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OKAY.AT LEAST IT'S NOT VIDEO AND ALL THE EXPENSE.
[Parks & Recreation Commission on June 9, 2026]
IS JUNE 9TH, 2026.I'M NANCY CRO, CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AND I WILL SHARE THE MEETING THIS EVENING.
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:31 PM UM, I DON'T SEE ANY VISITORS PRESENT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REVIEW OF THE AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WHICH WAS AUGUST 14TH.
AUGUST 14TH, APRIL, SORRY, APRIL 14TH, THE CHAIR.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
JEFF, MAY I HAVE A SECOND? A LESLIE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MINUTES TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA, UM, IN OUR PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY EVENTS DIVISION REPORT.
I, DIANA, SO WE HAD ASKED DIANA TO COME THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF APRIL, JUST BECAUSE APRIL WAS A LITTLE BUSY.
A LITTLE STRESSFUL, SO WE DECIDED TO SWITCH UP HER PRESENTATION TIME AND, AND DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I'M DIANA LAWRENCE, SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR REVIEW, UM, OVER OUR FESTIVAL EVENTS THAT OUR DIVISION PRODUCES EVERY YEAR FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO OVER JUST SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE LAST YEAR IN 20 AND 25, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE AND CAPACITY FOR OUR SANTA'S VILLAGE ADAPTIVE NIGHT.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT EVENT, WE HOST IT ON THURSDAY EVENINGS, UM, THE SECOND WEEK OF SANTAS VILLAGE, WHERE WE HOST, UM, ADULTS, KIDS, FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN A VERY SENSORY DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT AT SANTA'S VILLAGE WHERE THEY GET TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE EVENT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY RELAUNCHED OUR WILDFLOWER NONPROFIT BEVERAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FUNDRAISER FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME AND STAFF OUR BEVERAGE BOOST AT WILDFLOWER.
WE KIND OF RELAUNCHED THAT THIS YEAR AND WAS ABLE TO WELCOME TWO NEW ASSOCIATIONS TO BE A PART OF THAT AS THE AS WILDFLOWER.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED COST SAVINGS PROCEDURES AT EVERY EVENT TO MINIMIZE OUR EXPENSES, WHICH INCLUDED OVERTIME WHILE MAXIMIZING OUR REVENUE SOURCES AND TRYING TO INCREASE THOSE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED AN EMERGENCY ACTIVATION PLAN AT EVERY EVENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER, INCLUDING WILDFLOWER.
THAT'S REALLY A FANCY WAY TO SAY.
WE HAD WEATHER AT EVERY EVENT THIS YEAR,
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE LOOKED BACK ON THE CALENDAR YEAR, WE HAD A WEATHER EVENT AT EVERY YEAR.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SUCCESS THAT COMES FROM THAT THAT REALLY ENFORCES THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT SUPPORT FROM OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WORK AND THEY WORKED VERY WELL FOR US, AND WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT SUCCESS.
UM, WE INTRODUCED THE NEW WONDER WALL COMMUNITY MURAL AT WILDFLOWER WITH MAJOR SUCCESS.
UM, WE BROUGHT THAT BACK AGAIN IN 2026, AND THAT WAS A GREAT INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR A LOT OF OUR ATTENDEES AT THE FESTIVAL ITSELF.
UM, WE RECEIVED SEVEN BEST IN TEXAS AWARDS FOR COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL AND SEVEN FOR THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL FROM OUR TEXAS FESTIVAL EVENTS ASSOCIATION.
AND THOSE ARE GEARED MORE TOWARDS MARKETING AWARDS.
UM, SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED BEST WEBSITE, BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BEST DIGITAL ADS, BEST NEWSLETTER.
UM, SO VERY EXCITED TO, UM, RECEIVE THOSE ACCOLADES FROM THAT ASSOCIATION.
THE TEXAS FESTIVAL AND EVENTS ASSOCIATIONS ARE A STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A PARTNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND EVENTS ASSOCIATION TOO.
SO, UM, WE INCREASED OUR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTICIPATION AT WILDFLOWER BY 20%, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
UM, AND IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, ABOUT 40% OF OUR WILDFLOWER VOLUNTEER BASE HAS BEEN A PART OF WILDFLOWER FOR 10 PLUS YEARS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF CREATE AND HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER THAT EVENT IN 25.
UM, WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, WHICH WAS DONE AT THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL IN 2025 AT WILDFLOWER, AND THEN ALSO CONCLUDED AND EXECUTED A COMMUNITY SURVEY POST EVENT, UM, TO COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC AND INTEREST DATA ON THE FESTIVAL ITSELF, UM, AND UTILIZING THAT DATA MOVING FORWARD IN THE PLANNING OF WILDFLOWER.
AND WE ALSO CONTINUED TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY DIVERSE AND QUALITY PROGRAMMING FOR EACH EVENT AND FESTIVAL THAT THE CITY HOSTS.
SO SOME OF OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UM, FOR OUR DIVISION AND TEAM, UH, FOR 2026 ARE TO ONE, IMPLEMENT A NEW 21 AND OVER ADULT EVENT AT SANTA'S VILLAGE, WHICH WE ARE LABELING AS OUR JINGLE AND MINGLE EVENT.
OUR INTENT IS TO HOST THAT ON THE FRIDAY PRIOR TO OPENING.
UM, WE ARE WELCOMING INDIVIDUALS 21 AND OVER TO COME AND ENJOY SANTA'S VILLAGE, UM, WITHOUT KIDDOS.
SANTA'S VILLAGE IS REALLY PROGRAMMED FOR A LOT OF THE FAMILIES TO COME OUT AND ENJOY, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS DEMOGRAPHIC AND GIVE THEM A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WHILE UTILIZING THE BUILD OUT OF SANTA'S VILLAGE ITSELF.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR CHO THE WALK PROGRAM, WHICH IS HOSTED AT COTTONWOOD EVERY FALL.
OUR EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM, WHICH
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OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WE HOSTED THE SPRINGTIME OF COTTONWOOD, WHERE WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE 10 EMERGING ARTISTS THROUGH THE RASD SCHOOL DISTRICT.WE HAVE SINCE OPENED THAT UP TO SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME IT WAS JUST SENIORS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ALMOST AND 75% OF APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR STUDENT ART CONTESTS AND OTHER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO EXECUTE.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IDENTIFY NEW SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EACH EVENT TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SO THAT'S AN INITIATIVE WE HAVE FOR 2026.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO IDENTIFY NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SANTA'S VILLAGE, UM, TO REPLACE OUR EXISTING DWELLINGS DUE TO ANNUAL WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, SOME OF OUR DWELLINGS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN START BUILDING OUT NEW DWELLINGS FOR SANTA'S VILLAGE IN THAT EVENT OVERALL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING NEW CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF TO SEE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON CURRENT INDUSTRY TRENDS.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A GOAL FOR US WITHIN THE EVENT INDUSTRY.
THERE'S NEW INITIATIVES WHEN IT COMES TO EXECUTING EVENTS, UM, AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING SAFETY AND PROGRAMMING AND INTEREST FROM OUR COMMUNITY AT THE TOP OF MIND.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF AND STAY KNOWLEDGEABLE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SO, SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS THAT WE HOST, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL, UM, WHICH WE HOST THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY AND OCTOBER.
THIS YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR EVENT.
IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR MAJOR EVENTS THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON PRODUCES IS 30 PLUS YEARS OLD, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE FEAT FOR COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT EVENT HOSTS ABOUT 30,000 ATTENDEES EACH SHOW.
SO EACH MAR, UH, MAY AND OCTOBER, UM, AT COTTONWOOD PARK.
UM, THE EVENT ITSELF HOSTS ABOUT 200 PLUS EXHIBITING ARTISTS IN 15 DIFFERENT MEDIANS.
SO THAT INCLUDES LIKE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE AND METAL AND FIBER, UM, ALL DIFFERENT SORTS OF CATEGORIES.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF OUR ARTIST APPLICATIONS AND OUR REVENUE BY 20% YEAR AFTER SHOW, UM, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
IT SPEAKS VOLUME TO THE CALIBER OF ARTISTS, UM, AND EXPERIENCE THAT OUR ARTISTS ARE HAVING AT THE FESTIVAL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT EACH TIME.
AND THEN WE ALSO SAW AN INCREASE OF OVER 40 APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM WITH
AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME, UH, NEW FOOD OPTIONS WITHIN OUR FOOD COURT AT THAT EVENT TOO.
UM, AT WILDFLOWER ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, OUR LATEST EVENT WAS HOSTED THE THIRD WEEKEND OF MAY THE 15TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
UM, SOME OF THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT HOPEFULLY YOU SAW WHEN YOU CAME OUT TO THE EVENT WAS OUR GROVE AREA, UM, WHICH WAS TRANSFORMED FROM OUR KIDS AREA TO MORE A FAMILY CENTRIC ENVIRONMENT, WHICH INCLUDED OUR RETRO ARCADE, OUR SILENT DISCO, OUR ADULT CENTRIC CRAFTS AND FAMILY KARAOKE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A NEW LAYOUT THAT INCORPORATED SOME NEW FOOD VENDORS.
SO AS YOU WALK THE FESTIVAL SITE, YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME NEW FOOD OPTIONS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE NEW VENDORS THAT WERE A PART OF IT.
AND THEN WE ALSO INTRODUCED SUNDAY AS A FREED MISSION.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE 10 YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
UM, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THAT AND HOPEFULLY INTRODUCE WILDFLOWER TO A WHOLE NEW DEMOGRAPHIC THAT CAME OUT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE WILDFLOWER.
DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT ATTENDANCE WAS FOR THIS YEAR? I'M SORRY.
WE KNOW WHAT ATTENDANCE WAS FOR THIS YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME.
I WAS, I WAS GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE IN A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN SHARE WITH YOU NOW.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND VENDORS.
UM, WE HAD 13,600 TICKETS SCANNED.
AND THAT INCLUDES, WE'RE COUNTING THE SUNDAY AS SOLD TICKETS BECAUSE THEY'RE THROUGH OUR, OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
THEY WERE GREAT, BUT WE STILL HAD TO SELL THEM.
SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE IT WRITTEN.
MY MIND'S BEEN ON NUMBERS OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FAMILY FOUR CELEBRATION THAT WE HOST EVERY YEAR ON JULY 4TH AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK.
UM, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 10,000 ATTENDEES.
IF YOU INCORPORATE THE ENTIRE PARK INTO THAT NUMBER, IT'S HARD FOR US TO KIND OF EXACTLY SAY WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT'S A GOOD ESTIMATION.
UM, WE HAVE LOOKED TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE EACH YEAR BY ADDING ADDITIONAL FOOD VENDOR OPTIONS AT THAT EVENT.
UM, AND WE'LL DO SO AGAIN THIS YEAR IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA AND THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED ON A SATURDAY SEVERE, ANTICIPATING A VERY LARGE CROWD.
SO WE'LL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY BAND TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT AT THAT EVENT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE A FEW
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FAMILY INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS AN INCREDIBLE FIREWORKS SHOW I LIKE TO SAY TO US IN THE AREA.SO, UM, OR ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE HOST IN OCTOBER IS OUR HUFFINES HARVEST FEST FEATURING POTERBA FEST THAT'S HOSTED THE THIRD WEEKEND OF OCTOBER.
THE DATES ARE THE 17TH THROUGH THE 18TH.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN ENTREPRENEUR MARKET, WHICH WE INTRODUCED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HOST ON SUNDAY.
UM, INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT INVITES ABOUT SEVEN 50 TO 75 KID ENTREPRENEURS OUT, UM, THAT THEY COME OUT AND SET UP THEIR OWN TENT AND SELL THEIR OWN GOODS THAT THEY PRODUCE AND MAKE, AND THEY HAVE TO BE THE ONES SELLING IT.
SO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE SOME UP AND COMING ARTISAN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE A GREAT INTERACTIVE FAMILY ACTIVITY AREA WHERE WE HAVE PUMPKIN DECORATING AND FACE PAINTING.
UM, WE HOST OVER 80 DIFFERENT FARMER'S MARKET STYLE VENDORS THROUGHOUT THE TRAILS AT HUFF MINES PARK AS A PART OF THAT EVENT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL COSTUME CONTEST FOR CAT PRIZES THAT WE HOST ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE, UM, HOST THE, UM, ASTIC PROGRAMMING FOR POTER FEST.
SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE PARTNERED AND BROUGHT THOSE TWO EVENTS TOGETHER, UM, AS A BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO SATURDAY FOCUSES, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE SAME, UM, SKELETON THAT YOU'LL SEE AT HUFFINES OVERALL.
BUT THEN ON SATURDAY WE HAVE SOME GREAT PROGRAMMING, UM, AS PART OF OUR POTO FEST.
AND THAT INCLUDES LIKE PUPPY YOGA, OUR GREAT BALL HUNT, UH, A DOGGY AND CAT AND LIZARD FRIENDLY COSTUME CONTEST,
UM, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU HAVE A PIG SHOW UP ONE DAY.
UM, BUT LOTS OF SOME GREAT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR ANIMALS OUT AND ENJOY ON SATURDAY OF HUFFINES.
SO, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE BELOVED SANTAS VILLAGE, UM, WHICH IS HOSTED AT HUFFINES PARK CURRENTLY.
UM, THAT IS HELD THE FIRST THREE WEEKENDS IN DECEMBER WITH THE FIRST SATURDAY KIND OF KICKING OFF THE OFFICIAL GLIDING OF THE VILLAGE.
UM, WE WILL HOST OUR THIRD ANNUAL ADAPTIVE NIGHT, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ATTENDANCE BY 50% AT THAT EVENT.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR MOST BELOVED EVENTS.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST SANTA'S VILLAGE AND EXCITED TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE ADDED FOOD VENDOR OPTIONS EACH WEEKEND, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME DIVERSITY.
WE MIX THOSE CHANGES UP EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND, SO THAT'S INCREASED THEIR REVENUE STREAM FOR US.
AND THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF HANG OUT, ENJOY THE VILLAGE AND HAVE A FOOD OPTION FOR THEM TOO.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE REBUILT THE EXTERIOR OF THE BERRY HOSPITAL AND DID SOME CONSTRUCTIONAL UPDATES.
UM, VERY MINIMAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATES JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE DWELLINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
UM, AT THE VILLAGE, UM, WE SEE OVER 30,000 ATTENDEES.
I SAY EACH SHOW, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE.
UM, WE'LL SEE ABOUT 30,000 ATTENDEES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF RESEARCHING OPTIONS ON RETURNING THE EVENT BACK TO CITY HALL, UM, UPON COMPLETION OF THE NEW BUILDING.
AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND REALLY REFLECTING ON SOME OF THE NEW RESOURCES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US AT CITY HALL AND THEN WHAT THE EVENT ESSENTIALLY WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THAT NEW CAMPUS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENT PROCESS OF REPLACING THE DWELLINGS.
UM, THESE DWELLINGS WERE BUILT AS A PART OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH A CORPORATE SPONSOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, 25 YEARS AGO.
IT'S 30, 30 YEARS AGO, WAY BEFORE MY TIME
UM, AND THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY STAND TRUE, UM, BUT WE GOTTA START REPLACING 'EM, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS THAT COME WITH THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THESE DWELLINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSISTING WITH SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT OUR CITY HOSTS EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE OUR WILDFLOWER VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WHERE WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND CELEBRATING THEIR EFFORTS AS A PART OF MAKING WILDFIRE A SUCCESS.
UM, WE ARE ASSISTING WITH THE RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT 100TH ANNIVERSARY ON JUNE 27TH AT THE FIRE STATION.
UM, WE ASSIST WITH THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE OPENING CEREMONIES THAT KICK OFF IN AUGUST.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HOSTING AND DECORATING FOR OUR MAYOR'S HOLIDAY PARTY, WHICH IS HOSTED EVERY DECEMBER.
AND NOW I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, WALLFLOWER FREE SUNDAY MM-HMM
UM, IS THERE ANY EARLY INDICATIONS IF THAT WORKED? YEAH, UM, I, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS.
SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MEASURE OF SUCCESS WITH THAT OVERALL ATTENDANCE AND, UM, REVENUE STREAMS. I WOULD SAY OVERALL REVENUES WISE, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OFF OF JUST SUNDAY ITSELF WITH DIFFERENT AVENUES OF SUCH AS LIKE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND ALCOHOL ATTENDANCE WISE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE FREE ASPECT OF THE EVENT REALLY DROVE ATTENDANCE.
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WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE ASPECT OF WE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT AS WE HAD PREVIOUS YEAR, MAYBE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, BUT NOT AN OVER ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF ATTENDANCE AT SUNDAY.SO AS FAR AS REVENUE GOES, THE REVENUE STREAMS FOR OTHER THAN TICKET SALES CORRECT.
BUT OF COURSE THERE WAS NO TICKET SALES, CORRECT? YES.
AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON SUNDAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW IS THERE WERE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 8,700 TICKETS REDEEMED OR REQUESTED.
UM, BUT OUT OF THAT, I THINK IT WAS 26 700 THAT ACTUALLY WERE SCANNED IN.
THE ONE THING THAT WE SAW IS MORE PEOPLE ATTENDED THE BUDDING TALENTS PERFORMANCE AND THE BATTLE OF THE BAND.
SO THAT'S GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE MOM AND DAD WILL COME THIS YEAR.
WE SAW THEM INVITING FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MORE PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
SO INSTEAD OF THE THEATER BEING HALF FULL, IT WAS COMPLETELY FULL.
SO ALL 300 SEATS ALMOST WERE TAKEN.
THAT OLD BANDS, THERE WAS A BIGGER CROWD IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF THAT STAGE, SO WE FEEL LIKE MORE PEOPLE CAME TO THAT MM-HMM
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL AFTERWARDS.
SO THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME POSITIVES FROM IT.
UM, OUR CONCERN WAS ARE WE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF TICKETS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT AND MAYBE NOT REDEEMED? AND WE DID SEE THAT TO A POINT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT, IF YOU WILL.
IT DEFINITELY BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE THERE AND THAT WAS GOOD AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.
UM, IT DID NOT GIVE US THE GIANT NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOUGH.
BUT, SO OVERALL REVENUE INCLUDING TICKET SALES, BETTER OR WORSE THAN LAST YEAR, UM, ON SUNDAY, I THINK THEY WERE BETTER ON OVERALL MINUS TICKETS.
SO WE DEFINITELY SAW AN IMPACT BY NOT HAVING THAT REVENUE FOR TICKETS ON SUNDAY.
SO, AND YOU WILL GET A FULL RUNDOWN OF THIS ON JUNE 22ND, SO JOIN US RIGHT ON JUNE 22ND.
SO YEAH, THIS IS OUR MEETING FOR THE VOLUNTEER
THAT'S SO, I MEAN, YOU SAID YOU'RE EXPLORING LIKE MOVING SAME AS VILLAGE BACK TO THE CITY HALL CAMPUS.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT DEPEND ON? LIKE WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT'LL DETERMINE YOU CAN DO IT THIS YEAR? SO I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO, UM, THE INTERESTING THING AND, AND, AND I'LL SHARE MOVING THE EVENT FROM CITY HALL OVER TO HUFFINES.
UM, WHAT WE LOST A LOT OF WAS THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CITY HALL PROVIDED, SO MM-HMM
HAVING BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD SEEK SHELTER IF THERE WAS SEVERE WEATHER AND RESTROOMS AND JUST A SPACE, AN INDOOR SPACE FOR US TO, UM, UTILIZE AS FAR AS LIKE CHECKING IN VOLUNTEERS AND JUST STAFF KIND OF HEADQUARTERS MM-HMM
UM, AND WHEN WE MOVED INTO HUFFINES, THERE WAS A LOT OF EXTERIOR RESOURCES WE HAD TO BRING IN.
SO THERE WAS TENTING, THERE WAS RESTROOMS, THERE WAS, UM, ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
MOVING IT BACK TO CITY HALL IS REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FLOW OF THE EVENT OVERALL.
UM, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY NOW AT HUFFINES PARK WHERE WE KIND OF BUILD IT AROUND THE TRAIL SYSTEM ITSELF.
AND I THINK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CAMPUS, UM, IT PROVIDES A LOT OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO RETHINK THE LAYOUT OF THE FESTIVAL.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, DO WE KEEP IT AT HUFFINES? DO WE MOVE IT BACK TO CITY HALL? UM, AND SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT KIND OF GO INTO THAT.
UM, WE CAN HAVE PERSONAL OPINIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S WHAT'S THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF OVERALL THE DIRECTION OF THE EVENT AND WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT EVENT IS.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE IT THERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP IT AT PHIS TOO, SO MM-HMM
AND THIS IS A ANOTHER THING THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH CITY COUNCIL JULY 13TH.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR SPEAKING UP
ONE OF THE OTHER FACTORS PEOPLE, SANTA IS UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH AND DESIGNED THE LAYOUT FOR CITY HALL, THEY TOOK US INTO CONSIDERATION AND HAVE ACTUALLY PUT ELECTRICAL OUTLETS THERE.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BRING GENERATORS.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE LED LIGHTS TO KEEP THE ELECTRICAL POLE TO A MINIMUM AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING THAT SANTA'S VILLAGE WILL NEED.
UM, SO THAT'S A CONSIDERATION FOR US TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE SOONEST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THE EVENT BACK WOULD BE IN 27.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES LOGISTICS WHEN IT COMES TO LAYOUT AND THE DWELLINGS THEMSELVES, THEY'RE REALLY CUTE, BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GET THEM MOVED INTO A PARK.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT YOU, WE EVEN HAD TO WORK THROUGH OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE TREE BEING PLACED ON THE CITY HALL PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE DWELLINGS IN AND BE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLES IN THAT NEED TO PLACE THOSE.
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UM, IT'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S GONNA FORCE OUR TEAM TO RETHINK THE EXPERIENCE FROM A CONSUMER STANDPOINT OR ATTENDEE STANDPOINT.UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING THING FOR US BECAUSE IT'S FORCING US TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, BE CREATIVE.
SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE NEW CAMPUS MM-HMM
YOU GAVE ME A TREE AND I'LL LIGHT TREE.
HOW MANY, I MEAN, WE'LL SEE
EVERY, EVERY SANTA'S VILLAGE THAT WE'VE HAD AT HAVE FINDS PARK.
I ALWAYS FIND MORE TREES TO LIGHT.
AND OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE STAFF IS ALWAYS LIKE, HOW MANY MORE? SO MANY MORE.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I WAS GONNA SAY, THE SILENT DISCO AT WILDFLOWER WAS REALLY GOOD.
THAT WAS, UM, A BRAND NEW THING WE INTRODUCED, SUPER POPULAR THING.
WE ALMOST FELT LIKE WE WERE KIND OF BEHIND THE HALL BRINGING THAT PROGRAM TO WILDFLOWER, BUT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO JUST ENJOY THEMSELVES AND LIKE GET IN THE GROOVE OF MUSIC AND, YOU KNOW, SO YES.
I, I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU.
THE WILDFLOWER THIS YEAR WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
I WISH THE VOLUME PEOPLE THERE WERE EVEN, EVEN BETTER.
UM, THE CROWDS OF THE BANDS ARE, ARE, ARE, WERE PRETTY, PRETTY WELL ATTENDED, BUT ESPECIALLY A COUPLE OF 'EM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I THINK THE LAYOUT WITH THE FOOD SPREAD OUT AND EVERYTHING WAS A LOT BETTER.
THANK ROGERS PEOPLE TO MOVE AROUND.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT FEEDBACK TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS NOTICE THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE SOMETIMES ON THE BACK END WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO PROVIDE NEW UPDATES EVERY YEAR AND SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE, OH, THEY'LL NOTICE IT.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK THAT IT'S NOTICED ON THE PUBLIC.
I THINK THE MOVE FOR BATTLE OF BANDS TO THE PLAZA MM-HMM
IT REALLY KIND OF SET A DIFFERENT VIBE IN THERE FOR JUST THE PEOPLE TO MOVE AROUND AND YEAH.
THANK I GOT TWO, ONE LAST THOUGHT.
IF YOU DIDN'T GET IN TO SEE THEIR PERFORMANCE HILL HALL.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA ARE THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, THE FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM SEPTEMBER MEETING TOUR, UM, LITTLE TO WE ON TO DISCUSS.
SO LAST TIME WE MET WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GOING TO THE HEIGHTS AQUATIC CENTER, HOWEVER MAJORITY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT THERE TO SEE IT.
UM, I WILL SAY IF ANYBODY DID NOT MAKE IT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE CAN SET UP A TIME.
I'LL TAKE YOU OUT THERE TO WHERE EVERYTHING WITH YOU, IT'S WHAT SEEING IT IS THAT'S YES I DO.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD IDEAS FOR, FOR US TO TOUR IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT IS WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, SOME SKATE PARKS.
I KNOW GARLAND HAS BUILT, IS IT ONE OR TWO NEW SKATE PARKS? DOESN'T ALAN HAVE ONE TOO? ALAN DOES.
UM, AND WE'VE GONE TO THAT ONE BEFORE.
AND THEN SPLASH PADS, CONSIDERING THAT'S A, A NEW BOND ITEM FOR US.
WE WENT TO THAT ONE IN, WE WENT TO THE SPLASH PADS IN GARLAND, DIDN'T WE TO USE IT? WE DID.
AND WE WENT TO INDOOR POOLS IN PLANO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO THOSE WERE TWO IDEAS THAT I HAD, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO THE GROUP AND SEE IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.
WELL, I, I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE, THE SPLASH PAD.
UM, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT PERSONALLY JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A VISION IN MY HEAD FOR WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
HOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE? I KIND OF LIKE THE, THE SKATE PARK, BUT JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY.
YEAH, THE SPLASH PAD WAS HIGH ON MY LIST TOO 'CAUSE I, AND THEN NORMALLY EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE TIMING OF IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IT ALLOWS US A LITTLE MORE DAYLIGHT TO BE ABLE TO GO.
UM, SO THINK ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULES FOR THAT TIME IN SEPTEMBER.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO LEAVE AT SIX OR EVEN IF IT'S FIVE 30, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WE'LL MAYBE SEND OUT A SURVEY OR A POLL TO SEE IF THAT'S A POTENTIAL.
IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL STAY WITH THE LATER TIME.
UM, IF WE CAN PLAN THIS RIGHT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BOTH SKATEBOARDS AND SPLASH PADS AND SEE 'EM BOTH.
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UM, THERE'S SOME REALLY AMAZING OPTIONS BUT THEY ARE FURTHER AWAY.LIKE THE, UM, TOWN OF ANNA HAD BUILT A SPLASH PAD THAT IS MASSIVE.
I MEAN, WHAT WE WOULD BE GETTING WOULD BE MAYBE A FOUR OF WHAT THEY OH WOW.
BUT YOU COULD GET THE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU COULD DO IT IN A EXTREME FASHION AND YOU COULD TAKE A PORTION OF THAT AND IT WOULD STILL BE FEASIBLE.
UM, THEY HAD A SPLASH PAD AND OPENED UP A PLAYGROUND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT AND THEY HAVE A PAVILION SEPARATING THE TWO.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE BOTH, THE PLAYGROUND WAS JUST OPENED I BELIEVE LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE A, A GOOD PREFERENCE.
AND THE ONES THAT GARLAND WERE VERY SIMPLE.
THE ONE THAT THEY LOOKED AT THE PLAYGROUND AND THE SPLASH.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD TAKEN THE OLD SWIMMING POOL AND CONVERTED IT INTO A SPLASH.
SO THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY CONVERTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT COTTONWOOD.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE ASK ME, WELL WHEN I'VE TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT EVENTUALLY NOT, NOT NEXT WEEK, BUT IS OUR SCHOOLS COMING UP SPLASH PAD, WELL WHAT IS THAT? HOW BIG IS GONNA BE WHAT, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE IT BASICALLY.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
OKAY, WELL THEN WE WILL PLAN FOR SPLASH PADS AS TOP PRIORITY SKATE PARKS AS A SECONDARY.
IF I CAN FIND A SPOT THAT WE CAN DO BOTH, WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU ALL COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES AND KIND OF LET ME KNOW AVAILABILITY FOR POTENTIAL OF US STARTING EARLIER ON THAT DATE.
UM, AND I'LL HAVE PAULA SEND OUT A POLL OR A SURVEY WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND WE'LL GET THAT PLANNED AND I'LL SEND LINKS TO YOU ONCE I HAVE PLANS SO YOU CAN AT LEAST LOOK ONLINE TO SEE WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
SKATE PARK, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING OR IS IT, UM, SKATE PARK IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR PRIORITY LIST.
IT IS LOWER ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN, UM, IN THE RECENT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEBODY SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL, UM, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY IS ON OUR PRIORITY LIST WE MEET BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE, THE BOND PROJECTS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO MOVE UP ON THAT LIST.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE CURRENTLY THAT I HAVEN'T DONE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT? PICKLEBALL AND SOCCER? IN MY MIND, THOSE WOULD TAKE PRECEDENT OVER A SKATE PARK.
ARE THERE SOME PICKLEBALL FACILITIES THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT INSTEAD? I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT SOONER THAN LATER.
UM, PICKLEBALL THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE FOR NEXT YEAR TOO, BECAUSE THE FUNDING BEHIND THOSE WOULD, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO DO IT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME GREAT PICKLEBALL COURTS IN, UM, IT'S FINE.
WELL, I, IO AND ROULETTE HAS GOT SOME ROCK WALL.
I THINK IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COURTS IT IS, BUT I'VE GONE UP THERE AT THEIR KEN CENTER.
THERE'S FIVE COURTS I BELIEVE.
IT'S, AND GARLAND IS BUILDING SOMETHING, I THINK IT MIGHT BE DONE BY SEPTEMBER.
I'M NOT SURE OF THAT, BUT THEY, YEAH, THEY, THEY CLOSED DOWN THEIR EXISTING TENNIS CENTER AND THEY OPENED A NEW ONE AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CONVERTING THE OLDER CENTER TO A PICKLEBALL SUIT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDING A BUNCH OF COURTS THERE.
SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN ADD TO THE LIST OF IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT KIND HAS THE JACKPOT THAT HAS EVERYTHING, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, WELL, I ALWAYS HAVE A NEW SPLASH PAD, SO OKAY.
IN THE PERIMETER PARK THAT'S BEHIND CITY HALL.
ADJACENT TO CITY HALL AND THE DOG PARK, THEY HAVE A NEW SPLASH PAD.
AND YOU KNOW, THE SKATE PARKS, I BRING THAT UP JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR IT AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME ORGANIZED GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE TRYING TO CREATE MOMENTUM BEHIND THAT.
SO I WANT US TO BE PREPARED IN CASE THAT DOES MOVE AHEAD OF ANYTHING.
UM, BUT PICKLEBALL IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR.
UM, WE HEAR ABOUT THAT STILL ON A FREQUENT BASIS.
SO YOU SAID THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I HEAR PROBABLY THE MOST ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT'S COMING YEAH.
AS FAR AS PICKLEBALL OR
I JUST, IF THAT'S A MORE IMMEDIATE NEED YEAH.
MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO.
WE WILL START PLANNING SOMETHING.
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FACILITY VISITS.SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, EVERYBODY HAS MADE IT OUT TO SEE ANY OF THE FACILITIES? I, I, SO LAST MEETING I THINK I DID THREE.
I DID, I WENT UP TO THE TEST, UH, CENTER AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE AND LOOKED AROUND AND, AND YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY GET A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WAS WORKING THERE.
BUT, UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BEFORE, BUT I, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE, THE, THE OFFICE THAT BUILDING THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO ENHANCE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT REALLY IN THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, UH, I WENT AND TEST CENTER, UH, COURSE HEIGHTS AND AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, UM, AND HEIGHTS PARK.
THEY'RE WITH HEIDI AND, UM, SEVERAL TIMES.
AND, UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT BACK OR, YOU KNOW, I, I TRY TO MAKE MY FACE KNOWN THERE SO THEY KNOW WHO I AM, BUT YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE? I CAN TELL YOU MY OPINION OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES I'VE BEEN TO, BUT NOT IN A BAD WAY.
JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'RE USING, SO I'M DOING THE, I'M THE ONE OF THE GAINES CO LIAISONS FOR CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
AND THE, I KNOW THE, THE HEIGHTS OR NOT, NOT THE HEIGHTS REC CENTER, I'M SORRY, AT HUFFINES REC CENTER.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THAT SCREEN THAT'S USED IN THAT PRESENTATION ROOM, MAN, IT IS NOT EITHER, LIKE, IT DOESN'T LIGHT UP VERY WELL OR IT'S JUST VERY HARD TO SEE FROM YEAH.
KIND OF FARTHER IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS EVER BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED ON THAT GRADING AD OR YEAH.
ANYTHING BECAUSE VISIT THE LIGHTING ALSO.
YEAH, I MEAN THE LIGHTING DOESN'T REALLY DISPLAY.
I'VE BEEN, I WAS THERE FOR A DART MEETING TOO, AND IT WAS KIND OF THE SAME, SAME SITUATION.
I MEAN, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.
IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT IT'S HARD TO SEE PRESENTATIONS ON IT.
WELL THIS SUMMER WITH THE POOLS OPEN MM-HMM
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE POOLS ARE STAFFED WITH 16 TO 22 YEAR OLDS.
UM, SO THEY HAVE ALL, THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD THAT PARKS COMMISSION MIGHT BE COMING BY.
UM, SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO AND STOP BY ONE OF THE POOLS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR BADGE.
LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU ARE WITH THE PARKS COMMISSION AND YOU WANT IT TO TAKE A TOUR AND JUST SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
IF IT'S SOMETHING OF URGENCY, TEXT ME OR CALL ME IMMEDIATELY
UM, BUT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST MM-HMM
POSITIVE INFORMATION OR YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE POOL, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, YOU CAN SHARE IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EXTRA EYES JUST TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT THE FOLDS LOOK LIKE TODAY, YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON IN THEIR CURRENT STATE, AND THEN WITH THE BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT TRANSITION MIGHT LOOK LIKE TOO.
UM, WHAT WAS THE RETENTION RATE FROM LAST YEAR? SORRY? THE RETENTION RATE ON, I THINK IT WAS, WAS IT 46%? I THINK IT WAS OVER 50.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE YOUR SEASONAL STAFF, UM, SOME OF THEM, THIS IS THEIR VERY FIRST JOB MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT SITUATION WHERE NOT EVERYBODY COMMUNICATES AT THE SAME LEVEL.
SO SARAH HAS WORKED WITH ALL OF 'EM AND ASKED FOR VACATION SCHEDULED AND TIME OFF REQUEST AND FIRST WEEK OF, OF POOLS BEING OPEN.
SHE HAD 10 PEOPLE THAT CAME AND SAID, OH, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU I HAVE VACATION.
SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE, I'M LEAVING TOMORROW.
AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS AND, YOU KNOW, ANXIETY THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMEWHAT NORMAL TOO.
UM, BUT STAFFING HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR THE MOST PART OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, SO, AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAD SO MANY RETURNING, I THINK IS, IS MEANT TO SARAH'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF 'EM AND HOW MUCH SHE INTERACTS WITH 'EM.
I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO SEE THE NEW HEIGHTS POOL.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON THE REMODEL AND I, I, I, THIS, I REALLY LOVE THE GRASS, THE NEW GRASS AREA BEHIND
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THE FENCE OVER THERE.I REALLY HOPE THAT'S A SUCCESS AND A LITTLE BIT OF A REVENUE YEAH.
STREAM, BECAUSE THAT WAS A MESS OVER THERE.
IT WAS JUST BEHIND THE FENCE WITH TRASH.
AND NOW IT'S A REALLY NICE PART OF THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WHOLE FACILITY.
SO GOOD JOB ON WHOEVER WE THOUGHT OF DOING THAT.
OKAY, NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA IS BOND UPDATES.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE V HAS PASSED, UM, OKAY.
SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A, UM, PROJECT TIMELINE THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH CITY MANAGEMENT AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THIS POINT IS PUTTING ALL OF, ALL THE DIFFERENT BOND PROJECTS TOGETHER TO LAY THOSE OUT IN A TIMELINE.
BUT OUR GAME PLAN AT THIS POINT, UM, AND MY MAP ISN'T PULLING UP COMPLETELY, BUT MY, OUR THOUGHT IS CANYON CREEK WOULD BE OUR FIRST LOCATION FOR A RENOVATION PROJECT.
SO WE WOULD START THAT STUDY OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER OF 2026, UM, AND THEN AFTER THE SEASON FOR 27 SEASON, WE WOULD START THE RENOVATION WITH THE IDEA OF THAT POOL OPENING BACK UP TO THE PUBLIC, UM, FOR THE 28TH SEASON.
SO WE WOULD NOT SKIP A BEAT, I WOULD NOT MISS ANY SEASON.
UM, SO RENOVATION WOULD ALL BE DONE OFF SEASON SIMILAR TO
WHILE THAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE WOULD START THE DESIGN PHASE FOR COTTONWOOD.
AND SO COTTONWOOD WOULD NOT START UNTIL CANYON CREEK, UM, REOPENED AND THE SEASON ENDED.
SO AGAIN, WE WOULD MAKE A POINT TO KEEP IT OPEN AS LONG AS WE COULD, ASSUMING THAT IT WILL, UH, OPERATE, BE FEASIBLE TO OPERATE.
UM, SO THE ORDER OF IT WOULD BE CANYON CREEK, WHEN THAT'S COMPLETE, THEN COTTONWOOD, AND THEN WHEN THAT IS IN CONSTRUCTION MODE, WE'LL START THE DESIGN PHASE FOR BRECKENRIDGE.
THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER OF A PROJECT BECAUSE IT DOES INCLUDE A PARKING LOT, A RESTROOM AND PULLING SEWAGE, SEWAGE LINES AND WATER LINES TO THE SITE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT AT.
SO LITTLE WIDER OF A SCOPE FOR THAT ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE PLAYGROUNDS, WE WILL CONTINUE THE PATTERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WHICH IS TWO PLAYGROUNDS PER YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SO ALL 10 WILL BE DONE, UM, OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN THE BRECKENRIDGE BRIDGE WAS ONE THAT WE WOULD START THAT STUDY BECAUSE THAT STUDY WILL BE A, A LITTLE BIT LONGER, A LITTLE MORE TIME CONSUMING BECAUSE WE ONE, HAVE TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT OUT FOR FEASIBILITY OF WHERE THE EXACT LOCATION WOULD BE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MEET WITH THE CORE OF ENGINEER, UM, AND NORTH TEXAS WATER DISTRICT.
SO THERE'S THREE ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A DESIGN AND, AND SCOPE FOR IT.
UM, THE INTENT AT THIS POINT, IF EVERYTHING MOVES THE WAY WE'RE HOPING WILL BE MARCH 20, MARCH OF 2028 FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START ON THAT.
UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF OUR GAME PLAN AT THIS POINT WITH THE FINAL BRECKENRIDGE POOL WOULD BE OPEN, I'M SORRY, BRECKENRIDGE SPLASH PAD WOULD BE OPEN JUNE OF 2030, AND THEN THE LAST PLAYGROUND WOULD BE COMPLETE JUNE OF 2031.
UM, SO THAT PUTS US THROUGH THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, AT THIS POINT WE'VE SHARED OUR PLAN, AND THIS IS STRICTLY THE PLAN THAT CHRIS, OR I'M SORRY, THAT SP SPENCER AND SEAN AND I HAVE COME UP WITH AND OUR PARK PLANNER OR PARK SUPERINTENDENT PAUL, UM, WE'VE PRESENTED THAT TO CMO AND TO CAP PROJECTS.
UM, WE FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TIMELINE AT THIS POINT.
SO AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION BY PROBABLY OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING, I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE VERY CLEAR OUTLINE WITH ALL OF YOU.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COTTONWOOD AND CANYON CREEK ARE THE TWO THAT I'M GETTING THE MOST QUESTIONS ON.
UM, BRECKENRIDGE BRIDGE HAS HAD A FEW, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHERE'S IT GONNA GO AND HOW MUCH VISIBILITY WILL THAT CREATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO I THINK THE ANSWERS THAT WE HAVE ARE COMFORTING TO PEOPLE ON THAT SIDE.
UM, BUT THE POOLS ARE, ARE THE BIG CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT UPDATE WITH YOU SO YOU KNEW KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TIMELINE WISE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT THINGS WILL SLOW DOWN IN JULY AND WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON RFPS AND THEN GET THOSE OUT PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER SO WE CAN START HIRING
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SOMEBODY TO HELP US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.I I DID, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, CANYON CREEK AFTER THE STUDY IN 27, UH, CONSTRUCTION STARTED, UH, 27 OPENED FOR 28, UM, AND THEN COTTONWOOD AND THEN BRECKENRIDGE, BUT IS SO YEARLY.
SO WOULD THAT MEAN COTTON WOULD BE OPEN THE NEXT YEAR IN 2020? SAY NINE? THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS CANYON CREEK DESIGN WOULD START OCTOBER OF 26, UM, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START AUGUST OF 27, 20 27.
AND THEN COTTONWOOD DESIGN WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027 WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2028.
AND THEN THAT BEING OPEN, UM, FOR JUNE OF 2029.
SO IT'S ONE, ONE OF THESE A YEAR ESSENTIALLY.
I, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE A PARK PLANNER POSITION THAT IS FROZEN RIGHT NOW.
SO PAUL NASSAR IS THE PERSON WHO OVERSEES ALL OF OUR BIG PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, IS GONNA ASSIST US WITH THE BRIDGE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
SO PULLING IN THE ENGINEERS WHO THAT'S THEIR SPECIALTY TO ASSIST US WITH THAT.
BUT KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT SURE WHEN WE'LL GET THE PARK PLANNER AND WE'VE GOT THE PLAYGROUND PROJECTS AND THE THREE AQUATIC PROJECTS, WE WANT IT TO SPREAD IT OUT SO THAT WORKLOAD IN CASE THERE'S A DELAY IN WHEN THE PARK PLANNER IS HIRED, WILL BE MANAGEABLE BY PAUL, UM, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM ALL OF US AS WELL.
SO WE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WORKLOAD.
SO THIS IS ME AGAIN, ER MUSIC FESTIVAL UP THEN.
SO I, I WON'T GO OVER MUCH ON THIS BECAUSE DIANA HAS ALREADY COVERED THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO, AND I'LL JUST GO OVER THESE NUMBERS AGAIN TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT TICKET SALES, WE HAD 17,000 TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD OUT OF THAT 13,600 THAT WERE SCANNED IN.
WE ESTIMATED THAT ATTENDANCE TO BE AT 18,000.
UM, SO WE WERE FAIRLY HAPPY WITH THOSE NUMBERS, VERY HAPPY WITH THE GROWTH AREA, THE SUCCESS THAT WE SAW FROM THAT.
SO DIANA HAD MENTIONED THE SILENT DISCO THAT WAS, WE FEEL LIKE A VERY POSITIVE, UM, ADDITION TO IT, BUT ALSO THE RETRO ARCADE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW THAT WAS BUSY THE ENTIRE TIME, UH, DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS.
THE FOOD VENDORS, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE CHANGE WITH THE FOOD VENDORS AND THEN WE HAD SOME MORE ACTIVATION SPONSORS THAT SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE THING.
UH, SO I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE JUNE 22ND COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET FULL DETAILS THROUGH THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE SHARING THE FULL BUDGET WITH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS, UM, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
WE'LL DO A, A SLIGHT REFRESH ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE HAD SHARED WITH THEM PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WENT THROUGH AND DID SOME BENCHMARK SURVEYS OF OTHER FESTIVALS IN THE AREA.
SO WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE HAVE A PROPOSAL OF HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO ENHANCE WILDFLOWER FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND HOPEFULLY GIVE US SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN TAKE AND IMPLEMENT.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY TUNE IN FOR THAT AND YOU'LL GET A FULL LAY ON ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD FOR THAT.
OKAY, NEXT WE'LL HEAR STAFF REPORTS.
FIRST WE PARKS AND PLANNING WITH SEAN.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF RECOVERING FROM MAY
I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY VERIFIED THAT YET, BUT, UM, GUYS ARE OUT THERE WORKING ON THE RESTROOM AND YOU CAN SEE GOT THE LAST SEAL IN.
SO, UM, I KNEW IT WAS REALLY CLOSE, BUT THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ON THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU SAW IT AT, AT WILDFLOWER, BUT THE, UH, FOUNTAIN AT GALLIN PLAZA IS NOW OPERATIONAL.
AGAIN, WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
STILL A FEW FINISHING TOUCHES THAT WILL BE READ OUT ON THAT, MAKING SOME FACT WORKING, AND WE'LL HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND IT'S BEEN, UH, UP AND RUNNING EVER SINCE.
UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER REFRESH PROJECT, WE ALSO STRIKE THE PARKING LOT THERE BETWEEN, UH, THE REC CENTER AND THE AQUATICS CENTER.
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NICE WE BEGIN SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, HOW THE, THE LINES HAVE BEEN FAVORED, SO I'M GLAD TO GET THAT DONE.AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY IT IS TIME TO START MOWING DOWN WALLFLOWERS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, THE BLOOMS ARE SPENT AND THE WEEDS ARE STARTING TO TAKE OVER.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE ALL THAT ING AND LIGHT
UM, RECREATION, ATHLETICS EVENTS, SPENCER? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS.
UM, SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF ALREADY, UM, THE HEIGHTS POOL PROJECT REFRESH IS COMPLETE AND WE ARE UNDER BUDGET, BUT JUST BY A COUPLE GRAND
SO, UM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING INVOICES, BUT WE DID EXHAUST ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND I THINK IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL.
AS JEFF MENTIONED, THE, THE YARD AS WE'RE CALLING IT, THE NEW, UH, RENTABLE SPACE IS ACTIVE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO MARKET THAT SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP THAT REVENUE STREAM.
UM, ATTENDANCE IS ABOUT THE SAME AS IT'S BEEN IN LAST YEAR, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT MORE POOL PASSES SOLD, BUT A FEW FEWER GATE FEES FOR DAILY ADMISSIONS.
I MEAN, WE'RE JUST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS INTO SUMMER, SO IT'S KIND OF EARLY GET TREND.
AND WE'VE HAD WHAT RAIN? YEAH.
LIKE EVERY OTHER DAY OF SUMMER SO FAR.
I, I GET A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE YARD.
WHEN THEY SELL, UH, NOT SELL, RENT OUT THE FACILITY, LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOING ON SOME SATURDAY MORNING DURING THAT TIME, DID THEY, DOES THAT RENTAL, SO THAT YARD IS NOT RENTED OUT AT THE SAME TIME? OR IS THAT, ARE Y'ALL DOING A LIKE PRIVATE POOL RENTAL? YEAH, YEAH, IF THERE'S A PRIVATE POOL RENTAL, THEN THERE WOULD BE NOBODY IN THERE AT THAT TIME.
WE'RE ONLY RENTING THAT DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A WAY TO HAVE A PRIVATE SPACE WITHIN THE FACILITY SO YOU CAN HAVE A PARTY OR YEAH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO JUST LIKE THE POOL'S OPEN, OUR DAY CAMPS ARE IN FULL SWING.
WE'RE IN WEEK TWO OF CAMP, AND, UM, THAT'S GOING, WELL, WE'RE HOUSED AT TERRACE ELEMENTARY THIS SUMMER, SO, UM, THEY REALLY LIKE IT THERE.
THERE'S A NICE PLAYGROUND AND THEN THE POOL'S RIGHT THERE SO THEY CAN GO SWIMMING AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE BUSES, SO THAT HELPS WITH COST.
UM, WE DID HAVE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TURN IN HIS RESIGNATION AND FRIDAY WAS HIS LAST DAY.
SO BEN NYMAN OVER AT HEALTH FINDS RECREATION CENTER, UH, ENTERED HIS RESIGNATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE THREE INTERNAL CANDIDATES AT THIS POINT, AND SO WE'RE INTERVIEWING THEM ON FRIDAY.
AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT AND IF WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF INTERVIEWS WITH THEM.
UM, UH, TENNIS IS HOSTING THEIR SUMMER CAMPS, WHICH ARE DOING VERY WELL.
GYMNASTICS IS RUNNING SOME SUMMER ONLY CLASSES, AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO, AS, AS THEY HAVE INSTRUCTORS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE TRYING TO OFFER MORE THINGS.
UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER HAD THEIR SENIOR PROM THIS PAST WEEK, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT.
THAT EVENT ALWAYS SELLS OUT AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY NICE FEATHER IN THE SENIOR CENTER'S CAP.
UH, WHAT ELSE? WE ARE HOSTING, UM, A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCH ON JUNE 26TH.
WE'RE GONNA COOK OUT HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS OVER AT CAL FINDS REC CENTER.
SO WE'RE GONNA COOK ON THE PATIO, BUT WE WANTED TO GET THE, OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE GUYS A SPACE TO GET OUT OF THE SUN INTO THE HEAT, AND SO THEY'LL BE INSIDE BEING ABLE TO EAT THERE.
BUT, UM, SO WE'RE DOING THAT HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN JULY IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
SO DILI WILL BE MAKING HIS, UH, ANNUAL APPEARANCE IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS.
AND SO, UM, HE'S DOING THE, THE THEME FOR IT IS DILI'S BUCKET LIST.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF DEVELOPING A THEME OF, OF DIFFERENT POSTS TO HAVE HIM KNOCK OFF BUCKET LIST ITEMS IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
DID ANYBODY FOLLOW DI'S ADVENTURES LAST YEAR? YEAH.
SO YOU SAW YOU WENT DOWN A WATER SLIDE AND HUNG OUT WITH HIS BUDDY IN FRISCO AND DID A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT REALLY FUN AND ENTERTAINING FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK MS. SPENCER, UM, YVONNE ADMINISTRATION.
I, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, WE HAD NOMINATED HIM FOR THE RICHARDSON REAL HEROES PROGRAM AND HE WAS, UM, ACCEPTED ON THAT.
SO WE NOMINATED HIM, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF, OF HIS WORK FOR THAT, BUT ALSO FOR HIS WORK WITH THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, HE'S PART OF THE ROTARY, HE'S DONE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AND HE'S BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH US SINCE 2008, UM, IS WHAT WE KIND OF TRACED BACK.
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IF YOU KNOW HIM, HE HAS, UM, BEEN ACCEPTED.HE'S ONE OF TWO FOR RICHARDSON REAL HEROES.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, IN AUGUST IS WHEN THE CEREMONY WILL BE.
IF YOU KNOW, JOHN, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EMBARRASSING HIM AND TELLING HIM THANK YOU.
HE IS THE ONE PERSON THAT DOES NOT LIKE ATTENTION FOR WHAT HE DOES AND HE IS VERY DESERVING OF IT.
SO PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO HIM.
TELL, I WILL SHARE HIS NICKNAME AT SOME POINT.
DOES YOU HAVE A NICK? OH, CAN WE USE IT? WHAT? THE VIDEO.
I'LL SAY IT AFTER THE MEETING.
I WAS LIKE, UH, SO WAIT, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY.
SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, UH, WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF RESTRUCTURING HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CITY AND WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE NOW HAVE A NEW SPONSORSHIP ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, SO OUR CVB ADMINISTRATOR IS, HAS MOVED TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND HIS ROLE HAS CHANGED.
SO HE IS NOW A HUNDRED PERCENT SPONSORSHIP.
HE HAD DONE SPONSORSHIP FOR WILDFLOWER AND THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, NOW HE'S GONNA BE DOING IT FOR COTTONWOOD VINS, UM, DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE OCTOBERFEST.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS HE'S GONNA PICK UP ALL OF THOSE AND THE WORKLOAD FROM THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WILL NOW TRANSITION TO HIM AND THAT WILL ALLOW OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO FOCUS ON THE EVENTS THEMSELVES AND JEFF TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CROSS POLLINATE WITH OUR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT UNDER THAT WE'LL ALSO BE PARK DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS OR SOCCER FIELDS MM-HMM
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE CAN PURSUE.
UM, SO THERE'S STILL SOME COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT'S INVOLVED WITH EVENTS.
HE IS GONNA START DEVELOPING, UM, A, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE THAT WE CAN USE FOR APPROACHING SPONSORS.
I THINK HE'S ALREADY GOTTEN A SPONSOR FOR, OR AN EXHIBITOR SPONSOR, I SHOULD SAY FOR JULY 4TH.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO CREATE SOME MORE REVENUE STREAM.
I WILL MAKE A POINT TO BRING JEFF HERE.
SO ALL OF YOU CAN MEET HIM PROBABLY IN THE OCTOBER MEETING.
UM, BUT I DID WANT YOU TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD.
ONE MORE DIVISION THAT WE'RE ADDING TO OUR SCOPE.
UM, WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? WRIGHT.
WELL, JACK, YOU BE MOVING OVER OR NO, SHE STAY.
CB? NO, JACKIE IS STAYING WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND SO THERE'S SOME OTHER TRANSITIONS THAT, THAT ARE HAPPENING TOO.
JEFF ALSO OVERSAW THE, WITH C, BB, THE HOTEL RELATIONS, AND THAT IS NOW MOVING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE STILL WILL WORK WITH HOTELS WHEN IT COMES TO WILD PLOT SPONSORSHIP.
UM, BUT THAT WILL NOW BE A PARTNERSHIP LIKE COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFF AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME THINGS TO LEARN AND WORK THROUGH BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE UP FOR THAT.
SO YOU SAID PARK DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO UNDER JEFF, WHAT IS THAT PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GONNA BE FOR RAISING FUNDS, SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS OR SPONSORSHIPS THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS US BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT ANY NEW PROJECTS.
COULD EVEN BE REVENUE SOURCES THAT, OR NOT REVENUE, BUT DONATION SOURCES THAT COME IN FOR THE CURRENT BOND PROJECT.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE AND WANNA PURSUE.
OR IF THERE'S A DOOR THAT'S OPEN FOR IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HIM HELP TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
HE'S ALSO GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR SIGNAGE PROGRAM.
SO IN THE PAST WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER THAT HELPED GET, UM, LIKE BALLPARK SIGNAGE OR DOG PARK SIGNAGE.
UM, SO BUSINESSES THAT WANTED TO ADVERTISE, THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF FELL OFF THE, THE PLATE JUST BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON.
JEFF IS GONNA PICK THAT BACK UP AND START PURSUING PEOPLE FOR THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
SO HE'S GONNA BE PURSUING GRANT, IS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE? THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE HIM, JUST BECAUSE GRANTS ARE A PRETTY LARGE, UM, TASK ON THEIR, YEAH.
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY'S WORKING WITH FOR OVERALL GRANTS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THE SPECIFICS ON THAT YET, BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT.
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GREAT.UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS ON YOUR CALENDAR, I'M SHARING THIS NOW SO I DON'T FORGET.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT JUNE 15TH THERE WAS A COUNCIL PRESENTATION THAT HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO JUNE 22ND.
SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND COUNCIL ON JUNE 15TH.
THE, OH, SO ON THE 22ND YOU WILL HAVE PARK MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES AS WELL AS WILDFLOWER ENHANCEMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FALL IN THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S A SIX O'CLOCK START FOR COUNCIL.
AND ISN'T, ISN'T THIS THE SECOND TIME THAT'S BEEN MOVED OR IS THAT JUST THE THIRD TIME?
SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE NOW ONE DAY, ONE DAY DAY.
AND UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE THROUGH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME TO, UM, HEIGHTS TO SEE THE NEW FACILITY, UM, THERE WAS A, UM, LOST AND FOUND BOX THAT WAS BUILT AND INSTALLED BY A GIRL SCOUTS TROOP.
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WORK THAT THEY DID.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM NOW AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS TO BE RECOGNIZED.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE THE DATE.
BUT, UM, THIS GROUP OF GIRLS, THEY WERE VERY ENERGETIC AND FUN AND HAD SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS, BUT THE DADS THAT HELPED DESIGN THIS BOX AND WORKED WITH THEM TO BUILD IT, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND IT IS BEING UTILIZED RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, SARAH WAS SO EXCITED 'CAUSE THERE'S HOOKS INSIDE OF IT, SO WE CAN HANG GOGGLES AND HAVE TOWELS AND STUFF THAT DON'T GET YUCKY AND, BUT THEY'RE ALL SECURE AND THEY'RE EASY TO SEE.
SO IT'S BEEN A, A HUGE BENEFIT, I THINK, FOR THE FACILITY.
I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT COUNCIL DATE.
UM, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, OUR NEXT MEETING WON'T BE UNTIL OCTOBER WHERE WE COULD HAVE THEM COME, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN AND, AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN TO RECOGNIZE THEM AGAIN, WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO THAT AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE ALL OF MY UPDATES.
IF YOU NEED AN RVP IF VOLUNTEER.
DIANA, DO WE NEED AN RSVP? NO, THERE'S NO FORMAL R-S-V-P-R.
WE, WE INVITED TO THE VOLUNTEER.
NOT REALLY
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE PERCENT ON THIS ONE, HONORING THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK TO EVENT.
SO, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND SHAKE HANDS AND THANK 'EM AND MM-HMM
YEAH, I AM GOING TO BE THERE SO I CAN TAKE SOME YES.
I'M JUST GONNA DO SOME LITTLE PICTURES, SO IT'S NOT, I WON'T BE INTRUSIVE AT ALL.
WE'RE ONTO THE REPORTS OF ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, WILL GO AROUND.
LESLIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? UH, SURE.
WE'VE HAD BOTH COTTONWOOD AND WILDFLOWER.
UM, BROUGHT THE KIDS OF COTTONWOOD LEFT AT HOME FOR WILDFLOWER
UM, THE WEATHER FOR WILDFLOWER WAS FANTASTIC.
WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED AT THE BEGINNING OF DAY, BUT YEAH.
AND WE, AND WE TOOK 'EM WITH GUITAR, SO I DIDN'T MENTION THAT.
UM, AND THEN JEFF, I THINK YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THE TREES AT BRECKENRIDGE A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO THAT WE DID THE PLANTING PROBABLY.
OH, THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL GROWING GREEN.
THEY, I THINK THE RAIN HAS HELPED THEM OUT QUITE A BIT, BUT OH, WONDERFUL.
SHOULD PUT MY NAME AND, YOU KNOW, SCRATCHED IT IN THERE FOR I HELP PLANT.
UH, ELECTRIC, UH, MOTORBIKES ON SIDEWALKS IN CROWLEY PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S A POLICE THING OR IF IT'S A PARK RIGHT THERE.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT OTHER THAN PUT SIGN UP AND KNUCKLEHEAD SEE IT, BUT, UH, AND IT'S ALSO HAPPENED OUT AT BRECKENRIDGE.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, WE JUST DID A SOCIAL MEDIA POST IF YOU HADN'T SEEN IT.
AND WE PLAN ON HAVING A WEEKLY POST THAT COMES OUT.
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ALSO PUTS SOMETHING OUT TO, UM, ON NEXTDOOR TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, AND THEN WE SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE HOA PRESIDENTS.THIS IS BECOMING A SERIOUS ISSUE AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LACK OF SAFETY HERE BEING WORN.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING BEHIND WHICH E-BIKES ARE APPROPRIATE TO TO RIDE, AND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF 'EM, SO IT'S VERY CONFUSING FOR PARENTS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PARENTS, TRYING TO FOCUS ON, KEEP THEM SAFE, MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW THE RULES AND THE, THE STREET LAWS AND THE SPEED LIMIT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY, UM, WAYS THAT YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION TO ADJUST THE SPEED OF THE BIKES, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED.
UM, SO JUST TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE, NOT JUST THE RIDERS, BUT THE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE STARTED AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I SAW IN CROWLEY PARK.
IT'S, IT, IT WAS NOT AN AN EIST OR AN EV IT WAS THE BIG ONE WITH THE BIG WHEEL, THE BIG TIRES ON IT.
THE GUY HAD HIS LITTLE KID ON THE BACK RACING DOWN THE SIDEWALK,
AND SO I THOUGHT, OH MAN, UH, THAT'S NOT SMART.
UH, SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO THERE WAS A, UH, STUDENT FROM PLANO EAST, UH, WANTED TO PUT BAT HOUSES OR BAT NEST IN BRECKENRIDGE.
DID THAT EVER COME TO FRUITION OR DID THAT KID EVER DO IT OR JUST UM, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH KYLE KELLY, OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD AN UPDATE WHILE THAT YEAH.
YEAH, I KNOW HE WAS WORKING ON YEAH.
FUNDING AND DONATIONS THROUGH POTENTIALLY HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT HAS ENDED, SO, OKAY.
THERE'S SEVERAL, WELL, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR.
THE WOOD IS, UH, GOT, IT'S HOW, HOW DID I, HOW WOULD I DESCRIBE IT? IT'S, UH, UH, THERE IS, THERE'S A LOOP THAT'S ON THE SOUTH END OF THAT, AND, AND THERE'S A, IT'S GOT, UH, THE HORSESHOE PITS OVER THERE ON THAT MM-HMM
THAT WELL, TO COME BACK OVER TO THE MAIN ONE.
THAT BRIDGE RIGHT THERE IS WHERE, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF BAD BOARDS IN THERE.
I'VE NOTICED THAT ON A, ON RIDES RECENTLY.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, THIS IS TUESDAY NIGHT, AND IF THIS MEETING WASN'T HERE, I'D BE TRYING TO WRITE OUT AT RIDGE, BUT THEY HAVE THE CRITERIA OUT THERE.
I PRESUME THAT'S A MONEY MAKING DEAL FOR THE PARK FALLS.
I I, I, I PRESUMED IT WAS, THEY, A GROUP'S BEEN OUT THERE SINCE PROBABLY 2014.
AND, UM, UM, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS AWARE OF THAT, BUT THEY TAKE OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF, UH, THEY TAKE OVER THE RING ROAD AT YEAH.
COMPLEX A AND THEY RAISE CRITERION SLASH AND ONE LAST THING, THE BATH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE PUBLIC BATHROOMS THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE DOORS ARE WARPED AND THEY DON'T FIT.
ANYWAY, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE ANYTHING
YOU KNOW, UM, AND, AND, UH, THAT'S IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT.
SO, UH, NO, I, I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO A RO THIS YEAR.
I WAS TRAVELING, BUT I DID GET TO GO TO WILDFIRE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
I LIKED THE WAY IT'S SPREAD OUT.
THE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOOD VENDORS SIDE, I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GOOD.
THE VENDORS SEEMED TO BE A LOT BETTER, UM, SITUATED THIS YEAR.
THEY, THEY, I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF EM.
THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE, WHAT THEY HAD SOLD THIS YEAR, AT LEAST THE ONES I TALKED TO.
SO THOUGHT THAT WAS SOME POWERFUL FEEDBACK.
THE WEATHER WERE TURNED DOWN NICE.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL RUN THIS YEAR.
LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM COTTONWOOD.
WE KIND OF STROLLED AROUND, TALKED TO A LOT OF NEW, AND, YOU KNOW, RETURNING VENDORS AND ARTISTS AND ALL OF THEM PRETTY MUCH MIMICKED THEIR SAME COMMENTS.
THEY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY PUTS.
THEY COME HERE BECAUSE THE SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY THEY GET.
SO KUDOS TO YOUR, WHEN YOUR GROOVE.
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THE TRANSITION WITHWE HAD REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE.
I THOUGHT ALSO, UM, I GOT A COUPLE OF VIDEOS.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE FOUNTAINS AND THE KIDS PLAYING AGAIN AND WATCHING THEM RUN AROUND.
AND I ALSO ENJOYED THE FOOD VENDORS BEING SPREAD OUT.
I THINK THAT JUST MAKES THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT MM-HMM
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
I, I UP AND DOWN CENTRAL TRAIL TO, UM, I GUESS FROM SORT OF CITY LINE TO CAMPBELL A COUPLE TIMES AND THAT WHOLE WOODED AREA.
UM, THE GALLATIN AREA HAS JUST BEEN CLEANED UP SO MUCH AND IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS AND IT FEELS WAY BETTER AND WAY SAFER THAN, UM, THAN IT EVER DID WHEN I BIKED THERE, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO.
SO JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
SO, UH, THE KUDOS TO AQUATICS, GLENVILLE PARK IS UP AND I, EVERY TIME I WALK MY DOG IN THE MORNING, ALL I HEAR IS JUST THE PARKING LOT LOOKS FULL AND THE KIDS ARE, YOU KNOW, LOVELY LITTLE SCREAMS OF JOY
AND, UM, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE IT ADDS A NICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT TRANSLATES INTO NUMBERS OF REVENUE, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT JUST ACTIVE ALL DAY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I THINK ONCE I HAD MENTIONED THERE WAS SOME STUFF UNDER THE BRIDGE AT TWIN RIVERS PARK THAT WAS KINDA LIKE, THAT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.
SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN GOOD TO SEE THAT IT, IT HAVEN'T BEEN BACK FOR A WHILE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A WHILE.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THAT'S WHATEVER WAS GOING UNDER THERE WITH THE CRISPR CREAM BOXES AND THE CANDLE THAT DUG.
UM, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION.
SO I'M PART OF A FACEBOOK GROUP FOR NORTH TEXAS, LIKE NATIVE PLANT GARDENERS, AND SOMEONE MENTIONED IN THERE, THEY RAISED A QUESTION, I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER THAT IN RICHARDSON, WE DON'T PLANT NATIVE TEXAS FLOWERS WHEN WE DO THE WILD FLOWERS, WE PLANT WILD FLOWERS.
AND SO IT CAME UP AS A QUESTION.
AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
THE STANDARD RICHARDSON MIX, AS WE CALL IT.
UM, NONE OF THOSE ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO BE NATIVES.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE MOW THOSE DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A MORE MANAGED APPROACH TO THOSE.
IT'S NOT JUST SPREAD 'EM OUT AND, AND LET 'EM GROW.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW THE HISTORY ON WHY THOSE SPECIES WERE OR SELECTED BACK IN EARLY NINETIES, I THINK WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT STARTED.
BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR.
UM, THOSE ARE WHAT PEOPLE KIND OF HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND THEY'RE VERY IDENTIFIABLE.
THEY'RE WELL ADAPTED TO THIS CLIMATE THOUGH, SO I MEAN, THEY LOOK, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
SO IT SURPRISED ME WHEN THEY RAISED IT IN THE FORUM AND I WAS JUST LIKE, THEY LOOK NATIVE.
I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME QUESTION.
I FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT, BUT I HAD THE SAME QUESTION.
I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR, THAT MASTERCARD THINGS ASKED ABOUT WHY ARE THESE, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THEY NOT? SHE ACTUALLY SAID, UH, ON JUNE HAGGLER, I THINK IT IS, THAT THAT MASTER GARDENER AND, AND NATURALIST I THINK ALSO, AND I THINK SHE SAID TWO OF THEM, AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF THE FLOWERS IN THERE ARE NATIVE, UM, TO THIS AREA.
BUT THE REST AREN'T, I THINK SHE'S, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A MIX OF THREE FLOWERS THEY PLANT.
WHICH IS CORN FLOUR ALSO KNOWS BACHELOR BUTTON.
UH, THE RED POPPIES, UH, CORN POPPY, AND THEN ROCKET LARKSBURG.
THOSE ARE PURPLE KIND KIND OF SPOT.
UM, YEAH, I, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE ARE, I KNOW.
WELL THANK YOU THAT FOR THAT ANSWER.
UH, I HAD A GREAT TIME AT BOTH COTTONWOOD AND WALLFLOWER.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THANK GOODNESS FOR THE WEATHER, UH, THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK.
I, I ALREADY ASKED YOU ABOUT THE, UH, DUMPSTER, UH, I ASKED SEAN ABOUT A DUMPSTER AT, UH, AT HEIGHTS PARK.
IT'S BEEN REMOVED NOW, AND I THINK THAT WILL KEEP THE TRASH DOWN AND, UH, MAKE THAT A LITTLE YEAH.
AND, AND, AND MAKE THAT AIR THAT PARKING LOT A A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
IT WAS JUST A, A, A REAL DELIGHT TO SEE COTTONWOOD AND WILDFLOWER COME OFF WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANY HITCH THIS YEAR.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT, BUT I, I, I LET GO.
WHAT, UH, JEFF AND JAMIE SAID ABOUT PIPES.
AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GUYS GET DOWN THERE, GO SEE THE MECHANICS OF THAT THING.
LOOKS LIKE NASA DOWN THERE,
I, I LIVE OVER BY GLENVILLE AND IT, IT, IT IS PRETTY PACKED IN THERE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO
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THAT'S REALLY GOOD.I LOVE GEORGE SALE, BUT GREAT.
UM, I'M WAITING FOR SANTANA TO GET OLDER
AND JUST A FUNNY STORY, I INVITED FRIENDS OF MINE FROM PROSPER TO COME THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TO WILDFLOWER.
HE USED TO BE MY DISCO PARTNER IN COLLEGE.
SO WE KEPT THOSE HEADPHONES ON AND GOT THEM TO PUT DISCO ON.
WE WERE DOING DISCO AT, IT WAS PRETTY FUN.
MAYBE IT'S BETTER THAT YOU WEREN'T
AND THEN, UM, UH, ALTRUA PLANTED, UH, TWO RED BUDS IN MEMORIAL PARK.
MEMORIAL PARK LOOKED WONDERFUL FOR, UH, MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, UH, THE ROTARY HAD PUT FLAGS OUT IF YOU HADN'T SEEN IT.
AND SO WHERE WE, UM, I PO I WORKED WITH KYLE TO POSITION THE RED BUDS WHERE YOU WALK UP THE CENTER OF THE MEMORIAL AND THERE'S THE TWO NEW PISTACHIO TREES.
THE RED BUDS ARE GONNA BE LIKE FLAGGING THAT WALKWAY AS YOU GO UP THERE.
SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY PRETTY.
SO, UM, THEY WILL, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PLANNED, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE I MET WITH HIM.
UM, AND THEN I WAS ASKED BY YVONNE, WANT ME READ IT OR, UM, NO, I THINK JUST
AND SO I WROTE, I WROTE A LETTER, LETTER ON THE LINEAR NATURE OF THE PARK ON THE, UM, COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DART RAIL, UM, THAT IT'S LOCATION TO THE CENTRAL TRAIL AND THE COURT DISTRICT.
SO I PUT, UM, THAT WE ARE ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PARK AT THE AWARD.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? ARE WE GONNA BE DOING PROGRAMMING THERE AT INTER AT THE INTERVIEW PART? THERE WILL BE PROGRAMMING, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE DOING IT.
SO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE SOMEBODY OVER PLACEMAKING AND EVENTS AND THEY WILL COORDINATE ANY ACTIVITIES AT THAT.
THE HOPE IS EVENTUALLY THE CORE DISTRICT BUSINESSES WILL RUN THEIR OWN EVENTS.
UM, SO IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME TO BUILD THAT MOMENTUM.
SO, AND WOULD THEY HAVE TO THEN RENT THAT FROM US? WOULD THAT BE LIKE A REVENUE THING? I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THEY ARE GONNA HANDLE THAT.
SOME OF IT WILL BE A PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY FOR APPROVAL ON HOW THEY DO IT, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN REGULATIONS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BECAUSE THE LAND IS TECHNICALLY NOT OUR LAND.
IT STARTS LAND, WE'RE ON THE ROAD.
SO THEY HAVE RESTRICTIONS OF WHAT CAN BE DONE AND CAN'T BE DONE.
SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES.
PLANTINGS THERE HAVE REALLY DONE EXTREMELY WELL, BY THE WAY.
UM, I WAS JUST WALKING THE OTHER DAY.
IT'S ALL THE GRASS YOU GROW UP AND EVERY, EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY NICE.
IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT DESIGN LANDSCAPE.
AND THE, THE SUBCONTRACTOR DID THE LANDSCAPE.
THEY SOURCED SOME REALLY EXCELLENT PLANE MATERIAL.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE HIGH SPOTS OF THAT PROJECT.
AND THE TREES ON THAT LINE ARE LOOKING GOOD.
AND THE 50 STREET ARE PROBABLY PARKED, MOST OF THEM ARE TAKEN.
SO
THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? IF NOT, THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UM, CLOSE OUR MEETING? I'LL A MOTION TO CLOSE JENNIFER AND A SECOND BY GLENN.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF ENDING THE MEETING, SAY AYE.
OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:45 PM AND HAVE A VERY STATE CAU OKAY.