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IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE.I THINK THAT I ALSO HEARD THAT KEITH WOULD LIKE TO DO A PICTURE.
YOU GONNA MAKE US ALL LOOK THINNER AND YOUNGER? YES.
DO WHAT I CAN JUST
WE'LL, A BETTER ONE WITH EVERYBODY USING UNIFORMS, BUT I GOT EVERYBODY.
SOME OF US WARM DOESN'T HAVE A SHIRT YET, SO.
KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU USED TO DO WITH THE DOLLS IS KIND OF PUT THE LITTLE SHIRT OVER IT.
UM, SO WELCOME TO THE, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, MEETING, UH, UH, OCTOBER 1ST.
SO THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION FROM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DAVID PARISH.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I, SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.
MR. DUCKWORTH, DID YOU, UM, I DIDN'T FILL OUT A COURSE.
UM, SO, AND NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE ATHLETIC, UH, LEAGUE REPORT FOR GARLAND GIRLS SOFTBALL.
UH, I THINK I MET STEVE FUENTES.
AND, UM, IS THERE YOU ARE WELCOME.
IT'S WHAT, ALMOST EVERY MONTH AT THIS POINT, UM, ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT DOES SAY THAT STEVE IS ON THE AGENDA, SAYS IT'S GIRL SOCCER LEAGUE PRESENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY GIRLS SOFTBALL, SOFTBALL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
ON THE NEXT LINE, ON THE NEXT LINE DOWN, IT SAYS, SOCCER
KEITH AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT.
UH, BUT STEVE HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT FOR THE, UH, PAST YEAR.
UH, HE SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT, UH, FOR FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
AND HE'S BEEN INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS.
UH, AT THAT POINT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER, STEVE.
I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, TO BE ABLE TO COME AND SHARE WHATEVER, UH, WHATEVER I, UH, I CAN, UH, FOR GARLAND GROVE SOFTBALL, IT'S THE AMAZING PARK.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, LIKE, LIKE JARED SAID, YOU, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 24 YEARS.
I, UH, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, I JUST TOLD JARED, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS 32, AND SHE BEGAN PLAYING AT, AT GGSA WHEN SHE WAS NINE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COME BECAUSE OF THAT, HER HARD WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY GIRLS OUT THERE THAT PLAY.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A GOOD PLACE TO BE.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE LOVE, WE LOVE BEING OUT THERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY, DO YOU JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS? DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION THAT JUST RESTARTED THIS, THIS SEASON.
ACTUALLY, THEY'RE PLAYING THE FIRST GAME TONIGHT.
UM, WE LOST SOME, WE LOST SOME HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS, BUT WE, WE, UH, WE DID A LOT OF GOOD, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, THE COACHES, THE SOFTBALL COACHES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR, ALL OUR GSDS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO GET ALMOST, ALMOST SIX TEAMS THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR, UH, NORTH GARLAND, UH, NAMAN GARLAND AND, UH, TWO, THERE'S TWO NAMAN TEAMS. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO, TO GET THEM GOING BACK AGAIN.
BUT, BUT FROM FOUR YEAR OLDS, WHICH, WHICH WOULD USUALLY BE IN T-BALL, UH, UP TO 14 AND UNDER.
AND, AND, AND THO THOSE, THOSE, YOU KNOW, 14 AND UNDER, THEY FEED INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS THE GOAL IS TO, IS TO GET THEM TO GET THEM PLAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SOME GIRLS LIKE TO TAKE IT FURTHER, YOU KNOW, SOME GIRLS LIKE TO PLAY SELECT SOFTBALL, SO THEY DO.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FEEDING, FEEDING
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ALL OF OUR, OUR SCHOOLS IN GISD.AND, AND THAT'S ALWAYS MY GOAL.
AND, UH, I THINK EVERY, EVERY COACH THAT'S OUT THERE, IT'S, IT'S THEIR GOAL TO JUST, JUST TO KEEP, KEEP DOING THAT.
IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT SPORT.
JUST LIKE, LIKE SOCCER, UH, BOYS FOOTBALL.
SO HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS YOU GUYS GOT? SAY IT AGAIN? HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS? OOH, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER, BUT EACH, EACH TEAM WE, WE, OH GOSH.
UM, LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY THERE'S SIX, SIX TEAMS IN EACH, EACH DIVISION AND 12 GIRLS PER TEAM.
SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW KIDS THAT COME OUT.
WE PLAY ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS NOW WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
AND THE REST OF THE DAYS WE LEAVE 'EM FOR PRACTICES.
SO IT'S ALWAYS FULL DURING THE WEEK.
YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS BUSY 'CAUSE I OPEN THE PARK AND I CLOSE IT.
WELL NOT CLOSE IT ALL THE TIME, BUT I OPEN IT EVERY DAY.
AND SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS OUT THERE PRACTICING, UH, WORKING ON SKILLS AND, AND IN, YOU KNOW, THE GAMES, IT'S ALWAYS A, IT'S, IT'S PACKED RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S A GOOD THING.
WHAT DOES IT COST TO? JUST PAID IN THE, IT IS A $60 CHARGE, UH, IN THE SPRING.
AND THEN THERE IS, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S A $75 CHARGE IN THE SPRING AND A $60 CHARGE IN THE FALL.
THE FALL, THE GAMES IN THE FALL ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
WE'VE GOTTA BE DONE BY NOVEMBER.
SO, SO, UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S, WE PLAY LESS GAMES, BUT GIRLS ARE COMPETITIVE AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, ANYTHING THAT A THAT WE COULD DO WHEN WE WERE KIDS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING BASEBALL OR WHATEVER.
THE GIRLS CAN DO IT JUST AS, JUST AS GOOD.
HOW ARE YOUR FACILITIES, I'M SORRY, THE FACILITIES, ARE THEY SUITABLE? YEAH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL I'LL SAY THIS, THAT WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT, THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO PARK.
UH, THE FIELDS ARE NICE, THE GRASS IS NICE.
THE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, WE HAVE TWO FENCES OR WE HAVE A SMALLER FENCE FOR FAST PITCH SOFTBALL.
AND OF COURSE THE ADULT SOFTBALL FENCE IS STILL THERE, BUT, AND EVERYTHING'S WELL MAINTAINED.
THE, THE, THE SMALLER FENCE IS, IS UPRIGHT.
THE, THE, THE RESTROOMS ARE NICE.
THE CONCESSION STAND IS GOOD AND IT'S UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS WORKING.
THE PARK IS, I MEAN, THE, THE BETWEEN, I THINK BETWEEN GGSA, WE HAVE A PERSON THAT DRAGS THE FIELDS, BUT THEN THAT THEN PARKS COMES OUT AND DRAGS IT ALSO.
AND IT'S ALWAYS NICELY LINED AND BASES ARE OUT.
UM, THE FIELDS ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS IN GOOD SHAPE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DIRT ON IT.
WE LOVE IT FOR NEWCOMER HERE, WHAT, WHAT PARK IS IT? IT'S, IT'S, UH, WINTER SOFTBALL GIRLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX ON SPRING CREEK AND, UH, OVER BY WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WEBB AND SPRING'S FROM HILLS SPRING CREEK.
IT'S, UM, IT'S WELL LIT AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE SEE, WE SEE PATROL, UM, PATROL COME BY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, KEEPS US, KEEPS US SAFE.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARK, IN THE PARKING LOT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S A, IT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.
AND I HAVE GIRLS, SO I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, I LOVE, I JUST COULDN'T STOP COACHING AFTER, AFTER THEY, THEY WERE DONE
MY WIFE WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I LIKE TO STAY AWAY
SO, SO I TALKED TO ALL THE SPORTS LINKS ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS, THERE WERE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE FIELDS AND THE PARKING LOTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, JUST THE DIFFERENT SPORTS LEAGUES WERE CYCLING THROUGH.
AND, AND THAT WAS USEFUL WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE 2019 BOND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO GET UP AND, AND TELL THE STORY TO, TO COUNCIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR SOME OF THESE LEAGUES TO BRING TEAMS IN FROM OTHER, OTHER CITIES.
AND JUST US UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS LEAGUES WERE HAVING, YOU KNOW, HELPED US, YOU KNOW, PUSH THE, THE BOND THROUGH IN 2019 AND, AND GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THE FIELDS.
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IMPORTANT THAT YOU, IF THERE ARE ANY CHALLENGES THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU LET, LET US KNOW.WE, WE VERY WELL, WE ARE HERE TO CARRY THE LOAD WHERE WE CAN.
YEAH, WE JUST, WE JUST, THEY, UH, WE JUST GOT NEW SCOREBOARDS NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, THEY, THEY WORK, I GUESS, WAS IT OPERATOR ERROR YOU THINK? SOMETIMES MM-HMM
UM, THEY KEEP SCORE AND BALLS AND STRIKES AND OUTS AND, UH, YEAH, EVERYTHING WORKS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE PARK'S WELL ILLUMINATED, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IN THE, THE PARKING LOT, THE FIELDS THEMSELVES AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE OFFICE AND THE, THE GIRLS RESTROOM, I MEAN, MEN, MENS AND GIRLS RESTAURANT.
AND WE, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.
I, I CURRENTLY, I HAVE SIX, SIX TEAMS. UM, I DON'T COACH 'EM ALL MYSELF.
I HAVE, I HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEER COACHES THAT, THAT COACH IT, THAT COACH SOME OF THE TEAMS. BUT WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO JUST KEEP 'EM, KEEP 'EM PLAYING UP IN THE AGES, UH, UNTIL, UNTIL THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S REALLY, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL IS JUST, JUST TO HAVE THEM, HAVE THEM, HAVE THEM PLAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S THEIR GOAL USUALLY.
DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH IDEA OF THE RETENTION RATE? LIKE IF THEY START AT T-BALL, HOW OFTEN ARE THEY STAYING UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I JUST KNOW JUST FROM THE FACES THAT I SEE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT TODAY, THERE'S A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL THAT CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER ME? AND I'M LIKE, NO, SWEETIE, I DON'T
BUT SHE SAID, I, WE USED TO PLAY FOR YOU, UH, WHEN I WAS 12.
AND THEN OF COURSE I REMEMBER THEN, BUT YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN PLAYING SOFTBALL AT, AT GARLAND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS A LOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY COME BACK AND THEY JUST KEEP WANTING TO PLAY AND KEEP WANTING TO PLAY.
SO, UH, THERE'S SOME THAT JUST TRY IT OUT, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SPORT THAT, THAT, THAT DECIDE, IT'S NOT FOR THEM.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME, MOST OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND THEY USUALLY STAY ON THE SAME TEAMS OR SOMETIMES AGE GROUPS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO MOVE UP, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY STAY WITH THE SAME TEAM.
AND YOU CAN TELL THE KIDS THAT ARE, ARE COMING BACK.
AND SO, YEAH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD RETENTION THAT WE DO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH, UH, PARENTS IN THE STANDS? OH, YEAH, ALL THE TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I TRY TO DO? I TRY TO, I TRY MYSELF.
I TRY TO BE OPEN AND FREE FOR QUESTIONS AND STUFF.
SO I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, COME TALK TO ME BEFORE YOU START ARGUING WITH THE UMPIRES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO COME TALK TO ME FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT, MAYBE UMPIRE MADE A BAD CALL OR SOMEONE GOT HURT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET AGGRESSIVE.
AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THEY'RE REAL COMPETITIVE.
SO WHEN THEY'RE SLIDING INTO FIRST BASE, THE CATCHER MAY REACH OVER AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT JUST TOUCH HER, BUT YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY SWIPE DOWN AND HIT HER.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PARENTS COMPLAIN, BUT USUALLY I CAN RESOLVE THOSE TYPE OF, THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR GIRLS TO GET HURT AND STUFF.
SO, AND IT'S NOTHING AGGRESSIVE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A GIRL BE AGGRESSIVE TO HURT SOMEONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL IN THE, IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION, I BELIEVE.
DO YOU SEE A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF GARLAND? YOU KNOW, WE HAD, WE HAD A SCHOOL THAT WAS GOING TO, WAS GONNA SIGN UP FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, AND THEY WERE ALL HOMESCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM, WHAT AREAS OF THE, OF THE METROPLEX THEY WERE COMING FROM, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S, IT'S GARLAND RICHARDSON, UH, MESQUITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN TEAMS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE AREA THAT, THAT WANNA SIGN UP.
UM, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS PARTICIPANTS LIKE FROM RICHARDSON, THERE MAY BE A, A FEW, NOT MANY, UH, BUT MOSTLY IT'S GARLAND KIDS.
APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME, UH, VOLUNTEERING.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO COME SPEND SOME TIME WITH US.
ANY FINAL THOUGHTS? JUST THANK YOU.
YOU LIVE IN THE CITY? I DO, I DO.
LET YOU GO WHEREVER YOU NEED TO.
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OKAY.I AM, UM, TURNING OVER FOR THIS PERIOD, THE ELECTION OF PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND, UH, VICE CHAIR TO ALBERT.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, UH, WE NEED A MOTION FOR, UM, THE BOARD CHAIR, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA NEED A SECOND.
AND THEN WE NEED, SINCE WE HAVE NINE PEOPLE HERE, WE NEED A MAJORITY, UH, FOR THE MOTION TO CARRY.
SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION? MR. PARRISH? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPOINT, UH, JASON MCGARRY TO BE OUR PARK BOARD CHAIR.
SO, MOTION BY, UM, WELL OBVIOUSLY DAVID PARRISH AND SECOND BY MOLLY BISHOP.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID THAT AND NOT ME.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NOW WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THE ADVISORY, UH, BOARD.
MR. PARRISH, A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT NANCY JANSEN TO BE OUR VICE CHAIR.
AND AGAIN, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HONOR OF BEING THE, UM, BEING THE CHAIR.
I'M GONNA FINISH OUT THIS MEETING AND THEN I WILL TURN OVER THE REIGNS TO THE NEXT MEETING TOO.
AND I'M EXCITED FOR BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON THE BOARD AND TO OUR, OUR NEW PEOPLE.
Y'ALL ARE SO WELL, YOU'RE LIKE BEEN HERE QUITE A WHILE NOW, HAVEN'T YOU? THREE YEARS, ALMOST FOUR.
YEAH, 21 YEARS IS ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN ON HERE, BUT
SO WE ARE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER D, THE GARLAND PARKS, UM, THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE.
AND I'M GOING TO LET, UM, OUR NEWLY ELECTED, UM, UH, CHAIR, UM, JASON, UH, GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE GOT, WE'VE HAD SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN.
UH, THE BIGGEST OF OUR FUNDRAISER COMING UP THIS WEEKEND AT CALIBER CAR WASH AND ROULETTE.
UM, JUST GO THERE, SAY THE WORD PARKS IN, UH, PORTION OF THOSE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
IT'S BEEN A, IT'S A COOL THING.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE THERE.
AND IN OUR, YOU KNOW, BIKINIS AND SPEEDOS
UH, IT'S, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND.
UH, SO FROM OCTOBER 3RD THROUGH THE FIFTH FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND IF YOU BUY A MEMBERSHIP, THEY FEED YOU.
YEAH, THEY FEED YOU CALIBER IS DOING IT.
THAT'S NOT EVEN, WE'RE NOT EVEN HAVE TO TO FUNNY UP FOR THAT.
SO, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, MISSION AND GOALS, DISCUSSION.
SO THAT WOULD BE YOU TAKING OVER.
SO ON THAT ONE REALLY QUICK, UM, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW THAT DELEE HAD PASSED OUT LAST MEETING THAT WAS SENT TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE PARKS RECREATION BOARD ADVISORY MISSION STATEMENT.
SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSED AND Y'ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK IT OVER.
IF YOU GUYS AREN'T READY TO DISCUSS IT AND GO OVER EVERYTHING TODAY, Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND WE WILL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT? AND WHEN AND, AND HOW, HOW SHOULD WE BE VIEWING IT? IS PART OF THIS, UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE KAPPA ACCREDITATION.
IS THIS PART OF KAPPRA HAVING TO DO THIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS DRIVEN BY PERHAPS A BOARD MEMBER THAT'S NOT HERE ANYMORE? NO, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE WHOLE, ALL THE PARKS AND BOARD, ALL THE BOARDS ACROSS THE CITY SHOULD HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD, OR WE MIGHT'VE HAD ONE, I'M NOT SURE.
SO NOW WE HAVE, THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE, THAT EVERY BOARD DEVELOP A MISSION STATEMENT AND A VISION STATEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S QUITE A BIT TO TAKE IN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING IF YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK IT OVER SOME MORE AND THEN WE
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COULD DEFINITELY HAVE DISCUSSION NEXT, UH, NOVEMBER IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE.SO COUNSEL WANTS US TO HAVE THIS.
DID ANYBODY, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS IT FULLY NEXT MONTH, BUT DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY CURSORY THOUGHTS ON THIS? I HAVE A THOUGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IT WAS A THOUGHT.
I'M GONNA JUST THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING IN THE CITY IS LIKE A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE DAVID.
I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE RIGHT HAND DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS OUR PLACE TO PUT IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH DIFFERENT BOARDS OR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR IF THAT REALLY APPLIED.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HIT ME WHEN I READ IT WAS WHERE'S THE COMMUNICATION PIECE? SO JUST A THOUGHT.
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY, THIS IS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT, YOUR VISION STATEMENT.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT TO GET YOU STARTED TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING FOR YOU GUYS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LIBBY, FOR ADDING TO THAT.
SO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR, OUR MEETING STAFF DOES FACILITATE AND CITI DOES PROVIDE THE, UM, BUILDING FOR US TO MEET OR TAXPAYERS DO.
UM, BUT THIS IS OUR BOARD MEETING.
THIS IS OUR TIME THAT WE'RE HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THINK OF SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN ADD TO ONE OF THESE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, THEN ANYBODY IN A HURRY TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
SO ALBERT, UH, COMMISSION FOR, UM, ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AT CAPRA.
UH, KEITH REAGAN'S GONNA TAKE THIS.
HE'S OUR KAPPRA GENIUS AND HE WILL FILL YOU IN GURU, THE GURU, MR. CAPRA COCONSPIRATOR
SO, UH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW Y'ALL, BUT, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN ORLANDO.
UM, WE DE LADY AND I GOT THERE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WAS OUR HEARING WITH THE CAPA ACCREDITATION COMMISSION.
UH, SO WE SAT IN FRONT OF A ROOM WITH OUR CAPER LEAD, UM, AND THEN WE HAD FOUR COMMISSIONERS THAT WAS IN FRONT OF US.
UH, FIFTH ONE SHOWED UP, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WE BASICALLY, UM, THEY FIRST TALKED TO THE LEAD.
THE LEAD BASICALLY PROVIDED WHAT THEY OBSERVED IN THE MEETING.
AND THEN EACH ONE ASKED US DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE, THEY WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE DID.
UM, UH, SO THEY JUST KIND OF WANT TO GET A FEEL OF, OF IF WE TOOK THIS SERIOUSLY, ALL WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CAPRA BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET THE CHECK BOX AND DON'T FOLLOW BACK UP AFTER THAT.
SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, DELETING I DURING THAT.
UH, AND THEN WE LEAVE THE ROOM.
THEY DISCUSS AMONGST THEMSELF AND THEN THEY COME BACK.
UM, THEY WAS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED OUR CAPA ACCREDITATION.
WE DID FIND OUT THAT NIGHT THAT WE WAS ACTUALLY CAPA ACCREDITATION.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UM, I'M GONNA PULL UP A, HOPEFULLY I CAN PULL UP A WEBSITE.
SO HOW MANY PARKS THIS YEAR? 231.
UM, I THOUGHT I HEARD 2 24 AT THE, UH, THAT'S THE TOTAL EATING.
SO ONLY 231 THAT HAS BEEN ACCREDITED, UH, NATIONWIDE.
SO THAT IS A BIG HONOR 'CAUSE THERE'S OVER 10,000 AGENCY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
UH, YOU PROBABLY, I'M GOING TO ANSWER A QUESTION BEFORE Y'ALL ASK THAT QUESTION.
WHY DON'T PEOPLE DO CAPA ACCREDITATION? IT IS A VERY IN-DEPTH PROCESS.
IT'S REVIEWING YOUR POLICIES, PROCEDURES, UH, DIRECTIVES AND MAKING SURE THOSE ARE UPDATED.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE NOT DONE AS I JOKE THAT WE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE'RE BACK INTO CAP PRIMO, UH, BECAUSE
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IT'S A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.THIS MEETING, UH, WE, I GAVE PINS TO THE GARLAND GURD SOFTBALL.
'CAUSE WHAT THEY DID TONIGHT AND WHAT Y'ALL PROVIDED WAS INPUT FOR US.
THAT'S PART OF CAPRA ACCREDITATION, IS PROVIDING INPUT FROM OUR LEAGUES, OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UH, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS BEING PART OF OUR CAPRA.
I ALSO GAVE TO DAVID FOR THE SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION THAT EARNED THE CAPRA ACCREDITATION.
THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT WITH THE BOARD, WITH COUNCIL, WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DONE IT.
UH, WE HAD AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THEY PLAYED A KEY ROLE OF GETTING THAT DONE.
HR HR PLAYED A KEY ROLE INTO MAKING SURE THIS WAS DONE.
SO THIS WAS NOT JUST A FEW OF US GETTING IT DONE, IT WAS COMBINING EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
SO, UM, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS HAS A, HERE WE GO.
SO ON THE WEBSITE, WE ACTUALLY ARE PROMOTING OUR GARLAND ACCREDITATION.
IT BASICALLY GIVES Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF, OF INFORMATION THAT IF YOU FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK, UH, SAW CITY, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY ACTUALLY PROMOTED THIS.
BUT ON THAT WEDNESDAY, WE WAS ACTUALLY GOT TO SHOW A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE DID JUST FOR, UM, SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAS THERE FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST.
SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDIO IS GOING TO WORK, AND THAT WILL BE A SHAME THAT THE AUDIO IS NOT GONNA WORK.
THE VIDEO'S PRETTY COOL, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT Y'ALL GO TO THE WEBSITE AND PULL THIS UP.
UH, BUT WE HAD BASICALLY A 32ND, OR REALLY A 22ND VIDEO THAT WE WAS ASKED TO DO.
AND BASICALLY THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT IN FRONT OF, UH, EVERYBODY.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE WAS ACTUALLY AT, UH, GOT UP THERE AND GOT, UH, A PICTURE.
WE WILL GET A LITTLE PLAQUE SHOWING THAT WE'RE CAPA ACCREDITED, BUT, UH, WE HAVE NOT GOT THAT YET.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SUPPLIES FOR YOU.
BUT, UH, UM, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT AT NEXT MONTH.
'CAUSE WE HAD SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED ON IT.
SO A MYSTERY, MAYBE NOT A SURPRISE, BUT A MYSTERY.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE MYSTERY IS, BUT, UH, WE, WE BASICALLY MADE CAPRA SHIRTS COOL, COOL UP AND WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA WEAR THEM ON A CERTAIN DAY OF THE WEEK.
UM, I THINK ALBERT AND I TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A THURSDAY THAT, UH, AS WE GET THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE'RE CAPER ACCREDITED, UH, WE WAS KIND OF HOPING TO HAVE IT THAT WE WOULD PASS OUT TONIGHT AND WEAR 'EM.
UH, SO MONDAY WE ARE BASICALLY GETTING RECOGNIZED BY COUNCIL FOR THIS.
THEY WILL ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE US IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
Y'ALL ARE MORE WELCOME TO JOIN US ON MONDAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT THE, UH, WORK SECTION, UM, OR CHAMBERS CA, COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS.
UH, THE REASON WHY IT'S MONDAY INSTEAD OF TUESDAY IS 'CAUSE TUESDAY IS NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT.
SO THEY ARE COMBINING THE TWO MEETINGS TOGETHER.
OKAY? SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US AND BE RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH US, Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN US.
WEAR YOUR BLACK SHIRT AND YOU CAN GET A BLACK SHIRT FROM YVONNE.
SHE JUST GOTTA ASK YOU A QUESTION AND THEN SHE WILL GET, BE ABLE TO GET YOU ONE.
BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE MORE ENCOURAGED IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO COME.
WE ALSO, UM, HOWARD, YOU MAY HAVE GIVE ME THE DATE.
UH, WE HAVE A, WHAT IS THE EVENT? UH, GARLAND'S, UH, GRAVEYARD IS WHERE WE DO OUR HAUNTED HOUSE AND OUR TRUNK AND TREAT.
UH, IT'S A BIG EVENT THAT WE DO, UH, EVERY YEAR AND IT'S PRETTY BIG.
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AT A BRADFIELD REC CENTER AND THEN THE PARKING LOT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.SO, SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS HAVE A BOOTH THERE AND WE ARE GOING TO END THAT WITH A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF WHAT DOES CAPPER MEANS.
SO, UH, Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE, UH, ATTEND THAT FOR THAT EVENT.
UH, IS THAT ALL DAY OR, OH, IS UH, WHAT TIME? OH, THE TRUNK AND TREE STARTS AT FIVE 30 AND WE'LL GO TILL EIGHT 30.
AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO IT, WHEN I TELL YOU THIS IS A HAUNTED HOUSE, THIS IS A HAUNTED HOUSE, Y'ALL NEED TO COME BY.
SO, BUT THAT'S JUST BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE, THE CAPRA.
BUT WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S SUPPORT.
UH, DO ACTUALLY HAVE A SECTION IN THERE JUST FOR PARK BOARD, UH, AND ADVISORY GROUPS.
SO, UH, BUT WE DO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, ARE YOU IN THIS MAGAZINE? PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE THAT MAGAZINE CAME OUT BEFORE, MAYBE THE NEXT ONE.
REMIND ME HOW LONG THE ACCREDITATION LASTS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE, AND THEN NOW, NOW WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A REPORT ANNUALLY.
THAT MEANING ONCE A YEAR OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MEET, UH, CAPA ACCREDITATION.
THEY CAN PULL THE ACCREDITATION AT ANY TIME.
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE, THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION, CAN THEY FIVE YEARS
THE ACCREDITATION CRITERIA WILL CHANGE.
I DO BELIEVE IT'LL BE 60, 68 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT YOU BE GOING, OH, IT'S EASIER.
NO, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGHER BECAUSE OF THOSE 154, THEY'RE BASICALLY STILL THERE.
THEY HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE BASICALLY PROVIDED THE SAME DOCUMENTATION.
IT IS JUST BASICALLY COMBINED INTO ONE.
SO YOU BASICALLY, WHEN YOU ANSWER, YOU ANSWER IT BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT PHASES.
SO, UM, SO THIS PROCESS ACTUALLY, UM, WILL START IN OCTOBER.
UH, WE HOPEFULLY WILL GET THE NEW STANDARDS AND START WORKING TOWARDS, UM, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW ACCREDITATION.
SO BECAUSE IT'S PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, WE TALK DAILY ABOUT, OH, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A SOP FOR THAT, OR WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, THE THOUGHT PROCESS HAS ALREADY KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, THE SPIRIT TEAM ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND THE NEXT GOAL IS GETTING EVERYBODY INCORPORATED IN THAT.
UH, SO THAT WAY ALL STAFF, WHEN THEY, YOU ASK THEM ABOUT CAPRA, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAPER.
AND IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER IN THE HISTORY GONE FOR IT OR FIRST TIME? NICE.
WE STARTED IT IN, BACK IN 2017.
UM, BUT THAT WAS MORE OF FINDING OUT WHAT OUR, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE.
AND WE WAS MISSING A LOT OF STUFF BACK THEN.
ONE OF THE MAJOR ONE, MAJOR ONE IS A MASTER PLAN.
WE NEEDED AN UPDATED MASTER PLAN AND YOU MIGHT AS NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO DO IT WITHOUT A MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY KEY.
THE OTHER ONE WAS A RECREATION PLAN.
UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DID WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DID TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT.
KEITH, ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT, THE PART AT WHICH CAPPER WOULD BE RECOGNIZED IS THAT DURING THE WORK SESSION OR THE, THE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING? THE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SECOND ON THE LIST.
SO WHEN THEY ASK US TO COME UP, Y'ALL COME UP WITH US.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT OUR AWARD.
YOU SAID IT'S ON MONDAY NIGHT? MONDAY NIGHT, YES.
I MISSED YOU SAID THAT IT JUST WASN'T SINKING IN AND I WENT, WAIT, THAT'S NO, I, I TOTALLY, 'CAUSE I ORIGINALLY, WHEN I SUBMITTED THE, UH, RECOGNITION I DID TUESDAY NIGHT NOT KNOWING THAT MONEY WAS A, OR TUESDAY WAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT EITHER.
IS THAT LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SOUTHERN SECTOR OR SOMETHING? IT'S NATIONAL.
TYPICALLY IT'S IN AUGUST, BUT TEXAS HAS LIKE DISPENSATION
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'CAUSE IT'S SO HOT IN AUGUST.WE WERE THERE WHEN THE, WE HAD OUR ONSITE.
AND, UM, SO TEXAS ARBOR DAY AND TREE GIVEAWAY UPDATE.
AFTER 592 SECONDS,
UM, ABOUT THE TREE GIVEAWAY THIS YEAR AND THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION AND TREE, TREE, UH, PLANTING.
AND SO THIS YEAR THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION AND PLANTING IS GOING TO BE HELD AT WOODLAND PARK ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST CHECK-IN WILL BE AT EIGHT 30 AND THE MAYOR WILL START THE PROCLAMATION AROUND 9:00 AM THE FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL HAVE A TREE PLANTING CLOSER.
OH, SORRY, WHERE'S WOODLAND PARK? WOODLAND PARK IS ON WEST WALNUT.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT ADDRESS.
IT IS EIGHT 15 WEST WALNUT STREET.
CAN YOU GIVE THE TIME AND DATE AGAIN? YES.
WELL IT'S UH, NOVEMBER 1ST, EIGHT 30 IS CHECK-IN AND 9:00 AM WILL BEGIN THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION AND AROUND NINE 30 WE'LL START THE TREE PLANTING.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, UH, STILL THROUGH VOLUNTEER GARLAND.
PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP IF THEY WANT TO COME AND TAKE PART IN THAT ACTIVITY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE TREE GIVEAWAY ON THE SAME DAY.
SO NOVEMBER 1ST, UM, IS THE TREE GIVEAWAY AND REGISTRATION FOR THAT BEGINS NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, UM, AT 9:00 AM SO YOU'LL HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S A, A FLYER ON THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU REGISTER AND THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TREES THAT YOU CAN, UM, BASICALLY SUBMIT YOUR INTEREST FOR.
YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR TOP TWO TREES.
THE VARIETIES ARE THE AUTUMN BLAZE, MAPLE, CEDAR, ELM, CHICA PIN OAK, AND THE SCHU MAR RED OAK.
AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL CHOOSE YOUR TOP CHOICE AND THEN YOU WILL GET A CONFIRMATION EMAIL BACK THE TREE AND THEN A TIME SLOT.
AND SO THIS IS, THEY STARTED DOING THIS A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE YOU HAVE A TIME SLOT BECAUSE BEFORE EVERYBODY WOULD SHOW UP AND THERE'D BE LONG LINES.
AND SO THIS WAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED AND LESS WAITING.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN HOPEFULLY ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
THE FIRST ONE I GOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT THE FIRST ONE, UH, BEFORE CEDAR ELM WAS THE WHAT? AUTUMN? BLAZE.
AUTUMN BLA MADE A FUNNY NOISE.
A SOUND LOOK, YOU KNOW,
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? I, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK MY ARBORIST ABOUT THAT.
NOW THEY'VE MAPLES HAVE HAD A ROUGH GO
UM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS? GOT THE DATE, GOT THE TIME.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
OKAY, SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T, I'M NOT AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS MARK IS, SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT FIVE OF THEM FOR YOU.
THE OTHER ONES THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVEN'T CHANGED WHAT'S IN THERE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE I HIGHLIGHT IS THE GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UH, RENOVATION AND EXPANSION.
SO THAT KICKED OFF IN AUGUST IF Y'ALL SAW IT.
WHERE NOW IF YOU GO IN THERE, THEY'RE TURNING DIRT.
AND WE, AS OF NOW, WE'LL PLAN TO BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF 26.
SO HOPEFULLY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF 26 IS WHAT WE'LL BE OPENING THE CENTER BACK UP TO THE SENIORS.
IT'S BEEN, WHEN IT OPENS IT'LL BE ALMOST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE THEY MOVED OUT OF THE OLD SENIOR CENTER.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I WAS THERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.
YEAH, SOME PEOPLE WERE THERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS SURF AND SWIM.
UH, REGIONAL AQUATIC FACILITY.
THAT IS ALSO, RIGHT NOW IT IS GOING REALLY FAST FOR US.
UM, THERE, IF YOU GO THERE, YOU COULD
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ACTUALLY SEE THE POOL AND SEE ALL THE TILE THAT'S IN AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THAT IT, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AS A, AS A SWIMMING FACILITY.UM, AND THAT WILL BE OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 26 AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING IN IN, UH, 26 AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST OF OUR BIG RENOVATIONS FOR, UM, FOR THE AQUATICS AND FOR THE SENIOR CENTER.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THAT LAID DOWN, A LOT OF, UM, AFTER THE PAINTBALL, UH, THEY PUT IN A LOT OF THINGS TO GO OVER THE CURB AND ONTO THE GROUND IS THAT ELECTRICAL WORK THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE IS SEPARATE FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE SURF AND SWIM.
SOMEONE HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A MARK QUESTION.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU WRONG
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE A BUNCH OF DRAINAGE AND THEY DID A LOT OF ELECTRICAL WORK, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS PART OF THE PROJECT OR IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT MARK WAS DOING IN THE PARK ITSELF.
WELL, I, I REMEMBER THAT THE WATER SEWER AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DO ALL, ALL OF THAT AT ONCE.
AND I, I SAID THAT IT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE, UM, SURFACE ONE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE ALREADY DID SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING OUT OF EVERYTHING OVER THERE.
SO I'LL MAKE A NOTE AND I'LL MAKE SURE MARK KNOWS THIS AND WHO HE'LL ANSWER THAT FOR US NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS RICK O AND SPLASH PAD.
UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING, UH, REVIEWED AND EVALUATED, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE, UH, APPOINTING, UH, GIVING THAT OUT TO SOMEBODY REAL SOON.
UH, WHEN JOYCE PARK, UH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED, UM, AND NOW THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO? UM, THEN, UH, JOHN PAUL JONES PARK.
UM, THE PLANTS WERE REVIEWED BY DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND NOW IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS FOR THEM TO FINISH DOING.
UM, AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN THEY'LL START THE PROCESS OF GOING OUT TO BID.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? NO, THAT'S EXCITING.
AND THEN THE ONLY ONE I DON'T SEE HERE, BUT IT MAY BE IN THE BACK, IS, UH, BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER.
SO IF Y'ALL GO TO BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE AMAZED.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S RUNNING ALL THE TENNIS OPERATION FOR US TOLD US THAT HE DOES OPERATIONS IN MCKINNEY.
UH, DOES PLANO FRISCO? HE DOES QUITE A BIT.
THEY HAD, THEY DO QUITE A BIT AND HE SAID BY FAR THIS IS A PREMIER TENNIS CENTER THAT HE'S EVER SEEN THE MUNICIPALITY DO.
SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED AND UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE OP WE ARE LOOKING AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN NOVEMBER AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING IT IN JANUARY.
AND WHEN THAT OPENS THEN UH, WE WILL CLOSE THE OTHER TENNIS CENTER DOWN JACK COLEMAN, WE'LL CLOSE IT DOWN AND WE'LL START RENOVATING JACK COLEMAN.
UM, AND WE'LL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA TURN SOME OF IT INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS AND LEAVE SOME AS TENNIS COURTS.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH A BUILDING AT JACK COLEMAN? WE ARE LOOKING AT RENOVATING THAT AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS TO DO IT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST WHAT IT WOULD COST TO JUST DO A FACELIFT TO THE BUILDING AND UH, JUST ENOUGH TO, TO LOOK REALLY NICE INSIDE AND, AND REDO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, THE RAMPS AND EVERYTHING GOING INTO THE BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD COST TO DROP US A PREFAB RESTROOM BUILDING NEXT TO IT.
SO THAT WAY WE WON'T, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A DA AND IF WE WERE TO GO A DA IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT WOULD COST TO RENOVATE IT.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON IN THIS JOB WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING AND IT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS 'CAUSE IT WAS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
IS THAT, IS THAT STILL AN ISSUE? UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE AN ISSUE, BUT THAT WHOLE AREA'S IN A FLOODPLAIN, YEAH.
SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING THAT'S GETTING FLOODED, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT'S EVERY 10 YEARS.
IS IT WORTH RENOVATING? WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT IT NOW, IT DEFINITELY NEEDS A FACELIFT.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE AESTHETICALLY, IT'S GONNA LOOK A LOT NICER BECAUSE IT IS DRAWING A LOT OF, UM, INTEREST FROM ALL THE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HOST THERE.
HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WHERE HE, HE'S ALMOST BID OUT ALL OF BOB DAY ALREADY.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS THAT HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING TO JACK COLEMAN.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED IF, IF YOU GO IN THERE AND NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING HE'S A LITTLE LOVING BEFORE WE COULD OPEN IT BACK UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT ON, UH,
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THE UH, GARLAND AVENUE CONNECTOR AND THE NAME AND FOREST CONNECTION TRAIL, THOSE ARE BOTH TIED UP ON THE ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON AT SPRING CREEK FOREST.SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROCEED UNTIL, UH, YOU KNOW, KIMBERLY HORN HELPS 'EM FIGURE OUT HOW THE THINGS ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER AND THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO RE-COMPETE, UH, THE GARLAND AVENUE CONNECTOR.
SO DO WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT WHOLE SOCCER THING? BECAUSE LAST TIME HE TALKED ABOUT THE SOCCER THING THAT'S COMING IN NOW IT'S JUST NOT, DO WE GET AN UPDATE OR THAT FUTURE? I'M SURE WE WOULD DEFINITELY PUT THAT IN THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR THEM TO GO OVER.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, UM, FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE PUT, UM, THEY TALK IN, ACT IN IN, UM, ABBREVIATIONS AND SO THEY LISTED SOME OF THOSE, THEY GAVE US A LEGEND, WHICH WAS HELPFUL.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT.
SO WERE WE SUPPOSED TO GET A SILVER SCOOP? YEAH.
SAYS SILVER SCOOP SEPTEMBER, 2025 ENCLOSURE.
UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ENCLOSE THAT ANYMORE, DO WE? YVONNE? WE JUST PUT A LINK TO IT.
IT'S A LINK THAT WE'LL, WE'LL PUT ON IT.
UH, BUT IF YOU WANT A HARD COPY, WE COULD DEFINITELY GET YOU HARD COPIES TOO.
UM, PARK, PARK SECURITY UPDATE.
IS THAT ON HERE? I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LAST ONE.
I'M LOOKING AREN'T YEAH, SORRY.
LIKE I DIDN'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT EARLIER.
SO WE GOT THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
SAME, SAME ENCLOSURE FOR THE SILVER SCOOP ON THIS ONE AS LAST ONE? YEAH.
FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'RE ADDING.
AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO? IS THERE ANY OTHER FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS Y'ALL WANNA BE BROUGHT UP THAT DE HAD DISCUSSED? WE NEED TO REVISIT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED DOING THE, UM, MISSION OBJECTIVES STATEMENT.
MM-HMM
SEEING NO FURTHER ITEMS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD.
JASON, YOU GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL THIS SUB.