* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] UM, JUST A MINUTE. SO WAS, UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE, IS IT TOO LATE TO ASK SINCE WE WERE APPROVED HIM? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO DISCUSS IT IF WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED IT. RIGHT. SO WHAT ELSE? WHAT NEEDS, CORRECT? YEAH, WHAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ON IT? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I MEAN, OH, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, WHICH I'M SURE YOU WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE HIM, BUT OH, OH, YEAH, SORRY. BUT HE, HE WASN'T SO THAT HE WAS ABSENT. BUT WAS HE APPOINTED FOR LAST MONTH? YES. IS THAT WHY HE'S ABSENT? YEAH, HE WAS. OKAY. SORRY NOT TO CALL YOU OUT. THAT'S ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. AND BEFORE WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW, UH, MEMBER JOINING US IN, UH, VINCE, CORRECT? YES. ALRIGHTYY, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE. UH, MY NAME IS VINCE ELLA. I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. UM, YEAH, SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. UH, SORRY I COULDN'T BE HERE LAST TIME, UH, BEFORE I GOT APPOINTED, WE HAD ALREADY BOOKED A VACATION, AND SO I WAS LIKE, OH, MAN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE ALREADY PAID FOR IT, SO COULDN'T CANCEL IT. ALL GOOD. WELL, GLAD YOU'RE HERE. WHERE DID YOU, ALRIGHT, IS ANYBODY ELSE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS OUT THERE? I THINK THEY'RE ALL PARKED. ALL RIGHTY. ALL FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION THEN. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE DO HAVE ITEM THREE, A PARKS FOUNDATION UPDATE. ALRIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME CHRIS. WELCOME BRUCE. YES, CHRIS OTT AND BRUCE BISHOP. WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE NORTH TEXAS GIVING PARKS FOUNDATION AND OUR BIG UPDATE FOR THIS MONTH IS IT'S NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. IT IS, IT HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN IT. PEOPLE WE'RE JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE FAR AND WIDE TO SPREAD THE WORD. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FOUNDATIONS. IT'S NOT JUST THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION. WE ALSO HAVE THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, KEEP GARLAND BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAVE THE MAGIC 11TH STREET FOUNDATION. ALL OF THESE ARE WORTHY CAUSES AND SO WE'RE JUST SPREADING WE'RE WE ARE BEING, WE'RE DISCIPLES OF THIS AND SPREADING THE WORD. LOVELY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? WHAT'S THE, UM, WHEN IS THE ACTUAL, I KNOW YOU CAN DONATE AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WHEN IS ACTUAL NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY AGAIN? IT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH. 17TH. 17TH. 17TH. 17TH. THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. 17TH. YES, 17TH IS THE ACTUAL DAY, BUT YOU CAN ALREADY, THEY'RE ALREADY ACCEPTING, UH, DONATIONS NOW. I SAW THE SIGN AT THE PRESERVE AT 1787. THEY HAVE THE ONE UP THERE TOO. YEP. MM-HMM . ALL WORTHY, WORTHY CAUSES. AND IT'S, IT'S ALL VOLUNTEERS AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF EVERYBODY. SO, SO WE THANK YOU. WE THANK EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO FOR, FOR THE GARLAND PARKS FOUNDATION. IT'S, IT'S VITAL. SO THANK YOU. LOVELY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE UPDATE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. ON TO ITEM THREE B, MR. KEITH REAGAN. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT OUR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27, BUDGET AND TAX RATE ELECTION. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TURN IT OVER TO TODD, THE PRESENTATION. SOUNDS GOOD. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FAHAD KADER, BUDGET SERVICES MANAGER WITH THE BUDGET RESEARCH DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE TAX UPCOMING TAX REELECTION. UH, THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED, UH, ON AUGUST 17TH. AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE COUNCIL CALLED FOR A SPECIAL TAX RATE ELECTION. UH, THE BUDGET WAS BASED ON A, UH, 67, UH, 0.68 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION, UH, TAX RATE. THIS IS ABOVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO A TAX REELECTION. UM, THIS IS AN INFORMA INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING ON THE CITY PROPERTY TAX RATE PROPOSITION. THAT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER. ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD BALLOT. UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO HELP VOTERS MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. IT COVERS THREE THINGS. THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, UH, REPRODUCE EXACTLY AS IT WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, THE ADOPTED TAX RATE, AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. AND WHAT EACH MEANS FOR AN ANNUAL TAX BILL. EACH ITEM FUNDED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET THAT IS NOT FUNDED AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THE AMOUNT OF EACH UNDER SECTION 26.07 E OF THE TEXAS TAX, LEMME MAKE THIS FULL SCREEN, APOLOGIES UNDER [00:05:01] 20, UNDER SECTION 26.07 E OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. IF THE PROPOSITION IS NOT APPROVED, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE BECOMES THE CITY'S TAX RATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. UH, THIS BRIEFING TAKES NO POSITION ON THE PROPOSITION AND DOES NOT ADVOCATE ITS PASSAGE OR DEFEAT. TEXAS ELECTION CODE SECTION 20, UH, 255.003 B. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SECOND? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT, THAT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, I MEAN, IF IT PA IF IT IT DOESN'T PASS, DOESN'T IT JUST GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS? UH, SO THERE IS A CURRENT YEAR TAX RATE, WHICH IS THE, UH, WHICH THE PRIOR BUDGET WAS BASED ON. WE HAVE TO RECALCULATE THE TAX RATE BASED ON OUR CERTIFIED VALUES. SO THERE IS A MAXIMUM, UH, A TAX RATE THAT THE CITY CAN PASS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THEIR APPROVERS. IT'S BASED ON A FORMULA, UH, FROM THE COUNTY, AND IT EFFECTIVELY WILL CAP OUR, UH, OR REVENUE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AT 3.5%. SO THAT VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE MAXIMUM, UH, TAX RATE THAT WE CAN ASSESS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO GO TO THE VOTERS. I'LL GET INTO THIS IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, BUT IT'LL ACTUALLY BE LOWER THAN THE CURRENT YEAR TAX RATE BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE REVENUE CAP, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS A LOWER TAX RATE TO MEET THAT REVENUE CAP REQUIREMENT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. I, I WAS CURIOUS. YEAH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LET YOU FINISH. I'LL SPELL IT. I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT, I DON'T SEE IT ANY REPRODUCED ANYWHERE ELSE, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS, WE'LL GET INTO IT MY TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON THAT IF IT'S NOT, UH, MADE, MADE CLEAR. UM, SO WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT. UH, THE CITY ADOPTED A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF, UH, 0.68 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE FY 26 27 TAX YEAR. THE ADOPTED TAX, UH, THE ADOPTED RATE EXCEEDS THE CITY'S VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 0.64 CENTS PER $100. EVALUATION UNDER SECTION 26.07 E OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. VOTER APPROVAL IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE CITY MAY IMPOSE THE ADOPTED RATE. THE ELECTION IS THEREFORE BEING HELD TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ADOPTED RATE MAY TAKE EFFECT. SO THIS IS THE BALLOT AS REQUIRED. UM, UNDER SECTION 26.07 C OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, IT OUTLINES THE BAT LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS. FIRST, IT CITES THE ADOPTED TAX RATE IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE, WHICH IS 0.68 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. THEN IT LISTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADOPTED TAX RATE AS COMPARED TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS 0.37 CENTS HIGHER PER $100 EVALUATION. THIS DIFFERENCE IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS LOWER THAN OUR, UH, ADOPT A TAX RATE. AND IT THEN IT GOES INTO THE PURPOSE OF THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS FOR, UH, STAFFING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT NINE 11, UH, 9 1 1. DISPATCH, UH, PARKS INCREASE INCREASING FUNDING FOR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINING ENHANCING CITY LEVELS, UH, LEVELS OF CITYWIDE SERVICES AND COMPETITIVE PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND CITY PERSONNEL. AND THE LAST SENTENCE, THIS COMPARES TO THE PRIOR YEAR TAX RATE OF 0.67, UH, 9 7 4 6 PER $100 EVALUATION. UH, GO BACK FOR ONE SECOND. YES. UH, THIS IS A, UH, QUICK COMPARISON FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES OF WHAT AN AVERAGE RESIDENT MIGHT SEE, UM, ON THEIR TAX BILL AND A COMPARISON OF, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR EIGHT VERSUS THE ADOPTER RATE. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, STARTING ON THE LEFT IS THE PRIOR YEAR TAX RATE, OR THIS IS FOR THE, UH, CURRENT YEAR, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT TAX RATE IS 0.69 CENTS PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE. AND THIS, UH, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE ADOPTED RATE, WHICH IS IN THAT SECOND COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE TWO PORTIONS OF THE TAX RATE. THE FIRST PORTION IS THE O, M AND MM AND O RATE, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. THIS IS 0.32, UH, CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. AND YOU CAN SEE SINCE [00:10:01] IT IS HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR, M AND O RATE, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE ELECTION AND THE PURPOSE FOR THE BALLOT. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW, COMPARING TO THE INS OR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, THIS IS ACTUALLY DROPPING 0.04 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. THIS IS THE RATE THAT WE USE TO FUND OUR, UH, DEBT SERVICE AND OUR CIP. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TAX RATE ELECTION WILL NOT IMPACT THE FUNDING OR COMPLETION OF PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY VOTERS. THE CITY OF GARLAND WOULD CONTINUE PAYING DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VOTER APPROVED PROJECTS WHILE REDUCING THE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE NEEDED FOR DEBT. AS OLDER OBLIGATIONS ARE PAID DOWN, INTEREST IN SINKING IS GOING TO DEBT, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE JUST YES. THE INS RATE IS THE DEBT SERVICE. THIS IS WHAT FUNDS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. YES. UH, NEXT COLUMN IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. UM, THIS, WHICH WOULD BE 0.64 CENTS PER $100 EVALUATION. AND COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR TAX RATE, THIS WOULD BE, UH, ZERO, UH, 0.05 CENTS LOWER. IS THIS CHART AVAILABLE ONLINE? UH, YES. AND WE'LL ALSO GET INTO IT. THERE IS A, THIS BOTTOM PORTION IS, UH, AN AVERAGE TAX BILL. THERE'S A CALCULATOR THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THERE'S A VOTE GARLAND WEBSITE THAT HAS ALL THIS INFORMATION. OKAY. VOTE IT'S VOTE GARLAND.COM AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A SECOND. THANK YOU. SORRY. UM, SO LOOKING AT THESE ESTIMATED TAX BILLS, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HERE. ONE, FOR A $200,000 TAXABLE VALUE HOME, ONE FOR A $300,000 AND ONE FOR A $400,000 TAXABLE VALUE HOME. SO, UH, THIS FIRST SECTION HERE, UH, COMPARING THE ADOPTED RATE TO THE PRIOR YEAR RATE FOR A $200,000 TAXABLE VALUE HOME, THIS WOULD BE A $19 DECREASE, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. FOR A $300,000, THIS WOULD BE A $29 DECREASE. AND FOR A $400,000, THIS WOULD BE A $39 DECREASE. ON THE NEXT PART, COMPARING IT TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. SO, UH, IF WE HAD THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR FOR A $200,000 TAXABLE VALUE, UH, IT WOULD BE $92 LOWER. FOR A $300,000, IT WOULD BE, WHAT? $139 LOWER. AND FOR 400,000, IT WOULD BE 186, UH, DOLLARS LOWER. AND AGAIN, WE WILL GO THROUGH A TAX RATE CALCULATOR AS AN EXAMPLE TO KIND OF, SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PLUG IN YOUR OWN HOME INFORMATION AND LOOK UP YOUR, UH, TAXABLE VALUE HOME AND HAVE IT SPELT OUT FOR YOU. IN SUMMARY, IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THE GARLAND TAX RATE ELECTION, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD BE 1 CENT LOWER COMPARED TO THE 20 25, 26 CURRENT YEAR TAX RATE. IF THE VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE GARLAND TAX RATE ELECTION, IT WOULD BE 4.60 CENTS LOWER COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR 25 26 TAX RATE. ISN'T THAT REVERSED? NO. NO. I CAN MAKE A NO, IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU LET HIM FINISH BEFORE WE ASK ANY QUESTIONS. YES. SO CAN, THAT WAS NUMBER, UM, FIVE SIX. YES. WE COULD LET HIM FINISH GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE, SO, UH, IF THERE'S NOT QUESTION ON OF THIS'S, JUST THREE. SUMMARIZE, UH, 1 CENT LOWER IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THE GARLAND, UH, TAX REELECTION AND 4.60 CENTS LOWER IF THE VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE GARLAND TAX REELECTION COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, THIS IS A COMPLETE LIST OF FUNDING THAT IS APPROVED WITH THE BUDGET, UH, AND IS CONSIDERED WITH THE APPROVED TAX RATE. THIS FUNDING TOTAL IS ABOUT 9.7 MILLION. UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE ON THE, UH, FOLLOWING SLIDES. UM, ONE IMPORTANT NOTE ON THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES LINE. UH, THE NUMBER THAT WAS PUBLISHED WITH THE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET IN APPENDIX H WAS BASED ON PRELIMINARY TAX-BASED VALUES, UH, DUE TO THE TIMING OF WHEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS DUE, AND WHEN WE RECEIVED CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, WE HAD TO GO WITH PRELIMINARY ASSUMPTIONS. THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES WERE HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. SO THIS, UH, GENERAL FUND RESERVES AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY, UH, $1 MILLION HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THESE CHANGES WERE APPROVED BY COUNSEL, UH, TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE, THE BUDGET ON THE 17TH. UM, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTION RATES, THE CITY ASSUMES A PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION [00:15:01] RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 98%, AND THIS YEAR ASSUMES AN ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE OF POTENTIAL LOSS DUE TO HISTORICALLY HIGH VALUATION APPEALS. STILL PENDING AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATION, ABOUT 5.6% OF THE TOTAL CERTIFIED TAX BASE LEADING TO APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION OF UNBUDGETED POTENTIAL REVENUE. AND AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHETHER WE'LL BE RECEIVING THAT BASED ON OUR COLLECTIONS. AND I WILL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALLY. UH, STARTING OFF WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, 10 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS AND FOUR POLICE TAHOE UNITS ARE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR THE POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDE SALARY OVER TIME. FRINGE BENEFITS INCLUDING FICA, MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE, PENSION AND CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREMENT STABILITY, BENEFIT EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE TOTAL FOR THESE 10 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS IS $1,598,150. UH, FOR THE VEHICLES, THESE ARE CHEVY TAHOES. UH, THIS INCLUDES ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE TAHOES TO OUTFIT THEM. RESERVE FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT FUEL AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. UH, THE TOTAL, UH, FOR THESE VEHICLE FOUR VEHICLES IS $500,612 FOR A COMBINED REQUEST OF $2,098,762 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OUR NINE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND AN OVERTIME ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES SALARY, FRINGE BENEFITS INCLUDING FICA, MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE, PENSION AND CIVIL SERVICE, RETIREMENT, UH, BENEFIT EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL FOR THESE POSITIONS IS $1,128,160, UH, FOR FIRE OVERTIME. THIS INCLUDES AN ADJUSTMENT OF $594,400 FOR A TOTAL COMBINED REQUEST OF 1,000,700 TO $1,722,560. ALSO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INCLUDED, UH, EIGHT EMERGENCY SERVICE DISPATCHER POSITIONS. A PART OF THIS REQUEST IS FOR SALARY OVERTIME, FRINGE BENEFITS FOR FICA, MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THE DMRS PENSION EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENT FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF $756,424 FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS THE CONVERSION OF TEMP POSITIONS TO THREE FULL-TIME ANIMAL CARE TECH POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES SALARY FRINGE BENEFITS FOR FICA, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTH INSURANCE AND PENSION. AND ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS, UH, PROPOSITION IS TO REALLOCATE EXISTING TEMP SALARIES FOR A TOTAL NET REQUEST OF 47,000 THOUSAND $559. UH, FOR THE CODE DEPARTMENT IS A NEW CODE OPERATION AND SPECIAL PROJECTS ADMINISTRATOR POSITION. UH, THIS POSITION'S PRIMARY JOB DUTIES WILL BE TO MANAGE AT LARGE INSPECTORS MANAGE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT REQUESTS AND COORDINATE THE COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UH, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES SALARY FRINGE BENEFITS, UH, INCLUDING FICA, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THE TMRS PENSION, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR TOTAL FUNDING OF $139,566 ONE. UH, FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE FIRST REQUEST IS ONE PARKS FIELD SUPERVISOR POSITION, AS WELL AS THE PICKUP TRUCK. UM, THE PRIMARY JOB DUTIES WITH THIS POSITION WILL BE TO MANAGE THE CITY'S LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE AND CONTRACTS. THIS INCLUDES SALARY FRINGE BENEFITS FOR FICA, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THE TMRS PENSION, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND A PICKUP TRUCK AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FUEL AND REPLACEMENT CONTRIBUTION FOR THAT PICKUP TRUCK FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF $165,970. ALSO INCLUDED FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS OPERATIONS. THIS INCLUDES SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE ON PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT OF WAYS, MEDIANS AND CORRIDORS, CITY FACILITIES AND CITY ON PROPERTY, UH, REPLACEMENT OF PARKS, VEHICLES THAT ARE BELONG, THEIR USEFUL LIFE, AS WELL AS THE WILDFLOWER PROGRAM. UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL ACRES THAT THIS WOULD COVER IS 583.62 AND 312 ADDITIONAL, UH, PROPERTIES AND LOCATIONS. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE ALLOTTED WITH A, A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE TAX REELECTION IS $2,276,952. THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR THESE, UM, WITH A VOTE AGAINST WOULD BE $1,243,476. ALSO INCLUDED IS FUNDING FOR PARK SECURITY. THIS IS ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROL HOURS AT PARKS FACILITIES, UH, WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD BE A $90,000 OF FUNDING FOR THIS. [00:20:03] FOR THE LI LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, IT IS FUNDING TO MAINTAIN LIBRARY MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. UM, STARTING OFF WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR, A VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD PROVIDE FOR $1,050,000. THIS WOULD COVER ABOUT, UH, AN ESTIMATED 25,610, UH, NUMBER OF MATERIALS. UH, WITH THE VOTE AGAINST THE TAX RATE ELECTION, THIS WOULD PROVIDE FOR $495,500, WHICH PER WOULD PROVIDE FOR ABOUT 10,900 TITLES. AND THESE ARE TITLES ACROSS, UM, ADULT, TEEN AND CHILDREN PROGRAMS AND PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL TITLES. FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, A VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD PROVIDE FOR $676,930, COVERING THE FOLLOWING EVENTS. ART MADE HERE, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL, JUNETEENTH, RED, WHITE, AND U FALL FEST AND GUZZLER RUN, UH, DO DE LOS METOS CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. SENSORY FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS AND 12 MUSIC MADE HERE. EVENTS A VOTE AGAINST WOULD PROVIDE $280,075 COVERING THE FOLLOWING EVENTS. RED, WHITE, NEW AND CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE. FOR MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, MAGISTRATE SERVICES FOR AFTER HOURS AND WEEKENDS, UM, THESE DUTIES WOULD PRIMARILY BE JAIL, MAGISTRATE, BLOOD SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS AND EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS. UH, WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR, THIS WOULD PROVIDE $56,045. UM, UH, WITH THE NO BUDGET OR ASSUMING IT, THE PA, THE TAX RATE DOES NOT PASS DEPARTMENTS SUBMITTED, UH, REDUCTIONS IN THEIR OPERATIONS. IF THE, IF THERE IS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE TAX RATE, THIS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MEET OUR FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE SOME OF THAT REDUCED FUNDING. SO FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES IN MUNICIPAL COURT, THERE'D BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE THAT, UH, REDUCED FUNDING, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $90,496. UH, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, OUR CROSSING GUARD SALARY MARK ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEMPORARY POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS TO SALARIES AND RELATED FRINGE BENEFITS, INCLUDING FICA, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY FOR A TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OF 15,500 HUNDRED $27. AND AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUS BEFORE, GENERAL FUND RESERVES, UH, THIS, THESE RESERVES WOULD BE HELD IN AVAILABLE RESERVE TO FUND UNFORESEEN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, EMERGENCIES, AND INCREASED COSTS. IN THE FUTURE, A VOTE IN FAVOR WOULD PROVIDE $3,537,535. A VOTE AGAINST WOULD PROVIDE $974,000. IF VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE THE PROPOSITION SECTION 26.07 E OF THE TEXAS CA TAX CODE WILL REDUCE THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE TO 0.64 CENTS, WHICH IS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT ADOPTED OR DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OR REDUCTION OF THE POSITIONS AND SERVICES AS DISCUSSED IN THIS PRESENTATION. NOW, I'LL GIVE A QUICK DEMO OF VOTE GARLAND, WHICH HAS A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE, UH, AND AS WELL AS SOME SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR CITIZENS. SO IT IS VOTE GARLAND.COM. AND THIS WAS WENT LIVE LAST FRIDAY AND IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ANY MONEY IN THE CITY. UH, THIS WEBSITE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PAGES, A SUMMARY OF THE TAX PROPOSITION ON THE LANDING PAGE, A REFERENDUM FACTS PAGE, UH, A TAX RATE, A TAX IMPACT PAGE, WHICH INCLUDES A CALCULATOR, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH IN A SECOND. UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND A PAGE WITH VOTING INFORMATION FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH. SO FOR THE TAX IMPACT, THE WEBSITE INCLUDES A TAX BILL CALCULATOR THAT WILL ASSIST A RESIDENT IN DETERMINING THEIR CITY OF GARLAND PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR UNDER THE CURRENT RATE AND UNDER EACH PROPOSED RATE, AND COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR'S TAXABLE VALUE TO SEE HOW THEIR ACTUAL BILL CHANGES YEAR OVER YEAR. SO UNDER THIS TAX IMPACT SECTION, THERE'S SOME SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, AND I THINK THIS MAY HELP ANSWER SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. UM, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THE TAX RATE, UM, AND HOW THE ADOPTER RATE IS, IS STRUCTURED AND WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR YOUR BILL. AND DOWN HERE IS THE CALCULATOR. SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR, UH, UNDER THE, UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR ADDRESS, YOU CAN SEARCH BY NAME, OR YOU CAN SEARCH BY [00:25:01] YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER, UH, TO FIND YOUR TAXABLE VALUE. AND THEN DOWN HERE IS WHERE YOU ENTER YOUR TAXABLE VALUE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH THE HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE 2026 YEAR IS 290,000, $96. AND THEN YOU WOULD ENTER YOUR PRIOR YEAR AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE, WHICH LAST YEAR THE AVERAGE WAS 278,932. AND THEN DOWN HERE IT'LL SHOW COMPARISON AND SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THAT TAX RATE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF THE ELECTION PASSES, UH, YOUR TAX BILL WOULD BE $1,972. UH, AND WHICH WOULD COMPARE TO THE CURRENT RATE WOULD BE $28 AND 56 CENTS. IF THE ELECTION FAILS, YOUR TAX BILL WOULD BE $1,866, WHICH COMPARED UNDER THE CURRENT RATE WOULD BE A SAVINGS OF 134 POINT, UH, $134 AND 87 CENTS. AND THEN DOWN HERE IS A TABLE SHOWING THE SIDE BY SIDE LOOKING AT, UM, THE CURRENT RATE IS VERSUS YOUR LAST YEAR BILL ON WITH A VOTE FOR THE TAX RATE ELECTION IF H EXCEEDS AND A VOTE AGAINST IF THE TAX RATE ELECTION FAILS. HERE IS THE EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED AS ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED. UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED TO THE WEBSITE REGARDING FUTURE TOWN HALLS, AS WELL AS OTHER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AS WE RECEIVE THEM. FINALLY, ELECTION DAY WILL BE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026. AND THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO. CAN WE GO BACK TO WHERE I HAD THE INITIAL QUESTION? UM, SO I, I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT, OKAY, SO THE, I, I WENT TO ONE OF THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THE NET RATE WAS GONNA GO DOWN. SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HERE. SO IT, IT TRULY IS A INCREASE. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE AUDIENCE. THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A TAX DECREASE IF WE APPROVE IT. IS THAT RIGHT? COMPARED, IF WE APPROVE IT, IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN BY A PENNY PER WHATEVER. AND IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT AS VOTERS, IT'S GOING TO, UM, GO DOWN TO ALMOST 5 CENTS THEN CORRECT ON THIS ONE. I, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT FROM THE, UM, TOWN HALL MEETING THAT I WENT TO. OKAY. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, OH, AND WE CAN GET A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT? JUST MAKE IT SIT, IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND IT'LL ALSO BE AVAILABLE WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET AS WELL. THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN APPENDIX WITH THE FULL INFORMATION. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, YOU CAN GO PAST THIS ONE. UH, AND PROBABLY PROBABLY THAT ONE TOO. AND THAT ONE AND THAT ONE, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR ANIMAL TEXT TO DO THAT, BUT OKAY, GO AHEAD. YOU CAN GO PAST THAT PART. 'CAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION I THINK WAS AT 14. OKAY. EXPLAIN TO ME ON THIS THAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT AND YOU DON'T DOUBLE, YOU DON'T DOUBLE THE BUDGET FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MAINTENANCE ON PARK INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF THIS STUFF, THE ACRES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOWED, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT 583 ACRES OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SUPPLEMENTAL PARK MAINTENANCE AND ADOPTIVE BUDGET, WHAT DOES THAT TOTAL ACRES MEAN? THIS IS THE, IF THE VOTE IS IN FAVOR, THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE THAT IT WOULD COVER. IS THAT A BUNCH OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE RIGHT OF AWAYS, BUT EASEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SORRY, I MISSPOKE. THESE, THESE ARE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET NO MATTER WHAT, 584 ACRES. SO, SORRY, GO AHEAD. SO THE 583 ACRES ARE WHAT WILL NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AND WITH THE VOTE IN FAVOR, THERE'S $2.2 MILLION AND WITH A NO VOTE WITH'S 1.2 MILLION. [00:30:03] SO THAT MEAN THERE'LL BE LESS MAINTENANCE BASICALLY IN THE YES BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE $2.2 MILLION, AND IN THE NO BUDGET WE'LL HAVE $1.2 MILLION. . THANK YOU . SO THE SUPPLEMENTAL PARK MAINTENANCE AND ADOPTED BUDGET INFORMATION FOR ACRES IS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW HOW MANY ACRES THAT ARE CURRENTLY GONNA BE MAINTAINED REGARDLESS. OKAY. WAS THAT THE LAST ONE ON 14 AND 16 AND 17. OKAY. CAN YOU GET A 17 PLEASE? OKAY. SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE ALL THESE OTHER ONES. WE'VE DONE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE AND RED, WHITE AND U AND WE, WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. SO WE'RE GONNA BE DROPPING THE FU UNDER A, IF THE VOTE IS, IF THE VOTE DOES NOT PASS, THE ONLY TWO EVENTS THAT WILL BE FUNDED ARE RED, WHITE AND U AND CHRISTMAS ON WHERE FOR 2027? CORRECT. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 2027. SO WHAT DOES THE MONEY GO? SO WHEN YOU, YOU PAY $25 OR WHATEVER FOR, FOR THE GUZZLER, WHAT DOES THAT MONEY GO TOWARD? I AM NOT SURE ON THE DETAILS OF THAT EVENTS. I, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT INFORMATION. THAT IS AN EVENT THAT IS PUT ON BY THE SPECIAL EVENTS GROUP AND WE COULD FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT ALL THAT ENTAILS. WELL, YOU DO GET SWAG . I'VE NEVER DONE IT, BUT I'VE SEEN THEY GET SWAG LIKE A RACE. SO THE, THE FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER? CORRECT. OKAY. I, ALRIGHTY. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, THAT'S LOVELY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING THE QUESTIONS. BUT WE, WE GOT A ONE STATEMENT SAID SAYING THAT, UH, KEITH WAS GONNA PRESENT THE UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE BUDGET. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS, UM, MATERIAL TO LOOK AT IN THIS DEPTH AT THE LAST TIME THAT THEY HAD THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT I ATTENDED. UM, THE WEBSITE VOTE GARLAND WAS AN IDEA, BUT IT HADN'T GONE LIVE YET. SO THAT'S OUR SOURCE IS TO GO TO VOTE GARLAND.COM TO SEE YOUR SLIDES FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I WILL VERIFY WHERE THE SLIDE DECK IS GETTING POSTED, BUT THERE IS, UH, A, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON VOTE GARLAND.COM AS WELL AS IN THE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET AND ADOPT BUDGET DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU. SOME OF THIS CAME OUT IN DYLAN'S SLIDE DECK THE OTHER DAY. MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT, BUT I WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS SLIDE DECK THAT HE EMAILS OUT AND I KNOW THAT I SAW SOME OF THIS IN HIS LATEST EMAIL, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT ALL, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I SAW SOME OF THIS BEFORE TODAY. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHTY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE C, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL. YES. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU AN INTRO. SO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND OUR DATE, UH, TO PRESENT IS NOVEMBER 30TH. UM, SO IT'S THE LAST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING. AND, UM, KEITH IS GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, THIS PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE HERE. UM, BUT BASICALLY, UM, THE, THE CHAIR CAN DO THE PRESENTATION OR STAFF CAN DO THE PRESENTATION. IT'S UP TO WHATEVER THE BOARD DIRECTS. SO, SO BASICALLY FROM THE LAST MEETING WE KIND OF TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE GONNA BRING YOU SOME INFORMATION. UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE PACKET WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER BOARD AND THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED TO COUNSEL. SO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED. IT IS NOT A LONG, UH, UH, PRESENTATION. IT IS JUST A SHORT PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE THE COUNCIL JUST STUFF THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR. SO, UH, THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS PROVIDED WAS THE GUARDIAN YOUTH COUNCIL. UH, DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH EXACT DETAIL. MY MAIN IDEA WAS GIVING Y'ALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEEN [00:35:01] DONE. UH, I'VE ALSO ASKED YVONNE TO POOL OUR AGENDAS FROM JANUARY UNTIL NOW SO Y'ALL CAN KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE YEAR. UH, SO JUST FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, THE LIST OF MEMBERS THAT WILL BE PRETTY SIMPLE THAT WE COULD BASICALLY, UM, BASED OFF OF YOUR DIRECTIONS, WE CAN BASICALLY, UH, TAKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WORK ON SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS, SEND THAT TO Y'ALL OUT BEFOREHAND, GIVE Y'ALL A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME NOTES. AND AT THE NEXT MEETING IS KIND OF FINE, TUNE THIS A LITTLE BIT. UH, SO THAT WAY WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, 'CAUSE WE GOT TWO MORE BOARD THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET BEFORE THE PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER. SO THIS WILL BE A PRETTY SIMPLE SLIDE AS FAR AS DOING THE MEMBERS. UH, Y'ALL DID DO A MISSION STATEMENT. SO WE DO HAVE THE MOST RECENT MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE CAN INCLUDE. UH, AND THEN FROM THERE IS JUST WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THERE. WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WAS DONE. UH, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE OTHER IMPACT STATEMENTS, UH, THROUGH THE YEAR AS FAR AS DEVELOPING FEES. UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WAS ACTUALLY DONE LAST YEAR BUT WAS A CARRY OVER IS CAPRA ACCREDITATION. Y'ALL PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THAT. UH, BUT JUST THIS IS Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION. WE JUST WANT SOME FEEDBACK OF WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN IT. SO WE WILL HELP Y'ALL DEVELOP THAT PRESENTATION. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO JASON AND SOLICIT SOME INFORMATION OF WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PRESENTATION. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS WHERE WE CAN EITHER CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT. I GUESS WE WOULD NEED TO GET SOME SORT OF APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO OR SO GET THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF COLLABORATIVE FEEDBACK ON IT. UM, OR WE COULD KINDA KEEP IT OPEN TO DISCUSSION IN THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS. SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS EITHER TWO OR THREE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION AND BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH. OR WE CAN JUST COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND THE MONTH AFTER WITH SOME IDEAS FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I JUST WILL ADD, SO THERE IS A, A TEMPLATE THAT WE USE FOR ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO, UM, I THINK IF, IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE PUTS TOGETHER THE INFORMATION WE WANT THIS ON SLIDE ONE, SLIDE TWO, WE COULD HELP PLUG THAT IN OR WE COULD SHARE THAT TEMPLATE WITH YOU ALL SO THAT YOU COULD BUILD IT. WHO HERE LOVES A GOOD SLIDE DECK? NOSE GOES NOTHING BETTER THAN A GOOD SLIDE DECK. , I MEAN, I KNOW I CAN HELP LIKE MAKE IT LOOK GOOD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THE TEMPLATE AND EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, IF WE COULD JUST GET SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION GOING FOR IT. OKAY, THIS IS SEPTEMBER THE SECOND. HOW MANY, I MEAN, I DON'T MIND GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE YEAR TO GO, OH, THIS LOOKS GOOD, THIS DOESN'T, BUT NO, FOR THE SLIDE DECK. NO, THIS GOES . . ANY, ANY, ANY POWERPOINT LOOKING THING? NO, THAT'S FINE. WHAT WE CAN DO IS PUT TOGETHER A TEMPLATE, UM, AND THEN NEXT MEETING WE CAN PLUG AND PLAY SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANNA PUT TOGETHER IN IT. AND THEN IN THE NOVEMBER MEETING, WE CAN FINALIZE IT FOR THE PRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 30TH. AND ANOTHER OPTION, UH, STAFF COULD WORK ON A SLIDE DECK BASED ON WHAT WE THINK Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY PUT IN THERE AND BRING THAT BACK FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW. AND YOU COULD TELL US WHAT TO TWEAK OR, UH, REMOVE, ADD, WHAT DID WE FORGET? BUT AREN'T THERE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT ARE KIND OF NO-BRAINERS? LIKE WE DID THE MISSION STATEMENT, WE, WE TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT. WE HAVE THE PART BOARD TOURS THAT WE GO ON. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M LIKE, MAKE THOSE HAPPEN. MAKE THEM BE IN THERE. THE CAPRA THING, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HAVE PART OF THAT, THE, THE SURFING, THE FEES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR SURF AND SWIM AND THE UM, HALFORD, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. JUST A THOUGHT. SO I THINK WHAT SOUNDS GOOD IS WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A TEMPLATE. EVERYBODY BRING A COUPLE THINGS NEXT, NEXT MONTH AND THEN WAIT, WE AS SEND HER. OKAY. WE AS IN DELETE AS A GROUP. YVONNE AS A GROUP. WE CAN ALL, I MEAN IF YOU HAVE INPUT ON IT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, WELCOME. [00:40:01] SO I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT UH, IF YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS DURING THE MONTH, SEND IT TO US. SO THAT WAY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT. BECAUSE I MEAN, JUST WITH OUR CIP PROJECTS, I MEAN WE HAVE A LOT OF DUE PROJECTS, WE HAVE GRAND OPENINGS, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD ADD FROM JUST CIP PROJECTS, BUT Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT MORE THAN JUST THAT. SO, UH, JUST GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL. UH, AS FAR AS THAT PROCESS. YOU GOT MINE, RIGHT? I HAVE PARK BOARD TOUR, CAPRA MISSION, UH, FERENCE SWIM FEES. FEES IN GENERAL. YEAH. YEAH. FEES IN GENERAL. REPORTS TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PER MEETING, TRANSFORMING THE AQUATICS PROGRAMS, UM, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I I THINK SEVERAL PEOPLE ON HERE ARE KIND OF INVOLVED IN OTHER AREAS INSIDE GARLAND AND COMMUNITY. THIS IS A SOLO, UH, APPOINTMENT. ANYBODY ELSE? SPRING CREEK UPDATES. . THAT'S AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT. , WHERE WERE YOU FOR THAT? . . OH NO, I JUST WANNA SEE HOW WELL TRAINED YOU . I MEAN, ONE Y'ALL DIDN'T MENTION THAT WE HAD EARLIER WAS THE PARK FOUNDATION AND THE ROLE Y'ALL PLAYED WITH THE PARK FOUNDATION. SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED. I MEAN JUST THE, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT GOT PAID FOR, FOR THE STARS CAMP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND WE DID WHATEVER WE COULD TO SUPPORT THEM. IN THE WORDS OF JERRY CARTER, THE CONNECTION WE MADE WITH THEM. CONNECTIVITY, LIGHTING. OH, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LIGHTING AND THE LUMENS. THAT'S LUMENS AND SIGNAGE. , LIGHTING. SUSAN, MOLLY, THAT CONNECTIVITY. CONNECTIVITY, RIGHT? THAT'S LUMENS, NOT LIGHTING. LUMENS, LUMEN, ENS. IT'S ALL ABOUT ENS. WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY ABOUT, I MEAN 'CAUSE THE PARK FOUNDATION AND WHAT YOU HEARD ABOUT CAME OUT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT. THAT'S YEAH, BUT Y'ALL, I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD IS PART OF THE PARK FOUNDATION BOARD? YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE 3, 4, 2. TWO NAMES. TWO. MOLLY, JASON, RIGHT. WELL, WHICH YOU TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE NOW WE'RE SEPARATING BETWEEN MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS. ALL GOOD. NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SHOW UP FOR ANY ACTIVITY WE DO. 'CAUSE IT BENEFITS GARLAND. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH FOR THAT ONE. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS? SO 3, 2, 1. ALL RIGHTY. SOUNDS GOOD. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 3D, THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ELECTION REMINDER. YES. NEXT MEETING Y'ALL WILL HAVE, UM, ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR. UM, SO WE WILL HAVE IT ON THERE TO, UH, TWO ACTION ITEMS. SO LIKE THE CHAIR AND THE CO-CHAIR ALREADY? YES, MA'AM. ALREADY ALWAYS OCTOBER. I LIKE, WE JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE JUST DID THAT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW RULES ABOUT HOW LONG A PERSON CAN SERVE IN A POSITION. THERE ARE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. YOU REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE? MR. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING SIR. , IT'S, UM, I LOOK AT IT, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING. I THOUGHT WE WERE KIND OF DOING THAT, BUT, SO IT BECA YEAH. OH WELL WAIT, WAIT. WE DECIDED TO DO THAT. WE MADE ON OUR OWN. WE MADE OUR OWN RULES TO DO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. BUT NOW IT WENT UP, UP AND UP AND BACK THEN. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO. IT'S JUST MORE REVIEWED AND OFFICIAL. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT UP WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE E, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. UPDATE. WELCOME AGAIN, MARK. HELLO [00:45:01] EVERYONE. BRING PICTURES. I SURE DID. IT ONLY GETS ITS US B IN HERE. THE RIGHT WAY TO TURN IT THREE TIMES BEFORE IT WILL WORK. . SO WE GIVE USBS. TAP YOUR HEELS COUPLE TIMES. , UH, MARK ELLEN. PARK'S PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR. GO AHEAD. GET STARTED. UH, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IS REALLY TAKING SHAPE. UH, YEAH. AND ESCAPING. YES, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY UNDERWAY. UM, WELL I'VE BEEN UTILIZING SOME OF THEIR DRONE PHOTOS FOR THIS ONE 'CAUSE THEY REALLY CAPTURE, UH, THE PROGRESSION OVER TIME. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE EXTERIOR, UH, PREVIOUS ONE, SORT OF LIKE THIS, BUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE CLADDING REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE. UH, THE INTERIOR, THIS IS ACTUALLY LOOKING OUT OF THE, UH, INTO THE COURTYARD. SO YOU CAN SEE THE WALL FINISHES ARE COMING ALONG. UM, SOME AREAS ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG THE OTHER, BUT THEY'RE PROGRESSING REALLY WELL. THIS IS EXTERIOR, THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE WALKED UP WHEN WE DID OUR PARK BOARD TOUR. YOU PLYWOOD, WALKWAY OF THE HEAD, , UH, LOU HUFF. SO I MENTIONED IN THE LAST, UH, LAST MEETING THAT WE FOUND SOME, A BELOW GRADE POLE STRUCTURE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED. UM, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE CURRENTLY, THIS IS THE CURRENT STATE OF EVERYTHING. UM, THEY, THEY, THIS WAS A PART OF A STRUCTURE THAT WAS FOUND. THIS WAS DATED FROM THE 1950S. UM, SO, UH, IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT THE CONTRACTOR REALLY ADDRESSING EVERYTHING REALLY WELL. IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THE DEMO PORTION OF THIS. UH, AND BACK TO THE PHOTO, THIS WAS THE OLD POOL THAT WAS DISCOVERED. UH, WE WERE AWARE OF A POOL ON SITE, UM, BUT, UH, NOT, BASICALLY, BASICALLY WE FOUND THE POOL BASED ON A PHOTOGRAPH. HERE IT IS RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PERIMETER. SO THIS WAS A MONSTER POOL. SO, UH, IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET OUT, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN REMOVED. UM, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A, I GUESS A POOL POOL BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE REALLY THE, THE SHEER SCALE OF THIS. SO, SO WHAT THEY DID BEFORE WAS JUST KNOCK IT DOWN AND COVER IT UP AND YOU HAD TO DIG IT UP. THAT'S CORRECT. PUT IN SOMETHING THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE RIGHT ABOVE IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, WE HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY CONDITION THE SOIL A CERTAIN WAY TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T MOVE. SO THIS WAS FOUND, UM, MAYBE FIVE FEET DOWN. SO BASICALLY BACK IN THE DAY IN THE 1950S, THEY JUST PUSHED EVERYTHING IN AND COVERED IT UP. SO, UM, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A PARK OF THIS, UH, WITH THIS HERITAGE TO IT. SO, YEAH, I, I WAS CURIOUS 'CAUSE I I DON'T KNOW HOW TALL THAT HOE IS. SO IF YOU, IF YOU STOOD RIGHT NOW WHERE IT IS, IT'S ABOUT 15 FEET DEEP FROM THE TOP OF THE, THE GRADE, UM, THE FINISHED GRADE UP HERE. UM, SO IT, IT, IT'S PRETTY DEEP, BUT SO THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL'S DOWN THERE STILL OR SOMETHING, UH, IT WAS, THE POOL WAS ACTUALLY 10 FEET DEEP, WHICH YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THAT VERY OFTEN IN CITY PROJECTS ANY LONGER. UM, MAYBE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SERVICE SOMEONE HAS THAT, BUT NOT FOR A GENERIC RECTANGULAR SPECIALTY. IT'S NOT IN OUR SPLASH PADS. . RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH Y'ALL. AND, UH, THIS IS A, BASICALLY AN OVERALL PHOTO OF WHERE THE, UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE. GYMNASIUM WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND OVER HERE. UM, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE IT'S TAKING SHAPE, BUT THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. UM, THIS, THE DEMO'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UH, SPLASH PAD. UH, THE FINAL COMMENTS THAT WE REVIEWED THEM WITH THE CITY, IT'S BEING RETURNED TO THE CONSULTANT. THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THE FINAL EDITS TO THAT AND THE SET WILL BE GOOD TO GO. UM, IT'S A LONG TIME COMING WITH THIS ONE, SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE JACK COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER. UH, WE DIDN'T REALLY WANNA INTRUDE TOO MUCH, UM, SINCE THAT ONE SHOULD BE OPENING A FEW OCTOBER. YES. SO, UM, WE JUST MAKE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS PROJECT, SO IT DIDN'T REALLY INTERFERE ALL THAT MUCH. IT WAS A FEW RENDERINGS. I THINK I SHARED THOSE LAST TIME. HAS THAT BEEN A, WELL YOU SAID OCTOBER IT GETS APPROVED OR WHAT'S THE OCTOBER DATE DESIGN AT COLEMAN TENNIS CENTER? PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS CENTER, LYNN JOYCE PARK. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAILS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. IT'S FAIRLY LENGTHY, UH, ROUND OF TRAILS. SO THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, THE PARKING LOT OR THE CONDITIONING OF THE SOIL. [00:50:01] UH, FOR THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS, UH, THIS PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE PLAYGROUND, SORRY, THE PARKING LOT WILL BE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT AS IT GETS FURTHER ALONG, YOU REALLY SEE THE FORM WORK. UH, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE TRAIL WORK THEY HAVE. UM, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES? UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, I WANNA SAY IT'S IN THE FORTIES 45, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY CONFIRM THAT BILL. IS THE COMPLETION DATE ESTIMATED? UH, IT BE, SO IT WAS, TODAY IS SEPTEMBER. IT IS SOMETIME. IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE THESE ON THING. SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A SLIGHT DELAY WITH, UH, UH, JUST DEALING WITH SOME OF THE, THE, THE LAKE EDGE, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS 10 MONTHS INITIALLY IS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. UM, SO I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETIME IN, WAS BY THERE YESTERDAY AND IT LOOKED LIKE GETTING ALONG PRETTY QUICK. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THE TRAIL WORK, UH, IS A BIT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THAT. SO WHAT TAKES THE LONGEST IS REALLY GETTING, WHEN YOU DO A LOT OF THE FISHING PIERS ALONG THE LAKE EDGE. UM, AND ALSO THE INTERIOR PART OF THIS, THIS IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE A LOT, A LITTLE BIT LONGER. UM, BUT THE TRAIL WORK, UH, CONSIDERING THE LENGTH AND THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG. UM, AND I WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE AN UPDATED SCHEDULE BEFORE I TELL YOU EXACTLY 'CAUSE WE HAVE IT. BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. CAN, CAN I ASK IF, I MEAN, IS THE LAKE LEVEL STILL UP? ? THE THE LAKE LEVEL HAS RECEDED QUITE A BIT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. UM, IN FACT, I'M SURPRISED WE HAD THE RAIN TODAY. SO, UM, SO IT'S, IT THEY'RE, THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT? WE HAD A, LIKE A 10 MINUTE RAIN. SO, UH, SO, UH, THE LAKE LEVEL HAS RECEDED A BIT. SO THEY'RE, THE CONTRACTORS ARE REALLY TRYING TO REFORMULATE THEIR APPROACH TO INSTALLING THE PIER. UM, ORIGINALLY THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD USE A BARGE, UH, JUST WITH THE LOW LEVELS THEY WOULD LIKELY GET STUCK. SO IT'S ON THEIR, IT'S, IT'S THEIR INTENT TO FORMULATE A REALLY GOOD APPROACH. AND WE HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES 'CAUSE WELL, IT'S A LAKE. SO DOES IT GO TO, YOU'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY MAYBE DROUGHT LEVEL NOW, AND THEN THE OPPOSITE OF THAT WOULD, I GUESS BE FLOOD STAGE. RIGHT? IN FACT, UH, SOMETIMES WHEN THE LAKE LEVELS RECEDED THAT FAR, IT ACTUALLY IS TO OUR BENEFIT TO REALLY GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME OF THE WORK. UM, BUT YOU STILL, JUST WITH ANY NATURAL LAKE, EVEN IF IT DOES RECEDE, IT'S VERY, VERY MUCKY. SO, UM, SO IT, IT, IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION TO YOU, BUT APPROACH IT NOW OR DO YOU WAIT TILL LEVELS RISE AND THEN YOU CAN UTILIZE LIKE A BARGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE BARGE IS JUST TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE? YES. ESSENTIALLY THEY WOULD HAVE A BARGE COME IN, REALLY FLAT BOTTOM, BARGE, DRILL THE PIERS. IT'S REALLY LESS INTRUSIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAKE. UM, THEY COULD DRILL THE PIERS, INSTALL EVERYTHING THAT IS THE PREFERRED APPROACH. OKAY. UM, SO IT'S JUST SOMETIMES IT'S SEASONALITY THAT REALLY AFFECTS PROJECTS. SO, BUT THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION. IT WILL, IT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IT'LL BE APPROVED. SO IT JUST, HERE'S, UH, JUST AN OVERALL, THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SCALE. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE DRONE SHOTS TAKEN TOWARDS. IT SEES, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS BASICALLY THE OVERALL, UM, I THINK YOU'LL REALLY CAN KIND OF SEE THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT EVENTUALLY. STILL WORKING WITH THIS ONE, UH, WE'RE DOING SOME, UM, FEW EXHIBITS, BUT IT'S, IT'S PROMISING. IT'S, IT'S REALLY NARROW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, GETTING IN HERE WITH THOSE FIRE LAND ACCESS AND, UM, HOW THEY DID PROPERTY LINES BACK IN THE DAY. IT'S, IT'S REALLY CONFUSING WITH THAT, UM, , BUT IT'S COME ALONG. HOW, HOW IS IT COMING? JUST THE DESIGN. UH, THE DESIGN IS, IT IS, IT'S REALLY ADVANCED, THE DESIGN, BUT WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS FIRE LANE ACCESS FOR THIS. UM, JUST GENERAL VEHICLE ACCESS THOUGH IS RIGHT, AND, AND YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WE WOULDN'T, THIS, IT IS NOT TAILORED FOR PEDESTRIAN PARKING. IT'S JUST FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT THE PLAYGROUND OR AL COURT, UM, THIS WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHERE IT HAD MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS OR, UM, NEAR, ADJACENT TO LIKE A ROADWAY, UM, IT WOULD, WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT MAKE A GOOD RESOLUTION EVENTUALLY. THIS JOHN PAUL JONES? UH, YES. UM, PLAN SET IS FINALIZED. UH, IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY TEXAS PARKS. UM, I HOPE FOR THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, WE'LL HAVE A MORE OF AN UPDATE, BUT REALLY WE'RE JUST IN THE TIMELINE OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW. [00:55:01] FOR THE, UM, GRANT. UH, YES, UH, WE HAVE TWO PARTS OF THE GRANT. THE, THE DESIGN, THE PLANNING STAGE OF THIS GRANT IS COMPLETE. UM, THE NEXT STAGE IS WHEN WE GO TO BID. IT'LL BE A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT. SO BY, UM, I HOPE THEY HAVE AN UPDATE WITH THIS. UM, SOMETIME WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE REVIEWERS BY TIMES, UH, DUCK CREEK AUDUBON. UH, I'M REALLY ANTICIPATING TO GET THIS SET BID, UH, THIS MONTH. UH, FINALIZE THE PLAN SET. WE HAD REALLY MINOR COMMENTS FROM THE CITY. UM, SO YES, SO JUST TO, JUST TO ZOOM IN REAL QUICK, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, THIS IS, UH, AUDUBON PARK. UH, SURF AND SWIM IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH ON THIS PAGE. UH, THIS WILL CONNECT, PROVIDE A CONNECTION ACROSS DUCK CREEK TO THE EXISTING TRAIL. UM, A DUCK DUCK CREEK TRAIL NEAR, UH, WHAT, UH, WEST OATS ROAD AND BILL CODY PARK IS A LITTLE BIT OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. IT'S BIT A REALLY, ESSENTIALLY KEEP PEOPLE, GIVE 'EM A DIRECT CONNECTION. A LITTLE SAFER ROUTE THAN, UH, GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND OR GETTING ONTO WEST OAKS ROAD ON THAT BRIDGE. WHAT HAVE YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT STARRED HERE? UH, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE, UH, START AND STOP POINTS, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE. SO THERE WILL BE A STAR ESSENTIALLY HERE AND ONE HERE. AND THOSE, BASICALLY THAT TRAIL WOULD GO IN, GO ACROSS. OKAY, SO THIS GREEN DOT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE THAT, UM, DISC GOLF COURSE FOLLOWS, RIGHT? OR IS THAT JUST UTILITY EASEMENT? THAT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT, BUT THE DISC GOLF IS, IS, IT'S SORT OF AROUND HERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE OVER HERE. THIS PART OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE HOLES FOR THE DISC GOLF. BUT THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT DOESN'T, WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE DISC GOLFS. IF ANYTHING, IT GIVES THEM, UM, JUST USERS A MORE OF A CONVENIENCE TO CUT, YOU KNOW, CUT ACROSS THIS. AND IT'S A SAFER ROUTE THAN GOING ON TOP OF WEST OATS AND WALKING ACROSS. I WOULDN'T DO THAT. WE DON'T GOLF OUT THERE. YEAH. YEAH. WELL YOU, WELL YOU, YOU AREN'T SEEING IS YOU GO BACK DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION AND YOU CROSS AT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK IS RIGHT WHAT YOU DO, BUT, OR YOU'RE UP AT AUDUBON CROSSING AT THAT ONE. YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER ROUTES. UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN A HURRY, YOU'RE, YEAH, YEAH, RIGHT ACROSS. YOU'RE PLAYING DISC GOLF. YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING UP PEDESTRIAN OR THE BRIDGE. NO. YOU CROSSING . YOU'RE GOING UNDER THAT BRIDGE. YEAH, YOU'RE GOING UNDER, WE PLAY OUT THERE. YEAH. BUT, UM, ANTICIPATED TO BID THIS, THIS MONTH. CENTRAL PARK WALKING TRAIL. YOU HAD ASKED LAST MEETING, UM, MOLLY, UM, ABOUT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I DID THIS ON MY, I'M LOOKING FOR COLORS. YEAH. SO I DID THIS ON MY SCREEN AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, ONCE YOU'RE BRINGING IN THE POWERPOINT, IT'S COULD BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE POP OF A COLOR. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW IS WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UM, THERE WERE SOME IRRIGATION EDITS, UH, REPAIRS THAT NEEDED TO, THAT HAD NEEDED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPLETED AND THOSE, THOSE EVENTS BEEN DONE. UM, SO THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN YELLOW IS THE EXTENT OF THAT. UM, AND WHAT YOU SEE, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY A LITTLE BIT DARKER, IS THIS FAINT RED LINE. NO, THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT IS, UH, DUCK CREEK SEGMENT THREE. SO IT REALLY IS A FEATURE TRAIL. SO REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS ONE DONE. I MEAN, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN OPEN, UM, TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THERE'S, NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE IRRIGATION COMPLETED, THIS IS WHERE THE MAINLINE WORK HAS OCCURRED. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK WITH SOME FRESH SOD AND ACTUALLY GET THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. UM, BUT YEAH, THIS PROJECT IS, THESE ARE 12 FOOT SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. UM, AND THEY'RE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN INCHES THICK SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN ANY KIND OF MAINTENANCE TRUCK ON A, ON OCCASION. THEY, MAYBE NOT A FIRE LANE, BUT FIRETRUCK, BUT THAT'S NEVER REALLY EXPECTED. SO, BUT YES, THIS WAS A GOOD PROJECT TO HAVE COMPLETED. DUCK CREEK, NO, UH, JAMES PARK, UH, LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION ARE UNDERWAY. UH, THE CONTRACTORS MOVED OVER TO THE QUAIL CREEK PORTION OF THIS PROJECT. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SIGNAGE MONUMENT SIGN GOING INTO THEIR EXISTING GROVE TREES. I HAVE A FEW PHOTOS OF THAT ONE. UM, SO HERE, COMING IN, WE HAVE A PLAZA AMONGST THE EXISTING TREES AND IT HAS A BARBECUE GRILL, UM, SEATING AREA, SEAT WALLS. IT'LL HAVE ULTIMATELY SOME, UH, BENCH SEATS AND, UH, REALLY RESPECTING THE TREES THAT ARE THERE. UM, CONTRACTORS DONE A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING [01:00:01] THOSE AND NOT PARKING TRUCKS ON TOP OF THE TREES THAT YOU SOFT SEE. BUT, UM, QUESTION. YES, DID I SEE THIS ON ANOTHER UPDATE? IS IT ON, LIKE, IS IT ON THE BOND PROGRAM? UPDATE? THE PICTURES THAT ARE ON HERE, UH, THE, THESE ARE, I'LL UPLOADED THESE TODAY. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME PREVIOUS ONES IN THE LAST, UM, JUST TO THE LAST MEETING. MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE HAD, I HAD A FEW IN THE LAST ONE, BUT, UH, REALLY GETTING, UH, THE STONE WORK IN WAS A BIG FEAT, UH, FOR, FOR THEM. YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF TELL. SO I TRY TO KEEP 'EM IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS. UM, AS FAR AS WHERE THE VANTAGE POINTS THAT I TAKE THESE, YEAH, UH, IT'S, IT'S COMING TOGETHER WITH THAT ONE. UH, AGAIN, LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION, IT'S, UM, IT'S PROBABLY BEST THAT IT DIDN'T GO IN AS FAR AS LANDSCAPE A MONTH OR A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT'S HOPE HOPEFUL THAT THE WEATHER IS, WILL BE NICER 'CAUSE TRIPLE DIGIT, UM, SAW OR ANY PLANTS MAKES IT REALLY, IT'S A LOT OF STRESS FOR THESE. SO, UH, DUCK CREEK CENTRAL SEGMENT THREE. UH, YES. UM, NOT TO BE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT, UH, WE ARE, THE, THE OVERHEAD PROTECTION STRUCTURE IS QUITE A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT. UM, UM, IF I GET HOPEFUL, I'LL SEE SOME UPDATES HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE, UM, SOME IMAGERY OF WHAT THOSE WOULD ENTAIL. UM, AND HOW LARGE THESE COMPONENTS ARE IS LARGE STEEL STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE INSTALLED BELOW THE RAILROAD. UM, BUT THE CONSULTANT IS, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE. UM, THEY HAVE AN ENGINEER, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ON BOARD TO DEVELOP THOSE AND, AND FINGERS CROSSED WILL HAVE THOSE BY THE NEXT, UH, PARK BOARD. MEANING WE CAN SHARE THE PHOTOS. THAT PART ON MILLER GOES UNDERNEATH THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT THAT BLUE AIR A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT, UH, RIGHT THERE. DOESN'T THAT GO UNDER MILLER? IT DOES ALREADY UNDER, IT DOES. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WITH MILLER, THERE'S, THERE'S A SIDE, A TRAIL THAT STOPS GENERALLY RIGHT AROUND THIS AREA, BUT IT DOES GO UNDERNEATH MILLER. UM, SO WE WOULD BE PICKING THAT UP, GOING ACROSS AND, UM, UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD. SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE NOW, YOU BASICALLY, IF YOU GO, IF YOU GO ON THAT TRAIL UNDERNEATH MILLER, YOU, YOU HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. SO IT'S ESSENTIAL THIS PROJECT, UM, OCCURS AND EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY OF THIS ONE. SO , UM, I REALLY HOPE THIS COULD GET PUSHED ALONG 'CAUSE ME TOO. IT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE BY NOW, BUT, UM, EVERYONE, SO SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES THAT. ARLAND AVENUE FROM ONE SIDE OF SPRING CREEK FOREST. MM-HMM . OTHER SIDE. UH, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC WHEN WE'RE TALKING FOR, FOR REFERENCE. UH, THERE'S AN ACADEMY SOMEWHERE RIGHT AROUND OVER HERE, IF YOU'RE EVER FAMILIAR WITH THAT GARLAND. SO JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, PART OF THE, UM, DISCUSSION, WASN'T THAT WHERE THEY WENT IN WITH A, YOU KNOW, HALF MILE WIDE, NOT QUITE THAT WIDE, BUT IT FELT THAT WAY. A SIGNIFICANT, UM, CONTRACTOR WENT IN. UM, AND IT WAS KIND OF A SURPRISE TO EVERYONE THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE THAT THEY WENT THROUGH LIKE A TORNADO AND TORE EVERYTHING UP IN ITS PLATH. AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS NATIVE PRAIRIE, IT WAS A PROTECTED PROPERTY. AND UM, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO VISIT ON HOW TO RESTORE THAT. THAT'S, THERE'S MORE TO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS ONE OF TWO PROJECTS WAS PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THEY RESOLVE ALL THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. THE OTHER PROJECT IS A NAME AND FOREST CONNECTION TRAIL, SO SWATH OF DESTRUCTION. SO, UH, THAT SAID THE NAMAN SCHOOL ROAD PROJECT IS PROGRESSING WELL. SO, BUT THIS ONE IS, IS ENTAILED WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S INCORPORATED. IT'S, UH, SO WHAT THAT PROJECT ON AMAN SCHOOL ROAD IS ACCOUNTING FOR IS THE TRAIL THAT GOES BENEATH THE NEW BRIDGE. SO THEY HAVE A BENCH THAT'S GONNA GET CONSTRUCTED AND WHENEVER THIS PROJECT DOES CONTINUE, UM, THAT BENCH THAT THEY CONSTRUCT IS BASICALLY A GROUND BENCH AREA. SO WE CAN INSTALL A TRAIL BENEATH THE RAILROAD, OR NOT ROAD BENEATH THE BRIDGE. SO, UM, THEY'RE ACCOUNTING FOR IT, WE JUST NEED TO GET THIS ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE BACK IN PROGRESS. SO. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. SO WHAT DO WE THINK IS GONNA BE COMPLETE? 2026. WHICH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE WE LOOKING AT BY THE END OF THE YEAR? UH, JAMES PARK, QUELL CREEK WILL BE COMPLETE. UM, SENIOR CENTER OF COURSE. [01:05:01] UM, . I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, OF COURSE. OH YES, OF COURSE. YEAH. WELL, VERY HOPEFUL. VERY HOPEFUL. THAT VERY HELPFUL . SURE. WE COULD BRING AN UPDATE. UM, ALBERT COULD DO AN UPDATE ON JACK COLEMAN PICKLEBALL TENNIS CENTER. YEAH, IN OCTOBER. THAT ONE WILL BE, BE, BE DONE. THAT ONE WILL BE DONE. THE GSAC AND THE JAMES PARK, OF COURSE. UH, CENTRAL PARK WAS JUST COMPLETED. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ALSO I DON'T EVER REALLY INCLUDE THIS IN MY SET 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A PARKS PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT IS ALWAYS IN THE, THE UPDATE IS THE MEADOW CREEK, UM, PROJECT. I BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE FINAL PUNCH LIST WALK, SO THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED AS WELL. UM, SO YES, UM, NEXT YEAR. NEXT YEAR WILL BE A REALLY NEXT YEAR. YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY NEXT YEAR. I KNOW THE YEAR OF COMPLETION. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YEAH, NO JUDGMENT MARK. NO . IT'S OKAY. JUST A QUESTION. ALL RIGHTY. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, UM, YOU HAVE, EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR ATTACHED DOCUMENTS THERE. UH, ITEM FOUR, A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND THE ITEM STATUS REPORT FROM DE LEE. YES. SO ACTUALLY SOME MORE OF THESE ARE COMPLETE ON YOUR LIST. SO STORY MAPS WERE DONE AT THE LAST MEETING. UM, WE HAD FAHAD HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. UM, LET'S SEE. ALSO, MARK JUST, UH, PROVIDED THE VISUAL FOR MS. BISHOP ON, UH, THE CENTRAL PARK CONNECTIVITY. AND THEN WE GOT Y'ALL'S PICTURE. SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, UPDATES, CONTINUOUS UPDATES ON SPRING CREEK FOREST. THAT WOULD BE A GIVEN WE'RE WE WILL DO THAT AS, UM, NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. UM, AND THEN THERE WERE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CARRIED OVER. ONE IS ON, UH, CAMERAS AT SPRING CREEK FOREST, SO WE MAY ALMOST BE READY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT. UM, I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF, UH, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT, IF NOT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, WE ALSO HAVE COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON SKATE PARK, FENCING AND CAMERAS AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY READY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND WITH WHAT'S OUTSTANDING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THEY WANNA ADD TO NEXT MONTH? NO, BUT WHAT'S THE THING ABOUT E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS? YEAH, WHERE WAS I? , SORRY. THAT WAS AN EMAIL THAT CAME THROUGH FROM MR. PARISH. OH, OKAY. I WAS, I WAS OVER AT HOLFORD AND THE KID WAS ZOOMING DOWN THE TRAIL OVER THERE ON A, THOSE LITTLE SCOOTER THINGS AND I THOUGHT THE GUY'S GONNA KNOCK ME OVER . SO I JUST KIND OF ASKED WHAT THE SAFETY RULES WERE AROUND THOSE, UH, THINGS, PARTICULARLY ON A PARK OR TRAIL. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. I FIGURED YOU BETTER THAN GETTING KNOCKED OVER PUTTING YOUR NAME ON HERE. SO , UH, NANCY HAS A QUESTION. UM, I WAS AT A BOARD MEETING WITH MY COUNCILMAN AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER IN MY GROUP AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE TRASH AND BEER CANS ARE AT THE HOLFORD PARK ON THE TRAIL. SO Y'ALL ASSIGNED A COMMITTEE TO GO PICK HIM UP. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EITHER TRY TO GET A SOLUTION OR AT LEAST DISCUSS NEXT TIME? BECAUSE HE SEEMED RATHER UPSET AND HE WAS A VERY NICE MAN. HE WAS A RETIRED FIREMAN, SO HE WAS VERY UPSET. I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR NEXT TIME WHERE WE, AT THAT STAGE MM-HMM . UM, I WOULD LIKE, UH, YOU ALL MAY BE PLANNING THIS ALREADY, BUT TO HEAR A REPORT ON HOW THE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW SURF AND SWIM DID THIS SUMMER, UM, IT'LL BE, UH, TIME TO LOOK AND SEE IF THAT MET EXPECTATIONS AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES AS WELL. BUT HOW WE DID OVERALL THIS SUMMER. YEAH, THE SEASON PASSED WITH HOLFORD AS WELL. YES. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHTY. WELL WITHOUT FURTHER ADO THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT EIGHT 10. AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.