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[Parks & Recreation Commission on April 14, 2026]
OKAY.I'M NANCY CROW, CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AND I WILL CHAIR THE MEETING THIS EVENING.
I CALL THIS MEETING ORDER AT 6:32 PM UM, WE DO HAVE A VISITOR WITH US TONIGHT.
HIS NAME IS MARCUS BATSON, AND HE IS WITH THE RICHARDSON BICYCLE COALITION.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON MARCH 10TH, 2026.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR FOR, OR AN AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
KIMBERLY, MAY WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, GLENN.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING, WHICH IS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COTTONWOOD AND WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU'ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU THAT I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT
BUT IF YOU'VE LIVED IN RICHARDSON FOR A COUPLE YEARS, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW THAT FESTIVAL SEASON IS ALMOST UPON US.
SO FIRST UP, WE, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY, WE HAVE OUR COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE ON MAY 2ND AND THIRD THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FESTIVAL.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 200, UM, EXHIBITING ARTISTS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, DESCEND UPON THE PARK.
IT'S A JURY SELECTION SHOW, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UM, THEY'RE SELECTED TO BE INTO, INTO THE SHOW.
SO THIS YEAR'S FEATURED ARTIST IS JULIA GILMORE OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE POSTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT SHE, SHE PAINTED THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS FESTIVAL.
SO IT'S A CUSTOM PIECE FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL.
UM, SO LIKE IN PASTURES WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VARIETY OF FOOD OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND SOME GET YOUR NICE CORN DOG OR KETTLE CORN IF, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED.
UM, WE'LL HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE BACKYARD STAGE OVER TOWARDS THE FOOD STUFF.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE MAIN COURTYARD STAGE.
UM, THERE'LL BE CRAFT BEER THERE AVAILABLE.
UM, THE EMERGING ARTISTS FROM RICHARDSON, ISD, ARE Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM? MM-HMM
SO, UM, WE HAD THAT, UM, WHATCHAMACALLIT RECEPTION, WHAT WAS THAT LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO? TWO WEEKS AGO I THINK.
SO WE AWARDED, UM, THERE'S 10 FINALISTS IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, TO THEM OVER AT THE ICEMAN CENTER WHERE THEY, UM, WORK IS ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO UPSTAIRS TO THE ICEMAN AND VIEW THEIR WORK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
UM, WE ALSO DO A VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM WHERE SOME OF THESE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO THE RISD SCHOOLS AND TEACH WORKSHOPS TO THE STUDENTS THERE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM A REAL ARTIST AND WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO, TO TAKE THAT ON AS A CAREER.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR ART STOP, WHICH IS OUR CHILDREN'S AREA, WHICH HAS DIFFERENT ART, UM, LITTLE PROJECTS YOU CAN DO.
SO YOU, YOU BUY TICKETS, YOU CAN MAYBE MOLD A POT OUT OF CLAY, YOU MAKE A, A FANCY HAT, OR YOU CAN PAINT YOUR OWN PICTURE.
SO THERE'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
SO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I'LL HAVE SOME QR CODES IF YOU GUYS WANNA SCAN 'EM, AND IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED TO VOLUNTEER, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER COTTONWOOD, WE HAVE OUR AWESOME WALLFLOWER ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE MAY 15TH THROUGH 17TH, WHICH IS QUICKLY APPROACHING, WHICH IS SCARY FOR ALL OF US IN THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA TIME TO PLAN.
UM, WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED PLUS PERFORMERS ON SIX DIFFERENT STAGES.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME STUFF INSIDE THE EISMAN.
WE'VE GOT OUR MAIN METHODIST, UM, STAGE ON THE AMPHITHEATER.
WE'VE GOT OUR TEXAN CREDIT UNION STAGE ON THE PLAZA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME REALLY GOOD, UM, SHOWS.
AND SO, UM, IS IT FRIDAY NIGHT? WE HAVE GEORGE THORO GOOD IN THE DESTROYERS WITH BLUES TRAVELER OPENING UP FOR THEM.
SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THE NAMES OF THE BANDS.
SO EVERYONE ELSE IS KIND OF PAST MY DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, THEY'RE PROSPERITY BANK MARKETPLACE, SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MARKETPLACE VENDORS WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS FROM, YOU KNOW, CLOTHING TO JEWELRY TO DIFFERENT, THERE'S THE PILLOW GUY THAT ALWAYS WANTS TO GET YOU TO SIT AND CHECK OUT THE MASSAGE AND PILLOW.
UM, WE'VE GOT OUR AL JOHNSON PERFORMING, UH, SONGWRITER CONTEST AND WORKSHOPS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE SUBMIT, SINGER SONGWRITERS WILL SUBMIT THEIR WORKS AND THEY'RE, UM, INVITED IF THEY'RE PICKED TO, TO PERFORM AT THE FESTIVAL.
SO THEY'LL ALSO DO A WORKSHOP INSIDE WHERE THEY KIND OF, UM, TALK ABOUT THEIR CRAFTS AND, AND WORKSHOP WITH ONE ANOTHER ON HOW THEY, THEY CREATE THEIR MUSIC.
UM, BATTLE OF THE BANDS AND BUDDING, UM, TALENT VOCAL COMPETITION IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO BATTLE OF THE BANDS IS THIS SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO OAK ISLAND'S BREWERY, UM, I BELIEVE IT STARTS AT 2:00 PM AND SO,
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UM, THEY GET TO PERFORM THREE SONGS AND, UM, THE, THE THREE FINALISTS WILL ACTUALLY PERFORM ON THE SUNDAY OF WILDFLOWERS.SO THEY'LL GET TO GET ON THE BIG STAGE AND, AND TRY TO WIN THE, THE TITLE.
WE ALSO, UM, NORMALLY DO A CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY.
SO REGISTRATION FOR THAT GETS YOU INTO THE FESTIVAL.
AND THEN ONCE, UH, YOU ENTER THE TOURNAMENT, IF YOU WIN, THERE'S A, A GIFT CARD FOR A PRIZE AND, WHICH IS KIND OF NEAT.
INSIDE THE ICEMAN WE HAVE OUR ARC GUITAR AUCTION, WHICH WE HAND OUT INSTRUMENTS TO THE LOCAL ARTIST, OR SOMETIMES IT'S A BUSINESS, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS.
BUT THEY WILL TAKE THEIR ARTISTIC APPROACH AND SOMETIMES WHEN THEY BRING IT BACK TO US IT MIGHT BE TOTALLY DECONSTRUCTED AND THEN TURN INTO SOMETHING REALLY COOL.
SOMETIMES IT'S STILL PLAYABLE, WHICH IS KIND OF NEAT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING REALLY NEAT TO, TO LOOK AT INSIDE THE EMAN.
WE DO HAVE OUR CRAFT BEER GARDEN COMING BACK.
WE'VE GOT OUR WINE GARDEN THERE ON THE, UM, ELLIPSE, UM, OUTSIDE THE ICEMAN.
AND THEN, UH, NEW THIS YEAR WE'VE KIND OF TRANSITIONED AWAY FROM CALLING IT THE KIDS AREA, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CALLING IT THE GROVE NOW AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE FAMILY ORIENTED PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS COOL THING CALLED A SILENT DISCO WHERE YOU PUT THE HEADPHONES ON AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE KIND OF BOPPING AROUND, BUT THERE'S NO MUSIC.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALSO HAVE A RETRO ARCADE INSIDE THE EISMAN CENTER, SO THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY NEAT.
WE ARE BRINGING THE MURAL BACK THIS YEAR, SO IF YOU WANNA CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY MURAL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO, AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME QR CODES, WE DO HAVE SOME VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT WILDFLOWER AS WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO HELP US PUT ON THE GREATEST SAFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE REGION, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THEY BRINGING BACK CHOCOLATE? THE WALK AT COTTONWOOD? THAT'LL BE THIS SPRING IN THE FALL.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? UH, CHALK THE WALK.
IF THAT'S COMING BACK, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, BUT WE ONLY DO IT IN THE WALK.
OKAY, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE THE DISCUSSION ITEM.
THE FIRST IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER.
SO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT, UM, DRAFT.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT IF Y'ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF APPRO IT AS WRITTEN.
AND I THINK BEFORE WE, UM, TAKE A VOTE, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION.
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH IT AND SEE THE CHANGES AND UPDATES? ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH IT? I LIKE THE STREAMLINED.
NO, I THINK IT LOOKS VERY GOOD.
YOU CAN CALL
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM.
RIGHT THERE IN THE FIRST PAGE.
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET LETTER AS WRITTEN? I'LL MOVE
LESLIE, MAY I HAVE A SECOND, JAMIE? YEP.
OKAY, NEXT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED NEWS PRESENTATION AND SUPPORT MEETING.
SO LET ME START WITH THE SPENCER'S GONNA ACTUALLY DO THIS PRESENTATION, BUT
WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE START LOOKING AT OUR, OUR FEES OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED.
UM, NORMALLY I THINK I SHARED WITH YOU AT OUR LAST MEETING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THEN IT WOULD BE APPROVED, UH, BY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING IS BEING MOVED INTO THE ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE NEEDED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU NOW BECAUSE IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE WOULD BE LOSING, UH, BY NOT HAVING OUR MEETING IN MAY.
SO THIS WAS OUR TIMELINE TO GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR TIMELINE.
UH, BUT THESE FEES ARE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
THEY'VE BEEN STUDIED BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE OF WHETHER OR NOT COSTS HAVE GONE UP, INSTRUCTOR COSTS, SUPPLIES, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT OUR COST RECOVERY MODEL AS WELL.
SO I WILL LET SPENCER GO THROUGH IT AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS ANY PART OF IT.
SO IT'S GONNA SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.
UH, DO YOU MIND PUTTING ME INTO PRESENTATION MODE? OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT SAYS PRESENT.
UH OH, START FROM THE BEGINNING.
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SORRY.I THOUGHT I HAD THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO, UM, THESE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES ARE DEALING WITH, UM, RECREATION CENTER, CENTER FACILITY RENTALS.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL SIZE RESTROOMS THAT WE RENT OUT.
UM, BUT THE CURRENT RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE OAKS THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 2012, I BELIEVE, OR 2013, UM, BASICALLY ONLY ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO RESERVE OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM NON-RESIDENTS ON WHETHER THEY CAN RESERVE OR NOT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE RESOLUTION'S WRITTEN, WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THOSE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND INSTITUTE FEES THAT ALLOW NON-RESIDENTS TO RENT OUR FACILITIES.
UM, MUCH IN LINE WITH, UM, IF YOU RECALL IN THE PAST WE PRESENTED, UM, OUR PARK CIVILIANS TO BE RESERVABLE BY NON-RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT PASSED A COUPLE YEARS BACK AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT REVENUE STREAM FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE THOSE FACILITIES.
SO, UM, THESE FIRST THREE, UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, $60 AN HOUR, 120 AN HOUR, AND A HUNDRED AN HOUR.
THOSE ARE DOUBLE THE FEES FROM RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS.
SO NON-RESIDENTS WOULD PAY DOUBLE WHAT A RESIDENT WOULD PAY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR OTHER RENTALS ARE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OTHER, UM, FEES THAT THEY, THEY INCORPORATED.
SO THE GYMNASIUMS, UM, GO FROM ANYWHERE FROM $70 FOR A HALF COURT FOR FOR AN HOUR TO 140 PER HOUR FOR THE FULL COURT.
UM, THE GAME ROOM RENTAL IS 120 PER HOUR.
AND THEN THIS, THIS BOTTOM ONE, UM, AT OUR RECREATION CENTERS SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN WE CLOSE, WE DO A FOUR HOUR BLOCK RUNNER RENTAL WHERE YOU GET THE FACILITY.
SO $900 TO DO THAT FOR A NON-RESIDENT, FOUR 50 FOR A RESIDENT.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE FACILITY RENTALS.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO UP $5 ON OUR GYMNASTICS HOLIDAY CAMP.
THE LAST TIME IT WAS INCREASED WAS 2019.
AND SO, UM, STAFFING COSTS HAVE DEFINITELY GONE UP SINCE THEN AS OUR HOURLY WAGES HAVE RISEN.
UM, THE HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER, AS I'VE BEEN KIND OF REPORTING ON THE LAST FEW MEETINGS WHILE WE DO A REFRESH THERE, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INSTALL ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AND A PREVIOUSLY UNUSED AREA.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S UNDER A TREE BEHIND A FENCE AND IT'S JUST A MUD PIT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO, UM, TURF THAT ARTIFICIALLY AND THEN USE THAT AS A RENTABLE PARTY SPACE.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT, UM, 2 75 ON WEEKDAYS FOR A THREE HOUR BLOCK, UM, WHICH WE'LL DO TWO BLOCKS PER DAY DURING, UM, OPEN HOURS AND THEN, UH, 3 25 ON THE WEEKEND.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A NICE SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US THIS SUMMER.
UM, SO ATHLETIC SOFTBALL, CONCESSION LAYER, REVENUE SPLIT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING.
UM, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING IT IN THIS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CODIFY IT AND PUT IT INTO OUR FEES.
AND SO WE BASICALLY, IF SOMEONE'S RUNNING AN ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT AND THEY, UM, WANT CONCESSIONS OUT THERE, WE'LL ALLOW A VENDOR TO COME OUT THERE AND WE TAKE 15% OF THEIR GROSS SALES, UM, TO ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE THERE.
UH, SAME THING WITH OUR ATHLETICS TOURNAMENT VENDORS.
SOME OF THE, THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS ARE WANTING TO DO WHERE THEY HAVE VENDORS SELL APPAREL OR EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT OUR TOURNAMENT.
SO WE JUST PROPOSED A $150 FLAT FEE, FLAT FEE PER VENDOR, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE ACTIVITIES.
SO IS IT THE SAME FOR RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS IN THIS ONE? FOR ALL OF THEM, YES.
AND PART OF THAT, IF I COULD, IF YOU GO BACK ONE, UM, AT HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATICS CENTER, WE HAVE OUR PAVILION, WE CALL IT A PAVILION.
IT'S MORE OF A CANOPY AREA THAT CAN BE RENTED.
AND BECAUSE IT'S
THE DIFFERENCE IS UM, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY AN ADMISSION TO COME IN AND THAT ADMISSION CHARGES A RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT FEE.
UM, THIS FEE, I'M SORRY, I SAID I GLOSSED OVER THE OH YEAH, NO, NO WORRIES.
THIS ONE IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE, SO IT INCLUDES THE UP TO 30 PEOPLE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SPACE AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE INCLUSIVE, UH, IT'S VERY PRIVATE.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE AUR OPERATING HOURS.
WE FELT LIKE LET'S KEEP THIS PRICE AT THE SAME.
IT'S REALLY, WE ALWAYS COMPARE OUR PRICES TO OUR BENCHMARK CITIES.
THIS WAS A VERY UNIQUE ONE THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT THAT WE COULD COMPARE TO BECAUSE NOT MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE THAT TYPE OF PRIVATE, UM, PARTY SPACE, AMENITY PARTY SPACE THAT THEY COULD USE AT A OUTDOOR POOL.
THEY DO AT THE INDOOR BUT NOT THE OUTDOOR.
SO WITH THIS ONE, WE DECIDED LET'S JUST COME UP WITH A FEE THAT COVERS EVERYTHING ALL INCLUSIVE, UM, BUT LET'S KEEP IT ONE SET PRICE VERSUS RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT.
BUT SO THAT ALL INCLUSIVE FEE INCLUDES THEIR ADMISSION
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INTO THE POOL FOR UP TO 30 PEOPLE.AND WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DEVELOPED THAT FEE IS WE LOOKED AT IT AS A $5 PER PERSON FEE, UM, VERSUS A FOUR OR A SIX.
SO WE KIND OF TOOK A MIDDLE PRICE OF IT AND THEN HAD TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE CHARGED FOR OUR CABANA REYNOLDS AS WELL AND DEVELOPED IT FROM THERE.
AND PART OF THAT WAS, UM, THAT EASE FOR STAFF TO LIKE CHECK THEM IN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALL GONNA SHOW UP AT ONCE AND SO IT'S EASIER TO HAVE JUST A FLAT RATE AND THEN THEY JUST CHECK THEIR, UM, THEIR LIST OFF OF PEOPLE THAT THEY SAID THEY COULD COME IN.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY THESE ARE SOME INCREASES FOR, UM, OUR AQUATICS SEASON PASSES.
AND SO THESE PRICES HAVE REMAINED CONSTANT SINCE 2013.
SO THE FIRST THREE ARE FOR, UM, THE ALL POOLS RESIDENTS.
SO GOING FROM 45 TO $50 THE SEASON PASS FOR FAMILIES GOING FROM ONE 50 TO ONE 60.
AND THEN THE ALL POOLS INDIVIDUAL NON-RESIDENT GOING FROM 65 TO 75.
UM, THE FINAL ONE ON THE BOTTOM WHEN WE ORIGINALLY UM, INSTITUTED OUR AQUATICS FEES WHEN HEIGHTS OPENED UP, UM, IT DID NOT ALLOW FOR A FAMILY NON-RESIDENT PASS.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING THE NON-RESIDENT PASS HERE KIND OF IN LINE WITH UM, WHAT WE CHARGE FOR LIKE A SINGLE PASS.
SO, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING 180 5 WHILE A RESIDENT FAMILY WOULD ONLY BE CHARGED ONE 60.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE LAST ONE ON SEAN'S SIDE OF THE AISLE, UM,
SO COST FOR THE BENCHES HAVE GONE UP AND THE PLAQUES UM, ARE $545 NOW.
AND SO WE PROPOSE TO GO FROM 2000 TO 2,500 TO COVER OUR COST FOR DOING THAT WORK.
SO I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL OF THEM.
SO IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO JUST HAVE THE, THE FEES UP AND LET'S TAKE THIS TIME TO DISCUSS IF THERE'S UM, FEES THAT, THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OR MAYBE FEES THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE DIFFERENT.
LET'S DISCUSS IT AT THIS POINT.
YOU WANNA START AT THE BEGINNING? UH, SURE.
KIM DID YOU HAVE OH, MINE WAS ON.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT THE FIRST SET OF ASIDE OR FEE ADJUSTMENTS? THESE ARE ALL NON-RESIDENT.
WHAT'S THE RESIDENT FEE FOR THESE ROOMS? IT'S HALF OF WEST PER ROOM.
SO FOR THE 60 IT'S $30 AN HOUR.
AND HOW ABOUT ANY OF THESE? I GUESS MY THOUGHT WOULD BE IF WE WERE DOING RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT ON ALL THE OTHERS, WHY WOULD WE NOT DO IT ON THIS ONE AS WELL? YEAH.
DO WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR THE PAVILIONS AT THE UM, NO AND THAT WAS PART OF IT IS OUR SAVANNAH REYNOLDS AT HEIGHTS, WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENT, NON-RESIDENT.
PART OF THAT WAS THE ADMISSION.
I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING IF THE COMMISSION FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT, WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT.
WE ALSO DON'T WANNA OVERPRICE IT AS WELL, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT ANOTHER FEE STRUCTURE FOR IT.
WELL I MEAN I UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS IF YOU'RE FOR THE CABANAS, 'CAUSE YOU ARE CHARGING DIFFERENT ON THE ENTRY MM-HMM
IF I'M A NON-RESIDENT, I GET THAT RATE.
BUT HOW MANY OF THEIR GUESTS ARE RESIDENTS VERSUS NON-RESIDENTS? THAT'S WHERE I SEE THAT KIND OF MAKES IT CHALLENGING.
'CAUSE IF HALF THEIR GUESTS ARE RESIDENTS THEN THEY SHOULD BE PAYING A LOWER RIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE WE KINDA STRUGGLED WITH IT.
THEN THEY CAN HAVE THEIR RESIDENT BRING THE UM, SET UP THE PARTY.
WHAT IS EVERYBODY ELSE'S THOUGHTS ON THIS? YOU SAID YOU SPLIT THE BABY DIDN'T YOU WITH THE PRESS? YEAH.
THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL IF I INVITE 30 PEOPLE TO MY PARTY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE YEAH.
WHO'S GONNA MANAGE THAT AT THIS POINT? OKAY.
IF YOU, IF I'M A RESIDENT AND I'M THE ONE SETTING THIS PARTY UP AND I'M THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE PRICE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A NON-RESIDENT SETTING UP, NO MATTER
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WHO THEIR GUESTS ARE, THERE'D BE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY, THEREFORE THEY WOULD PAY A DIFFERENT RATE.I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE MORE, I'M JUST, IT'S JUST THIS JUST RIGHT, RIGHT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE? I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD LEAVE THE RESIDENTS AT THIS RATE AND MAYBE DO NON-RESIDENTS AT 303 50.
YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
I JUST THINK SINCE ALL THE REST OF 'EM ARE THAT WAY MM-HMM
NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PRICES IS OUT OF IT, BUT WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PRICE.
IF YOU'RE A NON-RESIDENT AND YOU WANNA USE THIS FACILITY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD PRICE YOU OUT OF IT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD DEAL FOR 30 PEOPLE TO THINK.
I WOULD QUESTION IS THE GYMNASTICS HOLIDAY CAMP IS $5 ENOUGH OF AN INCREASE? I MEAN IF YOUR SALARIES HAVE GONE UP AND THINGS HAVE GONE UP, IS IT WORTH INCREASING AT $5 AND NOT GO $10? I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT MORE FROM IT'S A 10% INCREASE VERSUS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY HOW MANY KIDS ARE SIGNED UP AND THAT'S WHERE THE COVERAGE COMES IN FOR COVERING STAFF EXPENSES.
WHAT'S YOUR ENROLLMENT DURING THE HOLIDAY CAMP? I THINK THAT CAN TAKE UPWARDS OF 40 AND 50.
IS THAT ABOUT AVERAGE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OR MM-HMM
THEY GIVE WAIT LIST SO THAT'S WHY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TAKE AN INCREASE IN.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS SLIDE? ALRIGHT, TWO TO GO.
MY QUESTION WAS ON THE FAMILY PACKAGE, IS THERE A LIMITATION ON THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY? IT'S FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
WE DON'T TRY TO DEFINE FAMILY BUT, WELL IT CAME UP BECAUSE I HAVE WHAT A NEIGHBOR THAT SPECIFICALLY ASKED AND THEY HAVE NINE CHILDREN, SO IT, 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET TWO FAMILY PASSES AND THEN AN INDIVIDUAL IN THAT CASE IF IT'S A, A FAMILY AT NIGHT OR I MEAN, OR JUST PICK YOUR CAREER, SELECT THE FOUR
IF I HAD NOT, I'D HAVE SOME FAVORITES.
SO FAMILY RESIDENT IS MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE COST OF AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY NON-RESIDENT IS LIKE TWO AND A HALF TIMES.
IS THERE, AND AGAIN, IS THAT LIKE A PRICE OUT IF WE START MAKING IT TOO HIGH? WHAT'S SOMETHING, WHAT'S THE NUMBER ON NON-RESIDENT PERCENTAGE WISE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? SORRY? HOW MANY AND DO YOU KNOW IT BY POOL USING IT? DID YOU SAY BY POOL? YES.
LIKE IT USED TO BE THAT COTTONWOOD WAS USUALLY YOUR MOST HIGHEST NON-RESIDENT.
SO IN THEORY IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE RESIDENTS, UM, INDIVIDUAL PASS BY FOUR, THAT'S $200.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE FAMILY BY $75, UM, THAT WOULD BE $300.
SO THAT COULD BE MODIFIED A BIT.
I KNOW THEY TOOK IT BASED ON THE BENCHMARK SURVEY AND LOOKED AT THE COMPARISON CITIES ON THAT.
UM, SO WE CAN GO BACK AND DO, UH, SOME FINE TUNING OF THAT AND INCREASE IT A LITTLE BIT.
MOSTLY I WAS JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF LIKE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SO A FAMILY NON-RESIDENT IS WORTH LIKE ALMOST THREE OR SORRY, THE OTHER WAY.
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY, UM, AND I GUESS FAMILY NON-RESIDENT, THEY GET VALUE WITH ONLY THREE.
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I DON'T, UH, SO THEN YOU'D BE AT LIKE, YOU'D BE AT OVER 2 25.SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING.
SO, AND MAYBE THAT MAY BE PUSHING IT A LITTLE TOO HIGH.
BUT 2 25 WOULD BE MORE THAN REASONABLE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE? THIS ONE'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
OUR EXPENSES ARE WHAT THEY ARE.
SO AT THIS POINT WE'VE GOT THE HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATICS CENTER PRIVATE, UH, PARTY SPACE TO ADD A NON-RESIDENTIAL RATE AT 303 50.
AND THEN THE HEIGHTS FAMILY OR THE, UH, ALL POOL PASS NON-RESIDENT FAMILY RATE TO INCREASE IT TO 2 25.
THAT ALL THE OTHER FEES YOU WERE COMFORTABLE WITH, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IF WE COULD TO HAVE A, A MOTION AND A VOTE TO APPROVE THIS SO WE CAN TAKE IT FORWARD.
SO I'LL LET YOU CALL FOR THAT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED, UH, FEES WITH THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED? MOTION? JAMIE, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? KIMBERLY? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WE WILL GO INTO THE STAFF REPORTS.
FIRST IT'S PARKS AND PLANNING WITH SEAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, THERE'S GONNA BE A VOLUNTEER TREE PLANNING EVENT AT CROWLEY PARK ON, ON APRIL 22ND.
I UNDERSTAND THAT LOCATIONS FOR TREES HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN MARKED.
IS THAT CORRECT, NANCY? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
KYLE WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU MADE THEM WALK AROUND THE PARK THREE TIMES TO DO THAT.
I SUGGEST WE JUST PUT THE EXTRA ONES IN THE MEDIAN
SHE SAID WE COULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE.
I'M LIKE, WELL, LET'S ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.
NO, NO, IT WAS, WELL, NO, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR HELP IN, IN DETERMINING GOOD LOCATIONS FOR THOSE AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT AND, UH, GET SOME MORE TREES IN THE GROUND, THAT'LL BE A, A GOOD THING.
UM, WE ALSO RECENTLY COMPLETED SOME REPAIR TO SOME PAVEMENT, UM, AROUND GALLATIN PLAZA WHERE THE WILDFIRE FLOWER FESTIVAL IS, IS HELD, UM, WITH A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE AREA HAD TORN UP SOME, SOME PAVERS AND, AND ONE, UM, CHANNEL DRAIN THAT WENT ACROSS THE ROAD.
SO WE WANTED TO GET THOSE REPAIRED BEFORE THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND OUR, OUR HARDSCAPE CONTRACTOR ROUTE THAT DID A GOOD JOB GETTING THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, THE ROLL CODE ON THE SAFETY SURFACING AT THE COTTONWOOD PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, SO WE'RE GLAD OF THAT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AS GOOD OF CARE OF THAT AS AS POSSIBLE.
AND OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP ALL OF THE, UM, UNITARY SAFETY SURFACING PLAYGROUNDS ON A ROTATION LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST SO WE, WE KEEP THAT SAFETY SURFACING UP IN, IN GOOD SHAPE AND, AND DOING ITS JOB.
UM, WE'RE UNDER, UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IN SOME MEDIAN LANDSCAPING ON WATERVIEW AND ON, UM, YALE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON YALE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I'M TRYING TO, TO MATRICULATE OUR WAY DOWN THE ROAD, BUT JUST REPLACE SOME OF THOSE OLDER, UM, MEDIAN LANDSCAPING NODES THAT ARE LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DATED.
SO, UM, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF THE MONTH HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN OUR, UH, OUR FOUNTAIN VENDOR WET WHO BUILT THE GALLATIN PLAZA FOUNTAIN SPENT, UM, ALMOST TWO WEEKS OUT ON SITE IN MARCH DOING A COMPLETE RECOMMISSIONING OF THE FOUNTAIN.
UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THROUGH WORKING WITH THEM, WE DETERMINED NEEDED TO BE DONE.
UM, THE FOUNTAIN'S BEEN THERE SINCE, WAS THAT BUILT 2001, 2001.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY IN THE GROUND FOR A WHILE.
STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TLC.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT WORK.
UM, WE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, VERY COMPLICATED SYSTEM.
UM, THERE'S A WHOLE UNDERGROUND VAULT WITH ALL THE COMPUTER AND EVERYTHING THAT RUNS THAT, THAT FOUNTAIN.
BUT THERE'S AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DOWN THERE TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT HAS TO BE KEPT COOL SO IT DOESN'T OVERHEAT.
THERE'S ALSO A VERY, VERY LARGE AIR COMPRESSOR, WHICH ACTUALLY POWERS THE FOUNTAIN.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT PROPELS THE WATER UP IS A, IS AN AIR COMPRESSOR THAT NEEDED A NEW DEHUMIDIFIER ON IT.
UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM NEEDED SOME WORK, WE HAD TO REROUTE SOME ELECTRICAL.
SO, UM, OTHER CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
BUT ALL THAT WORK WAS DONE THIS WEEK.
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT FOUNTAIN UP FOR, FOR DAILY OPERATION WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK
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OR SO.UM, WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, VERY MUCH.
AND THEN ON THE PARK MAINTENANCE SIDE, AS FAR AS THE CREW GOES, WE UM, HAVE A, A RECENT PROMOTION.
UM, ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS BEEN PROMOTED TO, UM, HELP OUT STEVEN LANNING, OUR NEW CONTRACT SUPERVISOR AS A SPECIALIST, UH, WHO WILL LARGELY BE WORKING, INSPECTING THE WORK OF CONTRACTORS, NOTABLY OUR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR WHO DOES A LOT OF MOWING AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED NOW.
ONE IS A CHEMICAL APPLICATION SPECIALIST WHO'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, APPLYING PESTICIDES, AIDES, IDES ON TURF TREES, LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN OUR PARK FORESTRY TECHNICIAN WHO RUNS THE FORESTRY CREW IS OPEN AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE INTERNAL CANDIDATES THAT WILL APPLY FOR THOSE AND, UH, AND BE PROMOTED THAT TO GET THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS FILLED, WHICH ARE PRETTY, PRETTY CRUCIAL AND KIND OF IN THAT, THAT MIDDLE LAYER IN OUR, IN OUR STRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRAINING AT PEOPLE TO BE SUPERVISORS OF TOMORROW, UM, AND IN THOSE RANKS ABOUT ALL I GOT FOR THEM.
UM, YES, THIS IS A STAFF REPORT FROM, UH, RECREATION, ATHLETICS AND EVENTS.
ALRIGHT, I JUST GOT A FEW ITEMS. UM, ITEMS. SO THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FACILITY ISSUE AT HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER AT THE MAIN DRAIN LINE.
UM, HAD SOME BLOCKAGES WHERE IT ACTUALLY BACKED UP INTO THE FACILITY.
SO ONCE THEY CLEARED TWO REALLY BAD CLOGS, THEN THEY, THEY THEN FOUND, UM, A COUPLING FOR THE DRAIN LINE HAD COLLAPSED.
AND SO THEY'RE EXCAVATING THE, THE LAST COUPLE DAYS AND TRYING TO GET THAT FIXED.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ON THE MINT FOR THAT PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.
UM, IF YOU RECALL AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, I REPORTED THAT WE WERE DOING SOME FACILITY CLOSURES SO THAT OUR FACILITY STAFF COULD DO SOME DEEP CLEANS AT EACH OF OUR CENTERS.
AND SO THE LAST TWO OF THOSE HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT HUFFINES AND THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND SO THOSE GOT SOME TLC, UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX SOME, SOME FLOORING AND OUR, UM, DIVIDER WALL OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER THAT HAD BEEN GIVING THEM SOME PROBLEMS. UM, THE HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATICS CENTER, A REFRESH PROJECT IS BETWEEN 75 AND 80% COMPLETED THIS POINT.
SO, UM, THE PUMP ROOM HAS BEEN TOTALLY REFURBISHED AND IS ABOUT READY TO, TO KICK OFF.
UM, THE NEW PLAY STRUCTURE IS, UH, 95% COMPLETE AND SO IT'S, IT'S OUT ON SITE.
UM, OUR SHADE COMPANY IS ON SITE AS OF YESTERDAY, SO THEY'LL BE INSTALLING THE, THE, UM, THE PIERS FOR, OR NOT THE PIERS, BUT THE, THE, UM, COLUMNS FOR THAT THAT WILL ATTACH TO THE EXISTING PIERS FOR THAT TOP POOL.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GET THE, THE ARTIFICIAL TURF STARTED FIRST WEEK OF MAY, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COOL CREEK COMING IN TO GO ON TOP OF THE DECK.
SO, UM, OH, AND THE SLIDES ARE GETTING PAINTED AND REGEL COATED THIS WEEK AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BETWEEN THE PEBBLE DECK.
UH, SO IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES, AS YOU ENTER THE ZERO DEPTH ENTRY, THERE'S ABOUT A TWO FOOT WIDE SECTION THAT GOES AROUND THE, UM, THE, THE DIAMETER OF THAT, THAT ROUNDED AREA, UM, THAT WAS PEBBLE DECK.
AND SO WE HAD SOME LIKE HOLLOW SPOTS IN THERE THAT WE KNEW WERE GONNA POP.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO, OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT REFURBISHED AND, AND JUST TOTALLY REDONE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE FRESH THERE TO WHERE WHERE WE'VE PASSED IN THE PAST, YOU COULD SEE KIND OF THE POCK MARKS WHERE THE COLOR WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.
SO WE'LL BE GETTING THAT DONE AS WELL TOO.
SO, UM, OH, AND THEN WE GOT THE EXTERIOR, UM, WOOD ON THE, UM, BATHHOUSE REPAINTED OR RESTAINED.
SO THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD NOW TOO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CHUGGING AND PLUGGING.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND WE CAN PUT A BOW ON IT.
SO
UM, HUFFINES IS HOSTING THEIR MOTHERSON NERF EVENT THIS SATURDAY, AND SO THEY'VE GOT OVER 60 REGISTRANTS AT THIS POINT, AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOME NERF DARTS FLY THERE.
UM, WE'VE GOT ALL THE POOLS UNCOVERED AT THIS POINT, AND SO WE'RE GETTING 'EM CLEANED UP AND GETTING 'EM READY FOR THE SEASON.
SO, UM, WE HAVE UTILIZED AN OUTSIDE CLEANING COMPANY TO, TO CLEAN THREE OF THE FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS AND THEN OUR STAFF WILL GET THE FOURTH ONE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE GETTING INTO SHAPE, UM, FOR SEASONAL HIRING, UM, THAT'S STILL ONGOING.
AQUATICS IS PROBABLY ABOUT 80% AND I'D SAY, UM, DAY CAMP STATS PROBABLY 60 TO 70% AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE STILL DOING INTERVIEWS AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IN THERE.
UM, PROGRAM WISE, OUR DAY CAMPS ARE ESSENTIALLY FULL AT THIS POINT.
UM, THEY OPENED UP THE, WE WE DID A STAGGERED, UH, REGISTRATION FOR BOTH THE SWIM LESSONS AND THE DAY CAMPS THIS YEAR WHERE RESIDENTS GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER ON APRIL 1ST.
AND THEN A WEEK LATER WE ALLOWED NON-RESIDENTS TO START REGISTERING.
SO, UM, DAY CAMPS ARE ESSENTIALLY FULL AND THEN SWIM LESSONS ARE, I'D SAY 70% FULL AND WHICH
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IS ABOUT PAR FOR THE COURSE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT I'VE GOT TO REPORT ON.
YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME LEAD UP FOR WILDFLOWER.
UM, SO WE HAVE FINISHED OUR, UH, WILDFLOWER ON WIELDS EVENT.
SO WE DID TWO EVENTS FOR THAT.
ONE OF THEM WAS WITH, UM, HEROES, RICHARDSON HEROES.
THE OTHER ONE WAS WITH, UM, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
UH, WE WERE TRYING TO COORDINATE A THIRD ONE WITH THE SENIOR FACILITY AND THAT JUST HAS NOT COME THROUGH.
SO I THINK THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO PUSH SOMETHING TO THE SUMMERTIME IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY GREAT EVENTS.
IF, IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THEM, WE BRING WILDFLOWER TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE BRING IN, SO WITH THE UM, HEROES PROGRAM, WE HAD A MUSICIAN FACE PAINTING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, UM, BALLOON ARTISTS.
SO IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN TO TO DO THAT.
AND WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT STATIONS OF ARTS AND CRAFTS.
UM, AND THEN TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT ELSE WE DID, I WAS SO FOCUSED ON MY ONE ARTS AND CRAFT THAT I WAS DOING, BUT IT WAS A HOOT TO DO.
AND ALL THE KIDS HUNG OUT WITH US FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND THEN WENT ON WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND WENT HOME WITH ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAD BUDDING TALENTS, UH, COMPETITION, OUR AUDITIONS THIS PAST WEEKEND.
UM, HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
HAD 72 PRE-REGISTERED AND PROBABLY 60 SHOW THERE WERE, THERE WERE 79, 80, 30 DIDN'T SHOW.
SO YEAH, THERE WERE 62 THAT ACTUALLY TRIED OUT AND LOTS OF REPEAT KIDS, FUN GROW UP AND GO FROM REALLY LITTLE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST AGING AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, THEY GROW MM-HMM
BUT LOTS OF EXCITEMENT ON THERE AND EVEN SOME OF THE ONES THAT MADE IT TO THE FINALS LAST YEAR OR CAME BACK AND TRIED AGAIN AND ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT WON LAST YEAR THAT DID THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT FAMILY FOURTH TRIED OUT AGAIN.
SO ONE OF THE REALLY COOL PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF AND THE BATTLE THE BANDS IS THIS WEEKEND, SO ON SATURDAY AT OAK ISLANDS, WHEN SPENCER MENTIONED THAT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, IT'S A REALLY FUN EVENT TO SEE BECAUSE THAT'S 21 AND UNDER UM, BANDS THAT PERFORM AND WE NARROW THAT DOWN TO THE TOP THREE AND THEN THEY COMPETE AT WILDFLOWER ON ONE OF THE LARGER STAGES.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE 12 BANDS SIGNED UP.
AND WITH THAT THEY PERFORM THREE SONGS.
UM, AND ONE OF THE SONGS, I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE SONGS, IT HAS TO BE A, IT HAS TO BE ORIGINAL.
IT HAS, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PERFORM FROM ONE OF THE BANDS THAT'S PERFORMING AT WILDFLOWER AS WELL.
SO SOMEONE FROM ONE OF THE BANDS.
SO DEFINITELY FUN AND INTERESTING TO SEE THAT COME TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE ARE DOING THE REVIEW OF ALL 10 OF OUR BUDGETS NOW.
UM, AND THEN MAY 1ST IS WHEN WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT.
TODAY WAS HALF OF SPENCER'S DIVISION.
UM, THE REST OF THIS WEEK WE'LL REVIEW THE REST OF THEM.
NEXT WEEK WE REVIEW WITH, WITH THE SUPERVISOR MCKAYLA.
UH, AND THEN ONCE SHE GIVES A BLESSING, THAT'S WHEN WE TURN IT INTO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
SO WE'RE CLOSE
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WOODLAND PARK, UM, WE ARE PUTTING IN SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THAT PLAYGROUND.
SO THAT PLAYGROUND WAS PUT IN TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SHADE COVERED.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME EXTRA CONTINGENCY FUNDS FROM THAT BOND PROJECT.
SO WE TOOK OUR SAVINGS AND WE'RE INVESTING IT INTO A SHADE STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S COVERS THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND.
UM, THAT SHOULD BE DONE ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF.
UM, SO THE WAY THAT PROCESS WORKED IS THEY CAME IN AND THEY SET THE, THE COLUMNS 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE SHADE SALES THAT ARE ON SIX, SIX OR SEVEN COLUMNS.
AND SO ONCE THEY GET THOSE SET, THEN THEY WILL GET THE FINAL MEASUREMENT FOR WHAT THOSE SHADE SALES, WHAT THE SIZE HAS TO BE.
SO ONCE THEY'RE SET, THEN THEY GET THE MEASUREMENT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY MADE THE SALES A LITTLE BIT BIG SO THEY COULD TRIM 'EM BACK, YOU KNOW, HEM 'EM OR WHATEVER THEY DO AND, AND THEN SHIP 'EM OFF.
SO ONCE THEY GET IN, IT'LL BE A DAY TO ACTUALLY PUT 'EM IN.
BUT, UM, THAT'S WHERE, AND I'LL WAIT TO GET THOSE SHADED TAILS BACK TO
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THE MANUFACTURER.CALENDAR ITEMS, UH, HANDOUTS OR SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT? ANYTHING ELSE? UM, SEAN MENTIONED THE TREE CLEANING.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT ONE.
UH, 50 TREES LESS THAN WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID LAST TIME AT BRICK ANDRIDGE, BUT IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE AND HELP GET SOME VOLUNTEERS, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, AND THEN DON'T FORGET THE VIP COTTONWOOD DINNER ON FRIDAY MAY 1ST.
UM, ALWAYS A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND WE GET MEET THE ARTIST AND ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH THEM, SO THAT'S FUN.
UM, AND THEN I AQUATIC CENTER, YOU KNOW, THAT OPENS MAY 23RD.
I WAS DEBATING ON HOW WE MIGHT WANNA DO THIS.
'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO SEE THAT AND MAYBE EXPERIENCE THE PUMP ROOM.
I'VE GOT IT ON OUR AGENDA FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IN JUNE OF DO WE WANNA DO A TOUR IN SEPTEMBER TO SEE THAT OR ARE THERE OTHER THINGS WHICH WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF ONCE THE BOND ELECTION IS DONE.
BUT, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THAT, OF HEIGHTS AQUATICS, UM, AT SOME POINT, START KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT HAPPEN OF WHERE WE MEET OUT THERE AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THE PUMP ROOM IF YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT.
IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO SEE, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO RUNNING A POOL AND THEN YOU COULD JUST SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN FLEETED AND JUST THE, THE REFRESH TO IT.
IF YOU WANNA EMAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, WE CAN START FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, THE NATURE PROGRAMS ARE SOMETHING COMING UP IN JUNE.
UH, WE ARE DOING A MOTH NIGHT, UM, AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK, WHICH IS KIND OF A COOL EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY'LL SET UP A SHEET AND THEY HAVE LIGHTS THAT ARE, ARE SHINE ON THAT SHEET AND IT ATTRACTS DIFFERENT MOTH AND MOSS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY THERE WHO CAN HELP IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND GIVE LIKE SOME EDUCATIONAL INSIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THE MOSS, WHAT THEY, THEIR PURPOSE IS IN THE ECOSYSTEM, BUT ALSO EACH DIFFERENT TYPE AND SPECIES OF THEM.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT OUR TEAM'S WORKING WITH FOR, UM, THE URBAN NATURALIST PROGRAM.
SO I THINK IT'S FREE OR IS IT IT I THOUGHT IT WAS $5 AND THEN CHILDREN ARE FREE.
SO $5 PER PERSON AND CHILDREN.
AND SO THERE WILL NOT BE A POST COMMISSION MEETING IN MAY? CORRECT.
'CAUSE WE WILL ALL BE AT WILDFLOWER.
ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST GO AROUND.
THE STREET I WAS JUST MENTIONING ABOUT BUDDING TALENT, BUT SHE COVERED IT AND IT WAS GREAT.
JUST REMEMBER ABOUT BATTLE OF THE BANDS COME SUPPORT THOSE KIDS ALL FUN.
UM, I DO WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO YVONNE, SEAN, AND SPENCER FOR BEING ON FACEBOOK OVER AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I THINK IT SHOWS A NICE INNER DEPARTMENTAL THING AND THAT DOG GOT ADOPTED OVER THE BACK END.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT THERE.
UM, AND I DO WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO KYLE.
UM, I, JOKING ASIDE, HE'S, YOU KNOW, I I MEAN MY IMPRESSION IS GREAT HIRE.
UM, HE'S, HE'S PROFESSIONAL, HE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE.
UM, HE'S VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES HE'S WORKED.
UM, AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE KIND OF, UM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT CORNER OF RENTER AND JUPITER MM-HMM
BEFORE YOU GET CALLS FROM DOT OR SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, AND THEN THE SIGN THAT NEEDS PAULINA, THE
SO IT WAS GONNA WORK ON GETTING THAT.
SO WE HAD, WE HAD SOME OTHER CONVERSATION AS WELL AS, UM, WE WERE BOTH COMPLIMENTARY WE OF THE GARBAGE CANS TO, TO YOU GUYS FOR GETTING THE GARBAGE CANS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD MEETING.
AND IT DID TAKE A WHILE TO JUST, WE, WE, WILLIE DID STRATEGICALLY PLANT THE TREES.
ONE THING HE BROUGHT UP THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME IS, UM, THERE WAS A RED BUD TREE PUT IN AT THE CORNER OF SPRING LAKE AND HONEY SUPPLE ON THE CORNER AND IT'S NO
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LONGER THERE.AND SO I SAID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TREE? AND HE SAYS, NO, BUT I HAVE A GUESS.
HE SAID, IN OTHER APARTMENTS I'VE WORKED IN, PEOPLE WILL STEAL RED BUD TREES.
SO WHEN THEY SEE A NEW RED BUD, THEY COME AND THEY, THEY STEAL THE TREES.
I MEAN HE, HE ACTUALLY MARKED IT WITH ORANGE PAINT WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE TREES, BUT HE IS GONNA STAKE 'EM LIKE THE DAY BEFORE.
SO NOBODY PULLS THE STAKES OUT, YOU KNOW, BUT HE HAS HIS MAP AND ALL THAT.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER THING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? OKAY, THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? GLENN? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:17 PM I THINK THAT'S A RECORD.