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ALL[1. CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK.UM, THIS IS JUNE 6TH, 7:00 PM CALLING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.
GLAD TO SEE THAT EVERYONE'S HERE AND NOT BITTEN UP BY MOSQUITOES AND
UM, I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND DO THE ROLL CALL.
SHE DID SEND ME AN EMAIL THAT SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
YOU WANT TO SAY HERE, RIGHT?
AND TANNER WILLIAMS IS NOT GONNA BE HERE AS WELL.
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
NUMBER THREE.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL, UH, THAT HAD THOSE MEETINGS MINUTES IN THERE, AND THEY'RE ALSO ATTACHED.
UH, WILL, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS MODIFICATIONS THAT ANYONE FEEL IS NECESSARY? AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY MEETING MINUTES.
I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR MINUTES.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME BEFORE US NOT SEEING ANYONE.
[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]
OVER TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.ITEM FIVE, OR ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION.
UH, ITEM A, INTRODUCE THE NEW SENIORS ADAPTIVE RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST.
ALLISON VICKERY, UM, RECREATION MANAGER.
UM, AND I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE NICOLE MCGEE.
SHE'S OUR NEW RECREATION SPECIALIST OVERSEEING BOTH OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR ADAPTED RECREATION PROGRAMS. UM, SHE'S COMING TO US PREVIOUSLY WORKING AT THE VERNE COX CENTER, WHICH IS IN PASADENA.
UM, IT'S PART OF THEIR PASADENA PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ADAPTED RECREATION.
UM, SO SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
SHE HAS A LOT OF NEW PROGRAM IDEAS.
SHE ALSO HAS WORKED WITH, UH, SENIOR ADULTS AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND HAVE A WORD? WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU UP HERE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
LOVELY TO MEET YOU ALL, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH MISSOURI CITY.
WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO, TO A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
I'M SURE BUDDY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY 'CAUSE I JUST SAW IT.
OH, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? PASADENA.
AND MY, MY QUESTION, ARE YOU WORKING OUT OF THE TENNIS REC CENTER AND THE LA AND LANDMARK? WHERE? THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELCOME ABOARD.
WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE THE NEW FITNESS AND ATHLETICS RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST.
I'M FILLING IN FOR RODE FERGUSON, WHO IS HIS MANAGER.
UM, JAVIER HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
HE STARTED OUT AS A, UM, RECREATION ATTENDANT AT THE FRONT DESK.
WORKED AT, NO, NOT ATTENDANT PART-TIME, UH, SORRY.
WORKED HIS WAY UP TO A FULL-TIME ATTENDANT MOST RECENTLY.
AND THEN AS OF WHEN WAS THAT? MARCH, APRIL.
APRIL WAS PROMOTED AGAIN TO OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST OVERSEEING OUR FITNESS AND ATHLETICS PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT.
COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
WE, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I'VE MET A GOOD AMOUNT OF YOU AT THE REC.
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I'VE BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS.REALLY EXCITED ON WHAT I COULD POSSIBLY BRING TO THE REC CENTER.
I'M GONNA GIVE HIM, I'M GONNA GIVE JAVIER KUDOS BECAUSE I HAD TOLD HIM THAT THERE WERE SOME OPENINGS IN THE CITY AND HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO GO IN AND APPLY AND GOT HIRED.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH.
[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
SIX, ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION.UH, ITEM A WESTERN RIDGE ESTATES PARKLAND DEDICATION.
UH, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR, DANIELLE.
UM, SO THIS IS A, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT IS OFF OF DARBY LANE.
UM, IT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR SMALLER PARKLAND DEDICATIONS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST TAKING ONE LOT AND SPLITTING IT INTO TWO.
UM, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING A, UM, CASH IN LIEU OF FEE OF $2,800.
UM, BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BE A TWO, TWO HOME DEVELOPMENT.
UM, FAIRLY STANDARD IN, IN YOUR PACKETS.
YOU DO HAVE THE, THE SITE MAP AS WELL AS THE LETTER FROM THE DEVELOPER.
UM, THAT SHOWS KIND OF WHERE, WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE, AS WELL AS THE, THE LOT SIZES.
THEY ARE FAIRLY LARGE, SO THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED A, UM, A MAP, WHICH IS THE DISTANCE OF THE CLOSEST PARK.
THIS IS ANOTHER HOA PARK, BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NOT RESIDENCE ONLY.
UM, SO THEY COULD GO OVER THERE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO FAIRLY CLOSE TO, UM, KITTY HOLLOW PARK.
UM, SO, UH, ADAM, OUR PARK PLANNER COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE DID PREPARE THIS FOR US.
UM, AND HIS RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO APPROVE BASED ON IT BEING TWO HOMES.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THOSE TRICKY ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S $2,800, DOESN'T DO US TOO MUCH GOOD IN A PARK ZONE FUND, BUT ALSO DEVELOPING A PARK IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR JUST A, A PLOT OF TWO RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'D, UH, OWEN, SORRY, I FORGOT.
WE DID INCLUDE THE, THE PARK ZONE INFORMATION.
UM, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC PARKS THROUGH THE CITY IN ZONE 12.
UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THAT LAND.
UM, FOR A POTENTIAL, IT'LL BE A COUPLE YEARS, BUT POTENTIAL ACQUISITION, UM, 'CAUSE THE FUNDS IN THAT, IN THAT ACCOUNT ARE GROWING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, I, I LOOKED AT IT AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE HAD THIS TO COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE SOMEONE DIVIDES A LOT INTO TWO.
AND AGAIN, AS SHE STATED EARLIER, THESE ARE LARGE ACREAGE TRACKS, THESE LOTS OUT IN NEW POINT ESTATE.
SO ANYWHERE FROM FIVE ACRES TO, TO 10 15 ACRES.
UH, SO, UH, TYPICALLY JUST AS A REFRESHER FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARKS BOARD GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL TAKE OUR NOTES AND, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION GIVE IT CONSIDERATION.
AFTER THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR ACTION, THEY'LL FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND CITY COUNCIL IS WHERE IT STOPS.
UH, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION.
THIS IS ABOUT AS EASY AS YOU'LL GET RIGHT HERE.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND, UM, ACCEPTING THE TWO $2,800 IN LIEU OF PARK LAND.
GOT A MOTION BY, BY PAM, SECOND BY THOMASINE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
NUMBER SEVEN, STAFF REPORTS.I THINK, UH, DANIELLE WANTS TO TORTURE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
SO SHE ASKED ME TO COME UP HERE, HUH.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF YOU THAT I HAVE, HAVE YET TO INTRODUCE, BUT, UH, HORTICULTURALIST, CITY, FORESTER.
BEEN HERE ABOUT 16, MAYBE PUSHING 17 YEARS NOW.
BUT I WAS JUST GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK, VERY NON-TECHNICAL, HOPEFULLY ENTERTAINING A LITTLE UPDATE ON SOME OF THE FORESTRY HIGHLIGHTS WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UH, LET'S SEE THERE, THERE'S OUR TEAM OVER THERE.
THERE'S FIVE OF US, UH, SOON TO BE SIX, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH.
AND, UH, WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT, UH, THE ONE THING I WANT YOU GUYS TO NOTE OUT OF THAT PICTURE THERE IS THAT LITTLE WHITEBOARD IN THE BACK.
KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT IT SAYS, THINGS CHANGE,
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STAY FLEXIBLE.AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE MY DIVISION'S MANTRA BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS KNOW, HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, LAST DECADE OR SO, SO MUCH CHANGE OVER IN CITY LEADERSHIP.
SO MUCH CHANGE OVER IN OUR CLIMATE.
WE WENT THROUGH WHAT A NATURAL DISASTER MAYBE EVERY THREE, FOUR YEARS TO NOW YOU'RE ALMOST GUARANTEED TO HAVE EITHER THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, UH, DROUGHT OR FREEZE.
PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF A FEW.
SO IT'S BEEN GETTING VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO CONSISTENTLY MANAGE THINGS.
WE'VE HAD TO CONSTANTLY ADAPT TO ALL THESE POLITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.
BUT JUST A LITTLE, A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON SOME OF OUR MANAGEMENT AREAS.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN TASKED, TASKED WITH, UM, TAKING CARE OF AND ENHANCING A LOT OF OUR MAIN THOROUGH FAIRS.
AS FAR AS RIGHT OF WAY, THIS WAS A COUNCIL PRIORITY SET PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
KIND OF SPARKED FROM THAT WHOLE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT ROAD REJUVENATION, THE CORRIDOR REJUVENATION.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
WE PUT A LOT OF INVESTMENT INTO THOSE FLOWER BEDS AND, AND GRASS AREAS, TREE AREAS ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT.
UH, WE HANDLE PLACES LIKE SOUTH GESNER, A LOT OF THE, UH, HUNTERS, GLEN NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIANS OVER THERE AS WELL.
SO, IN TOTAL, OUR DIVISION, UH, IN THE CITY BASICALLY WILL TAKE CARE OF ABOUT NINE STRATEGIC ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT STRETCHES OUT ABOUT 10 MILES.
AND, AND WITHIN THAT THERE'S ABOUT 37 FLOWER BEDS THAT WE, WE DO CONSIST CONSISTENTLY MAINTAIN.
UH, MOST OF THE OTHER RIGHT OF WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE MAINTAINED BY THE HOAS, OR IN SOME CASES IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.
UH, THOSE DEALS ARE AGREED UPON WHEN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN.
UH, ANOTHER AREA IS OUR FACILITIES.
WE HAVE 12 OF 'EM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, STACY, SO THEY CAN SEE SOME OF THAT THE OTHER WAY? THE OTHER WAY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE CREATIVE WITH THINGS, TRYING SOME NEW THINGS.
YOU'RE PROBABLY SPOTTED WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE ROCK GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, ONE OF THE BIG BATTLES WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN OUR LIFETIME IS THE WATER WARS.
ALL RIGHT? OVER HALF OF WHAT THE US USES IN FRESH WATER IS FOR LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION THAT CAN'T LAST FOREVER.
POPULATION'S GROWING, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS KEEP ON COMING UP.
I THINK, UH, THE BIG EXTRAVAGANT FLOWER BEDS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF LIKE THE SIENNAS, THE RIVER STONES, THAT'S GONNA BE PHASING OUT OVER TIME BECAUSE WE JUST BASICALLY CAN'T USE THAT MUCH WATER ANYMORE.
AND THOSE ARE VERY WATER THIRSTY THINGS.
SO THE ZERO ESCAPING IS WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR AS A DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL TREND ON THAT ONE.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR A LOT OF THESE CLIMATE CHANGES THAT WE'RE HAVING AS WELL.
THE FREEZES, THE EXTREME DROUGHTS, UH, EVEN SOME OF THESE, UH, NEW INSECT ATTACKS THAT WE'RE GETTING.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES HERE, UH, AROUND THE CITY BUILDINGS IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITY AREAS FOR INCORPORATING SOME OF THIS, UH, ZERO SCAPE, THIS ROCK SCAPE INTO OUR NORMAL LANDSCAPING.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE DID ON THAT BOTTOM PICTURE THERE.
THAT'S THE ENTRANCE TO CITY HALL.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STRICT ZERO ESCAPING NEXT TO THE MARQUEE.
THEN I HAVE A LITTLE, WE CREATED WHAT'S CALLED A BUTTERFLY PATHWAY.
ALL THOSE LITTLE BUTTER, ALL THOSE PLANTS THAT YOU SEE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK OR ATTRACT INTO BUTTERFLIES.
SO IF YOU WALK DOWN, THERE'S LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO SEE A BUTTERFLY.
UM, WE'RE DOING A, NO, I'M NOT GONNA CALL IT ART.
WE'RE GOING CALL IT LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AND JUST GIVE SOME OF THESE LANDSCAPES SOME PERSONALITY.
AGAIN, IT'S NON-LIVING ORGANISMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THEIR ROCKS.
WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME OTHER METAL SCULPTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HAS THIS COLOR THAT PEOPLE WANT.
CITY COUNCIL STILL WANTS TO PUSH FOR, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT EVERY TIME.
AND THEN STUFF LIKE, UH, UC UP WHERE THERE, UH, ON THE TOP LEFT THERE, A LITTLE, LITTLE CREATIVE ROCK SCAPE WE GOT OVER BY THE, UH, THE LIBRARY THERE WITH THE TROUBLE SPOT.
UH, HERE'S A COUPLE OF THE FIRE STATIONS.
WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE FIRE STATIONS.
WE JUST FINISHED NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THAT NEW ONE IN LAKE OLYMPIA THAT ALSO HOUSES MOST OF THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, REDID ALL THE FLOWER BEDS FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THAT ONE ON THE LEFT THERE IS IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE CAMPFIRE, RIGHT? WELL, IF YOU GO THERE AT NIGHT, WE ACTUALLY PUT SOME SOLAR LIGHTS ON THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE WITH THESE THINGS AND DO SOME LOW BUDGET INNOVATION.
WE'LL CALL IT, UH, SOME MORE FIRE STATIONS OVER HERE.
WE HAVE ON THE, THE TOP LEFT, UH, NUMBER THREE, TOP RIGHT IS NUMBER THREE.
UH, THE BOTTOM ONE THERE IS NUMBER TWO UP IN THE FONDANT PARK AREA.
UM, A LOT OF THESE LANDSCAPES WERE VERY, THEY WERE EITHER DECLINING OR THEY WERE BASICALLY VACANT WHEN WE, WHEN WE, UH, CAME IN HERE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.
SO, UH, THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO REDO 'EM AND, AND
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CLASS 'EM UP A BIT.OTHER AREAS, OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, SEVERAL FLOWER BEDS AND, AND THINGS AROUND THE BUILDING THERE.
UM, ON THE RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE THE TENNIS CENTER.
THIS IS ALL NATIVE PERENNIAL STUFF.
SO WE DON'T DO ANNUAL CHANGE OUTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE, WE TRY TO STICK TO NATIVES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
AT LEAST NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES.
WE TRY TO DO PERENNIAL FLOWERING THINGS IN COMBINATION WITH MAYBE BROWN COVER THINGS TO GIVE IT SEASONAL INTEREST.
UM, JUST PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WITH THESE LANDSCAPES, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE POP EVERY TIME, ALL YEAR LONG.
AND IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THAT POP.
IF YOU GUYS PAY YOUR HOA DUES, YOU KNOW THIS.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ADD SOME COMBINATIONS.
SO WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME INTEREST AT ANY TIME OF YEAR JUST TO LOOK AT AS YOU'RE COMING INTO THESE FACILITIES.
AND THEY LAST BETTER WITH, UH, WITH ALL THESE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE HAVE 31 MAIN, UH, DEVELOPED PARK LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
FLOWER BEDS, ARBORETUMS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM JUST GOING THROUGH DOING, UH, TREE TRIMMING EVERY COUPLE YEARS OR MAINTAINING CERTAIN FLOWER BEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANOTHER 18 OR SO ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACES.
THEY COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST GRASS AND TREE AREAS LIKE, UH, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, RIPARIAN AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY GET TO THOSE EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS.
IT COULD BE EVERY FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON, UH, WHAT COMES OUR WAY REALLY.
UH, BUT HERE, SO A PICTURE OVER HERE, AMERICAN LEGION PARK OVER NEAR BRIGHTWATER.
I WANTED TO SHOW THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF COOL.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY WERE, WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF, WHILE THAT PARK WAS BEING REDEVELOPED, HAVING THE CONTRACTOR DO IT, HAVING A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PUT ALL THE PLANTS TOGETHER AND THEN WE WATCH 'EM DIE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
JASON AT THE TIME SAID, IT'S YOURS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE DID, AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR BEST ONES.
UM, AND IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS TO REALLY GET GOING BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE USING NATIVE PERENNIALS.
WE'RE USING STUFF THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU INSTANT POP, BUT I DON'T KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THAT NOW AND IT'S KIND OF POPPING.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF HEADING AS A DEPARTMENT, AS A DIVISION.
SOME OF OUR OTHER PARKS HERE, WE DID A LOT OF WORK AT BUFFALO RUN.
UH, SELFISHLY IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARKS 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A NATURE PARK.
BUT WE JUST REDID THE, THE BEDS IN THE FRONT BY THE MARQUEE SIGN, UH, OVER BY THE FIRST PLAYGROUND AND OLD HORSESHOE PIT.
YOU CAN SEE WE JUST PUT IN ANOTHER, UH, MULTI-TIERED GARDEN OVER THERE.
AND THEN ONE OF MY STAFF IS ALSO, UM, A KIND OF A LOCALLY FAMOUS ARTIST.
AND HE REDID THIS LITTLE CHIMNEY SWIFT TOWER THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE.
UH, THAT'S BASICALLY A NESTING HOUSE THAT A
I NEVER ONCE SEEN A CHIMNEY SWIFT ACTUALLY GO INTO THE TOWER, BUT THE TOWER WAS BUILT REALLY WELL.
SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, UH, DO A NON-ART PIECE OVER HERE AND, UH, SPRUCE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S GOT SOME SOLAR LIGHTS ON TOP, SO CHECK THAT OUT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY AT NIGHT.
UH, OTHER THINGS THAT MY CREW DOES IS PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, WE'LL WORK WITH EITHER A SCOUT GROUP OR ON THIS CASE IT WAS A, AN ADULT SORORITY.
THE AKA SORORITY AT THE TOP LEFT.
UH, WE DID A TREE PLANTING ABOUT 40 TREES OVER AT THAT NEW PROPERTY IN FOND PARK ON THE RIGHT, THERE WAS THE YOUTH IN PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM WITH HELP OF MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
UH, WE HAD ABOUT, I WANNA SAY 20 OR 30 KIDS COME OUT TO THAT.
THEY PLANTED ABOUT 90 TREES AT COMMUNITY PARK.
AND THEY ALSO DID LIKE A LITTLE SEED BALL TOSS INTO SOME OF THE, THE KIND OF THE BACK AREA THERE.
UH, WE WRAPPED UP PHASE THREE OF THE RIGHT TREE, RIGHT PLACE TRAIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTER POINT ENERGY OVER AT RIDGEVIEW PARK.
AND, UH, REPLACED SOME OF THE TREES THAT WE LOST IN THE DROUGHT LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS ADDED A NEW GROVE, UH, BETWEEN THE PARK AND THAT LITTLE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THE, UH, DONUT SHOP IS.
SO AGAIN, WE TRY TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 'CAUSE IT'S FUN, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT AND WE GET THE TREES OUT OF IT OR WHATEVER.
WE HAPPEN TO BUILD ON THESE PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR ONGOING THINGS.
EDIBLE EARTH FEST IS OUR, IS MY DIVISION'S MARQUEE EVENT.
UH, WE USUALLY HOLD IT IN THE SPRINGTIME.
IT'S BEEN MARCH THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND IT JUST KEEPS STEADILY GROWING.
UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THIS EVENT, I I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO NEXT YEAR IF YOU CAN.
UH, IT'S COOL BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL CITY EVENT WHERE IT'S US AS STAFF TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE ENTERTAINING FOR Y'ALL.
IT'S BASICALLY VOLUNTEERS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF PUTTING THE LOGISTICS TOGETHER.
IT'S KIND OF AN ORGANIC EVENT, SO TO SPEAK.
ANYTHING ABOUT RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, BENEFICIAL INSECTS, NATIVE PLANTS, TONS OF STUFF TO GIVE AWAY.
UH, NOT, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT, UH, MISSOURI CITY GREEN MASTER GARDENERS, MASTER NATURALISTS, THEY'RE A HUGE PART OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE OUR, UH, MEMORIAL TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN ONGOING NOW FOR ABOUT BOY FISHING, PUSHING ABOUT 13 OR 14 YEARS.
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LOT OF THE YOUNGER TREES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PARKS ARE A RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM, NOT TAX DOLLARS.UH, BESIDES MY, MY COST AND MY GUYS' COST TO TAKE CARE OF THIS STUFF.
BUT, UH, WE, WE HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE, THE TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, OR IF YOU'RE TALKING WITH FOLKS AS A PARK BOARD MEMBER AND, UM, THEY HAVE A, A DECEASED FAMILY MEMBER FRIEND, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS IS A REALLY NICE WAY TO MEMORIALIZE THEM TO GET THE TREE IN THE GROUND.
I ALWAYS INVITE THAT GROUP TO COME ON PLANTING DAY, IF THEY WANNA DO PRAYERS, CEREMONIES, UH, WHATEVER BASICALLY THEY WANT TO DO.
UH, WE LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
WHAT YOU GUYS REALLY CAME HERE TO HEAR ABOUT US ALL.
WHAT'S ALL THE DAMN WEBS DOING ON MY TREES? ALL RIGHT.
UH, SO ALL THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING AT THIS POINT THAT IT'S ALL, IT'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FALL WEB WORMS. ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S THESE LITTLE CATERPILLARS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN AN INCH LONG.
UM, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, DON'T ASK ME WHY THIS YEAR THEY JUST WENT CRAZY.
AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GO CRAZY AT A PACE THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THEY'RE ATTACKING TREES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM ATTACK BEFORE.
AND THEY'LL BASICALLY DEFOLIATE A MATURE TREE IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE DAYS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS BASED ON THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, EVEN IF THEY DEFOLIATE THE ENTIRE TREE, USUALLY THEY'LL JUST MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER FOOD SOURCE AND THEN THAT TREE WILL START BOUNCING BACK.
THEN THEY'LL COME BACK IN THE FALL AND THEY'LL TRY TO HIT IT AGAIN.
AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THEY'LL SLOW DOWN PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN IN THE FALL THEY'RE GONNA BE BACK.
BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HOW THE, THESE TREES REACT BECAUSE THIS IS AN OUTBREAK LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
WE'RE FOLLOWING UP A DROUGHT AND A FREEZE WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND IN COMBINATION WITH THIS, IT'S LIKE RINGING THE DINNER BELL FOR ANY OTHER INSECTS AND DISEASE TO COME AND, AND FINISH THE JOB WITH THESE TREES.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, SINCE WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE COULD DO, WE CAN'T SPRAY THEM ALL, CERTAINLY, OR DO, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE HIGH IMPACT AREAS.
SO THOSE RIGHT OF WAVES, WE HIT THOSE FIRST.
NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE FACILITIES, TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF ALL THE TREES AROUND THERE.
AND THEN IF WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP WITH THAT, WE'LL START WORKING INTO THE PARKS.
UH, PRIORITIZING STUFF LIKE MEMORIAL TREES, UH, YOUNGER TREES THAT ARE NOT YET ESTABLISHED AND PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE.
BASICALLY ANYTHING ABOVE 10 FEET, WE CAN'T EVEN ACCESS IT WITH OUR EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S LIKE, BUT IF THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR YOU AT YOUR HOME, AND I GUARANTEE EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS THEM IN YOUR YARD RIGHT NOW, UM, AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE USING EFRIN, UM, BASED PRODUCTS.
THERE'S A TON OF DIFFERENT TRADE NAMES FOR IT.
UH, THE PRODUCT WE USE IS CALLED CROSSCHECK, AND YOU CAN ONLY BUY IT IN BULK.
SO YOU GUYS AS HOMEOWNERS WOULDN'T PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BUY THAT SAME PRODUCT WITHOUT A LICENSE.
BUT I PUT A COUPLE EXAMPLES UP THERE ON YOUR SCREEN OF SOME OF THE STUFF YOU'D PROBABLY SEE AT HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S.
UH, THE KEY THERE IS THAT EFRIN, NO MATTER WHAT THE TRADE NAME IS, IF YOU LOOK FOR THAT ACTIVE INGREDIENT ON THE LABEL, THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE WITH THESE THINGS.
I'VE HEARD ALL KINDS OF OTHER TECHNIQUES USED.
THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY INSECTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENT THAT WILL WORK ON 'EM.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING VERY GOOD CONTROL WITH THAT.
UH, SO IF, IF IT'S REALLY BOTHERING YOU, THE BEST THING TO DO IS IF IT'S A NEW OUTBREAK, GET OUT THERE WITH A STICK, A RAKE, WHATEVER YOU CAN GET, POKE THOSE WEBS OPEN UP.
'CAUSE THAT'S THEIR SHIELD, THAT'S THEIR DEFENSE.
GET IN THERE WITH THAT PRODUCT AND THEN JUST DOUSE IT, SPRAY IT UP.
EITHER THE CHEMICAL'S GONNA HIT IT AND KILL THEM ALMOST INSTANTLY.
OR ONCE YOU BREAK UP THOSE WEBS, ALL THOSE LITTLE ANOLE LIZARDS CAN GET IN THERE.
THE BIRDS CAN GET IN THERE AND THEY'LL JUST HAVE A FEEDING FRENZY ON THOSE CATERPILLARS.
IT'S NOT GONNA KILL 'EM COMPLETELY, BUT IT WILL SLOW THEM DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND PROBABLY SAVE THE LOOK OF YOUR TREE.
I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU FOR THE NEXT COUPLE.
THAT ONE RIGHT THERE, THEY DON'T ATTACK FRUIT TREES THOUGH.
UH, THEY'RE INDISCRIMINATE AT THIS POINT.
THEY, THEY, THE TRADIT TRADITIONAL STUFF THAT I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THEM HIT FIRST IS MULBERRIES, UH, DOGWOODS PECANS.
THEY SEEM TO REALLY LIKE THE BIGGER REAL FLESHY SOFT LEAVES.
THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY STARTED WITH THIS YEAR.
BUT THEY ATE ALL THAT STUFF WITHIN LIKE TWO WEEKS.
SO NOW THEY'RE SPREADING TO THINGS LIKE OAK TREES AND THINGS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM AFFECT BEFORE.
UH, I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM HIT LIVE OAKS OR CREPE MYRTLES YET, WHICH IS OUR, STILL OUR TWO MOST COMMON TREES.
THEY ARE STARTING TO HIT ELMS, WHICH IS PROBABLY OUR THIRD MOST COMMON TREE.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
THEY'RE JUST RUNNING OUT OF A FOOD.
THEY'RE JUST HOPPING FROM TREE TO TREE, JUST GOING CRAZY.
SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT.
I, I THINK THEY ARE GONNA HIT FRUIT TREES.
YEAH, I KNOW ON THE EDIBLE TRAIL, THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF OUR PERSIMMON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA GO AFTER FRUIT TREES AS WELL.
IT'S AN OUTBREAK LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN.
UH, ANOTHER ONE YOU GUYS WANNA LOOK OUT.
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THERE, STACY? THANK YOU.UH, THIS ONE'S BEEN HITTING US FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE EVERY YEAR.
SAY THAT FOUR TIMES REAL FAST.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A TREE, A CREPE MYRTLE TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS REAL BLACK TRUNK, KINDA LIKE SOMEBODY JUST GOT A, A LOT OF OIL OR SOMETHING ON THE TRUNK.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT, UH, THE TWIGS RIGHT BELOW THE LEAVES, YOU'LL SEE ALL THESE LITTLE WHITE DOTS.
IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CRITTERS THAT HIT US HARD AND FAST SCALES ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
UH, BASICALLY WE'RE ONLY TRYING TO CONTROL ON THE ONES AROUND CITY HALL.
AND IT'S A THREE CHEMICAL, THREE APPLICATION PER YEAR PROCESS.
AND IT STILL DOESN'T KILL 'EM ALL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING IN THE LONG TERM.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START PHASING OUT GREAT MYRTLES, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START WAITING UNTIL SCIENCE CATCHES UP AND FINDS VARIETIES OF GREAT MYRTLES THAT ARE MORE RESISTANT TO THESE.
BUT THIS IS PART OF OUR HOME NOW, GUYS, SO GET USED TO IT.
UH, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT, THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS IN THE WINTER MONTHS, GET OUT YOUR PRESSURE WASHER, TRY TO CLEAN UP ALL THAT BLACK STUFF.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY THE SCALE POOP THAT'S ON THERE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN TRY DOING SOME CHEMICAL TREATMENTS IN THE LATE WINTER UP UNTIL ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN YOU DO YOUR THIRD TREATMENT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST GONNA SLOW 'EM DOWN.
WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CHEMICAL? ALL RIGHT, SO WE, WE USE THREE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS IN THE WINTER.
WE'LL DO THE PRESSURE WASHING, AND THEN I'LL APPLY THE HORTICULTURE OIL AND THAT'LL KILL ANY LEFTOVER EGGS IN ADULTS THAT MIGHT BE LINGERING ON THAT TREE ANY EARLY, UH, HATCHLINGS.
THEN USUALLY ABOUT MARCH, I'M GONNA FOLLOW UP AND I USE, UH, A BIRAN PRODUCT AND I USE THAT AS A SPRAY.
UH, IT'S THE SAME THING THAT I'M RECOMMENDING FOR, FOR THE WORMS IN THIS CASE.
AND THEN ONCE ALL THE LEAVES ARE OUT, THEN I COME WITH A SYSTEMIC PRODUCT THAT'S, UH, IT'S BASICALLY A MIT OCL, RIGHT? IT'S THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT AS YOU SEE 'EM, LIKE OFF THE BUG SPRAY OFF.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY TAKEN IN THROUGH THE ROOT SYSTEM.
AND THEN IT KILLS THE BUGS AS THEY'RE FEEDING OFF OF THE LEAVES.
YOU GOTTA USE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS.
YOU GOTTA APPLY 'EM BASICALLY THREE MONTHS IN A ROW IN THE LATE, IN THE LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING TO SLOW THEM DOWN, NOT TO ELIMINATE THEM, TO SLOW THEM DOWN.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE ON THESE GUYS.
SO IF YOU LOVE CREPE MYRTLES, I'M SORRY, IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH YEAR.
UH, THAT WAS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, GUYS, LITTLE HOT TOPICS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SOME BRIEF QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER NOW.
OTHERWISE YOU HAVE MY EMAIL OUT THERE.
AND, UM, WE CAN COMMUNICATE VERY VERSUS, UH, VIA EMAIL OR YOU CAN GIMME A CALL AND WE CAN TALK IN DEPTH ABOUT YOUR STUFF.
I CAN'T COME TO YOUR HOUSE
PEOPLE ASK THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT I CAN DO A LOT OVER THE PHONE.
AND ALSO, IF YOU SEND ME REALLY HIGH QUALITY PICTURES, I CAN DO A LOT OF DIAGNOSTICS IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH YOUR LANDSCAPE THAT WAY.
ALL RIGHT, ANY QUICK QUESTIONS NOW BUDDY? I THINK EVERY, OH, I'M SORRY.
I THINK EVERYTH THING LOOKS AMAZING WITH AS FEW PEOPLE AS YOU HAVE ON YOUR STAFF.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THIS? YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY FOR STACY TO SEND THIS TO US OR LIKE SEND TO THIS POWERPOINT? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BUDDY? SORRY, I NEED SOME PERSONAL HELP.
HAS AND ALL MY PLANTS RECENTLY BEING ATTACKED BY LITTLE INCH, INCH AND A HALF WHITE CATERPILLARS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S THAT FALL WEB WORM.
THIS IS A WEB WORM, BUT I NEVER SEEN ANY WEBS.
THEY'RE YOU'RE GONNA SEE 'EM IN A FEW DAYS.
YOU ARE COMING, COMING, COMING.
THE TWO SPECIES THAT I'VE SEEN, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY CLOSE IN FAMILY FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.
BUT THERE'S ONE THAT'S MORE OF KIND OF A WHITISH FURRY.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BEIGE WHITE AND HAS SOME SPECKLES AND LINES ON IT.
UM, ONE WITH, I DON'T KNOW THEIR EXACT, UH, SPECIES NAME.
AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT OF TEXAS A AND M.
IT IS FALL BY WORMS. DIFFERENT ONES.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
I HAVE, I HAVE A SUGGESTION ON THE ROCK SCAPING UHHUH.
YOU COULD LOOK FOR SOME, UH, RECYCLED ITEMS TO PUT IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF RECYCLED ITEMS WITH COLOR THAT YOU CAN ADD, YOU KNOW, TO THE ESCAPING.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND ACTUALLY SOME OF THEM WE DID THAT.
AND PROBABLY SOME BROWNIE POINTS ON USING, UH, RECYCLED ITEMS. ABSOLUTELY.
UH, WE, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT.
UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE THAT, LIKE, SOME OF THE POLES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE USED TO MOUNT OUR LITTLE BUTTERFLIES, THE LITTLE DECORATIVE STUFF'S LIKE RECYCLED SCRAP METAL.
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AND THINGS WE'VE USED WERE FROM OTHER PROJECTS LIKE LEFTOVER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND WE'VE JUST BEEN REUSING 'EM IN, IN MORE OF A DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE.SO, BUT DEFINITELY YEAH, WE, WE TRY TO REUSE ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE RECYCLE ITEMS. OKAY.
YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE THAT LITTLE STUFF YOU PUT IN THE PLAYPENS IN PLAY PENS, THE PLAYPENS FAR REMOVED.
YOU KNOW, THE RUBBER TYPE STUFF.
IT'S LIKE, IT, IT'S LIKE THE SHREDDED TIRES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? IT'S LIKE RUBBER.
IT'S LIKE RE USE RB OVER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE STAY FLEXIBLE.
WE'RE ALWAYS UP FOR NEW IDEAS.
WHENEVER IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT, WE DO IT.
MISS OVERSON, I HAVE UH, ONE QUESTION.
THE, UH, CHEMICAL THAT'S FOR THE WEB WORMS, IS THAT HAT FRIENDLY? DO YOU KNOW? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YOU HAVE TO READ INDIVIDUAL LABELS BECAUSE, UM, IT ALL DEPENDS ON, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE RATE THAT YOU, WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER CHEMICALS MIGHT BE IN COMBINATION? MM-HMM.
BUT STUFF YOU MIGHT BUY FROM HOME DEPOT MIGHT HAVE THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE LIKE A STICKING AGENT OR SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THOSE THINGS REACT TO PETS.
SO IN GENERAL, YOU DON'T WANNA PUT PESTICIDES WHERE A PET GOES? MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.
YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY READ THE LABEL OF EACH THING.
MOST OF THE STUFF THAT YOU BUY AT HOME IN HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S IS PRE-MIXED.
AND IT'S SUCH A LOW RATE THAT YOU'D, YOU'D PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO MESS THAT UP PRETTY GOOD AND LIKE POUR IT RIGHT ON YOUR PET.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT EATS EVERYTHING.
UH, TRAIN IT TO EAT WEB WORMS,
OH, ARE ANY OF THE PARKS HAVE BIRDS, NATIVE BIRDS THAT ARE ATTRACTION TO, THAT ARE ATTRACTED TO BIRDS IN OUR AREA.
ARE ANY OF THE PARKS HAVE, YOU MENTIONED THE BUTTERFLIES AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ANY OF THE PARKS THAT UH, ATTRACT BIRDS, NAKED BIRDS? DEFINITELY INDEPENDENT BIRDS.
GONE IS PROBABLY THE COOLEST PLACE TO BE IN.
LIKE, I WANNA SAY PROBABLY MID-JANUARY TO EARLY MARCH.
'CAUSE THAT'S, WHICH ONE DID YOU SAY? INDEPENDENCE.
UH, OUR DIVING AND WAITING BIRDS.
YOU'LL SEE ANYTHING FROM PELICANS AND SEAGULLS COMING IN FROM GALVESTON.
BUT YOU ALSO SEE LIKE ROSET SPOON BILLS, SCISSOR TAILS.
UH, ALL STUFF COMING DOWN THE FLYWAY.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLOR SCHEME? WHAT PLANTS GO WHERE? YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT? ME AND MY TEAM NURSERY DOESN'T HELP YOU OUT.
WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LIMITED ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND ESPECIALLY YEARS THAT ARE LIKE AFTER A FREEZE WHERE NURSERIES GET WIPED OUT TO AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BUY STUFF.
THEN, THEN OUR PALLET BECOMES VERY SMALL.
BUT, UM, ON NORMAL YEARS, IT'S BASICALLY ME AND MY GUYS, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
IT'S BASED ON, IT'S BASED ON MAKING MISTAKES REALLY
YOU WATCH WHAT DIES AND YOU DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.
SO I HAVE JUST, I'M SORRY, GO ON.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING RIGHT NOW ON, UH, VICKSBURG, UH, BOULEVARD? I, I DUNNO, THAT PARTICULAR MEDIAN OVER THERE IS MAINTAINED BY THE HOA.
SO WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING LANDSCAPE WISE, THAT'S A HO THAT LANDSCAPE.
THEY TRENCHING, IT'S TRENCHED ALL THE WAY DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE IN A WHILE.
MAYBE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC UTILITY OR SOMETHING.
SO I HAVE TWO COMMENTS FOR YOU.
ONE, BECAUSE WHEN IN LISTENING TO YOU, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A MASSIVE, I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SEVERAL TIMES THAT, WELL, HERE'S WHAT THEY PUT IN WHEN THEY BUILT IT.
BUT THEN HERE IT IS, A YEAR LATER WE GOT RIP IT OUT AND WE PUT IT BACK IN.
AND SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, IE STA MO PARK, DO THOSE PLANS COME TO YOU FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, TO SAY, WELL, WE LIKE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT HERE'S WHAT WE WANT DONE.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO PAY TO PUT IN A BUNCH OF LANDSCAPING THAT HERE IT IS A YEAR OR TWO LATER, YOU PULL IT OUT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU.
IF NOT, I WANNA MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN A PARK,
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THAT IT AT LEAST GETS A, A, A LOOK SEE BY YOU TO SEE HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT YOU FROM A MAINTENANCE.BECAUSE WHEN IT GOES IN AND THEY DEDICATE IT AND, AND WE TAKE POSSESSION, IT'S OURS.
AND THEN A YEAR LATER YOU GO, YOU'RE RIPPING IT BACK OUT.
I I MEAN THE BASIC ANSWER TO THAT ANCE IS IT DEPENDS ON THE PROJECT MANAGER.
SOME OF SOME HAVE BEEN BASICALLY STAY OUTTA MY WAY.
SOME HAVE BEEN REALLY HANDS ON AND SAY, PLEASE REVIEW THIS STUFF, ADD COMMENTS, GO TO THESE MEETINGS.
DANIELLE HAS BEEN AWESOME ABOUT THAT.
SHE'S, SHE'S BEEN GETTING ME INVOLVED IN THESE PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
LIKE YOU SAY, IF YOU ASK ME EVERY TIME I WANNA DO THE LANDSCAPE EVERY TIME.
BECAUSE NO ONE'S GONNA DO IT BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT MAINTAIN IT.
'CAUSE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO.
WE KNOW THE, WE KNOW THE CLIMATE, WE KNOW THE GROUND, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, TO FINISH IT.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT MIGHT VISIT THE SITE TWICE.
SO I WILL MAKE THAT REQUEST, NOT ONLY FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN I'M GONNA GO TO MY NEXT PART OF IT IS FROM A PUBLIC WORK SIDE.
AND SO MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A DESIGN MANUAL.
AND, AND WHEN WE GIVE A PROJECT TO A CONSULTANT, WE SAY, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW OUR GUIDELINES.
AND SO TO ME WHAT MAKES SENSE IS THAT IF WE KNOW WHAT GUIDELINES WE NEED TO ADD IN THERE, WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT THE FIRST TIME, MR. CONSULTANT'S GONNA SAY, WELL, HERE'S WHAT THEY WANT RIGHT HERE.
AND SO THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
IT IS JUST COMMON PRACTICAL SENSE FROM MY STANDPOINT.
SO I'M ASKING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH I KNOW DANIELLE, BUT I'M GONNA ALSO GO TO PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND SAY LET'S LOOK AT OUR DESIGN STANDARDS FOR LANDSCAPING IN THAT PART OF THE PROJECT MANUAL.
SO THAT WAY WE GOT SOME STANDARDS THAT, THAT MAKE SENSE.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HAD ANY INPUT WHEN THEY DID THE DESIGN MANUAL UPDATE? PROBABLY NOT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE I ADDED SOME TREE STUFF, LIKE A LIST OF SPECIES, UH, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, SPACING, SAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR A, A POWER LINE, UH, BETWEEN SIDEWALK AND CURB, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT, WHAT THINGS WILL WORK FOR AN IDEAL WORLD.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MANAGERS AND PUBLIC WORKS ACTS AS ITS OWN LITTLE UNIVERSE AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S ALL WE'LL WORK TOGETHER.
I THE INFORMATION IS IS ALL OUT THERE.
IT'S, IT'S THE PROCESS THAT PROBABLY CAN BE TWEAKED YEAH.
TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE RIGHT HANDS.
AND THE OTHER THING I WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GOING TORO GATE, BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE'S OWN, UH, KNOWLEDGE, WE PAY FOR WATER.
AND WHEN WE'RE PULLING WATER OUT OF THE GROUND, EVEN THE CITY, WE GOTTA PAY THAT GROUNDWATER POAGE FEE.
AND THAT FEE IS NOT SMALL AND IT DOESN'T GO AWAY AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE.
AND SO KUDOS TO Y'ALL FOR COMING UP WITH SOME VERY, VERY DECORATIVE DESIGN AND LAYOUTS AND THINGS THAT Y'ALL DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, I KNOW IN MY SUBDIVISION WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE LANDSCAPE AND THE PLANTS MAY DIE.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THE CITY? NOT WITH CITY PURCHASING, NO.
NO, WE DON'T GET PLANT WARRANTIES.
AND, AND IN MOST CASES THEY DIE BECAUSE SOME KIND OF A NATURAL EVENT.
NOT REALLY LIKE LACK OF IRRIGATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT PICKING THE RIGHT PLANTS FOR THAT SPOT.
BUT WE CAN'T STOP CARS FROM DRIVING UP ONTO MEDIANS AND BREAKING THINGS.
WE CAN'T STOP FREEZES AND DROUGHTS.
UH, ONE THOSE, THEY ANY PLANTS THAT, UH, THAT DIE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER.
THEY COME BACK AND WE WILL REPLANT.
WELL YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT CONTRACT.
WE ALL, PAUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, NEXT UP UP UPDATE ON PARKS OPERATIONS.
BARRY SUBMITTED HIS, YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO UPDATE ON RECREATION.
UM, SO, SO LAST MONTH I KIND OF GAVE YOU GUYS THE OVERVIEW OF OUR MID-YEAR NUMBERS.
UM, SO THIS TIME I DID INCLUDE APRIL AND MAY.
AS I SAID, WE HAD TO GO BACK AND, AND BACKTRACK ON SOME REPORTING, UM, WHICH, WHICH I COMPLETED AND IT'S IN HERE.
UM, AND THEN DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, SAVE THE DATE JULY 4TH.
UM, YOU GUYS WILL BE RECEIVING INFORMATION ON THAT SOON.
UM, WE'LL HAVE OUR, OUR VIP TENT AGAIN.
UM, AND IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD TIME.
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KIND OF STATISTICS WISE, UM, FACILITY USAGE IS STILL SKYROCKETING RIGHT NOW IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS.UM, I I THINK WE'VE HAD AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE IN THE REC CENTER AT ALL TIMES SINCE SCHOOL LET OUT.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, APRIL, INCOME, INCOME AND REVENUE WISE, APRIL WAS BIG FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATIONS, AND NORMALLY THAT'S IN MAY, SO YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT LITTLE BIT OF OFFSET WHERE WE WERE SLIGHTLY LOW IN MAY, BUT WE, WE HAD A LOT COME IN EARLY IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
AND SO IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THEN.
UM, AND THEN I DID JUST KINDA INCLUDE SOME LITTLE RECAP STUFF.
UM, PICTURES WISE, WE ENDED UP, UM, WRAPPING UP OUR SPRING PROGRAMS. UM, HAD A LOT OF TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS.
UM, OUR DANCE YOUTH DANCE RECITAL WAS A HUGE HIT.
UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR CHALK FEST, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS RAINED OUT ON DAY TWO, BUT DAY ONE WAS, WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
AND, UM, OUR ARTISTS WERE FANTASTIC.
WE HAD THE MONSTER MURAL, WHICH, UH, I, I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATED THE LITTLE KIDS, UH, BEING ALL OVER THE MONSTER MURAL.
AND, AND I, I WASN'T THERE, BUT ALLISON SENT ME A PICTURE AND IT'S, UM, IT'S UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF, UH, PEOPLE PROBABLY I WOULD EVEN VENTURE TO SAVE 55 TO 60 PLUS MM-HMM.
UM, IT REALLY REMINDS YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS FOR ALL AGES AND, UM, KIND OF RESETS YOUR MINDSET ON, ON WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE RECREATION REPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
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THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.SEPARATE NOTEPAD FOR THIS ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST A, A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, STAFFING AS, AS WE JUST INTRODUCED, UH, NICOLE AND JAVIER.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO EXTENDED AN OFFER FOR OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT POSITION.
UM, OFFER LETTER'S NOT SIGNED YET, SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE, WE DID A, A FULL ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR THAT POSITION, UM, AND REALLY CAME DOWN TO, WE COULDN'T GO WRONG EITHER WAY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY STARTING, UM, HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH TO SIX WEEKS ONCE THEY DO ALL THAT PAPERWORK SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THREE LIGHT DUTY, TWO LIGHT DUTY EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW ON PARKS, UM, IN ONE VACANCY.
UM, THEY, UH, SO THEY'RE KIND OF STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BETWEEN THE RAIN AND THE SHORTAGE OF STAFF, UM, WE, WE JUST LEARNED THAT WE'RE GONNA GET JOSH WILLIAMS, ONE OF OUR, OUR TECHNICIANS BACK FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
HE WAS THERE FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND SAID, I MS. PARKS AND REQUESTED TO COME BACK
HE'S A, HE IS A VERY HIGH MOTOR GUY, UM, VERY DRIVEN AND SO IT, IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE HIM BACK.
UM, AND THEN OUR, AND PAUL'S PAUL HAS ONE VACANCY IN FORESTRY.
UM, HE'LL BE STARTING IN ABOUT A TWO WEEKS, UH, WEEK AND A HALF NOW.
UM, SO COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS, UM, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO BEING FULLY STAFFED, UM, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
UM, WE ALSO GOT WORD RECENTLY THAT WE WERE SELECTED.
UM, THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION IS HOSTING THEIR FIRST EVER SUSTAINABILITY AND PRACTICE PROGRAM, UM, WHICH THEY SELECTED 10.
UH, SO WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, IS IT'S TWO, IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL TYPE THING.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S SIX DIFFERENT SESSIONS AND EACH SESSION IS THREE HOURS LONG.
AND IT'S TEACHING ACTION PLANS, IMPLEMENTATION, MESSAGING, UM, ALL REGARDING, UH, SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
I MEAN, IT WAS OPEN TO, TO MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES WHO HAVE A, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PARTNER.
UM, AND LUCKILY WE HAVE MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND THEY WERE WILLING TO KIND OF STEP UP AND, AND GO THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS WITH US.
AND SO OUR DEPARTMENT IN MISSOURI CITY GREEN WERE SELECTED FOR THE FIRST, FIRST COHORT.
UM, IT WAS 10, 10 DIFFERENT, UH, AGENCIES AND, AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WE HAVE A RECYCLING PLAN, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THAT GREAT AT IT.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE A, A REALLY BIG HELP FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR MESSAGING AND, AND OUR, OUR REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY ON, ON THAT EDUCATIONAL ASPECT.
UM, CURRENT OPERATIONS, I KIND OF MENTIONED IT ON THE PARK SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, PAUL, PAUL COVERED HIS, HIS GUYS ARE GOING CRAZY OUT THERE ON THE MEDIAN TRYING TO KEEP, IT'S, IT'S EITHER RAINING OR IT'S GROWING OUTTA CONTROL AND THAT'S FOR, FOR LANDSCAPING AND GRASS AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, SO BETWEEN THAT, WE ALSO ARE, UM, DEALING WITH SOME, SOME SPLASH PAD ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
YOU GUYS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE NEITHER OF OUR SPLASH PADS ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW.
UM, RIDGEVIEW, BOTH OF THEM OPENED FOR IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY AS PLANNED.
WE WENT THROUGH OUR SIX WEEK, UH, PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE.
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FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS LEADING UP TO IT.AND SO WE WERE LIKE, MAN, WE FINALLY GOT THIS RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN THE TUESDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, NEITHER OF THEM WERE WORKING.
UM, SO, SO WE ARE WAITING FOR A PART FOR THE HUNTER'S GLEN SPLASH PAD.
IT'S AN OLDER UNIT, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS.
AND SO WE HAD TO DO A SPECIAL ORDER ON THAT.
UM, IT'S THE, THE ACTIVATOR BUTTON THAT TURNS IT ON, SO REALLY DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT IT.
UM, AND THEN FOR, FOR RIDGEVIEW, IT'S, I'M REALLY NOT TOTALLY SURE, I'LL BE HONEST.
UM, IT, IT MIGHT BE A STAFF KNOWLEDGE THING.
UM, BUT WE CANNOT GET THE CHEMICALS IN LINE.
UM, AND WITHOUT THE CHEMICALS READING CORRECTLY, IT'S UNSAFE.
AND, AND I'M, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE POINT WE'D RATHER TAKE THE HEAT OF IT NOT WORKING THAN PUT SOMEBODY IN DANGER.
UM, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD JAVIER AND, AND OUR PARK GUYS AND, AND CONTRACTORS AND, AND ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE TAKING A LOOK.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR MEETING MEETING US OUT THERE IN THE MORNING.
UM, WHO THINKS THAT, THAT IT MIGHT, THE FULL SYSTEM MIGHT NEED RECALIBRATED.
SO, UM, THEY THINK THEY CAN DO IT IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG.
BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE ON OUR FACEBOOK, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO KEEP THAT, GET THAT WORKING.
UM, I KNOW IT, IT STINKS, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT NEW AMENITY THAT'S SO POPULAR AND IT'S SO HOT RIGHT NOW AND THE KIDS JUST GOT OUTTA SCHOOL AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE, I MEAN, YOU'LL, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT ALREADY, I'M, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED.
MOST, MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY'S PRETTY UPSET ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE IS JUST A WAITING ON A PART.
THE OTHER ONE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SO I'M JUST, WE'RE JUST NOT WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK.
SO ON THE RIDGE VIEW, IT'S RECYCLED WATER? YES.
AND THEN WHEN DO WE THINK THE PART WILL COME IN ON THE HUNTERS GLEN? UM, WE ORDERED IT THIS WEEK.
THEY HAD A BUNCH OF NEW REPS AND SO WE GOT PASSED AROUND THROUGH THEIR, THEIR TREE OF SALESMEN.
UM, IT WAS PLACED ON WEDNESDAY, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK.
UH, MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF, UM, BEING A HOLIDAY THROWN IN THERE AND, AND THINGS LIKE, WELL, NO JUNETEENTH IN TWO WEEKS, SO WE'RE OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU.
I WAS THINKING IT WAS NEXT WEEK, BUT NO, IT'S IN TWO WEEKS.
YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY THOUGHT THAT, UH, THEY, IT WOULD BE THIS WEDNESDAY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, WE FIGURED OUT IT'S THIS PART, WE KNOW WHAT IT IS, WE KNOW HOW TO REPLACE IT, BUT THEN THEY WERE LIKE, AH, WELL WE GOTTA ORDER IT FROM THE FACTORY.
'CAUSE THIS IS, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THESE PARTS ANYMORE.
UM, SO I'M HOPING ABOUT A WEEK, MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF.
IT'S PECULIAR TO ME THAT WITH BRIDGEVIEW BEING SO NEW THAT THERE'S NO MANUFACTURER OR INSTALLERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MALFUNCTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, SO, AND WE, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE, THE, THE CORPORATE, UM, OFFICE OF THE MANUFACTURER, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF EVEN AT THE POINT WHERE THE INSTALLER IS LIKE, WE'RE, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO.
UM, THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE OUTSIDE OF TWO YEARS NOW.
UM, SO ONCE, I MEAN IT, IT'S SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, FRIDGES AND TVS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU HIT THAT DATE AND THEY DID COME OUT AND THEY, THEY ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE OPENED, THEY CAME OUT AND DID A FULL TWO DAY TRAINING WITH OUR STAFF TO TEACH US HOW TO OPERATE IT, UM, TO TEACH US THE, NOT JUST, HEY, THIS IS HOW YOU OPERATE, OPERATE A SPLASH PAD, BUT HEY, THIS IS YOUR SPLASH PAD.
THIS IS WHERE YOU THINGS THAT YOU DO.
AND SO THEY HAVE, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE HELPFUL.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTEN.
ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHAT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING IT, THEN WE WILL FILE THAT WARRANTY CLAIM.
UM, IT'S JUST TOUGH TO REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT IS.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S CHEMICAL LEVELS AND IT, WE HAVE A, UH, AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM, SO IT READS IT AND IT FLOWS EITHER CHLORINE OR ACID, WHAT, WHAT IT NEEDS AUTOMATICALLY.
UM, AND IT'S NOT, WHEN WE TEST IT, THE LEVELS SAY ONE THING AND IT'S TELLING US ANOTHER.
AND IT, IT'S WEIRD, IT'S A WATER PLANT WHEN YOU RECYCLING IT.
IT'S A WATER PLANT BECAUSE IT'S COMING INTO HUMAN CONTACT, HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
YOU KNOW, AND SO UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE OTHER ONE IS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THE OTHER ONE IS NOT RECYCLING.
IT'S, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A PASS THROUGH SYSTEM.
SO NORMALLY WHEN THERE'S A WARRANTY THERE, THE, THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPANY WHO COMES OUT TO CONFIRM THAT.
SO THEY'RE NOT SENDING ANYONE OUT.
UM, SO PART OF IT IS THAT, SO THE FEATURES OUT ARE, UM, SO LIKE THE ACTUAL, THE SLIDES AND THE STRUCTURE, UM, IS LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES.
AND OUR LOCAL REP IS LONE STAR RECREATION.
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THE COMPONENTS ARE A DIFFERENT COMPANY.THE TANK IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY, AND THEN YOUR FEEDER SYSTEM'S A DIFFERENT COMPANY.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT ROUTE.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING FOR, WE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE COMPANY THAT THAT, UM, THAT HANDLES THE VETERANS MEMORIAL FOR US.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A POOL AND WATER FEATURE COMPANY.
THEY HAVE, UM, CERTIFIED POOL OPERATORS ON STAFF.
UM, THEY WORK WITH EVERY TYPE OF SYSTEM AND THEY KNOW EACH OF THOSE MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT, TRY TO IDENTIFY IT EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN THEN WORK WITH THAT MANUFACTURER IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, IF IT'S THE TANKS, IF IT'S THE PUMPS.
UM, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE, WELL, WE THINK IT'S THAT AND THAT'S NOT OURS AND WE THINK IT'S THIS.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT, BUT IN UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY IDENTIFY WHAT THE ISSUE IS, LIKE I, WE CAN'T FILE ANYTHING.
SO, UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF WAY, UH, IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN GET EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THINGS LIKE THIS? I, YES.
AND, AND ONLY INSTALL PASS THROUGH SYSTEMS.
I MEAN, THE KEY ELEMENT IS, WELL, A HOLDING TANK AND USE IT FOR IRRIGATION.
THERE ARE OPTIONS NOW FOR, FOR THE PASS THROUGH SYSTEMS THAT ARE THEN RECYCLED INTO FIELD IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. UM, SO THAT YOU'RE USING, OR, OR LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT, AND YOU'RE BASICALLY, YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER TREATMENT AND FILTRATION SYSTEM 'CAUSE IT'S GOING, IT'S GETTING TREATED WITH CHEMICALS AND THEN YOU WANNA BASICALLY UNDERTREAT IT WITH CHEMICALS SO THAT YOU CAN THEN USE IT AS IRRIGATION.
UM, BUT, BUT YES, I AM VERY, FOR EXTENDED WARRANTIES, UM, MAINTENANCE WARRANTIES, WHICH IS USUALLY A, AN AN EXTRA STEP OVER JUST THE COMPONENTS.
SO WE WERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPLORING A, UM, A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THE RED JUICE SPLASH PAD SO THAT WE'RE, WE CONTRACT OUT, HEY, GO CHECK IT DAILY, HEY, CLEAN THE, THE SKIMMER BASKETS.
HEY, YOU KNOW, AND PUTTING THAT ON AND OUTSIDE COMPANY, UM, THAT ARE PROFESSIONALS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
UM, THAT'S WHAT MOST OF THE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE, THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES THE QUAIL VALLEY EAST POOLS AND THE MEADOW CREEK POOL AND, AND A COUPLE OTHERS.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE ALWAYS SPARKLING AND THEY'RE ALWAYS OPEN AND SO, AND THEY'RE LOCAL.
SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK IN HOPES OF, OF GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, SORRY.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES.
UM, WE STARTED CAMPS, UM, AND IT IS WILD RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP OR, UH, EVENT WITH MISSOURI CITY AND THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AWAY FROM BECOMING A SILVERSNEAKERS CERTIFIED FACILITY.
WHICH, UM, SO, AND IT IS, WE ARE THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PHASE.
WE'RE THROUGH, UM, LIKE THEY, THEY HAVE US ON BOARD NOW.
IT'S GONNA BE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT OUR REPORTING AND OUR STAFF TRAINING.
UM, SO IT, UM, MY GOAL IS FOUR WEEKS, BUT I'M GONNA PUBLICLY SAY SIX JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE EXTRA TIME JUST IN CASE.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY PUSHING, I KNOW DONNIE HAD MENTIONED THIS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE OUR SPECIAL EVENT BUDGETS ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING.
UM, YET THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS INCREASING.
UM, SO WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE PUSHING FOR, AND RECRUITING AND SEEKING OUT SPONSORSHIPS.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW OF ANYBODY, I MEAN, $500 UP TO THOUSANDS, UM, WE'RE GONNA REALLY BE, ALLISON HAS RE REDESIGNED OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKET, UM, THAT HAS DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, NAMING RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR EVENTS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY PUSHING FOR THAT.
WE'RE A LITTLE LATE FOR, FOR JULY 4TH.
BUT FOR SNOW FEST, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG THING FOR US.
UM,
SO JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK.
UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK, WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN PERMITTING PHASE.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
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WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO GO OUT TO COMPETITIVE BID THIS MONTH.UM, FROM THERE WE ARE LIKELY LOOKING AT ABOUT 12 MONTHS, UM, FROM OPENING, OUR TARGET IS TO OPEN IN TIME FOR JUNETEENTH 2025 THAT IS REALLY PUSHING IT, UM, REALLY, REALLY PUSHING IT.
UM, BICENTENNIAL PARK, UM, OUR PLAYGROUND FOR, FOR THAT FACILITY WILL BE GOING IN STARTING, OR THE, THE OLD PLAYGROUND WILL BE, UH, BE TORN OUT STARTING JUNE 15TH, AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A MONTH UNTIL THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS IN AND OPEN.
WE'LL THEN COME IN AFTERWARDS AND ADD SOME NEW AMENITIES, PICNIC TABLES, PAVILION, SOLAR LIGHTING, UM, AND SOME OTHER BIKE RACKS, UH, WATER FOUNTAINS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
UH, RIDGEVIEW PARK FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER BICENTENNIAL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'LL GET, GET BICENTENNIAL STARTED AND THEN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS LATER THEY'LL GO ROTATE OVER TO, TO RIDGEVIEW.
UM, AND THEN LATER THIS FALL WE WILL BE DOING THE, UM, THE PARK PAVILIONS AND THE WALKING TRAIL.
SO WE'RE REDOING THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE KIND OF PIECEMEALING BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS INSTEAD OF GETTING ONE CONTRACTOR DUE TO THE WHOLE THING.
UM, THESE ARE KIND OF SMALLER PROJECTS, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THESE OURSELVES.
UM, AND THEN STAMOS SPORTS PARK, WE ARE AT 30%.
UM, CONSTRUCTION DOCK DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT WAS RUN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THAN MOST OF OURS.
UM, WE DID DESIGN DEVELOPMENT UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND NOW WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT DEVELOP UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A MASSIVE PROJECT.
UM, WE WANTED DESIGN CONTROL AND PUBLIC WORKS WANTED, WANTED CONTROL OVER THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.
AND SO LUCKILY BIRD IT, OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS FOR THIS ONE, THEY WERE FULLY ON BOARD.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF WITH MOSTLY WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND ENGINEERING SO THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN AS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PICKING OUT ACTUAL ELEMENTS, UM, WE WILL THEN STEP BACK IN.
UM, BUT WE, WE TOOK IT THROUGH, AND ACTUALLY THIS WAS ONE OF 'EM THAT, YOU KNOW, BARRY AND PAUL, THEY HAD, THEY HAD TO DO LIKE SIX REVIEWS OF THESE PLANS.
I THINK HE WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF TIRED OF ME BY THAT POINT.
UM, BUT UH, SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING BIDDING THAT ONE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN THE MULTI-YEAR AWAITED PROJECT OF OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE BUILDING, UM, IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING, UH, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS LATER.
UM, SO WE ARE, OUR, OUR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T AWARE, OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING ACROSS THE RIGHT ACROSS TEXAS PARKWAY.
THERE'S AN OLD BUILDING THAT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE SHOULD PROBABLY GO IN IT, 'CAUSE IT MIGHT FALL ON THEM.
UM, WE'VE GOT CATS AND RATS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF OVER THERE.
UM, WE, WE RECEIVED THE BIDS ON THAT.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE.
UM, AND, AND ABOUT HALF OF 'EM WERE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
UM, WE'VE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW REVIEWING THEM AND THE REFERENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT IS LOOKING LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING OUT, UM, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 4TH OF JULY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RENTAL SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SOME, UH, NON BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MOVING ALONG.
UM, THE EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND THAT, THAT PAUL MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THE ONE WE ARE DOING THE TRAIL IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS STREET CLOSURE.
UM, THIS ONE HAS OFFICIALLY POSTED FOR BID, UM, RIGHT.
OH, IT'S, THEY'VE GOT RECEIVED BIDS.
I KNEW YOU'D HAVE A BETTER UPDATE THAN ME.
UM, I WAS TOLD THAT OUR, OUR STUFF WOULD BE INVOLVED AND THEY COULD MANAGE THIS.
I HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER ONES,
UM, SO, SO THAT'LL BE DONE IN, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.
UM, I DID HEAR PUBLIC WORK SAY THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ANTICIPATING IT TO AT LEAST START BY THE END OF SUMMER.
UM, SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG PROJECT FOR THEM.
AND, UM, AND THEN HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK, WE ARE DOING A PARK ENTRANCE SIGN THERE, UM, THAT WILL START THIS FALL.
UM, TROXEL PARK, WE ARE ABOUT 85% COMPLETE.
WE DID HAVE SOME DELAYS, UM, BUT WE'RE BACK ON TRACK NOW.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE RIBBON CUTTING IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE FINISHING UP WITH THE PARK IN EARLY JULY, EARLY TO MID-JULY.
UM, BUT DUE TO THAT HEAT AND THE NATURE OF THE PARK, WE'RE GONNA LET IT SIT THERE FOR A BIT AND ESTABLISH, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE PUT ALL THIS INTO IT, WE DON'T WANT A RIBBON CUTTING AND PEOPLE WALKING ON IT, AND WE GOTTA SAUT IT NOW
UM, SO THAT'S, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA COME IN AS WELL, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PARK ENTRANCE SIGN, UM, CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE RIBBON CUTTING SO THAT IT'S, 'CAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR SO THAT IT'S FULLY COMPLETE WHEN WE DO THE RIBBON CUTTING.
RANDY'S STILL GOING OUT THERE ABOUT EVERY DAY.
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YEAH.EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I JUST GET A PICTURE, HEY, THIS LOOKS COOL.
UM, AND THEN THE REVOLUTION WAY PARKLAND, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, LEXINGTON VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT WAS DEDICATED AS REVOLUTION WAY.
UM, IT'S ON, UM, INDEPENDENCE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PURSUE YOUR PASSION STATUE.
UM, A COUPLE BLOCKS DOWN FROM IN 10 92.
IT'S, IT'S INDEPENDENCE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, SO IT'S A, A DEVELOPMENT KIND OF RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, THIS IS, THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP IS RIGHT HERE.
JUST SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, THAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET IS, IS OUR PARKLAND AS WELL.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE, UM, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT, WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME TREES IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT LAND WAS DEDICATED TO US.
UM, IT'S A TINY PARCEL, BUT THERE ARE NO OTHER DEVELOPED PUBLIC PARKS THERE.
AND SO THIS, THIS BOARD RECOMMENDED TO ACCEPT IT.
UM, AND IN EXCHANGE THE DEVELOPER IS BUILDING SOME PARKING AND THEY'LL BE PAYING FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, SO WE ARE DOING A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN SO THAT THEY DON'T JUST POP OUR PLAY GROUND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE FINISHED THE CONTRACT UP FOR THAT AND WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON IT.
UM, AND THEN QUIL GREEN WEST, WE ARE, UM, THIS IS GONNA KIND OF FOLLOW THE REST OF THESE.
IT'LL, IT MIGHT BE THE ONE OF THE LAST ONES THAT WE DO THAT FALL.
UM, BUT WE'RE REPLACING THE, THE ROOF ON THE BASKETBALL STRUCTURE THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SANDBLASTING IT, REPAINTING IT, MAKING IT KIND OF BRIGHT AND COLORFUL.
WE'RE GONNA GO WITH BOLD COLORS, UM, YOU KNOW, A PINK ONE AND A BLUE BEAM, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT IT REALLY DRAWS THAT ATTENTION IN.
UM, AND THEN I'M HOPING TO ADD A, UH, A CONCRETE BORDER AROUND THAT PLAYGROUND INSTEAD OF THE BRICK PAVERS.
UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO THROW THE PAVERS AT THE URINALS.
AND WE'RE ON URINAL NUMBER SIX IN THAT PARK.
UM, SO I, I KIND OF JUST WANNA COME IN, DIG IT, TRENCH IT UP.
AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW YOU WOULD TYPICALLY POUR THE, UH, THE CONCRETE BORDER AROUND A PLAYGROUND, BUT, UM, IT WILL, IT, IT MEETS ALL STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS AND, AND SO THAT WAY MAYBE THEY FIND SOMETHING LIGHTER WEIGHT TO THROW AT THE URINAL.
IT WASN'T AS SHORT AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SPONSOR ON THE SPONSORSHIPS.
WILL A FIVE IS 5 0 1 C DESIGNATION.
IF SOMEONE WANNA COME IN AND BE A SPONSOR, DO YOU HAVE 5 0 1 C DESIGNATION? DO, DO THEY NEED TO BE OR IS THAT WHAT THE QUESTION? NO, LET THE SPONSOR COME IN.
AND THEY CAN, THEY HAVE A 5 0 1 C DESIGNATION ON IT.
SO TYPICALLY, AND FOR OUR SMALLER EVENTS, WHAT WE DO, TRICKS AND TREATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT RATE ACTUALLY FOR THE BOOTHS FOR NONPROFITS.
UM, AND SO USUALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY FOR SOME OF THESE BIGGER EVENTS.
IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POINTS TO GET MONEY, NOT TO GET THEM EXPOSURE.
SADLY, SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW IT IS.
AND, BUT THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UH, TO BE SPONSORS.
SO MISSOURI CITY GREEN'S GONNA BE HELPING WITH, UH, SUMMER CAMP ONE DAY, AND DANNY TOLD US YOU HAVE 81 CAMPERS.
UH, SHE SAID IT VARIES AND IT COULD BE MORE.
SO THEY HAVE THE ACTIVITIES ALREADY.
WHAT ARE WE INVOLVED WITH THAT? THE DEPARTMENT DOING THE KICKOFF, THE CONCERT IN THE PARK.
SO THERE IS IS, UM, THAT WAS UP ALL UPCOMING.
SO, UH, AS A DEPARTMENTALLY, OUR ROLE IS LOGISTICS AND SET UP, UM, AND THEN WE HOST A MOVIE IN THE PARK.
UM, MOST OF, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPERATED BY THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER IT.
UM, SO WHAT I WILL DO IS I'LL SEND YOU EVERY, ALL THE, THE FLYERS, THE TIMELINES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED US.
UM, I CAN SEND ALL OF THAT TO YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
THEY UTILIZE OUR COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S PART OF THEIR, THEIR CONTRACTED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, UM, IS THAT THEY, THEY PUT THE MANPOWER AND THEY DO ALL THAT.
WE DO THE PREP AND THEN THE CLEANUP AND THE MARKETING IS PRETTY MUCH THE SUM OF THAT AGREEMENT.
AND THEY HAVE FLYERS IN THE WATER BILL RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S FLYERS IN THEM IN THERE.
BLUE RIDGE IS, IS THAT WHERE IT CAME ABOUT? IT'S JUST BLUE RIDGE ON THAT ONE.
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THAT.YEAH, THEY PUT IT IN THE WATER BILL.
WHY DON'T THEY HAVE WELL, VALLEY OR, BECAUSE THAT MUD DISTRICT WOULD NEED THE, THE MUD DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
WHO GENERATES THE MATERIAL? THE MUD DISTRICT.
BUT THE DATES THE PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING IS SET.
THE FOUNDATION WOULD SET ALL THAT MATERIAL AND CREATE THEIR FLYER.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, LIKE FOR BLUE RIDGE, SINCE THE MAJORITY OF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT PARK AREA, THEY JUST INSERT THAT FIRE INTO THEIR MONTHLY BILL.
SO GOT THE MUD DISTRICT WAS INTERESTED.
WHO WOULD THEY SEE? BECAUSE I'M ON THE MUD BOARD.
WELL, WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU, I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL MAKE THAT PERSON GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
I CAN PROMISE YOU I CAN DO, I WOULD LIKE TO.
I'M GONNA SEE Y'ALL AFTERWARDS TO GET YOUR MUD NUMBERS, I PROMISE YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE.
[9. BOARD REPORTS]
NEXT ITEM BOARD REPORTS ANY REPORTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS.I HAVE ONE LITTLE THING I WANT TO SAY.
FARMER'S MARKET PARTNERS HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE FAVORITE, UH, FARMERS MARKETS IN AMERICA.
OF COURSE OUR LITTLE PARK, I MEAN OUR LITTLE PARK, OUR LITTLE FARMER PARK.
[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]
FOR NEXT AGENDA.THERE WILL NOT BE JULY, A JULY MEETING BECAUSE IT'S THE 4TH OF JULY.
BUT, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES ACTION, WE'LL CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THAT ITEM AND IT WOULD BE A PARKLAND DEDICATION.
BUT GENERALLY WE KNOW KIND OF RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S GONNA BE ONE AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ONE.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, FEEL FREE TO COME ON OUT TO THE CELEBRATION OUT THERE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? I HAVE A QUESTION AND I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR LAST MEETING.
'CAUSE HAVE WE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED PARKS? OH, YOU GET TO PICK AND YOU'RE GONNA SEND ME YOUR PICS.
YOU NEED TO SEND IT, SEND IT TO ME OR DANIELLE.
DANIELLE, YOU KNOW MATT AND EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
YES, WE KNOW ALL, ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS. IF NOT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
TURN YOUR MICS OFF JUST TO MONITOR.
YEAH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TURN YOUR MIC OFF FOR ME.