* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES] [00:00:56] COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AWARD. SECOND. OH, IT SAYS PERRY. YEAH, IT'S PENNY. PENNY, OKAY. YES. VERY GOOD. OKAY. IT'S ON MAY THE 20TH. NO, IT'S ON, UH, ACTUALLY THAT THE AWARD IS BEING GIVEN ON MAY 15TH. YEAH, BUT WE'RE PRESENTING IT HERE ON THE 20TH. 20TH, YEAH. OKAY. BUT THE WATER'S GONNA BE GIVEN AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. RIGHT? THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THEM AS CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PICKED UP IN AUSTIN ON THE 15TH. BETH, YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK YOUR DEVICE FIRST. HUH? UH, IT'S NOT ME. SHE, SOMEBODY'S, I DON'T HAVE A DEVICE LOCKED , I DON'T THINK. DOES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WITH THE INCLUSION OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MODIFYING DON AND PENNY INSTEAD OF DON AND PERRY. SO, MOVE SECOND. I SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE FOR THE PUBLIC, SO WE'LL MOVE ON. I'M TRYING TO GET US RIGHT. UH, ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. AND ITEM SIX ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. [7. STAFF REPORTS] SO WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. UH, STAFF REPORTS AND SEVEN EIGHT UPDATE ON PARK PROJECTS, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. A MANAGER. WELL, WE HAVE DANIELLE. SHE'S, SHE'S WEARING A LOT OF HATS TONIGHT. OH, YEAH. YOU GIVE ME, UM, UH, SO YES, I, I DID LET LAWRENCE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, UM, BUT ADAM IS OUT AND STACY AND BARRY ARE BOTH SICK, SO I GET TO BE EVERYONE TONIGHT. UM, SO QUICK UPDATE, UH, HOPE HOPEFUL. I'LL TRY AND BE QUICK ON SOME PARK PROJECTS. UM, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS. UM, SO I KIND OF BROKE 'EM INTO CATEGORIES FOR YOU GUYS. I DON'T KNOW, CAN THEY SEE THESE? YEAH. OKAY. UM, SO OUR 2021 BOND PROJECTS, THE BICENTENNIAL AND RIDGEVIEW PARK ARE KIND OF BEING GROUPED TOGETHER. THEY'RE BOTH PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS PLUS IMPROVEMENTS. SO THOSE WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. SO WE ARE ROUTING THAT CONTRACT FOR EXECUTION. THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE IN AT OUR, OUR VENDOR'S WAREHOUSE, AND THEY ARE READY TO GO. OUR PLAN IS TO START WITH RIDGEVIEW PARK. UM, IT WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE WEEKS. SO WITH THAT, WE, WE HAVE A, A 50 50 CHANCE OF GETTING IT DONE BEFORE THE SPLASH PAD OPENS. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY PUSH HARD FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN THEY WILL MOVE OVER TO BICENTENNIAL PARK AND DO THAT PLAYGROUND FOLLOWING. UM, MOSTLY THAT IS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE REALLY HOPING NOT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ONCE THE SPLASH PAD OPENS AND SCHOOL LETS OUT. DANIELLE, WHEN DO, OH, WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT, UH, THE SPLASH PADS ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN THE SATURDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. UM, SO TYPICALLY WE, WE OPEN FOLLOWING MORE MEMORIAL DAY, BUT WE ARE, WE WILL BE DOING THAT WEEKEND, UM, TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE HOLIDAY FREEDOM TREE PARK. WE RECENTLY HELD, HELD OUR, UH, PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING. UM, WE ARE AT, WE'LL CALL IT 95% COMPLETE WITH OUR, UM, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS. AND SO THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING FOR PERMITS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND THEN THAT, THAT PARK WILL, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL GO TO BID, FINGERS CROSSED IN JUNE. UM, SO THAT'S STILL KEEPS US ON TRACK AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO, UM, EMERGENCY WEATHER EVENTS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. IT KEEPS US ON TRACK TO OPEN, UM, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2025 TO HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME JUNETEENTH EVENTS THERE. UM, I'LL, I WILL, ANOTHER DISCLAIMER ON THAT, SO LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE WEATHER EVENTS , UM, BECAUSE IT'S PUSHING IT, UM, STAMOS SPORTS PARK, WE HAVE COMPLETED, WE ARE 100% COMPLETE WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT PARK. [00:05:01] UM, SO THIS ONE WE DID A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM, TYPICALLY YOU DO KIND OF YOUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT AT THE SAME TIME FOR THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A MASSIVE PARK AND WE ARE FULLY TEARING DOWN AND, AND STARTING FRESH, WE DID THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UM, UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND NOW IT'S GONNA GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UH, A TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AS WELL. SO WE ARE 100% THROUGH WITH THAT. UM, AND IT HAS, IT IS ALMOST TO 30% OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PARK. WE'VE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UM, SUBCONTRACTORS INCLUDING THE, THE PUMP TRACK, THE PLAY ELEMENTS, THE SPLASH PAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO EVERYTHING'S KIND OF COMING TOGETHER, UM, IS, IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. UM, QUESTION. YES. CAN YOU SEND US THE SCHEMATICS THAT YOU'RE USING FOR THE STA MODE AND THE FREEDOM TREE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. JUST EMAIL THAT TO EVERYBODY SO AT LEAST THEY'LL KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF SOMEBODY ASK 'EM ABOUT IT OR SOMETHING. YES, YES. UM, I WILL SAY STA O RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE A COLOR VERSION OF OUR FINAL SCHEMATIC, BUT YOU CAN STILL PRETTY MUCH TELL EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. IT HAS A LEGEND AND EVERYTHING. SO JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. UM, AND THEN SOME OF OUR OTHER PARK DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE BOND BUT ARE, ARE SIGNIFICANT. UM, TROXEL PARK IS PROGRESSING, BUT HAS HAD SOME DELAYS. UM, WE HAD SOME DELAYS WITH THE BOARDWALKS. UM, SO PART OF THIS PARK IS A BIOSWALE THAT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE PARK. UM, AND, AND THERE'S BOARDWALKS ABOVE IT. WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE BOARDWALKS, THEY WERE NOT 12 INCHES ABOVE GRADE. AND SO WE MADE 'EM TEAR IT OUT AND DO IT AGAIN. . MM-HMM. , UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE WOODEN. AND SO IF, IF THEY'RE, AND ONE OF 'EM WAS ONLY READING FIVE INCHES. AND SO IF, IF WE DO GET SIGNIFICANT RAIN ANYTIME IN, IN, WHILE THOSE BOARDWALKS ARE STILL STANDING 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, UM, THAT COULD ROT OUT THAT WOOD. SO WE HAD TO, UM, KIND OF GO BACK AND, UH, AND RESTART ON THOSE. AND WE ARE NOW HOPING FOR A GRAND OPENING. I REALISTICALLY, WE COULD DO IT IN JULY DUE TO THE HEAT OF JULY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANTS. WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GIVE IT TILL AUGUST, UM, LATE AUGUST IS PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S GONNA TAKE THAT GRASS A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP WITH THAT IN THAT TIME OF YEAR. UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH RANDY, UM, AND HE KNOWS HE'S AWARE. HE GOES OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND LOOKS AT IT. , NO, HE DOES. NO SURPRISE. YES. HE, HE'S WHO TOLD ME YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO MEASURE THOSE BECAUSE I GO , I GO ABOUT TWICE A WEEK, BUT EVERY DAY HE'S OUT THERE . UM, SO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNFORTUNATE, BUT, UM, IT WILL GIVE THE, THE PARK, ESPECIALLY THE DESIGN OF THIS PARK WITH THE IMMENSE LANDSCAPING AND, AND THE TURF ESTABLISHMENT. A GRAND OPENING ON UNESTABLISHED LANDSCAPING LIKE THAT COULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE US TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN AND DO IT AGAIN. UM, SO IT, IT, I DON'T LOVE IT, BUT IT MAKES SENSE. UM, EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND, UM, SO THIS WAS THE EIGHT HOUR, EIGHT ACRE TRACT THAT WE PURCHASED IN 2021 WITH ARPA FUNDS. UM, THIS IS IN PARK ZONE ONE, WHICH IS A PARK ZONE THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND IN. IT IS PRETTY MUCH A, IT'S A PLAYGROUND AND IT'S A TENNIS COURT AND PICKLEBALL COURTS. THERE'S NO GREEN SPACE OR ANYTHING IN THAT PARK ZONE. UM, SO THEREFORE WE LUCKILY WERE ABLE TO, TO PURCHASE THAT EIGHT AC EIGHT ACRE TRACK. AND, UM, IT WAS AFTER THE BOND REFERENDUM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR IT. UM, THROUGH THE HOA AND THE PARKS FOUNDATION, WE ARE NOW WORKING ON PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT. UM, SO THIS WILL BE A TRAIL SURROUNDING THE PARK, UM, AND SOME PARKING ELEMENTS AS WELL. UM, IN ADDITION, OUR TEAMS HAVE, OUR FORESTRY AND PARKS TEAMS HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND KIND OF CLEARED OUT A BUNCH OF THE, WE'VE DONE A GOOD BIT OF THAT REMOVAL OF THE OLD DEAD STUFF. UM, THERE WERE SOME OLD METAL BACKSTOPS OUT THERE THAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT. WE'VE CLEARED OUT THE UNDERSTORY AND WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN PLANTING NEW TREES ALONG THAT, UM, CANAL. YEAH, CANAL THAT'S, IT'S NOT A BAYOU, IT'S A DRAINAGE DITCH. YEAH, IT'S A DITCH, UM, TO, UH, TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT BUFFER RIGHT THERE AS WELL. SO THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A, A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT WHERE WE WERE LUCKILY ABLE TO KIND OF JUMP IN ON IT. THEY'RE DOING SOME STUFF WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP IN. THAT IS PROJECT, IT'S CURRENTLY, UM, OUT FORBID AND IS PROJECTED TO START, I'LL SAY THE NEXT THREE MONTHS JUST TO BE SAFE. UM, THE REVOLUTION WAY PARKLAND. UM, THIS IS OVER OFF INDEPENDENCE RIGHT NEAR, UM, MURPHY ROAD SLASH FM. UH, WHAT IS THAT? 10 92 MM-HMM. . UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM THE, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S TECHNICALLY THE LEXINGTON [00:10:01] WAY SUBDIVISION. UM, THIS IS A, A VERY SMALL THREE ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE ACCEPTED THROUGH A PARKLAND DEDICATION. UM, TYPICALLY WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT SMALL OF A PARCEL, HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT A WALKABLE PARK FOR THEM. SO WE DID, UM, THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO PUT IN THE PLAYGROUND AND PARKING LOT AND IT WILL BE A PUBLIC PARK. UM, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THAT, UM, BECAUSE THE HOUSES HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST POPPED UP OUT OF NOWHERE. UM, I, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE LIKE THAT A MONTH AGO. SO , UM, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN. WE WERE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER SO THAT WE WILL, UM, KNOW WHERE TO HAVE THEM PUT THE PLAYGROUND, RIGHT? UM, IF THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE THAN A PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH AREA DO WE WANT IT IN, WHERE DO WE WANT TO SIGN? DO WE WANT EXERCISE STATIONS, BIKE RACKS, THAT SORT OF THING. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING ON. UM, FOR QUAIL GREEN WEST PARK, WE'LL BE UPGRADING THE BASKETBALL COURT. UM, THIS IS KIND OF PHASE TWO OF QUAIL GREEN WEST PARK. LAST YEAR WE PUT IN A NEW RESTROOM AND PAVILION. UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE REPLACING THE BASKETBALL COURT ROOF AS WELL AS DOING SOME UPGRADES TO THAT COURT. COMMUNITY PARK HAS, UH, TWO NEW FEATURES. UM, ONE IS AN 18 HOLE DISC GOLF COURSE. UM, WE, WE RECENTLY REDID THAT COURSE. IT HAS CONCRETE TPAS, SIGNAGE, UM, NEW, NEW BASKETS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE ARE HOSTING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT. ON MAY 23RD, I'LL BE SENDING YOU GUYS AN INVITATION AND INSTEAD OF CUTTING A RIBBON, WE'RE DOING A FIRST THROW OF THE DISC. SO DISC PROVIDED. HOPE YOU STRETCH BEFOREHAND. AND, UM, AND THEN WE ARE DOING, UH, SOLAR LIGHTS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PLAY A LITTLE LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN IT'S COOLED DOWN SOME. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO DOING ONE OF OUR PARK ENTRANCE SIGNS AT HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK. UM, KIND OF RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, TUCKED BACK THERE. UM, A PHASE TWO OF THAT. WE HOPE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND CONNECT THE SIDEWALK TO THE PARK. 'CAUSE IT KIND OF STOPS ABOUT A BLOCK BEFORE THE PARK AND THEN IT PICKS BACK UP AT THE PARK. JUST CONNECT THAT. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN SOME OTHER SMALL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PARK AS WELL. WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SPACE THERE THAT WE CAN DO SOME, SOME GOOD STUFF. SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PARK PROJECTS. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. IF NOT, UPDATE ON PARK OPERATIONS. KEEP IT GOING. I'M JUST GONNA STAY HERE. BARRY, BARRY JUST HAS A SHEET THAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY OKAY. YOU YEAH. CAN YOU SEND US A COPY OF THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, SO PARK OPERATIONS, WE'RE MOWING, WE'RE MOWING, AND WE'RE MOWING AND WE'RE MOWING AND WE'RE MOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND WE ARE ALSO KIND OF IN EVENT SEASON, SO WE ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THAT, UH, IN THAT SECTION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? MM-HMM. ALL RIGHT. ITEM C, UPDATE ON RECS. AWESOME. UM, SO FOR THE REC REPORT THIS TIME, WHAT I DID WAS, UM, WE ARE OFFICIALLY NOW HALFWAY THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO WE'RE AT THE SIX MONTH MARK. UM, AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH, I TOLD YOU THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK AND FIND SOME DATA AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ACCURATE NUMBERS WERE. UM, SO WHAT I DID THIS TIME IS, UM, I RAN OUR REPORTS AND PRO AND HAVE CREATED SOME COMPARATIVE CHARTS FOR YOU GUYS, UM, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THESE ARE TYPICALLY THE CHARTS THAT WE UTILIZE FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO KEEP IN MIND THAT A BLUE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT IS AT THE SIX MONTH MARK. UM, THE REST OF THEM ARE, ARE THE FULL YEAR. UM, SO JUST TO SHOW YOU GUYS, THIS IS THE RECREATION FACILITY USAGE. BASICALLY THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT COME IN, SCAN IN AND COMBINED WITH THE DAY PASSES. UM, AND SO, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, 18,000 THAT'S PRETTY ON PAR BECAUSE WE, WE TYPICALLY GET A BIG INFLUX OVER THE SUMMER WHEN THE KIDS ARE HOME. SO THAT'S, WE ARE ON TRACK TO ACTUALLY TO AGAIN BEAT, UH, BEAT OUT LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. UM, FOR OUR RECREATION REVENUE, WE ARE JUST OVER, UM, ABOUT THE HALFWAY POINT OF LAST YEAR. AGAIN, SUMMER IS OUR HUGE SEASON, UM, FOR EVERYTHING. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, SURPASSING LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE YEAR PRIOR. UM, BUT THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT TO SHOW THAT WE ARE, WE'RE AT LEAST EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN, THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. IS THAT JUST FIRST QUARTER? THIS IS THE HALFWAY, THE HALFWAY MARK. OH, FISCAL, I'M SORRY. YES. YEAH. SO, UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER. UM, SO SO THE END OF MARCH WAS THE END OF OUR, UH, END OF [00:15:01] MARCH. YES. UM, AND SO WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH AND THAT'S WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE. UM, OUR RECREATION PROGRAM OFFERINGS. SO THIS IS THE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS. UM, WE LIKE TO TRACK THAT AS OPPOSED TO, WELL, WE TRACK BOTH, BUT I ACTUALLY PREFER THE, THE PROGRAM OFFERINGS, UM, FOR DATA. UM, IT SHOWS ME THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITIES. UM, I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU SIGN UP FOR AND WHAT YOU COME TO. I CAN PROVIDE. WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE ARE GIVEN TO YOU? UM, SO THIS NUMBER, I, I WASN'T TOO HAPPY WITH IT, I'LL BE HONEST. UM, WE ARE LESS THAN HALFWAY FROM LAST YEAR. AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SUMMER AND THAT HELPS. UM, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD TWO RECREATION SPECIALISTS VACANT FOR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TWO AND A HALF, THREE MONTHS. AND THAT, THAT IS OUR POSITION THAT RUNS PROGRAMS. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT WE CAN GET BACK ON TRACK. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME STAFF MEETINGS ABOUT IDEAS FOR THE FALL, SUMMER STUFF'S ALREADY BEEN POSTED, BUT FOR THE FALL, UM, WE PLAN TO HIT IT HARD AND HEAVY AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEW IDEAS LIKE PUZZLE COMPETITIONS AND SOME CRAZY STUFF. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. . UM, SO I, I, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS LESS THAN I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE AT THE HALFWAY MARK. UM, FULL CONFIDENCE FOR A RECOVERY THOUGH. AND PARTICIPATION. THIS IS PRETTY ON PAR. I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE LESS, UM, BUT THIS IS PRETTY ON PAR WITH A HALFWAY POINT FOR US. UM, ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE AHEAD. WHEN I LOOKED AT FI UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 10,000 AT THE HALFWAY MARK. 'CAUSE AS I'VE SAID, THE THE SUMMER IS, IS A HEAVY TIME FOR US. UM, AND THEN FALL ACTUALLY KIND OF PICKS UP AS WELL 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE TIRED OF THOSE KIDS AT HOME, HONESTLY. . UM, AND THEN FALL WILL ACTUALLY PICK BACK UP SOME WITH OUR NON YOUTH PARTICIPANTS AS WELL, THE ADULTS, THE, THE SENIORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SUMMER IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TAKEOVER BY THE KIDS. AND SO ONCE WE COME BACK, THEY, THEY'RE READY TO RECLAIM THOSE, THOSE SPACES AND THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN THIS IS A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PAST MONTH, SINCE IT'S NOT A FULL, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY REC REPORT. UM, WE HAD A LOT OF TRIPS, HAD A LOT OF ACTION. THIS, THIS PAST MONTH. WE, UH, WE TOOK A SENIOR TRIP TO, UH, BIO BEND COLLECTIONS AND GARDENS. I HEARD IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY. UM, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION DID THEIR, THEIR FOOD DRIVE. WELL THEY DID THEIR SERVICE PROJECT, WHICH THEY SELECTED AS A FOOD DRIVE. UM, WE DID, UH, WE HAVE A FEATHER FINDERS GROUP, WHICH IS A BIRDING GROUP THAT THEY GO ON TRIPS ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH. WE'VE HAD OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEER HOURS IN THE PAST FIVE WEEKS AT THIS POINT. UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF TARGET DISTRICT THREE 11. THEY SENT THEIR, THEIR WHOLE TEAM OUT THERE. IT WAS ABOUT 30 OF THEM. UM, THE RECESS HOMESCHOOL, THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEW ONES THAT WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR. UM, THIS IS FOR THE PE CREDIT FOR OUR HOMESCHOOL CHILDREN. UM, SO EACH WEEK WE KIND OF ROTATE AND WE DO A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY. IT DOES COUNT TOWARDS THEIR PE CREDIT. UM, IT'S DURING THE DAY GIVE SOMETHING TO DO, UM, VERY AFFORDABLE FOR THE PARENTS. UM, SO THEY, THEY LEARNED ARCHERY THIS PAST WEEK. AND THEN JUNIOR TENNIS IS AS ALWAYS SEEING SOME RECORD NUMBERS. THEY, UM, THEY'RE RAMPING UP FOR AN EVEN BUSIER SUMMER CAMP AND THEY'VE REALLY KIND OF EXPANDED A COUPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALLOWED SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE REAL YOUNGER ONES ARE GROWING SO MUCH THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ADVANCING THEM A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. AND THEN A COUPLE SAVE THE DATES. UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR CHALK FEST WAS RAINED OUT LAST TIME, SO THAT WILL BE ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND. WE KNOW IT'S A HOLIDAY, BUT IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO COME DO HANG OUT. UM, SO THAT WILL BE ON MAY 11TH AND 12TH AT THE REC CENTER. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR SUMMER CAMPS COMING UP. THIS IS OUR FULL LIST OF OFFERINGS FOR THIS SUMMER. SO THIS IS SOMETHING FOR AGE GROUPS. UM, 3, 2, 15, 17, I APOLOGIZE. BOREDOM BUSTERS. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERY, EVERY KID FROM THREE YEARS OLD TO 17 YEARS OLD. THERE IS AT LEAST ONE ACTIVITY PLANNED FOR EVERY SINGLE WEEK OF THE SUMMER. SO, OH, SORRY. ANY QUESTIONS? UH, REMEMBER I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU LAST MONTH, WE REALLY WANT THE, UH, LIKE I WAS SAYING, IT'S YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS WITH THE PARKS AND I STILL WELCOME THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT TO COME OUT AND JUST DO A TENT JUST TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION. I, I DID SPEAK WITH OUR RECREATION TEAM ABOUT THAT. THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED. UM, WE HAD EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY THIS PAST MONTH BOOKED ALREADY. UM, AND THEN SO FOLLOWING, AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE BOOKED THROUGH MOTHER'S DAY, BUT THAT NEXT WEEKEND I THINK THEY HAD KIND OF PENCILED IN. UM, I'LL CONFIRM WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WILL WORK. OKAY. AND IF YOU NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT, WE CAN TRY TO GET SOME VOLUNTEERS TO HAND IT OUT FOR YOU. OKAY. PERFECT. SOUNDS GREAT. [00:20:01] ALRIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT] ITEM EIGHT. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. WHO WOULD THAT BE? . SEE I HAD TO TAKE A WATER BREAK. . OKAY. THIS IS GONNA BE SHORT AND SWEET. I CAME IN AND KIND OF REMOVED A FEW THINGS 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'D BE TIRED OF HEARING, HEARING MY VOICE BY THIS POINT. , UM, A QUICK STAFFING UPDATE. UM, SO FOR THE NEXT DAY AND A HALF, OUR PARKS DIVISION IS FULLY STAFFED. UM, WE HAVE RECENTLY HIRED TERRANCE AND TROY. UM, BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE. UM, WE ARE VERY THRILLED TO HAVE THEM. THEY'VE REALLY JUMPED IN AND KIND OF GOTTEN RIGHT TO IT. UM, I SAY FOR THE NEXT DAY AND A HALF BECAUSE JOSH, ONE OF OUR TECH TECH ONES, HE, UH, WILL BE MOVING OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS ON MONDAY. UM, NOTHING MORE THAN HE IS LOOKING TO DIVERSIFY HIS EXPERIENCE SO HE CAN MOVE UP. UM, HE WANTS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE, HE HAS A CDL, SO IT, IT MAKES SENSE FOR HIM TO GO OVER THERE AND DRIVE THE BIG EQUIPMENT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY FOR HIM. UM, WE ALSO RECENTLY HIRED LUIS FOR OUR FORESTRY TECH ONE POSITION. THIS IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY CREW THAT, THAT MANAGES KIND OF THE CORRIDOR, UH, MEDIANS AND, AND RIGHT OF WAYS. UM, SO WE DO ALL THAT LANDSCAPING, THE PAINTING, THE CONCRETE WORK, EVERYTHING. UM, AND THEN I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF I HAD TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT JAVIER'S PROMOTION OR NOT LAST MONTH. UM, OUR RECREATION ATTENDANT, JAVIER, JAVIER CALVIN RECENTLY WAS PROMOTED TO RECREATION SPECIALIST. UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE REC CENTER AT ANY TIME AND SEEN THE YOUNG GUY THAT'S ALWAYS AT THE FRONT, THAT'S JAVIER. UM, AND HE, HE BASICALLY, HE LIVES IT AND BREATHES IT. AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO KICK HIM OUT OF THE REC CENTER AND MAKE HIM ACTUALLY SPEND TIME AT HOME. UM, SO HE'LL BE OVER OUR, OUR FITNESS AND ATHLETICS PROGRAMS. AND THEN ACTUALLY TODAY, NICOLE, NICOLE MCGEE SIGNED HER OFFER LETTER. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A START DATE AND EVERYTHING LOOKING LIKE IT'LL BE LATE MAY. UM, NICOLE IS GONNA BE COMING OVER FROM PA PASADENA, ALMOST A PARALLELED, UM, FROM PASADENA. HAS A FEW YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER. SHE'LL BE TAKING OVER THE SENIORS AND ADAPTED PROGRAMS, UM, FOR ALLISON. UM, AND THEN A COUPLE STAFF HIGHLIGHTS. WANNA GIVE A COUPLE SHOUT OUTS. UM, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF RODERICK BECAUSE HE'S STILL FAIRLY NEW. UM, BUT RODERICK AND ALLISON, OUR TWO RECREATION MANAGERS HAVE, UM, HAVE JUST STEPPED UP IMMENSELY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A, A RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND SO, AND THEY'RE BOTH NEW IN THEIR POSITIONS AND THEY HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE STEPPED UP AND TAKEN ON ANYTHING I CAN THROW AT THEM. UM, COULD NOT BE DOING THIS WITHOUT THEM. UM, AND THEN REALLY, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR ENTIRE PARKS AND FORESTRY TEAMS. UM, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE, UM, RECYCLING EVENT THIS PAST SATURDAY. SHREDDING PEPPER SHREDDING. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, ON SATURDAY WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS, UH, THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. UM, AND BETWEEN OUR PARKS AND FORESTRY TEAMS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. UM, SO WE HAD THE PAPER SHREDDING, WE HAD OUR MOTHER SON CHALLENGE AND WE HAD QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE. UM, AND SO ALL OF THOSE REQUIRE A TON OF SETUP. UM, A TON OF STAFF TIME AND THEY TOOK IT LIKE CHAMPIONS AND THEY JUST SHOWED UP ON MONDAY, LIKE, LIKE, YEAH, NO, IT'S JUST PART OF IT. UM, SO THEY, AND BETWEEN THAT AND THE OPERATIONS OF GROWING SEASON AND SPECIAL EVENT SEASON, THEY'VE, THEY'VE JUST REALLY BEEN ROCK STARS RECENTLY. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. . GOOD JOB. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE COMMENT. YES MA'AM. ON THE, ON THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB BECAUSE THE, UH, THE 12 VALLEY PLANT SALE WAS SATURDAY, BUT THEY WERE THERE ALL DAY FRIDAY HELPING SET UP. AND I MEAN, AND IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW NO, I'M GONNA MOVE IT HERE. NO, I'M GONNA MOVE IT HERE. AND THEY, THEY JUST, THEY DIDN'T, NOBODY FUSSED. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. , THEY WERE EXCELLENT. YES. AND THEN IT WAS AN EXTRA CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE WIND WAS SO HOT. MM-HMM. . WE KNOW THAT. SO THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. YES. THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT GUYS. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, MOVING [9. BOARD REPORTS] ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. BOARD REPORTS. ANY REPORT FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? UH, YOU NOTICE I DID GIVE YOU A SHEET. I JUST WANTED, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN FYI, EXCUSE ME. I'VE GIVEN OUT A LIST. THIS IS ALL THE PROPERTIES. I, I THINK IF YOU'RE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE, THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS GOT TO SEE IT AS WELL. UH, IT JUST, IT'S JUST A LISTING OF ALL OF THE EXISTING PARKS, UH, THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AND KIND OF GIVES YOU A DESCRIPTION OF HOW MANY ACRES MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAD RESTROOMS OR NOT. PARK ZONES. UH, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION ALSO GOES INTO FACILITIES AND IT TALKS ABOUT TRAILS, UH, AND OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLANDS, [00:25:01] UH, AS WELL. ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THIS AS WELL IS TO JUST START THINKING ABOUT, WE NORMALLY ASK YOUR PARKS BOARD MEMBERS TO, TO ADOPT A PARK. MM-HMM. ADOPT A PARK FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GO BY THERE. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG OR YOU TALK TO FOLKS, GENERALLY GO TO THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSE BY YOU OR THAT YOU, YOU NORMALLY GO TO. UH, AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY I WANTED TO GIVE THAT OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE YOU WANT AND UH, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER MEETING OR TWO I'LL COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL TELL ME WHICH ONE YOU WANT AND I'LL MARK YOU ON THE LIST. SO THAT WAY WE KIND OF KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT. I MEAN YOU GOT THE RIGHT TO GO TO ANY ONE OF THEM, , IT JUST KINDA HELPS YOU, YOU KNOW, HELP GIVE STAFF FEEDBACK ON HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE OBSERVING OUT HERE. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. UM, ALSO TOO, JUST ANOTHER NOTE TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND, UM, 4TH OF JULY AND JULY WE WILL NOT BE BECAUSE, UH, AND THIS IS JUST FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. I'LL GET THROUGH IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH. BUT, UH, GENERALLY BECAUSE OF WHEN THAT MEETING FALLS, STAFF IS WORKING, FEVEROUSLY ON TRYING TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ACTUALLY FALLS ON OUR PARKS BOARD MEETING DAY, UH, THAT DAY. SO IF WE HAVE AN ITEM, A PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT REQUIRES ATTENTION, TYPICALLY WE'VE NOT HAD THAT ISSUE. BUT EVERY, EVERY NOW AND THEN IT HAPPENS. WE JUST TRY TO EITHER SCHEDULE A MEETING, YOU KNOW, DAY BEFORE OR AFTER WE JUST TRY TO SEND OUT A SURVEY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAY WORK BEST TO GET A QUORUM BECAUSE WE STILL LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS WHEN IT REQUIRES OUR BOARD TO TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. UH, OTHER THAN THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD REPORTS? ALRIGHT, ARE [10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA] THERE ANY NUMBER 10, ANY ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA? NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. OKAY. YOU LOOK AT ITEM 36, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A REPORT ON OUR SHEET FARM. GIVE A SHEET NOW. OKAY. I THOUGHT WE DID IT AWAY WITH THE SHEEP ALSO TOO. SO THIS LIST THAT YOU SEE HERE WAS BACK WHEN IT WAS, I'VE NOT UPDATED THIS LIST. OH. I'VE NOT REQUIRED HER TO UPDATE IT. SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT. THE SHEEP FARM IS GONE. YEAH, BUT I JUST ASKED HER TO SEND ME HER LATEST LIST AND THAT WAS THE LATEST ONE THAT SHE HAD. OKAY. SHE HAD A SHEEP ON. YEAH. YEAH. SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO AWAY. HEY, HEY. I MISSED THAT IT WASN'T AN EXPERIMENT TO KEEP THE GRASS CUT. THE WHAT? CUT RATS. SHE THE GRASS OPERATING COSTS. IT DIDN'T WORK. . OKAY. JASON WAS QUITE EXCITED. . JASON WAS LOVING IT. WELL LOOK, WE'RE GONNA GET OUT IN 30 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS THE RECORD. IF THERE'S NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, HAVE NO IDEA. I WANT KEEP WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED WITH WEATHER, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT HERE. TURN OUT TO BE ONE. THAT'S HOW WE LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S HOW WE ROLL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.