALL AREA PLAN.
YOU'LL START SEEING THAT, UM, UH, REQUESTING ATTENDANCE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, COMING SOON.
SO WE'LL ADOPT THAT AS A MASTER PLAN FOR THIS, FOR THIS AREA.
AND IT CONTEMPLATES, YOU KNOW, SOME MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE, MORE RETAIL.
UM, BUT THAT'LL BE A GREAT AMENITY TO KIND OF START THAT FIRST DOMINO, ANOTHER RENDERING.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER KEY PIECE THAT I THINK, UH, WHEN WE MET AND VISITED WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, IN THIS AREA, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BOAT DOCKS BACK IN SOME FASHION.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THE NUMBER THAT USED TO BE THERE THAT WERE KIND OF DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR BY STORMS. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE COULD EASILY GET SIX TO 12 COURTESY SLIPS IN THERE FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO COME BY BOAT FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE ON THE LAKE PARK SHOP, EAT WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IT MIGHT BE KIND OF NEAT TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, ALSO GET A KAYAK LAUNCH IN HERE AS WELL AND CONTEMPLATING SOME ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY IN THIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE, UM, KAYAK VENDING MACHINES, BASICALLY A BIG KIOSK.
YOU CAN GO IN AND PAY RESERVE ONLINE, GET A KIO, A KAYAK OUTTA THE KIOSK AND, AND GO PADDLING.
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THAT IS THE BOND PROGRAM IN A NUTSHELL.SO IS THERE GONNA BE A, A KAYAK LAUNCH AT, UH, BASS PRO HERE OR AT THIS, THIS LOCATION AND AT, UH, JOHN PAUL JONES? IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SHALLOW OVER THERE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE LAUNCHED FROM THERE.
SO, UH, SO BOTH HOPEFULLY, UM, SO THE, THE JOHN PAUL JONES PROJECT IS, IS DESIGNED AND IS UNDER REVIEW BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN FILLED IN ON THAT RECENTLY, WHERE THAT IS.
AND THEN THEY'LL GO TO PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND GET STATE AND FEDERAL REVIEW.
IT'S GONNA ALL DEPEND ON HOW FAR DOES THE MONEY GO.
SO WE'VE KIND OF GOT IT FIGURED OUT.
WE'VE DESIGNED THE WHOLE THING KNOWING WE CAN'T AFFORD THE WHOLE THING, WHICH IS KIND OF WHY IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE CORE OF IT.
WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE BOAT RAMP FIRST AND THE, AND THE, UH, SHEEP PILING.
UH, IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE, I'D LIKE TO GO AND REPLACE BOTH OF THE T HEAD PIERS THAT ARE THERE, AND ONE OF THOSE HAS A KAYAK LAUNCH ON IT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS.
IT JUST DEPENDS HOW FAR THE MONEY GOES.
NOW HERE, YOU KNOW, LET, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
THERE'S A, A, A LANDOWNER IN HERE THAT IS, IS LOOKING AT SOME MULTIFAMILY TYPE IDEAS IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY.
SO MAYBE THAT KAYAK LAUNCH MAKES SENSE ON THIS END.
MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE OVER HERE.
UM, BUT I THINK MORE ACCESS TO THE WATER, THAT'S WHY THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NOT A PARKS AND REC PROJECT.
IT REALLY IS DESIGNED TO BRING MORE FOOTFALL TO THESE BUSINESSES HERE BECAUSE THERE'S ACCESS TO THE LAKE.
SO WHERE WOULD THEY PARK FOR THAT? KAYAK LINES, ALL THIS, ALL THE CITY OWNS ALL THIS PARKING.
'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THAT PARK, LOOKING AT ALL THAT.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE LIKE THINKING MAYBE AN EVENT OUT THERE.
YOU COULD, YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD LUGGING THEIR KAYAK AROUND.
YEAH, I KNOW ON MINE, I HAVE A DOLLY FOR MINE, AND WHEN I UNLOAD IT FROM THE TRUCK, I PUT IT ON A DOLLY.
AND I ACTUALLY USED TO, MY FIRST HOUSE, UH, THAT I BOUGHT WHEN I MOVED HERE WAS NEAR A LAKE.
AND I WOULD GO OUT OF MY GARAGE, DOWN THE ALLEY, DOWN THE STREET ON THE TRAIL AND INTO THE, INTO THE POND.
NEVER HAD TO LOAD IT ON MY TRUCK.
SO, BUT THEN YOU JUST LEAVE YOUR DOLLY THERE.
LIKE PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE A TRAILER, I GUESS PRETTY MUCH JUST LEAVE IT ON THE SHORELINE.
NOW WE EXPECT THESE TO SERVE AS FISHING PIERS FOR PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO FISH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT THAT FAR.
THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO ALLOWING THAT.
UM, I, I COULD FORESEE, UM, A T HEAD TYPE PIER THAT WOULD, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR FISHING.
WHAT'S, WHAT YOU DON'T WANNA DO IS HAVE FISHING ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE, WHERE IT'S, I MEAN, THIS IS PART OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, SO IT'S A, THE CORE OF IT'S A 12 FOOT SPINE TRAIL.
LAST THING YOU WANNA DO IS BE ON A BIKE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GET, GET HOOKED IN THE EAR BY SOMEBODY NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
SO I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A T HEAD TYPE SITUATION THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR FISHING.
'CAUSE YOU ALSO, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE CLEANING FISH LEAVING HOOKS IN, IN LINE IN PLACES YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LEAVE IT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE, YEAH, I CAN THINK OF ALL, CAN BE SOME BAD ETIQUETTE THERE THAT WE, YOU HAVE TO MANAGE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT IS ENJOY THE LAKE.
I'M JUST THINKING HOW PEOPLE MIGHT THINK ABOUT USING IT.
WHAT ELSE? READY FOR THE NEXT ONE? YES.
SO I'LL, I'LL START A LITTLE BIT HIGH LEVEL HERE.
SO THIS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS AN EARLY DRAFT.
I DON'T HAVE, UM, A, A NEW DRAFT THAT I CAN SHARE JUST YET.
SO TAKE THIS ONE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BUT IT IS ROUGHLY THE, THE CONFIGURATION.
SO YOU, I'LL, I'LL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT IN CASE EVERYBODY'S NOT AWARE OF THE FOOT OF THE ORIGINAL STORY.
SO THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UM, SOCCER GROUP CALLED USL FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS TO TRY TO ATTRACT A, A PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO GARLAND AS A MAJOR DESTINATION.
UM, A REALLY GREAT, UH, PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A LARGE UNDERTAKING.
SO ORIGINALLY THE IDEA WAS THAT, UH, AT 6 35 AND GARLAND AVENUE SHILOH, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN ACQUIRING LAND FOR MANY YEARS AT HYPER MART, VARIOUS PLACES DOWN THERE FOR A BIG PROJECT.
WELL, THE BIG IDEA WAS, WAS DEPENDING ON HOW IT WOULD BE FUNDED, A A SOCCER STADIUM WOULD BE PERFECT FOR DOWN THERE BECAUSE YOU GOT DRAW FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS PLUS OUTTA DALLAS.
UM, LONG STORY SHORT, UM, THE, THE TEAM OWNERS, THEY HAVE TO ALSO HAVE A PLACE TO TRAIN THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT BE OUT OF THAT VALUABLE SPACE.
SO WE CONTEMPLATED TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE FACILITIES IN TWO SEPARATE, UM, DESTINATIONS.
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FUNCTION IS, UM, NOT JUST THE TRAINING OF THEIR PLAYERS, BUT, BUT REALLY THEY'VE ENVISIONED AND HAVE TAKEN STEPS.THEY HAVE ACQUIRED, UM, A A COUPLE OF REALLY LARGE YOUTH SOCCER CLUBS.
AND SO THEY WANT TO HAVE A DOSE BEING WHICH ONES, UH, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, SO IF I SAY 'EM OUT LOUD, IT MIGHT BE WRONG.
AND I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A PLACE WITH, UH, IN, IN, UH, THEY'VE SECURED, UH, WITH CITY OF DALLAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, AND WE'LL SERVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY.
AND SO THESE, THESE FIELDS THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE, THAT WE PURCHASED THIS, UM, AND THEN YOU SEE THESE, THIS SPACE OVER HERE, THIS KIND OF ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, THAT KIND OF BLANK SPACE, THE BULK OF THAT PROPERTY WAS UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, BUT ALLOWED FOR RECREATIONAL, UH, ACTIVITY.
AND IN NEGOTIATIONS OF THAT SALE, THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS INTERPRETATION AND COMFORTABLE WITH THIS USE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT TO PROVIDE, UH, CLUB SOCCER, YOUTH SOCCER, UH, TOURNAMENTS, ALL THE WHOLE THING.
SO THAT SPACE ON THE UPPER SIDE IS NOT PART OF THAT EASEMENT.
IT'S FREE AND CLEAR AND CAN BE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL USE.
AND SO THAT IS BEING KIND OF HELD BACK AS A, AS A FUTURE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, SEPARATE FROM THE SOCCER FUNCTION.
SO RIGHT NOW IT IS, IT IS TRULY CONSIDERED A PARK AND IT IS A, IT FUNCTIONS LIKE A LOT OF THE OTHERS FOR OUR SPORTS PARKS.
IT, IT'S A PUBLIC PARK, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE, UM, MANAGED ACCESS, LIKE JUST LIKE WE DO WINTERS, LIKE WE DO OUR BASEBALL, OUR SOFTBALL, BECAUSE IT, THERE, THOSE ARE FOR GAME LEVEL, HIGH LEVEL TOURNAMENT FIELDS, NOT EVERYDAY PLAY.
SO WE DON'T WANT 'EM DESTROYED FROM OVERUSE.
SO IS THE BUS TERMINAL STILL GONNA BE THERE? NOT AT THIS LOCATION, BUT, UM, BUT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SOUTH LOCATION.
WE DO HAVE AN ILA IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART, UM, FOR THEIR NINE ACRES.
AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CHUNK OF THAT PROJECT TO WHERE OUR OBLIGATION WOULD BE TO USE THAT NINE ACRES.
WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE THEIR BUS TRANSFER AGAIN UP TO, WELL, WE HAVEN'T MET, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, BUT WE WOULD, ONCE THE PROJECT, UH, WHATEVER THE PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A STADIUM OR SOMETHING ELSE, WE WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO RECONSTRUCT THAT AND MOVE IT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT USEFUL LAND FOR A LARGE SCALE PROJECT.
SO THE IDEA DOWN THERE IS TO BE ANOTHER VERY LARGE DESTINATION.
I WAS JUST SAYING THEY USED TO BE OFF OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY.
AND THEN THEY MOVED DOWN, SO, YEP.
AND SO THIS, YOU MENTIONED THIS IS, THIS IS MORE A PRACTICE FACILITY? NO, IT'S A GAME AND TOURNAMENT FACILITY.
IT'S A, IT'S A GAME AND TOURNAMENT.
AND THEN THE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER LOCATION IN, IN, UM, LIKE WINTERS OR SOMETHING OR, SO THE, THE STADIUM PROJECT IS, IT IS ITS OWN SEPARATE ENDEAVOR THAT, UH, I WON'T EVEN VENTURE TO GUESS WHAT THE ODDS ARE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR NOT.
IT'S JUST A BIG, IT'S A BIG LIFT, UM, FINANCIALLY FOR SOMEONE.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW THE CLUB IS, IS PROPOSING TO, UM, USE THIS FACILITY FOR YOUTH, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO THEIR ACADEMY, WHICH IS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL AGE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY WON'T BE PRACTICING HERE.
THE, THE, THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SOME FIELDS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT ALSO ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE THAT WOULD BE INTENDED FOR THEIR, UM, FRONT OFFICE AND HEADQUARTERS AND WOULD BE, SO BOTH OF THESE WOULD BE LEASED TO THAT ORGANIZATION, TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE LEASES, TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE ADJACENT.
THIS, IT, IT, IT HAS EVOLVED SO MANY TIMES FROM THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT.
UM, I KIND OF THINK, I LIKE TO SAY WE KIND OF FORCED GUMPED OUR WAY INTO A GREAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT JUST EVOLVED AND EVOLVED AND, AND THE TEAM OWNERSHIP'S IDEAS EVOLVED AND THEIR VISION EVOLVED AND IT, IT'S GONE REALLY STRONG ON THE, ON THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SIDE, IS THIS THE LOCATION THAT THEY'VE OFF THE ONE 90 AND GEORGE BUSH? YES.
I DID NOT ORIENT YOU CORRECTLY.
UM, THIS IS HOLFORD ROAD RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS NAMING SCHOOL NAMING FOREST, EXCUSE ME.
IT WILL BE EXTENDED RIGHT NOW, DEAD ENDS RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE TARGET.
IT'S GONNA CUT THROUGH, IT'S GONNA CUT THROUGH TO HOLFORD AND THEN IT'LL, IF BUDGET PERMITS.
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO DO THIS.
WE JUST MOVED IT TO COINCIDE WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN GEORGE BUSH IS OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
AND WHERE'S PARKING? SO IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IT'S THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT.
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THAT MIDDLE FIELD IS ACTUALLY TURNED, UM, 45 DEGREES THE OTHER WAY.IT'S RUNNING THE, IT'S RUNNING, UM, A DIFFERENT DIRECTION NOW THAN A, IN A MORE UPDATED VERSION.
THERE'S, UH, RIGHT HERE WHERE MY CURSOR IS, THERE'LL BE A RESTROOM AND CONCESSION AREA.
THESE WILL BE PUBLIC SALL COURTS FOR WALK-UP PLAY PARKING, A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING HERE.
THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING HERE, BUT THE BULK OF IT WILL BE ON THIS OTHER SIDE OF NAMAN.
UM, AND IT'S NOT IN THIS CONFIGURATION ANYMORE.
UM, I, AND I WILL POINT OUT, UM, I THINK EVERYONE'S WELL AWARE THIS IS ADJACENT TO THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE AND THEREFORE HAS TO BE DEVELOPED IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO MANAGE THE RUNOFF.
UM, IT CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE, UM, ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE SPRING CREEK ECOSYSTEM.
SO OUR CONSULTANTS ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT ORDINANCE AND THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM.
AND SO IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THESE PARKING AREAS OVER HERE WILL NOT BE PAVED.
AND WHEN I SAY GRAVEL, I DON'T MEAN JUST DUMPED OUT ON THE GROUND.
THERE'S A SYSTEM THAT'S A HONEYCOMB SYSTEM.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IS THAT IT, IT DOESN'T, IT HAS A DIFFERENT RUNOFF COEFFICIENT, SO IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO MANAGE RUNOFF AND THE BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENT'S ALL GRASS.
BUT THERE IS SOME IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND THE IDEA IS THAT IT, IT MANAGES THAT RUNOFF TO THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE SO THAT IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLOSE TO NET ZERO OF RUNOFF PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND POST-DEVELOPMENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO IN, IN SOCIETY WILL BE IN THE LOOP ON THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE HAVE SOME IDEAS TO BRING TO 'EM.
THEY'RE WORKING ON A PLANT PALLET RIGHT NOW.
UM, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT I, I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING A SURVEY ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF IN THERE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME NOT GREAT STUFF IN THERE.
SO I THINK WHEN WE CAN GO IN THERE AND 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF A WORKING FARM.
IT WAS MORE DISTURBED RIGHT, THAN, THAN SOME OF THE MORE PRISTINE AREAS.
AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE DISTURBED BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION IF POSSIBLE.
AND SO I THINK BETWEEN THE GRASSES, UM, FORBES AND TREE SELECTION, WE CAN GO IN AND, AND MAKE THIS A REALLY ATTRACTIVE BUFFER, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A TRAIL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
UH, THAT WAY WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OF WATCHING YOUR KIDS PLAY SOCCER AND GO WALK THE TRAIL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE HYPER MART SPACE? SO DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S, YOU, YOU'RE AWARE THAT IT'S BEING RENT LEASED FROM US BY PEGASUS CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR TEXDOT TO REBUILD 6 35.
SO WHEN THEIR LEASE IS UP, THEY CLEAN UP AND GO AWAY.
WE HAVE ACQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTY IN THAT AREA FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IT, ONCE THERE'S A PROJECT THERE, IT IT'LL JUST STAY VACANT UNTIL WE HAVE A PROJECT.
BUT LBJ CONSTRUCTION IS KEEPING THAT FROM BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S FREED UP AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS, BUT IT'S DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO THEY'LL BE THERE, I THINK ANOTHER SEVERAL MONTHS TO A YEAR.
I THINK, UM, ONCE THEY'RE DONE LATE BUDGET, I'M SURE
I I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT ENGINEER, UM, HER NAME IS SEASONED, SHE'S BEEN HERE A COUPLE TIMES, BRIEFING COUNSEL ON THE PROGRESS.
SO THOSE NOTES ARE AVAILABLE, THOSE VIDEOS.
WHAT ELSE? SO RIGHT NOW, OR AT LEAST THERE WAS A, A ROAD WAS COMING IN FROM HALFORD ROAD AND THE HOMELESS FOLKS WERE JUST DRIVING IN AND SETTING UP CAMP.
WE BEEN IN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
ACTUALLY THE BIG OPEN AREA KIND OF RIGHT IN THERE.
I HAVE WALKED AROUND IN THERE.
I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM LATELY, BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT ON JUNE THE 30TH.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T CLOSE THE ROAD, WE DON'T GET TO STOP THE FLOW.
SO A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN IN, IN GARLAND, A LOT OF 'EM SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND IT'S LIKE JUGGLING SPINNING PLATES AND TRY NOT TO BREAK ANY, BUT, RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
PROJECTED DATES, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
YEAH, I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY, UH, LIKE TOMORROW,
SO WE'RE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW, BUT ACTUAL, ACTUAL USE THEN WOULD BE WHEN, UH, FALL OF NEXT YEAR.
WAIT, WE DO NEED TO GET BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE RUNOFF AT APPROPRIATE TIME.
WE YEAH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEEN A LITTLE DISTRACTED THE LAST MONTH.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YET TO BRING TO YOU, UH, TO THE SOCIETY ACTUALLY.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, WE HAVE MEETINGS EVERY WEEK WITH KIMBERLY HORN WHO'S, WHO'S ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THIS AREA.
AND SO I THINK WHEN WE GET THERE, UM,
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WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOU WITH SOCIETY AND WORK THROUGH IT.I THINK WHEN, UH, CHAMBERS BROTHERS WAY BACK WHEN FILLED IN WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS THERE, SPRING CREEK FOREST.
THE WAY THEY MOUNTED UP THE DIRT AFFECTED THE WAY WATER WAS RUNNING DOWN THROUGH THE PRESERVE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WHERE THINGS ARE COMING FROM.
IS IS THERE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ON THE PARK SIDE IN TERMS OF, IN OTHER WORDS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TRANSITION LOOK SIMILAR IN TERMS OF PLANT MATERIAL.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLOTS IN THERE THAT PEOPLE MANAGE ON VARIOUS LEVELS FOR NATIVE PLANTINGS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
SO I, I'M, I'M WONDERING, AND I'M JUST PLANTING THE SEED THAT YOU CAN CONVEY TO THE SOCIETY THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TRANSIT.
I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'D BE NICE IF IT WERE TO TRANSITION SMOOTHLY AND INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS SOLID OF AN ECOSYSTEM AS WE CAN MAKE IT.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR UPDATE ON THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING SOME OF YOUR EVENING WITH US.
HUH? YOU SKIPPED ITEM 3D MOST IMPORTANT.
WELL, SOMEBODY DIDN'T SKIP IT.
THEY JUST WENT PAVED RIGHT THROUGH THAT.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY'S WELL AWARE OF THE, WELL, IF YOU'RE NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, BUT
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO, I TALKED WITH DAVID, IS TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW FROM THE TIMELINE IN REGARDS TO PARKS AND HOW WE WERE OR WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
AND THEN DAVID CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIETY, AND BOTH OF US ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS, UM, TOPIC.
BUT, UM, SO THE WEEK OF JUNE 16TH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS ACTUALLY MADE AWARE OF THE CLEARING VIA AN EMAIL FROM MR. PARRISH WHO WAS FORWARDING AN EMAIL FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN ABOUT SOME WORK GOING ON AT THE PRESERVE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SAID, HEY, DO Y'ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON? AND WE GOT THAT, UH, LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, THE NEXT MORNING, UH, ONE OF OUR PARK STAFF MEMBERS WENT OUT TO THE FRED HARRIS SECTION AND THERE WAS WORK GOING ON AND SAID, HEY, UH, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? THIS NEEDS TO STOP.
AND THAT WAS EARLY THAT MORNING AND CAME, THE STAFF MEMBER CAME BACK, TALKED TO ME.
SO THEN I REACHED OUT TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OVER THE WATER UTILITIES.
SO IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT, THAT'S, UM, MICHAEL BRINKMAN AND SENT HIM AN EMAIL AND SAID, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? WHAT'S THE PROJECT PARKS? HASN'T BEEN LOOPED IN SPRING CREEK HASN'T BEEN LOOPED IN.
WE NEED YOU TO PAUSE YOUR WORK.
UM, AND SO THE WORK WAS HALTED.
UM, THEN THE, THAT WAS THE WEEK OF JUNE 23RD.
THAT'S ALSO WHEN CITY MANAGEMENT BECAME AWARE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
AND AT THAT TIME, OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL ON THE FRED HARRIS SECTION.
AND THEN MR. PARRISH, UH, SENT SOME PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL CLEARING THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT IS ON THE HALF PARK, UH, SIDE OF THE, THE PRESERVE.
THERE WAS SOME STAFF MEETINGS.
UM, WE'VE ENGAGED CITY MANAGEMENT ENGAGED, UM, KIMLEY HORN, WHO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE USL SOCCER, UM, AND THEIR SERVICES ON THE RESTORATION PLAN.
AND THERE WAS THE COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK THAT WAS ON JULY 21ST.
UH, IT WAS THE WORK SESSION WHERE, UM, THEY GAVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY WATER UTILITIES WAS NEEDING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SEWER AND, UH, THE, THE SEWER LINES THERE IN THE, THE CREEK.
'CAUSE THE MANHOLES ARE IN THERE AND THEY NEED ACCESS TO THOSE.
UH, THEY HAVE, UM, SEEN SIGNS THAT THERE'S MAYBE SOME AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY FAIL.
AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE A LARGER ISSUE THAT THE, UM, PRESERVE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
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ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, UM, SINCE THEN.WE, WE, AS IN CITY STAFF, HAVE MET WITH THE SOCIETY, UH, THEIR BOARD TWO TIMES NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN KEPT IN THE LOOP AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL THAT KIMLEY HORN HAS PROVIDED TO THE CITY, WHICH IS BROKEN UP IN A COUPLE OF PHASES.
UM, AND THE FIRST PHASE, UH, AND I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT CONTRACT WAS AWARDED THIS, UH, THIS WEEK AT COUNCIL.
SO, UM, BUT THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE FIRST PHASE IS REALLY TO, UH, EROSION PROTECTION, GETTING, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF INSPECTING THE LINES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW I'M LEAVING THINGS OFF, DAVID, SO YOU CAN HELP ME CLEARING AND, UH, DISPOSING OF THE BRUSH THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, WAS PUSHED OFF TO THE SIDE, GETTING AN INVENTORY OF WHAT THEY THINK THE ACTUAL DAMAGE WAS DONE.
SO GOING THROUGH SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE A FULL ASSESSMENT.
AND NOT JUST OF THE TREE CANOPY, BUT THE, ALL THE, THE ECOSYSTEM OUT THERE.
AND SO THEY HAVE, I THINK THAT ONCE THEY HAVE START, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN KINLEY HORN, I'M SURE THEY'RE STARTING THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK ON THEIR PROPOSAL, IT'S ABOUT A 75 DAY WAIT PERIOD FOR THEM TO START COLLECTING ALL THIS DATA.
AND AS WE, WE, THE CITY RECEIVES THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH THE SOCIETY LATER IN THE PROJECT.
HE'LL MENTION TWO PROJECTS THAT PARKS WAS ALREADY GOING TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING ON AND HAD BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE SOCIETY.
AND THOSE AT THE MOMENT ARE AT A PAUSE, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA SHOW THOSE TO YOU TONIGHT.
BUT THOSE ARE PAUSED RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION BACK FROM KIMLEY HORN.
LAST THING THAT WE WANNA DO, AND SOCIETY WANTS TO DO IS DO ANY MORE DISRUPTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE INEFFICIENT, RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA PUT IN THE GARLAND UNDERPASS, UM, UH, YEAH, THE GARLAND UNDERPASS PROJECT MOVE THAT FORWARD, AND THEN KIMLEY HORN SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND RIP THAT UP.
BUT ALL THAT TO SAY, UM, PARKS HAS ALWAYS, UH, DONE A GOOD JOB.
I, FOR THE MOST PART, MAYBE DAVID WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME, UH, COORDINATING WITH THE SOCIETY, WORKING WITH THEM ON PROJECTS.
AND SO THIS WORK WAS DONE UNBEKNOWNST TO US.
UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT WE, YOU KNOW, HALTED EVERYTHING, GOT THE GROUP TOGETHER AND JUST HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE PROCESS SINCE THEN.
SO, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE, IS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.
AND DAVID, I'M GONNA LET YOU YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF FEWER ON FACEBOOK AND THOSE KINDS OF PLACES.
WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET AND ANGRY AND, YOU KNOW, SAD.
YOU KNOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY BEEN THERE THE LONGEST, LIKE BARBARA BAUM, YOU KNOW, IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, IS QUITE, YOU KNOW, STILL QUITE UPSET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S PUT SO MUCH OF HER LIFE, YOU KNOW, INTO, INTO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WASN'T UNTIL WE MET WITH THE WASTEWATER FOLKS IN PARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF THE, THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH COMPETING PRIORITIES.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS WHEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR ARE, ARE AT EVERY MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND BASICALLY THE CITY MANAGER WAS RUNNING THE MEETING AND, YOU KNOW, APOLOGIZING UPFRONT.
AND, UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE CARVED OUT A COUPLE OF PIECES.
WE'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR TRAILS BACK FUNCTIONAL ONE, UH, HELPING WITH THE PLANT PROPAGATION.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY WANT PEOPLE BRINGING IN, UM, MATERIALS FROM, UH, A NURSERY WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GENETICS AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.
SO WE'D PREFER TO KIND OF USE THE GENETICS THAT ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, THE PLANTS THAT ARE THERE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, CREATE STOCK TO, TO BRING PLANTS BACK IN.
AND THE GOAL ON THAT, THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING TOWARDS IS, OR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FEASIBLE OPTION IS TO, UM, WORK WITH THE GREENHOUSE THAT PARK OPERATIONS HAS IN ITS INVENTORY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I, I, UM, WAS JUST MAKING A NOTE AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST
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LEVEL WAS EROSION PROTECTION AND WAS THERE A SECOND STEP? MM-HMMSO LET ME GO THROUGH PHASE ONE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CONTRACTED TO.
SO IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 75 DAYS, UH, TO COMPLETE.
AND THE DELIVERABLES, IMMEDIATE DELIVERABLES ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EROSION PROTECTION IN THE DISTURBED AREAS, USING THE LEAST INVASIVE METHODS, A PLAN FOR CLEARING AND, AND DISPOSITION OF BRUSH AND TREE MATERIAL FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK SITE.
A TECHNICAL MEMO THAT WILL ASSESS THE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO THE SITE, INCLUDING IMPACTS TO TREES, WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, ALONG WITH SUGGESTED SHORT TERM ACTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO IN THAT THEY HAVE TO GET SOME IDEAS OF, OKAY, HOW CAN WE ACCESS WE THE CITY, HOW CAN THE CITY ACCESS THE MANHOLES PROPERLY BE ABLE TO DO THEIR ASSESSMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHAT IS THE, THE, THE STATUS OF THOSE LINES? AND ARE THEY FAILING? DO THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND, IF ANY, UM, CARE, DO THEY NEED MAINTENANCE? DO THEY NEED, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 55-YEAR-OLD INFRASTRUCTURE MM-HMM
AND THEY ARE IN THE CREEK BED.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THAT WORK SESSION, BUT I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
UH, IT WILL REALLY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE REASON BEHIND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND, AND WHY THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
SO, AND THEN OF COURSE THE CITY MANAGER HAS COMMITTED TO, UH, JUST WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH SOCIETY, UM, THAT WE COORDINATE WORK ON BETTER COORDINATION INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO, IN, IN NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, UH, FROM NOW ON TO UM, MAKE SURE THAT KEY DATA LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY, EVERY INDIVIDUAL KNOWS ABOUT.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE 1 0 1, UH, IN COMING TO, TO JOIN THE CITY IN ANY CAPACITY.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE WORK SESSION.
UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DISCUSSION HAS GONE AS FAR AS DOING ANYTHING.
I THINK WHAT I DO REMEMBER THE CITY MANAGER SAYING FROM THAT IS HE JUST DIDN'T WANT A KNEE JERK REACTION TO REALLY ANYTHING.
HE WANTED TO BE VERY METHODICAL, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE APPROACHING THIS AND COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT, THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE.
UM, WHICH YES, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE, BUT, UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN PASS ALONG.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T GET TO CONTROL.
WE BEING PARKS DON'T GET TO CONTROL THAT BOAT.
WE ARE A VOICE AND WE CAN SHARE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK.
GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE REAL IMPORTANT WITH THAT WHOLE SOCCER MM-HMM
AND YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WELL, TO INVOLVE EVERYONE IN THE PROCESS.
WELL, KIMBERLY HORN PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT YES.
PRESERVE THAN WASTEWATER DID WHEN THIS THING STARTED.
AND TO THAT, UM, PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS HAPPENING, THERE HAD BEEN AN INITIAL MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE PRESERVE AND ANDY, AND WE'RE TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE SOCIETY HAD OF COURSE, WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO PARTNER AND SO, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED AND THINGS RIGHT.
BUT UH, SO I DUNNO IF YOU MENTIONED THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE SOONER THAN, THAN LATER PROBABLY.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REBUILT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, I THINK IT'S IN PHASE ONE IS A HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REBUILD THE, THE SEWER IN THE CREEK AND WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REBUILD THE SEWER OUT OF THE CREEK.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO SEWER LINES IF YOU PULL IT OUT OF THE CREEK.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO SERVE BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND SO TO, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WATER UTILITIES NEED TO HAVE THAT, THOSE HIGH LEVEL COSTS.
AND JUST WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NUMBER WISE? YEAH.
BUT IN SAYING ALL THAT, UM, BECAUSE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING, I THINK THERE ARE GOALS THAT SPRING CREEK SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
AND I THINK THAT AS UNFORTUNATE AS THE EVENT WAS THERE IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT BETTER AND FOR THE VISITORS AND DO SOME THINGS.
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THESE TWO CAN COHABITATE TOGETHER.
SO, AND, AND I DO AGREE HAVING KIMLEY HORN WORKING ON THE USL PROJECT AND, AND, UM, BEING FAMILIAR 'CAUSE THEY'VE GONE OUT THERE NOW, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE BEST TO BE OUT THERE.
WELL, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, UH, PARK PRESERVE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE FOREST AND ALL THAT.
THESE BIG DECISIONS OF SEND IN THE BIG EQUIPMENT ARE, THEY DON'T OCCUR AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL LEVEL.
THEY OCCUR AT THE MANAGERIAL AND DIRECTORIAL LEVEL.
AND SO CLEARLY IF A IS NOT TALKING TO B, NOT TALKING TO C, NOT TALKING TO D, THEN THE MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, THE HEADS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE GREATER AND MORE FREQUENT AND MORE NUANCED COMMUNICATION.
I MEAN, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW, WHO, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DECISION THAT HAPPENED ON THE UTILITY SIDE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ALSO A COMMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGERS.
WE, AS A CITY, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE REALLY TRIED TO WORK TO BREAK DOWN SILOS, DO THINGS TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, TEAM GARLAND AND WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES, BUT THIS WAS JUST AN EYE-OPENING MOMENT ALSO IN REGARDS TO, I THINK HIS EXACT WORDS WERE, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW SILOED IT STILL IS IN SOME PLACES.
AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE WAS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT AT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LEVEL AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR LEVEL THERE, HAVE NEW PEOPLE MM-HMM
AND THEY JUST WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHAT ELSE WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COMMENTS ON, ON THAT? MOVING ON TO ITEM E, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM REPORT, JOSUE.
SO I WANNA INTRODUCE, THIS IS JOSUE DIAZ.
UM, HE IS OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
UM, AND SO I THINK YOU'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH YOUR PACKET, UH, FOR HIS SLIDES.
BUT, UM, JOSUE HAS BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION NOW LESS THAN A YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MONTH WE'RE IN, NINE, NINE MONTHS.
UM, HE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB BUILDING VOLUNTEER GARLAND, SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.
UM, HE NOT ONLY BENEFITS OUR DEPARTMENT, THE CITY, OTHER CITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
AND HE'S GROWING A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
SO EXCITED THAT, UM, YOU ALL GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING.
UM, AS SHE SAID, MY NAME IS JOSE SUE DIAZ AND I'M THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
I HAVE A VERY UNIQUE JOB IN THE CITY.
I HAVE ONE OF THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN THE BEST WAY AS A PAID EMPLOYEE.
UM, AND I TAKE MY JOB IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE BUILDING AS A, UH, A POTENTIAL FOR A BETTER FUTURE.
IT'S ONE OF MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VOLUNTEER GARLAND.
IF YOU SEE REPORTS IN THE PUBLIC, OFTENTIMES YOU WILL SEE THE OFFICE OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FOR GARLAND MENTIONED WITH THE BRANDING VOLUNTEER GARLAND RIGHT IN THE WEBSITE, VOLUNTEER GARLAND GARLAND.ORG.
OUR ORGANIZATION IS, UH, DEDICATED TO, UH, PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE THAT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, UH, WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO NOT JUST LOOK AT OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE USING, CURRENTLY USING VOLUNTEERS, BUT TO CREATE A BRIDGE AND GAP.
UH, BRIDGE THE GAP THAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE A SOFTWARE CALLED VOLUNTEER GARLAND.ORG THAT SERVES AS THE, UM, PROFILE OUR KEEPER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF GARLAND.
SO IF SOMEBODY IN GARLAND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN A NURSING HOME, WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THEM UP, WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, PROVIDE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, OUR CURRENT PROGRAM IS LARGELY BASED IN THE PARKS AND REC, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ARE CONNECTED, UH, TO SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES SINCE BRANCHING OUT FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE AFTER THE SUMMER OF, OF CONNECTING WITH THE,
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WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE LIBRARY IS LAUNCHING THEIR NEW, UM, CHILDREN'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL BE, UH, AT CERTAIN LIBRARIES DOING ABOUT TWO TO THREE VOLUNTEERS, TWO TO THREE DAYS A WEEK.AND THE, THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.
AND THEY HAVE MORE OF A, A, A SIGN IN CHECK-IN SYSTEM WHERE, UH, VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP FOR SHIFTS MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
THEY HAVE, THEY'RE QUITE COMPETITIVE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO SIGNED ON TO PARTNER WITH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO BE A MAIN DISTRIBUTOR OF INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR KIOSK.
EVERYBODY GOES AND ASKS THE LIBRARIANS DIFFERENT INFORMATION ON HOW DO I JOIN THE PROGRAM AND THIS AND THAT.
SO THEY'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR BEHALF.
UH, ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THAT, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, IS OUR RECREATION CENTER, OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
WE'RE FINALIZING THE, THE LAST PART WE'RE GOING INTO PHASE TWO OF TRAINING FOR, UH, RECREATION STAFF, UH, LEADERSHIP.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING A, UM, LIKE LUNCH ASSISTANCE FOR THE LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS.
AND THEY'LL BE DOING THAT IN ORDER TO LEARN THE SOFTWARE SO THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO OUR FIRST SEASON OF EVENTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE ACCUSTOMED TO CHECKING IN VOLUNTEERS ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY'LL BE UTILIZING THEM THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR, UH, EVENTS AND, UM, AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, SO FAR, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS, AND HALF THE TIME IT HAS BEEN A LOGISTIC ADVENTURE.
WE'VE BEEN LIKE CREATING THE VOLUNTEER MANUAL AND TALKING TO LAWYERS AND TALKING TO RISK AND CREATING POLICY.
SO HA BE, BE A LITTLE FORGIVING WITH SOME OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE IF WE HAD BEEN DEEPER INTO IT, THAN EVERY MONTH WOULD'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO HAVING MULTIPLE EVENTS AND STUFF.
BUT SINCE, UH, SINCE OCTOBER OF, OF LAST YEAR, WE HAVE ENGAGED OVER, UH, 1200 RECORDED VOLUNTEERS AT OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THIS INCLUDES OUR HOSTED ONES AND PARTNER ONES, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 850 NEWS LETTER SUBSCRIBERS.
AND WHEN YOU TOTAL UP ALL THE RECORDED ONES THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 3,874.
AND THIS WAS COMPILED ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO WE'VE HAD TWO OR SEVERAL THINGS SINCE THEN.
AND, UH, IN TERMS OF LITTER COLLECTION FROM THE PARKS, UM, RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS, IT'S A MAJOR FOCUS OF, OF OUR PROGRAM.
IT'S ABOUT 24,000 POUNDS SO FAR THAT WE GO OUT FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND HANDLE ANY NUMBER OF, LEVEL OF DEGREE FROM THE SELF-SERVE PROGRAM WHERE A FAMILY CAN JUST WALK AROUND A PARK, COLLECT LITTER, AND THEN REPORT THE NUMBERS BACK TO US, OR TO AN ORGANIZED EVENT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE 50 PEOPLE THERE WITH THE TRAILER AND SOME SUPPORT STAFF.
AND THAT MIGHT BRING IN 3000 POUNDS IN ITSELF.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT AND WHEN YOU TOTAL IT UP, IT'S ABOUT 134,000 AND, UM, ESTIMATED VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTION.
AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AT THIS POINT.
SO THE, I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET ALL OF YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR,
I NEED TO, I NEED TO SPEED RUN THIS AND GET CONNECTED AND GET THESE FOLKS WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE HELPING NEIGHBORS, HELPING NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND I, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO GET INVOLVED OR COME UP WITH A PROJECT, THAT'S WHAT I DO, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND AN EMAIL AT VOLUNTEER@GARLANDTX.GOV AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP ANY OF YOU.
WELL, I JUST WANNA ADD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS HIS NUMBERS AREN'T THAT GREAT.
YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S, HE'S MODEST, BUT HE, UM, HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SO HE, IN NINE MONTHS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING EVENTS, MEETING PEOPLE, CREATING A VOLUNTEER MANUAL, THAT WAS PART OF OUR CAPPER PROCESS AND JUST LITERALLY BUILDING THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT.
HE, UM, WE HAVE ONE UE IS FULL-TIME, AND THEN HE HAS, UH, ONE SEASONAL STAFF THAT HE HAS THAT WORKS WITH HIM, BUT HE DOES GET SUPPORT FROM THE PARK PARK OPERATIONS TEAM, FROM THE RECREATION TEAM.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT TO, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE BIG EVENT.
I'M GONNA LET YOU MENTION THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT THAT IS ONE THAT WE WOULD INVOLVE CODE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
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SO, UM, HE'S, HE'S DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB.HE'S BUILDING BRIDGES, HE'S, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH THE SOCIETY, HE'S GOING OUT TO HOAS, HE'S DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING, UM, WHEN YOU'RE NEW AND TRYING TO BUILD A PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE SUPER HAPPY AND PROUD TO HAVE HIM IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS, UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHING THAT'S COMING AND IT'S KIND OF INSIDER INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT I, I WANT YOU TO SEE WHERE WE'RE DOING THE VISION BEHIND IT SO THAT BY THE TIME YOU SEE THE ELEMENTS BEING DROPPED TO THE PUBLIC, YOU'RE LIKE, ALRIGHT, THAT TOOK, THAT'S, THAT WAS RELEASED.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR, OF YOUR HANDOUT BEHIND VOLUNTEER GARLAND, YOU'LL SEE THIS PAGE THAT SAYS THE BIG EVENT GARLAND.
SO WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS THE WE'RE HOSTING EVENT IN THE SPRING SOMETIME TBA
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING OUT TO DETAILS 'CAUSE I'VE GOTTA, I'VE GOTTA GET OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP PARTNERS IN PLACE AND, AND GET MY MARCHING ORDERS AND IN ORDER TO COORDINATE ALL THAT.
IT'S FLUID WHENEVER YOU'RE PUTTING AN EVENT TOGETHER.
UH, SO I PLAN ON USING THE BIG EVENT GARLAND, WHICH IS A CITYWIDE VOLUNTEER DAY.
AND I SAY IT LIKE THAT, LIKE IT'S NOTHING, BUT IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL BECAUSE FOR US, LIKE I NEED A FLAG TO WAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO WAVE THAT FLAG FOR MONTHS AT A TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE OF CIVICS, TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND CONNECT THEM FURTHER.
CONNECT THEM WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
THERE'S HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT WHEN I GO TO COUNCIL AND I GO TO THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE THE PEOPLE DOING IT.
WE'RE THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT BELIEVE IN, IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE BIG EVENT GARLAND, IS ANY NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER PROJECTS PUT TOGETHER AND COMPLETED ON A SINGLE DAY.
IT COULD BE MOWING SOMEBODY'S LAWN OR VISITING A NURSING HOME OR GOING TO A NONPROFIT AND HELP THEM PACK UP IN THEIR WAREHOUSE OR HOLDING, UM, A RAFFLE, ANYTHING, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE NOT PUT TOGETHER THE PROJECTS, WE'RE JUST PLANNING.
AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT COMPANIES AND AND UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF GARLAND ARE GONNA BE PARTNERING.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COOPERATION AND A LOT OF, UH, GOING FORWARD.
SO WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE IT FINALLY DROP IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT, THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE MOMENTUM BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF REGISTERING PEOPLE ON OUR, ON OUR ONLINE PORTAL.
THE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT ARE GETTING INVOLVED AND ACTUALLY ACTIVELY CHECKING OUR WEBSITE WHERE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, LET ME SEE WHAT'S UP THERE IN NOVEMBER.
AND THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE GETTING ACCUSTOMED AND USED TO DOING THAT, WE'RE BUILDING COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER.
UH, THE BIG EVENT GARLAND IS THAT BIG EVENT AND IT'S SO CLOSELY TIED TO OUR PARKS AND REC.
IT'S, IT'S TIED TO OUR COMMUNITY CODE COMPLIANCE, OUR LIBRARY, THERE'S SO MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU WOULD NOT THINK WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GET TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE ALL WORKING FOR THAT, THAT BIG UNITY.
NOW I SAY TBA BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DATE
I INVITE ALL OF YOU ON THAT DAY TO EITHER BE PART OF IT OR TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT.
I WOULD LOVE THE, THE GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, BEAT THE DRUM.
I'M GONNA ALWAYS BE BEATING THE DRUM AND HOPE THAT SOMEBODY BEATS IT BACK BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE, WE MAKE THIS A MOVEMENT.
AND I'LL ADD TO, YOU ALL KNOW, OR IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE NEW, UH, PARKS AND REC IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THE MORE RESOURCES AND WE DO MORE WITH LESS.
AND SO THE VOLUNTEER GROUP AND BUILDING THIS PROGRAM HELPS OUR DEPARTMENT.
THEY PAINTED THE RESTROOMS OVER AT CENTRAL PARK.
WAS THAT LAST WEEK? LAST SATURDAY, YEAH, LAST SATURDAY.
THEY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THING, THE LAKE SHORE CLEANUP, I ACTUALLY WENT OUT THE DAY THAT WE WENT OVER TO JOHN PAUL JONES AND WE WERE CLEANING THE LAKESHORE.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT JUST, WE JUST DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE TIME AND STAFF AND RESOURCES, BUT THERE'S STILL NEEDS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
SO IT'S A HUGE WIN-WIN FOR SWAY AND WHAT HE'S BUILDING.
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COMMENTS? SO ONE THING THAT YES, SIR.COMING OUT OF THIS SPRING CREEK THING IS THERE'LL BE RAMPS GOING DOWN INTO THE CREEK
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT EASIER TO GET IN, GET START GETTING SOME OF THAT TRASH OUT.
I, I'LL NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE, UH, I'VE TRIED MANY TIMES PRIOR TO THIS TO GET, HAVE ACCESS AND I'VE JUST HAD NO SUCCESS.
THE BANKS ARE SO STEEP, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN THERE UNLESS YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM RIGHT.
I'VE SEEN THEM SWIMMING DOWN THERE.
SO ONE OF OUR SCOUTS DID HIS EAGLE PROJECT AT THE CORNER OF GARLAND ROAD IN BELTLINE, AND THEY STENCILED YES.
SO Y'ALL GO SEE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, ON BOTH SIDES OF GARLAND ROAD.
AND THOSE PROJECTS GET TAKEN, UM, TO HOSTWAY.
SO ANY, ANY, UH, I I TELL PEOPLE, GET US CONNECTED TO THE SCOUTS.
GET US CONNECTED TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO A LEADERSHIP PROJECT.
EVERYBODY CAN BE A SUPERHERO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND PART OF OUR JOB, AND AT LEAST IN MY HISTORY, IS WORKING WITH TAKING THE CONCEPTS AND IDEAS OF THINGS THAT CAN HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
AND REALLY, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT I HAVE ABOUT 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SCOUTS AND, AND MAKING THOSE PROJECTS BETTER BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
THEY HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT BUDGETING AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW ALL THESE THINGS.
SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, ANYBODY APPROACHES YOU THAT I'M ALWAYS GIVE ME THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS.
'CAUSE I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM.
OF COURSE, IT WAS BECKY KING'S SON TOO.
GIVE YOU, WHAT IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AGAIN? UH, YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO THE, UH, VOLUNTEER@GARLANDTX.GOV.
THAT'S WHY I HAD, UH, I STAR BY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, ON THE SMALL LEVEL, LIKE, LIKE FAMILIES, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UH, A FAMILY THAT, THAT NEEDED, THAT REALLY DESIRED A, A SERVICE PROJECT, A VOLUNTEER PROJECT, OR EVEN A GROUP OF TEENAGERS, THAT KIND OF THING.
IS THAT THE SORT OF THING THAT WE WOULD CONTACT YOU AND SAY, WE WE NEED SOMETHING, UH, WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND YOU'D SAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU DO? THAT'S THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY, UH, SO I TOLD PEOPLE, NO, NO PROJECT'S REALLY TOO SMALL.
THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S LIMITS TO THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT I TELL PEOPLE LIKE OUR, THE BASIS OF OUR SELF-SERVE LITTER, UH, PRO PROGRAM IS YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE WALKING AROUND, LET ME GIVE YOU THIS APPLIES, REACH DOWN, PICK IT UP, AND THEN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT NUMBERS I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'LL PROVIDE THE, THE, THE, THE WAIVERS AND THE LEGAL INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR BOUNDARIES ARE.
I'LL GIVE YOU GUIDANCE FOR THAT.
SO IT'S VERY FREQUENTLY THAT, THAT I'LL BE CONTACTED BY A MOTHER FOR MM-HMM.
OR A KID THAT'S IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S PRESENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLASS IN FOR A SERVICE.
AND YOU WOULD IDENTIFY THE SPOT TOO.
YOU'D SAY, I'VE GOT THREE SPOTS HERE THAT REALLY NEED, UH, LITTER PICKUP.
THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR OFFICE HAS DONE, ESPECIALLY HAVING THIS, UH, HER, HER NAME'S CAITLYN.
CAITLYN IS, UH, MAGIC WITH THE COMPUTERS.
SO PART OF OUR, OUR ID OUR IDEA SINCE WE STARTED HERE IS TO CREATE SITE MAPS.
'CAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE I GET THOSE QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME.
SO DO I SPEND 20 HOURS EVERY SINGLE TIME OR CAN I HIT THE SAME PROBLEM CATCH AREAS? BECAUSE I'M FULLY AWARE OF THE, THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT TRASH AND LITTER ACCUMULATE IN A, IN A MUNICIPALITY.
RIGHT? SO IF I CAN PUT A SITE MAP TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME AND YOU SAY, HEY, I HAVE A BUNCH OF FIVE YEAR OLDS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE ROUTE THAT YOU NEED TO DO.
IT'S ALL IN A PDF READY FOR YOU TO GO.
AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ME 30 QUESTIONS 'CAUSE IT'S IN A PACKET.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST 10 SITES LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW FOR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET IN THE CREEK, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE ON PAVED TRAILS.
SO I CAN SEND YOU WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO.
AND THEN, UH, THE, IF YOU HAVE A NONPROFIT YES, THAT NEEDS HELP, UH, THAT NEEDS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF VOLUNTEER HELP, UH, YES MA'AM.
WE COULD WORK WITH YOU TO EXACTLY, UM, KIND OF SHAPE THAT.
AND COMPANIES, YOU'D BE SURPRISED, UH, COMPANIES WILL REACH OUT TO US AND SAY, HEY MAN, WE WANT TO DO A DAY OF SERVICE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WORK IN HR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
SO WE'LL, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US FREE LABOR, THAT'S GREAT.
SO WE'LL PARTNER WITH THEM, FIGURE OUT HOW, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND WHAT PROJECTS.
AND THEN IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR PARK STAFF.
WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES AND THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS SAFE AND CLEAR.
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GET DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WHEN A PRIVATE COMPANY CONTACTS 30 OF US, 30 PEOPLE, USUALLY 30 TO 50 WILL COME OUT AND DO A REBUILD OR A CLEANUP OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE GONNA COME HAVE YOU TALK TO THE SCOUTS IN THESE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UM, ITEM F GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE.
UM, SO I THINK, IS ANYBODY NOT AWARE OF THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION? BECAUSE WE HAD A BIG EVENT AT HOLFORD.
NO INJURIES, LOTS OF FUN, RAIN HELD OUT AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY MADE SOME MONEY THAT WE WILL PRE PRESENTING THE PORTION FROM THE SILENT AUCTION AND THE RAFFLE TO THE BUDDY LEAGUE AT THE FIRST GAME.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THOSE BIG CHECKS.
AND, AND I WAS LOOKING AROUND, WE MEET THE FIRST SUNDAY USUALLY TRYING TO MEET BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD MEETING.
UM, BUT WE, EVERYBODY THERE IS SERVING IN SOME OTHER CAPACITY.
WE HAVE TWO COUNCILMEN, TWO PEOPLE FROM THE PARK BOARD ON THERE, ONE PERSON FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND, UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THAT GROUP.
WE WERE DOING A CAR WASH FUNDRAISER AT CALIBER CAR WASH.
AND, UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE AND WASHING CARS, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS, UH, FROM THE CAR WASHES A PORTION OF THAT BACK TO US.
AND THAT DATE IS, IT WAS SETTLING BETWEEN THE LAST, UH, WEEKEND OF, UM, SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE IN THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SETTLED ON A DATE, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT MAYBE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY ON THAT? WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE BIG DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING WITH REGISTRATION ON THAT MARCH 28TH DEAL THAT HU WADE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE REVIEWING OUR BYLAWS AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A PASSIVE SOMEWHAT EVENT TO DO THE, UH, UH, TEXAS GIVING DAY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS TO DO A BENCH.
THERE'S ONE TO DO A BENCH IN RICK OIN THAT THE FAMILY WANTS TO DO.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I STILL CANNOT GET MY HEAD AROUND WHY IT COSTS $2,500 TO DO A BENCH.
BUT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT DOING ONE THERE.
AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER LOCATION THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW, 18 BENCH BOY SCOUTS HAVE A DESIGN FOR A BENCH THAT'LL COST YOU ABOUT FIVE OR 600.
WELL, IT HAS TO BE A LITTLE TOUGH IN COOPERATION WITH THE, UM, WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND WITH THEIR STANDARDS AND WITH THE, UM, THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF THE CURRENT PARK THAT IT'S GOING IN.
SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND I THINK THAT KEITH IS COMING ON THAT TO SPEAK AT THE PODIUM WITH A MIC ON
ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED HIS, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, TONIGHT I'M JUST GONNA GIVE Y'ALL A QUICK SUMMARY, UH, AS YOU CAN HAND OUT, THIS IS A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT WAS IN WHAT WAS, WAS HANDED OUT TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, I FIGURED YOU DIDN'T WANT 400 PAGES, SO I BASICALLY KNOCKED IT DOWN JUST MAINLY THE PARTS OF RECREATION SECTION.
AND, UH, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, UM, I'LL JUST GO TO THE FIRST ONE.
UM, NOW AT THE BOTTOM, WHEN YOU SEE THE PAGE 1 39, IF YOU GO TO PAGE 1 39, THAT'S THE PAGE I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT.
IT SHOULD HELP Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT, UH, INSTEAD OF ME, EVERY TIME I SWITCH THE PAGE, YOU CAN JUST LOOK DOWN THERE AND, AND SEE THAT.
SO, UH, BASICALLY WE HAVE TWO BUDGETS.
I'M GONNA GO OVER THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET.
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PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ARE LOOKING AT A 14,484,380.THAT IS ACTUALLY A INCREASE OF 861,000 OVER LAST YEAR.
THAT'S BASICALLY A 6% INCREASE.
UH, I SHOULD KIND OF BACK UP JUST A SECOND, IS THAT THIS IS A TOUGH BUDGET.
UH, SO, UH, THERE WASN'T MUCH.
WE WAS BASICALLY TOLD YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET MUCH IN THIS BUDGET.
SO, UH, THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY MANAGERS WAS, I HAVE TO FUND THINGS THAT WAS BASED OFF THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS THE PRIORITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THE BUDGET.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH HERE, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE AN INCREASE IS BECAUSE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, I SHOULD HAVE STARTED OFF WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY AS WE GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, SO BASICALLY, UH, ON PAGE ONE 40, UM, WHAT WAS FUNDED WAS, THE BIGGEST PART WAS SURF AND SWIM.
UH, SURFING SWIM WE'RE LOOKING AT A $1.4 MILLION, UH, REQUEST.
THAT MEANS THAT NEXT YEAR IS BEING OUR BASE BUDGET.
THE OTHER $649 WILL BE ONE, ONE-TIME COST.
THAT MEANS I HAVE TO REQUEST ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SPEND NEXT YEAR, AGAIN IN A SPP.
AND THAT WAS BASICALLY BECAUSE OF BUDGET RESTRAINTS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY FOR, UH, STRATEGIC PROPOSAL, PROJECT PROPOSAL, STRATEGIC PRIORITY PROPOSAL, YEAH.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR BASE BUDGET.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO ASK FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO, UM, SO, UM, SO THE, UH, SURFING SWIM THAT ALSO INCLUDE ONE FULL-TIME POSITION.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY GENERAL FUND POSITION THAT WAS FUNDED.
UH, THAT IS FOR AQUATIC TECH WITH ALL OF THE SPLASH PADS, THE FER, UH, CONSTRUCTION LAST YEAR AND SURFACE SWIM, IT IS JUST GOING TO TAKE MORE MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY TO FUND AN AQUATIC TECH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE STAFFING NEEDS AT THE NEW SURFACE SWIM AS, UH, UH, I'LL GO IN THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FEES, ALSO, WE WILL HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE DOLLARS.
THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT, UH, NEW FACILITIES COMING ON BOARD FROM DUCK CREEK SOUTH EXTENSION TO HERITAGE PARK, FER ROAD SEGMENT, A UH, ALL ABOUT REC CENTER.
UH, THERE'S, UH, ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THERE WHEN THE LIBRARY COMES ONLINE.
KINGSLEY PARK, RICK OLAND, SPLASH PACK, SPRING, UH, SP GREEN WIND, GEORGE COMMUNITY PARKS COMING ONLINE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WILL HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE DOLLARS THAT'S TIED TO THAT.
UM, A NEW REQUEST IS BASICALLY GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
WE ARE JUST HAVING AN INCREASE IN GRAFFITI.
UH, THIS PACKAGE IS TO DO CONTRACT GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
IS THAT MOSTLY AT THE SKATE PARK? WHAT NOW? IS THAT MOSTLY AT THE SKATE PARK? IT'S JUST WHEREVER WE HAVE KNEES, WE WILL CALL A CONTRACTOR OUT.
THEY WILL GO OUT AND ASSIST US WITH THE GRAFFITI.
WE GET TAGGED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DID A, UH, A MIDYEAR SPP, UH, FOR OUR MOWING CONTRACTS.
THEY BASICALLY WENT UP LAST YEAR, SO THIS REPRESENTS THAT $67,000 OF THAT PRICE INCREASE THAT WE REQUESTED.
AND THEN FOR THIRD YEAR, UH, THE WILDFLOWER PROGRAM, UH, CONTINUE TO BE A ONE A YEAR AFTER YEAR REQUEST.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY OUR GENERAL FUND REQUEST.
WHERE'S IT WILDFLOWER? IT'S VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND, AND ROAD MEDIANS? YEAH, IT'S MAINLY IN THE MEDIANS, BUT UH, THEY'RE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
SO, SO THE OTHER FUND WE HAVE IS OUR RECREATION PERFORMANCE FUND.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GENERATE THE REVENUE BEFORE WE CAN GENERATE THE EXPENSE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE TO BRING IN THE REVENUE TO JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE.
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SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT A $270,000, UH, $270,000 INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR AT 1,858,951 THAT REPRESENT A 18% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.AND SOME OF THE THINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE PURCHASING ARE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING TO DO THAT.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY THE GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY AND CARVER SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM.
$18,000 AS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT AS, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER IS DOWN UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE JUST OFFERING SOME MORE PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS, UH, TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THAT.
UH, BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER IS COMING ONLINE, SO WE ARE GETTING SOME MONEY FOR REVENUE FOR, UH, THE, UH, TENNIS PRO, UH, PAY THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.
UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, $71,000 THAT IS GONNA COST FOR MAINTAIN ALL DAY TENNIS CENTER.
UH, HOPE FOR RICK CENTER IS COMING ONLINE.
SO WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE ABOVE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE OF ABOUT 5,500 THAT WE'RE PROJECTING.
UH, AND THEN WE HAD SOME REC CENTER STAFFING.
THAT WAS LAST YEAR IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT WAS ONE TIME WE HAD TO ASK FOR IT AGAIN, COULDN'T FUND IT.
SO WE'RE FUNDING OUT THE PERFORMANCE FUND.
IT HOPEFULLY WILL BE DRIVING REVENUE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THE, UH, PERFORMANCE FUND.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS HOPE FOR REC CENTER IS DOING SO WELL.
WE JUST CAN'T DO IT FOR THE ONE FULL-TIME BUILDING ATTENDANT.
SO WITH THE RESERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING, WE ARE FUNDING A PART-TIME OR SEASONAL POSITION AT THE FER, UH, BUILDING ATTENDANT.
ANY QUESTION BEFORE I COME THROUGH WHERE I NEED SOME FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL? ANY QUESTIONS YET? OKAY, SO WITH SURFING SWIM, COMING ONLINE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING NEW FEES.
WE CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR WITH THE HOLFORD POOL FEES.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE ARE PROPOSING NEW FEES.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE NEW, NEW FEES ARE AND GET Y'ALL FEEDBACK.
UH, BASICALLY WE DID A SURVEY OF THE METROPLEX, UH, CITY FACILITIES THAT HAVE WATER PARTS AND THEY BASICALLY, FOR YOUTH, THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT $11 13 CENTS.
UM, THE MODEL WAS MORE BASED OFF OF, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THIS MODEL BASED OFF OF FER AND WHAT SURFING SWIM SHOULD BE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUTH RESIDENTS BEING $10.
UM, AND THEN THE YOUTH NON-RESIDENTS BE $14.
AND THEN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ADULTS AVERAGE IS ABOUT 1388.
WE'RE RECOMMEND THAT THE ADULTS WILL BE 13 AND NON-RESIDENTS BE 17.
UH, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY COUNCIL IS DOING A RESIDENT, NON-RESIDENT RATES.
SO WE KEEPING THAT ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCIL PROJECTED.
SO WE ARE BASICALLY OFFERING THESE RATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, SO TO GIVE Y'ALL A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT SURFACE SWIM WAS BEFORE WE CLOSED SURFACE SWIM, IT WAS $6 AND $8.
UH, FOR RESIDENTS, THAT IS A $4 INCREASE.
SO IT WILL GO FROM SIX TO 10, UH, FOR 13 PLUS IS A $5 INCREASE, GOING EIGHT TO 13, UH, NON-RESIDENTS IS 14 AND 17.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A COOLER FEE, UH, OF $5.
UH, OTHER FEES INCLUDE AFTER HOURS RENTALS.
UM, THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND WAS 600, 700.
THAT WILL INCREASE TO 1400 AND 1600.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A PAVILION ALL DAY WILL BE TWO 50 FOR RESIDENT AND THREE 30 FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
THE CABANA CLUB RENTAL FOR THREE HOURS IS $45 FOR RESIDENTS, $60 FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
AND THEN THE PARTY ROOMS IS 120 FOR RESIDENTS AND 160 FOR NON THE CABANA
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AND PARTY.AND SORRY FOR THE MISSPELL OF PANTRY INSTEAD OF PARTY.
UM, THOSE ARE EXACT SAME FEES AS HOFER IS NOW FOR THE COBAN AND PARTY ROOMS. SO, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT THIS WILL BRING IN 673,410 IN REVENUE.
SO THAT WILL HELP SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF THE EXPENDITURES.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? SO AT HALFORD WITH THESE FEES ON THE CABANA AND THE PRIORITY ROOMS, ARE WE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THOSE AT THOSE RATES? UM, I, I THINK THEY'RE GETTING A GOOD NUMBER.
YES, THEY COULD BE MORE, BUT NO, THEY, UM, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE, LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONES.
THE PARTY DECKS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE, WHICH ARE NOT LISTED ON HERE, BUT THOSE ARE GETTING UTILIZED.
IT'S THE PART THAT'S WITHIN THE BREEZEWAY.
UM, THEY ARE GETTING PARTIES AND SO, AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE DOING SOME AFTER HOUR RENTALS, WHICH I FOUND TO BE SURPRISING BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL AND, AND THEY WANTED TO INCREASE IT FROM WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE BAND GROUPS ARE UTILIZING 'EM AND SOME DIFFERENT COMPANIES, SO FOR THEIR PARTIES.
SO YEP, IT'S DOING PRETTY WELL.
YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF SADNESS ON FACEBOOK THE OTHER DAY WHEN THE GLASS GOT BROKEN AND THEY HAD
YEAH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.
SO HOW DO YOU PREVENT THAT WITH THE, THE COOLER FEE AND THE, IF YOU'RE GONNA LET PEOPLE BRING COOLERS IN, HOW DO YOU PREVENT THEY, THEY CAN CHECK 'EM AT THE, AT THE GATE, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE IF THEY'RE BRINGING IN GLASS OR SOMETHING.
SO, SO WE ARE PRESENTING THESE FEES TO COUNCIL WHEN WE GO TO COUNCIL.
WHAT I'M ASKING THE BOARD IS, DO Y'ALL CONCUR WITH THESE FEES? BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNCIL WILL ASK IF THE BOARD SUSTAINED IT.
AND DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SO I'M GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE FEES, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN RELATE TO.
COUNSEL, IF YOU CAN GO BACK ONE SLIDE JUST TO, SO, UM, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PROPOSED FEES, IF YOU WANNA COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE OFFER, WHAT WE'RE CHARGING AT HOLFORD CURRENTLY, AND KNOWING THAT SURF AND SWIM IS A LARGER FACILITY, MORE AMENITIES FOR THE, THE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO THE RESIDENT RATES AT HOLFORD ARE $6 AND $8.
SO $6 FOR AGES TWO TO 12 AND AGES 13 AND UP IS $8.
AND THEN THE NON-RESIDENT IS 10 AND 12.
SO YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING FROM SIX TO 10 FOR THE KIDDOS AND FROM EIGHT TO 13 FOR 13 AND UP.
SO, BUT AGAIN, MUCH LARGER WATER PARK, MUCH MORE TO DO.
HAS THERE ANY BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A, LIKE AN ANNUAL FEE, SORT OF LIKE A SEASON PASS THAT, SO FOR HOLFORD, WE DIDN'T DO ONE FOR THE STARTING SEASON BECAUSE WE WANTED TO JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND OPERATIONS, WHAT'S THE DEMAND, WHAT ARE PEOPLE ASKING FOR? AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADDING A SEASON PASS INTO, UH, THE HOLFORD FEE STRUCTURE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND THEN WITH SURF, UM, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT YET.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE DEMAND? WHAT, WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT? AND THEN WE GET THAT FIRST SEASON UNDERWAY AND CAN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
WHAT ABOUT SENIOR FEES? HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT? WE HAVEN'T DONE THOSE AT THE POOLS.
WE DO THOSE AT REC CENTERS, BUT NOT AT THE POOLS.
DID YOU EVER CONSIDER THAT OR THEY DON'T LIKE PUTTING THE SENIORS IN WATER EVIDENTLY.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY 86 THAT FROM ANY SORT OF PLANS FOR THE SENIOR CENTERS.
CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T MOVE THAT FORWARD.
IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL OKAY WITH THIS, IF Y'ALL CAN EITHER GIMME A THUMBS UP.
I I, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT YOU'RE NOT COMPARING IT TO IS SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A MUCH BIGGER FACILITY BUT STILL WOULD HAVE MORE S SIZEABLE FEES WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HAWAIIAN FALLS.
YEAH, SO HAWAIIAN FALLS IS ABOUT, I LOOKED AT IT BEFORE I CAME ABOUT $39 AND THEY'RE GOT A RATE RIGHT NOW OF 1999 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE SEASON, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY ABOUT $39 AND
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99 CENTS.IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BENCHMARK SLIDE, WE TRIED TO FIND COMPARABLE FACILITIES TO DO OUR BENCHMARKING AGAINST.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE COMPARABLE.
THESE ARE PARTS OF RECREATION FACILITIES.
I KNEW YOU WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT HAWAII, UH, WIDEN WATERS AND I DID LOOK THAT UP.
SO, WELL, I MEAN THAT THEY BUILT THAT, YEAH.
I DON'T THINK OUR LAND AND THEY LEASED IT BACK TO US.
WE, WE WERE THERE WHEN IT WAS JUST KINDA LIKE BASS PRO WHEN IT WAS JUST A SPOT OF LAND.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS UP HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAME BACK FROM A PARK TOUR AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT IT WAS VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THAT AND TO TAKE US OUT THERE SO WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, UM, SEEING IT, UH, IN THREE DIMENSIONS,
AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE THE APPROACH AND THE HEIGHT AND THE SCOPE EASIER BEING THERE.
UM, AND IT'S COOL TO SEE IT BEFORE IT, IT OPENS UP.
AND I DID GET MY INVITATION TO THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER THAT THAT'S COMING UP TOO.
SO, SO I'M GOING TO GET US BACK ON TRACK 'CAUSE WE CAN COVER THAT.
YOU WANTS A THUMBS UP?
I JUST WANT TO SEE IF EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH, WITH THESE FEEST, I YOU SEEM REASONABLE AS A PLACE TO START.
YES, I DID WANT POINT OUT THAT WE'RE GOING SURFING IS GOING FROM ONE AMENITY TO EIGHT.
SO THAT IS A BIG THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE COST FOR STAFFING IS KIND OF WENT UP A LITTLE BIT TOO.
ANY, ANY, JUST ANY THUMBS DOWN A PART OF OUR GROUP OR ALL SO WE'RE ALL, Y'ALL NODDING THUMBS UP? YEAH.
UH, THE LAST THING IS MORE OF, OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TODAY.
UH, SO ON ON SATURDAY, UH, AUGUST 16TH, UH, EVERYBODY WILL BE DOING THEIR PRESENTATIONS ON A SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK SECTION, UH, OF THE BUDGET.
WE WILL BE THERE DURING OUR PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
UH, AND THEN THREE IMPORTANT DATES WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO THAT'S OPPORTUNITY IF Y'ALL WANNA SPEAK, UH, ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
UH, IT WILL BE AUGUST 18TH, AUGUST 26TH AND SEPTEMBER 2ND.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER 2ND WAS THE DATE FOR THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT DATES, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF REMEMBER.
WELL, YOU HAD SAID EARLIER I THOUGHT THAT THAT, THAT, WELL, I MAY MAYBE THAT WAS ANDY THAT SAID THAT, THAT THERE WAS NO PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE, IT'S NO PROPOSED INCREASE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY BASICALLY DO THE OFFICIAL TAX RATE AND UH, AND ANY MODIFICATION TO THE BUDGET WILL BE DONE BY THAT DATE.
SO THEY CAN DO A HEARING AND THEN, AND APPROVAL ON THE SAME CORRECT.
SEPTEMBER THEY WILL DO THE HEARING, THEY WILL CLOSE THE HEARING, AND THEN THEY WOULD, UH, DELIBERATE ON THE, UH, BUDGET BETWEEN THE COUNCIL.
THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
SO QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
UM, SO WE'RE MOVING FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO, UM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SO MARK, YOU'RE GONNA, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK TO ON THAT? ARE YOU WAITING FOR JUST OUR QUESTIONS ON THE SUMMARY THAT YOU GAVE US, UH, ON THE PROJECTS? YES.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC ONES THAT WERE REQUESTED THAT MARK IS GONNA GO OVER.
SO SINCE WE HAVE SOME NEW FACES, I INCLUDED, UH, PRESENTATION, JUST A OOPS, UH, TO SHOW, UH, THE GENERALS WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN IN IF IT'S IN, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
I ALSO INCLUDED SOME, UH, IMAGES OF THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD APPROACH GOING FORWARD, KIND OF, KIND OF VERSUS JUST READING TEXT AND HEARING ABOUT IT.
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SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE, UH, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER.UH, THE, THERE'S A GROUNDBREAKING SCHEDULED FOR I BELIEVE AUGUST 23RD.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU ALL MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE, BUT I INCLUDED, UH, SOME OF THEIR RENDERINGS INTERIOR, AND I CAN SEND THIS PACKET, UH, TO Y'ALL AS WELL.
SURFACE FILM, WE ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR NOW HAS, UH, A DRONE, UM, SO WE CAN UTILIZE THE DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY.
SO, UH, IN THE FOLLOWING AND EVERY OTHER MONTH I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THE, THE PROGRESS UPDATES.
THEY GO TO THE EXACT SPOT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE THE SAME PHOTO.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IT PROGRESS OVER TIME.
PORT, THIS IS A PORTION OF THE, OF THE LAZY RIVER.
SO LOU HUFF IS, UH, THE BIDDING PROCESS IS UNDERWAY ON THIS ONE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BID FOR FOUR WEEKS, SO IN ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, JUST A PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
UM, SO WITH LOU HUFF, WE ALSO HAVE
THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, BETWEEN THE TENNIS CENTER AND THE, UH, THE, THE PLAYGROUND.
SO LEOF, RICKO AND SPLASH PAD AND WIN JOISTS ARE ALL BIDDING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, BID EVALUATIONS AND IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY BUSY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE FUN.
SO KINGSLEY PARK, UH, RIGHT NOW IT SAYS IT'S AT A 60%.
WE HAD A, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE FIRE LANE ISSUE WITH, UH, JUST A NARROW ENTRY INTO THE PARK, BUT IT, THAT'S WITH, IT'S ANOTHER PROJECT WITH KIM WE HORN.
AND THAT ONE IS JUST FROM HAD ACCESS.
THERE ISN'T ANY DESIGN FOR PARKING.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHOWING SOME SIDEWALK, UH, TO THE NEAREST APARTMENT, BUT WE ONLY NEEDED THE FIRE LANE FOR JUST IN CASE SOMEONE WERE TO GET HURT, BUT NO PARKING LOT.
SO, UH, JOHN PAUL JONES, WE ALL SAW THAT ONE ON DURING THE PARK TOUR, SO WE DIDN'T SEE THE PARKING LOT THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT
YEAH, THAT'S, SO THAT WAS, YEAH, WE, UH, I MET WITH STREETS OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY BREAK AN AXLE IN SOME OF THE POTHOLES.
SO I MET WITH THEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, PUT SOME ASPHALT OVERLAY AND IT'S GONNA LOOK BETTER.
IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK GREAT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW JUST UNTIL WE GET THE NEW PROJECT IN.
SO, UM, ANDY MENTIONED IT EARLIER, IS THAT, UH, IT'S UNDER REVIEW WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT, THAT'S REVIEW STARTED IN JUNE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY THINKING THAT MAYBE FINISHED IN OCTOBER, AND THEN IT'S ABOUT A FOUR MONTH GIVE OR TAKE REVIEW WITH TEXAS PARK.
SO IT'S JUST THE TWO REVIEW TIMELINES ARE INCREDIBLY LONG ON THESE.
SO THOSE CAN'T BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
TEXAS PARK WOULDN'T TAKE IT UNTIL IT'S A 100% PLAN SET.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE DELAY KINDA REALLY KICKS IN THE RENDERINGS.
UH, TUCKER VILLE PARK, WE SAW THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND I JUST PROVIDED THIS IN CASE SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS.
UM, I TOOK THESE PHOTOS TODAY.
UH, THIS IS OF THE PREMIER COURT.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY, THE MASON IS OUT THERE, CLADDING UP THE BUILDING.
UM, IT'S REALLY STARTING TO TAKE, TAKE SHAPE.
I COULDN'T FIND THE ONE ON THE INTERIOR.
THEY WERE DOING SOME, UH, WELDING IN THERE TODAY, SO I COULDN'T GET 'EM.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY WELL.
THAT WAS A GREAT CONTRACTOR OUT THERE.
SO, SO WE MET WITH, UH, WHAT WAS THAT LAST WEEK? UH, UH, SPRING CREEK PRESERVE.
AND WE KIND OF, WE STARTED OFF AT HALF PARK JUST TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT TAKEN INVENTORY, YOU KNOW, UM, TO REALLY SEE HOW THAT RELATES TO WHAT THIS PROJECT IS.
AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHERE THE BRIDGE CROSSES, WE, WE HAD CLEARED IT PURPOSELY, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPRING CREEK, UH, TO GET ACCESS BECAUSE WE KNEW WHERE THE TRAIL WAS GOING, BUT AS WE ACTUALLY GOT TO THE CREEK, WE NOTICED THAT WE SAW THE, THE ENTIRE STRETCH THAT WENT THROUGH.
UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THIS PROJECT WAS IN THE 90% PLAN SET.
I HAVE RECEIVED THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY TAKE INVENTORY OF WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE, WE DID, WE WALKED IT WITH DAVID AND, UM, WE
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DID NOTICE A FEW TREES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SLATED TO COME OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO SOME ONES THAT WERE MUCH LARGER.BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME EDITS TO THE PLAN TO PRESERVE, UH, THAT AS WELL.
SO THERE'S SOME BLACK, BLACK WALNUT NUT.
SO WE'RE STILL, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TAKE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND, UH, OUR CONSULTANT'S GONNA TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
UM, SO I JUST DID AN OVERLAY JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHERE THAT PRESERVE IS WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THIS IS, UH, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON.
THIS IS, UH, DUCK CREEK DRIVE IS ESSENTIALLY OVER HERE.
UM, WE'RE JUST STILL IRONING OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE.
UM, JUST AN ONGOING PROJECT, BUT NOT IN A PRESERVATIVE.
ARE Y'ALL WIDENING THE EXISTING TRAIL? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR? NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY, THIS IS A DUCK CREEK TRAIL.
IT GOES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
SO THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CROSS THE CREEK.
SO IT'S A PAVED TRAIL, PEDESTRIAN RIDGE, AND THEY'LL CONNECT TO THE OTHER TRAIL HERE.
I THINK ON THE NEXT TIME I, I SHOW THIS, I'LL HAVE A KINDA AN AERIAL VIEW, GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF WHERE THE CONNECTIONS ARE.
WHERE'S THE RECREATION CENTER? IN RECREATION CENTER IS
MARK, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISC GOLF COURSE THAT'S OUT THERE? THERE IS A DISC GOLF COURSE AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO, UH, DEVELOP A NEW, WE HAVE A PARTIAL ONE, BUT, UH, I GUESS A MAP HOLES 18 HOLES.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR MAP HAD THE OLD SURF AND SWIM LAYOUT ON, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING THAT ONE TO SHOW THE NEW SURF AND SWIM LAYOUT TO KINDA GET OF A, IT NEEDS UPDATING.
SO, UM, BUT YES, THE HOLES ARE THERE.
UM, THEY ARE, THEY'RE GONNA BE HEAVILY, HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED.
ARE THEY GONNA BE UPDATING IT, CHANGING IT? NO, THAT'S NOT IN THE, NOT CURRENTLY, THAT'S NOT THE PLAN RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SOMETHING.
YEAH, IT'S, I GUESS I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
SO WE HEARD RUMORS
NO, I, WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A, UH, THAT THEY WERE MAKING IT HARDER THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO ALL THIS STUFF AND THEY'RE GONNA REVAMP THE WHOLE THING.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT RUMOR CAME FROM.
SO, UH, IT'S STILL IN THE WORKS.
IT'S BEEN ISSUED FOR BIDS AND THEY'RE, THEY'VE, WE'VE LAID OUT THE, UH, THE TRAIL.
UM, WE'RE GONNA IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT, REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
SO, UH, THIS IS A SIMILAR THING THAT WE, UH, WE, WE STARTED OFF, UH, WHEN WE WALKED THE, THE SOCIETY, UH, I BELIEVE WE STARTED HERE.
UH, WE IN THE, I THINK IT WAS THE ACADEMY PARKING LOT, UH, HERE, BUT THIS AGAIN IN THE RED INDICATES WHERE THAT PRESERVE IS.
SO AS WE WENT OUT THERE, JUST RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE CLEARING, UH, WAS DONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T CLEAR WHERE THE TRAIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
SO, SO TECHNICALLY IN THE UPPER CORNER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PARK, YEAH.
PARK PROPERTY IN THAT COUNTY PROPERTY.
OH, DID YOU SLAB THAT? WE WERE AT ELUSIVE BROOKS LAB.
SO, UM, SO IT IS JUST REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S THERE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS, THIS WAS ISSUED FOR BID.
WE RECEIVED A BID FROM RATLIFF CONSTRUCTION.
UM, HOWEVER, JUST GIVEN THE, THE STUDY THAT'S GOING ONGOING, UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT PAUSE ON SUBMITTING THIS COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
UM, SO PURCHASING HAS ASKED JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR RATLIFF CONSTRUCTION.
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UNLIKELY, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO REBID THIS PROJECT AGAIN, UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO HOLD THEIR PRICING UNTIL, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE UPWARDS OF IN SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, POTENTIALLY.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF I WAS A CONTRACTOR, BUT, SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THIS MAY HAVE TO BE REBID ONCE AGAIN.
SO, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S A, UH, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK IT'S THE BEST APPROACH TO DO, UM, VERSUS DOING IT NOW AND, UH, NOT GETTING THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY FIRST.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS, AS KIMLEY HORN PROVIDES INFORMATION, IT
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WILL TELL US, YES, IT MAKES SENSE TO STILL MOVE FORWARD AS WE HAD IT DESIGNED.WOULD IT POTENTIALLY HAVE TO BE REDESIGNED? I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S THAT PAUSE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING AT THIS IN A EFFICIENT WAY.
UH, THE DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL, I SAY DEALING WITH THE RAILROAD IS PRETTY TOUGH.
IT'S, UM, THIS GOVERNMENT, YEAH, IT'S WITH CPKC AND UM, UH, THEY HAVE SOME NEW CHANGE OF SOME STAFF OVER THERE.
SO THERE'S JUST SOME SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, OPTIMISM WITH THAT.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY WILL, UH, BEGIN AT RICK OIN FROM A PIECE AND THEN GO UNDER THE RAILROAD IN SOME TYPE OF FASHION, UH, RAIL, LIKE A TUNNEL OR, UH, A TRAIL.
SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING.
WIN FAVOR WHEN IT COMES ABOUT.
SO I BELIEVE IN THE LAST, UM, MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PARK WHERE THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SEE, UH, SOME OF THE YELLOW DRIVE, UM, THE ON STREET BIKE, UM, SHARE USE LANES.
SO, UH, THIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, UM, I GUESS PROBABLY OVER THE TWO YEARS, UH, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.
UM, WE HAVE, I'M GONNA JUMP AHEAD REAL QUICK WITH THIS.
SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ALL OF THESE PRIORITY, UH, SHARE, USE PRIORITY, UH, SHARE USE LANE PRIORITIES AND THE LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THE LENGTH.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THESE ARE HIGH PRIORITY, THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE ALPHABETICAL, BUT THAT, UM, SO ONE OF THE PARTICULAR REQUESTS WAS THE YELL DRIVE.
UM, AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, SO I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.
UM, BUT WE, FOR ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS, WE HAVE LAID OUT ALL OF THE SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE.
UM, IT'S BEGINNING, I SAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AT YELLOW DRIVE, SO IT STARTS WITH BUCKINGHAM, UH, PARKS HAS PARTNERED WITH, HAS WORKED WITH TRAFFIC, UM, TO DEVELOP ALL THESE, UM, THIS IS NOT VERY, UH, POWERPOINT FRIENDLY, BUT IF YOU EVER PRINT THESE OUT, YOU CAN REALLY, YOU CAN REALLY TELL.
SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED ALL OF THE SITES FOR THIS.
UH, NOW WE'RE JUST, WE HAD SOME FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE REBID FOR ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS, UM, AND SEE WHERE WE KIND OF END UP WITH THAT.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT ALL OF THE LOCATIONS ARE SET AND WE JUST NEED TO GET A GOOD CONTRACTOR AND, YOU KNOW, GET IT OUT THERE AND THAT IT IS ALL.
SO I WASN'T SURE IF Y'ALL ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT SITE PLANS COULD BE HELPFUL FOR ESPECIALLY SOME NEW FACES.
UM, I COULD ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO THAT OR I THINK, UH, IN A, IN A FEW MONTHS OR SO, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE COULD SHOW.
SO I THINK IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THAT, I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO, WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH THAT.
'CAUSE ALMOST LIKE BEING THERE AND, UM, OH YEAH, GREAT.
MARK, WHAT DATES DID YOU HAVE ON THE CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL? LET'S SEE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, YEAH, I DIDN'T PUT A DATE ON THERE.
SO THAT ONE SHOULD BE, THAT IS WITH TRICON AND THEY, ONCE A ONCE THAT CONTRACTOR GETS GOING, THEY ENABLE, KNOCK THAT PROJECT OUT PRETTY QUICK.
SO, UH, THEY STARTED, UH, LAYING OUT THE STAKING, UH, WHAT ABOUT, I BELIEVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO? UM, I THINK I WAS CONTEMP I BELIEVE LIKE FOUR MONTHS, I THINK BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, CERTAINLY, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A 12 FOOT WIDE TRAIL ESSENTIALLY.
UH, THERE'S NO BRIDGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IS WHAT THE, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE TRICON PROVIDED IS A, A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
JUST IN TIME FOR, THEY DEFINITELY WANNA BE A DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS BECAUSE YOU WORK DURING CHRISTMAS, BUT, UH, NICE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS TO ANYONE? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THANK YOU.
PICTURES, UH, HOT TOPICS THAT ARE ON THERE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR RUNNING AND FOUR, DON'T YOU? SURE.
THANK YOU KEITH OR LEE, UM, FOR INCLUDING THAT.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO, UM, EVERY, YOU KNOW, MEETING Y'ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO GO OVER.
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UM, ASKED YVONNE TO HELP COMPILE A LIST BECAUSE SHE HAS ALL THE NOTES FROM, WE JUST PICKED A DATE FROM, SO WE STARTED WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS LAST OCTOBER, AND I'VE GOT A LIST OF ITEMS, IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.THERE'S SOME THAT WE JUST NEED TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD.
DO YOU, IS IT STILL A VALID REQUEST THAT YOU WANNA SEE? FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF 'EM ARE FROM PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW.
SO, UM, BUT ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD AND SHOW YOU THAT.
AND SO WE WILL UPDATE THIS EACH, UM, BEFORE EACH MEETING.
SO YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE AN UPDATED, UM, LIST TO GO OFF OF.
AND IF WE KNOW WHEN, IF THERE'S AN ITEM ON HERE AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA, WHEN WE WILL SCHEDULE IT, WE WILL PUT THAT IN THE COMMENT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP ASKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS OVER AND OVER.
IT JUST MAY NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR A CERTAIN REASON.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST PUT SOME, SOME, I GUESS, ORGANIZATION TO THIS.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE, I'M JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE LIST 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME THAT WE NEED SOME INFORMATION ON.
SO, UH, MR. PAR HAD ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON THE ROLE OF THE PARKS BOARD, UM, AND I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF THAT'S A PRESENTATION THAT'S STILL VALID THAT YOU NEED TO SEE, KEEP THAT ON THE LIST OR CAN WE REMOVE THAT? YOU CAN REMOVE THAT.
UM, THEN, LET'S SEE, UM, IN NOVEMBER WE COMPLETED, UM, THE, I THINK THE, THE BOARD WAS EMAILED THE BUDDY LEAGUE PRESENTATION AND THE CAPRA UPDATE.
UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE PARK BOARD TOUR LIST, WHICH OF COURSE WE'VE COMPLETED THE PARK BOARD TOUR FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER COMPLETION WAS, UH, REQUESTED A SPRING CREEK VOLUNTEER TO COME SPEAK AT A MEETING TO WHICH THEY DID IN MARCH, UH, AT THE MARCH, 2025 MEETING.
SO, UM, ON NUMBER SIX, AND THIS ONE IS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE SECURITY PARK UPDATE.
SO I CAN'T REALLY GIVE A SECURITY PARK UPDATE, UM, THE WAY THIS ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, I KNOW THERE'S THE SPRING CREEK ONE, THERE'S JOHN COMER, AND SO SOME OF THESE, UM, SPECIFIC TO JOHN COMER, WE CAN'T DO UNTIL WE GET THE FENCE INSTALLED, GET THE CAMERAS AND REALLY KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS.
SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.
SO SOME OF THESE THINGS IN SECURITY I THINK IS ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, I THINK WE JUST NEED A REGULAR UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE POLICE FINDING WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR PATROLS AND WELL, THAT WOULD INCLUDE SPRING CREEK HOTBED ISSUES, SPRING EVERYTH, UBON, UM, AND THE SKATE PARK.
AND JUST CONSOLIDATE MANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE ON HERE.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED AND APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THE LIST.
UM, I KNOW IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT, BUT WHEN THERE'S THESE ARE COMPLETED, YEAH, WE'LL REMOVE THEM.
IT WAS JUST A STARTING POINT FOR US, SO, AND IT'S A GREAT, UH, GREAT WAY TO SEE IT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS.
WE CAN BRING PERIODICALLY SOME SECURITY UPDATES AND INCLUDE, UM, WHATEVER MAKES SENSE.
UH, KEITH HAD MENTIONED THE, HE WENT OVER OUR BUDGET AND WHAT WAS NOT FUNDED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS THE MONEY THAT WE USE TO HAVE A PD GO AROUND EACH NIGHT AND CHECK RESTROOMS AND CHECK SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
SO WE DON'T, WE DIDN'T GET FUNDING FOR THAT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THAT PROGRAM WILL DISCONTINUE, BUT YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING AMONGST OURSELVES AND WORK TOGETHER TO BRING YOU SOMETHING.
UM, FORMER MEMBER, UM, TAMARA AQUINO HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE DOG PARK SINCE IT WAS OPENING SPECIFICALLY MAINTENANCE, VISITORS SAFETY AND RECENT INSTALLATION.
I NEEDED TO KNOW IF THAT STILL NEEDS TO REMAIN ON THE REQUEST LIST OR IF THAT CAN BE REMOVED.
I THINK IT KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY WE JUST LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND HOW'S THE TRAFFIC THERE AND WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU CAN, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW ITEM WAS.
SO WHEN CONVENIENT, WELL WE CAN KEEP THAT ONE.
WE JUST COMPLETED SEVERAL OF THESE TONIGHT.
USL SOCCER, UH, THE GARLAND PARK FOUNDATION IS NOW, UH, AN ITEM THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE AGENDA.
UH, WE HAD AMBER THOMPSON COME AND PROVIDE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON, UM, OUR, THE HOMELESS UPDATE AND ENCAMPMENTS AND HOW WE TACKLE THOSE.
UM, WE, THE DISCUSSED THE LIGHTING AT AUDUBON PARK, SO THAT, UH, PROJECT WAS ADDED TO THE 2025 CIP REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF OTHER THAN UPDATING YOU ALL, ONCE WE
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GET THROUGH THE CIP, UH, THERE'S NOTHING YET TO REPORT ON THAT ONE, BUT THAT WAS FROM YOU, MOLLY.UM, I THINK THERE'LL BE PEOPLE HERE THAT WILL BRING IT BACK UP.
UM, LET'S SEE, THE CAMERAS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SECURITY.
UM, WE COMPLETED THE, WE DID THE PARK BOARD TOUR.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, WHAT I'M KIND OF HEARING IS THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PARK SAFETY SECURITY AND THE ONE PERSON THAT WAS FUNDED, OR THE TWO PEOPLE OR HOWEVER THAT WAS FUNDED HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED.
HOW DO WE, IS THAT PART OF THE HEARING PROCESS THAT WE NEED, NEED TO, UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION IN THE, THE, THE SEPTEMBER MEETING IS TOO LATE FOR US, SO HOW DO, SO THERE'S THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITY, PLUS WE CAN ALL TALK TO OUR COUNCILMEN.
THAT'S THE AVENUE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE RELY ON YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO COMMUNICATE TO COUNCIL.
AND SO LEARNING THAT NEWS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL PERSON.
SO AS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, HEARING THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHOOSE TO BRING THAT UP, THEY CAN, BUT ALSO YES, UTILIZING THE AVENUE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE ABLE TO GO AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD THAT WAY.
UM, SO THE ONLY OTHER ONE THEN WE NEED TO KNOW ON SOME DIRECTION ON KEEPER REMOVED FROM THE LIST IS FORMER, UM, BOARD MEMBER JERRY CARTER HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE INTERPRETIVE SIGN PROCESS.
UM, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBER KIM NMI HAD DONE TO THE BOARD ON OUR INTERPRETIVE SIGNS.
I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF WE NEED TO SCHEDULE SOME SORT OF UPDATE ON THAT AND, AND INVITE, UM, THE GROUP THAT'S OVER THAT, WHICH IS THE, UM, EMILY GRAY AND AMY ROSENTHAL OVER IN CULTURAL ARTS.
MY THOUGHT ON THAT IS YES, WHEN CONVENIENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HEAR, SO YES, THANK YOU.
WE JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST AND THEN WE WILL POPULATE WITH ANYTHING NEW THAT Y'ALL HAVE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE SO Y'ALL WILL KNOW WHEN TO ANTICIPATE THESE.
AND THAT WILL HELP Y'ALL OR HOPEFULLY IT WILL.
SEEING THAT IT IS 8 52, WE ARE ADJOURNED.