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THERE YOU GO.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYONE.PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO CUT YOUR MIC ON.
THEY'VE TRAINED ME VERY WELL NOW.
IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON WITH EVERYONE? YES.
IF IT IS, WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT CLOSE ENOUGH TO SEVEN O'CLOCK.
UH, AND WE'RE CALLING THE, UH, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER ONE.
BRUCE IS GONNA BE OUT TONIGHT.
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 6TH, 2024 PARKS BOARD MEETING.
MINUTES OF THOSE WERE ALL SENT TO YOU.
UH, I WILL, IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH IT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MEETING MINUTES.
I SECOND ALL THOSE IN PAPER SAY AYE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, I DO NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC HERE, SO WE CAN SKIP THAT.
[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION.ITEM A INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW RECREATION.
SU SUPERINTENDENT, MR. DALTON MOBLEY, PARKS AND RECS.
INTRODUCE HIMSELF IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, WE'RE, WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM.
AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT MEANS ONE LESS JOB FOR ME,
UM, IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, AND THEY SELECT ABOUT 12 TO 16 PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE, UM, WHO WERE KINDA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS UP AND COMING.
UM, AND DALTON WAS ACTUALLY IN MY COHORT WITH THAT.
UM, SO I GOT TO KNOW HIM VERY WELL.
I GOT TO SEE HIS, HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITY, HIS PASSION, UM, AND HIS DRIVE FOR THE INDUSTRY AND FOR HIS STAFF.
UM, AND SO I SAW HIS NAME POP UP ON OUR, UH, APPLICATION LIST.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, WE HAD A VERY LONG LIST OF APPLICANTS.
UM, BUT, BUT I JUST KIND OF HAD A FEELING.
AND THEN HE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WHICH I WON'T LIE, WE KIND OF, WE PUT HIM THROUGH THE RINGER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE FOUND THE RIGHT ONE.
AND, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE DID, AND WE'RE THRILLED THAT HE'S NOW HERE TO JOIN US.
SO, UM, I'LL LET YOU SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT YOURSELF.
I'LL WAIT UNTIL I GET UP TO THE MIC.
UM, I GREW UP IN, UH, RICHMOND ROSEBURG AREA, PECAN GROVE FOR ABOUT 16, 17 YEARS.
VENTURED OUT INTO TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.
I, UM, WENT TO TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND I GRADUATED, UH, WITH THE RECREATION ADMINISTRATION DEGREE THERE.
STAYED UP THERE, DECIDED TO STAY UP THERE A LITTLE BIT.
I WORKED IN, UH, CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE AS A REC PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
WORKED WITH CAMPS THERE, OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION.
WENT OVER TO MARBLE FALLS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
I WAS A REC COORDINATOR AND THEN PROMOTED TO A REC MANAGER THERE.
UM, AND PRETTY MUCH DID EVERYTHING THERE.
SPECIAL EVENTS, SUMMER CAMP, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, I MET MY WIFE UP THERE AND WE HAD A KIDDO.
AND SO THING, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES CHANGED AND I REALLY WANTED TO COME BACK HOME.
UH, THIS IS WHERE I PLAN TO, UH, RAISE MY CHILD AND EVERYTHING.
AND SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME WORK WITH DANIELLE AND HER TEAM, THEIR TEAM'S WELL KNOWN, ALL ACROSS TRAPS, ALL ACROSS THE PARKS AND REC, UM, WORLD.
AND IT, IT WAS A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM.
SO, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MY STORY.
DAMAGE AND RECOVERY, MS. STEWART.
UM, SO I JUST KIND WANTED TO, WE HAD A LIGHT AGENDA AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE WITH OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UM, AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF KIND
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OF OUR DAMAGE AND PROGRESS, UM, AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON OUR DEPARTMENT.I MADE A LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT, UH, BRUCE HAS COME IN TO THE MEETING.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE WERE HIT WITH, UH, HURRICANE BARREL, AS YOU'RE AWARE ON THE EIGHTH.
UM, IT WAS A MONDAY, THE MONDAY FOLLOWING 4TH OF JULY FOR US.
UM, SO, SO WE KIND OF, WE SAW WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS COMING OUR WAY.
WE BROUGHT STAFF IN ON SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY.
UM, WE TYPICALLY LEAVE A LOT OF OUR 4TH OF JULY STUFF UP UNTIL THAT MONDAY.
'CAUSE OUR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH FALLING ASLEEP ON THE JOB BY THE TIME THE FIREWORKS ARE OVER
UM, AND SO WE BROUGHT THEM IN.
LUCKILY, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR, OUR RENTAL ON THE LIGHT TOWERS, WHICH ARE ALSO GENERATORS.
UM, SO WE HAD OUR 10, 10 LIGHT TOWERS SLASH GENERATORS ON STANDBY.
WE WENT AHEAD AND GASSED EVERYTHING UP, UM, AND KIND OF JUST SAT BACK AND WAITED.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE ACTIVATED OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AT ABOUT NOON.
UM, SO STARTED TRYING TO PULL PEOPLE IN.
WE GOT THE CALL A LITTLE DELAYED 'CAUSE CELL SERVICE WAS KIND OF DOWN.
UM, SO GETTING IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT.
UM, WE HAD ABOUT 80% OF OUR CREW HERE BY 2:00 PM UM, STARTING TO CLEAR STREETS.
UH, WE OPERATED THE EMERGENCY, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THROUGH THE 19TH.
SO WE, WE WENT A FULL TWO WEEKS OF THAT.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, OUR DEPARTMENT SERVES AS THE LOGISTICS SECTION WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE EOC.
UM, SO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ARE, ARE IN THE EOC COORDINATING ALL OF THE WATER DONATION CENTERS, UM, THE COOLING CENTERS, THE CALLING CENTERS, AND THEN OUR PARKS AND FORESTRY TEAMS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD.
UM, SO THEY SPLIT DUTIES WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
ONE STARTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, ONE STARTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME WE HAD TO DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, WITH THE, WITH THE CELL SERVICE.
AND SO WE, WE MOVED AS A UNIT.
WE WENT TO THE ENTRANCE OF, YOU KNOW, FRAN PARK.
AND WE SAID, OKAY, YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY, THIS WAY, THIS WAY, THIS WAY.
WE ALL KIND OF DID OUR THING, MET BACK AT THE FRONT.
NOW WE'RE MOVING TO FOND MEADOW.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
AND SO WE WERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE PUBLIC WORKS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE ENDED UP MEETING ON HIGHWAY SIX, UM, ON ABOUT THE SIXTH DAY.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS JUST HAZARD MITIGATION AND STREET CLEARING.
AND THEN WE START OVER AGAIN TO ACTUALLY GET IT NOT JUST OFF THE STREET, BUT OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE WAY IN COLLECTING THE DEBRIS.
UM, SO WE DID, UM, AT LAST COUNT, UM, ABOUT 2,500 HOURS, UM, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT THROUGH THOSE TWO WEEKS.
UM, WE OPERATED, AS I SAID, IN THE FIELD.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID, UM, WE DID TWO COOLING CENTERS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE REC CENTER.
WE WERE OPERATING 12 HOURS A DAY FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE POWER, UM, DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET, UH, AND JUST NEEDED SOMEWHERE TO COOL DOWN.
SO OUR BOTH FACILITIES SHUT DOWN, UM, FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS.
AND THEN ON THIS, AND WE ALSO OPERATED THE CALL CENTER.
SO WE HAD THE HOTLINE FLOATING AROUND THE CITY.
UM, THAT WAS PRIMARILY OUR STAFF THAT WAS ANSWERING, THAT WAS WITH COURTS.
AND, UH, A COUPLE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, ANYBODY WHO COULD GET HERE WAS, WAS CALLED IN.
UM, WE ALSO DID THE THREE, UH, DISTRIBUTION SITES AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND WE DID OUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.
SO LUCKILY OUR, UH, OUR REC AND ADMIN TEAMS WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK OUR BIG MAP, WE DIVIDED THE LOCATIONS, WE WENT OUT AND WE TOOK PICTURES OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG.
UM, AND SO SINCE MY CLICKER KEEPS ADDING, OKAY, UM, SO AFTER OUR, UM, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, UM, WE HAVE LOST 182 TREES.
UM, NOW THIS IS DEVELOPED AREAS AND RIGHT OF WAYS WE HAVE NOT YET ASSESSED OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND.
UM, SO YOUR, YOUR HAGGERSTON ROAD, YOUR HERON TRACKS, THOMPSON FERRY, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOT TRAILS.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LOSSES THAT WE TOOK WITH, WITH OUR LANDSCAPING.
OUR BIGGEST LOSSES WERE AT MOSELEY PARK AND AT OYSTER CREEK TRAIL.
UM, WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TO OYSTER CREEK TRAIL YET.
WE ARE, WE'VE ASKED THE COUNTY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE WITH THAT ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT 50 PLUS, UM, IN THAT AREA.
MOSLEY PARK, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN 10 92, YOU CAN SEE IT.
UM, IT'S, WE, WE DID OUR BEST TO GET IT OFF THE TRAIL, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE KIND OF JUST, WE'RE MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE LIST.
UM, WE ALSO HAD DAMAGE TO TWO PAVILIONS AT RIDGEVIEW PARK.
UM, ONE OF THEM ENDED UP WITH A TREE ON TOP OF IT,
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BUT STAYED STANDING.SO, UM, THOSE PAVILIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE EIGHTIES DID.
UM, WE ARE REPLACING THESE AS, AS PART OF ONE OF OUR BOND PROJECTS, SO WE'RE NOT TERRIBLY WORRIED ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT IT HAD SOME DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
WE LOST TWO ROOF STRUCTURES AT COMMUNITY PARK AND ONE AT STA PARK.
UM, THUS FAR IT SEEMS LIKE WE WILL NOT ACTUALLY LOSE THE MATERIALS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND FIX THEM.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THE SHADE SALE FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT AT HUNTERS GLEN PARK, UM, IS, IS DONE.
UM, AND IT HAD, FOR REFERENCE, IT HAD A 90 MILE PER HOUR WIND RATING.
UM, AND IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT USABLE.
UM, SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD, AND THEN AS WELL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER PLAZA, UM, WE LOST THOSE AS WELL.
SO WE'VE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON REPLACEMENTS FOR THAT.
DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THE REPAIRS FOR EVERYTHING OR FOR JUST THOSE? FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE TWO RIGHT THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY PLACED THE ORDER.
UM, WE'RE WORKING AT ABOUT A TWO WEEK, UH, DELIVERY TIME.
AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY GET IT, THEY'LL SCHEDULE IT.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST.
AND THE COST OF THOSE REPAIRS IS COVERED.
INSURANCE, INSURANCE, UM, SO IT, IT'LL BE AN INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIND IT AND THEN WE'LL GET REIMBURSED.
'CAUSE THERE, DANIELLE, IS THERE ANY, UM, THOUGHT OF CONTACTING FEMA FOR ANY OF THESE DAMAGES? YES.
UM, SO WE SUBMIT ALL, NOT JUST PARKS, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, WE SUBMIT, WE'VE, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE THAT.
UM, IT WON'T INCLUDE OUR, OUR UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY SPACES, BUT THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY YET CLASSIFIED AS A PARK, SO THEY DON'T QUALIFY.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING TO FEMA AS WELL AS TO OUR INSURANCE.
OUR INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER THE TREES, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT BECAUSE, UH, OF THE NUMBER OF THEM THAT THE FEMA WILL, THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT WILL, WILL HELP SOME.
YOU COULDN'T SALVAGE ANY OF THEM.
UM, AND, AND ON KIND OF ON THAT NOTE, TYPICALLY, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE WIND DOES COME AND KIND OF, YOU SEE YOUR TREES LEANING LIKE THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING TO IT IN ABOUT 24 HOURS, THERE'S LESS THAN ABOUT A 20 TO 30% CHANCE THAT IT'S GONNA MAKE IT.
UM, AND BECAUSE OUR FIRST 72 HOURS WERE CLEARING STREETS, REMOVING HAZARDS, UM, WE DIDN'T GET TO THEM.
SO IF YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN TEXAS PARKWAY SPECIFICALLY, YOU WILL NOTICE WE, WE HAD TO COME BACK IN AND CHOP THEM.
AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE GOT ANOTHER STORM RIGHT AFTER BARREL AND THEY WERE LEANING INTO THE LANES AND WE WERE WORRIED THAT THEY WERE GONNA FALL AND WE WERE GONNA START ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, SO FOR OUR RESTORATION STATUS RIGHT NOW, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE COMPLETED A, OUR INITIAL SWEEP, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR FAC CITY FACILITIES, OUR RIDE OF WAYS, AND OUR MAJOR PARKS.
UM, SO WE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON OUR HIGH USE AREAS, UH, TRAILS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OYSTER CREEK.
'CAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE TOUGH, UH, RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THE, THE LOOPS, YOU KNOW, THE HUNTERS GLEN LOOP, THE COMMUNITY PARK LOOP, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, PAVILIONS, PLAYGROUND, SPORTS FIELDS, THOSE VERY HIGH USE AND RENTABLE AMENITIES, UH, WERE, WERE OUR FIRST TO, TO GET DONE.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL RESTORED, THEY'RE OPEN, THEY'RE USABLE.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO REMOVED ALL OF THE HAZARDS FROM CITY FACILITIES AND RIGHT OF WAY.
SO YOU'RE HANGER HANGING LIMBS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT AT RISK OF THOSE FALLING INTO THE STREET.
UM, OUR FOREST, SO MOVING FORWARD, OUR FORESTRY DIVISION, UM, THEY HAVE BASICALLY SHIFTED GEARS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULLY RESPONSIBLE AND FULLY FOCUSED ON THE RESTORATION.
UM, WE, WE ENDED UP, SO WE HAVE A, A LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT THAT TYPICALLY ASSISTS US WITH THE, THE LANDSCAPE BEDS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY NOW FACILITIES, RIGHT OF WAYS, PARKS, WE, WE, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
UM, AND SO WHAT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS PUT THE ONES THAT WEREN'T ON THERE IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
SO THAT NOW ALL OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY'S FOCUSED ON THIS STORM RESTORATION.
UM, OUR PARKS DIVISION HAS RESUMED OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS, UM, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS BEING, UM, OUR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS SOMETIMES ARE GOING TO HELP OUT FORESTRY.
UM, BUT THIS IS YOUR, YOUR TRASH, YOUR MOWING, UM, YOUR MAINTENANCE, YOUR REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BACK TO NORMAL FOR, FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, WE DO EXPECT FULL RESTORATION TO BE AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU DON'T SEE MULCH PILES IN THE PARK UNTIL YOU DON'T SEE A, A LIMB HANGING IN AN UNUSABLE AREA TYPE OF THING.
UM, WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL WE CAN GET IT DONE BY MID-SEPTEMBER.
IT, IF WE GET IT DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I'LL BE VERY PROUD OF THE GUYS.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
'CAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
DO YOU HAVE A, IS THERE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE DAMAGE WAS? IT'S TOUGH TO
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SAY AND I ACTUALLY, WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS TO TRY AND FIGURE THAT OUT.UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN, WHEN WE FILE FOR, FOR FEMA, WE KIND OF PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE TO THESE TREES, UM, AND WE TIED THE DOLLAR FIGURE OF $250 FOR AN ESTABLISHED TREE AS PARKS PEOPLE, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
UM, AND SO IT'S, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 150 TO $200,000, UM, IN THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S WITH THOSE ESTIMATES THAT, THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
SO, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, DOESN'T COUNT STAFF TIME FOR IT, IT DOESN'T COUNT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TREE'S BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO SAY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THAT ONE 50 TO $200,000 RANGE.
UM, AND I, I FORGOT TO ADD, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE CHECKED WAS THE FREEDOM TREE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SIX, ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, LET'S GO TO ITEM SEVEN.
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
STAFF REPORTS, UH, UPDATE ON PARK PROJECTS.ADAM, GOOD EVENING PARKS BOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, HURRICANE BARREL DID SLOW DOWN SOME OF OUR PLAYGROUND INSTALLS, BUT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THIS COMING ON AUGUST 7TH.
UH, THE NEW BICENTENNIAL PLAYGROUND INSTALL SHOULD START AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON AUGUST 14TH, WE SHOULD BE SEEING A NEW PLAYGROUND GETTING INSTALLED AT RIDGEVIEW.
THOSE WERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR LAST MONTH, BUT AGAIN, BERYL DELAYED THINGS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO Y'ALL IS WE RECENTLY CAME, UM, INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY WHERE NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT OUR USERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF OUR PARKS.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, NOW HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PLANNING AN EVENT, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, UH, THE ATTENDANCE OF A, OF THAT EVENT FROM LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, UM, AND, UM, MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
UM, AND AS FAR AS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PLAYGROUND USES, UH, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SORTS OF PLAYGROUNDS ARE POPULAR, UM, WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRENDS ARE AND JUST KIND OF BETTER REACT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, MENTION THAT, UM, RECENT HAPPENING TO Y'ALL.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE MAIN THINGS ON THE HORIZON FOR THE MONTH.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ITEM B.
UM, HE WAS HERE FOR ALL OF JULY YESTERDAY.
WE FOUND OUT HE HAS A COLD, SO I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT IT'S YOU GUYS, NOT US.
UM, BUT UH, PRETTY MUCH JUST AS I MENTIONED WITH THE, WITH THE BARREL RECOVERY AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP AT THIS POINT.
SO MOWING, RECOVERY, REMOVAL, THINGS LIKE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ITEM C, UPDATE ON RECREATION PARK AND RECREATION MS. STEWART.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, I, DALTON AND I TALKED ABOUT IT.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THIS MONTH'S, UH, REC REPORT SINCE HE DID JUST GET HERE ON MONDAY.
UM, WE HAD A, UH, A PRETTY GOOD SUMMER.
WE'RE STILL GATHERING EVERYTHING FROM JULY.
UM, BUT SINCE WE DIDN'T MEET IN JULY, I HAVE INCLUDED THE FULL REC REPORT FOR, FOR JUNE FOR YOU GUYS.
OUR, UM, OUR SUMMER CAMPS DIDN'T GROW SO MUCH AS THEY DID JUST STAY CONSISTENT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE LOST ABOUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF, OF REGISTRATIONS AND REFUNDS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO ALL OF THAT.
AND SO TO, TO SEE THEM STILL IN LINE WITH LAST SUMMER WAS, WAS PRETTY PROMISING.
WE DIDN'T GO DOWN, EVEN THOUGH WE LOST TWO WEEKS.
UM, WE'RE STILL SEEING STEADY INCREASES WITH PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS, WHICH IS PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE FOR A, FOR A WHILE LONGER.
UM, AND THEN WE, UM, WE DID RESUME OUR, UM, UNIFIED LEAGUE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
UM, SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, US IN PARA LAND TO DO THIS UNIFIED BASKETBALL LEAGUE, WHICH IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH, UM, COGNITIVE OR MENTAL, UM, CHALLENGES TO COME IN.
THEY PARTNER UP WITH OUR FIRE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY ARE A BASKETBALL TEAM.
AND SO WE PLAYED AGAINST PARA LAND LA LAST YEAR.
UM, WE WON, SO WE WERE THE CHAMPIONS.
UM, WE DID THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND SO NEXT WEDNESDAY, UH, WE WILL BE PLAYING IN THE, IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAIN.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE AT THE REC CENTER.
WE CAN HAVE STAFF SEND IT TO YOU GUYS IF ANYBODY'S AVAILABLE.
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IT'S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO COME TO ON OUR MO CITY MONSTAR.AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UH, WHAT TIME IS THAT EVENT? IT STARTS AT 1:00 PM 3:30 PM THREE 30 TRICKING YOU.
I WILL EMAIL YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
EIGHT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.SO JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS, UM, SO JUST TWO MAIN THINGS.
UM, ONE IS, UH, WE HAVE A, A NEW PROCESS FOR OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, OUR APPLICATIONS FOR WEED KILLER.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE AND, AND JUDGE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT.
UM, SO WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A, A BLUE DYE SYSTEM.
AND SO IF YOU'RE AT OUR PARKS OR AT OUR FACILITIES OR YOU SEE IT ON THE RIGHT OF WAYS, AS YOU JUST SEE THESE, THESE BLUE CIRCLES EVERYWHERE, BLUE DOTS.
UM, THIS IS A NON-HARMFUL NON-TOXIC WASHABLE DYE THAT ALLOWS US, WHEN WE INSPECT TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY HELD UP THEIR END OF THE, OF THE CONTRACT.
UM, IT WASHES AWAY AT THE FIRST IRRIGATION OR THE FIRST RAIN.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S NON-TOXIC.
UM, SO IT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER ELEMENT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EVALUATING OUR CONTRACTORS AND WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE PAY FOR TO PUT IT SIMPLY
UM, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE DOING A LOT MORE LOCATIONS NOW, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING OVER SOME OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS GETTING DONE AND WE WEREN'T GETTING BEHIND ON WEED APPLICATION LIKE WE ARE ON MOWING.
UM, SO OUR MOWING OPERATIONS ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS DELAYED.
UM, WE WERE JUST ABLE TO DO REAL MOWING FOR THE MONTH OF JULY THIS PAST OR THIS TUESDAY.
UM, I KNOW THE, THE NEWS HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A GOOD BIT.
UM, BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE FIFTH RAINIEST JULY IN ON RECORD.
SO SINCE 1889, UM, IT IS ALSO THE RAINIEST, UM, OR THE WETTEST, UM, FIRST SEVEN MONTHS TO THE YEAR IN HISTORY.
UM, SO SINCE THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING IT IN, IN 1889, UM, AS YOU GUYS ARE, ARE AWARE, MOST OF OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES EITHER NATURALLY OR DESIGNED TO HOLD WATER TO PREVENT FLOODING OF STREETS AND HOUSES.
UM, SO THEN RAIN COME OR THE SUN, YOU KNOW, IT RAINS FOR, WE HAD 11 DAYS STRAIGHT OF SOAKING RAINS.
UM, AND, AND OVER 11 INCHES IN THE MONTH OF JULY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BARRY AND I TALKED AFTER, ACTUALLY DURING, AS WE WERE CLOSING DOWN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
AND I SAID, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE SUN COMES OUT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT US MOWING,
UM, WE'RE GONNA END UP RUINING OUR PARKS, OUR GREEN SPACE, UM, WE'RE GONNA SINK, WE'RE GONNA GET IT STUCK.
AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RIGHT NOW, NOW THAT WE ARE BACK, BACK OUT ON TUESDAY, IT WAS DRY ENOUGH.
UM, WELL, LEMME BACK UP A BIT.
UM, LAST FRIDAY AND THIS MONDAY WE WENT OUT WITH WEED EATERS 'CAUSE OUR CONTRACTORS CAN'T MOW EITHER.
WE WENT OUT WITH WEED EATERS, UM, AND WE, WE HAND MOWED THE, THE WALKWAYS UP TO PLAYGROUNDS, THE EDGES OF PAVILIONS.
UM, AND SOME HIGH FREQUENCY USE AREAS LIKE THAT JUST TO KEEP THE, WE CALL IT THE CREEP.
WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR CREW, OUR PARKS CREW, UM, IS ALL BASED ON MOWING.
YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING A, A TRASH CREW AND A MOWING CREW, WE HAVE TWO CREWS THAT ARE DOING MOWING AND THEN THEY'RE PICKING UP THE TRASH REAL QUICK AND THEN THEY'RE DOING MORE MOWING.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTORS WHO ARE SENDING THREE EXTRA CREWS OUT TO MISSOURI CITY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO TRY AND CATCH UP AND FINISH OUR WEEKLY CYCLE.
UM, 'CAUSE I AM GONNA GUESS WE'RE GONNA GET SOME MORE RAIN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE NOW, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY BAD.
UM, SO I SAY THAT JUST TO KIND OF AS AN EDUCATION ELEMENT.
UM, ALSO, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING OVERTIME.
WE'RE GETTING OUR CONTRACTORS TO HELP OUT AND UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT SAFE, BUT, BUT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP AS OF SUNDAY EVENING.
UM, AND SO MONDAY WE'LL START A FRESH CYCLE.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE AND WE'LL BE OKAY.
ARE WE SPRAYING IN THE PARKS MOSQUITO SPRAYERS? YES.
I, I FAILED TO YOU DO THAT THREE TIMES.
I WAS FEELING YOU WE'RE THERE.
WE, UH, WE DID CONFIRM WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THE, THE MOSQUITO SPRAYING THAT THEY'RE DOING IS, DOES INCLUDE PARKS.
UM, AND WE ARE DOING THREE DAYS A WEEK RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF TWO MM-HMM.
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SIR.I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, ON THE MOWING.
'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THE SUN CAME OUT AND THEN EVERYONE IN THE UM MM-HMM.
THE INTERWEBS THERE ARE MM-HMM.
WHEN ARE THEY GOING POSTING? WHEN ARE THEY, BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF RUMORS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MOWING AROUND THE TON PARK.
BUT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVITY.
I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE SOMETHING, HAS THE CITY POSTED ANY UPDATE FOR THE MOWING? SO FOLKS LIKE MYSELF COULD GREEN GRAB SOMETHING OR I I'LL TRY TO EDIT JUST YOUR REPORT FROM THIS AND, AND SHOW ON IT, BUT, OR SOME TYPE OF TIMELINE.
YEAH, WE, WE, SO AT THIS POINT WE WERE A LITTLE LATE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO GET THAT OUT.
UM, I, WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT ON TUESDAY WHEN WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET OUT AND, AND ONCE SHE HIT THAT POINT, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE REACTIONARY AND LIKE AN EXCUSE.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IF, IF WE POST IT AFTER EVERYBODY'S COMMENTING ON IT, IT'S GONNA BE A, OH, THEY'RE JUST COVERING THEIR BUTTS, YOU KNOW, AND IT GIVES THAT IMAGE.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN IS IS ON MONDAY WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE THAT CYCLE, THIS WEEKEND ON MONDAY, POST AN UPDATE.
HEY GUYS, WE ARE SPENT THE WEEKEND CATCHING UP.
HERE'S OUR PLAN TO STAY ON THE CYCLE.
AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING EXCUSES TO WHY WE WEREN'T.
UM, AND SO THAT WEATHER PERMITTING, I'M SORRY, WEATHER PERMITTING.
I, I KEEP CHECKING THE WEATHER 'CAUSE I'M REAL SCARED.
I, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, RIGHT? YES.
I, I GUESS I, I GET NOT WANTING TO OVER PROMISE OR SEEM REACTION.
BUT FOLKS DO HAVE QUESTIONS, SO YES.
UM, AND WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN, UH, I CAN SEND YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, OF A DETAILED TYPE OF VERSION OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE, THE REASONS WHY WE'RE DELAYED AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS GOING FORWARD.
AND THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE THAT.
I THINK THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE EARLIER REPORT, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING.
BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS KILLED IT FOR 4TH OF JULY.
YOU ARE NON, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY NEEDED A, A EXTRA THREE DAYS VACATION DRESSED UP.
BUT THEN I FELT SO BAD AND THEN YEAH, THE STORM CAME, I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CLEAN UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHO DOES THAT? UM, SO PUBLIC HANDLE ON THAT.
PUBLIC HO A AND, AND H, OAS AND, AND HOMEOWNERS.
I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE HOA.
UM, BUT IT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A, EITHER THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR THE HOMEOWNERS OR PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, MY WATCH
WELL, UH, WE HAVE THE WAKEN SCRAPE, UH, WHICH IS OUR CUSTOM CAR SHOW, UM, THREE DAY EVENT THAT WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH.
UM, THAT WILL BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY HERE AT THE CITY HALL GROUNDS IN HCC.
UM, SO WE DID THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, WE, UH, IT IS A, IT IS A TICKETED EVENT, SO IT'S $20 FOR THE WEEKEND, 12 AND UNDER ARE FREE.
UM, BUT IT BENEFITS THE, UH, THE NON-PROFIT PARENTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN.
UM, AND, UH, AND THEY, THEY HOST A GREAT EVENT.
THERE'S, UH, VENDORS, THEY, THEY FOCUS ON LOCAL, LOCAL VENDORS, LOCAL FOOD TRUCKS, LOCAL HOTELS.
THEY BRING IN, UH, AUDIO HOGS AND, AND SOME OF OUR LOCAL MECHANICS AND, AND BODY SHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON MISSOURI CITY.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEKEND, DEFINITELY COME OUT.
IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN LAST YEAR, HOPEFULLY.
UM, AND THEN QUICK PROJECT UPDATES.
UM, SO FREEDOM TREE PARK HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE BID DOCUMENTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS WAS, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE GOT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE LOCAL PARKS GRANT FOR THIS.
UM, WE ARE NOW ALSO APPROVED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE GRANT SYSTEM.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE FEDERAL AND, UH, WATER CONSERVATION AND, AND KIND OF THAT SECOND LEVEL, RIGHT.
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE PICKED US, BUT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE MEET ALL OF THOSE NEXT QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED INTO THAT SYSTEM.
UM, THE PARKS MAINTENANCE SHOP WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL, UH, AUGUST 19TH.
UM, WE ARE ALSO FINALIZING A LEASE FOR OUR TEMPORARY HOME.
UM, WE, MISSOURI CITY'S, THE WAREHOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL SPACE IS GOING WAY TOO QUICK FOR OUR, OUR TIMELINE AND SO, WHICH IS GOOD FOR MISSOURI CITY, BUT IT KIND OF PUTS US OVER THERE.
UM, EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND IS ALSO GOING TO, THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS WILL BE THE TRAIL SURROUNDING THAT PARK THAT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL AND GETTING STARTED VERY SOON.
AND THEN OXVILLE PARK HAD A COUPLE SETBACKS FROM BARREL.
THOSE TREES AREN'T, AREN'T VERY ESTABLISHED AND SO, UM, WE, WE LOST A COUPLE, HAD TO BRING NEW ONES IN.
THEY ARE COMPLETING SOME FINAL ELEMENTS AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
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OFF AND LETTING THIS PARK SIT FOR ABOUT A MONTH FOR ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING TO ESTABLISH.UM, AND THEN WE WILL BE, UH, CONFIRMING A GRAND OPENING DATE.
UM, AND I'M GONNA BE WORKING WITH RANDY TROXEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORKS AND HIS FAMILY CAN BE HERE.
OH YEAH, HE, HE SENDS ME PICTURES OF THE PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF GREAT 'CAUSE IT SAVES ME A DRIVE
UM, BUT, UH, BUT HE'S GETTING REALLY EXCITED.
HE'S GOT FAMILY COMING IN FROM KIND OF ALL OVER TEXAS FOR IT.
UM, I'LL TRY AND GET THROUGH THIS ONE PRETTY QUICK.
WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ON THIS ONE.
UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROBABLY GONNA BE DONE AND READY TO BID THIS BY THE TIME WE RECEIVE THE FREEDOM TREE BID.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAUSE ON THIS ONE TO NOT COMPETE WITH OURSELVES.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY SHARED WHAT, UM, WHAT THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE SINCE, UH, SINCE THE INITIAL DESIGN.
UM, AND WHILE I DON'T HAVE FULL COLOR RENDERINGS YET, I WANTED TO KINDA BRAG ON OUR DESIGN TEAM AND OUR STAFF FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THIS PARK.
UM, THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF WHAT WE CALL THE FAMILY AREA.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS HERE.
THESE TWO CENTER ONES ARE GOING TO BE COVERED.
UM, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PRACTICE BACKBOARD RIGHT ABOVE IT.
UM, AND I THINK HAVE A, IT DOES HAVE A LASER, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK UP THERE, I DON'T THINK.
UM, AND SO THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GATHERING SPACE RIGHT HERE FOR IF WE HOST TOURNAMENTS OR YOU WANNA HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS WHILE, WHILE WE'RE, WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING, UH, WE CALL THIS THE SOLSTICE PLAZA.
AND SO THIS IS THE KINDA, IF YOU STAND HERE, YOU CAN LOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH BETWEEN THE DIAMONDS ALL THE WAY TO THE, UH, THE CRICKET PITCH OVER HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FAMILY PAVILION RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS GONNA HAVE RESTROOMS AND, UH, SHADED PICNIC TABLES.
YOU GO TO OUR, UM, SPLASH AND PLAY AREA RIGHT HERE.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON DOING A, UM, A HYBRID OF POUR IN PLACE AND WHAT THEY CALL LIFE FLOOR, WHICH IS A, A WATERPROOF VERSION OF POUR IN PLACE SO IT BLENDS AND WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH CONCRETE UNDER A SPLASH PAD.
UM, THIS RIGHT HERE WILL BE A BERM TO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TEXTURE.
GOT TONS OF PLAY ELEMENTS KIND OF EVERYWHERE.
A LITTLE HAMMOCK PARK OVER HERE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY FROM OUR FEEDBACK REALLY WANTED BASKETBALL.
UM, AND HISTORICALLY FULL COURT BASKETBALL COURTS, UH, HAVE A, HAVE SOME ISSUES IN PARKS.
UM, AND WITH THIS ONE BEING NOT ON AN AREA THAT WE DRIVE BY FREQUENTLY, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S LOW VISIBILITY FROM A MAIN STREET.
UM, WE DIDN'T WANNA TAKE AWAY BASKETBALL.
AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, AND IT'S NOT SUPER REFLECTED RIGHT HERE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY GONNA BE ROUND AND IT'S GONNA BE THREE, THREE POINT LINES THAT ALL CONNECT.
AND SO YOU'LL HAVE THREE BASKETBALL HOOPS AND THREE, THREE POINT LINES, THREE FREE THROW LINES.
UM, BUT THERE WON'T BE ANY FULL COURT PLAY.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN STILL GO OUT, SHOOT AROUND WITH, WITH KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, YOUR PARENTS OR WHATEVER.
UM, IT ALLOWS THE BASKETBALL PLAY WITHOUT THE, UH, WITHOUT THE TAKEOVER OF THE FULL COURT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE KIDS CAN'T PLAY.
SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN OUR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS RIGHT HERE ARE CUSTOM AND, UM, VERY, VERY, VERY COOL.
WE'RE GOING FOR KIND OF THIS, UH, THIS MORE OF A PICNIC STYLE LOOK.
IT'S GONNA BE SLIGHTLY INDUSTRIAL LOOKING.
UM, THE, THE BRICK IS GOING TO MATCH THE BRICK OF OUR PARK ENTRANCE SIGNS.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE KIND OF, UH, THESE LITTLE PANELS HERE ARE SLIGHTLY SEE-THROUGH.
SO THEY'LL KIND OF JUST, UH, DIVERT IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SHADE PRIVACY, UM, OR, UH, KIND OF BLOCKING THE DOORS FROM VISITORS SEEING IN.
UM, SO THIS IS THE, THE FAMILY PAVILION.
THIS IS THE, UM, THE BATTING CAGE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
SO THIS WILL BE OPEN MAINTENANCE RIGHT HERE, ENCLOSED MAINTENANCE RIGHT HERE.
WE'LL HAVE FOUR BATTING CAGE LANES AND ALL OF THIS WILL OPEN.
AND THE FENCES AND NETS WILL BE MOVABLE TO HAVE THIS BE A LARGE, UM, COVERED GATHERING SPACE.
UM, SO IT WILL HAVE DUAL DUAL PURPOSE RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO IT HAS A BIG OVERHANG, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TABLES OUT HERE.
IT HAS A LOT OF STORAGE ON THE INSIDE AND RESTROOMS. AND THEN THIS IS THE, UH, KIND OF THE LOOK THAT WE'RE GOING FOR WITH THE DIAMONDS.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE BUILT IN, YOU'LL HAVE SHADE COVERINGS OVER IT INSTEAD OF US BUILDING OUR CUSTOM ONES THAT BARREL RIPS APART.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT AND WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE
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NETS WILL, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME MISSOURI CITY'S ACTUALLY DONE THIS.SO YOUR SAFETY NETS WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
UM, THAT INCREASES VISIBILITY.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY, WE'VE, WE'VE USED FENCING INSTEAD OF THE NETS, WHICH THEY PEEL UP AT THE BOTTOM AND IT'S KIND OF A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE A LITTLE, UH, A LINE DOWN HERE THAT THEY CONNECT TO THAT'S UNDERGROUND, UM, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT, WHEN IT IS TIME TO REPLACE THE NETS, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT 15 YEARS, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME IN HERE AND JUST PULL THAT UP, REPLACE IT, REBURY IT, UM, INSTEAD OF REPLACING AN ENTIRE SET OF POLES AND FENCE.
UM, AND THEN UP HERE WE HAVE, UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR PUMP TRACK BMX AREA.
UM, SO WE'RE USING AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY FOR THIS.
UM, OUR TARGET WITH THIS IS TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR EXPERIENCED RIDERS, BUT ALSO AN AREA FOR BEGINNERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SUGAR LAND KIND OF BEAT US TO THE PUNCH.
THEY HAVE THEIR PUMP TRACK NOW.
UM, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THIS LITTLE SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, A BICYCLE PLAYGROUND WILL HAVE TRAFFIC CONES FOR THE KIDS TO RIDE IN AND OUT OF SOME, SOME LITTLE BRIDGES TO GO OVER.
UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, RINGS AND TUNNELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S VERY OPEN FOR BEGINNERS TO KINDA BREAK THAT BARRIER TO ENTRY, UM, INTO THE SPORT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT END OF 2025, EARLY 2020 SOME.
SO THIS ONE'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
IT UM, IT IS A FULL TEAR DOWN, REDO DRAINAGE AND REBUILD.
UM, SO THAT ADDED ELEMENT IN ITSELF, UM, IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT TWO MONTHS WORTH OF THE PROJECT TIME.
WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF MOORE ROAD AND, UH, INDEPENDENCE.
SO IT'S RIGHT ON THE MISSOURI CITY LINE, UM, NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE PARK.
SO INDEPENDENCE OR COURT ROAD, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, KIND OF COMES THROUGH.
UM, AND JUST ABOVE THAT, UH, BEFORE YOU GET TO FIFTH.
RIGHT BEFORE FIFTH, RIGHT? YES.
FOR HER, IF YOU WENT DOWN TEXAS PARKWAY AND WELLS FARGO BANK MAKE A RIGHT AND JUST KEEP GOING DOWN, YOU'LL GO OVER THE CANAL.
DOING LIGHTING EXCEPT FOR THE
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING, UM, FOR THE DIAMONDS AND THE SOCCER FIELDS OR MULTIPURPOSE FOOTBALL, SOCCER, CRICKET, UM, THE, THE PICKLEBALL, SOME OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL HAVE LIGHTS.
UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LIGHT THE WESTERNMOST COURTS WITH MORE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
UM, THAT PUTS US PRETTY CLOSE AND WE DON'T WANNA MESS WITH THE, THE DRIVER'S LINE OF SIGHT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THEY ANALYZE WHEN YOU GET WITHIN ABOUT 20 YARDS OF A STREET.
UM, WE HAD TO DO IT WITH HUNTERS GLEN, WHEN WE LIT THOSE FIELDS AS WELL.
UM, TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AT ANY ANGLE WHERE YOU ARE, THE LIGHTS AREN'T COMING IN YOUR, IN YOUR WINDSHIELD AT NIGHT.
UM, BUT THERE WILL BE PICKLEBALL AND THEN ALL OF THE PAVILIONS WILL HAVE LIGHTS AND WE'LL HAVE SOME SOLAR LIGHTS FOR THE TRAIL SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PARK AS WELL.
WHAT ON THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, THE PERMIT'S BEEN APPROVED AND ALSO THE GRANT, IT'S THE TIMELINE OF, OF CLEANING THAT WHOLE IN THE FACE OF BARREL.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THIS BID PUBLIC, UH, POSTED FOR THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST.
UM, THAT MEANS WE'RE, I MEAN, I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THE TIMELINE WITH YOU.
SO WE POST IN AUGUST, WE'LL GET RESPONSES IN OCTOBER, COUNSEL IN NOVEMBER, PROBABLY NOTICE TO PROCEED IN DECEMBER, JANUARY.
AND THEN IT'S GONNA TAKE NINE MONTHS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING, UM, SEPTEMBER-ISH OF 25.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON.
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BOARD REPORTS.DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS OTHER THAN HUNTERS? GLEN IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE SPLASH PAD BACK AND SAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
THOSE KIDS ARE HAVING A BIG TIME OUT THERE,
AND THAT ONE WE WERE ABLE, THAT ONE DID ACTUALLY STAY ON DURING BARREL, SO WHILE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE POWER, THEY WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST GO COOL DOWN AT HUNTERS GLEN.
TRIED TO MAKE UP FOR Y'ALL DIDN'T HAVE A SPLASH PAD FOR SO LONG.
[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]
NUMBER 10 ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA.I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE, YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT 4TH OF JULY WAS GREAT AND THAT'S A LOT OF EXTRA, UM, EMPLOYEE WORKER HOURS THAT WENT INTO JUST THAT
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EVENT.AND ON TOP OF THE EXTRA HOURS FOR THE RECOVERY.
I JUST HOPE THE MESSAGE BACK TO COUNCIL IS TO FIND WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF STAFF THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN THERE DURING THE GOOD TIMES AND THE THE CELEBRATION AND EVEN THE RECOVERY.
AND SO WHAT I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY TOO IS WE ARE THAT VOICE.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL THEM AND TO REMIND THEM SOMETIMES JUST IN LIFE, WE JUST TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED.
AND SO WHENEVER YOU SEE ONE, BY ALL MEANS, I MEAN THEY'RE WELL OPEN TO, TO RECEIVING THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT'S WHY WE SERVE.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE, AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, MAKE SURE WHENEVER YOU SEE STAFF, THANK THEM BECAUSE WE JUST SHOW UP AND LOOK GOOD.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.
AND THEY DO MAKE SURE YOU TELL EM THANK THEY MAKE US LOOK VERY GOOD.
IT IS NOW 7 39 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.