RECENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TODAY. FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. [00:00:11] I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO DO A MOTION FIRST, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A CORRECTION ON HERE. SO DO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND THEN HAVE IT UP FOR DISCUSSION TO MAKE THE CORRECTION? YEAH. I THINK YOU HAVE TO. I THINK YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS AMENDED, AS CHANGED. WELL THERE IS A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MAKE SURE YOU TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE. THERE'S A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE BECAUSE K MOORE IS A VERY WONDERFUL PERSON, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE COULD BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE. SHE WAS AT HOME AT THE LAST MEETING. SO WITH CHANGING THAT SMALL THING, SHE WAS ABSENT. IT ALSO SAID SHE WAS PRESENT. SHE WAS OH SHE WAS TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME. THAT'S RIGHT. SHE IS AN AMAZING PERSON. DEFYING PHYSICS. SO. OR DEFYING GRAVITY. RIGHT. WITH. WITH THAT AMENDMENT, I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING. CAN WE GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHTY. SO MISS BISHOP MAKES A MOTION WHILE MISS RAND MAKES A SECOND. AND WE DO NEED TO PUT IT UP TO A VOTE. SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PERFECT. OKAY. ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A ANY OR ADDRESS THE BOARD. ARE YOU GUYS JUST HERE FOR THE FOUNDATION UPDATE? GOT IT. LOVE IT. ALRIGHTY. ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE. HI. HELLO? PICTURES? WE HAVE PICTURES. WE BROUGHT EXHIBITS. OOH. WE'LL HAVE SOME FUN. RIGHT? IS THAT HANDSOME GUY, I WONDER? THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WE GO. HELLO. MY NAME IS KENYA HUDSON, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION. AND WE'RE PLEASED TO SHARE THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF OUR GARLAND SURF AND SWIM AQUATIC FACILITY EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW FUNDRAISER. IT WAS HELD ON MAY 16TH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THE EVENT PROVIDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE NEWLY RENOVATED SURF AND SWIM AQUATIC FACILITY BEFORE ITS OFFICIAL OPENING. WHILE WE WERE SUPPORTING A MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL CAUSE, THE PROCEEDS FROM THE FUNDRAISER WERE DEDICATED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND STARS SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, HELPING ENSURE THAT MORE CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A LOT OF THINGS, SUCCESSFULLY HOSTED A COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING EVENT CELEBRATING THE REOPENING OF SURF AND SWIM. INCREASED AWARENESS. AWARENESS OF THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION AND ITS MISSION TO SUPPORT. GARDENS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. WE STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AMONG. AMONG THE FOUNDATION. THE PARKS. DEPARTMENT, VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE RAISE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE STAR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND DEMONSTRATE THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS CAN HAVE IN EXPANDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR FAMILIES. WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE OF ALMOST 700 PEOPLE. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF SPRING CREEK FOREST, THE EXCHANGE CLUB AND OTHERS, INCLUDING ENCORE RECYCLING COMPANY IS A LOCAL COMPANY HERE IN IRELAND. THEY DONATED $2,500 FOR OUR CAUSE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE UP TO [00:05:01] $5,200 FOR THE PROGRAM. THAT MEANS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT EASTER INSTEAD OF 24 KIDS. WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT OVER 100 KIDS FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM. THIS IS A A GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION STILL COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE GORDON PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SYSTEM THROUGH FUNDRAISING. WE WANT TO KEEP DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT, WE WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE OUR PARKS, INSPIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND EXPAND ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE GARLAND PARKS BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. SOME OF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING AT THE IN THE EVENT AT THE SURF AND SWIM, BUT ALSO CAME UP DURING OUR SPECIAL CHECK PRESENTATION CEREMONY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR US. ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL MOMENTS OF THE CHECK PRESENTATION WAS MEETING THE CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE STARS. YOU WILL SEE A PICTURE THAT HAS A, A BIG WINDOW WITH LITTLE HANDS ON THE BOTTOM AND SAYING, THANK YOU, PARKS FOUNDATION. IT WAS MADE BY THE KIDS OF THE PROGRAM FOR US. SO I, IT REALLY TOUCHED ME. AND ALSO BY SEEING THE SMILES, EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM WAS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF WHY THIS WORK MATTERS. IT BROUGHT THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION TO LIFE, AND KNOWING THAT THE FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL HELP TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PICTURES SPEAK MORE THAN ME HOW SUCCESSFUL EVERYTHING WAS. THE FACILITIES ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THE KIDS TOO. DOES ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTION ABOUT THIS OR COMMENT? OKAY. THERE IS ANOTHER ASPECT OR ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT. A FEW DAYS AGO, WE SENT THE FOUNDATION, SENT A LETTER LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON A ART PROJECT THAT WE WANTED TO TO MEANING THAT WE WANT TO RESCUE ALL ANTIQUE ART ABANDONED AND IN THE FOREST AND TURN IT INTO A PIECE OF ART. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ENCOUNTERED SOME CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL AT THE MOMENT THAT ARE MAKING US TO PAUSE AND RETHINK HOW TO EXECUTE OUR ART PROJECT. HOWEVER, THE FOUNDATION REMAINS FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT AND TO OUR MISSION OF ENHANCING OUR PARKS. SO HOPEFULLY WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE WE CAN, WE CAN. GET IT. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. WE WANTED JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. OH, ONE ONE OTHER THING IS THAT BRUCE BISHOP IS OUR MOST RECENT MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME TO THE BOARD. YES. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TIMES. WELL, THANK YOU FOR MEMBERS. DO YOU ALL OF YOUR MEMBERS OF YOUR BOARD. WOULD YOU TELL US WHO ALL THAT IS? OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE OUR ESTEEMED. YES OF COURSE. WELL YES. WELL OUR OUR OUR RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. MARGARET LOCKE IS OUR TREASURER. MOLLY BISHOP IS OUR SECRETARY. AND WE HAVE JASON AGUIRRE AND WE HAVE BRUCE BISHOP. DAPHNE STANLEY. STANLEY. AND THAT'S IT, I THINK. WHAT ABOUT ME AND MY HUSBAND, MAN? HOW ARE YOU, BABY? I'VE BEEN DEMOTED. I'M A LITTLE. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT I DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THE SERPENT'S SWIM. [00:10:01] DID I GET KICKED OUT? OH, NO. NO, OF COURSE NOT. NO NO, NO. YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION? OF COURSE. TOGETHER WITH MR. JERRY CARTER, OF COURSE. AND WE ALSO HAVE. THAT'S IT. YEAH. YEAH. AND I MEAN ELIZABETH HARRIS AND ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH HARRIS. YES. I NEED TO MEMORIZE. WELL, I'M NERVOUS AS WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT YES, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, A WONDERFUL BOARD THAT IS WORKING REALLY HARD TRYING TO, TO SUPPORT THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND MAKE MAKE THE. OH, LOOK AT THAT PICTURE IS BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WILL BE LEAVING TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND TO SHARE OUR GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE PICTURES. YES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. THREE B IS THE WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT UPDATES PRESENTED BY EVELYN. HELLO. HI, EVELYN. LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE. JUST ENTER ANYTHING IN GENERAL. THAT'S THE WEB STORE. LET'S SEE INTERNET BROWSER ON HERE. OKAY. WE'LL USE MICROSOFT EDGE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. IT'S WORKING. GOOD EVENING. I'M MARK ELEANOR PARKS, PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR. JOINING ME TONIGHT IS EVELYN ESPARZA, OUR GIS ANALYST. SO THE INTENT FOR TODAY IS TO REALLY SHOW THREE LATEST ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR PARKS WEBSITE. EVELYN'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH A FEW CATEGORIES OF PARK PROJECTS OR SOMETHING CALLED STORY MAPS. REALLY INTERESTING. AND OUR UPDATES TO OUR TRAIL PHOTOS AND TRAIL PROJECTS. SO. SO SHE'S GOING TO START WITH NAVIGATING THROUGH THAT AND TAKE IT AWAY. HI Y'ALL. I'M EVELYN ESPARZA. THAT'S VERY LOUD. SORRY. THE GIS ANALYST. SO I WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL HOW TO GET THERE FIRST BECAUSE I CAN SHOW Y'ALL WEBSITES, BUT HOW DO YOU GET THERE? THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO START AT THE CITY WEBSITE. AND I LIKE TO GO TO EXPLORE GARLAND. I DON'T KNOW, EVERYONE HAS THEIR PREFERENCE, BUT THIS IS HOW I GET TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION PAGE. SO I'LL DO EXPLORE GARLAND AND THEN I'LL JUST CLICK ON OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PAGE. AND THIS IS WHERE IT TAKES YOU. THIS IS OUR LANDING PAGE. SO I'M GOING TO GO IN ORDER FROM PARKS, TRAILS AND THEN PARK PROJECTS. SO I'LL RIGHT CLICK. BUT IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT WEB PAGE. THAT WAY I DON'T LOSE MY HOME PAGE THOUGH. SO I'LL OPEN A NEW LINK. BOOM BOOM. SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON THIS FIND A PARK, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR PARK STORY MAP. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY UPDATING AND IS CONSTANTLY NEEDING TO BE UPDATED. IT'S A LIVING WEBSITE PAGE AND SO WHEN YOU NAVIGATE IT, IT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES ARE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND ON THE MAP. SO WE COULD START JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH IT. JUST, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I HAVE PICTURES AND I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE THAT. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY. THIS WORKS ON LAPTOPS, IPADS, TABLETS AND PHONES. SO IT IS USER FRIENDLY. IT'S A LITTLE FINICKY IF YOU HAVE A SMALLER PHONE SMARTPHONE OF COURSE, BUT IT DOES STILL WORK ON THERE AS WELL. AND THE IDEA OF THIS IS TO GIVE REALLY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF SOME OF THE PARKS MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF. SO THEY CAN CLICK ON ANY PARK THROUGHOUT THE MAP. IT SHOWS A LIST OF AMENITIES. A FEW SITE PHOTOS REALLY TO KIND OF GATHER UP AND GAIN INTEREST ON THE PARK. AND SO YEAH. YEAH. SO I CAN SHOW YOU CENTRAL PARK. NOTICE HOW IT ZOOMS INTO IT. I JUST KIND OF THINK IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, YOU CAN CLICK ON IT OR ZOOM INTO YOUR HOUSE. THAT'S NATURALLY WHAT I DO. I'M ALWAYS LIKE, OH, WHERE'S MY HOUSE? AND SO I FIGURED THAT WORKS. BUT IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. [00:15:03] YOU CAN'T ZOOM IN AND OUT JUST LIKE NORMALLY. BUT IF YOU USE THE BUTTONS ON THE SIDE, YOU CAN TO KIND OF GET FAMILIAR WITH WHAT MAJOR ROADS STREETS ARE AROUND. I HAVE PICTURES, YOU CAN CLICK ON THEM AND IT'LL MAKE THEM BIGGER FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE MORE DETAILS. AND OH, DIDN'T MEAN TO. SO IT JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF OUR MORE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY AND, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING AMENITIES THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SAND VOLLEYBALL STUFF OF THAT NATURE. IT WILL HAVE THE LOCATION FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PARKS OR GREEN SPACES, THE ACREAGE. AND THEN WE HIGHLIGHT THE MORE IMPORTANT FACILITY AMENITIES, I WOULD SAY. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE FOR MAYBE EVERY PARK, BUT IT'S THE ONES THAT PEOPLE CALL AND ASK, HEY, THE FRONT DESK, THEY'LL SAY, HEY, DO THEY HAVE RESTROOMS? IS THERE WATER FOUNTAINS? THESE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. AND IF YOU CLICK ON MORE INFO, IT WILL LINK IT TO OUR CITY FACILITIES PAGE, WHICH ALSO HAS MORE INFORMATION. NOTICE IT SAYS ADA ACCESSIBLE, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT JUST GOES FURTHER INTO THE DETAILS ON HERE. WE HAVE OURS AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION. SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE WILL SHOW OUR FACILITIES PAGE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEBODY COULD POSSIBLY NEED. WE'VE GOT THE LARGE PARKS, WE'VE GOT THE SMALLER PARKS USING TASTEFUL PICTURES THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK AND IDEAS THAT HAVE GONE BEHIND THE DESIGNS OF THESE PLACES. SO GO AHEAD. A QUESTION ABOUT CENTRAL PARK. LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE DOG PARK? IS THAT JUST COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THERE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL WE. HIGHLIGHTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, JUST SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO THE DOG PARK KNOW WHAT IS IN THE DOG PARK. BECAUSE IF WE MADE IT ONE, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO KNOW WHAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE ENCLOSURES VERSUS WHAT IS IN THE OPEN SPACE FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. I WAS JUST CHANNELING MY INNER JERRY CARTER AS FAR AS ANY MORE CONNECTIVITY. CONNECTED. YES. AND YOU KNOW, TONIGHT'S OUR PRESENTATION IS, YOU KNOW, OUR INTENT IS TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE, GIVE, RECEIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS INTERNALLY A LOT. SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A FRESH SET OF EYES. SO WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. YOU KNOW, HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS. THAT'D BE PERFECT. YEAH. SO IT DOES SHOW LIKE THE DIFFERENCE THOUGH. I THINK THAT'S A BIG ONE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THE DOG PARK HAS ITS OWN PARKING LOT. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKING IN CENTRAL PARK, BUT SHOWING, HEY, LIKE THERE'S THIS ONE. AND THEN THIS IS A FULLY SEPARATE AREA BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE LIKES DOGS AND OR HAS SMALL KIDS. AND IT'S GOOD TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE SEPARATE THINGS, EVEN IF THEY ARE ON THE SAME PARK. IT IS ON CENTRAL PARK, BUT WE DO CALL IT DOG PARK, AND THEN CENTRAL PARK KIND OF FELT LIKE IT MADE A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE TO SEPARATE IT. BUT AGAIN, FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAD INTERNALLY AND IT IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT IT VERY MUCH. SO JUST KIND OF COOL TO SHOW. WELL, AND BECAUSE A CONSISTENT A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY HAD MADE A MENTION WHEN WE DID SURF AND SWIM AND WE HAVE AUDUBON SOFTBALL. I MEAN, THOSE ACTIVITIES TO CONNECT PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE OVER TO THE OTHER FACILITY TO THE REC CENTER. AND AND IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF IT WAS SHARED WITH THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE TOURNAMENTS GOING ON OVER THERE, THOSE BUSINESSES ACROSS THERE HAVE KIND OF CHANGED HANDS, AND IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THEM TO FOCUS WHERE THE VISITORS ARE COMING FROM AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT AREA. I WILL SAY INTERRUPTING, BUT I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON ONE THAT IS FOR RECREATION AND THE SPECIAL AMENITIES LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, STAY TUNED. IT IS IN THE WORKS. THESE TAKE A LONG TIME. NO, NO, YOU'RE THIS IS REALLY JUST PARKS. AND SO YOU ARE RIGHT. I'M WORKING ON MAKING ONE THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT IDENTICAL TO THIS AND LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY. RIGHT. WE HAVE 65 ON HERE. WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE AS LIKE THE REC CENTERS AND THOSE AMENITIES LIKE THE CARTER SOFTBALL, RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S SURF AND SWIM. BUT IF WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE, THAT AUDUBON PARK THERE. YEAH. SO I AM IN THE WORKS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST FOR RECREATION THOUGH, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP AND IT'S JUST KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT THIS IS. I THINK THIS, THIS IS AWESOME. I JUST YEAH, I WAS BRINGING FORWARD, IT SEEMED LIKE THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT TO BRING THAT. YEAH. OF COURSE, I THINK RECREATION OBVIOUSLY DESERVES IT SINCE IT'S SUCH A BIG THING TOO. AND IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS. IT'S JUST I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THIS. SO THIS FEELS FUNCTIONAL FOR HOW MANY LISTINGS WE HAVE ON IT BECAUSE YOU CAN KEEP SCROLLING. BUT FOR REC, I AM TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THIS AS WELL, BUT IT IS IN THE WORKS. SO THAT'S FOR PARKS. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE WEBSITE, WE HAVE THE SAME THING GOING ON FOR TRAILS AS WELL [00:20:07] AND IT LOOKS SIMILAR AS WELL. SAME LAYOUT. YOU'RE USING THE SAME MAP, BUT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEDICATED JUST TO TRAILS. SO PEOPLE ARE SPECIFICALLY ASKING HOW LONG IS THE TRAIL, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, LAPS DO I NEED TO DO? MAYBE THAT'S ON THEM, BUT LISTING THE TRAILS SPECIFICALLY AND INFORMATION ABOUT THEM HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE. SO THIS ONE IS JUST FOR TRAILS AND IT ONLY WILL HAVE PICTURES THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE TRAIL, NOT THE PLAYGROUND AND OR OTHER AMENITIES. A COOL ONE. THIS IS THE SAME THING. IF YOU CLICK MORE INFO, YOU'LL BE LINKED TO THE FACILITIES PAGE WHICH WILL SHOW YOU SPECIFICALLY KUMHRAR PARK TRAIL, NOT KUMHRAR PARK FACILITIES PAGE. AND WE RECENTLY STARTED ADDING WALKTHROUGH VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND I'VE LINKED THEM HERE. SO IF YOU CLICK ON IT AND YOU GO TO THE VIDEO, I CAN MAKE IT HIGHER QUALITY. RIGHT THERE. IT MAY NOT LOOK THAT GOOD BEHIND ME, BUT IF YOU WATCH IT ON YOUR OWN SCREEN, THE QUALITY IS MUCH BETTER. AND SO THESE ARE THE TRAIL WALKTHROUGH VIDEOS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH PMR, WHO HAS BEEN EDITING THESE. SO AT THE TOP IT'LL SHOW YOU WHERE I START WALKING WITH THIS LITTLE GUY IN THE BACK, AND IT KIND OF HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRAIL LOOKS LIKE AND AT WHAT PART OF THE TRAIL, IF YOU WANT TO PAUSE IT, YOU CAN KIND OF THINK LIKE, OH, OKAY, LANDMARKS LIKE SAY THAT TREE, STOPLIGHT, WHATEVER YOU NEED. THEY HAVE SOFT LITTLE MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND TO MAKE IT KIND OF ENJOYABLE, BUT IT'S A SPEED WALK THROUGH. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN FAST FORWARDED BECAUSE IF NOT, THESE VIDEOS WOULD BE 12, 14, 15, POSSIBLY 40 MINUTES LONG. I WALK SLOW AND I CAN'T WALK THAT FAST BECAUSE IF NOT, THE CAMERA GOES CRAZY. BUT WE HAVE ADDED THESE AND THEY'RE STARTING TO GET VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. OBVIOUSLY COMMENTS ARE DISABLED, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE HAS LIKE 65 VIEWS SO FAR. WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN PROMOTING THEM. BUT THAT'S I THINK THIS IS AWESOME. I THINK YOU CAN MARKET THIS TO PELOTON OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT IN EVERY SINGLE ONE YET BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HOT OUTSIDE NOW. AND YES IT IS. IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, WE GOT A LOT OF RAIN, SO IT HAS TO BE PRETTY TO GO FILM BLUE SKIES TYPE OF SITUATION. WE GOT A LOT OF RAIN. I CONSIDERED DOING GOING DOWN THE SLIDES AND THAT COULD BE INCLUDED PERHAPS IN THE RECREATION ONE. OH, THAT WOULD BE NEAT WITH THE WATER. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH REC SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY AQUATICS, AND IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO GO DOWN THE SLIDES WITH MAYBE LIKE A GOPRO OR SOMETHING WATERPROOF. YEAH, YEAH. SO HARDSHIP, I'M SURE WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH IT. AND THAT IS WHAT I HOPE TO DO. SO PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, THINK, WOW, THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN OR POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GET ENGAGEMENT, GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME OUT. ANOTHER ONE I HAVE IS THE SPRING CREEK FOREST PRESERVE TRAIL. THIS ONE AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME THING GOING OUT THERE HIGHLIGHTING SPECIFIC AMENITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE TRAIL VIDEO FOR THIS ONE AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW IT. AND I'M STILL WAITING ON UPLOADING THE PARK PRESERVE ONE BECAUSE THAT ONE I MESSED UP, I GOT LOST. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? MY JOB IS MCMAP AND I GOT LOST. AND THAT ONE WILL GET UPLOADED SOON BECAUSE IT HAS TO GET REFILMED. BUT I TRY TO STAY ON WHAT THE PATH IS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE ON HERE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ANOTHER TRAIL ON THIS SIDE. I DIDN'T GO DOWN THAT WAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO FILM THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE I WALKED AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET. SO WE'RE NOT SEEING THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION. NO. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN LATER, BUT YEAH, SO THIS ONE IT'S JUST THERE'S A COOL SQUIRREL DOWN THERE. SO IT'S BEEN FUN FILMING THESE AND WORKING WITH PMR FOR THEM. I POSTED THESE ON MY LINKEDIN AND I DID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD MEAN FOR NUMBERS, BUT IT SAID I GOT 650 SOMETHING IMPRESSIONS OFF THESE WHEN I POSTED THEM. AND SO PEOPLE ARE SEEING THEM. OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES ARE COMMENTING AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS GREAT, THIS IS AWESOME, AND I THINK IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MARKET OUR PARKS AND OUR TRAILS. AND I WILL SAY, NO OTHER CITY HAS A STORY MAP LIKE OURS. I'VE CHECKED ALL OF OUR SISTER CITIES. I'VE CHECKED BIGGER CITIES. NO ONE HAS A STORY MAP THAT LOOKS AS USER FRIENDLY OR PRETTY AS THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP CITIES, THE WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR PARKS IS YOU GET ONE PICTURE AND INFORMATION, MAYBE A MAP. WE USED TO HAVE, BUT NO ONE HAS ANYTHING AS INTERACTIVE FUN OR EVEN VIDEOS UPLOADED. SO I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND THEN THE LAST ONE I'LL SHOW Y'ALL IS THE PARK PROJECTS MAP. [00:25:06] SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR ACTIVE PARK PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. PEOPLE LOVE TO CALL AND ASK ABOUT THESE. AND SO THIS FEELS LIKE AN EASIER WAY TO GIVE THE INFORMATION. AGAIN, WE'RE USING THE SAME LAYOUT, BUT IT WORKS FOR WHAT THIS TYPE OF SITUATION IS. SO FOR THIS ONE WE HAVE PICTURES THAT WE ARE UPLOADING IN, YOU KNOW, REAL TIME AS I RECEIVE THEM SO I COULD SHOW YOU. THESE WERE REALLY COOL PICTURES I GOT TO UPLOAD. MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE SCARY TO LOOK AT, BUT IT'S TO SHOW YOU, HEY, LOU HOUGH IS HAPPENING. THIS IS CURRENTLY THE LAST PICTURES I RECEIVED FROM ARTURO, WHO'S OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S MAYBE NOT PRETTY, BUT IT'S COOL TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU'VE GOT YOUR PLANS UP THERE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PROJECT SCOPE LISTED. SO WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, HEY, WHAT IS GOING ON? IF THEY LOOK AT IT, THEY CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE WORKS AT THAT SPECIFIC SITUATION. AND THEN WE HAVE PICTURES OF GSAC TOO. SO. HERE ARE THE LATEST PICTURES THAT I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE AND UPLOAD. STARTING TO LOOK LIKE THE RENDERING. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. THIS IS OUR RENDERING. AND SO THIS IS JUST A PLACE WHERE WE CAN UPDATE AND KEEP PEOPLE KIND OF SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON UPDATES AND JUST, HEY, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, HERE YOU GO. BUT IT ANSWERS A LOT OF THEM. I THINK THE ONLY QUESTIONS IT'S NOT ANSWERING AT THE MOMENT IS WHEN IT WILL BE DONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW, HEY, WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE DONE? BUT BECAUSE THAT CHANGES A LOT, I HAVEN'T INCLUDED THAT. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO IT CHANGES BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR TIMELINES, BUT TIMELINES DON'T ALWAYS WORK OUT AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO THAT'S THE THIRD ONE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SHOW Y'ALL. SO CAN YOU GO BACK ONE WHOLE SECTION, TWO TRAILS OR PARKS? WELL, THE ONE THAT WAS IN BETWEEN LIKE GO UP VIDEOS, THE ONE BEFORE THAT FOR THE, WITH THE VIDEOS. NO, OUT OF OUTSIDE OF THE TRAILS, THE WHOLE GENERAL. OH, YOU WANT ME TO ZOOM OUT TO THE CITY PAGE? YEAH. GO, GO. OH, I JUST, LIKE, WENT BACK LIKE THAT. THERE WE GO. IT'S RIGHT HERE ON NEW PROJECTS. IT WAS THERE. OH, OKAY. SO FACILITIES YOU HAVEN'T WORKED ON YET ON THIS SIDE. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T, I JUST KNOW WHERE I EXIST ON THE WEBSITE. I DON'T UPDATE THE WEBSITE. THIS JUST KIND OF LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE FACILITY. OH. MAKING ONE. YEAH. NO, IT'S NOT THERE YET OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I'M STILL MAKING IT. I EXPECT A LOT. YEAH. I HOPE IT LOOKS GOT A LITTLE TASTE BUT THIS IS GREAT. I HOPE IT LOOKS COOL. AND YEAH, ADDING FUN VIDEOS WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP. SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO GET THOSE VIDEOS ON THE WATER SLIDES BEFORE WE CLOSE THOSE. AND THEN THEY CAN GET UPLOADED WHEN THE TIME COMES AS IT'S STILL CURRENTLY BEING DRAFTED AND BUILT IN MY HEAD AND THE COMPUTER. BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SHOW Y'ALL. IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS, WE'RE OPEN. OF COURSE, BECAUSE EVEN TODAY WE HAD A MEETING AND THERE IS STILL UPDATES THAT WE NOTICE LIKE, OH, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA UPDATE THIS. WE GOT TO DO THAT. THINGS ARE CHANGING CONSTANTLY IN PARKS. AND IF YOU NOTICE SOMETHING, DAVID, YOU'VE MESSAGED ME WHEN I HAD MESSED UP WITH PARK FOREST PRESERVE AND PARK, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD MADE THE SAME MISTAKE MULTIPLE TIMES. AND DAVID CALLED ME OUT AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I UNDERSTAND NOW. SO IT IS HELPFUL BECAUSE LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES, I DON'T KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE BY HEART. SO BUT YOU WILL SOON I WILL, BUT GETTING THAT FEEDBACK, LETTING ME KNOW, HEY, I NOTICED THIS, I NOTICED THIS SENDING ME AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEST WAY AND I CAN GET TO IT IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR MAYBE THINK, HEY, MAYBE SHOWING THIS PICTURE INSTEAD OF THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT. EVEN SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS LIKE THAT, IT'S ALL WELCOME. AND I CAN'T, I DON'T THINK I CAN LOG IN TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE DATA FOR IT, BUT I KNOW IT FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I SHOWED IT TO MARK THIS EVENING AND FOR THE PARK'S ONE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11.9000 VIEWS ON THE PARK'S STORY MAP. SO IT'S ALMOST 12,000 VIEWS, WHICH IS GOOD. AND THEN I THINK IT WAS 5.60, 6.1, 6.1 ON THE TRAILS ONE. AND THEN THE PARK PROJECT ONE IS OUR NEWEST ONE. THIS ONE JUST GOT UPLOADED SOMETIME IN THE SPRING. I WANT TO SAY LIKE LATE SPRING OR EARLY SPRING, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THAT ONE HAS 850 SOMETHING VIEWS SO FAR. MAYBE NOT EVERYONE IS THAT INTERESTED IN PARK PROJECTS, WHICH MAKES SENSE, BUT IT'S ALSO FAIRLY NEW. BUT PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ACTUAL STORY MAP FOR THE TRAILS AND FOR THE PARKS, AND IT HELPS OUR FRONT DESKS A LOT TOO, [00:30:03] BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE TO HAVE IN GENERAL. AND YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT LIKE THE NUMBERS. I LIKE THE NUMBERS. SO YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO MENTIONED HERE. I'VE TOLD SEVERAL ALREADY IN OUR GROUP, BUT JUST FRESHLY BACK FROM AS OF ABOUT 430 FROM SURF AND SWIM, I HAD OUR TWO TEENAGE GRANDSONS, 14 AND 16, WITH US AND THEY WERE EVALUATING EVERYTHING THEY HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST GOING TO BE A SPLASH PAD KIND OF THING. AND SO THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE IN 30 MINUTES IF WE CAN. AND AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME HOME AFTER SEVERAL HOURS. SO THEY WERE DULY IMPRESSED. BUT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD A VIDEO TO SHOW THEM WHAT THE SLIDES WERE GOING TO BE LIKE. YEAH. THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY DO I GO. YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY GOING TO BE A COOL EXPERIENCE? SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC. YEAH, THAT'S NO JOKE. AND ALSO ON THE LAZY RIVER, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT SPEED DOES IT GO. YOU KNOW THEY THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY THE THE CURRENT YOU KNOW. YEAH. IT WAS REALLY, A LAZY RIVER, BUT HE WAS REALLY MOVING ALONG PRETTY FAST. SO. SO THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY USEFUL. AND MAYBE IT SOUNDS LIKE I WAS THINKING JUST SLIDES, BUT IT COULD BE A VIDEO SHOWING ALL THE PARTS OF IT AND MERGE IT INTO ONE THAT SOMEBODY COULD CLICK ON AND SEE WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WOULD BE LIKE. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH, I WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT SOONER BEFORE THE SEASON OPENED. YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. GOOD CONSUMERS. BUT I, I WILL TAKE THAT AND I WILL TALK TO THE AQUATICS TEAM AND SEE IF BEFORE THEY OPEN OR AFTER THEY CLOSE, IF THEY COULD FILM SOME FOOTAGE FOR ME AND THEN GET WITH PMR FOR THEM TO EDIT A VIDEO OF WHAT THE EXPERIENCE WOULD BE LIKE. AND MAYBE IT MAY NOT BE OUT BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS, SINCE I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, BUT FOR NEXT YEAR AND WHENEVER THE PAGE GOES LIVE, IT WOULD BE ON THERE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL JUST SAY I HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA. AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU DAVID. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET LOST. FEEL FREE TO HOLLER. YOU KNOW, I, I, I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE CALLED YOU THAT DAY AND I WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. THANK YOU. YOU MUST. YOU REALLY LIKE THAT ONE? AND GOT LOST ON PURPOSE. I ENDED UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS. I JUST TURNED AROUND AND RETRACED MY MIND. WHERE YOU ENDED UP. YEAH, THERE WAS A SIGN AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T. THAT'S NOT THE TRAIL. SO I HAD TO TURN AROUND. BUT YEAH. WHERE'S THIS? THAT'S AVALON. YEAH, THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LITTLE FISHING PIER. SOUTH. SOUTH BY GUTHRIE. YES, SOUTH. COME DOWN SOUTH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. NEXT UP. THREE C WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROPOSED BUDGET OVERVIEW FROM KEITH. I'M KEITH REAGAN, I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR. MAYBE I'LL CHANGE THAT SOON. SO I DON'T KNOW. BUT GOING TO GO OVER KIND OF WHAT WE PRESENTED IN THE TO COUNCIL ON SATURDAY THE 25TH OF JULY, WE ALSO WENT BACK TO COUNCIL ON MONDAY. I WILL KIND OF GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT ALSO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. BUT I KNOW WE SENT YOU ALL A PACKET, EVERYBODY GOT A PACKET. BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE I GOT ALL THIS INFORMATION. WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? SO I JUST WANTED, I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. SO SO I BASICALLY ASKED YVONNE JUST TO PRINT JUST A FEW OF THOSE PAGES FOR Y'ALL. SO I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE FIRST TWO PAGES JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. [00:35:07] SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION SECTION SUMMARY. SO WHAT IS BASICALLY TELLING YOU WITHIN THIS IS PROVIDING OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS PROVIDING YOU A DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUMMARY. SO TYPICALLY OUR BUDGET SUMMARY WILL GO THE PRIOR YEAR ACTUAL THE CURRENT YEAR APPROVE ANY REVISIONS THAT ALREADY HAPPENED SO FAR THIS YEAR AND WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THAT SCREEN. THEN IT WILL DO A SUMMARY BY DIVISION. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS. WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE OUR PARKS DIVISION AND WE HAVE OUR RECREATION DIVISION. SO AND THEN IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT CHANGES FROM PRIOR YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR IS IN THE BUDGET. SO AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S 14% INCREASE. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER, DON'T IT? SO AND THEN IT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF STAFFING HISTORY WITHIN THAT. BUT WHERE ARE YOU SEEING THE 14%? THIS SHEET RIGHT HERE. OTHER SHEET THAT SHE WAS GIVEN. THIS WAS MORE OF WHAT I'M EXPLAINING FROM HERE. OKAY. SO YOU SEE A 14% INCREASE. SO REALLY YOU KIND OF GOING WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN WITHIN YOUR BUDGET? SO IF YOU FLIP OVER ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT, THIS IS BASICALLY THE MEAT AND BONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING TODAY. THIS IS BASICALLY THE BUDGET DECISION NOTES THAT BASICALLY TELL COUNCILS WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE APPROVED BUDGET TO THIS TO DEPOSE THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT'S DIFFERENT. SO SO AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S HERE WILL BE IN MY PRESENTATION. SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. SO WHEN YOU DO GET BUDGET REPORTS FOR ME NEXT YEAR, YOU KIND OF KNOW THIS IS THE STUFF WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS MORE OF THE DEPARTMENT DETAIL. IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? SO NOW I GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION. WHAT THE BRADFIELD REC CENTER, WE WILL COVER THAT. ANYTHING IN THE DISCUSSION THOUGH, I WILL COVER. OKAY. SO THE FIRST PART IS BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR US TALK ABOUT BOTH BUDGETS. YES AND NO BUDGET. SO, LAST MONTH I TOLD YOU THAT THERE IS A US ELECTION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. SO BASICALLY WITH THE NEW LAWS THAT IF WE INCREASE OUR BUDGET BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE TAXPAYER. SO OUR CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET CANNOT HANDLE THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE ABOUT $7 MILLION DIFFERENT. SO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK, WE'RE GOING TO TALK. WHEN I SAY YES, THAT'S ME FUNDING EVERYTHING. THE $7 MILLION. SO THE COUNCIL WILL BE APPROVING THE EVERYTHING. THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT, AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING IT EARLIER IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WILL DRAW THE TAX. ELECTION. SO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT AS A TAX ELECTION. SO SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS NEXT MONTH OR HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE BUDGET BASICALLY HERE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL, BUT TO GIVE YOU A HIGH VIEW IS THAT WE HAVE WHEN YOUR TAXES ARE SPLIT OFF INTO TWO CATEGORIES, YOU HAVE OPERATING BUDGET AND YOU HAVE DOUBT. SO I CANNOT, I CAN ONLY SPEND OPERATING BUDGET FOR OPERATION. SO I CANNOT OVERSPEND OVER HERE IN MY CAPITAL BUDGET. SO THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW AMENITIES. IT TAKES OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO DO THIS. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR. I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. SO MANY FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. WELL THAT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDINGS THAT BASICALLY IS NEEDED. [00:40:01] SO TO FUND THAT, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE WAY TO DO THAT. SO WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAXES, WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SAYING INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS MUCH FOR OPERATION, I'M GOING TO INCREASE MY OPERATIONAL FUNDING AND DECREASE MY DEBT FUNDING. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE DISCUSSION WILL BE. BUDGET WILL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TAX ELECTION, THAT IS WHAT THE ELECTION IS ABOUT, IS JUST BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE BUCKETS TO BE ABLE TO FUND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SO BUT WHAT'S IN BOTH BUDGET, THE YES AND NO. SURF AND SWIM. SO YOU KIND OF GOING, I HAVE $677,000. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WAS FUNDED AS ONE TIME MONEY LAST YEAR. I DIDN'T GET THAT AS A ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE. SO WE NEED THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO HOPEFULLY WITH THE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BOTH BUDGET, THEY HAVE CORRECTED THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE TO BRING THIS FORWARD NEXT YEAR. SO ALSO I HAVE A NEW FACILITIES OPENING UP. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR 46,000 TO COVER BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS BIGGER. I NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP COVER THE FACILITY AND SOME OPERATIONAL FUNDS. SO THAT'S ABOUT 46,000. THAT'S FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. THE SPLASH PAD HOPEFULLY THAT WILL OPEN UP IN MAY. MARK WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I NEED ONGOING COSTS FOR THE SPLASH PAD. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE TIME MONEY, BUT IT'S IN BOTH BUDGET FOR SOME MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT THAT BASICALLY $754,000. NOW, IF YOU GO TO THIS OTHER SHEET. THAT I HAVE AND GO TO THE VERY BACK. IT GIVES YOU A BIG PICTURE OF WHAT'S IN THE YES BUDGET. THAT MEANS THAT THAT THIS IS IF THE ELECTION ON NOVEMBER ELECTION, THE VOTERS SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M JUST GOING TO COVER PARKS AND RECREATION. BUT THIS GIVES YOU A TOTAL PICTURE OF EVERYBODY'S THAT'S IN THE BUDGET. BUT I HAVE SOME VEHICLES PARKED VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. THESE ARE BASICALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING RETAINED VEHICLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO REPLACE THOSE WITH THE NEW VEHICLES. SO I GOT ABOUT $347,000 IN REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. WE HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCED PARK AND CITY LANDSCAPE OF ABOUT 675,821. THAT IS, WE GOT NEW, NEW MEDIANS, NEW RIGHT OF WAYS. WE GOT NEW FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY WAS APPROVED AS ONE TIME. THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE TO ASK FOR IT EVERY YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE TO SOME CITY FACILITIES TO GET ALL THE FACILITIES ON THE SAME PAGE. SO IF THE VOTERS VOTE NO, THIS PACKAGE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME TYPE OF REDUCTION IN LEVEL OF SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAYS OR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. SO THE RAFAEL PROGRAM 10,500 PART OF THE CONTRACTS IN THE PARKS AND CITY LANDSCAPE. WE ARE BASICALLY CENTRALIZED THAT WHERE PARKS IS MANAGING ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR MOWING AND LANDSCAPE. THIS FIELD SUPERVISORS BASICALLY WILL OVERSEE THAT. AND THEN PARK SECURITY, PARK SECURITY WAS ACTUALLY NOT FUNDED THIS YEAR, BUT WE WAS ABLE TO FIND SOME MONEY, BE ABLE TO AT LEAST DO A PARTIAL PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS AGAIN IS IN THE YES BUDGET MEANS THAT THE VOTERS VOTED YES. BUT IF IF THE VOTERS VOTE NO, THIS IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY QUICK. WOULD THE VOTE BE BASED LIKE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT? LIKE WOULD IS IT LIKE AN ALL OR NOTHING KIND OF THING? ALL OR NOTHING? OKAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE ONE OF THE OPEN HOUSES THAT THE CITY IS DOING, [00:45:08] YOU SHOULD GO. AND BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT. YEAH. AND I'M HOPING TO HAVE EITHER ALISON OR SOMEBODY FROM BUDGET TO BE AT ONE OF THE PARK BOARD MEETING HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER TO KIND OF HELP EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I MEAN, I WILL GIVE YOU THE HIVE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE THEY WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN ME. ARE THE REST OF THOSE AROUND A COUNCIL PERSON UPDATE TOWN HALL? ARE THEY TOWN HALL? IS THERE ONE THAT'S JUST FOCUSED ON THE TAX? YEAH, IT'S THE TAX HAVING SPECIAL THINGS. SO THEY HAD ONE AT HOLFORD THE OTHER DAY. YEAH. THERE'S. AND THEY'LL HAVE MORE JUST TO INFORM THE CITIZENS OF WHAT'S WHAT THE TAX COLLECTION IS. I MEAN, WE HAD ONE AT SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY, BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH AT THE, AT THE FRONT OF IT FOCUSING ON OTHER AREAS THAT THEY DID AN OVERVIEW OF GARLAND DELIVERS. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS I CAN FIND THE SCHEDULE AND HAVE YVONNE SEND IT TO. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I HELP YOU ALL OUT. I NEED TO HEAR IT. I NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN. HOPEFULLY JUST FOCUSED ON THAT PART. I WON'T BE EARLY OR ON TIME FOR THAT. I'LL COME. YEAH, WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY LAST MONTH I MENTIONED THAT. OR LAST TIME WE MET, I FOUND OUT IT WASN'T LAST MONTH, BUT I WANTED SOMEBODY FROM BUDGET TO COME AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. LIKE I SAID, I KNOW THE HIGH WE'RE DOING A TAP SWATCH, BUT SWAP. BUT TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WE WANT SOMEBODY FROM BUDGET TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE I, I HEARD IT AND THEN I WENT HOME AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, CUZ IT WILL BE A BIG IMPACT, LIKE A BIG IMPACT IF THE VOTERS VOTE NO ON THAT. SO BUT YOU HAVE TO GET VOTERS TO VOTE YES. WELL, CORRECT. I'LL SET THE DETAIL OUT. IT'S UP TO. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE THE STATE WANTED WHEN THEY PASSED THAT BILL. THEY WANTED WHERE MOST CITIES IS IN THAT SAME BOAT, THAT THEY BASICALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO THE VOTERS EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE STATE WANTED. THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT BILL, IT RESTRICTS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE COULD'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO IT'S PROBABLY ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE. I'LL, I'LL TRY TO FIND THAT AND LISTEN TO IT. IT WAS JUST I AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT WAS COVERED NEEDED TO BE COVERED. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WERE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD HAVE TRIMMED ANY TIME. I JUST WISH THAT I HAD HAD DINNER BEFORE I HAD GONE. WHAT HAPPENS IF IT GETS VOTED NO? ANYTHING YOU SEE HERE AND ON THAT SHEET THAT ON THE BACK WOULD NOT BE FUNDED. THE BACK APPENDIX A, APPENDIX H ON THAT. SO AND AND THAT INCLUDES THE 911 OPERATORS AND THE NINE FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS AND THE. EIGHT EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCH, THE TEN FULL TIME POLICE OFFICERS AND FOUR TAHOES. THAT BASICALLY EQUALS ABOUT $7 MILLION. SO THAT BASICALLY WOULD NOT BE FUNDED. AND THAT MEANS THAT IF IF IT HAPPENS, THEY ALREADY IDENTIFIED WHAT WILL BE IN THE WHAT WILL BE IN THE CUTS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO GO BACK. WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IS I WILL GO TO KERRY AND SAID, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE? BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS CONTRACTS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? WE MAY HAVE TO, INSTEAD OF MOWING WEEKLY, WE HAVE TO GO TO A BI WEEKLY. THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THIS QUESTION PROBABLY ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR YOU, BUT IT JUST, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME IF IT'S NOT AN INCREASE. AND IF YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM THE DEBT FUND THAT WE'VE PAID DOWN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD JUST BE MONEY SITTING THERE FLOATING AROUND, NOT BEING USED THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WON'T BUDGET TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE OKAY, YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS THE SWAP A LITTLE BIT. BUT I WANT THEM TO KIND OF ANSWER SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE FORETHOUGHT TO HAVE THEM COME BACK. [00:50:02] YES, YES. SO WE DID MENTION THAT IN THE PROCESS. IT'S JUST WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED. BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET'S NOT APPROVED UNTIL THE 17TH. SO AUGUST. YEAH. AND THE REASON AND THAT'S EARLY. THAT'S A MONTH EARLY. YOU SAID YES. AND THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THAT DATE TO BE ABLE TO CALL THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE ONLY THING ON THE SPECIAL ELECTION GOING TO BE THE TAX. IT WILL BE THE TAX. YEAH. THE TAX RATE. SO IT'S A SPECIAL ELECTION. YEAH. IT WILL BE ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL ELECTION. SO. OKAY. OKAY. NEXT, GOING TO MOLLY'S QUESTION EARLIER AS PART OF THE PROCESS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS A REALLOCATION FOR BRADFORD REC CENTER AND BRADFORD POOL TO CLOSE IT. THAT IS A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL. BASICALLY I HAVE I, I GOT ANOTHER SHEET, SO I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE BRADFIELD ON THIS, BUT BASICALLY WE ARE LOOKING TO REALLOCATE SOME FUNDING AND CLOSE DOWN BRADFORD REC CENTER AND POOL. AND THEN WE'RE TRANSFERRING SOME FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE REC PERFORMANCE FUND. OKAY. AND I'LL GO MORE DETAIL IN BRADFIELD REVENUE. YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH OUR MEETING ROOMS, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND GYM ALL APPROVED THE INCREASE OF $5 INCREASE. DURING OUR MEETING, COUNCIL ASKED IF WE CAN DO A RESIDENT NON RESIDENT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU SEE A PROPOSED RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT THAT WAS PRESENTED MONDAY. AND AND IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL IS ASKING US THE SENIOR CENTER RATE. Y'ALL ALSO SAW THAT AND APPROVED THAT ONE. THE ONE Y'ALL ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IS THEY ALSO ASKED FOR A SENIOR AQUATIC PASS. SO WHAT WE DID, WE CAME BACK AND OFFERED BASICALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE OFFER THE SENIOR PASS THE SAME AS THE YOUTH PASS. SO NUMBER ONE IS KIND OF STREAMLINED THE FEES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FEES. SO IT'S EITHER A YOUTH AND SENIOR PASS AT 35 FOR THE WEEKDAY PASS, AND AT $50 FOR A WEEKEND OR THE WHOLE SEASON. VERSUS SOMETHING CRAZY WHERE YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FEES. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS STRICTLY CURRENTLY FOR HORFORD. WE HAVE NOT GOT A FULL YEAR OF SERVICE TO REALLY LOOK AT SEASON PASS. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WILL COME BACK IN FEBRUARY TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THIS WILL BE 55 PLUS THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR CARVER AND SENIOR CENTER AGE ELIGIBILITY. BUT THIS WAS WE SEE VERY GOOD WITH COUNCIL AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE FEES. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THE TWO FEES THAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN YET. SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST YOU SAID THE ONLY PLACE FOR THE AQUATICS PASS IS HOLFORD. CURRENTLY, YES. AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE A SENIOR PASS. THAT'S THE SAME RATE AS THE YOUTH PASS. AT HOLFORD. BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT DOING A COMBINE. IF YOU HAVE A SENIOR, A SENIOR REC CENTER PASS THAT YOU HAVE AQUATIC PASS. BUT IF I GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO THE I GET THAT. YEAH. BUT IF I'M NOT A PERSON THAT WANT TO GO TO THE POOL, I HAVE TO PAY FOR BOTH. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE THAT WOULDN'T NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO. IF THEY JUST WANT TO DO THE SENIOR CENTER, LET'S THEM PAY THE $20. IF THEY WANT TO DO A AQUATIC PASS, THEN THEY CAN EITHER DO THE 35 OR 50. IT'S JUST GIVE THE SENIOR A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO AFTER EXPLAINING THAT TO COUNCIL. I THINK COUNCIL IS GOOD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. REALLY QUICK. CAN JUST A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING THING, WHEN YOU GO TO MAKE A COMMENT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE. [00:55:07] OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT BRADFIELD. SO. THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS AT BOTH THE POOL AND REC CENTER. THEY I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT YEAR 197475 IS WHEN IT WAS BUILT. THEY DID HOLFORD REC CENTER OR POOL WAS NOT IN THE 2019 BOND. BUT THAT WAS OUR ONE OF OUR NEWER FACILITIES THAT DID GET BACK IN 2016. I DON'T KNOW, EXACT YEAR, BUT IT DID GET A KIND OF A TOUCH UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE FLOORS AND THINGS. IT WASN'T A POOL. RESTROOMS. YEAH. CORRECT. CORRECT. BUT WE LOOKED AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF WHAT WE KNOW IS $2.2 MILLION JUST IN REPAIRS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO REPAIRS, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE MIGHT BE MORE REPAIRS UNDERNEATH THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT, WHICH IS 2.2 MILLION. SO SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAD TO CONSIDER. ALSO AS FAR AS THIS RECOMMENDATION WE'RE RECOMMENDING REALLOCATING THE STAFFING TO AREAS THAT FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE PROMOTED THE REC DIRECTOR TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR. WELL THAT WASN'T A POSITION IN OUR BUDGET, SO WE HAD TO TAKE THAT POSITION SOMEWHERE. SO WE TOOK IT FROM FILLS WHEN THE REC SPEC TO KIND OF RIGHT SIDE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE THE REC SPEC OVER TO THAT AREA. SAME THING WITH THE BUILDING ATTENDANT. I HAVE HORFORD AND G SACHSE JUST BIGGER FACILITIES. THEY WILL HELP SUPPORT THOSE TWO FACILITIES. AND THEN SUPERVISOR IS BE MORE OF LIKE A, A SPECIAL PROJECT. WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THAT POSITION CAN DO. SO NOBODY'S LOSING THEIR JOB AS FAR AS THIS SITUATION. SO THE NET SAVINGS, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SAW SOMETHING HERE THAT WAS 410. IF YOU INCLUDE THE LOST REVENUE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 380,000 THAT WE WILL SAVE BY CLOSING THE TWO FACILITIES. JUST AS YOU SEE IN THE SUMMARY WHAT THAT IS. SO THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ASKED FOR US IS BASICALLY COME BACK WITH A TRANSITION PLAN. SO WE BASICALLY DID TALK TO ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS. MOST OF THE INSTRUCTORS CAN MOVE TO OTHER LOCATION. THERE WAS ONE THAT MAY JUST RETIRE THERE WAS READY FOR THAT, BUT BECAUSE ABOUT HALF ALREADY TEACHES AT OTHER CENTERS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT OTHER CENTERS. THE DAY CAMP THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE FOR STARS IS ACTUALLY WILL BE MOVING TO PHIL'S. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. THE SWIM LESSONS THAT, AS AT BRADFIELD, WILL ACTUALLY BE MOVED TO HOLFORD AND SURF. AND THEN WE ARE COMING UP WITH A COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE WORKING WITH PMR UPDATING THE REC WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEN THE RESOURCES IS JUST TRAINING STAFF. AND THEN WE REASSIGN OR REDISTRIBUTED THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE RECEIVE. WE'LL STATE THAT THIS IS NOT A DONE DEAL. IT IS JUST ON THE TABLE. THEY HAVE SINCE WE MET ON THE 25TH. THEY HAD PUT COMMENTS OUT THERE. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK. SO MOST OF IT WAS MORE SENTIMENTAL REASONS WHY THEY WANTED TO KEEP THE FACILITY. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AS FAR AS PARTICIPANTS, UNIQUE USERS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INFORMATION. ARE THEY RESIDENT OR NON RESIDENTS? SO WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL AND AS OF RIGHT NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONSIDERATION IS TO CLOSE BOTH REC CENTER AND THE POOL. [01:00:01] I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. SO IF THEY DECIDE TO CLOSE IT, HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT COST TO LIKE, TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING AND FILL IN THE POOL 400? AND I HAVE THAT ACTUALLY HERE, BUT ABOUT $400,000. AND AS SOON AS THAT'S APPROVED, THEY WILL BE DEMOLISHING IT. I MEAN BRADFORD REC CENTER THEY NEED A NEW ROOF, THEY NEED AC. THERE'S A STRUCTURAL WALL THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT ONCE THEY GET INTO IT, IT COULD COST WAY MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING. SURF POOL. THE BANK, THE BULKHEAD IS THE BIGGEST THING BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY KEEPING THE WATER OUT OF ALL YOUR MEDICAL AREA. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF THEY FIX IT, IT COULD TEAR UP SOME OTHER STUFF ALONG WITH PLUMBING. SO THERE'S SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY ALSO. IF WE DIDN'T DEMOLISH IT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE BUILDING AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW. DECAYING EVEN MORE BASICALLY. AND SO AND THEN THOSE COSTS JUST ESCALATE THE LONGER WE WAIT. SO 381,600. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN A PRIVATE USE IN A REALLY NICE POOL. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BRADFORD AND HOLFORD OR IS, YOU KNOW, TEN MINUTES. YEAH, BUT IT'S 20 MINUTES FROM HOLFORD TO AUDUBON OR SURF AND SWIM. YEAH. THE THE CLOSEST SOMETHING UP IN THE NORTH. AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN THE CENTRAL OF GARLAND WHICH THEY CALL THE SOUTH. BUT YEAH, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE SOUTH THAN THAT. CORRECT. SO YOU'RE CORRECT. HOFER IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST POOL. BUT PHIL'S IS THE CLOSEST REC CENTER, SO AND AND WITH THE STARS CAMP, THAT IS A BIG PROGRAM. AND THE STARS ORIGINALLY STARTED FROM FIELDS, BUT WE MOVED THEM IN THE PAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SENIOR CENTER OVER THERE. THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH SENIORS, SO THEY WAS AUDUBON. I THOUGHT TO BEFORE. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. IT'S NOT THE STARS. CAMP. THE STARS IS IS 100 IS NOT 100%, BUT IT'S SELF IS FUNDED A LOT WITH CDBG FUNDING. SO IT'S MORE FOR THE LOWER INCOME. BUT BEFORE I MOVE OFF TO THIS, ANY OTHERS ABOUT BRADFIELD, I WAS CURIOUS IF THE ONCE YOU REACH THE POINT OF BEING A FLAT AND LEVEL PLOT, IS THERE A NEXT INTENDED USE FOR THAT LAND? SO MOST LIKELY THE NEXT THE NEXT MAJOR THING WE COULD DO WILL BE A BOND ELECTION. AND THEN MOST LIKELY THAT WILL GO THROUGH EITHER WE WILL PUT THAT IN OUR MASTER PLAN AND BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH INPUTS OF WHAT BEST USE FOR THAT, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO COME FROM A BOND ELECTION, AND THEN THAT WILL BE WHERE WE GET CITIZENS INPUT, WE GET MORE INPUT, WE GET EVERYBODY INPUT TO WHAT WILL BEST FIT IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IS IT A POOL? IS IT A SPLASH PAD? YOU KNOW, IS IT ANOTHER REC CENTER? SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD GET CITIZENS INPUT FOR THAT. SO FOR THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM, WAS THIS NOT EVEN MENTIONED OR WAS IT JUST SOMETHING YOU HAD TO ELIMINATE? IT WAS WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK. I KNOW MOLLY WAS ON THE BOARD. DAVID AND DAVID WAS ON THE BOARD. WE BASICALLY HAD A VERY LARGE, I WOULD SAY OVER CLOSE TO $400 MILLION OF NEEDS. BRADFIELD WAS A SEA, BUT SO WAS HOFER. SO WAS WHEN I THINK WAS ON. THAT WAS A D AND WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE. AND BRADFIELD WAS THE LEAST WORST OF THE OTHER ISSUES. SO THE BOARD WITH THE HELP OF THE BOARD, WE ACTUALLY MADE A DECISION WHAT WAS THE PRIORITY? AND AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT GOT LEFT OUT. BRADFIELD WAS THE SAME THING. [01:05:01] IT ALSO, IT JUST LESS THAN TEN YEARS GOT A, A FACELIFT, BASICALLY. BUT IT WAS JUST MINOR RENOVATION, NOTHING MAJOR. SO, BUT IT WAS IN OUR LIST OF NEEDS, YOU KNOW. YEAH. ALMOST HALF, HALF $1 BILLION. AND YOU, YOU DIDN'T SEE HALF $1 BILLION FOR PARKS PRESENTED IN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM. THE WHOLE THING THAT GOT HALF A BILLION WHITTLED DOWN A LOT. AND WE HAD SEVERAL PARK BOARD MEETINGS THAT WENT INTO THE NEXT DAY. THEY WERE LONG MEETINGS TRYING TO DO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED TO PRESENT, BUT. ONLY GO SO FAR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT BOND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT THAT THEY WOULD SOME WE'D BE ABLE. BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE 2025 BOND WAS VERY DIFFERENT IN ITS FOCUS AND THE CITY'S NEEDS. AND RIGHT. SO THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS DIDN'T GET PICKED UP. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC NEED FOR THAT BOND. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY FOCUS WAS ON THAT SPECIFIC NEED. YEAH. SITUATION. SO YEAH, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT PERHAPS THAT AND THEY DO THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CAME ABOUT IN THE 2025 BOND AND WHY THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. RIGHT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HER SPEAK TO THAT. WE SHOULD BE A FRIENDLY AUDIENCE. SO YES. AND THE GOOD THING IS IT WILL BE AFTER THE BOND IS APPROVED ON AUGUST 17TH. SO I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF MEETINGS EVERY COUNCIL MEETING THEY'RE AT. SO SO THAT WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW JUST MORE MEETINGS SHE HAS TO GO TO, BUT THAT'S FINE. SO ON THE, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CAMERAS GOT PUSHED IN AND I'VE TALKED TO CARRIE AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW KIND OF CAMERA AT SPRING CREEK AND OTHER PLACES. AND I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LOOKING AT HAVING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF CAMERA? I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DESCRIBE IT OR WHAT IT'S CALLED. IT'S A THE WIRELESS THAT'S NOT FLOCKING OR ANYTHING. IT'S A WIRELESS CONNECTION. YEAH, YEAH YEAH. AND SO SO WE ARE CUTTING A LOT OF OUR CAMERAS TIED TO OUR INTAKE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S JUST COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY. YEAH. BUT WE WAS TOLD TO MOVE. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THESE BECAUSE THE COST IS NOT THAT RIGHT. YOU KNOW MAYBE WE WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. SO THE CAMERAS ACTUALLY CAME IN. WE'RE JUST WORKING ON THE POLES AND GETTING THEM UP AND INSTALLED. SO I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND THEN THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM THREE D OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS UPDATES. WE JUST MET. I WAS THINKING YOU COULD HAVE. IT LOOKS FAMILIAR. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. GOT A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AROUND D AND D, SO LEAD OFF. WE HAVE A GARLAND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. THE INTERIOR WALL ENCLOSURE, BASICALLY THE DRYWALL THAT'S ABOUT TO BEGIN ON INTERIOR PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL ARE NEARING COMPLETION. THEY GET THE FINAL INSPECTIONS AT LEAST TO GIVE A GET THE GO AHEAD TO PROCEED WITH THAT. AND OF COURSE, THE EXTERIOR SITE WORK STILL CONTINUES. I TRY TO FRAME THIS PHOTO TO WHERE IT CAPTURES A LITTLE BIT OF THE RENDERING. THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM A DRONE, SO IT'S VERY VERSATILE. SO TRYING TO PICK AND CHOOSE REALLY INTERESTING PHOTOS. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM LOOKING OUT THE COURTYARD. AND THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE CAR LIKE THE OVERHEAD SHADE DROP OFF AREA. YOU SEE, THEY'RE APPLYING THE EXTERIOR. THEY DID THE WATERPROOFING FOR THE WINDOWS AND PRETTY SOON I THINK IN THE NEXT [01:10:01] MAYBE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST ON THE EXTERIOR SITE WORK PAVING ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING. SO STAY TUNED. IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU REALLY CAN'T RECOGNIZE THAT PROJECT THAT MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS YOU ALWAYS SEE THE GYMNASIUM AND THE ACTIVITY BUILDING THAT'S COMPLETELY GONE RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH IS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY THIS WAS CONSTRUCTED, I BELIEVE IN THE 60S, GIVE OR TAKE. THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THESE ARE MONSTER FOUNDATIONS. AND IN FACT THEY'RE ABOUT SEVEN FEET DEEP IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND IT'S, IT'S A TASK, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS REALLY DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB DOING THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY TIME CONSUMING. AND WE ALSO THINK WE DISCOVERED A COULD BE A POOL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR YEARS AGO. SO WE JUST I THOUGHT IT HAD A COVERED POOL. NOBODY'S HERE. WELL, WE WERE AWARE OF A JUNIOR KIDDY POOL, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER STRUCTURE. NO, IT WAS A BUBBLE. IT WAS THAT WAS. WELL I'M WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S A IT'S ESSENTIALLY NINE FEET DEEP STRUCTURE WITH EXISTING LIGHT POLES. LIKE I THINK IT WAS A DUMPING GROUND, I DON'T KNOW. SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S A TASK. AND I THINK JUST THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T EVEN ANY BUILT. SO IT'S COOL. I WISH WE COULD. YOU FOUND A POOL. ALREADY DONE. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. GOTTA DIG IT OUT. SO YOU SEE, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. THIS IS ACTUALLY A VIEW LOOKING AT THE SOFTBALL FIELD. IF YOU'RE ON THE PRIVATE DRIVE OF THE JEEP DRIVE. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S A LOT OF ACTION HAPPENING. BUT AGAIN, TO GET YOUR BEARINGS, IF YOU'RE ALWAYS RELY ON THAT GYMNASIUM ACTIVITY BUILDING, IT'S LIKE KIND OF LIKE, WHERE AM I AT? SO RICK, THE SPLASH PAD HAD SOME UPDATED RENDERINGS TO SHARE. CURRENT PLANS ARE BEING REVIEWED. THE 100% PLANS THAT THE CITY HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS PROVIDED ACTUALLY TODAY. SO SO I EXPECT TO HAVE MINIMAL COMMENTS AND THEN THAT'LL BE THE FINAL SET. AND THEN THAT COMES IN NEXT SUMMER. YES. YES. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE LARGEST SPLASH PAD IN THE CITY, OF COURSE, BUT REALLY INTERESTING WITH THAT WHEN JOYCE PARK TO DATE, WE HAVE ABOUT 1300 LINEAR FEET OF TRAIL HAS BEEN INSTALLED. THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF SITE AND UTILITY WORK AND PREPARATION FOR THE FOR JUST ELECTRICAL. THEY HAVE A RESTROOM BUILDING. SO THAT'S UNDERWAY. A FEW PHOTOS OF THAT 1300 LINEAR FEET IS JUST THAT COASTLINE. ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT HERE. SO BASICALLY RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE FROM HERE TO ABOUT RIGHT OVER HERE, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY LONG RUNS OF TRAIL. BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE AT TO DATE. I EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK THEY COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 800 LINEAR FEET. SO AND IT'S 12 FOOT WIDE, SO IT TAKES A LOT. HERE'S A FEW PHOTOS THAT WE DROVE BY ON SUNDAY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S COMING ALONG. YEAH, IT'S COMING ALONG. YEAH. ALL EXCITED. I HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING THEM. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN OFF YOUR TRUCKS. DON'T MISS IT. DON'T MAKE A MESS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT. KINGSLEY PARK. YEAH, WE'RE STILL WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE COORDINATING A SCENARIO ABOUT THE ENTRY OFF OF WEST KINGSLEY. IT'S REALLY NARROW. VERY NARROW. SO TO MAKE IT AN APPROPRIATE TURN IN. SO WE'RE, WE'RE COORDINATING THAT WITH THE KIMLEY-HORN ON THAT. SO. OKAY. IS ANYTHING AT THE PARK NOW, OR IS THIS ALL A RENDERING OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE? BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DONE A THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE, WHEN I SAY 60% PLANTS THAT IT'S HONESTLY ABOUT 80%. IT'S REALLY DEVELOPED AS FAR AS A PLAN SET RIGHT NOW IS JUST A FIELD TO A UTILITY EASEMENT. SO I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONCE PLAYGROUND THERE WAS, AND THERE WAS A VERY SAD PICTURE OF A PLAYGROUND THAT WAS THERE. YES, YES. AND, AND SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, DROVE BY THERE AND SAID, WHAT IS IN THIS PARK? I SEE THE SIGN AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT PARK. WELL, THEY HAD TO TAKE DOWN WHATEVER THE PLAYGROUND WAS THERE. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, SINCE BEFORE COVID, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE FUNDS AT THAT TIME THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USED. THERE WERE AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHERE THIS PROJECT STOPPED, AND WE KIND OF PAUSED FOR A GOOD WHILE AND THEN IT PICKED BACK UP. [01:15:04] AND THEN WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH, WE HAD SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT JUST GIVEN THE SITE, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THAT. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT COMING OFF OF. YEAH, IT'S A PROBLEM IS IF YOU DRIVE PAST THAT ONE ENTRY DRIVE, YOU MISS THE ENTIRE PARK. SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT APPROACH COMING IN. IN THIS HONESTLY, FUNDING COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE COULD REALLY GET THAT SQUARED AWAY. SO BUT IT'S UNDERWAY. JOHN PAUL JONES SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IS GOING TO BE A REPEATING STORY BECAUSE. BUT IT IS IN THE IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO TEXAS PARKS. THAT'S THE 100% PLAN SET. IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME TO REVIEW. OKAY, I KNOW THIS IS AUGUST AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PRIOR MONTHS. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT TAKES THEM 2 TO 3 MONTHS. SO WE SHOULD BE KIND OF GETTING CLOSE TO I SUSPECT SO YEAH. BECAUSE THIS IS COMING FROM THE CONSULTANT WHO'S, WHO'S DONE A FEW SUBMISSIONS TO TEXAS PARKS IN THE PAST. SO THAT WAS THEIR BALLPARK, BUT WE DID HAVE A CALL WITH THEM EARLIER ON MONDAY, I BELIEVE. THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO THE REVIEW, THE PERSON, THE CONTACT FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S HINTS MAYBE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT SOONER. I REALLY HOPE SO BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR QUITE A WHILE. BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IT'S COMPLETE BARRING ANY COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I SUSPECT ARE JUST KIND OF NOTES AND BOILERPLATE INFORMATION WITH THAT. BUT YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS NEXT MEETING. YES. I HOPE TO HAVE A HEY, WE GOT IT BACK. AND THERE IT GOES. SO BECAUSE I WANT TO SHOW NEW THINGS, I DON'T LIKE REPEATING IT, BUT SO THE DUCK CREEK AUDUBON THE, THE 100% PLAN SET WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSULTANT, BASED ON A FEW MINOR COMMENTS THAT THE CITY HAD. AND WE'RE REALLY ANTICIPATING TO BID THIS NEXT MONTH. AND I THINK WE'LL DO, I BELIEVE WE'LL USUALLY IT'S ABOUT 3 TO 4 WEEKS OF BID. ADVERTISEMENT. MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD CONTRACTOR, BUT IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. WE'RE, WE'RE IN BUDGET. SO FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT. I SEE OATS. ON THIS AND I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ARE THEY JUST REDOING THE TRAIL THAT'S THERE? NEW TRAIL THAT'S CONNECTING TO SOMETHING. IT'S A NEW TRAIL. LET ME ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY OOPS, STAR GOES. YOU CAN START HERE. IT'S THERE'S A DUCK CREEK TRAIL GOES ACROSS IT. TRIGGERED. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL. THE TRAIL IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S. EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE. WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF IRRIGATION MAINLINE WORK TO ADDRESS. BUT ALL IN ALL, IT'S FUNCTIONING, IT'S, IT LOOKS GREAT. SO THE IRRIGATION, ESSENTIALLY IT'S RIGHT ALONG HERE. SO THEY MADE THE REPAIRS, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF WITH THAT. AND THIS IS ALL AT THE FRONT SIDE. IS THE BACK SIDE DONE OR IS IT LOOP AROUND? LET ME SEE. THIS. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS JUST HERE TO HERE. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MOMENT IS DUCK CREEK CENTRAL SEGMENT THREE, WHICH IS IN DESIGN WITH THE RAILROAD. AND THAT'LL RUN RIGHT ALONG THE DUCK CREEK. SO THEN KIND OF THEREBY CREATES A. WELL, I DROVE BY THERE AS WELL, AND I DIDN'T SEE WHERE IT WAS GOING BACK THAT SIDE. AND THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THE JAMES PARK LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION INSTALL IS UNDERWAY AND PARKING LOT STRIPING WILL BE SCHEDULED SOON. JUST DUE TO THE FUNDING, WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR FOCUS SOLELY ON JAMES PARK AND THEN MOVED JUST JUST I BELIEVE IT'S TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD TO GO TO QUAIL CREEK PARKWAY. SEE A FEW PHOTOS. BUT THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS REALLY NICE. IT'S HAS A SAFARI SAFARI KIND OF FEEL TO IT, SO IT'S IT'S REALLY NICE, BUT. AND SURPRISINGLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH ANYONE USING THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE WE REALLY JUST LEARNED FROM LESSONS OR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST OF HAVING A NICE PLAYGROUND AND STILL DOING THE SITE WORK. SO THE CONTRACTOR HAS DONE A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE IT'S BARRICADED. WELL, THIS GATE IS OPEN. SO THAT THEY'RE WORKING THERE. [01:20:03] THEY'RE WORKING. THIS IS DUCK CREEK CENTRAL SEGMENT THREE. I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT THE NEXT PARK BOARD. I SHOULD, I SHOULD HAVE SOME UPDATES TO SHOW YOU THE, THE DESIGN FOR THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE FOR THE RAILROAD I MAY NOT HAVE THE RENDERINGS, BUT IT HAS SOME GOOD DETAILS FOR THAT. SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA FOR THAT. AND THEN THE REPEATING, THE REPEATING PROJECTS STILL ON PAUSE. THIS, THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED, I SUSPECT OF. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT'S, IT'S THERE, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS GOOD. WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT. AND SAME THING IS SAID FOR THIS ONE. SO EVERYONE IS PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT ONE. SO I HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE SOON ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS, BUT I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN AS TO WHY THAT. SO. AND WE DID SEE SOME POSITIVE THINGS LAST TIME. I THINK SO. I THINK SO. IS THE RED AREA THE DAMAGED AREA? THIS IS JUST TO INDICATE KIND OF WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT IT'S JUST TO INDICATE THE PRESERVE AREA. YES. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE IT. YEAH. HOW IS THAT? I MEAN, AREN'T THEY CONSTRUCTING A WHOLE NEW OLD FOLKS COMPLEX NEAR THERE WHERE THE CEMENT PLANT IS. ISN'T THAT ADJACENT THE PRESERVE? IS THAT AT THE CORNER OF RANGER AND RAYMOND? THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE, LIKE ON GARLAND AVENUE, WHERE IT TURNS INTO ARAPAHO. THAT ONE? YEAH. THAT'S NOT NEXT TO THIS. NOT REALLY. OKAY. IT'S CLOSE, BUT IT'S NOT. YEAH, THAT'S ON THE THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE OTHER SIDE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOGLED THE WRONG SPOT. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE IN YOUR NEXT UPDATE WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING LIKE THE, THE NEW PATHWAY, CAN YOU KIND OF SHOW JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY PUT IN THERE? SO IT SHOWS HOW IT CONNECTS ON THE CENTRAL CREEK WALKING TRAIL. SURE, SURE. SO SHOW LIKE WHERE IT WOULD CONNECT TO CENTRAL. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS PROPOSED ON. OKAY, I HAVE A GRAPHIC. I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT FOR THIS. WE HAVE THE SOMEONE ASKED THAT LIKE DREW IT UP AND SAID THE YELLOW IS THIS RED IS FUTURE. I THINK IT WOULD REALLY. YEAH, I'LL CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. NEXT UP. THERE'S JUST ALL THE LINKED AND ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND THEN WE ARE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING OR. SORRY. KERRY, YOU'RE GOING TO START ON THE STATUS REPORT. SORRY. YES. I WAS JUST WANTING TO CIRCLE BACK TO SOME OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED. SO CAMERAS ON THE CAMERAS, THE NEW STYLE, MAYBE WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY UP AND BEING TESTED. I KNOW WE HAD KIND OF A. SOMEWHAT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PARK SECURITY UPDATE. SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT. INCLUDING THE SKATE PARK RESTROOMS THAT THEY VISIT OR WHATEVER. YEAH. WE COULD DO THAT WE'LL BE IN A WORLD OF HURT IF THAT. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IF WE DON'T IF THE VOTERS DON'T PASS THE TAX CHANGE SO WE CAN. YEAH, WE'LL ADD THAT THERE. THE SWAP, NOT THE INCREASE. WELL, IT'S TECHNICALLY, BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY AN INCREASE WHICH IT'S LIKE THIS THE SWAP AND DROP. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING TO THE TABLE. I THINK I ASKED EARLIER ON THE CONNECTIVITY PART I'D LIKE TO SEE HER COME BACK. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THAT HIRE. EVELYN WAS GOING TO DISCUSS SHIRTS AT THE. OH, WELL, THAT WAS THAT WAS PART OF A FUTURE UPDATE OF HAVING A ANNUAL PARK BOARD UPDATE TO COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SLATED TO DO ON NOVEMBER 16TH [01:25:06] THAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT. AND SO SURPRISE, SURPRISE, NOVEMBER 16TH, YOU'VE GOT TRAPS. WAS THAT WAS IT? OH, OKAY. NOVEMBER 30TH. NOVEMBER 30TH. EXCUSE ME. YES, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATES WRONG. NOVEMBER 30TH. SO WE WERE WERE SLATED TO DO A PARK BOARD UPDATE TO COUNCIL AT 630. AND IT'S ABOUT A 15 MINUTE UPDATE. AND SO WE WERE GOING TO ADD TO THE AGENDA OR PROPOSE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA TO DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER THAT THE BOARD BRING BACK ITEMS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN ALSO WITH THE SHIRTS. IF YOU WEAR YOUR BLACK BOARD SHIRT, WE'LL GET A GOOD PICTURE OF EVERYBODY WEARING THEIR SHIRTS. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT NOW. NOVEMBER 30TH. NOVEMBER 30TH. NOVEMBER 30TH 636 30. YES. SORRY. EVERYTHING'S ON THAT. YEAH. ANY OTHER NOTES ON THAT? 30TH ON MY CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT. I'LL PUT THAT IN THERE TOO. OKAY. LOVELY. ANYTHING ELSE? CAN WE. TRAPS IS IN HERE. IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED? YEAH. CAN WE GO THIS YEAR? AN UPDATE ON TRAPS. OH, WE HAVE THIS IN HERE. IF Y'ALL IF Y'ALL WANT TO ATTEND, IF Y'ALL CAN LET US KNOW. EARLY BIRD WILL BE IN AUGUST, BUT IF Y'ALL CAN LET US KNOW AT THE NEXT PERHAPS ME, IF Y'ALL WOULD BE A KID. WE WILL GET A HEADCOUNT SO WE CAN GET Y'ALL REGISTERED. BUT THE FLOWERS IN HERE, Y'ALL JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT SHIRTS. WE DO WANT Y'ALL TO WEAR THIS SHIRT, SHIRT, BLACK SHIRT. SO WE GET A PICTURE SO WE CAN DO THAT FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO LET ME GET A PICTURE. THAT'S FOR NEXT MONTH. NEXT MONTH IT SAYS EARLY BIRD IS TEN THREE. IS THAT NOT RIGHT. IT SAYS EARLY BIRD IS TEN THREE. SO WE'RE READY RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. YEAH. YES. SO WE CAN REMEMBER SEEING THAT. SO DID ALL THIS STUFF. SO YEAH, Y'ALL CAN JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET GUITAR RESCUE. SO I'D JUST SAY THAT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO GO AND SEE SEE WHAT THE OTHER PARK SYSTEMS ARE DOING, AND LISTEN TO WHAT SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND SOME ABOUT PARKS THAT INTEREST YOU. THERE'S PROBABLY A PRESENTATION ON IT. YOU DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE WORKSHOPS ARE. I KNOW AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THEY HAD A LOT TOWARD PARK BOARD MEMBERS. BUT SOME OF THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY GEARED TOWARD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, VERY INTERESTING. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IRRIGATION THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK THEY JUST CLOSED OFF SESSION PROPOSALS LIKE LAST WEEK, SO I'M SURE THEY'RE FINALIZING SOME STUFF FOR IT. I, I'M LEANING TOWARD GOING, YOU GUYS, I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. LIKE DAVID SAID, IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO LEARN. THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN THERE, NOT JUST ABOUT IRRIGATION, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF. BUT IRRIGATION IS FUN TOO, RIGHT? OH YEAH. VERY INTRIGUING. DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS THEY'RE DOING AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROJECTS WERE INNOVATIVE AND OH YEAH, I MEAN, DALLAS POOL DEAL WAS PART OF IT. HOW THEY THEY HAD A TWO YEAR PLAN FOR THAT. AND IT ALL GOT DONE IN ONE YEAR. AND THEY SHOWED US HOW THEY, HOW THEY DID THAT. WE CAME BACK HERE AND WE EXPECTED THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN IN GARLAND. I MEAN, I MEAN, GARLAND'S DONE A LOT. YEAH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T, BUT THEY WERE DOING A LOT IN DALLAS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL OVER TOWN ANYWAY. YEAH. IT'S A I RECOMMEND IT IF YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWS. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 829. WAIT TILL 830. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. LET'S GO AND GET OUT OF HERE. 829 THANK YOU SO MUCH, Y'ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.