Apr 10, 2025 Special Magistrate Hearing

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ALL RIGHT. IT'S 703. WE'LL GO ON AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS THING OFF TO DO THE SAME THING.

[A. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES]

TANNER. TANNER. TANNER. OH, YEAH. TANNER'S MISSING.

YEAH. THREE MISSING. WE GOT TWO EMAILS. ONE FROM MISS ROSS.

BRIAN'S OUT OF TOWN. AND TANNER. AND DID YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM TANNER? I DIDN'T SEE HIM, AND I DIDN'T. HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.

I DIDN'T SEE HIS CAR. OKAY. THEY MAY BE OUT OF TOWN.

ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALLS. DONE. ITEM NUMBER THREE.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES. MEETING MINUTES WAS MAILED TO EVERYONE.

THEY'RE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

I GOT A MOTION BY BUDDY. SECOND. GOT A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.

NOPE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM FIVE ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION TONIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY. ITEM SIX, ITEM SIX, REQUIRING ACTION.

WE HAVE MEADOWVIEW ESTATES. PARKLAND DEDICATION.

DANIELLE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SO TODAY IS ADAM'S BIRTHDAY, SO WE WE LET HIM GO HAVE SOME FUN. INSTEAD. SO I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION TO YOU.

SO IT IS IN THE PACKET. WE ALSO PROVIDED THE LARGE MAPS.

I KNOW THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK WE HAD RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY.

OF THEIR SITE PLAN. THE MEADOWVIEW ESTATES DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING TO DO FULLY CASH IN LIEU.

THIS IS FOR 11 DWELLING UNITS. SO IT WOULD BE $15,400.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS I HAVE THE NARRATIVE AND SITE PLAN IN HERE AS WELL.

BUT THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR REFERENCE IS RIGHT OFF OF OIL FIELD ROAD.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF RIVERSTONE AREA.

IT'S KIND OF TUCKED IN BETWEEN HIGHWAY SIX AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, IF THAT'S HELPFUL AT ALL.

IT'S YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT, REALLY.

IT'S A TINY LITTLE, TINY LITTLE PARCEL. IT WAS ONE HOME THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE TURNING INTO 11 DWELLING UNITS.

NOT IN THE SAME HOME. THEY'RE GONNA TEAR IT DOWN AND PLOT IT OUT.

ADAM IS BETTER AT THIS THAN ME. SORRY. SO, FOR REFERENCE ON THE THE DISTANCE TO THE CLOSEST PARKS AND TRAILS.

SO OVERALL, OUR OBJECTIVE IS THAT RESIDENTS ARE A TEN MINUTE WALK OR ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM A A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR A POCKET

[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]

THOSE ARE THE BIGGER PARKS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE AMENITIES PAVILIONS, FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF ALL IN ONE.

[A. BV2024-00055 209 N 9th Street Kinnard, Kenneth Miles Keller]

THIS WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY PART OF THE RIVERSTONE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT IS A PUBLIC DOG PARK.

AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE DOG PARK. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE HALF A MILE FROM THERE.

AND THEN THEY ARE 2.4 MILES FROM MCNAUGHTON PARK, SO THEY DO NOT MEET OUR OBJECTIVE.

IT'S NOT TOO MUCH FURTHER. BUT BUT IT IS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO CROSS HIGHWAY SIX AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T WE DON'T LOVE THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, WE DO HAVE THIS IS IN PARK ZONE 11, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DEVELOPED PARKS IN.

WE. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEVELOPED PARKS. WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY PARK ZONE FUNDS IN ZONE 11.

WE HAVE ALL ALL PREVIOUS PARKLAND DEDICATIONS HAVE BEEN LAND.

AND THOSE ARE MAPPED HERE FOR YOU FOR REFERENCE.

THE BIG ONES BEING THOMPSON FERRY. WE ALSO HAVE THE BRAZOS RIVER OVERLOOK.

AND THEN THE HAGGERSTON ROAD TRACKS, WHERE IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S WHERE WE USED TO HAVE THE GOATS. SO IT IT'S FAIRLY PRICEY TO ACQUIRE PARKLAND IN THAT ZONE. APPROXIMATELY $950,000.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE ACCEPTING CASH IN LIEU OF IS JUST TO CONSIDER THE BENEFIT OF ACCEPTING THE CASH IN LIEU FOR WHERE WE HAVE LAND VERSUS WHERE

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SO OVERALL DESPITE THIS MISSING THE MARK OF BEING LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM A COMMUNITY OR A REGIONAL PARK DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND IN ZONE 11, THAT WE HAVE ZERO FUNDS TO DEVELOP, COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS ONLY 11 DWELLING UNITS IT IS A VERY SMALL AREA. THERE'S NOT A IT WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT PARKLAND THAT WE WOULD WANT ANYWAYS.

IF WE WANTED TO SAY LAND, IT WOULD BE SO TINY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT TOO MANY PEOPLE.

OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS AS AS WRITTEN.

SO I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO IT.

FIRST QUESTION AND JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER, HAVE WE DONE A PARKLAND DEDICATION SINCE YOU'VE YOU IN HERE? DID WE DO ONE LAST WEEK? LAST MONTH? WE DID. LAST MONTH.

WE DID? YEAH. YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND YOU HAVE AN IDEA? OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE. WHAT ELSE I WANT TO ADD TO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO A PARKLAND, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, TOO, BECAUSE AND THAT'S GREAT.

DANIELLE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON IT. THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT.

YOU HAVE TO GO INTO IT AS WELL, BEYOND THE FACT THAT IT'S EVEN 11 LOTS.

THESE LOTS ARE ABOUT A HALF ACRE. THAT'S NOT LIKE A NORMAL, YOU KNOW, 40 BY 120 LOT.

THAT'S LIKE 5000FT². THESE ARE LIKE 23,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SWING SET.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IF THEY GOT KIDS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS TYPE OF THINGS RIGHT THERE THAT YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE UNDER CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ALWAYS TRY TO ENCOURAGE PARKLAND DEDICATION IN THESE STARTER HOMES, I GUESS IS WHAT I CALL THEM. THE LITTLE 50 BY 120 LOTS IS YOU HAVE NO PLACE FOR KIDS TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE LITTLE JOHNNY OUTSIDE IN THE BACKYARD OR EVEN IN THE FRONT YARD, BECAUSE THESE ARE LARGE SIZED LOTS RIGHT HERE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM.

WITH REGARD TO THE PARKLAND, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAVE YOUR SPEAKERS ON.

IS YOUR GREEN LIGHT LIT? MINE IS NOT WORKING.

CAN YOU GO BACK? ONE SLIDE? YES. THE 950,000 TO ACQUIRE SUITABLE PARKLAND.

WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? WE DON'T HAVE IT.

NOWHERE. NOWHERE. SO WE. WE LIKE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

SO THAT THAT MONEY, THEY JUST. WHAT STAFF DID WAS SAY, HERE'S HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US TO GET IT.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT WE NEED TO START PUTTING SOME MONEY IN THE BANK.

FINDING SOME MONEY. GIVE A GENEROUS DONATION.

HAVE A PHILANTHROPIST. MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. BUT FOR US TO GET MONEY, HERE'S THE COST OF IT.

AND SO. THEY'RE JUST EDUCATING US TO LET US KNOW WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THIS MONEY.

AND SO THIS DONATION THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE WITH THIS PARKLAND WILL GO.

TOWARDS THAT THAT LAND RIGHT THERE FOR THAT AREA.

SO THE PARKLAND FOUNDATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

NO. AND AND THIS TOO IS. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I HAD A QUESTION ALONG WITH CONCERNING THAT SAME FIGURE.

IT SAYS TO ACQUIRE SUITABLE PARKLAND, BUT WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT LIKE, ON AN ACREAGE BASIS OR IS THAT ACREAGE BASIS.

YES. IS THAT SO? SO WE ARE WELL I'M SORRY, THREE ACRES, WHICH WOULD BE OUR MINIMUM, NOT ACRE PER ACRE.

SO IT'S FOR THREE ACRES. IT WOULD COST US A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN $1 MILLION TO ACQUIRE LAND, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THAT THREE ACRE ACQUISITION.

AND THIS ONE, THIS FOR WE WE'VE DEVELOPED KIND OF THIS STANDARD PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR EACH OF THEM ON THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW, PARKS OR PARK LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED IN THAT AREA.

WE HAVE THIS STANDARD BECAUSE WE HAVE ZONES THAT HAVE NO LAND.

AND SO WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE AND WHEN DEVELOPERS COME TO US AND SAY WE WANT TO DO CASH IN LIEU OF FOR MY 150 DWELLING UNITS, WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, NOW THIS IS WHEN THE PRICE TO ACQUIRE REALLY COMES INTO PLAY, BECAUSE THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT BIG ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD FEASIBLY GIVE US LAND AND WE HAVE NO LAND.

AND THE PRICE TO PURCHASE LAND IS GREATER THAN WHAT THEY'RE GIVING US.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE HAVE DECIDED, I GUESS.

AND WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED TO BE KIND OF THE BEST STANDARD PRACTICE INTERNALLY IS SO THAT WE CAN VIEW THAT AND KNOW COMPARATIVELY WHERE,

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WHAT THE NEED IS AND, AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT IN A SENSE OF MAKING DEVELOPMENT ON CURRENT LAND.

IF WE DON'T HAVE LAND, IF WE HAVE TO ACQUIRE LAND, ALL OF THAT WHOLE SPECTRUM AND GOING TO DOVETAIL ON THE END OF THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS NOW IS THE TIME TO LOOK AT AND EVALUATE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE IN LIEU OF LAND, BECAUSE JUST LIKE SHE JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE LAND COST IS IS ENORMOUS RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT'S A FACTOR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PARKLAND DEDICATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHY DEVELOPERS ARE LIKE NOT A PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT 14 I CAN PUT FOUR MORE LOTS IN YOU KNOW.

SO AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE DEAL WITH COMING UP WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION NUMBER, THAT FEE NUMBER.

IT'S ALL A COMPONENT OF THAT LAND. SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT'S ON OUR PLATE.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO COME UP. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME TO US BEFORE THE BOARD, BUT STAFF IS WORKING ON IT NEXT MONTH. NEXT MONTH.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.

SO YOU'RE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS I JUST HAD ONE. ONE OTHER QUESTION. THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE A GENERAL INFORMATION QUESTION.

WE ACTUALLY COUNT THE DOG PARKS AS BEING LIKE A POCKET PARK FOR THAT 0.5 MILE DIFFERENCE.

IT'S IFFY. IT'S MY OBSERVATION IS THAT CHILDREN AND PUPPIES DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG REAL WELL WHEN YOU PUT THEM INSIDE.

YES. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GUYS PARENT IF YOUR PARENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE DOG OWNERS WOULD LOVE IF WE JUST RELEASE CHILDREN IN THERE.

NO, NOT AT ALL. WE WENT BACK. ADAM AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS A LOT.

IF WE EVEN INCLUDED THIS BECAUSE IT. 6 IN 1 HAND, HALF A DOZEN IN THE OTHER.

IT'S THEY'RE THEY HAVE A PRETTY DECENT SIZED SPACE SURROUNDING THE DOG PARK FENCE.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE THE GOOGLE EARTH VIEW. SO THERE'S SPACE TO TOSS A BALL, RUN SOME SPRINTS, GET YOUR EXERCISE, THAT KIND OF STUFF. I WOULD NOT CONSIDER IT MEETING THE PUBLIC NEED, THOUGH.

IT'S AN AMENITY IT'S GREAT TO HAVE NEARBY IF YOU'RE A DOG OWNER.

[B. BV2024-00056 903 Avenue B Kinnard, Kenneth Miles Keller]

NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE.

JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. WOULDN'T RIDGEVIEW PARK BE CLOSER? IT WOULD BE, YES, BUT RIDGEVIEW IS NOT CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY OR A REGIONAL PARK.

IT'S STILL CONSIDERED A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK DUE TO THE SIZE OF IT AND IN THE COMP PLAN.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE IT. SO IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH AND DESCRIBE TO YOU THE DEFINITION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPE PARKS.

HAVE YOU ALL DO YOU ALL HAVE THAT DOCUMENT? IT'S ONLINE.

I CAN GET IT. WE CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO IT.

IT'S TOO BIG TO EMAIL, BUT I'LL SEND THE LINK OUT.

YEAH, JUST SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE. SO THAT WAY, EVEN AS A REFRESHER, IT'LL BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR PARKS BOARD LIST AND AND JUST PERUSE THROUGH IT AND IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY SHE MAKES THE COMMENT THAT SHE MAKES AS IT RELATES TO A COMMUNITY PARK, WE CALL THEM POCKET PARKS, BUT, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

THEY'RE POCKET PARKS TO ME AS WELL. YEAH, I ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY BOTH.

IT'S IN A LITTLE POCKET OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS? IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS IT RELATES TO THE MEADOW MEADOWVIEW ESTATES PARKLAND DEDICATION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, AS A BOARD, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM STAFF.

I HAVE A MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND? A SECOND BY DIANE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM SEVEN, THE ANOINTED ONE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET? PLEASE MARRY MOMMY.

FOR THOSE THAT I HAVEN'T MET, I'M BARRY HAMILTON, PARK SUPERINTENDENT, AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A REPORT THIS MONTH.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'RE JUST GLAD TO SEE YOU.

I'M HERE. THAT'S ALL. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. JUST YOUR PRESENCE.

AND FOR THE NEW FOLKS I KNOW, Y'ALL ARE LIKE, MAN, WHO IS HE? IS HE KINDA MICHAEL JORDAN? IS HE LEBRON'S UNCLE OR WHAT? HE'S A GOOD GUY. HE IS THE MAN RIGHT THERE. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK, MAN.

ITEM SEVEN B RECREATION. DALTON. MR. DALTON, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS AFTERNOON, SIR?

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I'M SORRY. IN THREE YEARS, I'LL COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

ALRIGHT, SO TO GO INTO IT FOR, WE'RE ON THE PROGRAM NUMBERS PAGE.

I THINK Y'ALL GOT THE RIGHT ONE THAT SAYS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM AND HAS IT FINISHED.

IF IT'S BLANK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I KNOW THE ONE OVER THERE WAS BLANK.

DOES IT HAVE UNDER TENNIS PROGRAM SAYS SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM. IS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS OR NO. HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS.

[F. BV2024-00096 306 N 28th St Gate Itl Enterprises LLC Miles Keller]

I DON'T HAVE A SPOTLIGHT. SPOTLIGHT ON SPOTLIGHT, YEAH.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE? AS I EDITED THE PUBLISHER. AND THEN I SENT DANIELLE THE PDF THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE EDITED VERSION. SO I WILL TELL Y'ALL WHAT THE SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM IS FOR ALL OF THESE. YEAH. FOR OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS, WE ARE AT 1771.

THAT WAS A HUGE MONTH. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO MOST MARCHES WE HAVE.

USUALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 1200 TO 1300 PARTICIPANTS.

WE HAD A HUGE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT, WHICH WAS OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE SHOWING.

WE HAD 132 KIDS FROM NINE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE DAY. I LOVE TENNIS, HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENT DAYS BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A FOOD TRUCK ON SITE, AND SO IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR ME. FOR OUR PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS, WE HAD 782 TOTAL.

OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM, THERE WAS INDOOR PLAY, WHICH IS OUR MOST POPULAR PICKLEBALL PROGRAM WITH 283 PARTICIPANTS.

THAT HAPPENS ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. AND ANYBODY THAT PLAYS PICKLEBALL THERE KNOWS WE WANT A LITTLE MORE PICKLEBALL TIME. OUR ADAPTED PROGRAMS, WE HAD 144. OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM, THERE WAS OUR WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL SCRIMMAGE.

WE HAD ABOVE AROUND 100 PARTICIPANTS THERE. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL.

IF YOU ALL GET A CHANCE, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. WE JUST POSTED THE RECAP VIDEO. IT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TIER MEMORIAL.

HERMAN. AND THEY CAME AND DID A SCRIMMAGE THERE.

WE SHOWED ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING OUR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS. THE TWO TEAMS THERE ARE ACTUALLY HEADED TO VIRGINIA. THEY'RE PROBABLY THERE NOW FOR THE NATIONAL WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ONE OF THE COACHES FOR THAT TEAM WAS ON THE 2024 WHEELCHAIR PARALYMPICS TEAM THAT WON GOLD.

AND SO THAT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST, OH, IT WAS SUCH A COOL, COOL SPOT.

AND IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT WAS PROBABLY TEENAGERS THAT WERE IN THE GAME. BUT THEN YOU SAW KIDS THAT WERE USING WHEELCHAIRS THAT WERE MAYBE 3 OR 4 UP IN THE SAND.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF COOL SEEING THE GENERATION. IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE WE COME TO WORK AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THIS IS WHY WE DO IT. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. WAS THAT A FIRST FOR THE REC CENTER? YES, IT WAS FIRST FOR HAVING THAT THERE.

YEAH. AND SO THE THOUGHT WAS TO BRING THEM IN AND WITH A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS, WE CAN SHOW WHAT ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE NICOLE MCGEE WHO IS AN ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS. AMAZING. SHE JUST DOES. SHE DOES REALLY GREAT WITH IT. AND SO THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, BUT IT WAS THE GOAL WAS TO KIND OF SHOW, HEY, WE HAVE OTHER ADAPTED PROGRAMS NOW TOO. AND SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEELCHAIR TENNIS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. REALLY COOL. YEAH.

SENIOR PROGRAMS. OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM IS SENIOR BINGO WITH 75 PARTICIPANTS.

THAT'S USUALLY NEVER NOT ATTENDED VERY WELL. THAT'S ALWAYS A REALLY GOOD TIME.

OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, WE HAD OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM IS ACES VOLLEYBALL WITH 296 PARTICIPANTS.

THAT PROGRAM IS CONSISTENTLY GROWING. THAT'S FALLING JUST SHORT OF 100 PEOPLE PER PER WEEK.

AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD PROGRAM THAT'S GROWING.

FITNESS PROGRAM. WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM. IT'S CALLED FIT YOUR VIBES BOOT CAMP WITH 16 PARTICIPANTS.

IT'S VERY MUCH BODY MOVEMENT. SLED PULLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THAT'S STARTING TO CATCH TRACTION. AND THEN OUR FAMILY YOUTH OUTDOOR PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM IS LITTLE EXPLORERS WITH EIGHT PARTICIPANTS.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S GEARED FOR KIDS AGES 3 TO 6.

I ACTUALLY LED THAT WITH JAVIER. WE WENT OUT AND DID A RAIN SHOWING HOW THE RAIN WORKS AND THE PRECIPITATION AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND IT WAS REALLY COOL GETTING OUT THERE. IT MAKES ME REALIZE THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO NOT DUMB IT DOWN, BUT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LESSER. I WAS GOING OVER IT IN THE LITTLE GIRL AND IT WAS LIKE, LOOK AT MY DANCE. AND THEY JUST STARTED DOING DANCING IN FRONT OF ME. SO, OKAY, GOT IT. WE TRIED. SO WE MADE RAINMAKERS. THEN WE PLAYED GAMES FOR MOST OF IT, SO BUT IT WAS COOL.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A FAMILY THAT JUST MOVED FROM UTAH.

THEY GOT THE OTHER PARENTS NUMBERS. THEY'RE DOING A PLAY DATE AND EVERYTHING. SO ANOTHER REASON WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THIS IS WHY WE DO IT REALLY COOL. AND THEN FOR OUR EVENTS, WE HAVE OUR CHALK FEST. WE HAD 20 PROFESSIONAL, 20 PLUS PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS THERE.

WE HAD 15 PLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS.

AND THEN NEW TO THIS YEAR, WE DID A KID PRENEUR.

SO IT WAS A FARMERS MARKET FOR KIDS. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL. THEY WERE SELLING CRAFTS, THEY WERE SELLING MUFFINS, THEY WERE SELLING DONUTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL WALKING THROUGH THERE. I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS CUTE. AND THE KIDS WERE LIKE, HEY, HEY, HEY, CAN YOU BUY THIS AND BUY THIS? IT WAS COOL. THEY HAD THEIR THEY, THEY WERE GETTING IT THROUGH. I WANT TO THANK BUDDY. HE WAS HE JUDGED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION. SO I KNOW THAT WAS TOUGH CHOICES BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ONES THERE.

OH ONE HER NAME, IT WAS, OH, I'LL HAVE TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURE BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS.

YEAH. I CONTINUE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PICTURES FOR THE ZIP FILE AND EVERYTHING, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT WAS WHOEVER YOU HAD. I THINK IT WAS PRETTY STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD, WHOEVER WHO WAS FIRST.

SO THAT'S PROGRAM NUMBERS ON THE BACK. WE HAVE OUR FACILITY USAGE.

TOTAL USAGE FROM 2024 TO 2025 WAS UP 10%. YOU LOOK OVER AT OUR INCOME, JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT.

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FORGET ABOUT IT. BUT WE LOOK BACK AT MARCH 2023 MARCH 2023, OUR INCOME WAS 56,000.

AND SO TECHNICALLY WE'RE UP 4% FROM 2023. I DIVE IN, DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY THE NUMBERS HERE.

SO FOR FIELD RESERVATIONS FOR 2024, WE HAD FOUR TOTAL RESERVATIONS FOR 18,000 AND AUDITORIUM RESERVATIONS, WE HAD TEN FOR $14,000. THIS YEAR. WE HAD ONE FIELD RESERVATIONS FOR $800 AND THEN AUDITORIUM RESERVATIONS.

WE HAD THREE FOR 2500. SO THAT'S A $29,000 DIFFERENCE.

I TALKED WITH RODERICK, OUR FIELD. HE OVERSEES FIELD.

FIELD RESERVATIONS, AND IT'S JUST WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS. SOME PEOPLE PAID IN MARCH, AND SOME PEOPLE WERE COMING UP AND PAYING APRIL. WE ALSO HAD A SOFTBALL LEAGUE THAT UTILIZED, I THINK, 3 TO 4 FIELDS OUT THERE. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THEIR LEAGUE HAS JUST SHRUNK.

THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AND NOW THEY'RE NEEDING ONE FIELD. SO IT'S CONSISTENT GROWTH.

WE NOTICED IN APRIL 20TH, I LOOKED BACK TO AN APRIL 2023 JUST FOR THIS COMING MONTH, AND IT WAS A HUGE NUMBER THAT'S NOT REALLY CONSISTENT WITH ANY OF THE OTHER GROWTH.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE MONITORING. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THE FIELDS THERE'S NOT A REASON THAT THE FIELDS AREN'T BEING RENTED OR AUDITORIUMS NOT BEING RENTED. THE AUDITORIUM, MAYBE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE VENUES NOW HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT MORE. AND EACH YEAR THEY'RE ADDING MORE.

SO YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION JUST BECAUSE.

I MEAN, IT'S BECAUSE I HEAR PEOPLE, WELL, I'LL TALK TO FOLKS AND THEY'LL ALWAYS SAY THAT, NO, I'M USING THE PLACE UP THERE ON, ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT NINE AND THE FIFTH ON FIFTH STREET.

YEAH, I KNOW THE ONE. THE LANDMARK. THANK YOU.

[G. BV2024-00097 304 N 28th St Gate Itl Enterprises LLC Miles Keller]

RIGHT. SO IT'S. YOU'RE IN COMPETITION NOW? YEAH.

AND WE NOTICED I NOTICED LAST YEAR WE HAD, LIKE, AN 18 HOUR QUINCEAERA RESERVATION.

AND THEN THIS YEAR IT WAS 2 OR 3 HOURS AT A TIME.

SO IT'S JUST NOT WHAT CAN YOU DO? WE DEFINITELY WILL LOOK BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPEALING TO EVERYBODY TO RESERVE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF OFFSETTING SOME OF OUR OPERATING COSTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND, YOU KNOW, MARCH THIS ESPECIALLY THESE THREE WEEKS IN MARCH WITH THE RODEO AND SPRING BREAK, THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT. IT IS. YEAH.

AND SO WITH THAT BACKING THE REVENUE, WE NOTICED THAT OUR REC, THE OTHER OTHER FEES THAT WE RECOUP IS OUR REC PROGRAM COSTS AND OUR REC MEMBERSHIP.

AND SO FACILITIES WAS THE ONLY NUMBER THAT WENT DOWN.

EVERYTHING ELSE WENT UP. I THINK IT GREW MAYBE 10 OR 15%. SO IT SHOWS WE'RE GROWING THERE. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOTAL USAGE WE'RE GROWING.

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. AND I'LL KEEP IN MIND AND KEEP KEEP A WATCH OUT.

LOOK AHEAD. WE HAVE OUR SPRING FLING ADAPTED DANCE. THAT'S FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HAVE OUR CRAZY HAIR DASH ON SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH, 10 TO 12.

THAT'S WHERE THEY DO DIFFERENT TASKS. AND THEY GET BUNNY EARS.

AND THE NEXT ONE, THEY GET A NOSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD HATE TO NOT MENTION WE HAVE OUR TEXAS TRASH OFF TOO.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY RECREATION, BUT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO TEXAS TRASH OFF.

I MADE SURE WE SHARED IT ON FACEBOOK TODAY TOO. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEIR SPOTLIGHT PICTURES.

SO SO WE HAD OUR SPRING BREAK DAY CAMP. WE HAD OUR LITTLE EXPLORERS, WHICH WAS A REALLY COOL GROUP ADAPTED BINGO.

AND THEN WE HAD THE CHALK FEST AT THE BOTTOM.

FUNNY STORY. I WAS THAT BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE I KEPT TELLING EVERYBODY, OH, DID YOU SEE THAT LITTLE DEBBIE PICTURE? YOU SEE THAT LITTLE DEBBIE PICTURE? MY WIFE ACTUALLY CAME AND SHE'S LIKE, LIKE, YOU'VE BEEN TELLING ME ABOUT LITTLE DEBBIE, RIGHT? AND SHE'S LIKE, IT'S DOROTHY FROM WIZARD OF OZ. I ACTUALLY ATE SOMETHING THAT DAY, SO I MADE SURE I DIDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY. I DIDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE I WAS I WAS VERY, VERY EMBARRASSED THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A DEBBIE.

DOROTHY, WHATEVER. YOU WERE HUNGRY. I WAS VERY HUNGRY, ACTUALLY.

HOW FUNNY. SO CUTE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD REPORT. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OH, RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? LONG TIME NO SEE. SO WE ARE JUST CLOSED. WE HAVE JUST CLOSED OUT OUR OUR MIDWAY POINT FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025. OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

SO THE END OF MARCH WAS THE END OF OUR QUARTER TWO.

SO SINCE WE KIND OF WENT OVER OUR ANNUAL PLAN AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A MID-YEAR REVIEW THAT OUR STAFF HAVE KIND OF PULLED TOGETHER. WE HAD OUR MEETING ON IT, AND IT'S NOT 100% UP TO DATE, BUT WE ARE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH OUR OUR QUARTER TWO UPDATE.

SO OUR OUR FIRST PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIZENS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

THAT'S VERY LOFTY. WORDY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? GOAL. SO WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO OUR THREE OBJECTIVES.

THE FIRST ONE BEING OUR COMPLETION OF OUR PARK PROJECTS. THIS IS WHERE THE FOUR MAIN BOND PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

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WE'RE ANTICIPATING MAY 2025, AND THEIR TIMELINE IS 160 DAYS FROM NOTICE TO PROCEED.

SO WE ARE STILL WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND RIGHT NOW. WE HAD SOME CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN THERE, BUT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO BE OPEN IN TIME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2026.

SO THAT'S GREAT. STATE SPORTS PARK, WE ARE IN OUR WE'RE WE'RE DONE WITH DESIGN AND WE ARE IN THE REPLANNING PHASE RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE DEMO IS ACQUIRED IN DIFFERENT PARCELS BEFORE WE CAN GET OUR PERMIT, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE REPLAT OF THE ENTIRE PARK.

RIDGEVIEW PARK IS NOW DONE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TAKE A LOOK.

WE DO HAVE OUR A COUPLE OTHER CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS COMING OUT FOR SPLASH PAD CLEANING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ARE WORKING ON A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT PARK AND SPLASH PAD.

GRAND OPENING. IN EARLY MAY. SO WE WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT DATE CONFIRMED.

BICENTENNIAL PARK, WE DO HAVE THE PLAYGROUND COMPLETE.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE SHADE STRUCTURES AND THE FENCE.

WE KIND OF HAD TO. WE'RE MOVING A LITTLE SLOW ON THAT ONE.

WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THE KIDS GOT OUT OF SUMMER.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE AMENITIES WILL BE DONE. THAT SHADE STRUCTURE, BENCHES NEW GRILLS, JUST SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE AGED WITH THE PARK.

SO THAT THAT WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

THE FENCING. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WAIT AND HAVE TO COME BACK IN IN, IN AUGUST OR SOME, SOME TIME JUST SO THAT WE'RE NOT OUT THERE TEARING IT ALL UP WHILE THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

OUR SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO INCREASE USAGE OF OUR RECREATIONAL SPACES.

I CAN DO THIS. SAND.

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WE WANTED A MINIMUM OF 40,000 PEOPLE TO UTILIZE OUR INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY.

SO THE REC CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, 40,000 WAS A MADE UP NUMBER THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE BECAUSE WE HAD NEVER TRACKED IT BEFORE.

AT THIS POINT, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE.

SO DALTON WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR IT TEAM, AND WE NOW HAVE DOOR COUNTERS.

SO HE'S ABLE TO LOG INTO THE SYSTEM COUNT. COME IN.

IT TRACKS IF THEY GO BACK OUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING VERY GOOD NUMBERS ON THAT. CREATE A MARKETING PLAN FOR OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAVE NOT MADE MUCH PROGRESS ON.

WE WE'D LIKE TO REALLY ADVERTISE THAT THAT. HEY, THIS PARK HAS THIS REALLY COOL PLAYGROUND OR.

HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR REC CENTER HAS BATTING CAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW. BUT BUT WE'VE JUST KIND OF HAD THIS ONE IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS NOW.

IT IS A TARGET FOR THIS SUMMER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOCK IT OUT.

EVALUATE AND REDEVELOP THE RSA POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WE HAVE REDONE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION AND EVALUATION.

THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT WORKED REALLY WELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ITEM AS WELL, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS ONE IS COMPLETE. IMPLEMENT OUR MASTER PLAN STRATEGIES.

SO WE WANT TO ANALYZE, TRACK AND REPORT OUR PARK USAGE DATA.

THAT IS PART OF ADAM'S PRESENTATION. EACH MONTH THAT HE GIVES IS THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN OUR PARKS AND IF THERE'S ANY TRENDS WITH NEW FEATURES OR NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR TRAFFIC PATTERNS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR SIX OF OUR PARKS.

SO THIS IS IN PROGRESS. BARRY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

WE HAVE A NEW KIND OF STAFFING STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE GOING INTO PLACE WITH OUR NEW CREW.

AND SO HE'S WORKING ON THAT. IT WILL SERVE BOTH AS A A GUIDE FOR THEM AND A TASK LIST, BUT ALSO FOR US, IT WILL KIND OF ALLOW US TO, TO, TO JUSTIFY WHEN WE DO WHAT.

RIGHT. WHEN WE, WHEN WE PRESSURE WASH THE PARK ENTRANCE SIGNS IS PROBABLY NOT THE SAME TIME THAT THE GRASS IS GROWING AT ITS MOST IN ITEMS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN OUR LAST NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED IN 2017.

SO WE WANT TO KNOCK OUT THE REST OF THOSE ITEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETE.

THIS IS ITEMS LIKE EXPANSION JOINTS OR TOO WIDE FOR A WHEELCHAIR OR THE OH GOSH, WHAT ARE EVEN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.

IT'S LITTLE MINOR THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THERE'S RUST ON A WATER FOUNTAIN TYPE OF THING.

LITTLE THINGS. A DOWNSPOUT IS POURING ONTO THE CONCRETE INSTEAD OF EXTENDING INTO THE GRASS, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE FINISHED THE ONES, AND WE DID THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND PROJECTS WITH BICENTENNIAL AND RIDGEVIEW WILL BE DONE. AND QUAIL GREEN WEST, WE FINISHED THAT ONE AS WELL.

SO WE ONLY HAVE A FEW PARKS LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE BEFORE I MOVE ON? THERE'S TWO MORE OF THESE, SO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO POSITION PARKS AND RECREATION AS A SOLUTION TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS.

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FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND THEN DEVELOPING A HOLIDAY AND EVENT DECOR PLAN.

THAT WOULD BE FOR SNOW FEST AND FOR THIS FACILITY.

SO DALTON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A VENDOR AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE PRESENTATION TO BE NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. NEXT WEEK. SO THAT WILL INCLUDE SOME PHASING, SOME DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE WANT TO DO DECORATIONS FOR SNOW FEST. THE CITY WANTS TO DO DECORATIONS.

HOLIDAY LIGHTS FOR FOR FOR CITY HALL. SO LET'S DO IT ALL TOGETHER.

I DID KIND OF SKIP THE SURVEY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO START GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR, IN OUR PROGRAMS AS MUCH AS WE DO FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T COMING TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO SEND IT OUT FOR AT LEAST 75%.

WE MARKED THAT 75% BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE A ONE TIME PROGRAM WHERE NO SIGNUP IS REQUIRED.

WE JUST WANT THEM TO COME TRY IT. AND AND SO WE SOMETIMES DON'T GET CONTACT INFO.

BUT WE FEEL THAT 75 IS A GOOD POINT TO, TO BE AT.

AND THEN OF THAT 75%, WE WANT AT LEAST 85% OF PEOPLE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED.

SO WE HAVE WE'RE WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE ON THESE TWO YET, BUT WE HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS.

WE DID 56% OF PROGRAM SURVEYS AT THIS POINT. OF THOSE 56%, 95% SAID THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED.

WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OR EXCEED OUR EXISTING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.

SO THESE TWO ARE ACTUALLY MOSTLY PAUL AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION OUR RIGHT OF WAY, LANDSCAPING INSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR TO IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE.

SO THAT'S TEXAS PARKWAY, THOMAS TAYLOR, CARTWRIGHT AND INDEPENDENCE.

THE THE INDEPENDENCE AT TEXAS PARKWAY. WE WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT OURSELVES. AND THAT KIND OF TIES IN WITH THE NATIVE, NATIVE OR XERISCAPE LANDSCAPING.

IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN. IT LOOKS BETTER IN A DROUGHT. IT SURVIVES A FREEZE.

AND SO WE HAVE INCREASE. EXCUSE ME? INCREASE THAT CREW SIZE FROM 3 TO 4.

WE'VE MADE AN OFFER FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT OF WAYS.

BEFORE WE CAN REALLY TAKE OVER THAT CONTRACT, WE NEED THAT FOURTH PERSON, BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING TO SHUT DOWN A LANE. YOU HAVE A FLAGGER.

YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND YOU USUALLY HAVE A SPOTTER. THREE PEOPLE CAN DO FOUR THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE KIND OF HELD OFF ON THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OFFER OUT AND SIGNED.

SO THAT PERSON WILL BE STARTING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY AND RELEVANT PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR JUST STATS THAT, THAT WE TRACK.

WE WANT A MINIMUM OF 225 PROGRAMS. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT.

SUMMER IS USUALLY ONE OF OUR BUSIER TIMES. SO WE'VE HAD 54 AND 52 FOR EACH QUARTER, RESPECTIVELY.

AND THEN WE WANT TO AT LEAST 3000 RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT PROGRAMS VERSUS REC OPPORTUNITIES IS DIFFERENT.

SO OPEN PLAY PICKLEBALL IS A PROGRAM. BUT EACH WEEK YOU HAVE SEVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATION WITH THAT ONE PROGRAM.

SO YOU COULD WE TRACK IT AS ONE PROGRAM, BUT ULTIMATELY YOU COULD COME AND PLAY TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS, FOUR DAYS, FIVE DAYS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING ENOUGH RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF JUST SINGLE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO WE DO TRACK BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN CREATE A CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FOR PARKS, MONUMENTS, ENTRANCE CORRIDORS AND MEDIANS. SO WE HAVE CREATED A LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR OUR CITY ENTRY POINTS.

AS WELL AS OUR PARK ENTRANCES. SO TO BEAUTIFY OUR PARK SIGNS.

AND THEN A STANDARD FOR CITY FACILITIES AS WELL.

NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE CAN GO OUT RIGHT AWAY AND CHANGE IT ALL, BUT NOW WE AT LEAST HAVE THE BLUEPRINT SO THAT WHEN THESE WHEN FUNDS COME AVAILABLE OR WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO THEN CREATE IT ON THE SPOT.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK UNANIMOUS. YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW YOU'RE IN MISSOURI CITY BY THE LOOK. THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING ON A CITY SIGNAGE PROGRAM FOR AN ENTRYWAYS.

WHEN YOU COME INTO MISSOURI CITY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? DOES IT LOOK THE SAME AT AT DULLES AND CARTWRIGHT AS IT DOES AT 90 AND TEXAS PARKWAY? AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT NEXT PHASE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? EXCELLENT. KEEP IT GOING.

OKAY, I'LL TRY AND SPEED THIS ONE UP. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE. AND THIS IS AN ALWAYS GOAL.

WE WANT TO OPERATE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES COME IN.

SO OUR CAPRA STANDARDS WE WE WILL HAVE TO BE REACCREDITED IN 2026.

SO THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY PUSHING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN LINE AND WE'RE NOT SCRAMBLING NEXT YEAR.

WE DO MONTHLY MEETINGS. WE'RE THROUGH WITH CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO AND HAVE MET ALL STANDARDS.

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AND ON OUR ACTUAL DOCUMENT, THIS BREAKS DOWN BY FULL TIME, PART TIME, SEASONAL AND MAKING SURE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD WE GET TRAININGS.

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SO THIS IS THE THE SOFTWARE THAT I HAD SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.

WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT. IT'S ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROCESS.

SO IN THE MEANTIME BARRY HAS IMPLEMENTED THE GOOD OLD PAPER SYSTEM.

SO THEY'RE NOW TRACKING THEIR THEIR WORKLOAD, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOING IT, BUT IT'S ABOUT CAPACITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND UTILIZING BEST PRACTICES. AND THEN WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE AND DIVERSIFY THEIR SKILL SETS.

SO WE'RE DOING BIANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS FOR ALL FULL TIME STAFF.

SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT AS WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT I THINK IS VERY VITAL FOR ALL STAFF TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE.

AND WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE IT. IT'S BEEN KIND OF INCONSISTENT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO PUT IT IN HERE THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE WANT TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED CERTIFICATION PROCESS. SO SOMETIMES WE GET STAFF THAT I WANT TO GET MY CDL OR I WANT TO I WANT TO GET MY PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTOR, I WANT TO DO THIS I WANT TO DO THAT. WE NEED KIND OF A BLUEPRINT.

A STANDARD PROCESS. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE THEIR CDL.

WE ALSO NEED SOMEBODY TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATOR LICENSE.

NOT EVERYBODY IN RECREATION CAN ALL HAVE THEIR SPECIAL EVENTS PROFESSIONAL.

WE ALSO NEED SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE ARCHERY AND FISHING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO IT'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. AND WE DO HAVE A DRAFT POLICY IN PLACE THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN WE WANT TO REDUCE THE DEPARTMENT'S RELIANCE ON THE GENERAL FUND.

SO 95% OF CAPITAL ASSETS ARE INSPECTED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

SO THIS ONE WE HAVEN'T QUITE DONE YET. WE ARE GETTING RAMPING UP FOR, AS I MENTIONED, KIND OF A A SHUFFLING OF PARKS CREWS.

AND SO WE RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY DOING OUR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND OUR MAINTENANCE STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT BEYOND THAT YET. WE REDEVELOPED THE PARKLAND DEDICATION STRUCTURE.

SO WE DON'T WE DON'T MAKE ENOUGH ON PARKLAND DEDICATIONS.

WE CAN'T DEVELOP LAND ON $1,400. SO WE WANTED TO REALLY LOOK INTO THAT AND WE HAVE DONE OUR CITY LEVEL RESEARCH, OUR STAFF LEVEL RESEARCH. WE PROVIDED A DRAFT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

WE PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA FOR, FOR YOU GUYS SO THAT IF THERE WAS ANY TWEAKS, RECOMMENDATIONS, IF WE CROSSED A LEGAL LINE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH PARKLAND DEDICATION, THAT WE CAN CORRECT THAT BEFORE WE PRESENT IT TO YOU.

AND THEN WE WANT TO DEVELOP A COST RECOVERY PLAN FOR RECREATION.

DALTON IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING THIS. AND I DO JUST WANT TO PUT A LITTLE PLUG IN HERE.

WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO ISN'T ALWAYS ABOUT MAKING MONEY.

IT WE WE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS A SERVICE ASPECT TO WHAT WE DO.

BUT THIS IS HERE MORE SO AS A AS A KNOWLEDGE AND A TOOL AND A AND A DEVELOPMENT THING FOR OUR RECREATION TEAM.

WE WANT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO RECOVER ALL OF OUR COSTS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO EVALUATE WHAT OUR COSTS ARE, WHAT OUR PRICE POINT SHOULD BE, WHAT THE SUBSIDY LEVEL OF EACH PROGRAM IS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT'S BALANCED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.

OBVIOUSLY SOME THINGS ARE MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, SOME ARE MORE INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT AND THERE'S A GUIDELINE IN PLACE WITH IT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I NEED A WATER BREAK. OKAY. SO REAL QUICK, JUST A COUPLE UPDATES ON THE DIRECTOR SIDE.

AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTALS ON.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THOSE.

BUT ONE OF THEM IS KIND OF THE THE BASE WORK, THE PHASE ONE OF THE EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND.

THAT IS THE PARKS FOUNDATION'S PRIORITY PROJECT.

THEY WILL BE DOING 90% OF THAT FUNDRAISING OR ALL OF THE FUNDRAISING, BUT 90% OF THE THE FUNDS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPONSOR AND DONATE, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE FOR SEWAGE LINES FOR THE RESTROOM.

YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE TO REGRADE A PARK. YOU WANT IT TO BE FOR A PAVILION, A PLAYGROUND.

A STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN SAY, HEY, MY COMPANY PAID FOR THAT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE REQUESTED THE FUNDS TO DO ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND WORK TO MAKE THE SITE READY SO THAT THEY CAN THEN PIECEMEAL THE PARK TOGETHER WITH THEIR FUNDRAISING. I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL.

AND IF APPROVED COULD REALLY STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS FOR THAT PARK DEVELOPMENT.

WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH OUR CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER RECERTIFICATION.

OUR STAFF, WE LAST TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD DONE CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEWER. WE WERE THE FIRST PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ACHIEVE THIS.

EVEN MORE RECENTLY, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BECOME THE FIRST IN TEXAS TO RECEIVE THEIRS.

IT IS ALSO AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, SO THIS IS PERFECT TIMING.

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SO PERFECT, PERFECTLY LAID OUT FOR US LIKE THAT.

OUR CITY WIDE MOWING CONTRACT. WE ARE CURRENT.

WE RECEIVED BIDS FOR THAT. WE RECEIVED 16 BIDS FOR OUR CITY WIDE MOWING CONTRACT, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING IT.

THAT IS THE MOST OF ANY SOLICITATION I'VE EVER SEEN.

EVER. SO THAT'S A LOT TO REVIEW. WE WILL BE ISSUING THAT CONTRACT IN MAY.

ONCE WE'RE DONE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE BIT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHECKING REFERENCES CONFIRMING THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT CREW, THE RIGHT NUMBER OF CREWS, THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A BIG CONTRACT, SO WE NEED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY CAN HANDLE IT.

AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT LIKELY HAVING THEM BEGIN WORK EITHER IN JUNE OR IN JULY.

SO WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING THAT HEAVILY WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A COUPLE ERRORS AT FIRST.

RIGHT? IF IT'S A NEW CONTRACTOR, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THE THE BORDER FOR OUR PARK IS HERE, NOT HERE. AND THEY, THEY MISS SOME, SOME, SOME AREAS.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. AND THEN IN-HOUSE PARK OPERATIONS, AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT.

YOU GUYS ARE AWARE WE HAD A NEW PARKS CREW APPROVED THIS PAST BUDGET CYCLE? WE HAVE MADE THOSE OFFERS, AND WE HAVE. BARRY'S BEEN HARD AT WORK ON THE PAPERWORK SIDE, WHICH IS HIS FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD.

RESTRUCTURING, REDESIGNING TO MAKE TO TRY AND MAKE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR STAFF.

CURRENT OPERATIONS ARE WE HAVE A MOWING CREW, AND WE HAVE A TRASH CREW, AND WE HAVE A CREW THAT DOES BALL FIELDS.

AND NO MATTER WHERE IN MISSOURI CITY, THAT'S THEIR TASK.

WE ARE RESTRUCTURING IT TO BE ZONES. AND SO THIS CREW WILL HAVE THE PARKS IN THESE ZONES, AND THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE BATHROOMS. MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT, DOING THE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, ALL OF IT.

INSTEAD OF DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND NOT HAVING THAT PRIDE.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BARRY'S. BARRY'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE THAT HE.

HE'LL SAY, THESE ARE MY PARKS. NOT NOT IN A BAD WAY.

RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE PRIDE COMING THROUGH BECAUSE HE OVERSEES ALL OF THE PARKS. IT'S TOUGH TO GET THAT WHEN ALL YOU DO IS GO PICK UP THE TRASH IN EVERY PARK.

YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE YOURS. NOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BUILD ALL OF THAT IN IT, IT ESTABLISHES THAT.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY OUR GOAL WITH THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAINING.

BUT WE'RE HOPING THIS CAN BE A SLOW TRANSITION TO MORE AND MORE IN-HOUSE OPERATIONS.

WE REALLY GOT TO GET OUR OUR GUYS BACK IN OUR PARKS.

STOP DOING SETUPS AND OTHER THINGS. STOP CONTRACTING EVERYTHING AND REALLY MAKE IT OURS AGAIN.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL WITH THAT. AND TANNER'S NOT HERE, BUT I DO HAVE THE SAMPLE OF OUR PARKS BOARD ADOPT A SPOT ONLINE REPORT. I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR FOREVER, SO I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU GUYS.

IF YOU WANT ME TO REVIEW THIS WITH YOU OR JUST SEND YOU THE LINK WITH YOU.

REVIEW. OKAY, LET ME GRAB THE REVIEW. REVIEW OR SEND THE LINK.

WHAT Y'ALL WANT? EITHER ONE. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW IT LATER IN REVIEW.

OKAY, SO I KNOW OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WORKED HARD IN GETTING THIS DONE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR IT TEAM, TRYING TO MAKE IT AS USER FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE, WHILE ALSO KIND OF STREAMLINING IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IT IS MORE OF A FILL IN THE BLANK.

THE SAMPLE HAD A DROP DOWN. HOWEVER, WITH DROP DOWNS, ANYTIME WE ADD A NEW PARK OR NEW TRAIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO GO IN AND EDIT IT. SO NOW FROM HERE ON OUT, THIS WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE IT.

WE MIGHT WE MIGHT NEED TO UPDATE SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AND TWEAK THE ENTIRE THING. SO YOU WILL PUT YOUR NAME AND FILL IN THE PARK. AND THEN YOU CAN PUT THE DATE HERE.

YOU CAN TYPE IT OR YOU CAN SELECT IT. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WAS TO BE ABLE TO TYPE IN.

DID YOU TALK TO ANYBODY IN THE PARK? DID YOU TALK TO ANYBODY? DID THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS? DID THEY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? DO THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS? COMPLAINTS? DID THEY YELL AT YOU? WHATEVER IT IS. THESE ARE ALL ONE LINERS. BUT THEY DO HAVE EXPANSION CAPABILITY.

SO IF YOU TYPE THREE WHOLE PARAGRAPHS, IT'S GOING TO KEEP, KEEP GROWING SO THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT.

AND THEN LISTENING NONEMERGENCY INCIDENTS. SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE SOMEBODY BREAKING A PARK RULE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT QUITE A 911 THING. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A, A DIRT BIKE ROLL THROUGH, THEY'RE GONE.

SO YOU CAN'T CALL ANYBODY, BUT YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW SO THAT WE'RE AWARE.

THAT WOULD BE IN HERE. SOME OF THE ITEMS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT TO PD OR FIRE AS NEEDED.

BUT THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.

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SO NONE OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED. SO WHEN YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM, IF THIS ISN'T EVER THE CASE, IF THE PARK THAT YOU'RE IN DOESN'T HAVE OR USE RESTROOMS DOESN'T HAVE THE PULL DOWN THOUGH.

OH, YES. DOESN'T HAVE RESTROOMS. YOU CAN SKIP THIS ONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT. BECAUSE WE PUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT SPORTS COURTS, SPORTS FIELDS, RESTROOMS PAVILIONS AND SHELTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOT EVERY PARK HAS EVERYTHING. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN SKIP THROUGH IT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO FILL IT IN.

I, I ACTUALLY, WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH IT SAID, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY A NOT APPLICABLE TYPE OF THING? BUT I GUESS THEY LIKED THIS VERSION BETTER AND THEY BUILT THE FORM.

SO WE'LL GO WITH WHAT THEY SAY. SO YOU WOULD IT OUTLINES THE GOALS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE CLEAN FIXTURES, SOAP AND PAPER SUPPLIES AVAILABLE.

AND CONTINUED. SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REFERENCE THIS AS YOU'RE FILLING OUT THE FORM, AND YOU COULD TELL US IF THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT, IF IT MEETS ALMOST ALL OF IT, OR IF IT'S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO UNACCEPTABLE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, YOU CAN ALSO FILL THIS IN.

SO IF YOU SAY IT'S UNACCEPTABLE, YOU COULD TELL US WHY.

IF IT'S ALMOST ACCEPTABLE, YOU COULD SAY, HEY, IT'S JUST OUT OF SOAP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAN, IT'S OUT OF SOAP, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT WILL BE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO EACH EACH SECTION HAS ITS, ITS ACTUAL GOALS RELATED TO THAT.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT ABOVE IT SO THAT YOU CAN REFERENCE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE PICNIC SHELTERS AND PICNIC PAVILION AREAS.

YOU'D HAVE YOUR PLAY AREAS AND ALL OF THEM. YOU'RE RANKING 1 TO 5.

YEP. EVERY SINGLE ONE IS ALL THE SAME, 1 TO 5.

YOU'D HAVE YOUR SPORTS COURTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LEAF AND LITTER AND ALL OF THAT.

YOU HAVE YOUR ATHLETIC FIELDS. SO SPORTS COURTS WOULD BE YOUR BASKETBALL COURTS.

PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, THINGS LIKE THAT. ATHLETIC FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE DIRT AND GRASS.

SOCCER. BASEBALL. SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL. HARDSCAPES.

SO THIS IS ANY. CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ANYTHING CONCRETE.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT WAS ADVISED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE INSTEAD OF SAYING SIDEWALKS VERSUS PARKING LOT.

BECAUSE HARDSCAPES JUST KIND OF ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THAT.

IF WE HAVE ANY JUST GRASS OPEN AREAS, RIGHT? A LOT OF OUR PARKS HAVE, HAVE FIELDS THAT THAT ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN A SPORTS FIELD.

IF WE HAVE THE BIG SPORTS LIGHTING ON THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER QUALITY TURF OR GRASS.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE CUT A LOT SHORTER. AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY HOLES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BREAK ANYBODY'S ANKLES WHILE THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND. NOW, IF YOU JUST HAVE AN OPEN FIELD, THINK RIDGEVIEW RIGHT IN BETWEEN THERE.

THAT'S NOT A SPORTS FIELD. THAT'S JUST AN OPEN FIELD. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE THE SAME HIGH STANDARDS.

OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WALKING AROUND JOGGING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY LEVEL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO TRIPPING HAZARDS AND NO HOLES.

BUT IF IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DOES A LITTLE. NOT THAT HOUSTON HAS ANY ELEVATION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

THEN THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE THERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HAZARDS, THAT IT'S THAT IT'S MOWED. AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RUTS OR DAMAGE.

OCCASIONALLY WE GET CONTRACTORS OR SOMETIMES STAFF DRIVE THROUGH THOSE AREAS TOO SOON AFTER A RAIN.

THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE RUTS AND THE DAMAGE IN THERE. THEN WE HAVE OUR SHRUBS AND OUR LANDSCAPE BEDS.

MOST OF OUR PARKS HAVE SOME TYPE OF LITTLE LANDSCAPED AREA, EITHER AT THE ENTRANCE OR NEAR A PAVILION.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOUR WEED, YOUR MULCH, MAKING SURE THAT THE PLANTS ARE ARE CUT BACK SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE LINE OF SIGHT TO OTHER AREAS NEARBY.

AND THAT THEY'RE NOT DEAD. PREFERABLY THIS WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF DROP DOWN FOR ALL OF THESE.

WE INCLUDED OUR TREE MANAGEMENT HERE. OCCASIONALLY WE DO LOSE LIMBS AND THEY'RE HANGING DOWN INTO PARKING LOT AREAS.

OR WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING OR I DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS GREAT.

YOU WANT TO TELL US THAT AS WELL? SO ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, SEVERAL OF OUR PARKS HAVE TRAILS IN THEM.

IF WE DO HAVE A TRAIL THAT'S NORMALLY GOING TO BE YOUR DECOMPOSED GRANITE, THE LITTLE GRAVEL BITS.

SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PASSABLE.

THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE COMPLETELY EVEN.

THAT'S PART OF THE, THE DG STRUCTURE, DECOMPOSED GRANITE.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY RUTS, HOLES.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FALLING ACROSS THE TRAIL.

NO MAJOR GROWTH IN BETWEEN THE GRAVEL OF WEEDS.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN OUR PONDS AND OUR WATER FEATURES.

SEVERAL OF OUR OUR LAKES HAVE OR OUR LAKES HAVE PARKS.

OUR PARKS HAVE LAKES. THAT'S THAT COULD INCLUDE THE FOUNTAIN.

IT COULD INCLUDE THE SHORELINE. IF WE'VE, YOU KNOW, MOST MOST RECENTLY A COMMUNITY PARK, WE HAD IT RESTOCKED AND THEY DID TROUT IT TOWARDS THE

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SO HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T SEE THAT. BUT IF YOU SEE ANY ANIMALS, ANY THINGS LIKE THAT, OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, YOU GET A BIG WINDSTORM. AND I WAS IN COMMUNITY PARK EARLIER TODAY AND WE HAD A BIG WINDSTORM.

ALL THAT LITTER FROM ALL OVER THE PARK. I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE ONE PIECE EVERY 20FT² OR SO, BUT ALL OF IT ENDS UP RIGHT AGAINST THAT DRAIN.

SO THAT THAT KIND OF STUFF HAPPENS. THE LAKES ARE AND PONDS ARE AREAS THAT CAPTURE THAT.

SO FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE, YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR DROP DOWN WHERE YOU COULD RATE IT WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL GOALS FOR WHAT THAT AREA SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A COMMENT OR, OR A CHAPTER BOOK, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER.

THEN YOU WILL CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE NOT A ROBOT AND CLICK SUBMIT.

AND THEN IT'S GOING TO EMAIL ME A COPY OF THIS.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN IT IN A NICE LITTLE FORMULATED CHART.

THAT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO PROCESS. THE OTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT THIS IS IT IS MOBILE FRIENDLY.

SO THAT IS PART OF WHY THEY CHOSE THIS METHOD INSTEAD OF A SURVEY MONKEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE'S PHONES DON'T LOAD THOSE CORRECTLY.

THIS ONE IS VERY, VERY EASY TO USE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE ANDROID IPHONE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE WAY THAT IT'S BASED, WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR PHONE UP, IT'S LIKE, HERE'S THE GOALS FOR LAKES.

HERE'S THE DROP DOWN, HERE'S THE COMMENT. AND THEN YOU SCROLL AND IT'S THE NEXT THREE. AND SO THE WAY THAT IT AND THAT WAS ON ACCIDENT. BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S BASED IS ACTUALLY PRETTY PERFECT. I HAVE TESTED IT BOTH FROM THE WEBSITE LINK HERE AND ON THE COMPUTER AND ON MY PHONE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT IT DOES WORK AND IT'S ROOTED.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR REQUESTED CHANGES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. SO WHO WILL HAVE WHO IS OUR TARGET AUDIENCE TO USE? WHO WILL BE USING THIS OR WHO WILL BE? WHO IS IT? WHO IS OUR TARGET? IS IT JUST GOING TO BE US FOR NOW, JUST PARKS? YEAH. OKAY. FOR NOW, JUST PARKS BOARD THE PARK.

THAT YOU'RE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THAT. OKAY. YEAH.

AND I GUESS THE REASON I ASKED IS. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD START, BUT DO YOU HAVE A VISION OR IS THERE A VISION TO.

I'D LOVE TO. BEYOND US. YES. OKAY. YES I WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SIT UP HERE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, BUT TO ME, SEEM LIKE ANYONE THAT SITS UP HERE NO MATTER WHAT, PLANNING AND ZONING. BUT IF YOU SIT UP HERE OR YOU COME INTO THIS ROOM, I'LL SAY IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD WANT THEM TO AT SOME POINT AFTER WE BETA TESTED IT.

EXACTLY. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE THOUGHT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT CAME UP IN THE THE TESTING OF IT IS POTENTIALLY JUST AT THE VERY TOP BEFORE ANY OF THE CATEGORIES JUST NAME PARK DATE AND JUST GENERAL COMMENT.

AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FILL THE REST OUT, THAT'S FINE.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BRIEF, THAT'S FINE.

BUT THEN IT ALSO HAS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE ACTUAL INSPECTION POINTS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO COME UP AS SOON AS WE OFFER IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING, PARKS FOUNDATION, CITY COUNCIL, TEXAS PARK, ANYBODY? IT'S JUST I DON'T WANT TO FILL ALL THIS OUT. PARKS BOARD, YOU GUYS.

I COULD SEE YOU WANTING TO FILL IT ALL OUT. BUT HAVING JUST THE ABILITY TO SAY JUST A GENERAL COMMENT COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN THE FUTURE.

SO YOU'RE SEEKING THIS ONCE A MONTH OR EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO TO THE PARK? YEAH. THAT IS. HOW HAVE YOU GUYS DONE IT IN THE PAST? LAWRENCE, YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM EVERY TIME YOU GO. I MEAN, IT'S JUST DATA, SO.

AND I WANT TO. I'M GOING TO DOVETAIL. SO IT'S IN MY MIND.

IT'S WHENEVER YOU GO YOU KNOW, AND YOU GOT YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT A COMMENT.

LET ME SEND HIM SOME INFORMATION SO THEY KNOW.

SO TO ME, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST MY OWN OPINION, BUT SOMEONE MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

BUT ANYTIME YOU GO FILL IT OUT AND SHOOT IT IN IF YOU'RE AT A PARTY, RIGHT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL THE WHOLE THING OUT. YOU CAN JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, RIGHT? YEAH, MAYBE IF YOU JUST SAW ONE NEEDS ATTENTION, RIGHT.

BUT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

HOPEFULLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THAT. BUT AT LEAST THAT SHOULD BE YOUR AMBASSADOR.

BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PARKS ARE WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS. SO AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LITTLE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, BEFOREHAND IT CAN BE MORE THAN THAT, BUT DEFINITELY NO.

EVERY TIME I'M DOING A MINIMUM AT ONCE, I'M DRIVING BY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE, I PULL MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AND I GO OUT AND SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE? I'M GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 20 OF THESE A MONTH FOR HUNTERS TRAIL PARK, AREN'T I? NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'LL DO THE TRAIL. I'LL DO THE PARK.

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WHEN DO WE GET THE LINK? THE LINK WILL BE SENT OUT.

ONE OF THE. SO THIS IS KIND OF A SIMPLIFIED VERSION AS WELL OF THE FULL PACKET THAT THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE CREATED.

SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IS CREATE A LITTLE MINI BINDER, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE WITH A COVER SHEET.

THAT'S THE THE QR CODE TO GET HERE. BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEND YOU THE LINK IN CASE YOU WANT TO BOOKMARK IT,

[C. BV2024-00060 2302 Florida Avenue Raya, Juan Joel Smith]

IT'S A LITTLE MUCH TO FIT INTO AN ONLINE VERSION.

SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK.

ONE OF THE THINGS I MEAN, THE ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY HAS, NO MATTER WHAT, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY GO, THEY GO TO THE BATHROOM. THEY GOT IT WITH THEM. AND SO YOU KNOW IF IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW AN APP OR A LINK EVEN YOU CAN SAVE THE LINK ONTO YOUR PHONE WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE MORE USER FRIENDLY IT IS THE MORE YOUR APP TO DO IT.

EXACTLY. YOU KNOW SO YES. AND IF WE NEED TO WE CAN IT HAS SHOWN ME BEFORE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO DO IT, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAVE A LINK ON A WEBSITE LINK AS AN APP ON YOUR PHONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT, I PROBABLY SHOULD.

SHE DOES. SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD. SHE'S UNDER 18.

SHE'S 18. SO MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE TRAINING SESSION WHERE WE NEXT MONTH.

WE ALL WE ALL JUST GET THE LINK AND WE, WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER SAVE IT THERE BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE THE APP.

BUT IT'S IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN APP. YEAH. DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ONE HOUR TO PUT THE DATE? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EITHER TYPE IT IN OR SELECT FROM THE CALENDAR.

THE CALENDAR. AND THIS ALL GOES TO PARKS DEPARTMENT.

I'LL JUST SAY IT THAT WAY RIGHT THERE. YES. OKAY.

YOU MENTIONED HAMPTON. I. SO THEY'RE CLEARING TREES.

IS THAT BY YOU OR CREEK RIGHT THERE ON HAMPTON DRIVE? YOU SAY IT'S FOR DRAINAGE. THEY'RE PUTTING PIPES IN.

WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? SO CURRENTLY AT EAST HAMPTON, THEY ARE CLOSING THE STREET AND REDOING THE STREET AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEY'RE ADDING A. SO BASICALLY, THERE WAS A CITY ORDINANCE THAT CLOSED IT TO THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR TRUCKS TO KEEP THE TRUCKS OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, I THINK WE'RE TALKING TO.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK. I'M TALKING NEAR MCNAUGHTON PARK.

OH, IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. YEAH. YEAH.

THE PARK ON HAMPTON. THERE'S NOT IN PARK. YEAH.

IS THAT A BAYOU OR A CREEK? CREEK. OYSTER CREEK.

RIGHT. AND THEY'RE CLEARING TREES. AND WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY PUTTING A PAVEMENT THERE OR. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A COUNTY.

COUNTY? OH, OKAY. LIKE, CONTROL. SOME OF THAT CLEARING IS IS ACTUALLY CENTER POINT.

IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S RIGHT ALONG THE RIGHT ALONG THEIR POWER LINE.

RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. EASEMENT. AND THERE'S A POINT.

RIGHT NOW IT'S CLEARING ALL THE LINES. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COUNTY CITY PARKS ARE.

SO WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP, A LOT OF THE EAST.

I'M SORRY, A LOT OF THE WEST SIDE OF OYSTER CREEK.

WE DO MAINTAIN IT'S NOT OURS, BUT WE HAVE THE OYSTER CREEK TRAIL ALONG THERE.

THE EAST SIDE, IT'S ALL COUNTY PROPERTY. THE EAST SIDE IS FULL MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNTY.

SO LAST QUESTION. SO THE FIVE PARK TECH POSITIONS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU'VE ALREADY MADE OFFERS.

YES, WE HAVE MADE OUR SELECTIONS. WE'RE MEETING WITH HR THIS WEEK TO GET TOMORROW.

IT'S THURSDAY. YEAH, TOMORROW. TO GET THOSE OUT, OUR CREW LEADER HAS ACCEPTED AND WILL START ON MONDAY.

AND THE TECHNICIANS WILL START LIKELY THE END OF APRIL, 1ST OF MAY.

USUALLY TAKES US ABOUT A MONTH. OKAY, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

YEAH. JUST ON THIS THIS FORUM, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY PROVISION MADE FOR, LIKE ATTACHING PHOTOGRAPHS OR ANYTHING? OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO YOU CAN SEE WE CAN ADD THAT.

YEAH. JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

RIGHT. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO LOCATE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE AND.

YEAH. GOOD IDEA. GOOD IDEA. EXCELLENT IDEA. YOU GET A STARTER, RIGHT? MOTORCYCLE, YOUNG LADY. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT HE AT NOW.

PRECIOUS. PRECIOUS. YES, MA'AM. I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE SOME OF THE PARKS.

MORE THAN ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THAT PARK.

ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A LIST OF IF A PARK HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR A MONTH, SO WE'LL KNOW IF IT'S BEEN REPORTED? YES, YES WE WILL. STACY HAS ACTUALLY BUILT THAT.

OR I THINK IT'S IT'S COMPLETE. IT'S IT'S DONE.

WELL, NO, SHE'S COMPLETE, BUT I KNOW SHE'S BEEN WORKING. SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT. IT WASN'T IN OUR OUR SHARED FOLDER. IT'S IN HER DOCUMENTS.

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YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE MUCH. BUT SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT AND KNOW WHO HAS WHAT, PARKS, WHAT'S VACANT, WHAT'S NEEDED AND ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE. AND COULD YOU REPORT BACK TO US IF A PARK HAS BEEN REPORTED, LIKE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, LETTING US KNOW WHICH PARK HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THAT MONTH, BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING ONCE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING MINIMUM TO GO TO THE PARK.

WELL, MINIMUM ONCE A MONTH. YEAH. COULD YOU GENERATE WOULD IT BE CUMBERSOME TO GENERATE A REPORT ONCE A MONTH? YES. WHAT REPORT. WHAT PARTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED? YEAH. WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TRACK THAT AND INCLUDE IT IN ONE OF OUR PRESENTATIONS EACH MONTH SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DOUBLE DIP. YEAH. YEAH. I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME IN SOME PARTS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE I MEAN JUST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME AND WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE.

I THINK WE AND WHAT I LIKE IS YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF DATA DRIVEN.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S GOOD FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF IT. IT'S PARKS, BUT IT'S STILL GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW.

YOU GOT TO SHOW THE TAXPAYER BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO SAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. I THINK THE THE DOING THIS RIGHT HERE IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DATA DRIVEN INFORMATION TO SAY, OKAY, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LACKING OR KNOW OR YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME ASSISTANCE ON IN THOSE AREAS.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. AND EVEN IF YOU GET IN SOME PARTS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 10 OR 15 REPORTS.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. NO THAT'S OKAY. BECAUSE IF YOU GET OVER 30, IF YOU GET OVER 30, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEES DIFFERENT THINGS.

YEAH. SO IT'S IT'S NOT JUST A DIFFERENT IT'S REALLY GOOD.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUDDY MIGHT NOT MIGHT NOTICE THE TREES, BUT MIGHT NOT NOTICE THE CONCRETE, AND SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT NOTICE THE PICKLEBALL COURT BECAUSE THEY LOVE PICKLEBALL, BUT NOT EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AND IT'S NOT ON PURPOSE. IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WE'RE WIRED.

YEAH. IT'S JUST WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM INFORMATION.

YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL MAKE IT FUN AND EASY. IT'S PARKS BOARD.

OH, YEAH. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING MANDATORY. IF YOU WANT MANDATORY, YOU NEED TO GET ON PLANNING AND ZONING.

WE THE FUN GROUP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. AT THE END, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US IN YOUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED AND WHAT HAVE YOU? I CAN ADD THAT. ABSOLUTELY, YES. SO THE COMMITTEE DID THE WORK, BUT YOU GUYS REALLY PUT IT TOGETHER.

YOU ALL MADE IT EASY ON ME AT A HIGH LEVEL. WE WANTED TO TELL YOU WE WANT YOU TO REPORT AT A HIGH LEVEL.

IT WAS. IT'S HUGE. YOU DID VERY HIGH LEVEL. IT IS? YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING. I DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERY ONE OF THEM. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SEE EVERY LAST ONE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THEM AS A TEAM EVERY MONTH.

YEAH. NO ABSOLUTELY I'LL DO KIND OF SIMILAR TO HOW ADAM DOES THE PARK USAGE REPORTS.

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SHOW TRENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.

I AM GOING TO ASK ONE, ONE QUESTION. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO STREET LIGHTS ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, ON CENTER POINT ILLEGALLY HOOK UP TO CENTER POINT POLES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND I KNOW IT JUST WENT BY THE WAYSIDE, AND I'M GUESSING THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS TRYING TO WORK WITH CENTER POINT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

AND NOT JUST THE NON-METERED SECURITY LIGHTS THAT THEY DO, LIKE ACTUAL BEAUTIFICATION STYLE LIGHTS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THEY KEEP TRYING TO SAY AS PART OF BEAUTIFICATION.

AND I KEEP SAYING, NO, NO, THAT'S STREETS. AND SO BECAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER ON THE WHOLE THING SO THAT IT ALL LINES UP AND WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACTOR DOING THIS AND US DOING THIS AND THEM DOING THAT. BUT IT'S ON THE RADAR. IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL EVER HAPPEN OR NOT.

AND THE LAST THING, THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, DID YOU TALK ABOUT IT? AND I MISSED IT. NO. THE BUILDING'S GONE. IT'S GONE, GONE, GONE.

I JUST I JUST THANK YOU. YES, IT IS GONE. WE HAD A A NICE LITTLE SHOWING THE DAY, THE MORNING THAT THEY WERE TEARING IT DOWN, RANDY TROXEL CAME OUT. BILL CRONIN, THE FORMER FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT, CAME OUT, AND THE GUYS CAME AND WATCHED AND DRANK THEIR COFFEE TOGETHER, SO IT WAS KIND OF FUN. THEY HAD THEIR LITTLE HARD HATS AND IT WAS JUST A GOOD TIME. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED.

SO WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 15 MONTHS AWAY FROM A NEW BUILDING POURING ANY HURRICANES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. ALL RIGHT.

BOARD REPORTS, ITEM NUMBER NINE. ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD? JUST REAL QUICK. PAM SENT PASSED OUT THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN BOOKMARKS.

SO IT'S GOT ALL THE LIST OF ALL OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS COMING UP.

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SO IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR ANYBODY THAT'S ON THE PARKS BOARD TO SIGN UP FOR A PARK TO COME AND CLEAN OUT THAT DAY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PIZZA AND AWARDS AFTERWARDS.

SO GO ON MISSOURI CITY GREEN.ORG AND SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT COULD BE A FUN DAY. KATHY'S ALREADY SIGNED UP.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND. SO HAVEN'T THEY CHANGED THE SITE FOR THE SHREDDING? ALSO, SHREDDING IS GOING TO BE MAY 3RD, SO GET ALL YOUR CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AFTER YOU'VE DONE YOUR TAXES, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC OR USED TO BE. YEAH.

ON CARTWRIGHT. ANY OTHER REPORTS ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IS GOING TO COME.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE. I THOUGHT I KNOW PARKLAND DEDICATION AND WHO ARE THE PARKS? OH, YEAH, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO DO THE TOUR OF THE PARKS.

HAVE WE PICKED UP A DATE ON THE TOUR OF THE PARKS PARK? PARKLAND TWO? I KNOW IT'S A IT'S GENERALLY A SATURDAY.

YEAH. I WILL HAVE STACEY SEND OUT A POLL TO SEE WHICH SATURDAY WOULD WORK BEST.

MAKE SURE OUR OUR EVENT SCHEDULE DOESN'T CONFLICT, BECAUSE I KNOW MISSOURI CITY GREEN HAS SOME STUFF. WE HAVE SOME STUFF AND PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS. AND IF WE NEED TO DO IT IN, YOU KNOW, TWO ROUNDS BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

SO I'LL, I'LL ASK HER TO SEND THAT OUT EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PROVIDE SOME POTENTIAL.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT HERON? I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE HERON TRACK.

IS IT STILL OURS? IT'S STILL OURS. THE REASON I SAY THAT I WENT TO ALDI'S RIGHT THERE ON THE SIENA THING, AND THEY'RE DOING SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S NOT.

THAT'S NOT. BUT I WASN'T SURE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO ASK.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT FIRING UP IN. YEAH.

THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER COMMERCIAL TRACK THERE. OKAY. I WANTED TO ASK IS THERE ANY WORD IN.

YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE FORMER DIRECTOR OR THE DIRECTOR.

HIS STATUS IS THAT. YES. WHAT'S THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE? THAT OLD GUY? YES. SO THEY ACTUALLY HAD INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GOLF COURSE.

AND SO THEY THEY BROUGHT SOME PEOPLE IN. THEY HAVE CANDIDATES.

THEY CITY COUNCIL SLASH THE LGC. I'M NOT SURE WHICH AND THE POLITICS OR FORMALITIES OF THAT, BUT THEY WILL BE INTERVIEWING AND APPROVING AND DISCUSSING THAT GENERAL MANAGER AT THEIR MEETING ON MONDAY.

AND THEN WE WE WILL HAVE A TIMELINE. THEN THEY HAVE COME OUT AND MEET THE GENERAL.

YES. THEY HAD TO COME MEET THE GENERAL MANAGER AS WELL.

YEAH. IS THAT OKAY? CANDIDATES. CANDIDATES. CANDIDATES.

I'M SORRY. I'M. YES. SO THEY HAVE GIVEN HIM A JOB, AND THEN THEY'VE MET HIM? YES. AND SO ONCE THAT PERSON HAS BEEN SELECTED ON A START DATE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, THEN WE WILL KNOW WHEN DONNIE COMES BACK.

SO WE'LL SEE. COULD BE TWO WEEKS. COULD BE 6 TO 8 WEEKS.

JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR START DATE IS. TWO MONTHS OR TWO MONTHS.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT. HAPPY EASTER AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.