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I LIKE THESE SMALL MICROPHONES BETTER THAN THE WATER.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
UH, WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER ON THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2023.UH, MEETING'S CALLED TO ORDER.
I JUST THOUGHT THE LAST NAME AS SOON AS SHE SAID IT.
THOMASINE DIDN'T GET AWAY WITH THAT.
EXCUSE A I DIDN'T TAKE MY MEDICATION.
I HAVE I GUESS THAT OPERATION FOR JR.
DID HE SAY THAT? I'M GONNA WRANGLE HIM ON BACK IN.
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
THREE.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 3RD, 2023 PARKS BOARD REGULAR MEETING.
IT'LL TURN GREEN FOR YOU TO TALK.
WE'RE TALKING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.
I, I I HAVE CITY COUNCIL ON MY, ON MY THING.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARKS BOARD.
WE'LL HAVE THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND SO IF SOMEONE IN AUDIO VIDEO CAN HELP FIX THE MONITORS FOR YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK THEY'RE IN THE BACK ROOM OVER THERE.
HOW DO WE CHECK CHANGE THE SCREEN? I'M GOOD.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE PARTS BOARD? YEAH.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOT PARKS BOARD EXCEPT FOR SUSAN, DIANE, PAM, AND PAM ON THIS.
UH, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKAGE.
WHAT IS THIS NOW? I GOT, I HAD SOMETHING ELSE.
OH, NOW WE'RE, NOW WE'RE REALLY JUMPING THINGS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS THIS TO KEEP US MOVING? YEAH.
THAT HAD NEVER CHANGED PAPER'S.
SO, UH, AGAIN, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 3RD, 2023 PARKS BOARD MEETING.
EVERYTHING THAT ON THE AGENDA IS WITHIN THE PACKAGE.
AND SO ANN WAS EMAILED TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS AN ITEM WHICH WILL ALLOW PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.
UH, DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT.
ARE THE THREE IN THE BACK, ARE Y'ALL HERE FOR THE PUBLIC? YEAH, THEY'RE ON LEGEND.
[5. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
FIVE.ITEM FIVE A, DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL SPONSORSHIP.
UH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, MR. HAYES.
AND YOU DO HAVE THAT PACKAGE IN YOUR BOOK.
LET'S, IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE, HE'S GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
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GOOD EVENING.UM, SO THIS IS REALLY JUST, UH, INF INFORMATIONAL, UM, ISN'T NECESSARILY ANYTHING TO, UH, ACT UPON AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT I HOPE THAT, UH, YOU GUYS WILL ALL BE ENCOURAGED TO ACT.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, OUR STAFF DO AMAZING THINGS WITH VERY LITTLE.
AND SO SOMETIMES TO MAKE ENDS MEET, WE LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE EXAMPLE WITH Y'ALL.
UM, OUR SNOW FEST BUDGET TYPICALLY IS ABOUT $55,000.
AND SO HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ATTENDED A SNOW FEST? EVERYBODY IS, I HAVEN'T YET.
UM, BUT I HEAR IT IS AMAZING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE, UH, BUDGET FOR SNOW FEST.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $22,000 FOR THE, JUST THE SNOW HILL ITSELF.
$3,000 FOR, UH, FIREWORKS, $1,500 FOR OUR SANTA CLAUS.
THE SANTA CLAUS IS AT BOTH THE PARADE AND THIS, THEN ALSO AT THE EVENING EVENT AS WELL.
$23,000 FOR CARNIVAL RIDES FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 49 5.
NOW, THAT LEAVES US WITH, YOU KNOW, 5,000, 50, $500, UM, TO SPEND ON JUST THE OTHER GENERAL NECESSITIES OF, OF BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS OR BOTH OF THE, LIKE THE PARADE AND THEN THE EVENING.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE RUN TOO THAT, THAT HAPPENS THAT DAY.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE TYPE TYPES OF THINGS WORK, WE START LOOKING AT IT GOING, OKAY, WELL MAYBE WE'RE GONNA REMOVE A COUPLE OF THE TALK CARNIVAL RIDES 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THIS YEAR.
OR THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PACKET OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT IS, UM, FOR YOU AS A BOARD TO REVIEW THOSE, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR BUSINESS, ALL YOUR BUSINESSMEN.
UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR SPORT AND DEFINITELY NEED IT.
UM, AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO SPONSORSHIPS, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW.
UM, SOME OF US, ZANE AND MYSELF, ARE FAIRLY NEW AND WE DON'T KNOW VERY MANY PEOPLE.
UM, AND, BUT WE KNOW THAT, THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY FOR, FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND CAN DEFINITELY POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO GO AND SPEAK WITH FOLKS, SHARE WITH THEM THE BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIPS, UM, AND WHAT CAN, UH, WHAT A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION CAN BRING TO THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, BUT WE JUST NEED SOME NAMES.
SO IF AFTER REVIEWING THAT INFORMATION, UM, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF NAMES, COUPLE OF, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO POINT IN OUR DIRECTION, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, UM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I, AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYBODY, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS SOMEBODY, I'LL TAKE THAT TOO.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, REALLY, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, HELP YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF THE WORK THAT, UH, OUR STAFF AND ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ARE THE BEST IN THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? SO HOW WILL THEY BE ACKNOWLEDGED? LIKE THAT THEY'RE SPONSORING SOMETHING AT EACH EVENT MM-HMM.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT PACKET, UM, TYPICALLY IT'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF SPONSORSHIP AND THE AMOUNT, AND THEN IT'LL HAVE A LIST OF BULLET POINTS THAT INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS IN WHICH WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
UM, SO WHETHER THAT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOGO ON OUR ADVERTISING TO A BANNER HANGING UP AT THE ACTUAL SITE, OR MENTIONS WHEN WE'RE, UM, ANNOUNCING AWARDS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE USUALLY HOW WE PUSH THAT OUT.
ONE THING YOU CAN DO TOO IS ADD 'EM TO THE WEBSITE.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS AS WELL.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO OCTOBER FEST.
WE RECENTLY HAD A OCTOBER FEST WE DID, AT WHICH THE GARDEN CLUB WAS PRESENT AND THEY WERE SELLING MERCHANDISE.
THAT ACTIVITY COST THEM $1,500 A BOOTH.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, FOR OCTOBER FEST, YES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE CASE, BUDDY.
UM, I, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT, UM, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WAS BETWEEN THE GARDEN CLUB AND OCTOBER FEST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO FIND OUT FOR YOU.
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UNFORTUNATELY, JOSH, WHO IS THE REC MANAGER OVER THAT EVENT, UM, HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN ANOTHER POSITION, UM, JUST OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A RECREATION MANAGER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
UH, ITEM B, UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PARKS AND REC FACILITIES.
UH, PARK REC, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, STEWART.
UM, SO A FEW MONTHS AGO, JULY, JUNE, UM, I CAME TO YOU GUYS IN, UH, KINDA GAVE YOU A, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR PARK DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, UH, THE FIRST, LEMME MAKE SURE I CAN CLICK THROUGH THIS.
SO THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES HERE IS JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER ON THAT.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, UM, FOR OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS WHEN BOTH REDEVELOPMENTS AND NEW PARKS.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE FOR ANY ITEMS THAT ARE BEING UPGRADED OR BUILT NEW.
THIS WILL NOT BE FOR, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO IN AND UP, UPGRADE EVERY PAVILION, EVERY RESTROOM, EVERY TRASH CAN ALL AT ONCE.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A PROCESS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE RUN INTO IS WHEN WE ADD NEW PARKS INTO OUR SYSTEM, OR WHEN WE ADD RESTROOMS OR COURTS OR SPORTS FIELDS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT GUIDES US AND SAYS, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW IT FITS INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE STANDARD THAT WE NEED.
THIS IS, UM, THE PRODUCT QUALITY THAT WE NEED.
AND SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST PICKING AND CHOOSING FOR EACH PRODUCT PRO OR EACH PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS DOCUMENT WILL GUIDE OUR STAFF, UM, FOR NOT NECESSARILY AS SIMPLE AS COLORS, BUT OUR PRODUCT LINES.
WHAT HAVE WE VIEWED AS THE MOST, UM, RESOURCEFUL WAYS TO MAKE OUR DOLLARS STRETCH FURTHER? UM, WHAT, WHAT MATERIALS, UM, WHAT, UH, LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR FIELDS HAVE WE HAD THE BEST LUCK WITH? AND WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
UM, SO ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT IS THAT, UM, THE BASIS FOR THIS, UM, SO AS I TOLD YOU LAST TIME, WE, WE TALKED THROUGH WITH OUR STAFF.
UM, WE GOT BARRY INVOLVED FOR THE PARK MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THINGS.
PAUL WAS VERY INVOLVED FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, TW MY PREDECESSOR WAS INSANELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON ALL OF THIS.
UM, SO I GOT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION FROM HIM.
UM, BUT THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE ALSO WERE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE REGULATORY, CITY, STATE, FEDERAL, UM, ALL OF THOSE CODES.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL COME FIRST.
UM, HOW OUR CITY DESIGNS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEVIATE FROM THAT.
UM, WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IS, UM, THE SAFE COMMISSION STANDARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA DEVIATE FROM THAT.
THIS IS MORE OF YOUR STYLE, AESTHETICS, QUALITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO JUST TO KEEP THAT ON YOUR RADAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT'S POLICY OR REGULATION WILL STILL BE IN PLACE.
UM, THIS IS JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A, A SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A PARK AND YOU SEE THAT, THAT STONE ENTRANCE SIGN, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS MISSOURI CITY, THAT IS OUR PARK.
OR WHEN YOU'RE ON A TRAIL AND YOU, AND YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE'LL HAVE TRAIL MARKERS IN DOWN THE ROAD THAT MATCH THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THAT AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN MISSOURI CITY AND IT'S ONE OF OUR PARKS.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR, OUR BOND PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES UPGRADING OUR TRAILS TO CONCRETE PATHWAYS.
UM, SO ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF OUR DESIGN STANDARDS IS GONNA BE, UM, THE WIDTH OF THOSE.
WE WANT AT LEAST SIX FEET, WHICH ALLOWS MULTI-USE.
UM, SO PEOPLE CAN PASS EACH OTHER ON BICYCLES EVEN.
UM, WITH THAT COMES, WE WANT Y SHAPED INTERSECTIONS.
WE DON'T WANT 'EM TO ONE TRAIL MEETS ANOTHER AND YOU GET A HARD TURN.
UM, WE WANT THE ABILITY TO, UM, TO MAKE THOSE CURVES, TO MAKE THAT Y INTERSECTION, MAKE IT WIDER.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE GONNA UTILIZE KIND OF A SNAKE-LIKE PATH FOR THESE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, A LOT OF SIDEWALKS, YOU GET A STRAIGHT LINE.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE STREET, WHEREVER THE STREET GOES.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE IN A PARK, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT THOSE STRAIGHT LINES AND HARD TURNS.
UM, THE NATURAL FEEL SEEMS TO WORK BETTER, UM, FOR OUR TRAILS THAT AREN'T GETTING UPGRADED JUST YET.
IF WE'RE BUILDING NEW ONES, UM, WE WANT AT LEAST FOUR FOOT WIDE.
IF IT'S DECOMPOSED GRANITE, THAT'S YOUR SMALL GRAVEL, YOUR NATURAL THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WHICH WE'LL STILL PROBABLY INSTALL AT SOME POINT.
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ANY SORT OF NATURAL TRAIL, WE WANT AT LEAST THREE FOOT.THAT'S MORE OF YOUR, YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKING, YOUR HIKING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
USUALLY THEY'RE ONE, ONE-WAY PATHS, NOT, NOT TOO DIRECTIONAL.
OUR PARK STRUCTURES, UM, OUR LAST FEW RESTROOM PAVILION COMBOS OR STANDALONES HAVE BEEN WHAT FITS WITHIN THIS DESIGN STANDARD DOCUMENT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
UM, IT INCLUDES SECURITY LIGHTING THAT MEETS NIGHT SKY ORDINANCE.
UM, WE WANT AT LEAST SOME LIGHTING THERE, BUT NOT LIGHTEN UP THE WHOLE PARK.
UM, AND THEN, WE'LL, WE WILL BE PUTTING 'EM ON CONCRETE PADS.
ONE THING WE'VE NOTICED WITH SOME OF OUR OLDER PAVILIONS IS THAT THE DRIP LINE FROM RAIN COMES RIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE CONCRETE, WHICH CREATES THAT LITTLE GUTTER TRIPPING EFFECT.
UM, SO GOING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE 24 INCHES OF CONCRETE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DRIP LINE, UM, TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE.
WE DID NOT PUT COLORS IN THIS DOCUMENT, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS VERY PARK DEPENDENT.
UM, IF YOU ARE AT A, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO A, A SPLASH PAD, YOU MIGHT WANT SOMETHING BRIGHT AND COLORFUL.
IF YOU'RE IN A NATURE-BASED PARK AT TROXEL PARK, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT A NEON BLUE IN TROXEL PARK.
UM, SO THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO MATCH THE COLOR SCHEME WITH THE PARK DESIGN.
UM, BUT THIS OVERALL FEEL OF IT WILL STILL FIT WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
UM, RESTROOMS WE'RE, FOR THE MOST PART, THE DESIGN STANDARDS SAY TO STICK WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING RECENTLY.
THOSE ARE THE PREFABRICATED STRUCTURES, UM, WHERE WE DO HAVE LIGHTING, UM, CHANGING TABLES AND THE PUSH FAUCETS.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE LUCK WITH THOSE.
UM, HAND DRYERS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE PARK ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A, IT'S A PARK THAT'S GONNA BRING A LOT OF KIDS IN, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO AHEAD AND PUT A HAND DRYER IN THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE FOUR OR FIVE STALLS.
IF IT'S SOMETHING SMALL, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE REMOTE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE A HAND DRYER.
UM, PARK FURNITURE, THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OUR TRASH CANS TO OUR BENCHES, TO OUR BIKE REPAIR STATIONS, BIKE RACKS, BLEACHERS, DUGOUTS.
UM, THERE ARE A FEW SPECIFICS IN OUR DOCUMENT.
I DIDN'T WANNA BORE YOU WITH THEM ON MY PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN, WE DO OUR BROWN, UM, PARK BENCHES.
UM, THEY'RE VERY POPULAR IN OUR PARKS.
UM, FOR OUR MEMORIAL BENCHES, IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
WE JUST INSET THE, THE PLAQUE.
UM, THE IN SETTING HAS WORKED VERY WELL INSTEAD OF, UH, BOLTING IT ON AND THEN ALL OF THEM WILL BE, UM, BOLTED DOWN INTO THE, INTO THE CONCRETE.
OUR BIKE REPAIR STATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY LAST LONG.
LONGEVITY IS GOOD, I GUESS IS THE WAY TO PUT THAT.
UM, THEY'RE THE FIX IT STATIONS.
UM, OUR GRILLS WILL GOING FORWARD BE REQUIRED FOR ANY PAVILION THAT'S RENTABLE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME PAVILIONS THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE ONE TABLE THAT WE DON'T RENT TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY'RE JUST THERE FOR SHADE FOR PARK USERS.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO RENT THEM BECAUSE WE WANNA PROVIDE SHADE TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE PARK.
BUT ANY PAVILION THAT WE BUILD THAT WILL BE RENTABLE, WE'LL HAVE THE, THE STANDARD BLACK CHARCOAL GRILL WITH IT.
UM, OUR WASTE RECEPTACLES, JUST OUR STANDARD IS GONNA BE TO UTILIZE THE H STYLE WOOD, UM, FRAME WITH THE METAL RECEPTACLE.
UM, MAINTENANCE WISE, THAT IS THE, THE BEST WE CAN GET.
THE GUYS CAN JUST FLIP IT, DUMP IT, AND IT'S EASY.
UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S NOT FOR EVERY PARK.
WE DO NOT SPECIFY THAT IT HAS TO BE THAT.
UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ACTUAL METAL, UH, WASTE RECEPTACLES TO MATCH THE PERGOLAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A FEW DEVIANCES.
UM, BUT TO GO WITH THE PARK, WHETHER RATHER THAN AGAINST IT FOR OUR SPORT COURTS AND OUR FIELDS, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, A LOT OF UPGRADES TO OUR SPORT COURTS, OUR FIELDS VOL, UH, UH, PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL PROJECTS, UM, NEW STANDARD FOR ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES A POST.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO SET THEM, UM, IN THE CONCRETE AS OPPOSED TO GOING ON TOP, UM, WHICH IS, UH, IT SEEMS TO LAST A LOT LONGER.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US WHEN IT'S TIME TO REPLACE A BASKETBALL GOAL OR A PICKLEBALL NET, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WORK WITH THE CONCRETE, WE ARE ABLE TO JUST LIFT IT OUT BECAUSE IT HAS A SLEEVE ALREADY POURED FOR THAT STRUCTURE.
UM, WE ALSO ARE GOING WITH, SIMILAR TO OUR PARK PATHS AND CONCRETE, WE, WE'LL BE GOING AT GRADE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I KNOW WE, ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, WE, WE WERE GETTING SOME GRASS TO GROW, BUT THE GRASS IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CONCRETE.
THAT ALLOWS FOR MAINTENANCE TO BE A LOT QUICKER, A LOT LESS EDGING.
UM, THAT WILL APPLY TO THE TENNIS COURTS, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAVE FENCES AS WELL.
THE CONCRETE WILL COME OUT FURTHER THAN THE FENCE
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TO ALLOW US TO JUST STREAMLINE OVER IT.UM, OUR PARK SIGNAGE WE KIND OF HIT LAST TIME, BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH OUR, OUR PARK SIGNAGE.
WE, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MORE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE SIGNS LEFT.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS THEME.
IDEALLY, ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH THOSE ENTRANCE SIGNS, WE'LL START WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER DIRECTIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE.
UM, THAT INCLUDES, UH, KIOSKS WITH MAPS OR FEATURES OR HIGHLIGHTS IN THAT PARK, AS WELL AS, UH, MILE MARKERS, CAR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, AS WELL AS TRAIL DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.
UM, AND SO THOSE WILL FIT INTO THAT THEME, THE SAME COLOR CONCEPT AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND THEN WE GET INTO PARK LIGHTING.
UM, SO I, IDEALLY, AS WE CONTINUE DEVELOPING PARKS, IT'LL COME WITH MORE LIGHTING.
UM, WHETHER THAT'S TRAIL LIGHTING OR PARKING LOT LIGHTING, FIELD LIGHTING.
UM, IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR TO USE PARKS AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT HERE.
UM, SO FOR OUR PARK LIGHTING, UM, WE'LL BE GOING WITH THE ENERGY EFFICIENT STANDARDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE LAST, UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH PAUL, OUR FORESTER, AND WE WILL HAVE MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM THE TREES THAT ARE ESTABLISHED TO WHERE WE SET THAT CONCRETE.
UM, SO HE HAS AN URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, THAT WE UPDATE OFTEN
UM, SO WE WILL COMPLY WITH THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'LL ALWAYS PROVIDE A MOW STRIP SIMILAR TO THE CONCRETE THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT.
UM, WHEN YOU LEAVE FOUR TO SIX INCHES IN BETWEEN TWO AREAS OF CONCRETE, IT BECOMES VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN.
AND SO YOUR POSTS FOR LIGHTING, UM, WHEN YOU DO IT THAT WAY, IT, IT MAKES IT TOUGH.
UM, OUR COURT AND FIELD LIGHTING AS OFTEN AS BUDGET ALLOWS, WE WILL INCLUDE THAT WITH OUR SPORTS AND FIELDS AND COURTS.
UM, THOSE GOING FORWARD MUST INCLUDE SOME SORT OF REMOTE SYSTEM.
UM, MANY OF THE, THE SYSTEMS NOW WE HAVE AN APP OR WE HAVE A WEBSITE OR WE CAN CALL A PHONE NUMBER TO TURN THOSE LIGHTS ON.
UM, AND SEVERAL OF THEM NOW ALSO HAVE ALERTS THAT WILL ALERT YOU WHEN BULBS ARE OUT OR WHEN THE BALLAST IS GOING OUT.
UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR WHEN EVERYTHING MOVES THAT DIRECTION.
OUR SYSTEMS ARE ALREADY UP TO DATE.
UM, OUR PARKING LOT LIGHTING WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S REGULATIONS, UM, AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH HOW PUBLIC WORKS MONITORS AND HANDLES THOSE, THOSE LIGHTS.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ADDING WATER FOUNTAINS IN OUR PARKS AND ALONG OUR TRAILS RECENTLY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THIS, THIS GREEN SYSTEM ON THE LEFT.
UM, THAT DOES INCLUDE THE CHILD SLASH AADA LEVEL, ADULT LEVEL AS WELL AS A A DOG FOUNTAIN, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY POPULAR.
UM, OUR REGULATIONS FOR THIS, UM, THEY MUST INCLUDE A DRAINAGE.
UM, I KNOW THAT SEEMS BASIC, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME STIPULATIONS IN THERE ABOUT HOW IT DRAINS, WHERE IT GOES.
UM, AND THEN ANYTHING COVERED.
SO YOUR PAVILIONS AND YOUR FACILITIES, UM, WILL HAVE A WATER BOTTLE REFILL STATION AS WELL AS THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
UM, AND MUST MEET A D A REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, I MENTIONED SOME ABOUT THE, THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION.
UM, GOING FORWARD, ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION MUST HAVE SMART CONTROLLERS.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDES RAIN SENSORS.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAVEN'T HAD A TON OF RAIN RECENTLY, BUT IT WOULD NOT LOOK TOO GOOD ON THE CITY'S PART IF THIS WEEK, IF OUR, UH, SPRINKLERS WERE RUNNING.
UM, SO WE WANT THOSE RAIN SENSORS ON THERE TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT.
UM, AND THEN FOR MAINTENANCE REASONS, ALL OF OUR HEADS ARE GONNA BE AT A MINIMUM OF 12 INCHES FROM CONCRETE EDGES.
WE DO A LOT OF REPAIRS ON IRRIGATION HEADS THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO A PARKING SPOT.
UM, CONTAINED BEDS IN OUR, UM, PLANTING THAT IS GONNA MOSTLY RELY ON THAT URBAN, UH, URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, PAUL UPDATES THAT AS THE WEATHER'S SEASONS, UH, CHANGE THIS YEAR, HE WENT IN AND UPDATED AND SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING WITH, UH, DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANTS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THIS, HE THINKS THIS IS GONNA CONTINUE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, SO WE'LL BE BASING OUR DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PLANTING ON THAT DOCUMENT RATHER THAN LISTING THEM IN TWO PLACES.
UM, TREE PLANTING AND PROTECTION, AGAIN, MUST FOLLOW THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC TREE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH NEW TREES AND ESTABLISHED TREES.
UM, SO WHEN WE ARE LAYING CONCRETE FOR A PATH, OR IF WE ARE COMING IN FOR SPORTS LIGHTING, UM, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER
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WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR ESTABLISHED ROOT SYSTEMS. AND SOMETIMES WE MAKE CHANGES.WE REROUTED A PATH IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB AN ESTABLISHED OAK TREE.
IT WAS A REAL QUICK RUNDOWN, IT WAS A REALLY BIG DOCUMENT, BUT ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THIS? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED AND I THOUGHT, UH, WAS REAL GOOD THAT SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT THAT YOU WOULD REFER BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT DEVIATING FROM PUBLIC WORK STANDARDS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT IT AND YES.
AND GIVEN THEIR INPUT ON IT AS WELL.
SO, UH, IT'S A UNIFIED DOCUMENT THAT'S COVERED NO MATTER WHAT.
THAT WAS A GOOD DEAL RIGHT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A COMPLIMENT BECAUSE THIS, UH, REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK, BUT THE WORK IS, I THINK IT REPRESENTS SUCH GREAT WORK, WHICH IS GONNA UNIFY EVERYTHING AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY POP.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER TERM,
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
ON PAGE 33, COURT FIELD LIGHTING, THE PICKLEBALL, COURTS LIGHTED CORDS.
DO THEY INTEND TO BE LIGHTED? IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, SO WITH COURT AND FIELD LIGHTING, EITHER ONE, UM, THE GOAL IS TO LIGHT ALL SPORTS COURTS AND SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, ARE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS LIT AT THIS JUNCTION? IS THE QUESTION? CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE NOT LIT AND WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE LIT.
SO WE'RE WE LOOKING AT THE RECREATION REPORT YET? NO, NOT YET.
MITCHELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM AND, UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR PARKS AND REC FACILITIES.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
I RECOMMEND ADOPTING WE ALL SECOND
DOES THAT TELL YOU
EVERYBODY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[6. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION ]
NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOGNIZED SPORTS ASSOCIATION.AND EVERYONE ON HERE KNOWS ABOUT SPORTS R SSAS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL BEEN HERE.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME'S EMERSON, FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW.
I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER AND I AM THE MAIN LIAISON FOR THE RSAS FOR THE REGISTERED SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LIST AND, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST IS, UH, MISSOURI CITY LITTLE LEAGUE.
THEY USE THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX FIELD TWO AND THREE AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX, AS WELL AS THE T-BALL FIELDS IN THE BACK.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH US FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY ARE IN GOOD STANDINGS, AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MISSOURI CITY LITTLE LEAGUE.
UH, RISE SOCCER IS AT COMMUNITY PARK.
THEY USE, UM, ALL OF THE SOCCER FIELDS RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S SEVEN SOCCER FIELDS OUT AT COMMUNITY PARK.
UM, THEY MAINTAIN THE FIELDS VERY WELL.
THEY'VE BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER WITH US, UM, WORKING THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE NO RAIN AND WORKING THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN AND, UH, REALLY WORKING.
AND THEY ALSO WORK REALLY WELL WHEN WE HAVE BIG EVENTS.
THEY'RE VERY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE, UM, LIKE AT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHEN WE HAD, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE WALK, THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING FOR THAT.
SO THEY'RE A VERY GOOD R S A FOR US.
AND, UH, THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE R S A FOR RA.
I MOVE THAT WE, WE APPRA THE RYE SOCCER.
FAIR POSITIVE SOCCER IS AT THE NON LIGHTED FIELD.
SO THE FIELD THAT'S KIND OF IN THE BUMP AT ROWAN PARK.
UM, THERE'S SOCCER LEAGUE, OBVIOUSLY
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THEY'RE ONE OF OUR SMALLER ONES, BUT THEY'RE, AGAIN, THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WORK VERY WELL WITH US, AND THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDINGS.AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE FUND FAIR POSITIVE SOCCER.
UH, SOCCER CENTRAL IS AT THE LIGHTED FIELD AT ROWAN PARK.
SO THE OTHER FIELDS, UM, UH, THEY GAVE A PRESENTATION A COUPLE, PROBABLY LAST YEAR, UM, ABOUT THEIR SOCCER LEAGUE AND WHAT ALL THEY BRING.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING TO WORK WITH US TO GET THAT FIELD, UM, IRRIGATED AND GETTING WATER OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, AND IT, THEY'RE A PARTNER IN GOOD STANDINGS, AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVES CENTRAL.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE SOCCER CENTRAL MOTION BY PAM.
FOR PEN, TITANS,
SO THE, THE FIESTA FIELD OR THE EAST FIELD IS WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH US TO, THEY'RE HOPING TO GET A SCOREBOARD PUT OUT THERE, GAIN THEIR PARTNER IN GOOD STANDINGS.
WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS OUT AT, AT A HUNTERS GLEN, THEY'RE VERY ACCOMMODATING.
UM, THEY ARE A LEAGUE IN GOOD STANDING, AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FORT BEND TITANS.
YOU GOT A MOTION BY BRIAN? SECOND? I SECOND.
SO PROPEL SOCCER IS OUR NEWEST ONE.
THEY HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION HERE,
UM, SO IF YOU WANTED TO TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS, UM, THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND VERY, THEY WORK WITH US A LOT.
WE'VE WORKED WITH DENISE FOR QUITE A BIT FOR AS A, UM, HOURLY RENTER.
SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE WORKED WITH US FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, OR THEY'RE HOPING TO BE OUT AT A QUAIL WEST.
QUAIL, QUAIL GREEN WEST PARK, WHICH IS THE NEW, THE NEW PARK.
THEY JUST GOT BATHROOMS OUT THERE AND A NEW PLAYGROUND.
AND Y'ALL HAVE MADE IT SO NICE THAT PEOPLE WANNA BE OUT THERE.
UM, THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH US, HOPING TO GET SOME, UH, NEW GRASS OUT THERE.
UM, THEY'RE A, THEY'RE VERY ESTABLISHED TEAM.
THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN A LEAGUE FOR, IN DIFFERENT AREAS SINCE 2018.
THIS IS JUST TWO THOU YEAH, 2018 IS JUST THEM COMING INTO MISSOURI CITY.
THEY'VE BEEN IN SNA AND POST, UH, HOUSTON, PARTS OF HOUSTON.
AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT PARTNER.
AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW R S A, IS THIS THEIR FIRST YEAR? YEAH.
IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR WITH US.
IT'S, IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST YEAR AS A LEAGUE, BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST SEASON WITH US.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR ANYONE? EMERSON OR, OR THEM? THEY'RE HERE NOW.
SO, SO, SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS A, THIS IS A CLUB OR A LEAGUE OR IT'S A SOCCER CLUB.
WE RUN SOCCER INHOUSE MOSTLY PLAY.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU HOST TURN GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS OVER HERE? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE KINDA HAD A LITTLE CHALLENGE WITH THAT BEFORE AS IT RELATED TO THE SOFTBALL, UH, WITH THE BASEBALL OVER AT STABLE PARK, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD DO, IT WAS A BIG ISSUE.
I KNOW THIS, THIS IS PRE YOU, SO I, I KNOW OKAY.
BUT I KNOW THAT WITH STABLE, UH, THEY HAD SOME TEAMS THERE THAT WERE HOLDING TOURNAMENTS AND WAS CHARGING OTHER FOLKS.
AND WE DID SOME THINGS TO KINDA WRANGLE THAT IN.
I REMEMBER BECAUSE IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL OF HOW THEY WERE DOING THAT.
I JUST, I CAN'T REMEMBER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AM I MAKING THAT UP IN MY MIND? I I COULD BE, I CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME RULES THAT GO ALONG WITH HAVING TOURNAMENTS ON THE FIELD.
NO, DANIELLE, WERE YOU HERE THEN? I WAS OH, NOT I, UM, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT WAS UGLY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE, AND THERE WAS A RULE OR SOMETHING WAS PUT IN PLACE MM-HMM.
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IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TOURNAMENTS OUT THERE MM-HMM.THEY CAN'T CHARGE ADMISSION FOR PARKING OR FOR, UM, ACCESS TO THE PARK.
SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN HOST GAMES, UH, SAME AS, YOU KNOW, RISE SOCCER CLUB OR THE RAIDERS.
UM, THEY CAN HOST GAMES ALL THEY WANT.
UM, THEY JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SPORTS TOURNAMENTS WILL CHARGE AN ADMISSION FEE FOR PARKING OR FOR A CAR LOAD OR PER PERSON.
UM, WHICH WE DO NOT ALLOW IN OUR PARKS AT ALL.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING? NO, NO.
THIS WAS, THEY WERE, NO, THEY WERE CHARGING OTHER TEAMS AND THEY WERE EVEN SUBLET TEAMS TO BE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
JUST ORDINANCE AND THEY CAN'T DO RIGHT.
I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'VE HAD OTHER, WE, UH, RISE HAS HOSTED TOURNAMENTS.
UH, THE LITTLE LEAGUES HAVE HOSTED TOURNAMENTS AND, AND THERE ARE RULES THAT ARE SET FORWARD.
AGAIN, THEY, THEY CAN'T SUBLEASE THE FIELDS.
THEY CAN'T CHARGE FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND OKAY.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS AND I'M, AND WITH PROPEL AS WELL, WE, WE, THEY LET US KNOW WHEN THE TOURNAMENTS ARE.
THEY LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR POLICIES ARE.
I WAS, THAT WAS ALL PART OF IT RIGHT THERE.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT? YES.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE JUST GET THE CALL AND YOU JUST KIND OF TRICKLE DOWNHILL FROM THAT POINT ON.
WE, WE'VE HAD OTHER LEAGUES THAT HAVE HOSTED TOURNAMENTS THAT OTHER, OTHER FIELDS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN OTHER THINGS, BUT THERE, THERE'S POLICIES AND THERE'S, AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO LET US KNOW AND OKAY.
AND THE, THE LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE NOW AND, AND PROPEL AS WELL, WILL, I'M SURE WILL WORK WITH US TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS WORK GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE R S A AGREEMENT FOR PROPEL SOCCER.
ITEM G THE MISSOURI CITY RAIDERS,
SO THE RAIDERS ARE, THE RAIDERS ARE AT WHAT USED TO BE THE ONLY LIGHTED FIELD AT, UM, HUNTERS GLEN, BUT NOW THEY'RE BOTH LIGHTED.
AND, UM, THEY'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH US REALLY WELL.
THEY WORK TO SCHEDULE AROUND OUR PROGRAM.
SO WE, WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRAMMING OUT AT THAT FIELD AND THEY WORK WELL WITH US.
UM, THEY HAVE A CHEER TEAM AS WELL THAT'S BEEN AT A LOT OF OUR EVENTS AND HAS ALWAYS TABLED AND HELPED US OUT.
AND THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MISSOURI CITY RAIDERS.
R S A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
ITEM SEVEN, STAFF REPORTS, UH, PARK PROJECTS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.DONNIE, DO YOU GET TO, WHO'S STEPPING IN FOR 'EM?
THIS IS MY SECOND MEETING, LANCE, COME ON.
HEY, I JUST HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS ON
UH, PARTIALLY 'CAUSE I WAS TOLD I CAN TALK ABOUT THREE PROJECTS 'CAUSE DANNY DONNY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE REST.
UM, SO, UH, ADAM DID HAVE A, A FAMILY THING TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE TAKING OVER FOR HIM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME UPDATES ON, ON THREE OF OUR PROJECTS.
I'LL LEAVE THE REST FOR DONNIE.
UM, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS WE'LL START SEEING SOME MOVEMENT.
WE RECENTLY GOT APPROVAL ON TWO NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE KINDA LAST MINUTE.
UM, WE WILL BE RENOVATING THE BASKETBALL COURT AT QUAIL GREEN WEST.
UM, THIS WAS THE ONE AREA, OH, THERE WE GO.
UM, THE ONE AREA THAT WE SKIPPED, UM, WHEN WE DID THE FULL PARK RENOVATION, UM, WE DIDN'T TOUCH THE BASKETBALL COURT, WHICH HAS SOME HOLES IN THE ROOF AND HAS A LOT OF LIGHTS OUT.
UM, AND HAS THE DRIP LINE PROBLEM OF, UH, OFF THE ROOF LIKE I WAS TELLING YOU.
SO WE'LL BE FULLY RENOVATING THAT, THAT BASKETBALL COURT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING A PARK ENTRANCE SIGN AT HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK.
UM, THAT IS THE ONE KIND OF, UH, RIGHT ALONG HUNTER'S GLEN JOGGING TRAIL RIGHT BEFORE BUFFALO RUN, IF YOU TAKE A RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
UM, SO WE'LL BE ADDING THAT PARK ENTRANCE SIGN.
AND THEN WE RECENTLY GAVE OUR, OUR CONSULTANTS THE GREEN LIGHT TO START REDESIGNING OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE SHOP.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE DOCKET
UM, SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO FINALLY GET THAT PROJECT UP AND ROLLING AGAIN.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY GOING OUT TO BID FOR THAT, UM, IN SPRING OF 24, POTENTIALLY SUMMER.
UM, SO IT, IT COULD BE MOVING PRETTY QUICK NOW.
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WE'LL SEE.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
YOU GOT THE LIMP? YEAH, I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH A CINDER BLOCK THIS MORNING.
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE GOUT LIMP.
I KNOW THAT LI YEAH, TWO MONTHS OF REPORTS WERE IN THE PACKET.
IF Y'ALL HAVE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO TOSS 'EM AT ME.
THINK WE'RE GOOD? ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S ALL GOOD.
UH, RECREATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT.
HOW YOU DOING TODAY, ZANE? I'M GOOD.
MY REPORT IS LIKE BARRY'S IN THE PACKAGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT? ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? UH, RECREATION.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE LOST MONEY IN 2023.
WELL, TYPICALLY, UM, PROGRAMS, SOME PROGRAMS TO SEIZE SOME PROGRAMS LAST, DEPENDING ON THE INSTRUCTOR.
SOME COME, SOME GO THAT HAS A, A, A ISSUE WITH THE REVENUE.
UM, I KNOW THIS YEAR WE HAD A LOWER ENROLLMENT WITH THE SUMMER CAMP, SO THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME EFFECT BECAUSE THIS REPORT WAS THE END OF SUMMER AND TO UP TO DATE TO WELL OF LAST WEEK.
SO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE AS WELL FOR LOW I SO THAT THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST NINE MONTHS THAT WE REFLECTED A LOSS.
UH, I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST PART AGAIN.
IT SAID, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OVER NINE MONTHS THAT WE'VE REFLECTED A LOSS.
NO, IT THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT? NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHEET.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ANNUAL FROM 22 TO 23 ON 2223.
I MEAN, HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE ARE WE FOUND IN 23? 500? YEAH, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, LIKE $500.
I KNOW, BUT IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
IT IT'S MINUSCULE THOUGH, COMPARED TO LOSS.
THE FIRST LOSS THAT I CAN RECALL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, BUT DIDN'T YOU SAY THE SUMMER CAMP YOU HAD LESS
WITH PROGRAMS LIKE I'M, I MEAN, WITH PROGRAMS, SOME COME, THERE'S IN INCIDENTS WHERE THE INSTRUCTOR, WE HAD PROGRAMS AND THEN IT STOPPED BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE REASONS.
AND SO THAT COULD BE, I MEAN, THAT'S $500 RIGHT THERE.
YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THE YOGA TEACHER STOPPED DOING THE TUESDAY CLASS, THAT'S $500, LIKE $500 RIGHT THERE.
THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER AS WELL IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN THE LAST, UH, THREE MONTHS.
AND NOT TO MENTION IT'S ALSO BEEN THE DEPARTMENTS WITH BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WITHOUT A DIRECTOR FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME, HAS BEEN WITHOUT A RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB TO ACTUALLY KEEP US AT THAT NUMBER, HONESTLY, IS HOW I FEEL.
SO, NO, I, I DON'T SEE IT AS, I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY, UH, I DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM WITH THAT AMOUNT.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING YEAH, LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT.
ZANE IS SHOOTING FOR THE MOON.
WE'RE GONNA TRIPLE THAT NUMBER.
MAKE SURE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A NEW RECREATION MANAGER.
UH, WE WILL BE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS TOMORROW, SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT, WELL NOT NEXT WEEK, WE, WE'LL ALL BE GONE.
BUT THE WEEK AFTER THAT, UH, WE'LL START, SET UP SOME APPOINTMENTS TO FILL THAT VACANCY.
UH, ALSO LAST WEEK WE, UH, HAD THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION KICKOFF LAST FRIDAY.
UH, THE MAYOR'S VERY EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, THE NUMBER OF, UH, APPLICATION OR PARTICIPANTS, UH, HAS GROWN TO 79 COMPARED TO, I WANT TO SAY, WAS IT 68? YEAH, LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, LOOKING FOR NEW IN,
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UH, INSTRUCTORS.UH, 'CAUSE WE WANT TO DO THAT GROWTH.
SO NEXT YEAR WE'LL LOOK DIFFERENT.
UH, SO IF Y'ALL KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, I MEAN INTERESTED IN BEING A TEACHER IN ONE OF OUR FACILITIES, PLEASE SEND 'EM MY WAY.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT'S NOT ON, UH, THE LIST.
UH, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR TRICK OR TREAT THAT'S COMING UP ON THE 21ST.
WE HAVE OUR STRENGTH BOWL TENNIS AT QUE VALLEY.
UH, WE HAVE OUR ZO AZO ZOMBIE RUN THAT'S ON THE 27TH.
AND WE HAVE OUR VETERANS MEMORIAL, WHICH IS ON THE, IT'S A SATURDAY, WHICH IS ON, UH, NOVEMBER THE 11TH.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TURKEY TROTT IN NOVEMBER AT HUNTERS GLEN AND OF COURSE THE FAMOUS SNOW FEST.
I HAVE QUESTION, UH, FOR THE YOUTH COUNCIL, WE ARE STILL DOING NY AWARD, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAD A BREAK IN IT DURING COVID.
AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT.
THE, WHAT IS THE CALL AGAIN? UM, I DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT CRYING.
EBONY USED TO WORK WITH, UM, MARRIAGE, YOUTH MARRIAGES, YOUTH COMMISSION WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
AND SHE PASSED AWAY AND RENAMED IT ON WARD AFTER HER.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL RESEARCH.
READY? YOU RECENTLY INCREASED THE TENNIS COURT USE FEES.
HAVE YOU INCREASED ANY, ANY OF THE OTHER FEES OTHER THAN THE TENNIS COURT? YOU, I THINK DONNA'S GOING TO ADDRESS THE FEE SITUATION, BUT WE DID.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT HE'S THE BOSS, SO I'LL LET HIM
IF HE TELLS ME THAT HE'S GONNA ADDRESS, I SAY, YES, SIR.
HE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH BUDDY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY DANIELLE FINNEY IS DOING A GOOD JOB WITH MARY'S COMMISSION.
WE'VE GOT THAT MANY FROM 60 SOMETHING WAS IMPRESSIVE NOW 70.
I, WELL, I'M GONNA ROUND UP AND JUST SAY 80
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
WELL, AND, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS TOO, THEY'RE MORE HANDS-ON, UH, WITH IT.
BECAUSE WE USED TO, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET TWO PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP STAFF OUT.
AND, AND LET ME JUST MAKE THIS THIS COMMENT TO YOU BECAUSE AS A PARKS BOARD, THAT'S OUR JOB.
SO IF THERE IS A NEED FOR YES, ADULTS, THAT'S ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS US AS PARKS BOARD DO.
SO, UH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE SOLICIT ALL, ALL 180, 80 TEENAGERS.
WE'LL TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE AND THEN SOME.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
DIRECTOR'S REPORT, MR. HAYES.JUST, UH, AT SOME POINT I'M JUST NOT GONNA DO IT AN UPDATE BECAUSE ALL MY STAFF WANT TO DO MY UPDATES.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UM, FINISHING UP THE, UH, FINAL, UM, STAMPS ON ACTUALLY PUTTING IN PLACE A BRAND NEW DISC GOLF COURSE AT COMMUNITY PARK.
SO CURRENTLY THE, UH, ONE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE DISC GOLF COMMUNITY IS, THAT'S CONFUSING THAT IT'S NOT WELL LAID OUT.
AND, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN ERIC MCCABE WITH DYNAMIC DISCS, WHO IS A WORLD CHAMPION, UM, DISC GOLFER.
UM, DESIGNED A NEW COURSE FOR US.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL BE INSTALLING NEW TEA PADS, NEW BASKETS AT THE COMMUNITY PARK, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROJECT BEING FINISHED AND INVITING YOU ALL OUT TO A LITTLE BIT OF A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON THAT.
UM, WHICH IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE DISC GOLFERS.
IT PROVIDES, UH, A LOT MORE, UM, PLAYING SURFACE BECAUSE IT GOES, MOVES IT FROM BASICALLY A NINE HOLE COURSE TO AN 18 HOLE COURSE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE SPACE IN THAT AREA, UM, A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVELY.
UM, ALSO, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW PLAYGROUND, UH, WHICH INCLUDE AT, UH, RIDGEVIEW PARK.
SO THAT IS UNDER ONE OF OUR C I P PROJECTS.
UM, HERE IS A LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE CURRENT DESIGN FOR THAT, UH, PROJECT.
AND ALSO WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT, UH, DANIELLE TALKED ABOUT,
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WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND FOCUSING ON TRYING TO MAKE THEM MORE INCLUSIVE.AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS ACTUALLY TO PUT IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS POUR IN PLACE SURFACING.
AND SO THAT POUR IN PLACE SURFACING IS A HARDENED RUBBER THAT IS SOFT ENOUGH OR FALLS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HARD ENOUGH FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND STROLLERS AND FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE ON IT, UM, FAIRLY EASILY.
UM, AND SO RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, AS YOU LOOK AT THAT STRUCTURE IS ITS INTENT IS SPECIFICALLY TO BE A FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, UM, UH, HERE IN IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEELCHAIRS CAN ACTUALLY ROLL UP AND GO TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE STRUCTURE AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS EACH INDIVIDUAL PART OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE, UM, PLAYGROUND.
AND SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO WORK ON A GRANT WITH GAME TIME STRUCTURES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET, UH, 50% OF THE, UM, COST OF THIS PLAYGROUND AND THEN ALSO THE BICENTENNIAL, UM, PLAYGROUND TO BE COVERED THROUGH THAT GRANT.
SO PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR BICENTENNIAL PARKA, UM, PLAYGROUND AS WELL, WHICH WILL, WE WILL ALSO BE MOVING TO A POOR AND PLACE ON THAT AS WELL.
SO PRETTY EXCITING STUFF FOR BOTH OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, OF COURSE TROXEL PARK HAD ITS, UH, GROUNDBREAKING THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND THE SPORT ON THAT AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO COME OUT TO OUR GROUNDBREAKING.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT, UH, MOVING FORWARD AT DANIELLE'S OVER HERE SITTING NEXT TO ME, UM, REPLYING TO, UH, TO EMAILS BECAUSE, UH, WE JUST GOT A RESPONSE.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THESE HAND PUMP, UM, THE OLD SCHOOL WATER PUMPS.
UM, AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN INSTALL THOSE AT THE TOP OF THE WATERWAY AND THE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY HAND PUMP AND THEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUT LITTLE LIKE, UH, STICKS OR THEN MAKE A LITTLE PAPER OR BOATS AND BE ABLE TO FLOAT THOSE DOWN THE WATERWAY.
BUT THEY HAVE TO HAND PUMP THE WATER TO GET IT GO DOWN.
UM, SO INTERACTIVE RIGHT CAR? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND SO WE JUST FOUND, UH, THOSE AND THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY, WE'RE PRETTY PUMPED
AND WE WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ANCHOR, UH, MANAGEMENT AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
UM, OF COURSE, UH, FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UM, THE FINAL DESIGN IS FINISHED.
UM, AND, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE INTO 2024 TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT OUT TO BID.
UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER GROUNDBREAKING ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, STA O PARK SPORTS, UM, WE, WE GOT THE OFFICIAL GO AHEAD FROM CITY COUNCIL.
DESIGN HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED ON THIS.
UM, JUST A COMMUNITY REMINDER ON NOVE IN NOVEMBER.
THE COUNTY WILL BE VOTING, UM, ON AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND SO REMEMBER, TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE WANT THAT BOND TO PASS BECAUSE THAT ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION ALLOWS US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS AS THE AMO PARK, AN ADDITIONAL SPLASH PAD.
ONE THAT WOULD BE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NORTHERN END OF THE COMMUNITY.
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON THAT SIDE.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A PUMP TRACK, WHICH IS A BICYCLE AND SKATEBOARD KIND OF AREA.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CRICKET AS WELL.
AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDS FOR IN THE $10 MILLION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY APPROVED, BUT THAT ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION.
AND THEN ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION THAT DANIELLE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON AS A GRANT.
UM, WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS, UH, PROJECT.
UM, ALSO JUST WANT TO, UH, JUST GIVE A LITTLE PRAISE TO SOME STAFF.
UM, OUR ADAPTIVE TENNIS PROGRAM WAS NAMED THE BEST SMALL ADAPTIVE PROGRAM, UM, FOR 2023 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS GO TEAM.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME STAFF THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR, UM, OUR PARK STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FOLLOWING STATE GUIDELINES, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST.
AND IF WE WANT TO BE THAT THEN THESE TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR JUST THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE THAT'S NOT HIS NAME, BUT THIS IS JUST A,
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A VISUAL, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR, UH, UM, IRRIGATION CERTIFICATION.UM, ALSO ANOTHER, JUST ONE OF THOSE REASONS TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF ARE TRAINED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
UM, SO
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FEES AFTER A SIGNIFICANT WORK BY, UH, UM, A CONTRACTOR, DANIELLE, A LOT OF STAFF PUT IN OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR FEES, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE, WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE? UM, WHAT CAN WE ADJUST? AND OUT OF THAT, UH, STUDY, WHAT WE FOUND IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, WE NEEDED TO INCREASE, UM, LOOKING AT OUR RENTALS.
UM, A LOT OF OUR RENTALS, FOR EXAMPLE, PAVILIONS WERE, WERE DIRT CHEAP.
AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US WERE ALMOST LIKE THREE TIMES THE, THE PRICE AS, AS WE WERE FOR JUST OUR, OUR RENTALS OF OUR PAVILIONS.
AND SO WE, WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE, UM, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAINTENANCE COSTS HAVE GONE UP, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ANY TIME THAT THERE IS A RENTAL THAT REQUIRES OUR STAFF TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING TO A HIGHER EXTENT, THEN THERE HAS TO BE A COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL FEES THAT, THAT WERE PUT INTO THE FEE STRUCTURE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR POSSIBLE RENTABLE SPACES AND WE HAD ROOMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE FEES LAID OUT FOR.
AND SO WE ADDED THOSE TWO, UM, TO THE FEE STRUCTURE AS WELL, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UM, OUTDOOR FRONT AREA AND IT IS CALLED THE PLAZA.
UM, AND SO WE INCLUDED THE PLAZA AS ANOTHER RENTABLE SPACE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO DO A WEDDING, YOU WANNA HAVE YOUR CEREMONY OUT FRONT AND THEN HAVE THE RECEPTION INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU CAN RENT BOTH OF THOSE SPACES AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY RESERVED FOR YOURSELF.
UM, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE RECREATION CENTER, UM, AND THE DECISION WAS IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE CONTINUING TO STRIVE TO BE HEALTHY AND HAVE WELLNESS AS A GOAL.
AND SO WE DIDN'T RAISE RATES FOR OUR CITIZENS OR FOR OUR MEMBERS OF THE TENNIS CENTER.
WE DID RAISE RATES FOR OUR NON-MEMBER TENNIS USERS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PAST HAS BEEN IS THAT SOMEONE COULD PAY A DOLLAR 50 AS A MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO GO AND USE THE, UH, THE, THE TENNIS COURT, WHEREAS WE'RE CHARGING MOST OTHER PEOPLE $5 TO BE ABLE TO USE ANY O OTHER SPACE IN THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING.
AND SO TO BALANCE THAT FOR NON-MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE FACILITY, TENNIS COURTS, WEIGHT ROOM, PICKLE BALL, BATTING CAGES, UM, JOIN ONE OF OUR CLASSES.
IT'S A DAILY RATE OF $5 FOR THAT PERSON.
AND SO THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE THERE JUST TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL USERS.
OTHERWISE, THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE'RE PRETTY, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO OFFER A VETERAN'S DISCOUNT.
AND SO ANY MEMBERSHIP IS 10% OFF FOR ALL VETERANS.
AND SO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP, 10% OFF SINGLE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP, NO PROBLEM.
AND SO IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE A GREAT, GREAT RESOURCE TO OUR VETERANS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THAT AS WELL.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON FEES? WHERE ARE THEY PUBLISHED? UM, CURRENTLY THEY ARE PUBLISHED ON THE, UH, WEBSITE.
UM, AND WE HAVE UPDATED ALL OF THEM IN OUR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO JUST WALK, I'M SORRY.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I APOLOGIZE.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED HAVING WEDDINGS IN FRONT FRONT OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE WILL MARKET HERE IN THE FUTURE.
I'M CURRENTLY TALKING TO MY, UH, PROGRAMMING STAFF ABOUT DOING A WEDDING EXPO.
THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
MARY, MARY, YOU'RE ON THE TEAM.
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SO GOOD.UH, ONE OTHER LITTLE THING Y'ALL REMEMBER FOR, UH, 'CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE FREEDOM PART.
'CAUSE REMEMBER EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAD A SPECIFIC PART.
AND MINE WAS THE FREEDOM TREE.
AND WE USED TO HAVE MEETINGS ON IT, AND I HADN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER MEETINGS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER'S, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR PART.
AND THEY'RE GONNA ASK YOU A THOUSAND QUESTIONS.
DO WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO A LIST OF THAT? AND IF SO, WHAT HAPPENED? AND I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THAT.
LEMME TOUCH ON THAT AT THE VERY END.
WE'LL LET HIM GO THROUGH THAT, BUT I'LL TOUCH BACK ON THAT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA COME ON BOARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YES SIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED, BUT WE HAVE THE, THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SUGGEST MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PLAY IT.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT AS A, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE REMAINING YEAR.
SO, UM, I AM PRETTY BIG DISC GOLF PLAYER AND SO I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH A COUPLE OF THE, UH, LOCAL LIKE TOURNAMENT, UM, MANAGEMENT GUYS THAT, UH, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A TOURNAMENT OUT THERE THIS, UH, COMING WEEKEND.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS I HAD WITH THEM IS ACTUALLY A YOUTH, UM, PROGRAM, UM, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHERE 25 KIDS CAN COME IN, IT'S TWO AND A HALF HOURS, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEY LEARN THE BASICS OF DISC GOLF, UM, THEN THEY PLAY A BUNCH OF GAMES AFTERWARDS.
WE HAND OUT PRIZES AND WE DO THAT.
I'VE DONE THAT IN LOTS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
IT'S USUALLY A FREE EVENT AND IT HELPS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, BUDDY.
I THINK THE LADIES MIGHT ENJOY THAT TOO.
I MEAN, JUST HAVE FREE OF CONSIDERATION.
IT'S NOT FOR JUST SUMMER THOUGH, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
THIS GOLF CAN PLAY YEAR ROUND.
WELL JUST I MEANT FOR THE YOUTH, THE YOUTH TRAININGS IN THE SUMMER.
DURING WHAT, DURING THE DAY AND, YEAH.
DURING THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAY.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY DURING THE YEAH.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GONNA KIND OF BACKTRACK JUST A LITTLE BIT ON, UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S JUST, I THINK THAT'S MARVELOUS, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PARKS THAT ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE APPARATUS.
UH, AND I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT WORD OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, UTILIZE OR, OR, UH, USE WHEELCHAIRS TO KNOW THAT THEY GOT YOUTH, THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO BECAUSE THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PARKS THAT WILL HAVE THIS FEATURE IN THEM.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS TO OFFER FOR A SPECIAL COMMUNITY, UH, AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE AUTISM.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SHINING STAR THAT I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS ADVERTISED AND, AND THAT, THAT SEC KNOW THAT THE SOMETHING FOR THEM TO INTERACT WITH JUST REGULAR KIDS.
UH, AND THE OTHER, UH, COMMENT I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE TOO, OR, OR MAKE MENTION OF.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, WHEN, WHEN THE FREEDOM TREE PARK, I DIDN'T WANNA INTERRUPT, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOING OUT TO BID, BUT DIDN'T SAY WHEN.
THEY TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY, THEY'RE LIKE, DONNA, YOU TALK TOO MUCH.
UM,
UM, AND SO FAIRLY SIMPLY, UM, WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS EXTREME COMMUNITY BENEFIT, LIKE OUR 4TH OF JULY, YOU KNOW, EVENT OR A SNOW FEST, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE KNOW ANYBODY CAN ATTEND.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
UM, THAT HAS 100% TOTAL, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
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TYPICALLY LOOK FOR A LARGE COST RECOVERY FROM THAT TYPE OF AN EVENT.ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL RENTAL OF A FACILITY AND YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHO CAN COME AND GO, THAT MEANS IT'S, THERE'S A, A LARGE INDIVIDUALIZED, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, BENEFIT TO THAT.
AND SO IN THOSE INSTANCES, OUR GOAL IS TYPICALLY TR TO TRY TO HAVE A FULL COST RECOVERY, UM, OF WHAT IT COSTS US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT RENTAL, USE THAT SPACE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FEES, UM, THIS COST RECOVERY METHODOLOGY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THIS PYRAMID, UM, THIS IS WHAT, AS PARKS AND REC PROFESSIONALS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO LOOK AT AND EVALUATE AND TRY TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY VERSUS THE INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS OF THE, OF THE USERS AS WELL.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WHEN WE LOOK AT FEES, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE.
I APPRECIATE BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
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UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, ITEM A VISION AND GOALS FOR MISSOURI CITY PARKS, UH, AND PARKS BOARD.UH, I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED THIS IS, UH, IT'S KIND OF TWOFOLD.
UH, ONE COUNSEL ASKED, WE HAD POSITIONS THAT WERE EXPIRING AND COUNSEL ASKED THAT, UM, YOU GO THROUGH A SPARK INTERVIEW.
AND SO I THINK I HAVE US TWO THREE.
THEY, THEY, THEY, I HAD TO DO THE SPARK, PAM, I DID, UM, DIANE AND I THINK WE HAD, I THINK MS. OVERTON, SHE'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL SLATE.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I DID THE SPARK INTERVIEW, THEY ASKED THESE QUESTIONS AND THEY ASKED A QUESTION AND I FEEL LIKE, CHAIR, I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW, AND IFM NOT, I BETTER FIND OUT REAL QUICK.
AND I WAS THROWN OFF WHEN THEY ASKED ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS? AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GOT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN MY BOOK, IN MY WHEELHOUSE CHALLENGES AND IT'S NOT A TEST.
AND SO, UH, I MADE A REQUEST, UM, FROM CITY, FROM THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER ONE, I DO KNOW THAT STRATEGIC GOAL.
I PRETTY MUCH KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT NOT ALL.
BUT I KNOW A LOT AND, AND I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND SO I ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO US SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND KNOW, UH, THE PARKS AND REC STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT PACKAGE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, THIS EVENING, UH, I WILL ALSO, BECAUSE I, I WANNA STAY WITHIN, ALWAYS TRY TO STAY WITHIN OUR TIMEFRAME.
UH, WE'LL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON A FUTURE MEETING DATE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THEY GET A PACKAGE BEFORE THEY GET HERE.
BUT WHEN WE GET HERE, AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD ANYWAY, UH, THAT WE GO OVER PARKLAND DEDICATION SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION MEANS AND HOW IT WORKS.
UH, AND SO I'LL ASK LEGAL, UH, YOU, I'M SURE YOU WON'T BE COMING THAT NIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA SEND THE OTHER GUY ALREADY, UH,
IDEA, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND OUR ROLES, OUR JOBS.
UH, WE'RE A RECOMMENDING BODY.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF UNDERSTANDING OUR JOB AND OUR ROLES WE'RE TO SUPPORT STAFF.
YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS SAY TO EVERYONE, MAKE SURE WHEN WE GO TO THESE EVENTS THAT WE TELL THEM THANK YOU.
BECAUSE WE JUST GET TO SHOW UP, SHOW OUT, AND GO HOME.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LEAVING, WE LOOK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THEY'RE STILL THERE, USHERING TRAFFIC OUT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND, AND I PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR US, UH, AS CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
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AND SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT.AND YOU CAN NEVER TELL SOMEBODY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
I KNOW THEY GET THANKS WHEN THEY GET THAT PAYCHECK.
BUT BEING TOLD THANK YOU AS WELL, UH, MEANS A LOT.
AND SO WE WANNA SUPPORT THEM IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION, UH, THAT WE CAN.
BUT THAT'S WHY YOU GOT THIS SHEET RIGHT HERE.
IS THIS ON THE PARKS AND REC WEBSITE? JUST ALL MARIE QUESTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU GOT IT.
LA UH, IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC ACCESS DOCUMENT.
IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE ON THE, IT MAY NOT, IT MIGHT NOT BE ON PARKS AND RECREATIONS, BUT IT MAY BE LIKE ON THE CITY PAGE BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL CITY STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WHAT IT MAY, MAY BE IS IT'S, IT'S EMBEDDED SOMEWHERE.
IT'S NOT USER FRIENDLY, I THINK, UH, IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT RIGHT THERE.
BUT WE HAVE IT AND WE'RE GONNA BE KNOWLEDGEABLE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT AND SOMEONE ASKS US, I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A DISSERTATION ON IT.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK ON.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE, UH, NEW PARK BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE JOINING, UH, US AS WELL.
UH, SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? I HAVE A LITTLE QUESTION.
YOU REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING MUCH BETTER, ARE WE GONNA START BACK WITH THE, THE NIGHTS IN THE PARK? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THAT'S A STAFF? UH, AND THEN WHAT SHE'S ASKING ABOUT IS LIKE THEY WOULD, UH, DURING THE FALL THEY WOULD HAVE LIKE MOVIE NIGHTS.
WE HAVE ONE COMING UP NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY.
WELL, IT'S AT THE RECORD, BUT IT'S RECORDED.
WE HAVE ONE NEXT FRIDAY AND THEN, UH, WHICH IS ON THE, THE 12TH OF OCTOBER.
THEN THE NEXT ONE IS ON NOVEMBER THE THIRD.
BUT THEY, THEY'RE BOTH ADVERTISED ON THE UH, FACEBOOK, BUT THESE WEREN'T AT THE REC CENTER.
UH, I THINK THE ONE BEFORE THIS ONE, UH, WAS UH, THE WEATHER WE HAD TO CANCEL AND PUT IT INSIDE.
BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK OUTSIDE.
AND THEY DID HAVE ONE WHERE THEY HAD UM, UM, MUSICAL CONCERT, I'M GONNA SAY AT OH YEAH.
AND SO THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEM NOT, I THINK, AND WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IS, UH, I WANNA SAY IT MAY HAVE BEEN LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST AT A SERIES OF CONCERT SERIES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL BE CONTINUING.
UH, LIKE UM, DONNY SAID WE DID LOSE JOSH AND I THINK HE BROUGHT THAT TO US, BUT WE WILL BE CONTINUING THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS NORMALLY IN THE SPRING, KIND OF IN THE SPRING.
THAT MAINLY SPRING NOW IT'S HUNTINGS.
I MEAN, WELL IT'S FALL SEASON SO IT'S, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE DOING OUR, ALL OUR FALL PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A, A SPRING TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
ANY OTHER REPORTS? I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING.
UH, THE PARKS, THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, Y'ALL DO A PHENOMENAL JOB BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT EASY BECAUSE THE TURNAROUND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU START GOING AND THEN SOMEBODY LEAVE.
BUT Y'ALL ARE JUST DOING REALLY, I MEAN AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU AND WE'LL FIGHT FOR YOU TO THE END.
WE DO, WE FIGHT FOR, WE FIGHT FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DON'T KNOW HALF THE STORY, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND Y'ALL SHOULD JUST BOW DOWN TO DANIELLE LIKE THREE TIMES.
YOU GOT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
'CAUSE BEAR, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.
NO, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE DANIELLE.
I COULD, LIKE I SAID, I ONLY COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF
WERE YOU ABLE TOLU? YEAH, WE BARELY, WE MADE IT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME SWEATING ON FRIDAY.
SO NOW WE GO, WE APPRECIATE IT.
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YOU.[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]
FOR NEXT AGENDA.UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
DEPENDS UPON JUST KIND OF FOREWARNING EVERYBODY 'CAUSE THE HOLIDAY SEASON COMING AND AS USUAL, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE TYPICALLY WE'LL MEET IF WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM, IF NOT, BECAUSE THE PARADE NORMALLY FALLS ON THE WEEK THAT WE'RE HAVING OUR PARK BOARD MEETING AND WE'RE DOING THE FLOW.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE FLOW, YOU GOTTA DO THE FLOW, GOTTA DO THE FLOW.
AND SO, UH, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AND, AND YOUR HOLIDAY PLANNING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 11.