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PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR TODAY.UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT RIGHT NOW, OR WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I THINK IT WAS ME THAT MADE THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THE ATHLETIC COACH DALLAS SOCCER COMPLEX.
BUT DOES THAT MATTER? UM, IN REGARDS TO THE MINUTES? UHHUH? OH, UM, I SAYS, MOLLY, NO OFFENSE.
MOLLY SAYS, MOLLY BISHOP, BOARD MEMBER REQUESTED AN UPDATE.
I THINK I, I THINK IT WAS ME THAT BROUGHT THAT I FORWARD.
MOLLY BISHOP DOES NOT A OBJECT TO YOU CORRECTING IT WITH A PROPER MOTION.
MOTION TO CHANGE THE AGENDA AS REQUESTED.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT IT AS AMENDED.
BOARD MEMBER REQUESTED AN UPDATE.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY LIBBY ODOM TO MOVE IT.
AND THEN A SECOND BY MOLLY BISHOP.
OH, DID YOU WANNA VOTE? OH, DID WE? OH, I'M SO SORRY.
I NEED, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
NEXT ITEM, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, A PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE.
MS. BISHOP, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE OR ANYTHING? UM, WHEN WAS THE CAR WASH? DID WE, DID WE DO THE CAR WASH SINCE THE LAST MEETING? I DUNNO.
YEAH, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS REAL.
IT'S SUCH A NEAT PLACE TO HAVE THEM DO THAT AND TO, UM, OFFER TO SHARE THEIR PROCEEDS AND DOING THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A UPDATE ON THAT, BUT, UM, VERY NICE FACILITY, AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, AND APPARENTLY I'M NOT TALKING INTO THE MIC.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY NOW.
UH, YEAH, I, I KNOW WE, THERE'S BEEN TALKS ABOUT ANOTHER, UH, PARKS BEEN PARK BENCH BEING ADDED POSSIBLY SOON, OR TREE PLANTING, UH, THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING FORMAL HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY SET FOR THAT.
SO, FOR, FOR, IS IT RICK ODEN? MM-HMM
ALL RIGHT, SO FOR THE NEXT UPDATE, WE HAVE THE ATHLETIC LEAGUE REPORT, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GARLAND ADULT SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.
SO WE'VE GOT ARNIE BURKE HERE, AND HE'S GONNA PRESENT FROM THE GARLAND ADULT SOFTBALL PRESIDENT.
I ALMOST HAD A GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, UH, MR. ARNIE BURKE.
HE'S BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND'S, UH, ADULT SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION SINCE, UH, 2018, AND HAS BEEN WITH THE LEAGUE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1982, UH, IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.
AND I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO HIM.
WELL, THANK Y'ALL FOR INVITING ME TO APPEAR BEFORE Y'ALL.
UH, I'M, I'M OLD BY WHAT HE JUST SAID, BY BEING HERE SINCE 1982.
I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN PRIOR TO THAT, UH, GOT OUTTA COLLEGE IN 72 AND CAME IN AND PLAYED FAST PITCH ONE YEAR AND REALIZED I COULDN'T SEE THE BALL.
I COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULDN'T SEE IT.
SO I DECIDED TO START PLAYING SLOPE PITCH.
AND, UH, I'VE KNOWN MR. KEITH REAGAN OVER HERE, UM, WORKED FOR HIS DAD OUT THERE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO TELL Y'ALL, UH, UH, UH, EARLY, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, LIKE WE SAID, SINCE 82, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT, LOT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACES IN HERE THAN, THAN THAN USED TO BE, AND A LOT LESS GRAY HAIR THAN THERE USED TO BE, OTHER THAN MINE, I GUESS.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'VE, UH, AS I WAS TELLING JARED, WE JUST KIND, RUN, RUN ALONG AND, AND DO THE SAME THING.
AND, AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW WHAT SAMANTHA AND JARED ASK OF US.
AND, UH, FOR 99.9% OF THE TIME, I DON'T THINK WE'VE RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS. AND IF WE HAVE, THEY QUICKLY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO BE QUITE, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY WONDERFUL AND, AND VERY ACCOMMODATING AND, AND DOING WHAT WE NEED.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I'LL GIVE YOU, I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A REVIEW HERE FROM THE YEAR, AND, AND WE WILL GO WITH THAT.
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GO AHEAD AND, OKAY.UM, AGAIN, JUST FYI, IT'S, NOW IT'S THE GARLAND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.
OH, GOSH, IT'S BEEN YEARS, BUT OFFICIALLY Y'ALL WEREN'T ACTING LIKE ADULTS,
WELL, YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND WATCHED OUR LEAGUES, HAVEN'T YOU? SO I WAS AN UMPIRE, YEAH.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON, ON THE MONEY THOUGH.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE FOUR SEASONS A YEAR.
WE PLAY A SPRING, A SUMMER ONE AND TWO, AND A FALL LEAGUE.
UH, OUR NUMBERS HAVE HAVE DROPPED SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
WHEN I TOOK OVER AS A LEAGUE COMMISSIONER, I WAS A CHURCH COMMISSIONER, AND I HAD, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 400 TEAMS, TWO SEASONS A YEAR, PLAYED 10 GAMES A SEASON.
AND BACK THEN, JERRY AND I WERE JUST TALKING, I SAID, ON WEEKEND, WE USED TO HAVE TOURNAMENTS OUT THERE.
WE HAD FOUR TOURNAMENTS IN THE METROPLEX THAT RAN TOURNAMENTS ON A WEEKEND.
IT WAS GARLAND GRAND PRAIRIE SOFTBALL WORLD IN ELI AND ARC PARK IN FORT WORTH.
SO EVERY WEEKEND THERE WAS A TOURNAMENT AT ALL FOUR PARKS.
ONE WAS A MEN'S, ONE WAS A WOMEN'S, ONE WAS A CO-ED, ONE WAS A CHURCH, AND THEY WERE ALL JAM PACKED.
AND NOW IN, WHAT'S THAT, 40 PLUS YEARS, I CAN START RIGHT HERE AND SAY, GARLAND ETTE RICHARDSON, SAXE WILEY.
AND, AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN OUT OF OUR LITTLE LOCATION HERE.
AND WE'VE GOT MORE PARKS PLANNED THAN, THAN WE HAD IN THE EIGHTIES.
SO OUR NUMBERS ARE WAY DOWN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WAY DOWN FOR A WHILE.
BUT THEY'RE KIND OF A CONSISTENT, OH, 40 TEAMS A YEAR, I GUESS 35 TO 40 TEAMS A YEAR.
UM, WE USED TO PLAY SIX NIGHTS A WEEK, FIVE GAMES A NIGHT, STARTED AT SIX 30 OR 6 45 AND FINISHED IT LAST GAME AT 10 30.
I MEAN, STARTED THE LAST GAME AT 10 30.
I USED TO MAKE A JOKE, I'D GO TO THE BALLPARK TO PLAY SOFTBALL AFTER DALE HANSON GOT OFF THE CHANNEL.
SO IF Y'ALL KNOW WHO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT TIME HE GETS OFF.
BUT, UH, NOWADAYS WHEN WE, WE, WE TRY TO PLAY THREE, SOMETIMES FOUR GAMES A NIGHT.
AND IF I TELL 'EM THEY HAVE A 10 O'CLOCK GAME, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, 10 O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW? AND I'M LIKE, DON'T COMPLAIN.
I SAID, I'M THE POOR FOOL THAT'S OUT THERE OPENING THE GATE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN YOUR GAME'S OVER, I'M THE ONE THAT'S LOCKING THE GATE.
SO I'M OUT THERE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
ANYWAY, THOUGH, UH, FOR, FOR SOME NUMBERS, WE HAD A TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR AND 1,620 PLAYERS.
THIS IS ALL ADULT 18 AND ABOVE.
WE NO LONGER HAVE A WOMEN'S LEAGUE.
WE PLAYED THREE OR FOUR SEASONS WITH THREE TEAMS, AND GOD LOVED THOSE THREE TEAMS. THEY WERE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY JUST FINALLY GOT TIRED OF PLAYING EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
SO WE DON'T HAVE WOMEN'S LEAGUES ANYMORE.
BUT, UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 135 TEAMS THAT PLAYED OUT THERE THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WERE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WELL, WE WERE AT 31, 32, 37, AND 35, UH, IN OUR FOUR SEASONS.
UH, WE HAD, I THINK, UH, I TALKED TO RUSTY BRYANT, WHO'S OUR, UH, UIC AND WE HAD 35 TO 40 REGISTERED U TRIPLE S ERS.
WE ARE U TRIPLE A, UH, SANCTIONED ORGANIZATION, UH, U TRIPLE SA FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW.
IT USED TO BE THE UNITED STATES SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION.
AND WAY BACK IN THE EARLY TWOS, THEY DECIDED THAT THERE WERE A LOT MORE SPORTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET INVOLVED WITH.
SO IT'S NOW THE UNITED STATES SPECIALTY SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
UH, IN 92, I STARTED AS A CHURCH STATE DIRECTOR IN 99.
UH, I TOOK OVER FOR KEITH'S DAD AS THE, UH, NORTH TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR FOR U TRIPLE SSA SLOW PITCH.
UM, WE HAD A NORTH OF SOUTH AND A WEST TEXAS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS.
BUT PRIMARILY OUR GROUP WAS IN THE METROPLEX.
BUT, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK, LOOK AT THIS HERE.
UH, AGAIN, WE PLAY AT THE, UH, JERRY CARTER COMPLEX OUT THERE AT SOUTH GARLAND.
USED TO BE NEXT TO SURF AND SWIM.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NEW, NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE.
UM, WE START PRIMARILY END OF FEBRUARY, THE 1ST OF MARCH.
AND WE TRY TO BE THROUGH NO LATER THAN, UH, THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER.
THAT GIVES THE CITY TIME, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, EVEN INTO FEBRUARY, TO, UM, DO WHATEVER STUFF, BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE PLAYING, PLAYING, PLAYING, PLAYING, PLAYING, PLAYING.
UH, EXCEPT IN THE SPRING, WHEN ONE SEASON WE GOT RAINED OUT, SEVEN WEEKS IN A ROW.
AND, UH, THAT WAS NOT FUN TO TRY TO RESCHEDULE EVERYTHING.
BUT WE GET, WE GOT THROUGH THE CITY, UH, THROUGH THE SEASON, SORRY.
UM, PRIMARILY WE'RE PLAYING ON MONDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.
AS I SAID, WE USED TO PLAY SIX NIGHTS A WEEK.
UM, BASICALLY MOST OF OUR TEAM, UH, MOST OF OUR SEASONS ARE USING A DOUBLE HEADER FORMAT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE A TEAM, YOU'RE GONNA COME OUT, YOU'RE GONNA PLAY TWO GAMES A NIGHT.
AND THE TEAMS SEEM TO LIKE, SEEMS TO LIKE THAT BETTER, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY'S FROM GARLAND THAT PLAYS, THEY PLAY, YOU KNOW, COME FROM ALL OVER, JUST LIKE GARLAND.
PEOPLE GO TO THESE OTHER PARKS AND PLAY.
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WAY, IF THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA PLAY TWO GAMES A NIGHT.AND THAT, THAT MAKES IT MORE, I GUESS, ACCOMMODATING TO THEM.
UM, OUR BIGGEST TOURNAMENT WE HAD THIS YEAR, WE HOSTED IT ABOUT 46 TEAMS BACK IN JUNE.
UH, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN NAMED, UH, CARLOS PEREZ.
HE WAS THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CHICANO SPORTS.
AND THEY RENTED, UH, THE COMPLEX THROUGH GAS, UH, THROUGH THE CITY.
AND HE HAD 46 TEAMS. AND WE PLAYED ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND, AND ENDED UP EARLY, EARLY, EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, UH, SUNDAY MORNING, I'M SORRY.
USUALLY OUR NUMBERS ARE 15 TO 24, 16 TO 24 TEAMS ON A WEEKEND.
AGAIN, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE FACE IS NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO PLAY ON TURF.
AND I TELL 'EM THAT'S WELL AND GOOD, BECAUSE YES, WHEN IT RAINS, YOU GET TO PLAY.
BUT WHEN IT DOESN'T RAIN, AND IT'S SUMMERTIME HERE IN TEXAS AND IT'S 120 DEGREES OUT THERE ON THE FIELDS.
'CAUSE I'M IN THE OFFICE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS FOR US.
UM, BASICALLY OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT IS WE PROVIDE ADULT SPORTS FOR ABOUT 1300 ADULTS WITH THE GARLAND, UH, SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION FROM, YOU KNOW, THE GARLAND RALLY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
AND OUR GOALS THIS YEAR ARE, AGAIN, I SAID WE HAD FOUR SEASONS.
I WON TO EXPAND TO A FIFTH SEASON AND BASICALLY MAKE THAT TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR, THE LAST SEASON, AND MAKE IT FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND BASICALLY HAVE A FUN EXPERIENCE.
USUALLY THEY COME OUT, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S BLOOD AND GUTS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE LEVEL OF OUR TEAMS ARE NOT THAT, THAT BLOOD AND GUT, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO HAVE A FALL SEASON OR A SECOND FALL SEASON WHERE THEY COME OUT.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, LEAGUES WE CAN PLAY.
AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S CALLED ARENA BALL.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'VE EVER PLAYED ANY KIND OF BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL BEFORE, IF YOU HIT THE BALL AND IT STAYS INSIDE THE PARK, IT'S IN PLAY.
IT'S BEHIND YOU IF IT'S DOWN THE LEFT FIELD, LINE, FOUL, WHATEVER GAME'S PLAYED.
SO SOMETHING JUST TO CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, MAKE IT FUN TO GET PEOPLE OUT THERE.
UM, WE WOULD STILL TRY TO BE FINISHED BY MAYBE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER IS ALL I'M TALKING TO.
I'VE TALKED TO JARED AND SAMANTHA ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT WOULD ALSO BE MAYBE A 250 FOOT LANG, I'M SORRY, A TWO 50 LEAGUE.
AND WHAT THAT IS, WE HAVE TEMPORARY FENCES SET UP THAT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT STUFF IN THE GROUND, UH, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, BUT SEE, THAT'S WHY I'M
AND, UH, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I WANNA HAVE EVERYBODY DO THAT.
SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT 'EM OUT THERE ONE TIME, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE THROUGH, TAKE 'EM DOWN, UH, TRYING TO WORK OUT, UH, POSSIBILITY OF, UH, FIELD MAINTENANCE, OUT FIELD MAINTENANCE.
BUT USUALLY BY OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GRASS GROWING ON ANYMORE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP TO, UH, WITH SOMETHING THAT WORKS ON THAT.
I KNOW IF WE GET MORE TEAMS IN THAT PROVIDES, UH, A MAINTENANCE FEE THAT WE, UH, PAY THROUGH THE, THROUGH JERRY THEM THROUGH THE CITY.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AGAIN, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND AND THE PARK BOARD AND, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THIS GUY AND SAMANTHA FOR ALL THEIR HELP.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE MAINTENANCE GUYS THAT HAVE COME OUT THERE.
WE HAVE CITY DOES THE FIELDS ON MONDAY AND FRIDAY FOR US.
UH, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GUYS THAT COMES IN ON, WE USED TO COME IN ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, AND THEN FOR WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS WHEN WE HAVE THOSE.
AND, UH, THE CITY, UM, CHAIR AND THEM HAVE BEEN PROVIDING US, USUALLY ON A TOURNAMENT DAY, UH, ONE OF THEIR STAFF OR CITY MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THAT COMES OUT THERE.
AND, UH, THE GUYS THEY'VE SENT OUT THERE HAVE JUST WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF AND SURE MAKES MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER WHEN I KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT.
AND AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR BASICALLY CLOSE TO 45 YEARS.
AND OTHER THAN TURF, I CAN TELL PEOPLE I SAID, WE'RE THE BEST COMPLEX IN THE NORTH TEXAS.
AND, UH, I HOPE WE CAN KEEP, KEEP PLAYING OUT THERE AND, AND KEEP Y'ALL HAPPY.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
JUST TELL 'EM IT'S TURF, IT'S NATURAL TURF.
I'M, AGAIN, IT'S A TURF, AS YOU CAN TELL.
I'VE BEEN OLD SCHOOL, I'VE BEEN OUT HERE A LONG TIME.
SO, UH, WHAT JERRY AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I SAID, I'VE PLAYED IN THE RAIN, I PLAYED IN THE RAIN ON TURF.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I'VE HEARD MORE PEOPLE GET HURT ON TURF THAN THE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE NFL PLAYERS AND THE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE GETTING OUT THERE AND TEARING, TEARING KNEES UP AND BODIES UP.
I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE 'CAUSE I'M WAY TOO DEAD GUM OLD TO DO IT ANYMORE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, IF IF IF IT RAINS, YOU CAN'T PLAY.
UH, WHEN'S YOUR NEXT TOURNAMENT? UH, WE ARE THROUGH FOR THE SEASON.
WE FINISHED UP ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO START.
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NORTH TEXAS U TRIPLE SA HAS A MEETING IN DECEMBER.I HAVE PUT IN, I THINK I HAVE LIKE 16 OR 18, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SOMETHING LIKE 18 STARTING MARCH, MAYBE TWO TOURNAMENTS A MONTH.
UM, AND THEN GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, END OF OCTOBER, 1ST OF NOVEMBER.
I KNOW JARED AND THEM ARE GONNA TRY TO BRING, UH, GIRLS FAST PITCH IN.
THEY'VE DONE THAT SOMEWHAT IN THE PAST.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A, A COUPLE THAT'S BEEN RUNNING THE CONCESSION STAND FOR US FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND WHEN WE ONLY HAVE TWO NIGHTS A WEEK, OR THREE NIGHTS A WEEK NOW, IF THEY HAVE THE CO-ED LEAGUE AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FIELD OR TWO FIELDS OF GOING, THEY'RE NOT MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
SO I ALSO WANT TO TRY TO HAVE SOME MORE TEAMS OUT THERE SO THEY CAN MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO, A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TOO.
SO HOW DO PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT YOU? UH, WORD OF MOUTH, PRIMARILY.
I PUT INFORMATION OUT ON THE WEBSITE, UH, AGAIN AS I GO, UH, TO THIS MEETING IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS OUR TERMIN SCHEDULING.
WE ALL HAVE A, UH, A NORTH TEXAS WEBSITE THAT HAS WHERE TERMS ARE SCHEDULED.
UH, SO A LOT OF IT'S WORD OF MOUTH, BUT, BUT AGAIN, I SEND OUT, UH, ON, ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN I SEND OUT INFORMATION THAT I GET OFF OUR UASA WEBSITES TO COACHES, UH, THEIR ADDRESSES AND JUST, I'LL KEEP A FLYER IN.
I, BUT WE HAVE A, A, AS I SAID, A A U AA WEBSITE THAT HAS A LIST OF ALL THE TOURNAMENTS ONLINE.
BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COMPLAIN, NOT ME.
'CAUSE I'M, WHY NOT? IF, IF I GET A WOMEN'S LEAGUE, COME ON.
IS IT IN CITY PRESS? IS IT, WHERE DO Y'ALL ADVERTISE YOURSELVES? UM, PRIMARILY, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I DON'T ADVERTISE TO CITY PRESS, SO I DON'T KNOW.
UM, IN REC BEAT, IT ACTUALLY DOES LIST ALL OF OUR YOUTH COORDINATED ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, ARNIE'S LEAGUE, UH, AS THE ADULT ORGANIZATION.
SO THEY ARE LISTED IN EVERY EDITION OF THE REC BEAT.
SO IS THAT A CITY PUBLICATION? IT'S WHAT USED TO BE CALLED OUR PLAY GUIDE.
AND THEN WE RECENTLY CHANGED THE NAME WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO REC BEAT.
IT'S OUR PROGRAM SCHEDULE AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS LEAGUES, AND AS FAR AS US, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE, YOU KNOW, 40 PLUS YEARS.
SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEIR SOFTBALL BEING PLAYED IN GARLAND.
SO TELL ME ABOUT THIS, UM, ARENA BALL.
TALKING THAT, THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS FUN.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING IT WELL, FOOTBALL, SO, WELL, DURING THE SUMMERTIME, A LOT OF THE TEAMS ARE PLAYING BECAUSE THEY WANNA EARN POINTS AND THEY WANT TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
AND THE MORE POINTS YOU HAVE, YOU GET A HIGHER SEAT IN THE BRACKET, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, YES, ONCE THOSE TOURNAMENTS AND WORLD TOURNAMENTS GO IN FLORIDA, THEY'RE USUALLY DONE BY SEPTEMBER, END OF SEPTEMBER, SOMETHING, MAYBE THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER, LIKE YOU SAID, A A FUN LEAGUE JUST FOR SOMETHING GUYS COME OUT AND, UH, UH, AND LADIES, IF WE CAN GET 'EM TO COME OUT AND JUST HAVE FUN, A LOT OF TEAMS COME OUT THERE.
I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT, YEAH, I VAMPIRE BEFORE.
WELL, SOMETIMES THEY COME OUT THERE AND THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT IT, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT HIM TO ENJOY.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH PLAYED IN A CHURCH LEAGUE THAT WE PUT, SO HAVE THAT DID YOU PLAY AROUND THIS? AROUND HERE, HUH? I HAD, WELL, WHAT I'VE DONE NOW, MY, MY CHURCH NUMBERS WERE MONDAY NIGHT USED TO BE CHURCH NIGHT.
AND MY NUMBERS ARE BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND I WANTED, I HAD MORE MEN'S TEAMS THAT WANTED TO PLAY.
SO EVENTUALLY WE JUST 'EM TOGETHER.
SO, BUT MONDAY NIGHT IS MY BIGGEST NIGHT.
I HAVE 22 TEAMS, WHICH MEANS WE USE ALL FIVE FIELDS BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN PLAY FIVE GAMES A NIGHT.
AND THEY'RE ALL DOING DOUBLE HEADERS TOO.
WHAT I USUALLY DO IS I HAVE FOUR LEAGUES AND I PLAY FOUR GAMES ON THOSE FOUR LEAGUES.
AND THEN I USE THAT, THAT FIFTH FIELD TO PLAY THOSE EXTRA GAMES IF I HAVE TO.
NOT IF I HAVE TO WHEN I HAVE TO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
OH, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ASKING.
THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
NEXT ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MISSION AND GOALS DISCUSSION.
MR. LEE WILLIAMS, YOU WERE GONNA BE LEADING THE BOARD IN DISCUSSION TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I KNOW THIS IS OFF, BUT I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY CITY MANAGEMENT WHEN WE'RE DOING PRESENTATIONS TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND OUR TITLES FOR THE RECORD.
SO DELEY WILLIAMS, MANAGING DIRECTOR.
SO THIS IS JUST TO PICK UP ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BOARD'S MISSION AND GOALS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO WORK ON.
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I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOARD WAS GOING TO REVIEW THESE AND TALK AND THEN BRING BACK SOME DISCUSSION POINTS.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW, I GUESS THAT WAS MY FIRST CHECK-IN ON IS IF ANY OF THAT HAS HAPPENED.
I KNOW PERSONALLY I HAVEN'T MADE ANY, UH, OR I'VE REVIEWED IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING UP FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT IT? MY ONLY COMMENT WAS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
'CAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK THEREOF IN BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND AMONG DEPARTMENTS.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT IN OR IF THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SORT OF THING.
I'M JUST ENCOURAGING, UH, COMMUNICATION AMONG THE CITY, I THINK.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMMENT.
AND I THINK UNDER OBJECTIVES, UH, WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE, IT COULD JUST BE ENGAGEMENT IS A SUGGESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, FO FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, CITY DEPARTMENTS.
IT COULD SAY SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SIMILARLY, I, I HAD, UM, EDUCATION WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I THINK THE SAME KIND OF IDEA OF LIKE EDUCATING OR COMMUNICATING LIKE WHAT OUR MISSION, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS WELL AS HAVING THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.
UM, I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I, I HEAR THAT YOU'RE MAKING A REALLY VALID POINT, AND I ALSO AGREE, BUT ISN'T THERE A WAY, LIKE THAT NEXT DOOR PUSHES THINGS OUT THROUGH THE CITY ON CERTAIN THINGS? CAN, IS THAT AN OUTLET TOO? I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S IN THE LIGHT OF DOING THE COMMUNICATION THING BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? I WAS GONNA SAY, DO WE WANNA MOVE THAT TO LIKE A, A DIFFERENT ITEM? LIKE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS? ARE WE HAVING TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS LOOKS LIKE AI WROTE IT? NO, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND IT IS LITERALLY TAKEN FROM YOUR BYLAWS.
AND, UH, BECAUSE, SO EARLIER IN THE SUMMER WE WERE ASKED, ALL THE BOARDS WERE, IT WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE THEIR MISSION AND GOALS? WELL, THIS, THIS BODY HAS NEVER GONE THROUGH THAT EXERCISE, AT LEAST NOT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO YES, IT LITERALLY CAME FROM A CHAT GPT OF LIKE, WHAT SHOULD THAT LOOK LIKE BASED OFF THE PARK BOARD, UH, BYLAWS.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'VE, THIS WAS A STARTING POINT.
SO, UM, BECAUSE IF YOU WANNA READ THROUGH THE BYLAWS AND TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT.
SO THE MISSION, YOU KNOW, TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY, IT'S WHY ARE Y'ALL HERE TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY WELLBEING BY DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, AND ADVOCATING FOR EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. I THINK BEFORE YOU CAN REALLY GET INTO THE GOALS, MAYBE IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION POINT FOR YOU ALL TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT'S OUR PURPOSE? BUT IT HAS TO BE ALSO ROOTED WITHIN THE BYLAWS AND THOSE PARAMETERS THAT ARE IN HERE.
I WOULD LIKE THERE SOMETHING ABOUT, I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND IT WAS LESS STERILIZED IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO GET OUT, I MEAN, IT MAY HAVE, I LIKE THAT TO, I HAVEN'T ADAPTED TO THE NEW NAME OF WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLING IT.
I LIKE THE GET OUT AND PLAY NAME.
TO GET OUTSIDE, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE.
WHEN MY FIRST NIGHT, UM, ON A MEETING FOR THE PARK BOARD, WE DID A TOUR, UH, OF SOMETHING AND, UM, THE CHAIRMAN AT THAT TIME SAID, PEOPLE DON'T COME TO GARLAND AND GO, WELL, THEY MIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW, BUT LIKE, OH, LOOK AT THAT FIRE STATION.
THEY LOOK AT ALL THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE, AND IT'S A GREAT, UM, ASSET THAT WE HAVE.
WE'VE DONE THAT AND WE'VE WORKED ON TRASH.
AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE VOLUNTEER, UM, OUTREACH TOO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO AN OVERLAPPING AND WORKING WITH SOME OTHER, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BOARDS OR NOT, OR DEPARTMENTS, BUT INTERDEPARTMENT COOPERATION, FACILITATING FROM A CITIZENSHIP STANDPOINT, INTERDEPARTMENT COOPERATION, INNER CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, COOPERATION.
I KNOW WE, WE, YOU HAVE, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK THROUGH TRACK, UH, SCOUTS ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SOMETHING LIKE ON THAT, SOMETHING ABOUT THE YOUTH, THE KIDS HAVING SOMEPLACE TO GO AND PLAY THAT'S SAFE AND FUN AND OUTSIDE.
WELL, I THINK, UM, ALL ARE VALID POINTS.
I THINK THE FIRST THING IS THE MISSION, WHICH CAN'T ENCOMPASS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE WORDS OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD.
WHAT IS YOUR MISSION AS BOARD MEMBERS? AND, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M NOT GONNA STEER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
ADVOCATING THOUGH IS A WORD IN THERE.
YOU ALL ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOR THE BETTERMENT, FOR THE MOVING FORWARD
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OF, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ADVANCE.AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST NEEDS TO COME FROM THIS, THIS GROUP.
AND I THINK ONCE YOU ALL ESTABLISH A MISSION, THEN YEARLY, I THINK AFTER EACH, UH, AFTER WE ELECT THE CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR EACH YEAR, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO THEN REVIEW THIS MISSION AND SEE IF, YEAH, THAT'S STILL THE DIRECTION WE WANNA GO IN.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD SAY ONCE Y'ALL FIGURE OUT THE MISSION, UM, IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, AND IT, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOLVED TONIGHT, BUT IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT THAT, AND MAYBE WORDSMITH IF YOU SOME WORD THAT Y'ALL LIKE THAT WE COULD WORDSMITH TOGETHER.
AND THEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE GOALS OF, OKAY, WHAT IS OUR FOCUS OVER THIS NEXT YEAR? I, I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT, I GUESS FIVE WORDS TO INCLUDE SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
I KNOW THEY CAN'T, I'LL BE IN THE MISSION STATEMENT, BUT I HEAR, EDUCATE TO.
SO TO ME, EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE OR ADVOCATE'S A BIGGER WORD I GUESS.
BUT, UM, ADVOCATE, I GUESS BE GOOD.
UM, TEACH, LEARN, GROW, AND SHARE, EDUCATE, TEACH, LEARN, GROW, AND SHARE SOMEWHERE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
I THINK MAYBE TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TO, UM, HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE LIKE LIFELONG OR ALL AGES OR SOMETHING LIKE, 'CAUSE WE WANT, YEAH, WE WANT THE KIDS STARTING AT THE PARKS, BUT THEN WE WANT PEOPLE IN, IN THESE ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUES.
'CAUSE YEAH, YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE TO PLAY WITH YOUR OWN GENERATION.
I THOUGHT THOSE ARE BORING WORDS, BUT THAT'S, THEY'RE REALLY VALID.
YOU DIDN'T SOUND AI IN MEANS CONDUIT OF, OF CITIZENSHIP.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? CITIZEN INPUT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AT LEAST LATELY IT SEEMS LIKE MISSION STATEMENTS, THEY TRY AND GO FOR THINGS THAT, UM, ARE MORE SUCCINCT.
SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN REMEMBER.
IF YOU HAVE A REALLY LONG MISSION STATEMENT, WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA REMEMBER WHAT YOUR MISSION IS? YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER A, A CERTAIN CONDUIT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'LL REMEMBER JUST CERTAIN WORDS.
SO I WOULD, UM, SUGGEST, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU ALL BECAUSE IT'S YOUR MISSION TO TRY AND, UM, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND YES, WE WILL WORK WITH AI TO HELP US BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT A MISSION STATEMENT WRITER, BUT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THESE WORDS THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT WORDS, MAKE IT SOMETHING SUCCINCT AND MAYBE, UM, WE COULD PRESENT A FEW OPTIONS TO YOU ALL AND WE COULD TAKE AND TWEAK THOSE THE NEXT TIME.
BUT I'VE HEARD CONDUIT OF CITIZEN FEEDBACK, DIVERSITY, MULTI-GENERATIONAL, GENERATIONAL, LIFELONG, YOU KNOW, UM, EDUCATION, ADVOCATE, TEACH, LEARN, GROW, SHARE.
THOSE ARE WORDS THAT I HEARD, UM, COMMUNICATION.
BUT COULDN'T SOME OF THOSE BE IN THE OBJECTIVES AND NOT THE MISSION STATEMENT, RIGHT? YES.
A LOT OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE, DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE MISSION STATEMENT.
THEY CAN COME DOWN AND BE IN THE OBJECTIVES.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR OVERALL MISSION IS? SO, PROMOTE, PROMOTE, PROMOTE, ADVOCATE, COMMUNICATE.
I WAS STARTING WITH LIKE GROW FOR GARLAND AND E FOR EDUCATE AND TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF ACRONYM.
BUT YEAH, YOU CAN DO IT TEACH TOGETHER.
I LIKE HOW IT'S, UM, ONE SENTENCE.
IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE OUR OWN WORDS.
I MEAN, SO THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS TO, UM, I JUST LITERALLY HAD IT IN MY HEAD AND IT WENT BLANK.
UM, TO, UM, ENRICH THE LIVES OF, UH, NO.
SEE, ENRICH THE LIVES OF, UH, GARLAND CITIZENS THROUGH PARK ARTS AND PLAY, OR PARK PLAY AND ARTS, OR THE LAST PART.
SO IT'S THAT WE ARE HERE, IN OTHER WORDS, AS STAFF MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS BETTER FOR THE CITIZENS.
AND WE DO IT THROUGH ARTS, WE DO IT THROUGH OUR PARKS, AND WE DO IT THROUGH PLAY, WHICH IS THE RECREATION COMPONENT.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK Y'ALL WHAT ARE THE, THE, THE, THE REASON, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PARK BOARD'S MAIN REASON IS? HAVING BETTER, WELL, INCREASING OUR HOME VALUES.
HAVING, YOU KNOW, A BETTER LIFE THROUGH PLAY IN, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES DESIGNED AROUND THAT,
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THAT, I MEAN, WE NEED PLAY IN OUR LIFE.SHOULD WE KIND OF SET THE OBJECTIVES BASED ON THE WORDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID? AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
LIKE, DO WE WANNA SETTLE ON LIKE FIVE THAT WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE OBJECTIVES FOR? AND THEN CREATE THOSE SUB OBJECTIVES? AND I WOULD REMIND YOU, YOU'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD.
AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE IN YOUR BYLAWS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE OBJECTIVES, THEY'RE, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR BYLAWS STATE THAT YOU ALL ARE A BODY TO DO THESE THINGS.
SO YOU CAN STILL WORDSMITH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME UP WITH MAYBE BETTER WORDS OR, OH, WE CAN COMBINE GOALS, BUT WE CAN CHANGE YOUR BYLAWS.
YES, YOU CAN, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING.
SO
THAT'S WHAT, TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MM-HMM
THAT'S WHY I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH LIKE THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PART, I GUESS.
IS THAT USUALLY THOSE, THE THE OVERALL STRATEGY, THE OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF IS REALLY PROVIDING.
WE RECEIVE INPUT, SHARE INPUT.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS ADVISORY NEEDS TO BE IN THERE, MAYBE.
WELL, I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT, UM, MR. MOREHEAD AND, UM, LIBBY HAD SAID IN REGARDS TO, YOU'RE THE MESSENGER FROM THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
TO CONNECT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE STAFF, SO THAT WHATEVER WE CREATE IS MEETING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE A MESSENGER TO THE PEOPLE IF WE CAN.
NOW, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES MAYBE YOUR HANDS ARE TIED ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN SAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS OTHER ENTITY CALLED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MM-HMM.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE UPDATES.
WE NEED TO BE IN, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU'RE ON THE PARKS BOARD, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SO AND SO? MM-HMM.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE ON THIS BOARD AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WHAT DO YOU, WHAT UPDATES ARE YOU GETTING? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAD BEEN A SHARED CONCERN THAT WE WERE HERE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM STAFF VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST COMING AS, UM, STAFF HAD TO, HAS TO SAY ONE NIGHT A WEEK TO COME TALK TO US VERSUS US HAVING INPUT IN ACTUALLY WHAT IS GONNA HELP SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE SHARED GOALS.
NOT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DIRECTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST ADVISING WITH, YOU KNOW, SHARED GOALS AND COMMON THINGS THAT WOULD BE MUTUAL BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE, A GREAT EXAMPLE WAS THE 2019 BOND PROCESS, RIGHT? SO YES, THERE WAS THE BOND COMMITTEE, THERE WAS, UH, THAT WAS FORMED, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK BOARD ITSELF TO THE, THE BOND COMMITTEE.
AND THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE GOING TO COUNCIL SAYING, NO, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND IN THE END PARKS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE WERE AWARDED SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED FROM WHEN THE CONVERSATION FIRST STARTED.
SOMEBODY FELL ON, ON THAT BOND COMMITTEE.
SO, BUT IT, IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON IT? ANYBODY WANNA ADD ANY OTHER INPUT? I, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, WE CAN GO BACK, WE'LL START WITH THE MISSION IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE EVEN, I THINK WE NEED TO BRING A FEW OPTIONS BACK IN MY HEARING.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO STERILE.
LIKE WHAT'S A TONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE? BECAUSE I HEARD STERILE, BUT THEN I ALSO HEARD SOMETHING VERY FORMAL.
SO NO, YOU HAVE TO, IT'S A BOILERPLATE WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT OUR OWN.
AND MAYBE IF THIS ISN'T THE VENUE TO DO IT IN, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.
CAN WE HAVE A PRE-MEETING, A WORK SESSION? OH, WELL WE CAN'T.
YEAH, WE, YEAH, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET SOME, WE'D STILL HAVE TO HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.
IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S STILL A FORMAL MEETING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION.
SO WHETHER YOU DO IT BEFORE THE MEETING OR NOW DURING THE MEETING, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S FINE.
AND IT HAS TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
CAN WE CALL THAT, WHAT IS THIS? NOVEMBER.
THINGS GET TRICKY 'CAUSE NEXT MONTH IS DECEMBER.
ARE WE MEETING IN DECEMBER? IS THERE ANY YEAH, WE'LL GET TO THAT.
BUT YEAH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE CAN USE PART OF THE TIME OF DISCUSSION TO, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHY WOULD THAT MATTER? BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN CAN DISCUSS IT AT LENGTH RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I JUST, WE WERE JUST TALKING, WE CAN SET IT UP AS A COMMITTEE.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COURT FOR A COMMITTEE.WE DON'T HAVE THE COMMITTEES ANYMORE.
SIX TO SEVEN, WHICH IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING UP FOR PUBLIC.
BUT Y'ALL HAVE MORE, AND IT'S MORE DISCUSSION ON IT, DISCUSSION OVER DINNER AND IT'S TABLE.
THE COMMITTEE IS, IS LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO THEY WOULD NEED TO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ACTION.
SO YOU WOULD ASSIGN WHO YOU WANT.
SO I'M HERE, WE NEED TO FOUR MEMBERS TO SIT ON A COMMITTEE.
BUT CAN WE HAVE A COMMITTEE AND SPLIT IT UP BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WHAT'S ON HERE THEN CAN WE, YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN FOUR.
THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOUR IS A PROHIBITIVE NUMBER RIGHT NOW FROM WHAT I HEAR, BUT, UM, I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH FOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE CAN SUB IN.
BUT I MEAN, UH, REALLY WHAT'S KEEPING US FROM KIND OF COMING UP WITH WORDS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK AND BRING TO THE NEXT MEETING AND FINALIZE IT THERE.
LIKE, IF WE WANNA FIND SOME WORDS THAT WE WANT TO STICK AND LIKE OF THE OBJECTIVES.
I KNOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, ADVOCATION, TEACHING, LEARNING, GROWING, SHARE.
LIKE LET'S NAIL DOWN FIVE OF THEM AND THEN LET'S KIND OF GO FROM THERE AND WE'LL CREATE THOSE SUB-OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH THEM AND WORK OUR WAY INTO A NEXT MEETING.
SO HAVING THOSE FIVE WORDS IN THE MISSION STATEMENT OR NO, I THINK WE CAN KIND OF COME UP WITH A MISSION STATEMENT NOW.
BUT THOSE OBJECTIVES THOUGH, WHAT WE WANT OUR FIVE OBJECTIVES TO BE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK WE CAN SETTLE ON THAT TODAY AND THEN COME BACK NEXT MONTH OR WHENEVER OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE AND BRING ANY OTHER SUB OBJECTIVES TO IT.
HOW ABOUT PROMOTING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY? OKAY.
AND FACILITIES? WELL, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE ADVISING 'CAUSE WE'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD, SO WE HAVE TO WORK THAT IN SOMEWHERE.
SO LET'S START WITH THE MISSION.
AND SO, UM, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS TO ADVISE, UM, IN THE ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY WELLBEING BY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, ADVOCATING, EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. ANYBODY HAVE, DO WE WANNA A WAY THAT WE WANNA STAND? DO WE WANNA THAT, THAT INTERGENERATIONAL IN THE MISSION STATEMENT? LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ENCOMPASSING EVERYBODY ADVOCATE FOR INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND FACILITIES AND EVENTS AND I MEAN, HAVING FUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MOLLY, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PLAY, LIKE HAVING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE EXACTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THE PARKS AND THE, AND THE PLAY AND SOMETHING WITH THAT.
SO A SUGGESTION MIGHT BE IF YOU WANT TO ASSIGN THE COMM, UH, A COMMITTEE, BECAUSE YOU ALL CAN WORK ON THAT.
DOES THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, DO THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA TO CREATE A COMMITTEE? I, YOU HAVE TO.
THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPOINT THE COMMITTEE, SHOULDN'T HE? YOU CAN CREATE THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW AND THEN NEXT MONTH WHEN WE MEET, HAVE AN UPDATE COMMITTEE, WE'LL MEET THE RIGHT HIRE AND IT'LL NEED TO BE POSTED.
AND SO THE COMMITTEE CAN MEET AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WANT.
AND THEN WHEN THE COMMITTEE FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE A MISSION THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE THE REST OF THE BOARD, THEN Y'ALL COULD, WE COULD PUT THAT IN AS AN ACTION ITEM, UM, POTENTIALLY FOR, AND SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS IT HERE AND WORDSMITH IT.
SOME OPTIONS COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY.
AND, UM, DO WE HAVE TO CREATE A MOTION TO CREATE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE OR JUST GO? ALL RIGHTY, JUST GET TO A POINT.
DO I GET TO PICK LIKE, ANYBODY WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR THIS OR DO I HAVE TO JUST UPLOAD A POINT? I VOLUNTEER LIBBY AND ROCHELLE TO AS A SUGGESTION TO THE CHAIRMAN.
AND IF IT'S BEFORE OUR MEETING NOW YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S, UH, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE THAN THAT OR ANYBODY ELSE WANNA, MOLLY YOU GONNA DO IT WITH US? I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT.
WE GOT MS. ODOM AND MS. RAND, UH, WELCOME TO THE, UH, MISSION STATEMENT ADVISORY, UH, ACCOUNT OR COMMITTEE
DAVID'S OVER HERE BEING REAL QUIET.
WELL, I MADE AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION THAT JUST HAPPENED TO SOUND VERY STIFF.
AND AI
WELL, I THINK THAT CONDUIT TO CITIZEN FEEDBACK, IT FITS RIGHT UNDER COMMUNITY
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ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WORDS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD USE THOSE, BUT MAYBE NOT IN THE MISSION STATEMENT.AND SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS I'LL WORK WITH THE CHAIR AND THE CO-CHAIR OF WHEN THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK ONTO THE AGENDA TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOU ALL TO AS AN ACTION ITEM TO DISCUSS AFFIRM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMITTEE IS AFFIRM THE COMMITTEE.
SO THE COMMITTEE WILL BE, UH, MOLLY, UH, MOLLY BISHOP, LIBBY ODOM, AND ROCHELLE RAND.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO, WAIT, CAN WE MEET BY FACEBOOK? UH, NOT FACEBOOK, BUT TEAMS YOU'LL MEET BEFORE THE PART BOARD MEETING NEXT MONTH.
IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA AS A PRE-MEETING.
UH, OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED.
I'M THE ONE COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, BUT YES.
I HOPE
SO
WAIT,
YEAH, I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND IMPORTANT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO NEED STRUCTURE.
AND IF WE DON'T FEEL INVOLVED AND CONNECTED IN COMING UP WITH WHAT OUR MISSION IS, THEN IT'S HARD TO, WE'RE JUST KIND OF RAMBLING AROUND AND WE'RE JUST GETTING A PARK STAFF UPDATE INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS.
NEXT UPDATE IS GOING TO BE A TRAPS AWARD UPDATE BY MR. MONTERO.
ALBERT MONTERO, RECREATION DIRECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE,
UM, SO THIS PAST MONDAY WE WENT TO OUR TRAPS REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN DENTON AND WE WON THREE AWARDS.
UH, HOFER RECREATION CENTER AND AQUATIC CENTER WON THE RECREATION FACILITY DESIGN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.
UH, WATSON PARK WON THE PARK DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD.
AND CAITLYN GODFREY, WHO IS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, WON THE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO ALSO WE'RE, I KNOW FOR SURE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO A BUNCH OF AWARDS, SUBMIT A BUNCH OF AWARDS FOR THE STATE CONFERENCE.
SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF THESE WILL WIN AGAIN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER, UH, AWARDS THAT WE SUBMITTED.
WELL, THE STATE, STATE TRAPS FEE IT IS IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
IN FEBRUARY IS A GOOD TIME TO BE IN COURT.
IT'S, IT'S AN ANNUAL EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO SUBMIT AND DEPENDING WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMING UP, WE'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT WAY.
YEAH, IT GETS PRETTY COMPETITIVE TOO.
SO YES, IN THE REGION YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST, UM, THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
SO YEAH, WE'RE OUR PEERS AND SO IT'S A BIG DEAL.
IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL TO WIN BOTH OF THE DESIGN AWARDS.
SO, BUT AREN'T YOU ALSO COMPETING IN CITIES OF YOUR OF THE SAME SIZE? YEAH, THERE'S TWO.
THERE'S CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO, SO IT'S OVER 75,000 AND UNDER 75,000.
AND THERE WAS, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH, BEAUTIFUL CENTERS, UH, THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS IN GENERAL BEING BUILT IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO WIN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HUGE.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERSHIPS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO WHOLE FOODS? WOW.
OKAY, SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A TYPICAL YEAR FOR US IS THAT WE SELL ABOUT $125,000 IN MEMBERSHIP.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NOR TYPICALLY SEE.
UH, THAT'S ACROSS ALL THE REC CENTERS.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE AT $210,000 WE JUST DID.
AND A LOT HUGE PORTION OF THAT DID COME FROM THE WHOLE FOR REC CENTER.
UM, WE ARE, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE WHILE THEY'RE BUSY, IT IS JUST CRAZY.
UM, WE'RE ALMOST OUTGROWN IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IT'S VERY STAFF INTENSIVE, SO YOU SEE A LOT OF OUR STAFF, UM, AT THE FRONT DESK AND SELLING MEMBERSHIPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UPDATES, QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.I THINK I'M DOING THE NEXT ONE TOO.
SO, UH, NEXT UP IS THE RAISING CAIN SPONSORSHIP.
SO, UM, EVERY YEAR OUR STAFF GOES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE DO, UM, THEY GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO GET SOME SPONSORSHIPS.
AND THIS YEAR CANS OF GARLAND, WHICH THERE'S TWO CANS IN GARLAND.
THEY DON'T SERVE GRAVY, BUT THEY'RE FANTASTIC
UM, THEY AWARDED US $2,500 IN SPONSORSHIPS FOR TWO OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, ONE WAS THE EASTER, UH, THE TRUNK AND HUNT, WHICH IS OUR EASTER EGG EVENT.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WILL BE OUR SWEETHEART DANCE.
NEXT UP WE GOT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION UPDATE.
I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE SHORTCUT TO MAKE IT FULL SCREEN.
I THINK IT'S, UM, THERE YOU GO.
I'M PARKS PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, SO HERE IS THE, UH, LATEST UPDATES.
I'VE, I'VE ADDED A FEW SLIDES WITH SOME, UH, LATEST, UM, CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS.
UM, ALSO ADDED A FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVEN'T HAD ON, ON THIS LIST THAT, UH, I OFTEN WILL PUT ON HERE.
UH, SO THAT PROJECT I ADDED WAS, UH, JAMES PARK AND QUAL CREEK.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER ON IN THE SLIDE.
SO, YES, JUST TO START OFF WITH THE, UH, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UH, IT'S PROGRESSING WELL.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME, UH, SOME DRAWING UPDATES.
UM, DOING SITE WORK, FORM WORK AND EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE A GOOD CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, SO IT'S GIVES YOU A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA, I'LL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE PHOTOS I'LL LET YOU DIGEST A LITTLE BIT.
THE, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I'LL DO IS HAVE THE GENERAL RENDERING IF THERE'S A GOOD UPDATE WITH CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS, I'LL HAVE THOSE ACCOMPANYING THESE.
WHERE DOES THE SENIOR CENTER GO? WASN'T IT UP THERE? YES.
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S G AND H AND WHY ARE THEY RED? THOSE ARE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
WHY ARE THEY RED? UH, I BELIEVE THAT THEY, WE WERE, HAD THEM AS AT ALTERNATES IN CASE WE, WHICH I BELIEVE ACTUALLY WE DID MM-HMM
SO YES, EVERYTHING'S INCLUDED ON THIS PROJECT.
AT THE TIME, THIS WAS A SLIDE FOR COUNCIL SHOWING THAT G AND H WERE ALTERNATES PENDING THE FUNDING YEP.
AND HOW THE PROPOSALS CAME IN.
BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PICKLEBALL AND THE, UM, EXTERIOR SHADE TRELLIS.
BECAUSE GARLAND NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT PICKLEBALL IS REALLY A BIG SPORT THAT'S
SO I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO COURTS PENCILED IN, IS THAT YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BEHIND FENCES SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T GET THEIRS.
REALLY MAKES THE SITE LOOK NICE, ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING A, THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS OF THIS ONE, BUT NEXT TIME WE'LL GET THOSE SURF AND SWIM.
UM, UH, THIS IS BEANE CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS, THIS SITE.
DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE AND THEN WHAT'S THERE NOW OR WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THIS ONE? THAT'S THERE TIMELINE ON THIS ONE THERE A BIG SINKHOLE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE PLAYGROUND IF YOU WILL.
LEMME SEE IF I COULD, UM, ZOOM IN OVER HERE.
THERE'S THIS LARGE KIND OF CIRCULAR AREA WET UNDER THE YES.
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PLAY EQUIPMENT WITH WATER BUCKETS AND SLIDES AND REALLY COOL FOR THE KIDS.SO I'LL TRY TO STAGE 'EM NEXT TIME WE KINDA SEE RENDERING AS BUILT KIND OF THING.
SO ARE WE ANTICIPATING A MAY READY TO OPEN? YES.
UM, SOME CLADDING ON THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE GUESS, I GUESS YOU CALL THAT THE, UM, TICKET COUNTER OF THE, THE ADMIN BUILDING.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IT ALL SUMMER TOO.
UH, THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS, UH, MAY I BELIEVE NEXT, NEXT YEAR OR SO.
YEAH, IT'LL BE OPEN NEXT SUMMER.
IT SAYS SUBSTANTIAL FOR MARCH 21, 26.
I THINK, UH, KINDA MARCH, I GUESS.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION NEXT MARCH.
SO IT'S GONNA BE, SO NO WORK TO BE DONE.
UM, WE HAD A, UH, CIP UH, MEETINGS TODAY ACTUALLY TO DISCUSS THE FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS.
THIS PROJECT CAME IN OVER BUDGET.
UM, UH, SO WE DISCUSSED WITH, UH, CITY MANAGERS ABOUT, UH, WHAT AVENUE THEY WANTED TO TAKE.
UM, FORTUNATELY WE'RE, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO VE OR REDUCE SCOPE OR ANYTHING FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS 'CAUSE UH, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
UM, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING ONCE IT GETS THROUGH ALL THE PURCHASING, UH, TO START, UH, IN JANUARY OF 26.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY FUN TO BE INVOLVED ON.
UM, THIS ONE CAME IN AGAIN, OVER BUDGET.
UM, SO THE DECISION, UH, THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK TO REDUCE THE SCOPE, THE OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THIS SPLASH PAD SLIGHTLY TO GET UNDER BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ONCE THAT IS DONE, UM, WE'RE GONNA DETERMINE WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE REBID.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT NUMBER COMES OUT OF THE CITY, THE COUNCIL PERSON WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE DO THEY WANT TO MAYBE SHELVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETELY OR, UH, TO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS SHAKE OUT.
SO THIS, UH, INITIALLY IT WAS GOING TO START, IF IT HAD BEEN BLESSED, IT WOULD'VE BEEN STARTING IN JANUARY.
BUT WITH THIS DESIGN CHANGE, IT'S, IT'S LIKELY FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS EXTRA.
DOES IT EVER PROGRAM THAT PARK PROGRAM THE PARK? UM, LIKE HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU MEAN WITH NO.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THAT'S ALREADY THERE AT RICK ODIN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
HOW IS THE SKATEBOARDING ON THE OTHER SIDE? HOW IS THAT GONNA OVERLAP? IS IT, THERE'S A, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH SEPARATION FROM THE SKATEBOARDING 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED PARKING LOTS.
UM, AND YOU HAVE THAT DISTANCE.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE IS A LOT OF AMENITY COMPONENTS FOR THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE SKATE PARK, THE BALL, THE BALL BALL FIELD, THE TENNIS, TENNIS CENTER, TENNIS CENTER, THE
DO THEY ALL SHARE ONE GENERAL ENTRANCE WITH DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS? UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ENTER OFF OF, UH, MILLER ROAD, UH, AND THAT PARKING LOT IS THE ONLY, YOU CAN'T PASS THROUGH WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S OFF OF, UH, TO THE TENNIS SIDE.
I JUST DUNNO, THE STREET
BUT, UH, WHILE THE VEHICLES CAN'T GO ACROSS PE THEIR CIRCULATIONS FOR YOUR PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS AND VICE VERSA.
SO, SO FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ON HOLD.
THE DIRECTION, DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN WAS TO, UM, DESIGN TO THE BUDGET AND BRING THAT BACK FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIALLY IT'S, UH, WE'RE REALLY IN A TOUGH SPOT THERE.
YOU GOTTA DESIGN FOR THE BUDGET AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTA PRESENT THAT RIGHT AWAY BASED ON TODAY'S NUMBERS AND RIGHT.
SO YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN SOME SORT OF PERHAPS INSTALLATION, TARIFF IMPACT MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPLASH PAD EQUIPMENT, IT'S, UH, MAYBE IT'S FROM IN ANOTHER COUNTRY LIKE GERMANY OR SOMETHING WHERE IT'S MANUFACTURED.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF VOLATILE AS FAR AS THE PRICES.
HOW MUCH O OVER BUDGET IS THAT ONE? UH, WE WERE REQUESTING A, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, A CONTINGENCY BUCKET.
UM, WE ASKED A GENERAL FUND BUCKET OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
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WERE INITIALLY WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL IN, WE WERE REQUESTING, I BELIEVE ABOUT 6, 6 70, 600 70,000 FOR THIS ONE.BUT, UM, JUST GIVEN THE SIZE, IT'S A LARGE SPLASH PAD.
SO, UM, WHILE THE REDESIGN, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT A REDESIGN COMPLETELY, BUT IT'S JUST SHRINKING IN A WAY, REMOVING SOME COMPONENTS THAT WILL HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR DESIGN CHANGES.
MAKES LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD POOL SOUND.
I MEAN, THE OTHER THING THAT THE, THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THEY'RE HAVING TO BALANCE JUST WHAT THE DEBT CAPACITY IS, UH, RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
AND SO THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING CIP CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE, OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST THREE PROJECTS THAT WE DID, THEY'RE OVER BUDGET.
SO IT'S OKAY, DO WE FULLY FUND THEM? DO WE REDUCE SCOPE? DO WE, UM, PUT SOMETHING ON HOLD? DO WE, UM, JUST THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS ONE THAT THEY SAID TODAY JUST NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED TO BUDGET AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
UM, THIS ONE WAS ALSO OVER BUDGET.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT IN THE PAST YEARS WE HADN'T, WE ANTICIPATED.
SO, UH, THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN IS THAT, UH, THE, THERE ARE TWO PERMIT TRACK BOARDWALK, WHICH, UH, PERMIT TRACK IS THE BOARDWALK, THE CONCRETE BOARDWALK AT RICK OIN, UH, GOES UNDERNEATH MILLER BRIDGE.
SO IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT IN THAT RESPECT.
UH, SO THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IS REMOVING ONE PORTION OF BOARDWALK, OR ACTUALLY THE WHOLE ENTIRE BOARDWALK ON THIS LOCATION, KEEPING THIS ONE.
AND THEN ALSO THROUGHOUT THE SITE WE HAVE FITNESS STATIONS, VARIOUS ACTIVITY THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO USE, JUST REMOVING THOSE.
UM, SO ONCE THAT IS REDUCED, UH, THE REVISED OVERAGE WILL BE KIND OF DETERMINED, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THE UPDATE.
SO WE, WE HAD THE, WE'RE OVER BUDGET AND TAKE THOSE OUT AND WE HAD THIS, WE HAD TO KIND OF PLAN THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THESE RED, UH, CIRCULAR CIRCLE AREAS WERE AT ALTERNATES, OR BID ALTERNATES.
SO JUST IN, JUST IN CASE WE WERE OVER BUDGET.
SO IN THAT RESPECT, WE KIND OF PLANNED A LITTLE BIT FOR IT.
SO, UM, BUT, UH, THIS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT TO DO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING ONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WATERFRONT, UM, OR THE WATER ENCROACHMENT, IF YOU WILL.
AND THIS IS ONE, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER IT WAS ON THE TOUR? YES.
IT WAS THAT LARGE FIELD, ESSENTIALLY.
FIELD, WE STOOD IN, HEY, I'VE SEEN A LARGE FIELD BEFORE, BECAME BASS PRO, SO THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
UH, KINGSLEY PARK, UM, THE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ONE IN DESIGN.
UH, WE HAD WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AS FAR AS THE ACCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, YOU HAVE A FIRE LANE THAT'S ALSO, IT'S KIND OF A, ESSENTIALLY A GRASS FIRE LANE.
AND, UM, SIMILAR TO RICKO AND THEY HAVE ONE LIKE THAT.
IT'S VEHICLE, IT'S FIRETRUCK RATED.
YOU HAVE A PLAYGROUND, SAL COURT AND LARGE KIND OF OPEN PLAY ORATED LAWN, UM, WITH CLOSETS AND SEATING.
SO, UH, THAT ONE, UH, IS CURRENTLY ABOUT 60% PLAN, SET DESIGN.
UH, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THIS PARK, UH, I ANTICIPATE GETTING DRAWINGS, UH, EARLY NEXT, EARLY NEXT YEAR.
'CAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT TO IT, UM, AS FAR AS THE COMPONENTS.
UH, SO KIMLEY HORN IS GONNA START, LIKE, KICK IT INTO HIGH GEAR TO GET THESE PLANS DEVELOPED SO WE CAN GET THIS OUT THE BID.
SO HERE'S ANOTHER RENDERING OF WHAT, UH, WE'RE INTENDING FOR THAT S ALL TO BE, UM, WOULD THAT BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE AT WATSON PARK WATSON? YES.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART BEFORE IS WHEN THEY HAD A PLAYGROUND BEFORE IT.
SO THE, THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN, UH, WILL BE, UH, NO WOOD, NO ROPE,
SO FIRE RESISTANT, YOU KNOW, UH, SPRING CREEK, UH, FRED HARRIS PLAYGROUND HAS LARGE FOSSIL DINOSAURS AND IT'S CONCRETE.
UH, AND IT IS REALLY INTERESTING FOR KIDS TO PLAY ON.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, THAT'S KIND OF THE FEEL FOR IT.
MAYBE NOT THE THEME, BUT THAT MATERIALITY OF THAT, THAT'S RESILIENT.
AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY COME WITH GRAFFITI COATINGS TOO, SO WE CAN GET THAT INCLUDED.
UH, THIS ONE WE ARE, LET'S SEE, WE HAD A PERMANENT RESTROOM.
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AND JUST DUE TO THE REVIEW TIMELINES, WE'RE GOING TO TEMPORARILY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS RESTROOM OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SCOPE, UM, AND RUN IT.SO WE HAVE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES TO GET THE RESTROOM IN.
THEY, THEIR REVIEW TIMELINE IS ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
UH, SO RATHER THAN WAIT ON THEM TO, FOR THE REVIEW, WE'RE GOING TO EXTRACT THIS ONE OUT AND PUT IT INTO A DIFFERENT PLAN SET, AND THEN HAVE THAT ONE REVIEWED WHILE WE CAN CONTINUE, UH, THIS GENERAL SITE PROJECT SO THAT IT'S NOT EVER BUDGET, UH, WE HAVE NOT GOT IT TO BID YET.
SO, UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AND EVERY REVIEW TIMELINE IS SIX MONTHS, GIVE OR TAKE.
SO THE INCREDIBLY LONG REVIEW TIMELINE.
SO IT JUST REALLY PUSHES THAT PROJECT OUT.
SO, SO WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE GOTTA ADD SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS FOR THE DALLAS YES.
TEXAS PARK AND WATER, BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE GONE, WE COULDN'T SUBMIT TO TEXAS PARKS UNTIL DALLAS WATER WAS COMPLETE.
SO RATHER THAN WE'RE RUNNING 'EM SIX AT THE SAME TIME, RATHER YOU'RE TAKING THE RESTROOM.
SO RIGHT NOW, IN, IN THE INTERIM, IT'S GONNA BE TEMPORARY.
NO, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MUSHROOMS WITH A REALLY NICE COVER TO IT.
SO, SO, 'CAUSE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES HAD TO, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENTS.
WE HAD AN EASEMENT, UH, THAT WHEN YOU REVIEW THOSE EASEMENTS, IT TAKES SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, AND THAT'S JUST THEIR TIMELINE THAT THEY OFTEN WILL SET.
SO, UM, IT'S LONG, BUT IT COULD BE LONGER.
SO, BUT IT, IT REALLY, OH, QUICK UPDATE THIS, THIS WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, DID WE GO OUT THERE FOR THE, UH, PARK BOARD TOUR? YES.
SO THAT PARKING LOT WAS AN AWFUL SHAPE.
SO THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, THEY DID A, NOT A FULL OVERLAY, BUT THEY WENT IN AND THEY FILLED IN THE POTHOLES AND, UH, ROLLED THEM FLAT, UH, AS A TEMPORARY, UM, REPAIR, KNOWING THAT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT.
BUT THAT THIS AREA OVER HERE WAS REALLY RIDDLED WITH FOOT DEEP POTHOLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, UH, WE HAD SOME, UM, CITIZEN INQUIRIES ABOUT TIMELINES AND WHEN WE COULD GET THIS REPAIRED.
SO THAT WAS A, WANTED TO SHARE THAT QUICK UPDATE.
YEAH, WE, WE'VE SEEN THESE, UH, THIS WAS, UH, WE'RE ROLLING WITH THIS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE COMPLETE, UH, LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY MARCH, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
UH, WE'VE ADDED A FEW OTHER ITEMS TO THE SITE, SO IT'S PUSHED OUT THE TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, NEW TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND, UH, SOME BALLARD AREA TWO FIVE.
YES, IT IS, IT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
IT'S, IT'S PROGRESSING REALLY WELL.
UM, SO HERE'S THE, A VIEW FROM, IF YOU'RE STANDING ON THE PREMIER COURT, LOOKING AT THE PRO SHOP, UM, WE HAVE THE, THE COURTS ARE IN THE COURT.
ALL THE COURTS ARE IN, THEY'RE ALL PAINTED STRIPED NETS ARE IN FENCING IS COMPLETE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE WINDSCREENS.
WE'RE GONNA SAVE THE WINDSCREENS TO THE VERY LAST, JUST TO KEEP IT FROM BEING DAMAGED.
YEAH, JUST GET THAT MUCH MORE OUT OF 'EM.
SO WE, THE EXTERIOR'S BEING CLADDED.
UM, THE OTHER, I DON'T HAVE A PHOTO OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE THE STONE, THE BRICKS ALREADY UP.
UH, AS OF THIS WEEK, THEY STARTED TO PUT IN THE FLOORING.
UH, THEY'RE FINALIZING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, AND THIS IS A, UH, VIEW LOOKING OUT, UH, FROM THE INTERIOR OF THAT PRO SHOP.
YOU CAN SEE EVERY CORD IS DONE.
SO, UH, PARTICIPATING LANDSCAPE TO BE DONE, UH, TO BEGIN AND REALLY KIND OF LATER THIS MONTH, UH, TEMPERATURES ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
UM, SO ALL THE LANDSCAPE SOD WILL BE INSTALLED.
SO QUELL CREEK, UH, JAMES PARK AND QUELL CREEK.
I ADDED THIS PROJECT, UH, IT WASN'T ON MY LIST HERE, BUT, UH, IT IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, PROJECT UPDATE, I'LL BE SURE TO ADD THAT TO, UH, THE OVERALL LIST.
UH, SO THIS, WHERE IS THAT? IS IT ZOOMED IN? I HAVE A C**T WE WILL MAP FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS OFF OF A HIGH MEADOW DRIVE, UH, JAMES PARK, UH, HIGH MEADOW IN BELINDA COURT.
AND JUST DOWN THE ROAD, UH, IT WAS QUAIL CREEK.
UH, THAT'S OFF OF, UH, LET'S SEE, THAT'S SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD.
YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW AT QUAIL CREEK, IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF IN A WOODED AREA, AND THERE'S SOME, I THINK SOME OLD STYLE BLEACHER LOOKING BENCHES.
SO THE, THE, A COUPLE OF THOSE WOODEN PICNIC TABLES? YES.
SO, AND THEY'RE A LITTLE PLAZA AREA.
SO, UH, WE HAD THESE, BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE DESIGNED BY ONE CONSULTANT.
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AND SINCE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, UH, THIS ESSENTIALLY IS ONE PROJECT, BUT TWO DIFFERENT SITES.UH, SO WE'RE GONNA, THESE WILL BE BUILT IN CONJUNCTION TOGETHER.
SO JAMES PARK, UM, ESSENTIALLY WILL, REMOVING THE OLD PLAYGROUND, UH, ADDING A NEW ONE, UH, WAS PARKING A DAY, PARKING AND CIRCULATION.
HERE'S A FEW RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE.
AND RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT WAS, IT'S BEING FINALIZED.
WE WERE, WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.
UH, JUST RIGHT NOW IT'S FINALIZING WITH PURCHASING, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT KICKED OFF, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH.
SO, AND I HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE, I DON'T HAVE QUITE THE, UH, RENDERING FOR QUAIL CREEKS, BUT I DO HAVE A SITE PLAN.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, IS BASICALLY RETAINING ALL THE TREES.
IT'S REALLY HEALTHY TREE GROWTH IN THERE, SO THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO IT'S JUST A SIDEWALK CONNECTION FROM, UH, THE, THE ROAD.
UH, THIS IS A LARGE AREAS FOR PICNIC TABLES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A GRILL, OUTDOOR GRILL.
UH, AND IT SHOULD BE REALLY NICE, IT JUST KIND OF NESTLED IN AMONG THE, THOSE EXISTING TREES.
UH, I'VE TOUCHED BASE ON THIS ONE.
UH, AND WE'RE GOING, WE HAVE IT A PAUSE AS FAR AS THE REVIEW UNTIL WE GET THE SPRING CREEK, UH, PRESERVE, UH, STUDY COMPLETE IT.
WE WANT THAT TO BE REVIEWED IN CONJUNCTION TOGETHER.
SO, UH, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON, UM, THIS ONE IS, UH, WE HAD A GOOD NEWS ON THE FLOOD STUDY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY RISE, AND THERE WAS A CONCERN WE HAVE TO MITIGATE OUT.
ANYTHING WE DO IN THE FLOOD PLAIN HAS TO BE MITIGATED FOR ZERO RISE FOR FLOODING.
AND THE CONSULTANT CONFIRMED THAT, UH, THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO GET THIS ONE BUILT.
SO WHERE IS IT A ELECTION? THIS IS, UH, NOW, UH, LET'S SEE.
YES, ESSENTIALLY, UH, RIGHT NOW THIS IS OFF OF WEST OATS.
UH, THIS WILL BE A NEW TRAIL FROM, HE PICKS UP AT, FROM, UH, CODY PARK IS AROUND OVER HERE.
SO ALLOWS YOU TO CROSS AND IT SAFELY GETS YOU OVER TO HERE, TO HERE, SO THAT, RATHER THAN WALKING ON THAT BRIDGE.
SO THIS WILL HAVE, RIGHT AROUND HERE WILL BE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
SO TRAIL, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND THEN CONNECTION.
SO I'VE DONE THAT WITHOUT A BRIDGE BEFORE, BUT I KNOW EXACTLY
UH, THEY'RE SURVEYING THE, THE, UH, SIDEWALK, THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET OUT THERE.
THIS, UH, IF THEY'RE READY FOR REVIEW, UH, THIS FRIDAY.
SO WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH THAT.
THIS IS WITH TRICON, AND THEY, THEY, THEY CAN MOVE THROUGH SOME CONCRETE PAVING.
SO, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA BE FINISHED PROBABLY LATE QUARTER ONE.
SO ONCE IT'S GONE TO BID AND GONE TO CONSTRUCTION, ANY OF THE EXPENSES THAT COME AFTER THAT ARE ABSORBED BY THE CONTRACTOR, OR DO THEY COME BACK TO THE CITY ON THAT? UH, IF THERE WERE UNANTICIPATED ITEMS THAT WEREN'T IN THE PLAN DOCUMENTS, THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE ORDER, WHICH, UH, THE CITY WOULD, WOULD WE HAVE LIKE A CONT A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
NOW IF THERE WAS LIKE AN ERROR, THEN SOMEONE MESSED UP, LIKE THE CONTRACTOR BUILT IT WRONG AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ON THEM TO HANDLE THAT STUFF.
UH, GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS, JUST LIKE, UH, NAME AND FORCE, UH, CONNECTION TRAIL.
IT WAS, WE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED THE BID, IT WAS UNDER BUDGET, BUT JUST DUE TO THE ACTIVITY FELT IN THE BEST, LIKE PUBLIC EYES TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL REQUIRE THIS PROJECT TO BE REBID FOR THE SECOND TIME.
AND I'M NOT ALL THAT CONFIDENT.
MAYBE IT WILL BE SIMILAR IN THE, THE BUDGET THAT WOULD COME, THE NUMBERS THAT COME IN, BUT, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, TH THIS WOULDN'T BE BID UNTIL, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY, SO, UH, DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, CBKC, THE CANADIAN PACIFIC, KANSAS, CANADIAN
UH, SO THEY WERE, UH, OPEN TO THE, UH, THE NOTION OF JUST HAVING A TRAIL GOING UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD RATHER THAN UTILIZING A TUNNEL, WHICH IS RARELY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CONCRETE CULVERT.
UM, BUT THEY, A NEW TRANSITION WITH NEW PEOPLE IN THERE, AND THEY WERE FAIRLY OPEN TO, UH, JUST DOING A STANDARD TRAIL.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR THE RAILROAD, BUT,
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UH, IT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING.SO WE HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS GOING AND SO WITH, UH, WE'RE UPDATING THE PLANS FOR THIS TO GET THIS, UH, IN THEIR HANDS FOR REVIEW.
AND THAT IS ALL THE SLIDES I HAVE.
UH, AS WE GET CLOSER INTO OTHER PROJECTS AS THEY BEGIN, I'LL BE SURE TO CAPTURE MORE OF THESE, UH, SITE PHOTOS AND ALSO TO PROVIDE MORE OF THOSE.
I THINK I HAVE TONS OF PHOTOS.
SO I THINK IT JUST GIVES YOU A BETTER INSIGHT ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAS HAPPENED ON THE PROJECT.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UH, ON JAMES PARK, UM, UH, I KNOW MR. PARISH WHO WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, HE WANTS TO KNOW, UH, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE WILDFLOWER ZONE THERE? OH, YES.
YEAH, WE, UM, THERE'S IT, THE EXISTING ONE, I BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE ALSO ONE ACCOUNTED FOR.
SO IT'S KINDA RIGHT ON THAT, THAT CORNER.
AND ANYTHING THAT'S EXISTING, IT'S HEALTHY.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH TREES AND WILDFLOWERS WORKS OUT WITH THAT.
WHEN, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE DUCK CREEK AUDUBON TRAIL, IT SAYS DESIGN IS UNDERWAY, WHICH MEANS IT SOUND LIKE IT'S BEEN OUT, PUT OUT.
DOES THAT MEAN IT'S PUT, PUT OUT FOR BID? NO.
UH, SO IT'S BE BEFORE JUST IN, IT COULD STILL, IF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA COST MORE THAN THE, IT'S, UM, COUNCIL HAS TO RANK THEM ON WHAT PROJECTS WOULD GO FORWARD BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN ABSORB IN THE, TO KEEP THE BOND RATING CORRECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT, UH, ONCE IT'S BID ONCE, SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS END UP THAT THEY, THEY CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE.
AND, AND ULTIMATELY THIS COULD BE THEY, THEY DECIDED HAVE TO GO WITH IT RIGHT NOW, LISA.
WE'LL HAVE THE DESIGN THERE, UM, TO MAYBE BID AT A LATER DATE.
BUT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT, WHICH IS KIND OF PROCESS WITH THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT ABOUT THAT AREA BEHIND BASS PRO? WHERE WE VISITED THE BOARDWALK? YES.
SO THAT IS NOT A PARKS AND RECREATION LED, UH, WE'RE NOT MANAGING THAT PROJECT, THAT'S BEING LED THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE AGENTS IN OUR OFFICE WAS TRYING TO GET A RENTAL FOR SOMEBODY AT THE MARVIN LOVING, UM, COMPLEX, ONE OF 'EM OVER THERE.
AND HE WAS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FROM SOMETHING THAT HE DID WAY BACK 30 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER, OR WHEN HE WAS 17.
AND HE COULDN'T GO THERE BECAUSE OF THAT DESIGNATION OF THAT AREA IS WHAT THEY WERE, HE WAS TOLD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY HAD LIKE, I, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, THERE'S THIS PARK OVER THERE BEHIND PRO, AND I'M LIKE, WORD WALK.
BUT I GUESS BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNATED AS A CITY PARK, THEN IT'S INTERESTING.
GET, I'D HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP.
YEAH, I DON'T, IT'S NOT, HUH? IT'S NOT THERE YET.
I MEAN, YEAH, THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A BOARDWALK, BUT THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT'S A PARK AND SO HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO, TO RENT OVER THERE.
AND IT JUST MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE THE WHOLE CITY.
'CAUSE WE HAVE PARKS EVERYWHERE.
SO SOMEBODY LIKE THAT IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXCLUDED AND, AND SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE, BUT
UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TACK ON 20%, UM, 10, 20% OF, FOR JUST IN GENERAL OF THE COST BECAUSE, UH, BACK IN TWO YEARS AGO, THE PRICES OF CONCRETE WERE SOARING AND STEEL AND UM, AND ALSO JUST MATERIALS AND SHIPPING.
SO IT'S, I I KNOW WHAT 2019 WE FACTORED IN LIKE A 10% INCREASE.
AND SO THAT'S A REALLY VALID QUESTION.
YEAH, IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE A PLAYBOOK WHERE YOU CAN SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT THE UNIT COST IS GOING TO BE AND NOW IT'S, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT MAYBE OVER 10 YEARS TO REALLY GET A GOOD NUMBER THAT'S KIND OF IN THE MEDIUM, KIND OF THE MEDIUM RANGE OF THAT.
SO, UM, SO SOMETIMES WE CAN ANTICIPATE THESE WITH CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES.
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SOMETIMES IT JUST KINDA HAPPENS THAT WAY.SO
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? AWESOME.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ANY LINKED ATTACHMENTS OR, SORRY, THE LINKED AND ATTACHED DOCUMENTS, UH, ANYBODY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? AWESOME.
THEN ONTO THE NEXT, UH, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADD.
CAN WE, UM, REVISIT HAVING THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THE HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED OR WHATEVER IN THE DUCK CREEK AREA COMING BACK AT SOME POINT AGAIN? YOU WANT AMBER TO COME BACK AGAIN? YEAH.
WHO WAS, I MEAN, SHE WAS RECENTLY HERE.
WELL, I MEAN, WOULDN'T IT BE A GOOD TIMEFRAME WHEN, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGE? CAN WE DO THAT IN THE SPRING MAYBE? MM-HMM
I THINK THEY CAME BE RIGHT BEFORE I GOT ON THE BOARD.
UH, OR, UM, INFORMED, UM, SHE GAVE A GOOD PRESENTATION.
SO THAT IN, UH, THAT PUBLIC SAVING.
DO YOU LIKE THAT? I'M SORRY? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT IN? UM, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? UH, SHE'S AVAILABLE.
I'LL LOOK AND SEE WHEN SHE WAS HERE LAST, AND WE'LL KIND OF DO A ANNUAL UPDATE AS WHAT WE'LL DO.
CAN WE BRING MARK LANDER BACK? HE'S HERE EVERY MEETING.
I TOLD HIM I MISSED HIM LAST TIME WHEN HE WASN'T
UH, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER ITEMS? I STILL WANT AN UPDATE ON THE ATHLETIC CODE.
SO WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH AN EMAIL BECAUSE WHAT WAS RELEASED IN THE CITY PRESS, THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT ONE WAS NOT A, A PARKS AND REC PROJECT, SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DETAILS.
SO THIS, I, THAT'S WHY I WANTED IT.
'CAUSE MARK DID THE UPDATE THAT DAY WITH ALL THE PARKING AND ALL THE THINGS AND ALL, BUT, BUT THEN IT WASN'T REALLY OURS 'CAUSE WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM MARK ON IT AND THEN IT GOT THE KOSH CAN.
UM, YOU PROVIDE EITHER AN EMAIL UPDATE ON ALL OF THE ELECTRIC WORK THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, OVER THE SOCCER FIELDS AT, UM, WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED WINTERS.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I, I BELIEVE, UM, EN ENCORE IS MOVING THEIR POWER LINES.
UM, AND GPNL IS INCREASING THE FOOTPRINT OF THEIR, UM, SUBSTATION OVER THERE.
IS THAT AFFECTING THE DISK GOLF CORER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR AFFECTING THE PARK? IS IT AFFECTING SURF AND SWIM? NO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GENERATED BY ENCORE.
YEAH, THEY'RE MOVING THEIR, THEIR POWER LINE IS INSIDE CURRENTLY THE FENCING, THE FENCE PERIMETER OF THAT GPNL SUBSTATION.
GPNL WANTS THEM TO MOVE THAT OUT.
SO, UM, PARKS HAS BEEN IN THAT DISCUSSION AND THERE'S NO IMPACT TO AUDUBON PARK.
WELL, I CAN'T EVEN GET INTO MY NEIGHBOR.
WELL, NUMBER ONE, I CAN'T GET THROUGH LBJ AND 30 AND THEN I CAN'T GET INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOCKING OFF THOSE ENTRANCES THAT'S SPENT.
I JUST WANTED, SO IF THERE, I WAS GONNA SAY, I TOTALLY MERGED TWO MISSION STATEMENTS.
JASON AND I USED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF DENTON AND TWO ENRICHED THE LIVES WAS INGRAINED IN THERE.
THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS TO CREATE DYNAMIC EXPERIENCES THROUGH PARKS, ARTS, AND PLAY.
I JUST HAD TO CORRECT THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE.
I'M DIALING BACK TO ANOTHER CITY IN ANOTHER LIFETIME.
WE CREATE DYNAMIC EXPERIENCES.
SO ANYWAY, SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD OFFICIALLY THAT I HAD MESSED THAT UP AND CORRECT MYSELF.
CAN WE DO THAT ONE? APPRECIATE THAT.
BILINGUALLY TOO, OR NOT? I CANNOT
'CAUSE IT, I, I MEAN I KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR DALLAS COUNTY.
I JUST DUNNO WHAT IT IS FOR, FOR GARLAND.
I GUESS IN REGARDS TO WHAT A D DIVERS
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OR LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.RACE DIVERSITY STATUS FOR GARLAND.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THE REASON I WAS THINKING THAT IS TO HAVE IT IN IN SPANISH AS WELL.
OH, WE, YEAH, WE, WE PUT OUR, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN ACTUALLY IN SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE.
SO I'VE JUST HEARD ONE UPDATE.
AN UPDATE, UM, COMING BACK FROM AMBER THOMPSON WITH UM, THE, UM, UPDATE TO THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND THEN THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HEARD.
MARK WILL LET IT KEEP US UPDATED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HOLD AND YEAH, THAT, THAT FORWARD THE TENNIS CENTER THAT'S ALMOST NEARING COMPLETION AND YOU'LL
I CAN GIVE, UH, WE CAN MAYBE GIVE SOME UPDATES IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
UM, MOLLY HAS ON HERE JUST A REQUEST ON THE SKATE, SKATE PARK, UH, FENCING AND, UM, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE DECEMBER OR JANUARY AT THE LATEST ON JUST WHERE THAT PROJECT IS SO WE CAN DO THAT.
YEAH, I KNOW IT GETS IN THE FUTURE.
I FORGOT ABOUT REQUESTING WHEN I REQUESTED THAT.
WELL, WITH UH, NO OTHER ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 8 21.