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NO MUTE EVERYBODY RIGHT THERE.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ALL RIGHT.UH, WITH THAT SAID IT'S SEVEN OH ONE.
I AM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY DOING A ROLL CALL.
AND AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING, UH, KNOWING THAT IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE WERE EFFICIENT THIS EVENING.
UH, AS I DO THE ROLL CALL, UH, CLAUDIA, ARE YOU HERE BY ANY CHANCE? CLAUDIA.
ALL RIGHT, MR. ATKINS, ARE YOU HERE BY ANY CHANCE, JR.
UH, NEXT PERSON, UH, DIANE MS. GILDA.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VICTORIA IS NO LONGER THE BOARD.
UH, MS. ROSS, SHE WILL NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, DID NOT REALIZE OR DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT CATHOLIC THAT THEY HAVE A SERVICE THAT THEY DO ON, ON, ON THIS EVENING.
SO SHE, UH, ASKED TO BE EXCUSED AND SHE IS, UM, MR. MAG, LESLIE MACK.
UH, MR. SNYDER, BUDDY SNYDER, BUT HE'S HERE.
CAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY THANK YOU, BUDDY.
SO, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL JUST CHECK BACK IN AS WE GO DOWN THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT HAVE THOMAS SANE, SUSAN RAJ, JR.
AND CLAUDIA, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE HAVE DONE ROLL CALL AND, UM, FIRST, SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MARCH 4TH, 2021 PARKS BOARD MEETING.
UH, THIS IS JANE, BUT UH, I HAVE SUSAN ON THE PHONE.
I'D SAY SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO SPEAK, BUT SUSAN IS ON THE PHONE.
SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO SPEAK WHILE AGO.
WHO WAS THAT? THIS IS JAMES SANTANGELO'S.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM.
CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T ANSWER.
MAYBE IT'S MY CONNECTION, BUT WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE.
DO WE HAVE THAT MANY? OH YEAH.
JUST MAKING SURE, SORRY, JAMES.
NOT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.
YOU'RE HERE TO KEEP US IN LINE.
[2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 4, 2021 PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MARCH FOUR, 2021 PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES.UH, THOSE MINUTES, UH, WERE SENT OUT TO YOU ALL.
AND SO YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM IF THERE'S NOT ANY CHANGES, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARK BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NO ITEMS OPPOSED.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND, UH, PLEASE YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO COME UP OR NOT COME UP, BUT UH, OPEN YOUR MIND, SPEAK, UH, AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND, UH, WE'LL ENTERTAIN YOUR CONVERSATION.
MS. JULIA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? NO, WE DID NOT.
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SEE SOMETHING RIGHT.UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. STAFF REPORTS]
ITEM, UH, MOVE ON OVER TITLE NUMBER FOUR, STAFF REPORTS.UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, MR.
UM, TW IS ACTUALLY, UH, I'M OFF THIS WEEKEND, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE LONG WEEKEND.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, TAKE THAT THE PROJECT MANAGER REPORTS, UM, COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO COMMUNITY PARK LATELY, YOU, UH, NOTICES MAYBE A COUPLE OF CHANGES.
WE DON'T HAVE A BRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THAT CONNECTS THE, UM, NEW SUBDIVISION TO THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MUSTANG, BIO THE PARK.
UM, WE, WE WERE OUT THERE THE OTHER DAY AND WE SAW A COUPLE OF FAMILIES USING THAT BRIDGE AND, UM, THAT BRIDGE WE WILL, UM, WE WILL CONNECT THAT BRIDGE TO THE REST OF THE PARK.
WE HAVE SOME SORT OF TRAIL, BUT RIGHT NOW THE BRIDGE JUST KINDA ENDS OVER THERE BEHIND THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, THE GOLF COURSE, AND, UM, UH, BUT IT, BUT IT'S IN, IT'S A NICE ADDITION TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, PROVIDES EXCELLENT ACCESS TO THE PARK.
UM, ALSO YOU'LL SEE A COMMUNITY PARK THAT WE HAVE A NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DID SOME PLAYGROUND ENHANCEMENTS A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THAT THE MAIN STRUCTURE, UM, STAYED THE SAME.
WE BUILT ALL THOSE NEW THINGS AROUND IT, WHAT WE'VE NOW REPLACED.
UM, THAT STRUCTURE, UH, WENT OUT THERE, UH, AGAIN THE OTHER DAY AND, UH, KIDS WERE ALL OVER IT PLAYING ON IT, HAVING A GOOD TIME, THE SAFETY SURFACINGS IN AND, AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT MIX MAKES FOR, UH, A GREAT PLAY EXPERIENCE, THEIR COMMUNITY PARK.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NEW ADDITION.
UM, SPEAKING OF PLAYGROUNDS, UH, HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK WILL BE, UH, COMPLETED IN, UH, THIS MONTH, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE HAVE A, UH, A NEW PLAYGROUND GOING IN THERE.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WAS SLATED TO BE COMPLETED OR SLATED TO BE REPLACED IN 2016, BUT WITHOUT THE FUNDS WE WOULD, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT ONE IS, UM, IS NOW HAPPENING AND WE'LL BE, UM, WE'LL BE EXCITED TO, UM, GET THAT ONE, UH, REPLACED AS WELL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE BIG THING IS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO CITY HALL LATELY, YOU BUS SEEING THE FENCING UP AROUND WHERE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IS GOING TO BE, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UM, HAS, UH, TECHNICALLY OFFICIALLY BROKE GROUND, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO, UH, NO EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE START OF THINGS WITH SOME, UM, MATERIALS, UH, SOME, SOME THE FENCING AS WELL AS THE, UH, UM, THE STAKING FOR THE LAYOUT OF IT.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE CONTRACTORS IN THE PERMITTING PHASE, UH, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT STUFF WHILE THEY GET THEIR PERMITS.
UM, SO THAT ONCE THEIR PERMITS ARE, UM, GOOD TO GO, THEY'LL BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL AND MOVE FORWARD.
WE'LL BE MEETING, UM, NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS, UH, COLORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS DESIGNED, UM, AND WHAT ACTUALLY THE PHYSICAL, THE PHYSICAL STONE OR THE PHYSICAL, UM, COLORS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, BE, BE APPROVED.
SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE PARKS.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY, UH, MAY SEE IN THE PARKS OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, ALL RIGHT, YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO OPERATIONS, MR. BERRY, NOPE, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY MONTH, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE REPORT THAT WAS IN THE PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BARRY? GREAT.
I LIKED THE WAY IT'S MOVING RECREATION.
UH, THE, THE MARCH REPORT IS IN THE PACKET.
UH, THE HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE COMING UP IN APRIL, UH, TOMORROW EVENING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A FAMILY BIKE NIGHT EVENT AT 6:00 PM AT COMMUNITY PARK AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY, APRIL 10TH, WE'LL BE DOING A PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN FOR THE EDIBLE EARTH FEST, UH, FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AT MOSLEY PARK AND EDIBLE ARBOR TRAIL ON APRIL 16TH.
WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND FRIDAY NIGHT FLIX AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION.
THAT'LL BE SHOWING WONDER WOMAN.
AND AGAIN, INSTEAD OF IN LIEU OF TICKETS OR A DISTRACTION, WE'LL ASK FOR DONATIONS THAT WILL GO TO BENEFIT
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THE FORT BEND WOMEN'S SHELTER.THAT'LL BE AT 6:30 PM AT COMMUNITY PARK AND THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND KAYAKING WORKSHOP AT 9:00 AM AT BUFFALO RUN PARK AND 30TH WE'LL HAVE THE RETURN OF FAMILY FUN NIGHTS, UH, DOING MINI GOLF, STARTING AT 5:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO GOT SOME FUN EVENTS COMING UP IN APRIL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BROWN? GREAT.
[5. DIRECTORS’ REPORTS]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON OVER TO, UH, NUMBER FIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, MR. MANGAN.YEAH, A COUPLE OF HIGH-LEVEL ITEMS THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, QUICKLY IS, UH, THE FIRST OF ALL, THE MASTER PLAN MASTER PLANNING PROCESS IS ONGOING.
AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE ARE, WE ARE, WHAT WE FEEL IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, UM, FROM WHAT THE, THE CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE USING, UM, INITIALLY, UM, GAVE US, I, I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO, UM, TW REALLY TAKING THIS PROJECT BY THE RAINS AND REALLY MOVING IT ALONG.
UM, WE'VE, UH, FINISHED THE LEVELS OF SERVICE PORTION OF IT, UM, UH, THE DRAFT AND THEN, UM, THE PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH WAS A BUNCH OF, UH, UM, FOCUS GROUPS.
AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, UM, SURVEYS, UH, THOSE ARE ALSO, UH, COMPLETED.
UM, THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE DRAFT OF THE RESULTS OF THAT.
UH, WE'VE SEEN THE INITIAL DRAFT AND THEY WOULD SEND IT BACK FOR A COUPLE OF EDITS AND CLARIFICATIONS.
AND THEN, UH, I WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, THAT WAS SOME OTHER DATA WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BY THE, UM, UH, CONSULTANTS, UM, AT THE NEXT, UH, PARK'S BOARD MEETING.
SO, UM, WE HAD SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS THAT CAME UP AS, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, PUT THE SURVEY OUT THERE THAT WERE, UM, PLEASANTLY SURPRISING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED AS WE MOVE FORWARD OF THE DIRECTION THAT THIS PLAN IS GOING TO GO.
UM, AS, AS WE COMPLETE THE PLAN, WE WILL IN THE, AT, AT THE SAME TIME, AS WE, AS WE CONCLUDE THE PLAN, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WE CAN KIND OF GET OURSELVES SOME BIG PICTURE IDEAS OF WHAT WE'RE, UM, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, SO IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD TIE INTO FINISHING THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
AND THEN, UM, UM, GOING INTO A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, CENTERING OURSELVES SOME, SOME BIG GOALS THAT WE'LL TAKE OUR DEPARTMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, THE SPEAKING OF ACCREDITATION, UM, OUR ACCREDITATION LAST TIME WHEN WE SPOKE, I BELIEVE I TOLD YOU THAT OUR STANDARDS WERE DONE AND THEY WERE INITIALLY, THEY WERE BEING REVIEWED BY THE INITIAL, UH, REVIEW GROUP.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE SOME, UH, FEEDBACK ON OUR, UM, UH, EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THIS, BUT WHEN THE, WHEN THE EMAIL SAYS WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE LISTENED REAL INTENTLY AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
BUT AS WE MET WITH THAT INITIAL REVIEW GROUP, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO EASILY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
THEY WERE ALL PRETTY MINOR THINGS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO TWEAK SOME THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME THINGS LINED UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATED, CREATED A COUPLE OF NEW LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY FELT WERE MORE IN LINE WITH THE STANDARDS.
UM, WE HAVE THEN RESUBMITTED THAT, UH, FOR THEM TO REVIEW AGAIN, UM, THEY REVIEWED IT AGAIN AND GIVEN US THE THUMBS UP, UM, AND HAVE RELEASED OUR REPORT TO THE, THE, UM, THE SECOND GROUP OF REVIEWERS, WHICH IS THE, UM, SITE REVIEW TEAM, WHICH THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IF WE WERE NOT IN A YEAR OF, UH, COVID, THAT WE WOULD HOST THEM HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT THEY WILL BE DOING THE REVIEW, UM, VIRTUALLY, UH, THIS YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, CAN'T REALLY MAKE IT A LITTLE HARDER TO SHOW OFF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST FOR WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO DEVELOP, UH, A VIDEO FOR THEM.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT AND PROMOTE, UM, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE GOOD TO GO FOR OUR, UM, OFFICIAL REVIEW, WHICH WILL HAPPEN THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL, THE REVIEW TEAM WILL AGAIN PROVIDE, UH, ASK US FOR ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, CLARIFICATION ON THE EVIDENCE THAT WE PROVIDED.
AND WE WILL, UM, BE CARE OF THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL HOST THEM FOR OUR VISIT.
UM, WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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BUT NOT LEAST IN THIS, UH, PROBABLY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IS, IS MORE OF A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE WITH TRISH AND, AND, UH, SYDNEY, UH, UM, BUT WE, WE ARE HOSTING INTERVIEWS FOR THAT POSITION NEXT WEEK.SO, UM, THINGS WILL START GETTING DONE AGAIN.
UM, WE KNOW HOW, HOW GOOD THEY ARE AND NOW HOW MUCH, UH, WE NEED THEM.
SO WE ARE HOSTING A NEWS FOR THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A NEW TEAM MEMBER THAT WILL, OF COURSE INTERACT WITH Y'ALL ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE PROSPECTS THAT WE HAVE NEXT WEEK AND, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL STUFF, THEN I'D BE, OH, ONE MORE THING.
UM, JUST BECAUSE, UM, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UM, WE'LL LET THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED THAT THE PUBLIC ARTS, UH, ORDINANCE IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT TO THEM ON A STUDY SESSION HERE, UM, ON MONDAY, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE, THE, UM, THE MEETING, UH, REGULAR MEETING AFTER THAT.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
WE, WE MADE SOME, SOME TWEAKS AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON, UH, FEEDBACK AS WELL AS SOME, UH, NEW IDEAS FROM, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND PRESENT THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON, ON MONDAY.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASON? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JASON.
[6. BOARD REPORTS]
MOVING ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, BOARD REPORTS.DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME?
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS NO BOARD REPORT ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET CONCERNED ABOUT, OR WE WANT TO HAVE A PLACED ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING
LIKE HEARING THAT WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO OUR MEETING PRETTY EFFICIENTLY AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
UH, ALSO WANT TO JUST, UH, WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, HAPPY EASTER, OR HOWEVER YOU CELEBRATE IT AND STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
I'LL THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH, GEORGIA.