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          ALRIGHTY GUYS. 
          IT IS SEVEN 
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O'CLOCK. 
          WE ARE KICKING OFF THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING. 
          UM, FIRST UP, UH, WE NEED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          I MAKE A MOTION. 
          WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. 
          MR. PARRISH MAKES A MOTION. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? ALRIGHTY, MS. ODOM SECOND. 
          LOVELY. 
          UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME VISITORS, SO THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY, OH, I'M SO SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT GUYS, WE NEED TO VOTE AS WELL. 
          SO EVERYBODY IN FAVOR FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? AYE, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AWESOME. 
          THAT IS APPROVED. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          NEXT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS CALL A CERTAIN TOPIC SO WE CAN, OKAY, GOT IT. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          SO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE THE ATHLETIC LEAGUE REPORT, UH, BY GARLAND, PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          ALBERT MONTERO, RECREATION DIRECTOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MELVIN LOVELESS. 
          HE'S OUR, UM, PRESIDENT OF THE GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL, AND HE WILL INTRODUCE HIS GUEST. 
          HOW YOU DOING? UM, AGAIN, MELVIN LOVELESS FROM GARLAND PEEWEE. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          SERIOUS. 
          SOMETIMES LISTENS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          UM, SEE. 
          OH MAN, , I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          ALL BEEN THERE. 
          UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS MELVIN LOVELESS, UH, PRESIDENT OF GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          UM, RIGHT TO MY LEFT, UH, IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          JOHN JOHN MARTINEZ. 
          UH, UM, JOHN MARTINEZ, GAR PEEWEE FOOTBALL VICE PRESIDENT. 
          UH, APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH Y'ALL. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO, UM, NO, UH, I JUST WANTED, UH, SIT AND, UH, TALK ABOUT OUR LEAGUE FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MINUTES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, FIRST PUT, UH, FACES AND NAMES TOGETHER. 
          UM, I AM, AGAIN, WHO, WHO I AM AS PRESIDENT, AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHO, WHO I AM, AND IF YOU DO SEE ME AT ANY POINT. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 65 YEARS. 
          UH, SOME OF YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN GRANDCHILDREN, AND SOME MIGHT EVEN BE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AT THIS POINT, UH, HAVE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN MYSELF HAVE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, DEFINITELY A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE OF MY AGE AND YOUNGER AND EVEN OLDER CHERISH. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE A BIGGER, UH, UH, STAPLE IN ASPECT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A DRIVER OF WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT FORTH THAT, THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, AND IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, WHAT OUR LEAGUE IS ABOUT AND OR HOW, WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER, WE'RE ALWAYS HERE FOR, UH, WITH OPEN EARS AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN DO IT. 
          AND WITHIN THE ASPECTS OF OUR, OUR LEAGUE. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEAGUE? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TEAMS DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY, UH, YOUTH DO YOU SERVE? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF FOOTBALL DO YOU PLAY? SO WHAT WE DO, WE TRY TO PROVIDE, UM, AT LEAST 75% OF THE YEAR WITH SPORTS FOR CHILDREN AROUND OUR, OUR CITY, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GISD DISTRICT. 
          SO, FROM S SSI, ETTE GARLAND, WE PROVIDE AN AREA FOR THEM TO COME PLAY SEVEN ON SEVEN FOOTBALL IN THE SPRING. 
          UH, THAT'S RIGHT NOW IS REAL POPULAR. 
          EVERYBODY CAN SEE FLAG FOOTBALL AROUND THE  KNOW EXPAND. 
          UH, WE PROVIDE, UH, ALL BOYS DIVISION AND ALL GIRLS DIVISION. 
          UH, DURING THE FALL WE PROVIDE TRADITIONAL 11 MAN FOOTBALL. 
          UH, WE HAVE ROUGHLY OF ABOUT FIVE TO 600, UM, PARTICIPANTS EVERY YEAR, EVERY SEASON. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW THAT NUMBER TO CLOSER TO THOUSANDS. 
          UM, AND OUR FALL DIVISION, WE HAVE ONE, THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. 
          IT'LL GO FROM KINDERGARTEN, SECOND GRADE, THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE. 
          UH, WE, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO GET THESE KIDS READY. 
          UH, LET, LET THEM LEARN AND LOVE THE PASSION, THE FOOTBALL, AND GET 'EM READY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BALL AND GET 'EM PREPARED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          TEACH THEM THE SAFETY, THE PROPER WAY AND THE TECHNIQUES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF THE, YOU KNOW, GREAT, THE GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF ADDED TO, UM, 
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UH, LEARNING TO LOVE YOUR CITY AND LEARNING WHERE, WHERE YOU CAME FROM. 
          UH, SO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS VERY COMMUNITY BASED. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT, UH, MORE TRIES TO PAINT THE ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF JUST KNOWING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL. 
          UM, THERE IS TENS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE GAME OF FOOTBALL, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, DIRECTLY BASED IN THEIR CITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A, UH, A BIG THING THAT WE TRY TO, TO INSTILL IN A, AT A YOUNG AGE INTO THE KIDS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BROUGHT A POSITIVE, UH, RETENTION AND A POSITIVE ASPECT TO OUR LEAGUE. 
          UM, WE HAVE GROWN ABOUT 15% FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, AND WE DON'T PLAN ON STOPPING. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO BROUGHT IN ANOTHER ENTITY. 
          WE HAD, UM, GARLAND NOW, NOW IT'S CALLED GARLAND PEEWEE CHEER AND DANCE. 
          UH, WE GAVE AN AN OUTLET TO, WHICH WAS THEIR OWN ENTITY, CHEER AND DANCE FOR GARLAND. 
          UM, A UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS ANYMORE TO CONTINUE ON, SO WE BROUGHT THEM IN. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW OUR PLAYERS HAVE SIBLINGS, HAVE SISTERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARENTS THAT HAVE COUSINS AND, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA, THAT WANT THEIR DAUGHTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CHEERLEADING IN A DANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO WE PUT IT DOWN FOR A COUPLE YEARS TO REVAMP IT, UM, REBUILD IT. 
          AND THIS YEAR WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT BACK INTO EXISTENCE FOR THE FALL SEASON. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A BRIDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT COHESIVENESS. 
          COHESIVENESS LIKE WE, UH, USED TO HAVE WHEN IT WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU DID SEE A VERY BIG COMMUNITY IN GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          THIS PROGRAM HERE THAT WE HAD, IT, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 65 YEARS AND THIS PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED, UM, NFL PLAYERS, COLLEGIATE PLAYERS HAVE GONE TO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL. 
          SOME OF 'EM HAS BEEN ACTUALLY SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. 
          SO THIS STUFF'S BEEN, NO, THIS PROGRAM'S BEEN AROUND AND IT'S IMPRESSIVE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          UM, WE JUST WANNA CONTINUE IT AND HOPEFULLY KEEP STRIDING. 
          WHERE DO Y'ALL PLAY? UH, WE'LL PLAY AT CENTRAL. 
          UH, SO FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE OUR, OUR LEAGUE. 
          SO OUR FLAG, OUR YOUNGER DIVISIONS, THEY'LL PLAY AT HOFER. 
          AND, UM, THANK Y'ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR DEFENSE AROUND THE FIELD ALSO. 
          'CAUSE IT HELPS US MAINTAIN IT, IT HELPS US KEEP IT CLEAN. 
          AND OUR OLDER DIVISIONS, WHICH WILL BE THIRD THROUGH SIXTH, THEY PLAY AT CENTRAL PARK. 
          IS THIS PAY TO PLAY? YES, IT'S PAY TO PLAY. 
          UM, WE TRY TO KEEP OUR ADMISSIONS VERY AFFORDABLE FOR THE FAMILIES AROUND HERE. 
          UH, WE DO RESEARCH DIFFERENT LEAGUES AROUND US, AND WE ARE BEATING THEM BY AT LEAST 10 TO 50% ON ADMISSIONS NOW WITH OUR ADMISSIONS. 
          IT DOES COVER THE, OUR INSURANCE POLICY FOR THEM, OUR PLAYER CARD FOR THE CITY. 
          AND IT ALSO GIVES, IT PROVIDES THEM A UNIFORM, A FULL UNIFORM, WHICH IS THE TOP END BOTTOM. 
          AND YOU SAID, UH, FLAG FOOTBALL FOR THE, UH, YOUNGER? CORRECT. 
          SO KINDERGARTEN, FIRST AND SECOND. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT DIVISION IS WE'RE JUST LETTING 'EM UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW TO LINE UP, HOW TO CALL PLAYS, HOW TO HUDDLE TOGETHER, JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE STEPS AND LET THEM START WORKING THEIR WAY INTO, I GUESS, MORE OF A PHYSICAL SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS THE TACKLE VERSION OF IT. 
          SO AT, AT WHAT GRADE LEVEL DO YOU APPROXIMATELY MAKE THAT SWITCH? OVER THIRD GRADE. 
          THIRD GRADE? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AT THAT, AND AT THAT ASPECT, WE, UH, DO START TO, ONCE THEY DO GET INTO SECOND GRADE, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS WITHIN THE TEAMS, WE DO ASK THEM TO TRY TO START HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND THE, THE SAFETY OF, OF, OF LIKE INJURIES OR, OR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN'T GO IN WITH YOUR HEAD OR LEAN IN THO THOSE TYPE OF ASPECTS. 
          UH, WE DO ALSO, UH, DO A HEADS UP, UH, TRAINING WITH OUR COACHES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, EXACTLY HOW A, HOW A CHILD OR EVEN AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO TACKLE. 
          UM, EVEN IF THEY'RE A NOVICE COACH AND DON'T HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE IN FOOTBALL, THEY CAN LEARN THIS ALL IN OUR SIX HOUR COURSE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW TO BE SAFE IN, UH, FOOTBALL. 
          AND ALSO WITH THAT COURSE, IT SHOWS THEM THE SAFETIES OF HEAT EXHAUSTION, UH, WHAT TO RECOGNIZE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, DEHYDRATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          UM, ME, MYSELF, AND, I'M SORRY, MYSELF AND JUNIOR HERE, WE ALLOWED 'EM TO START PRACTICING FOR THE FALL AROUND THE END OF JULY, UH, BEGINNING OF AUGUST. 
          AND WHAT WE DO IS WE WATCH THE HEAT INDEX. 
          I HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE APPS ON MY PHONE TO MAKE SURE WE WATCH THE WET, UH, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE WET 
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BULB, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT TOO HOT FOR THE BABIES OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY. 
          HUMIDITY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          SO WE MAKE SURE WE KEEP EVERYTHING. 
          AND IF IT'S TOO HOT FOR THEM OR IT'S IN THE RED, IN THE DANGER, WE CANCEL PRACTICE LEAGUE WIDE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OUR BIGGEST THING IS SAFETY. 
          YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERYBODY DOES GET REGISTERED, I KNOW, UM, WITH, WITH THE PAST 10, 10 YEARS, UM, THERE'S HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN FOOTBALL BECAUSE OF, OF THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT OR WHAT'S CAME OUT ABOUT IT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN INSTILLED IN NOT ONLY JUST OUR LEAGUE, BUT JUST LEAGUES IN GENERAL, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HIGHEST THAT HAVE, UH, ARE TRYING TO, TO HELP THIS AND TRYING TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT FOOTBALL STILL, STILL FUN AND CAN, CAN BE SAFE. 
          UM, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF HOW, UH, YOU DO IT. 
          ANY GIRLS PLAY OR JUST BOYS? ACTUALLY, YES. 
          THE GIRLS DO PLAY TACKLE FOOTBALL. 
          DO THEY? I ACTUALLY HAD, UH, MY SON, SO MY SON, I COACHED MY SON SINCE KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SIXTH GRADE, AND KNOW HE'S STILL PLAYING TO THIS DAY. 
          HE'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD A, A GIRL ON OUR TEAM FOR THE LONGEST, SINCE FIRST GRADE. 
          UH, SHE WAS KNOWN AROUND THE LEAGUE AS THE PIT BULL, , . 
          UM, THE, THE GIRLS TEND TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN THE, THE BOYS. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY'RE WAY MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THE BOYS ARE. 
          THAT'S A PROVEN FACT, BY THE WAY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          UH, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, FOR FLAG FOOTBALL, WHAT DID, LIKE THE AGE GROUPS THAT YOU GUYS DO SERVE FOR FLAG FOOTBALL? OR LIKE, PEOPLE MAYBE JUST TRANSITIONING FROM TACKLE INTO FLAG? SO FOR, FOR OUR FLAG DIVISION, OUR FLAG SEASON, WHAT WE DO IS, UM, WE TRY TO KEEP THE KINDERGARTNERS IN THEIR OWN DIVISION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UH, JUST 'CAUSE THE SIZE DIFFERENCE, AND IT'S MORE, IT'S NOT AS PROTECTED AS MUCH NOW. 
          UH, WE DO FIRST AND SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH. 
          AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE NOW FOR THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS. 
          WHAT WE DO IS WE ALLOW THEM TO GET THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL BUDDIES THAT THEY PLAY FOOTBALL WITH DURING THE FALL, AND THEN COME OUT TO OUR DVI TO OUR, OUR LEAGUE AND BASICALLY JUST BUILD A CHEMISTRY UP WITH THEMSELVES FOR THE NEXT, UH, FALL SEASON. 
          SO WHEN THEY TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL OR TO GO INTO THE EIGHTH GRADE YEAR, JUST TO GIVE THEM MORE COMPETITIVE EDGE. 
          SO, AND THAT HAS GROWN AS WELL IN THE PAST, UH, TWO YEARS, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ASPECT. 
          AND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF HAVING TO DO ALL THIS TRAVELING WHEN IT COMES TO SEVEN ON SEVEN, SO THEY'D MUCH RATHER STAY IN THEIR BACKYARD. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TRIED TO HONE IN ON, THAT YOU CAN STAY IN YOUR BACKYARD WHILE PLAYING WITH THE, THE KIDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY WITH, UM, IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M SURE IT HELPS TOO, THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT TOO IN THE NEXT ONE. 
          SO YES. 
          FLAG FOOTBALL, I'M, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING A LOT MORE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO YOU SAY YOU HAVE NFL PLAYERS AND, UH, SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO COME BACK AND  ACTUALLY, THEY INSPIRE THE, THE KIDS. 
          UH, WELL, WE HAVE HAD, UH, COACH ADAMS, HE PLAYED FOR THE ARIZONA CARDINALS. 
          UM, HE HAS CAME BACK, HE COACHED WITH OUR LEAGUE FOR NICE A COUPLE YEARS. 
          UM, AT FIRST HE WAS AGAINST TACKLE, BUT HE SAID, I'M, IF I'M GONNA COACH IT, 'CAUSE HIS SON WAS OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY, IF I'M GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS, I WANNA MAKE SURE MY SON KNOWS THE PROPER WAY HOW TO HANDLE HIMSELF IN THIS SITUATION. 
          SO HE WAS, WITH THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS, UM, HE WAS TIED UP WITH OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BUT HE'S STILL BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND THEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MELVIN BULLOCK MADE HIS OWN FACILITY. 
          HE DID COACH FOR IN GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO HAD PEOPLE THAT I CAN NAME DOWN TO DEVIN DUVERNAY, WHICH IS, UH, A PRO BOWLER. 
          YOU HAVE HAKEEM DEJE THAT PLAYED IN THE SUPER BOWL FOR CINCINNATI AS A STARTING LEFT TACKLE. 
          UM, YOU HAVE CHARLES OMEN, WHO THAT'S WAS A DEFENSIVE END FOR SAN FRANCISCO, 49 ERS AND THEY'RE, THEY RUN TO THE SUPER BOWL. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THAT, THAT HAVE PLAYED IN THIS LEAGUE, BUT IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I, I REMEMBER THIS LEAGUE. 
          I WANT THIS. 
          I, I I REMEMBER THIS LEAGUE. 
          UH, AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT, THAT THAT TYPE OF LEVEL, YOU CHERISH, UH, YOUTH FOOTBALL MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME IT'S, IT WAS JUST A GAME. 
          IT WASN'T MY JOB. 
          AND, AND LACK OF A BETTER WORDING IS THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO THOSE COLLEGE LEVELS AND PRO LEVELS WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL, IT BECOMES A JOB. 
          AND 
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A LOT OF, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF EARLY RETIREMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          YOU JUST GET BURNT OUT. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE THE YOUTH, YOUTH LEAVES, LIKE, MAN, THAT WAS WHEN I LOVED IT. 
          I, I LOVED IT. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I DID PLAY FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT TEXAS STATE. 
          SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HEARING FROM WORD OF MOUTH. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IN, IN MY, IN MY LOVE OF THE GAME, IS SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET BURNT OUT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I ENJOY IT SO MUCH IS BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LITERALLY IN GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL, AND I WAS LIKE, THIS, I LOVE THIS. 
          THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND, AND, AND THEY THINK THE SAME WAY. 
          YOU THINK YOU COULD GET JS IN TO COME BACK AND TALK TO , UH, MAYBE, MAYBE IF WE GET, BUT, UH, IT'D BE AN INSPIRING STORY FOR YOU. 
          YEAH, IT DEFINITELY WOULD. 
          YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, SOME, SOME GUYS COMING OUT, UH, UH, ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS IN THE NFL, WHICH IS HAKI DEN ENERGY. 
          UM, HE IS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE, UH, GUYS TO, TO COME OUT AND HOPEFULLY THAT JUST STARTS A LITTLE A TREND. 
          ONCE YOU PULL THAT ONE STRING, USUALLY YOU'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PULL A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF THE, THE WOODWORK. 
          SO MAYBE WE WILL EVEN SEE SOME DALLAS COWBOYS OUT THERE. 
          . 
          INDEED. 
          THAT'D BE NICE. 
          THAT'D BE NICE. 
          SO HOW ARE THE FACILITIES THAT, THAT YOU HAVE, AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO FACILITIES SINCE THE 2019 BOND MM-HMM . 
          AND, UM, SO, SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW THEY'RE WORKING, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT WORKING AND THAT, THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT NEED? UM, I WOULD SAY THIS IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, AS FAR AS, UH, YOUR, YOUR YOUTH IS LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO PLAY ON TURF, OR WE NEED TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE GOT, WE GOT THOSE FIELDS, AND THOSE FIELDS HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS ON END, AND EVERYBODY HAS DONE GREAT IN THIS ROOM OF KEEPING THOSE FIELDS MAINTAINED. 
          AND HONESTLY, QUITE HONESTLY, WITH WHAT THE, THE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE, THEY LOOK TONS OF BETTER THAN WHAT THEY'VE HAD, HAVE HAD LOOKED IN, WHAT, 2016 OR, OR ON, ON, UH, BEFORE THEN. 
          SO I PERSONALLY LOVE THE FIELDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE GATES AROUND THE FIELDS. 
          THAT'S AMAZING. 
          THE, THE, UH, THE PILLARS AS FAR AS LIKE KEEPING EVERYBODY SHADED. 
          AMAZING. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND YOU EV YOU DO GET, UH, A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CHERISH. 
          SO, UH, MR. DAVID, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH THAT WE WOULD WANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE FIELDS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE COULD SIT HERE AND SAY WE WOULD WANT, UH, UH, THE SCOREBOARD TO BE FIXED AT HALFORD. 
          I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THAT A THOUSAND TIMES IF SOMEBODY'S SITTING HERE. 
          BUT WE COULD, WE CAN, WE CAN HELP CHANGE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GETTING A PORTABLE SCOREBOARD. 
          UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP WHAT WE CAN CONTROL OR TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN CONTROL TO, TO, TO PERFECT OR BETTER THE, THE QUALITY OF OUR LEAGUE. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. 
          I THINK IT'S MORE OR LESS THE CONNECTION OF, OF YOU GUYS. 
          I THINK THAT IF OUR LEAGUE OR THE PEOPLE AROUND OUR LEAGUE SAW, YOU KNOW, MISS NANCY, MISS KAY, MR. AJU, UH, EVERYBODY OUT HERE, COME AND BE ALMOST SHOW FACE AND SEE WHO, WHO YOU GUYS ARE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL THAN ANYTHING OF SEEING THAT WE ARE ONE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE JUST NEED TO BE INVITED. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND LIBBY HAS A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          GET ON MY CALENDAR EARLY. 
          OH, YOU DID? HE RIGHT? YEAH. 
          FOR WHAT TEAM? UH, COUGAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          HE'S PLAYING FOR LAKEVIEW NOW. 
          OH, IS HE? OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, WE DON'T WANNA COME IN AUGUST EITHER ABOUT , TONY, WE GOT, WE GOT SHADE ON THE BENCHES NOW, SO YOU CAN RIGHT THERE. 
          . 
          BUT NO, SERIOUSLY, I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BECAUSE NOW, UM, A LOT OF THESE, UH, THESE PEOPLE IN OUR PARTICIPANTS SEE THAT, OKAY, OUR LEAGUE IS DOING SOMETHING TO KEEP OUR CITY INVOLVED, AND IF WE'RE KEEPING OUR CITY INVOLVED, I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT JUST BIOLOGICALLY MAKES THE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING AN EFFORT INTO THIS PROGRAM, AND WE WANNA STAY IN A PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S EFFORT PUT, PUT FORTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S THE, THE IDEOLOGY THAT WE GO ABOUT. 
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SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN END WITH THE COUNCILMAN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          WE WERE ALL APPOINTED BY A COUNCILMAN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I KNOW IN DISTRICT SEVEN, HALFORD'S IN DISTRICT SEVEN, YOU KNOW, JOE THOMAS IS A HUGE SPORTS FAN. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK LIKE, LIKE WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY, LIKE OF SOME OF THE, UH, COUNCILS OR YOU GUYS COME IN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SPECIAL OCCASION, LIKE RIGHT. 
          OWING OUT THE FIRST BALL OR MM-HMM . 
          I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL, ALL COME TOGETHER AND, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL ONE. 
          BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S SOME PEOPLE AROUND THAT THINK THAT OUR LEAGUE AND THE CITY FOR SOME ODD REASON ARE FIGHTING AND WE DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER. 
          IT'S JUST HOW IT IS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT MAYBE HAPPENED YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT NEVER GET FORGOTTEN. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY JUST GET TURNED UP. 
          BUT, UH, YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE HERE AND THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED, SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THE 2019 BOND ELECTION, UH, SUCCESSFUL FIRST PARKS WAS WE KNEW WE, YOU GUYS HAD BEEN MARCHING THROUGH HERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIELDS IN 2016 AND HOW BAD THE PARKING LOT WAS, AND WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT IT WAS TO, UH, HAVE TEAMS IN FROM OTHER CITIES TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF THE FIELDS. 
          SO WHEN IT COME TIME FOR THE 2019 BOND, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS REFLECTS POORLY ON OUR CITY. 
          WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SO WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE STEPS AND, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN SAY. 
          SO KEEP US UP TO DATE. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, UM, TALKING AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY THINGS THAT I PROBABLY WON'T EVEN SAY HERE THAT I, I, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, IF WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WALKING WITH EACH OTHER AND LIKE, OH, HEY, WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS, THAT'S, THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING UP TOO AND WRITE DOWN IN OUR NOTEBOOK CELL PHONE OR WHATEVER WE HAVE THAT WE CAN ALSO BRING UP TO THE, THE COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, I THINK A ALL OF THAT IS, UH, A COMBINATION OF HOW WE MAKE OUR, OUR LEAGUE BETTER IN OUR ASPECT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR CITY BETTER AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST LET SAM KNOW SHE CAN REACH OUT TO, TO DELEE OR YVONNE AND THEY, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I DUNNO IF THIS IS ON. 
          UM, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS OR IDEAS DO YOU HAVE TO GROW TO KEEP THE PEEWEE FOOTBALL TEAMS FROM FIZZLING OUT TOTALLY, LIKE IN 10 YEARS? OOH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, HONESTLY, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT WITH Y'ALL HELP WITH PUTTING UP THE FENCES AROUND THE FIELD, IT'S, UM, THE SAFETY FOR THESE KIDS. 
          UM, I, IF, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE ONTO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE EVERYBODY'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IF Y'ALL INTO THE OUTSIDE CITIES OF THEIR, THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS, UH, FORTUNATELY THERE'S BEEN COACHES HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, UNLI AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND PEOPLE WILL GET ONTO THE FIELD AND CAUSING MORE OF A THREAT THAN ANYTHING OVER THIS YOUTH FOOTBALL. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, FOR US YOUTH FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN CONTROL. 
          AND WHEN, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC CONTROL MEANS THE PARENTS CAN BE INVOLVED, UM, YOU KNOW, COACHES TO BE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, EGOS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          AND WITH US PROTECTING THOSE KIDS WITH FENCES, WITH, UM, US MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S CHECKED IN WITH THE, UM, THE HEADS UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, I THINK NUMBER ONE THING FOR US IS GONNA BE SAFETY THAT REALLY PROTECTS THE KID. 
          AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY WANTS THE KIDS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE ON EVERY ASPECT OF EVERY LEVEL. 
          AND THAT, AND, AND, AND THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW WE DO GROW. 
          BECAUSE, UM, TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT IS THAT EVERY MOM, EVERY DAD, EVERY WHOEVER IT IS LOOKS AT AT OUR FOOTBALL AND SAYING, HUH, WELL, DO I REALLY WANT HIM TO PLAY? OR, YOU KNOW, I MORE DADS ARE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MOMS IS LIKE, DO I REALLY WANT THEM TO PLAY? SO IF WE PROMOTE SAFETY, AND IF WE PROMOTE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR HEADS UP TRAINING, THEN IF WE PROMOTE THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, THINGS TO KEEP THEIR BABIES SAFE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THEIR BABIES, YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AS MY MOM WOULD SAY, YOU'RE ALWAYS MY BABY. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE. 
          SO, RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, ONE REASON TO GROW ANO, GO AHEAD. 
          ANOTHER ONE IS A COMMUNITY. 
          SO WITH MY CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, HE PLAYS SINCE KINDERGARTEN, HE'S BEEN PLAYING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF BOYS. 
          THESE SEVEN BOYS HAVE BEEN BEST FRIENDS. 
          THEY HANG OUT WITH EACH OTHER EVERY WEEKEND. 
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THEY SPEND THE NIGHT WITH EACH OTHER EVERY WEEKEND. 
          IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE THESE KIDS, I, I'M NOT AS WELL CLAIM 'EM ON MY TAXES, , THAT'S HOW OFTEN THEY'RE AT MY HOUSE. 
          AND FOR US AS THIS LEAGUE, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PROMOTING. 
          WE PROMOTE AND WE GROUP THESE KIDS IN BY THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          SO OUR WAY, SAME WAY Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL'S ZONES, WE HAVE OUR OWN ZONES ALSO. 
          SO CERTAIN KIDS FROM CERTAIN ELEMENTARIES GO TO THE FEEDER SCHOOLS OF THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE KEEP 'EM TOGETHER. 
          AND WE WANT THEM FROM STARTING FROM KINDERGARTEN, GOING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER, AND UNKNOWINGLY THEY GO PLAY AGAINST THESE KIDS. 
          SO MY KIDS ARE FROM THE HAWKS, THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS WITH THE COUGARS, AND THEY'RE RIVAL HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS. 
          SO WHEN THEY HIT HIGH SCHOOL, THEY PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THEY WILL REMEMBER BACK TO THE TIMES, LIKE, HEY, WE KNOW, REMEMBER THAT TIME IN TURKEY BOWL? KNOW WE, WE, WE WOKE Y'ALL. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST, THE CAMARADERIE THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR THESE KIDS. 
          AND, UM, I GO ON A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, GARLAND ISD PARENT PAGE. 
          UM, A LOT OF PARENTS ARE ASKING, WHAT'S THE LOCAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WHERE I CAN PUT MY KIDS IN? AND FORTUNATELY FOR US AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THIS PAST COUPLE YEARS, A LOT OF 'EM ARE RECOMMENDING GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          AND EVERYBODY'S ASKING WHY AND ALL, MISS, UH, MISS CRYSTAL, UH, WHICH IS ELIJAH'S MOM, SHE SAT THERE AND SAID, MY KID PLAYED FROM SECOND TO SIXTH GRADE COACH JOHN, WHICH IS ME, COACHED THEM FROM, YOU KNOW, AS A BABY ALL THE WAY UP HERE. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE PARENTS WANT. 
          THEY WANT THIS COMMUNITY, THEY WANT THE BOND THAT SPORTS CREATE, YOU KNOW? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN A, UH, ON A, ON A ROUNDABOUT, UH, LEVEL, MISS NANCY IS WE'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF OUR, OF OUR LEAGUE WHILE KEEPING THE QUANTITY MONETARILY DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN RETROSPECT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THAT, UH, COMMUNITY BASIS IN THE GROUND LEVEL OF, OF NOT, THIS ISN'T JUST FOOTBALL, IT'S, WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY VILLAGE. 
          IT'S A VILLAGE DOING COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          WE'RE VILLAGE, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE MIGHT BE RIVALS ACROSS THE FIELD, BUT AFTER THE GAME, WE'RE NOT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT, WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE, WE MIGHT BE BEST FRIENDS. 
          UH, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT EVERYTHING BETWEEN THOSE WHITE, WHITE LINES, THOSE FOUR WHITE LINES IS FOOTBALL, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S A COMMUNITY OF GARLAND PEEWEE FOOTBALL. 
          AND ONCE YOU, ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING. 
          AND NOT ONLY COMING, BUT RETAINING THOSE PEOPLE. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PRICE IS. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THAT 75 INCH TV THAT YOU WANT AND THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT, YOU GONNA BUY IT REGARDLESS OF THE PRICE. 
          THEN THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE WHAT OUR IDEA IDEA OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE WITH GARLAND. 
          PEEWEE FOOTBALL QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          UH, EARLIER MENTIONED SAFETY, UM, WITH COACHES AND INCIDENTS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, HAVE YOU GUYS EXPERIENCED ANY INCIDENTS AT YOUR, IN YOUR LEAGUE? AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY LIKE, PROCESSES AND POLICIES FOR DISRUPTIVE PARENTS LIKE THAT? SO, YES. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LEVEL THREE SECURITY AROUND US. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO SECURITY GUARDS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. 
          UM, THEY PATROL THE FIELD ALL DAY LONG. 
          UH, WE LET, SO WE BACK UP WHEN EVERYBODY INTERVIEWS FOR COACHES, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THEM AND THEY COME IN, THEY'LL INTERVIEW US SAME WAY. 
          WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH Y'ALL. 
          AND THEY, WE ASK THEM ABUNDANCE OF QUESTIONS WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GO HAVE A COACHES MEETING, AND AT THAT POINT, MYSELF AND MELVIN, WE GO OVER THROUGH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, OUR, UM, CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH OUR EXPECTATIONS. 
          AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT YOUR STYLELINE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER, BUT YOUR STYLELINE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          NOW, I CAN SPEAK FROM MY ORGANIZATION, UM, I ALWAYS HAVE A PARENT MEETING BEFORE EVERY SEASON, AND I TELL 'EM, THERE'S GONNA BE NO, UM, DISRESPECT. 
          NO, YOU AT THE REST, REST GONNA MAKE A BAD CALL. 
          IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. 
          AND THERE'S GONNA BE NO DISRESPECT TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDELINE. 
          SO WE KEEP THAT IN, IN ORDER, AND WE EXPLAIN THIS AND WE EMPHASIZE THIS, AND BEGINNING OF EVERY SEASON, MIDSEASON PLAYOFF TIME AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WHAT WE DO, IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT DOES CROSS THAT LINE, THERE IS A VERY, UM, ZERO TOLERANCE, BASICALLY ZERO, ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THAT, UM, STRICTLY OUT THE LEAGUE. 
          UM, MATTER OF FACT, WE DID HAVE, WE DID HAVE AN INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD TO DO THAT LA YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER, IT WAS LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, UM, THAT WE HAD TO KICK A MULTITUDE, MAYBE THREE, FOUR PEOPLE, FAMILIES OUT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL, 
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ALL TO KEEP EVERYBODY OF THOSE OTHER FAMILIES SAFE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AFTER THEY COME BACK, OR, OR IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SLIGHTED OR, OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLETE ZERO TOLERANCE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY TYPE OF, UH, UH, FORM OF NOT KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE OR EVEN OUR, OUR PARENTS OR VIEWERS OF THAT MATTER. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          SO DO WE HAVE THEIR SCOREBOARD ON OUR LIST, SAM? WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK THEIR AWNINGS NEEDED SOME ATTENTION. 
          MAYBE. 
          YES. 
          ONE LIGHT BULB ON CENTRAL, ONE LIGHT BULBS OUT. 
          . 
          WHERE'S JERRY CARTER? EVERYBODY YELL AT A ZERO BLUES. 
          I'M THE NEW JURYS AT CENTRAL PARK. 
          YEAH. 
          WE, WE GET PARENTS ASKING US ALL THE TIME, IS IT A ZERO OR IS IT AN EIGHT? I'M LIKE, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE SCORE. 
          , WE'LL SEE WHEN THE NEXT SCORE COMES. 
          , . 
          UH, WELL, IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY PROBLEM, YOU'RE GOOD. 
          . 
          YEAH, . 
          BUT I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF ASPECTS, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE, WE HAVE IN THE WORKS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THAT ARE RIGHT NOW IDEAS THAT WE, WE HOPE TO GET SOME GROUND LEVEL TO. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN JUST PUSH AND PUSH HIGHER THAN THE, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S IN MY SEAT, THAT'S MY BIGGEST GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, ELEVATE OUR BUSINESS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOVE, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OF COURSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE THE HOLFORD SOCCER PROJECT UPDATE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, ANDY HESSER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. 
          UM, I WILL GO OVER THIS PROJECT UPDATE FOR YOU. 
          I'M GONNA START AT THIS SCREEN. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION OUT THERE FROM WHAT'S ALREADY OUT, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I SKIP SOMETHING OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. 
          UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE, UM, THE CURRENT, UH, LAYOUT THAT WE HAVE AT, AT HOLFORD, UM, AT, AT THE VERY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT THE WAY IT NOR USUALLY NORMALLY LOOKS. 
          YEAH, IT'S CROOKED. 
          IT'S, UH, IT, I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED ON WHICH SIDE OF NAME AND FOREST IS WHAT, BUT, UM, YOU, YOU MIGHT RECALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HISTORY ON HOW WE GOT HERE, UM, ON THIS PROJECT. 
          YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS GOES BACK AT LEAST THREE YEARS, UM, WHERE THE CITY WAS PURSUING, UH, POSSIBILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH USL, UH, PROFESSIONAL SOCCER. 
          UH, THAT STARTED OUT AS A PROJECT IN, IN THE SOUTH OF GARLAND, WHERE WE WERE CONTEMPLATING A, UH, SPORTS ANCHORED MIXED USE, UH, SOCCER STADIUM AT 6 35 IN GARLAND, SHILOH, WHERE ALL THOSE ROADS KIND OF COME TOGETHER. 
          AND, UM, IN THAT DISCUSSION, THERE WAS, UM, THE NEED FOR TRAINING FIELDS AND THE TRAINING FIELDS WERE ORIGINALLY SHOWN ON THE MASTER PLAN DOWN ON THE 6 35 AREA. 
          UH, THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, SOCCER FIELDS ARE TYPICALLY RIGHT AROUND TWO ACRES. 
          SO THAT WAS FOUR ACRES COMING OUT OF NOT QUITE 60 ACRES OF PRIME REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. 
          SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER PLACES THAT THOSE TRAINING, UH, FACILITIES, UH, COULD GO. 
          AND THIS, THIS PROPERTY KIND OF POPPED UP ON THE RADAR. 
          IT HAS SOME INTERESTING, UH, STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT. 
          LONG STORY SHORT, UH, AS WE PURCHASED IT FROM THE, THE OWNER'S, UH, THE, THE AREA YOU SEE OVER HERE THAT SAYS FUTURE COMMERCIAL WAS CARVED OUT OF THIS CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT COULD BE SOLD TO ESSENTIALLY FEED THE FARM. 
          UM, AND THE REST OF IT HAD TO BE RECREATIONAL, OUTDOOR, RECREATIONAL USES. 
          SO WE'D BEGAN EXPLORING THAT AND WORKED THROUGH IT, AND THEN PURCHASED THE LAND IN, IN HOPES THAT A TRAINING FACILITY AS WELL AS YOUTH SOCCER FACILITIES COULD COEXIST THERE. 
          AND IT'S HAD MANY, MANY, MANY ITERATIONS. 
          AND SO RIGHT HERE THAT YOU SEE NOW IS THE, IS THE UPDATED DRAWING THAT'S, THAT'S AT 60%, UH, DESIGN COMPLETION RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HOPE TO SEE, UH, CONSTRUCTION START, UM, AS EARLY AS, AS FALL. 
          UM, AND I'M USING BROAD MANAGING EXPECTATIONS WHEN ANYTIME I SAY CONSTRUCTION STARTS, THAT'S A, IT TENDS TO BE A MOVING TARGET. 
          BUT SO IN GENERAL, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE. 
          YEAH, 
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IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE THESE DAYS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO GET THINGS BUILT. 
          AND SO, UH, PART OF THIS PROJECT, IT WAS IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WAS SOME FUNDS TO EXPAND HOLFORD ROAD. 
          SO THIS WILL GET EXPANDED FROM GEORGE BUSH DOWN TO THE FIRST ENTRANCE OF THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE PARKING LOT. 
          AND THEN RIGHT HERE, NAME AND FOREST BOULEVARD STOPS RIGHT HERE AT LIFETIME FITNESS. 
          UM, THAT WILL BE EXTENDED TO HOLFORD IF BUDGET IS AVAILABLE AND THE BIDS COME IN FAVORABLY. 
          THEN WE MIGHT DO THIS WHERE IT'S PAGE PLAN NORTH, UH, WHERE IT CONNECTS. 
          THERE'S KIND OF A GROUP OF APARTMENTS THAT, WHERE THAT NAME AND FOREST STOPS. 
          WE'D LIKE TO CONNECT THAT. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A SEPARATE $25 MILLION BUDGET FOR THE, THE FIELD CONSTRUCTION ITSELF. 
          AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, IS WE, WE FOUND THAT THE, THE RIGHT MIX WITH BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE AND US USABILITY IS FOUR OF THESE FIELDS WOULD BE SYNTHETIC TURF, AND FOUR WOULD BE NATURAL TURF. 
          UM, THIS FIELD IN THE MIDDLE WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A, A SHOW PITCH, CHAMPIONSHIP PITCH FEATURE PITCH. 
          WE CAN CALL IT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          IT HAS SEATING FOR A THOUSAND EXPANDABLE UP TO 1500. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR OR NOT, BUT THIS LITTLE SECTION RIGHT HERE, UM, IS UNDERDESIGNED FOR CONCESSIONS, RESTROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS, UH, IT WOULD BE A VERY BASIC RESTROOM. 
          WE WOULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, COUNTER SPACE, POWER, WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN WHOEVER, OUR OPERATOR, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT IN A MINUTE, WOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT OUT. 
          AND HOWEVER THEY WANTED TO FINISH IT OUT TO SERVE WHATEVER PRODUCTS THEY WANNA SERVE. 
          AND THEN HERE ON THIS, THIS STREET RIGHT HERE, THERE WOULD BE, UH, BUMP OUTS FOR FOOD TRUCKS. 
          SO THE OPERATOR CAN DECIDE FOOD TRUCKS. 
          SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A HURRY TO GET TO YOUR GAME OR YOU'RE IN BETWEEN GAMES ON A TOURNAMENT, YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE TIME FOR A QUICK HOT DOG AND A DRINK OR PREPACKAGED. 
          SO YOU CAN GET THAT TO CONCESSION. 
          IF YOU GOT MORE TIME, YOU MIGHT GO AND WAIT AT THE FOOD TRUCK, DEPENDING ON THE EVENT. 
          UM, THESE TWO LITTLE FIELDS RIGHT HERE ARE SALL COURTS OR MINI PITCHES LIKE WE HAVE AT, AT SOME OF OUR PARKS. 
          NOW. 
          UM, THIS IS KIND OF A NEAT, UH, IDEA RIGHT HERE FROM OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THESE LITTLE, UM, HEXAGON PATTERNS ARE THE SAME THAT YOU SEE ON A SOCCER BALL. 
          THOSE ARE THE STITCHING PATTERNS THAT YOU SEE ON A SOCCER BALL. 
          SO THIS PLAZA AREA WOULD BE KIND OF PARK-LIKE. 
          WE, WE DIDN'T WANNA DESIGN THIS WHERE IT WAS JUST WALL TO WALL FIELDS AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE THAT WE WANTED IT TO BE MORE OF A PARK-LIKE SETTING. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER KEY COMPONENT IS, IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PROJECT REALLY IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINE. 
          UM, AND IT, IT, IT'LL SERVE A DUAL PURPOSE FOR, FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS, UH, SOCCER, UM, AND OTHER SPORTS. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S A CATALYST FOR TRYING TO BRING TO GARLAND, SPECIFICALLY THIS INTERSECTION, UM, REALLY, UM, HIGH END ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HELPS PERFORM FOR THE CITY. 
          AND SO THIS 14 ACRES, WE HOPE TO SEE THINGS LIKE, UH, A HOTEL POSSIBLY. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A CONVENTION HOTEL. 
          UM, THOSE, THAT'S A BENEFIT FOR A LOT OF REASONS. 
          UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A CONVENTION HOTEL, THEN YOU CAN PUT THINGS IN IT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TOURNAMENTS. 
          YOU USUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN 'EM SUNDAY, UH, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 
          SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR A DEVELOPER TO SEE SEVEN DAY A WEEK, UM, HOTEL STAYS, UH, RESTAURANTS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE. 
          AND THEN SOMETHING THAT'S A DESTINATION LIKE THIS THAT DRIVES A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IS, UH, THE IDEA IS IT'S GONNA HAVE SOME, UM, DOMINO EFFECT AND REALLY, UH, BEGIN TO MOVE GARLAND FORWARD, MUCH LIKE THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE HAS. 
          UH, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT GARLAND A YEAR AGO, AND YOU DO NOW, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE SQUARE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING LIKE THAT. 
          SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL. 
          UM, SO THIS ONE YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN AT ONE TIME, THIS WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LAYOUTS, AND THERE'S BEEN MANY. 
          UM, SO THIS, THIS LAYOUT IS BACK WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH THE USL SOCCER GROUP. 
          AND THE PLAN WAS, AND THERE WAS SOME FUNDS OUT OF THIS, OUT OF THIS T TIFF DISTRICT. 
          UM, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN THEIR TRAINING FACILITY ON THE PRIVATE SIDE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ACCESS TO A COUPLE OF FIELDS FOR THEIR TRAINING, THEIR A AND B TEAM, AND THEN THE REST FOR ACADEMY YOUTH, UM, AND OTHER LEVELS OF SOCCER. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAD, THE BULK OF THE PARKING WAS ON THIS SIDE OF NAMAN FOREST. 
          AND SO AS OUR RELATIONSHIP, UH, DISSOLVED WITH THE TEAM, AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SOCCER PROJECT, BUT IT HAD A DIFFERENT CLIENT BASE. 
          SO WE HAD TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT USERS, UM, DIFFERENT, IT HAD SIMILAR CLIENT BASE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFERENT IN ENOUGH WAYS TO WHERE, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT BRINGING THIS MANY KIDS AND ALL THEIR GEAR AND ALL THEIR STUFF ACROSS THIS BUSY STREET. 
          AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER CONCERNS. 
          DID WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THE FIELDS? UH, SO THE INPUT BECAME VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO I JUST PUT UP HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT OR NOT, UM, BUT THERE'S, AND I CAN'T READ IT ON MY SCREEN. 
          THERE'S SOME THE, I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNS. 
          SO THE PARKING LOT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IS HERE. 
          THIS IS A MAINTENANCE FACILITY DOWN HERE. 
          UM, THE PARKING LOT WAS ABOUT 75 FEET 
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AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. 
          THIS PIECE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED, AND THIS PIECE WAS ABOUT 340 FROM HERE. 
          SO THE NEWEST ITERATION LOOKS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, WE'VE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES TO WHERE THE TWO NATURAL TURF FIELDS THAT ARE ON THIS SIDE, UH, REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER OF PARKING LOT AND ALL THE, UM, THINGS THAT COME WITH DIRTY PARKING LOTS ADJACENT, BEING SENSITIVE TO THE SPRING CREEK. 
          UM, SO WE REDUCE THAT. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF FILTRATION, UM, TO HELP. 
          UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE TALKED LAST, IS ANY, ANY DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, ADJACENT TO SPRING CREEK, UM, IS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE TO NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE THE RUNOFF BY 10%. 
          AND WE CAN'T CONCENTRATE IT. 
          SO, IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN'T PUT IT ALL IN A PIPE AND THEN LET IT RUN OFF INTO THE, INTO THE SPRING CREEK. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS A PER, IS A, IS A MUCH BETTER BALANCE FOR THAT. 
          SO THIS PARKING LOT SERVES THE RIGHT, RIGHT AMOUNT OF, OF TEAMS NEEDED FOR JUST THESE TWO FIELDS. 
          SO THE ONLY TIME YOU'D REALLY NEED TO CROSS OVER IS IF YOU'RE SENDING SOMEBODY OVER TO GET CONCESSIONS AND HAVE ITS OWN RESTROOM OVER HERE. 
          NOT CONCESSIONS, I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND THEN IF YOU ARE IN A TOURNAMENT BRACKET OR SOMETHING AND YOU'RE, AND YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER FIELD, THEN YOU MIGHT CROSS OVER THERE. 
          UM, SO WHAT, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN THIS ILLUSTRATION IS, IS THAT THIS DISTANCE TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS THE SAME. 
          THIS, THIS IS THE SAME, AND THIS IS HERE IS MAYBE 30, 40 FEET CLOSER, UH, TO THE PROPERTY LINE. 
          SO, UM, AND THIS JUST SUMMARIZES KIND OF WHAT THE THINGS I JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT WERE KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE IN, UM, THE OPERATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO ADDRESS IN THE NEXT DRAFT. 
          SO YES, SIR. 
          ON THE, SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT TELLS US WE NEED EIGHT FIELDS INSTEAD OF SAY SIX? YES. 
          UH, SIX FIELDS ARE NOT OF ANY USE TO ANYBODY. 
          THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR THE REASON WHY EIGHT FIELDS IS THE, IS THE MAGIC NUMBER, IS UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT THE HIGH LEVEL OF ELITE CLUB SOCCER IS THE ECNL LEAGUE, THEN YOU'VE GOT AN NL, THEN YOU'VE GOT US YOUTH SOCCER, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LOCAL TOURNAMENTS IN ORDER TO BE A VIABLE, UH, TOURNAMENT DESTINATION. 
          REALLY THE MAGIC NUMBER'S 20 OR HIGHER. 
          UM, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT. 
          THE, THE, THE ROLE THAT WE THINK THAT WINTERS PARK CAN PLAY, AT A MINIMUM, IF WE HAD EIGHT FIELDS, WE COULD AT LEAST BE A VIABLE DESTINATION FOR AGE GROUP OVERFLOWS. 
          SO WHEN THEY PUT TOURNAMENTS TOGETHER, THOSE AGE GROUPS, UM, THEY LIKE TO PACKAGE 'EM TOGETHER SO THEIR PEOPLE AREN'T DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          SO LIKE FOR THE DALLAS CUP, THERE'S SEVERAL LARGE CUPS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA, AND THEY USE EVERYBODY'S FIELDS. 
          UM, AND SO THEY COULD PUT AN AGE GROUP HERE. 
          AND THE IDEAL KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT IS, IS THAT, UM, 14 U TO 18 U IS, IS KIND OF WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE HOTEL BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. 
          UM, AND THEY, YOU'LL SEE ECNL SHOWCASES. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE NOT A TYPICAL THREE GAME MINIMUM OR TWO GAME MINIMUM BRACKET STRUCTURE IN A TOURNAMENT. 
          THEY ARE SHOWCASES, MEANING WHEN YOU HIT THAT 16 AND ABOVE OR 15 AND ABOVE, THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT TO COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO IT, IT'S BASICALLY A SCOUTING TOURNAMENT. 
          AND SO ANYTHING LESS THAN EIGHT, WE WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE INTEREST FROM OPERATORS. 
          UM, EIGHT IS THE MAGIC NUMBER. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE MORE. 
          AND, AND THEREFORE, UM, THE IDEA IS IS THAT WHEN WE DID, AND I'LL SEGUE TO THAT DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, WE HAD AN RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR OPERATORS FOR THIS FACILITY. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SHOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH GSA GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION? UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T GUARANTEE IT TO WHERE THEY WOULD THEN HAVE ACCESS TO 20 FIELDS. 
          UM, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT, UM, THAT THE OPERATOR WOULD MAINTAIN THESE FIELDS COMPLETELY ON THEIR OWN, NOTHING FROM THE CITY. 
          WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN, TO MAINTAIN THESE. 
          WE WOULD PROBABLY ASK FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEE OR REVENUE SHARING FROM THESE GROUPS. 
          AND SO WE HAD EIGHT RESPONDENTS, AND THAT'S PRETTY GOOD THAT WE HAD THREE, THREE OR FOUR THAT ARE THE, THE LARGEST, UH, CLUB SOCCER GROUPS, UM, IN THE AREA PLACE, YOU KNOW, GROUPS LIKE STING SOLAR, FC DALLAS, AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHERS THAT SPECIALIZE IN, UH, SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT, LARGE FACILITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          SO WE HAD GREAT RESPONDENTS. 
          WE'LL NARROW THOSE DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME INTERVIEWS, AND THEN WE'LL INVITE THEM TO, TO DO RFPS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL START NEGOTIATING PROPOSALS. 
          UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE. 
          SO YOU SAID THE ROAD WAS PART OF A BOND, OR THIS WAS THE, THE ROAD. 
          SO HOLFORD AND NAMAN WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL 2019 BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO THOSE WERE SLATED TO BE EXPANDED ANYWAY, ANYWAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE SOCCER THING HAS EVOLVED. 
          IT WAS ON THE TABLE, CORRECT. 
          IT WAS PART OF THE, PART OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UM, WHERE, UM, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS 
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ARE ALLOCATED, UM, TO THIS PUBLIC PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE HAD THE SOCCER PEOPLE CAME AND SAID, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, LET'S DO THIS. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WENT AWAY. 
          BUT WE'RE STILL DOING THIS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE OR US, AND WE'RE GONNA INVITE PEOPLE IN A NUTSHELL, YES. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          OTHER SAGA. 
          NOW I'M CAUGHT UP. 
          WELL, BECAUSE I, I CAME ON THIS BOARD ABOUT SAME, IT'S A THREE YEAR SAGA THAT, OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          SO YEAH, BECAUSE NOW ETTES, ROULETTE'S GONNA GET 'EM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          SORRY, . 
          DON'T RUB THAT IN. 
          THEY DON'T WANT 'EM EITHER. 
          . 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE RELATED TO SPORTS DESTINATIONS ARE, ARE VERY TEDIOUS, VERY COMPLEX, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET INTO THE PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL. 
          THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AT ONE TIME. 
          AND SO MANY OF THESE DEALS ARE IN THE WORKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND VERY FEW COME TO FRUITION. 
          AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY COMPLEX. 
          THE REASON IT DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH US IS WE DID NOT FEEL THAT EVEN AS FAR AS WE GOT, WE, WE DID NOT FEEL THAT, UM, THAT IT WAS A DEAL THAT WAS, WAS EQUITABLE TO THE CITY. 
          AND SO COUNCIL, AS THEY, THEY, WE TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED, WE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS A FAIR SHAKE. 
          AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOPSIDED, PULLED THE PLUG. 
          HOWEVER, THE, THE STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THE SPORTS TOURISM POTENTIAL STILL HAD A VERY VALID, UH, FOUNDATION TO IT THAT THIS ACCOMMODATES. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S THE EXACT SAME PROJECT MINUS THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM ROCK ON, IF THAT HELPS. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU TO, TO THE, I I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A WIN-WIN. 
          AND AGAIN, IT, I, I HAVE, I'VE HAD TWO CONVERSATIONS WITH GSA ONE WITH THEIR PRESIDENT, AND THEN SUNDAY EVENING WE HAD ONE WITH THE BOARD, VERY PRELIMINARY. 
          UM, I FELT VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE CONVERSATION. 
          I FELT THAT THEY WERE VERY OPEN-MINDED, ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS, THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. 
          UM, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S INTENTION TO SELL THEM OUT TO WHATEVER IT'S, THE IDEAS IS, UM, TRY TO KEEP THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS PROVIDING A THOUSAND KIDS ROUGHLY RECREATIONAL SOCCER OPPORTUNITIES AT A GOOD PRICE. 
          WE CAN'T ALIENATE THOSE, BUT I WANNA BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THEM, UM, IN A WAY THAT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO HOPEFULLY 20 FIELDS, NOT THE EIGHT TO 12, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU STRIPE 'EM AT, AT WINNERS. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE OPEN-MINDED. 
          MY MY HOPE IS, IS THAT THIS OPERATOR WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME CAPITAL ENHANCEMENTS. 
          THE CHALLENGE WITH ANY OF OUR SPORTS FIELDS IN, IN NORTH TEXAS IS IF YOU'RE PLAYING ON NATIVE SOIL CLAY, IT IS AWFUL TO MAINTAIN. 
          IT IS THE MOST EXPANSIVE CLAY ANYWHERE IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          UM, AND SO UNLESS THEY'RE AMENDED BY SAND, UM, THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP FLAT. 
          THEY GET VERY LUMPY. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS OPERATOR BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IMPROVEMENTS AT WINTERS PARK. 
          UM, NOW IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO BE ABLE TO MONETIZE IT. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR GSA, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE VERY CANDID CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THAT THAT MEANS THAT THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME COMPROMISE IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING CONTROL. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THE SCHEDULE AS IT STANDS, AND I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION GOES. 
          SO ONCE WE SELECT AN OPERATOR, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY INVITED GSA TO BE, UM, IN THE INTERVIEW PANEL AND BE PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS. 
          UM, AND SO WE WANT TO HEAR THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND TRY TO BAKE IT INTO THE, TO THE TOTAL PROJECT. 
          AND I ASSUME THAT THESE WILL BE KIND OF PROTECTED, IF YOU WILL, LIKE WINTERS WITH THE NEW FENCING, RIGHT? ANY, ANYTIME, ALL BUT, RIGHT. 
          SO WE, WE STARTED, UM, TRYING TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE OUT AT, AT ALL OF OUR FIELDS WHEN I GOT HERE, I DON'T KNOW, 20 18, 20 19. 
          UM, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT TOOK, IT TOOK SOME MONEY. 
          AND SO IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO, TO ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS WE'RE NOT USED TO BEING CHARGED TO USE THE FIELDS. 
          THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE, WE KIND OF JOKE, IT'S LIKE THE CITY JUST, HERE'S A FIELD, HERE'S A FIELD. 
          YOU GET A FIELD, EVERYBODY GETS A FIELD, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND WE'LL DO ALL THE WORK. 
          AND, AND SO WE, WE STARTED CHARGING, YOU KNOW, FIVE BUCKS A PARTICIPANT, OR DEPENDING ON THE SPORT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PER TEAM. 
          IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT HELPS US PAY FOR THE FERTILIZER. 
          IT HELPS US PAY FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE FIELDS, BOTH FROM AN APPEARANCE AND A SAFETY STANDPOINT. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN WORKING. 
          SO ANY GAME QUALITY FIELDS, YOU HAVE TO CONTROL, YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE OUT THE RECREATIONAL, THE FIELDS THAT YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP ON AND PLAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE OF THE MOST DISHEARTENING THINGS OUR PARK OPERATIONS STAFF CAN EVER SEE IS THEY'LL GO TO, UH, CENTRAL OR HOLFORD AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, UH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING FERTILIZER ON IT, MOWING IT THE RIGHT WAY, WATERING IT THE RIGHT WAY, A VERIFYING IT, VERTA CUTTING IT, AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES IN ONE WEEKEND AND DOES DONUTS ON IT AND TEARS IT ALL UP. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO CONTROL THESE QUALITY, QUALITY FIELDS. 
          MATTER OF FACT, CENTRAL FOOTBALL'S GETTING RE RESETTED RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S GONNA BE COOL AS I'VE BEEN TOLD MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE I FORGOT THAT WAS A PROJECT. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A LOT TO UNPACK. 
          I KNOW. 
          UM, HERE'S SOME OTHER KIND OF ONSITE CONSIDERATIONS THAT I, I THINK I COVERED 
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MOST OF IT. 
          UM, WE'VE VERY CAREFULLY CALCULATED, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDER 750 PARKING SPOTS, YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE ON ANY GIVEN FIELD, YOU GOT TWO TEAMS AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES WITH IT. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MORE TEAMS WAITING FOR THEIR TURN. 
          SO YOU GOT FOUR TEAMS PER FIELD, PLUS STAFF, PLUS, UH, REFEREES, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO WE'VE CAREFULLY CALCULATED THE PARKING SPOTS. 
          WE'VE REALLY SOLICITED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THESE CLUBS BEFORE THEY EVEN SUBMITTED FOR THE RFQ TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT THEY THINK ARE PART OF HIGHER QUALITY SPORTS COMPLEXES IN THE AREA. 
          UM, SO WE'VE, WITHIN BUDGET, WE THINK THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF THOSE GREAT IDEAS. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE A NICE MAINTENANCE AREA. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE, UH, I FORGOT TO MENTION. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE HOPEFULLY WITHIN BUDGET, A, A PLAYGROUND AREA. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF IT IN THE NUTSHELL. 
          DO YOU WANNA ADD ON ABOUT COORDINATION WITH SPRING CREEK AND, YEAH, LET'S, SO LET ME GO BACK TO THIS. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH SPRING CREEK AND WE FULLY RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO. 
          UH, IT ORIGINALLY, I DON'T THINK I SAW THIS ONE THAT, SO THIS IS, I SAW A DIFFERENT VERSION OF, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL. 
          SO THERE'S PROBABLY ONE WHERE THEY WERE THAT, THAT WAS CLOSER TO THE NAME AND FOUR IS, YEAH. 
          SO YOU, THERE, YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN EVEN EARLIER VERSIONS, BUT THOSE WERE LITERALLY JUST NAPKIN SKETCHES. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE LITERALLY THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS GOING FORWARD WITH THE USL SOCCER GROUP. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY DEPARTED, WE REALLY STARTED SCRUTINIZING SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE, KNOWING THAT OUR CLIENTELE WAS GONNA BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME ABOUT. 
          AND SO WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO CRAM TOO MANY FIELDS IN OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I ACTUALLY THINK FROM THE SPRING CREEK, UH, CONCERNS, THIS IS A BETTER DESIGN. 
          UH, IT'S, THIS IS NATURAL TURF, IT'S GONNA ABSORB THE RUNOFF. 
          IT'S GONNA BE MUCH EASIER FOR OUR ENGINEERS TO MANAGE THE RUNOFF WITHIN THOSE, THAT 10% CRITERIA MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, TO DEAL WITH. 
          UM, IN TALKING TO DAVID TODAY, WE'RE GONNA REROUTE THIS TRAIL A LITTLE BIT MORE OVER TO HERE. 
          TELL YOU WHAT TOM'S SO IT'S YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW TOM FRY, WHO USED TO DO MARK'S JOB, RIGHT? MARK LANDER'S JOB, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS ONE OF OUR ADVISORS. 
          'CAUSE HE PROBABLY KNOWS MORE ABOUT SPRING CREEK THAN ANYBODY. 
          UH, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND MOVING THE TRAIL CONNECTION FROM THE EAST END OF THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT TO THE WEST END OF THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT AND CONNECTING THE TRAIL TO THE 1770 HALFORD PARKING LOT. 
          THIS WOULD ALLOW THE NEW PARKING LOT TO SUPPLEMENT EVENT PARKING AT THE VISITOR'S CENTER. 
          SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I I PROBABLY TWICE A YEAR MAYBE WE GET A, AN EVENT THAT'S BIG ENOUGH TO SURE. 
          FILL UP THE PARKING LOT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE, I THINK IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE'S KIND OF A, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERSECTION OPPORTUNITY MAYBE RIGHT HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          IF I CAN SEE THAT OR NOT. 
          UM, SO I'VE ALREADY VISITED WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, WE CAN MOVE THIS TO WHATEVER MM-HMM . 
          MAKES SENSE TO WHERE, CLOSER TO THE PARKING. 
          SO I JUST WANT, YEAH. 
          I THINK WE'RE JUST THINKING FROM, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, SHORTER WALK FOR OVERFLOW IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I, I DIDN'T GET TO, AND THANK YOU DELEE FOR REMINDING ME. 
          SO THE, THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT INPUT FROM THE SPRING CREEK SOCIETY IS THIS BUFFER RIGHT HERE. 
          UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME DESIRABLE THINGS IN HERE AND THERE'S SOME INVASIVE, NOT DESIRABLE THINGS. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS THE, THE COMMITMENT FROM, FROM US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUFFER, I, I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IT WAS, IT'S PART OF THE PRESERVE AND IT'S A SEAMLESS BUFFER. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE THE UNDESIRABLE STUFF AND REPLACE IT WITH THE THINGS THAT, THE LIST THAT THE SOCIETY HAS HAS PROVIDED FOR US. 
          UM, AND, AND I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM, AND MANY OF THEM I RECOGNIZED NOT ALL OF 'EM ARE AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME PLANT RESCUE DAYS. 
          UM, BUT THE IDEA IS, IS THAT WHATEVER TREES WE WANT TO PLANT IN THIS BUFFER, I'D LIKE IT TO BE AS THICK AS IT NEEDS TO BE TO MATCH THE ECOSYSTEM WITH ALL THE SAME SPECIES THAT WE KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET A HERCULES CLUB, UH, AT, AT A, AT A NURSERY, BUT THEY'RE, THEY, THEY MAY COME IN ON THEIR OWN. 
          WE'VE LOST A LOT. 
          I THINK. 
          I, I THINK THE WEATHER MAY BE GETTING THEM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE, UH, YEAH. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE LOST, LOST ALL THE WESTERN SOAP BERRIES THAT WERE ALWAYS REALLY COOL. 
          WE LOST A TON OF THOSE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. 
          AND WE'LL LOSE ALL THE ASHES SOON. 
          THOSE TOO. 
          SO I THINK BETWEEN THE MAIN SPECIES THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK BETWEEN THE PECANS AND THE ELMS AND THE OAKS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PLANT THAT BACK. 
          AND THEN, THEN THE NEXT UNDERSTORY WILL WORK ON THAT. 
          UM, THE, THE GRASS AND THE, AND THE WILDFLOWER. 
          SO I, I, I WANT THAT TO LOOK AS GOOD AS, AND HAVE AS MUCH FOCUS DOING IT RIGHT AS ANYTHING ELSE, SO THAT THE ECOSYSTEMS BLEND THE WAY THEY SHOULD. 
          YOU'VE ALSO MENTIONED WE'VE GOT PROBABLY A COUPLE OF DRAINAGE CONCERNS ON THE OTHER SIDE WE NEED TO TRY TO ADDRESS. 
          IT PROBABLY ISN'T PART OF THIS PROJECT SCOPE, BUT WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT. 
          SO I, I, AT SOME POINT WE'LL NEED A, 
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A FIELD TRIP SO WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT WASHOUT 'CAUSE IT, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPOSED, SOME OF IT'S AN ARTIFACT OF THE GUY THAT RAN THE QUARRY, I'M SURE. 
          OH YEAH. 
          IT IS. 
          IT'S, IT'S THIS, IT'S RIGHT HERE. 
          THAT QUARRY WAS, YOU COULD STILL SEE SOME OF IT. 
          THE QUARRY WAS RIGHT WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU GO SOME, SOME OF IT, YEAH. 
          SOME OLD HISTORICAL PHOTOS. 
          YOU COULD SEE A WHOLE LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          DUG UP. 
          NOT SURPRISE. 
          WHEN WE DID OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING  FOR THIS WHOLE AREA. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S PROBABLY A MESS UNDERNEATH THAT ONE SOCCER FIELD AS FAR AS JUST PUSH JUNK INTO THE, A LOT OF LIMESTONE HOLE, YOU KNOW, REBAR, ASPHALT, WHATEVER YOU COULD FIND. 
          YEP. 
          THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN THERE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH IT. 
          LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY FEEDBACK CONCERNS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO UNPACK, BUT THIS PROJECT'S BEEN THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE. 
          AND HOW LONG DID YOU SAY? ONCE WE THROW DIRT, I'M HOPING WE'RE BREAKING GROUND IN THE FALL AND THEN FINISH TO COMPLETION PROBABLY 12 MONTHS. 
          AND IN THE MEANTIME, SO WE, WE'VE CLOSED THE RFP FOR THE OPERATOR, RFQ, AND THEN WE'RE ISSUING AN RFP FOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ON HERE. 
          WE WANT THE TWO TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, THE, THE, THERE'S A LOT MORE INTEREST IN, IN THIS CORNER THAN THERE IT IS BEEN FOR SALE FOREVER AND HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE, CHANGES THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR PROPERTY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHERE THE HALFORD ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT MIGHT BE. 
          DID WE LOOK AT THAT FOR SOCCER FIELDS TOO, ON THIS SIDE? YEAH. 
          I MEAN, NEED 20. 
          WE, WE, WE DID NOT HAVE MONEY FOR THIS SIDE. 
          UM, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER ACTUALLY ACQUIRE ALL OF THESE, IF POSSIBLE. 
          BUT THIS IS FOR SALE BY THE SPRING CREEK CHURCH, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOME STATE LEGISLATURE CHANGES THAT, UM, THIS, I I THINK QUITE FRANKLY, THIS WILL LIKELY BE SOME TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY. 
          UM, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN THAT DECISION OUT OF OUR HANDS TO, WE CANNOT ZONE THAT OUT ANYMORE. 
          UM, AND SO, AND THIS PROPERTY DOWN HERE HAS BEEN FOR SALE FOR A WHILE. 
          IT'S GOT, IT'S GOT SOME CHALLENGES FOR OTHER REASONS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND PART OF THEM IS, IS, IS BEING BISECTED BY, BY NAME AND MAKES THESE TWO DIFFICULT FOR ONE DEVELOPER TO, TO MAKE A CONTIGUOUS PROJECT OUT OF IT. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ABOUT SEVEN ACRES FOR SALE OVER BY STRIKE AND REEL. 
          SO WHAT WE HOPE IS, IS THAT IF, IF A HOTEL CONVENTION, HOTEL PROJECT IS VIABLE, AND THAT'S ANOTHER BIG LIFT IN PROJECT ON ITS OWN, THEN IT STARTS TO KIND OF GENERATE SPINOFF PROJECTS AND OTHER BUS, OTHER BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN INFLUENCE THAT IN A, IN A POSITIVE WAY. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HOPE FOR, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE REASON WE WOULD LIKE THE TRAIL TO GO CLOSER TO THE PARKING LOT IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME OF THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING MORE TRAFFIC INTO THE, INTO THE PRESERVE AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          YOU KNOW, LETTING, LETTING US DO OUR JOB. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, UH, WHICH WE LOVE TO DO. 
          AND, UH, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MORE FLOW OF PEOPLE YOU GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE SECURE A PLACE BECOMES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, THOSE ELEMENT ACTIVITIES WE DON'T WANT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ARE GONNA HOPEFULLY FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. 
          YEP. 
          TOTALLY AGREE. 
          WE, WE, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          AND WE, YOU KNOW, THESE, ESPECIALLY DURING TOURNAMENT WEEKENDS, THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE A REALLY LONG TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY WANTED TO GET OUT AND WALK, WALK THAT TRAIL. 
          'CAUSE IT'S SO SOME SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. 
          UM, YOU MIGHT BE USEFUL TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OR QUESTIONS? AWESOME. 
          I KNOW WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT BACK THERE. 
          UH, MS. WILSON RIGHT HERE? SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAY SEE. 
          OH YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, NO, YOU, YOU HAVE GIVE HAVE FROM MICROPHONE. 
          WE HAVE TO HEAR IT. 
          MICROPHONE, YOU'RE ON RECORD. 
          WE'RE RECORDING YOU FOR ETERNITY. 
          MR. . 
          THANK YOU, MR. ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M DANA WILSON. 
          I LIVE AT 5 8 1 8 CHRISTIE LANE IN GARLAND. 
          AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST. 
          FIRST, I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THE HIKE. 
          THE TRAIL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT COULD LEAD BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SOCCER DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRESERVE. 
          WILL, WILL WE, WE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO CLOSE OR SECURE THAT TRAIL SO THAT AT NIGHT WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEM IS THE WHOLE PROPERTY'S NOT FENCED. 
          SO, SO GATING JUST THE TRAIL ITSELF WOULD NOT BE PROBABLY VERY PRODUCTIVE. 
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EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL FIELDS WILL BE FENCED OFF IN, IN THE PODS THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          THE WHOLE PROPERTY'S NOT INTENDED TO BE. 
          WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, SEE KIND OF WHAT ACTIVITY HAPPENS. 
          SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, IF WE WERE TO CONNECT IT KIND OF TO HERE, SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA, WHERE IN HERE PROB PROBABLY THIS AREA. 
          WHO WOULD WANT SOME KIND OF CLOSURE WITH THE PROPERTY LINE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THIS PRESERVE? 'CAUSE ONCE THE GAMES ARE, ARE OVER, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYBODY HERE PAST ABOUT 10 TO MIDNIGHT MIDNIGHT'S REALLY PUSHING IT. 
          'CAUSE MOST, MOST YOUTH TOURNAMENTS ARE DONE BY NINE O'CLOCK AND EVERYBODY'S GOING HOME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, HOWEVER, IF WE, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE LINGERING IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEN COMING OVER, WE COULD FI WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN IT. 
          I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO IT IN A WAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T JUST GO AROUND IT THROUGH THE FOREST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME REAL IMPORTANT BAD SITUATIONS GOING ON SURE. 
          IN THAT PARKING LOT AT NIGHT. 
          SO, SO LET US, LET US LOOK AT THAT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE'VE, WE CAN DO IT OFFLINE. 
          AND REFRESH MY MEMORY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, LIGHTING AND CAMERA PROJECTS THAT HAVE KIND OF STARTED AND STOPPED AND HAD, WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGE, LIKE FOR CAMERAS AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEAREST FIBER OPTIC CABLES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GEORGE BUSH. 
          SO WE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT ON PROPERTY. 
          SO NOW IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO GET CAMERAS HERE. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'VE GOT A CURRENT LIGHTING PROJECT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY SOME SOLAR OPTIONS THAT I THINK WOULD BE BETTER THAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF 'EM. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, AS, THE EFFICACY'S NOT AS GOOD AS ONE THAT'S GOT POWER. 
          BUT I THINK WE COULD ABSOLUTELY BETWEEN ADDRESS THAT, BETWEEN THE CAMERAS AND THE LIGHTING MIGHT DEAL WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE, WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THAT CHALLENGE AND WANT IT TO BE, WE WANT IT TO GO AWAY, BUT IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FUNDS I CAN GET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THE COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON THE PLANT, UH, SELECTION THERE. 
          UM, PARTICULARLY I THINK ON THE AREA HERE, THE UPPER LEFT WHERE IT'S THE, THE BUFFER IS SO SMALL RIGHT. 
          BETWEEN THE FIELD AND THE PRESERVE. 
          UM, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 
          'CAUSE I, I, I GO BY HERE, I EAT LUNCH OVER HERE A LOT. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD MAKE IN HERE. 
          IS THAT SAFE TO SAY? I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE OPEN, SO I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT COULD WE MAKE THIS BUFFER AND THIS BUFFER, THE PROPERTY LINE, JUST AN IMAGINARY LINE, SOMETHING WE CAN DO HERE TO, SO WE HELP IMPROVE THAT HABITAT? OR IS IT LIKE YOU WANT IT NOW? WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CLEARING THAT FIELD OUT SOME JUST BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD EVOLVE INTO A NICE PRAIRIE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          THERE IS A BRAND NEW, A NEW PLANT THAT WAS JUST NAMED IN ABOUT, WELL, IT'S WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS PROBABLY. 
          IS THAT THE GAY FEATHER SPECIES? YES, IT IS. 
          YEP. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S RIGHT ALONG IN THERE. 
          WE THINK SO. 
          DO WE CAN'T IDENTIFY THAT TILL THE SUMMER. 
          CORRECT. 
          DEAD HEAT OF SUMMER. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S DO THIS. 
          LET'S, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          LET'S DO A PLANT DAY. 
          AND I WOULD BE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, ME, I'M A, I LOVE, I'M A PLANT NERD. 
          UM, I CAN SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THIS IS AND LET'S TREAT IT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF A, A, A, IF IT MAKES SENSE AND YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SOMETHING. 
          AND IF YOU, IF YOU THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE FENCED OFF JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GET TRAMPLED OR SOMETHING, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT I'M VERY OPEN TO FINDING A WAY TO MAKE THIS SITE HAPPEN AS WELL, SO THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL ONE CONTIGUOUS ECOSYSTEM. 
          WELL, AND I'D LIKE TO REFERENCE, I THINK THAT WHEN THEY DID THE DESIGN OF THE LANDSCAPE, UH, FOR THE REBUILDING OF, UM, HOLFORD RICK, WHOEVER DID THAT, THEY'VE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND AROUND TOWN, I NOTICED IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARIES NOW ON THE REMODELS OF THE LIBRARIES DOING A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING IN NATIVE PLANTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEY'RE ESTABLISHED. 
          THEY, THEY LOOK GREAT. 
          AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THOSE MASS PLANTINGS, I CAN SEE WHERE THEY WERE EVER HOLFORD. 
          THEY GOT SOME, SOME GREAT PLANTS THERE THAT WOULD WORK VERY WELL. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE PLANTS, BUT GREAT NATIVES. 
          SO YOU COULD HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THERE. 
          SO I JUST, UH, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE INPUT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME PLANT LISTS THERE. 
          SO WHEN, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO HAVING, WE, WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING. 
          WE HAVE ONE EVERY WEDNESDAY. 
          AND SO AS THEY GET A LITTLE CLOSER WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, I'LL MAKE SURE I CIRCULATE A COPY SO YOU GUYS CAN COMMENT ON THE, UH, PLANT TYPES. 
          THANKS VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          I DO BELIEVE THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES. 
          THAT'S AFTER 
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A PARDON? OH, SORRY. 
           DIDN'T GO THE WAY THEY NO WORRIES. 
          UH, SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THIS? ANYBODY COMMENTS? JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL A CONTEXT, UH, MOLLY AND LIBBY AND I MET, UM, SO IT'S, IT SAYS PAGE THREE. 
          YOU HAVE IT IN HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, WE HAVE THE, UM, KIND OF SOME OF THOSE WORDS AND PHRASES FROM WHEN WE ALL WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND WE TOOK THOSE AND WE WROTE A MISSION STATEMENT AND THEN WE KIND OF CONSOLIDATED THE OBJECTIVES. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO Y'ALL AND SEE IF Y'ALL THOUGHT THIS IS GOOD AND WE SHOULD GO FOR IT. 
          OR IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO SUGGEST. 
          AND THE WAY THAT WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IS WE, IT'S CONSIDER APPROVAL, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE DISCUSSION AND NEED IT TO GO BACK, THEN Y'ALL, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          PUT IT ON FOR APPROVAL NEXT TIME. 
          I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS WHEN I WENT. 
          THIS WORD CONDUIT JUST SEEMED LIKE A FUNNY WORD TO ME. 
          . 
          IT WAS ONE THAT WAS USED OVER AND OVER AND OVER WHEN WE WERE THAT NIGHT WE WERE TALKING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT KEPT BEING BROUGHT UP. 
          AND SO WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WE'LL PUT CONDUIT, . 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, IN, IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, CURRENT CLIMATE IN, IN OUR COUNTRY THESE DAYS, I WAS WONDERING IF IT MADE SENSE TO SAY DIVERSE AND EQUITY. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE, MAYBE WE WERE DEEP ENOUGH IN THE PILE. 
          I MEAN, I BELIEVE IN THOSE THINGS. 
          YOU JUST DON'T WANT IT TO CAUSE ISSUES FOR, I JUST DON'T WANT IT, YOU KNOW, SOME AI THING TO FIND IT. 
          AND IN FACT, SOMETHING WE'RE GOOD. 
          AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT MADE SENSE TO SPELL OUT CAPRA, JUST SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR I THINK SPELLING OUT  GREAT IDEA BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS. 
          , EXCEPT THIS TRUE. 
          HAVE TO LOOK AT MY SHIRT. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO, UH, ARE WE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT WITH THE AMENDED, UH, STUFF? MM-HMM . 
          AWESOME. 
          SO, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND VOTE IT AS, AS IT IS, BUT WITH THE CHANGES? SO HANG ON JUST A SECOND THOUGH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO USE, SO CONDUIT, DID WE, LET ME LOOK BACK. 
          DID WE USE IT ANYWHERE BESIDES THE FOR WORDS AND PHRASES? WHERE IS IT? IT'S IN THE MISSION STATEMENT. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST IN THE STATEMENT. 
          LOOKED LIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S IN THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THEN DIVERSE MISSION STATEMENT MAKES ME THINK OF ELECTRICITY. 
          WHEN YOU SAY CONDUIT, , THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A WORD THAT WAS USED OVER AND OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND THEN THE DIVERSE PROGRAMS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT DAVID? OR YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BETTER WORD WOULD BE, BUT WHAT ABOUT VARIED? YEAH. 
          WELL, I MEAN WE, WE, I MEAN, DIVERSE IS DIFFERENT THAN DIVERSITY SENSE. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M PROBABLY OKAY WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I, I BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO REPLACE CONDUIT? 'CAUSE IT, YEAH. 
          PATHWAY. 
          OH, PATHWAY. 
          DO PEOPLE LIKE PATHWAY? PATHWAY WORKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK WE STICK WITH DIVERSE PROGRAMS. I THINK DIVERSE IS FINE. 
          AND THEN IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE NURTURING EQUITY TO SOMETHING ELSE SO THAT IT'S NOT BOTH BUZZWORDS IN THERE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I THINK IN THIS CONTEXT, DIVERSE JUST MEANS VERY, VERY, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY, SO THEN EMOTION NEEDS. 
          ARE WE CHANGING EQUITY OR ARE WE LEAVING EQUITY IN, UH, 0.1? COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DOES, DOESN'T BOTHER ANYBODY ELSE. 
          I'M GOOD WITH IT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 
          CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION TO READ IT IN THE REVISED LANGUAGE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT ON RECORD? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THE REVISED MISSION STATEMENT, THE MISSION OF THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD IS TO BE A PATHWAY FOR INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY WELLBEING BY DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, AND ADVOCATING FOR EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, DYNAMIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND DIVERSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN JUST CHANGING THE LAST LINE THERE IN THE BEAUTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, UH, POINT TO WHERE WERE WE AT HERE. 
          SO SPELL SUPPORT THE GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN ADHERING TO THE PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ARTS STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN TREE CITY USA AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES. 
          ACCREDITATION. 
          YES. 
          AWESOME. 
          BUT WE SHOULDN'T MOTION BECAUSE 
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WE WROTE IT. 
          FAIR . 
          YEAH. 
          I MAKE ANY CHANGES. 
          WE GOT A MOTION BY MS. JANSEN OVER THERE. 
          ANY SECOND? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          MR. MOOREHEAD? SECOND. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AWESOME. 
          THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SUPER . 
          HARDLY. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE THE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. 
          POOR DATES AND LOCATIONS. 
          I NEED TO START. 
          OKAY, SO AT THE LAST UH, PARK BOARD MEETING, IT WAS REQUESTED TO POTENTIALLY MOVE THE, UH, THE TOUR FROM JUNE WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT, OR JULY TO AN EARLIER DATE IN THE YEAR. 
          SO STAFF LOOKED AT SOME DATES. 
          THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS, UM, ON AVAILABILITY WITH OUR EVENT CALENDAR, JUST THINGS GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, BUT OF COURSE YOU ALL ARE FREE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT DATES. 
          UM, APRIL THE 11TH, APRIL THE 18TH, OR APRIL THE 25TH. 
          AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE JUST HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON LOCATIONS FOR YOU ALL TO, UM, GO AND LOOK AT, UM, LOU HUFF. 
          OF COURSE, Y'ALL WENT LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, CONSTRUCTION WILL, UM, HAVE STARTED. 
          THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE A LOT THAT WILL HAVE HAPPENED QUITE YET. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION. 
          THE SENIOR CENTER, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN POURED. 
          WE'RE PROBABLY BY APRIL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WALLS GOING UP. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SITE TO GO AND VISIT THE BOB DAY TENNIS CENTER. 
          UM, THAT IS ALMOST COMPLETE. 
          AND UM, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A RIBBON CUTTING THAT YOU ALL COULD GO TO. 
          BUT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER GOOD FACILITY TO GO, EVEN IF IT IS OPEN AND SEE, UM, PEOPLE UTILIZING THAT SPACE. 
          UH, WIND, JOYCE, UM, WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE, UH, BE STARTING ON CONSTRUCTION QUITE YET, SO WE MAY WANNA CONSIDER THAT. 
          OF COURSE, THE CENTRAL PARK LOOP TRAIL SEGMENT THREE. 
          AND THAT'S IN PROGRESS OF, AND OF COURSE WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE Y'ALL ANYWHERE ELSE THAT Y'ALL MAY WANT TO SEE. 
          BUT THOSE WERE JUST IDEAS THAT WE, UM, AT LEAST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A PLACE TO START YOUR DISCUSSION. 
          AWESOME. 
          I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. 
          LET'S DO THE 11TH OR THE 18TH, THE 25TH. 
          MAYBE THE OTHER TWO ARE DEFINITELY OUT FOR ME. 
          UH, DO WE WANNA SETTLE ON A DATE FIRST? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE 25TH? PERFECT GUESS THE 25TH IT IS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          AND LOCATIONS. 
          ARE WE COOL WITH THE LOCATIONS SUGGESTED OR ARE THERE ANY THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM COURT? AND WE CAN FINE TUNE THIS. 
          I THINK IT WAS MORE OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US SOME THINGS THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE AND BECAUSE WE CAN FINE TUNE THAT. 
          WELL, FOR ME ON THIS LIST, THE SENIOR CENTER BOB DAY AND THE, UH, LOOP TRAIL ARE ABSOLUTELY AT THE TOP OF MY LIST. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT ABOUT SPRING CREEK PRESERVE? JUST TO CHECK ON THINGS AND SEE THIS AREA WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN ALL THE SOCCER FIELDS. 
          AND WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE THAT, THAT THE 25TH IS THE BIOBLITZ. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE ANYWAY, BIG, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL BLITZ AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BEAT EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          NUMBER OF SPECIES AND STUFF. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          LOVE IT. 
          UH, ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WHAT ABOUT SURF AND SWIM? 'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO OPEN, RIGHT?  YOU SAY MAY THAT TO SEE THAT? YEAH, SURE. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? AWESOME. 
          WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO, WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON THE DATE, AND THEN STAFF CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, LOCATIONS AND WE CAN KIND COME BACK WITH A REVISED PLAN FOR THE MARCH, UH, MEETING AND VOTE THERE FOR THE LOCATIONS. 
          SO, UM, MOTION FOR APRIL 25TH. 
          MAKE A MOTION. 
          MAKE A MOTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE GOT A ONE THAT CARED. 
          WE GOT A MOTION FROM MS. ODOM. 
          MR. PAR, DO YOU WANT A SECOND? SURE. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MR. PARISH, WE SECOND. 
          AWESOME. 
          OH, AND DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? SO, UH, MOTION OR WE GOTTA APPROVE IT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          SORRY. 
          AYE, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY NAYS? AWESOME. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE THE, TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE WILD 
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SCAPE NAMING AT 1787 HOLFORD. 
          SO I PROVIDED YOU ALL ANOTHER HANDOUT, UM, THAT, UM, PROVIDE YOU THE REQUEST THAT CAME INTO THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY FOR SPRING CREEK FOREST AND GAVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A, A, A TWO PART PRO, WELL, IT'S TWO PARTS. 
          THE CITY, UH, THE COUNTY NEEDS, UH, BASICALLY OUR BLESSING AS THE CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WE APPROVE THIS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THEN THE COUNTY HAS A PROCESS TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND TAKE IT TO THEIR OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE AND THEN TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, I THINK IS THE TWO, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 
          HOLD ON, I HAVE THE EMAIL. 
          LET ME READ IT. 
          UM, YEAH, SO THE DALLAS COUNTY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PASS A, UM, TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY AND THEY CAN TAKE IT TO THEIR TAPS BOARD AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          SO THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN THIS TOO. 
          UM, I'M GONNA LET MR. PARISH SPEAK TO THE, THE REQUEST, BUT I DO WANNA PUT ON RECORD THAT AS FAR AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. 
          SO, SO AS WE ALL KNOW, AS WE GET OLDER, WE HAVE CHANGES IN LIFE AND PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS TO, TO SOMETIMES MOVE. 
          AND, UH, HENRY AND JUDY, YOU KNOW, HAD ONE OF THOSE, UH, CHANGES IN LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, UH, WERE, UH, WE WERE SAYING GOODBYE AT, AT OUR DECEMBER, UH, UH, SPRING CREEK FOREST CHRISTMAS PARTY. 
          AND, UM, WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, OF NAMING THE WILD SCAPE AFTER 'EM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF TOOK IT FROM KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY MAINTAINED, UH, FEATURE TO, REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND THOUGHTFULLY MAINTAINED. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT LOOKS SO NICE TODAY BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK AND THEIR FOCUS AND, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALSO BEEN PART OF OUR BOARD. 
          AND, UM, THEY, UM, CAME UP WITH THE, UH, MOTH NIGHT. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, OUR BIG FUNCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, WE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GONNA BE SO POPULAR. 
          BUT I THINK BY THE MIDDLE OF JULY, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND, YOU KNOW, LATE KIND OF AN EVENING THING KIND OF WORKS. 
          AND, UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING OUR, EXCUSE ME, UH, INTERPRETIVE NATURE TRAIL. 
          THEY WERE PART OF THE TEAM TO PUT THAT ON. 
          HENRY PUT TOGETHER THE BROCHURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CORNER HELPED US ORGANIZE, YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL THE POSTS IN AND, UH, THEY WERE PART OF THE, THE MASTER NATURALIST CLASS THAT, UH, THAT DID THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, WITH A, A LITTLE GUIDANCE FROM US. 
          SO, SO WE, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT, UH, NAME THE WILD SCAPE AFTER THEM. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A SPEAKER TOO, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          PROBABLY CAN SAY IT MORE ELOQUENTLY. 
          ALRIGHT, WELCOME BACK MS. WILSON. 
          ME. 
          OH, TELL ME. 
          ARE NOT . 
          I KNOW. 
          HOME. 
          DID YOU MAKE THIS? I DID. 
          OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          WELL, I JUST WANT TO, UM, REITERATE WHAT DAVID HAS SAID, HOW IMPORTANT AND JUDY HAVE BEEN TO US. 
          THEY ARE IN SANTA FE NOW. 
          WE'VE FORGIVEN THEM FOR THAT . 
          THEY REALLY DID TAKE ON REALLY MAINTAINING THIS GARDEN. 
          AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, WE KNOW THAT THIS GARDEN WAS PLANTED 30 TO 40 YEARS AGO, SO LONG AGO THAT WE CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO PLANTED IT. 
          WE KNOW IT WAS PART OF THE GARLAND CHAPTER OF THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, WHICH HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY THE DALLAS GROUP NOW, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IT IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND FULL OF NOTHING BUT NATIVE PLANTS. 
          THERE IS NO NO IRRIGATION. 
          MOTHER NATURE WATERS THIS GARDEN. 
          BUT HENRY AND JUDY BROUGHT PLANTS FROM THEIR OWN YARD, BEAUTIFUL NATIVE PLANTS FROM THEIR OWN YARD, AND THEY'VE DONE A TON OF WORK OUT THERE. 
          AND, UH, AND NOW IT IS, IT'S A SHOW PLACE. 
          WE WILL, ON APRIL 25TH, BE HAVING THE BIOBLITZ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER VOLUNTEER GARLAND WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG CROWD OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TAKING PICTURES. 
          AND THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA SEE IS THIS WILD SCAPE, OUR INTERPRETIVE TRAIL THAT THEY ESTABLISHED. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN SO CENTRAL TO THE, TO THE PRESERVE, TO THIS PART OF THE PRESERVE, AND ALSO TO THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A WELL-DESERVED HONOR FOR THIS, THIS REALLY TALENTED AND HARDWORKING COMPANY. 
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS OF SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, I SECOND SUPPORT THIS, UH, RENAMED. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT? SO, UH, MR. PARRISH IS GOING TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WILDS SKYPE WILD SCAPE NAMING AT 1787 HALFORD ROAD AFTER HENRY AND JUDY ASNER. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          AND THEN A SECOND FROM THOSE YOU MS. JANSEN. 
          LOVE IT. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          AND WE NEED TO MAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION. 
          SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES. 
          AN AGREEABLE GROUP,  AWESOME. 
          AND THE PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE. 
          I WILL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE. 
          I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A FUNDRAISER AND LEMME GET MY NOTES OUT AGAIN. 
          MAY 16TH AT, UM, SURF AND SWIM. 
          IT'LL KIND OF BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT, WHAT WAS THAT, HOLFORD? MM-HMM . 
          WE DID THE HOLFORD AQUATICS CENTER THERE. 
          SO WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING, WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TRYING TO GET THAT TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER CAR WASH, UH, FUNDRAISER. 
          UH, WELL AS WELL, UH, WE RAISED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY WITH THAT LAST ONE THAT WE DID, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT MAYBE MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON A, UH, BENCH AT RICK ODIN PARK, UM, THAT IT WILL BE DONATED, OR I GUESS FUNDS WILL BE DONATED BY JOHN ODIN, WHO'S RICK ODIN'S BROTHER. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WILL THAT BE FOR RICK ODIN? CORRECT. 
          AND, AND MEMORY OF RICK OIN. 
          I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE A PLAQUE THERE. 
          AND, YES. 
          SO WE, UH, CARRIE, UH, PACHECO, OUR PARK OPERATIONS IN DIRECTOR HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE PARK FOUNDATION AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE SPOT FOR THE BENCH AND SHE'S WORKING ON WHAT THE PLAQUE WILL BE AND WHERE IT WILL GO. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS EXCITING THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE MOVED FORWARD ON THE FOUNDATION. 
          REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          AWESOME. 
          ONTO ITEM G THERE. 
          THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE. 
          MR. MARK. 
          OH, KEITH, TOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I GET TO DO THE MORNING PART. 
          GETS DO THE FUN PART. 
          OH,  MUST BE MINE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BASICALLY, UH, WE, UH, PRESENTED OUR CIP BUDGET IN JANUARY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD. 
          OKAY. 
           . 
          AND, UM, AND LAST NIGHT THE, UH, CIP WAS APPROVED. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GOING OVER IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. 
          IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL SEE A SMALLER VERSION OF THE ACTUAL CIP PROJECT. 
          I DID NOT THINK Y'ALL WANT 390 PAGES. 
          SO THIS IS STRICTLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION SECTION OF THE CIP THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO THE MAIN THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, TO COUNCIL, UH, WAS, UM, HUFF PARK. 
          UM, THAT IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, BASICALLY IS ALREADY BID OUT. 
          UM, THE MA MAJOR FOCUS, UH, I'LL LET MARK GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. 
          MATTER OF FACT, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MARK S PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR, UH, ESSENTIALLY THIS PROJECT THAT LUHA IS, UH, INCLUDES DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING REC CENTER AND, UH, ACTIVITY BUILDING, UM, AND A NEW COVERED PAVILION, PERMANENT RESTROOM AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. 
          A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, THE, UH, AMENITIES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED WERE BASED ON PUBLIC, UH, FEEDBACK, UM, AND THEIR WANTS. 
          AND THROUGHOUT A SERIES OF MEETINGS, THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED WITH THIS ONE. 
          UM, WE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, WE HAVE A, IT'S A VERY SOCIALLY, UH, MINDFUL SITE. 
          UH, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE CULTURE RING. 
          UM, I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO YOU MAY AS WELL STOP ME, BUT OKAY. 
          . 
          SO, UH, BASICALLY, UH, BASED OFF OF THE BIDS THAT HAPPENED IN, UH, NOVEMBER, CORRECT, UH, WE WAS BASICALLY $1.1 MILLION OVER. 
          AND, UH, PART OF THE 2026, UH, CIP WAS TO REQUEST THAT, UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED 
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IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER WHEN WE TOOK THE, UM, BIDS TO COUNCIL. 
          UH, SO THIS WAS A FORMAL, UH, PROCESS. 
          AND BASICALLY THE BIDS WAS BASICALLY DUE TO INCREASE COSTS AND TO INCLUDE SOME ENHANCEMENT, UH, AMENITIES BASED OFF OF COMMUNITY AND SHAREPOINT INPUT. 
          SO NEXT, Y'ALL WILL LIKE THIS. 
          UH, SO FORMER PARK BOARD MEMBER KEPT ON TALKING ABOUT LIGHTING . 
          Y'ALL KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT LIGHTING. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY, WE QUESTION. 
          LET ME, THAT'S MY JOB. 
          NOW, , WE, WE DID, UH, WE REQUEST, UH, A LINING PACKAGE. 
          WE COULD REQUEST MORE THAN 312,000, BUT WE ARE RESTRICTED. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND, UH, LOOKED THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN AND IDENTIFIED THINGS THAT WAS CALLED OUT IN OUR MASTER PLAN, UH, PLUS THE AUDUBON PARK, UH, REQUEST THAT WE GOT FROM A FORMER, OUR BOARD MEMBER. 
          AND, UH, THIS, UH, AND COMMUNITY LEADER. 
          AND COMMUNITY LEADER. 
          AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY, UH, WAS APPROVED. 
          UH, SO THIS IS, UH, WILL HELP SOME, UH, MUCH NEEDED, UH, LIGHTING ENHANCEMENT, UH, AS SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. 
          CAN WE GET ONE LIGHT BULB FOR THE SCOREBOARD AT CENTRAL? YES, WE COULD DO THAT. 
          I THINK CARRIE'S ALREADY GOT THAT ON HER TO-DO LIST. 
          SO, UM, NEXT IS, UH, TENNIS COURTS AND TENNIS COURTS. 
          UH, UH, THESE ARE, UH, CENTRAL AND I DO BELIEVE BRADFIELD, UH, THAT ALSO WAS, UH, INCLUDED, UM, FOR RESURFACING THE EXISTING COURTS, ADDING SOME PICKER BALL STRAPPING AND UPGRADED LIGHTING SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS HOFER. 
          UH, SO SANDY ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO GO A LOT OF DETAIL. 
          UH, AND THEN THE REST OF THIS IS BASICALLY PROJECT COSTS. 
          AND I'M GONNA REFER BACK TO WHAT I PROVIDED Y'ALL. 
          IT ACTUALLY WILL SHOW WHAT THE 2026 COST. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA GO IN DETAIL ON THIS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE KIND OF SHOW COUNCIL WHAT WAS A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR'S CIP VERSUS THIS YEAR. 
          THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REALLY IMPACTED WAS WIND JOCE. 
          UM, BASICALLY HAD AN INCREASE OF 7 53, 7 50 3000. 
          AND THEN THE PARK, UH, SCHOOL BOARD AND SIGNAGE, WE ACTUALLY INCREASED A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THE ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WE WAS GETTING AS PART OF THE PLAN. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS FOR MAJORITY OF THAT IS FOR CENTRAL SCOREBOARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER DURING, UM, A PRESENTATION WITH CENTRAL BASEBALL, THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, IDENTIFYING THREE SCHOOL BOARDS AT CENTRAL THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE REPLACING THOSE SCOREBOARDS THAT WASN'T WORKING AT ALL. 
          SO, UH, SO WE ARE TAKING PACKAGES THAT, UH, IS PRESENTED TO HARWARD AND WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR MASTER PLANS ON THINGS THAT WE COULD SUBMIT FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          SO ON THE WIND, JOYCE, WHAT DO WE GET FOR THE 750,000? WE GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO BUILD, RIGHT? ESSENTIALLY AFTER THE BIDS CAME IN, THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE REMOVED FOR VALUE ENGINEERED, UH, WAS ONE LINEAR BOARDWALK. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE WAS MAINTAINED ON SITE, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT WAS PROPOSED. 
          SO, AND WHEN, MARK THAT BACK LINEAR BOARDWALK? NO, THAT ONE WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED. 
          UH, AND MARK HAS A PRESENTATION AND HE CAN SHOW Y'ALL WHEN, LIKE SPECIFICALLY WHICH ONE IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL FOR ME. 
          NOW YOU GET THE FUN STUFF. 
          I, I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT THE, THE TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, WITH RICHARDSON UHHUH THAT, UM, THAT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BIG CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT GOLF COURSE IS AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DEVELOPER MIGHT BE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MADE THE MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, BUT IT WAS CRAZY. 
          DID I I WAS THERE FOR A WHILE. 
          I COULDN'T STAND IT 'CAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. 
          ME NEITHER. 
          BUT, UH, ANYWAY, SO IT'S THE, IT'S VERY TIMELY THAT WE GO AND GET THAT IN. 
          'CAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS THINGS SHAKE OUT. 
          COINCIDENTALLY, I DID, UH, MEET WITH CITY OF RICHARDSON, UM, AND A CONSULTANT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          SO YEAH. 
          OUT, OUT THERE. 
          [01:30:03]
ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. 
          SO I, I REVAMPED THE SLIDE A LITTLE BIT, ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT USER, MORE USER FRIENDLY AS A, JUST A INFORMATION SOURCE. 
          SO, UH, STARTED OFF, UH, GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. 
          UH, THEY HAVE JUST NOW COMPLETED OR THEY'RE NEARLY FINISHED WITH THE FOUNDATIONS. 
          UH, THAT PROJECT IS REALLY PROGRESSING WELL. 
          UH, THE ANTICIPATED SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, I BELIEVE IS LATE OCTOBER, UH, LAST PART OF OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. 
          SEPTEMBER. 
          SEPTEMBER. 
          OH, IT'S EVEN SEPTEMBER, EVEN EVEN BETTER. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M PARKED , DON'T BELIEVE,  UH, SURFING AND SWIM. 
          UH, THAT IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. 
          I HAVE SOME REALLY COOL PHOTOS OF THIS. 
          ANTICIPATE IT TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH, LATE MARCH. 
          SO AS OF TODAY, THEY WERE ABOUT TO START THE INSTALLATION OF THE RENTALS, UH, AS DISCHARGE FOR THE LARGE SLIDE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY TAKEN SHAPE, UH, VERY SOON THE CONCRETE DECK WILL BE COMPLETELY POURED SO THAT ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, IT'S REALLY GONNA TAKE SHAPE AND YOU CAN REALLY GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          SO, UH, LU H PARK, WE HAD A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, WITH ANTICIPATING TO START CONSTRUCTION, UH, MOBILIZE ON SITE WITHIN A MATTER OF TWO TO THREE WEEKS. 
          ONCE THE CONTRACTOR GETS SOME WARRANT, I DO THAT. 
          THEY'LL SEND OVER A UPDATED SCHEDULE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          SO JUST SOME RENDERINGS. 
          I'M CERTAIN YOU'VE SEEN THOSE REGARD IN SPLASH PAD. 
          WE ARE LOOKING WITH THE COUL, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO REDUCE SOME OF THE, UH, AMENITIES, PERHAPS EVEN DOWNSIZE JUST A BIT, UH, TO GET THE PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET. 
          'CAUSE WE RECEIVED THE CONSTRUCTION BID AND IT WAS OVER BUDGET. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS, WHICH COULD, UH, ACTUALLY PUT US IN WHERE WE WANNA BE. 
          BUT, UH, WE'RE STILL COORDINATING WITH KIMLEY HORN, BUT IT'S LOOKING FAVORABLE SO FAR. 
          I I'M HOPEFUL THE NEXT TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DIRECTION AND A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, WIND JOYCE, UH, PRE-CONSTRUCTION, UH, I AM ANTICIPATING THAT WE HAVE A PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING, UH, WITHIN A MATTER OF A WEEK, UH, FOR THIS. 
          AND, UH, THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS IS MILLS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME CONTRACTOR FOR LU HUFF. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE SEEING MY FACE A LOT. 
          SO, UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD GROUP. 
          SO, UM, HAVE THEY DONE PROJECTS BEFORE? AS BEFORE? I HAVE NOT WORKED WITH THEM PERSONALLY, BUT THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD, UM, PROPOSAL PROVIDED AND, UM, THE, SO FAR SO GOOD WITH THAT. 
          SO SOME RENDERINGS YOU WANNA GO BACK AND SHOW HIM WHICH ONE WAS REMOVED? OH YEAH, GOOD POINT ON THIS ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'LL ZOOM IN HERE A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO THIS, THIS PORTION OF BOARDWALK AND THE ASSOCIATED CONCRETE PAVING APPROACH WAS, UH, WE ANTICIPATED IF WE, IN THE EVENT WE WERE OVER BUDGET, THIS WAS LISTED AS AN ALTERNATE. 
          SO IN, IN A WAY IT WAS, SO WE EASILY REMOVED, UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO UPDATE THE PLANS AND SPEND THE TIME TO FREE, FREE REDESIGN. 
          BUT THE GOOD THING IS, UH, THE OTHER BOARDWALK, WHICH I THINK IN A WAY WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE MOST PROMINENT ONE. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALSO ON THE WATER, BUT IT HAS OFFERS A BETTER OVERLOOK ONTO THE, TO THE LAKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO THAT WAS ALL MAINTAINED. 
          UM, SERVE AS A FISHING PIER AND WHAT PEOPLE WANNA DO. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          IT'S SHOWN IN BROWN HERE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PERMIT TRACK. 
          SO LIKE REC ODEN, UM, I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME COLOR ON THE RENDERING. 
          SO WORKS FOR ME. 
          SEND BACK OUT KINGSLEY PARK. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW I'M REVIEWING, UH, SOME PLAYGROUND RENDERINGS FOR THIS. 
          UH, I'LL BE SURE TO DROP THOSE IN FOR THE NEXT TIME. 
          BUT IT, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 60, HONESTLY, IT'S ABOUT 60, 65% WITH DESIGN WITH THAT JOHN PAUL JONES. 
          I'M GONNA BE A BROKEN RECORD ON THIS ONE BECAUSE , UH, IT, WE PROGRESS, WE ARE PROGRESSING WITH THIS. 
          UH, BUT WHEN I SAY BROKEN RECORD, 'CAUSE AT ONE POINT AT SOME TIME WE WILL SUBMIT TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND THAT WILL JUST TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. 
          [01:35:01]
SO DURING THAT TIME, WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, DOES THAT OCCURS? IT'S GONNA BE, WELL, WE'RE STILL GETTING IT REVERED, BUT IT'S, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS WHEN YOU WORK WITH CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, AGENCIES. 
          SO,  TUCKER, UH, WE ARE NEARING COMPLETION. 
          WE ARE, UH, FINAL WALKTHROUGHS ARE OCCURRING. 
          UM, WE SEE A LOT OF THE PUNCH LIST, MANY OF THE PUNCH LISTS THIS WEEK. 
          UH, SO THE CONTRACTOR IS, IT HAS ANY NET ANY PROJECT. 
          THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO REPAIR OR FIX AND ADJUST. 
          BUT, UM, WE'LL NOTE THAT THE ACCESSIBILITY REVIEW FOR THIS, THIS SITE, THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH ACCESSIBILITY ON THE EXTERIOR CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF PAVING AND WORK, UH, FOR THIS. 
          AND THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF MINOR CORRECTABLE ITEMS ON THE INTERIOR. 
          SO WHAT DID WE EVER END UP DOING WITH ALL THAT EXCESS SOIL CAME OFF OF YOU? UH, WE, THE STREETS DEPARTMENT HAULED, UH, AND I BELIEVE PERHAPS EVEN PARK OPS, UH, BUT REALLY HEAVY ON THE STREETS DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY HAULED IT OFF, UM, I BELIEVE TO THE LANDFILL AND USED IT FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS, UH, JUST WITHIN THE CITY THAT COULD MAKE USE OF THAT SOIL AS WELL. 
          SO WE JUST SAID COME ONE, COME ALL, COME AND TAKE IT. 
          SO NAME AND FOREST CONNECTION TRAIL. 
          UH, WE'RE STILL ON PAUSE PENDING THE, UH, SO DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR WHEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE THE, UH, GET THE REPORT ON THAT? UH, WILL THE PHASE ONE REPORT GIVE US THAT INFORMATION? I, I THINK THAT IT DOES DAVID, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 
          AND, AND IT'S JUST PAUSED. 
          UM, CRYSTAL OWENS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CRYSTAL OWENS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MADE A REFERENCE THAT I DID, YOU KNOW, JUST LET'S JUST PAUSE IT. 
          SHE SUPPORTED THAT. 
          SO WE'RE WAITING TO GET THAT ASSESSMENT BACK SO THAT WE CAN THEN YEAH. 
          MOVE FORWARD. 
          OH, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL WAITING ON THAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THERE'S HERE YEAH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAYBE CHRISTINE SEND US A NOTE SAYING WE MIGHT MEET NEXT COUPLE WEEKS MM-HMM . 
          SO IF YOU WANT ME TO FUSS ABOUT IT, LET ME KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I WILL MYSELF AND AS WELL AS THE CONSULTANT, THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THE, BUT HOPEFULLY THE, THE PHASE ONE WILL, THE REPORT WOULD GIVE SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS. 
          UH, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED A 60% PLAN SET. 
          WE, UH, HAD THIS REVIEWED BY DALLAS COUNTY AS WELL AS, UH, GARLAND. 
          AND WE RETURN THOSE COMMENTS BACK TO THE CONSULTANT FOR CORPORATION. 
          UH, SO THE NEXT, UH, MILESTONE FOR, FOR SUBMITTAL I BELIEVE IS ABOUT A 90%. 
          SO CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL. 
          UH, THIS CONTRACTOR IS FLYING THROUGH THIS SITE WHERE I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THEY WERE IN FRONT OF GRAINGER, UH, WE'RE IN A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          THEY WERE ONLY NEAR THE DOG PARK. 
          SO HERE'S A, THIS IS A PHOTO GOING THROUGH, UH, THE DOG PARK KIND OF MEANDERS THROUGH THOSE EXISTING, UH, AVIAN WALLS. 
          AND THIS IS THE TURN AS THIS IS THE PARKING LOT AND THE PLAYGROUND AT SUN SORT PARK. 
          THIS IS ON THE APPROACH TOWARD THE, UH, THE GRANGER ANNEX AND THEN, UH, REC CENTER IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY. 
          SO, SO I THINK IT REALLY, THE, UH, ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE COMPLETION IS UM, I WOULD SAY A MONTH AND A HALF, UH, REALISTICALLY JUST TO KIND DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING. 
          AND, BUT IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, GARLAND AVENUE UNDERPASS IS VERY MUCH LIKE NAME OF THE SCHOOL NAMED FOREST CONNECTION. 
          JUST HAVE TO PAUSE AND I SUSPECT, WELL, WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THIS ONE, RIGHT? UH, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT JUST DUE TO THE TIMELINE OF THAT DUCK CREEK CENTRAL TRAIL, UM, IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. 
          WE MET WITH THE CPKC RAILROAD, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, AND SO THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON, UH, GETTING THAT TRAIL UNDERNEATH THE, UH, THE RAILROAD. 
          UH, THEY ARE CON CONFIRMING A FEW THINGS ON THEIR END. 
          AND THEN, UM, IF ALL, IF THEY WERE GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT AT THE INITIAL, JUST TENTATIVE GREEN LIGHT, WE WILL PROCEED WITH, UH, FINALIZING THE PLANS AND THEN HAVE THEM FORMALLY REVIEW THE PLANS. 
          BUT THIS IS A VITAL CONNECTION, UH, IN THE SERIES OF THE OVERALL TRAIL MASTER PLAN. 
          SO THIS IS A GREAT THING TO HAVE AND, UH, SO HOPEFUL. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, IT'S NOT A CIP PROJECT, BUT UH, IT'S A PARKS MANAGING THIS PROJECT IS JAMES PARK IN QUAL CREEK. 
          UH, 
          [01:40:01]
WE HAD A, UH, NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS, UH, NOVEMBER OR JANUARY 18TH. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE SUBMITTALS AND ALL THE PLAYGROUND MATERIALS. 
          ALL THE SELECTIONS COMPLETED NOW AND WE'RE GETTING THAT DONE. 
          UH, THEY HAVE MOBILIZED, UH, WITHIN I BELIEVE ABOUT A WEEK. 
          UM, BUT UM, I WILL SHARE THIS, UH, SLIDESHOW WITH Y'ALL AND AS YOU ZOOM IN YOU CAN REALLY SEE SOME GOOD IDEAS OF, LIKE, THAT'S THE, THE, THE CONCEPT RENDERINGS FOR THIS ONE ARE REALLY IN MY MIND, KIND OF INCREDIBLE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY SHOWS IT. 
          SO, SO, UH, THAT'S JAMES PARK AND QUELL CREEK IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY NOT REALLY ANY COOL RENDERINGS FOR THAT ONE, BUT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          CAN YOU, IS THERE A WAY TO GET IT TO WANNA ENLARGE THE MAP A LITTLE BIT? WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE, OKAY. 
          THIS IS, THAT'S OVER THERE. 
          HIGH MEADOW AND OFF OF DAIRY AND COUNTRY CLUB THERE. 
          COUNTRY, COUNTRY CLUB. 
          COUNTRY CLUB, DEAD ENDS AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF CITY PROPERTIES. 
          MM-HMM  RECYCLE CENTER AND EVERYTHING. 
          AUSTIN ACADEMY. 
          OKAY. 
          OVER BY AUSTIN ACADEMY. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS BUT TREATED AS ONE PROJECT MORE OR LESS. 
          BUT AT QUELL CREEK, UH, THERE'S A SMALL EXISTING PLAZA WITH SOME BLEACHER STYLE BENCHES AND TABLETOPS. 
          UH, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH O AND V TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING ON THIS ONE. 
          AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE'RE INCORPORATING ARE SOME A NEW PLAZA, UH, WITH FLAGSTONE AND A GRILL AREA WITH ADDITIONAL SEATING. 
          UH, ALL THE EXISTING TREES ARE MAINTAINED 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. 
          UM, A LOT OF SHADES, WHICH REALLY NICE, PLEASANT THING FOR THE, THEY WERE READY TO HAVE WHEN THE BLUE BLIND, UH, BLOOM. 
          JAMES SPARKS A VERY NICE SPARK. 
          YES, DEFINITELY. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY UNDER THAT, BELIEVE OVER HERE IS WHERE THE YEP. 
          SO AS, UH, AS, AS THIS PROJECT, UH, UNFOLDS IN CONSTRUCTION, TAG ON CONSTRUCTION PHOTO PROGRESS PHOTOS WITH THAT ONE, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE. 
          SO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER? NOW I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN YOUR SLIDESHOW 'CAUSE IT'S NOT VERY CUTE AND PRETTY, BUT, UH, NONETHELESS, THE ON STREET BICYCLE FACILITIES. 
          YES. 
          DO YOU HAVE A, A LOCATION? YES, WE UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, ALL OF THE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN, UH, IDENTIFIED AND WE, THEY'RE MARKED, WE'RE IN A, ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE READY TO GO OUT TO GET A BID. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE THE PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED, UH, THE LIST. 
          I CANNOT RECALL THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE KNOW WE CAN'T GET ALL OF THOSE DONE, BUT WE HAVE THE PRIORITY AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WE COULD GO OUT TO A CONTRACTOR AND GET REQUEST A PRICE FROM. 
          SO I'M ANTICIPATING IT'S JUST, UH, A MATTER OF GETTING THAT ONE. 
          IT'S A MATTER OF STAFF RESOURCE. 
          SO I, I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, SO ZIAD OT, WHO USED TO BE IN MARK'S POSITION, LEFT IN JANUARY, 2024. 
          AND, BUT HE, IT WAS ZIAD AND MARK AND SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HIRE FOR, MARK WAS PROMOTED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING REALLY HARD TO HIRE FOR HIS POSITION. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFER OUT AND THEY'VE ACCEPTED. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME ON BOARD AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. 
          SO SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MOVEMENT ON IS JUST THERE'S OTHER PRIORITIES AND WE HAD TO WORK ON THOSE. 
          SO JUST I DON'T EXPECTATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I WAS JUST KINDA REALLY HOPING THAT YALE ROAD WOULD, UH OH YEAH, I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE'S ON THERE. 
          SO WE HAVE UH, SIGNAGE LOCATIONS, UH, THEY'RE ALL IDENTIFIED. 
          UH, SO I DO RECALL THAT. 
          SO IN THAT CASE YOU'VE MADE ME HAPPY , OH WAIT A SECOND. 
          SOMETHING TO PUT A LITTLE EXTRA SMILE ON THE FACE. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE BURIED IN SOME OF THIS. 
          CIPI SAW SOMETHING ABOUT NORMAN GROVE PARK AND THE UH, TENNIS COURT. 
          IS THAT GONNA GET REVAMPED A LITTLE BIT? THAT WAS PART OF THE UM, IS ONE ON THE CIP? YES, THAT'S UH, WELL IT WAS APPROVED SO YEAH, THAT WAS, WE HAD THE UH, NORMAN GROVES. 
          IT WAS UH, CENTRAL PARK, BRADFIELD, BRADFIELD AND COLE AND UM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          KEITH GOT THE LIST RIGHT OVER THERE, BUT THAT'S PART OF THIS YEAR'S CIP MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THAT WAS JUST APPROVED LAST NIGHT. 
           AT COUNCIL. 
          OH IT HOT OFF THE PRESS. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I JUST LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM GROVE, SO. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MY EVENING IS PLEASED . 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, . 
          AND THEN LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE GOT HERE. 
          [01:45:01]
THEN WE JUST HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 
          NOPE, WE ALREADY DID THAT. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS THERE. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          ARE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW PROGRESS ON, THESE ARE THE CURRENT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE MADE COMMENTS ON WHEN WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD. 
          OF COURSE WE JUST HEARD THE UPDATE ON THE HOLFORD SOCCER PROJECT. 
          UM, SO WE'LL MARK THAT AS COMPLETE AND IT WILL COME OFF OF THE LIST. 
          SOME OF THESE OTHERS ARE DEPENDENT UPON SOME THINGS FINISHING BEFORE WE CAN REALLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. 
          UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MOLLY'S HAS THAT REQUEST IN ON SKATE PARK FENCING AND CAMERAS. 
          SO THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          WE'RE IN THE WORKS SO WE REALLY NOT READY TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE YET TO, I THINK SHE WANTS TO KNOW THE EFFECTIVENESS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE YET, UH, THE CAMERAS. 
          SO SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA SIT HERE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A BETTER UPDATE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, MR. PARRISH HAD REQUESTED A PERIODIC UPDATE ON SPRING CREEK. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING THAT LIKE MAYBE QUARTERLY. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK MAYBE AFTER WE HAVE THAT MEETING WITH CHRISTINA, MAYBE WE'LL DETERMINE IF IT MAKES SENSE IF WE DON'T DO MARCH BECAUSE WE WOULD BE DOING THE UH, THE TOUR IN APRIL. 
          IT WOULD NEED TO BE MAY. 
          SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, SO WILL OUR APRIL MEETING BE THE 25TH AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE ONE? YEAH. 
          THE FIRST. 
          IT'S USUALLY WHAT WE DO. 
          YEAH, LET'S  LOOKING OVER AT YOU KEITH REAGAN. 
          YEAH, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE DO. 
          , WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANT. 
          WHOEVER WANTS IT'S OUR BOARD, RIGHT? YOU CAN HAVE THE MEETING AND STILL HAVE THE, THE TOUR. 
          IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU OF MAY. 
          IF MAY WAS MORE PROBLEMATIC. 
          WHATEVER WORKS FOR STAFF THOUGH. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE ON HERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE MAYBE APRIL. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING AND I THINK THAT WAS, THOSE COMMENTS WERE PUT IN PRIOR TO Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THIS I JUST PUT THE COMMENTS IN OF IT'S A PLANNING TOOL FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE REQUESTED. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS BRAND NEW WHEN WE DID THE LAST TOUR, SO YEAH. 
          , YOU'VE GROWN SO MUCH SINCE I AM . 
          YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE HOMELESS FOLK GROUP, YOU KNOW, HAVING 'EM COME THROUGH PERIODICALLY, ANNUALLY OR EVER 18 MONTHS OR WHATEVER MAKES SOME SENSE. 
          YEAH, WE DO GET SOME TURNOVER HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, AND THINGS CHANGE, RIGHT. 
          DID YOU SAY SUB? NO, NO. 
          MAY MEETING BECAUSE OF NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          WE WERE JUST SPIT BALLING. 
          WE WERE SPECULATING ON THAT. 
          ON DATES. 
          IF IT'S IF IF IT'S RIGHT BEFORE, IF WE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING MEETING. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          MIGHT IT WOULD WHATEVER WE DECIDE THAT THAT'S OUR DECISION TO MAKE. 
          OR YOU CAN STILL HAVE AN APRIL MEETING AND A MAY MEETING AND THEIR TOUR LIKE IT'S . 
          YEAH. 
          MOTION TO CHANGE IT TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK. 
          NO. 
           MEETING DENIED. 
          RIGHT? I KID. 
          I KID, I KID. 
          ALRIGHT, SCHEDULE. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          WITHOUT ANY UH, WAIT, DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER, ANYTHING ELSE WE WANTED TO ADD TO IT? AWESOME. 
          WELL I GUESS WITHOUT THAT, ANYTHING ELSE? WE ARE GOOD TO GO AT 8 48. 
          THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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