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THIS IS, UM, THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING OF THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
SO FIRST THING WE'D LIKE TO DO IS FIRST, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS TONIGHT.
GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, THE ONE MINUTE ELEVATOR SPEECH ON THEM.
UH, ROCHELLE, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD.
UM, I, UH, LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT I'M THE MAYOR'S, UH, NOMINEE.
UM, I'M INTERESTED IN THE PARK SPORT.
I HAVE A 4-YEAR-OLD WHO'S ABOUT TO TURN FIVE THIS WEEKEND, AND THEN AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE PARKS, UM, AND WE DO GARDENING AND, AND CAMPING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, SEE WHERE THIS TAKES ME.
AJU, MATTHEW, GIVE, GIVE US THE, HELLO.
UM, SO I'M FROM DISTRICT THREE, UH, NOMINEE FROM, UM, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN ED MOORE.
UH, SO I WAS, I WAS WORKING WITH THE CHIEF ONE, UH, UH, EARLIER.
SO FIRST I REQUEST FOR PARK AND RECREATION.
I'M, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY INVOLVED IN THE SPORTS AND EVERYTHING, SO I LIKE TO BE IN, INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO IT'S NEW TO ME, SO I'M GETTING MORE, UH, FROM YOU GUYS, HOPEFULLY.
DO WE, YOU WANT US ALL INTRODUCE OURSELVES? NANCY, WHY DON'T YOU START, JUST GIVE, GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR DISTRICT IN THE MICROPHONE.
HEY, I'M DAVID PARRISH AND I'M DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO THE ONLY PERSON WE'RE MISSING IS MOLLY.
MOLLY'S USUALLY OUR CHAIR AND, UH, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ 'EM.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE MINUTES? IT'S USUALLY MY JOB.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE MOVE THE, UH, MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING INTO THE RECORD AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM DAVID MOREHEAD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
UM, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PARK FOUNDATION UPDATE.
WHO'S DOING THAT? I GUESS ME, JASON.
UH, SHOULD HAVE WENT TO THE LAST MEETING THEN.
UM,
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ON THEY WOULD REQUESTING OCTOBER 4TH THAT UH, THE FOUNDATION WOULD PRESENT THAT TO THE BUDDY LEAGUE.
BUT, UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY BIG UPDATE.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER FUNDRAISER COMING UP.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR LAST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I CAN MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
'CAUSE WE HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, KENYA, UM, FROM THE PARK FOUNDATION, BUT THE, THEY, THEY DID RAISE $1,200 MM-HMM
AT THE HOLFORD EVENT, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
AND SO THAT WILL GO TO BUDDY LEAGUE FIELD ENHANCEMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, THEY ALSO ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT, UM, A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS FOR SOME PARK BENCHES THAT ARE BEING DONATED THROUGH, UM, PEOPLE, UM, THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.
I KNOW THERE'S ONE COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE WITH, UH, TIES TO RECORDING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PARK FOUNDATION? ANY COMMENTS? SOUNDS GOOD.
AJU, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT THREE ALWAYS HAS COMMENTS ON EVERY
WE LOVE YOUR PREDECESSOR, BUT, UH,
UH, ATHLETICALLY REPORT, GARLAND SOCCER.
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LIVE MIC.UH, TONIGHT, UH, I'M WITH GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION'S, UH, NEW PRESIDENT, MS. ASHLEY ASBURY.
UH, SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE TREASURER FOR GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR FOR A, A BUNCH OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, AGE LEVELS AND DIVISIONS.
UH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER NOW.
HELLO? OH, IS MINE ON? DOESN'T MATTER.
OUR SEASON KICKS OFF ON THE 13TH.
WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORTS INTO GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON.
WE ARE IN LINE TO BEAT OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS FROM LAST SEASON.
WE HAVE ADDED 14 NEW TEAMS. OUR YOUNGER AGE GROUPS ARE BOOMING.
WE HAVE ALSO HAD THE GREAT, UM, HONOR AND FORTUNE TO ONBOARD FOUR DIFFERENT SPONSORS THIS SEASON, WHICH WILL THEN GO TO PAY FOR WEBSITE UPKEEP AND TO SUPPLY AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER FOR WEEKENDS, JUST TO PROVIDE MORE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR TEAMS. UM, WE HAVE A FULL BOARD, 13 DIRECTORS.
WE'VE ALREADY KICKED OFF OUR COACHES MEETING, AND WE HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY TEAM COVERED AND READY TO GO.
HOW, HOW MANY PLAYERS DO YOU RIGHT NOW? THE NUMBERS I CHECKED THIS MORNING WERE AT 1001.
UM, WE STILL TAKE REGISTRATIONS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, JUST TO FILL IN SOME GAPS.
LAST SEASON WE TOPPED OUT AT 1005.
HAS, UH, THIS NEW USL TEAM, HAVE THEY BOTHERED TO REACH OUT TO YOU? HAVE ANY SORT OF, UH, CONNECTIVITY? YES.
SO, UH, BRIAN, WHO'S ONE OF THE OPERATIONS DIRECTORS, HAS GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH US.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING TO DISCUSS, UM, WINNERS, KIND OF OUR FIELD PLAY.
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY PARTNERING AT SOME POINT, GETTING AN IDEA OF HOW WE FUNCTION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE WERE NEXT TO THEM AT THE RED WHITE NEW EVENT, SO WE GOT TO MINGLE WITH THEM THEN.
UM, IT'S NOT AN ARBORIST, BUT ONE OF THEIR SPECIALTY WORKERS FOR LIKE, GRASS.
AND THE, THE PLANE THAT WE PLAY ON WAS ALSO IN THE MEETING.
SO HE TALKED ABOUT SOME WAYS THAT MAYBE WE CAN IMPROVE THE PLAYING FIELDS.
SO WE DO HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON PROVIDING SOME OF OUR RESERVATION DATA FOR THE FIELD SO THAT WAY THEY CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE'RE UTILIZING, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO UTILIZE.
UH, DO YOU, UM, INTERFACE WITH THE, THE FOOD SAW AT ALL? NOT AT THE MOMENT.
UM, AFTER COVID WAS A THING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE HAD, LIKE MOST ASSOCIATIONS IN THE AREA, WE'RE FINALLY STARTING TO GET BACK UP TO WHERE WE'RE GETTING BACK UP TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE COULD TAKE PART IN WITHOUT JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH A SEASON.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING OUR OWN TOURNAMENT SOON.
WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO MORE ASSOCIATIONS NEARBY TO DO SOME INTER LEAGUE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, BECAUSE EVERY ASSOCIATION IN SOME AGE GROUP HAS NOT ENOUGH TEAMS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRANCH OUT AND MAKE AS MANY PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CAN.
SOUNDS VERY ENCOURAGING, LOVING WHAT I'M HEARING.
DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND WHO YOUR SPONSORS ARE AND HOW DO YOU GET SPONSORS? WE HAVE IT LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN REACHING OUT TO A FEW THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, DEPENDING ON WHAT CONTACTS ARE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RAISING KEYNES CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS ACADEMY, WHO'S BEEN A REOCCURRING ONE.
SO THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE NEW FOUR 2000 INDUSTRIES, WHICH IS A CONCRETE COMPANY.
AND THEN, UH, SPECTRUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCANS SNOW.
SO FROM THE 2019, UH, BOND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON FIELDS AND LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW, HOW'S THAT WORKING OUT? I WILL SAY WE'VE INTERLEAD WITH A FEW OTHER ASSOCIATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE SEASONS TOO, AND WE ARE ALWAYS THE FAVORITE.
EVERYONE LOVES THE T THE TREES.
EVERYONE LOVES OUR FACILITIES.
WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE AS MANY ISSUES AS I HEAR OTHER PEOPLE DO WITH LIKE STANDING WATER OR BUGS OR, SO A FEW OF OUR INNER LEAGUE PARTNERS LAST SEASON WERE VERY UPSET THAT THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN FIELDS.
AND ACTUALLY THIS SEASON, A COUPLE OF THEM THAT ARE COMING BACK TO INTER LEAGUE HAVE CHOSEN TO ONLY PLAY AT OUR FIELDS.
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SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS BOARD IN, UH, 2016, YOU GUYS WERE COMING THROUGH YOUR PREDECESSORS TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE FIELDS WERE AND WHAT A PROBLEM THEY WERE.AND THE PARKING LOTS WERE TERRIBLE AND IT WAS EMBARRASSMENT TO HAVE TEAMS FROM OUTTA TOWN COME IN.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT POINT TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND IT HELPED, YOU KNOW, GET THE BO THE BOND FOR PARKS UP.
ARE THERE ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE HAVING? I THINK PARKING SOMETIMES CAN STILL BE A STRUGGLE ONLY BECAUSE OF HAWAIIAN WATERS AND WEB BEING RIGHT THERE.
HAVE EVENT GOING ON, BUT WE TRY TO HAVE OPEN, OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH WEB IF THERE IS A DAY THAT MAYBE TOO MUCH IS GOING ON IN ONE SPACE AND WE TRY TO LET OUR COACHES KNOW AND PARENTS KNOW, SO WE CAN USUALLY MITIGATE MOST OF THAT.
UM, I MEAN, OTHERWISE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MANY ISSUES WITH WINTERS ITSELF.
NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY BUDDY PLAYING DOWN AT AUDUBON? NO, NOT THIS SEASON.
I'M HOPING WE'LL GROW TO WHERE THAT WILL BE A THING.
AGAIN, I REFEREED FOR GSA WHEN I WAS LIKE 12 TO 14, AND THAT WAS TWO AND A HALF DECADES AGO.
SO I, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK WHEN WE UTILIZED BOTH AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AGAIN.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR INTERLEAGUE PARTNERS? SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO FOR THIS SEASON WE ARE HOSTING TWO MESQUITE TEAMS, WHICH WE HAVE INTERLEAD WITH THEM PREVIOUSLY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE INTERLINKING WITH WILEY FOR SOME OF THE OLDER AGE GROUPS.
UM, RICHARDSON HAS ALSO SENT A TEAM IN THAT AGE GROUP OVER, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO PLAY THEM WITH.
UM, ROYCE CITY AND CATTLE MILLS ARE COMBINING THEIR TEAMS TO THEN SEND THEM TO US.
AND THEY, ALL OF THESE TEAMS WILL BE UTILIZING US AS HOME AND A FEW OF THEM WILL BE UTILIZING WILEY AS THEIR AWAY SPOT.
UH, IS DALLAS SOCCER ASSOCIATION STILL A THING? LIKE OVER, WHERE DO THEY PLAY AT HOBBY FIELDS RIGHT ACROSS JUPITER NORTHWEST.
NOT THAT WE'VE HAD CONTACT WITH RECENTLY.
YEAH, I I USED TO PLAY WITH THEM TWO AND A HALF DECADES AGO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME THROUGH, LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, AND SO, AND LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THAT.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT POINT OF CONTACT AND HELP WITH ANYTHING WE NEED.
WE'RE GLAD TO COME OUT AND WATCH GAMES AND WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
DO WHATEVER THAT, I KNOW OUR TEAMS WOULD LOVE THAT.
HAVING MORE CITY REPRESENTATION AROUND WILL BE, IT'LL MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE SUPERSTARS.
SO ANYTIME Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED.
SO THERE'S LIKE A SPECIAL OCCASION WE'RE GONNA HAVE OPENING DAY ON THE SEPTEMBER 13TH.
JARED CAN LET YOU KNOW, LEE KNOW SHE CAN LET US ALL KNOW.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO LIKE A HALLOWEEN WEEKEND TOO.
WHERE, 'CAUSE LAST YEAR WE, OR LAST, YEAH, LAST OCTOBER, WE HAD SOME TEAMS DRESS UP IN LOOSE TYPE OF UNI, LIKE WHAT YOU COULD CONSIDER A UNIFORM WHILE ALSO PLAYING SOCCER.
AND IT WAS FUN TO GET PICTURES AND STUFF OF THE KIDS WHILE THEY WERE DOING IT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
THREE C PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MISSION STATEMENT.
SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAGE, UM, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE FOURTH PAGE.
UM, IT SAYS PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, MISSION STATEMENT.
AND SO, UM, LET ME START BY SAYING I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAY TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING AND OR MAYBE THE WEEK, UH, THE WEEK, THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT WE, WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
UM, BUT THIS IS TO GET THAT DISCUSSION GOING AND WE COULD TAKE SOME NOTES AND BRING THINGS BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.
BUT, SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS PAGE, UM, AS FAR AS THE MISSION AND SOME OBJECTIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THE PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD BYLAWS, UM, WE WERE ASKED BY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN 2018, WE'VE NEVER, THE BOARD'S NEVER GONE THROUGH THAT, UM, EXERCISE.
SO WITH THE TURNAROUND TIME THAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE IT, THERE WAS NOT A MEETING.
SO WE PROVIDED THIS, UH, TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
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UH, AS A START AGAIN, TOOK IT FROM THE BYLAWS.UM, BUT WANTED TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU GUYS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN PUT YOUR FINGERPRINTS ON THIS AND THAT IT'S TRULY SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL, UH, FEEL SHOULD BE THE MISSION AND THE, UM, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE BOARD.
AND FROM THERE, UM, Y'ALL COULD DISCUSS THAT.
DAVID, YOU KNOW, ANY THOUGHTS? AND I KNOW THIS IS MAYBE THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE SEEING IT AGAIN, WE CAN TAKE AND WORDSMITH THINGS.
THE, THE MISSION THAT IS WRITTEN DOWN IS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY WELLBEING BY DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, AND ADVOCATING FOR EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE OBJECTIVES ARE, I WON'T READ EVERYONE, BUT THE SECTIONS, THE WAY IT JUST MADE SENSE IS THERE'S GOVERNANCE AND POLICY.
SO REVIEWING THOSE POLICIES AND RULES, FACILITY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, BEAUTIFICATION, SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, FUNDING ADVOCACY, AND REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, WHICH I'M NOT SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, RULES OF THE PARKS AND THINGS, WE SOMETIMES BRING YOU THOSE TO DISCUSS AND HAVE YOU ALL, UM, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YES, YOU APPROVE WHATEVER WE'RE PRESENTING.
SO OPEN FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IT GIVES US TIME TO DIGEST IT, THINK ABOUT IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE CAPRA PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN FEED INTO THIS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYTHING ON THE GOVERNANCE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROLE OF BOARDS AND SO THEY, THERE THERE ARE, UM, STANDARDS THAT PERTAIN TO DIFFERENT BOARDS AND GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH.
AND OF COURSE WE IDENTIFIED THE PARK BOARD BEING ONE OF THOSE THAT WE WORKED WITH.
AS FAR AS HOW YOU ALL GO ABOUT DOING THIS.
I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU ALL.
AND AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE BASED ON THE BYLAWS THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN, UM, CALLED TO DO AS APPOINTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THEN, BUT IF THIS WORDING, IF THIS DOESN'T, IF IT'S, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IF YOU WANNA CHANGE IT, IF YOU ARE LIKE, THIS IS WAY TOO MANY OBJECTIVES, WE WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA FOCUS ON THESE THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES, I THINK IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS.
IT'S JUST NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AGAIN, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND.
SO, UM, AND YES, WE CAN, UM, PUT THIS AGAIN ON THE OCTOBER MEETING.
AND I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE, WE CAN HAVE SOME MEETINGS WHERE WE DISCUSS IT AND THEN WHEN YOU GUYS GET IT TO A POINT LIKE, HEY, THIS IS REALLY GOOD, WE WOULD BRING IT TO THAT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING AS A, LET'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, APPROVE IT AND, AND THEN WE CAN SEND THE UPDATED INFORMATION TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? MM-HMM
SO THEN I WOULD JUST ASK IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST REVIEW AND BRING SOME COMMENTS SO WE CAN KEEP THAT DISCUSSION GOING, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND HAVING GONE THROUGH THESE KIND OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET STUCK ON WORDS AND SO BEING OPEN TO, OKAY, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WORD AND MAYBE THAT'S MY WORD, BUT JUST BEING OPEN TO THAT AS A, AS A BOARD TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR YOU GUYS, SO, OKAY.
UM, ARC SECURITY UPDATE, GARY.
SO THE OTHER DAY WE, UM, MET AT CITY HALL HERE IN, IN THE FRONT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE FOLKS TO, FROM THE SPRING CREEK TO THANK 'EM FOR REMOVING ALL, I MEAN, A BUNCH OF HOMELESS KING ENCAMPMENTS.
AND WE BROUGHT TWO DOZEN DONUTS.
IT TURNS OUT THREE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE ON, UM, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE STAFF ARE INTOLERANT TO WHEAT FLOUR.
SO FORTUNATELY CARRIE CAME ALONG, WE'D INVITED HER TO COME AND, AND, AND HELP US SAY THANKS.
AND, UH, PARKS TOOK CARE OF THE DONUTS.
OH, PARKS WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THE DONUTS
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I GOT A, I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE OF A HALF EATEN DONUT FROM CARRIE THAT DAY, SO, YEAH.
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SECURITY UPDATE FOR EVERYONE.AND SO I'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION AND HOPE, HOPE, UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I CAN ANSWER THOSE AND IF NOT, THEN I, I WOULD THINK THAT SOME OF THE OTHER TEAM CAN HELP SUPPLEMENT FILL IN THE BLANKS.
I MET WITH THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF REVIEWED THE PROGRAM THAT'S IN PLACE.
AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WHERE OFFICERS CHECK OUR RESTROOMS EACH EVENING, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LOCKED, SECURED.
UM, SO THEY PHYSICALLY GO TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR RESTROOMS, GET OUT OF THE CAR AND CHECK THE LOCKS AND DOORS.
UM, IT'S A SHIFT THAT'S ABOUT THREE HOURS LONG.
UM, THEY DO THIS BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 4:00 AM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND THIS IS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE OFF DUTY.
SO THIS IS OVERTIME FOR THEM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PICK UP A SHIFT EITHER RIGHT AFTER THEIR NORMAL SHIFT OR RIGHT BEFORE.
AND SO, UM, KIND OF THIS ALSO HELPS WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO STAY IN THE PARKS, KIND OF, UM, NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN SOMEONE'S GONNA SHOW UP.
SO IF THEY THINK, AH, WELL WE KNOW THAT OFFICER SO-AND-SO WILL BE HERE AT, YOU KNOW, 10 0 5, I'LL JUST WAIT TILL 10 30, YOU KNOW, UM, WE JUST NEVER KNOW.
UM, AND THEN THEY AVERAGE AT LEAST 25 PARKS EACH NIGHT.
SO THEY'LL GO TO THE RESTROOMS, BUT THEN THEY VISIT OTHER PARKS AND JUST SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
AND THE GOAL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, IS TO, UH, BE PROACTIVE AND ENSURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE SAFE.
SO SOME OF THE, THE THEMES THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, WE GET REPORTS BACK FROM, UH, THE OFFICERS ON WHAT ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE PAST MONTH.
AND SO WE'VE KIND OF CATEGORIZED THEM INTO THESE THREE, WHICH IS FACILITY ISSUES, AFTER HOUR ACTIVITIES AND OFFICER ACTIONS.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE WITH FACILITY ISSUES, UM, IS THAT WHAT WE FIND A LOT IS RESTROOMS ARE, UH, PROPPED OPEN AFTER HOURS.
FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICERS HAVE FOUND LOCKS TAMPERED WITH, AND IN ONE CASE, SOMEONE STUFFED TOILET PAPER INTO A LOCKED PREVENT IT FROM SECURING PROPERLY.
AND SO I'VE SEEN THOSE NOTES TOO OF JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WILL PUT A STICK IN THE DOOR TO TRY AND, UH, KEEP IT OPEN FOR LATER.
UM, SOMETIMES THE ELECTRONIC LOCKS MALFUNCTION, UM, IN WHICH CASE THE OFFICERS WILL MANUALLY SECURE THE FACILITIES.
AND, UH, THIS JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHY CONSISTENT CHECKS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
OTHERWISE THE FACILITIES COULD STAY UNSECURED OVERNIGHT FOR THE AFTER HOURS ACTIVITIES.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL GATHERINGS SOMETIMES.
SO ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS AT CENTRAL PARK OFFICERS CAME ACROSS A GROUP OF AROUND 20 PEOPLE DRINKING AND PLAYING LOUD MUSIC.
THE OFFICERS NOT ONLY CLEARED THE GROUP, BUT ALSO DIRECTED THEM TO CLEAN UP DOZENS OF BEER CANS THAT THEY HAD LEFT SCATTERED AROUND.
SO THAT WAS NICE THAT THEY MADE THEM CLEAN UP THEIR MESS TOO.
UM, AT THE SKATE PARK, THERE WERE, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THERE WERE CARS OR GROUPS GATHERED AFTER CLOSING HOURS.
SO OFFICERS WILL DISPERSE THEM BEFORE THINGS GET ESCALATED.
UM, AND THEN THAT, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT THEY SEE IS THAT THEY'LL RUN PEOPLE OR VEHICLES OFF IF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED ONCE THE PARKS ARE CLOSED.
AND THEN OTHER ACTIONS KIND OF DEPENDS ON, UH, WHAT THEY SEE OR FIND.
SO ONE UNIQUE INCIDENT WAS AT THE DOG PARK.
A MAN WAS LOCKED INSIDE THE RESTROOM BECAUSE THE EXIT BUTTON MALFUNCTION.
SO THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO HELP GET HIM OUT.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM ON SITE CHECKING THINGS, PATROLLING AND ADDRESSING SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, ANOTHER GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS IS THEY WILL LET US KNOW WHEN THERE ARE MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
SO IF THERE'S A LOCK THAT'S MALFUNCTIONING, IF THERE'S, UM, A LOCK THAT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE POWER, IF THEY FIND GRAFFITI OR OTHER MESSES, THEY WILL LET US KNOW SO WE CAN GO FIX THOSE QUICKLY.
WHEREAS OTHERWISE IT MIGHT BE A DELAY JUST ONCE WE GET TO THAT CYCLE OF MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A BIG HELP ALONGSIDE THE NIGHTLY PATROLS, WE HAVE SEVERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA HELP PREVENT REPEAT ISSUES AND STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY IN OUR PARKS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE THE SKATE PARK PERIMETER FENCE.
THAT CONSTRUCTION IS IN PROGRESS, THEY HAVE THE POLES SET, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE PANELS.
ONCE WE GET THOSE UP, THEN WE WILL PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, AREA IS LOCKED.
EACH EVENING WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE LOTS OF SIGNAGE.
UM, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS KEY TOO WITH THE OFFICERS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE SIGNAGE THAT STATES THAT THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED AT A CERTAIN TIME.
THAT WAY IF PEOPLE ARE THERE, THEY CAN CRIMINALLY TRESPASS THEM OR TAKE MORE
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ACTION IF THEY NEED TO.SO THE GOAL IS TO NOT HAVE TO ESCALATE IT TO THAT POINT, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE SIGNAGE AND, AND JUST COMMUNICATE THOSE CHANGES TO EVERYBODY.
UH, ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS AT PRIORITY SITES.
SO WE HAVE POLES SET AT BOTH RICK ODEN PARK AND CENTRAL PARK.
WE HAVE POLES, THERE'S F UH, FIBER AND POWER TO THESE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WITH THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO GET QUOTES FOR THE CAMERAS.
AND ONCE WE GET THOSE, THEN UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, MONITOR THE PARK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IF WE NEED TO GO BACK, IF SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AND KIND OF, UM, FIND THE PERPETRATORS NEEDED.
AND SO THESE, UM, ARE KIND OF A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT OFFICERS ARE SEEING AT NINE.
SO HOPEFULLY THESE PREVENTATIVE ME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES WILL HELP REDUCE REOCCURRING PROBLEMS. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UM, OUR FOCUS IS COMPLETING THESE CURRENT PROJECTS AND THEN PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SECURITY PROGRAM.
SO WITH THE FENCING CAMERA COMPLETION, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THESE COMPLETED WITHIN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, UM, THE FENCE AT THE SKATE PARK SHOULD BE DONE BY END OF MONTH OR MID-OCTOBER IS WHAT WE'RE TARGETING.
AND THEN CAMERAS, JUST DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY ONCE WE GET THE QUOTES BACK, UM, AND GETTING THOSE INSTALLED SHOULD BE QUICK AFTER THAT.
WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE PD PARTNERSHIP, WE'RE WORKING ON SECURING ONGOING FUNDING.
UM, THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR THIS WERE, UH, ONE-TIME FUNDS AND SO THEY WERE NOT RENEWED FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO THAT WITHIN OUR OWN BUDGET.
UM, IT WAS AGAIN, A ONE-TIME FUND, AND SO THE FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE KIND OF ALLOWED PD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT SEVEN DAY A WEEK SERVICE, WHICH WAS THOSE THREE HOUR SHIFTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE'LL PURSUE DIFFERENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY OR STAFFING NEEDS.
AND THEN ALSO JUST LOOKING INTO BEST PRACTICES.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW ALIGNS WITH, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS HEARD OF THIS, BUT SEP TED IS KIND OF THE ACRONYM, BUT IT'S CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNING INSECURITY MEASURES WITHIN YOUR PARKS AND, UM, DEVELOPED SPACES.
AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT.
SO NATURAL SURVEILLANCE, WE HAVE THAT WITH FENCES, WITH THE, UM, CAMERAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE FENCING AND THE RESTROOM CONTROL IS GONNA HELP REDUCE THE ACCESS OR AT LEAST CONTROL ACCESS INTO THESE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER.
AND THEN THE REGULAR PATROLS AND UPKEEP OF MAINTENANCE HELP REINFORCE OWNERSHIP.
AND, UM, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN PARK SPACES AND PLACES ARE WELL MAINTAINED, PEOPLE ARE GONNA REALIZE AND RECOGNIZE, HEY, SOMEONE'S HERE A LOT TAKING CARE OF THIS PLACE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK FOR THE, THE LESS MONITORED AND MAINTAINED PLACES TO DO THEIR BAD THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY AND KEEP EVERYTHING MAINTAINED REALLY NICELY SO THAT IT KIND OF DISSUADES PEOPLE FROM HANGING OUT THERE.
UM, BUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, THE OFFICER PRESENCE AND DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND PROJECTS WE'RE DOING IS JUST WAYS TO KEEP THE PARK SAFE AND SECURE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO WITH THE LOCKS, ARE YOU'RE SAYING, UM, THEY'RE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AT A CERTAIN TIME, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MM-HMM
AND IS THAT AT ALL OF THE, THE BATHROOMS IN THE PARKS OR RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THERE AND THERE'S MOST OF, MOST OF THEM, YEAH.
THERE'S SOME THAT ARE, A LOT OF THE NEWER RESTROOMS ARE KIND OF THE, THE PREFAB MODULAR RESTROOMS HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POWER BUILT IN.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGY WITH THE LOCKS.
WHAT, HOW WOULD YOU CATEGORIZE THE SITUATION IN, IN CENTRAL PARK? WE, WE LIVE NEAR THE AREA DUR DURING THE DAY WITH THE, WITH THE SCHOOL POPULATION.
UH, IS, IS THAT PATROLLED? UM, WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS OF THAT, THAT POPULATION THAT'S THERE? I COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT.
SO GARLAND DOES HAVE RESOURCE OFFICERS THAT PATROL THAT AREA.
SO THEY WILL GO FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'LL DRIVE AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THEM USHER THE KIDS BACK TOWARDS THE PARK.
NOW IT'S NOT A CONSTANT PATROL, BUT YOU WILL SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY TAKING THE KIDS BACK.
BUT THERE IS QUITE A ACT, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE PARK ITSELF.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF KIDS SKIPPING SCHOOL OR HANGING OUT BY THE COURTS AND AND
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STUFF LIKE THAT.BUT THEY ARE PATROLLED BY THE RESOURCE OFFICERS.
AND YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S, UM, THAT'S HAVING A PRETTY GOOD EFFECT? UH, IT DOES HAVE A GOOD EFFECT ON IT.
A LOT OF AWFUL LOT OF SCHOOL KIDS THAT HAD, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL KIDS THAT THAT HAD OUT AT THE PARK, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, THEY SEEM TO, THE RESOURCE OFFICERS KNOW THAT.
SO THEY ACTUALLY BRING EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF LIKE, UH, LIKE RIGHT BEFORE THEY GO TO BREAK THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY'LL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF COPS THERE 'CAUSE THEY KNOW THE KIDS GET ROWDY AND THINGS COULD HAPPEN.
DO WE GET THE SAME THING AT UM, NAMAN FOREST? 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH NAMAN FOREST KIDS HANGING OUT, SWIMMING IN THE CREEK, TEARING BENCHES OUT OF THE GROUND.
SO THERE IS, THE RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT BY ALL THEIR SCHOOLS, SO I'M NOT SURE TO WHAT EXTENT THEY DO IT THERE, BUT IT IS, THEY ARE PATROLLING THE AREA FOR THAT.
ALBERT'S FAMILIAR OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE REC CENTER IS RIGHT THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAVE TO CALL PD SOMETIMES IF FIGHTS BREAK OUT IN THE PARK AND HE WAS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU SEE MORE ACTIVITY AND THEN THEY KIND OF LEARN.
I WOULD ALSO ADD IN THAT COUPLE YEARS AGO THEY STARTED ADDING THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OVER THERE BY UM, KEEPING 'EM OUT OF LIKE ALL OF THE, THE REC CENTER AND THE ANNEX PARKING.
SO THAT'S HELPED WITH SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY THAT WOULD'VE JUST HAPPENED WITH THEM PARKING OVER THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ARE JUST THE AFTERSCHOOL KIDS.
THEY'RE JUST LOITERING AROUND.
UM, SO WHAT ARE THE CHANCES WE'RE GONNA GET FUNDING FOR THIS CONTINUE THE POLICE PROGRAM? WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE ABLE TO WEIGH ON, WEIGH ON THAT.
YEAH, IF KEITH WANTS TO CHIME IN, IF I DON'T FILL IT ALL IN.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING, SO DURING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, WE ASKED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.
IT WAS A ONE-TIME REQUEST THAT WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR AND SO WE ASKED FOR IT AGAIN, BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS NOT FUNDED.
SO IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO LOOK IT WITHIN OUR OWN BUDGET.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
KEITH BEING KEITH, UM, ALWAYS HAS A PLAN AND A BACKUP PLAN AND A PLAN FOR THAT PLAN.
SO, UM, I GUESS UNLESS, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED NEWEST INFORMATION, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF TO WHAT EXTENT WE COULD FUND IT FOR THIS YEAR.
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT'S STILL BETTER THAN NOTHING.
IF WE CAN FUND SOMETHING WITH OUR BUDGET, SOME OF THE OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
LIKE YOU CAN GO WITH THE MICROPHONE
LIKE I WOULD LOOK AT SALARY SAVINGS, THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER'S MONEY.
SO, UM, WE JUST, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK TO HIM?
WE'RE FIRST NAME, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD NOT IMPACT OUR OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS A TIGHT BUDGET THIS YEAR, BUT STILL BE ABLE TO FUND IT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO TIED UP THE LOOSE ENDS SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'ALL FOUND THAT MONEY.
WHERE DID Y'ALL FIND THAT MONEY? YEAH, I HAVE A GOOD REASON WHY THE MONEY WAS THERE.
JASON, HAVE YOU GUYS NOTICED ANY, LIKE, TRENDS OF LIKE WHEN AND WHERE, LIKE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES HAPPENING? I HAVE NOT NOTICED THOSE YET.
I, UM, HAD ASKED FOR KIND OF A, A REPORT FOR THE FULL YEAR MM-HMM
AND SO I, I CAN POUR THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND SEE, SEE IF THERE'S DAYS OF THE WEEK OR TIMES OF THE YEAR.
UM, I WOULD SUSPECT IT'S GONNA BE YOUR SUMMER MONTHS AND WARMER MONTHS WHEN YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO BE OUTSIDE.
SO KIND OF A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT.
UM, THE CAMERA INSTALLATIONS, WHEN THOSE ARE PUT IN, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE DIRECT FEED TO THAT OR DOES THAT GO TO POLICE? OR LIKE WHO IS MONITORING THOSE CAMERAS AT THIS POINT? I'M NOT SURE.
I WOULD THINK THAT PROBABLY I CAN ANSWER.
SO ALL OF OUR SECURITY CAMERAS YEAH, WE, WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, CARRIE WOULD, SINCE IT'S IN A PARK, CARRIE, AND MAYBE THE TWO PARK MANAGERS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
THEY'RE NOT OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE MONITORED 24 7, BUT IF AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK, LOOK AT THE CAMERA FEED AND THEN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE POLICE.
SO IT DOESN'T GO TO 9 1 1 DOESN'T GO TO THE 9 1 1 CENTER? NO, NO, NO.
THE, THE, SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE REC
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CENTERS AND SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK, WE REVIEW THE, THE TAPE AND THEN WHEN THEY, UH, DETECTIVE COMES OVER, WE PROVIDE 'EM WITH THAT INFORMATION AND THEY WORK WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT.THE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I MENTIONED ON THE FIRST MEETING WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE UBON PARK, THERE IS NO LIGHTS IN THE RESTAURANT.
DID JERRY TELL HIM IT IS THAT DUDE, UH, ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR COUPLE IN, A LOT OF TIMES WE SAW ON THE, IN THE RESTROOMS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN THE RESTROOMS MM-HMM
SO MAIN REASON, YOU KNOW, I'M ISSUING THIS ONE BECAUSE UH, WE HAVE SOME PLACE LIKE YOUTH PLACE AND GIRLS PLAYING TILL MIDNIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK.
SO WHEN THEY GO TO THE RESTROOM, THERE IS NO LIGHTS AND PEOPLE LAYING DOWN, THEY'RE SCARED.
SO THEY TOLD ME A LOT OF TIMES, I THINK I ALREADY INFORMED, UH, THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
IT'S IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST FACE THIS.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT RESTROOMS HAD NO LIGHTS.
SO THAT'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT.
BUT ALSO WE CAN CH FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE RESTROOMS NO LOCKS IN THERE.
IF THEY WERE EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS AUDUBON, CORRECT? YEAH.
BUT THAT ONE LOCK DOESN'T WORK.
I HAD TO HAVE A FRIEND WATCH FOR ME THE OTHER DAY.
IF YOU'RE EVER OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU SEE AN ISSUE.
LIKE CARRIE AND HER FOLKS KNOW THOUGH.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? BECAUSE YEAH, EMAIL YVONNE, SINCE Y'ALL ALL HAVE, AND THEN SHE'LL ROUTE THAT.
'CAUSE YOU MAY NOT KNOW, YOU MAY THINK IT'S AN ALBERT THING, BUT REALLY IT'S A SCARY THING.
SO IF YOU START WITH YVONNE, SHE'S KIND OF OUR CENTER POINT OF CONTACT AND THEN SHE'LL DISPERSE.
SO, SO IN SPRING CREEK THE UM, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE 10 DIFFERENT SIGNS, RIGHT.
INSTALLED IN DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PERIODS ALONG THE WAY.
AND THE ONE I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER DAY, WHICH IS 1787, THE UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SAID 6:00 AM TO MIDNIGHT MM-HMM
SO IT SAID THERE'S I THINK A LOT OF OLD SIGNS STILL.
WE ACTUALLY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY, ORDINANCE.
AND UM, WE'LL BE GETTING SOME STICKERS, SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT AND COVER IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL READ 10:00 PM YEAH.
WELL WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TIME UP, IT HELPS.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT SECURITY MONEY?
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT LIGHTS AT AUDUBON
SO, UM, THAT, THAT IS OUR NEXT, NOT BUDGET, BUT IS OUR CIP PROCESS.
SO WE DO HAVE A PACKAGE IN OUR CIP PROCESS THAT, UH, UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO SEEING IF THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL OR FOR THE MANAGEMENT TO PRESENT TO CITY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, SO OUR CIP PROCESS WILL START SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH.
AND THEN FROM THAT TIME, WE WILL THEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH, UH, MANAGEMENT AS FAR AS WHAT'S BEING APPROVED AND WHAT IT'S ALL DEPENDING ON THE DEBT SERVICE YEAH.
HOW MUCH DEBT CAPACITY THEY HAVE.
THAT IS A PACKAGE FOR LIKE THE AUDUBON LIGHTING AND STUFF.
SO, SO WE EXPLAIN TO OUR NEW MEMBERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OPERATION BUDGET AND THE CIP BUDGET.
ONE, ONE IS, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
AND THE OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT IS BUILDING THINGS.
AND UH, AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY LONG-TERM DEBTS THAT, UH, UH, WHERE WE WILL GO OUT AND GET DEBT TO PAY.
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TAX DOLLARS IS SPLIT UP IN OPERATING IN DEBT.SO, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT WILL SOMETHING.
WE'LL GO TO THE, UH, CITIZENS NEXT NOVEMBER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, UH, BUT YOUR TAX DOLLARS IS SPLITTING UP INTO TWO ONE'S.
YOUR OPERATING BUDGET, ONE'S YOUR TAX BUDGET.
SO, UH, BUT, UH, AND YOUR CIP IS MORE YOUR DEBT 'CAUSE IT'S USUALLY, UH, HAS TO HAVE LIKE A CERTAIN LIFESPAN WITHIN THAT, UH, PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO, UH, GET DEBT FOR THAT, TO HELP PAY FOR THAT.
SO A LOT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND PROGRAMS THAT WAS DONE WITH VOTERS, THEY VOTED THAT THEY ACCEPT THAT EVERYBODY WON IT AND THAT WE WILL PAY IT BACK WITH DEBT.
SO, UM, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT CIP NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE BUDGET LAST NIGHT.
UM, SO THE ONLY THING I REALLY WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS WE DID LAST MONTH, CAME TO YOU AND TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR FEES AND REALLY COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGET PACKETS OTHER THAN OUR FEES.
SO WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL IS ASKING.
AND UM, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT UH, UH, WE'RE, WE DIDN'T APPROVE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE ASKED.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GO BACK ON THESE FEES THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND THEN, UH, BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S, UM, UH, PROBABLY MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME, WE WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD, GIVE Y'ALL THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WE GO TO THE COUNCIL AND ASK FOR A MIDYEAR CHANGE, UH, BASED OFF OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND BASICALLY THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT THEY ASKED US TO KIND OF LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND SURPRISING IT WASN'T ALL ER F IT WAS FER, BUT UH, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A HOLFORD SEASON PASS.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DOING ONE FOR SURFING SWIM 'CAUSE WE WANT TO KIND OF HAVE A ONE YEAR UNDER OUR BELT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, THEY REQUESTED, UH, UH, TO US TO LOOK INTO A HOLFORD SEASON PASS.
THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT A-C-C-D-Y AQUATIC PASS.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU BUY A AQUATIC PASS AND IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ALL THREE LOCATIONS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE RESEARCHING THAT AND PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK TO Y'ALL ON THAT.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS EITHER A SENIOR DISCOUNT OR A SENIOR PASS.
THEY'VE ASKED US TO LOOK IN THAT ALSO.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS CONSIDER PEAK OR OFF PEAK PRICING.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY ASKED US TO COME BACK TO 'EM, UH, THAT WE WILL COME BACK, LIKE I SAID, IN THE SPRING, UH, DURING THE, BEFORE THE SEASON OPEN AND, UH, PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD FIRST.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL, UH, PRESENT WHATEVER THE BOARD RECOMMENDED, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK ALBERT, DID I MISS ANYTHING? NO.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OUR BUDGET WAS APPROVED.
IT WILL START OCTOBER ONE, RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UM, I THINK THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH COMING BACK ACTUALLY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, LIKE IN THE NEW YEAR SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL THOSE OUT WHEN THE, UM, BEFORE THE SEASON.
SO I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY THAT THEY WANT US TO COME BACK.
SO, UH, SO WE WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL PROBABLY JANUARY OR FEBRUARY BEFORE WE, WE GOTTA GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR WEBSITE AND SOME OTHER OPTIONS THERE.
UH, DEPENDING ON THE IMPACT, THEY ALSO COULD IMPACT OPERATIONAL COSTS, UM, HOW MUCH FEES WE COLLECT.
SO THERE WILL SOME RIPPLE EFFECT TO WHATEVER WE OFFER.
'CAUSE WE'VE OFFERED DISCOUNTS, THEN THAT MEANS IF WE PROJECT $1 AMOUNT, WELL THERE MIGHT BE SOME REDUCTIONS.
SO THERE IS SOME IMPACTS WHERE, UH, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE CAVEAT TO THESE FEES, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PLUS WHAT'S THE MINUS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING
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WAS APPROVED.NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL AT ALL WITH OUR BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTION? DID YOU TWO GET A COPY OF OUR BUDGET PACKAGE? NO, BUT I WILL EMAIL YOU A COPY.
SO THE BUDGET IS OUT ON THE WEBSITE MM-HMM
BUT I DON'T THINK Y'ALL WANT TO GO THROUGH 400 AND SOMETHING PAGES.
SO I WILL SEND YOU A COPY THAT'S A REDUCED SIZE, UH, TO Y'ALL IN YOUR EMAIL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEITH? I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE KNOW YOUR, UH, ANSWERS TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE I THINK ALL THEIR FEE REQUESTS ARE VERY REASONABLE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU COME UP WITH.
I THINK, UH, EVEN LAST YEAR, Y'ALL EVEN RECOMMENDED ABOUT SEASON PASSES.
IT'S JUST THAT FIRST YEAR WE WANTED SOME HISTORY.
SO I THINK THE SEASON PASSES A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR SEASON PASSES, SO, BUT OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, KEITH.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UPDATE.
SO FOR THE, THE NEW FOLKS WE HAVE HERE, SO, UH, IN THE PAST WE JUST HAD A LIST ESSENTIALLY OF ALL THE PROJECTS, BUT TO KIND OF GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST AND HELP YOU GET YOUR HEAD AROUND WHAT THE PROJECTS I TALKING ABOUT ARE HERE.
SO, UH, WHAT I'LL DO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, I'LL HAVE SOME GENERAL, UH, AT LEAST SCHEMATIC SITE PLANS OR SOME RENDERINGS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH, EACH PROJECT.
AND AS IT GETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, I'LL CHANGE THAT TO JUST SHOW SOME REALLY INTERESTING MILESTONES OF CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT'S JUST A NEW, SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING BEING CONSTRUCTED OR WHATNOT, JUST TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT ALONG.
SO LET'S, THAT'LL BE LIKE KIND OF THE, THE PATH MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THIS KIND OF THE, SO LET'S JUST JUMP INTO IT.
SO THE, UH, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER THAT, UH, SITE AND MOBILIZATION AND PREP IS UNDERWAY WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
UM, SO HERE ARE A FEW RENDERINGS, IF I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY.
BUT, UM, AS WE GET INTO CONSTRUCTION, UM, I'LL GET WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND THEY OFTEN HAVE DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT WE COULD SHARE JUST TO REALLY SHOW THE TIMELINE.
WELL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT INTERIOR, REALLY COOL PLACE.
AND I LIKE THIS SPUTNIK LIGHT.
UM, THEY, THE CONTRACTOR IS ROLLING ITS FAN GROUP.
THEY ARE, THEY'RE ROLLING WITH IT.
I MEAN THEY'RE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO BEGIN SOME OF THE TILE WORK, UM, ON THE WATERLINE TILE.
UH, AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW PHOTOS, BUT UH, I'M GONNA WORK TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER SCENARIO OR DIFFERENT LAYOUT TO WHERE WE CAN SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE PHOTOS AND HAVE THAT INTEREST FOR YOU TO SEE.
UH, LOU LUFF PARK, UM, THAT BID THAT WAS OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BID ON, UH, AUGUST 21ST.
UM, AS WELL AS RICK OIN SPLASH PAD.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I SAY SEPTEMBER, YOU SAID NOVEMBER.
LOU H UH, AUGUST 21ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11TH.
WE HAD A PRE-BID MEETING THIS MORNING ON THAT SO THAT THE BID OPENED ON THAT ONE ON AUGUST 28TH.
AND THEN WE WILL RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18TH, UM, AND WIN JOYCE.
UH, THAT BID, UH, STARTED ON AUGUST 14TH AND WE WILL RUN THROUGH TOMORROW ACTUALLY.
SO AFTER, ONCE THE BID CLOSES, WE'LL HAVE LIKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS FOR EVALUATIONS INTO, UH, KINDA SIFT THROUGH ALL THE BIDS, SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS COME IN.
SO RICK RICKO AND LOU HUFF AND WIN JOYCE ARE ALL BIDDING MORE OR LESS AT THE SAME TIME.
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WILL MEAN FOR A BUSY OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'LL LIKELY, UH, HAVE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR CONSTRUCTION.UH, KINSLEY PARK, THIS IS A UPDATE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, BUT IT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A, HAS A PLAYGROUND S ALL IN IRRIGATED LAWN.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THIS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, IT'S IN THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HANDS TO REVIEW THE FIRE LANE ACCESS.
IT'S QUITE NARROW IN HERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE AT TIMES, SO FINGERS CROSSED.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE GET THE ADDITIONAL PLAN LAYOUTS.
SO THE, THE STEPS WERE NOW ARE ABOUT 60% SET.
UM, AND IT'S NOT A VERY LARGE PARK.
SO I THINK WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS WE'LL HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION SET FOR THAT.
SO THE THING ABOUT THIS PARK IS, IT'S VERY WEIRD 'CAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK.
AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY STREET ACCESS ALONG ANY EDGE OF THE PARK.
JUST KIND OF UNIQUE AND YOU CAN MISS THIS PARK REALLY QUICKLY IS IT'S LIKE 24 FEET OF A CHANNEL.
SO, UH, BUT IF IT GOES IN, IT COULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING AREA.
JOHN PAUL JONES, THAT IS STILL BEING REVIEWED BY, UH, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT BACK SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S GONNA GET SUBMITTED TO TEXAS PARK'S WILDLIFE FOR REVIEW.
UM, BUT THIS IS A, WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS.
THE PARKING LOT IS IN, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S AWFUL ATROCIOUS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S REALLY A PARKING LOT ANYMORE.
BUT, UH, UH, SO ONCE THIS IS READY TO GO OUT, THAT WOULD BE, THIS IS MORE OF THE EXCITING PROJECTS FOR, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE EDGE WITH THAT.
UM, TUCKER, SO A COUPLE UPDATES ON THIS ONE.
THEY'VE STARTED THE, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF INSTALL.
THIS ARE NEAR THE PREMIER COURTS.
IF YOU'VE REFERENCED IN THIS RENDERING.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SOME SEATING AREAS.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY'VE BEGAN DOING THAT.
UH, AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED TO PRIME AND, UM, SURFACE PRIME THE TENNIS COURTS.
SO THERE ARE, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 2.
SO, UH, THIS IS THE SURFACE PREP.
THEY REFINING IT DOWN ANY IMPERFECTIONS.
THEY'RE GR UH, PUTTING MORTAR AND, AND JUST KIND OF GROUTING IT IN, SMOOTHING OUT.
THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE TO PAINT IT, TO PAINT THAT.
SO THE PAINTING WILL BE, WOULD TAKE, I THINK, I BELIEVE THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT FOUR DAYS TO PAINT, WHICH IS PRETTY QUICK CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF COURT SURFACE THEY HAVE.
BUT, UH, THEY NEED TO TIME THAT WELL WITH OF COURSE WEATHER.
SO, BUT THAT'S GONNA LOOK GREAT.
UM, HERE'S A FEW OTHER UPDATES.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE CABANA BENCHES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE, UH, TENNIS AND OF COURSE THE NEED SHADE, SHADE CELLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT, UH, WE'RE DOING THE PAINTING SECURITY CAMERAS.
UH, AND ALL THE LANDSCAPE IS GONNA BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL, JUST SO IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT HAVING A STRUGGLE IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER.
SO, UH, THE NAME AND FOREST CONNECTION TRAIL, UH, WE WERE AT A 90% SET FOR THAT ONE.
UH, BUT WE'RE ON HOLD TO PENDING THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE KIMLEY-HORN, UH, REMEDIATION STUDY INFORMATION.
SO THAT WILL KIND OF COINCIDE 'CAUSE THEY ALL KIND OF TOUCH BASE WITHIN THAT SPRING CREEK PRESERVE.
SO, SO TO EDUCATE A COUPLE OF THE, UH, OUR NEW MEMBERS, UM, WHEN THE, THE CLEARING HAPPENED AT SPRING FOREST, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS IN QUEUE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND, UM, JUST DUE TO THE STUDY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUT THERE, WHAT THE PLAN IS GONNA BE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MANHOLES, JUST THE WHOLE THING, UM, WE DON'T WANNA DO ANY MORE, JUST A NEEDED DISRUPTION.
AND SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, THIS PROJECT AND THE OTHER PROJECT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE'S ALSO LISTED IN HERE, YOU'LL SEE THESE POP UP.
SO THEY'RE STILL IMPORTANT AND THEY STILL NEED TO HAPPEN.
UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WAITING NOW TO HAVE KINLEY HORN'S REPORT, LIKE YOU SAID, SO YEP.
BECAUSE THEY HAD TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF ACCESS THEY NEED TO GET INTO THE SEWER MM-HMM
AND, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING DESIGNED THESE PROJECTS.
THAT'S EXACTLY, UH, SO DUCK CREEK AUDUBON TRAIL, I, I PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON HERE.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME I SHOWED THIS, UH, SITE PLAN, UH, REALLY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT WAS HAPPENING.
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ESSENTIALLY IT, IF YOU'RE ON THIS PORTION OF DUCK CREEK TRAIL OFF OF OATS ROAD TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE OTHER DUCK CREEK TRAIL WITHIN AUDUBON.THIS IS THE SIMPLY THE, THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT TO, FOR ACCESS, THE WAY THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT OR HAVING TO GET ON THE ROAD ON WEST OAKS, JUST A, YOU HAVE A CONTINUOUS ACCESS FOR BIKE AND HIKERS AND WHATNOT.
SO, UH, THAT'S AT, OF, IS THERE A, SO THERE'LL BE A BRIDGE WITH THIS ONE? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE BRIDGE WOULD ESSENTIALLY CROSS ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE BEING REALLY STRATEGIC OF COURSE ON EVERY LOCATION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, TREES, UM, LOCATIONS REALLY DEPENDENT ON THE, WE COULDN'T HAVE IT IN A REALLY GOOD BEND OF THE, OF THE CREEK, BUT, UH, WE'RE STILL IRONING OUT THE DETAILS WITH THAT.
SO, SO IN DUCK CREEK, UM, LIKE THE CONCRETE TRAILS UP AT SPRING CREEK MM-HMM
AND WE HAD A SCOUT GO IN WITH PARK RESOURCES AND FOR HIS EAGLE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE EMERGENCY MARKER SIGNS MM-HMM
SO THERE'LL BE SOME MORE HERE THAT'LL NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, DR LIKE THE, UH, MILEAGE, LIKE YOU ARE LIKE A, LIKE A MILE MARKER MORE OR LESS, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S THAT THERE'S JUST A 9 1 1, SO A 9 1 1.
AND, AND A LOT LONG, THE MAIN THING IS MAKE 'EM STURDY ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE RIPPED OUTTA THE GROUND.
AND KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE A FLOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU COULD, THERE COULD BE COULD.
IT MAY FLY, IT WILL
IT'S, UH, CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL.
UH, THIS IS GETTING LAID OUT BY THE CONTRACTOR.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA REVIEW IT JUST TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT'S ACTUALLY OPERATING THERE.
WE'RE GONNA VIDEOTAPE IT TO WHERE IT'S, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, WE KNOW WHO, WHO TO BLAME,
BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET A LAYOUT TOGETHER AND, UH, MAKE SURE IT'S ALL WORKING WELL WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS, PRESERVE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN.
UH, THE OTHER PROJECT, UH, THAT WAS KINDA COUPLED WITH THE SPRING CREEK, UM, THAT PAUSE WAS, UH, GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE IT'S REALLY QUITE EVIDENT WHERE THE CLEARING OCCURRED.
SO AGAIN, THAT ONE'S JUST ON HOLD FOR NOW.
WE DID HAVE THIS ACTUALLY BID.
WE WERE READY TO ISSUE NOTICE TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTRACTOR, BUT, UH, UH, JUST GIVEN THE LIGHT OF EVERYTHING ELSE, WE WE'RE GONNA PAUSE ON THAT.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR SAID THEY WOULD VALUE THEIR NUMBERS FOR 90 DAYS, BUT THAT WAS, UH, I SUSPECT THAT THAT WILL BE EXCEEDED
SO WE'LL LIKELY HAVE TO REBID THIS ONE AGAIN.
BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.
UH, DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL, I DID HEAR BACK FROM THE RAILROAD TODAY.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET SOME, UH, LINEMAN ISSUES, UH, DISCUSSED, BUT THAT IT'S UNREAL HOW LONG IT TAKES WITH THE RAILROAD COMPANY.
SO, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL HOPEFUL.
UH, THERE COULD BE A SCENARIO WHERE WE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY, SO, UM, IT'S A NEW PERSON WITH A-C-P-K-C, UH, SO THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
SO I HOPE TO HAVE NEXT TIME HAVE SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING VERSUS JUST TO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW,
AND WITH THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UM, LIKE I SAID, AS THE, AS A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS GET UNDERWAY AND ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION, THE SHARING THE UPDATES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING.
JUST, UH, YOU CAN KINDA SEE HOW THINGS PROGRESS OVER TIME.
ARE THERE GONNA BE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER? YES.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BEHIND FENCE SO THAT THEY'LL BE FENCED IN.
AND THERE'LL BE LIKE A, A LIKE A KEY CARD THAT SENIORS CAN GET IN.
THEY'LL BE ENCLOSED IN THAT PROPERTY.
SO YOU WOULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE SENIOR CENTER? IT'D BE FOR THE SENIORS.
YES, IT'S MEANT FOR THE SENIORS OF THE FACILITY.
UM, THE, UH, IS THERE A WALKING TRAIL INSIDE IN THE FITNESS ROOM? YES, THERE'S A WALKING TRACK.
NOT PROBABLY AS BIG AS WHAT HALFORD'S IS, BUT THERE IS A MM-HMM
AND COULD YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE COMPLETION DATE PROJECTED? IT WAS 13 MONTHS I THINK IS WHAT THEY GAVE US.
SO, AND THEY STARTED, THEY'VE STARTED, SO I THINK IT'S LIKE NEXT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
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OKAY.LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THAT AFTER I POSTED FACEBOOK PICTURES.
IS THERE A WALKING TRAIL OR LIKE THIS AT HALFORD? YES.
IT'S UPSTAIRS AND IT GOES AROUND THE GYMNASIUM.
TUCKER FIELD OPEN, UH, CONTRACTOR IS ANTICIPATING ABOUT A NOVEMBER SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALMOST FINISHED.
UM, WE'VE ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK FOR THEM TO DO.
WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL TRAILS.
SO, UM, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, REALISTICALLY IF IT'S LATE NOVEMBER, THEY'RE SUBSTANTIAL.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO TO COMPLETE.
UH, JANUARY FEELS LIKE A GOOD TIME AND I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS PROJECT, IT WAS COLD, SO IT'S ALSO GONNA BE PRETTY COLD I THINK WHENEVER WE DO THIS, UH, GRAND OPENING.
BUT, UM, WE'RE ON TRACK AND THEY'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS, SO.
AND WHAT DID SHE ASK ABOUT? I MISSED YOUR QUESTION.
I JUST DIDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE SAID.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MARK? GREAT.
I HAD ONE COMMENT ON, UH, THE CALENDAR.
SO OCTOBER THE 11TH IS, UM, THE, UH, TRI-CITY CLEANUP.
SO, AND AT LEAST IN A LOT OF THOSE STATIONS ARE IN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PARK.
SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT.
I'M IN THE SILVER SCOOP BY THE WAY.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK FOR MY FACE IN THERE.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK REALLY CLOSELY.
UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THE LEE WILLIAMS. OKAY.
SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE LAST MEETING, WE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS AND KIND OF CLEANED UP THE WHOLE, UH, THE PAGE.
AND SO WE ARE DOWN TO, THESE ARE THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WE'VE COVERED, UM, WITH THIS PARK SECURITY UPDATE THIS EVENING, WE TOOK CARE OF THE ONGOING REQUEST ON UM, JUST A PARK SECURITY UPDATE.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT AND I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST THING, 'CAUSE DAVID YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE IT AS AN ONGOING.
SO I THINK DURING THESE FUTURE AGENDA YOU COULD SAY, HEY, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME AGAIN AND WE COULD BRING BACK A NEW UPDATE.
BUT COINCIDING WITH THAT, UM, WE OWE, MOLLY HAD REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKATE PARK FENCING AND THE CAMERAS AND SO WE'LL UM, BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT.
AND THAT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE SENSE OUR, OUR NEXT UPDATE TO YOU GUYS JUST OVERALL WITH PARK SECURITY WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE.
OBVIOUSLY LIKE QUARTERLY OR MAYBE MM-HMM
UM, SO WE, THAT WILL, UH, CLEAR THE TOP THREE OFF WITH THIS EVENING.
SO THE SKATE PARK, UM, THAT'S IN THERE TWICE.
AND THEN MR. PARIS, YOU HAVE THE UPDATE ON THE CAMERAS AT SPRING CREEK.
UM, AND OF COURSE THAT'S PENDING FUNDING, UM, FUNDING AVAILABLE ONCE WE COMPLETE JOHN COMER AND CENTRAL PROJECT.
SO YEAH, WE JUST, I'D LIKE TO SEE 'EM IN THERE, JUST, I REALIZE THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS ON OR LET US KNOW WHAT SOME FU FUTURE ITEMS ARE.
ANY ANYTHING ELSE OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE WILL GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE, UM, IN OCTOBER.
'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE ATTENDED THE NRPA CONFERENCE.
AND RECEIVED OUR ACCREDITATION.
SO WE WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD AN UPDATE OF OCTOBER.
SO YOU CAN SEND ME A TEXT WHEN YOU, UH, A PICTURE OF YES.
YEAH, YOU GET ONE, YOU GET TO, IT'S REALLY COOL AND THEN YOU GET TO ADD IT TO YOUR SIGNATURE AND YOUR EMAIL.
IT'S REALLY WHOLE PROCESS ON DOES THE PARK BOARD GET TO DO THAT TOO? SURE.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? HEY, IT'S 8 0 4 AND THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.