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OKAY.[Parks & Recreation Commission on October 13, 2026.]
IS OCTOBER 13TH, 2026.I'M NANCY CROW OF CONSUMER RECREATION COMMISSION, AND I WILL SHARE THE MEETING THIS EVENING.
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CALL ANY VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION.
HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION DO SO, GO AND SPEAK.
YVONNE FAL WILL READ THE STATEMENT, AND THEN WE WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
FOR THE OPEN MEETING ACT, THE PARKS AND REPARATION COMMISSION INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A CIVIL MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.
THE COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, CITY STAFF MAY CONTACT YOU AT A LATER DATE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO CITY STAFF BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
YOU'RE FINE FOR NOT DOING THAT.
THE CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION TO CHANGE THE TIME LIMIT BASED ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ITEM AND NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WITH CONSIDERATION TO EQUAL TIME FOR ALL SIDES OF THE MATTER AND EFFICIENCY OF THE MEETING.
SO, BELLE, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SHARE.
UM, I'M COMING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.
I'M PART OF THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY, UM, BUT OUR INITIATIVE FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP.
AND SO I KIND OF OVERSEE OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR STUDENTS DOING INTERNSHIPS IN ALL KINDS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. UM, I'VE BEEN IN LIKE DALLAS PROPER FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
I JUST FINISHED MY MASTER'S AT SU AND JUST RECENTLY JOINED UTD WITH THEIR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, SO REALLY I'M JUST HERE TO LIKE, LISTEN AND OBSERVE AND START GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I WENT TO RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, DOING SOME STUFF IN PLANO JUST TO SEE LIKE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING ON FOR STUDENTS TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, THEM GET CONNECTED TO OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT, LIKE GUEST, UM, LECTURE SERIES AND LIKE ARE ALWAYS WANTING PEOPLE TO COME, YOU KNOW, TALK TO OUR STUDENTS AND HANG OUT IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES THAT THEY WANNA SHARE.
UM, SO YEAH, JUST HAPPY TO BE CONNECTED AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE GOING ON.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS.
THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE JUNE 9TH MEETING, WHICH, UM, THE STUDY WILL REMEMBER THAT MEETING.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE MEETING? KIMBERLY AND A SECOND JEFF.
AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AND ALSO THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING, WHICH WAS THE FIELD TRIP.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? I A MOTION.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? LESLIE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING HAVE PASSED.
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATIONS IN THIS EVENING, WHICH IS THE ATHLETIC AQUATICS AND CORPORATE RECREATION.
WHAT YOU DOING? MY NAME'S CHRIS CATONE.
BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS, SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KINDA SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DIVISION.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP.
ANYTHING YOUTH, ADULT FIELD ALLOCATION.
WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL, UM, RECREATION LEAGUES THAT WE HOST WITH REGARDS TO SOFTBALL AND BASKETBALL LEAGUES.
OUR CORPORATE RECREATION AND CORPORATE CHALLENGE PROGRAM, THE GYMNASTICS CENTER, OUR TENNIS CENTER OVER AT HUFFINES.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR FIVE, UH, AQUATIC FACILITIES.
AND I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR 2027 OBJECTIVES AT THE END.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, WE MAINTAINED OUR ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUE PLAY THREE SEASONS.
OUR REGISTRATION'S BEEN KIND OF MAINTAINING THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? ABOUT 55 OR 60 TEAMS. WE DID PARE DOWN A COUPLE OF OUR OFFERING DAYS BECAUSE WE'VE EXPANDED INTO GIRLS FAST PITCH TOURNAMENTS ON THE WEEKENDS OVER HUFFINES PARK.
UM, SO WE NO LONGER HAVE LEAGUE PLAY ON FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE AMOUNT OF TEAMS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH SOFTBALL REGISTRATION.
'CAUSE OUR, OUR KEY DATES ARE THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHED AN INDEPENDENT FIELD RESERVATIONS OVER AT HUFFINES PARK.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE TWO FIELDS THAT ARE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
UM, AND WE, THIS YEAR WE REDUCED OUR REQUIREMENT FROM 60% RICHARDSON RESIDENTS ON AN OFFICIAL TEAM ROSTER TO ANYONE THAT'S A RICHARDSON RESIDENT CAN MAKE A RESERVATION, AND THEY ALSO DO NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE
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A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FOR THAT.SO IT'S KIND OF OPENED UP A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERAL RESIDENTS TO RESERVE A FIELD SPACE.
UH, WE HAVEN'T MAXED, WE HAVEN'T MAXED OUT, UH, THOSE ALLOCATIONS YET.
WE'VE MADE IT TO WHERE THERE'S ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT FIELDS FOR YOUR GRASS SPORTS LIKE SOCCER, LACROSSE, FLAG FOOTBALL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THEN THE ONE SOFTBALL FIELD.
SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD ADDITION AND REALLY, LIKE I SAID, EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE JUDGE, GENERAL RESIDENTS.
UM, GO BACK REAL QUICK, PAULA.
SO, UM, WE DID EXPAND OUR ATHLETIC AND ASSOCIATION ALLOCATIONS FROM NINE PARTNER GROUPS TO 11 THIS YEAR.
UM, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CRICKET PITCHES OVER AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK AS WELL AS POINT NORTH PARK.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME GENERAL REGULAR USERS NOW, UM, TWO GROUPS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING.
THE IRVING TAPE TAPE BALL CRICKET LEAGUE IS OVER AT POINT NORTH PARK.
AND THEN THE FRIENDLY CRICKET LEAGUE IS UTILIZING, UM, BRECKENRIDGE, UM, BASICALLY ON A EVERY WEEKEND BASIS FOR THE MOST PART.
AND WE DO KIND OF SHUT DOWN BETWEEN NOVEMBER 15TH AND THE END OF DECEMBER JUST TO GIVE THE FIELD TURF A LITTLE BIT OF A REST.
UM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE AND I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE, THE SPACE OUT THERE.
UM, AND WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX FOR GIRLS FAST PITCH, WE'VE SEEN OUR OVERALL REVENUE, UM, INCREASE ABOUT 15 OR 20%, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF TAPPING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ONLY DID FIVE TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR.
WE, WE PLAN TO EXPAND POTENTIALLY TO SEVEN OR EIGHT FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE'RE HOSTING MAINLY NCS AND AA TOURNAMENTS.
YOU GUYS MAY NOT, MAY NOT NEED ANYTHING TO YOU JUST ING BODIES, UM, BUT, UH, LOCAL REGIONAL TYPE TOURNAMENTS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE OUR, OUR SWEET SPOT HERE.
WE, UH, RECENTLY, SO THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE, THANKS TO YOU GUYS THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO THE CLOSING CEREMONIES TODAY.
UM, WE DID FINISH OFF OUR 28TH YEAR TITLE SPONSOR STATE FARM, WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED THEIR THREE YEAR OBLIGATION AS OUR TITLE SPONSOR HAS RE-UPPED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THAT IS KIND OF IMPERATIVE TO, TO OPERATE THIS PROGRAM.
UH, OTHER PARTNERS WE ALWAYS LIKE TO THANK, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR GROUPS THAT ARE, UM, RESIDENTIAL BILLIARD DEN, UH, METHODIST RICHARDSON FOR OUR RACE WATER, UM, DONATIONS AND THEN HILTON.
UM, AND THE TICKET 13:10 AM THE TICKET.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THAT FOR LIKE 26 YEARS, SO I WAS KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY DONATED A COUPLE PRIZE PACKAGES FOR A SILENT AUCTION, WHICH WAS NEW THIS YEAR.
IT WAS JUST ANOTHER AVENUE TO, TO GENERATE SOME FUNDS TO, TO, TO RACE FUNDS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS.
UM, WE DID HAVE SIX DIVISIONS, INCLUDING 45 TEAMS THIS YEAR.
IT'S ONE, ONE TEAM LESSON WE HAD LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, OUR HOPE IS TO GET TO 48 AND KIND OF STAY THERE.
WE HOPE TO GET A COUPLE MORE COMPANIES IN AND, AND HAVE SIX DIVISIONS OF EIGHT TEAMS. UM, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.
WE DID 2 11 8 64, UM, LAST YEAR FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS.
NOW, I DID MENTION TO, TO YVONNE AND SPENCER, WE ARE STILL BRINGING IN SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, DONATIONS.
A COUPLE OF BIG COMPANIES HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED COMPLETELY.
SO WE'RE WANT TO, WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT THAT NUMBER RAISED.
BUT, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF 28 YEARS, WE'VE GENERATED $3.6 MILLION.
UM, BEING ABLE TO GIVE TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS, ALONG WITH OUR ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM.
25% OF THOSE FUNDS ARE DEDICATED INTERNALLY BY OUR STAFF, UM, TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, SEND US AN APPLICATION AND TELL US WHAT FUNDS THEY'RE NEEDING TO SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS. AND WE DO.
AND THAT TYPICALLY RANGES FROM ABOUT 2,500 TO 3000 PER GROUP, BUT WE ALSO GIVE OUR LOCAL DELEGATION ORIGINAL ROADRUNNERS $15,000 ANNUALLY.
UH, HERE'S A COUPLE OF THE PRIZE PACKAGES I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER WITH THAT, UH, UH, SILENT AUCTION.
I KNOW THE YOUNG MAN OVER THERE, MR. ROGERS IS, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL.
SO WE HAD AN ANDY REED, TRAVIS KELSEY AND PAT MAHOME SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BALL.
UM, WE HAD DEMAR OVER SHOWN LINEBACKER FOR THE COWBOYS.
DAK PRESCOTT AUTOGRAPH BALL, COOPER FLAG AUTOGRAPH JERSEY, AND DENNIS RODMAN'S DAUGHTER, WHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT SHE PLAYS SOCCER TRINITY.
SO, AND THAT ALL, THAT ALL, ALL THAT WENT, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST STARTING OFF $1,800 ON THIS END.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DONATIONS WE GOT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT, UM, AND, AND REALLY KIND OF PROMOTE IT MORE.
UH, CHICKEN AND PICKLE IS ONE CORPORATE REC EVENT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING THIS WEEKEND.
WE'VE GOT 50 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, OUR CORPORATE RECREATION PROGRAM IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO OFFER A COUPLE OF EVENTS JUST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP EVERYBODY ENGAGED.
UM, CORPORATE CHALLENGE IS EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS.
AND IS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I IT'S NOT A MARATHON.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST A TRACK RACE.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S, YOU'RE PLAYING EVENTS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME EVENTS, AND THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT QUICK, THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST TO KIND OF REENGAGE WITH EVERYBODY, OUR GYMNASTICS PROGRAM, OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT'S, RIGHT AT ABOUT 900 PEOPLE, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WE HAVE GOTTEN UP TO ABOUT A THOUSAND IN THE
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PAST.OUR CURRENT WAIT LIST SITS AT 700.
UM, IT'S KIND OF AN EYE-POPPING NUMBER FOR US.
AND IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LIMITED A LITTLE BIT WITH, WITH STAFFING TURNOVER.
IF WE WERE FULLY STAFFED AT ALL TIMES, WE COULD HIT THAT, THAT THOUSAND MARKS.
SO A LOT OF FOLKS, IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UH, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
UM, WE DID HOST OUR, OUR TAF HEART AND SOUL COMPETITION.
400 ATHLETES PARTICIPATED OVER A THREE DAY WEEKEND.
UM, AND IT'S JUST THE, THE CREW OVER THERE RUNS A FIRST CLASS OPERATION.
UH, ONE OF OUR LONGEST TENURED EMPLOYEES OVER THERE, JANET DWE, WHO'S OUR, OUR ELEMENTARY COORDINATOR.
SHE'S RETIRING IN JANUARY 27TH.
SHE'S GONNA BE SOME BIG SHOES TO FOLLOW, UH, OR TO FILL, EXCUSE ME.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FILL THAT, UM, RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 40 EMPLOYEES OVER THERE, SO MOST OF THEM ARE PART-TIME.
UM, AND I'LL KIND OF GO OVER IN A LITTLE BIT OUR OBJECTIVE FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO KIND OF FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, OUR H HUFFIN TENNIS CENTER, WE HOSTED OUR 43RD ANNUAL RICHARDSON OPEN.
UM, IT'S A, THAT'S A VERY PRESTIGIOUS TOURNAMENT AND I, I MENTIONED, I THINK EVERY YEAR.
BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST JAM PACKED PARTICIPANTS AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A HIGHLY REVERED EVENT THAT'S BEEN HOSTED AT HEALTHLINE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
WE HOSTED THE ADULT COMPETITION IN MAY, AND THEN OUR SENIOR PROGRAM LAST WEEKEND, I BELIEVE WE HOSTED, UM, MAYBE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND TO CHECK WITH SEAN.
BUT, UM, THAT'S A BIG TOURNAMENT AS WELL.
UM, WE WERE VERY PROUD TO HAVE FUNDING APPROVAL FOR THE TENNIS CENTER, WHICH HAS NEEDED SOME LOVE FOR PROBABLY MANY YEARS, RIGHT? SO, UM, A NEW LIGHTING, NEW LIGHTING FIXTURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE 10 COURTS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO A LOT OF THAT FENCING THAT'S STARTING TO LOOK DILAPIDATED, IT'S JUST GONNA GET REPLACED.
SO EVERYTHING INTERNAL, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE STANDARDS, THE PERMIT STANDARDS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE THE SUPPORTING AGENTS FOR THAT, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF, UH, AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WITH APOLLO JUNIOR HIGH OVER THERE.
PROBABLY HAVE SOME, SOME HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.
BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GET GETTING STARTED ON THAT PROJECT PRETTY SOON.
AND THEN, UM, TENNIS LESSON DEMAND HAS MAINTAINED HIGH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, WITH PICKLEBALL BECOMING WHAT IT IS NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING OVER, THAT BEING THE CASE.
TENNIS LESSONS ARE STILL IN HIGH DEMAND.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF BUSINESS WE'VE DONE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER COVID, WHICH WE REALLY TOOK A BIG STEP UP.
AND, AND THAT LEVEL OF, OF PRODUCTION AND, AND, UH, AND DEMAND IS, IS, IS STAYING ABOUT THE SAME.
ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE NEW EMPLOYEES, A COUPLE NEW PRO SHOP STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE HIRED IN AUGUST, OR EXCUSE ME, UM, AUGUST SCHMITZ.
AND WE STARTED IN JULY, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO ERIC ZOO, UH, IN AUGUST.
UM, KIND OF HELPS RUN THAT, THAT, THAT PRO SHOP RESR AND RACKETS WORK IN THE PRO SHOP SELLING PRODUCTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO, UM, JUMP IN AND HELP OUT DURING OUR SUMMER CAMPS.
SO HEIGHTS FAMILY AQUATIC REFRESH.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA SLIDES ON THIS, 'CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE OUR BIG PROJECT THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAD SEVERAL ELEMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BRIEFLY.
UM, THE GIRL SCOUT TRO 7, 7 2 6 WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, TO HAVE A PROJECT, UH, THAT CAME TO US AND WANTED TO, TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS AND MATERIALS TO DO SOMETHING AT HEIGHTS.
UM, WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION WE WERE GONNA GO.
THERE IS A, AND I WISH I HAD A BIGGER PICTURE, BUT THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR LOCKERS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A, ANOTHER AREA THAT HAD CABINETRY THAT WAS JUST ROTTEN OUT.
HE SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE THE SPACE HERE.
AND WE DID JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BRAINSTORMING AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOST AND FOUND BOX IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE DRAMATICALLY.
I MEAN, WE ALWAYS HAVE STUFF, PEOPLE LEAVING STUFF.
SO, UM, THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS, THAT PICTURE PROBABLY DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE.
THE, THE CONSTRUCTION WAS FIRST CLASS.
SO, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR EFFORTS WITH THAT.
UM, ONE ELEMENT THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS THE YARD, WHICH IS OUR RESERVABLE SPACE JUST TO THE, UM, THE NORTH OF THE POOL BEHIND THE GATED FOUR FOOT FENCE AREA.
WE'VE HAD OUR DAY CAMP, UH, GROUPS THAT HAVE KIND OF GONE BACK THERE IN THE PAST.
IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF GRASS OR DIDN'T FOR A LONG TIME, SO THERE WOULD KIND OF BE MUD TRACKED BACK INTO THE POOL ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS.
SO WE PUT ASTROTURF DOWN UNDERNEATH THE OAK TREES THERE, WHICH GIVES NATURAL SHADE.
THE PUBLIC SHARED THAT THEY WERE REALLY HIGHER IN THE PRIORITY LIST WHEN WE DID THE RENOVATION TO HEIGHTS.
AND SO WE GENERATED 2300 SQUARE FEET OF RESERVABLE SPACE, AND THAT WAS JUST SUPER POPULAR.
WE HAD 19 RESERVATIONS GENERATED OVER $6,000 OF REVENUE WITH LITTLE TO NO PROMOTION WHATSOEVER.
I MEAN, WE JUST KIND OF, THEY CAME SAW AND BASICALLY SAID, WE'VE GOT PAVILION RESERVATIONS, WE GOTTA, WE WANNA CHANGE TO THIS.
UM, WE DO DAYTIME RENTALS THREE HOURS AT A TIME, UH, DURING REGULAR OPERATIONAL HOURS.
SO IT'S NOT A PRIVATE PARTY, IT'S IT'S OPERATIONS DURING THE ACTUAL OPERATION HOURS.
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UM, RENTALS WENT UP 22% THIS SEASON.ALL POOL SEASON PASSES, SALES WENT UP 17%.
HEIGHTS GATE FEES INCREASED 13%, AND WE WERE SEEING A CONSISTENT DECREASE BEFORE THIS RENOVATION.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THAT KIND OF, THAT ENTHUSIASM CONTINUES INTO NEXT SUMMER.
UM, AGAIN, WE WERE STAFFING, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS KINDA LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS STAFFING'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR US.
WE DO TYPICALLY HIRE AROUND 90 TO A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES BETWEEN SWIM INSTRUCTORS, LIFEGUARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, SWIM SCHOOL COORDINATORS, THE WHOLE GAMUT.
AND IT'S A REAL BIG CHALLENGE.
UH, SARAH RISCO, WHO'S OUR, UM, AQUATICS AND ATHLETICS MANAGER, DOES A FANTASTIC JOB JUMPING ON THIS IN EARLY JANUARY AND, AND GETTING THIS TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE DIALED IN AND READY TO GO BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.
WE DID, HOWEVER, SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT DROPS AND, AND THIS IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT AS, AS EARLY AS THESE COLLEGES ARE STARTING NOW.
WE'RE SEEING OUR FOLKS LEAVE A LOT EARLIER.
SO GETTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST THROUGH LABOR DAY IS A BIT OF A STRUGGLE.
WE DO CLOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS DOWN BEFORE THE LAST, BEFORE HEIGHTS IS ACTUALLY, UM, DONE AT LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
BUT GETTING, YOU KNOW, FROM AUGUST 15TH TO THAT LAST WEEKEND, WE'VE GOTTA CONSOLIDATE EVERYBODY THAT'S STILL HERE.
AND IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, A PINCH THERE AT THE END.
UM, MAINTENANCE PROJECT REPAIRS.
WE REPLACED A, UH, CIRCULATION PUMP MOTOR AT TERRACE.
UM, OUR GLENVILLE SPLASH PAD NEEDED A NEW MOTOR AS WELL THIS YEAR.
AND WE DID REPLACE TWO A DA CHAIRS AT TERRACE AND COTTONWOOD, AND THOSE ARE ABOUT $12,000 A PIECE.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE LARGE EXPENSES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU CANNOT OPERATE A, A PUBLIC FACILITY WITHOUT, WITHOUT THOSE IN PLACE.
UH, WE ALSO DID SOME SPOT REPAIRS AT GLENVILLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF THESE AGING POOLS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING STARTED WITH CANYON CREEK THIS NEXT YEAR.
A LOT OF THEM ARE, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL HAVING TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE EACH YEAR TO KIND OF KEEP THESE THINGS GOING.
SO, UM, VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE AQUATICS PLAN IN PLACE TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING ALL THESE OVER THE, THE, THE UPCOMING YEARS.
HERE'S JUST A COUPLE PHOTOS JUST TO, AND I KNOW WE KIND OF, WE RAN THROUGH THIS WHEN THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED.
WE DID FINISH LITERALLY LIKE THREE OR FOUR DAYS BEFORE WE WERE SCHEDULED TO OPEN.
SO IT WAS, UM, TIGHT FINISH, BUT VERY PROUD THAT WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE.
UM, JUST TO RECAP, ALL OF OUR DECKING WAS REPLACED.
WE BUSTED OUT ALL THE OLD CONCRETE.
THERE WERE ELEMENTS WHERE WE HAD REBAR THAT WAS EXPOSED AT THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE.
WE DID A COOL CONCRETE FINISH.
UM, WE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HEAT AND THE TEXTURE OF THE CONCRETE.
THIS HAS REALLY COOLED IT DOWN QUITE A BIT.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A FIX ALL, IT'S NOT GONNA DROP AT 30 DEGREES, BUT IT'S, IT MAKES IT MANAGEABLE TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, KIDS AREN'T RUNNING ACROSS THE, THE DECK TO, TO GET SOMEWHERE.
THIS SPLASH PAD, UM, PLAY FEATURE HAS BEEN A BIG HIT.
THERE'S A FAN ON THE FRONT END THAT SPINS.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A LOT MORE ACTIVE THAN OUR LAST STRUCTURE.
REPAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF BOTH OF THE, THE LARGE SLIDES.
UM, HERE'S THE YARD, UM, WITH THE ASTROTURF, A COUPLE PICNIC TABLES BACK THERE.
WE DO HAVE SOME CORNHOLE GAMES SET UP.
AND TRYING TO JUST KIND OF MAKE IT LIKE A FUN, FUN, UH, ATMOSPHERE FOR THE KIDS.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THESE THING, THESE ARE THE VFDS.
THESE ARE THE OPERATE THE MOTORS.
THIS PICTURE RIGHT DOWN HERE IS THE LOWER PORTION OF OUR PUMP HOUSE.
AND FOR THE FIRST 12 OR 13 YEARS, OUR GUARDS WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN THIS LADDER, GO OVER HERE, TURN THE MOTORS ON, GO BACK UP, CLEAN THE FILTERS, GO BACK DOWN.
SO WE DID SOME ELECTRICAL WORK, MOVED EVERYTHING UP TO THE TOP SO IT'S SAFE FOR THE LIFEGUARDS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE TWO PEOPLE BACK THERE.
UM, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS KINDA A SCARY SITUATION.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A FORGIVING FALL.
IF YOU COME OFF THESE, THAT THAT'S, THOSE, THOSE, UH, LADDER STEPS ONTO THAT, UH, THAT PUMPHOUSE, ALL THESE MOTORS WERE REPLACED.
UM, SO ALL THE FEATURE PUMPS, RECIRCULATING PUMPS WERE DONE.
WE REPLACED ALL OF THE MEDIA FILTER SAND WITH GLASS.
UM, SO WE, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER RECURRING COST WITH THAT.
GLASS IS PERMANENT, SO, UH, YOU'LL WASH THE GLASS OVER YEARS.
YOU DO A HIGH RATE SAND FILTER, THAT STUFF GETS KIND OF MUCKED UP AND YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA CHANGE IT OUT EVERY SO OFTEN.
IT'S ABOUT A 25 OR $30,000 OPERATION FOR WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
UH, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE, THE YARD.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY THE CANYON CREEK REFRESH, UM, IS COMING UP AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA START PLANNING ON THAT THIS FALL WITH, UM, A CONSTRUCTION DATE AND LATER IN, IN, IN 27 A DH AIR REPLACEMENTS.
WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT TO FINALIZE THE LAST TWO NEIGHBORHOOD POOLS.
SO ALL FIVE WILL HAVE NEW A DH CHAIRS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE THINGS JUST KIND OF WEAR OUT AFTER ABOUT FIVE OR 10 YEARS.
UM, FOR CORPORATE RECREATION, OBVIOUSLY EXPAND THE SILENT AUCTION PROGRAM TO INCREASE FUNDRAISING AND INCREASE OUR OFF SEASON TOURNAMENT OFFERINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO I'D MENTIONED THE, UM, THE CHICKEN AND PICKLE.
WE KIND OF WANT TO REALLY START ENGAGING WITH OUR, OUR COMPANIES AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WILL GENERATE SOME ENTHUSIASM
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TO GET THEM OUT AND KIND OF HAVE SOME MORE FELLOWSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.SO ATHLETICS INCREASE, INDEPENDENT FIELD RESERVATIONS, UH, USE AND OFFERINGS.
UH, AS I'VE MENTIONED, THE INDEPENDENT RESERVATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN MORE POPULAR.
UH, I THINK THE WORDS GETTING OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO FROM, I MEAN, FOR YEARS I, I, I'VE DONE RESERVATIONS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
60% RICHARDSON RESIDENTS ON A TEAM ROSTER WITH A COI AS A REQUIREMENT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, TO MEET BOTH THOSE STANDARDS.
SO NOW THAT IT'S JUST A RESIDENT ONLY TO MAKE A RESERVATION, IT MAKE IT, IT, IT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR BASICALLY EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT INCREASE, I THINK, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVE FIELDS THAT WE CAN MOVE TO, TO EXPAND OUT ONCE OFFLINES GETS FULL FOR GYMNASTICS, FILL OUR VACATED ELEMENTARY COORDINATOR POSITIONS PROBABLY TOP PRIORITY FOR US.
FILLING, FILLING JANET'S POSITION.
WE ARE, WE DO PLAN ON, SEE IF THIS GOES THROUGH OR NOT, BUT A PROPOSAL TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME STAFF TO TAKE THE POSITION OF ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, JUST SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY.
SO THE KIDS HAVE SAME INSTRUCTOR, SAME DAY, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND TRY AND RELIEVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TURNOVER, UH, WITH THE TENNIS CENTER IMPLEMENT ONLINE COURT BALL, MACHINE RESERVATIONS THROUGH ACTIVE NETWORK, WHICH WE'VE, WE'VE ATTEMPTED IN THE PAST.
WE'VE GOTTEN NOT GOTTEN THAT DIALED IN YET, SO IT'S MORE OF AN ONLINE RESERVATION PROCESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FINE TUNE THAT.
AND THEN THE COMPLETION OF OUR TENNIS CENTER FENCING AND, AND CORD FIGHTING.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I JUST HAD ONE NOW THAT, UH, A 60% RESIDENCE, UH, REGISTRATION AND THE INSURANCE CERTIFICATE IS NOT, UH, REQUIRED.
THE LOSS OF THAT INSURANCE CERTIFICATE, IS THAT PUTTING US IN ANY KIND OF LIABILITY OR DANGER? I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES NOT, NOT FROM, NOT FROM A PRACTICE STANDPOINT.
AM I, I MEAN, I KNOW WE, WE SPOKE TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT AND CONFIRMED THAT, THAT WE'RE GOOD FOR GENERAL USAGE.
UM, WAS THAT A LIABILITY INSURANCE CERTIFICATE OR A DAMAGE? IT WAS A LIABILITY.
SO ANY GROUP THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A PARTNER GROUP.
SO THEY'RE CHARGING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PROGRAM.
THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED TO HAVE INSURANCE.
BUT WHAT THIS ALLOWS IS WE WOULD HAVE, UM, RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO DO LIKE A BIRTHDAY PARTY SURE.
FOR THEIR CHILD, A SOCCER GAME OR A BASEBALL GAME.
AND WE WEREN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCEPT THEM BECAUSE OF THAT INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.
SO WE MET WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND KIND OF PUSHED THE, THE DISCUSSION OF CAN WE LIMIT THIS AND OPEN THIS AVENUE UP? AND HE AGREED.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS WE SURVEYED OUR SISTER CITIES IN THE AREA AND NOBODY ELSE HAD THAT REQUIREMENT ANY LONGER.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT LIKE, FACILITY RESERVATIONS AT LIKE A REC CENTER, WE WEREN'T REQUIRING THAT EITHER.
THAT'S WHAT I, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE YOU.
THAT SEEMED LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT GROUPS WERE BEING REQUIRED FOR A LIABILITY CERTIFICATE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SYSTEM.
SO THEY COULD HAVE A PRACTICE WITHOUT RESERVING WITH US.
AND IT'S LIKE, HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT? SO MM-HMM
AND WE DO, WE LIMIT THAT TO TWO HOURS PER WEEK.
THEY CAN HAVE EITHER TWO ONE HOUR PRACTICES IN A WEEK OR ONE TWO HOUR PRACTICE AND THEY CAN'T STRING ALONG PRACTICES.
SO ONCE THEY, THEY CAN'T MAKE ANOTHER RESERVATION UNTIL THAT ONE'S COMPLETE.
SO YOU CAN'T COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, TRY AND RUN A LEAGUE HERE AND COMMIT TO EIGHT WEEKS AT HOP FINES AT 6:00 PM YOU KNOW, SO.
WHAT IS CHICKEN AND PICKLE? UH, IT'S, IT'S A PICKLEBALL.
UM, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A BAR AND RESTAURANT.
UM, I TOOK MY DAUGHTER FOR A, A BIRTHDAY PARTY THERE LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, WITH THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY,
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD, WE HAD 50 PEOPLE REGISTER AND I THINK WE'RE STILL, WE STILL HAVE REGISTRATION OPEN AT THIS POINT, BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY COOL.
I'VE GOT AN OUTDOOR AREA TOO WITH JUST REGULAR LIKE GAMES, YOU KNOW, PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW, NOT PICKLEBALL, BUT CORNHOLE.
THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MASSIVE JENGA GAMES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A FUN OUT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
CHRIS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER AQUATICS, UM, UM, CHANGES GOING ON NEXT YEAR OTHER THAN KENDALL AND POOL OR THE AQUATIC MASTER PLAN, OR, WE'RE NOT STARTING ANYTHING WITH COTTONWOOD.
I THINK IT'S, NO, IT'S JUST, JUST CAN AND CREEK.
AND WE, UM, CANYON CREEK WILL BE OPEN ONE MORE SEASON, SO WE'LL BE PLANNING OUT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AS SOON AS IT CLOSES FOR THAT SEASON.
AND WHEN CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON WITH THAT, WE WILL START THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR COTTONWOOD.
AND WE WILL NOT TAKE COTTONWOOD DOWN UNTIL
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CANYON CREEK HAS OPENED AND THE NEXT, THE SEASON HAS ENDED.SO I THINK IT'S, UM, SUMMER 28.
THAT WE WILL START ON COTTONWOOD.
SO LIKE SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR FOR CANYON CREEK.
AND THEN THE SAME FOR COTTONWOOD.
SO I WAS GONNA MENTION THIS IN THE COMMUNITY INTEREST REPORT, BUT SINCE WE'RE DOING AQUATICS NOW YEAH.
UM, I VISITED TERRACE AND, UH, CANYON CREEK IN AUGUST.
AND SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN, UM, AVAILABILITY OF STAFFING IN THAT PERIOD.
BOTH OF THE MANAGERS THAT I WAS THERE MENTIONED THE BONUS THAT YOU GUYS OFFERED AND WHAT INCENTIVE THAT WAS TO LIKE, CONSOLIDATE AND SPEND MORE TIME AT THE POOL.
SO I JUST WANNA, I NOTE THAT, THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY BOTH MENTIONED WAS COMPELLING TO THEM TO GET MORE HOURS.
THEY WERE VERY FOCUSED ON GETTING THEIR FOUR 50.
AND SO GREAT JOB WITH THAT INCENTIVE.
YEAH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
THAT'S ASHLEY THAT SHE'S SOLD.
I WAS GONNA MENTION ASHLEY IN THE, IN OUR REPORT OUT TO YOU, I, I PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS AS A SPOUSE OF A RICHARDSON EMPLOYEE, RICHARDSON CITY, NOT CITY OF, BUT WHATEVER.
I WAS ALSO, MY HUSBAND WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR SAND VOLLEYBALL AT SOME POINT.
UM, HE SAID THAT I HAD TO TAKE THAT NOTED TONIGHT.
OKAY, NEXT HONOR, OUR AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR JUDGES MOVING FOR PORT FEST AND CHRISTMAS PARADE.
SO THANK YOU ALL THAT HAVE ALREADY VOLUNTEERED TO PARTICIPATE EITHER IN THE PET COSTUME CONTEST OR THE PARADE OR THE HUMAN COSTUME CONTEST.
BUT WE STILL HAVE ONE OPENING FOR THE, UH, POTTO FEST PET COSTUME AND ONE OPENING FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
SO NO PRESSURE, BUT I JUST NEED ONE RESPONSE FOR EACH OF THOSE.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE ABLE OR INTERESTED, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
POTTO FEST IS SATURDAY THIS SATURDAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME'S NOW SET? GIMME 30 SECONDS.
ARE YOU DOING POTTO FEST? OKAY.
KIM AND NANCY ARE ALREADY SIGNED UP, I THINK.
ARE WE EYEBALLING AND INCLUDING YOU IN THAT, JEFF? WHAT I SAW? WELL, FOR POTTO PRESS I YEAH, SURE MAR BUT I AM ALREADY DOING THE, THE SO AM COSTUME ON SUNDAY.
PROBABLY WON'T BE THE SAME WINNER.
UM, AND THEN CHRISTMAS PARADE IS THE NEXT ONE.
AND THAT IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
UM, THAT 1, 8 45 IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE ON SITE, UM, BEFORE THE STREETS CLOSE DOWN.
AND WE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE FAIR ON YOUR JUDGING.
SO I DID, DID I I HAVE YOU AND JENNIFER DOWN.
THE PET COSTUME CONTEST RUNS FROM 12 TO ONE, SO SHE'S ASKING THE FOLKS TO BE THERE AT 1145.
SHE WOULD BE 1145 ON SATURDAY.
AND IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THAT AND YOU'RE NOT JUDGING, COME OUT AND SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING THE PET I JUDGED.
SO WHICH ONE? LAST YEAR WAS SAD BECAUSE IT RAINED JUST AND WHEN, WHILE WE'RE ON THAT.
SO THAT'S BE THERE 1145 ON SATURDAY FOR THE PET FOR WHEN IS THE ADULT ONE? THAT'S ON SUNDAY, RIGHT? YEAH, IT STARTS AT TWO.
SO IT'LL BE THERE AT TWO OR TWO 15.
THIS BIG AL COMING BACK TO DO THE PETS AGAIN.
I THINK IT'S TWO 50 AND IT STARTS AT TWO 30.
I WENT TO HIS RESTAURANT IN, UH, WAXAHATCHEE.
DO I GET DOUBLE POINTS FOR DOING BOTH KINDS? WE SAT THERE DURING ALL THE RAIN.
CAN HAVE YOURS CAN HAVE MINE TOO.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, OUR STAFF REPORT.
UM, TO START, START WITH PARTS OF PLANNING, UH, SEAN.
SO AS, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, UM, IN HIS UPDATE WE'RE DO WORK ON BOND PROJECTS.
UM, AND THAT'S TRUE ON THE, UH,
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PARK MAINTENANCE AND PLANNING SIDE AS WELL.SO, UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THERE ARE 10 PLAYGROUNDS SCHEDULED FOR RENOVATION AS PART OF THE 26TH BOND.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO DO THREE PLAYGROUND, UH, REPLACEMENTS THIS YEAR.
THAT'S GONNA BE HUFFINES, RICHLAND, AND CREEK HOLLOW PARKS.
THOSE ARE WITHOUT A GAP FOR THREE THAT WE GET THE MOST CALLS AND, AND COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS TO HAVE THEM, UH, DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO NICE TO KINDA GET THOSE, UM, MOVED OFF THE PLATE.
SO WE'VE GOT PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FROM OUR CONSULTANTS ON, ON EACH OF THOSE.
WE'RE KIND OF MASSAGING A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA GONNA HIT THE BUDGET.
THE FIRST THING WE DO IS HAVE A REGISTERED ACCESSIBILITY SPECIAL LIST REVIEW THOSE JUST TO SEE WHAT SORT OF OTHER ACCESSIBILITY WORK WE MAY HAVE TO DO ON THE SITE.
JUST BECAUSE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGISTRATION REQUIRES WHEN WE SPEND MORE THAN $50,000 AT A SITE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS UP FOR, UM, BASICALLY THE ENTIRE SITE.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AT, AT THOSE PARKS.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO THAT MAY END UP COVERING INTO THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT IF WE HAVE TO REPLACE SIDEWALK OR BUILD RAMPS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'LL, UH, WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS SCHEDULING SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS SOON WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THOSE PARKS SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBOR, UM, AS FAR AS THE DESIGN GOES.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT SET, WE CAN, UM, GET CANCELED OR APPROVED TO PURCHASE, GET THE ORDER PLACED AND THEN, UM, GET TO WORK ON 'EM.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE STARTING ON THE DESIGN WORK ON THE NEW BRIDGE AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK AND OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON MANAGING THAT BECAUSE BUILDING BRIDGES IS REALLY MORE IN A CIVIL ENGINEERS WHEELHOUSE THAN IT IS IN PARK PLANT OR PARK SKY LIKE ME.
SO, UH, THEY GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO, UM, TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT AND KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD.
SO, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF SELECTING A CONSULTANT TO DO A DESIGN AND ALL STUDIES GONNA HAVE TO TAKE PLACE TO, TO GET THAT LOCATED EXACTLY CORRECTLY AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN I THINK, UH, S GONNA MENTION STUFF ABOUT THE SANTA VILLAGE, SANTA VILLAGE WELLINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS COMING UP, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE FUNDED.
THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND, UM, BUILDING A BOARDWALK AT THE, UH, SYNERGY LAKE SITE IN NORTHWEST RICHARDSON, KIND OF BY THE HILTON GARDEN INN.
THERE'S A TRAIL THERE THAT IT GETS INUNDATED WITH GROUNDWATERS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT UP WITH A BOARDWALK, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THE HAZARD THERE.
DO A COUPLE OF MEDIUM LANDSCAPE RENOVATIONS ON PLANO ROAD AND ER ROAD, UH, SOME FAIR WORK AT KENDALL RIDGE PARK.
LOTS OF STUFF ON OUR, OUR DOCKET THIS YEAR AGO.
AND THEN JUST FYI, IT'S ABOUT TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT WILDFLOWER SEEDING FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE THE WEATHER TO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT FIRST, SO THEN MAY INTO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
WELL, THAT PROCESS HAS REALLY GETS GOING, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOTTA THE SEED, UH, JUST WAITING FOR THE JONATHAN AND PUT IT OUT AJOUR RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
PETE, SEAN, WHAT WERE THE THREE PLAYGROUNDS YOU SAID WERE GETTING REPLACED? YOU SAID HUFFINES AND WHAT WERE THE OTHER TWO? HUFFINES CREEK HOLLOW AND RICHLAND.
UH, NEXT IS THE STAFF REPORT FOR, UM, FOR THANKS NANCY.
UM, SO TO START OFF WITH KIND OF LIKE SEAN WAS GOING OVER, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING Y'ALL UP TO SPEED ON SOME THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THE, THE WORK WE ALL DID AS A TEAM FOR THE, UM, THE BUDGET LETTER THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, CHRIS MENTIONED IN HIS REPORT THAT THE AQUATIC LIFT CHAIRS THAT WE NEEDED TWO MORE TO GET FUNDED.
SO WE GOT BOTH OF THEM FUNDED.
ONE IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM CITY FUNDS, BUT THEN A SECOND ONE IS GONNA BE FUNDED THROUGH AGRA GRANT FROM ROTARY CLUB.
SO THAT'S PRETTY NEAT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, HELP US OUT IN THAT MANNER.
UM, ADDITIONALLY AQUATICS, THE, THERE WAS LANE LINE REPLACEMENTS AT COTTONWOOD POOL AND HEIGHTS POOL, SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE REPLACED, UM, GOING OVER TO HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER, UM, APPROVALS FOR THEIR ELLIPTICAL MACHINES THAT ARE SEVERAL YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO FIVE OF THOSE MACHINES WILL GET REPLACED.
UM, REPLACEMENT OF THE SECURITY CAMERAS AT THAT FACILITY WERE APPROVED.
AND THEN A HEIGHTS, UH, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM PANEL PARTITION THAT HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
HUFFINES RECREATION CENTER GOT, UM, A RECUMBENT BIKE THAT WAS ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING, SO IT'S ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN, UH, REFINISHING THEIR DANCE FLOOR.
THAT GETS, UM, A LOT OF USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEN OUT AT OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS, UH, BOTH
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SCOREBOARDS AT HUFFINES PARK AND KEFLER BALL FIELDS ARE GONNA GET REPLACED THIS YEAR.SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS ON OUR PLATE.
SEAN DID ALLUDE TO, UM, THE SANTA AS VILLAGE DWELLING.
SO WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR REPLACEMENT OF, WE HOPE, WITH THE LEVEL OF FUNDING TO REPLACE 10 OR 12 OF THOSE DWELLINGS.
SO WE'RE PREPARING AN RFP, SO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THAT IS GETTING READY TO GO LIVE IN THE NEXT LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DONE WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF RETURNING THE EVENT TO CITY HALL IN THE 2027, UM, CHRISTMAS SEASON.
UM, ANOTHER RFP THAT WE HAVE GOING OUT, UH, REALLY SOON IS, UM, FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE PROVIDER.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WITH THE SAME GENTLEMAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WE NOTIFIED HIM THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CANCEL HIS CONTRACT.
WE'RE NOT FIRING HIM, WE'RE ENCOURAGING HIM TO REBID ON THE, ON OUR, UH, DEALS.
BUT WE ADDED SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT WEREN'T COVERED UNDER HIS CONTRACT.
SO WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE MARKET MIGHT BRING TO US AND SEE IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN CHRIS DID MENTION THAT THE TENNIS CENTER'S GETTING SOME LOVE.
SO THEY'RE GETTING NEW FENCING, NEW LED LIGHTS AND THEN, UM, FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
TENNIS COURTS ARE GONNA BE RESURFACED THIS YEAR.
SO, LIKE I SAID, LOTS OF PROJECTS GOING ON ON OUR SIDE OF THE, THE HOUSE.
UM, JUST SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON SET UP FOR HUFFINES HARVEST FEST AND P OCTOBERFEST STARTED IN EARNEST TODAY, AND THANKFULLY THE WEATHER'S LOOKING FANTASTIC, SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COLD FRONT THIS WEEKEND, SO IT'LL FINALLY FEEL LIKE FALL, KNOCK ON WOOD
UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER HAS THEIR UPCOMING HOLIDAY BAZAAR COMING UP NOVEMBER 6TH AND SEVENTH.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT EVENT, A LOT OF COOL HANDMADE STUFF THAT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY BRINGS FOR YOU CAN SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS, IT'S GREAT.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO HOSTING A MAJONG TOURNAMENT AT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON OCTOBER 22ND.
SO BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT FARES.
UM, HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER HOSTED THEIR FALL BREAK CAMP THIS LAST FRIDAY THROUGH TODAY.
AND SO, UM, IT'S A CAMP LIKE EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY WERE OUT, THE KIDS WERE OUT FOR FALL BREAK.
AND SO, UM, IT GIVES SOME PARENTS A, UH, THAT DON'T NORMALLY NEED CHILDHOOD BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL A PLACE TO, TO BRING THEIR KIDS.
UM, ALSO OVER AT HEIGHTS WE MADE AN OFFER AND IT WAS ACCEPTED FOR OUR DAY CAMP COORDINATOR POSITION, WHICH, UM, HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE END OF THE SUMMER WHEN PEYTON FOWLER PROMOTED FROM THAT POSITION INTO THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER MANAGER.
OUR NEW PERSON'S GONNA START NOVEMBER 2ND, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE HER HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS WE DO HAVE A NEW EVENT THAT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS TEAM IS GONNA HAVE FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON CALLED A JINGLE AND MINGLE.
AND SO IT IS AN ADULT 21 AND UP EVENT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE VILLAGE OFFICIALLY OPENS THAT SATURDAY, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
AND SO, UM, WHERE, WHERE WILL YOU HOLD THAT? IT'S GONNA BE AT, IN, IN SANTAS VILLAGE.
SO THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE DWELLINGS LIT UP.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A DJ, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, AS PART OF IT'S $15 TO GET IN.
AND AS PART OF THAT YOU'LL GET LIKE A LIGHTUP NECKLACE THAT'S CHRISTMAS THEMED.
THEY'RE GOING, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LOCKWOOD TO COME OUT TO THE, TO THE SITE AND HAVE A, A CASH BAR THERE.
SO YOU COULD GET A BEVERAGE IF YOU LIKE, AND SHOULD BE A GOOD 21 AND UP EVENT.
SO, SORRY, I KNOW YOU LISTED SEVERAL OF LIKE THE THINGS WE HAD IN THE LETTERS.
I, I KNOW WE REFORMATTED THE LETTER A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
SO I'M CURIOUS, LIKE WAS THAT A HELPFUL PROCESS? DID THAT, YOU KNOW, LEAD TO US GETTING MORE THINGS KIND OF COVERED OR WAS JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT A HELPFUL PROCESS PRIOR TO JOE ON THAT? YEAH, I MEAN I'D SAY IT'S DEFINITELY MORE HELPFUL.
I THINK THAT, I MEAN, I THINK THAT, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS, I DON'T, I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT, I MEAN ANY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS, ANYTHING YOU SAW ON CAMERA, THOSE ARE ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST HELPFUL FOR REALLY FOR EVERYBODY, FOR BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTING OF THE PRIORITIES FOR EVERYBODY KIND OF BEING ABLE TO CROSS REFERENCE.
UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S THE ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH A BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, IS RELATIVELY TIGHT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
YEAH, I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD QUITE THE LIST THIS YEAR, SO I WAS JUST, WHAT, IT'S GONNA GET TIGHT.
HOPEFULLY NOT DOES IT, BUT YEAH, I'LL, I'LL ASK YOU TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
DOES IT, UM, IN THE LONG RUN, UH, BEHOOVE US TO, I MEAN THIS YEAR THE LETTER WE JUST FOCUSED ON, WE JUST GAVE THEM THE, UH, REALLY THE EMERGENCY STUFF MM-HMM
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LEAST, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL TO PUT MORE IN THAT WE THAT AS A COMMISSION WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA PASS THE BUDGET, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL, NOT REALLY UP TO US SINCE WE DON'T CONTROL THE MONEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR, WELL DON'T FORGET TOO THAT AS STAFF WE TURN IN OUR LIST NOW WE'LL TAKE KIND OF, UM, SOME GUIDANCE FROM CITY MANAGEMENT OF, HEY, IT'S A TIGHT YEAR.CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE LIST CAME FROM.
SO IF THERE WERE ITEMS NOT ON YOUR LETTER, THERE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE IN OUR REQUEST AS WELL OF, HEY, IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, BUT WE DO NEED THIS.
AND SO WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF THEY SAW THAT THERE WERE ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE, THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THIS CAME THROUGH.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE BUDGET YEAR, BUT WHEN WE REALLY STRATEGIZE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, I THINK IT HELPS COUNCIL IN CITY MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND JOE SURE YOU CAN ADD TO THAT.
I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK THAT, I STILL THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE A LONG LETTER WITH A LOT OF REQUESTS ON IT, IT'S JUST GONNA GET, IT'S JUST GONNA BE MORE CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY, I MEAN Y'ALL LIVE IN BREATHE PARKS 'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR COMMISSION.
BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE BUDGET AND WE'RE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SO MANY BRIEFINGS, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO MUCH EASIER JUST TO FOCUS AND BE ABLE SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT PARK COMMISSION WANTS DONE THIS YEAR.
I MEAN I GUESS THAT WAS MY POINT IS THAT'S NOT, I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE I, I IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT DONE THIS YEAR, IT'S WHAT WE KIND OF ARE FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET THAT, THAT OKAY, YEAH, WE THINK THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA FIT IN THE BUDGET.
SO THAT GOES IN THE LETTER, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY ALL THE STUFF THAT MIGHT SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, REALLY THIS STUFF AND THIS STUFF, BUT FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT REALLY IS BEING COVERED BY YOUR LETTER ANYWAYS.
SO THAT'S, YOU ARE REINFORCING IT AS THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM
AND REINFORCING THESE ARE PRIORITY NEEDS MM-HMM
AND THEN WE'RE SHARING A LARGER SCOPE.
I THINK PART OF IT TOO IS TO YVONNE'S POINT IS WE MAY ASK FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE BUDGET LETTER AND THEN THE BUDGET OFFICE IS LIKE, OKAY, THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND WE STILL HAVEN'T FUNDED IT, SO MM-HMM
LIKE, SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO AT LEAST TELL THAT STORY OF WE'RE NOT TELLING 'EM FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT, HEY, WE NEED THIS REPLACED.
I THINK THAT WAS MY POINT, IS THAT IF WE DON'T ASK FOR STUFF RIGHT ALONG THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AND PRIOR THE LIST IT SEEMS WAS SO LONG THAT WE DID HAVE ITEMS THAT KEPT SHOWING UP AND JUST PUSHED IT DOWN.
AND TO YOUR POINT, IT JUST WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY, IT WASN'T HAPPENING.
BUT NOW THAT WE'VE REALLY TARGETED DOWN TO A VERY PRIORITY NEED AND THE SAFETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE MAINTENANCE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY FROM OUR PART.
AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND NANCY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH THE LETTER, THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY, BUT I THINK WE ALSO SAID LIKE THESE WERE THE PRIORITIES AND WE SAID WE'RE FOCUSING ON SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE GIVEN THE BUDGET YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO OFFERED SOME GUIDANCE AROUND, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, LIKE HERE'S HOW WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS.
ACKNOWLEDGED THINGS BEYOND JUST SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE.
WE KIND OF AUTHORED AND SAID, HERE'S HOW WE'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ANY OTHER DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IF THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
AND WE HAD OUR LIST THAT WE HAD.
SO I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF COVERED MM-HMM
LIKE IF WE CAN GO BEYOND THE ESSENTIALS, HERE'S OUR POINT OF VIEW ON THE OTHER THINGS WE PRIORITIZE BASED ON OUR MATRIX MM-HMM.
NOT, I MEAN, NOT EVERY YEAR IS GONNA BE A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO, I MEAN, MODIFYING THE LENGTH OF THE LETTER, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE HAVING A GOOD COUNCIL LIAISON TO COME IN AND SAY, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS REDEVELOPMENT HAPPENED AND WE MAY HAVE AN EXTRA 15 MILLION OR 10 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL LIAISON SHOULD BE BRING TO YOU TO HELP GUIDE THE, THE LETTER JUST SO HAPPENS THE TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, I MEAN, IT'S ALL BEEN, IT'S ALL BEEN FAIRLY JUST TIGHT AND GETTING TIGHTER.
BUT MY FIRST TWO YEARS ON COUNCIL, WE HAD JUST GREAT SALES TAX RECEIPTS AND WE HAD A LOT MORE MONEY.
SO I MEAN, NOT EVERY YEAR IS GONNA BE A YEAR WHERE YOU WANT THE SMALLEST LETTER POSSIBLE.
JENNIFER, JUST TO STATE BILLS THAT KIND OF HIT YOU, JUST TO YOUR POINT, THE LETTER THAT WE SENT IN ONLY HAD THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS AND THE SAFETY ITEMS. THAT'S IT.
WE DIDN'T, THERE WAS NO SUPPLEMENTARY LIST AS FAR AS WHAT WE SENT.
UM, THAT'S THE STUFF YOU GUYS SENT IN.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR LETTER GOES, WE JUST ASKED FOR 10 THINGS.
FIVE MAINTENANCE AND FIVE SAFETY.
SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
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BUDGET LETTER, BUT WANTED TO BRING IT UP.COUPLE MORE MONTHS, WE'LL BE DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR STAFF REPORT FROM YVONNE ADMINISTRATION.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL THAT, UM, THE CARES ACADEMY IS GOING ON AGAIN.
UM, SPENCER AND SEAN AND I WILL BE PRESENTING NEXT THURSDAY AT THE NEW LIBRARY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'LL GET SNEAK PEEK.
UM, THAT WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL PROBABLY THE END OF, UM, NOVEMBER.
THE DATE HASN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT YET, BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY MOVING.
UM, SO WE'LL BE THERE, I BELIEVE THERE'S 24, UH, CITIZEN, UM, PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE WITH THE LIBRARY, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE ARE NOW GONNA BE MOVING TO THE FRONT, UM, CONFERENCE ROOM.
UM, SO NEXT MONTH WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU'LL COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF CITY HALL AND THERE'S A ROOM OFF TO YOUR RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE MEETING AT.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ROOM GOES.
IF IT BECOMES TOO TIGHT, WE WILL FIND ANOTHER OPTION, BUT WE'LL TEST IT OUT FOR NOVEMBER AND GO FROM THERE.
UM, WE TOOK CARE OF THE JUDGES AND THE MINGLE AND JINGLE.
I DID WANNA SHARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR TOUR IN SEPTEMBER, UM, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THOSE DIFFERENT PARTS AND, UH, THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT PLANO AND WILEY AND, AND SACK.
UM, SPENCER AND I THOUGH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME OTHER DIRECTORS IN THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA AND WE WENT TO ANNA TEXAS, UM, TO THEIR SLATER CREEK PARK.
UM, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, THAT WAS A PRETTY AMAZING PARK.
I THINK IT'S THEIR BIGGEST PARK THAT THEY HAVE KIND OF THEIR, THEIR SOUL PARK, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S IT CALLED? SLATER CREEK.
AND THEY HAD A SKATE PARK THAT WAS KIND OF A COMBINATION SKATE AND BIKE PARK.
THEY HAD A SPLASH PAD, AN AMAZING PLAYGROUND, MASSIVE, REALLY GREAT.
UM, THIS GOLF COURSE, TWO BASEBALL FIELDS AND THEN THE INDOOR, UM, I'M SORRY, THE OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT.
THEY ALSO HAD A BIG PAVILION AND A NINE PICKLEBALL COURT.
UH, SO REALLY A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WANTED.
UM, I DO HAVE A VIDEO ON MY PHONE.
I'M MORE THAN HAVING TO SHOW YOU GUYS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD GO ONLINE TO LOOK AT THAT OR EVEN MAKE A ROAD TRIP OUT THERE.
UM, WHAT WAS IT, 40 MINUTE DRIVE FROM HERE ISH? YEAH, 35.
UH, SO NOT A BAD DRIVE, BUT A GREAT VENUE TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WANTED TO SHARE, UM, I BELIEVE I SHARED WITH Y'ALL IN JUNE THAT JEFF WRIGHT HAS MOVED BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, HE WAS OUR CBV ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, AND PART OF HIS JOB WAS ALSO TO DO ALL OF OUR WILDFLOWER SPONSORSHIP AND OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE SPONSORSHIP.
WELL, WE HAVE MOVED HIM BACK INTO PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, WITH THAT HE IS OVERSEEING ALL OF OUR SPONSORSHIP.
SO NOW FOCUSING ON THINGS LIKE DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE POTO FEST.
UM, 4TH OF JULY WE'LL BE ADDING A SPONSORSHIP TO COTTONWOOD AND HEINES OUR ADAPTIVE PROGRAM.
SO HE'S REALLY TAKING THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT UNDERNEATH HIM AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WHETHER IT'S ADS THAT WE'RE SELLING OR ACTUAL SPONSORSHIP, HE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FOCUSED ON THAT.
UM, SO WE WILL ADD HIS DIVISION, WHICH IS A ONE MAN DIVISION
BUT I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UM, WITH THAT ADDITION, HE HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE'VE BEEN LAYING SOME FOUNDATION AND SOME GROUNDWORK.
UM, SO KIND OF GRADING EXPECTATION POLICIES AND, UM, PROCESSES FOR HE AND I.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON A DONATION POLICY THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE ADOPTED CITYWIDE.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING THAT GROUNDWORK.
HE'S LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SOFTWARE THAT HE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT AND THEN ACTUALLY GOING OUT PURSUING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE HIM COME AND VISIT WITH EVERYBODY AS WELL.
AND THEN MY LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, SHARE, UM, COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL.
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ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT? YEAH, THAT WEEKEND.UM, IT WAS A VERY HARD WEEKEND, BUT IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND.
UM, OUR TEAM CAME TOGETHER IF YOU WEREN'T IN TOWN AND DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD RAIN
WE PUT DOWN 16 PALLETS OF MULCH.
UM, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 70 BALES OF STRAW THAT WE PUT OUT ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, OUR, OUR TEAM, THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ON PULLING EVERYTHING OFF, BUT THE THING THAT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT IT, DESPITE THE RAIN THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, WE STILL HAD BUYERS OUT THERE THAT WERE BUYING BIG PIECES OF ART.
SO THEY CAME OUT WITH THE INTENT OF PURCHASING.
SUNDAY, IT WAS PROBABLY HALF THE CROWD THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE, BUT OUR ARTISTS REPORTED SOME RECORD NUMBERS, SO THAT WAS GREAT.
NOW OUR FOOD VENDORS, OUR ALCOHOL SALES OR MERCHANDISE SALES.
SO THE COURSE WERE LOW, BUT THE ARTISTS DID REALLY WELL AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT ULTIMATELY.
UM, SO LOTS OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
A LOT OF GREAT APPRECIATION ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT INTO IT.
I MEAN, THE FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, WE DID CANCEL THAT MM-HMM
BUT WE STILL FED THE ARTIST TO THE POINT.
STAFF WENT DOWN THE ARTIST CHECK-IN LINE, DELIVERING BOX MAILS TO EACH OF THEM SO EVERYBODY ATE MM-HMM
AND THEY WERE AMAZED THAT WE EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S COOL TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK AND THE REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY IS PRETTY AMAZING.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE THINGS WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN AWARDS, THAT'S WHY YOU DID IT.
IT WAS, YOU DON'T LIKE CROWDS.
SUNDAY WAS ACTUALLY A PERFECT DAY TO GO.
'CAUSE IT WAS NOT REALLY CROWDED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB KEEPING IT DRY AND, UH, NOT TEARING UP THE, THE THE YARD TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND UM, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.
IT, IT RAINED SO HARD AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GET YOUR FEET WET ANYWHERE.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT I THINK THE COMMUNICATIONS WERE REALLY GOOD.
LIKE YOU GUYS GOT AHEAD OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS STILL GOING ON.
I MEAN, I, I WAS THINKING LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS COMMUNICATE ABOUT COTTONWOOD, BUT IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS A, A REALLY ROBUST CAMPAIGN FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS THE ARTISTS TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE STILL HERE AND PLEASE COME OUT.
AND I SAW THAT ON ALL THE CHANNELS.
I THINK THAT ALSO PROBABLY SUPPORTED EITHER PEOPLE COMING OUT WITH INTENTIONALITY OR MAKING THE EFFORT THAT YOU GOT AHEAD OF THE MESSAGE.
'CAUSE I THINK PEOPLE WOULD'VE ASSUMED IS CANCELED.
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS VERY CLEAR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO GO OVER ON CALENDAR EVENTS? UM, YES.
UH, SO AS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT OCTOBER FEST AND HINE'S HARVEST FEST THIS WEEKEND, BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, COME ON OUT.
THE HOLIDAY BAZAAR THAT SPENCER ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, WE WILL BE MOVING SANTA'S VILLAGE IN AS SOON AS HINE'S IS TORN DOWN.
SO REALLY IT'S A WEEK AFTER YOU'LL START SEEING, UH, DWELLINGS GOING DOWN PLANO ROAD TO, TO HOP PINES.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE ADAPTIVE NIGHT BACK THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S GONNA BE DECEMBER 10TH, UH, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AS YOU, UM, MIGHT RECALL, THAT IS A MUCH SMALLER GROUP.
IT'S BY REGISTRATION ONLY, UM, LOW SENSORY.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE LIGHTS ON, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT OF A CALMER ATMOSPHERE WITH ALL THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT, UM, THAT SANTA'S VILLAGE BRINGS.
UM, THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE WE ARE CAPPING THAT UP AT A THOUSAND, BUT SAYING THAT, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE FAMILIES THAT WILL SIGN UP, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
SO CAPPING IT AT A THOUSAND, WE MIGHT HAVE 700 THAT ACTUALLY COME OUT FOR IT.
UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY TO COME AND ENJOY IT.
SO THAT'S A, A GREAT PROGRAM WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN.
UM, AND THEN BOARDS AND COMMISSION DINNER AND RECEPTION IS ON DECEMBER 3RD.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF INVITATIONS HAVE GONE OUT YET, BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T THEY WILL BE SOON.
UM, BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW, SO, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 3RD.
DECEMBER 3RD, SIX 30 AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE, OUR REPORTS,
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UM, FROM OUR COMMITTEE.SO IF THE MEMBERS WILL PLEASE REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
TERRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? I HAVE NOTHING.
WELL, WE KIND OF WENT OVER A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO SAY.
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON COTTONWOOD, AND I THINK YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB AND ARE DOWN.
OUR REPUTATION IS WELL INTACT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THE SITTING, YOU KNOW, RICHARDSON GOT SILVER, GOT A SECOND PLACE IN
THAT WAS, UH, A VERY NICE EVENT.
I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS FOR PROBABLY YOU, SEAN.
UM, I GUESS THIS IS THE TIME TO DO THIS, I GUESS MAYBE EARLIER, BUT IN HEIGHTS PARK, YOU KNOW THOSE CONCRETE FENCES THAT ARE ON THE PARK SIDE OF THE BRIDGE? MM-HMM
THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE ALMOST FALLING OVER NOW.
I'LL HAVE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKE ALMOST FALLING OVER NOW.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE LIKE GOING FASTER.
UM, AND ON HEIGHTS PARK ONE MORE TIME, UH, WE TAKE OUR, THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE OUR WALK.
SO, UM, THERE'S A PLAQUE UNDER A BENCH.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SIDEWALK THAT GOES RIGHT BY THE CREEK IN THE, ON THE, IN THE PARK THERE.
THE, THE PARK TRAIL, THE SIDEWALK RIGHT BY THE CREEK.
THAT BENCH THAT'S ON THAT SIDEWALK THERE BY THE TREES.
AND THE, THE IS, UH, JUST LOOSE.
IT'S LIKE, COULD BE PICKED UP.
SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE WHATEVER, GLUED DOWN, WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, ONLY OTHER THING IS, UH, UH, HOW'S SANTA GOING THIS YEAR? I MEAN, IS UH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE SANTA OR NOTHING YET? NOTHING.
SANTA CLA WELL GOOD, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO I WAS CURIOUS WHO WE WERE GONNA GET THIS YEAR, THAT'S ALL.
THINKING IT TAKES HANNAH OUT AND FEED HIM A LITTLE BIT.
HE'S TAKE HIM OUT TO DINNER FOR CHRISTMAS.
GLEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, I DON'T UP AND OUT OF TOWN, SO NO, HE'S BEEN YELLING AT ME.
YEAH, I MEAN, JUST ONCE AGAIN, Y'ALL PARKS KILLED IT AT CORPORATE CHALLENGE.
I DID A TON OF EVENTS FOR MY COMPANY AND MM-HMM
SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY JUST ALL THE EXTRA HOURS TOO THAT GO INTO IT FROM ALL THE STAFF IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
ALSO, I, UH, JUST GOT MY FRESHWATER FISHING LICENSE RE-UPPED.
SO WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO FISH IN RICHARDSON? DO WE STALK ANY OF THE LAKES AT BRECKENRIDGE LAKES? UM, CREEK AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, SOMETIMES TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE, IF THEY HAVE LEFTOVER FISH FROM ANOTHER PROJECT WILL COME AND OFF.
BUT PROBABLY THE, THE BIG PONDS OF BRICK ANDRIDGE RIGHT THERE UNDER OKAY.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH FISH, LIKE NOT ONLY FISHING, BUT LIKE HAVE FISH AT BRICK ANDRIDGE.
AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, THEY, THEY WERE IN THERE.
I WOULDN'T NEED THE FISH OUTTA THAT POND.
NO, I KNOW, RIGHT? ISN'T IT? IT'S OVER A LANDFILL.
WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND THERE TOO, SO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, I'LL PROBABLY GO TO SOME, BUT THAT'S FINE.
UM, WE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAVE VISITED CROWLEY, BRECKENRIDGE, HUFFINES IN WINDSOR.
UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF, UH, WE'RE IN THE RSA SOCCER LEAGUE RIGHT NOW, SO WE PRACTICE AT CROWLEY, WE PLAY OH, COOL.
I MEAN, LIKE THERE WERE, THERE WAS THE ADULTS PLAYING AND THEN THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, CHILDREN'S PRACTICES GOING ON ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, UM, VERY HIGH USAGE, UH, FIELD FOR SOCCER.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE, UM, PROBABLY END OF JULY OR SO, TOOK A TRIP OUT TO HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UM, ALL IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
NO, NO ISSUES WITH WITH ANYWHERE.
UM, JUST ONE I KNOW EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS IN THE SPRING ALREADY, THE SUMMER WE PUT OUT THE NOTICE RAIL, LIKE NO E-BIKES ON THE PATHS.
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AND I KNOW I CONTINUE, LIKE I WAS ON UH, TWIN RIVERS RECENTLY.I STILL SEE SOME OF THE E-BIKES THERE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER REMINDER FOR PEOPLE OR EVEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE POSTED.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA DO AN AN EXPENSE, BUT IF THEY DON'T SEE THOSE NOTICES, HOW ELSE WILL WE REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE EBI ON THE PASS? YEAH.
WHAT YOU SAY, GREG? I SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TALKED WITH OUR PDS MM-HMM
AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND THEY ARE DOING ANOTHER DIGITAL PUSH AND PRINT PUSH.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DO WE PUT SIGNS OUT AT THE PARK? THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT GENERALLY ARE NOT THE ONES READING THE SIGNS.
SO PART OF THE CONCERN, BUT YEAH, GREG'S TOLD NO DRIVING THROUGH PORTH IF THEY ARE UNSAFE, CALL THEM IN MM-HMM
UM, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS.
WE'VE RESEARCHED WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
WE'RE SHARING THAT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR HOT TOPICS WHEN WE MET WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY DIRECTORS AS WELL.
DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO RAISE IT UP AGAIN 'CAUSE YEAH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE THAT SHAMES PEOPLE.
UH, ONE TO IS TO ECHO JENNIFER, IS COMMENT EARLIER ON, ON THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE, THE, UH, UH, EVENT.
THAT, UM, YOU'D LET US KNOW ABOUT THE DELAY IN OPENING FOR THE FESTIVAL.
'CAUSE I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO SOME FOLKS THAT TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING.
UM, TERRY AND YVONNE AND I WERE AT THE, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION WAS LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE KIND OF EVENT MM-HMM
AND, UH, WE HAD SOME FOLKS COME UP AND, AND TALK TO US ABOUT POTENTIALLY JOINING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND, UH, MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION THAT IS MAYBE WE GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER EARLIER TO GET SOME MORE FOLKS IN THERE.
AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH SOME, SOME PEOPLE THERE KIND OF LIGHTLY ATTENDED.
AND THEN, UH, FRYING PICKLE WALLERS.
UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, TENNIS IS STILL ALIVE.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, UH, JUST TOOK IT UP AND, AND THERE SHE'S PLAYING AT ONE OF THE COURTS, SO SHE'S GONNA BE HAPPY TO KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE GETTING RESURFACED.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE, THE E-BIKES.
DO WE HAVE NO SMOKING ON PROPERTY SIGNS AT ANY OF THE PARKS? MM-HMM
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE AT HEIGHTS PARK, BUT MAYBE IT'S THERE AND THEY'VE MISSED IT.
'CAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SMOKING IN THE PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY ANYTIME YOU SEE ANY OF THE OLD METAL, UM, TRASH BARRELS WITH A STICKER ON 'EM.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT ONCE AGAIN GOES TO ANYBODY SIT THERE AND READ RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THREE PAGES IN A SIX POINT FONT ON A TRASHCAN.
SO IT IS, IT ISN'T TECHNICALLY POSTED.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PARK RULE SIGNS THAT WE'VE, UM, PLACED IN A FEW SITES AROUND TOWN.
UM, IT'S GONNA KIND OF BE OUR NEW STANDARD AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE, THOSE METAL BARRELS.
UM, JUST SO WE HAVE RULES POSTED AND YOU KNOW, NO SMOKING IS ON THOSE.
THAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR 8-YEAR-OLD ON AN E-BIKE, THE PAST NO.
I WANTED TO THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, PROBABLY PARK TREES THAT WERE PLANTED THERE, UM, WITH THE 50 THAT WERE PLANTED WITH THE HEAT WOULD'VE DIED.
AND SO THE GUY THAT WAS OUT THERE WATERING AND WATERING EVERY DAY OR WHENEVER IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
SO A LOT OF THOSE TREES LIVED.
UM, THE TWO THAT WERE PLANTED AT MEMORIAL PARK, I DROVE BY THERE.
THE TREE GUYS APPOINTMENT ALSO ARE STILL ALIVE AND THEY REALLY GOOD.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY HARD SUMMER.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE CORE CHALLENGE, THE EVENT WAS GREAT.
UM, AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
I DON'T DO ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
UM, WITH THAT, DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? NO.
THIS CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, GREG? UH, AND A SECOND GLEN ON ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? YOU CAN'T SECOND.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING.
YOU CAN'T SECOND AT 7:35 PM I THOUGHT YOU.