* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] IS IT ACTUALLY, [Parks & Recreation Commission on March 10, 2026.] YES, IT'S MOVING. OKAY. OH, GOOD. OKAY. TODAY IS MARCH 10TH, 2026. I'M NANCY CROW, CHAIR OF CARSON RECREATION COMMISSION, AND I WILL CHAIR THE MEETING THIS EVENING. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:29 PM UH, THERE ARE NO VISITORS THAT SEE THIS EVENING. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. THAT WAS FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES THAT PRESENT. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. JENNIFER SECONDED. UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PLANNING DIVISION REPORT PRESENTATION BY PAUL NASSER, NASSAU. HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME, MY VOICES. MM-HMM . HAVING THAT WITH, WITH, UH, ALLERGIES. HEY, PAUL. I'M SORRY. YEAH, YOU STILL HAVE TO THOUGH. MAY I HAVE A, MAY I HAVE A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES. JUST OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. OKAY. NOW PAUL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE ME, UM, I'M PAUL NASSAU. I'M SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS PLANNING, AND, UH, I DO THIS EVERY YEAR. SO MOST OF Y'ALL, UH, KNOW ME, BUT, UH, THE ONES THAT, UH, FIRST TIME BEATING ME, I'M SORRY. SO, , THERE WE GO. SO IT, THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME, SAME LINEUP OF OUR PLANNING TEAM, WHICH IS ME CURRENTLY. SEAN DOES HELP SOME , UM, RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS. WE'LL GO OVER CURRENT PROJECTS. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD. SO, UH, COMPLETED PROJECT WITH FOXVILLE PARK PLAYGROUND, AND I WILL GO OVER SOME UPDATES, UH, ON THAT ONE POINT. NORTH PLAYGROUNDS COMPLETED. INTERURBAN COMMON IS COMPLETED. DEN PARK PLAYGROUND. I PRESENTED TO Y'ALL LAST YEAR. UM, BUT WE HAVE AN UPDATE. WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING SOME SHADE AND, UH, HEIGHTS. FAMILY AQUATICS RENOVATION IS GOING ON CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW ALMOST COMPLETE. AND, UH, CENTRAL TRAIL EXTENSION SOUTH TO DALLAS. THERE'S FOXBOROUGH PARK AS IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. UH, WE USED THE SAME EXACT SAME PLAYGROUND BORDER, UH, BUT WE DEMOLISHED THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS IN ACTUALLY GOOD SHAPE FOR AS, AS OLD AS IT WAS. UM, AND THEN, UH, IT HAS INJURED IT WITH FIBER THAT WE TOOK OUT. UH, WE MET ON SITE, MET THE PUBLIC, PRESENTED THE PLANS, AND THEY DID INPUT AT THE WARRANT ACTUALLY SHAPE. SO YOU'LL SEE IN CONCEPT DESIGN, UH, THE 3D DESIGN, THERE'S AN INTEGRATED SHADE INTO THE, UH, PLAY EQUIPMENT, AND THAT IS ARTIFICIAL TURF OR SYNTHETIC TURF. LOOKS LIKE GRASS. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. THAT'S IT, COMPLETED WITH THE SYNTHETIC TURF. UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER WE OPENED, IT HAD A HUGE RAIN EVENT. I THINK IT WAS LIKE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD CAME THROUGH. THE PLAYGROUND WAS THREE FEET UNDERWATER. THE TURF WAS COMPLETELY RIPPED UP. IT WAS SOAKED FAST AND THE WATER THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED. SO WE HAD TO RETHINK, UM, THE DESIGN WITH THE PLAYGROUND BENDER. AND WE WENT BACK WITH POURED IN PLACE RUBBER, BUT AS IT FINISHED. BUT THEY PUT IN A, ALMOST LIKE A CONCRETE MESH BEFORE THE, UH, SCREEN THAT THE, UH, POURED IN PLACE IN. SO IT LOCKED IT IN. SO HOPEFULLY IF WE HAVE A FLOOD, UH, IT HOLDS IN PLACE AS IT FINISHED. THINK PAULA TOOK THOSE PICTURES AND, UH, AS TO IT'S WELL USED, VERY CROWDED. MM-HMM . POINT, NORTH PARK. WE MEET WITH POINT NORTH PARK. MM-HMM . OKAY. WHERE, WHERE THEY WERE BUILDING THE, THE, UH, WATER TANKS. UH, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY WERE, UH, STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OF THE NEW TANKS AND, UH, PUMP HOUSE, THEY, UH, TOOK OUT OUR PARK PAVILION AND OF COURSE, PLAYGROUND. BUT THEY DID COME BACK AND PROVIDED US WITH A NEW PAVILION AND A PLAYGROUND BORDER, A NEW PLAYGROUND. WE, WE WERE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THAT IS AIRWOOD FIBER. AS YOU SEE, THAT'S, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT GOING IN. THAT IS THE FIRST BASE OF THE, UH, SYNTHETIC TURF THAT WILL BE GOING IN. UH, ON TOP [00:05:01] OF THAT IS GONNA BE A SMALLER AGGREGATE. ON TOP OF THE AGGREGATE IS A, ALMOST A SAND BASE, BUT IT'S SILICATE. IT, UH, CUTS DOWN ON STATIC ELECTRICITY. THEN ON TOP OF THAT IS A PAD AND, AND THEN THE SYNTHETIC TURF THAT SIT OVERHEAD. UH, WE GET THE TANKS HERE, THE NEW TANK BACK HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE NEW PLAYGROUND LAYOUT. AND THAT IS IT COMPLETED WITH THE NEW VION, UH, THE NEW PLAZA AREA AND SYNTHETIC TURF PLAYGROUND. AND WE DO HAVE EXTRA LIGHTING THAT WE ADDED AS WELL. UH, SOME, UH, VON ROCHE, UH, SOLAR LIGHT, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S, THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS QUITE HIGH. IT'S LIKE 12 TO SEAN. ALMOST GOT TO THE TOP , MAYBE HALFWAY. AND, UH, THAT WAS A RIBBON CUT AND CEREMONY ABOUT, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I GUESS. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE TWO GUYS AT THE END MADE INTO THE PICTURES IN URBAN COMMON. THAT IS FINALLY COMPLETED. MM-HMM . UH, STARTED APRIL 24, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED IN AUGUST. WE HAD THE WARRANTY PERIOD. RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WALKED, WE JUST WALKED IT FRIDAY. WAS IT FRIDAY? I THINK IT WAS, YEAH. FRIDAY WE WALKED IT AND IT'S, IT'S COMING IN. NICE. UM, STUDIO SIDE WAS THE, UH, CONSULTANT. THAT'S THEIR CONCEPTUAL NORMS OF IT. THAT'S IT. UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALMOST COMPLETED. UH, THAT'S SEAN AND I WITH STUDIO, OUTSIDE WALKING, UH, DOING INSPECTIONS. UM, YOU GOT CENTRAL TRAIL ON, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF, UH, CART. UH, STILL BEING COMPLETE. IT'S STILL LAYING THE SIDE ON THE BACKSIDE. AND THAT, THAT WAS THE PICTURE I TOOK, UH, MONDAY. I TOOK THAT YESTERDAY. OKAY. UH, THE GRASSES ARE STILL COMING IN. UH, THE GRASS IS STILL BROWN. WE NORMALLY, OUR GUYS WOULD CUT THAT BACK EACH YEAR TO LET IT, UH, GROW UP. BUT SINCE, UH, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN A YEAR YET, THEY'RE GONNA LET IT GO. THEY'LL CUT IT BACK NEXT YEAR. MM-HMM . BUT IT'S LOOKING GOOD. YEAH. WELL, IN FOR OUR PLAYGROUND. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL LAST YEAR. IN FACT, THAT PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NO SHADE ON THE PLAYGROUND. AND IT GETS QUITE HOT IN THE SUMMERTIME WHEN WE'VE HAD COMPLAINTS. I WAS OUT THERE YESTERDAY, TOOK THAT PICTURE, AND THEN A GROUP OF WOMEN OVER THERE, UH, WERE VERY HAPPY. UH, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY WERE ASKING ME, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET SHADE? AND I SAID, WELL, HOPEFULLY COMING UP AND FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SHADE OVER THE PLAYGROUND. AND THEY SCARED ME. THEY SCREAM SO LOUD. SO YOU'RE REALLY HAPPY, . AND THAT IS THE SHADE STRUCTURE. IT'S COVERED ALMOST THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND. WOW. UH, THAT, THAT NORTHERN PIECE DOES HAVE SOME SHADE ALREADY. SO, UH, WE, UH, REALLY WELCOME. AND THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT PLANET EVENTS ALREADY. UH, THAT, THAT GROUP OF WOMEN. BUT, UH, SAME, SAME COMPANY THAT INSTALLED THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLING, UH, THE SHADE. UH, BUT THEY'RE USING A, A, A THIRD PARTY SHADE INSTALL, UH, A COMPANY CALLED SHADE SYSTEMS, WHO INCIDENTALLY IS ALSO, UH, THE SHADE PROVIDER AT HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATICS. SPEAKING OF WHICH HEIGHTS? FAMILY AQUATICS. UH, THAT IS, UH, THE DECK ALREADY, UH, UH, DEMOLISHED. 'CAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF LEAKS, ISSUES CRACKS, CONCRETE WAS FAILING. SO WE RIPPED IT UP. UH, REPORT IN THE CONCRETE PICTURE, THAT PIT ON THE RIGHT IS THE SEARCH PIT, WHICH IS THE, BASICALLY THE OUTFLOW. A SLIDE, THE LARGE SLIDE. THAT'S WHERE THE WATER GOES IN. UH, THE GUYS THERE PUTTING UP JACKS AND BEAMS PREPARING TO POUR THE NEW LID ON TOP OF THE PITS. UH, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE, THE, THE BEAMS GOING RIGHT TO LEFT ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER END. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WILL BE JOCE ABOUT EVERY FOOT, UH, METAL JOISTS. THEN ON TOP OF THAT WILL BE TH UH, THREE QUARTER INCH PLYWOOD. THEN THE CONCRETE WILL BE ON TOP OF THAT. THAT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT A SEVEN TO 14 DAY CURE PERIOD. THEN I'LL HAVE TO GO IN, DISMANTLE EVERYTHING FROM UNDERNEATH THE, UH, CONCRETE AND HAUL IT OUT THROUGH A HATCH. VERY, VERY, UH, JUST INVOLVE PROCESS DOWN. THAT'S THE CONCRETE DECK RIGHT NOW THAT IS COMPLETE. [00:10:01] UH, YOU WILL BE A, THERE WILL BE A SHADE STRUCTURE GOING OVER THE TOP POOL AREA. UH, WE HAD ONE THERE BEFORE, BUT THE LAST STORM MAY HAD GO THROUGH, COME THROUGH, ACTUALLY, UH, LIFTED UP THE WHOLE FOUNDATION OF THE, THE METAL BRACKETS. POPPED 'EM OUT OF THE, UH, THE, UH, FOOT. AND SO THEY HAVE A NEW ONE COMING IN, LIKE I SAID, SHADE SYSTEM. THE SAME COMPANY THAT IS DOING THE, UH, PLAYGROUND. AND THE DECK WILL BE SPRAYED WITH I'M, SHALL CALL IT A COOL, COOL, COOL, COOL, COOL. YES. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A TANISH COLOR WITH, UH, GOT A, A TEXTURED FINISH ON IT. AND I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE, BUT IT DOES KEEP IT COOL. OKAY. AND IT'S GONNA, UH, MAKE IT LOOK MORE UNIFORM. YOU'LL STILL SEE SOME OF THE JOINTS, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK NICE. COLOR, UH, SHADE. WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME MORE SHADE, BUT, UH, IT WAS TOO MANY, UH, OBSTACLES WITH ENCORE, UH, UTILITIES COMING ACROSS WHERE WE WANTED THE SHADE FOOT. AND SO WE HAVE SOME TREES OFF TO THE LEFT. THEY WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT SYNTHETICALLY TURF WITH A, UH, A LOCAL COMPANY CALLED FOREVER LAWN. AND, UH, I THINK THE POOL, UH, THE QUADS ARE GONNA RENT THAT OUT AS PARTY. IT'S GONNA BE A RESERVABLE SPACE. RESERVABLE SPACE. AND WE ARE GONNA USE THE, THE SHADE FROM THE TREES THAT'S ALREADY THERE. UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. WHERE IS THE OBSERVABLE SPACE? YOU SEE THE TREE THAT'S HANGING OVER LEFT TO THE, TO THE LEFT OF THE FENCE TO THE LEFT IN BETWEEN ENCORE AND THE IS A, A, A FENCE. RIGHT. THERE'S A FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. RIGHT. OH, SO THIS IS A NEW OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. UM, SO WE WILL BE TALKING WITH CITY MANAGEMENT TOMORROW ABOUT IT, AND THEN NEXT MONTH WHEN WE BRING OUR FEE RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT WILL BE ON THE, THE FEE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT WE ORIGINALLY WANTED, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY THAT WE COULD PUT THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF IN. SO THAT WAS AN EXTRA AMENITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AND THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RENTALS DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS. RIGHT. AND IT WILL INCLUDE GENERAL ADMISSION WITH THAT RENTAL FOR UP TO, I THINK WE SAID 30 PEOPLE. UM, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME PICNIC TABLES IN THAT SPACE, SO IT WILL REALLY BE A PRIVATE RENTAL SPACE. OH, THAT'S GREAT. AND THAT CAN BE DONE, THAT CAN BE RENTED DURING WORKING HOURS. AND SO, SO YOU HAVE YOUR RENTAL PERIODS THAT YOU ALREADY DO ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MORNINGS OF THE WEEKENDS. UH, BUT THAT'S ALL THE TIME BASICALLY. CORRECT, CORRECT. OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA GET SOME COMMERCIAL GRADE, UM, CANTILEVERED UMBRELLAS LIKE YOU'D SEE AT LIKE A RESORT PROPERTY. MM-HMM . RIGHT. TO CREATE SHADE ON THE DECK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN THE PRIVATE SPACE. RIGHT. AND SO THROUGH THE FENCE THERE, JUST A COUPLE OF GATE OPENINGS OR THERE'S A GATE. YEAH, THERE IS ONE GATE THERE. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND IS THIS ON TRACK TO BE COMPLETED FOR THE SUMMER SEASON? FINGERS CROSSED. FINGERS CROSSED . NO, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE DONE TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, WHICH SHOULD GIVE US FOUR WEEKS BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY ALL TIME, SO, EXCELLENT. GREAT. LOVE IT. AND ALSO, THEY'RE FAIL TO MENTION THAT THE PUMP RUNS GETTING A TOTAL UPGRADE AS WELL. WE HAD A LOT, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEAGUES SKIMMERS THAT, THAT WERE SURROUNDING THE POOL THAT WERE CAUSING A LOT OF UNDERMINING AND UNDER EROSION UNDERNEATH THE DECK CAUSING PRACTICE. SO WE HAD TO REPAIR ALL THAT. OKAY. CENTRAL TRAIL EXTENSION KICKOFF MEETING WAS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL LAST YEAR. HMM. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SO MANY ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, DART, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, WHO IS THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT AND T DOT, UM, EVERYBODY'S GOT GONNA GET THEIR APPROVAL. SO IT'S SLOWING UP PROJECT, BUT THE YELLOW IS THE PORTION THAT RICHARDSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. WE CAN BE COMING TIED INTO EXISTING CENTRAL TRAIL SIGNALIZE CROSSING AT THE DART GOING, UH, EAST ON BUCKINGHAM TO GREENVILLE. THEN WE GONNA CLOSE DOWN A RIGHT LANE SOUTH, JUST LIKE THEY, IT IS NOW ON GREENVILLE, NORTH ARAPAHOE, SO YOU CAN HAVE A PROTECTED TRAIL BIKE TRAIL, UH, JUST ALONG THIS, IS THAT, THAT AREA HERE, GREENVILLE. SO THAT GRASS PORTION IS GONNA SHRINK A LITTLE BIT AND THAT, UH, RIGHT LANE'S GONNA GET WIDER WITH THE CONCRETE PROTECTION EDGE. OKAY. HERE WE GO. SO LAST YEAR WE WERE, WE [00:15:01] WOULD'VE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BEEN OUT TO BID AND STARTING, GETTING READY TO START THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE AREA WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW WAITING FOR, WE NEED TO GET THEIR APPROVAL SOON. MM-HMM . SO HOPEFULLY, UH, BY THIS SUMMER WE'RE GOING OUT TO THAT. WE'LL SEE. OKAY. LOOKING AHEAD, THE BOND PROPOSITION, IF IT PASSES, UH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S, WHAT IS, UH, ON, ON AGENDA FOR PARKS? IF IT DOES PASS? UH, I'LL BE PRETTY BUSY. UM, , UH, THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT YOU SEE IS NOT ANY PARTICULAR O ORDER, EXCEPT THAT THAT'S THE DATE THAT THEY WERE, UH, ORIGINALLY, UH, LAST UPDATED. SO IT WAS AN HOW WE GONNA, UM, PROCEED WITH FIRST PROJECT. WE NOT SURE. UH, I GUESS THAT'S A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION LATER. UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON POSITION OR, OKAY. IN THE EVENT IT DOESN'T PASS, I'LL BE WORKING ON THIS, WHICH I'M WORKING ON ALREADY. UH, WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE, UH, OUR FISHING NUMBER FIVE ON THEIR LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, CUSTER AND RENTER. UM, I MANY YOU DO LANDSCAPE DESIGN ON THAT NORTH WEST CORNER. THEY PUT A BUSINESS TO HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE'S A FEEL GOOD, UH, SEARCH FOR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT . UM, AND THEN, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, GOING ON WITH, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, WITH ME, I'M WORKING ON STANDARDIZED DETAILS FOR, UH, PROCEDURES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, ORGANIZING OUR FILES. AND, UH, I'VE DONE A LOT OF, UH, PARK HISTORY IN THE PAST THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECTS. I NEED TO ORGANIZE THAT. AND, UH, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A DA IMPROVEMENTS AS, AS BUDGET ALLOWED US. I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS, UH, THAT PEOPLE WALK PE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE CHALLENGED, I GUESS. UH, THERE'S A LOT TO, UH, THE TEXAS A DA LAWS THAT'S CONSTANTLY, UH, I GUESS EVOLVING. SO PRETTY THE GOOD MM-HMM . UH, MAINTAINING ICUS AND CREDENTIALS. ALWAYS TRAINING AS BUDGET ALLOWS. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A YEARLY EVENT NOW AS I'M ALWAYS HELPING, UH, WITH THE WILDFLOWER, THE MAPS AND SET UP PHOTOS, WHICH IS MY, MY, MY LITTLE NICHE THAT I DO FOR WILDFLOWER. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANNA SHARE THE SHAPE STRUCTURE, WHERE THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM? JUST SO THEY'RE AWARE IT'S, OR WHAT A THOUGHT. WE SKIPPED A SLOT AS WELL, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS IN THERE, BUT HOW WE'RE FUNDING THAT, UH, THAT'S, UH, EXTRA BOND MONEY, UH, CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER. OH, FROM THE 21? MM-HMM . YEAH. FROM 21, WE ALWAYS HAVE. COOL. WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY POT MM-HMM . SPREAD OUT THROUGH OUR, UM, PARK PROJECTS. AND WE WERE COMING IN UNDER BUDGET ON A LOT OF 'EM. SO WE HAVE SOME LEFTOVERS. SO WE USE THE, FOR THIS GREAT, WONDERFUL GOOD CHOICE AND WE CAN TRY TO INCORPORATE JADE IN, UH, SYNTHETIC CHURCH FOUR OR FOR PLACE RUBBER IN ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. HOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE TENTATIVE DATE WAS FOR THE CENTRAL TRAIL? THE CENTRAL TRAIL, WE ARE NOT SURE YET. HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE SUMMARY JUST DEPENDS WHEN WE GET THE, UH, APPROVALS. BACK THEN. WEREN'T THEY STILL WAITING FOR EVERYBODY? DALLAS' IS THE, HAS THE FUNDING FOR THE, FOR THE, THE, WHERE WAS THE FUNDING APPROVED FOR THE CENTRAL? WHICH ONE? FOR THE CENTRAL TRAIL. CENTRAL TRAIL, UH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S GOING THROUGH T DO, UH, UH, THEY HANDLE ALL THE, UH, THE GRANTS AND, AND BONDS. UH OH, OKAY. SO WE ARE, WE'RE JUST, UM, ON THE HOOK FOR THE 20% OF THE PORTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. RIGHT. THE TRAIL'S A LOT LONGER. WELL, YEAH, I, I, THAT'S THE ONLY PORTION THAT WE'RE IN TECH IN DALLAS COUNTY. OKAY. BUT THAT, THAT MONEY'S BEEN APPROPRIATED YEAH, THAT WAS DONE BY OUR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT THAT KIND OF HANDLED THAT. OKAY. THAT PORTION OF IT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY JUST INVOLVED IN ALMOST AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO LOOK FOR ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE MAINTENANCE ISSUES. I SEE. SO THE COUNTY REALLY IS DRIVING [00:20:01] ON THIS PROJECT. UM, AND SO ONCE IT GETS DONE, WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT, OKAY. UM, VERY LITTLE INVESTMENT FROM, FROM THE CITY, WHICH IS NICE. I WANT INSTRUCTION START, I'LL BE MORE INVOLVED. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE REAL QUICK ON SOME OF THE, LIKE THE A DA IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? EVEN IF THE BOND PASSES, YOU STILL LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES? OKAY. YEAH. TRAILS ALL THE PLAY AROUND. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. AND I'LL SAY IN RELATION TO, TO PAUL'S LAST POINT YOU MADE ABOUT WORKING ON, ON MAPS AND THINGS FOR, FOR WILDFLOWER, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO WILDFLOWER ESPECIALLY WE ARE, WE ARE VERY MAP RELIANT. UM, WE HAVE A MAP FOR, FOR EVERYTHING. HERE'S A MAP OF THE FENCE, HERE'S A MAP WHERE THE PORTA PROBLEMS GO. HERE'S A MAP WHERE THE VENDORS GO, HERE'S A MAP THIS, HERE'S MAP THAT. AND, AND PAUL MAKES ALL OF THOSE, THAT IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE TO HAVE THAT CATALOG OF MAPS GOING YEARS BACK. SO WE CAN SEE HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, HOW WE DID IT LAST YEAR, SO ON AND SO FORTH. PAUL ALSO TAKES HUNDREDS OF PICTURES DURING SETUP WEEK AT WILDFLOWER AND DURING ITSELF. WOW. SO THAT WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD THE NEXT YEAR OF EXACTLY HOW WE DID THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MOVED MORE TOWARD KEEPING THOSE ON IPADS. SO THE GUYS, WHEN THEY'RE OUT, SITTING THINGS UP, YOU KNOW, CAN LOOK IT UP ON THE IPAD, WE PRINT A COUPLE OF BINDERS MM-HMM . THAT ARE ABOUT THIS THICK, THAT ARE ALL THE PICTURES WOW. THAT HE TOOK PREVIOUS HERE AT WALLFLOWER. SO WE CAN FLIP THROUGH AND LOOK AND SEE, NO, THAT TENT WAS A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY OR THAT TABLE WAS HERE, OR, OR WHATEVER IT WAS MM-HMM . SO IT, IT'S A TON OF WORK THAT, UM, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE. YOU DOES A, A GREAT JOB ON THAT. WE'RE HOPING THIS YEAR TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE CITY'S DRONES SO THAT PAUL DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND QUITE SO MUCH TIME ON THE ROOF OF THE RENAISSANCE MM-HMM . AND THE GALL AND COMMONS BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THE OVATION APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, TAKING PICTURES. WE'VE GOT THE TECHNOLOGY NOW. YEAH. SO MIGHT MIGHT AS WELL USE IT AND SAVE HIM A TRIP UP SEVERAL FLAT STAIRS. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WHERE HE'S GOTTA, YOU KNOW, STRAP IN, YOU KNOW, MOVE ALONG AND STRAP, STRAP THIS ONE, MOVE ALONG, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FINE. NO, NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. BUT IT'S A, YEAH, IT'S A REAL PAIN SOMETIMES. BUT WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, TAKING THAT ON. IT IS PROVIDED A, LIKE I SAID, A VERY, VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GET THAT, THAT EVENT PUT ON EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU PAUL. THANKS FOR HAVING NO, HAVE A NIGHT. THANK YOU, PAUL. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, FIRST ONE IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER WHERE YOU HAVE A COPY IN YOUR PACKET. WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK, UM, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE LETTER OR ANY FEEDBACK ON IT? OR DID YOU LIKE ANY STRUCTURE? I, I GOT THE MEMO SHORT, SWEET. MM-HMM . BECAUSE SHORT. SWEET. YEAH. YEAH. SO I WOULD JUST SAY I, I LIKE THE FORMAT. I LIKE THAT IT WAS, UH, TOO CHANGES. IT WAS VERY CLEAR. UM, I LIKE THE WAY WE PRIORITIZED AS WE TALKED ABOUT. ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M REMEMBERING THE CONVERSATION CORRECTLY, IF WE WANTED THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS, PEOPLE LIKE THE PRIORITY, IF THERE WERE LIKE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WITHIN, LIKE IF THEY COULD FUND THOSE FIVE, THEN DO THE SAFETY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PRIORITIZATION, IF I'M REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY. I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME PRIORITIZATION OF KIND OF HOW WE WANTED TO GUIDE THE CHOICES. AND IF SO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S CLEAR IN THE LETTER BECAUSE THEY ALL KIND OF FEEL SIMILAR. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT PRIORITIZING ONE OVER THE OTHER. BUT IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT'S FINE. UM, I KNOW WE SAID WE WANTED TO PUT THEM BOTH IN THERE AND LIST THEM FOR BOTH MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY. AND I, I WONDER TOO, UM, TO THAT POINT IS IF YOU FEEL LIKE ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER, IF SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAINTENANCE, IF YOU WANNA SWITCH THAT, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT SAME THING IS PUT SAFETY FIRST, THEN MAINTENANCE. AND THE ONLY ONES YOU COULD AS FAR AS PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZING, I WOULDN'T PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY ITEMS. WE NEED ALL THOSE. UH, YOU KNOW, BUT THE MAINTENANCE ONES MAYBE PRIORITIZE THOSE. YEAH. WELL, WELL THAT'S WHAT I THINK I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT WE SAID THERE'S A LIMITED BUDGET WE WANTED, I THOUGHT WE SAID WE LIKE SAFETY IS PRIORITY. RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA GIVE LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE JUST LIKE FLIP FLOOP. YEAH. FLIP FLOOP THEM. I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU SAY IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE. RIGHT. AND SAFETY GOES FIRST IN MAINTENANCE. IT, IT FLOWS BETTER. YEAH. THEN YOU THINK IF YOU GOT A WRINKLE PRIORITY MAINTENANCE ITEMS ARE IN THE ORDER OF WHICH WE APPROVE THEM. YOU KNOW, HOW WE RATED THEM HAVE, WHEN WE RATED THEM. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SAME ONE THAT MY SECOND QUESTION WAS IF THIS IS RANK ORDER, I DON'T KNOW IF THE BULLETS NECESSARILY ARTICULATE RANK ORDER OR DO WE WANNA JUST EXPRESS THAT THEY'RE, I DON'T [00:25:01] KNOW IF IT'S IMPORTANT OR NOT. I HAVE THAT, I HAVE THAT POWERED BY FROM MY LAST ONE ABOUT HOW WE MET, HOW WE RANKED THEM AND ALL THAT. AND I LEFT THAT OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA THAT DETAIL. OKAY. SO THERE'S NOT THAT MANY ITEMS ON THE LIST. YEAH. THAT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE OF JUST PUTTING A PARENTHETICAL THAT SAYS, RANKED AN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OR PRIORITIZATION WITHOUT ADDING A FULL PARAGRAPH. YOU MIGHT JUST NOTE SO THEY UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS SOME PRIORITY. IF THERE'S NOT, WE DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE IT. YEAH. LIKE MAYBE SAY FOR SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE, PRIORITIZE AS FOLLOW THOSE. YEAH, EXACTLY. LOT, LOT. WELL THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S FINE. KEEP IT NICE AND ME KEEP IT SIMPLE. YEAH. BUT I, I LOVE THE FORMAT AND I LOVE THE SIMPLICITY OF THAT. THAT WAS GREAT. YEAH. NANCY, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EASY FOR SOMEONE JUST TO LOOK AT THIS, SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE 10 PRIORITIES HERE, CROSS REFERENCE THIS TO THE SLIDE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL FLIP IT AROUND JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE. AND THEN THEY'LL SEE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, WHICH THEY'LL PROBABLY JUST READ ON THEIR OWN TIME. MAYBE WHEN I'M SPEAKING, I DON'T KNOW. BUT , YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO. SO, BUT THIS IS THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE. IT'S REALLY EASY TO SEE. YOU CAN JUST CROSS REFERENCE IT WITH A PRESENTATION. IS IS FANTASTIC. YOU HAVE TO FLIP AROUND AT ALL. JOE, DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING THAT WOULD HELP HELP THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, MAKE A BETTER DECISION OR A FASTER DECISION OR CLARIFY ANYTHING? NO, I MEAN, I THINK AS YOU SEE US NOT IN THE LETTER, I MEAN, I THINK AS YOU GUYS SEE US JUST AT EVENTS AND AROUND TOWN AND STUFF, I MEAN DEFINITELY I THINK, I THINK GIVE Y'ALL OURSELVES SOME CREDIT AND BRAG ON YOURSELVES A LITTLE BIT FOR THE TIME IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A BIG SPEECH OR ANYTHING TO US, BUT A COUPLE SENTENCES JUST SAYING, HEY, LIKE, DID YOU, DID YOU GET THE LETTER? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK IT JUST HELPS TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THEY SHOULD BE REFERENCING THE LETTER AND THAT YOU GUYS DO CARE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO IT. UM, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THINK. MM-HMM . I MEAN, I THINK THE LETTER ITSELF IS GREAT AND I I AM ALWAYS, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT AS SHORT AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE IT. YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. NO. SO I THINK THAT REALLY WHERE THE PARKS COMMISSION AT THIS POINT TAKES, IT ISN'T ADDING MORE TO THE LETTER, IT'S JUST NOW INGRAINING IT IN EVERYONE IN COUNCIL'S MIND THAT THEY NEED TO REFERENCE THIS LETTER DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WHEN PARKS COMES IN FOR THEIR DEEP DIVE. AND WHEN WE HAVE LIKE, JUST THE OVERALL BUDGET DISCUSSION AS WELL. I, I WAS GONNA ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION IN, IN, IN THE PARAGRAPH THAT I READ THIS EARLIER TODAY, IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS BEING SUBMITTED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET. MM-HMM . IS IT WORTHWHILE OR JUST REDUNDANT TO, SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE IN THE SECOND PAGE, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE CONCLUSION, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OUT, OUT OF ALL THE ONES THAT WE CUT OUT, I MEAN, WE JUST DID MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY AND I AND THAT'S PERFECT. BUT SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE BE MENTIONING ANY OF THE OTHER ONES AT ALL IN THE LETTER OR IS THAT JUST A WASTE OF TIME? I KINDA, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THE LINE WHERE IT SAYS WE SUPPORT THOSE AS VALUE. WE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE REVIEWED AND SUPPORT WHAT THE STAFF IS PUTTING FORWARD AND WE'RE SAYING OF THE THINGS . OKAY. THAT'S, IT'D JUST BE A POINT OF VIEW. I THINK IT GIVES THEM THE SUITE, UM, YEAH. TO SAY IF THEY DO APPROVE EVERYTHING, WHAT DO THEY WANT THOSE THINGS TO BE? THAT'S FINE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST EVENING, THAT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA STEP UP AND, AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN HERE. AND I THINK FORWARD PART OF IT TOO IS KEEPING THIS LETTER SIMPLE, UM, AND SHORT. SO THIS IS NICE THAT OTHER INFORMATION, IT MIGHT CONFUSE IT, SO, YEAH. GOOD. UM, AND I DID JUST VERIFY THESE MAINTENANCE ITEMS ARE IN ORDER FROM HOW TO SCORE 'EM. OKAY. SO, NICE. AND YVONNE GAVE ME A LOT OF OTHER, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT AGAIN, I, I PICKED OUT, I PICKED OUT THESE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. OKAY. FROM THAT, I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD IN THERE, YOU WANNA TAKE OUT AND SUBSTITUTE IT OR WHATEVER, JUST LET ME KNOW. OKAY. UM, THE, THE DEEP PLANS, I JUST ADDED ALL THAT TOGETHER FOR ALL THREE FACILITIES RATHER THAN SEPARATELY LISTING THEM. UM, AGAIN, I WOULDN'T, I REALIZE WE HAVEN'T ALONE, BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT SHORT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE WANNA, I THINK IT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE INTO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FIXING THINGS OVER HERE. MM-HMM . [00:30:01] DOING THINGS OVER HERE. YEAH. YEAH. ONE POINT I, THE ONLY THING I HAD A CLAR, UM, CLARIFICATION. I KNOW YOU GUYS LAUNCHED YOUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT YES. PROGRAM. AND THAT WAS KINDA LIKE THE FIRST TIME I THINK YOU GUYS DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS CAPTURED UNDER STAFF DEVELOPMENT OR WE WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS A VERY INNOVATIVE WAY TO INVEST WITHIN OUR OWN TEAM IF YOU GUYS CREATED IT INTERNALLY. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY OF LIKE PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGET THAT, SO YEAH, I KNOW, I THINK NANCY WRAPPED IT INTO THAT STAFF DEVELOPMENT, BUT PULL IT OUT. PLAY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND YEAH. ADD THAT. YEAH. THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING REALLY NEAT ABOUT THAT THAT I THINK IS UNIQUE. I IT'S REALLY, YEAH. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A REALLY COOL THING THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK. YOU KNOW, AND WON'T, YVONNE WON'T TAKE CREDIT, BUT THAT WAS HER BRAIN JOB. . I STILL IT, I GREAT IDEAS. GET FIGHT . OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OH, I DO. YEAH. VERY NICE JOB. VERY NICE JOB, NANCY. OKAY. APRIL MEDIUM. THANK YOU. DO WHO KNOW? OKAY, SO FOR THE APRIL MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN ONION FOR A WHILE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS OF HOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, AND IN THE PAST WE WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION IN JUNE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THOSE, WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER FOR THEIR APPROVAL. WE CHANGED THAT PROCESS LAST YEAR. UM, AND I SAY WE, THE ENTIRE CITY HAS CHANGED THAT PROCESS. SO WE NOW SUBMIT OUR FEE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SUBMITTED, UM, BY MAY 1ST, WHICH MEANS I CAN'T BRING 'EM TO YOU FIRST. UM, OR I CAN'T BRING IT TO YOU AFTER I TALKED IN THE PAST. WHAT WE DID IS WE'D GO TO CITY MANAGEMENT, PARKS COMMISSION AND THEN COUNCIL. BUT NOW THE WAY IT WORKS, I HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU BEFORE I ACTUALLY SUBMIT IT WITH MY BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET IN MAY. SO THE PLAN THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS I'M GONNA MEET WITH CITY MANAGEMENT TOMORROW WITH A PARTIAL PLAN OF WHAT OUR FEE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE COMPLETE BEFORE OUR APRIL MEETING. I'LL SHARE IT WITH CMO BEFORE I BRING IT TO YOU IN APRIL. I WILL DO A FULL RUNDOWN OF OUR FEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON, UM, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE'LL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT THOSE WITH OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS MAY 1ST AND THEN GO THROUGH THAT NEXT PROCESS. COUNSEL WILL SEE THOSE AT THE BUDGET RETREAT AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE. AND THEN WHEN, UH, BOB COMES AND DOES HIS BUDGET PRESENTATION, THAT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE OVERALL BUDGET REVIEW. UM, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. UM, SO NEXT MONTH BE PREPARED. WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU WITH THE FEES LISTED OUT AND WE'LL GIVE A OVERVIEW OF, OF THE FEES. A LOT OF 'EM, UM, ARE GONNA BE, WE DO HAVE A FEW NEW FEES, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UM, CHANGING SOME PROCESSES OF ALLOWING CERTAIN THINGS FOR NON-RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T ALLOWED BEFORE AND LOOKING AT THAT AS POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAM. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A COMPLETE RUNDOWN OF THAT, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEFING SO YOU KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT MONTH. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, NEXT. WE ARE STAFF, REPORTS, PARKS, AND PLANNING. SEAN. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU NANCY. UM, WELL FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO RENEW OUR TREE CITY USA STATUS HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO WE'LL BE IN TREE CITY USA FOR THE SECOND YEAR NOW, UM, WHICH IS GREAT. UM, SPEAKING OF TREES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VOLUNTEER TREE PLANTING ON EARTH DAY, APRIL 22ND AT CROWLEY PARK. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 55 GALLON TREES THAT WE ARE, UM, GETTING VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT AND HELP US PLANT THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. HAVEN'T IN MARKED YET, UM, BUT WE'LL DO THAT SOON. AND IF WE GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT TO DIG SOME HOLES AND PLANT SOME TREES, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S ONCE AGAIN BEING DONE WITH ONE NORTH, ONE CHANCE, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT, UH, HELPED US OUT FOR THE PRE PRE-PLANNING AT RIDGE PARK LAST NOVEMBER. UM, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD PARTNERS AND PLANTING THREE. SO, UM, BRING IT ON. MM-HMM . ALSO MORE TREES ARE GONNA BE PLANTED, UM, POSSIBLY THIS WEEK OVER IN THE AREA NEAR WHERE THE 8 25 BREAKER ZONE PROJECT HAPPENED. IF YOU MEMBER OF THE CONTRACTOR AGREED TO PLANT 50 TREES IN THE GENERAL AREA, UH, AS A KIND OF A, TO MAKE UP FOR THE ONES THAT HAD TO COME OUTTA THE MEDIAN ON, ON WINTER. [00:35:01] SO A BUNCH OF THOSE WERE ALREADY PLANTED AT POINT NORTH PARK AND ALONG RENTER IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEY'RE IN AT, UM, CUSTER PARK AS WELL. AND SO NOW THEY'RE ABOUT 18, 19 MORE. WE'RE GONNA BE GOING IN AT POINT NORTH PARK AND THAT AREA THERE, KIND OF BETWEEN RENTER AND UM, SYNERGY PARKWAY, UM, WHERE TRAIL KIND OF WIDES OUT THE BIG TRIANGLE RIGHT THERE. UM, A FEW GOING IN THERE AS WELL. UM, I NOTICED THIS WEEK THERE'S SOME WILDFLOWERS STARTING TO BLOOM AROUND TOWN. I SAW SOME BACHELOR BUTTONS COMING UP, SO THAT'S NICE. UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING INTO THAT, THAT TIME OF THE SEASON. UM, AND THEN MORE AT, AT CROWLEY PARK SINCE, YOU KNOW, OVER 20% OF OUR PARK COMMISSION MEMBERS LIVE IN THE CROWLEY PARK AREA, . SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING A MAINTENANCE SPLIT AT CROWLEY PARK TOMORROW. WE'RE GONNA BRING THE ENTIRE PARK MAINTENANCE CREW TO THE PARK AND WORK ON EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN JUST TO GET THE PARK SPRUCED UP AND, AND IN BETTER SHAPE GOING INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE USED TO DO A LOT MORE REGULARLY. WE PICKED OUT A PARK EVERY YEAR, BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, PRUNE TREES, PAINT, UM, FIX DRILLS, YOU KNOW, WORK ON PAVILIONS, UM, WORK ON THE RESTROOM, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, WHICH IS GREAT TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, KIND OF WORKING ON THE SAME THING. BUT ALSO WE USE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CROSS TRAINING. SO MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT NORMALLY ON THE TRAIN TREE CREW GETS A CHANCE TO, UH, RUN A CHAINSAW AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS. OR SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T NORMALLY ON THE IRRIGATION CREW COULD HELP SOME OF THOSE GUYS GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND SEE, UH, WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, FOR, FOR THAT REASON, AN TO TO GET SOME WORK DONE AT, AT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PARKS. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF BOTH BUDGET PREPARATION AND, UM, WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL PREPARATION. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH OUR PROPERTY PARTNERS THIS MORNING, AND THOSE ARE ALL THE, THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND THE AREA WHERE WILDFIRE HAPPENS THAT WE END UP WITH LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH. SO WE CAN USE THE PROPERTY FOR THE FESTIVAL OR TO, TO PARK PEOPLE ON IN THEIR GARAGES OR, OR WHATEVER. UM, WE'D LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM A COUPLE TIMES FOR THE FESTIVAL, MOSTLY JUST SO THEY CAN REST ASSURED THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET CLARIFICATION ON THINGS. UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE AREA THAT WE ALWAYS BRING INTO THAT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAS A NEW MANAGER EVERY YEAR. SO WE'RE, WE'RE REINVENTING THE WHEEL FOR THEM AND EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND YES, WE CAME IN LAST YEAR AND PUT A CAMERA ON YOUR ROOF SO WE CAN SEE IF SOMEBODY GETS ONTO THE ROOF OR IN THE FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. YES, WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR ANYTHING THAT GETS DAMAGED AND WE'LL PUT YOUR LANDSCAPE BACK THE SAME WAY IT WAS, IF NOT BETTER AFTER, AFTER WE'RE DONE, PROBABLY BETTER. THAT'S ALWAYS A ENTER PROCESS. UM, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED OUR PORTION, UM, CITY'S, UH, STORM MODEL REPORT TO TCQ. I'VE ALWAYS SUBMITTED IT TO THE HEALTH CLOSET. SO WE HAVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE THAT REPORT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE APPLY HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TRACK THE NUMBER OF DOG WASTE BAGS WE GO THROUGH A YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S DOG WASTE THAT IS BEING PICKED UP AND DISPOSED OF IN A LANDFILL AND NOT GOING INTO THE, THE WATER SUPPLY. UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TRASH WE PICKED UP EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ROTATIONS ARE DONE FOR LITTER AND EMPTYING TRASH AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO COMPILE THAT INFORMATION, GET UP TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN THEN COMPILE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS. WE REPORT ON SIMILAR THINGS AND GET THAT TO C-T-C-E-Q. THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR OUR STORMWATER PERMIT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A NEW PERMIT THIS YEAR. SO THIS REPORT WAS ACTUALLY ONLY FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025 BECAUSE AFTER THE NEW PERMIT WENT INTO PLACE, SO WE DID A REPORT FOR JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND THEN ANOTHER REPORT. SO THREE MONTHS, THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE FOR ALL OF OF 2026. UM, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE, UM, A COMPANY CALLED WE, WHO IS THE COMPANY THAT BUILT THE FOUNTAIN AT GALLIN PLAZA, COMING OUT TO DO A BUNCH OF WORK ON THE FOUNTAIN TO REPAIR AND RECOMMISSION THAT TO GET IT BACK INTO FIGHTING SHAPE FOR, WE'RE HOPING 15 TO 20 MORE YEARS TO COME. UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT, UM, BACK UP AND RUNNING. AS, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, ME HAVING REPORTED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ORDEAL. MM. BECAUSE THAT FOUNTAIN HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OVATION APARTMENTS AND POWER LINE THAT GOT BROKEN. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A COMPLICATED SYSTEM LIKE THAT, THAT GETS M WALL, YOU CAN SPIN IT BACK UP AND GET IT GOING, BUT THEN YOU FIND THE FIRST PROBLEM AND THEN YOU FIX THAT, AND THEN YOU FIND THE NEXT PROBLEM, THEN YOU FIND THE NEXT PROBLEM AND YOU JUST CHASE 'EM AROUND. SO WE REALLY NEEDED TO GET THE, THE EXPERTS IN, YOU KNOW, THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY BUILT THIS THING TO COME GO THROUGH WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB. UM, THEY CAME OUT LAST FALL, UM, ACTUALLY AT THEIR COST TO DO A, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF THE FOUNTAIN, FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY NEEDED TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, GAVE US A REPORT. AND SO WE WE'RE GONNA LET THEM GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THAT WORK. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL, [00:40:01] WE'LL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING WELL BEFORE WILDFLOWER. BUT THEN THEY HAVE A, A NORMAL MAINTENANCE VISIT SCHEDULED FOR APRIL. SO IF BY SOME CHANCE EVERYTHING DOESN'T HAPPEN IN MARCH THAT THAT NEEDS TO, WE'VE ALREADY GOT ALL THE SCHEDULE TO COME BACK IN APRIL. UM, CONTINUE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, FINISHED UP AND IF NOT, IT'LL JUST BE A REGULAR VISIT TO RUN THROUGH THE AGENCY, HOW IT'S BEEN GOING FOR THE FIRST MONTH. SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN, UM, SO THE PARKS CREWS RIGHT NOW, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS IS DEWATER RISING, UH, PARK RESTROOMS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. WE'RE ABOUT AT THE, UH, THE DATE OF THE AVERAGE LAST FROST FOR, FOR THE DALLAS AREA. UM, THE AVERAGE DATE IS MARCH 12TH, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY FREEZING WEATHER COMING UP ANY TIME SOON. SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT GETTING THOSE THINGS BACK UP AND RUNNING SPEED COULD USE THEM. AND WE DEFINITELY ARE STARTING TO HEAR FROM, FROM OUR PUBLIC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WATER FOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN WORKING, RESTROOMS AREN'T OPEN. SO IT'S TIME TO, TO DO THAT AS WE, WE MOVE ON TO SPRING AND THINGS START BREEDING UP AND WE'RE REALLY DOING, UM, A LOT OF PARK STUFF. BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR DEVICE. WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THAT, SEAN? DO YOU KNOW FOR THE, THE D WOULD HORIZON WHEN THINGS COME BACK ON? WE'RE STARTING THIS WEEK. OKAY. SO IT USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET AROUND TO, TO EVERYTHING, BUT THAT SHOULD BE UP BY THE END OF THE MONTH. OKAY, COOL. THAT'S A LOT. THANK YOU, SEAN. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OKAY. NEXT REPORT. RECREATION, ATHLETIC AND EVENTS. SPENCER? UH, YEAH, I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS. UM, SO, UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING OUR SEASONAL STAFF FOR SUMMER DAY CAMPS AND OUR AQUATIC STAFF. SO WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 50% ON BOTH FRONTS, SO WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT. UM, WE'LL MAKE A PUSH HERE OVER SPRING BREAK TO TRY TO CRUNCH THOSE NUMBERS UP A LITTLE BIT AND GET THE, THE, THOSE POSITIONS FILLED. UM, AS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET LETTER, UM, WE HAD OUR DEEP CLEANING AT HEIGHTS ALREADY IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TWO DEEP CLEANINGS AT HUFFIN IN THE SENIOR CENTER COMING UP HERE IN MARCH. AND SO I WILL SAY THAT OUR PATRONS WERE LIKE VERY APPRECIATIVE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO CLOSE THE FACILITY FOR TWO DAYS, THEY CAME BACK AND EVERYTHING LOOKED SPOTLESS. AND I MEAN, OUR CLEANING CREW HAD THIS LIKE, SHINE OF PRIDE ABOUT 'EM. THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE TOO BECAUSE THEY GOT TO DO SOME GOOD WORK AND THE STUFF THAT THEY WANTED TO GET TO, BUT NEVER COULD IF THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE WAY KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE HAD OUR VEGAS NIGHT AT THE SENIOR CENTER A COUPLE WEEKS BACK AND IT WAS SOLD OUT. WE HAD 105 TICKETS. UM, SUSAN, OUR SENIOR CENTER MANAGER WAS SAYING THAT, UM, SHE COULD SELL 150 TICKETS, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO GO MM-HMM . SO, UM, IT WAS A, A SIXTIES THEME AND IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. SHE SENT US SOME PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND IT WAS MM-HMM . LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING FUN. UM, THIS FRIDAY WE HAVE OUR DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE HOSTED AT THE SENIOR CENTER WITH A, A THEME OF DISCO COWGIRL. SO WE'VE GOT , UH, SPARKLE HAT, SPARKLE COWBOY HATS THAT ARE GONNA BE GIVEN AWAY. AND SO HOPEFULLY THOSE GIRLS WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THEIR DADS. UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, THE POINT NORTH PAVILION, UM, HAD ITS ELECTRICITY HOOKED UP AND IT'S COMPLETED. SO WE BROUGHT THAT ONLINE FOR RESERVATIONS THIS WEEK. WE HAD OUR FIRST ONLINE RESERVATION TRY TO COME THROUGH AND IT DID NOT CHARGE THEM A FEE AND THEY ASKED US, AM I SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THEM? WE'RE LIKE, YES, YES YOU ARE. SO WE WENT BEHIND THE SCENES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND WE GOT THAT CORRECTED PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE STILL GOING ON. UM, CAN YOU GUESS WHAT PLACE RICHARDSON IS AS A COMMUNITY? NUMBER ONE? WE'RE IN FIRST PLACE. WOW. AND WE'RE ALMOST DOUBLE UP ON WHO'S IN SECOND PLACE IN POINTS, SO MM-HMM. WOW. AS LONG AS WE KEEP PUSHING, I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE LOGGING POINTS. I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR FACES , BUT AS LONG AS WE KEEP PUSHING, WE SHOULD EXERCISE IN NUMBER ONE. SO, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ADMINISTRATION, YVONNE? YES. SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE A REALLY COOL UPDATE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR DISC GOLF DESIGNER. UM, ERIC MCCABE. HE SENT US A, A BREAKDOWN OF USAGE AND HOW HE GETS THIS IS THERE IS AN APP CALLED YOU DISC. SO A LOT OF THE PLAYERS, WHEN THEY'RE COMING OUT TO PLAY DISC GOLF, THEY USE THAT TO KEEP THEIR SCORE. UM, SO WE GET DATA FROM THAT. SO WE OPENED THAT IN 2023 FOR THIS YEAR. THEY TRACKED, AND THIS IS JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE APP, THEY TRACKED, UM, 10,700 PLANT ROUNDS PLAYED MM-HMM . YEAH. WOW. 26, I'M SORRY, 25. OH WOW. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. SIX, SORRY, NUMBER AGAIN FOR 10,791. THAT'S THE SAME EXACT, UM, WITH THAT WE ARE, WE HAD 1200, UH, PLUS BRAND NEW PLAYERS, UM, TO THE COURSE. SO PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER PLAYED THE COURSE BEFORE IN THAT YEAR MM-HMM . 139, FIRST TIME DISC GOLF PLAYERS, SO FIRST TIME TO YOU DISC. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER COOL FACT IS [00:45:01] WE ARE LISTED AS THE NUMBER 15 MOST PLAYED DISC GOLF COURSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. MM-HMM . WOW. 134 MOST PLAYED IN THE US SO THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. UM, OVERALL SINCE WE OPENED IN 2023, WE HAD 26,684 TOTAL ROUNDS. PLAYED WITH 4,600 UNIQUE PLAYERS. UM, SO THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. WE WERE EXCITED TO GET THAT, THAT DATA. OF COURSE, SHE SENT THAT TO US WITH HOPES THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER ANOTHER COURSE , IT'S GOING SO WELL. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT ON MARCH 23RD, UM, YOU WILL SEE SPENCER, DIANA, AND I AT CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'LL BE JOINING WITH THE STANDARDS OF CARE, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION THAT WE DO FOR OUR DAY CAMP PROGRAMS. BUT ALSO WE'LL BE GIVING A WILDFLOWER PRESENTATION ON THAT NIGHT. AND THIS IS GONNA BE MORE OF COMING BACK WITH THE HISTORY OF ATTENDANCE BUDGET, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN COMPARABLE CITIES. SO BASICALLY SOME HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO DEFINITELY TUNE IN FOR THAT. AND THEN AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON FEE RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU IN APRIL. AND THEN, UM, THE TEAM HAS MET WITH THE WHOLE HEIGHTS AQUATIC CENTER. UM, THE TEAM HAS MET WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS GROUP THAT ACTUALLY HAS GOT A REALLY GREAT IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANNA DO. THEY ORIGINALLY CAME TO US WITH THE IDEA OF BUILDING A LOST IN FOUND BOX IN THE PARK. AND WE SAID, NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPTION, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING AT HEIGHT. SO THEY CAME OUT, THEY LOOKED AT IT, THEY HAVE A DAD ON THEIR TEAM WHO IS AN ARCHITECT WHO HAS DRAWN UP SOME PRETTY COOL, UH, DESIGNS FOR US, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE FANCIEST BOX YOU'VE EVER SEEN . UM, BUT THEY'RE FILLING IN A GAP THAT WE HAD, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROKEN IN THAT SPACE. UM, THEY'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE, THEY'RE COVERING THE COST OF IT. UM, AND SO WE ARE GONNA MAKE A POINT TO HONOR THEM ONCE IT'S ALL DONE. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THE TEAM MET WITH THEM ON FRIDAY AND, AND WE HAD DESIGNS SET TO US TODAY. UM, SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE ACADEMY, UM, THE PARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, I DID WANNA SHARE WITH THAT. UM, WE HAD OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY, WAS IT TWO WEEKS AGO? UM, WE HAD 14 STAFF THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM. 14 GRADUATED THE PROGRAM. SO THAT WAS GREAT. UM, FROM THAT GROUP, WE SELECTED ONE TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE DEVELOPED TWO AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF THE STAFF WHO JUST WERE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO WE WERE REALLY PUMPED ABOUT IT. HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, UM, AND THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH FOR NEXT YEAR. SO I ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY ASK ME TODAY OF, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO IT MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR? THERE'S NOT , BUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT EVERY LEVEL OF STAFF GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, CALENDAR ITEMS, ANY CALENDAR YOU WANNA POINT OUT? YVONNE OR, UM, HE, YOUR TEXAS CELEBRATION MARCH IS ON MARCH 28TH. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF US, UM, JOIN US FOR A WALK AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ABSOLUTE FOR, UH, HOP ON. SO MEET BY THE PAVILION. UM, SPENCER, ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS ON HE'D LIKE TO, UM, THAT COTTON COMING UP? MM-HMM . YEAH. SO THE NERF CHALLENGE THAT HAS EVENT THAT WE'VE DONE TWO, TWO YEARS PRIOR OR THE THREE YEARS, THREE OR FOUR NOW. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. UM, OUR TEAM IS DOING THAT ONE AGAIN, APRIL 18TH. UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY A BLAST. SO IF, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO HAS KIDS OF THAT AGE, I THINK IT'S ELEMENTARY AGE. I THINK THE MOMS HAVE MORE FUN THAN THE KIDS TOO . SO IT'S A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF CUT LOOSE AND HAVE FUN WITH IT. AND THEN MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE, UH, COTTONWOOD DINNER MAY 1ST AS WELL. SO IT'S GOOD. YES. YEAH. OKAY. UM, REPORTS ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. YOU COULD GO AROUND THE ROOM. WHY DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE DESK, BUT I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THE LETTER. [00:50:02] THANK YOU. VERY NICE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. TERRY. NOTHING THIS TIME. JENNIFER, I HAVE TWO THINGS. UM, ONE, I NOTICED THE HISTORICAL PLAQUE THAT WAS INSTALLED AT TWIN RIVERS. JUST A LOVELY ADDITION. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MISSED THAT WHEN PAUL WAS HERE, SO I THOUGHT THERE WAS JUST A NICE ADDITION. OH, SIGN YOU. A LITTLE SIGN. YEAH. YEAH. UM, OUR, ACTUALLY, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, CHARLES CLAUDETTE, DESIGNED THAT OKAY. BASED ON SOME TEXTS THAT I GAVE HIM AND SOME PICTURES THAT HE FOUND. SO YEAH, HE'S, HE'S FANTASTIC. SO, YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. IT'S A NICE LITTLE ATTENTION. IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISE WHEN I WAS WALKING THE OTHER DAY. YEAH. UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, I'M IN THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY THIS, UH, CYCLE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY CITIZENS FROM RICHARDSON AND EVERYONE WHO'S UNDER 50 WAS VERY ENVIOUS OF THE CALENDAR EVENT FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. SO JUST KNOW THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING INTERESTING ACTIVITIES AND ITEMS THAT THE UNDER 50 CROWD IS EAGER TO PARTAKE IN. SO AWESOME, JOE. WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR UPDATES FOR Y'ALL THIS TIME AROUND. UH, I DO THINK THAT, JUST AS A HEADS UP, I MEAN THE LAST, LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION ABOUT DRONES AND DRONE USAGE. NANCY, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE. I KNOW YOU WERE THERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, JUST AN INVOLVING TOPIC AND THE AMAZON REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE BACK AGAIN AT SOME POINT, AND IF WE HAVE A MEETING HERE THAT KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THAT, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON, ON ALL THOSE DETAILS. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW ZONING CASES WHERE THEY'VE SORT OF REDONE ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AROUND TOWN, SO THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF PARK ADJACENT, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE APPROVED ALL THOSE FOR RSD, BUT, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEIR LAST PLAN TO US AND WE APPROVED THE LAST ONE LAST NIGHT. SO JUST A HEADS UP, IF YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THOSE, UH, MEETINGS ON THE DRONES, IF YOU COULD LIKE SEND ME AN EMAIL. OH YEAH. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU PERSONALLY. OF COURSE. . NO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE. I KNOW YOU'RE, I KNOW YOU HAVE A VERY VESTED INTEREST. YEAH, YEAH. THE, THE DRONE THING'S VERY INTERESTING AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE TO COME, I THINK MM-HMM . BEFORE THE DISCUSSION IS OVER. SO, YEAH. UM, I JUST GOT TWO THINGS. UM, I WAS GONNA ASK, I, I PARTICIPATED SEAN HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TREE PLANTING AT BRECKENRIDGE MM-HMM . AND HOW ARE THOSE TREES DOING? PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD. WE DIDN'T LOSE TOO MANY OF 'EM. I MEAN NO, WE, WE PLANTED 'EM IN NOVEMBER, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOT ESTABLISHED AND WENT INTO NORMALCY. SO THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME OF YEAR WE'LL REALLY START, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 'EM AND ASSESSING HOW, HOW THEY'RE DOING. BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. GOOD. WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. WELL, I HOPE THE TREES I PLANTED ARE STILL LIVING . UM, I MARKED THOSE, ESPECIALLY . YES. I, I KNOW YOU DID. I I MARKED GREAT THING. UM, AND I, I WANTED TO SHOUT ABOUT, SHOUT OUT ABOUT SUSAN TALBOT AND THE, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER I, I VISITED DURING, I, I WENT TO THE, UH, VEGAS NIGHTS. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF HER BIG EVENTS THERE, IT IS AMAZING. IT IS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. UH, THE PLACE IS PACKED. UM, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A GREAT EVENT. UM, THAT ONE. AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT, THAT SHE DOES MANAGES REALLY, REALLY WELL THERE. BUT, UM, THAT FACILITY, I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT THE FACILITY. AND SUSAN, SHE HAD, I JUST WANTED TO CHAMPION HER. SHE'S DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. SHE'S A GYM. YEAH, SHE REALLY IS. LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. KIMBERLY. HAVE ANYTHING? NO, UM, I JUST HAD, I WAS SICK LAST MONTH AND SO MISS, BUT BIG, HUGE GINORMOUS, KUDOS TO THE PARKS TEAM FOR CLEANING UP AFTER THE KITE DAY IN JANUARY. OH, . BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS A HOLIDAY AND WENT OUT WALKING AND, I MEAN, JUST KITES AND STRING OH WOW. AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE. UM, AND THEN WAS OUT LIKE TWO DAYS LATER AND IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE. SO, UM, HUGE, HUGE KUDOS FOR YOU GUYS. REMIND ME, OUR STAFF STOPPED COUNTING, BUT WHAT WAS IT THAT THEY GOT TO LIKE 36? YEAH, IT WAS 30 OR 40 YEAH. PIPES THAT THEY RESCUED FROM, FROM TREES. I MEAN, LIKE, JUST LOOKING, I LIKE COUNTED 15 JUST IN TREES ON THE GROUND IN THE CREEK. LIKE, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST EVERYWHERE. WAS THAT A PARK THAT IES? NO, IT WAS AN UNAPPROVED HOUR . SO A LARGE GROUP THAT CAME OUT AND WE WERE UNAWARE OF IT, AND SO WE GOT A COMPLAINT. GOT IT. SO, AND I, I WILL SAY I, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUP THAT, THAT HAD THE, THE EVENT AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY APOLOGETIC, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD. UM, AND I, I TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, APPROACH THAT VERY, VERY CALMLY FOR AS FRUSTRATED AS I WAS , BUT YOU KNOW, LITERALLY OFFERED YOU, I CAN, I CAN CALL SOME PEOPLE AND I'LL SEND THEM OUT AND THEY CAN HELP YOUR GUYS, YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE DOWN. AT THAT POINT IT WAS LIKE, WELL, I REALLY CAN'T HAVE YOU CLIMBING TREES AND LADDERS AND GOING UP IN A [00:55:01] BUTLER TRUCK. YEAH. WE, WE'VE GOTTA DO THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY MADE THE OFFER WAS WHAT WAS APPRECIATED. AND THEY SAID, WE RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF WAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DISASTER, BUT WE, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT, ONCE IT WAS DONE. SO FAIR. FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH. BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CONTRITE. WHICH PARK RIDGE? UH, THIS WAS BRECKENRIDGE. YEAH. RIDGE. YEAH. YES. I WAS SHOCKED. JUST ONE FOR A WALK AND THEY'RE STILL 200 PEOPLE OUT. WOW. WOW. ALL FLYING KITES. ALL FLYING KITES. UM, AND THEN JUST OUTTA MY OWN CURIOSITY, THE HOUSE AT BRECKENRIDGE, WHAT'S GOING ON IS, IS THAT RICHARDSON OWNED? IS THAT THE ONE DOWN THERE BY THE SEA? YEAH. COMPLEX. SO THAT IS, THE CITY DOES OWN THAT. THAT HOUSE. IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT. YEAH. UM, WE USED TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT LIVED IN THAT HOUSE. OKAY. UM, THE CITY RENTED IT TO A, A PARK STAFF MEMBER, UM, WHO WAS KINDA RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, LOCKING UP GATES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SURE. IT WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD WORKED OUT. BUT, UH, ONCE THAT PERSON LEFT THE CITY, WE DECIDED THAT IT REALLY WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TO HAVE STAFF LIVING THERE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, IT IT WAS A LOT. SO, UM, ACTUALLY WERE TWO AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE UP NEAR, UM, FIRE NATION. YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT. THAT WAS DEMOLISHED. 'CAUSE IT WAS IN REALLY YEAH. ROUGH SHAPE. MM-HMM . UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF SITTING ON IT, IT, AND, UM, IT WILL PROBABLY BE DEMOLISHED AT, AT SOME POINT. I DON'T THINK SHE REALLY HAVE ANY, ANY USE FOR IT. BUT DOESN'T PD DO SOME EXERCISE? THEY DO FIRE AND PD WILL DO SOME TRAINING ROADS IN THERE. MM-HMM . UM, MOSTLY PD AND SWAT MM-HMM . AND SO THEY'LL DO BUILDING ENTRY. SO IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE THEM COME IN AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, , IT'S A JOKE. BUT, UM, YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW, LIKE SEAN SAID, IT'S, IT'S VACANT. UM, AND WE, YEAH, WE BOARDED OUT THE WINDOWS. YEAH. JUST, YEAH. CURIOUS. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT STORY. OKAY. THANK YOU RAY. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, WELL, SPEAKING OF BRECKENRIDGE, I WAS OUT THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. DAUGHTER HAD A, UH, A SOCCER GAME OUT THERE. AND, UH, I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE TUR FERTILIZATION AND CHEMICAL TURF ON THE MAINTENANCE, UH, JOE BECAUSE THAT, THAT FIELD CAN REALLY USE A LITTLE MORE LOVE. I SAW SOME WEEDS AND SOME I KNOW CRAB GRASS OR WHATEVER, IT'S KIND OF TAKING OVER, UH, SHIELD, SO COULD USE SOME MORE LOVE. AND THERE WAS, UM, I GUESS SOME BLEACHERS OUT ON ONE OF THE FIELDS THAT WERE DAMAGED AND OH, OKAY. JACKED UP. SO I YOU JUST BE HAULED OFF OR SOMETHING OR MM-HMM . UNUSABLE, RIGHT. I DON'T THINK GOT CRUSHED OR SOMETHING, BUT, UH, I GUESS THAT'S IT. MM-HMM . OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. I WAS AT, WENT NORTH WITH A FRIEND OF MINE THIS WEEK, AND REALLY BEAUTIFUL. REALLY LIKE THE PAVILION. THE PAVILION LOOKS REALLY GOOD UP THERE. THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS GREAT. UM, ALSO WALKED PRAIRIE CREEK PARK. UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE SINCE THEN. WE DID ALL TRAILS AND VIRGINIA. THAT'S, THAT'S VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE. AND THEN AT MEMORIAL PARK, UM, I'M THE CO-CHAIR FOR OUR VETERANS AND MILITARY, UH, PART OF ALTRUA. UM, AND WE ARE GONNA PURCHASE TWO RED BUDS. UM, OKAY, GREAT. FOR, UM, THE WALKWAY GOING UP TO THE ACTUAL MONUMENT IN THE CENTER. UM, THERE'S TWO NEW CHINESE PISTACHIO TREES THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT TWO RED BUDS KIND OF ALONG THAT PATH THERE SO THAT IT'S, GIVES SOME COLOR TO THE AREA UNTIL THOSE TREES GROW IN. SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY, UM, OUR BOARD AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO AND PUT THAT THROUGH. SO I WAS SHOWN ON THAT, SO, YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO JENNIFER NOW? A SECOND TO ADJOURN? LESLIE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. LET'S LEAVE TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING, MR. AT 7:28 PM THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.