* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WE GOOD? MM-HMM . IT IS NOW 7 0 1, [1. CALL TO ORDER] UH, THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH. WE'RE GONNA CALL THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING OR ORDER. GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, ROLL CALL. I THINK EVERYBODY'S HERE EXCEPT FOR ANNA, HONOR AND THOMAS HAY. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, THOMAS. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT. THEY DID. IT'S GOTTA BE THOMAS. THOMAS. IT'S GOTTA BE THOMAS. SHE EMAILED EVERYTHING. MS. TANNER'S AND AUSTIN. YEAH, SHE, UH, THOMASINE SENT US AN EMAIL. OH, OKAY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES] THREE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES. CONSIDER APPROVING FEBRUARY 6, 20, 25 PARTS BOARD MEETING MINUTES. UH, THAT INFORMATION WAS EMAILED TO EVERYONE AND IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? AND IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. I'M, YOU DID ALL. OKAY. I MAKE A MOVE. . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, HAVE NEW PARKS BOARD MEMBER. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO SAY THAT, UH, WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SINCE I WAS THE LAST ONE. MAJ PARTY. ALRIGHT, NOT A PROBLEM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. I SEE SOME FOLKS, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND ADDRESS THIS BODY? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER [5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION] FIVE. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. AND I GET TO SEE THE NUMBER ONE HORTICULTURALIST FORESTER IN THE US. NEVADA. I'M THE ONLY ONE TOO, SO TO BE US. HONOR. YEAH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK, GUYS. UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. UH, WELCOME NEW FACES. UM, HOPING TO COME OUT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AND TALK TO Y'ALL. SO FOR THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF HOURS, I'LL HAVE YOUR ATTENTION. TALK ABOUT YOUR JUST KIDDING. I GIVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE OF LAST YEAR OR SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU. I THINK IT WAS, UH, AROUND SPRINGTIME OF LAST YEAR. SO BOY, OH BOY, WE HAD A LITTLE THING CALLED HURRICANE BARREL. MM-HMM . WE HAD SOME RECORD HEAT AND DROUGHT AGAIN, AND THEN TWO FREEZES. SO YOUR TREES LOVE YOU, . I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR. UH, ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT BARREL IS BASICALLY ME AND MY CREW ARE OUT OF COMMISSION DOING NOTHING BUT, UH, STORM REMEDIATION, TREE REMOVALS, UH, TREE PRUNING FROM BASICALLY 4TH OF JULY TO ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA FORGET ABOUT THOSE, UH, THREE MONTHS OF MY LIFE THERE. IT WAS, IT WAS NOT FUN, BUT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE GOOD STUFF AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF JUST A LITTLE UPDATE OF THE FUN STUFF WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A FORESTRY TEAM. THERE, YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE TEAM THERE, UH, MINUS ADAM. ADAM SNUCK IN THERE SOMEHOW, BUT HE'S KIND OF A GOOD LOOKING. HE'S A GOOD LOOKING GUY. SO HE MAKES US, THE REST OF US LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER JUST BY STANDING NEXT TO US. UH, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT SIX PEOPLE HOPING TO BE AT SEVEN SOON ENOUGH. AND, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, THEN WE'D HAVE A FULL STAFF IN THE FORESTRY DIVISION. SO OUR MANAGEMENT AREAS, AGAIN, ARE, UH, SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS, NOT ALL OF THEM IN THE CITY, BUT SOME OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS LIKE, UH, SECTIONS OF TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT, UH, A LOT OF THE OTHER COMMON STREETS. UH, THERE'S NINE ALTOGETHER ABOUT 10 MILES COLLECTIVELY WITH, UH, MEDIANS ON THEM. AND WITHIN THOSE AREAS, UH, PARTICULARLY LONG CART, RIGHT? IN TEXAS PARK, WE HAVE 37 DIFFERENT FLOWER BEDS. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT WHEN YOU'RE ZIPPING BY A 50 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IT, IT'S, IT'S A LOT. UH, YOU PROBABLY SEE MY GUYS OUT THERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS DOING A LOT OF TRIMMING OF DEADWOOD AND THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, OCCURRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE FROSTS. SO THIS IS ABOUT THE START OF THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE YOU COULD START DEAD, WOODING BACK SOME OF THAT, THAT FROST DAMAGE, AND JUST TAKE IT BACK DOWN TO GREEN. IF YOU WANNA BE SUPER CAUTIOUS, WE COULD STILL GET INTO A FREEZE. YOU COULD WAIT TILL APRIL, MAY. EXPERTS SAY MAY, BUT I DUNNO ABOUT YOU GUYS. IT'S A LITTLE HOT IN MAY IN TEXAS. MM-HMM . UH, SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN DOING, REAL PROUD OF THE LANDSCAPE HERE AROUND CITY HALL. HAS ANYBODY BEEN FOOLED BY OUR, OUR FAKE EG GRID AS THEY'RE WALKING BY THERE? NO. HEY, THOSE ARE NICE. I ALMOST TOOK THAT . UH, I'M [00:05:01] JUST SAYING. BUT HE KNEW THAT WE, LEMME NOT SPEAK THAT ON THE RECORD. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DO A DOUBLE TAKE. I DID A TRIPLE TAKE WHEN I WENT BY ONE DAY AND I ACTUALLY SAW A REAL EG GRID. MM-HMM . FLOATING AROUND IN THE FLOWER BED NEXT TO THE, THE FAKE ONE. IT WAS A PRETTY COOL MOMENT. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE HOW EG. GRID MAYBE, MAYBE. DO YOU LIKE IT? YES, YES. THEN, UH, , UH, AROUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, WE TRIED TO DO SOME, UH, SOME, UH, SPRUCING UP AROUND THOSE FLOWER BOXES THERE. NOT ONLY AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OFF OF CARTRIGHT, BUT THE MAIN DOORS TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT. UH, IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE SHABBY AFTER THE FREEZE, BUT WE'LL GET IT BACK GOING. UH, AND THEN AS FAR AS OUR, OUR NORMAL PARK AREAS, WE HAVE 32 PARK LOCATIONS, UH, 18 ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACES, THAT'S LIKE DRAINAGE AT EASEMENTS, RIPARIAN AREAS, UH, AREAS THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA HAVE PLAYGROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, THE NEW ADDITIONS FOR THIS YEAR IS, UH, OF COURSE THOSE SIENNA MUD NUMBER TWO PROPERTIES. I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 14 PROPERTIES IN TOTAL THAT WE INHERITED OUT OF THAT DEAL. MOST OF THEM ARE JUST LITTLE DRAINAGE CUTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME GRASS, MAYBE A TREE OR TWO. BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PROPERTIES THAT I WOULD CONSIDER A PARK OR PARK LIGHT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TREE WORK AT. AND THEN OF COURSE, TROXEL PARK IS A BIG ONE. UM, I THINK, UH, SEVERAL OF YOU CAME TO THAT RIBBON CUTTING. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF WORK POST RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL. MM-HMM . UH, THERE IT IS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS, UH, BASICALLY WHERE THE, THE CONTRACTOR LEFT OFF. AND THEN WE PICKED IT UP AND, AND, UH, DID A ROCK SCAPE, LIKE A DRY RIVER BED. ALL THROUGH THAT BIO SWELL, UH, ADDED SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS. ALL THAT ARE, ARE MORE ADAPTIVE TO WETLAND TYPE OF AREAS. SO ONCE THOSE PLANTS REALLY GET GOING, THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY SPECIAL LITTLE THING. AND LOOK AT DEER ALREADY COMING TO THE SITE. . ALL RIGHT. UH, WE WORKED WITH, UH, YOUTH IN PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN. WE HAD, WAS IT 16 OR 17? PAM 17, UH, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS FROM, UH, DIFFERENT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS CAME OUT. THEY PLANTED 150 TREES, AND THAT'S ALONG THE, UH, LEVEE THERE AT TROXEL PARK. SO THE IDEA WAS TO THICKEN UP THAT WHOLE LEVEE AND, AND EVENTUALLY REFOREST IT. UM, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THE HOUSES ACROSS THE BAYOU AND, AND THEIR FENCE LINES. IT'LL JUST, IT'LL GIVE IT MORE OF A TRUE PARK FEELING. AND THEY ALSO THREW OUT A BUNCH OF PRAIRIE SEED BALLS KIND OF ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BAYOU THERE. SO HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRINGTIME, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME NICE WILD FLOWERS COME UP ALONG. MUSTANG BAYOU, UH, COMMUNITY PARK IS A, A LITTLE PROJECT THAT I, I STARTED CALLED DISCS IN OLOGY. OLOGY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS THE STUDY OF TREES. UH, SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD THE NEW 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE OVER THERE. I FIGURED, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S ADD A LITTLE ARBORETUM ELEMENT TO IT. SO WE DID NOT ONLY A ZEROSCAPE TYPE OF GARDEN AROUND EACH TEE BOX, UH, WE ALSO FEATURE NEXT TO EACH TEE BOX A DIFFERENT TREE. SO WE HAVE 18 DIFFERENT, ACTUALLY 17. WE HAVE 17 DIFFERENT TREES OVER THERE. EVENTUALLY WE WANNA PUT SOME INTERPRETATION SIGN UP. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE THROWING YOUR FRISBEE OR BE AT THE MAGNOLIA HOLE OR THE LIVE OAK HOLE OR, OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE AT THAT ONE, THEN ADDED SOME OTHER LITTLE FEATURES LIKE THAT BOTTOM PICTURE, UH, A LITTLE ROCK BRIDGE TO KIND OF CONNECT THAT FIRST HOLE. IT WAS ALL KIND OF KICKED OFF WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH HOME DEPOT BACK IN, I WANNA SAY NOVEMBER, WHERE THEY HELPED US DO ALL THE ROCK SCAPE AROUND THAT FIRST TEE. AND THEY ACTUALLY PAID FOR ALL THE MATERIALS AS WELL. SO THAT WAS A FUN LITTLE PROJECT, UH, UPCOMING. AS FAR AS EVENTS, EDIBLE EARTH FEST, UH, HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE EVENT. I'M A LITTLE BIASED 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S KINDA MY BRAINCHILD. BUT WORKING WITH, UH, MISSOURI CITY GREEN ON THAT. AND, UH, WE HAVE OODLES OF VOLUNTEERS COMING OUT, KIND OF SHARING THEIR LOVE FOR DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF NATURE. UH, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THAT EVENT YET, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT ON THE 15TH FROM NINE TO 12. I GUARANTEE YOU'LL COME HOME WITH NOT ONLY FRESH FRUITS, BUT PROBABLY A LOT OF COOL STUFF FOR YOUR GARDEN AS WELL. UH, WE STILL DO THE MEMORIAL TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM. WE HAD TO RAISE THE PRICE A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT'S $200 A TREE NOW, AND I WANNA SAY 1200 FOR A BENCH. BUT WOOD IN OUR LIFE HAS NOT GONE UP IN COST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SO THAT'S NO EXCEPTION. UH, TRASH OFF COMING UP ON THE 12TH AGAIN, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND, UH, PAPER SHREDDING AT THE POLICE STATION ON MAY 3RD. MORE STUFF TO COME IN THE FALL, BUT I DON'T HAVE DATES YET. UH, AS FAR AS SPRING PLANTINGS, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT LIGHT YEAR FOR, UH, FOR PLANTINGS FOR US, BASICALLY 'CAUSE OF THAT, UH, THREE MONTH BLACK HOLE IN TIME. AND IN THE SUMMER, BECAUSE OF BARREL, WE GOT REALLY PUSHED BEHIND ON OTHER MAINTENANCE THINGS. SO I HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A LOT OF PLANTINGS, BUT GONNA WORK WITH THE AKA SORORITY AGAIN AND DO A PLANTING AT RIDGEVIEW. AND THE EXCHANGE CLUB IS EAGER TO DO SOME MORE MEMORIAL TREES HERE AT MCNAUGHTON PARK. PRETTY SOON, UH, UPCOMING PROJECTS THAT FORESTRY WILL BE HOPEFULLY PRETTY INVOLVED WITH, OF COURSE, FREEDOM TREE PARK. UH, THERE'S THE LATEST PICTURE OF THE FREEDOM TREE THERE, AND I SENT OUT AN ARTICLE, A PRESS RELEASE A COUPLE WEEKS BACK. UH, A LITTLE HISTORY, [00:10:01] A MODERN HISTORY ON THE FREEDOM TREE, BUT WE ALMOST LOST HER ABOUT L LESS THAN 10 YEARS AGO TO A REALLY BAD, I WANNA CALL IT A ROOT DISEASE SLASH FUNGUS. AND, UH, WE HAD TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN TO TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CONQUERED THAT DISEASE FOR NOW. UH, BUT IT DID LOSE PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS ITS LIVE CANOPY DURING THAT TIME. UM, SO NOW WITH THIS, UH, NEW PROJECT COMING UP, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE IT A LITTLE EXTRA TLC, WE JUST, UH, WE JUST RENOVATED ITS, UH, LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM. AND WE ALSO DID, UH, ANOTHER PRUNING ON THE TREE. SO IT'S UP AND READY TO GO, AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING GOOD BY THE TIME THAT THAT PARK GETS REDEVELOPED OVER AT RIDGEVIEW PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN OVER THERE IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTION ZONED ONE AFTER ANOTHER OVER THERE, BUT FINALLY THAT'S STARTING TO DIE DOWN. SO WE'LL DO SOME TOUCH UP WORK THERE. AND I'M HOPING TO MAYBE ADD SOME, UH, MORE ADVANCED LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE, THE QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB. AND THEN PASSION PARK. I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ITS REAL NAME, BUT THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT. BUT THAT'S THAT LITTLE PROPERTY BY ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY, RIGHT OFF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO ACTUALLY DO SOME REAL FORESTRY THERE AND, UH, CLEAR OUT SOME OF THE DEAD NOXIOUS TREES AND THEN TURN IT INTO MORE OF A PARK-LIKE SETTING THAT PEOPLE CAN USE. SO I'M A LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. UH, OF COURSE, I GOTTA HIT YOU GUYS WITH SOME OF THE HOT TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP. WHENEVER YOU GET A, A DROUGHT OR A REALLY BAD YEAR WITH NATURAL DISASTERS, YOU CAN ALMOST SET YOUR CLOCK TO THESE PINE BEETLES COMING. AND I CERTAINLY SAW THAT STARTING TO COME REALLY BAD IN THE FALL. WE'RE GONNA SEE IT ALL YEAR LONG. SO IF YOU HAVE PINE TREES IN YOUR YARD, UH, KEEP AN EYE ON IT. UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE BARK AREA, IF YOU START SEEING LITTLE HOLES LIKE THAT, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE, UH, PINE ENGRAVER, BEETLES, PROBABLY IPS BEETLES, THEY'RE CALLED. AND THEY BASICALLY GET IN THERE AND THEY MAKE THOSE LITTLE GALLERIES LIKE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND PICTURE. AND IT, IT PRETTY MUCH CHOKES OUT THE TREE'S ABILITY TO FEED ITSELF AND TRANSPORT NUTRIENTS OF WATER UP AND DOWN KILLS THE TREE PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, THE GENERAL RULE WITH PINE TREES, UH, IF IT'S UH, YELLOW, IT'S METAL. IF IT'S BROWN, IT'S DOWN. I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. IT'S, UH, IT'S PERFECTLY GOOD WITH PINE TREES. SO IF YOU'RE PINE TREE ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES BROWN AND IT KEEPS THOSE NEEDLES, IT'S A GONER. THERE'S NO COMING BACK, THERE'S NO TREATMENT FOR IT. UH, LET'S SEE. LIGHTNING PROTECTION. I, I FIGURED I'D PUT THIS IN THERE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE REINSTALLED THE FREEDOM TREE ONE. YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S THE ACTUAL FREEDOM TREE. IT'S BASICALLY A SERIES OF COPPER WIRE THAT, UH, ENDS UP ON SOME OF THE HIGHER POINTS IN THE TREE WHERE THERE'S LIGHTNING RODS, LITTLE MINI LIGHTNING RODS. THE IDEA IS THE LIGHTNING COMES TO THE TREE, GETS ATTRACTED TO THOSE RODS, AND IT GOES DOWN THE SERIES OF COPPER WIRES INTO A HUGE GROUNDING WIRE, UH, UH, BURIED UNDER THE GROUND. AND IT DOESN'T TOUCH THE TREE, IT DOESN'T GET INSIDE THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE TREE. OTHERWISE YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S OVER THERE ON THE LEFT. UH, THAT'S THAT OYSTER CREEK TRAIL THAT WAS A LIVE OAK THAT GOT HIT HERE PRETTY RECENTLY. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT JUST BASICALLY IMPLO IMPLODED THAT TREE. UH, SO STUFF LIKE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE END OF A TREE, ESPECIALLY FOR LIVE OAKS OR NOTORIOUSLY TOUGH, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA MONITOR VERY CLOSELY AND SEE HOW WELL THAT TREE HEALS UP. SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE, UH, A HIGH VALUE TREE, A VERY NICE LIVE OAK OR SOMETHING IN YOUR YARD MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO, GETTING A LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM, UH, NEW INSTALLS PROBABLY RUN YOU ABOUT FIVE GRAND. AND THAT'S THE BASICS FOR YOU GUYS. I COULD TALK FOR TWO MORE HOURS IF YOU WANT. , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE MEMORIAL. THE MEMORIAL B***H. YEAH. TELL US ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. YEAH, SURE. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN OUR, OUR PARK BENCHES ALL AROUND. UH, UM, BASICALLY YOU GET THE BENCH AND THEN A CUSTOMIZED PLAQUE. SO WE'LL HAVE IN MEMORY OF OR DEDICATED TO WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE. UH, SOME PEOPLE HAVE LIKE A LITTLE PICTURE OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT AS LONG AS IT CAN BE ENGRAVED, WE'RE, WE'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. OR A LITTLE PRAYER SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN, UH, I WORK WITH YOU ON LOCATION OF THE BENCH. UM, OBVIOUSLY I TRY TO, TO PUT IT AT AREAS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE BENCH LESS OR, YOU KNOW, LIGHT ON BENCHES. BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLACE IN MIND, AS LONG AS IT'S A CITY OWNED AND MAINTAINED PARK, I USUALLY CAN WORK WITH YOU AND FIND A SPOT. AND, UH, THE DEAL IS $1,200, 500, 1200, 1200, 1200. YEAH. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE, THOSE BENCHES ARE NOT CHEAP. YEAH. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE, UM, PROGRAM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTING TREES, UM, WITH THE DISC GOLF COURSE? IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN IN MCNAUGHTON PARK TOO? UH, I WASN'T PLANNING ON DOING IT. I MIGHT ADD SOME TREES JUST INTERNALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY TO REPLACE THINGS THAT WE LOST IN BARREL. COLLECTIVELY, WE LOST ABOUT 60 TREES THROUGH BARREL. UM, NOT, NOT AS MANY AT MCNAUGHTON BECAUSE UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALLER TREES THERE. BUT, UH, I, I HOPE SOMEDAY TO, TO ADD SOME MORE THERE. I DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR THIS SPRING AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NOTHING INVOLVED WITH THE, THE DISC ASSOCIATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE. [00:15:01] YEAH. THE ONE THING I WANT TO ADD BACK ON THE MEMORIAL BENCHES, IT'S STILL ON THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE. OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND WE, WE HAVE AN ONLINE PAYMENT MECHANISM NOW TOO. OR BEFORE YOU HAD TO WRITE A CHECK. UH, NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE YOUR CREDIT CARD AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I DON'T THINK IT IS. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING FOR IT. IT'S NOT A DONATION. YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SOMETHING. NO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING NOTHING FOR IT. THE BENCH, YOU'RE GETTING THE BENCH DONATING DON'T TO TAKE THE BENCH HOME? NO, THE CITY GETS THE BENCH. OH, THE CITY. SO ALSO YOU'RE DONATING TO THE CITY. IT GETS, UH, INSTALLED INTO A PUBLIC PARK. OKAY, FINE. MAYBE YOU DO GIVE TAX REPORTS. I, I, I REALLY DUNNO. I'LL PROBABLY GET IN TROUBLE IF I TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION SO I WON'T. BUT YOU COULD FIND OUT PROBABLY. YEAH. YEAH. TO ADD TO THAT, KAREN, ABOUT MEMORIAL TREE AND MY HUSBAND DIED NINE YEARS AGO, SO WE HAD THE TREE PRETTY WELL ON THE EDIBLE TRIP AND ON THE CITY WEBSITE THEY HAD A PROFILE FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAS A TREE IN THE CITY ON THE TRAIL OR A PARK, WHATEVER. AND YOU HAVE PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY YOU GOT BROUGHT UP. IT'S REALLY NICE. AND THAT'S 200 MILES. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE NEED MORE TREES. SO ANYWAY, MEMORIAL TREE IS A GREAT, YEAH, I ALWAYS INVITE THE FAMILIES AND SOME, SOME PEOPLE JUST, JUST SHOW ME A PICTURE WHEN IT'S DONE. OTHERS THEY LIKE TO DO FULL ON CEREMONIES. MM-HMM . SO, UH, DIANE BROUGHT THE BOYS AND THE DOG OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. SO, AND EVEN DON, UM, DON JOHNSON WHO'S ON PARKS PORCH, HE HAS A TREE STOLE PIPE. WE WENT OUT THERE, HAD A BIG PARTY. YEAH. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS M YEAH. UH, WE TRY TO WRAP OUR, OUR PLANTINGS IN GENERAL, BUT IN PARTICULAR MEMORIAL TREES BY END OF APRIL JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE IN HIGHER RISK OF HEAT AND DROUGHT STRESS AFTER THAT AND LOWER SURVIVAL RATE. UH, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING SO, TRY TO GET WITH ME FAIRLY SOON SO WE CAN GET THAT TREE IN THE GROUND BEFORE THEN. OTHERWISE I TRY TO PUSH IT TILL AFTER AROUND HALLOWEEN WHEN TEMPERATURES SCHOOL, JUST STEP UP, TEMPERA AND GET A BENCH. WHAT'S THAT? DON'T STEP UP AND GET A BENCH OR GET A BENCH ANYTIME OF YEAR. SO ANYTIME. YEAH. CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU OR DO BOTH. THERE YOU GO. GET SHADE FOR YOUR BENCH. HOW'S THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, BEFORE I LEAVE YOU GUYS, I'VE GOT SOME GOODIES OF COURSE. FOR YOU. OF COURSE. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE HIM. PAYS GOOD. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE HIM. HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THE FAVORITE PERSON IN THE PARTS . IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FAVORITE. ADAM, YOU'RE NEXT. NO, I'M MESSING WITH YOU MAN. I'M MESSING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. FIRST KNIGHT, YOU COME AND GET HERE. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT BIANNUAL FORESTRY REPORT. REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. AND, AND PAUL'S DONE. HE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT, MARVELOUS JOB. OH YEAH. IT, YES. REALLY THEY HELP US OUT A LOT. AND I WANNA BRAG ON HIM FOR A MOMENT. SO WHEN HE FIRST STARTED, UH, I REMEMBER, UH, AND YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, UH, HE HAD ASKED ME WITH HIS CREW, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, MAN, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD COME AND, AND JUST HAVE LUNCH WITH US. AND, UH, AND IT WAS AMAZING TIME TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MEAL WITH, WITH THE STAFF. AND THEY APPRECIATED. I APPRECIATED IT. AND I EVEN LUCKED UP AND HAD, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY MM-HMM . WHO WAS THERE THAT DAY TO ALL OF US TO GO OUT TO LUNCH AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HAD A GOOD TIME. AND, AND UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LET STAFF KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THAT THEY KNOW WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL HUMAN, WE'RE ALL THE SAME. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WORKING THE PUBLIC SECTOR OVER THERE, UH, IT IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS IN PRIVATE. NO. AND SO, UH, THEY DO IT BECAUSE YES, THEY DO IT FOR THE PAY, BUT THEY ALSO DO IT BECAUSE THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE. SO THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY, JUST MAKE SURE WE JUST, NO MATTER WHAT, I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS, WHAT DEPARTMENT, JUST STOP BY AND JUST TELL 'EM THANK YOU. THE KIND WORD GOES A LONG WAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM. [6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION] ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR THE TANG CITY CONDOMINIUMS. UH, PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. MR. TRAIN, COME ON DOWN. IGNORE THE, UH, TY. YES. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING PARKS BOARD. UM, SO FOR YOU, I HAVE AN ITEM OF CONSIDERATION. THIS IS, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR TANG CITY UNIONS, UH, [00:20:01] THE APPLICANT, OR IS THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? OKAY. THE, UH, APPLICANT PROPOSES, UH, PROVIDING $23,800 CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING 0.26 ACRES OF PRIVATE PARK LAND. THIS IS, UH, FOR THE PLATTING OF 34 DWELLING UNITS IN PARK ZONE EIGHT. UH, SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY OFFICE SPACE, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO REPL AND TURN INTO TO RESIDENTIAL USE. UM, THEY'RE CONVERTING, PROPOSING TO CONVERT THIS PROPERTY TO 34 UNITS. UM, TYPICALLY, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR ORDINANCE, UM, THE, UH, FOR EACH HUNDRED DWELLING UNITS, YOU EITHER NEED TO PROVIDE ONE ACRE OR OF, OF PARKLAND TO THE CITY, OR, UM, $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT CASH IN LIEU OF, ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN PROVIDE UP TO 50% OF THAT PARKLAND REQUIREMENT, UM, AS PRIVATE PARKLAND LIKE, UM, GREEN SPACE PLAY AREAS, ET CETERA, WITHIN THE SITE. SO THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT. UM, SO OUR BASIS FOR NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS, UM, OF THIS REQUEST IS THAT THE PARK MASTER PLAN STATES THAT LAND OFFERED FOR PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK LAND CREDIT, UM, WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE HALF ACRE IN SIZE, IS GENERALLY DISCOURAGED UNLESS IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A PRIVATE PARK OR OPEN SPACE PROVISIONS. SO THIS SPACE IS, IT'S PRETTY, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SEE WE CAN GET YOU, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE SMALLER SIDE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW. UM, THERE IS A COURTYARD FOR THIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SPACE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT 0.26 ACRES. IT'S SURROUNDED BY A PARKING LOT. UM, SO MIGHT BE SOME SAFETY CONCERNS AND, UH, ON THEIR PROPOSAL. I DON'T KNOW, IS, CAN I ZOOM IN ON HERE? WE HAVE A COPY OF IT. ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THIS? YES. IS OKAY. IS THE SLIDE AT THE END WITH IT? OKAY. OKAY. SO HERE A LETTER. THIS IS THE MAP YOU HAVE THERE. YEAH, IT'S A SITE PLAN. UM, SO IN THIS SPACE THEY DON'T, I MEAN THEY, THEY HAVE SOME, SOME BENCHES AND SOME AREAS TO, TO SIT AND EAT, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY RECREATIONAL, UM, EQUIPMENT OR, OR, UH, REALLY ANY, ANY, ANY NEEDS MET IN THAT. UM, AS FAR AS SOME OTHER, UM, ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE OR CAN I GO BACK? JUST A CLIP LEFT. OKAY. WAIT. OH, I THINK I'M IN THE WRONG VIEW. I THINK I HAVE, BUT CAN YOU PUT IT BACK IN PRESENTATION VIEW? I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. IT'S LIKE IN A, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A PDF, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MY BAD. IT'S A LITTLE LATE. OKAY. THURSDAY. YEAH, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL. YOU JUST GO UP TO THE LITTLE GREEN SCREEN AND JUST ENLARGE IT THERE. THAT MAY WORK FOR US. SCROLL BACK UP TO THE SITE PLAN YOU HAD. IT MIGHT JUST BE, CAN I USE THE MOUSE? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO I WANTED TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSESSMENT OF THE SPACE. UM, SO THE, THE CLOSEST PART, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, OUR OBJECTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE MEETING, UM, THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, UM, WE WANTED TO, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EACH DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN AT LEAST HALF A MILE OF A, OF A PARK OR TRAIL. SO THIS SITE IS EXACTLY [00:25:01] HALF A MILE FROM THE FIRST COLONY TRAILHEAD. SO THERE IS ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE. AND ADDITIONALLY, UM, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN TWO MILES OF A LARGER, UH, COMMUNITY, A REGIONAL PARK. UM, NOW MCNAUGHTON PARK'S 2.1 MILES AWAY. I WOULD SAY THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH TO TWO MILES. SO THIS SITE DOES PROVIDE, UM, UH, A SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO PARKLAND FOR RESIDENTS. SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CONCERN THERE. UM, ADDITIONALLY THE SITE IS IN PARK ZONE EIGHT, SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. UM, AND JUST A, UM, SOME STATS WITH PARK ZONE EIGHT. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE OVER $200,000 IN THE PARK ZONE EIGHT FUND. AND THERE ARE THREE, UM, UH, THREE SITES WITH PARKLAND, BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED. UM, AND WE HAVE THE FIRST COLONY TRAILHEAD. SO IF WE WERE TO COLLECT CA UH, CASH IN LIEU OF PARKLAND THAT COULD ADD TO THIS PARK ZONE EIGHT FUNDS AND HELP DEVELOP THESE UNDEVELOPED PARKLANDS. UM, SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE, UM, WE WERE RECOMMENDING, UH, DENIAL FOR THIS, BUT WE, BUT STAFF WOULD SUPPORT, UM, THE CASH IN LIEU OF FOR THE COMPLETE AMOUNT OF 46 40 $7,600, WHICH WOULD BE $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE, BECAUSE I SAW ANOTHER YOUNG MAN WALK IN HERE FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS. I ANSWERS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER HERE THIS EVENING AND HE HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH, UH, WHAT AND HOW THE PARKLAND ORDINANCE IS, IS FOCUSED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE BOOK KINDA OUTLINES WHAT GOES ON. PROBABLY HASN'T. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AND SO, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF AT A LOSS FROM THAT STANDPOINT OF HOW IT NORMALLY WORKS. BUT I AM GONNA AT LEAST GIVE A HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS THE WAY THAT THE PARKLAND ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED AND KIND OF REFRESHER COURSE FOR EVERYONE ELSE, UH, FOR EVERY SINGLE DWELLING UNIT. AND WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY HERE AS WELL WHO WILL KEEP ME STRAIGHT, UH, FOR EVERY 100 DWELLING UNITS. IT IS ONE ACRE. YES. AND SO, UH, AND ANY PORTION THEREOF, NORMALLY THE CITY WHEN IT'S PUBLIC PARKLAND, THE MINIMUM ACREAGE WE WANT TO TAKE, I'M NOT SAYING WE WILL TAKE, WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE IS A FIVE ACRE PARK FROM A PUBLIC STANDPOINT, THESE SMALL POCKET PARTS, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THOSE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA MAINTAIN 'EM. WE GOT, OUR RESOURCES NEED TO BE USED A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY NOW. UM, AND IT'S UP TO US WHAT WE DO. THIS BODY RIGHT HERE, WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. WE CAN GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT WE, THIS BODY GET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM HERE GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION. PLANNING COMMISSION WILL LOOK AT OUR DIALOGUE, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS SECTION, THE MEETING MINUTES WILL REFLECT WHATEVER WE SAY AND WHATEVER HAPPENED. AND THEY'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THERE. IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S THE LAST STOP CITY COUNCIL. THEY TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT OUR ACTION AND THEY'LL COME UP WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AT THAT STAGE. BUT THEY TAKE VERY CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON WHAT WE THINK SHOULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT. AND BEFORE I OPEN UP THIS FOR DISCUSSION, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY. THE TEST QUESTION IS, BECAUSE I NOTICED WE, THE WAY THAT THIS IS STATED, IT'S FROM THE MASTER PLAN. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH MR. ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. AND THE QUESTION ORDINANCE, IT'S FROM THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. I'VE GOT IT PULLED UP RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. AND SO FROM THE ORDINANCE, IT DOES SAY THAT, UM, ARE WE SAYING FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT WE WILL TAKE NOTHING FROM A PRIVATE PARK LAND THAT IS LESS THAN A HALF ACRE? UH, THERE IS MINIMUM [00:30:01] ACREAGE IN INSTANCES WHERE AN AREA OF LESS THAN FIVE ACRES IS REQUIRED TO BE DEDICATED THE CITY'S CHILD EXCEPT OR REJECT THE DEDICATION WITHIN 60 DAYS. THAT MAKES SENSE. REJECT IT WHEN IT'S LESS THAN FIVE ACRES. THAT'S THE PUBLIC LAND THAT, YEAH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PRIVATE LAND NOW. THIS IS, IT'S PUBLIC PARK LAND DEDICATION. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S THE DONATING FOR PUBLIC LAND. THIS IS DOWN TWO SECTIONS IN EI THINK FOR PRIVATE LAND IT DOES SAY, UM, THIS BESIDES THE WORDS PARKS MASTER PLAN, UM, THIS IS WORD FOR WORD FOR WORD FROM THE ORDINANCE. UM, SO IT'S THAT, UM, WE BASICALLY DISCOURAGE LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE. YEAH. IT'S NOT REJECT OR APPROVE AUTOMATICALLY. IT'S, WE DISCOURAGE IT. OKAY. AND I, I THINK THERE PERHAPS COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE SOMETHING LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE MIGHT MAKE SENSE, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WE KIND OF WENT OVER WITH THE SITE. UM, AND WITH WITH, WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, IT WOULD BE HARD TO LOOK PAST THE GENERAL DISCOURAGE LANGUAGE WHEN THERE'S ALL THOSE OTHER RED FLAGS AS WELL. OKAY. I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM? SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE SCREEN SPACE IS SUITABLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, IT'S NEAR . UM, WHO'S WHO, SORRY, WERE YOU, WERE YOU SAYING THE, THE APPLICANT'S NOT SUGGESTING THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THAT'S A GREEN SPACE RIGHT THERE? YEAH, THEY, THEY ARE SUGGESTING BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BIG STRETCH. THAT WOULD BE STRETCH. I'VE SEEN IT. THAT WOULD BE A STRETCH. SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING IS THAT I WANNA PAY 50% OF THE 1400 MM-HMM . AND CONSIDER THIS AREA AS PRIVATE PARKLAND. MM-HMM . THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. YEAH. RIGHT. AND MY QUESTION IS THE RECOMMENDATION HERE THAT SAYS THAT THE STAFF WOULD SUPPORT RECEIVING $47,600 IN ADDITION TO THIS BEING DESIGNATED IN PRIVATE PLAN PERIOD. SO, UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. NO, UM, THE ALTERNATE SUGGESTION THAT WE HAD WOULD HAVE NO, WOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON PRIVATE PARK LAND. SO IF THEY FOR SOME REASON WANTED TO DO SOME, FILL SOME OTHER PURPOSE WITH THAT SPACE, I SUPPOSE THEY COULD. NOW I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY LIMITED IN WHAT THEY, THEY CAN DO. THEY PROBABLY, THEY PROBABLY NEED SOME GREEN SPACE I WOULD IMAGINE. I MEAN, I'M NOT, UH, NOT SUPER, UH, SUPER KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE, OF, OF ALL THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY NEED SOME GREEN SPACE THERE. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY SOMEWHAT LIMITED. OKAY. OH, LEMME BACK THIS UP ONE SEC. MM-HMM . I'M GOING GO BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTAL PORTION OF IT, RIGHT. FOR EVERY DWELLING UNIT MM-HMM . YOU GOTTA HAVE X AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION MM-HMM . MM-HMM . AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS EITHER YOU DEDICATE OR THE OTHER HALF OF IT IS YOU CAN DO HALF PRIVATE AND PAY HALF THE PRICE. THE PRICE IS $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT. MM-HMM . THAT'S THE PRICE RIGHT THERE. MM-HMM . AND SO WHAT STAFF IS SAYING IS WE DON'T WANNA TAKE ANYTHING AS PRIVATE PARK LAND THAT WE WANT THEM TO PAY THE FULL $1,400 TIMES 34 UNITS, WHICH IS HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE 47 600. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY'RE SAYING THAT YOU CAN USE THAT SPACE THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING AS PRIVATE PARKLAND AS WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO. IF THEY WANNA PUT A PARKING LOT THERE AS A SPLASH PAD OR, OR PUT A TRASH DUMPSTER THERE, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THAT LAND. BUT IT'S NOT, STAFF IS SAYING THAT IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO IT BEING CONSIDERED PARK LAND. OKAY. AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN A, A BUSINESS COMMERCIAL AREA. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . OKAY. THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, YEAH. AND, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, FROM MR. DEVELOPER STANDPOINT, UH, AND YOU JUST KIND OF, I, I ALWAYS ASK EVERYBODY BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, LAWRENCE TURNER USED TO SAY, GIMME THE MONEY AND DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT THE SPACE. BUT I'VE HAD BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE SAT HERE AND MADE ME SEE THE LIGHT. AND SO I HAVE TO ALSO PUT THAT HAT ON OF, JUST THINK ABOUT [00:35:01] AT UH, TALENT CENTER. THERE'S HOUSES THERE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY GREEN SPACE. THE ONLY THING YOU GOT IS WALKING TO THE BIG WHERE THE FOUNTAIN IS AND, AND THAT'S IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS IS WHAT THE VISION THAT THIS LANDOWNER HAS THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA PUT THE CONDOS HERE AND WE JUST WANNA TRY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE HAVE TO EXPEND BY CLAIMING THIS. I WANNA STILL ENTERTAIN CONVERSATIONS OR DIALOGUE AS IT RELATES TO THAT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL RULES. AND 0.26 IS NOTHING. THAT'S NO LAND. I MEAN YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE, WHAT CAN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BENCHES? I MEAN, REALISTICALLY? YEAH. UH, BASICALLY THAT AND HOW IS THAT REALLY A, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF MENTIONS IS A PLUS IF WE, IF WE ACCEPT IT, DOES THAT NOT MEAN THAT THE CITY HAS TO HELP MAINTAIN IT? NO, NO, NO. IT'S PRIVATE. THEY'LL MAINTAIN, IT'S PRIVATE. WE DON'T TOUCH THIS AT, AT ALL. OKAY. AND THEN, LET ME SAY THIS FROM PRESIDENT STANDPOINT, I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SMALLER AREAS BEFORE. OH, I KNOW, I KNOW. YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, FULL DISCLOSURE. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO IT, IT JUST, BUT IT DEPENDS TOO. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE SMALLER, UH, OVER THERE ON STAFFORD HAW ROAD, IT WAS A, UM, MULTIFAMILY UNIT. IT'S A MULTIFAMILY UNIT. IT'S LIKE ONE UNIT. BUT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A MULTIFAMILY UNIT THAT WAS ALL RESIDENTIAL. MM-HMM . IT WASN'T A, SOMETHING THAT WAS INTEGRATED PROBABLY LIKE IT WAS, I KNOW IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T INTEGRATED LIKE A BUNCH OF COMMERCIAL THEN WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT A MULTIFAMILY RIGHT INSIDE THERE AND IT WAS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. I THINK WHAT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ONE IS YOU HAVE OTHER USES AROUND THERE. SO IT'S NOT REALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS THEY'LL GET ACCESS TO IT, BUT ALSO TOO, I WOULD IMAGINE, I DON'T KNOW. AND IF SOMEONE'S HERE TO HELP EXPLAIN THAT TO US. IF A REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE, THEY MAY ENLIGHTEN US ON SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS APPEARS TO ME THAT IT'S GONNA BE USED BY EVERYONE. NOT UNLESS THERE'S A GATE AROUND THERE AND ACCESS CARD THAT ONLY THOSE RESIDENTS GET TO USE. IT SEEMED LIKE IT'S MORE THAN JUST A ROUTE PARK. RIGHT. THERE. IS ANYONE HERE, I SAW SOME NEW FOLKS COME IN AS WELL. ARE THEY PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION? JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TANG CITY CONDOMINIUMS IN CASE Y'ALL WITH TANG CITY. OKAY. SO WE'RE, YOUR ITEM IS UP AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO LISTEN TO YOU. 'CAUSE THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD. SO UNFORTUNATELY THE ARCHITECT, SO I GUESS IS WHAT OPTIONS, HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION. THAT'S CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED. THAT'S WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED. SO WHEN I SEE, COULD YOU COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AT THE MIC FOR US PLEASE? AND I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL DID INCLUDE 23,800 AND DOLLARS CASH IN LIEU OF, SO OUR PROPOSAL, THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY IS, IS IS 50%. UM, YEAH. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, I APOLOGIZE. I'M BILL BOBRICK AND SO I'M WITH TANG CITY DEVELOPMENT AND I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK AND SO I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT A YOUNG MAN, BUT I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENT. SO WHEN IT SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL, DOES THAT PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPERS FROM PAYING IN THE FUTURE? NO. NO. OKAY. AND AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT'S JUST THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO US. SURE. NOW WE'RE DELIBERATING AND HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ARE WE AS A BODY GONNA TAKE A MOTION ON, TAKE ACTION ON AND FORWARD OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE NEXT PARTY UNDERSTOOD. HAS TO REVIEW. AND I, I JUST WANT TO, THE ONLY THING AS FAR AS THE STATEMENT IS THAT THE DEVELOPERS WANT TO DO, THEY WANT TO COMPLY WITH WHAT YOU NEED AS A BODY. MM-HMM [00:40:01] . TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF MISSOURI CITY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR ME. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. YOU DID GOOD . YOU DIDN'T NEED THE ARCHITECT. TELL 'EM TO GIVE YOU A REFUND . SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTION. AND SO STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO NOT LET, ALLOW THEM TO DO THE PRIVATE PARKLAND AND JUST PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT TIMES 34 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $47,600. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS AND IF NOT, DOES ANYONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? AND FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM HEARING THE CONVERSATIONS THAT UH, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY BE COMFORTABLE WITH. AND IF SO, I NEED A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. I MOVE THAT, UM, PARKS BOARD ACCEPTS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION DENIED BUT WOULD SUPPORT THE 3 7 6. SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARKS BOARD WOULD BE THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT IN LIEU OF PARKLAND, DEDICATION OF $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT TIMES 34 FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF 47 600. I SECOND. I SECOND I SECOND. OH, THAT'S OKAY. SO DIANE MADE THE MOTION. MM-HMM . YOU SECOND IT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. EVERYBODY OPPOSED? SO SIR, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, UH, WHAT THIS RECOMMENDED BODY HAS DONE IS JUST SAYING THEY PAID THE FULL AMOUNT, WHICH IS $47,600, UH, AND MOVE ON. AND SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE TYPED UP IN THE MINUTES AND PRESENTED AT THE NEXT, UH, PLANNING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS PROBABLY WEDNESDAY. YEAH. AND SO IT'LL BE ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN IT'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? Y'ALL? Y'ALL ARE GOOD. YOU GOT IT? I GOT ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. I'M ALSO NEXT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, [7. STAFF REPORTS] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. OKAY. STAFF REPORTS. MR. ADAM TRAIN, PARKS PROJECTS, PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. OKAY. SO ONE THING THAT, UH, WE TOUCHED ON LAST MEETING AND WE'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF RUNDOWN. EACH PARK SPORT MEETING GOING FORWARD IS JUST A LOOK AT THE PARK USAGE DATA. UM, JUST SO Y'ALL CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARKS. UM, SO HERE'S A, A BRIEF LOOK AT THE LAST 30 DAYS OF PARK USAGE. UM, WE SAW 51,800 UNIQUE VISITS. UM, THAT'S DOWN 7% FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR. UM, TOOK A LOOK AT SOME REASONS WHY WE HAD FOUR REALLY COLD DAYS. UM, WHERE THE HIGH WAS LESS THAN 50. I LOOKED AT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF 2024. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ONCE THEN. UM, YOU KNOW, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN, BUT IT SEEMS PLAUSIBLE THAT THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR A 7% DIP IN ATTENDANCE. AND THAT'S NOT A MONTH TO MONTH TREND. LAST MONTH WAS UP 21% FROM THE PRIOR MONTH, FROM THE SAME MONTH, 2024. SO IT'S NOT AN OVERALL DOWNWARD TREND. IT'S LIKELY A WEATHER RELATED. UM, HERE WE CAN LOOK AT WEEK TO WEEK THROUGHOUT THE MONTH VERSUS 2024. AND YOU CAN SEE THE LARGEST GAP IN ATTENDANCE CORRESPONDS WITH, UH, GOLD WEATHER. UM, KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE PARK USAGE IS BY FAR WE HAD, WE SAW THE, UH, LARGEST USAGE AT COMMUNITY PARK, UH, BUFFALO RUN, UH, WITH UH, 24,400 VISITS. THAT'S BASICALLY 47, ALMOST 47% OF ALL PARK VISITS. UM, SO, UH, VERY, VERY, VERY BIG CONTRIBUTOR, UM, TO THE PARK SYSTEM. BUFFALO RUN PARK RUNNING SOMEWHAT CLOSE. AND THEN YOU SEE KIND OF A TAPER, TAPER DOWN. UH, I DO WANNA BRING UP THE CAVEAT THAT MCNAUGHTON PARK DATA IS NOT REFLECTED IN HERE. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST, LAST MONTH. [00:45:01] I HAVE ASKED ABOUT THAT AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A SOLUTION YET. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THAT DATA INCORPORATED. LOOK, FORTUNATELY THAT IS THE CASE FOR ALL OF THE DATA. SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE, UH, AT LEAST THE DATA'S ACCURATE WITHIN ITSELF. 'CAUSE IT MAY NOT IS MISSING THIS YEAR. IT'S ALSO MISSING LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. SO THE RELATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD STILL BE ACCURATE. UM, AND I'M HOPING WE CAN GET THAT FIXED SOON. UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S JUST A QUICK, QUICK BREAKDOWN. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. THANK YOU. WE GOT MR. BARRY HAMILTON'S REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO FUNNY STORY. UM, I, UH, I GAVE BARRY AN OUT TO THIS EVENING. HE WAS, UM, HE WAS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE, WE TALKED AFTER THE, THE FEBRUARY MEETING. HE SAID, YEAH, YEAH, I'LL BE THERE, I'LL BE THERE. HE'S HAD SOME, THEY HAVE APPOINTMENTS ON THURSDAYS, SO IT'S ALWAYS VERY TOUGH. IT'S BOTH OF THEIR APPOINTMENT DAYS. UM, AND THEN I WAS LIKE, YEAH, ACTUALLY I'LL BE AT CONFERENCE, SO I'M, I'M REALLY GONNA NEED YOU THERE. SO LAST WEEK I WENT TO CONFERENCE AND ON THURSDAY NIGHT BARRY SHOWED UP AND HE CAME UP HERE AND HE SAT HERE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN HE SAID, OH, I THINK SHE MESSED UP . SO BARRY WENT HOME, UM, , UM, IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND THEN OF COURSE I JOKED THAT IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT HE'S BEEN TO A PARKS BOARD MEETING THAT HE FORGOT THAT IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK OF EVERY MONTH. UM, SO HE SAID HE DOES SAY HELLO. UM, WE ARE HOPING TO GET HIM BACK AT THESE MEETINGS SOON. UM, BUT JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UM, ON PARK OPERATIONS THIS WEEK WE DID SHIFT INTO OUR WEEKLY MOWING CYCLES AND WEEKLY MAINTENANCE CYCLES OF OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS. UM, WE DID HAVE ABOUT A HALF DAY OF RAIN, BUT WE'RE NOT THAT FAR BEHIND. WE'VE CONFIRMED WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, THEY ARE ON TRACK TO, TO FINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THAT RAIN PUSHED US INTO SATURDAY, BUT THEY WILL BE COMING BACK OUT, UM, TO FINISH UP OUR MOWING CYCLE. BESIDES THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO CATCH UP ON SOME THINGS. WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF EVENTS, A LOT OF SETUPS, UH, ASSISTING AT THE GOLF COURSE, SET UP THEIR TENT. WE DID THAT FOR SOME REASON YESTERDAY AND THEY ALMOST ALL BLEW AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS VERY WINDY. UM, CALLED IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR SOME EXTRA MUSCLE ON THAT ASSIGNMENT. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE ARE JUST, UH, SWINGING INTO SPRING, GETTING READY ON MAINTENANCE SIDE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM C, RECREATIONAL MR. MOBLEY. HELLO EVERYONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SHORT MONTHS. SO I'LL BE BRIEF WITH IT. UM, WE STILL HAD A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPEN THIS, UM, PAST FEBRUARY. UM, I'M GOING THROUGH. THERE YOU GO. IT'S OKAY. DISTRACTING ME. UM, SO SOME OF OUR PROGRAM NUMBERS Y'ALL CAN GO THROUGH. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. WE HAVE TENNIS PROGRAMS, PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS, TRYING TO SPLIT 'EM UP TO WHERE THEY, UM, FIT THE BEST. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SPOTLIGHT PROGRAMS I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT I AM PROUD OF AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST ATTENDANCE. UM, IN OUR ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS, ONE OF OUR SPOTLIGHT PROGRAMS IS SPECIAL STRONG, UM, KICKBOXING. AND SO THAT IS A ADAPTIVE PROGRAM. IT OFFERS TWO SPECIALIZED CLASSES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES TO EXPLORE FITNESS IN A FUN AND HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT'S PICKING UP STEAM. A LOT OF THOSE ARE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE. OUR REC SPECIALISTS, UM, NICOLE MCGEE, SHE KIND OF GRINDS IT OUT, BUT THAT'S HER PASSION. AND SO SEEING THE FRUIT OF HER LABOR KIND OF GROWING THE PROGRAM IS REALLY COOL TO SEE. UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS OUR FITNESS PROGRAM. IT'S THE SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM IS OUR TOTAL BODY MAX, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE. UM, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR, ON THE OTHER SIDE, ONE OF OUR MOST WELL-ATTENDED, UM, FITNESS PROGRAMS. AND SO IT'S A FULL BODY WORKOUT. UM, THEY'RE ON I THINK MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, EIGHT TO NINE, THEN NINE TO 10. UM, AND THEY, THEY GET AFTER IT. YOU COME IN, UM, AS SOON AS I GET INTO THE OFFICE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOUD AND THEY'RE HAVING FUN TIME. SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. FOR OUR EVENTS, WE HAD OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, UH, KICKOFF. THAT WAS ON FEBRUARY 1ST. UM, WE HAD ESTIMATED 150 PEOPLE. WE HAD THAT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, THERE WAS, UH, SINGING, THERE WAS, UM, A COUPLE SPEECHES, GUEST APPEARANCES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAD OUR TIES AND TIARAS, WHICH IS OUR DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE. AND WE HAD 79 PEOPLE FOR THAT. AND THAT WAS ON FEBRUARY 8TH. SO THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY. UM, THAT WAS A GOOD, UH, REALLY GOOD TIME FOR EVERYBODY. WE HAD A FUNNY STORY WHERE THE CONFETTI CANON, WE HAD IT ALL READY TO GO. THAT WAS LIKE THE BIG THING TO DO. CONFETTI CANON DID NOT SHOOT OFF. UM, SO I THINK OUR STAFF JUST TOOK IT AND THREW THE CONFETTI AND THE KIDS, THE, I THINK THE LITTLE GIRLS THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF IT AND SO THEY STARTED THROWING IT TOO. SO IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE, WE PLANNED THAT OF COURSE. UM, AND THEN WE HAD OUR FREEDOM WALK AND FAMILY REUNION AND THEN ALSO OUR FREEDOM TREE PARK AT GROUNDBREAKING. UM, THAT LAST SATURDAY, UM, FREEDOM WALK, WE HAD ABOUT MAYBE 75, MAYBE 80 PEOPLE. IT WAS, IF YOU WERE OUT THERE, IT WAS COLD AND RAINY. IT WAS MISERABLE TO BE HONEST. I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, UM, COLD. IT WAS WET. I THINK WE WERE OUT THERE 5 36 O'CLOCK SETTING UP AND STARTED NOT FEELING MY HANDS. UM, BUT THEN FAMILY REUNION [00:50:01] THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE AT COMMUNITY PARK. UM, WE ALWAYS RESERVED FOR THESE OUTSIDE EVENTS. WE RESERVED THE COMMUNITY CENTER AUDITORIUM JUST IN CASE. AND THAT WAS A JUST IN CASE. UM, I THINK IT STARTED RAINING THAT DAY AND THEN, OR SHOWED THAT IT WAS GONNA RAIN ALL WEEK AND THEN IT SHOWED NO CHANCE OF RAIN AND WE'RE LIKE, WE MOVED IT FOR NO REASON AND THEN IT ACTUALLY POURED, SO IT KIND OF WORKED OUT. UM, SO WE DEFINITELY THINK, THINK THAT AFFECTED SOME OF OUR, UM, PEOPLE COMING. UM, BUT THAT WAS STILL A REALLY GOOD TIME TOO, IF YOU SHOWED UP TO THAT ONE. UM, WE'LL GO TO THE BACK. SO FOR FACILITY USAGE MEMBERSHIP SCANS WERE UH, OVER 3000 DAY PASSES, 4 75. THE DAY PASSES ARE PRETTY ON PAR FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE. SOME WITH MEMBERSHIP PASSES. UM, AND TOTAL USAGE WAS UP, I THINK THAT'S ONLY UP MAYBE ONE 2%. UM, AND THEN I READ IT FROM FEBRUARY 1ST, UM, TO MARCH 2ND. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE MORE. THE 2024 WAS ONE MORE DAY THAN THIS YEAR. AND SO TECHNICALLY THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, BUT INCOME WE WERE ALSO UP, I THINK THAT WAS MAYBE 5%. UM, LOOK AHEAD, WE HAVE OUR SPRING BREAK CAMP THIS COMING WEEK. UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT KIND OF SEGUES INTO OUR BIG SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT GOING. UM, ALSO ON HERE, WHICH I DIDN'T PUT, UM, WAS OUR LITTLE EXPLORERS, UM, THAT'S GEARED FOR KIDS AGES THREE TO SIX AND IT'S NATURE BASED KIND OF LEARNING. SO FOR, UM, IT'S ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, MONDAY WE'RE GOING TO TROXEL PARK. WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE BIO SWELL. WE'RE DOING RAIN WATER. WE'RE MAKING THE RAIN NOISE MAKERS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE THREE TO SIX YEAR OLDS. AND, UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT CLASS THAT, UM, PROGRAM HAPPEN. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT BACK. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF DANIELLE'S RAIN CHILD. SO I, UM, EXCITED TO BRING THAT BACK. UM, EDIBLE EARTH FEST. NOT GONNA TAKE PAULS, UH, SHINE AWAY. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHALK FEST. CHALK FEST IS OUR REALLY BIG EVENT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, INVOLVES CHALK. UM, A LOT OF REALLY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. IT'S NOT JUST, THERE'S AMATEUR WORK AS WELL TOO, BUT WE ACTUALLY PAY PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO PROFESSIONAL WORK AND IT IS SO COOL. I WISH I HAD SOME OF THE, I'LL BRING SOME OF THE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, NEXT REPORT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY COOL. UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS WE'RE BRINGING THE CHILDREN'S ENTREPRENEUR MARKET AND IT'S FOR FIVE TO 17 YEAR OLDS AND IT'S A FARMER'S MARKET ESSENTIALLY FOR KIDS. SO IT TEACHES 'EM HOW TO BE ENTREPRENEURS. UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOVERNED SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, HERE'S SOME HOT CHEETOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, BUT THERE'S SNOW, I THINK IT'S SNOW CONES, THERE'S CRAFTS, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. UM, THEY'RE ALREADY MARKETING AND THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE ASSUMING THERE MIGHT BE 20 TO 30, UM, BOOTHS OUT THERE. AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING COOL. JUST ADD ONTO CHALK FEST. JUST ANOTHER COMPONENT. UM, AND I DO BELIEVE FROM LAST YEAR WE HAD CHALK FEST WAS TWO DAYS AND WE ARE MOVING TO ONE DAY THIS YEAR. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT CHANGE WAS MADE, BUT I KNOW THIS YEAR IS JUST ONE DAY. UM, ANOTHER THING, THE ONLY LAST THING I REALLY HAVE, UM, ALLISON VICKERY, SHE'S NOT HERE, SHE'S OUR RECREATION MANAGER. SHE RECENTLY GRADUATED THE TRAPS ACADEMY. IT'S A LONG TITLE TRAPS DR. MICHAEL LANDLORD'S ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. WOW. UM, AND SO THAT'S A CLASS IN TEXAS. RECREATION PARK SOCIETY IS THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, WE'RE PART OF. AND SHE WAS CHOSEN ALONG WITH THREE OTHER COHORTS FROM PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE, UM, STATE OF TEXAS TO, UM, GROW PROFESSIONALLY. AND SO, UM, FOR ONCE A MONTH SHE WOULD GO TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. SHE WOULD, UM, DO TEAM BUILDING. SHE WOULD LEARN, UM, , UH, YOU KNOW, EXERCISES WITH HER COHORTS, OTHER PARKS AND REC PROFESSIONALS. UM, AND SHE RECENTLY ACTUALLY GRADUATED, WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE, UH, LAST WEEK AT THE TRAPS UM, INSTITUTE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN DANIELLE AND I ARE THE CLASS OF 2022 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I MET HER. UM, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRETTY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART. I THINK WE HAVE A LONG LINE OF LIKE THE LAST FOUR CLASSES WE'VE HAD SOMEONE GRADUATE AND SO PRETTY COOL TO SEE MISSOURI CITY REPRESENTED IN THOSE, BUT SHOUT OUT TO HER. SO THAT'S GREAT. VERY GOOD. YEAH. YES. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. COOL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? OKAY, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. LET ME SEE HERE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THIS MACHINE. WHOA, IT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH. WHOA. OH MY GOSH. I'LL JUST GO RIGHT THERE. THAT WORKS. UM, ALL RIGHT, SO JUST HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS. UM, OUR CURRENT INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED, UM, EARLIER WHEN I WAS BARRY, UM, WE ARE SHIFTING INTO OUR SPRING MAINTENANCE. SO THAT IS A LOT, A LOT OF KIND OF JUST OVERSIGHT. WE, UM, I THINK I'VE TALKED TO OUR MOWING CONTRACTOR FOUR TIMES TODAY, UM, YESTERDAY, THREE TIMES. AND SO THAT'S 'CAUSE WE, AS WE SHIFT INTO ONCE A WEEK CYCLES, UM, WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT USUALLY. UM, AND SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES OUR CONTRACTORS AREN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SHIFT TO EVERY OTHER WEEK CYCLES, THEY HAVE TO CUT BACK ON STAFF, THEY PICK UP OTHER CONTRACTS, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO RAMP BACK UP FOR US. UM, SO BETWEEN THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO RAMPING UP ON FIELD RENTALS, FIELD PREPARATIONS, SPORTS TOURNAMENTS, PAVILION, RENTALS, ALL OF THAT. AS, AS THE WEATHER GETS NICE, PEOPLE GET OUTSIDE. AND SO WE ARE, WE HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, PREPS AND A LOT MORE CLEANUPS FOR OUR RENTALS. UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY BIDDING OUR MOWING CONTRACT. UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A NEW CONTRACT THIS SUMMER. I DON'T IT, [00:55:01] I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE A NEW CONTRACTOR, BUT WE'LL HAVE A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT WILL BE SHIFTING OUR MOWING TO AN A WEEKLY CYCLE YEAR ROUND. UM, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT OVER THE YEARS. UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN TRACKING KIND OF THE, UH, THE WEATHER PATTERNS. UM, THIS YEAR EVERYTHING POPPED VERY EARLY. UM, WE HAD A, A FALSE SPRING IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND THEN IT SUNK BACK DOWN. MM-HMM . AND THEN IT RAINED, AND THEN IT WAS WARM AGAIN. AND SO EVERYTHING GREW, UM, WAY EARLIER THAN, THAN IT HAS HISTORICALLY GROWN. UM, SO WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO SWITCH TO THOSE WEEKLY CYCLES. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MIGHT SKIP A FEW IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY HERE AND THERE, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY ARE NOW PART OF OUR WARM MONTHS. AND SO, SO WE MADE THAT DECISION TO DO THAT. UM, THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE GETTING INTO PLACE. UM, WE'RE HOPING, UH, IN MAY, BUT REALISTICALLY IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE JUNE 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TIME TO LEARN THE LOCATIONS IF IT IS A NEW CONTRACTOR THAT'S AWARDED THAT. UM, WE ARE ALSO ENTERING INTO BUDGET SEASON. UM, SO, UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PARK PROJECTS RECENTLY. UM, WE HAVE REPLACED ABOUT 15 PLAYGROUNDS OVER THE LAST EIGHT TO 10 YEARS. SO, UM, THIS, THIS PHASE OF BUDGET SEASON, WE ARE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON SOME OF THOSE SMALLER AMENITIES. UM, PARK BENCHES, LANDSCAPE BEDS, UM, SOME OF YOUR EXTRA FEATURES, GAGA PITS, WHICH IS THE LITTLE GAME THAT KIDS PLAY WITH THE KICKBALL. UM, MORE THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE THE SPACE AND WE HAVE THE, THE, THE PRIMARY AMENITIES. BUT SOME OF THOSE UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR PARK PAVILIONS HAVE HAD THEIR, THEIR PICNIC TABLES THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND IT'S ABOUT TIME, UM, THAT WE START SWITCHING IT OUT. UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE OUR FOCUS FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET SEASON. AS WELL AS, UM, MORE OF THE, UH, ON THE MAINTENANCE OR EVALUATING IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MORE OURSELVES IN HOUSE VERSUS CONTRACTING, UM, TO TRY AND OFFSET SOME OF THOSE, UH, GROWING EXPENSES THAT WE'RE SEEING. UM, LAST MONTH I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT SOME EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE. UM, WE HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK ORDER AND INVENTORY SYSTEM. UM, SO WHAT THIS IS, IT'S CALLED, UH, IT'S CARO GRAPH SLASH OPEN GO. UM, CARO GRAPH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A A PARK ASSET SYSTEM. OPENGOV IS A WORK ORDER SYSTEM AND OPENGOV BOUGHT CARDIOGRAPH. SO NOW WE CAN, UM, WE CAN HAVE OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM IN THE SAME PLATFORM. UM, AND SO REALISTICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN SOMEBODY RENTS A FIELD AND WE NEED TO GO DRAG THE FIELD AND PUT THE LINES ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD, UM, WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS OUR RECREATION MANAGER TAKES THAT RESERVATION, SENDS IT TO BARRY, BARRY CREATES THE WORK ORDER FOR OUR PARKS CREW LEADER, WHO THEN GO AND DO IT. UM, THIS SYSTEM WILL TALK TO OUR NEW SYSTEM. SO THE SECOND THAT MAKES THE RESERVATION, IT CREATES THE WORK ORDER. UM, SIMILARLY, WHEN SOMEBODY RENTS A PAVILION, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GONNA CREATE A WORK ORDER TO GO OUT AND PREP THAT PAVILION AN HOUR BEFORE THAT RENTAL HAPPENS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL SERVE AS OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, A VERY, VERY, VERY LARGE SPREADSHEET THAT IS OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. AND IT SHOWS US WHEN WE BOUGHT SOMETHING, WHAT THE EXPECTED, EXPECTED LIFE IS, AND SO WHEN WE SHOULD REPLACE IT. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO PROPERLY BUDGET FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS. UM, THIS SYSTEM, WE WILL JUST IMPORT THAT AND IT'S GONNA EACH YEAR SPIT OUT A, A NEEDS UPCOMING AND IF THERE'S SPACE TYPE OF REPORT, UM, SO THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SPENDING THAT TIME CREATING ALL OF THOSE, THE LAST THING THAT IT'S GONNA DO IS IT'S GOING TO TRACK WHAT OUR STAFF ARE, WHAT TASKS THEY'RE DOING, HOW LONG IT TAKES, UM, AND THE RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES SO THAT, UM, FOR INSTANCE, OUR, OUR MOWING CREW, UM, WHEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY SAY, OKAY, I MOWED COMMUNITY PARK AND IT WAS ME AND THESE THREE TEAM MEMBERS AND IT TOOK US SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITY PARK, THE AREA THAT THEY MOW IS 14 ACRES AND IT TAKES THEM NOW FOUR PEOPLE SEVEN HOURS A WEEK. SO AS WE ACQUIRE LAND, UM, OR DEVELOP STA MOW, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE REPORTS TO KNOW EXACTLY THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING AT THE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN. UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M KIND OF A DATA NERD, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS . UM, SO WE ARE, IT'S ABOUT A SIX MONTH IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED, UM, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE THAT ROLLING AND OUR, OUR TEAM KNOWING HOW TO USE IT AT THE START OF THE BUDGET CYCLE IN OCTOBER, UM, WE'LL HAVE SIX MONTH IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN SOME TRAINING. UM, AND THAT WAY WE'RE ROLLING AND HAVE A FULL, FULL FISCAL YEAR OF DATA. UM, LASTLY, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, I, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TANNER AND, AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PARKS BOARD'S ADOPT A PARK ONLINE REPORT. UM, WE, OUR IT TEAM IS IN KIND OF FINAL TESTING OF THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ALL THE DROPDOWNS WORK AND THAT EVERYTHING [01:00:01] IS, IS MOVING SMOOTHLY. UM, MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF. UH, WE WANNA, BEFORE WE START SENDING IT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT, EVERYTHING PROCESSES IT SENDS TO ME AFTERWARDS AND BARRY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S COMING ALONG NICELY. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LIKE IT A LOT. IT'S PRETTY EASY TO USE. UM, STAFFING UPDATES, AS I'VE MENTIONED RECENTLY, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES, UM, ONE NEW CREW AND JUST SOME, SOME VACANCIES FROM PEOPLE, FROM PEOPLE DEPARTING. UM, WE HAD TWO INTERNAL PROMOTIONS RECENTLY, UM, ACTUALLY ON PAUL'S CREW. I KNOW HE LEFT, BUT, UM, UH, LOUIS QUINTIN WAS PROMOTED TO THE RIDE OF WAY CREW LEADER. UM, HE'S BEEN ON THE CREW FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. UM, WE ARE, WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM. AND THEN TROY HATCH WAS PREVIOUSLY A PARKS TECHNICIAN. UM, HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN HELPING OUT ON THE RIDE OF WAY CREW BECAUSE THEY WERE SHORT STAFFED. UM, BUT HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE SENIOR RIGHT OF WAY TECHNICIAN. UM, SO HE'S GONNA KIND OF DIVERSIFY HIS KNOWLEDGE SET. UM, HE'S DONE PARKS FOR US NOW. HE IS MOVING OVER. UM, AND I ALWAYS JOKE, IF YOU CAN HANG WITH PAUL, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT FOR A WHILE, . UM, 'CAUSE THAT MAN DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. NO. UM, WE HAVE MADE AN OFFER FOR OUR PARKS CREW LEADER POSITION. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK YET, BUT WE, I'M VERY EXCITED. WE GOT A GOOD ONE. UM, SO WE'VE EXTENDED THAT OFFER AND THEN WE HAVE CONDUCTED ABOUT 16 INTERVIEWS, UH, FOR OUR PARK TECHNICIAN VACANCIES. UM, SO WE HAD, UM, WE HAD A NEW CREW THAT WAS APPROVED THAT HAD THREE PEOPLE. AND THEN, SO THAT WAS THREE POSITIONS. UM, TROY VACATED A PARKS TECHNICIAN, SO THAT WAS FOUR. AND THEN WE DID LOSE JOSH WILLIAMS RECENTLY. UM, HE, UH, HE HAS A CLASS A CDL AND WAS RECRUITED WITH SOME HIGH DOLLAR FIGURES TO GO BACK TO DRIVE, UH, AT HIS OLD JOB. UM, HE DOES THE, THE MASSIVE TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS. UM, HE'S QUALIFIED FOR THOSE. SO, UM, I CAN'T FAULT HIM, BUT WE'LL MISS HIM. UM, SO WE SHOULD BE FILLING THOSE POSITIONS PRETTY SOON. UH, WE HAVE A FEW MORE INTERVIEWS TO DO AND, AND ACTUALLY I'M VERY HAPPY WITH OUR APPLICANTS AT THIS POINT. I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING A REALLY GOOD TEAM. UM, A COUPLE JUST QUICK OVERVIEW PROJECT UPDATES. UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO OUR, OUR GROUNDBREAKING. UM, HOPEFULLY YOU, YOU STAYED FAIRLY WARM. UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL DID AWARD THAT CONTRACT ON MONDAY. UM, SO WE ARE EXPECTING A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND THEN THAT PROJECTED COMPLETION WILL BE OCTOBER, 2025. UH, PERSONALLY I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE EVEN IF WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STORM FREEZE, NATURAL DISASTER, DROUGHT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT LEAVES US ABOUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH 26, UM, STAMOS SPORTS PARK. WE ARE STILL IN THE PERMITTING AND REPL PHASE. UM, THIS HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. THE, THE FIRE CODES CHANGED IN BETWEEN WHEN WE SUBMITTED AND WHEN IT WAS BEING APPROVED. SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME EDITS, UM, TO THAT, UH, THE, UH, IT'S JUST ACCESS POINTS FOR, FOR FIRE. WE, WE PUT OUR, UM, CONCESSION BUILDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL WAS LIKE, EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET A FIRE TRUCK TO THAT BUILDING. . OH YEAH. SO I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SAFETY FIRST. UM, BUT SO WE ARE, UH, UPDATING SOME OF THE CONCRETE, THE, UH, THE ACCESS FOR THE FIRETRUCKS. WE'RE BASICALLY JUST HAVING TO WIDEN, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS BETTER THAN PUTTING A HYDRANT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARK. MM-HMM . AND YOUR PLA YES. YEAH. AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S MOVING. UM, ONCE WE FINISH THIS UP, WE'RE HOPING THAT BY THE END OF MARCH WE'LL HAVE IT RESUBMITTED AND APPROVED. IT'LL GO TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, FOR THEIR FINAL REVIEW. SINCE WE'RE RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THEM, WE HAVE TO GET THEIR SIGN OFF BEFORE WE CAN ADVERTISE FOR IT. UM, THEN THAT WILL BE, THEY, THEY CAN TAKE UP TO 30 DAYS IS WHAT THEY TELL US. UM, FOR FREEDOM TREE IT ONLY TOOK ABOUT 11 DAYS, SO I'M HOPEFUL, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT REALISTICALLY IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MAY IN CASE THEY TAKE THEIR 30 DAYS. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR, UH, YOUR VARIOUS VACANCIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. YES. UH, HOW ARE APPLICANTS KNOW ABOUT YOUR OPENING? I'M SURE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. YES. ANY OTHER OUT? SO WE POSTED ON, UM, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, LINKEDIN, UM, GOVERNMENT JOBS. AND THERE'S ONE OTHER LIKE INDEED, INDEED, UM, INDEED.COM. AND THEN WE ALSO POST, UM, MOST, WE POST OUR, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION POSITIONS ON, UH, THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY. THEY HAVE A JOB BANK, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION JOBS. SO WE POST IT ON ALL OF THOSE. AND THE CITY WEBSITE, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE I SAID. OH, OKAY. . YES. AND THE CITY WEBSITE. AND I TELL ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN THAT THEY SHOULD APPLY. YES. , [01:05:02] NONE OF THE PAVILIONS BEING RENTED OUT. I CAN'T RECALL THE LAST TIME WE GOT AN INCOME REPORT NEAR THE PARK PAVILIONS. UM, SO OUR IN PARKS THEMSELVES, WE, UH, WE ARE, WE RENT OUR PAVILIONS YEAR ROUND, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF RIDGEVIEW PARK WHILE THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED, UM, ARE BEING A COLD FEBRUARY, IT HASN'T BEEN AS, AS FREQUENT. UM, BUT THE INCOME FOR OUR PAVILION RENTALS IS INCLUDED IN DALTON'S REVENUE REPORT REVENUE FIGURES THAT HE PROVIDES YOU GUYS EACH MONTH BECAUSE THE, THE REC THE RECREATION DIVISION OVERSEES OUR RENTALS. EVEN, UH, EVEN IF IT'S IN A PARK, THEY, THEY FACILITATE THOSE, COMMUNICATE WITH THE RENTER, MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. SO ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RENTALS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT TOTAL REVENUE NUMBER. AND THE SECOND QUESTION WAS, THERE WERE SOME LACK OF BETTER EXPRESSION FLOWER BEDS CREATED AT THE FACILITY PARK FACILITY HEADQUARTERS FACILITY. I THINK THE REC CENTER, ARE THOSE BEING UTILIZED OR CARED FOR OR, UM, THE, THE, THE GAR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT THE REC CENTER. UM, SO THOSE, WE HAVE NOT REPLANTED THOSE SINCE THE FREEZES. UM, IT'S, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK UP. UM, WE HAD A GIRL SCOUT TROOP THAT WAS TAKING CARE OF THEM FOR A LONG TIME FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS. UM, WE TYPICALLY DO A REPLANT EACH SPRING. UM, AND THEN THEY, THEY CARE FOR THEM UNTIL ABOUT NOVEMBER, SOMETIMES OCTOBER. UM, AND, AND THEN IT KIND OF, IT KIND OF DIES DOWN BECAUSE WE GET A FREEZE AND THEN WE REPLACE THEM AND IT'S A VOLUNTEER EVENT AGAIN. SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT BACK SCHEDULED. UM, I, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF IT, SO THANK YOU BUDDY. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, [9. BOARD REPORTS] ITEM NUMBER NINE, BOARD REPORTS. ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ONLY ABOUT EDIBLE ARBITRARY ON, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 12TH? YES, PLEASE COME. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF EXCITING THINGS FOR YOU. ALL BY TREES. NO, I HAVE BIRDS GIVING AWAY. BIRDS NOT GIVING. NO, WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY BIRDS. NO, NO, NO. WE'RE GIVING AWAY PLANTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY BIRDS. BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A NATURE, ALCON AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF. WHERE, WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE YMCA ON, UM, CARTRIGHT. CARTRIGHT, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE, IF YOU'RE COMING OFF OF 10 92 CARTWRIGHT RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THE Y THE, THE ARBITRARY IS RIGHT THERE TO THE LEFT. OH, I NOTICED. YEAH. AND THEN IT, AND WE'LL HAVE BOOTHS ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS FOR YOU ALL THIS YEAR. IT SOUNDS INTERESTING. YEAH. 700 PEOPLE LAST YEAR. YEAH. OH, VERY GOOD. YEAH. SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED. WEATHER, WEATHER WISE. YEAH, WEATHER WILL BE NICE. CLAIMED IT FOR YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS [10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA] FOR THE NEXT MEETING AGENDA? I HAD, I HAD BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR ABOUT HAVING A TOUR OF ALL DEPARTMENTS. OH YEAH. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE WAS THAT AS FAR AS MAKING THAT HAPPEN? WELL, WE HAVE ENOUGH NEW MEMBERS AND SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GET WITH DANIELLE AND NORMALLY THEY WOULD HAPPEN LIKE ON A SATURDAY. MM-HMM . SATURDAY MORNING, THEY'LL GET THE BUS, BIG GREEN BUS AND UH, YOU RIDE AROUND. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. WE CAN DO THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A TIME. MATTER OF FACT, WE'LL PROBABLY JUST DO IT AS AN EMAIL AND JUST SEE WHAT MAY WORK. HERE'S SOME AVAILABLE SATURDAYS AND SEE WHAT WILL GET THE MOST PEOPLE ON. ALRIGHT. IF WE, ONE OTHER, JUST ONE OTHER THING. YES MA'AM. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PARK DEDICATIONS AND THE AMOUNT, I KNOW THAT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE RAISED THE AMOUNT. AND MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE CONSIDERING RAISING THE AMOUNT AGAIN? SO TYPICALLY HOW THAT WORKS IS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS FINANCIAL BASED. YEAH. AND SO IT'S FINANCIAL BASED. THAT NUMBERS CAME, IS ARRIVED AT BASED ON A PROCESS. AND SO THE FIRST TIME IT WENT UP, IT HAD A GENTLEMAN NAMED, UH, DR. CRUMPTON OH YEAH. WHO WAS FROM TEXAS A AND M CAME IN AND, AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, UH, IF IT'S, IF WE THINK IT'S THAT TIME, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT UNDER CONSIDERATION. UH, WHAT WE'LL DO, COME ON UP. SHE'S COMING UP MY SIDEAND . UM, SO ADAM HAS ACTUALLY DONE A, A PRETTY DEEP DIVE ANALYSIS OF, UM, THE FEE AND, AND OUR STAFF HAS MADE, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY A RECOMMENDATION, BUT HAVE, [01:10:01] UH, PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION TO OUR LEGAL TEAM ALREADY ON, ON AN, A POTENTIAL FEE UPDATE. UM, AND THEY WILL BE KIND OF TAKING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION. IF UM, IF KIND OF THAT SNOWBALL KEEPS ROLLING, THEN WE WOULD UPDATE THE ORDINANCE AND COME TO YOU GUYS AND THEN GO TO PARK, OR I'M SORRY, CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THAT. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT. WE, WE MADE THE, THE FIRST MOVE, UM, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE GET ANY TRACTION ON IT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD OFFICIALLY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. TURN AND WE'RE GONNA GET YOU YEAH. CUT YOUR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.