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IS THAT WHY WE'RE ALL SO QUIET? YEAH.
WE'RE WAITING FOR GREAT, WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU TO, TO SAY SOMETHING.
[Parks and Recreation Commission on February 10, 2026.]
OKAY.I AM NANCY CROW, CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AND I WILL CHAIR THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CALL ANY VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A VISITOR THIS EVENING.
BEFORE YOU SPEAK, YVONNE FALBO WILL READ A STATEMENT AND THEN WE WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
PER THE OPEN RECORDS ACT, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A CIVIL MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY STAFF MAY CONTACT YOU AT A LATER DATE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, WHICH WE DO HAVE ON FILE, AND SUBMIT IT TO CITY STAFF BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION TO CHANGE THE TIME LIMITS BASED ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ITEM AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WITH CONSIDERATION TO EQUAL TIME FOR ALL SIDES OF THE MATTER AND EFFICIENCY OF THE MEETING.
SO TONIGHT, WE RECEIVED A, A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD FROM JULIAN TH DID I SAY THAT CORRECT? UM, SO JULIAN, IF YOU WOULD, UH, PLEASE STAND UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE RICHARDSON PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD.
I AM A SOPHOMORE GOING TO PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT, UM, MY, MY PROJECT TO INSTALL BAD HOUSES WITHIN THE BRECKENRIDGE PARK TO GO THE MOSQUITO CONCENTRATION.
I WALK MY DOG TWICE A DAY AND ABOUT EVERY SUMMER, MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE TO COMPLETELY AVOID THE BRECKENRIDGE PARK BECAUSE THERE'S THE CREEKS AND THE SHADE MAKE A TON OF MOSQUITOES.
UM, CURRENTLY WE DEAL WITH THESE MOSQUITOES BY SPRAYING, UM, SPRAYS ON OURSELF, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLANE SPRAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK.
UM, BUT BASS WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION TO THIS, IS THEY CAN EAT UP TO A HUN A THOUSAND MOSQUITOES EACH NIGHT.
UM, THE BAD HOUSES ARE BEST PLACE TO KEEP BATHS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST ROOST ANYWHERE.
THEY NEED A HIGH PLACE TO ROOST.
THEY'RE ONLY AWAKE DURING THE NIGHT, SO THEY WON'T REALLY COME INTO CONTACT WITH MUCH PEOPLE.
AND THE BAD HOUSES ARE A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET OFF THE GROUND, WHICH, UM, DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO, UH, INTERACT WITH PEOPLE THAT MUCH.
SOME DOWNSIDES WOULD BE THE BAT WASTE, WHICH CAN STINK WHEN IT IS IN YOUR ATTIC AND IN INFESTATION.
BUT, UM, BUT WITH PROPER AIRFLOW.
AND WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE, IT SHOULDN'T, UH, IT SHOULDN'T STINK VERY MUCH.
BATS ARE ALSO NOT TERRITORIAL, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW CLOSE THE BAT HOUSES ARE.
AND SINCE BRECKENRIDGE PARK IS ABOUT 400, UH, 400 ACRES, THEN ABOUT 10 BAT HOUSES SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER THE PARK.
UM, SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW BAT HOUSES ARE USED ALREADY ARE IN SEVERAL PECAN ORCHARDS ACROSS TEXAS, AND THERE IS SOMEWHERE CALLED THE HIGH GEOSTATIC BAT ROUST IN TEXAS.
AND IT'S ABOUT A, IT'S A HUGE CONCRETE BAT HOUSE THAT'S SEVEN FEET OFF THE GROUND.
AND THIS WAS MADE TO COMBAT MALARIA, BUT MY BAT HOUSES WOULD BE ADHERE TO COMBAT WEST NILE VIRUS, WHICH HAS BEEN LIKE MORE PREVALENT IN THE, UH, PAST COUPLE WEEKS, IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE HOTTER SEASONS.
UM, THERE ARE BAD HOUSES ACROSS MANY PARKS IN NEW YORK AS WELL.
AND THEN THE BACHMAN GREENVILLE PARK IN DALLAS THAT ALSO HAS BAD HOUSES AND EAGLE SCOUTS ALREADY I INSTALL BACK HOUSES CLOSE TO AND MANY OTHER PARKS.
UM, THIS LEADS ME TO MY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAGLE SCOUT, WHICH I'M TRYING TO ESTABLISH CURRENTLY.
UM, THEY'RE MUCH BETTER AT WOODWORKING SKILLS AND HOME DEPOT SPONSORS A LOT OF THEIR PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT, UH, THE PROJECT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER.
UM, CURRENTLY BAT, UM, MY BAT HOUSES WOULD BE PLACED ON STEEL POLES, WHICH I TALKED EARLIER TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT REPURPOSING SOME OF THE BIRDHOUSE POLES FOR THIS AS WELL.
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CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER IF WE USE WOODEN POLES, THAT MIGHT DEGRADE A LITTLE FASTER.UH, AS FOR THE PROJECT TIMELINE, I HOPE TO HAVE THIS PROJECT, UM, APPROVED BY, UH, EARLY MARCH SO THAT I CAN BEGIN GATHERING RESOURCES AND BUILDING.
UH, THIS IS BECAUSE BATS NORMALLY COME TO OUR NEIGHBOR, UH, OUR AREA AROUND LATE MAR UH, LATE APRIL.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE OPTIMAL TIME TO DO THIS, TO ATTRACT THE BATS TO THE BAT HOUSE.
THERE ARE SOME PHEROMONE SPRAYS, UM, TO ACTUALLY GET THE BATS INTO THERE.
AND THEN ONCE BATS ROOST, THEY RETURN TO THE SAME BAT HOUSE EVERY YEAR, UM, OR SOMEWHERE VERY CLOSE BY TO THEIR BAT HOUSE.
UM, THIS IS USEFUL BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, THIS IS USEFUL BECAUSE AFTER THEY START ROOSTING, THEY'LL ONLY REQUIRE MINIMAL MONITORING.
AS FOR MONITORING, THE, UH, MONITORING THE OCCUPANCY ISN'T VERY NECESSARY, BUT I CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
AND ANNUAL CHECKUPS, I CAN DO LATE, UH, LATE WINTER BEFORE THE MAT BATHS MOVE IN AROUND NOW, OR A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER FROM NOW.
UH, THIS CAN BE REPORTED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS COMMITTEE ABOUT LATE FALL.
SO THAT, UM, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I THINK, AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE A PRINTOUT OF MY SLIDESHOW THAT I MADE, BUT THAT WILL BE SENT TO YOU ALL AT A LATER DATE.
MY NAME'S JULIAN THA ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU.
AND I PLEASE MENTION HE SHARED A COPY OF THIS, SO I WILL HAVE THIS SCANNED IN AND SENT TO ALL OF YOU BY TOMORROW MORNING.
UH, THIS WAY YOU'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH MYSELF OR PAULA, AND THEN WE'LL REACH OUT TO JULIAN.
AND WE HAVE STAFF RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH JULIAN TO HELP GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
RIGHT? WERE YOU NERVOUS? YEAH,
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM AGENDA IS REVIEW AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON JANUARY 13TH, 2026.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? MOVED BY KIMBERLY, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? JENNIFER? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, NEXT WE WILL HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MEMORIAL PARK UPDATE PRESENTATION THAT SEAN IS GOING DO FOR US.
UM,
I GET SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
LOT OF CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED THERE OVER THE LAST, UM, YEAR OR TWO.
UM, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT KINDA THE HISTORY OF THE RENOVATION THAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO.
UM, WHAT THE IMPACT WAS TO SOME OF THE MATURE TREES ON SITE, WHAT OUR RE-PLANNING PLAN WAS AND THE CURRENT STATUS.
SO 2021, WE RENOVATED MEMORIAL PARK.
HERE'S SOME BEFORE PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN BEFORE THAT PROJECT HAPPENED.
UM, THAT SHOWS KIND OF WHAT THE STATE WAS.
SO THAT PARK WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1976 AND WAS ACTUALLY A VOLUNTEER PROJECT, UH, WITH A BUNCH OF LOCAL SCOUT GROUPS AND CITIZENS, UM, WHO DID THAT AS A, UM, OBSERVANCE OF THE UNITED STATES, UH, BICENTENNIAL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BRICKS THERE WERE FROM GREENVILLE AVENUE ORIGINALLY.
THOSE WALLS WERE STARTING TO FAIL.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS STARTING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DATED, A LITTLE BIT WORN.
UM, MEMORIAL PLAQUES WERE LOOKING A LITTLE BIT, UM, UNDER THE WEATHER AND NEED TO REPAIR 'CAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE MOUNTED TO THAT, THAT WALL ON THE BACK.
UM, AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO USEFUL WALKWAY THROUGH THE PARK.
WE WOULD SEE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE PARK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FROM EAST TO WEST UP ON THE LANDSCAPE BEDS, WALK ACROSS, HOP DOWN AND, AND MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH.
SO WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE IT MORE, MORE USEFUL AS A PARK, IN ADDITION TO BEING A MEMORIAL TO, UH, TO FALLEN VETERANS.
SO WE ALLOCATED A BUNCH OF MONEY THROUGH THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND, AND THEN ALSO, EXCUSE ME, SOME SUITE FUNDING WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO DO A FULL RENOVATION OF THE PARK, THE DESIGN IN-HOUSE ON MASSAU.
OUR, UH, OUR PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT DID MOST OF THE DESIGN HIMSELF AND THE CITY ACT AS GENERAL CONTRACTOR USING ANNUAL CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS, ALL THE WORK.
SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES TAKEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, RIVER ROCK THERE.
WE REPLACE THOSE BRICK WALLS WITH THE LIMESTONE BLOCKS THAT WE'LL USE ALL OVER TOWN, WHICH IS A REALLY NICE LOOK, UH, THAT WE'VE REALLY COME TO, TO ENJOY.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME, UH, AFTER THE RENOVATION WAS COMPLETE, YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE IN THE LOWER RIGHT IS THE, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING.
YOU MIGHT SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THERE.
UM, I THINK, I THINK GREG'S IN THAT PICTURE,
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AREN'T IT? GREGUM, BUT YOU KNOW, A NICE NEW BIG, UM, GRANITE MONUMENT TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE WHO ARE RICH IN RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEN THIS WAS A NICE DETAIL.
YOU CAN KINDA SEE IT'S KIND OF A FIVE-SIDED, UH, PENTAGON THERE THAT REPRESENTS THE FIVE BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE.
UM, AND ALSO A PLACE WHERE SOMEDAY MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME PIECE OF ART OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER SORT OF MEMORIAL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THIS THIS PROJECT CAME OUT, BUT WE NOTICED A FEW YEARS LATER THAT SOME OF THE BIG MATURE TREES ON SITE, WHICH MOSTLY RED OAKS WERE STARTING TO DECLINE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE VERY, VERY OLD TREES.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED.
UM, SEVERAL FACTORS PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT, ONE OF WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN DISTURBANCE FROM THE RENOVATION WE DID IN 2021.
RED OAKS PRETTY NOTORIOUSLY DO NOT LIKE HAVING THE ROOTS MESSED WITH.
UM, AND WHILE WE TRIED TO BE AS GENTLE AS WE COULD, THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME IMPACT OF THE ROOT SYSTEMS OF THOSE TREES THROUGHOUT THAT PROJECT.
BUT THEN YOU'LL REMEMBER WE HAD WINTER STORM YURI COME THROUGH, UM, SEVERAL YEARS OF SEVERE FREEZING WEATHER AND A COUPLE YEARS OF DROUGHT AS WELL, WHICH DID NOT HELP, ESPECIALLY IF THERE HAD HAD BEEN DISTURBANCE TO THOSE, THOSE ROUTES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE DEEMED TO BE UNSAFE UNVIABLE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED IN 2025.
SO FORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVE PAUL ON STAFF AND HE WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP A NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE PARK TO REPLACE THOSE TREES AND FRESHEN IT UP ONCE AGAIN.
SO THIS WAS THE PLAN THAT PAUL CAME UP WITH.
UH, PROBABLY THERE WERE TWO BIG TREES HERE AND HERE THAT HAD TO COME OUT, WHICH REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE TO THE ENTIRE LOOK AND FEEL, UM, OF THE PARK, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME ANYMORE, BUT WE PLANTED TWO NEW CHINESE PACHE THERE AND THERE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY BE THOSE BIG STATELY TREES AGAIN.
AND THEY DID SOME MORE LANDSCAPING, UM, RED BUDS AT THE BACK, UM, ALONG THIS WALL OF, UM, LITTLE JIM MAGNOLIAS.
THERE'S SOME TEXAS SAGE PLANTED UNDERNEATH THOSE.
AND THEN A PLANT CALLED XENIA HERE IN FRONT NEAR THOSE, UM, THOSE CHINESE PISTACHIO TREES.
IT'S, IT'S A REALLY NICE DESIGN.
IT, YOU KNOW, STILL LOOKS A LITTLE BIT NEW.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS, AS STATELY AS IT ONCE WAS, BUT IT, IT WILL GET THERE.
BUT, AND SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES THAT I TOOK ON ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE, THOSE TREES ARE NOT QUITE AS BIG, UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TEXAS AGE HERE, UH, IN AROUND THOSE RED BUD TREES.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF VIEWS OF THE PARK AS IT STANDS NOW.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PLANTING THERE.
UM, REPLACE IF WE NEED TO AS AS IT HAPPENS, UM, TAKE CARE OF THOSE TREES EVENTUALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL BE BACK TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S A PARK THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE SOME.
UM, I WENT BY, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE FRANKLY, I, I SAW IT BUT NEVER REALLY GOT OUT AND WALKED AROUND IT.
UM, THE PLAQUES THAT ARE THERE, UM, ARE THOSE PLAQUES THAT THOSE AREN'T PLAQUES YOU CAN ADD NAMES TO? RIGHT.
WE CANNOT ADD NAMES TO THOSE PLAQUES.
WE HAVE THE ENTIRE PLAQUE WE MADE WHENEVER WE HAVE TO ADD, ADD A NAME.
AND THAT, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE TOOK.
'CAUSE WE LIKED THE WAY THOSE, UM, THOSE MAY BE ALUMINUM ACTUALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE METAL PLAQUES YEAH.
LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER AS OPPOSED TO LIKE DOING PAVERS OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE, ARE HANDY BECAUSE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, POP A BLANK ONE OUT AND ADD ONE IN.
BUT, BUT THE PLAQUES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE RESPECTFUL AND MORE HONORABLE.
PEOPLE AREN'T WALKING ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, A COST WE RECOGNIZE WE'LL HAVE TO BEAR FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, IF SOMEBODY SUBMITS ANOTHER NAME TO BE ADDED, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST REMOVE THAT PLAQUE.
WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT ALREADY SINCE THE PARK WAS RENOVATED.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT ONEROUS A PROCESS.
AND TO ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WE ALSO CREATED POLICY TO WHERE WE WILL REVIEW AND THIS COMMISSION REVIEWS IT, UM, IN JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR WITH THE INTENTION OF IF THE NEW NAME IS ADDED, WE APPROVE IT IN JANUARY, AND THEN IT IS INSTALLED PRIOR TO MAY.
SO FROM APPROVAL AND VERIFICATION THAT THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, THAT GIVES US TIME TO GET A NEW SIGN ORDERED, PULL OUT THE OLD ONE, REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE.
SO THAT'S A PROCESS THIS BOARD GOES THROUGH OR THIS COMMISSION HELPS WITH.
WELL, AND RIGHT NOW WE BASICALLY ARE RELYING ON THE COMMUNITY TO SUBMIT NAMES TO US FOR, FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE AS MUCH RESEARCH IF WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHO SHOULD BE ON THOSE, RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT STILL IS POSSIBLE THOUGH, AND IT HAS HAPPENED THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, THIS PERSON DIED IN SERVICE, SO WE THINK NEED TO BE ADDED.
SO WE DO RESEARCH ON, ON THAT COMMISSION FOR LORI WAS STILL WHEN WE ADDED GREAT.
I, AND I THINK THEY LOOK NICE.
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THERE'S SO MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE THAN PAVERS OR WE, WE FELT SAME, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE RESPECTFUL.
NEXT OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION ON EM OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER.
AND THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS THE MAY FEE REVIEW.
IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE MAY STEWARD, UM, AND ON THE
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT PAGE ONE IS THE CAPITAL PROJECT.
SO THOSE ARE THE SCORES THAT EACH OF YOU SUBMITTED.
UM, SO THE TOP HAS THE TOTAL SCORE COMBINED AND THEN THE AVERAGE SCORE FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THEN IT SHOWS THE HIGH AND LOW SCORE FOR EACH ITEM.
AND YOU'LL SEE THIS WHERE THE CAP PROJECTS, FUND CAP PROJECTS TWO AND THEN THE EXPANDED.
AND THEN IF YOU FLIP IT OVER, WE HAVE BROKEN THIS OUT TO WHERE ALL OF CAP PROJECTS ARE ON ONE SHEET WITH THE TOTAL SCORES AND THEN WHAT THE AVERAGE IS FOR, FOR THOSE SCORES.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE, IT SAYS DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, THAT SHOULD BE EXPANDED PROGRAMS. UM, SAME THING.
IT GIVES YOU THE TOTAL SCORES.
AND THEN BELOW THAT I COMBINE BOTH LISTS TOGETHER.
UM, SO YOU COULD SEE WHICH ITEMS BETWEEN EXPANDED AND CAP PROJECTS HAD THE HIGHEST SCORES DOWN TO THE LOWEST SCORE.
AND THEN I DREW A LINE DIVIDING IT AT SEVEN.
SO THIS WAS A EASIER NUMBER TO LOOK AT 'CAUSE THERE'S 14 ITEMS. UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF THAT.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TALK ABOUT EACH ITEM, I'M SORRY, NINE, NINE, OH, THERE'S 18 ITEMS. THANK YOU.
UM, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GO THROUGH EACH ITEM AND SEE IF AN OVERALL AGREEMENT IS THERE ON THE SCORES THAT CAME UP, OR IF THERE'S ANY, UM, EXPLANATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED ON THOSE ITEMS. AND WE CAN DISCUSS 'EM FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
AND THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE HOW YOU WANNA SUBMIT THOSE INTO YOUR BUDGET LETTER.
ARE WE STARTING FROM THIS LIST? UM, OR ARE WE GOING, NANCY, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? DO YOU WANNA START ON THE BACK PAGE? YEAH, LET'S GO IN THE BACK PHASE.
UM, CAN WE REVIEW WHICH OF THESE, UM, ARE, ARE SAFETY ISSUES OR THIS JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT LAST TIME WE, THIS IS THE SAFETY ITEMS. YOU HAD ASKED TO PULL THOSE SEPARATE AND WE DID NOT VOTE ON THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE AUTOMATIC, THEY WEREN'T ON THE MATRIX, THE SAFETY ITEMS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE CAN GO WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
SO STARTING WITH THE CAP PROJECTS, WE HAD THE PRE-CORE ARC TRAINERS AT HEIGHTS.
UH, THOSE FIVE ITEMS THAT, THAT, UM, RECEIVED THE SAME SCORE AS THE RECUMBENT BIKE REPLACEMENT AT HUFFINES.
SO THOSE TWO RECEIVED 166 POINTS COMBINED.
UM, NEXT WAS THE CLOUD-BASED BALL FIELD LIGHT CONVERSION, AND THEN THE PANEL PARTITION REPLACEMENT AT HEIGHTS.
AND THEN WE HAD THE LINE LANES, UM, SO THE BASICALLY THE LAP LINE LANES FOR HEIGHTS AND COTTONWOOD POOL AND THEN LIGHT FIXTURES, LED UPGRADE FOR THE TENNIS CENTER, UM, JULY 4TH BANNER, THE PROJECTORS FOR HEIGHTS AND HUFFINES, WHICH WERE ALMOST THE SAME SCORE.
AND THEN SCOREBOARD REPLACEMENT FOR KEFLER AND HUFFINES.
AND THE SCORES ON ON THOSE WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS WELL.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL RANKED IT BASED ON LOCATION AND MAYBE YOU THOUGHT ONE LOCATION HAD MORE USE THAN THE OTHER.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO, THERE WERE ALSO DIFFERENT AGINGS, I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS A SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN THE HUFFINES IS SLIGHTLY OLDER.
AND HUFFINES HAD THE LOWEST SCORE SCORE OUT OF THOSE TWO.
UM, SO ANY THOUGHTS ON CAP PROJECTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO EXPANDED? DOES EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THOSE CAME OUT IN THE SCORING PROCESS? UH, I'M NOT TERRIBLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE JULY 4TH BANNER BEING GONNA BE BELOW THE LINE.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF HAS TO GET DONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THE PREVIOUS BANNER, WHICH IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, SO WORST CASE SCENARIO WE DO HAVE THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING AS STAFF, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE RECRUIT A SPONSOR FOR IT? OKAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, SOME CREATIVE FUNDING MECHANISM.
I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
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IT, IF I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE 6,000 IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AS A COMMUNITY AWARENESS, A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING DRIVE OR A SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY YEAH.SO THAT WAY WE DO GET IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE IT, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR SINCE WE ARE HITTING THE 250 50TH ALSO YES.
SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S THAT CROSSOVER MM-HMM
BUT THEN BECAUSE IT'S GOT AN AMOUNT THAT IT DOES HAVE A PRIORITY, BUT I FELT THAT AS FAR AS WE COULD PUSH SOME OTHER ATTENTION THERE AS A COMMUNITY AWARENESS TO MAYBE PULL THAT OFF THE, THE BUDGET LETTER.
SO BECAUSE WE NEED IT FOR THIS YEAR AND IT'S 250 YEARS, YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WE REMOVE IT FROM THE BUDGET LETTER FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE ACTUALLY FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? THAT'S WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY OR COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES, JUST TO KIND OF, SO I THINK THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, DO YOU WANNA LEAVE IT ON HERE KNOWING THAT WE ARE PURSUING OPTIONS, BUT WE MIGHT NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE OPTIONS.
SO DO YOU WANNA LEAVE IT ON THERE BECAUSE THIS GETS TURNED IN APRIL 15TH AND WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE SOMETHING SECURED UNTIL AFTER THAT DATE.
WHAT'S THE LEAD TIME TO MAKE IT? UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT A TWO.
IT WASN'T VERY WELL WEEK TURNAROUND.
I THINK, WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW CONFIDENT DO I I I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM.
I'VE NOT DONE THE FUNDRAISING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK WE COULD GET SPONSORSHIP OR, OR SOMETHING.
IT'S A BIG SIGN WITH A BIG AUDIENCE, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, FOR LEAD TIME OR WHATEVER ELSE, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE IT GET, IT DOES GET DONE.
I KIND OF THINK IT SHOULD BE IN THERE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY JUST 'CAUSE WE GET IT.
SO I MEAN, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THE SAME THING I THINK, BUT YEAH.
UH, I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT NOT LOOK GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, 250TH CELEBRATION.
AND I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT BECAUSE WE ARE BEING RECORDED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE TO THE ENTIRE GROUP VERSUS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
SO THE, THE MICROPHONE WILL PICTURE EVERYBODY.
SO IS A SUGGESTION THAT WE LEAVE IT IN OR WE LEAVE IT OUT OF THE LETTER.
THIS LETTER FOR NEXT TWO, VINCE, I'M GONNA WITHDRAW THE LINE, BUT IT'S ALREADY BELOW THE LINE, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT IS.
BUT THAT LINE AGAIN IS JUST A VISUAL LINE.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE HALFWAY POINT.
YOU GET TO DETERMINE WHERE YOU WANT THAT LINE TO BE AND IF THERE'S ITEMS THAT FELL BELOW IT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE UP, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
WHAT IF WE CALL THAT ITEM OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE LETTER? OKAY.
AND JUST SAY THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET DONE THIS YEAR AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HIGH ON OUR LIST.
WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THERE WITH THE GROUPING AT ALL, BUT CALL IT OUT SPECIFICALLY.
WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT WORK.
AND I THINK THAT JUST LETS CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY COUNCIL KNOW THAT IT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON WITH SUPPORT FROM THE PARKS COMMISSION.
UM, AND IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON IT, IT IS PRIORITY THAT, THAT WE SEE AS SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK THAT IS, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS? OKAY.
SO AGAIN, THIS NEXT SECTION IS DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, EXPANDED PROJECTS.
BUT UNDER EXPANDED, UH, PICKLEBALL COURT CONVERSION WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING FOLLOWED BY INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, THE SEATING NOTE INSTALL, OUTDOOR PATIO SHADE STRUCTURE INSTALLED FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, THEN FERTILIZATION AND CHEMICAL FOR TURF CARE AREA.
AND THAT WAS JUST AN INCREASE.
AND THEN THE NEW STEP FITNESS MACHINE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER AND THEN IPADS AND WIFI SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE CREWS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THE, THE RANKING OF THOSE ITEMS?
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OKAY.IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE TO THE OVERALL.
UM, SO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE PULLING THE JULY 4TH BANNER OUT, THAT WILL BE LISTED SEPARATELY IN THE LETTER.
NANCY, WHY DON'T YOU LEAD THE GROUP IN DISCUSSING HOW YOU WANNA BREAK THIS OUT OF WHICH ITEMS MAKE IT INTO THE LETTER AND WHICH ONES DON'T OR DO WE WANT ALL OF THEM IN, WE REALLY STREAMLINE THIS COMPARED TO WHAT IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM
AND JOE, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU, UM, WHEN THE COUNCIL GETS THE LETTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR US ON LISTING 18 THINGS VERSUS LISTING NINE THINGS? I MEAN, YEAH, IF YOU LIST, THE LESS THINGS YOU LIST, THE MORE ATTENTION WILL BE PAID ON EACH THING, OBVIOUSLY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS ON THE LETTER MAKE IT INTO WHATEVER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IS.
I MEAN, AS Y'ALL, AS Y'ALL KNOW AND HAVE READ, I MEAN, IT'S NOT AS IF THE BUD, THESE LAST COUPLE BUDGET YEARS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY KIND TO US.
SO I THINK FROM THE COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, IF YOU SEE 18 THINGS ON THERE, IT LOOKS A LOT MORE LIKE A WISHLIST THAN A RECOMMENDATION LIST.
AND REMEMBER WE STILL GOT WHAT, SEVEN OR EIGHT SAFETY ITEMS FIRST, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO SEVEN OR EIGHT SAFETY ITEMS MM-HMM
PLUS JULY 4TH BANNER, YOU REALLY MUST MM-HMM
AND, AND, AND JUST ADDING TO THAT, IT'S, IF THIS IS, DOESN'T TAKE UNDER ACCOUNT JUST THE NUMBER OF THINGS WE'RE ASKING FOR, BUT HOW MUCH EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK FOR THREE ITEMS MM-HMM
THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, $3 MILLION A PIECE OR 12 ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A PIECE.
YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN IT'S, IT, IT DOES KIND OF MATTER.
SCALE OF EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, HOW MANY WE INCLUDE IN THAT LIST.
IF THEY'RE ALL, IF THEY'RE ALL LESSER, YOU KNOW, I, I I AGREE THAT MM-HMM
THREE OR FOUR IN THERE, OR FIVE, WHATEVER, IT MAKES A NICE TIDY LITTLE LIST THAT'S MUCH MORE APPEALABLE.
UH, IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEAL TO IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FLAT, LIKE THE, LIKE THE BACKDROP THAT FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE JULY 4TH BANNER, THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL ITEM MM-HMM
UM, ON COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER.
SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TOO AFRAID OF PUTTING MAYBE IN LIST AND CALLING OUT, THESE ARE OUR MUCH HIGHER PRIORITIES IN A MUCH SHORT, SHORT LIST, BUT HERE'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 10 THAT IN ORDER OF EITHER COST OR IMPORTANCE AFTER THAT.
THE OTHER THING WE CAN LOOK, UH, AT ALSO IS, UM, LIKE PICKLEBALL CORE CONVERSIONS, ARE WE TALKING ONE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IF I'M A COUNCIL, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I'M THINKING CONVERSIONS, PLURAL IS AT FIVE, IS THAT SEVEN? IS THAT MM-HMM
AND EVEN IF YOU, LIKE, YOU REQUEST FIVE THE TRAINERS FOR HEIGHTS AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR FIVE, THEY MAY JUST SAY, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA DO TWO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, UM, DO WE WANNA PUT ONE THERE BY THE CONVERSION THEN? IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR TWO THINGS? WELL, ONE IS HEIGHTS, ONE IS HEADLINES.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ALSO THAT RELATED TO THE MASTER PLAN ON HERE, THE LAW UH, FOLLOWS THE MASTER PLAN.
IS THAT RIGHT? YON? IT IS CORRECT.
AND IS THE INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE OR IS, UH, INTERPRETING SIGNAGE AS MASTER PLAN AND THE CITY NOTES AS WELL AND THE SEAT NOTES, THE MASTER PLAN.
SO, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL MAY ALSO LOOK AT JOE, CORRECT ME.
IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, IF IT GOES BACK TO THE NET PLAN ISSUE, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY WANNA FOLLOW ALONG WITH MM-HMM
SO, AND JUST A REMINDER, THERE ARE SIX ITEMS ON THE SAFETY LIST AND THOSE INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, PART TENNIS COURT RESURFACING FIVE OF THEM, TENNIS CENTER FENCE REPLACEMENT, UM, SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT HEIGHTS, SANTA'S VILLAGE DWELLING REPLACEMENTS, AND THEN THE HANDICAPPED CHAIR LEFT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, IT'S PARKING LOT AND TRAIL STRIPING.
UM, AND A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE ITEMS. I WAS GONNA SAY, YVONNE, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT TOTALS LIKE THAT SAFETY PROJECT BUNDLE? UM, I DON'T, WITH, THERE'S STILL I THINK TWO COSTS THAT WE'RE GETTING DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW LIKE HOW, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN TOTAL DOLLARS COMPARES TO WHAT WE RECEIVED YEAH.
I MEAN, NOT THAT THAT'S OUR CAP, BUT I THINK FOR CONTEXTUALIZATION
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TO KNOW IF WE ONLY GOT $500,000 LAST YEAR, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A SENSE TO ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT.PROBABLY GIVEN WHERE THE BUDGET IS, WE KNOW THE BUDGET SEASON WE'RE GOING INTO, UM, IT WOULD, I KNOW THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST SO YOU THINK CONTEXTUALIZE THE CHOICES.
YEAH, I, I'D ALSO JUST ADD, AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF Y'ALL, IF WE DID THIS IN PRIOR BUDGET LETTERS, BUT IF YOU EXPAND THE LIST OF ITEMS TO BE LONGER, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH SOME LESS EXPENSIVE ITEMS IN THERE, MAKING IT, PUTTING IT BY PRIORITY WOULD AT LEAST JUST AN IDEA.
I MEAN, IT WOULD AT LEAST MAKE IT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN LOOK AT THE LIST AND WHEN WE CROSS REFERENCE THE LIST WITH THE PRESENTATION DURING THE ACTUAL BUDGET PERIOD, WE CAN SEE, OH LOOK THE TOP THREE, THE TOP THREE BULLET, YOU KNOW, TOP THREE PRIORITY ITEMS, MADE IT ONTO THE PRESENTATION AND THEN GO DOWN FROM THERE.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK REGARDLESS OF COST, JUST A MASSIVE, A MASSIVE BULLET POINTS IS GOING TO BE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR EVERYONE ON COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON ALL OF THOSE AND, AND CROSS-REFERENCE THEM WITH A PRESENTATION EITHER, EITHER AHEAD OF TIME OR AS IT'S HAPPENING.
DIDN'T WE PURCHASE THE TOP FIVE CAPITAL LAST YEAR? AND THEN A LIST OF EXPANDED PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS OR OPERATIONS? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE PUT THE TOP, WE TOP SIX CAPITAL AND TOP.
DOES IT LOOK LIKE SIX ON OPERATIONS CS N TOTAL THEN PROBABLY 12 TOTAL TOTALS LISTED.
BUT WE HAVE NO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON PROJECTS THAT NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE LETTER.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING, WHEN THE COUNCIL'S LOOKING AT THIS, THEY HAVE DOLLAR SIGNS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOLLAR SIGNS, SO, RIGHT.
UM, I MEAN WE COULD POINT OUT YES, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE SAFETY ITEMS. THIS YEAH.
WE KNOW THAT'S A LARGE, LARGE PORTION OF OUR, UH, OF OUR ASK HERE.
WHAT WE THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY WITH OTHER THAN THOSE, UH, IN PRIORITY LIST, WE ONLY PUT 11 THINGS TOTAL IN THE LETTER LAST YEAR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND HOW MANY IS ON THE LIST OF SAFETY ITEMS? UH, SIX.
AND HE DID, THEY APPROVE ON THIS IN THE, THE SAUNA WAS APPROVED.
ONE OF THE CHAIRS WAS APPROVED, THE CURTAIN WAS APPROVED AND THAT'S IT.
GOT ONE OF THE CLOUD FACEBOOK ONE CLOUDGATE.
WE ASKED FOR THREE SAFETY ITEMS FOR THE CHAIR LIFTS AND WE GOT ONE AND WE DID GET A PREFO RESTROOM AS WELL.
BUT WE DIDN'T CALL OUT SAFETY LAST YEAR, DID WE? WE DID.
IT'S LISTED SAFETY IN THE PARENTHESES MAINTENANCE, SAFETY, AND MASTER PLAN.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS A NUMBER ONE SAFETY ITEM AND WE STILL MM-HMM
SO, SO WE GOT THE PREFAB RESTROOM, WE GOT THE SAUNA, THE ONE CLOUD BASE LIGHT CONVERSION, ONE CHAIR LIFT AND THE CURTAIN.
LAST YEAR, ONE PREFAB PASSENG THAT.
AND YOU SAID WE HAVE SIX SAFETY ITEMS THIS YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT SEVEN COME OVER HERE THE BUS WEEK.
UM, BASED ON THE LIST THAT I'VE BROKEN UP.
DO YOU HAVE IT ON THE, THE LAST, THE LETTER? WHICH ONES DO YOU HAVE ON THAT LIST? I HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK TENNIS COURT RESURFACING.
TENNIS CENTER OR FENCE REPLACEMENT.
SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM AT HEIGHTS SANTA VILLAGE DWELLING.
THE PARKING LOT AND TRAIL STRIPING AND THE PLAYGROUND SAFETY SURFACE MAINTENANCE.
WE'VE ORDERED THE CHAIR LIFTS.
WE WE'RE TAKING THAT OUTTA OPERATIONS THIS YEAR.
ONE THROUGH HIKES TOO FOR THE, UM, WE GOT TWO THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER TWO.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S, WE STILL NEEDED ADDITIONAL ONE, CORRECT? I THINK SO THEN WE HAVE TWO FUNDED AND WE NEEDED TO, AND I'M SORRY, THE PLAYGROUND SURFACING, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
I REMEMBER, I MEAN WE, WE DO THAT ALMOST.
EVERY YEAR NOW SOMEWHERE WE HAD IT ON OUR LIST AS PLAYGROUND SAFETY SURFACE MAINTENANCE POURED IN PLACE THREE LI
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THIS YEAR SINCE DO PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY.BUT THAT ALSO, WE HAD SAID THOUGH THAT WE WERE LEAVING OUT THE PARK MAINTENANCE FUND BECAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU'RE SAYING TO TAKE OFF CHAIRLESS AS WELL? I, I'M, I THOUGHT WE STILL NEEDED THOSE.
THAT WAS COVERING THE ONES THAT WE DID NOT GET APPROVE.
I THOUGHT YOU'VE GOT FIVE THINGS TOTAL LEFT.
SO BASICALLY IS WHICH FIVE SAFETY ARE
HUH? I SAID I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FAIR.
IT'S PRUDENT 'CAUSE SAY WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE, WE ASKED FOR THE TENNIS COURT RESURFACING LAST YEAR.
UM, THE FENCING, WE DID NOT ASK FOR THAT.
THAT WAS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WHERE THE QUALITY WENT OUT OR IT WAS THE YEAH, IT'S OBSOLETE.
UM, SANTA'S VILLAGE DWELLING, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE MOVED BACK TO CITY HALL MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THOSE UPDATED.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS OF THEY ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
UM, THEY'RE OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
WE'RE SEEING DAMAGE WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING 'EM MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CITY MANAGEMENT ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO ON THIS? HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS? SO THAT IS ALREADY ON THEIR RADAR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DO WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DWELLING SO WE'RE NOT BUYING 14 OF 'EM, MAYBE WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, 10 OF 'EM AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THAT ONE I COULD TELL YOU ALONE WOULD BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT WITH CITY MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL COMING UP, I THINK MM-HMM
SO, UM, SO IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN REMOVE FROM THE LETTER? DO YOU THINK WE PULL THAT NOW THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE COULD PULL OUT KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL ON IT.
UM, THE HANDICAP CHAIR LIST WE SET AND, AND HERE THAT WE FUNDED TWO AND WE STILL NEED TO, WE STILL NEED TO.
UM, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT TRAIL STRIPING AND THAT'S WHEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE, BUT I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS WE WOULD DO A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE A, A BUCKET OF, OF FUNDING EVERY YEAR TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME SORT OF ROTATION ESTABLISHED TO GO AROUND AND STRI PARKING LOT TRAIL AS NEEDED.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY IT'S, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY THIS MUCH EVERY YEAR, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD NOT BUDGETED FOR.
SO CAN WE BREAK THAT DOWN IN THOSE KINDS OF, THAT, THAT KIND OF DESCRIPTION THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR EVERYTHING TO BE RES STRIPPED AND READ, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT A NUMBER WITH THAT ONE 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER FIGURE THEY DO.
OR JUST TO ADD TO THE BUDGET FOR ONGOING TRAIL MAINTEN, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE IN OUR BUDGET REQUEST RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE HOPE IS THAT THAT KIND OF GETS CROSS REFERENCED TO YOUR LETTER.
WE SEE THIS PARKS REQUEST AND THAT WAS IN THE PARKS COMMISSION.
SO WE, UM, YEAH, ONE BY ONE, SO THAT'S FINE.
SO NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, TENNIS COURT RESURFACING FOR FIVE PARKS, TENNIS CENTER, FENCE REPLACEMENT, SECURITY CAMERA, UH, REPLACEMENT AT HEIGHTS, TWO HANDICAP CHAIR LEFT, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT TRAILS STRIKING.
SO LAST YEAR WE, WE REQUESTED THE TENNIS, WE STILL THE C TABLET WITH YOU, BUT MM-HMM.
THAT WASN'T APPROVED LAST YEAR WAS IT? NO.
SO IS THAT WASN'T APPROVED LAST YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A NEEDED THING THIS YEAR.
SO, WE'LL, SO THAT'S FIVE SAFETY ITEMS THAT WOULD BE ON OUR LIST, CORRECT.
MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
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WELL I THINK MAYBE ONE SUGGESTION WOULD NOT TO HAVE JUST A HUGE GROUP OF ITEMS, FIVE SAFETY ITEMS IN YOUR LIST, MORE ITEMS, BUT FROM OUR OVERALL LIST.BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE TOP FIVE OR SIX, THREE OF THOSE ARE ON MASTER PLAN AND ONE OF 'EM WE'D ALREADY DEEMED WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ITEM.
AND THAT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF THINGS.
ANOTHER THOUGHT TO LOOK AT TOO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL LIST, THE, UM, ARC TRAINERS AND THE BIKE REPLACEMENT, THE LONGER THOSE ARE DELAYED ON REPLACEMENT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE THEY ARE TO MAINTAIN, UH, BECAUSE MAINTENANCE STARTS GOING UP.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW.
WE HAVE A LIFECYCLE THAT WE TRY TO REPLACE 'EM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MAINTENANCE HAS STARTED TO INCREASE OR IF WE CAN PUSH THAT OFF ANOTHER YEAR.
NO MAINTENANCE INCREASE ON THEM.
HEIGHTS IS ALREADY OUT OF WARRANTY.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE OUT OF WARRANTY, THE MAINTENANCE MIGHT NOT HAVE SURE.
GONE UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MAYBE NOT BREAKING DOWN AS MUCH.
WE TRY TO BE AHEAD OF THAT CYCLE.
BUT SPENCER, YOU SAID THAT MAINTENANCE HAS STARTED GOING UP ON THEM? IT IS.
WE, WE DO QUARTERLY PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THEM, BUT IF SOMETHING BREAKS, IT GETS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX.
HUFF FINES WAS THE NOTE THAT THOSE ARE BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THE PARTS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RECUMBENT BIKE FOR HEIGHTS, CORRECT? FOR HOW FAR? OH, CORRECT.
IS THERE A SITUATION WHERE, I KNOW YOU JUST SAID THAT THE RECUMBENT BIKE, THE PARTS ARE HARD TO REPLACE, SO IT'S STARTING TO GET TO THAT OBSOLETE POINT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
IS IT A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE THE ARC TRAINERS HAVE ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE START HITTING THAT REALLY EXPENSIVE POINT POINT? OR IS IT SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE AT A CRITICAL STAGE WE COULD PROBABLY GET BY ANOTHER YEAR.
ARE YOU REALLY TALKING A YEAR AND A HALF? YEAH.
I, I THINK THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S NOT JUST A YEAR TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE A YEAR FROM NOW WE MIGHT BE AT THAT CRITICAL STAGE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
PICKLEBALL COURT CONVERSION, THAT WOULD BE A NEW ADDITION.
NOT THAT IT'S A NEW BILL, BUT IT'S A NEW ADDITION.
UM, SO MAYBE IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ARE WE MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE VERSUS ARE WE ADDING AMENITIES? THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO LOOK AT TOO.
SO WE DID THAT IN THE LETTER BEFORE THIS LAST ONE WHERE WE WERE WAITING TO COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARKS MM-HMM
AND WE, WE FOCUSED THE LETTER MAINLY ON MAINTENANCE ITEMS WITHIN WHAT WE ALREADY HAD IN THE PARK SYSTEM AND THE REC SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE REALLY FOCUSED THE LETTER.
THAT YEAR WE DID THAT WAS YEAR BEFORE LAST YEAR.
I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH JAMIE'S THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR SAFETY FIVE, SAFETY MAINTENANCE, FIVE THEN KEEPS THE OTHER DOWN TO FIVE.
UM, OF, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE OVERALL SECTION HERE, YOU JUST HAVE TO PICK WHICH FIVE WE WANNA PUT IN THERE.
AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE.
I MEAN THE IT PICKLE BALL COURT CONVERSIONS, IT'S A NICE THING, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A NEW ASSET THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE CHANGING INTO.
WE HAVE FACILITIES OR WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PICKLEBALL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR OTHER ASSETS MAINTAINED AND HAVE A PRIORITY FIRST THING, ADDING IN SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO IF WE GO THAT DIRECTION, WHICH FIVE DO YOU WANT TO ADD ON THAT LIST OF MAINTENANCE? WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECUMBENT BIKE REPLACEMENT AND HUFFINES, I THINK THE HEIGHTS AND THE HUFFINES, THE BIKES AND THE RECUMBENT OR THE ARC TRAINERS AND THE BIKES, THE LINE LANE REPLACEMENT IN THE POOLS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO, I MEAN, HOW URGENT IS THAT? IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'D CALL IT URGENT.
NOW I WILL SAY THOSE COTTONWOOD AND HEIGHTS FOR, UM, COTTONWOOD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HOLD OUR SWIM TEAM MEETS.
THE LANE LINES ARE USED FOR THAT.
HEIGHTS IS A LOCATION THAT WE DO GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR LAP SWIMMING.
UM, AGAIN, WE CAN LOOK INTO THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE LANE LINES FOR THOSE TWO LOCATIONS, BUT THAT STAFF THAT SUBMITTED THIS, THEY ARE VERY
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FRUGAL WITH THEIR BUDGET.SO I KNOW IF THEY'RE SUBMITTING IT, THEY PROBABLY FEEL PRETTY STRONG ABOUT IT.
I, ONE OF THE REASONS I ASK IS I KNOW COTTONWOOD POOL IS NOT GONNA BE THERE FOREVER.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE OF CLOSING THAT POOL, BUT DO WE NEED TO BE BUYING NEW STUFF FOR POOL THAT'S GONNA BE GONE IN ANOTHER 12 MONTHS AND THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT TIMELINE IS.
AND WITH THE BOND PROGRAM, IF THE PROPOSITION'S PASSED THROUGH THE CITIZENS, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST TWO TO THREE YEARS BEFORE COTTONWOOD IS GONNA BE TOUCHED.
UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT WE PURCHASED FOR COTTONWOOD CAN BE MOVED TO ANOTHER POOL.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY WERE THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE.
THEY BE PULLED FROM ANOTHER QUOTE.
SO WE ADDED THE LINE REPLACEMENT MUTE.
IS THAT THE CONSENSUS? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU SAY THAT WE ADDED THE LINE REPLACEMENTS ON, ON HERE FOR THOSE ONE OF THOSE FIVE? I, I WOULD PERSONALLY, I WOULD JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOWER, THAT'S A LOWER COST ITEM.
WHAT ABOUT THE PANEL PARTITION REPLACEMENT ON HEIGHTS? I SEE THAT MORE AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE THAT IS BECOME, IT COULD BECOME A, A BORDERLINE SAFETY OR ISSUE JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE PANEL AND THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH IT AND MOVING THAT, WHETHER IT'S AN EMPLOYEE OR WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENT OR A GUEST.
AND AS MUCH AS THE ROOMS ARE BEING UTILIZED, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
IT'S HIGH VISIBILITY, HIGH USE.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENT ITEMS TOP, UH, TO ME WOULD BE THE, THE ART TRAINER, THE INCUMBENT BIKE PANEL PARTITION THE LANE LINE LANE REPLACEMENT, AND THEN YOU FALL BELOW THE LINE, WHICH WOULD BE THE LAD LIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT THE FERTILIZATION? YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE FIRST, YEAH, IF IT'S TURF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM KIDS PLAYING SOCCER THAT THE TURF HAS SEEN.
YOU COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, I SHOULD PUT IT THAT WAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING ASSET, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPROVING IF, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CORRECTLY.
IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE KIND OF RESEARCH THAT SEAN, YOUR GROUP WAS DOING? WEREN'T THEY LOOKING INTO SOME OF THAT? RIGHT? WAS IT YOUR GROUP LOOKING INTO SOME OF THAT KIND OF RESEARCHING THAT WHOLE YEAH, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING KIND OF WHAT THAT, THAT PLANT LOOK LIKE.
AND WE HAVE MONEY BUDGETED ALREADY FOR FERTILIZER, YOU KNOW, CHEMICAL TREATMENTS, YOU KNOW, SOME CULTURAL PRACTICES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT TRYING TO DEFINE IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT, WHAT DOES THAT PACKAGE LOOK LIKE? IS IT JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF FERTILIZER AND YOU KNOW, MORE WEED CONTROL OR YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A NUMBER TO PUT IN OUR, OUR BUDGET REQUEST.
I KIND OF SEE THAT AS A MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, ISSUE IF, IF MOST FIELDS GET USED A LOT.
YOU KNOW, SO IF ANYTHING, IF IT WOULD HELP WITH MM-HMM
LIFESPAN AND USABILITY AND EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.
AND SO MORE CORRECTLY, SEAN, YOU SAY WE DO THIS TODAY, WE FERTILIZE AND DO THE TURF CARE.
WE'RE WANTING TO JUST BE BETTER AT IT SO WE HAVE BETTER FIELDS INCREASE THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, INCREASE THE BUDGET TO BE BETTER FIELDS.
SO DO WE REVIEW THOSE FIVE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE, OUR TRAINERS, THE BIKE REPLACEMENT, THE PANEL PARTITION REPLACEMENT, THE LINE LANE REPLACEMENTS AND THE FERTILIZATION AND CHEMICAL TURF CARE, THOSE FIVE IN AN AGREEMENT? YES.
SO WE HAVE FIVE SAFETY ITEMS AND FIVE MAIN FUNDS.
AND NANCY, SORRY, CLARIFY THE BATTLE.
IF I GO BACK TO THE LETTER WHEN WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING THE STRUCTURE OF THE LETTER, THE PRIORITY EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE SAFETY ITEMS AND WE'RE SAYING IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, THESE ARE THE OTHER FIVE MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO MORE PAY.
I JUST ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE FIVE AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE CLOUD BASED ALL LIKE, BUT I LIKE THAT ONE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA SAVE MONEY GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S, YOU DESCRIBED YOU WELL LAST TIME AND I HATE TO LEAVE THAT ONE OUT, BUT, UM, I, MY NEXT CHOICE IF WE WANT DO SIX INSTEAD OF FIVE I, MY OPINION,
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BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ALREADY CONVERTED? UM, WE'VE CONVERTED TWO LOCATIONS, TECHNICALLY THREE FIELDS BECAUSE HEIGHTS HAD TWO AND THEN WAS IT GLENVILLE OR MIMOSA GOT H FAR IN HEIGHTS ANDAND HUFFINES, WE BUILT IT WITH THAT AND KEER ARE THE SAME THING.
UM, SO ON THAT LIST, I JUST RESORTED THAT WE SAID LAST TIME THAT WE WOULD DO WOODLAND TERRACE AND THEN THE CANYON CREEK
AND SO IF WE WERE TO, WE DID HEIGHTS AND OSA AS FOR ONE OUT OF THOSE, I THINK STAFF WOULD SAY CANYON CREEK WOULD BE OUR NEXT ONE.
IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS ON THAT.
OR IS THERE ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LENS YOU WANNA LOOK AT.
IF YOU WANT TO BALANCE EACH FIRST WEST, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY TERRACE.
UM, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE THREE OF YOUR FOUR ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MIMOSA CANYON CREEK AND HEIGHTS.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT IT MM-HMM
EITHER WAY, REVENUE, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER AT TERRACE AND SO MM-HMM
TO BALANCE IT TO YOUR POINT, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, JEFF, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT SHOULD REPLACE ONE OF THE FIVE? UH, OR YOU JUST ADDING IT TO THE LIST? I, IF WE FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING SIX INSTEAD OF FIVE, THEN THAT'S THE ONE I WOULD, UH, I, I DON'T THINK I WANT TO REPLACE ONE OF THE OTHER FIVE THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
NOW WE'RE REORDERING BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR SHADE PATIO AND WE HAVE THE SEATING NODE AND THE INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE STILL THAT ARE RANKED HIGHER IN OUR MATRIX SCORING.
BUT REMEMBER THE OUTDOOR PATIO AND THE SEATING NODES WOULD BE BRAND NEW.
AND THE BALL FIELD LIGHTS WOULD BE AN UPGRADE.
JEFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYONE ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO KEEP IT TO FIVE AND FIVE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE MEETING, YOU KNOW, EVERY SO OFTEN THERE ARE THINGS LIKE END OF YEAR SAVINGS THAT WE PUT TOWARDS VARIOUS PROJECTS OR SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE TAX RECEIPTS ACTUALLY COME BACK STRONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SYNCED UP AND WE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE TERRORIST PICKLEBALL COURT CONVERSION SPECIFICALLY IS SORT OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, HEY, IF WE HAVE THAT EXTRA MONEY, THAT'S WHAT WE PRIORITIZE.
UM, THAT'S, YOU DON'T WANNA PUT IN THE LETTER MM-HMM
SO IS THERE A, SHOULD WE BE PUTTING IN THIS LETTER OR A SUPPLEMENT LETTER, THOSE THINGS THAT, OKAY, THIS ISN'T PART OF THE, THE BUDGET REQUEST, BUT BOY, IF YOU FIND $10 IN THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, THEN THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'D LIKE YOU TO THROW IT.
DOES THAT GO BACK TO THE POINT OF MAYBE THIS LETTER SHOULD HAVE A, A STATEMENT OF THERE ARE MANY NEEDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN THIS, UM, THAT STAFF HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
JUST SO INCLUDING THESE FEW ITEMS, WEBER, THESE FEW ITEMS THERE, THREE PAGES OF ADDEND
I'M CURIOUS, JOE, THAT'S A VERY HELPFUL THING TO UNDERSTAND.
LIKE, SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, HOW DOES THE CITY COUNCIL APPROACH THAT? DO THEY GO BACK TO THE STAFF AND SAY, WE HAVE SOME EXTRA DISCRETIONARY FUNDS? IT'S USUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
USUALLY STAFF COMES BACK TO US AND SAYS, HEY, WE KIND OF, THIS MONEY KIND OF FELL IN OUR LAP.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND IT ON.
AND UNLESS SOMEONE ON COUNCIL HAS A VERY STRONG OPINION, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE JUST HAPPY THAT STAFF IS HAPPY WITH WHATEVER THEY CHOSE TO SPEND IT ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, IN THIS CASE, HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS NOW, IT, IT, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ME GOING UP AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS MONEY.
I APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL FOUND IT AND YOU WANNA SPEND IT ON THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, HAVE WE CONSIDERED SPENDING IT ON MM-HMM
THIS INSTEAD THIS WAS AN EXPAND.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
AND SO THERE'S NOT REALLY A PLAYBOOK FOR HOW COUNCIL AND STAFF KIND OF WORK THAT OUT.
I GUESS WHERE I WAS WONDERING IF LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S LIKE INTERNAL KIND OF CONVERSATION.
SO THERE'S THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH CITY COUNCIL AROUND WE'VE, WE'VE REVIEWED ALL THE THINGS WE BRING PRUDENT, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET YEAR, WE WANNA PRIORITIZE SAFETY, THESE FIVE THINGS WE WANNA MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES SO WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS LEVEL OF CARE SATISFACTION.
AND THEN IF WE REPRIORITIZE THIS LIST FOR US INTERNALLY SO THAT WE KNOW, LIKE IF YOU GUYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION STANDS IN TERMS OF WHAT
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WE WOULD PUT THINGS TOWARD.IS THAT LIKE A BRIDGE? I GUESS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GIVING A REALLY LONG LIST TO THE COUNCIL.
AGAIN, DOESN'T, DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE LIKE RIGHT.
PRUDENCE AND CHOICES AND ALL OF THAT.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU WANNA DO THAT.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU, UM, AND I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME TOO.
AS STAFF, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR BUDGET, WE WILL PUT TOGETHER ALL OF OUR EXPANDED LIST.
SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN HERE, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE PRIORITY TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU IDENTIFY AND WE CALL THAT OUT TO COUNCIL AND TO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
UM, SO WHEN THEY'RE REVIEWING IT, THEY CAN SEE THAT IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, NOW THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO, UH, THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A LIST OF EXPANDED ITEMS. IT WAS A EXTREMELY LONG LIST BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF ITEMS. BUT WHEN CITY MANAGEMENT CAME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRIM THIS DOWN, PICK OUT YOUR PRIORITY, WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT PRIORITY LIST AND SUBMIT ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION LETTER AND ITEMS THAT WE FELT VERY STRONG ABOUT.
AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO SELECT FROM THERE.
UM, AND THEN TO JOE'S POINT, GIVE MONEY WAS FOUND, IT WAS ABLE TO COME BACK WITH, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT THIS MUCH MONEY BASED ON THE LIST YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDED.
SO THEY HAVE THE LIST AHEAD OF TIME AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PULLING FROM.
SO WE'LL STILL GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THIS GO AROUND OF WE'LL SUBMIT EVERYTHING, BUT WE RANK IT BASED ON YOUR LETTER AND SNAP PRIORITY AS WELL.
AND THEN NARROW IT DOWN FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO EXISTS BEHIND THE SCENES EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE LETTER WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
SO, AND SO THEN I GUESS THE ONLY THING, MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, A LITTLE BIT OF REORDERING OF THE BOTTOM LIST AS WE SAID, OH, THIS IS MAYBE A HIGHER PRIORITY.
WOULD IT BE HOW HELPFUL OR WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TAKE OUT THE 10, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE IN OUR RANKING? OR DO WE JUST GO BY WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN RANKED OR YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, I JUST KNOW TODAY'S CONVERSATION SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE MOVING THINGS IN RANKING.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW HELPFUL THAT'D BE.
I THINK THE MAIN THING WITH THE MOVING WAS IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, UH, EXISTING RIGHT.
MAINTENANCE VERSUS WHAT'S TAKING ON A NEW MM-HMM
AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT AND WE BECOME VERY PRACTICAL, WE THROW IN THE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET, WE TAKING CARE OF EXISTING ITEMS AND THEN PUSHING DOWN THE LIST OF NEW ITEMS, EVEN THOUGH WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE STUFF THAT'S BREAKING AND YOU'RE MAKING SOMETHING NEW OVER HERE.
WELL, AT LEAST ITEMS THAT ARE NOT, UH, GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY GOING FORWARD, LIKE THE SEATING NODES PUT THOSE IN.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MAINTENANCE TO THOSE ONGOING MAINTENANCE PICKLEBALL COURT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAINT THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA GET, HAVE GOOD NETS.
I MEAN THAT'S, THERE'S AN ONGOING EXPENSE.
UM, SO, UH, TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THE NON-RECURRING EXPENSE ONES SHOULD BE UP NEAR, NEAR, NEAR THE TOP ALSO, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, THE ONES YOU JUST MENTIONED.
SO ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FIVE SAFETY AND FIVE MAINTENANCE? YES.
AND THEY EDIT THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS RIGHT.
NOW LET ME ASK YVONNE IN THIS LETTER SINCE WE WANNA CUT IT DOWN EVEN MORE, BECAUSE THIS HAS CUT DOWN A LOT FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE HE FOURTH LETTER.
UM, DO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY ATE THIS YEAR OR ARE, IS THE COUNCIL AWARE OF THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, BECAUSE WHAT I TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE SCORING, WE CAN THAT OUT.
SO LET'S ASK JOE, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU ALL WORK HARD, DON'T WORRY.
IT TOOK UP, THAT'S A FOUR PAGE LETTER.
LIKE YOU'RE, TO YOUR POINT MM-HMM.
THAT WHOLE FIRST PAGE WAS NOTHING BUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
GET JOE'S FEEDBACK
I MEAN, CAN IT BE PAIRED DOWN? I MEAN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW Y'ALL WANT TO ORDER IT.
I THINK, I MEAN, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS THAT THE ITEMS GO FIRST, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS GO SECOND.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, EVERY, EVERY ONE OF US IS, IS DIFFERENT ON COUNCIL, RIGHT.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE IS THAT THE ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE IS THAT WHEN EVERYONE GETS THE LETTER AND THEY SEE THE BULLET POINTS, EVEN IF THEY DON'T TURN THE PAGE, THEY'RE GONNA SEE THE ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WANT.
I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT TO PUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE IT OUT.
I JUST FEEL IT'S A PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE LETTER VERSUS SECONDARY PURPOSE.
UM, THAT'D BE MY OPINION, BUT IT'S Y'ALL'S LETTER, SO, YOU
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KNOW, YOU CHOOSE HOW Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT.I AGREE THAT, AND REMEMBER, THE FUTURE BOND CONSIDERATION WILL NOT BE IN THIS YEAR'S LETTER THAT I MAKE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.
BUT HELP TO HAVE A QUICK STATEMENT.
IT'S NOT A TELE NOVELA TALKS ABOUT, UM, OUR METHODOLOGY THAT REQUIRES THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, UM, MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY, AND THEN WE, WE'VE FORGE, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE MM-HMM
DECIDED TO FORGO OTHER THINGS EVEN THOUGH WE'D LIKE 'EM TYPE JUST TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, WHY, HOW WE ARRIVED AT WHAT WE DID.
I'LL DEFINITELY PUT THAT IN BECAUSE THE YEAR WE DID DO MAINTENANCE FOR WE, FOR THE MASTER PLAN AND PUT THAT TO MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AS A COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, JOE'S THE ONLY ONE IN HERE, BUT JUST TO GIVE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL YEAH.
A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS.
IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY IN THERE UNDER THE STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES, HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND IT PUT IN THERE HOW WE DID IT THIS, AND EVERY YEAR WE DIFFERENT.
WE CAN SAY, LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING BUDGET CONSCIOUS HERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY PART OF OUR STRATEGY FOCUS INITIATIVE IS MAINTAIN.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, STAFFORD GUEST.
SO AS YOU, UH, AS YOU MAY HAVE ASCERTAINED, THE PARKS MAINTENANCE STAFF HAS BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ON WINTER WEATHER RESPONSE.
UM, WE HAD STAFF IN, UM, THE WEEKEND THAT, THAT ICE STORM CAME THROUGH, UM, APPLYING ICE MELT TO THE FACILITIES SO PEOPLE GET INTO 'EM, PUTTING SAND IN PARKING LOTS, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THROUGH THAT WEEK, UH, WHILE CITY FLOORS WERE CLOSED, WE STILL HAD STAFF COMING IN, UH, TRYING TO REMOVE ICE AND SNOW, KEEP THINGS SAFE TO GREATEST CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE GUYS REPORTED ME TODAY ABOUT, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 212 HOURS SO FAR ON STORM RESPONSE FROM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT ICE MELT IN THE SAND, YOU KNOW, SHOVELING ICE AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARING ICE IN PARKING LOTS.
AND THEN ALSO CLEANING UP ALL OF THE SAM THAT ARE FRIENDS IN PUBLIC SERVICES PUT OUT ON THE STREETS AROUND TOWN, BECAUSE WE STARTED ON THAT ALMOST AS SOON AS IT WAS DRY ENOUGH TO GET THE STREET SWEEPERS OUT THERE.
SO WE'VE HAD OUR CONTRACT SWEEP SWEEPER RUNNING ALMOST CONSTANTLY SINCE THEN.
THEY'VE ALREADY PICKED UP 132 CUBIC YARDS OF SAND OFF THE STREETS, UH, FOR WHAT HE PUT OUT.
SO THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT, UH, REALLY GOOD RESPONSE.
WE FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE WAY OUR STAFF DID.
UM, THROUGHOUT ALL THAT, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY INE PARK LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A NEW SLAB UNDER THE PAVILION OVER ON, NEAR WHERE SAN VILLAGES HELD.
WE'VE HAD THAT REPLACED, UH, THAT WAS A P MAINTENANCE FUND PROJECT.
SO NOT QUITE FINISHED WITH EVERYTHING YET, BUT THE, THE PORE HAS BEEN MADE AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING FOR YOU, NOT CLOSED OUT, SO THAT'LL BE NICE FOR THE EVENTS WE HAVE OVER THERE.
UM, SOME OF OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON GETTING SUBMITTALS BACK, UH, FOR MANUFACTURER FOR THE NEW RESTROOMS AND GO IN YALE PARK, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING THINGS LIKE THE COLORS AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO THEY CAN MANUFACTURE THAT, UM, AND HAVE A READY FOR US WHEN THAT GETS BROUGHT IN FROM LAS VEGAS WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE BUILT.
UM, YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE SOME WIFI MOISTURE SENSORS IN A LOT OF THE TREES DOWNTOWN.
SO WITH THOSE SYCAMORE TREES, SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT THE MOISTURE LEVEL IS, YOU KNOW, PH OF SOIL, STUFF LIKE THAT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE TREE WELLS, UM, THE MONEY WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THAT WAS, UM, WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
SO WE'VE ORDERED ANOTHER ROUND OF THOSE AND WE'RE STARTING TO INSTALL SOME OF THOSE IN URBAN COMMON AS WELL.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE TREES AROUND DOWNTOWN SO THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, THAT RESOURCE FIELD TO TRACK EXACTLY WHAT MOISTURE LEVELS ARE AND DIAL IN IRRIGATION, UM, JUST AS IT MEANS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THAT.
UM, GOING, UH, PAUL, OUR PARK PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT IS WORKING ON, UM, GETTING A NEW SHADE CANOPY INSTALLED AT THE WOODLAND PARK PLAYGROUND.
UM, RIGHT NOW HE'S KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE, UH, THE VENDOR ON GETTING ENGINEERED DRAWINGS FOR THAT CANOPY, JUST SO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR A STRUCTURE LIKE THAT, FOR WIND LOAD AND SNOW AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, MY THING WENT TO SLEEP HERE.
UM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS.
WE'VE, UM, RENEWED THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED
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IN FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.UM, WHICH IS, UH, RUN THROUGH THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.
BASICALLY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, THE MAYORS WILL SIGN A PLEDGE THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HABITAT FOR SPECIFICALLY MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, BUT POLLINATORS IN GENERAL.
SO WE HAVE, UM, THREE OR FOUR GOALS WE SELECTED TO, UH, TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, FULFILL THAT PLAN IS PLANNING MORE THINGS LIKE MILKWEED, WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL GROUPS ON PLANNING,
UM, AND THEN ALSO I SUBMITTED OUR RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR TREE CITY USA.
I DID THAT BACK AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, LAST TIME IT WAS LIKE MARCH, I THINK WHEN THAT CAME BACK THAT WE'D BEEN APPROVED.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT EVERY NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'LL BE A YEAR OR TWO FOR TREE CITY, USA.
SHALON, UM, RECREATION, ATHLETICS EVENTS, SPENCER? YEAH, SO, UM, JUST GOT A FEW THINGS.
OUR SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER AND RECREATION.
SHE'S, UM, PLANNING HER SPRING EVENT, SO SHE'S HARD OF WORK WITH DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE COMING UP IN MARCH.
UM, SHE'S GOT A EASTER EVENT THAT, UM, SHE KIND OF CHANGED THE FORMAT OF LAST YEAR, MAKING IT MORE OF LIKE A WALK DOWN A TRAIL VERSUS JUST LIKE A THREE MINUTE BRIEF FOR ALL FOR EASTER EGG HUNT.
UM, SO, UM, SHE'S REBRANDING IT THIS YEAR AS BUNNY TAIL TRAILS, SO HARD TO SAY, BUT
I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE SAUNA HEIGHTS HAS BEEN REPLACED AND, UH, THE FACILITY DEEP CLEAN HAPPENED LAST WEEK AT THAT FACILITY.
SO ALL OUR PATRONS WERE REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THEN A COUPLE OF SPECIAL EVENTS WE HAVE COMING UP.
WE HAVE THE ADAPTIVE, UH, VALENTINE JUBILEE ON FEBRUARY 20TH.
UH, WE'VE GOT OUR SENIOR CENTER VEGAS SHOW NIGHT COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 25TH, WHICH THAT WILL SELL OUT.
UM, THE HEIGHTS POOL REFRESH IS STILL MOVING ALONG.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME KIND OF CRITICAL MILESTONES HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, HOPING TO HAVE OUR DECK POURED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND, UM, CURRENTLY THE PUMP HOUSE IS BEING DEMOLISHED, SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE HAUL PUMPS OUT OF THE PIT.
THAT'S, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S A 10 FOOT PIT? AND SO THOSE THINGS WEIGH A COUPLE HUNDRED POUNDS AND THEY'RE CRANE THOSE THINGS UP AND I'D HATE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT AS IT'S POINT UP.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR SEASONAL STAFF HIRING UNDERWAY, SO THOSE POSITIONS ARE POSTED IN BOTH AQUATICS AND SUMMER DAY CAMP ARE TRYING TO FILL OUT THEIR STAFF.
UM, THIS WEEKEND I'LL MARK THE START OF OUR SPRING ATHLETIC SEASON.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOCCER GOALS PLACED OUT ON FIELDS.
AND SO THOSE, UM, PARTNER, THOSE PARTNER GROUPS WILL START THEIR SEASONS PRETTY SOON.
WE'VE GOT 35 TOTAL TEAMS COMMITTED FOR OUR CORPORATE CHALLENGE PROGRAMS, SO MM-HMM
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT 35 COMMITTED.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO USE THE APP, APPARENTLY
IT IS, IT IS REALLY CONFUSING.
IT IS REALLY CONFUSING OUT LOUD TO IT'S UN RECORDING.
I SAY IT, IT'S GOT A FEW BUGS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT A LOT OF CONTENT.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF LIKE, NICE BREATHING, SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL.
THE RECORDING THING WHILE YOU'RE DOING STUFF IS KIND OF A HOT MESS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD IS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER TODAY, BUT OUR WILDFLOWER BAN ANNOUNCEMENTS WENT LIVE THIS MORNING AND SO I'M PASSING A MOCKUP OF THE POSTER THAT WE WILL HAVE PRINTED SOON MM-HMM
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE MET WITH, UH, WE HAD A MEETING TODAY ABOUT SITE LOGISTICS AND SO STAFF'S KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TWEAKING HERE AND THERE TO TRY TO HELP THE FESTIVAL, UM, KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT LOOK, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, THIS IS ADMINISTRATION THE BONDS, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT I DID WANNA SHARE, IN CASE YOU DID NOT WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOND PROPOSITIONS DID GET APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAY ELECTION.
SO, UM, NOW THE CITY WILL START, UM, THE COMMUNICATION EFFORTS TO, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THOSE BOND PROPOSITIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL GO FOR MAY ELECTION.
AND FROM THERE WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DEVELOPING A PLAN, A TIMELINE FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ORDER OF IMPLEMENTATION, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME DESIGN WORK, UM, PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTING.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS, IF THEY, IF IT'S ALL APPROVED, ARE THEY GONNA HELP WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS LIKE THE AQUATICS AND THE BRIDGE, OR WILL THAT BE ON OUR TEAM? BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACANT PARK PLANNER POSITION.
SO IF CAP PROJECTS WILL BE HELPING WITH US,
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UM, THEN WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT DO WE NEED THAT PARK PLANNER POSITION? CAN IT STAY VACANT? OR IF THEY'RE NOT HELPING, WE DEFINITELY NEED IT AND WHEN CAN WE GET SOMEBODY HIRED MM-HMMSO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS NOW.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR, BUT THE RICHARDSON EAST ROTARY CLUB HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SEAN AND MYSELF FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, ON A PAVILION AS AN EXTENSION OF THE ANN EMAN PLAYGROUND.
UM, SO IT'S CALLED ANNIE'S PLACE AND IT WOULD BE A PAVILION IN BETWEEN THE PLAYGROUND AND THE TENNIS COURTS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
IT'S A VERY CUSTOMIZED, UM, PAVILION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR POTENTIALLY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT COME OUT WITH THEIR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GATHER UNDERNEATH THE PAVILION, BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE A RENTAL OPPORTUNITY AND JUST A, A GREAT SPOT FOR FAMILIES TO GO TO.
BUT THEY HAVE, AND I'VE SHARED WITH YOU A FLYER, THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS GOING ON.
UM, ONE OF 'EM THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE 14TH IS A KENDRA SCOTT GIVE BACK EVENT, AND THEN THERE IS A SPIN PIZZA NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM AS WELL AS TWO OTHERS ON THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO YOU CAN HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
UM, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO EAT AT SOME POINT, SO WHY NOT EAT FOR A GOOD CAUSE? UM, SO YEAH, THERE
A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT PAVILION.
IS THAT A SHARED EXPENSE BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND IT IS THE ROTARY IT'S HUNDRED PERCENT ROTARY? YES.
THEY, IT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ANY KIND OF SHARES.
THEY'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UH, SO OUR INPUT FOR IT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE VENDOR AND HELPING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND KIND OF STEERING THEM ON WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE, THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE AND WHAT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE PIECE.
UM, SO SEAN HAS PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT AND WORK WITH THAT.
UM, WORKING WITH THEIR COMMITTEE TO, TO HELP THIS BECOME A ACTUAL PROJECT AND BRING IT TO LIFE.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT, I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE SOME IRRIGATION AROUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT WILL IN HOUSE, BUT IT'S, YES, NOAM.
UM, CALENDAR ITEMS FOR NEXT TIME, THE AGENDA, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND OUT ON THAT AND I THINK SPENCER TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT, THERE'S ALSO A FLYER FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CHALLENGE EVENTS.
UM, SO ON THE 12TH, UM, I BELIEVE IS THURSDAY NIGHT IS A BOOTCAMP CLASS.
ALL OF THESE CLASSES ON HERE ARE FREE.
SO YOU CAN GO AND PARTICIPATE IN ANY ONE OF THESE TEST OUT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, THAT ASHLEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING THESE TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD JUST HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE.
BUT ALSO MARCH 28TH IS THE HEALTHIER TEXAS CELEBRATION AND WALK OR RUN EVENT AT HUFF FUNDS PARK.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT'S ONE THAT WE DID IN JANUARY.
PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT WAS ALWAYS REALLY COLD AND, UH, QUESTIONABLE WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD HAVE IT.
HOPEFULLY MARCH IS A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR US.
UM, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY CALL OUT THAT ONE.
REPORTS ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
UM, WE'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM AND HAVE MEMBERS REPORT ON ANY ITEMS OF TERRY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, TERRY DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST TO SHOW THE GROUP? I WAS RIGHT THROUGH BRECKENRIDGE PARK THIS AFTERNOON AND I NOTICED THAT THE, UH, BATHROOM'S ON THE NORTH END OF THE NORTH PARK, TOILET PAPER'S ALL OVER THE OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND.
YOU SAID THAT WAS ON THE NORTH END OF THE PARK? YEAH, THE NORTH END OF BRICKEN RIDGE WHERE THE SOCK FIELDS ARE.
AND THERE'S THE BATHROOM ON ONE SIDE.
I'M SURE YOUR GUYS GO OVER THERE, THEY'LL SEE IT.
IT WAS KIND OF FLUTTERING IN THE WIND.
JENNIFER? UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW JONATHAN MENTIONED THE SOCIAL MEDIA IN OUR LAST MONTH'S MEETING, SO I'VE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO IT.
UM, THIS, THE LAST COUPLE, UH, MONTHS OR WEEKS RATHER.
AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT JOB FROM THE TEAM.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ICE STORM.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU GET THE FACILITY CLOSURE.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT CHANNEL AND THE TEAM'S DOING A GREAT JOB TO EDUCATE AND FORM AND KEEP PEOPLE AWARE.
JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
AGAIN, THANK STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK DURING THE ICE STORM.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING IN ALL THE HARD WORK ON THE LETTER.
I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY EFFICIENT MEETING.
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HONESTLY, MOST EFFICIENT.KIMBERLY DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH GREAT JOB ON LINEUP THIS YEAR.
UH, YEAH, GREAT JOB IN THE LINEUP.
UM, BONNIE AND I, UH, HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THE FREE THINGS SO FAR.
FREE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE AND ANY MORE WORD WE CAN GET OUT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY SPARSELY, UH, SO FAR ANYWAYS ATTENDED AND, UM, ANY MORE WORD WE CAN GET OUT TO ANY WAY POSSIBLE, UH, WOULD BE GREAT TO GET A FEW MORE PEOPLE THERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
UM, AND I, I WANTED TO SAY I WENT BY MEMORIAL PARK AND WALKED AROUND, LOOKED AT THE PLANTS AND STUFF.
I MEAN, THE SELECTION OF PLANTS AND WHERE THEY ARE I THINK IS OBVIOUSLY ONE SEVEN MATURE IS, UM, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL ONCE IT IN A YEAR OR TWO, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
I, UH, SAW THE OPENING OF, UH, POINT NORTH PARK AND ALL IT COMPLETE.
THAT PARK TURNED REALLY NICE, REALLY UNDER TO GOOD.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPACE YOU HAD TO WORK WITH.
I THOUGHT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD.
UH, JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.
THE STREET SWEEPING WAS GREAT.
I DROVE BY ONE OF THE TRUCK ALL THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AND, UH, DID A GREAT JOB AND, UH, WENT TO THE HEIGHT R CENTER YESTERDAY AND THE DEEP CLEAN LINE.
WELL, I WAS AT MEMORIAL PARK YESTERDAY AND THEN THE PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT, THE NEW PLAYGROUND LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
IT WAS, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL THAT FROM ACROSS THE STREET,
THAT, THAT I WALKED OVER THAT PARK AND THAT ALSO BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND THEN I WENT TO THE CHIPOTLE EVENT FOR THE FUNDRAISER AND I, I WILL SAY IF YOU GO GET THERE VERY EARLY, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CARS, THE LINE WAS OUT THE DOOR.
NOT REALLY, BUT YOU NEED TO GO AND SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE ONE $75,000 ARE TRYING TO RAISE FOR THIS PAVILION.
SO GO AND EAT AT SPRING PIZZA, EAT THERE TOMORROW NIGHT.
I HAD
THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
AND SECOND IS JEFF, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.
7:00 PM MAY I HAVE MOST THATEVERYONE? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY SEVEN 40.
AND I LIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF RAGING FLU.