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          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          IT IS NOW SEVEN, 7:00. FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025, 7 P.M.. 
          AND WE'RE CALLING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. 
          FIRST THING I'M GOING TO ASK IS IF ALL OF MY COHORTS WOULD HIT THE GREEN BUTTON. 
          MAKE SURE YOUR GREEN BUTTON IS ON, PLEASE. THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON YOUR SPEAKER. 
          EVERYBODY'S GREEN LIGHT ON. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEAK INTO THE MIC. 
          THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE ALL THE IMPORTANT
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. 
          WE WILL START THE MEETING. 
          BY ROLL CALL. AND FOR A CHANGE, I DON'T HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HERE. 
          EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY'S HERE. AND SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          I'M JUST GLAD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. AND EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR LITTLE NOSE UP SO WE DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
ITEM NUMBER THREE. YOU WERE EMAILED THE MEETING MINUTES,
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          I'M GOING TO MOVE MINE AWAY. YOU WERE EMAILED THAT INFORMATION,
AND EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN THAT'S UP HERE AS WELL. 
          ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING. 
          MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 3RD, THIRD, 2024. PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES. 
          I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT IT AS WRITTEN. 
          I'LL SECOND IT. I GOT A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          YOU CAN STEP TO THE MIC AND MAKE A PRESENTATION. 
          WE CAN'T RESPOND OR DIALOG, BUT WE CAN HEAR IT AND THEN GUIDE YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE
PEOPLE STAFF THAT'S HERE THIS EVENING. 
          DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          [6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
ITEM SIX IS ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION SIX A IS A PARKLAND A DEDICATION OF DAVOUT AT LAKE
OLYMPIA PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ADAM TRAIN. 
          THAT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE. LOOK TOWARDS THE BACK. 
          THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. AND KIND OF DIVE ON INTO IT AS WELL. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKAGE, IT'S A SUBDIVISION TOWARDS THE BACK OVER THERE. 
          AND IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, AND I THINK WE EVEN HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM META SAW THEM IN THE
BACK AS WELL. 
          ADAM, I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL THE THUNDER. I'M GOING TO LET YOU RUN WITH IT. SURE.
APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING, PARKS BOARD. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION. AND PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR HER DEBUT AT LAKE OLYMPIA. 
          THIS SITE IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF PALMER PLANTATION,
JUST SOUTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA. 
          THERE ARE 46 DWELLING UNITS IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
          THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND,
WHICH WOULD AMOUNT TO $64,400. 
          DO WE HAVE A WAY OR CAN I SKIP THE SLIDE? SORRY. 
          WHAT? COMMENT. OKAY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 
          SO, WITH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS PARK FREEDOM TREE PARK,
WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT IS 0.5 MILES AWAY FROM THE SITE. WHICH IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE OF THE PARK. 
          SO THEY WILL BE. HEY, HOLD UP ONE SECOND, BECAUSE I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO WANT TO
HEAR THIS. 
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IS THAT A MIC ISSUE? YOU THINK? MR. IT? YEAH. 
          OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. YEAH. MAYBE STEP BACK,
STEP AWAY AND MAYBE WON'T PICK IT UP. 
          OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? BETTER? YEAH. THERE YOU GO. 
          THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY, SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS HALF A MILE AWAY FROM
THE FREEDOM TREE PARK SITE. 
          AND IT IS LOCATED WITHIN PARK ZONE NINE. SO IN DOING A ANALYSIS OF THE AREA,
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A PARK ZONE NINE FUNDS AVAILABLE. SO CASH IN STAFF FEELS CASH IN LIEU OF WOULD PROVIDE. 
          HAVING HAVING THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE WOULD BE HELPFUL. MORE HELPFUL THAN HAVING ADDITIONAL
PARK LAND PARKLAND WHEN THIS SITE WILL BE SERVED BY FREEDOM TREE PARK. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS ACCEPTANCE OF THE CASH IN LIEU OF. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND SO WHAT I'LL JUST AND YOU HAVE THE LETTER HERE JUST
FOR SOME OF OUR NEW PARK BOARD MEMBERS KIND OF GIVE YOU ANOTHER OVERVIEW OF IT. 
          THE PARK THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT FOR EVERY 100 HOMES THAT WE HAVE,
A DEVELOPER HAS TO DEDICATE ONE ACRE OF LAND. 
          SO FOR EVERY 100 HOMES, YOU GOT TO DEDICATE ONE ACRE OF LAND. 
          AND THEN IF IT'S LESS THAN 100, IT'S WHATEVER THAT PRO RATA SHARE IS NORMALLY AND
TYPICALLY THE CITY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON SOMETHING THEY WANT A MINIMUM FIVE ACRES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN FROM A CITY RESOURCE STANDPOINT, ALL OF THESE SMALL POCKET PARKS. AND SO. AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING RIGHT HERE,
IT'S IT'S 20. 
          IT'S 26 LOTS 40 I'M SORRY, 23 LOTS 4646 HOMES. 
          IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S VERY SMALL. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'LL ASK FOR A TOT LOT,
BUT THIS IS EVEN TOO SMALL TO ASK FOR A TOT LOT. 
          AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND STAFF MADE A RECOMMENDATION. 
          YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT. IT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND IT'S A PARK ZONE THAT CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES. 
          YEAH. ONE THING I WOULD BRING UP IS, YOU KNOW,
AS FAR AS THAT FIVE ACRE MINIMUM, I THINK WE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN SMALLER PARK SPACE IF IT WAS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO PARK WITHIN THE VICINITY,
BUT THERE WITH FREEDOM TREE PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS, HAVING ADDITIONAL POCKET PARKS WOULD BE LESS THAN IDEAL. 
          AND I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING THE THE PEOPLE,
THE MEDICAL FOLKS. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR SAY OR ANYTHING? THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE. THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE. 
          SO I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. I'LL START WITH TRAVIS. 
          I MEAN TANNER I'M SORRY. OH, NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I HAD A QUESTION. YOU HAD SAID THAT THE COST WOULD BE INCURRED BY THE DEVELOPER. 
          DID I HEAR YOU CORRECT THE THE COST OF. WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? SO WHENEVER A DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY,
THEY EITHER HAVE TO PROVIDE ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND FOR EVERY 100 UNITS. SO IN A DEVELOPMENT THIS SIZE,
A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE, OR THEY CAN PROVIDE CASH IN LIEU OF WHICH AT $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT. 
          SO THAT IS THE 64,400. WHAT THAT CASH WOULD GO TOWARDS IS IMPROVING EXISTING PARKS OR
FUTURE PARKS, RATHER THAN ESTABLISHING RATHER THAN PROVIDING THE LAND FOR A NEW PARK. 
          SO YES, THIS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER. 
          YES. AND I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION, BECAUSE I SOMETIMES GET LOST IN TIME. 
          DIDN'T WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY COME AND DO AN OVERVIEW ON PARKLAND DEDICATION? I THOUGHT SO I JUST, I JUST SOMETIMES I HAVE A SENIOR MOMENT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE
PARKLAND. 
          RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF. SO MOVED. SECOND. 
          SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST ANOTHER UPDATE NOTE. 
          IT'S A RECOMMENDATION. THIS GOES OVER TO PLANNING. 
          AND THEN FROM PLANNING, IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX B PROVIDE INPUT ON POTENTIAL MEADOW CREEK PARTNERSHIP
RESTORED. 
          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE
DEVELOPMENT. 
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IT'S A VERY LONG NAME. I WAS ACTUALLY AT THEIR MEETING AT 6:00 GIVING THE SAME
PRESENTATION. 
          BECAUSE I HAVE HAD A WACKY IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE SOME FEEDBACK ON. 
          AND IT'S AT THIS POINT CALLED A PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS REALLY JUST AN IDEA. 
          IF IT DEVELOPS INTO ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE EITHER A A LEASE OR A DEED,
NOT A NOT A PARTNERSHIP. 
          BUT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE STAND,
THAT'S WHAT IT'S TITLED. 
          SO MY CLICKER DOESN'T WORK. I FIGURED IT OUT. 
          SO THIS IDEA IS AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP TO THIS ONE FIRST,
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE. 
          THE IDEA IS BASICALLY TO LEASE OR HAVE LAND DEEDED THAT IS CURRENTLY THE TENNIS COURTS OF
THE MEADOW CREEK HOA THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD ON ACROSS FROM THE GOLF COURSE ENTRANCE,
LA QUINTA. 
          SO IF YOU IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA,
THEY HAVE A SITE, THEY HAVE SIX TENNIS COURTS AND A CLUBHOUSE AND A POOL. 
          THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TEARING DOWN THAT CLUBHOUSE AND REBUILDING A NEW ONE. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE PLANS FOR THEIR TENNIS COURTS. 
          AND IN INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND WILLING TO TO WORK WITH THE CITY
ON EITHER A LEASE OR A DEED OF SOME TYPE TO MAKE THOSE COURTS PUBLIC. THE CITY IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A HUGE NEED FOR MORE TENNIS
COURTS. 
          HOWEVER, PICKLEBALL IS A WHOLE NOTHER STORY. AND SO IT WOULD INCLUDE THE TENNIS COURTS. 
          RENOVATING THEM, MAKING THEM PICKLEBALL COURTS,
AND MAKING IT A PUBLIC PARK. 
          THAT WHEN I SAY PUBLIC PARK, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S OPEN. 
          IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. IT HAS A PARK SIGN, IT'S IDENTIFIED. 
          AND WE WOULD GO THE EXTRA MILE TO IDENTIFY THAT BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN JUST FOR
MEADOWCREEK RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN POTENTIALLY FOR PUBLIC RESTROOM ACCESS AS WELL. 
          SOME OF THE BIGGEST FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE WE HAVE SOME,
SOME OUTDOOR COURTS. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE RESTROOMS. WELL, THIS WOULD WOULD SOLVE THAT ISSUE. 
          SO NOW I'LL SKIP BACK TO THIS ONE REAL QUICK. SO JUST KIND OF WHERE THIS WHERE THIS CAME
FROM. 
          PICKLEBALL PARTICIPATION AS AS YOU MAY HAVE LOOKED AT DALTON'S REPORTS RECENTLY,
IT'S IT'S OFF THE CHARTS. 
          WE CANNOT KEEP UP NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. FOR REFERENCE,
IN IN 2024, WE HAD ALMOST EIGHT, 8000 PICKLEBALL PARTICIPANTS. 
          OUR OPEN PLAY AT THE REC CENTER IS PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY. 
          WE DO FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THREE DAYS A WEEK IS INDOOR FOR THREE HOURS. 
          FOUR HOURS? FOUR HOURS? YEAH. FOUR HOURS EACH DAY. 
          YOU'RE LIKE, I'M THERE. I KNOW AND WE CAN'T REALLY EXPAND THAT TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE ALSO
HAVE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL AND FITNESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THESE PICKLEBALLERS, THEY WILL TAKE EVERY HOUR WE GIVE THEM. 
          SO WE'RE AT CAPACITY. WE CAN'T EXPAND IT. WE ALSO HAVE FIVE OUTDOOR COURTS. 
          THREE OF THOSE ARE AT THE REC CENTER. THEY HAVE LIGHTS AND THEY ARE USED FREQUENTLY. 
          HOWEVER, IT DOES STILL REQUIRE A MEMBERSHIP OR A DAY PASS TO UTILIZE THOSE COURTS SO THEY
ARE NOT JUST FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WE HAVE TWO COURTS AT MCLEAN PARK, WHICH IS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE RESTROOMS. THEY DO NOT HAVE LIGHTS. 
          IN OUR FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT COURTS AT MCLEAN AREN'T
UTILIZED BECAUSE IF YOU GO AND THEN YOU DRINK WATER BECAUSE IT'S THE IT'S TEXAS AND IT'S HOT. WELL, GOOD LUCK AFTER THAT. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING SIX COURTS AT STATE
PARK. 
          SO THAT WILL FILL SOME OF THAT NEED. BUT WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO FILL THE NEED
OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEN WE DID OUR MASTER PLAN, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS PARTICIPATED IN THOSE PUBLIC
INPUT SESSIONS. 
          PICKLEBALL WAS IDENTIFIED AS A TOP TEN PRIORITY NEED. 
          AND THAT WAS BEFORE PICKLEBALL GOT YOUNG. THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS. 
          IT WAS RETIRED PEOPLE. OLDER PEOPLE. WELL, WE HAVE A KIDS PICKLEBALL CAMP NOW. 
          IT JUST KEEPS GROWING AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP. 
          AND SO THE NEED IS JUST GOING TO KEEP GROWING AND,
AND KIND OF THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT IT AND THIS COST ANALYSIS. 
          IF WE CONVERT A TENNIS COURT INTO THREE PICKLEBALL COURTS,
IT COSTS US ABOUT 20, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER. BUT WE'LL SAY $25,000 PER TENANTS OR PER PICKLEBALL COURT. 
          SO WE'RE DOING ABOUT 75,000 FOR THE WHOLE THING. 
          NOW THAT'S FENCING, NETS, RESURFACING, REPAINTING,
ALL OF THAT. 
          YOU'RE YOU'RE DRILLING IN. YOU'RE YOU'RE POSITIONING THE FENCES OR THE NETS FROM THIS WAY
TO THIS WAY. 
          SO IT'S THE FULL THE FULL THING WITHOUT LIGHTS. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO POUR A NEW SLAB AND DO A NEW COURT,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $60,000 A PIECE. 
          NOW, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE. NO PARKING LOT,
NO RESTROOMS, NO UTILITIES, ANY OF THAT. 
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THAT'S JUST THE COURT. AND SO WHEN WE SEE A VACANT TENNIS COURT THAT'S JUST GOING UNUSED,
MY BRAIN STARTS RUNNING THROUGH HOW WE COULD USE IT. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS IDEA SPURRED FROM AND AT THIS POINT WITH,
WITH MEADOW CREEK THEY ARE THEY'RE FULLY FUNDING THE CLUBHOUSE PROJECT. 
          THEY DON'T PLAN TO TOUCH THE TENNIS COURTS AT ALL OR THE PARKING LOT. 
          AND SO THAT'S THESE CONVERSATIONS INITIALLY STARTED WITH,
WITH JASON SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT IT, I SAID, WELL, I'M GOING TO CALL THESE PEOPLE AND SEE IF THEY
ACTUALLY ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. AND THEY ARE AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY OPEN TO THE IDEA OF SAYING, OKAY, WE CAN DO A LEASE OR WE CAN DEED THE LAND AND THAT
THAT SIDE OF THINGS HASN'T REALLY BEEN APPROACHED YET. 
          IT'S JUST THE THE IDEA PHASE RIGHT NOW. SO TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL OF THAT I'M NOT
SURE OF YET. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TRYING TO GAUGE FEEDBACK,
GET YOUR INPUT. 
          IS THIS A GOOD IDEA? ARE WE OPENING UP THE DOOR TO SOMETHING AND KIND OF DIRECTION ON IF
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD PURSUE. 
          THE LAST COMMENT I WILL HAVE REAL QUICK BECAUSE I DID PUT THIS ON HERE. 
          THIS INITIALLY WAS NOT THE THE SITE PLAN. THE THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE THE CLUBHOUSE
EXACTLY WHERE IT STANDS NOW, WHICH IS WHERE THOSE LITTLE TRAIL LOOPS ARE ON YOUR SCREEN. 
          AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY TENNIS COURTS WHERE THAT NEW CLUBHOUSE IS DRAWN. 
          SO INITIALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE THE FULL TENNIS COURT SCOPE. 
          AND, AND WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THAT WAS THE TENNIS COURTS OR THE FUTURE PICKLEBALL COURTS
WERE AT THE FRONT. 
          YOU COULD SEE THEM. THIS DOES KIND OF CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN THAT NOW YOU
HAVE A PARKING LOT AND THEN A CLUBHOUSE THAT'S NOT OURS, AND THEN A POOL THAT'S NOT OURS, WITH A GREEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE THAT MAYBE SHOULD
BE INCLUDED IN THE LEASE OR THE DEED, MAYBE SHOULDN'T, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY PUBLIC,
IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE THAT GATHERING LAWN BY NATURE WILL BECOME PUBLIC
USE. 
          AND SO THE CONSIDERATION OF INCLUDING THAT IN THE IN THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
BECOME PUBLIC USE IF, IF IT'S TRASHED, IF IT'S NOT CUT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT ON IT GOING TO PICKLEBALL COURTS,
ALL OF THAT WOULD END UP BEING, AT LEAST TO THE PUBLIC'S EYES, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY. 
          SO WHY NOT OWN IT? IS THAT THE IDEA TO DO YOU KNOW,
IF IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND ITS STANDARDS, WHY NOT ACTUALLY HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO IT? SIMILARLY WITH THE PARKING LOT, THEY ARE NOT PLANNING ON TOUCHING THE PARKING LOT. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THAT WITH THEIR PROJECT. 
          THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. THIS IS NOW ANDY MEYER'S JURISDICTION. 
          HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONGLOMERATE THAT I HAVE CREATED. 
          IF THE PARKING LOT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LEASE OR THE DEED,
THEY CANNOT HELP IF IT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE HOA. 
          AND SO THAT KIND OF CREATES THE. WELL, DOES THIS BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER THING OF INSTEAD OF
IT JUST BEING THE COURTS, IS IT NOW THE COURTS, THE GREEN SPACE, THE THE PARKING LOT? IS IT JUST THE COURTS? AND SO THAT'S BEFORE WE REALLY DEEP DIVE. 
          TAKE IT TO LEGAL, TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL. ALL OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON IT, AND I WILL ALSO,
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THIS IS UNFUNDED AT THIS POINT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR THIS ITEM. THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT IT REALLY IS A A WIN WIN. 
          OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE PICKLEBALL. THE THE TENNIS COURTS AREN'T USABLE,
AND AND IT IS A WIN FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THE PARKING. WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THE UTILITIES. 
          IT IS USABLE AT A 10TH OF THE COST FOR OUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SITE PLAN JUST FOR A QUICK HOT MOMENT? SO IDEALLY, I MEAN, TO ME THINKING ABOUT IT AND LOOKING AT IT,
I MEAN INCLUDING THE PARKING FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT AND EVEN A FUNDING STANDPOINT INCLUDING THE PARKING LOT IN THE
PICKLEBALL DEAL MAKES SENSE. 
          IF I'M ON THE HOA SIDE, I LIKE IT BECAUSE I'M NOT HAVING TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT
PARKING LOT BECAUSE NOW YOU, THE CITY, HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP. AND IF YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH A GREAT COMMISSIONER WHO
IS GOING TO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH YOU OR IS WILLING TO PARTNER WITH YOU,
YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES MORE THAN ENOUGH SENSE. 
          NOW, THE ONLY THING, I GUESS QUESTION I WAS ASKING BY THINKING BACK IN MY MIND AND I MAY
HAVE MISSED IT AND IT WENT OVER MY HEAD. 
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RESTROOMS. BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOA,
YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF I'M ON THE HOA, I'M LIKE, WELL, NO, YOU DON'T GET YOU DON'T GET THE RESTROOMS. SAY,
YOU GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT ON YOUR OWN. AND AND THE CLICKER. 
          NO, I WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE HAVE A WE DO HAVE A POINTER. 
          OH IT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY CHALLENGE ON THE SCREEN. 
          THAT'S YOUR ONLY CHALLENGE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THERE? SO AND I DID NOT EXPLAIN THIS CORRECTLY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS
THAT THAT I HAD IS KIND OF FROM A, FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, IF WE DO THIS,
WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT YOU WE NEED TO PICKLEBALL IS NOT A SPORT THAT YOU'RE ONLY THERE FOR 20 MINUTES. YOU HANG OUT, YOU SOCIALIZE AND YOU LINGER. 
          AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY INITIAL STIPULATIONS. 
          AND BEFORE I CAME TO MISSOURI CITY, IN MY PREVIOUS JOB,
WE WE HAD SEVERAL BUILDINGS WHERE IT WAS A REC CENTER OR A COMMUNITY BUILDING INSIDE OF A CITY PARK. I WORKED FOR THE COUNTY, AND THERE WERE RESTROOMS FOR THE BUILDING THAT HAD
EXTERIOR DOORS THAT THEN HAD STALLS. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD LOCK THE DOOR TO THE INTERIOR. 
          SO NOW YOUR RESTROOMS ARE PART OF THE BUILDING,
BUT YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE BUILDING WHEN THE RESTROOMS FROM THE FROM THE EXTERIOR ACCESS, AND I MENTIONED THAT. AND THAT IS HOW THEY'RE DESIGNING THE NEW CLUBHOUSE. 
          SO THAT ON THAT NORTH WALL OF THEIR CLUBHOUSE,
WE'LL HAVE EXTERIOR ACCESS FOR THE RESTROOMS. AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOILET PAPER AND THE WATER BILL. 
          THAT WILL BE A TALKING POINT IF WE GET TO THAT POINT,
BECAUSE THEN YOU DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          BUT THEY DID KIND OF MAKE A THEY THEY'RE DESIGNING IT THAT WAY,
KNOWING THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY WILL DO YET. 
          SO, SO THE YOU SAID THREE PICKLEBALL A PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          RIGHT. BUT THE DESIGN SAYS TEN. SO THIS I KNOW THIS IS JUST A RENDERING. 
          YEAH. YES. SO THERE ARE THREE TENNIS COURTS ON THAT BACK ROW. 
          WE WILL EITHER DO 8 OR 9 PICKLEBALL COURTS ON THAT BACK ROW. 
          AND IT'LL DEPEND ON HOW HOW THE COURTS ARE, WHERE THE WE WOULD FULLY REPLACE THE FENCES
AND EVERYTHING. 
          BECAUSE AND WE, WE WOULD ALSO TEAR OUT THOSE LIGHTS,
THE POLES THAT ARE THERE. 
          I DON'T WANT IN A PUBLIC PARK. I KNOW THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO UPKEEP THAT THAT AREA, BUT BUT THEY'RE RUSTED. THEY'RE. IT'S THEIR TIME TO GO. 
          WE WE WON'T FULLY GET RID OF THE ELECTRICAL,
BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND PUT LIGHTS ON THESE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          BUT IN MY OPINION, THAT PHASE ONE WOULD BE RESURFACING,
FENCING AND REMOVING THE LIGHTS AND DOING THE PARK SIGN SO THAT IT'S IDENTIFIED AND THE PUBLIC KNOWS IT'S FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING SHOULD COME AVAILABLE LATER,
BRING THE LIGHTS BACK WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          YES, MA'AM. AS A PICKLEBALL PLAYER, I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THIS EXPANSION OF PICKLEBALL
IN MISSOURI CITY. I KNOW INITIALLY, ABOUT A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,
WE CAME TO CITY HALL TO TRY TO CONVERT SOME TENNIS COURTS INTO PICKLEBALL. 
          AND THE CITY WAS, WE ONLY ASKED FOR TWO, AND THE CITY GRACIOUSLY GAVE US THREE. 
          AND SO I'M SO HAPPY TO TO SEE THAT THERE'S EVEN FURTHER EXPANSION. 
          I AGREE PICKLEBALL IS A GAME THAT ALL AGES CAN PLAY. 
          IT'S A VERY GOOD BONDING SPORT FOR ALL AGES. AND AT MISSOURI CITY,
WHERE I DO PLAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RANGE FROM AN 18 YEAR OLD, WHICH I HATE TO PLAY AGAINST TO A 60 YEAR OLD ON A
COURT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN. AND SO I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THIS ANY WAY I CAN,
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WHAT'S THE THE TIMING? MEADOW CREEK HAD A CERTAIN TIME FRAME WITHOUT BEFORE. 
          I GUESS YOU WERE APPROACHED. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME? SO JASON INITIALLY TALKED TO THEM AND IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MORE,
AT THAT TIME, A SPITBALL IDEA, A WHAT IF CONVERSATION. AND IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, THAT THAT INITIALLY HAPPENED. 
          AND AND IT KIND OF JUST NOTHING EVER, NO ONE EVER DID ANYTHING WITH IT. 
          AND THEN WHEN I, JASON WAS TELLING ME ABOUT IT. 
          AND SO I REACHED OUT TO THE MEADOW CREEK BOARD AND JUST TO SEE,
IS THIS REAL OR WAS THAT REALLY A CONSIDERATION? AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE RIGHT WHEN THEY WERE GETTING INTO THE DESIGN OF THEIR NEW
CLUBHOUSE. 
          AND THEY SAID, HE SAID, WE WE HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING SAYING,
HEY, TELLING THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE CLUBHOUSE. 
          AND SO IT KIND OF JUST WAS PERFECT TIMING. SO THEY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING ALL THIS
CLUBHOUSE AND EVERYTHING. 
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IT'S ALL THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLUBHOUSE REGARDLESS. 
          THEY LIKED THE IDEA OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOM REGARDLESS BECAUSE THEY'RE HOPING THAT KIND OF
THAT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN TELL IT STARES. 
          BUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR CLUBHOUSE, YOU'VE GOT THOSE LITTLE LINES. 
          THAT'S LIKE A LITTLE GATHERING PLAZA. SO EVEN WHEN THEIR BUILDING'S NOT OPEN,
THEY WANTED THEY LIKED THAT IDEA SO THAT THEIR COMMUNITY, IF THEY'RE HANGING OUT THERE, HAS THAT ACCESS AS WELL FOR THE RESTROOMS. SO SO THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR END,
JUST THE CLUBHOUSE AND THAT EAST DRIVE BECAUSE THAT THAT WILL BE NEW FOR THEM, THAT LOOP THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE CLUBHOUSE THAT THAT'S NEW. 
          SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD REGARDLESS. AND, AND THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUMP
ON BOARD. 
          ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ANY OTHER. YES, MA'AM. WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMES OF OPERATIONS FOR THIS? WOULD IT BE JUST LIKE THE CITY? YES. SO WE WOULD WE WOULD OPERATE THIS THE EXACT SAME AS
ANY OTHER PUBLIC PARK. 
          OKAY. IT WOULD BE SAME HOURS. SO 6 A.M. TO 11 P.M.. 
          IF WE EVER DID COME IN AND PUT LIGHTS, THERE WOULD BE A CAP ON THE LIGHTS. 
          WE DON'T ALLOW LIGHTS PAST 10 P.M.. OKAY. AND AND AND ON THAT NOTE,
IF, IF WE DID LIGHTS EVER IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE WAS FUNDING FOR IT, WHETHER INITIALLY OR LATER. 
          THEY DO MAKE NEW LIGHTS NOW THAT GO ON THE TOP OF THE FENCES INSTEAD OF THE POLES. 
          SINCE THERE ARE HOUSES SO CLOSE BY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD AT
LEAST RESEARCH. 
          I HAVE NO, NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRICES ON THAT YET,
BUT THERE ARE HOUSES VERY CLOSE TO THIS. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY IF WE CAME AND PUT BIG LIGHT
POLES THERE. 
          SO. OKAY. QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO THIS WOULD BE OPEN ACCESS TO EVERYBODY WITHOUT ANY
SUPERVISION OF ANY SORT. 
          CORRECT. SAME AS OUR PUBLIC PARK, BUT NOT THE SAME AS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS YOU HAVE NOW. 
          NOT THAT THEY'RE LOCATED NEXT TO THE REC CENTER. 
          CORRECT. WELL, NOT THE SAME AS THE REC CENTER,
BUT THE SAME AS THE MCLEAN PARK. 
          HAS ONE TENNIS COURT AND TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE UNMONITORED ALL THE ALL THE TIME
AND STAMINA WILL BE THE SAME WAY. 
          IT WON'T HAVE STAFFING, IT'S DEMO AND THEY'LL BE OPEN AS WELL. 
          SO BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF MEADOWCREEK AND PLAY TENNIS THERE AND PLAY PICKLEBALL AT YOUR
FACILITY. 
          MY QUESTION IS. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF MEADOWCREEK HAS TO OKAY THIS PLAN FOR THE
CLUBHOUSE. 
          THIS IS MOVEMENT OF THE CLUBHOUSE AND SO FORTH,
AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED. 
          AND THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD A MEETING OF THE
PUBLIC IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO PASS ANYTHING IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR MORE. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS BY PHASE. 
          YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CLUBHOUSE BEFORE YOU HAVE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          WHICH CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE IN TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS
WITH LIGHTING, PARKING ACCESS, PUBLIC ACCESS, ALL WITHOUT A CLUBHOUSE? WELL, THE CLUBHOUSE WILL NOT BE THE CITY'S AT ALL. 
          THE CLUBHOUSE IS FULLY FUNDED BY. WE WANT. WE WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 
          SO IF I MEAN THEORETICALLY, YES, IF ALL THE APPROVALS ARE MADE RIGHT,
IF THERE WAS A LEASE OR A DEED, IF THE CITY COUNCIL FUNDED IT AND APPROVED THE LEASE OR THE DEED,
AND IF WHEN IT WENT THROUGH, THEN YES. SO THE CITY IS ONLY INTERESTED IN THE COURTS AND POTENTIALLY THE GREEN SPACE
THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO IT IN THE PARKING LOT, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE COST RELATED TO LIGHTING. 
          I CAN'T ANSWER THAT AT THIS POINT. THIS HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL YET. 
          IT IS UNFUNDED. SO I YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. YES. AND THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS A THIS IS A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME. 
          WE HAVE NOT DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. AND OBVIOUSLY IN MY MIND,
I GET ALL EXCITED AND WORK MYSELF UP AND I SAY, WELL, LET'S GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE BEFORE WE GET TOO GUNG HO. 
          AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS IS LIKE BRAINSTORMING? YES YES, YES. THERE'S NOTHING CONCRETE RIGHT NOW JUST TO THROW IT OUT THERE. 
          YEAH. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY MOVEMENT THAT THERE'S NO SIGN UP. 
          IT'S JUST FIRST COME. CORRECT. OKAY. RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP OR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO PLAYED TENNIS AT THE CITY FACILITY VERSUS PICKLEBALL IS WHAT IN NUMBERS? HOW MANY PICKLEBALL PLAYERS DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY LEAGUES DO WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO TENNIS
PLAYERS? 
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BUT TENNIS IS DIFFERENT FROM PICKLEBALL BECAUSE TENNIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PLAYS
THERE. 
          SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS ASKING IS THE AS A PERCENTAGE OF PICKLEBALL VERSUS. 
          SO WITHIN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, ALL OF OUR TENNIS PROGRAMS USAGE RESERVATIONS,
EVERYTHING TENNIS INCLUSIVE, WE HAD 2600. THAT'S THE PAST THREE MONTHS FOR PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS IN THE SAME LIGHT. 
          OPEN PLAY PROGRAMS AND OUR SOCIALS. WE'VE HAD 3898. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE A IN TERMS OF YOUTH PARTICIPATION? I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TENNIS VERSUS PICKLEBALL. 
          I WOULD TENNIS WOULD BE HIGHER THAN PICKLEBALL IN TERMS OF YOUTH. 
          SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS OR ANY FEEDBACK? QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? I UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THE MISSOURI CITY THERE IS A LEAGUE OR THERE'S
SOME TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT RENTS THOSE COURTS, WHEREAS PICKLEBALL IS MORE TO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          CORRECT. SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH KING DADDY SPORTS WHO LEADS ALL OF OUR JUNIOR TENNIS
PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S INTRO. THE INTRODUCTORY TEACH TENNIS AS WELL,
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE. 
          I'M LOOKING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP. SO THEY, THEY THE 90% OF OUR YOUTH TENNIS PARTICIPATION IS
THROUGH THE KING DADDY SPORTS PROGRAM, WHEREAS ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR PICKLEBALL PROGRAMING IS NOT TEAM
ORIENTED. 
          IT'S IT'S SOCIALS, OPEN PLAY, SOME LEAGUES, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 20% LEAGUES IF THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S UNDER ACTIVE ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION. 
          BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM. 
          NO ACTION. JUST LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK. YEAH JUST ENERGY. 
          ALL RIGHT. ITEM SEVEN. MOVING ON. ITEM SEVEN STAFF REPORTS PARK PROJECT. 
          [7. STAFF REPORTS]
PARK PROJECTS. PARKS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. 
          MR. TRAIN. ALL RIGHT. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. 
          YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IF Y'ALL MIGHT RECALL THE LAST TIME WE MET ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAD MENTIONED WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO THAT WE HAD RECENTLY STARTED TO LOOK AT PARK USERSHIP DATA SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW,
ANALYZE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK AND BETTER ASSESS FUTURE NEEDS. 
          SO HERE I HAVE SOME, SOME PARK USERSHIP STATISTICS FROM THE PAST MONTH AND HOW THESE
STATISTICS COMPARE TO PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE. YOU CAN GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF OUR PARK USERSHIP. 
          LET'S SEE, IS THAT ONE NOT WORKING? I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S SO ZOOMED IN. 
          DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER VERSUS. OH. OH. OKAY. SORRY. 
          OKAY. SO. I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF THE PAST MONTH. 
          PRETTY MUCH THE MONTH ENDING FEBRUARY 2ND. SO,
LIKE, I THINK IT'S JANUARY. 
          WE LOOKED AT JANUARY 6TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND. 
          IN THAT TIME FRAME, THROUGH ALL OF OUR PARKS,
WE HAD 34,500 VISITORS. 
          WHICH IS ACTUALLY UP 23.2% FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT SIGN TO SEE THAT FOLKS ARE USING THE PARKS IN INCREASING NUMBERS. 
          IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. 
          SO WE CAN LOOK WEEK TO WEEK HOW THAT PARK USERSHIP COMPARES TO LAST YEAR. 
          SO IF YOU SEE ON THAT CHART IN THE MIDDLE THIS IS THIS IS 2025 VERSUS 2024. 
          RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE AT IF YOU'RE AT 0% CHANGE THEN YOU'D BE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE. 
          IF YOU SEE LESS THIS WEEK THAN THE SAME WEEK LAST YEAR,
YOU'D BE BELOW ZERO AND MORE YOU'D BE ABOVE ZERO, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN LOOK. AND SO THE WEEK OF THE SEE,
YOU CAN SEE THE WEEK OF THE FREEZE, WE HAD LOWER USAGE THAN PARKS THAN THAN IN 2024. BUT OVERALL IT MAKES SENSE OVERALL THOUGH. 
          OVERALL THE PARK USAGE IS UP. BUT YOU CAN SEE VARIATION WEEK TO WEEK. 
          I LOOK I LOOKED AT WEATHER REPORTS FOR 2025 VERSUS 2024,
AND THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD COURSE PRETTY GOOD CORRELATION BETWEEN THE WEEKS THAT IT WAS WARMER THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR. WE HAD HIGHER PARK ATTENDANCE. 
          SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THAT NICE TO SEE THAT CORRELATION. 
          BROKE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO SEE HOW PARK VIEWERSHIP SPLITS AMONG OUR PARKS. 
          SO OF THE 34,500 PARK VISITS WE HAD, 16,100 WERE AT COMMUNITY PARK,
WHICH MADE UP 46% OF ALL 
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PARK VISITS. THE AVERAGE VISIT AT OUR ONE OF OUR PARKS LAST 72 MINUTES. 
          SO THAT IS VERY INTERESTING TO TO FIND OUT AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF, OF THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. 
          WE CAN PULL MORE DATA THAN THIS, BUT THESE ARE JUST A FEW KEY POINTS THAT I THOUGHT YOU
ALL MIGHT FIND INTERESTING. 
          YOU KNOW IF WE IF WE PUT IN AN IMPROVEMENT IN A PARK,
WE CAN SEE IS THAT DRIVING INCREASED USAGE? IS THAT LEADING FOLKS TO STAY AT THE PARK LONGER? ARE WE GETTING OUR, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING VALUE OUT OF THESE THINGS? SO THIS REALLY HELPS US TO MAKE DECISIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HOW ARE YOU TRACKING PARK USAGE? WHAT INSTRUMENT ARE YOU USING TO DO THAT? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A
SUBSCRIPTION FROM A VENDOR CALLED PLACER.AI. 
          THEY TRACK CELL PHONE DATA. SO ON YOUR CELL PHONES,
WHENEVER YOU'VE DOWNLOADED VARIOUS APPS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENTS WHERE YOU AGREE TO SHARE YOUR DATA. 
          SO THERE'S COMPANIES THAT BUY THAT DATA AND THEN THAT BASICALLY FEEDS INTO THIS. 
          IT'S ALL ANONYMOUS, RIGHT? I HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS IN OUR PARKS AS FAR AS THERE'S NO
IDENTITIES ASSOCIATED. 
          IT'S JUST REALLY NUMBERS. AND I'M SURPRISED TO NOT SEE MACNAUGHTON PARK ON THERE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF USAGE THERE. I'M SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T ONE OF THE TOP THREE OR TOP,
AT LEAST TOP FIVE. 
          CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT? YEAH. SO LET'S SEE. 
          SO WE DON'T SEE MCNAUGHTON IN THE TOP TEN AT LEAST FOR JANUARY. 
          BUT I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT MCNAUGHTON PARK USAGE AND SEE HOW THAT HAS PLAYED OUT
MONTH TO MONTH. 
          I MEAN THAT THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO. 
          THE DATA WOULD CHANGE A LOT IF MCNAUGHTON PARK WAS INCLUDED HERE. 
          WELL, THIS IS JUST THE TOP TEN. SO MCNAUGHTON PARK IS THERE. 
          MAYBE THERE'S SOME ISSUE WITH THE MCNAUGHTON PARK SHAPEFILE. I CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          YEAH, I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT IT'S NOT IN THE TOP TEN REALLY. 
          SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 
          IT'S NO PROBLEM. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. SEVEN B PARK OPERATIONS. THAT IS FOR BARRIE. 
          YEAH. IAN BENOIT. I THINK IT'S A MISS STEWART. 
          YOU'RE GONNA GET A QUICK, QUICK OVERVIEW FOR MR. HAMILTON. YES. GOOD EVENING. I KIND OF FORGOT THAT I WAS BARRY. 
          SO ON BARRY'S SIDE, THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TO KEEP UP WITH THE WARM FEBRUARY. 
          WELL, THE COLD AND THEN THE WARM AND THEN THE RAIN AND THEN THE WARM AGAIN. 
          THEN THE SNOW. BUT THIS WEEK WE HAVE BEEN BACK TO OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS. 
          WE ALSO ARE CONDUCTING OUR IN THE JANUARY AND WINTER OR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR. 
          WE DO OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE KIND OF THINGS PRESSURE WASHING,
PICNIC TABLES. 
          THE PARK ENTRANCE SIGNS, THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE GRASS ISN'T GROWING AS FAST, OR SO WE THOUGHT. 
          AND THEN IT GREW WHILE WE WERE PRESSURE WASHING. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE RELOCATED INTO THEIR NEW RENTAL SPACE. 
          AND I'LL FEATURE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ITEM SEVEN C RECREATION. MR. MOBLEY. HELLO, EVERYONE. 
          IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN EVERYBODY. GLAD TO BE BACK. 
          SO THE LAST TIME WE MET WAS IN OCTOBER. AND SO WHAT I TRY TO DO HERE IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT FROM THE RECREATION REPORTS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHERE IT'S JUST MONTHLY. IF I GAVE YOU ALL THE MONTHLY FOR THESE FOUR MONTHS,
IT WOULD BE JUST A BIG JUMBLED MESS. SO I HAVE THAT MORE SPECIFIC DATA. IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME. WE'RE ON THE PROGRAM NUMBER SIDE FIRST. 
          SO JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH TOTAL PROGRAM NUMBERS WITH EVERYTHING. 
          WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 10,000, SO MAYBE 10,360 TOTAL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT PICKLEBALL NUMBER IS VERY HIGH. 
          NOT TOO SURPRISING FOR ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN TO THE REC CENTER. 
          AND THEN OVER FOUR MONTHS, THAT AVERAGES ABOUT LITTLE UNDER 2600,
WHICH IS PRETTY ON PAR FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST MONTHS. 
          AND HONESTLY, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT'S ON PAR FOR SOME AND A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SOME. SO LOOKING GOOD THERE. 
          WHAT I DID HERE WAS TRY TO SPLIT IT UP INTO PROGRAM AREAS. 
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SO WE HAVE TENNIS PROGRAMS, PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS,
ALL OF THAT. 
          I WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS. IN EACH ONE YOU CAN SEE WHICH ONE WE'RE
GOING, WHICH PROGRAM FROM THAT AREA THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GO OVER EVERY
SINGLE ONE IN RESPECT OF Y'ALL'S TIME. THE FIRST ONE I KIND OF WANT TO MENTION WAS ADAPTED PROGRAMS. WE HAD THE BOO BASH ADAPTIVE DANCE THAT WAS IN OCTOBER. 
          THAT WAS DONE BY NICOLE MCGEE, ONE OF OUR REC SPECIALISTS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE WE
OFFERED THAT DANCE AND IT HAD 25 REGISTRANTS. 
          SO THAT'S INCORRECT. IT'S ACTUALLY 25. I HAVE IT CORRECTED THE EVENTS. 
          AND THAT WAS A HIT. THAT WAS A REALLY COOL TIME. WE HAD AT THE REC CENTER,
WE HAD AN AREA FOR ANYBODY THAT HAD ANY KIND OF SENSORY OVERLOAD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT NEEDED TO RELAX. WE HAD FOOD, WE HAD DANCE. 
          I THINK ALLISON, I SAW ALLISON DANCING IN THERE TOO,
AND EVERYTHING. SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. SORRY, ALLISON THROW YOU ON THE BUS, BUT IT WAS REALLY GOOD TIME. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER. AND THAT WAS FOR
EVERY ALL ABILITIES LEADS TO. 
          ANOTHER ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WAS NEW YEAR'S YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP THAT WAS DONE BY
JAVIER CALVIN, OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST. HE IS ACTUALLY A HOOPER HIMSELF. 
          HE PLAYED VARSITY, AND I THINK HE ACTUALLY PLAYED A LITTLE COLLEGE. SO IT WAS COOL SEEING
HIM GET INTO HIS NICHE AND KIND OF WHAT HE LIKES TO DO. 
          WE HAD 63 REGISTRATIONS OVER THREE DAYS. AND SO I THINK IT WAS A THURSDAY,
FRIDAY, SATURDAY. 
          IT WAS THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH. YES. SO AND THE FIRST DAY WAS DEFENSE,
THE SECOND DAY WAS OFFENSE, AND THE THIRD DAY WAS A SCRIMMAGE. AND THAT WAS GEARED FOR 10 TO 14 YEAR OLDS. 
          AND WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF IT WAS A GOOD MIX OF COED. 
          AND SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL SEEING THAT COME TO FRUITION. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS PEAK. SO IT'S IN OUR FAMILY,
YOUTH AND OUTDOOR. 
          PEAK IS STANDS FOR PROMOTING EXPLORATION, ADVENTURE AND KNOWLEDGE. IT'S GEARED FOR KIDS
AGES 6 TO 12. 
          I WISH I HAD I COULD, YOU KNOW, SAY I CAME UP WITH THE NAME,
BUT CHATGPT DID THAT FOR ME. 
          I COULDN'T THINK OF A NAME FOR THE PROGRAM, AND SO I WAS LIKE,
HEY, COOL KID NAME FOR YOUTH EXPLORERS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT CAME WHAT CAME OUT. AND SO WHAT DOES WHAT WE DO THERE IS THE FIRST OR
SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH STARTING ACTUALLY THIS PAST JANUARY. 
          WE GO TO DIFFERENT NATURE PARKS. AND SO THIS PAST ONE,
CHRIS, WHICH I WILL, I WILL, I WILL, I WILL INTRODUCE HIM LATER. HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KIDS 12 KIDS TO GALVESTON ISLAND STATE
PARK. 
          WE RESERVE A CAMPSITE. IT WAS ONLY LIKE $15,
$25. 
          IT WAS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THE SUNSET. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO. CHRIS TAUGHT THEM HOW TO MAKE A FIRE,
AND THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO DO S'MORES. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST A WAY OF GETTING KIDS OUT, GETTING THEM INTO NATURE. AND IT WAS KIND OF A
LOW COST ACTIVITY FOR US BECAUSE WE KNOW ANY KIDS 12 AND UNDER GET IN FOR FREE. 
          SO REALLY THE COST OF THE PROGRAM IS GAS, THE KIDS OR THE ADULTS GETTING IN,
AND THEN ANY STAFF COSTS. 
          SO IT'S A PRETTY LOW PROGRAM THAT WE BREAK EVEN IF NOT MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PROFIT ON. 
          AND SO THAT FIRST ONE WE OPENED UP FOR 12 KIDS AND WE HAD 12 REGISTERED. I THINK WE ENDED
UP HAVING 8 OR 9 ACTUALLY SHOW UP BECAUSE THAT WAS RIGHT DURING THAT COLD SPELL. 
          SO REALLY COOL PROGRAM THERE. AS YOU COME DOWN TO OUR EVENTS,
WE HAVE WE HAVE 3542 TOTAL PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          SO THIS DATES BACK TO OCTOBER AND I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS. PLEASE SLOW ME DOWN IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF IT. TRICKS AND TREATS WAS DEFINITELY A ROUGH ESTIMATE. THAT'S OUR HALLOWEEN EVENT AT BUFFALO RUN PARK. THAT WAS REALLY A GOOD TIME. 
          WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF VENDORS THERE. DEFINITELY STUFF. 
          RODERICK AND I, OUR RECREATION MANAGER, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT AND DEFINITELY HAVE
NOTES THAT WE WANTED TO GO BACK AND IMPROVE IT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT WENT WENT PRETTY WELL. BOO BASH ADAPTIVE DANCE. OUR PICKLE BOO WAS A PICKLEBALL EVENT WHERE THEY DID GLOW
IN THE DARK AND THEY DRESSED UP AND EVERYTHING. 
          IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL EVENT THAT WAS LED BY CHRISTINA RAMOS,
ONE OF OUR RECREATION SPECIALISTS. 
          WE HAD OUR VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          WE HAD OUR FAMILY CAMPOUT, WHICH IS AT COMMUNITY PARK,
AND THAT WAS A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 
          WE BROUGHT OUT OUR ARCHERY. WE WENT FISHING. I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT TO THAT AND I HAD TO
FISH. 
          OH POOR ME. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TOO, THOUGH WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE. 
          I THINK WE SET UP CAMP. I THINK WE SAW MAYBE TEN FAMILIES. 
          AND I THINK BY 6 A.M. WE HAD MAYBE TWO LEFT. SO I THINK SOME OF THEM SAID WE WE SET UP
CAMP THAT THAT'S OUR EXPERIENCE FOR THIS TIME. 
          SO AND THEN WE HAD OUR SNOW FEST SHUFFLE. SO THIS IS A BIG ONE SNOW FEST SHUFFLE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD 120 PLUS REGISTERED FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT SNOW FEST MORNING,
THAT WAS A VERY COLD MORNING. AND SO WE HAD 30 OR 35 BRAVED THE COLD. 
          AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT. THE THERE WERE I THINK THE FIRST PLACE PERSON WAS
SOMEONE JAVIER WAS TELLING ME THAT SOMEONE THAT LOST 120, 130 POUNDS AND JUST KEEPING ON THEIR FITNESS JOURNEY. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. AND THE
SECOND PLACE PERSON WAS LIKE AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY THAT JUST SMOKED EVERYBODY ELSE. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME. 
          WE ORDERED A NEW ARCH AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT,
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO KEEP THAT GOING. OUR SNOW FEST PARADE THAT ONE WAS REALLY HARD TO GAUGE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THAT,
BECAUSE IT'S ON A HIGHWAY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND SO WE CAN KIND OF COUNT AS WE GO, AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO COUNT. AND SO WE'RE THINKING 500. 
          AND FOR THE SNOW FEST PARADE, WE FEEL LIKE WE DID A LOT BETTER. WE HAD ABOUT 45 TO 50
FLOATS. 
          WE DEFINITELY WANTED MORE. AND I'VE ALREADY GOT SOME IN MY POCKET FOR THE NEXT TIME. 
          HOPEFULLY THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROFESSIONAL TEAM MASCOTS THAT ARE THAT ARE COMING,
WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR. WE MOVED THE STAGING TO QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT WORKED PRETTY WELL. THAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IS THE NICEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. 
          WE USED THE STAGING AT THAT FREEDOM CENTER CHURCH. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS IN PARKING. AND THEY CAME ACROSS. 
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IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL. THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES IS WE HAD HORSES IN THE
PARADE, WHICH WAS COOL, BUT I DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND THEM. SO WE'LL LEARN THAT
THAT POOR FIRE TRUCK WAS DRIVING THROUGH SOME STUFF. 
          AND THEN OUR OTHER THING, IF YOU WERE THERE,
THE ENTRY STAYED A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER. IN THE PAST, THERE'S BEEN A HUGE GAPS, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT GAP BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE,
OKAY, WHEN'S THE NEXT PARADE? YOU KNOW, WHEN'S THE NEXT FLOAT COMING? AND SO WHAT WE DID TO CHANGE THAT WAS THE PERFORMANCES HAPPENED BEFORE THE PARADE. 
          AND SO WE TOLD THE DANCE TEAMS LIKE, HEY, WE STILL WANT TO GET YOU GOING. 
          WE STILL WANT TO GET YOU, LIKE, PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION. BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
PARADE COMPACT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THEY WERE AWESOME WITH IT. AND SO WE ALSO KIND OF SAID
IF YOU WANT TO PERFORM AGAIN, WE HAVE A SNOW FEST ACTUAL FESTIVAL THAT YOU CAN GO PERFORM AT AS THAT AS WELL. SNOW FEST IN ITSELF, WE EXPECT WE ASSUME WE HAD ABOUT 2200 ON THE BACK
SIDE OF IT. 
          THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IN THE BACK END WAS ALMOST FLAWLESS EXECUTION. 
          THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY EXECUTED IS BEHIND ME,
SO I CAN'T GIVE HER TOO MUCH CREDIT RIGHT NOW WHILE I'M FRONT. BUT SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT AND WE FELT LIKE WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. 2200 IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN TICK FROM THE
LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. I KNOW WE HAD PROBABLY 3 OR 4 MEETINGS LEADING UP TO THAT
EVENT. 
          IF WE WERE GOING TO CANCEL IT, IF WE WERE GOING TO POSTPONE IT OR WHATEVER. AND SO WE
STILL THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SHOW OUT FOR EVERYBODY THERE. 
          AND THEN WE HAD OUR FIT EXPO, WHICH WAS ON JANUARY 20TH,
THIS PAST TWO SATURDAYS AGO, TWO, THREE SATURDAYS AGO AT OUR REC CENTER. AND SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF SOME OF OUR PERSONAL
TRAINERS OUT THERE. 
          SOME OF OUR FITNESS INSTRUCTORS WERE OUT THERE LEADING CLASSES AND KIND OF STARTING OFF
THE NEW YEAR HEALTHY. 
          WE'LL FLIP TO THE BACK. AS YOU CAN SEE, TOTAL USAGE AND INCOME BOTH WERE FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 TO 2024 WE'RE UP ESSENTIALLY. AND SO WE'RE UP ON BOTH OF THOSE INCOME OBVIOUSLY WOULD
WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE MAKING SURE WE'RE COST RECOVERY. 
          WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. BUT WE'RE WE'RE UP ON THAT. 
          AND THEN TOTAL USAGE, WE'RE UP AS WELL. SOME OF THE LOOKAHEADS,
WE HAVE A TIES AND TIARAS EVENT THIS COMING SATURDAY. 
          THAT'S REALLY COOL FOR ANY PARENT AND DAUGHTER TO COME OUT AND PARTAKE IN A NIGHT FULL OF
FUN OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHERE WE HAVE OUR FREEDOM WALK AND FAMILY
REUNION. I PUT THOSE TOGETHER. BECAUSE THE FREEDOM TREE PARK GROUNDBREAKING IS ITS OWN THING. AND SO THOSE ARE THE INFORMATION FOR THAT. 
          BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE I'LL SEND STACY SOMETHING TO INVITE. 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THAT. THE ONLY OTHER THING KIND OF SPOTLIGHT SOME
OF THE PICTURES. 
          THAT'S THE PEAK. THAT FIRST PICTURE. SNOW FEST PARADE. 
          I SEE SOME DIGNITARIES IN THERE. ADAPTIVE ARCHERY TRICKS AND TREATS AND SNOWFEST SNOW
FEST. 
          ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS WE HAVE SHIRTS FOR SALE,
TOO. I THINK THAT'S THE THING I'M MOST EXCITED FOR. WE HAVE SHIRTS FOR SALE AT THE REC CENTER. WE HAVE A HAVE A LONG SLEEVED BLACK SHIRT THAT SAYS MO CITY AND IT'S A HIT AMONGST
THE YOUTH. 
          THEY'RE WANTING IT. WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL SHIRT AS WELL,
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A PLAIN BLACK SHIRT THAT SAYS MCC FIT. 
          SO IF Y'ALL WANT IT, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE SELLING IT. 
          AND BEFORE I LEAVE. OH I'M SORRY. $20. YEAH. AND BEFORE I LEAVE TO BRING ALLISON UP,
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I RUN AWAY FROM THE QUESTIONS? JUST SAY THAT PAM AND I DID TRICKS AND TREATS,
AND YOU AND RODERICK DID A GOOD JOB. 
          YES. YOU DID. AND SO MANY OF US DID. THE PARADE,
DECORATING AND ALL THAT. 
          IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS FUN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I HAVE YOU HAVE PICKLEBALL MACHINE. 
          SAY THAT AGAIN. DO YOU HAVE A PICKLEBALL MACHINE? YES, SIR. BALL MACHINE. DRILLS FOR PICKLEBALL. 
          LIEUTENANT? YES, SIR. YEP. SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT. 
          OKAY. YES, SIR. YOU HAVE BALL MACHINE DRILLS FOR PICKLEBALL? YES, SIR. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE COURT. KRISTINA RUNS IT AND EVERYTHING
AND. YEAH. YEP. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND BEFORE I END MY SEGMENT, I'D LIKE TO BRING ALISON VICKERY,
OUR RECREATION MANAGER, UP TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER. HI, EVERYBODY. HI, ALISON. I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE CHRIS CANTU. 
          CHRIS IS OUR NEW RECREATION SPECIALIST. HE IS OVERSEEING OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS. SO OUR DAY CAMPS, OUR SPRING BREAK DAY CAMPS,
SUMMER BREAK DAY CAMP, ALL OF THOSE, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES. SO THE TIES AND TIARAS,
HE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON GETTING THAT PREPPED AND READY TO GO FOR THIS SATURDAY. 
          CHRIS IS COMING TO US. HE STARTED IN NOVEMBER. 
          YES, I FORGET. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. HE STARTED IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO THIS IS HIS FIRST PARKS BOARD MEETING TO MEET YOU ALL. 
          AND BEFORE THAT, HE ACTUALLY SPENT 13 YEARS AT VERN COX IS AT VERN COX CENTER. 
          VERN COX CENTER. THAT'S OVER IN PASADENA. IT'S ACTUALLY A CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. 
          SO HE MOST OF HIS EXPERIENCES WORKING IN ADAPTIVE RECREATION. 
          BUT HE'S COME OVER HERE TO HELP US WITH OUR YOUTH FAMILY PROGRAMS. SO DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? WELCOME. 
          WE GOT TO DO A DANCE. WE DID? YEAH. OH, BEFORE IS YOURS OKAY? 
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YOU FIT RIGHT IN. WE APPRECIATE HIS ENTHUSIASM. 
          HE'S DONE REALLY GREAT SO FAR. HE KIND OF JUMPED INTO THE FIRE. 
          LIKE I SAID, HE STARTED IN NOVEMBER, AND SO THAT WAS VERY BUSY SEASON RIGHT BEFORE OUR
FALL BREAK CAMP. 
          AND THEN SNOW FEST AND WINTER BREAK. AND WE STUCK THEM OUT THERE AT THE FAMILY CAMPOUT. 
          AND HE GOT TO GET RAINED ON OVERNIGHT IN THE TENT. 
          AND HE'S STILL WITH US, SO IT'S A GOOD SIGN. BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ELSE HE'S
GOING TO DO WITH US. 
          AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ALLISON. WELCOME ABOARD. 
          GLAD TO HAVE YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHO DO WE HAVE FOR MAYOR? YOUTH COMMISSION IS SOMEBODY. MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSFERRED OVER
TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. 
          SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, JARELL HARRIS IS OVERSEEING IT. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO HAVE A POSITION FOR NYC. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I'M STILL OVERSEEING THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. SO I DON'T
WANT TO BE ON THE MIC. I'M STILL OVERSEEING THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR NYC. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. YEAH,
IT'S THROUGH YOU. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 
          [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
HELLO AGAIN. HI. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. STACY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS THIS EVENING. 
          I DO HAVE STAFFING UPDATE ON HERE. THEY STOLE ONE OF THEM FROM ME. 
          BUT ON THE ON THE FORESTRY SIDE OF THINGS, I KNOW A COUPLE MONTHS AGO,
LAST TIME I TIME I SPOKE TO YOU GUYS, WE HAD SIX VACANCIES IN PARKS AND FORESTRY. AT THIS POINT,
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO FOUR. 
          WE ACTUALLY FILLED TWO POSITIONS WITH INTERNAL PROMOTIONS. 
          SO ON THE FORESTRY SIDE, LUIS QUINTANILLA HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY CREW
LEADER. 
          LUIS HAS BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST A YEAR. IF YOU'VE HAD ANY INTERACTION WITH HIM. 
          HE IS THE SWEETEST, MOST HARDWORKING. HE'S. IF YOU EVER MET GLEN,
HIS PREDECESSOR, HE IS BASICALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT CALMER VERSION OF GLEN. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS GLEN'S ENERGY, BUT. 
          BUT LUIS IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT ONE TO FILL THOSE SHOES,
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. 
          SO HE HE HAS BEEN PROMOTED INTO THAT POSITION. 
          HE WAS ALREADY ON THAT CREW AND HE DID SERVE AS KIND OF AN INTERIM CREW LEADER WHILE WE
WERE FILLING IT. 
          AND HE DID AN ADMIRABLE JOB AND HE'S VERY QUALIFIED FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAD WE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET YEAR,
CREATED A, A RIGHT OF WAY SENIOR TECHNICIAN, WHICH IS OUR LEVEL THREE. SO IT'S KIND OF THAT NOT AN ENTRY LEVEL BUT NOT QUITE A CREW
LEADER. 
          AND SO FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY CREW, WE ACTUALLY PROMOTED TROY HATCH FROM THE PARKS DIVISION. 
          TROY AGREED TO HELP OUT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY CREW WHILE IT WAS A TWO PERSON CREW. 
          SO NOT NECESSARILY A CREW. MORE OF A DUO. HE AGREED TO GO HELP THEM OUT. 
          AND SUPPORT THAT TEAM. ENDED UP BEING VERY, VERY,
VERY GOOD AT IT. 
          AND SO HE WAS PROMOTED INTO THAT POSITION. SO THAT DOES LEAVE I ACTUALLY IT'S FIVE
VACANCIES BECAUSE OF THE, THE CROSSOVER. SO WE DO HAVE INTERVIEWS COMING UP IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FOR WE HAVE A FULL
PARKS CREW THAT IS VACANT. 
          SO A CREW LEADER AND THREE, FOUR TECHNICIANS. 
          THAT WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR. BUT BUT IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE US FILL SOME VACANCIES WITH
WITH INTERNAL CANDIDATES, ESPECIALLY PROMOTIONS. THAT MEANS THEY LIKE WORKING HERE AND THEY THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO
RUN AWAY FROM US. 
          SO THAT'S GOOD. CURRENT INITIATIVES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSING ON SOME EFFICIENCY
TYPE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING ONE OF THE BIG ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS THERE'S A SYSTEM CALLED
OPENGOV SLASH CARTEGRAPH, AND IT IS BOTH A WORK ORDER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OUR IMPLEMENTATION ON THAT SOON. 
          AND SO BASICALLY A HIGH LEVEL VERSION OF IT IS THAT EVERY PLAYGROUND,
PARK BENCH, WE COULD EVEN GET INTO TREES IF WE WANTED TO FLOWERBEDS. BUT EVERY ASSET THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM WILL BE GEOTAGGED IN IN THIS
SYSTEM. 
          SO WHEN WE GO PRESSURE WASH IT OR WHEN WE GO SAFETY INSPECT IT,
WHEN WE DO A SKATE PARK, SKATE PARK INSPECTION, IT HAS A FORM IN THERE THAT WE SAY, YES, IT IS SAFE. 
          WE DID THIS, WE CLEANED THIS. HERE'S A PICTURE AS THE STAFF MEMBERS,
THE DATE, THE TIME, THE THE STAMP THAT THEY DID THIS AND NOW IT LOGS ALL OF THAT FOR US AND IT KEEPS UP WITH IT SO THAT WE'RE NOT PRINTING ALL OF THIS PAPER AND RUINING ALL OF
THE TREES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLANT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT ALSO HAS A RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF IT. 
          SO IT WORKS TOGETHER. ASSETS AND RESOURCES. IN THAT OUR INSPECTION PROGRAMS FOR OUR
INTERNAL CLEANING, RESTROOMS, TRASH PICKUPS, AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTORS INSPECTIONS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. 
          IT'S ALSO IN THERE. SO ALL OF THOSE FORMS, ALL OF THOSE REPORTS AND ALL OF THOSE WORK
ORDERS ARE IN THE SAME SYSTEM. 
          AND THE, THE, THE BIG SELLER FOR ME IS THAT IT ACTUALLY TALKS TO THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE
ALREADY USE. 
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SO WE OUR, OUR REGISTRATION AND RESERVATION SOFTWARE ON THE REC SIDE. 
          WHEN WE RENT A FIELD OUT TO A TEAM AND THEY WANT US TO GO OUT THERE AND THEY WANT US TO
DRAG THE FIELD AND PUT THE LINES DOWN ON THE BASEBALL FIELD WHEN WHEN OUR REC MANAGER DOES THAT, HE THEN EMAILS BARRY. BARRY PUTS IT INTO THEIR WORK ORDER SYSTEM. 
          THE CREW LEADER GETS IT AND THEN THEY KNOW WHEN TO GO DO IT. 
          WELL, THE TWO SYSTEMS ARE NOW GOING TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO THE SECOND RODERICK,
OUR REC MANAGER, CLICKS THAT BUTTON. IT'S GOING TO CREATE THE WORK ORDER FOR THE CREW LEADER. 
          AND SO IT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES ALL OF THAT. IF IF BARRY'S NOT THERE,
IF THE CREW LEADER DOESN'T PICK UP THE RIGHT PIECE OF PAPER, ALL OF THOSE POTENTIAL ISSUES. SO THAT WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT AS WELL AS KIND OF HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE. 
          AND ON MY END, I CAN THEN USE THAT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHEN STAMO OPENS, WE ARE GOING TO LIKELY NEED A WHOLE NOTHER CREW. 
          WELL, I CAN PULL THOSE REPORTS FOR EACH CREW,
HOW LONG THEY SPEND MOWING, HOW MANY ACRES IT WAS, HOW MANY MOWERS WE USED, THE LIFE CYCLE OF THEM. 
          IT HAS ALL OF THOSE REPORTS FOR ME. SO THEN I CAN SHOW,
HEY, WE'RE ADDING 13 ACRES BASED ON OUR DATA FROM LAST YEAR AND THIS CHART THAT IT JUST GAVE ME, I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO NEED 800 STAFF HOURS. 
          SO WE CAN PULL IT FROM HERE, OR WE CAN DO A NEW CREW. 
          AND SO IT'S ALL GOING TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M A I'M A I'M A DATA PERSON. 
          SO THIS IS LIKE THRILLING FOR ME. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER SYSTEMS WE'RE WORKING ON
IMPLEMENTING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START DOING OUR IT TEAM HELPED US OUT AND FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO COUNTING
OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO OUR BUILDINGS. 
          SO AS ADAM'S USING KIND OF THE SIDE FOR PARKS AND,
AND EVENTS WE LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN OUR BUILDINGS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN ACCURATELY PLAN FOR STAFFING. 
          WE KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, SAY, WE WANT TO PUT A BOOTH OUT THERE TO SIGN UP FOR A TRICKS AND
TREATS. 
          BOOTH. WE KNOW. HEY, AT THIS TIME, WE AVERAGED 250 PEOPLE COMING INTO THE REC CENTER,
SO WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T DO IT AT THAT TIME WHEN WE AVERAGE 40 PEOPLE. 
          SO THAT WE HAVE THAT AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR STAFFING AS WELL,
FOR ADVOCATING FOR OURSELVES. 
          LIKE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A FRONT DESK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER,
BUT IT'S A PUBLIC BUILDING. SO EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH QUESTIONS, ALLISON GETS UP. ALLISON OR CHRIS OR NICOLE,
THEY GET UP FROM THEIR DESK AND THEY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND GET DISRUPTED. 
          SO NOW WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR
BUILDING EVERY SINGLE DAY OR EVERY SINGLE WEEK. 
          I GUESS 100 A DAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE NICE. 
          WE WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT A FRONT DESK HERE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE
PROVIDING FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME IN. 
          SO JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS, LIKE TRYING TO TRYING TO BE STREAMLINED,
EFFICIENT SO THAT WE'RE NOT THEN GOING BACK LATER ON AND CREATING WORK FOR OURSELVES TO JUSTIFY THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, AND FINDING THE PAPER TRAIL AND ENSURING THAT
THE PLAYGROUND WAS SAFE AND ALL OF THAT. 
          THAT'S KIND OF THE PRIMARY GOAL RIGHT NOW. AND THEN A COUPLE OF PROJECT UPDATES. 
          AS, AS DALTON MENTIONED FREEDOM TREE PARK, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING. 
          THAT WILL BE THE LAST SATURDAY OF OF FEBRUARY. 
          IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THE FREEDOM WALK. 
          SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE FREEDOM WALK, YOU KNOW,
WE START AT COMMUNITY PARK. WE WALK THERE. 
          ONCE WE GET THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY. WE ARE WE HAVE RECEIVED
BIDS FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          THE THE STAFF HAVE EVALUATED THEM. WE'VE SELECTED THREE AND NOW WE ARE WE'RE WORKING WITH
THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT, THE TREE PRESERVATION,
THE PROTECTION, ALL OF THAT AND THAT IT CAN BE COMPLETED IN THE TIMELINE THAT THE CONTRACTOR SAID THEY COULD SO THAT ONE IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE ARE ANTICIPATING STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL WITH IT LASTING POTENTIALLY UP TO 8 OR
9 MONTHS. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO OPEN THAT PARK BY FEBRUARY OF 2026. 
          IF WE CAN DO A GROUNDBREAKING AND A RIBBON CUTTING BOTH IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH,
I WOULD LOVE IT. 
          THE PARKS MAINTENANCE SHOP, WHICH IS WHERE OUR GUYS ARE OFFICED AND DO LUNCH AND ALL THE
EQUIPMENT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS FULLY VACANT. 
          WE HAVE COMPLETELY MOVED OUT. EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP IS OUT. 
          IT'S OFFICIALLY HAPPENING. I THINK THIS IS 15 YEARS IN THE MAKING. 
          SO OUR FORESTRY DIVISION IS CURRENTLY OFFICED IN AND OPERATING OUT OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF
THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          OUR PARKS DIVISION IS CURRENTLY AT A RENTAL SPACE IN STAFFORD. 
          THAT WAS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE OPTION WE LOOKED AT. 
          MISSOURI CITY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE IN MISSOURI CITY,
BUT WE HAD SOME PRETTY UNIQUE NEEDS WHEN IT CAME TO THAT RENTAL SPACE. 
          WE NEEDED BAY DOORS AND, AND, AND A LOT OF JUST OPEN SPACE AND EVERYWHERE HAD OFFICES OR
THEY DIDN'T HAVE GROUND LEVEL. 
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THEY HAD THE 18 WHEELER LEVEL, WHICH DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD ON THE BAYS. 
          SO WE ARE OUT THERE EXPECTED TO START PREP WORK ON THAT SITE. 
          SO YOU'LL START SEEING SOME FENCING. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TEMPORARY SIDEWALK FOR ALL OF
THE MARSHALL STUDENTS THAT WALK DOWN THAT SIDEWALK BECAUSE THAT THE SIDEWALK IS INCLUDED IN THE SITE. DEMOLITION AREA. SO WE'RE HAVING TO CREATE A TEMPORARY OPTION FOR THOSE KIDS. 
          FOR WHILE THEY'RE DOING DEMO. AND THEN ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH DEMO,
THEY'LL REOPEN THE MAIN SIDEWALK. 
          SO YOU'LL START SEEING THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. 
          EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND, THIS IS THE THE EIGHT ACRES OFF OF EAST HAMPTON AND CATHY AVENUE ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 90. 
          CATHY. OKAY. YOU LOOKED AT ME FUNNY. I WAS LIKE,
NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I DID A SITE WIDE, A SITE WALK ON THAT PROJECT EARLIER THIS WEEK,
AND THEY WERE PREPARED TO START ON THE TRAIL NEXT WEEK. 
          SO WE LAID IT ALL OUT. THIS IS THE PROJECT WE'RE DOING IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THEY'RE REDOING THAT STREET, CLOSING THE STREET TO FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          AND WE HOPPED ON BOARD AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS OUR PARK. 
          LET'S DO SOME PARKING AND A TRAIL. AND SO THAT ONE'S COMING ALONG. 
          IT IS. YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKING A LOT LONGER THAN NORMALLY A TRAIL WOULD. 
          BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE FULLY REDOING THE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND SO THAT ONE WE'RE EXPECTING IN THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF,
THREE MONTHS. 
          YEAH. OKAY. LESSON THREE. LESSON THREE. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THIS BOARD ON A POTENTIAL NAME FOR THAT PARK COMING UP. 
          SO BE. WE HAVE NO IDEAS AT THIS POINT. REALLY? BE BRAINSTORMING. BUT ONCE THAT THAT STREET OPENS,
ONCE THE PARKING LOT OPENS, ONCE THE THE TRAIL IS DONE, WE CAN NO LONGER CALL IT THE EAST HAMPTON UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND,
BECAUSE IT WILL THEN BE A PARK. 
          SO BE THINKING IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS. THE PROCESS FOR THAT IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A
REQUEST TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN IT COMES TO YOU GUYS, AND THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          BUT AS AS IT WAS DONE FOR TROXELL PARK, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS,
THOSE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE HAD BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          COUNSEL. SPEAKING OF TROXELL PARK, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE RIBBON
CUTTING. 
          I WAS IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE SAD THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, VACATION'S A GREAT THING, BUT WHEN IT'S AT THE RIBBON CUTTING OF SOMETHING LIKE TROXELL PARK,
IT WAS SAD. 
          I WAS WATCHING THE THE CITY'S FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM AND THEIR PICTURES THAT THEY WERE
POSTING WHILE I WAS ON VACATION. 
          IT WENT VERY WELL. THE PARK LOOKS FANTASTIC. AND IF IF YOU HAVEN'T THE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
OUT THERE THIS WEEK, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DRIVE BY. SO IN THE INITIAL PLANS FOR TROXELL PARK,
THE BIOSWALE. 
          SO THE, THE, THE GRADING AND THE WATER DITCH TO GET OUT WAS GRASS. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE CAME BACK IN, WE REALIZED THE ELEVATION WAS WAY LOWER THAN WE THOUGHT. 
          AND SO IT WAS JUST HOLDING THERE. AND SO THE FORESTRY DIVISION WENT OUT AND THEY RIVER,
RIVER ROCKED THE ENTIRE THING. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PARK NOW. 
          IT WAS GORGEOUS BEFORE. IT'S PERFECT NOW. SO TRY AND GET OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND. 
          IT WEEKEND. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO STAMOS SPORTS PARK. 
          WE ARE IN THE PLANNING AND RE OR. YEAH, PLANNING AND PERMITTING PHASE FOR THAT. 
          WE HAD A MEETING WITH OUR OUR DESIGN CONSULTANTS,
PLANNING ENGINEERING. 
          WE ARE HOPING TO GO TO BID ON THAT IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. 
          SO LUCKILY I WAS VERY NERVOUS THAT FREEDOM TREE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN JUST A TAD. 
          SO THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BOTH PROJECTS WORK AT THE SAME TIME. 
          WE RECEIVED GREAT RESPONSES FROM FREEDOM TREE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT STAMOS WILL BE UNDER THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT. 
          WE RECEIVED SEVEN RESPONSES ON FREEDOM TREE. SO IF IF THAT CONTINUES,
THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD OPTIONS FOR STAMOS AS WELL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY COMMENT I WANT TO ADD IS TROXELL PARK STAFF DID AN EXCELLENT JOB
ON THAT. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP OUTDOING YOURSELF. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, MAN. SKY'S THE LIMIT WITH YOU ALL. 
          IT WAS REAL, REAL NICE. AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO RANDY. 
          THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE EVERY DIRECTOR THAT IT SERVED. 
          YEAH. AS DIRECTOR FOR MISSOURI CITY PARKS. RIGHT. 
          AND IT WAS REAL NICE. IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT HIM. 
          SOME OF THEM CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN. TO TO BE HERE FOR THAT EVENT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE I CAN JUST BE A SYMBOL OF THE QUALITY OF MAN THAT HE IS AND
THAT HE REPRESENTS. 
          SO KUDOS TO STAFF FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. 
          VERY GOOD. YES. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. 
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AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON TO THAT. 
          WE HAD MEMBERS THAT CAME, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IT WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS GREAT SEEING THEM. THANK YOU. BEFORE BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE GOES,
I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT SOMETHING. 
          AND SINCE WE'RE STILL ON TROXELL PARK, I WANTED TO ADD IT REALLY QUICK. 
          I RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS AFTER I MADE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          BUT WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THAT TROXELL PARK ACTUALLY RECEIVED SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM THE
HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE. 
          SO THE DESIGN, THE NATURE, THE THE BIOSWALE,
THE NATIVE PLANTS, THE THE REALLY INCORPORATING THE DRAINAGE, THE RUNOFF INTO A PARK AND MAKING IT PRETTY SOMEHOW. 
          WE RECEIVED THAT NOTICE TODAY, SO WE'LL BE GETTING THAT AWARD LATER THIS MONTH. 
          VERY NICE. I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT TROXELL THAT WE DID MISSOURI CITY GREEN WITH YOU
THIS PAST SATURDAY. 
          WE PLANTED 150 TREES AND MOST OF THEM, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED SEED BALLS. 
          WE HAD 17 KIDS FROM THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY FROM THE GEORGE. 
          YEAH. YEAH, FROM THE GEORGE FOUNDATION. I WAS GOING TO GET IT OUT. 
          THEY HAD A BALL PIT. THEY DID. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I THINK THEY'VE EVER DONE MANUAL
LABOR, THOUGH. SO THEY HAD TO LEARN. BUT AT THE END YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE TEAMWORK BECAUSE ONE
TEAM FINISHED UP EARLY AND THE OTHERS WERE A LITTLE SLOW. 
          SO THEY ALL CAME OVER AND HELPED EACH OTHER. SO IT WAS A FUN TIME. 
          AND THEY HAD FREE PIZZA TOO. THAT'S GREAT. AND SO THEY THEY DID 150 TREES. 
          IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT ON THE ON THE BAYOU SIDE BETWEEN THE THE PATH AND THE BAYOU
TO TO EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE SOME SHADE ALONG THERE. 
          BUT THEY DID LEAVE THE THE VIEW OF THE BOARDWALK OPEN SO THAT YOU'LL STILL HAVE THAT VIEW
OUT OVER THE BAYOU AND ACROSS. 
          SO ANCHOR IS IN THAT PARK, IS ANCHOR IN ANY OF OUR OTHER PARKS THAT ARE NOT AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY DID A GOOD JOB. THEY DID A GOOD JOB. AND THEY WANT TO DO AN ADOPT A SPOT FOR TROXELL, OUGHT TO. YES. WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM HAVE SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE
SUBDIVISION. 
          OH, I DID NOT KNOW THAT. OKAY. EVEN BETTER, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL THERE AT THE
RIBBON CUTTING AND DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK THAT FAR. 
          NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT. 
          [9. BOARD REPORTS]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, BOARD REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS? YES, SIR. MR. TANNER, I DISTRIBUTED EVERYONE ON THE BOARD A COPY OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY
AT WITH OUR INTERNAL BOARD ASSESSMENT REPORTS. THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT THIS IS NOT FINALIZED. 
          THE GOAL IS TO CREATE AN ONLINE FORM. SO A GREAT IDEA OF OUR ATTENDEES. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO COME IN AND TYPE AND VOLUNTEER SOME TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 
          BUT REALLY JUST COMBINING THE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IN THE PARK ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAD WAS
WHAT WE KIND OF BORROWED FROM LOUISVILLE AS WELL. A LOT OF THIS WILL BE EASY. 
          WHERE ANY OF US WOULD GO OUT, WE CAN SCAN A QR CODE OR GO TO OUR LITTLE LINK AND DO OUR
LITTLE DROP DOWNS. 
          IDENTIFY. BUT ULTIMATELY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM NOT ONLY FOLKS THAT
WE'RE INTERACTING WITH IN THE PARK ITSELF. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST FEW QUESTIONS COME IN THAT WE CAN TALK WITH SOME
FOLKS, GET SOME COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE PARK,
BUT ALSO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF AROUND SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS. 
          I KNOW THAT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME SAFETY VESTS WITH THE
PARKS BOARD ON IT AS WELL. 
          SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR GEAR SO WE CAN BE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFIED,
BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THIS UP AND RUNNING BY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING AND HOPEFULLY BY OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. 
          WE CAN ALSO HAVE A FULL COPY OF WHO SIGNED UP FOR WHICH PART,
SO WE CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE'RE AT THERE. 
          BUT I'M HAPPY TO DRIVE OVER TO STAFFORD AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          YES. GREAT. SO THANK YOU TO TANNER. YEAH. I REALLY ENJOYED OUR PLANNING MEETING. 
          WAS IT A ONE HOUR GO BY AND YOU CAN'T GET DOWN TO BUSINESS? AND IT WAS BONDING. YES, IT WAS, IT WAS. WELL,
AND TO THAT END, RIGHT THERE, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE TRY TO HAVE IS, YOU KNOW,
AND ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, PICK A PROJECT, PICK A PROJECT, PICK SOMETHING AND,
AND RUN WITH IT. 
          AND SO AND I ALWAYS SAY WE RUN. IT'S NOT PICK A PROJECT AND SAY STAFF RUN. 
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IT'S FOR US. THAT THAT'S OUR CHARGE CHART AND OUR CHART ARE THERE. 
          AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR WORKING. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO COMMENT. I'M VERY GLAD YOU TOOK THE BALL WITH IT. 
          I HAD MADE THE SUGGESTION, BUT I'M SO GLAD THE COMMITTEE WENT ON AND DID IT. 
          THEY HAD MY WRONG NUMBER, BUT I'M. THIS IS VERY. 
          YEAH, I WONDER WHERE SHE WAS. WE DID, WE DID. 
          I HAD MY LAND. IT WASN'T A BLOCK. WE JUST HAD THE WRONG NUMBER BECAUSE WE KEPT SAYING IT
WAS HER IDEA. 
          WHY IS SHE HERE? I STILL HAVE A LANDLINE AND THEY CALL MY LANDLINE. 
          SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE BALL AND CARRYING THROUGH. 
          THIS. LOOKS REALLY GOOD. DID YOU SAY THAT CITIZENS AS WELL CAN COMMENT ON THIS OR DID I? I THINK OUR GOAL IS WHEN WE'RE WE'RE AT THE PARK AND WE'RE DOING OUR ASSESSMENT THAT
THERE'S A PORTION WHERE WE CAN INTERACT WITH INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE'LL TAKE BACK THE COMMENTS AND WE'LL DO OKAY. 
          GREAT. SO THIS WILL JUST BE AN INTERNAL USE FORM FOR MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD. 
          IT'S SO REFRESHING TO BE ON ON A BOARD THAT GETS THINGS DONE. 
          I'M SERIOUS. THIS IS THE MISSOURI CITY. OH, NO. 
          I'M UP TO HERE WITH THIS. LOOK. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OTHER REPORTS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. AND, DANIELLE,
I GUESS I'M GOING TO ADDRESS YOU THE TARP FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT AT HUNTERS GLEN. 
          YES. THEY'RE ASKING, WHEN IS IT COMING? I'M ASKING TO. 
          OKAY. SO THE THE HUNTERS GLEN PARK BASKETBALL PAVILION IS IS A SHADE SAIL. 
          THE COVER, IT'S OVER ONE QUART. NOT BOTH, BUT IT WAS A SHADE SAIL. 
          LIKE A CANOPY. ALMOST. AND IT WAS DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE BARREL. 
          THE REPLACEMENTS COST ABOUT $75,000, WHICH WAS UNBUDGETED COMING INTO THIS YEAR. 
          SO. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          IT WAS APPROVED AS AN INSURANCE ITEM AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT. 
          THE CHECK TO COME IN. WE HAVE OUR VENDORS ON STANDBY. 
          IT'S READY TO SHIP OUT THE SECOND WE CAN PAY THEM. 
          SO ALL GOOD. I'LL BE ABLE TO ASSESS. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA? AND BEFORE I ADJOURN, I SEE TWO PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO SPEAK. 
          WE HAD HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK OR NOT SINCE YOU'RE
HERE, BUT WE AT LEAST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU THAT YOU THAT YOU COME. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY OR SPEAK? PLEASE COME TO THE MIC. WE LIKE ALL TO FEEL WELCOME. 
          WELL MY NAME IS DENISE MIANO, AND I'VE MET SOME OF YOU BEFORE AT DIFFERENT EVENTS. 
          MISS DIANE AND I DEFINITELY HAVE COLLABORATED A LOT WITH DANIELLE AND ALLISON AND DALTON,
JUST THROUGH OUR SPORTS ASSOCIATION CALLED PROPEL FUTSAL SOCCER ACADEMY. SO WE'VE BEEN A PART OF TRICKS AND TREATS AND LAST YEAR'S
FREEDOM WALK, AND JUST LOVE BRINGING SOCCER AND THE UNITY OF SOCCER TO THE YOUTH HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF THIS. 
          YES, I WAS AT THE TROXELL PARK GRAND OPENING,
AND MISS DIANE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE YOUTH AT PROPEL SOCCER CAN EVEN GET INVOLVED WITH MO CITY GREEN TO DO SOME VOLUNTEERING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP THE PERSON FIRST AND THEN THE SOCCER PLAYER. 
          SO WE'RE TOTALLY OPEN TO COLLABORATING WITH MISSOURI CITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT,
YOU KNOW, ENDEAVORS THAT WE DO TOGETHER TO BETTER OUR YOUTH. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ALWAYS ENJOY HAVING PEOPLE COME TO VISIT. 
          YES, YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. 
          ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT ITEM NUMBER 11, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. BE SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.