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ALRIGHT,[1. CALL TO ORDER]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK.IT'S TIME TO BEGIN OUR MEETING.
KAREN DARCY, OR EXCUSE ME, CATHERINE DARCY.
HE'S NOT SURE IF HE'S GONNA COME.
IS THERE ANYONE I DID NOT CALL? ALRIGHT.
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, OR YOU RECEIVED IN THE MAIL MINUTES? CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONFUSION OVER THE MINUTES? OTHERWISE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT? OH, PLEASE, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SIR.ACTUALLY, MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS VERY, VERY GENERAL AND PUBLIC IN NATURE.
UH, PRETTY MUCH MOST OF YOU'ALL HAVE GOTTEN MY EMAIL.
I THINK ACTUALLY I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD ONE PERSON I DIDN'T INCLUDE ON THERE,
BUT, UH, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY COME HERE, UH, THIS EVENING, AND I'LL BE BRIEF 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO PERSONALLY COME HERE AND JUST NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU TO ALL NEW, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED FOR, UH, THE HARD WORK THAT WE'VE ALL PUT IN TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY PARKS A BETTER PLACE.
UH, I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED SERVING ON THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN ON THERE.
UH, AS I STATED IN MY EMAIL, UH, THERE'S SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME UP AS IT RELATES TO RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND THEM AS I'VE TOLD OTHER MEMBERS THAT HAVE SAT ON THE BOARD BEFORE.
THERE COMES A TIME WHEN WE MOVE ON AND WE DO, WE MOVE ON.
WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE GOOD WORKS, UH, THAT HAVE LEFT THE PLACE IN A BETTER POSITION AND A BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS WHEN WE COME.
UH, I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN YOU ALL THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE IN THE JOB THAT YOU WILL DO.
UH, AND I AM ALWAYS HERE TO HELP.
I'VE NOT FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
UH, I'M STILL HERE, SO I WILL BE WATCHING.
UH, AND AGAIN, ANYTIME THAT ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, UH, I'M HERE TO SERVE AND DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP.
BUT THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL.
UH, I HATE I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE NEW FOLKS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD.
BUT AGAIN, I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
LIKE I'VE, I'VE NORMALLY DONE, UH, BECAUSE I STILL LIVE HERE AND I'M STILL A TAXPAYER.
I CARE ABOUT ALL THE PARKS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GRAB MY LITTLE STUFF.
SO I ACTUALLY CAME THIS EVENING.
I HAD TO GET MY LITTLE NEW TOKEN TO PUT ON MY DESK THERE AND, AND SHE GOT MY OTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN.
AND YOU KNOW, I WISH US THE BEST OF LOVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, BUDDY, I KNOW YOU'LL, YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS AND THE KIND EMAILS THAT I'VE GOTTEN AS WELL, UH, FROM, FROM ALL THE, THE, THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS AND I'M GONNA GO AND, AND GET ON.
SO, 'CAUSE WE GOTTA GET OUT BY EIGHT O'CLOCK.
WE STILL STICKING WITH THAT RULE.
GET 'EM IN AND GET 'EM OUT REAL QUICK.
UH, BUT, BUT WHAT I I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT IT, IT IS BEEN A JOY FOR ME.
AND WHAT I'VE ENJOYED MOST ABOUT BEING ON THE PARKS BOARD ARE THE THINGS THAT, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET INVOLVED.
BECAUSE I ALWAYS TOLD EVERYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THAT POSITION, YOU CAN'T JUST BE AN EMPTY SUIT SITTING THERE.
YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT, FIGURE OUT YOUR PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT PROJECT MAY BE.
AND ONCE IT'S DONE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET AMNESIA, YOU FORGET ABOUT IT, AND YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT NEW PROJECTS.
AND SO I'VE ENJOYED ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD.
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AND THE REWARD FOR ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF GETTING A KEY FROM THE CITY OR A PROCLAMATION.I LIKE KNOWING THAT WHAT I'VE DONE AND WHAT I'VE ACHIEVED AS SITTING ON A PARKS BOARD MEMBER IS SEEING THOSE PEOPLE AND THOSE KIDS ENJOYING IT.
AND JUST KNOWING INTERNALLY AND HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I DID MY PART BASED ON THE RAISINGS THAT I HAD FROM A LITTLE BOY ON UP.
SO, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YET, LOREN.
I WANNA ENTER THIS OFFICIALLY INTO THE RECORD.
I, AS THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS REALLY UPSET BY THIS ACTION.
AND I WANNA READ OUT LOUD AND HAVE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD WHAT I SENT TO OUR COUNCILMAN.
I DIDN'T SEND IT TO THE FEMALES 'CAUSE THEY'RE NEW AND I DON'T KNOW THEM AS MUCH.
BUT I THINK THIS REFLECTS HOW THIS COMMITTEE FEELS.
I WRITE TO EXPRESS TO YOU MY DEEPEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN YOUR RECENT ABRUPT ILL-ADVISED ILL-CONSIDERED RUDELY ANNOUNCED FORCED DISMISSAL OF THE R TURNER FROM HIS POSITION AT PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE.
LOREN HAS HELD THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION FOR MANY A YEAR AND HAS NEVER, NEVER ALLOWED HIS PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS, JOB OR PERSONAL INTEREST TO INTERACT, INTERSECT, INTERFERE, OR INFLUENCE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR ACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE HE HAS.
SO, ABLELY, LET, I WOULD HAVE YOU RECONSIDER AND REVERSE YOUR ACTION IN THIS MATTER.
LEST YOU LOSE A MOST ABLE, MOST EFFECTIVE, MOST DEVOTED, MOST CAPABLE COMMITTEE MEMBER, SURELY THERE MUST BE A WAY AROUND THIS LATEST CITY ACTION.
I HEARD FROM ONE OF THE THREE COUNCILMEN THAT SAID, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REVERSED THIS ACTION, BUT IT'S LIKE I SAID, A REALLY BAD MOVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR SUCH A DEVOTED INDIVIDUAL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ENTER THAT INTO THE RECORD.
IF ANY OF YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY, I WOULD URGE YOU TO WRITE YOUR CITY COUNCILMAN.
I THINK IT'S AN ILL-ADVISED REALLY BAD IDEA TO LOSE SUCH A VALUABLE PERSON.
MR. ANY COMMENTS SHOULD BE BE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
I WILL TRY TO BE THERE AND DO THAT.
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL DECIDE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE AND WEAR OUR SHIRTS.
AND WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO TO HELP BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING? DO WE NEED A PETITION? YOU CAN DO THAT.
DO WE NEED A PETITION? A SIGNED PETITION? WHERE IS THE SEAT? WE CAN FORMALIZE IT.
DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO, UM, PUT THIS INTO, UH, RECORD? I WOULD ENTERTAIN SUCH A MOTION.
THEN I MOVE THAT WE, UM, PUT THAT WE ENTER YOUR STATEMENT VIA EMAIL INTO OUR OFFICIAL RECORDS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE SIGNIFY THE SAYING.
ANYONE DARES TO OPPOSE
IS IT ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED, WE NEED TO DO NONE AT OTHER THAN TO BE THERE ON MONDAY.
WHAT ELSE? BE THERE AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
DONNA, YOU GOT ANY IDEAS? DONNIE DOES NOT.
AND I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GESTURES AND EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A DISTRACTION FOR ANYONE AS WELL.
I MEAN, I, I JUST TRULY WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE A DECISION.
I MEAN, IT IS AND IT IS NOT, IT WASN'T AGAINST ME PERSONALLY.
IT WAS NOT AGAINST ME PER I KNOW IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS JUST LN TURNER.
AND SO IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE A DECISION WITH, I MEAN, THEY JUST MADE IT.
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AND, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL.I I MEAN, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BURIED SOME OF MY PARTS BOARD MEMBERS AND SO, UH, I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO BE A DISTRACTION.
AND SO, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE IT, I I DON'T WANT TO STOP THEIR CITY BUSINESS AND HELPING OUR CITY MOVE FORWARD.
UH, I WOULD JUST LET, LET LET IT GO LIKE IT GOES.
'CAUSE I PROMISE YOU, IT'LL, IT'LL WORK ITSELF OUT.
AND AND AGAIN, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE IT, I CAN'T, AND I NEVER TELL ANYONE WHAT TO DO.
BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PROTECT THE PARTS DEPARTMENT AND, AND THE PROCESS AND THE PEOPLE.
I WANT THEM TO NEVER DO NOTHING.
I'M TELLING THEM THEY BETTER NOT DO ANYTHING.
I'LL BE MAD AT 'EM AND, AND REALLY JUST, JUST LET THEM.
THEY'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING WORKED OUT.
I JUST GET TO COME AND SIT IN HERE.
I DON'T HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND, AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEASONED BOARD MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
SIX ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION REVIEW ESTATE'S, PARKLAND, DEDICATION.UM, SO THE ITEM THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH Y'ALL IS FOR THE MEADOWVIEW ESTATES PARKLAND DEDICATION.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ATTACHMENTS, NUMBER SIX A, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS FOR DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE, FOR, UH, A SEVEN SEVEN DWELLING UNIT DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING CASH IN LIEU OF.
UM, SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO PROVIDE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 90, $9,600 TO THE PARKS, TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN LIEU OF, UH, PROVIDING LAND FOR THE CITY.
UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER? YEAH, THE SCHEMATIC.
THERE IS ONE IN YOUR PACKET, YOU MEAN TO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN? OH, SORRY.
SO IT'S, ARE YOU SOMEBODY FOUR OF 16 FOR ME? WHICH AREA? THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT SIR? ON THAT SCHEMATIC.
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT LOTS ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN LOTS.
CAN SOMEBODY POINT THAT OUT FOR US? IT'S NUMBERED THE LOTS NUMBER, HOWEVER, EVERYONE, MY NAME'S JACOB.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THEY UPLOADED THE SURVEY ONE LINERS.
BUT I HAVE THE ACTUAL PLAT IN HAND.
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO PASS AROUND.
THIS BE AN ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, SO I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE, UM, SOME MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT.
UH, IT SAYS SEVEN, SO IT SAYS THANK YOU SIR.
I CAN'T POSSIBLY MAKE THAT PRINT ANY SMALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
SO OVER TO THE LEFT IT SAYS ASSISTED LIVING, THAT'S THAT SURVEY.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING, BE CONFUSED.
IT'S JUST THE AREA WITHIN THE BOX.
THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE SINGLE HOME ON THAT LOT AND THEY'RE DIVIDING IT DIVIDING INTO SEVEN.
YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH THIS SO WE CAN C YEAH.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE SPECIFIC STREETS, SOME SPECIFICS THAT BORDER THIS LOT? THIS IS, GIMME ONE MOMENT.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, AS THE PARKS BOARD, YOUR'S ROLE IS TO RECOGNIZE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE FUNDS OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
NOT NECESSARILY GETTING INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF
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THE ACTUAL LIKE A, A PLANNING AND ZONING TYPE OF SITUATION.AND SO I JUST, I JUST DID WANNA MAKE THAT POINT REALLY CLEAR.
WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS.
BUT THE KEY ELEMENT OF THIS IS THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING US $9,800 ACCORDING TO CODE IN LIEU OF LAND.
SO THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING US ANY PROPERTY, THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING US $9,800, WHICH WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THIS PARKLAND ZONE FUND THAT WILL THEN BE USED FOR PARKS IN THAT PARKLAND ZONE.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE JUST TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT $9,800.
SO THEN IT WILL GO ONTO PLANNING AND ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE'LL THEN REVIEW IT AND THEN IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
IS THIS, IS THERE A PARK, ONE OF OUR CURRENT PARKS LOCATED NEAR THIS? IF WE GIVE UP THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, IS THERE A PARK CLOSE TO THIS? THERE ARE, THERE ARE ALWAYS PROPERTIES OR PARKS IN THE PARKLAND ZONE WHERE FUNDS ARE DONATED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS NECESSARILY A PARK CLOSE TO THIS, BUT IN THAT PARKLAND ZONE, THERE ABSOLUTELY IS.
IT'S ONLY, AND, AND, AND THE FUNDS, $9,800 ARE NOT GONNA GO A LONG WAYS.
BUT THOSE FUNDS CAN GO TO MAINTENANCE OF A PARK.
THEY CAN GO TO THE BUILDING OF A NEW PLAYGROUND.
THEY CAN GO TO MATCHING FOR GRANTS.
THEY CAN GO TO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS FOR US IN THAT PARKLAND ZONE.
IN THAT PARKLAND ZONE, IN THAT PARKLAND ZONE.
IT'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF UNITS.
IF THEY WERE TO BUILD A NEW PARK, THAT NEW PARK WOULD ONLY NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 0.07 ACRES.
WHICH WOULD PROBABLY NOT ADD MUCH VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO IT, I THINK IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, THERE'S ARGUABLY MORE BENEFIT TO CONTRIBUTING TO OUR FUNDS THAN THAT'S IT PURCHASING A YES.
SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU'RE COMING TO MONEY NO, NO, NO.
THAT'S IN LIEU OF, IN LIEU OF, IN LIEU OF A PARK.
SO THE WAY THAT THE CODE IS WRITTEN IS THAT WHENEVER SOMEONE IS GOING TO BUILD, UM, WHETHER IT BE A LARGE HUGE SUBDIVISION OR A SMALL SUBDIVISION, LIKE SEVEN PROPERTIES, LIKE THIS ONE IS PROBABLY FEELS LIKE A LARGE PROJECT FOR YOU.
BUT
THEY CAN EITHER, EITHER PROVIDE US WITH LAND WHERE WE CAN THEN BUILD A PARK OR THEY CAN BUILD A PARK AS WELL FOR THAT PROPERTY.
AND THE THIRD, OR, OR THEY CAN PROVIDE, UM, MONEY IN LIEU OF, AND SO, SO THAT CONNECTION IS $1,400 PER, PER UNIT PER DWELLING UNIT.
BUT IF THEY WERE TO PROVIDE LAND, I BELIEVE THAT LAND REQUIREMENT IS 0.01 ACRE PER DWELLING UNIT.
SO AT SEVEN DWELLING UNITS, THEY WOULD, IF THEY WERE PROVIDING LAND, IT WOULD BE 0.07 MM-HMM.
AND THE OTHER, AND THE OTHER PART TO THAT POLICY IS, IS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOESN'T ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS THAN AN ACRE.
AND SO BECAUSE A PARK THAT'S LESS THAN AN ACRE, UM, BIG JUST ISN'T, IT'S NOT VALUABLE BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING ON IT.
THIS IS MORE OF A FORMALITY YES.
APPROVAL AS FAR MONEY SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
WELL, THIS IS NOT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
SOMEONE ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT IT'S JUST SEVEN DWELLING UNITS.
SO IT'S JUST SEVEN RESIDENTIAL HOUSES.
AND SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHEN, WHEN THIS ACTUALLY COMES TO PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, IT'S TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES FOR PLANNING AND ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING WILL ACTUALLY EVALUATE THE PROJECT ALONE.
AND THEN, THEN THEY WILL ALSO LOOK AT DOES THIS MATCH CODE.
AND SO WILL THEY BE ACCEPTING ALSO THE, THIS, THIS, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IN LIEU OF LAND.
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BOARDS THAT MAKE THAT ACCEPTANCE.AND THEN EVEN AFTER THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THEN IT WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT, SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUY.
WHAT WAS THAT? THIS IS WITHIN CODE.
AND, AND WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, IT BE ACCEPTED TONIGHT.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF, OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S ENOUGH GREEN SPACE IN A, IN A AREA.
AND BY THIS JUST BEING SEVEN UNITS.
A, THE MOTION IS REMOVED AND SECONDED.
WE ACCEPT THE LISTED DOLLAR AMOUNT IN LIEU OF LAND DEDICATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
PARK PROJECTS BY ADAM TRAIN AND, AND DANIELLE STEWART.UM, I'M NOT AS INTELLIGENT AS DANIELLE, BUT YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME.
AND SO, SO YOU GET DONNIE HAYES.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE JUST, WE WANNA MAKE IT A PRIORITY, UM, THAT, UM, EVERY QUARTER WE COME TO YOU AS A BOARD AND GIVE YOU A MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AT WITH OUR BOND PROJECTS.
UM, WE GIVE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, DECENT UPDATES AS WE'RE KIND OF MOVING ALONG THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT, BUT WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THEIR PUBLIC DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO KIND WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, UH, SOME OF THESE BOMB PROJECTS AT THIS TIME.
SO THE FIRST ONE, UM, OF COURSE IS FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UM, JUST AS A HEADS UP, NEXT MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
AND SO THIS PARK DOES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN, UM, THE EVENTS THAT WE WILL, UH, BE CELEBRATING.
FEBRUARY 24TH IS OUR FREEDOM WALK FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE WILL BE WALKING FROM COMMUNITY PARK, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FREEDOM TREE.
UM, AND SO PLEASE, UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE PLANNING FOR THAT AS, AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I BRIEFLY INTERRUPT, IS THIS ENCOMPASSING YOUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT AS WELL? IT IS NOT.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
YEAH, THIS IS LISTED, IS THIS LISTED AS I EIGHT? NO, BUT IT MIGHT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
ITEM EIGHT IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
WHAT TIME IS THE WALK? UM, IT'LL START AT 9:00 AM AND THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION THAT'LL COME OUT FOR SURE.
WHICH WILL BE MAILED TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND WE'LL HAVE A MEETING BEFORE THEN AS WELL.
UM, SO WITH FREEDOM TREE PARK AT THIS POINT, UM, WE ARE AT OUR 90%, UM, DESIGN.
UM, WE SHOULD BE FINISHED WITH OUR A HUNDRED PERCENT CONS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS HERE BY, UH, BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS MONTH, UM, WE'RE MEETING WITH, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA, UM, TO REVIEW THE 90% DOCUMENTS WITH THEM, UM, AND THEIR HOA BOARD.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MEETING WITH, UM, THE FREEDOM TREE, UM, COMMITTEE THAT HELPS TO CREATE THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, TO WALK THEM THROUGH AS WELL, WHERE WE ARE AT WITH, WITH THIS CURRENT DESIGN, UM, BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT COMMU, UH, COMMUNITY DIALOGUE HAPPENING.
UM, SO FEBRUARY 1ST SHOULD HAVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, DOCUMENTS READY TO GO.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO GO OUT TO BID IN MARCH, UH, TO EARLY APRIL.
SO END OF MARCH, EARLY APRIL ON THAT, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN MAY.
SO THAT WAY NEXT FEBRUARY, UM, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND, UH, BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARK AS PART OF OUR FREEDOM WALK.
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UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN ITSELF, THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOME MINOR CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, WHICH ON THE, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE SMALLER VIEW WAS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT CAME OUT OF THE FREEDOM TREE COMMITTEE.
AS WE'VE GONE TO DESIGN, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT, UH, DEEPER INTO THE LAYOUT OF IT.
UM, YOU WILL SEE, I BELIEVE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL DIAGRAMS HERE.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, IS THE, UH, THE CONTEMPLATION CENTER THAT'LL BE IN THE PARK ITSELF, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS DIRECTLY OVER TO FREEDOM TREE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS, UM, THE CURRENT DESIGN FOR OUR PLAYGROUND, THE BATHROOM AND THE ENTRANCE, UM, FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK ITSELF, TRA TROXEL PARK.
WE, OF COURSE, UH, HAD OUR GROUNDBREAKING AND OUR CONTRACTOR IS CURRENTLY WELL ON THEIR WAY.
UM, WE'RE JUST OUT THERE LAST WEEK.
CEMENT SIDEWALKS ARE ALL IN PLACE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR PHASE THREE, AND SO HERE ARE SOME, UH, HERE'S A PHOTO OF SOME OF THE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY TODAY.
SO SHELTERS ARE ALREADY GOING UP.
CEMENT IS LAID, PARKING LOT IS SET.
BRIDGES ARE, UM, ARE, ARE ABOUT TO BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
PLAYGROUND IS HERE IN, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO THAT WILL BE, UH, BEGIN TO BE INSTALLED HERE FAIRLY QUICKLY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IRRIGATION, PAVILIONS, ALL THE MASON REWORK THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE, UM, REALLY SHORTLY AS WELL.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE, UH, AT COMMUNITY PARK LAST NIGHT AND, UM, WHILE I WAS THERE, WAS IT LAST NIGHT THIS WEEK?
AND WHILE I WAS THERE, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A YOUNG MAN COMING UP THE TRAIL FROM TROXEL PARK AND, UH, HAPPENED TO SEE ME WITH MY SHIRT ON AND HE STOPPED ME AND HE IS LIKE, HEY, ARE YOU GUYS THE ONE WORKING ON THAT PARK DOWN THERE? AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE SURE ARE.
HE'S LIKE, OH MAN, I CAN'T WAIT TILL IT'S CONNECTED.
AND HE'S LIKE, IT LOOKS SO COOL,
UM, AND SO IT'S, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, HAVING THAT PROJECT FINISHED.
UM, THIS IS OF COURSE, A THREE AND A HALF, UH, ACRE PARK THAT WILL HAVE PLAYGROUNDS, BENCHES, TABLES, BACKYARD GAMES, UM, AND THEN ALSO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BIRD WATCHING AS WELL.
THE NEXT PROJECT THAT, UH, IS, IS A FAIRLY BIG ONE IS STAMOS SPORTS PARK.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THIS ONE.
AS YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THIS, UH, IF YOU GO TO STA O RIGHT NOW, IT'S A, IT'S DETERIORATING PRETTY QUICKLY AND, UM, LOOKS DEFINITELY PRETTY SAD.
SO THE GOAL IS THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS THAT WE HELD WAY BACK IN 2019.
IT WILL HAVE MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELDS, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, CRICKET, SOCCER TRAILS, PICNIC PAVILIONS, PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, UM, BATTING CAGES, UH, POSSIBLY SOME SORT OF BMX PUMP TRACK, UM, PLAYGROUNDS, SPLASH PAD, AND A PARKING LOT.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, ABOUT A JUST A LITTLE OVER $13 MILLION PROJECT.
UM, THE CITY, OF COURSE, UM, PUT OUT $10 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THANKFULLY TO THE VOTERS, UM, THEY APPROVED THE COUNTIES, UM, $4 MILLION BOND, WELL, BIGGER BOND PACKAGE, BUT WE WILL GET $4 MILLION OUT OF THAT BOND PACKAGE FOR STA O PARK.
UM, I JUST RECEIVED IN MY EMAIL TODAY, UM, OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OURSELVES.
SO THOSE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO US.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING CURRENTLY WITH OUR, UM, OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR AND OUR DESIGNER TO BE ABLE TO ADD IN THE ADDITIONAL PIECES THAT WERE LEFT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WHEN WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE THOSE 4 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS WILL BE A FULL PROJECT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED.
UM, LOOKING AT THAT TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THAT KIND OF SCHEMATIC, UH, DESIGN PHASE.
UM, A PHASE TWO SHOULD BE STARTING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, WHERE WE REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE, UM, THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT WILL BE APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN LIKE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2024 THIS YEAR.
AND THEN BIDDING WILL BE AT THE END OF 2024 FOR THAT PROJECT.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE SUPER EXCITED IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO A LOT OF OUR VENDORS,I GOT THREE PHONE CALLS TODAY, UH, WITH SPLASH PAD VENDORS.
SO DONNIE, WE HEAR YOU HAVE A PARK THAT'S GONNA GET A NEW SPLASH PAD.
UH, HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED? UM, SO ALWAYS EXCITED TO, UH, TAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AND, UH, PIT THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SO DONNIE IS, IS STAFFORD NO LONGER PART OF THIS PARK? RIGHT.
STAFFORD IS NO LONGER A PART OF THIS PARK.
AND IS IT STILL GONNA BE CALLED STA O FOR NOW? OKAY.
BUT, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, UM, AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO ACTUAL BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, THERE'LL BE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF NEW NAMING.
BUT STAFFORD WITHDREW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
DID THEY NOT STAFFORD WITHDREW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
THEY ALSO WITHDREW SUPPORT OF THE PARK IN, IN TOTAL WITH MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THEY OWED.
AND WHAT ABOUT THEIR USAGE OF THIS PARK THEN? SO DENIED.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YEAH.
RSAS, WHICH IS OUR, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL SPORTS, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WITH STAFFORD.
UM, ANY RSA THAT HAD A PERCENTAGE OF STAFFORD RESIDENTS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN THAT ORGANIZATION THEN COULD BE CONSIDERED AN RSA AND GET THOSE, THAT DISCOUNT FOR USE OF THE FACILITY THAT HAS GONE AWAY.
AND WE'VE REMOVED THAT COMPLETELY FROM, FROM THAT AGREEMENT BECAUSE STAFFORD IS NO LONGER A PART OF.
UM, SO HERE IS AN UPDATED LOOK AT, UM, WHAT'S WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE TOWARDS.
UM, SO YOU SEE PICKLEBALL COURTS, YOU SEE BASKETBALL COURTS, YOU SEE, UM, OUR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS, CRICKET FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, UM, SPLASH PADS, AREAS, THE, THE PARKING, THE, AND THEN YOU SEE IN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS KIND OF WHERE THAT, UH, BMX, UM, PUMP TRACK WOULD BE AS WELL.
UM, ALSO, ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY IS, UH, COVERING TWO OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, AND BEING OUR FIRST OUTDOOR COVERED PICKLEBALL COURTS IN, UM, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UM, A REAL BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PHASE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING INTO IT AND CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH YOU FOLKS AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AS THIS DESIGN MOVES FORWARD.
UM, NEXT ONE IS OUR EAST HAMPTON PROPERTY.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, CITY COUNCIL, UM, WENT OUT AND PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, UM, TO USE IT AS A, AS A PARK.
UM, OUR, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION, UM, HAS NAMED THIS AS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, UM, MOVING FORWARD FOR FUNDRAISING.
AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, WE'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF MEETINGS TALKING TO A LOT OF, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND LOOKING AT POSSIBLE WAYS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, ANTHONY, WHO IS THE, THE HEAD OF OUR CURRENT FOUNDATION IS REALLY EXCITED AND HE KEEPS ON SAYING, DONNIE, IT'S NOT 10 YEARS, IT'S ONE YEAR.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE ONE YEAR, BUT, UM, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TYPE OF ENERGY.
UM, WE DID RECENTLY RECEIVE, UM, FUNDING INTO, UM, THIS PROJECT OF ABOUT A HUNDRED AND, WELL, NOT ABOUT, BUT EXACTLY $150,000 FROM THE, UH, LOCAL HOA IN THAT AREA, UM, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE RECEIVED THAT FUNDING.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS ALSO IS IN THE PROCESS OF, DOES THIS HAVE A LITTLE DOT ON IT? IT DOES
UM, I DON'T, NO, THAT DOESN'T GO ON THE TV, SO THAT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGN ITSELF, CURRENTLY, THERE'S TWO ROADS THAT THAT CONNECT, CONNECT THE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT IN THE, IN THIS DESIGN, THAT ROUTE, THAT ROAD IS DISCONNECTED AND THEN TWO ROUNDABOUTS ARE CREATED SO THAT WAY WE CAN LIMIT
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THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE CONSTANTLY.UM, WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, UM, FROM ALASKA, I SPENT THE FIRST, UH, SIX WEEKS AT A, UM, AT A BASICALLY A BED AND BREAKFAST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I WALKED AROUND THIS PROPERTY A LOT AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CARS THAT FLY THROUGH THAT SECTION.
AND SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN ON THAT.
PUBLIC WORKS IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW HAS, HAS ALREADY HAS A DESIGNER IN PLACE THAT IS CREATING THOSE TWO ROUNDABOUTS.
AND SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT PROJECT TO GET ENGINEERING FOR THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THAT $150,000 THAT WE RECEIVED TO LOOK AT ENGINEERING THE PROPERTY, GETTING ALL OF THE, UM, SIGHTLINES DONE, AND THEN ALSO ADDING IN THE TRAIL THAT WOULD GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE PARK.
SO WE COULD ACTUALLY BEGIN TO START SAYING THAT WE CAN USE THAT PARK, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK IN PHASES ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT THAT, UH, $150,000 WILL ALLOW US, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DO SOME SIGNIFICANT WORK IN THERE AND THE COMMUNITY CAN START USING IT.
IT WON'T HAVE ALL THE FEATURES THAT WE WANT AND WE STILL HAVE WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE COULD DO AT LEAST SOME SORT OF DEDICATION TO THAT PROPERTY AND PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY WITH A GREEN SPACE THAT THEY CAN FEEL SAFE AND TRULY ENJOY.
UM, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND, AND THE, THE ABILITY THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS DOING THEIR PROJECT, THAT WE CAN TIE INTO THAT AND HAVE SOME SAVINGS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT $150,000 TO GO AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH IT.
WHAT COMMUNITY IS THIS IN? UM, IT'S THE FONDANT PARK AREA.
OUR NEXT UPDATE IS OUR PARK PATHWAYS, UM, BOND.
AND SO PATHWAYS, UH, THERE'S FUNDING FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK, EAST HAMPTON, PARKLAND COMMUNITY PARK, RIDGEVIEW PARK, AND THEN AMERICAN LEGION.
AND THEN ALSO HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL AS WELL, UM, ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT BOND PACKAGE.
UM, AND SO WE JUST, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ON A CITYWIDE CONTRACT FOR, UM, CONCRETE SERVICES.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE KNOW THE PUBLIC WORKS DOES A LOT OF CONCRETE ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING PLUS OUR PROJECTS AND COMBINE THAT INTO ONE MAJOR PROJECT, UM, WHICH ALLOWED US TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS AS WE DID THAT BID ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE, UM, WORK BEGIN THIS YEAR ON, ON MANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
ANOTHER UPDATE THAT I DID WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT IS THAT, UH, JUST TODAY I RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UM, FROM, UH, THE HGAC, WHICH INFORMED US THAT WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE RECEIVING $1.1 MILLION IN A GRANT FOR THE HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL.
AND SO, UM, DANIELLE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UH, FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE AN EMAIL THAT SAYS FINAL APPROVED PROJECTS, YOU GET EXCITED.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT, UM, ACCESSING THOSE GRANTS, THOSE GRANT FUNDS AND, AND HOW WE CAN SPECIFICALLY USE THOSE, UM, TO, TO FINISH OUT THAT, UH, THAT, UM, THAT JOGGING TRAIL.
BUT IT HELPS OUR DOLLARS JUST TO GO FURTHER.
WE CAN INCLUDE MORE BENCHES, WE CAN INCLUDE MORE TREES, MORE LANDSCAPING, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT TRAIL.
THERE'S ALSO THE BRIDGE THAT'S ON THAT JOGGING TRAIL, AND WE CAN REALLY SPEND SOME TIME FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT'S SAFE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, UM, HAPPENING IN THESE BOND PROJECTS.
THERE'S TWO MORE BOND PROJECTS WE DID WANNA UPDATE YOU ON, AND I'M GONNA TURN THAT TIME OVER TO ADAM TRAIN ON THOSE TWO.
BEFORE I DO, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS THAT I HAVE PRESENTED? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ONES THAT SHE PRESENTED HERE.
AND I CAN GIVE THOSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, TROXEL PARK THE ADDRESS.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS I'LL SAY 'EM OUT LOUD AND THEN THEY'LL BE IN THE MINUTES TOO.
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IS 40 22 DIHA STREET, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PARKS EDGE, EDGE SUBDIVISION.IF YOU ARE AT FREEDOM TREE PARK, UM, IF YOU GO DIRECTLY EAST BASICALLY, AND THEN GO OVER THE WATER, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY CREATES A HORSESHOE.
UM, YOU HAVE TROXEL PARK, THEN YOU, THERE'S A PATH THAT'S GONNA GO NORTH TO COMMUNITY PARK, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A PATH FROM COMMUNITY PARK THAT'LL GO DOWN TO, UM, FREEDOM TREE AS WELL.
SO IT'S KIND OF IN A BIG HORSESHOE, KIND OF IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S 40 22, WHICH STREET? 40 22 DIHA.
UM, STAMA PARK IS OFF OF INDEPENDENCE AND IS RIGHT LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM INDEPENDENCE PARK.
THAT'S NOT HELPFUL, AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT ADDRESS ON THAT ONE.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS OFF OF, OFF OF INDEPENDENCE ROAD ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, THE, UH, FONDANT PARK ONE, WHICH WAS THE EAST HAMPTON, THAT ONE IS ON EAST HAMPTON AND KATHY, AND THAT'S ON, YOU CAN SEE.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, UM, I THINK IT ACTUALLY IS IN HARRIS COUNTY, ISN'T IT? UM, SO IT'S, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER, NORTH END OF, OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE CAN, IT'S MISSOURI, IT'S MISSOURI CITY, HARRIS COUNTY, THAT LITTLE PIECE, UM, WHAT DO I HAVE THE NAME WRITTEN DOWN? I DON'T HAVE THE NAME OF THAT SPECIFIC HOA, BUT IT'S, WAS IT FRAN PARK? HOAI THINK IT WAS FRAN PARK.
THERE'S TWO, THERE ARE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, YEAH.
UM, AND THEN EACH OF THE PARK PATHWAYS, THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM.
SO I WILL, I'LL SEND OUT ADDRESSES ON ALL OF THOSE AS WELL.
AND THE HUNTER'S, GLEN, I DON'T SEE HERE, I DON'T SEE IT WAS AN AD REPRESENTED HERE IN THE, IN THIS, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S JUST ONE THAT I BROUGHT TO YOUR GUYS' ATTENTION SINCE WE GOT THE ADDITIONAL GRANT.
YEAH, IT WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THESE PARK PATHWAYS, ARE THEY CONNECTED? UM, THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE CONNECTED, SO, UM, THE BICENTENNIAL PARK IS LITERALLY A, IT WILL BE JUST INSIDE THE PARK.
AND THAT'S A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
RIDGEVIEW, UH, RIDGEVIEW PARK.
THAT PATHWAY IS JUST AROUND THE PARK ITSELF.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT WERE THE OTHER ONES? COMMUNITY.
THAT ONE WILL JUST, UH, BE THE PATHWAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS TO FREEDOM, FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UM, SO THAT'LL BE THE ONE THAT'LL CONNECT FREEDOM TREE AND THEN ALSO HELP TO CONNECT TO TROXEL PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, AMERICAN LEGION.
AMERICAN LEGION PARK WILL JUST BE AROUND AMERICAN LEGION, JUST MAKING THINGS MORE, UM, A DA ACCESSIBLE, THE HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL, THAT ONE CONNECTS, UM, A LOT OF THAT COMMUNITY AND IT'LL MAKE IT AND MAKES IT ALL THE WAY SO IT CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HUNTERS GLEN PARK AS WELL.
AND THEN CONNECTS A COUPLE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA AS WELL, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, SO I DID GET THE ADDRESS FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK.
UH, IF ANYONE IS CURIOUS, IT'S 2130 ADAMS STREET.
IT'S AT THE CORNER OF ADAMS AND FIFTH.
UM, SO THIS IS A VERY, UM, UH, ONE THING THAT I, ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS, UH, WE, THERE, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE BONDS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THEM, THERE HASN'T BEEN A TON OF INVESTMENT IN SOME OF THE MORE NORTHERN, OLDER PARTS OF TOWN.
AND SO BICENTENNIAL PARK, ONE THING THAT'S I THINK IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS IT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LARGER INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE RECENTLY INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, AND SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT THIS PARK ARE, WE'RE REPLACING THE PLAYGROUND COMPLETELY.
UM, ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE, AND ON THE NEW RIGHT SIDE YOU'LL SEE A RENDERING OF THE NEW, UH, PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE.
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UM, IT'S STILL KEEPING THAT RED, WHITE AND BLUE BICENTENNIAL 1776 USA COLOR SCHEME, BUT, UM, IT'S A MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT.UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER BIG COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT IS WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SOME PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, SO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ITSELF PROBABLY REPRESENTS SOMEWHERE AROUND A QUARTER OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PARK.
UM, SO AS FAR AS DETERMINING THE BEST USE OF THE REST OF OUR FUNDS, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN EXAMINING ARE PERHAPS USING POOR IN PLACE, UM, UH, UH, POOR IN PLACE, UH, SURFACING, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY USED MUCH IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT IT'S A MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE, UM, MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE, UH, MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE TO FALL ON.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PERHAPS INCLUDING, UM, SOME FITNESS EQUIPMENT OUTDOORS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF.
UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD PUT IN, UM, PERHAPS BARBECUE EQUIPMENT, BENCHES TABLES, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UH, WE CREATED A SURVEY THAT WE SENT THAT WE, WE PUT A SIGN IN THE PARK WITH THE, WITH THE BARCODE WHERE FOLKS COULD SCAN IT WITH THEIR PHONE AND FILL OUT THE SURVEY.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY SAID, YOU HAVE $50 TO UPGRADE THIS PARK, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND THAT $50? AND EACH OF THESE POTENTIAL ITEMS HAD A, UM, MONETARY EQUIVALENT, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A BENCHES $2 OR TABLE IS $3 POUR IN PLACE, UH, MIGHT AS A MORE EXPENSIVE OPTION, MAYBE $15.
UM, SO WE COULD KIND OF GAUGE WHAT THE COMMUN, HOW THE COMMUNITY WOULD WANT US TO SPEND THESE FUNDS.
AND THEN WE HAD A COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING LAST MONTH, SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AS WELL, JUST TO SPEAK WITH SOME FOLKS IN PERSON AND GATHER MORE INPUT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LEAVING THAT SURVEY OPEN, UM, AT LEAST THROUGH THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST TO KEEP GATHERING MORE INPUT.
THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THESE FUNDS IN THE WAY THAT KIND OF BEST SUITS THE COMMUNITY BEST SUITS THIS PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, I JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU NEED REALLY NEEDS A FACELIFT AND IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL TOO, SO IT REALLY MEANS SOME LOVE.
I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY HAD A LOT TO SAY.
UM, SO WE, IT IT HAS BEEN, IT HAS BEEN VALUABLE GETTING, GETTING FEEDBACK.
UM, SO, UM, YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW EVERYTHING PROGRESSES.
YOUR CREATIVE IDEA OF GETTING THERE.
MY QUESTION IS, IS ANY OF THIS MATERIAL REPURPOSED? ALL THE GRAVEL? YOU'RE CHANGING THE BED OF THE PARK.
YOU GOT
YOU, YOU'VE REPLACED ONE STRUCTURE WITH ANOTHER ONE.
SO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE IS, UM, SO I, I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE COMPANY WHO'S INSTALLING THE NEW STRUCTURE.
THEY TAKE THE OLD STRUCTURE AND THEY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
I THINK IT WAS, I THINK JOEL TALKED ABOUT USING THE EQUIPMENT IN, IN MEXICO, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
SO THEY TAKE THE OLD STRUCTURE, THEY, UM, WHICH IS STILL A SAFE STRUCTURE.
IT'S JUST, UM, PAST, ITS THE LEGAL, LIKE S USEFUL LIFE AND THAT STRUCTURE IS BROUGHT, I BELIEVE, TO MEXICO WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYGROUNDS, ENOUGH THINGS FOR KIDS TO PLAY WITH TO STAY ACTIVE.
SO IT WILL BE REPURPOSED AS FAR AS THE MATERIALS FOR THE NEW EQUIPMENT, I'M NOT SURE, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SO FIRST THERE IS THE BIG, THAT'S THE BIG ONE, RIGHT? THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, IT'S PAST THIS USEFUL LIFE FOR US.
UM, IT'S AT THAT POINT WHERE MAINTENANCE IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE.
THIS COMPANY WILL ACTUALLY COME IN, REMOVE IT AND REFURBISH IT BEFORE THEY SEND IT DOWN TO, TO MEXICO.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THAT.
AND THAT ACTUALLY SAVES US MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE IT OURSELVES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S HELPS US EXTEND THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS OUT.
UM, THE, ALSO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE WOOD CHIPS, UM, THAT ARE AT THE BASE OF THE PLAYGROUND AS WE REMOVE THOSE, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT LANDSCAPING CREW.
AND THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WONDERFUL WAYS TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE WOOD CHIPS.
AND SO THAT ENGINEER WOOD FIBER WILL FIND A NEW, USE
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A NEW HOME, UM, AS WE'RE GOING ON.UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE THOSE KIND OF, UH, THE LANDSCAPING BRICKS THAT ARE TYPICALLY AROUND.
UM, WE WILL BE PUTTING IN A CEMENT BORDER, UM, AROUND IT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE STABLE FOR US, A LITTLE LESS, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE ON IT.
BUT THOSE, UH, LANDSCAPING BRICKS WILL ALSO BE SET ASIDE.
UM, IF WE'RE CREATING, YOU KNOW, FLOWER BEDS OR PLANTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE CAN BE USED FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE TOO.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME OF THOSE PIECES THAT WILL BE REUSED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? I HAVE, UH, I JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE QUESTION.
ON THE NEW ITEMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING FOR HANDICAP? SO EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A DA COMPLIANT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SPECTRUM OF A DA COMPLIANT THERE, CERTAINLY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DA COMPLIANT AND BEING THE IDEAL EQUIPMENT FOR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE DISABILITIES.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS CERTAINLY, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER, WHICH WE TYPICALLY USE IN OUR PLAYGROUNDS THAT IS AADA A COMPLIANT.
UM, BUT UM, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST SERVICING FOR FOLKS WITH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIMITATIONS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WITH SEEKING INPUT.
UM, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE WILL NOT BE ANYTHING IN THE PARK THAT IS NOT A DA COMPLIANT.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER PARKS THAT'S RECEIVING A FACELIFT THIS YEAR IS RIDGEVIEW PARK.
UM, AND JUST HOW BICENTENNIAL IS RECEIVING A NEW PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THE PLAYGROUND HAS PASSED ITS USEFUL LIFE.
UM, SIMILAR STORY WILL BE TOLD AT RIDGEVIEW PARK.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW EQUIPMENT, UM, WITH THE PORT IN PLACE SURFACING BELOW.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW, UM, BATHROOM AND SHADE STRUCTURE AT RIDGEVIEW PARK.
UM, AND THE EXISTING CONCRETE WALKING TRAIL IS GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH A NEW CONCRETE WALKING TRAIL.
UM, WE RECENTLY, UM, ENGAGED WITH, UH, OUR, WE RE WE RECENTLY COMPLETED A NEW CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY TO REDO OUR, SO WE HAVE A SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR FOR ALL OF THE CONCRETE WORK THAT OUR PARKS WILL NEED IN THE UPCOMING FEW YEARS.
UM, SO NOW THAT THAT IS IN PLACE, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE NEW CONCRETE WALKING TRAIL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING DOING FOR THAT TRAIL IS CURRENTLY IT'S A 0.43 MILE TRAIL, WHICH IF YOU'RE RUNNING IS KIND OF AN AWKWARD INCREMENT IF MOST PEOPLE ARE USUALLY TRYING TO RUN MILES AND DOING IT IN 0.43 CHUNKS IS A LITTLE BIT NOT IDEAL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UPGRADING THAT TO A HALF MILE BY MEANDERING A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO THAT SHOULD MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE USABLE, A BETRAYAL.
UM, BUT THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE GIST OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW IN BICENTENNIAL WE, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT ALSO IN RIDGEVIEW, IT'S THE SAME PLAYGROUND COMPANY COMING IN, AND SO WE'LL BE USING THE SAME VENDOR FOR THAT AS WELL.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS HAS A SPLASH PAD NOW TOO, DOESN'T IT? RIDGEVIEW? YES, IT, RIDGEVIEW HAS A, HAS A SPLASH PAD.
IT'S NOT PART OF THIS SCOPE OF WORK, BUT IT, IT IS VERY, VERY HIGHLY USED AND, UM, YES, IT'S VERY POPULAR.
SO IT'S IN, IT'S ALREADY INSTALLED AND USE THE SPLASH PAD? YES, YES.
NOT THE NEW PLAYGROUND, BUT YES.
YOU CAN DRIVE BY AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT.
MOSTLY THE PARTS, THE DESIGN I WAS AT.
SO WE, UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN AND LOOKING AT.
UM, I THINK DONNIE AND I AND DANIELLE, UM, WENT TO A, UM, MEETING WHERE WE, WE LISTENED TO A,
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A VERY, VERY, UM, EMOTIONAL, A TESTIMONY FROM, UM, FROM A WOMAN WHO HAD GONE THROUGH HER OWN STRUGGLES WITH, UM, SOME, SOME OF HER OWN DISABILITIES AND WAS TALKING, UH, AND SHOWED US SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF ADAPTIVE USE IN PARKS.UM, AND I THINK WHAT CITY WE'RE IN, WAS IT PEARLAND? UH, IT WAS MARYLAND.
SO WE, SO, SO WE WERE IN PEAR LAND AND WE TOURED AN ADAPT DIFFUSE PARK OVER THERE.
UM, AND DEFINITELY THERE WERE SOME GREAT IDEAS AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SWINGS THAT, UM, ARE EASIER TO GET IN AND OUT OF, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SLIDES THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT SOME POINT IN MISSOURI CITY.
IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE SCOPE FOR RIDGE VIEWER BI CENTENNIALS PLAYGROUNDS, BUT, UM, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HOPE TO SEE.
IF YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS, I'LL TAKE IT.
OR IF YOU WANNA EMAIL IT TO ME LATER, THEN THAT IS SO, SO IS THIS THE ONE THAT DOES OVER LIKE BY KOHL'S? YES.
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S USED VERY MUCH, IS IT? IT IT REALLY, I THINK IT COULD, I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL.
BUT I KNOW THE EQUIPMENT, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD ON IT.
I THINK, I THINK IT, I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL, RIGHT? DONNIE WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING AND I DUNNO IF ANYBODY HIDDEN, IT IS KIND OF HIDDEN, BUT I, I THINK IT'S, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S USED VERY OFTEN, BUT IT SHOULD BE TWO THINGS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, AT MCNAUGHTON PARK, UM, THERE IS A, A TRAIL THAT, UH, GOES AROUND THE PARK ITSELF.
UM, AND THERE CURRENTLY IS LOW IMPACT FITNESS EQUIPMENT, UM, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SENIORS THAT IS AT MCNAUGHTON PARK.
THEY'RE A LITTLE, THEY'RE AN OLDER VERSION OF THE ONES THAT ARE COMING OUT NOW.
UM, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN USE AND STILL, UM, OPERATIONAL AND STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT LIFE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS WELL AS THERE IS, UM, ANOTHER PARK, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE IT IS.
AND I JUST SAW THE DESIGN, UM, JUST ABOUT, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
UM, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SHELF THAT IF WE GET FUNDING, UM, THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.
UM, AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, UM, IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT AS WELL CURRENTLY.
I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED MCNAUGHTON PARK.
ARE YOU, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO IMPROVE OR REPLACE THE CONCRETE OR THE PATHWAYS AROUND THAT PARK? THERE ARE AREAS WHERE IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THAT IS ONE OF THE, UH, BOND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE IN 2024.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN 2025 JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT IS GOING ON.
BUT THERE ARE PLANS, THERE ARE TO, IT IS GREAT.
IF BI, IF LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF BICENTENNIAL, UM, IF THE COMMUNITY CAME BACK AND THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT ADAM WAS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS PRESENTATION FOR BICENTENNIAL, IF THE COMMUNITY CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT FITNESS EQUIPMENT IS A PRIORITY FOR US, UM, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD GET PUT INTO THAT BICENTENNIAL PROJECT RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE POUR IN PLACE OR BARBECUES OR THE SHELTER OR, YOU KNOW, SO, SO REALLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET WHAT THAT COMMUNITY WANTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PARK.
UM, AND IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE CITIZENS JUST BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE BOND LANGUAGE IS, IS CREATED.
AND SO THE BOND LANGUAGE WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO AT WHICH, UH, WHICH PARKS.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED.
BICENTENNIAL IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A COMMUNITY INPUT PHASE, RIGHT? SO THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE OF GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT, WHAT,
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UH, EXACTLY THAT INPUT WILL ENTAIL.ANY OTHER ADDITIONS QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? YES SIR.
SOMEONE GONNA GIVE HIS REPORT? ARE WE GONNA PUT IT OFF TILL NEXT MORNING? OKAY.
WE'LL SKIP BARRY'S REPORT AND MOVE DIRECTLY.
OH,
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? GOOD'S BEEN A VERY HEAVY PARKS NIGHT.
UH, SO, UM, RECREATION, WE'VE BEEN BUSY AS SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN, UH, NOVEMBER, IN THE LITTLE OCTOBER.
SO WE DID HAVE OUR VENTURES MEMORIAL, UH, EVENT, WHICH WE HAD 125 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT FOR OUR LAST, UH, UH, FRIDAY FLICKS IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD ACTUALLY, UH, ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS THAT WE HAD FOR OUR MOVIE NIGHTS, WHICH WAS 75 PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAD 45 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE.
OUR TURKEY TROTT, UH, IS WAS OUR FIRST ANNUAL, BUT, SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THAN 20.
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE OUR SNOW FEST IS, WAS WAS THE LARGEST ONE THAT, UH, HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR WITH 70,000 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE AND AT THE FESTIVAL PART OF IT, I'M PRETTY SURE DONNA'S GONNA GIVE MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
OH, I CAN TAKE ALL THE, UH, AND THE, OUR, UH, MOST RECENT EVENTS THAT WE HAD WAS OUR SENIOR, UH, UH, PARTY, WHICH BUDDY ATTENDED, UH, WITH HIS FRIENDS.
AND, UH, THEN WE HAD OUR, UH, TENNIS, UH, TOUR DRIVE, UH, WITH 56 PARTICIPANTS.
UM, AT THAT EVENT, UH, AS YOU TURN OVER, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID INCREASE OUR INCOME FROM LAST YEAR, UH, ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.
WE ALSO INCREASED OUR VISITS TO THE PARK, I MEAN, TO THE REC CENTER.
UH, UH, LIKE I WAS SAYING, UH, OUR SNOW FESTIVALS THIS YEAR WAS THE 40TH, UH, SNOW FEST.
IT WAS THE LARGEST THAT WE'VE, UH, HAVE HAD IN THE, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND THRILLED ABOUT THE WAY IT WENT THIS YEAR.
UH, NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE BIGGER, UH, IF YOU COULD BELIEVE IT.
UH, BUT IT IS GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER.
THAT WE ARE, WE ALSO INCREASING, UH, OUR PROGRAMMING BY, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL CLASSES THAT'S COMING UP IN JANUARY.
ONE'S GONNA BE A TUMBLE TAUGHT CHEER CLASS.
ANOTHER ONE'S GONNA BE A PIANO CLASS AND ANOTHER ONE'S GONNA BE A SELF-ESTEEM CLASS FOR KIDS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S WANT TO GIVE A HELPING HAND TO US, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THEM TO HELP RUN ALL THESE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
I THINK PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL,
WHEN THE, WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE MORE GOING ON OUTSIDE.
DID WE HAVE A, UH, DISCUSS, I THINK WE BROUGHT IT UP ONCE BEFORE ABOUT GETTING A LINE DANCE INSTRUCTOR CENTER.
WE DO HAVE A LINE DANCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HER NAME OFF HAND, BUT WE DEFINITELY DO, DO HAVE IT.
I'M SEEING ANY INFORMATION ON IT.
WELL, WE WILL GET YOU SOME BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A SHARK THING.
YEAH, I THINK SHE, SHE WAS AT THE SNOW FEST.
SHE WAS AT LINE WHERE WE, UH, BY THE, UM, PIT.
BUT I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANYTHING THAT YEAH, SHE'S THE, SHE WAS THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGH, THAT NORMALLY TEACHES OUR LINE DANCE.
DID WE ATTEST THAT? IT WAS VERY GOOD.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT COTTON, THAT SNOW
THEY WERE HAVING WAY TOO MUCH TO GO OVER TIME.
WELL, THEY DID HAVE A GOOD TIME, BUT THEY DID.
IT WASN'T THAT PER, IT WASN'T FALL.
THAT SNOW FEST WAS JUST SIMPLY AMAZING.
IT HAS NEVER EVER BEEN THAT GOOD.
AND I LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO STACY.
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THAT DESIGN AND EVERYTHING AND SHE WAS SO THOUGHTFUL.THINGS CAN BE USED YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT WAS JUST SIMPLY AMAZING THE WAY YOU, THE WAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT LAID OUT WHERE THE SHUTTLE BUSES WERE LET OUT.
THAT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST SIMPLY VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
AMAZING THAT THAT WAS ALLISON.
I WAS GONNA SAY ALLISON, IT'S A LOT.
ALLISON DID, UH, DID A GREAT JOB OF DESIGNING AND UH, THE LAYOUT OF THAT.
STACEY DID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
I THINK DONNIE SEE LIKE, SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE CREATIVE.
WE HAVE DONNIE TO THANK FOR THAT JOB.
IT WAS, I'M THINKING NEXT YEAR.
AND MORE CANDY AND MORE CAN, OH, MORE.
WELL, THANKS TO YOU WE HAD MUSIC, SO THAT WAS GOOD.
LONG AWAITED, MUCH ANTICIPATED
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT BUDDY.I'M GONNA BE, UH, SHORT-WINDED TODAY.
UM, I DO ONLY HAVE A, A JUST REALLY JUST, UM, ONE THING TO, UM, BRING TO THE, THE BOARD TONIGHT.
UM, WE'VE HAD A, UH, A COUPLE OF FOLKS, UH, LEAVE US ON THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, EMERSON, UM, YELLEN RECENTLY TOOK A POSITION IN LODI, CALIFORNIA.
AND SO, UM, SHE HAS LEFT, OF COURSE YOU GUYS ALL KNEW THAT JOSH, UM, RIGU, UM, LEFT US, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, FINDING A REPLACEMENT, UH, FOR THAT RECREATION MANAGER POSITION.
UM, WE WERE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE DID FILL BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, AND SO ALLISON VICKERY, UM, AND ALL THE GREAT WORK, UH, WENT THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT.
UH, WE WILL BE, UM, WELL WE HAVE MOVED HER INTO THE RECREATION MANAGER POSITION FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HIRED, UH, A NEW GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF RODERICK FERGUSON.
AND RODERICK COMES TO US FROM, UM, KIPP THE, UH, CHARTER SCHOOL.
AND SO, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, HAVE HIM AS OUR RECREATION MANAGER OVER THE RECREATION AND FITNESS CENTER AND OVER SPORTS AND, AND YOUTH, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUTH SPORTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IN RSAS.
AND SO, UH, NEXT MONTH BOTH OF THEM WILL BE HERE.
SO I CAN, UM, OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU, UM, AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO, UH, TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HAVE THOSE POSITIONS FILLED BECAUSE THAT'S, YEAH.
I, I COULD SPEAK FOR ZANE THAT ZANE AND I HAVE BEEN GETTING A FEW EXTRA GRAY HAIRS TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
I MEAN, HAVING SNOW FEST WITHOUT HAVING ONE OF THOSE RECREATION MANAGER POSITIONS, UH, FILLED.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR THE KIND WORDS.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK ON THE STAFF.
Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB TO SAY THAT.
POSITIONS, THANK POSITIONS WERE NOT SUIT.
UM, WITH ALLISON'S POSITION MOVING UP, WE WILL BE, UH, UM, WORKING TO FILL HER OLD POSITION, WHICH IS OUR SENIOR AND ADAPTIVE, UM, RECREATION SPECIALIST POSITION.
WILL ALSO BE, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE THAT, UM, CRYSTAL PRITCHETT WILL BE LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT, UM, HERE THIS MONTH AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO FILL HER POSITION IN THE FITNESS, UH, AREA.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW POSITIONS THAT, UM, WERE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK AHEAD OF US AS WE'RE HIRING NEW FOLKS.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THEM ON,
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GET THEM TRAINED UP AND UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HELP AND SUPPORT THAT THEY'LL PROVIDE.IS SHE GONNA STAY WITH THE CITY OR IS SHE LEAVING? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
SHE'S LEAVING THE CITY COMPLETELY.
I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHERE, WHERE SHE'S HEADED.
SO ALLISON WILL NO LONGER BE RELATING TO THE SENIORS SENIOR COUNCIL BUDDY.
UM, WE ALL KNOW YOU LOVE HER 'CAUSE SHE'S AMAZING, BUT I PROMISE WE'LL GET YOU SOMEONE REALLY GOOD TO FILL HER SPOT.
BUT SHE, SHE'LL STILL MANAGE THAT POSITION.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL STILL SEE HER.
[9. BOARD REPORTS]
YOU WANNA HAVE A REPORT? YOU WANNA SUBMIT? JUST THAT, UM, MISSOURI CITY GREEN HAS THE ELECTRONIC RECYCLING.NEW LOCATION, UM, FREEDOM CENTER CHURCH.
10 92 ON JANUARY 27TH FROM NINE TO 12.
SO BRING YOUR OLD COMPUTERS, YOUR OLD BROKEN TVS AND ANYTHING ELECTRONIC AND CHECK OUR WEBSITE.
'CAUSE IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT BRING.
BUT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF UNLOADING FOR YOU, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
JUST LOAD YOUR CAR AND VAN OR WHATEVER I'M BRINGING PLEASE.
THAT'S ON MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO INPUT FOR AN ITEM ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH? OKAY, BEFORE I ADJOURN, I WANNA, AS THE CHAIRMAN FIND OUT PROCEDURE HERE.
I'M SITTING HERE AS, UH, CHAIRING THE MEETING BECAUSE OF THE DEPARTURE.
LOREN AND THE ZACH CALL FOR A NEW ELECTION.
UH, SO HOW DO WE CONDUCT THAT? WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT SOMETIME BY WHAT TIMEFRAME AND IN WHAT MANNER DO WE GET THAT DONE? IT'S A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS.
IT'LL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR, UM, NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
AND, UM, AT THAT POINT, UM, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE NOMINATIONS, UM, UH, AND THEN, UM, ONCE THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, CONFIRMED OR YOUR MEETING, UM, YOU GUYS WILL VOTE, ELECT THEM AND, AND DO A VOTE.
UM, SO BE THINKING TO YOURSELVES, DO I REALLY WANT TO BE THE HEAD OF THIS GRAND OCCASION? SO
IT'LL BE DONE IN THE SAME MEETING.
UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WANT TO BRING UP AGAIN TO LOREN'S MATTER.
AND I AGAIN SUGGESTED WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'VE LET LORENT KNOW AND THE CITY PEOPLE KNOW MY FEELINGS THAT IT WAS ILL-ADVISED, ET CETERA.
BUT IN VIEW OF IT, LORENT SAID, UH, DO YOU FEEL WE SHOULD LET THE MATTER REST AS IT IS? YES.
AFTER WHAT HE SAID AFTER WHAT HE SAID.
AND HE ACTUALLY SAID IT ORIGINALLY WHEN HE FIRST, YEAH.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL, WE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
WHAT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL KNOW FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT WAS, WHAT IS THE CONFLICT THAT YEAH.
WHAT IS THE CONFLICT? SO, WE'LL, SO WE'LL KNOW.
SHOULD WE TURN OFF THE MICS? UM, AND I, I THINK INDIVIDUALLY THERE'LL BE, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT FROM LN AS I WAS DRIVING TO AN EVENT.
UM, AND SO, UM, SO I, SO I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT FROM, BUT UM, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, TYPICALLY THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ISSUE, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU WORK FOR A BUSINESS OR OWN A BUSINESS, MANAGE A BUSINESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND A BOARD LIKE YOURSELVES MIGHT BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE CONTRACTS,
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UM, FOR YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS OR THE BUSINESS THAT YOU WORK FOR, UM, DOES CREATE A, A, A, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.AND, AND, AND IT'S AN APPEARANCE.
AND IT'S JUST AN APPEARANCE THING.
I MEAN, LIKE, WE ALL KNOW LAWRENCE, WE KNOW THERE'S NO WAY AND NEVER WILL, NEVER HAS EVER, THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE THERE AT ALL.
BUT IT IS AN ISSUE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS TO BE ADDRESSED FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND, UM, I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
TRULY A GRACIOUS GENTLEMAN IN HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE POSITION OR HIS RESIGN, FORCED RESIGNATION, IN MY VIEW.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER MATTER TO BRING BEFORE COMMITTEE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.