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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
FIRST OFF, WELCOME TO EVERYBODY.I KNOW WE HAVEN'T MET IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WE'RE BACK ON TRACK AND WE'RE BACK ON BACK IN ORDER.
AND SO, UH, IT IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK AND SEVEN OH ONE.
SO WE'LL CALL THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER, UM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
TRIPP SAID MISS MS. DECKER, YOU DON'T SAY MY NAME RIGHT?
MAYBE RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE.
UH, MERCHANT BRIAN? MERCHANT HERE.
AND TANNER? I DON'T SEE TANNER NOW.
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTE MEETING MINUTES.UH, ITEM A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF JANUARY 4TH, 2024 PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
UH, THOSE WERE SENT TO YOU IN THE EMAIL PACKAGE, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT WAS THE REVISION? I THOUGHT WE DID THAT IN, UH, THAT WELL, WHAT IT IS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH AND SO IT, THIS, THIS IS FROM THAT REVISIONS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH, SO IT'S CATCHING UP.
'CAUSE I'M GONNA CATCH, WE CAN ALSO DO FEBRUARY AS WELL.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY'S MEETING.
LET THE, LET THE MEETING MINUTES ALSO REFLECT THAT MS. DIANE NER HAS ARRIVED.
THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE ATTACHED AS WELL.
AND IF THERE'S NOT ANY CHANGES, THEY WERE EMAILED AND THEY'RE IN THE PACKAGE AS WELL.
AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NO CHANGES, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY MEETING MINUTES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
I SEE WE HAVE SOME DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMEN OUT IN HERE, AND THEN SOME DISTINGUISHED HUNTERS OUT THERE AS WELL.
UH, ARE Y'ALL HERE TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC? ARE YOU ON THE, ARE YOU THE PUBLIC OR AGENDA ITEM? AGENDA.
ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO ONE ELSE COMING FORWARD? WE'LL
[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]
MOVE ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OR ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION.
UH, AN UPDATE ON THE HUNTER'S GLEN JOGGING TRAIL.
MR. ADAM, GOOD EVENING PARKS BOARD.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR THE MONTH ON THE HUNTERS GLEN JOING TRAIL.
UM, IN CASE Y'ALL AREN'T FAMILIAR, IT'S A 3.25 MILE DECOMPOSED GRANITE TRAIL.
UM, WE HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED, UM, $2 MILLION TOTAL IN, UH, BOND AND GRANT FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE JOGGING TRAIL.
UM, 1 MILLION OF WHICH IS COMING FROM AN HGAC GRANT.
UM, PART OF THE CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING THESE FUNDS ARE, UH, THERE'S A CONNECTIVITY COMPONENT.
THE TR THE EXISTING TRAIL IS, UH, VERY CLOSE TO A METRO STOP, WHICH WOULD ALLOW CONNECTING INTO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, SO BY ACQUIRING A SMALL PARCEL OF LAND, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THIS SHOULD BE, UH, BASED.
UM, THIS SCOPE OF WORK IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING TO ACHIEVE.
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NOW WITH THIS, WITH THESE $2 MILLION IN FUNDS, UM, PART OF THE SCOPE WILL BE TO CONVERT THE, UH, GRANITE TRAIL INTO CONCRETE.BUT WE ALSO WILL HAVE ADDITION.
THERE ALSO ARE ENOUGH FUNDS TO ADD SOME AMENITIES AROUND THE TRAIL.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND I JUST WANTED TO GATHER SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE PARKS BOARD TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY PREFERENCES OVER SOME POTENTIAL AMENITIES THAT WE COULD ADD.
SO WE COULD, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IMPROVING LIGHTING, UM, PERHAPS DOING AN EMERGENCY SAFETY CALL BOX.
UH, THERE ARE SOME PLAY ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, UH, SO HERE ARE SOME, A FEW OPTIONS OR LOOKING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WE COULD INSTALL SOME HAMMOCKS.
UH, THERE'S A, SOME MUSICAL PLAY ELEMENTS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL SEATING AND BENCHES.
UM, SOME, UH, SHADED STRUCTURES COULD BE A, A POTENTIAL OPTION.
UM, WE COULD DO SOME, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS PAINTING, UH, SEPARATED TRAFFIC LINES INTO THE ROAD.
UM, SO THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE AREAS AROUND THE TRAIL.
AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAD ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THERE'S ANY INPUT FROM THE BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE STAFF AS IT RELATES TO THE TRAIL PROJECT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, THE BEST THING EVER IS PUTTING IN THE, THE CONCRETE TRAIL.
CHANGING FROM DECOMPOSED GRANITE TO CONCRETE TRAIL.
AND SO THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY DOING, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST FIGURING OUT BEYOND THAT IF, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY, UM, ANY PRIORITIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.
HAVE YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THE USAGE? DO WE KNOW IF IT'S FAMILIES, ADULTS, CHILDREN, YOUNG CHILDREN? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP DETERMINE THE BETTER, THE BEST USE, UM, OF THE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, COULD LOOK AT.
WE COULD TAKE, I COULD TAKE A, WE, WE COULD REVIEW SOME HEAT MAPS TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT USE.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING A, UM, ACQUIRING A SOFTWARE SUITE THAT ALLOWS LOOKING AT CELL PHONE DATA TO SEE, UM, UH, WHICH FOLKS ARE COMING TO DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MENTIONING THAT AND BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, COULD, UH, I'M GLAD YOU, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
'CAUSE I, THAT IS AN AVENUE THAT WE COULD EXPLORE FURTHER.
UM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO SOME MORE RESEARCH, BUDDY.
YOU'VE PICTURED SOME 20 AMENITIES.
HOW MANY ARE PUTTING IN THE PARK? WELL, SO THEY DON'T ALL COST EQUAL AMOUNTS.
SO IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND ON, UM, IF WE GO WITH SOME, SOME MORE OF MORE EXPENSIVE AMENITIES, THEN IT WOULD BE A SMALLER AMOUNT.
RIGHT? SOME OF THOSE PLAY ELEMENTS CAN GET QUITE EXPENSIVE.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT A SET NUMBER, IT'S REALLY JUST BASED ON BUDGET AND BASED ON PRIORITIES.
OH, THE, ALL THESE MUST BE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PICTURED THEM.
BUT I, IT'S, YES, BUT I CAN'T SAY WE'RE GONNA DO SIX ITEMS 'CAUSE DIFFERENT ITEMS HAVE DIFFERENT COSTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING IN.
IT'S JUST, AND I, UM, I KNOW I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TRAIL.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TYPICALLY THEY'RE ADULTS, YOUNG TEENAGE KIDS ARE THERE.
RARELY DO I SEE YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS THERE, BUT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH SEEING PEOPLE ON THAT TRAIL.
SECONDLY, I THINK ONE, THE SECURITY CALL BOX WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT THING.
JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE PARTS OF IT THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING TO YOUR MIC, PLEASE.
I, I MOVED MY HEAD WHEN I TALK ANYWAY.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK MIGHT BE VERY GOOD FOR US, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME BENCHES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF THEM, BUT SOME BENCHES.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE EVEN SEE SENIORS ON THOSE TRAILS AND HAVING A BENCH WHERE THEY CAN STOP PERIODICALLY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, I THINK.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IF YOU DO ADD, UM, ELEMENTS FOR CHILDREN, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A DRAW FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN.
UM, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU GAVE THAT INSIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT ALTHOUGH I'M A BIG FAN OF PUBLIC ART, UM, PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NOT SPEND FUNDING ON THAT.
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MAXIMIZE THE USAGE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARK.I MEAN, OF THE TRAIL FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ART IS JUST DECORATION.
AND I DON'T THINK IT SERVES, UH, TO, TO BE HELPFUL IN MAKING THE PARK FUNCTIONAL.
I JUST, I THINK SOLAR LIGHTING IS A GOOD ONE.
YES, IT'S A GOOD SAFETY FEATURE.
AND FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO WALK AND JOG AT NIGHT, DURING DAY IS A GOOD, I MEAN, WHEN THE SUN ISN'T BRIGHT, IT'S A GOOD THING.
I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER PLACES AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
THE OTHER THING TOO, SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE SOME BACKGROUND IN ADDITION TO THAT, SO WE'VE DONE SURVEYS, THE CITY'S DONE SURVEYS, AND IN THOSE SURVEYS THEY LISTED ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT CITIZENS WANTED.
AND AS FAR AS TRAILS, THEY PROBABLY CAN DIALOG OR DIAL BACK TO SEE, UH, WHEN THEY GOT THAT SURVEY, THEY KIND OF HAD, THEY ASKED SOME QUESTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU BETWEEN 10 AND 15, 15 AND 25? WHETHER YOU'RE MALE, FEMALE, THEY WERE ASKING THAT.
SO THEY DO HAVE SOME SURVEY DATA, BUT I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE BEST THING EVER IS THOSE END USERS OUT THERE.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD IDEAS.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY GOOD ELEMENTS.
THE PUTTING THE, UH, BLEACHERS, THE BENCHES EVERY SO OFTEN.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY, THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD COMMENT.
THOSE ARE THE TWO KEY ELEMENTS.
BECAUSE IN THE WINTER MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WHEN TIME CHANGE RIGHT NOW IT'S GREAT.
MS. ROSS, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES.
THE, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD, UH, IF THERE, IF THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND THAT'S EXERCISE STATIONS, SINCE IT'S A WALKING TRAIL, YOU KNOW, UH, EXERCISE STATIONS OH, THAT'S ON THERE.
THEY WORK VERY WELL ALONG THE TRAIL.
NO, SHE'S JUST SAYING BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR INPUT.
AM I THE WRONG? AND SO THAT I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, WITH THE FEW COMPANIES WHO DO, UM, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
AND SO WE, I DO HAVE A FEW OPTIONS THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF THE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS WORKABLE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE.
WOULD IT BE SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISE STATIONS THEY HAVE AT HUNTERS GLEN PARK ITSELF? UM, SO THERE, THERE ARE A FEW ROUTES YOU CAN GO.
UM, I'VE SEEN, UM, LIKE A, I'VE SEEN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO LIKE, ON ONE SIDE IT'S LIKE A, A BENCH PRESS.
AND THEN ON ANOTHER SIDE IT'S LIKE A, UH, LEG EXTENSION AND LEG CURL.
AND THEN THERE'S LIKE AN ASSISTED PULL UP AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE ALL OF THOSE ON ONE BEAM.
'CAUSE THERE'S A SEPARATE, SO YES.
SO THE QUESTION WITH THE BIKE TRAILS, ARE THEY GONNA SEPARATE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING AND THEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE ON THE BIKES, HOW ARE THEY GONNA, HOW, HOW ARE THOSE TWO GONNA MARRY IN THIS PARTICULAR PART? SO, UH, AS FAR AS HAVING A SEPARATED BIKE TRAIL, I, I THINK MOST THIS ONE WOULDN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A, IT'S NOT A DESIGNATED BIKE TRAIL.
I KNOW THAT'S, THESE ARE THE WALKING TRAILS ASKING.
IT SAYS BIKE, BIKE REPAIR STATIONS.
THAT WOULD INDICATE THEY'RE GONNA USE BIKES ON THAT TRAIL.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD JUST BE SHARED WALKING, BIKING SPACE.
SORT OF LIKE IF YOU GO TO, UM, LIKE BUFFALO BAYOU PARK DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
THERE'S NOT, I MEAN IF YOU, YOU'RE WALKING ALONG THE CONCRETE TRAIL AND THERE'S KIND OF JUST A MUTUAL RESPECT THAT THE BIKERS AND WALKERS HAVE TO HAVE FOR EACH OTHER.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE MOST PERFECT POSSIBLE SITUATION, BUT IT DOES WORK.
TYPICAL BLOCKED SOMETHING, SORRY.
LIKE, UH, THEY PUT LIKE, UH, MICROS TO THE LEFT.
WELL, I WAS ON THE ED BARBARA TRAIL YESTERDAY AND PEOPLE JUST SAY ON THE LEFT, THEY COME UP TO YOU, THEY SAY ON YOUR, ON YOUR LEFT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING HAVE SOME SIGNAGE TO SAY THAT TO SHARE IT.
WELL IT'S WHEN YOU'RE A, WHEN YOU'RE A BIKER, UM, I RIDE ON THE ARBITRAL OR THE EDIBLE ARBITRAL ALL THE TIME ON MY BIKE.
AND YOU JUST, AS YOU APPROACH A A WALKER, YOU YELL ON THE LEFT.
AND YOU PASS THEM ON THE LEFT.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE IMPACT THEY, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A COMMON COMMON
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THING.I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY YELL SOON, THOSE SPIKERS ARE TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL, RESPECTFUL OF WALKERS.
WE DON'T TRY TO RUN THEM OVER.
I MEAN, BUT PERHAPS WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME SIGNAGE THAT HAS BEST, YOU KNOW, TO THE RIGHT.
I MEAN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE WE COULD MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I MEAN THAT'S WITH THE SIGN, THAT'S EASY.
BUT THE KEY ELEMENT HE IS JUST WANTING TO GET INPUT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE WANT TO PROVIDE HIM AS FAR AS INPUT? I WANNA ASK IF THIS IS A WALKING TRAIL PRIMARILY.
SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? AND IT'S ONLY A TRAIL.
WHY ARE WE PUTTING IN BICYCLE RACKS? WELL, WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE JUST AT THIS STAGE THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR INPUT AND THEY'RE JUST SAYING, HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE LIST.
HERE'S A S MORTGAGE BOARD OF, OF ITEMS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, AND HE IS SAYING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, DOES ANY OF THESE JUST REALLY SPEAK OUT AND SAY COME PUT ME IN THE PARK RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM THAT FEEDBACK PARK.
I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A WALKING TRAIL.
TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A SHARED WALKING IN BIKING.
PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE PARKS.
YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE TO THE PARK TO THE PARK AND THEN PARK AND THEN THEY PARK, BIKE, AND THEN THEY GO WALK.
GOTTA HAVE A PLACE TO PARK IT.
IT'S AT MOST TIMES THEN THEY GO ON THE TRAIL.
ANOTHER COMPONENT COULD BE, I MEAN THIS ONE, ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FOR THAT CONNECTIVITY TO THE, UH, METRO BUS STOP.
AND SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE TAKING A BUS TO GET TO A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HOUSTON AREA, THAT BUS MIGHT NOT LET OFF RIGHT.
SO YOU MIGHT BE BRINGING YOUR BIKE THERE, RACKING THE BIKE ON THE BUS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT BIKE WITH YOU.
SO I, I THINK BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BIKERS WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. TRANE.
[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
ON.IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TO DO ELECTIONS.
UH, WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVE NORMALLY TWO POSITIONS.
AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN, WE'LL DO CHAIR FIRST.
A MOTION FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR LAWRENCE TURNER FOR CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE NOMINATION.
JUST SO WITH THERE BEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF LANCE TURNER? I'M SORRY.
UH, THE OTHER NEXT ITEM WILL BE ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR.
I'LL OPEN UP THE MO THE TABLE, THE FLOOR FOR MOTION FOR VICE CHAIR.
I'LL, I, I'LL THROW MY NAME IN THE HAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO THROW MY NAME IN THE HAT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO HAVE MR. MERCHANT AS VICE CHAIR.
I'M ENTERTAINING A MOTION FOR THAT.
SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING IT WAS OPEN UP FOR NOMINATIONS, NOMINATION.
AND THEN I'LL CLOSE THE NOMINATION UP.
AND NOW I'M SAYING I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT MR. MERCHANT AS VICE CHAIR.
I, I'M, THAT, I'M ENTERTAINING THAT MOTION.
I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT
SIX B IS A PARKLAND DEDICATION.
UH, THANK Y'ALL TWO FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
UH, ITEM B IS PARKLAND DEDICATION, LOFTS AT NIGHT OF STATE.
THAT'S, UH, PARK AND, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. TRAIN, YOU ARE UP AGAIN, SIR.
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OKAY, THANK YOU.SO, UM, BEFORE Y'ALL THIS EVENING, I AM BRINGING A, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, PRESENTATION THAT, UM, THESE DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING, UM, A 346 UNIT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, ENTITLED THE LOFTS, LOFTS AT KNIGHT'S ESTATES.
UM, ENCLOSED IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL FIND A LETTER FROM THE DEVELOPERS DESCRIBING THE INTENT OF THEIR PROJECT.
UM, THESE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUESTING, UM, TO PROVIDE CASH IN LIEU OF, UH, INSTEAD OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR 346 UNITS.
UH, WE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT WOULD BE 0.01 ACRES PER PER UNIT.
SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT 0.346 ACRES.
UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, THE CASH IN LIEU OF REQUIREMENT WOULD BE AT $1,400 PER UNIT.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY OR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN PARK ZONE 12.
UM, AND AS FAR AS MORE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT, UM, THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A PARK WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, WHICH WE QUALIFY AS 0.5 MILES, UH, FROM THE PARK.
THE CLOSEST PARK TO HERE IS, I BELIEVE KITTY HOLLOW PARK, WHICH IS ALSO NOT A CITY PARK.
UM, SO AS FAR AS, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION, OR AS FAR AS CASH IN LIEU OF FUNDS BEING ABLE TO DIRECTLY IMPROVE A PARK IN THE VICINITY OF THIS AREA, UH, THAT ISN'T LIKELY, UM, THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO INTO PARK ZONE 12.
BUT AS FAR AS IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS, WALKING DISTANCE TO HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WOULD BE AN OBSTACLE THAT, THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE QUITE THE OBSTACLE.
SO THESE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING THAT IN LIEU OF 50% OF THE CASH REQUIREMENT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INCLUDE THEIR PRIVATE AMENITIES.
UM, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING, UM, THEY ARE THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, OR HERE IF YOU, IF YOU CAN LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU, THEY HAVE SOME PLAYGROUND SPACE.
THEY HAVE, UM, A DOG PARK INCLUDED, UM, SOME, UH, SEATING AREAS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE GATHERING SPACES.
SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, GATHERING SPACES, RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE PARKS IN THESE AREAS.
SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY HERE, UH, IT IS, IT IS A COMPLICATED QUESTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UH, REQUIRING A DEVELOPER TO, UM, PROVIDE LAND AND INSTEAD OF A, A CASH REQUIREMENT, UM, WOULD BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE, UH, $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT CASH, WITH $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD A PARK IN THIS AREA, RIGHT? SO I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT INCLUDING, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF THERE'S NOT AMENITIES ON SITE, THEN THESE RESIDENTS AREN'T REALLY GONNA HAVE MANY, REALLY ANYTHING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
SO I THINK ENCOURAGING THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THIS KIND OF AMENITIES COULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO, UM, SO ONE THING I DIDN'T TOUCH ON, SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW OPTIONS.
UM, I KNOW ONE THING THAT THE DEVELOPERS WERE ALSO PRESENTING IS THEIR, THIS DOG BATH STATION.
UM, KIND OF A UNIQUE AMENITY IN THE AREA.
SO HERE'S A PLAYGROUND RENDERING, UH, OUTDOOR CHESS FIELDS.
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SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO, THEY MAY WANT TO INTRODU INTRODUCE WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM.AND I THINK, ARE YOU THROUGH WITH THE PRESENTATION? SO WOULD WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST? SURE, SURE.
SO I'LL, SO THE, UH, DEVELOPERS ARE HERE.
UM, AND SO I'M SURE THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS LET, LET'S DO THIS, UH, JUST TO HELP 'EM OUT.
WE'LL LET YOU ALL FINISH SAYING WHATEVER YOU NEED TO, AND THEN WHAT I'LL DO IS OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PARKS BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LET THEM RESPOND.
SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, THE OWNER'S REP, OR THE OWNERS MAY WANT SOMETHING TO ADD AS WELL, UH, SINCE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE THE GUYS WRITING THAT CHECK, SIGNING THAT CHECK.
MY ONE QUESTION IS NOT FOR THE, THE DEVELOPERS THOUGH.
YOU SAID KITTY HOLLOW IS THE CLOSEST PARK.
WHAT IS THE MILEAGE? LIKE, HOW IS IT A MILEAGE THERE? I THINK, UH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 1.2 MILES OR SO.
IS THAT, DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT? IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
I'M A RESIDENT, NOT THREE MILES.
ALL Y'ALL WANNA STEP UP? I, I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.
AM I, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? AM I GOOD? YES, SIR.
UH, I'M VICE PRESIDENT AT SUB BUSA.
UH, I'VE COME ALONG WITH TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, STEVEN RICHIE IS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR OUR ARCHITECTURE COMPANY, SUVA CONSULTING.
AND NATHAN HAKEMIAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND ALSO A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, UH, SILVER RIDGE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO, UM, HE'S, HE'S PRETTY INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS PROJECT.
UH, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR, UH, BUT SUB USA IS A HOUSTON-BASED DEVELOPMENT FIRM.
WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR, OUR 40TH YEAR OF BUSINESS.
UH, I MYSELF HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 10 YEARS.
THESE GUYS ARE 10, 20 YEAR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
AND, UM, WE, WE'VE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN AND AROUND HOUSTON OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, AND SEVERAL IN FORT BEND COUNTY THAT YOU MIGHT BE AWARE OF, UH, TOWN SQUARE IN SUGARLAND, THE IMPERIAL BALLPARK LOFTS.
UM, WE'VE DONE LOFTS IN TELFA AND THE TOWN CENTER LOFTS IN ROSENBERG, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S PARTNERED WITH NEWQUEST PROPERTIES, WHICH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IS THE DEVELOPER OF THE OVERALL, UH, FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, PHASE THREE THAT OUR PROJECT WILL BE A PART OF.
AND SO, UM, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN THE LEVEL AND QUALITY IN WHICH WE BUILD THE AMENITIES IN WHICH WE PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FIRST PROJECT LOCATED HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE, WE HAVEN'T YET DONE A PROJECT IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EAGER AND HAPPY TO BRING THE SOBA PRODUCT AND LIFESTYLE TO FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.
AND SO, WHAT, UM, ADAM HAS BEEN PRESENTING IS THE PRESENTATION WE PUT TOGETHER, WHICH HAS A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL PROJECTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE, UH, CLOSE BY HERE OF THE PUBLIC, OR EXCUSE ME, THE THE PRIVATE AMENITY PACKAGE, OUTDOOR AMENITY PACKAGE THAT WE HAVE TYPICALLY PROVIDED OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS, AND WHICH WE INTEND TO PROVIDE AT OUR PROJECT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE LOFTS AT NIGHT OF STATES.
UM, SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CONTROL THE CLICKER, BUT RIGHT THERE, I'D LIKE IF, IF YOU GUYS I'D, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF JUST POINT OUT SOME EXAMPLES.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT, ANOTHER FORT BEND COUNTY PROJECT.
IT'S IN KATY, IT'S CALLED SAN REMO.
AND THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT, UM, HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, RESIDENCES AND WE WANTED TO CATER TO YOUNG FAMILIES.
UM, AND SO WE BUILT, THIS IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF A, OF A CHILD'S PLAYGROUND WE BUILT AT THAT PROJECT.
UM, AND HERE IT IN THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY PROJECT WHERE'RE CONTEMPLATING, WE'VE, WE'VE PARCELED OUT HERE THE ACREAGE, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE FOR OUR, UH, PARKLAND.
AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FOUR AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AREA A, WHICH IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SPACE, WHICH IS OUR COURTYARD AREA.
UM, THIS WOULD COMPRISE ALL THE THINGS YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN, IN PUBLIC PARK SPACES IN WHICH THE ORDINANCE LISTS LIKE SWIMMING POOLS AND OUTDOOR GRILLING AREAS,
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AND BENCHES AND SEATING.UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL SOBA COURTYARD.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER FORT BEND COUNTY PROJECT.
THIS IS BOARDWALK LOFTS AT THE KATY BOARDWALK, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE KATY MILLS MALL.
WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES, LIKE I SAID, ON THE AMENITY PACKAGE AND HOW WE, WE PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, SWIMMING POOLS THAT OFFER NOT ONLY LEISURE ACTIVITIES LIKE YOU SEE HERE, RIGHT IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE, OF THE PHOTO, BUT, UH, A LAP POOL AS WELL, SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY GET THEIR EXERCISE IN.
AND THIS IS AN OLDER PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, UH, A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF A POOL DESIGN THAT YOU'LL SEE COMBINES IT'S MORE MODERN LOOKING AND ACTUALLY COMBINES BOTH THE LEISURE AND EXERCISE COMPONENTS OF IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FULL LAP POOL ALONG WITH THE, THE, THE IN POOL BENCHES THAT YOU'D SEE ALL SURROUNDING THE COMMON AREAS THAT WE INVITE OUR RESIDENTS.
WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTSIDE OF THEIR APARTMENT UNITS AS POSSIBLE AND IN OUR, IN OUR PUBLIC AREAS BECAUSE, UH, AS STAFF WAS SAYING, THERE'S JUST NOT IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY, UH, EXISTING CITY PARKS.
AND SO, UH, THEN MOVING ON, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT WE ARE A PART OF YOUR SCHEMATIC.
YOU SEE, AREA B WE'VE IDENTIFIED, AGAIN, AND THIS IS, THIS IS ALL CONCEPTUAL, BUT WE, OUR PRESENTATION COMMITS TO THIS AMOUNT OF PUBLICLY OR THE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR OUR, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND IN, IN AREA B, WE, WE HAVE IDEAS OF, UM, A, ANOTHER, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND SITTING AREAS, KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF A FLEX SPACE WHERE YOU COULD SEE SOME NATURAL ELEMENTS, PLANTINGS, UM, AND, AND A MORE SERENE AREA AS COMPARED TO THE MORE VIBRANT COURTYARD WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE OUT AND ABOUT SWIMMING, HOSTING GATHERINGS.
WE, WE ENVISIONED AREA B TO BE A LITTLE MORE SERENE AND QUIET AND LET PEOPLE RELAX.
THEN MOVING DOWN TO AREA C, WE HAVE A, A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, UH, PROGRAMMED HERE THAT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT, WHAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE BEGINNING HERE, UM, THAT WE DID IN KATY.
UM, AND SO I GUESS HERE'S A, A NICE EXAMPLE OF A, WHAT WE'LL CALL A QUIET AND SERENE AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT AND GATHER AND TALK, UH, AND GRILL AND COOK.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AREA D, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SITE PLAN, THAT AREA, WE'RE CONCEPTUALLY PROGRAMMING FOR A DOG PARK.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PETS HAVE BECOME CO-EQUALS TO CHILDREN IN, IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
PEOPLE WANT THEIR PETS TO HAVE AMENITIES JUST LIKE THEY WOULD THEIR KIDS TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN PUTTING DOG PARKS IN OUR PROJECTS SINCE I THINK IT WAS BRASS TOWN CENTER, SAN PALM BEACH SAN PALMILLA.
WHICH WAS A PROJECTS IN, IN WEBSTER.
WE DID, WE'VE BEEN DEDICATING AREAS FOR RESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS TO EXERCISE.
UM, AND SO IT'S IN THIS BOTTOM CORNER HERE, WE'RE PROGRAMMING, UM, A PET AREA.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF AN ACTUAL, UM, A A A PET, A DOGGY PARK THAT WE'VE DONE.
BUT WE DO HAVE OUR DOGGY STATION HERE, WHICH, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONSIDER IT UNIQUE AND HIGH QUALITY.
IT'S NOT, UH, JUST SOME, UH, HOSE AND OUTDOOR SHOWER SITUATION.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S FIRST CLASS AND HIGH END, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO IN OUR MULTIFAMILY LIVING.
AND, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PLAYGROUND WE DID.
THIS WAS IN HOUSTON, UM, AT, AT A PROJECT KIND OF NEAR THE GALLERIA, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S PUBLIC PARK LEVEL AMENITIES AND QUALITY.
AND, UH, THESE PLAYGROUNDS ARE JUST LIKE YOU'D SEE IN ANY PUBLIC PARK.
UM, WE TRY NOT TO, THIS WAS A UNIQUE FEATURE.
THIS IS A PROJECT IN KATY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO, TO GIVE RESIDENTS AN OUTDOOR CHESS OPPORTUNITY.
SO IN THE END, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE WITH THIS DEDICATION IS, UM, WHEREAS THE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION WOULD HAVE, UM, WE'RE PROGRAMMING 346 DWELLING UNITS.
AND SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE 3.46 ACRES WHERE THE, THE GREEN SPACE WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE IS, IS HALF OF THAT, UH, 1.74 ACRES FOR OUR PROVIDED PARK LAND.
AND THEN A FEE IN LIEU FOR THE REMAINING 50%, WHICH WOULD TOTAL TO $242,200.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYONE'S QUESTIONS ON OUR COMPANY, OUR PRODUCT, OUR AMENITY PACKAGE THAT WE'VE CONCEPTUALIZED HERE, UM, OR OTHERWISE,
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HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER BACK TO STAFF OR IF, UNLESS OTHER MY COLLEAGUES.I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND SO, UH, VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS GONNA GO BACK TO THE OVERALL THAT HAS THIS SQUARE FOOTAGE.
YOU HAVE THIS BIG GREEN RIGHT UP THERE.
AND SO NOW I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
MR. BRUCE? YEAH, I NOTICED ON YOUR, UH, AREA A HERE THAT YOU'VE GOT ROUGHLY 23,000 SQUARE FEET THAT ARE MARKED OUT AS BEING GREEN SPACE, KIND OF AROUND THE POOLS COURTYARD.
A WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS GREEN SPACE IN THAT CONTEXT? SO THE, THE LANDSCAPING PACKAGE I THINK WE PROVIDE IS LIKE, THIS IS PROBABLY, THIS PROJECT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE, THE LANDSCAPING PACKAGE THAT WE PROVIDE ALONG IN OUR AMENITY AREAS.
NOW, FOR SURE, THE POOL DECKING IS NOT, BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PUT IN MATURE TREES, UM, AND GATHERING SPACES.
WE'VE DONE FIRE PITS SURROUNDING, UH, LAND LUSH LANDSCAPING.
I MEAN, WE KIND OF PRIDE OURSELVES ON RESORT, RESORT STYLE OUTDOOR AREAS AND LANDSCAPING PACKAGES.
WHAT MAY HELP YOU, BRUCE, IF WE GO BACK TO THAT ONE, BECAUSE THE SITE PLAN IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN.
'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT THE PICTURES SHOW IT IS BACK TO THAT GREEN ONE.
THESE ARE RIGHT, THE PICTURES ARE EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
SO THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU BRUCE, WHAT'S GONNA ACTUALLY BE IN THERE.
AND I'M GONNA LET THEM TALK ABOUT IT.
CLARENCE, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHAT GREEN SPACE ACTUALLY IS.
SO IF, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE PHOTO, LIKE FOR SURE EVERYTHING'S SURROUNDING THE POOL, WHERE YOU SEE IS SORT OF A GRID PATTERN THAT'S GONNA BE POOL DECKING, THAT'S GONNA BE CONCRETE, THAT'S A SAFETY, YOU KNOW, AND DESIGN AND CODE FEATURE.
BUT ALL THE AREAS SORT OF SURROUNDING IT IS ARE, OUR PROGRAM IS ALWAYS TO LANDSCAPE THAT IN, IN A LUSH, IN IMMEDIATELY MATURE WAY WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING INSTANT SHADE AND GREENERY TO THE RESIDENCE.
HERE'S A GOOD, LET'S GO BACK TO, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE A, A CONCEPTUAL EXAMPLE.
YOU SEE HOW, UM, THE EFFORTS MADE TO, UH, TO, TO PROVIDE GREENERY AND LANDSCAPING IN A LUSH ENVIRONMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BRUCE, OR, AND, AND LET ME SAY THIS FOR MY, MY COLLEAGUES.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR NEWER COLLEAGUES, THE VETERANS HAVE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A VOTING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING A VOTE.
AND SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR.
DO YOU, ARE YOU SATISFIED BRUCE? UM, I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND, AND THE BEST WAY I CAN, I CAN KIND OF PARAPHRASE IT, IS I JUST THINK BACK ON THE OLD DAYS WHEN I USED TO LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BOTH LIVED IN APARTMENTS IN OUR YOUNGER YEARS.
UH, IT'S THAT, THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE COMMON AREA RIGHT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CALLING THE, THE PRIVATE PARKLAND.
EVERYTHING IN THE COURTYARD AREA OF A COMPLEX WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST WAY TO, TO DESCRIBE IT.
AND, AND HOW THEY DRESS IT UP, UH, IS GONNA BE THE, THE KEY ELEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING THE CREDIT FOR.
UH, I, I'LL START WITH BETTY AND WORK OUR WAY AROUND.
DON'T SAY ANY AMENITIES FOR SENIORS THAT THE SPACE ALLOW FOR, FOR LACK OF BETTER GAME SHUFFLEBOARD PICKLE BALL.
WE, I SEE A GIANT CHESS SET, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ADULT RELATED TO RECREATION IN THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.
THERE'S NO CONCEPT FOR SHUFFLEBOARD.
WELL, I DON'T, DEFINITELY NOT PICKLEBALL THERE.
THERE'S JUST SIMPLY NOT THE, THE SPACE ALLOWED TO PUT A PICKLEBALL COURT, UM, AFTER THE, THE RESIDENCES AND THE PARKING AND UM, CAN, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? I THINK THIS WILL HELP.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GREEN SPACE, I SEE, I CAN SEE MAYBE YOU'RE SMILING.
MAYBE IT'S HIS TURN TO STEP UP.
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I THINK THE POOL IS RIGHT THERE.AND THEN YOU HAVE LOOK LIKE ON EACH END, MAYBE A VERANDA.
TELL US, TELL US WHAT THAT, WHAT'S IN THAT GREEN SPACE THERE THAT MAY HELP THEM HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
YEAH, JUST TRYING TO, BECAUSE HERE'S THE DEAL.
AT END WE TURN IT OVER TO OUR ARCHITECT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, PARKS BOARD, WE GOTTA KEEP THIS IN MIND.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST APPROVING.
WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY APPROVING THEIR DESIGN EXACTLY AT THIS LEVEL.
WE'RE JUST ASKING, DO YOU HAVE THESE FEATURES IN THERE? UH, BUT WE'RE NOT APPROVING THEIR DESIGN OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY LOOK, THEY WANNA DO A PRIVATE PARKLAND AND HERE'S THE PERCENTAGE THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
DO WE AGREE WITH IT? DO WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR TASK AT THIS TIME.
DO WE AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? THAT'S OUR TASK.
YOU WERE GONNA ASK THE QUESTION? OH, YES MA'AM.
UM, I, I WANT CLARITY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED OR IS THE PROJECT APPROVAL PENDING? THE DECISION IN PART, IN PART PENDING THE DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT.
SO THE, THE PROCESS, THE WAY IT'S GONNA WORK IS THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD FIRST WITH THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION.
'CAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING BODY, WHEN IT GOES FROM US, IT GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY'RE GONNA GET OUR NOTES AND THEY'RE GONNA SEE OUR ACTION TAKEN AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR ACTION.
THEY'RE GONNA FORWARD THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S FOR THE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
AT THAT POINT, CITY COUNCIL WILL EITHER ACCEPT OR REJECT BOTH PARTIES RECOMMENDATION.
THEY STILL HAVE A SUBDIVISION PLOT THAT THEY GOTTA DO.
AND BEFORE THEIR SUBDIVISION PLAN CAN GET APPROVED, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE CLEARED THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THEIR APPROVAL FOR THEIR SUBDIVISION PLAN IS GETTING THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION ADDRESSED.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT YOU SHOWED US, ARE THEY ALSO JUST PROPOSED OR ARE THE, ARE THEY EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL AMENITIES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PLACE IN THIS PARKLAND AREA? MOST OF WHAT WE'VE SHOWN HERE IS EXISTING IN OUR OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DESIGN AND, AND QUALITY OF WHAT WE PLAN TO PUT HERE.
NOT ALL OF THEM MAY OR MAYBE ADDITIONAL ONES.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LISTEN TO IN, IN DESIGNERS, OUR FACILITIES TO ACHIEVE UTILIZATION OF ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS, THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND SO THERE WILL BE A POOL, THERE MAY BE ONE BIGGER POOL.
THE AN THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS, UH, PREVIOUSLY WITH THE ODD SHAPED POOL THAT'S BECOME A STAPLE.
WE'VE DONE IT, WE'RE DOING IT TWICE NOW BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE LAP POOL WITHIN THAT, UH, LARGER POOL AREA.
AND SO IT HAS ONE POOL, SO IT LEAVES ROOM FOR OTHER THINGS WITHIN THAT COURTYARD.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE BEST FOOT FORWARD IN WHATEVER DESIGN THAT WE COME UP WITH.
AND THAT WAY WE, WE, WE GIVE SOME, GIVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN IT IS FOR AN OLDER PROJECT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE DOG BATHING STATION AND MAYBE FIND SOME SPACE FOR A PICKLEBALL COURT? UH, THEY'RE SMALLER THAN TENNIS COURTS.
WE, WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT PICKLEBALL COURTS IN, UH, IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT, THAT'S NOT GOING INCONVENIENCE.
THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE TRYING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT IT IN BECAUSE WE, WE ARE ALREADY DOING IT ON, UH, A COUPLE OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
I KNOW LIFETIME, I GO TO LIFETIME.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S A SPOT WE CAN PUT IT, WE'LL DO IT.
BUT WE JUST, IT'S SO EARLY ON.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET, AND, AND LET ME, LET ME, I GOTTA WRANGLE US BACK IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE DESIGN ELEMENT OF IT.
WE WANT STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT OUR TASK IS.
THEY, THEY'RE CALLING THREE AREAS OR WHATEVER AREAS AS PRIVATE PARKLAND AND IT'S GREAT.
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TRYING TO SELL US ON HERE'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT OR VOTE ON OUR TASK IS DO WE CONSIDER ALL FOUR OF THOSE ELEMENTS AREAS AS PARKLAND? AND BEFORE I WEIGH IN ON IT, I WANT TO GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK.BUT LET'S STAY AWAY FROM THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OTHER THAN WHAT THEY PRESENTED.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY PRESENT IS NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THEY PUT IN THEIR BUILDING PERMIT IS WHAT'S GOSPEL.
AND THAT'S NOT AT THIS STAGE RIGHT HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE TO WEIGH IN ON SOME POINTS? SO I DO WANNA WEIGH IN ON ONE POINT.
SO WHENEVER THEY COME IN WITH PRIVATE PARK LAND, I ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WHAT IS REALLY PRIVATE PARKLAND? I THINK IT IS UNEQUIVOCABLY, THAT COMMUNITY AREA, THE BIG AREA.
I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY PRIVATE PARKLAND, THAT THAT WORKS.
AND THEY'RE GOING FROM, THEY'RE, THEY CONSIDER THE AREA EVERYTHING FROM THE FACE OF THE BUILDING IN, THAT'S HOW THEY COME UP WITH 53,246 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE ONLY, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE ONLY CHALLENGE SOMEWHAT IS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHOWING, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY WANT TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT ELEMENTS COULD BE THERE MAY NOT BE THERE, BUT COULD BE.
THERE ARE THE AREAS BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE FRONT BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER DRAWING THAT SHOWS THAT THOSE TWO AREAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, UH, I MEAN BECAUSE, AND, AND I GET IT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO CAPTURE AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN.
AND, AND THEY'VE SHOWED SOME OF THE POTENTIAL THINGS THAT THEY MAY PUT THERE.
UH, AND EVEN MORE SO I, SO I I, THOSE TWO AREAS KIND OF, THEY LOOK A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I, YOU KNOW, THE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW, YES, I GET IT.
PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE ANIMALS, KITTENS, YOU KNOW, HAD A DAUGHTER, SHE GOTTA CATCH, PUT 'EM ON A LEASH AND YOU KNOW, THEY LET 'EM RUN AROUND, YOU KNOW, ON THE LEASH IN THOSE AREAS.
I, I THINK THAT'S MY HAPPY MEDIUM.
UH, MY FIRST BLUSH IS THE BIG AREA AND THAT'S IT.
THAT'S MY PER MY OWN PERSONAL, I CAN GIVE, I CAN GIVE UP A LITTLE MORE ON THAT AREA, BUT THE TWO AREAS BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDING IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE, I NEED SOME HELP FROM, FOR ME.
I NEED A LITTLE HELP TO HELP ME GET THERE.
FOR YOU TO GET THAT WHOLE 50% THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
WELL WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT AREA BEHIND THE BUILDING IS FOR IS, IS THE AREA THAT'S NOT DESIGNATED AND WHAT IS PROBABLY MOST NEEDED BY PARENTS THAT HAVE SMALLER CHILDREN IS TO PLACE FACILITIES THERE THAT THE CHILDREN CAN USE.
SEE THIS AIR PLAYGROUND AREA KIND BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE BUILDING, IT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, SO IS THAT AREA FENCED? SO IT'S YES.
IS IT A FENCED IN AREA? IT'S NOT FENCED IN, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BE OFFSET ENOUGH SIDEWALKS, THERE'LL BE CARPORT RIGHT THERE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, LET 'EM ALL WALK AROUND.
AND LET ME JUST ASK THIS QUESTION.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY IT, IT'S SIMILAR ROUGHLY JUST FROM THE BUILDING TO THE BACK PARKING.
HOW WIDE IS THAT ROUGHLY AT THE BOTTOM? THAT'S PROBABLY 50 FEET.
IT, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT AT 50 FEET.
THAT'S C UH, IT'S ON, IT'S, IT'S, NO, NO.
I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, AND I CAN'T AND I APOLOGIZE.
THE DIMENSION, SO YOU HAVE THE TOP PIECE, THE VERY TOP.
HOW WIDE IS THAT AT THE VERY TOP? CAN SOMEBODY READ IT? I CAN'T.
AT THE VERY TOP BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING, HOW WIDE IS THAT? WHAT 38 38 FEET? THE LOWER PORTION IS 38 FEET.
THAT'S ABOUT 5,500 SQUARE FEET.
ON THE TOP HALF THE BOTTOM HALF'S JUST OVER 9,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THE WHOLE AREA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 14,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, OF GREEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE AMENITIZED WITH THE, THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, UH, SEATING AREAS, LOW WALKING PATH, UH, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE CONCEPTUALIZED.
AND SO WHERE THE WALKWAY IS, THEY GO BETWEEN THE TWO GREEN PATCHES.
TELL ME THAT RIGHT THERE, THE VERY TOP.
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DIMENSION RIGHT THERE IN THE GREEN SPACE? HOW WIDE IS THAT? SIX, UH, 16 FEET RIGHT THERE.AND THEN COME DOWN TO THE NEXT DIMENSION RIGHT THERE.
38 FEET ON THE, LOWER THAT 38 AT THE BOTTOM.
SO THEN YOU COULD PUT SOME PLAY AREAS IN THERE THEN THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S BIG ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WELL, OH, GIMME A FIVE FOOT, IT'S THE TYPE OF, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT CAN FIT IN THERE THAT WILL WORK WITH THAT AREA AND, AND MAXIMIZE THAT AREA.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, THAT'S, UM, BUT THE BIG, THE WHOLE POINT FOR THAT, THAT WHOLE AREA IS BECAUSE THERE'S NO REAL DEDICATED PARKLAND THAT THEY CAN GO TO.
SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT, DEDICATE THAT AREA FOR CHILDREN.
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY DESIGNED AS MUCH IN THE COURTYARD WHERE THEY CAN PLAY SMALLER KIDS CAN PLAY IN THE AREA THAT WE POINTED OUT.
SO OUR POINT IS TO TRY TO PUT EQUIPMENT THAT FITS IN THERE APPROPRIATELY AND WHATEVER OTHER AMENITIES THEY CAN USE.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THAT.
YOU, YOU, YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT BY ME.
NOW YOU STILL GOT THE REST OF THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION? YES, SIR.
MR. BRUCE, I'VE GOT ONE OTHER, THIS JUST FOR REAL SIMPLE QUESTION HERE IN, UH, WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF ENUMERATING THINGS IN THE, UH, LETTER UP FRONT.
UH, BEFORE WE GET TO OTHER AREAS, BRUCE, SPEAKING TO THE MIC PLEASE.
UM, WITH, UH, FEATURE RICH TROPICAL AND, UH, NUMEROUS OPEN, OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, NUMEROUS OPEN LAWN, UH, GATHERING SPACES DISPERSED THROUGHOUT.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UH, LAYOUT, I CAN'T FIND THOSE, UM, ANY, UH, ANY LAWNS OTHER THAN LAWNS.
THOSE TWO? YEAH, WE HAD A, THERE'S ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS ALL THE GREENERY AROUND WE, WE TOOK IT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS MORE CONFUSING IS WHAT, UH, WE WERE TOLD THERE'S LANDSCAPING AROUND THE WHOLE WHOLE SITE.
WHICH REPRESENTS, UH, PROBABLY, LET'S SEE ON THE, WHERE'S THE OVERALL, WHERE'S THAT OTHER PLANE? YOU HAD THAT ONE? UH, YES.
CAN WE STILL SHOW THE OTHER EXHIBIT 3 46? I THINK IT'S SW OFF THE OVERALL GREEN SPACE, NOT INCLUDING ANY INSIDE.
THE COURTYARD IS 23% OF THE ENTIRE SITE IS REP IS REPRESENTATIVE OF GRASS PLANTING AND TREES.
SO, AND IF YOU ADD THE GREEN SPACE WITHIN THE COURTYARD, IT'S 27% OF THE TOTAL WHOLE ENTIRE ACREAGE OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S GONNA, WE, WE HEAVILY LANDSCAPE OUR PROJECTS AND THAT IT HELPS THE, WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OF WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE BRING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT MAKES THEM WANNA STAY AND ENJOY THAT VERSUS GO ELSEWHERE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES MA'AM.
UM, UH, A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT I DID FORGET TO GIVE ADAM WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT EARLIER TODAY, AND I KNOW THIS, THIS BOARD USUALLY LIKES TO KNOW OUR PARK ZONE 12, UM, FUND CURRENTLY HAS $131,000 IN IT.
UM, SO IT IS A, IT IS ONE OF OUR SMALLER FUNDS CURRENTLY.
JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE ALSO TOO, YOU GOTTA RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO WRITE THAT CHECK MM-HMM.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT IS BASICALLY TO REDUCE, DO 50% PRIVATE PARK LAND AND REDUCE THEIR CONTRIBUTION BY 50% TO THE CITY.
DID I STATE THAT CORRECTLY? SO TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS A MAXIMUM AMOUNT ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR PRIVATE.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, 50% IS PRIVATE PARK LAND, WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD PAY FROM 1400 TO $700 PER UNIT.
AND IT'S 700 TIMES 346 UNITS, WHICH WOULD MEAN AMOUNT OF 242,000 AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S SMALL $200 THAT, THAT IS WHAT THEIR REQUEST IS.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THEIR REQUEST.
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I GET A SECOND? A SECOND.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE WILL MAKE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING AGAINST ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THEIR REQUEST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.STAFF REPORTS GOING OVER TO ITEM NUMBER A IN THE STAFF REPORT UPDATE ON PARK PROJECTS, UH, MR. TRAIN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I THINK THIS IS MY LAST TIME UP TODAY, HOPEFULLY.
UM, SO AS FAR AS UPDATES ON PROJECTS, UM, THE, UM, DISC GOLF COURSE AT COMMUNITY PARK, ALL OF THE CONCRETE HAS BEEN, UH, LAID FOR, UM, ALL OF THE PADS THERE.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE A GRAND OPENING EVENT ON APRIL 27TH, RIGHT? SATURDAY, APRIL, SO APRIL 27TH.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT PLAYS DISC GOLF OR IF Y'ALL ARE JUST CURIOUS AND WANT, I, I'M GONNA PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE 27TH SO YOU CAN WATCH ME MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA, UM, OPEN THE, OPEN THE COURSE AND IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME.
UM, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS ON THE PIPELINE, UM, FOR RIDGEVIEW AND COMMUNITY PARK, THOSE RECENTLY PASSED, UH, EACH OF THOSE PARKS, UM, IS GETTING A NEW PLAYGROUND, UM, THAT THOSE RENOVATIONS GOT APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY.
UM, CONTRACTS JUST GOT FINISHED FROM PURCHASING LAST WEEK, SO, UM, THE INSTALLS SHOULD START THIS MONTH AND THOSE PLAYGROUNDS SHOULD BE READY AT BOTH PARKS, UH, IN JUNE.
UM, WE ARE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AT EACH OF THOSE PARKS AS WELL.
AT RIDGEVIEW WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, DEMOLISHING THE EXISTING PAVILIONS AND, UH, INSTALLING NEW PAVILIONS.
UM, AND THEN SORT OF UN UNRELATED TO, TO THAT PROJECT EXACTLY.
BUT ALSO AT RIDGEVIEW WE ARE GOING TO BE REDOING THAT CONCRETE PATH, UM, AT, UH, BICENTENNIAL.
UM, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM SOME PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS WE HAD, WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING SOME, UH, SHADE STRUCTURES, SOME SEATING AREAS, UH, SOME ENHANCED LIGHTING, UM, AND SOME, UH, BARBECUE, UH, GRILL AREAS.
UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THE IMPROVED PARKS COMING THIS SUMMER.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, JUST UPDATES FOR RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON THE LIST.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MM-HMM.
IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, UPDATE ON OPERATIONS MR. HAMILTON.
AND WE KNOW HOW MR. HAMILTON DO IT.
BARRY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS HAIR.
UM, BARRY IS OUT TONIGHT, UM, UH, DOING MUCH BETTER, BUT HIM AND HIS, HIM AND HIS WIFE STILL GOT A BUNCH OF DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS, SO I'LL BE BARRY FOR THE EVENING.
UM, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP ON IT BEING SPRING AND GROWING SEASON, UM, BUT WE'RE GETTING IN THE FLOW OF THINGS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ALSO DID A FULL CITY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TEAMS, SO US PUBLIC WORKS, STREETS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, THE PEOPLE OUT, BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
UM, A FULL TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY FOR SAFETY, ROADWAY TRAILERS, EQUIPMENT, UM, MAINTENANCE.
SO THEY, THEY GOT TO SPEND FROM SEVEN TO THREE LEARNING SOME NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES ON HOW TO BETTER PREPARE AND BETTER OPERATE.
SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING THAT OUR RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM DID.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON PARKS AND MAINTENANCE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM.
MOVING ON OVER TO ITEM C, UPDATE ON REX CREATION.
UM, SO I DO HAVE HALF OF A RECREATION REPORT IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOU.
UM, I SAY HALF BECAUSE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S JUST EVENTS AND TENNIS PICKLEBALL AND YOUTH.
UM, WE, WE ARE GOING BACK AND GETTING THIS DATA.
UM, WE, HE'LL IN MY, IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME UPDATES AND SOME CHANGES RECENTLY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FELL THROUGH WAS THE REPORTING OF, OF THIS RECREATION DATA.
UM, SO OUR STAFF ARE CURRENTLY WORKING DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORTS.
UM, WE NOTICED IT WAS IT MONDAY,
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UM, MONDAY.AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING, BUT, UM, WE WILL HAVE THAT DATA.
IT WILL BE COUNTED FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND WE CAN UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHAT WAS MISSED THIS MONTH.
UM, SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHTS REAL QUICK.
UM, WE DID TAKE OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION GROUP TO, UM, THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT.
SO EVERY, EVERY YEAR THEY GO ON A TRIP THAT'S EITHER HISTORICAL FOR TEXAS, TEACHES THEM LEADERSHIP, UM, BUILDS CAMARADERIE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS YEAR THEY DID THE SAN SAN JACINTO MONUMENT.
WE ALSO HAD OUR FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE AND WE DID A CRAZY HAIR DASH, WHICH IS OUR TWIST ON AN EASTER EVENT.
UM, IT SEEMS EVERY, EVERY COMMUNITY AND HOA AND CHURCH ARE DOING EGG HUNTS.
SO WE, WE MAKE A LITTLE TWIST OF OUR OWN WHERE IT'S A A DASH BETWEEN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STATIONS WHERE YOU DO AN ACTIVITY AND YOU GET YOUR EARS AND YOU DO A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY.
YOU GET YOUR NOSE AND BY THE END OF THE WHOLE THING YOU HAVE A FULL BUNNY OUTFIT.
UM, SO IT'S VERY FUN FOR THEM.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND PAGE, UM, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN ON OUR USAGE, WHICH WE'RE ANALYZING.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY KIND OF, IT'S NOT, NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT I FEEL LIKE OUR BUILDING HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY.
SO IT'S KIND OF STRANGE AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.
UM, BUT WE ARE UP ON INCOME FOR RECREATION AS WELL.
UM, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER SEASON.
AND WE, WE DO MORE OUTDOOR RENTALS, UM, AND FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SUMMER CAMPS WILL, WILL RAISE US UP A GOOD BIT AS WELL.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
FIVE O'CLOCK MAY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND? YEAH, MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S, LEMME SEE.
MONDAY'S WHAT, THE 15TH, 11TH AND 12TH.
MAY 11TH AND 12TH WILL BE THE NEW CHALK FEST DATE.
I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU GUYS TO COME OUT.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEND YOU GUYS THE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.
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LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD, UH, WE'RE NOTHING IF NOT EVER CHANGING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO COUPLE QUICK UPDATES ON STAFFING FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, OUR QUILL VALLEY CITY CENTER GENERAL MANAGER, UM, KELLY O'DONNELL, WHICH THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, BUT, BUT HE IS A, A CITY EMPLOYEE.
UM, KELLY PUT IN HIS NOTICE AND DECIDED TO PART FROM THE CITY.
UM, AND SO IN TURN DONNIE IS TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM AND HE IS SERVING AS THE INTERIM GM FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IN THE MEANTIME.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
AND HE'S NOT, YOU ARE WELCOME.
UM,
UM, HE'S GOT A TON OF EXPERIENCE FOR THAT JOB AND, UM, I HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT THAT'S SUPPORTING ME.
WE'RE FIGURING THIS OUT AS WE GO.
UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT, ZANE ARSANO, UM, PUT IN HIS NOTICE AND HAS LEFT THE CITY.
UM, SO WE ARE HIRING A NEW RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND, AND IT AT FIRST LOOK, IT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST APPLICANT POOLS THAT I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE ALSO TODAY EXTENDED, SO WE HAD TWO REC SPECIALISTS POSITIONS O UH, OPEN AS WELL.
UM, TODAY WE EXTENDED AN OFFER TO JAVIER CALVIN, WHICH IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE REC CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, JAVIER'S FACE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
UM, HE SERVED AS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR THREE YEARS, UM, AT THE FRONT DESK.
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, HE HAS BEEN OUR REC ATTENDANT OVERSEEING THE FRONT DESK.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A PROMOTION FOR HIM AND WE'RE THRILLED.
UM, HE IS JUST, I'VE SEEN HIM GROW FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.
SO NOW WE HAVE, UM, ONE MORE REC SPECIALIST POSITION TO FILL.
UM, THOSE INTERVIEWS WILL BE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE ALMOST FULLY STAFFED
UM, THE OTHER UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS IS, UM, IF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU GUYS KNOW DAWN AND PENNY JOHNSON.
UM, DAWN SERVED ON PARKS BOARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, AND PENNY HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.
UM, SO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY, THEY HAVE AWARDED DON AND PENNY AS THE INDIVIDUALS OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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UM, THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED.IT'S NORMALLY AN INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR.
THEY DID A JOINT FOR DON AND PENNY, UM, AND IT IS FOR THEIR LIFETIME ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EFFORTS.
UM, NOT ONLY DID DON DON SERVE HERE, UM, THEY CAME OUT TO SUMMER CAMPS AND THEY TAUGHT OUR STAFF HOW TO RUN PROGRAMS. THEY WERE AT PRETTY MUCH ANY EVENT WE EVER DID.
THEY'RE THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES, UM, FOR, FOR PARKS, FOR NATURE, FOR EDUCATION, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.
UM, DON, DON AND I DIDN'T OVERLAP FOR TOO LONG.
UM, AND I, I DEFINITELY WAS NOT DOING PARKS AT THE TIME.
UM, I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT PRAIRIE LANDS AND WETLANDS
FROM HIM THAN, UH, AND THE HERON TRACK.
I THINK, UM, I'VE HAD A, A COUPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS TELL ME THAT THEY, IF THEY HAD NEVER MET DON JOHNSON, THEY NEVER WOULD'VE ACCEPTED FLOOD LAND AS PARKLAND.
UM, BUT THEY LEARNED THE VALUE OF, OF ACCEPTING THAT AND PROVIDING, HAVING IT AS A RESOURCE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T PUT A BUILDING ON IT.
UM, SO WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING DON AND PENNY ON MAY 20TH AT CITY COUNCIL.
UM, YOU GUYS WILL BE GETTING A INVITATION FROM US, BUT WE WOULD LOVE IF THIS WHOLE GROUP COULD BE THERE.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED BY DON AND PENNY.
I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SHOW UP FOR THEM.
UM, THEY ARE THE, OH, ACTUAL AWARD CEREMONIES IN AUSTIN ON THE 14TH, 15TH.
UM, DON AND PENNY CAN'T GO, SO WE'RE GONNA GO GET THAT AWARD FOR THEM AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT IT TO THEM AT COUNCIL THAT FOLLOWING WEEK.
SO, UM, VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH DESERVED AND VERY HAPPY FOR THEM.
AND, AND BEFORE YOU EVEN LEAVE THAT, I JUST WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT BECAUSE, UH, FOR OUR, OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, I WANNA TELL YOU, THEY WERE A TREAT, AN AMAZING TREAT TO HAVE ON HERE.
AND IT DEFINITELY, UH, UH, MADE AN IMPACT.
IT MADE AN IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, WELL DESERVED.
AND THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED BY TCEQ, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THEY CONTROL WHERE THAT WASTEWATER GOES, WATER GOES.
AND SO FOR THEM TO HONOR THEM, UH, IS, IS A BIG, BIG, BIG DEAL.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PAIR TO BE HONORED THAN THOSE TWO RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE JUST BEEN, THEY'RE AWESOME.
THEY WERE DEFINITELY A POWER COUPLE.
WE CAN ALSO ADD THAT, UH, DON AND PENNY CO-FOUNDED MISSOURI CITY, GREEN GREEN WITH ANGIE AND PAUL.
IT WAS ACTUALLY PAUL AND ANGIE THAT, THAT NOMINATED THEM FOR THIS AWARD.
THEY, THEY WORKED HARD TO GET THEM THIS RECOGNITION.
BEEN DON AND PENNY REAL ACTIVE WITH THE QUAIL VALLEY, WITH THE QUAIL VALLEY, UH, UH, CLUB.
THANK YOU FOR US ALLOWING US TO.
UM, I, THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATES I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH UPDATE NEXT MONTH.
THE GROUND STOPS MOVING UNDER ME.
WHAT'S THE STATUS WITH ZANE? UM, ZANE IS ALREADY DEPARTED.
UM, HE LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO.
UM, SO HIS POSITION'S ALREADY POSTED.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE ONE INITIAL REVIEW OF APPLICANTS.
SO WHO'S GONNA ASSUME HIS DUTIES RELATED TO THE ART AND CULTURE COUNSEL FOR RIGHT NOW? I AM, OF COURSE.
SHE'S GOT MANY HATS ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE ARE, AND, AND THAT IS ON MY LIST ACTUALLY FOR TOMORROW AS TO EMAIL THE ARTS COMMISSION, NOT, NOT A PARKS SPORT ITEM, BUT JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, UM, TO GET WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND KEEP THAT MOVING AS WELL.
UH, NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THAT
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BOARD REPORTS.DO I HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? WE ALWAYS SAY WHAT MISSOURI CITY GREEN'S DOING.
WE'RE HAVING A TRASH OFF ON, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH AND PAPER SHREDDING FOR CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS ON APRIL 27TH.
AND A NEW LOCATION ON THE PAPER SHREDDING.
IT WILL BE AT THE FREEDOM CHURCH ON FM 10 92 AS OPPOSED TO THE POLICE STATION WHERE WE'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH THE TRASH OFF, 'CAUSE WE CLEAN UP THE PARKS WITHIN THE CITY.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
AND THEN THE SHREDDING IS THE 27TH.
ANY OTHER BOARD REPORTS? IF NOT, I'LL MOVE TO ITEM 10.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? WHICH WOULD BE MAY.
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ITEM NUMBER 11 IS WE'RE ADJOURNED.