* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] [1. CALL TO ORDER] MISSION IS TO, UH, TO OUR, OUR CALL ON TIME. OKAY. I [3. Election of Officers] COULD DO THIS ONCE A YEAR. UM, OKAY. YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR MOTION. I NOMINATE OUR CURRENT CHAIR AS OUR FUTURE CHAIR. OH, OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, MR. UH, RODNEY FOR THE SECOND, MR. GRIFFIN. I'M SORRY. UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE THE CHAIR? UM, WANT TO JUST ASK HIM GOOD THING. OKAY. I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UM, IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR THE VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER HANEY DID STATE THAT HE WOULD STAY ON. IF YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE HIM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT MR. HANEY IS OR VICE CHAIRMAN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR, SEEING NON FAVOR FOR VICE CHAIR, HANEY SIGNIFY BY SAYING THANK YOU. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES AS WELL ON TONIGHT. UM, WE ALSO NEED AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND IN THE PAST, UH, COMMISSIONER O'MALLEY HAS GRACIOUSLY SERVED IN THAT POSITION. UM, IS THERE A MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER O'MALLEY REMAIN IN THAT SEAT? I THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, MR. BRIGHTWELL, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, MR. MALLARD, WILL YOU ACCEPT THE POSITION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT NOW TO THE, UH, READING OF THE MINUTES. [4. READING OF MINUTES] WE'LL CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF JULY 14TH, 2021 PROMOTION. I SO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. COMMISSIONER OVERTURN. SO I CAN THANK YOU, MS. OCEAN, AND THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING ARMS AND EYES. WELL, ARE THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS OR NAMES? THANK YOU ALL HERE. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO REPORTS. [5. REPORTS] UM, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING PERMISSION, I DON'T PER SE HAVE A REPORT. I JUST HAVE A THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THE CHAIR MEETINGS. THAT'S ALL I'M HERE TO DO IS TO JUST FACILITATE THIS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT MEETING AND WE GET TO SOME RESOLUTION. SO I APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY DO. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE A REPORT ON TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. FAP REPORTS, JENNIFER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, NO REPORT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I DO SEE HERE ON ITEM TWO, UM, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER THAT, UH, ITEM FOR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. DOES ENGINEERING HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. WELCOME TONIGHT. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. NOW. PARKS AND RECREATION. UM, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS HERE ON TONIGHT AND WE DO HAVE AN ADDENDUM HERE, A PARKS MASTER PLAN UPDATE. I HAVE SOME SLIDES. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TW AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING THE CITY AS YOUR [00:05:01] ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. SO IF I HAVEN'T MET YOU BEFORE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. UH, BRIEFLY. I'M GONNA STEP ASIDE NOW AND INTRODUCE VAN WHO'S, SWITCHING CHAIRS AND HIDING FROM HIM BEHIND ME, MR. HUNTER RUSH. HE IS THE ONE OF THE BPS, I BELIEVE WITH MHS PLANNING AND DESIGN, AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US DRAFT OUR NEW MASTER PLAN. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, ADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS TW MENTIONED, MY NAME IS HUNTER RUSH WITH MHS PLANNING AND DESIGN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALMOST, GOSH, I'M IT FEELS LIKE IT FEELS LIKE A YEAR NOW, BUT WE STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS. SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE FOUND. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED AS WE, AS WE HAVE COME TO THE NEAR END OF THIS PROCESS, UH, THE INTENT OF THIS OF THIS DOCUMENT IS, IS TO BE A GUIDE FOR THE CITY, UH, TO HELP, HELP BUDGET AND HELP TW AND JASON AND THEIR STAFF, UH, THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, EACH YEAR WHEN NEGATIVE THE BUDGET, SOME BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND HELP COUNSEL MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHERE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO, SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH, UM, KIND OF THE FOLK, ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT WE'VE DONE. I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THIS PLAN, THE PRIORITIES, AND THEN AGAIN, THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS WE HAVE, I'LL TRY TO RUN THROUGH IT RELATIVELY QUICKLY. I'M SURE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES, BUT I'LL CONDENSE SOME OF IT. UH, IF WE NEED TO GO THE PROCESS. UH, SO STARTING OFF, WE, WE DID SEVERAL, A FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS DUE TO DUE TO COVID. WE BOUGHT, WE DID ALL OF THOSE VIRTUALLY. UM, SO WE WE'VE MET WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT EIGHT GROUPS, CITY STAFF, PARKS BOARD, UH, THE SENIOR PLANNING COMMITTEE, DIFFERENT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, MISSOURI CITY, GREEN QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB, MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION AND, UH, THE MOMS, UH, FOCUS GROUP. SO AFTER SPEAKING WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, WE'VE KIND OF SUMMARIZED SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AND IT'S WHY IS IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IN A SMALL, SMALL COMMUNITY IT'S DIVERSE, IT'S PROGRESSIVE THE PROXIMITY TO HOUSTON WHILE REMAINING KIND OF A CITIZEN FOCUSED CITY, RIGHT PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. AND STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN READY, EASILY ACCESSIBLE THE STRENGTHS OF THE PARKS AND REC SYSTEM, STRONG PROGRAMMING MAINTENANCE STAFF DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB. THERE'S DIVERSITY IN THE PROGRAMS AND THERE'S LARGE EXPANSIVE EXPANSES OF TRAILS, UH, NATURAL AREAS, CREEKS, LINEAR PARKS AREAS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT. UH, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THESE. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S DEVELOPING ON FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. UH, IS THERE A, CITY'S BROKEN IN DIFFERENT PARTS ZONES AND SOME OF THOSE ZONES DON'T HAVE PARKS CURRENTLY, AND IT'S FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE EVERY ZONE HAS A PLACE FOR RECREATION, UH, TO UPDATE STEVO AND COMMUNITY PARK BALL FIELDS, UH, UPDATING JUST NEWER AMENITIES. AS WE MOVE, MOVED TO THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND UPGRADE DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT FACILITIES, INCREASE OUTDOOR NATURE PROGRAMMING, UH, INCREASE OUTDOOR SHADE AND SHADE HAS BECOME A VERY HOT TOPIC OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. UH, NO PUN INTENDED, UH, AND THEN INCREASE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, FOCUSING ON ON YOUTH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT IS A BIG, THAT IS A BIG PORTION OF YOUTH ATHLETICS IN ANY COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. UM, THE SPORTS FIELDS ARE MOSTLY OUTDATED AND THEY'RE OVERUSED. THEY'RE VERY POPULAR, VERY POPULAR, HIGHLY USED, BUT OLDER, OLDER FACILITIES FOR THE MOST PART. UM, A LOT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IF THINGS ARE MULTIPURPOSE, IF YOU BUILD BALL FIELDS, BUT YOU MAKE THEM MULTIPURPOSE, MOST PEOPLE CAN USE IT. SO THEY DON'T SIT STAGNANT FOR CERTAIN SEASONS. UM, IF YOU PUT PLAY FEATURES OUT THERE, PEOPLE CAN USE BROTHER AND SISTER CAN PLAY ON THAT WHILE THE OTHER BROTHER OR SISTER IS PLAYING BALL. UM, AGAIN, THERE WAS SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE CITY TO PARTNER WITH, UM, WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND JUST OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE IT FUNCTIONS WELL. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO FOCUS WITH THE HOA GROUPS. AGAIN, HOA IS THEY SUPPORT THOSE PARKS SUPPORT THE SYSTEM, UH, BUT THE, THE CITY PARKS SHOULD REALLY STAND OUT. AND THE BIGGEST SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND BETTER, MORE DESTINATION. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR, UH, DEVELOPERS TO BUILD PARKS AS THEY, AS THEY DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT TRAILS THAT CONNECT WITH CITY TRAILS TO MAKE, TO MAKE A LONGER CONNECTION AREAS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY QUICK SUMMATION, IF YOU, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT MORE INFORMATION DETAILED ABOUT ALL OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO SEND OUT A CITIZEN SURVEY AND THERE WERE 932 [00:10:01] RESPONSES FROM THAT SURVEY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS, THIS WAS BACK IN, UM, IN FEBRUARY TO MARCH WHEN WE HAD IT OUT. UH, AND WE ALSO, WE PUT THAT ON THE LISTSERV, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE ALSO SHARED IT THROUGH THE ISD. SO HOW WOULD WE RATE THE EXISTING PARKS? THESE ARE A LOT OF THEM, THE, THE RESPONSES, UM, 69% OF THE RESPONDENTS, UM, SAID THEY WERE EXCELLENT OR GOOD WITH ONLY 4% SAYING POOR. SO THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH RANKING RIGHT THERE FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM, NO PARKS AND REC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES NEEDED SEE 73% OF THE POPULATION AGREE THAT THEY ARE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ASKED EVERYONE TO RANK. WE GAVE A LIST OF ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND THAT'S RANK THEM ONE THROUGH FIVE OF WHAT THEY WOULD THINK IS MOST POPULAR. AND WE GAVE A RANKS TO THOSE SO WE COULD SEE HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ONE ITEM WAS THE OTHER. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, FLOWER GARDENS RANKED IS NUMBER ONE AT A VERY HIGH RATE. UM, THAT'S NOT NORMAL TO SEE IN ANY TYPICAL SURVEYS. UM, SO, SO WE'VE KIND OF INTERPRETED THAT SOME IS NOT NECESSARILY, UM, A SPECIFIC BOTANICAL GARDEN, BUT MORE HIGH-END LANDSCAPING IN THE PARK SYSTEM JUST TO HAVE MORE FLOOD MORE THAN JUST TREES AND GRASS TO KIND OF ENHANCE THE PARK SYSTEM. UH, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE NATURE TRAILS, DOG PARKS, INDOOR REC CENTERS, MULTI-USE TRAILS, UH, WATER FEATURES, SWIMMING POOLS. UM, YOU CAN SEE AS YOU MOVE DOWN MORE, MORE TRAILS, EXISTING PARKS SHOULD BE UPGRADED, UH, 93% OF THE RESPONDENTS. SO YOU SEE IT'S ABOUT 20% MORE THINK THAT THAT EXISTING PARKS SHOULD BE IMPROVED AS OPPOSED TO BUILDING NEW PARTS. UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS ENHANCING WHAT YOU HAVE AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND FINDING NEW LAND AS YOU, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW STAMOS PARK WAS JUST REDESIGNED CONCEPTUALLY. UH, SO WE, WE ASKED IF THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE PREMIER PARKS IN TOWN. UH, WE ASKED THAT SPECIFICALLY IN 83% OF THE RESPONDENTS AGREED OR STRONGLY AGREED WITH THAT BEING WITHOUT BEING DEVELOPED, WE ASK ABOUT TRAILS AND IF THEY SHOULD BE CONNECTED THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, PARKS, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, COMMERCIAL AREAS, AS YOU CAN SEE 85% STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT TRAILS ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT IN THIS COMMUNITY. NOW THESE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVY COMMENTS RIGHT HERE. UM, AND ESPECIALLY FOR CITY COUNCILS TO LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE ALWAYS ASK IF IT'S WORTH THE COST TO TAXPAYERS TO HAVE PARKS, UH, 93% OF THE RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREED. I THINK THAT THAT WEIGHS IN ONE WAS SAYING THE QUALITY OF EXISTING SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE ENJOY IT AND THEY WANT MORE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR WHAT, FOR WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. AND THEN REALLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IS QUALITY OF LIFE OUT OF THAT. SO WE ALSO ASK PEOPLE WILLING TO SUPPORT BONDS. UM, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GO VOTE FOR THESE, UH, 89% RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREED OR AGREED THAT BONDS SHOULD BE USED, UH, IN ADDITION TO STATE FUNDING AND CITY FUNDS, UH, WE ASKED THEM ABOUT FUTURE PARK CONSIDERATIONS AND TO RANK YOUR TOP THREE. AND AGAIN, WE WEIGHTED THOSE AND AS YOU CAN SEE YOUR NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, NUMBER ONE IS QUALITY. NUMBER TWO IS MAINTENANCE, AND YOU DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NUMBER FIVE IT'S NUMBER OF FACILITIES. AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE WOULD RATHER SEE QUALITY MAINTAINED SPACES RATHER THAN A WHOLE BUNCH OF MEDIOCRE MEDIOCRE SPACES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO WE DEVELOPED, UM, MASTER PLAN GOALS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, AGAIN IN THE DOCUMENT, A LOT OF OBJECTIVES THAT FALL UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THESE GOALS. UH, I WON'T STAY IN HERE TO READ ALL THESE TO YOU. UH, BUT WE DID, WE DID GO IN AND PICK OUT SPECIFICALLY PARKS AND RECREATION, NATURAL OPEN SPACES, TRAILS OF CONNECTIVITY AND MAINTENANCE AS THOSE WERE SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT STOOD OUT. SO WE DEVELOPED THESE GOALS AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVES WITHIN THOSE. AND THEN WE START DEVELOPING THE PLAN, FOLLOWING THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WE MOVE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION. ONE OF THE THINGS, SO ONE OF THE THINGS PARKS AND WILDLIFE REQUIRES IN THEIR MASTER PLANS IS IT'S AN AMENITY PRIORITIES LIST. AND WHAT THIS LIST IS, IT'S NOT AN ORDER OF IMPLEMENTATION. IT'S JUST A LIST OF PRIORITIES OF IMPORTANCE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO ONCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE PUBLIC INPUT, UM, ALL OF THAT FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, ALL THE SURVEYS, TALKING WITH CITY STAFF, LOOKING AT NATIONAL TRENDS, UNDER PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL OPINION, WE COME IN AND WE RANK THE IMPORTANCE OF THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY BASED ON ALL THAT DATA. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE LISTED A TOTAL OF 15 HERE. THE TRAILS IS GOING TO FALL AT THE TOP. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TRAILS, ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT TRAILS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND FLOWER GARDENS, UH, NATURAL AREAS OF WATER FEATURES AREAS, FISHING, PIERS, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AS IT MOVES DOWN THE LIST. SO HERE'S WHERE WE GET INTO OUR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. [00:15:01] SO OUR IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE GO IN AND WE RECOMMEND DIFFERENT PARK IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERIOD. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S DATES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THESE IN DOLLARS, UH, THESE DOLLARS ARE THERE ESTIMATES BASED ON THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE? OF COURSE THEY, THEY WILL CHANGE. IT'S NOT THAT THEY MIGHT, THEY WILL HEAL BASED ON, UM, ANY, ANY MATTER OF CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY, BUT WHAT YEAR THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. UM, AGAIN, I WON'T READ THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT MORE SLIDES THAT LOOK JUST LIKE THIS. UM, BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF MAJORITY OF THE PARKS AND WE WANT TO UPDATE AND UPGRADE BASED ON ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT IS BASIC AMENITIES. SO PLAYGROUNDS, UH, TRAILS, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, UH, NEW BENCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT, KEEPING, KEEPING KIND OF THE STANDARDS YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT INCREASED, BUT UPDATING THEM AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PARK SYSTEM. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE REDREW RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, IN 2021 BY CENTENNIAL PARK IN 2021 AS WELL. UH, WE HAVE MOST SPORTS COMPLEX THAT ONE'S A PRETTY BIG ONE WITH A $15 MILLION ESTIMATE ON IT. UH, YOU SEE, WE'VE HAD THAT PLAN FOR 2022 THROUGH 2025 THAT GAVE US PLENTY OF TIME AND PHASES TO BUILD THAT IF, IF NECESSARY. UM, AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT, IT'S, UH, IT IS THE MULTI-PURPOSE, UH, SPORTS COMPLEX WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE. UH, WE'VE ALSO ADDED PARK'S EDGE PARKLAND RIGHT NOW, UH, PARKLAND IT'S UNDEVELOPED. SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THAT AS A PARK, COME IN AND BUILD, AGAIN, SOME RECREATIONAL THINGS. THIS ONES WOULD BE MORE NATURAL WITH PLAY AREAS, WALKING TRAILS, UM, AND THEN BASIC RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. AND THAT'S IN 2022 REVOLUTION WAY IS 2023. AGAIN, SOME BASIC AMENITIES, PLAYGROUNDS SPRAYED GROUND, UH, PARKWAY CROSSING PARKLAND IN 2024 HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK. UH, WE'RE JUST, AGAIN, UPDATING THIS AS WE GO IN 2025, LIKE, AND PARK 2026, AGAIN, UH, THERE'S BEEN A MASTER PLAN. AND SO JUST COMPLETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT THROUGH THOSE PHASES, FREEDOM TREE PARK, UM, IMPROVING LANDSCAPING, UPDATING THAT PARK RUIN PARK, UH, CONSTRUCTING TRAILS AGAIN, ADDING SOME, SOME EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, REPLACING SWINGS, UPDATING PLAYGROUNDS, UH, RIVERSTONE PROPERTY PARKLAND AGAIN IS, IS UNDEVELOPED CURRENTLY. UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING IN BMX TRAILS, WALKING TRAILS, RESTROOMS PARKING LOT AND BASIC SITE AMENITIES. AND THAT'S FOR, UH, 20, 28 THROUGH 2030. WE NEED A PARK IN 2028, AGAIN, UPGRADING THAT AND PUTTING IN SOME NEWER, NICER AMENITIES, UH, CONSIDER PUTTING IN TURF ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS. UM, QUILL GREEN, WESTPARK UPDATING THAT 2029. AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY JUST UPDATING AND UPDATING THE, UM, EXISTING FACILITIES AND, UH, MAKING THE, A HIGHER LEVEL OF QUALITY FOR THOSE, THOSE AREAS. AARON TRACK. THERE'S BEEN A DRAWING FOR THIS. THAT'S BEEN BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS. THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS A VERY NATURAL NATURAL PARK WITH NATURE PLAY AREAS, UM, CREEK OVERLOOKS THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, WETLAND AREAS, UH, TO HAVE A VERY OUTDOOR NATURAL FEEL TO THIS PARK. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL TRAIL CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE KIND OF THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE YEAR IT'S AS THEY COME TO BE CONTINUALLY WORKING ON TRAILS, SPECIFICALLY FIRST COLONY TRAIL AND TRAILHEAD, UH, THE GCWR TRAIL AND OYSTER CREEK TRAIL, AND THEN GENERAL AND ONGOING. WE ALWAYS HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HAPPENING, THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY GIANT PROJECTS AT ONE SINGLE TIME. UH, AND THAT'S THE CONTINUE TO UPDATE ALL THE, ALL THE OTHER PARTS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR SYSTEM WITH, YOU KNOW, BENCHES TRAILS, KEEP THOSE STANDARDS STANDARDS MOVING, AND THEN INCREASE THE TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND SURVEILLANCE AS WE MOVE THROUGH. AND THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND MATURE, UH, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, UH, AS YOU DEVELOP THINGS AND COME UP WITH SPECIFIC DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE PLAN, WE HAVE SOME DESIGN STANDARDS FOR YOU AND THEN IMPLEMENT, UH, ART THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM AS YOU DEVELOP IT. SO WE MOVE ON TO, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT VERY FAST, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET IT TO YOU IN A NUTSHELL, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THIS. UM, SO THE NEXT STEPS, AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT, WE'RE, WE'RE PRESENTING TO PLANNING AND ZONING. WE WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS AND SEE SOME OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON GOING. UH, ONCE, ONCE WE ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE AFTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS, UH, WE'LL PRESENT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THEN WITH PLAN FOR ADOPTION. AND THEN, UH, WE HOPE TO GO STRAIGHT [00:20:01] TO APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING AND PLAYING IMPLEMENTATION. UH, I THINK THE, THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER THESE PLANES THAT THEY REALLY ARE GUIDES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ATTAINMENTS TO COME IN AND SET A GUIDE. THEY ARE FLEXIBLE. THEY SHOULD MOVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE PENCIL RED MARKS IN THEM AS YOU GO THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT WAS QUICK. UM, BUT IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU WANNA ADDRESS OR HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ME REGARDING THE PARK SYSTEM, I'M HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM. UM, BUT MOSTLY WE WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE THIS IN A QUICK NUTSHELL, THERE ANY SURPRISES OF THE DATA FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE. I DON'T, I MEAN, ENHANCED BOTANICAL GARDENS COMING UP AS NUMBER ONE IS DEFINITELY A SURPRISE. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRAILS ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT. TRAILS ARE VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW AND EVERYBODY CAN USE THEM FROM STROLLERS TO, UM, ANYBODY OF ANY ABILITY CAN TYPICALLY USE TRAILS. I THINK IT WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE HERE. PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF TRAILS. IT WAS DISCUSSED A LOT. UM, AND THEN REALLY THE PROGRAMMING, I WOULD SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRAMMING THAT IS PROVIDED, UM, AND, AND PEOPLE UTILIZE IT AND THEY WANTED MORE. AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND COUNCIL AND ANY DECISIONS THAT WHOEVER PLAYS IN THOSE ROLES, UM, CAUSE YOU CAN BUILD A LOT OF PARKS, BUT IF, AND ALL THESE NICE FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS, YOU CAN BUILD THEM, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES THERE, UH, THEN PEOPLE DON'T, PEOPLE DON'T GO. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE SCHEDULES. SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S BEEN PRETTY OUTSTANDING HERE, BUT NOTHING NEGATIVE. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OUTSTANDING, NEGATIVELY. AND THE FUNDING THAT YOU WOULD APPLY FOR IS THAT ALL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OR PERMANENT BRICK AND MORTAR THINGS, OR COULD IT ALSO BE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIKE YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE TEAMS AND, UM, THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DOES EVERY YEAR. IT DEPENDS ON WHICH GRANTS YOU GO FOR. BUT TYPICALLY THERE ARE A LOT FOR BRICK AND MORTAR, THEREFORE ELEMENTS AND RECREATIONAL PLAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME GRANTS THAT HELP YOU FUND FOR MAINTENANCE OF THINGS THROUGH OVER THE YEARS, UM, WHICH IS ALSO, THERE WAS A GREAT GRANTS TO CHASE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD IT. THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN IT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. VERY THOROUGH. THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY PARKS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF THIS? I SEE YOU LISTED SEVERAL PARKS. THERE WAS THERE ANY THAT WAS LEFT OUT OF IMPROVEMENTS? THERE WE, WE WENT THROUGH EVERY PART. EVERY PARK IS, HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AND UM, I RESEARCHED OR INVENTORY PER SE. UH, NOT EVERY PARK HAS, IS FALLS WITHIN THE 10 YEAR PLANNING PERIODS TO BE UPGRADED. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF BUDGET, BUDGETARY REASONS. WE TRY TO GO THROUGH AND UPDATE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT NEED THE MOST BASED ON PROXIMITY AND LOCATION, UM, YEAR BUILT. AND THEN FINANCIALLY WHAT WE THINK IS FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU A PLAN THAT YOU CAN'T IMPLEMENT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT PROJECTS CAN GET BUILT AND THAT YOU DON'T JUST HAVE A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE. SO THE SHORT ANSWER, YOUR QUESTION IS NO PARKS WERE LEFT OUT. EVERY PARK WAS REVIEWED. EVERY PARK IS AT A DIFFERENT STAGE IN ITS LIFE CYCLE. IT'S A MINUTE TEASER AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. SO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAW HERE ARE PROBABLY THE HIGHER DOLLAR PROJECTS. THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THE BIG PICTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY A POTENTIAL BOND ISSUE. THIS FALL, THE DATES COULD CHANGE. THE DOLLAR FIGURES CAN CHANGE. UH, LIKE HUNTER SAID, IT IS A VERY FLEXIBLE, UH, LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE WENT TO BREATHE AND CHANGE AND WE'LL MARK IT UP AND WE'LL USE IT AS A GUIDE FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. IT'S A 10 YEAR DOCUMENT, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE REDO THESE EVERY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LAST PARK'S MASTER PLAN. OUR LAST TENURE PARK'S MASTER PLAN WAS DONE IN 2015. WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW, SO CERTAIN PARKS WE'VE ALREADY UPDATED SOME AMENITIES, WHETHER IT'S WE HAD SOME NEW PLAYGROUNDS, MAYBE THERE'S A NEW RESTROOM, LIKE AN AMERICAN LEGION. THEY PUT ONE OF THOSE AND DID SOME, SOME WORK THERE IN RECENT YEARS, WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO BANK EROSION CONTROL AT BOTH AMERICAN LEGION AS WELL AS BUFFALO RUN. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE DEFINED IN THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE OPERATIONAL AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SMALLER BUDGET ITEMS. UM, BUT AS THINGS COME UP, REGARDLESS OF THE PARK, DEFINITELY WE TAKE A LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND PROJECTS. SO WHAT IS YOUR TARGET CIP BUDGET FOR 10 YEARS FOR PARKS? BUT I THINK IT'S TBD RIGHT NOW. WE DO, WE DO A REVIEW, UH, THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. UM, [00:25:02] MY DEPARTMENT DOESN'T OVERSEE THAT. SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BALLPARK A NUMBER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. I CAN TELL YOU IN THE BOND ISSUE THAT WE HAD PROJECTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, I THINK IT WAS AN EXCESS OF 20 MILLION IN AGGREGATE. THE BIGGEST PROJECT WAS SAME-O CAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE WIPED DOWN, CHANGED THE GRADING AND EVERYTHING. UM, AND, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET TOO, AS NEW PRIORITIES COME ALONG ON THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN EACH YEAR, WE REEVALUATE THAT WITH PLANNING AND VILLA ENGINEERING WITH THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP. AND SOMETIMES IT CHANGES FROM, WELL, IN ADDITION TO THE GRANTS AND THE FUNDING. I KNOW TXDOT IS THE BIG TRAIL ONE, RIGHT. STILL. UH, SO THAT, UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LOOKING INTO THAT TO LEVERAGE OFF THE BOMBING, LIKE WITH YOUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ENTIRE CHAPTER DEVOTED IN THE PLAN ITSELF WITH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GRANTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL LEVEL. UM, WE HAVEN'T GO SPECIFICALLY TO WHICH ONES GO TO WHICH PROJECT THAT'S MORE, WHICH PROJECT DO WE WANT TO PURSUE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HELP FIGURE OUT WHICH GRANTS AT THAT PROJECT. OKAY. WAS THERE, DID I NOT HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT BUILDING NEW PARKS? WAS, IS THAT PART OF THERE WILL BE BUILDING NEW PARKS BECAUSE CURRENTLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARK LAND THAT IS UNDEVELOPED. SO SOME OF THOSE PARKS WILL BE DEVELOPED, BUT IT WON'T BE NECESSARILY ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PARKLAND. OKAY. WAIT, WHERE DID YOU HAVE THAT? IS THAT IN HERE? IT WAS A BIG ONE. YEAH. HERON IS ONE. AND THEN ALSO HERON TRYING LISTED AS PARK LAND RATHER THAN PARK PARKLAND INDICATES THAT IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY, BUT IT'S UNDEVELOPED AT THE EXAMPLES ARE RIVERSTONE PROPERTY HERE IN TRACK ARCS. PARK'S EDGE IS PROBABLY OUR CLOSEST ONE. AND WE SEE THOSE AS THERE IS DEVELOPED AND WE GET PARKLAND DEDICATED LAND. AND WAS THERE NOT ANY CONSIDERATION IN BUYING LAND FOR ADDITIONAL PARTS? THE REASON I'M ASKING, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS FOR A PARK IN MY SUBDIVISION, THERE'S A BALL FIELD OVER THERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN OCCUPIED AND WE'VE COME TO THE CITY MANY TIMES ASKING THEM TO BUY THAT ARE, YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE TO PLAY NOWHERE OTHER THAN IN THE STREETS, FONDREN PARK, THE FIELD IS OVER THERE ON, UH, EAST HAMPTON. IS THAT WHERE IT IS JENNIFER? ACTUALLY, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT USED TO BE OWNED BY HISC AND THAT'S NOW UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. SO IT'S NO LONGER, UM, AN ACTIVE PARK OR, UM, PLAYING, RIGHT. IT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY TO PURCHASE IT AND TURN IT INTO A PARK, DEVELOP IT INTO A PARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO CROSS THE FREEWAY TO COME OVER HERE AND UTILIZE ANY OF THE PARKS HERE. THERE IS NO PARKS OVER ON THAT END OF MISSOURI CITY. I'M RELATIVELY NEW. SO, UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT MONTHS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT PROPOSAL YET, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY. I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD ALWAYS CONSIDER ANY OPPORTUNITY IF IT CAME, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO FUNDING AND ANY NUMBER OF OTHER CRITERIA. FIRST, I CAN TELL YOU, THESE ARE OUR TRADITIONAL OR OUR BUILT-IN WAY WITH THIS, THAT WAY, THE WAY CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BUYS OR DEVELOPS, OR MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE WORD A AS PARKLAND IS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARKS ZONE. SO IF THERE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR PART ZONE, THEY CAN EITHER GIVE US CASH AND LOOM OR THEY CAN GIVE US A CRUNCH. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW WE GET THAT RATHER THAN GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE LISTINGS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. BUT IF THERE ARE SOME, SOME GAPS, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS A DEFINITELY HABIT WITH OPEN EARS. EVENTUALLY WE'D HAVE TO TAKE THAT THROUGH THE PARK BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY APPROVE OF THAT. AND EVENTUALLY TO CITY COUNCIL, IF WE HAD A VIABLE PROJECT PROPOSAL, OKAY. PARK BOARD, LAWRENCE, TURNER'S THROWING IT BACK AT YOU ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION TOO, ALONG THOSE LINES ON YOUR, YOUR CITIZEN SURVEY, I SEE YOU HAD 932 AND THE POPULATION OF MISSOURI CITY LESS CENSUS WAS OVER 75,000. SO THAT'S A 0.01 TO FOUR RESPONSE TO THIS SURVEY. AND, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE TIME FRAME AS FAR AS SURVEY MONKEY. AND IT WAS [00:30:01] FROM FEBRUARY THE 12TH TO MARCH THE NINTH, WHICH WAS LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS. AND SO I'M CURIOUS AS FAR AS WHAT SIZE SAMPLE DO YOU FEEL ARE GOING INTO THIS PROJECT? YOU FELT WAS A GOOD SAMPLE BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, THAT'S NOT 0.01 TO FOUR RESPONDENTS OUT OF A POPULATION OF 75,076. YEAH. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEW ESTIMATE. CURIOUS, AND, AND AS A CITIZEN MYSELF, I NEVER GOT THE SURVEY. UH, AND I SEE YOU HAVE IT ON CITY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, WHICH I'M WONDERING WHAT SITES ARE THOSE SINCE I'M NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON AND YOU HAVE IT ON THE FORT BEND ISD. SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS HOW WAS THE SURVEY DISTRIBUTED TO CITIZENS? AND I GOT A FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT, CERTAINLY, UH, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE RATE, YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT IS NOT GREAT. UM, WE WERE AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF COVID AND THERE WAS A VERY HARD TIME. EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO EVERYTHING. UM, AND SO WE, WE PUT IT OUT AT THE SCHOOLS, WE PUT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO WE, WE PUT IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. UM, AND, AND, UM, WHAT WE DID. SO, SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT A GREAT RESPONSE. WE WE'VE TAKEN THAT DATA. WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT WE HAD AS WELL WITH THE FOCUS FOR MEETINGS AND THE CITY HAD DONE. I THINK IT WAS I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. I THINK IT WAS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DID A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. AND WE USE A LOT OF THAT DATA FROM THAT PLAN. UM, AND FROM THAT, FROM THAT SURVEY, WHICH WAS A MORE DETAILED SURVEY, UH, TO SUPPLEMENT THIS, TO, TO GET INFORMATION FROM THAT. AND THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WE MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION IS THE PARTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE DEVELOPMENT. ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE INPUT FROM CITIZENS IN THAT AREA AS FAR AS THEIR INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS? I THINK BECAUSE THE SAMPLE WAS SO SMALL, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT BEFORE YOU MAKE THE FINAL PLAN. YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S A MOVING OBJECT, IT'S A MOVING DOCUMENT. I ENCOURAGED THE CITIZENS LIVING NEAR THAT ALSO HAVE SOME INPUT, UH, IN, IN THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE SAMPLE WAS SO SMALL. YES. AND WE TYPICALLY DO THAT WHENEVER A CERTAIN PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BUILT, WE'LL MAIL OUT FLYERS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN WE'LL INVITE PEOPLE TO THE PARK. WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO THE SAME SURVEYS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT AREA. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION. AND I'M NEW TO THE COMMISSION. HOW MANY PARTS DO WE HAVE IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY COUNT WAS, GOSH, WAS IT 42 OR 38? I BELIEVE IT'S 21 OR 22 OF DEVELOPED CITY OWNED PARKS, UM, HAVE DEVELOPED PARK ACREAGE. WE HAVE, I THINK AT LAST COUNT, ROUGHLY JUST UNDER ABOUT 515 ACRES OF DEVELOPED PARKLAND AND WITH ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 250,000 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, I WAS JUST GOING TO DOVETAIL REAL QUICK ON WHAT HE SAID ABOUT COMMUNITY INPUT. THESE ARE KIND OF CONCEPTUAL. WE START WITH A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, WE TRY TO TIE SOME KIND OF A PROJECTIVE COST ESTIMATE TO THAT TO GIVE US OKAY, HERE'S OUR BENCHMARK OR KIND OF BASELINE. ONCE WE START TO IMPLEMENT OR GO FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT'S WHEN WE START WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND WE DO HAVE IN COMMUNITY AND PUT AT THAT POINT THROUGH THE WAY. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT DESIGN THAT FITS THE COMMUNITY AND THE DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE COMMISSIONER LUCAS HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET A PARK IN HER AREA. SO I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT A FOOTNOTE IN LOOKING IN HER AREA TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. AND THIS SURVEY OR ANY OTHER FUTURE PLANS, ARE YOU IN? I KNOW WHICH PARKS HARRIS COUNTY. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MISSOURI CITY CAN'T GET FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY THEN TO BUILD A PARK. IF THAT'S THE CASE ABOUT FUNDING, BECAUSE WE'RE HARRIS COUNTY, WE'RE MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE'RE HARRIS COUNTY. OKAY. AND, UH, I'M SEEING HERE THAT 73% OF THE SURVEY SAID, WE NEED ADDITIONAL PARKS, WHICH ONE OVER THERE IN MY AREA WILL BE GREAT. YOU KNOW? UM, I JUST DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S FAIR. OUR KIDS OVER THERE, WE'RE TAXPAYERS [00:35:01] TO OUR KIDS. SO WE'RE THERE. I MEAN, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO. THEY PUT BASKETBALL GLOBES UP IN THE STREETS, CARS COME BY, THEY HAVE TO ROLL THEM TO THE SIDE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOTHING. AND KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE THAT FIELD THERE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO SOMEWHERE, THE PLAY, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY SET UP A LITTLE FOOTBALL FIELD AND IT'S NOT MUCH GRASS THERE FORM. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE. AND JEN OR JENNIFER CAN ATTEST TO WHAT I'M SAYING. AND I DON'T SEE WHY THIS YEAR IS A CONSTANT ONGOING. MAYBE IT'S A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE OFFLINE SPECIFIC TO THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS, CAUSE I THINK WHAT TWA MENTIONED AND PART OF THE DIFFICULTY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY IS THE CITY DOESN'T NEED GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. THE CITY, THE CITY DOES NOT USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO ACQUIRE PARKLAND. SO THAT'S A CONDITION OF PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT ARE TIED TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SPELLING IN, SO ON THE NORTHERN SIDE WHERE FONDANT PARKS ON METAL, THE PARTS ZONE THAT THEY'RE WITHIN UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOT SEEN A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, OVER THE LAST RECENT YEARS. SO THAT PART TO THEM FINE, MAYBE LOWER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS ZONE FUNDS, UM, AND THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE LAND, UM, USING FUNDS. SO WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A, ANOTHER CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER USING, UM, OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR LOOKING AT OTHER METHODS. UM, BUT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND THE, UH, THE CITY'S ABILITY RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY TIED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING. SO A LOT OF THAT PARKLAND, UM, WITH ACQUIRE USING THOSE PROCESS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT, OKAY, THE CITY DOESN'T USE CITY FUNDS TO PURCHASE PARKLAND, IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? SO THE, THE PARK, THE PARK PLAN THAT THE SLIDES WERE SHOWING, UM, SO LIKE THE RIVER'S GONE THE HAIR AND TRACK THE PARK'S EDGE. UM, THE, UH, PARKWAY CROSSING, ALL OF THOSE WERE PARKLAND DEDICATIONS THAT CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, UM, AND THE COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALL OF THAT WAS TIED TO THE PLANNING PROCESS OF THOSE NEEDS. SO THE CITY IS BROKEN DOWN INTO 13 AT DIFFERENT PARTS ZONES. AND SO THE DEDICATION IS BASED ON WHERE THAT SUBDIVISION IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT PARK ZONE. SO WHETHER IT'S A CASH IN LIEU OF PAYMENT OR A DEDICATION OF ACTUAL LAND, IT'S CONTAINED WITHIN HOW, UH, THE PARK ZONES ARE DIVIDED UP THROUGH THE CITY. SO IN THE NORTHERN SIDE, WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THAT RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. UM, SO THAT FOG ZONE HAS NOT SEEN ME CASH AND LOVE OR NEW LAND DEDICATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT ZONE. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO GROWTH OVER THERE, RIGHT. IN RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT. RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. WHAT WAS, IS NO LAND OVER THERE OTHER THAN THAT FIELD DEALS, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UM, UM, WHAT OPTIONS WE MAY HAVE. I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THEY'VE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER VEHICLE IN ORDER TO GET YOUR AREA DEVELOPED, BECAUSE CURRENTLY WITH WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME OTHER KIND OF WAY. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT TW HAS SAID IS THAT HE IS WILLING TO TALK TO YOU AND YOUR GROUP TO SEE IF MAYBE Y'ALL CAN COME UP WITH A WAY BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK SO IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT BETWEEN JENNIFER AND TW AND I'M PRETTY SURE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY CAN'T DO IT BASED ON HOW OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE IS SET UP, BECAUSE IT'S MAINLY GEARED THROUGH NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THEY'LL SIT DOWN AND MAYBE PUTTING HEADS TOGETHER, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT DONE. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A VALID POINT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PINNED AND NOTED. YEAH. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW FROM THE ONLY OBSTACLE IS THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO GIRLS AND NO, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY OVER THERE. I MEAN, EVERYTHING, ALL THE LAND IS TAKEN. SO, SO THEY'LL DEFINITELY FIND, FIGURE A WAY OUT, MAKE SURE YOU GET WITH THEM, DON'T FORGET. OH, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. [00:40:02] ALRIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER BAILEY? I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD. IN ADDITION TO YOUR SURVEY, THEN YOU HAVE A CITIZENS COMMITTEE FORMED OF SOME 20, 25 OF RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT MET AND PROVIDED YOU SOME FEEDBACK OVER THE COURSE OF LIKE MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UH, REGARDING PARKS AND ART DEVELOPMENT OF THIS YEAR. WE, WE JUST DID THE FOCUS GROUPS, FOCUS GROUPS, MEANING THE SPECIFIC WEEK WE MET WITH EIGHT SPECIFIC GROUPS AND WE MET INDIVIDUALLY AND SAT DOWN, UM, WELL, VIRTUALLY SAT DOWN AND SPOKE WITH THERE'S PROBABLY GROUPS OF IT RANGED FROM SIX TO 12 PEOPLE. AND WE SAT DOWN WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS. OKAY. WAS THAT WITH SIX OR 12 STAFF? NO, MA'AM NO, IT WAS, IT WAS THESE GROUPS, THERE WAS THE CITY STAFF WAS ONE GROUP, UH THERE'S. WE MET WITH PARKS, BOARD, SENIOR PLANNING COMMITTEE, SPORTS ASSOCIATION, GROUP, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, MISSOURI CITY, GREEN QUILT VALLEY GARDEN CLUB. MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION AND THE MOM'S FOCUS GROUP, SENIOR PLANNING COMMITTEE. WHO'S THAT, THAT WAS IT'S ONE OF THE CITY'S COMMISSIONS. UH, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF. WHAT WAS IT COMPOSED OF THE SENIOR OF THE SENIOR COMMISSION? WHO ARE THEY? WHERE'D THEY COME FROM THE MEMBERS, CITIZENS THAT ARE SELECTED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT YOU APPLY AND THEN YOU GET SELECTED BY CITY. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE MEMBERS AND IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONVEYING TO THE COMMISSION THAT THEY WERE, I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS AROUND 20 OR 25 OF THEM. AM I WRONG? AM I FIGHTING THAT TOO MUCH? OR YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE HIGH. I KNOW THAT AS, AS THESE THINGS GO, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HEY, I'LL BE THERE. AND THEN STUFF THAT COMES UP THAT CAN'T BE THERE. WE PROBABLY HAD MAYBE 10 WITH THAT GROUP, BUT I KNOW THEY WERE WELL-REPRESENTED. AND THAT CAME FROM EACH DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY WERE SELECTED BY DISTRICT BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD. AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY WERE COMMUNICATING WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT SOME OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO A DIFFERENT CHANNEL VIA THAT SENIOR PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND THEY WERE RESIDENT. I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO SAY. AND WE TRIED TO HAVE A CROSS SECTION. I MEAN, WHEN DID THEY MEET, WOULD THEY MEET BEFORE THE, A MONKEY SURVEY AFTER WHAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME THAT THESE GROUPS MET? OR WAS IT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC? THIS WAS DURING THESE FOCUS GROUPS, CORRECT. IT WAS IN, IT WAS IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, PROBABLY MARCH THROUGH APRIL. I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC DATE, TO BE HONEST, JUST BEFORE THE FREEZE. AND THEN WE DID THE SURVEY AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS. I FELT THEY WERE HELD HERE WHERE YOU ANNOUNCED THEM AND HAD AWESOME SIGNAGE OUT THERE THAT SAID, HEY, WE HAVE, WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR FINDINGS. AND I THOUGHT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THOSE MEETINGS, PUBLIC BELIEVE THOSE WERE CANCELED. UH COVID COUNCIL THOUGH. SURE. I REMEMBER COMING DOWN HERE TO BE A PART OF BOTH. THERE WERE SOME MEETINGS IN THIS BUILDING, PUBLIC ONES THAT YOU WERE SHARING, SOME OF THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THAT SENIOR PLANNING COMMITTEE, NOT SPECIFIC TO THE MASTER PLAN, THE ONLY PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'VE HAD THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE MASTER PLAN DRAFT. AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT, ALTHOUGH WE'RE REALLY CLOSE, UM, OR THROUGH THE PARKS BOARD. WE DID THAT ONCE, UH, IN MAY, UM, HERE TONIGHT, WE HAVE NOT GONE TO COUNCIL YET BECAUSE WE WERE HOPING TO GET THE PARKS BOARD'S BLESSING AS WELL AS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION BLESSING TO GO FORWARD WITH A HOST OF FINISHED PRODUCT. AND THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF BOND COMMITTEE, OPEN ANALYSIS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT THAT THERE'S SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THIS LAND THAT ARE ON THAT BOND. SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUBLIC INPUT. THERE'S SOME VETTING THAT INVOLVES SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING HERE TO NOT INVOLVE IN THE BOND OR COMMITTEE WORK. YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY, GOOD. UM, I THINK THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, ART LAND, I THINK WAS THE TERM YOU USED, THE PARK IS NOT THERE YET, BUT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT FAIR ENOUGH IN YOUR FUNDING ON THAT. THAT'S JUST WHAT IT MIGHT COST, BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PROVIDED OR NOT. I MEAN, IN FAIRNESS, IT'S CORRECT. IT'S A BEST GUESS BASED ON THE AMENITIES THAT WERE SELECTED BASED ON ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT. AND AGAIN, ONCE WE GO INTO THE MORE DETAILED PLANNING PHASES OF THAT, THOSE, THOSE BUDGETS WILL BE TIGHTENED AND BASED ON WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM AND HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE. FAIR ENOUGH. AND THEN FINALLY, MY LAST QUESTION THAT YOUR [00:45:01] NEXT STEP SPINAL PLAN PRESENTATION, PLANNING AND ZONING, WOULD THAT BE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, OR WOULD IT REQUIRE SOME KIND OF APPROVAL BY THIS CONVENTION? AND LET ME, LET ME SAY SO, UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE JENNIFER, I'M SORRY. LET ME, LET ME DO THIS. THAT'S WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AN UMBRELLA ON LAND USE, UM, FUTURE LAND USES. SO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015 IS A PART OF THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO ONE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE IT WILL BEGIN AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION JUST QUICKLY? UM, UH, WHEN DO YOU NEED OUR RECOMMENDATION? OF COURSE TONIGHT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED FOR THAT. I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT IT TO ASSUME ONE'S ARM. UM, THERE'S, THERE'LL BE NOTHING STOPPING US FROM BEING, IF YOU PREFER THAT WE CAN COME BACK, UM, THAT WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF THIS. SO IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT OR ANY FEEDBACK YOU NEED, WE WANT, WE WANT YOU GUYS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU. AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE. IT'S A LOT TO ABSORB. THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ITSELF IS LIKE 170 PAGES. THERE'S A LOT OF MAPS IN THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF LEVELS OF SERVICES. THERE'S A LOT OF TEXTS IN THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION TO GIVE US A GUIDE FOR THE NEXT. I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE ON TONIGHT, UM, I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL FIND A WAY TO WRITE SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NORTH END OF TOWN, NOT HAVING A PUBLIC PARK AT ALL. SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO CROSS 98 TO COME OVER THIS WAY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CAN BE DONE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE TIED TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED OR AT LEAST MENTIONED, PERHAPS ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE BODY HERE ON TONIGHT IS THE SAMPLING SIZE IS IT IS PRETTY TOUGH TO HAVE 75,000 PLUS, AND WE ONLY GOT HUNDRED RESPONSES. AND I KNOW THAT'S NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN. I RESPECT THAT. I GET IT. WE PUT SURVEYS OUT ALL THE TIME AND FOUR PEOPLE ANSWER. I GET IT. SO DEFINITELY TRYING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET HER LARGER SAMPLING SIZE OR NOT. WE MAY BE TOO LATE. I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING AS WELL. ONE OF THE OTHER TWO THINGS, THREE THINGS FOR ME THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, I REALLY WISH SOME KIND OF WAY THAT THESE PLANS COULD WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT ARE WORKING AS WELL. LIKE WE HAVE THE TEXAS PARKWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW, IF SOMETHING IN THIS PLAN COULD KIND OF TIED TOWARDS WHAT THAT GROUP IS WORKING ON IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR. BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE HUNTERS GLEN PARK IS NOWHERE LISTED IN THIS PLAN FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS UP THROUGH 2028, IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE DOCUMENT, JUST NOT ANY IN THE OVERHEAD. A LOT OF THE PARKS IN THE PRESENTATION, WE PUT THE LARGER ONES, CAUSE THEY'RE THE BIGGER, BIGGER PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THIS PARK NEEDS OR PRINTERS, NEW WATER FOUNTAINS, UH, WHATEVER THE MENTEE IS. THERE ARE THINGS. AND TO BE HONEST, EVERYTHING HAS A LIFESPAN. THERE'S A LIFECYCLE. SO WE LOOK AT THOSE EVERY WHATEVER THE LIFESPAN IS, EVERY 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS TYPICALLY FOR A PARK IS A GOOD LIFESPAN, BUT IT MAKES IT THAT WE'RE LUCKY. UM, AND THEN WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THIS DOCUMENT AGAIN IS LIVING AND BREATHING JUST BECAUSE IT MAY NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ONE OF YOUR DIRECT CONCERNS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THAT. AND TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. THIS IS A GUY WONDERFUL. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DID MENTION IT OR NOT, BUT MY CONCERN IS THE MAINTENANCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND GET MONEY TO BUILD THESE THINGS AND ADD ALL OF THE STUFF INTO IT AND THE PROGRAMMING. BUT GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PARKS IS THAT THEY LACK MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S VERY, VERY CONCERNING FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN OR NOT. IT IS WONDERFUL. AND THEN THE LAST THING, AND I'M GOING TO HUSH, I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO PLACE SECURITY MEASURES INSIDE OF THE PARKS. [00:50:01] UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY SL, BUT THEIR PARKS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MORE TERRAIN LEVELED ONES. AND WE HAVE A BIG ONE HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP HERE ON BUFFALO, UH, RUN PARK. SOME OF THOSE TRAILS, WE GET DEEP INSIDE OF THEM AND WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED HELP READILY QUICKLY, THERE IS NO KIND OF WAY TO CALL HIM. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE CELL PHONES, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO SEE, YEAH. TO SEE SOMETHING OUT THERE WHERE WE COULD QUICKLY RUN TO PUSH A BUTTON AND YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE SCREAMING FOR HELP. THE HARDEST THING IS DIALING 9 1 1. AND THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU NEED? POLICE STATE CITY ARE FIRING, ARE YOU IN HOUSTON, SANFORD, MISSOURI. I GOT TO GIVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION. SO I'VE BEEN IN THAT PARK AND HAVE HAD THAT TO HAPPEN. SO CRITICAL. JUST FYI, IF THAT EVER GOD FORBID, THAT EVER HAPPENS IN ANY OF YOU OR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, GIVE THE ADDRESS, GIVE THE PARK NAME, GIVE THE ADDRESS. THAT'LL CUT THROUGH THE RED TAPE PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE CONCERNS, IT'S NOT JUST IN MISSOURI CITY, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S OTHER CITIES, NOT JUST IN OUR STATE. UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO TRY TO HELP AND ASSIST WITH THOSE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IS WONDERFUL. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS NEXT TIME, PUT US ON THE FOCUS GROUP. ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I'M TORN AGAINST VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE HEARD AND ME BEING DISAPPOINTED FOR THE LAST, AT LEAST 15 YEARS, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHERS CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY OUR KIDS, I HAVE A PASSION FOR THEM. I KNOW THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS. AND I HATE TO SEE A KID ON THE STREETS. I KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO THAT ARE KEEPING THEM OUT OF TROUBLE, BUT I'M STILL A HURT THAT AFTER 15 YEARS WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO LIKE I SAID, I'M KIND OF TORN HOW TO VOTE ON THIS BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT OUR KIDS, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR KIDS, WHETHER THEY ON THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST, I KNOW THAT THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS AND REALLY ENJOY IT. BUT THE KEY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BENEFITING FROM, I KNOW HANAWAY. I, I WOULD JUST TIE INTO THAT SAYING AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL, SOMETHING WE CAN, THAT'S VIABLE THAT WE CAN CONSIDER JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THIS PLAN. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. THIS IS JUST A PLAN FRAMEWORK. AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT PARKS AND PARKLAND LEVELS OF SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE. IT ALSO INCLUDES RECREATION SERVICES AND EVALUATIONS OF THAT. THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT WE DID. AND YOU SAW IN THE SURVEY GROUP FEEDBACK, UM, PEOPLE WERE VERY PLEASED AND WANT MORE OF OUR RECREATIONAL SERVICES. THIS DOCUMENT HELPS GUIDE WITH THAT TOO COMMISSIONERS. THEY LIKE US TO ADOPT THIS AS THEIR FINAL PLAN ON TONIGHT CLARIFICATION. IT'S, UH, IT'S ON THE AGENDA AT THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS REALLY. I DID A POOR JOB OF ASKING THAT THAT WAS THE MEAT OF MINE. WHAT DID YOU SAY, JENNIFER? I CAN'T, IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. ONLY AT THE STAFF REPORTS. WE DON'T HAVE IT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS BACK SOON. ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PLANE WE TALK ABOUT, WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO ACQUIRE PARK LAND AND THAT THE CITY SHOULD, SHOULD LOOK INTO OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE PARKLAND, YOUR SPECIFIC PROPERTIES, PROBABLY NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, BUT, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS CONVERSATION AND THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THE CITY SHOULD LOOK INTO AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO IT IS, IT IS COVERED IN A WHOLE FIGURE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS A, A, YOU KNOW, A HIGH LEVEL PLAN. UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE DETAILS, THAT'S WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND WORK THROUGH THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT ADDRESSED GLOBALLY BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S JUST NOT MAYBE THAT SPECIFIC PIECE. CONVENIENCED, I'M SORRY. I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IS THERE ANY WAY [00:55:01] THAT, OR IS IT A DEADLINE AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET A LARGER SAMPLE OF RESPONDENTS OR IS THAT WATER IN THE BRIDGE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE US AT A LATER DATE, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT, JENNIFER, BUT I'M ASKING ABOUT ANOTHER SURVEY WITH LARGER POOL OF RESPONDENTS. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, BUT TO BE HONEST, WE'RE PRETTY FAR PAST THAT. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION. NOTHING'S IN A THOUSAND TONIGHT, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT THE PITCH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU ONLY BEEN HERE EIGHT MONTHS, HUH? YEAH. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS AND WELCOME THOSE. SO WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE? WE THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM SIX, THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN REGARDS TO A MATTER, PREFERABLY THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE SEEING NONE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ALONG ITEM SEVEN. THESE [CONSENT AGENDA] WILL BE THE PLAQUES. THEY DO FALL UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE. UM, I'M GOING TO READ THEM OFF AND I WANT TO DENOTE THAT THERE IS AN ADDENDUM TO ITEM THREE. SO NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA LAKES DRIVE AND OWEN BEING DRIVED STREET DEDICATION TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 39, B THREE, THE ADDENDUM CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA SECTION 44. AND THERE WAS A REVISED PLAT PROVIDED NO CHANGES BY STAFF, UH, FOR THEIR REPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS. THE CHANGE WAS TO THE ZERO LOT LINE LABEL. IT WAS MOVED. THE TITLE BLOCK WAS CORRECTED TO STATE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR ARCADIA FIVE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLAT FOR HICKERSON ROAD TRACK SESSION FOR SIX. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL CLIP FOR PARK'S EDGE SECTION 18 SEVEN. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PUBLIC PARKS EDGE SECTION 19 AND EIGHT. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLANT OF PARKWAY PLAZA, SHOPPING CENTER. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY NAYS EMOTION, CARROTS ITEM B, [7.B. SIENNA] WHICH HAS RECONSIDERED APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 19 GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO SECTION 19 WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON MARCH 10TH, 2021. UM, IT CAME BACK TO US FOR A RECONSIDERATION BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE BUILDINGS FROM 25 FEET TO 20 FEET. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE PLAN. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? THEY CHANGED IT FROM 25 FEET TO 20. THE SETBACK LINE. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? WHY, WHY DID THEY CHANGE IT? WE HAVE THE APPLICATION HERE. THEY CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. JOE FREEMAN, LJ ENGINEERING, THE BUILDER THAT IS LOOKING AT PURCHASING THOSE LOTS FROM THE DEVELOPER HAS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT THAT'S THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUILD ON THOSE LOTS. AND IT'S A, IT'S A SIMILAR PROJECT TO WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY HAVE IN ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE INTO CMS. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU'RE LOOKING TO BUILD SOMETHING, GIVE FOR AN OR SOMETHING. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. IT'S IT'S JUST, UH, I FORGET THE EXACT CONFIGURATION OF THE HOMES. THE, UM, I THINK THE GARAGE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ORIENTATION AND UM, IT ALLOWS THEM TO PUSH THE HOUSE A LITTLE BIT FORWARD AND HAVING A LARGER BACKYARD. DID IT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE LOTS? NO, WE, NO, WE DIDN'T. THE STREET PATTERN DIDN'T CHANGE THE NUMBER OF LOTS DIDN'T CHANGE. UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE JUST ASKED FOR A SMALLER [01:00:01] SETBACK. SO I'M HEARING YOU SAY ENLARGE THE BACKYARD. IT DOES BECAUSE THE HOUSE COMES FIVE FEET CLOSER TO THE STREETS. THE BACKYARD DOES GET BIGGER. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH. WELL I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION COMMISSIONER O'MALLEY AND THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. UM, THERE ARE NO NAMES. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ITEM C AND D HAVE BEEN BOTH WITHDRAWN. UM, WE HAVE NO ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE NO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING IN OUR JURISDICTION. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN? SO MOVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE A SECOND, MR. BAILEY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES JIMA. WE LEAVE OUT BINDERS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.