Jun 05, 2025 Parks Board

GO. I NEED EVERYBODY TO GET ON THE GREEN LIGHT, PLEASE. IT IS NOW, ACCORDING TO. ANDROID IS

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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SHE'S JUST SENT ME A TEXT AND TOLD ME SHE'S ON HER WAY. SO THE ONLY PERSON MISSING FROM TODAY'S MEETING IS CATHY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS OUR ROLL CALL. SHORT VERSION, ITEM NUMBER

[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]

MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ITEM FOUR

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

HI THERE. MY NAME IS DENISHA. I LIVE AT 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE. SO YESTERDAY WE HAD THE FIRST READING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN FRONT OF THE CITY, I BELIEVE, IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND ONE ITEM THAT THE THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENDANCE THERE, BUT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS SHARED WAS ABOUT PROTECTING GREEN SPACE IN ZONE 12, I THINK, ACTUALLY, FUNNY ENOUGH, IN YOUR PARKLAND OVERVIEW, YOU CAN SEE ZONE 12, RIGHT? AND IT HAS ZERO KIND OF DEVELOPED ACRES, UNDEVELOPED ACRES. IT IS A MAJOR PAIN POINT FOR THE FOLKS ON OUR SIDE. THERE IS NO WALKABLE GREEN SPACE AROUND US. YOU SEE A LOT OF FOLKS END UP WALKING ON ROADS AND UNSAFE AREAS, RIGHT? WHERE I SEE KIDS WALKING ON THE SAME ROADS. CARS DRIVE LIKE 60 OR 70MPH. THE SPEED LIMIT ISN'T 60 OR 70, BUT THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING. AND IT'S AND IT'S REALLY UNSAFE, UNFORTUNATELY.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE EPA AND AN ORG THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON, I THINK IT'S THE GALVESTON WATERSHED. IT'S A TEN COUNTY REGION. THEY DID A LOT OF STUDIES ON THE STORE, THE SOILS, THEY DID STUDIES ON THE WATER FLOW, AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THIS LAND WOULD BE PRESERVED AS PARKLAND PARK SPACE. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF IF THIS LAND WAS DEVELOPED OF FLOODING TO THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THAT'S CREEK, MONT. THAT'S THE SILVER RIDGE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE MANORS. THERE'S SOME, I THINK, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UNINCORPORATED OR JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOUSING GROUPS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY BIG NEIGHBORHOODS DOWN THERE AS WELL. SO IT IS IT IS A IT IS A MAJOR THING THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL'S PART OF THAT IS THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, I THINK IS A COMPONENT OF THAT MASTER PLAN.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL REP, YOU KNOW, FLOYD FIRST EMORY AND THEN ALSO COMING, WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO COME UP WITH A TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, WELLNESS VISION FOR THIS AREA. WE'VE ALREADY, AS THE COMMUNITY LIKE PUT SOME IDEAS WHERE WE THINK TRAILS CAN GO. AND FUNNY ENOUGH, ONE MAN'S DRAINAGE DITCH IS ANOTHER MAN'S BEAUTIFUL WALKING TRAIL, SO YOU KNOW IT IS. IT IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL TEAMING AREA WITH BEAUTY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS IS HOW DO WE MAKE MISSOURI CITY UNIQUE AND A DESTINATION, RIGHT. AND I THINK STRIP MALLS ON TOP OF STRIP MALLS, RIGHT, IS NOT GOING TO GET US THERE. BUT IF WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT SUGARLAND HAS WITH CULLINAN PARK RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, HOW AMAZING WOULD THAT BE? I ALREADY SEE, LIKE THE KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THEY GO OUT AND EXPLORE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE MESS WITH THE FISH AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN'T IMAGINE IF THEY ACTUALLY HAD THESE ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACE AROUND THEM. WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO, LIKE WITH THE LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS, WITH THE LOCAL BOY SCOUTS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY LEAVE TO GO DO THOSE ACTIVITIES VERSUS STAYING IN MISSOURI CITY. SO I, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE WANT TO SEE THOSE TRAILS. WE WANT TO SEE THAT CONNECTIVITY. WE WANT TO SEE SAFER ROADS IN THAT AREA. SO KIDS AREN'T PLAYING ON STREETS

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WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU. ANY GUY YOU JUST WALKED BY, HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER AND HELP

[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]

PARKS AND REC ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MISS STEWART. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. OH, IT IS UP HERE. EXCELLENT. WELL, MY NOTES ARE STILL ON MY COMPUTER, SO STILL GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY. SO AS WE'VE KIND OF MENTIONED TO YOU GUYS OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, WE HAVE AS A STAFF BEEN EVALUATING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, THE RELATED FEES FOR PARKLAND DEDICATIONS, AND WE WENT AHEAD AND EVALUATED OUR PARK ZONES AS WELL. SO FOR SOME JUST GENERAL OVERVIEW, OUR CURRENT PARKLAND ZONES AS IT PERTAINS TO ACRES, WE HAVE 13 PARK ZONES IDENTIFIED HERE ON YOUR MAP. WITHIN THOSE WE HAVE 515 DEVELOPED ACRES, AND WE STILL HAVE MORE UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND THAN WE DO DEVELOP. SO WE HAVE 530 UNDEVELOPED ACRES WITH THAT, AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE WE HAVE TWO PARK ZONES THAT HAVE NO ACRES, PARK ACREAGE, UNDEVELOPED OR DEVELOPED, ONE OF THOSE BEING PARK ZONE TWO AND THE OTHER ONE BEING PARK ZONE 12. OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT IS FAIRLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THOUGH WE WOULD ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE MORE ON THAT DEVELOPED SIDE. MAYBE ONE DAY. SO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, THE LAST UPDATE, IT WENT INTO PLACE IN 2015. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT PRESENTATION FROM OUR LEGAL TEAM. THE CURRENT ORDINANCE INCLUDES OPTIONS FOR OUR DEVELOPERS, SO THE WAY THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION WORKS IS WHEN YOU ARE A DEVELOPER TRYING TO DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL UNITS, YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE EITHER LAND, MONEY OR A PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKLAND CREDIT. AND SO WHEN WE BRING THOSE PARKLAND DEDICATIONS TO YOU, MOST OF THEM OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN FUNDING IN LIEU OF LAND. BUT THERE ARE THOSE THREE PRIMARY OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS, AND IT'S ALL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD. SO IF IT'S ONLY TWO HOUSES, IT'S VERY MINIMAL. IF IT'S A MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY, IT'S MUCH LARGER. SO WITH THAT, THE LAND DEDICATION CURRENTLY IS SET AT ONE ACRE FOR EVERY 100 PROPOSED DWELLING UNITS. THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF ANY, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY, 3.5 TO 4.5 PEOPLE PER DWELLING UNIT IS KIND OF THAT, THAT AVERAGE. AND SO THIS IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON A PARK, AND HOW MUCH EACH ACRE OF PARKLAND CAN HANDLE AND HOW MANY, HOW MUCH THEY CAN SERVE. SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THAT ONE ACRE PER 100 DWELLING UNITS. IF THE DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO GO WITH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE. SO MONEY IN LIEU OF LAND, IT IS $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT, SO $1,400 PER HOUSE, PER APARTMENT, WHATEVER IT IS THESE THAT FIGURE WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS IN 2015 THAT THE COST FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE LAND WOULD COST $44,000 PER ACRE. SO IF THEY DON'T GIVE US LAND AND WE NEED TO GO BUY LAND, IT WOULD COST THE CITY $44,000 PER ACRE. NOT ACCURATE ANYMORE. NO, THE OTHER ASSUMPTION OF THAT IS THAT TO THEN DEVELOP THAT LAND, TO ACTUALLY BUILD A PARK, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, SPLASH PADS, PAVILIONS, RESTROOMS, TRAILS, WHATEVER IT IS, THE AVERAGE COST OF THAT WOULD BE $94,000 PER ACRE. SO

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IF IT'S DETENTION, IT'S LESS. IF IT'S DRAINAGE AREAS, IT'S LESS, AND IT STILL HAS TO BE USABLE.

BUT SO OVER THE PAST DECADE, ALMOST 90% OF DEVELOPERS HAVE CHOSEN THIS ROUTE AND BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS ROUTE. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND. NOW MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FROM HERE ON OUT. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR OUR LEGAL TEAM, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, DONNIE AND I, AND KIND OF EVALUATING, MAKING SURE THIS FITS WITHIN STATE REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF STATE LAWS THAT RELATE TO PARKLAND DEDICATIONS AT THIS PHASE. THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION AND WE ARE COMING TO YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THAT FORMAL LEGAL RESEARCH AND STARTING TO DRAFT SOME THINGS. SO NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ONLY ACCEPT LAND IN AREAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES IN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES, AREAS OF NEED THAT DO NOT HAVE PARKLAND. PART OF THE PART OF OUR REASONING FOR THIS IS THAT WE HAVE AREAS THAT HAVE NEEDS. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL HAVE MORE UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND THAN WE DO DEVELOPED. SO CONTINUING TO ACCEPT LAND WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT, WHEN WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO THEN DEVELOP. IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GAINING MORE AND MORE JUST UNUSABLE SPACE BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT AND NOT EVEN DEVELOP IT. RIGHT. THE GREEN SPACE IS IMPORTANT. THE NATURAL SPACE, THE OPEN SPACE. BUT BUT SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES WE CAN'T EVEN GET TO, WE CAN'T EVEN GO PUT TRAILS IN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN THE PARK ZONE FUNDS. SO THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AND ENSURE THAT IT'S AN EQUITABLE PROCESS. THROUGHOUT ACCEPTING THE PARKLAND DEDICATIONS, THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO UPDATE OUR FEE. AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, IT IS NOT NOT CORRECT ANYMORE.

WE CAN'T DO MUCH WITH $1,400 PER DWELLING UNIT. SO OVER THE PAST 3 TO 5 YEARS, I THINK IT'S FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. AT THIS POINT, OUR AVERAGE FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT COST IS $470,000.

KEEP IN MIND OUR CURRENT FEE IS BASED ON IT BEING $94,000. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND THAT IS JUST THE DEVELOPMENT COST, NOT THE LAND PURCHASE COST. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THOSE FEES BASED ON THE SAME FORMULA THAT WE HAD THIS. AND WE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ONLY INCLUDE THE PARK DEVELOPMENT COST, NOT THE LAND PURCHASE COSTS, BECAUSE WE THIS MAKES IT FAIRLY HIGH. THAT'S $4,700 PER DWELLING UNIT. THAT IS REASONABLE, BUT A BIG JUMP. IF WE WERE TO INCLUDE THE LAND COST, THAT WOULD PUT US AT $8,000 ROUGHLY FOR PER DWELLING UNIT. THAT WOULD MAKE US ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE ENTIRE STATE. WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM DEVELOPING IN MISSOURI CITY. AND SO AND WE ALSO FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT WHERE WE'LL ACCEPT LAND AND WHAT LAND WILL ACCEPT, HOW DO YOU THEN ALSO CHARGE FOR THE LAND THAT YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING? IT'S ALMOST KIND OF COUNTERINTUITIVE FOR THE DEVELOPER. THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE MADE IS TO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT. SO WE BUILD THIS IN TO THE ORDINANCE THAT ANNUALLY IT UPDATES WITH THE WITH THE ANNUAL CONSUMER PRICE OR THE CPI. I THINK IT IS SO THAT AS THE MARKET CHANGES AND AS COSTS FOR THINGS CHANGE, THEREFORE SO DOES SO DOES OUR OUR FEE. AND THIS COULD BE AN ANNUAL THING. WE COULD DO IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, EVERY THREE YEARS. WE CAN BUILD THAT IN SO

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IT SAVES US THE COST OF COMING IN AFTERWARDS AND TRYING TO DO IT, AND OVER TIME WE VIEW IT AS OPERATING SIMILARLY TO THE CITY'S SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU BUILD, YOU HAVE TO PUT A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF IT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT OVER TIME WOULD KIND OF CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND THEN WE WOULD OUR GOALS WOULD BE TO COME IN AND FILL IN THE GAPS. OUR LAST RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSOLIDATE OUR PARK ZONE BOUNDARIES. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 PARK ZONES, WHICH IS THE MOST OF ANY CITY THAT WE RESEARCHED, INCLUDING HOUSTON, AUSTIN, FORT WORTH, DALLAS, PLANO, SOME OF THE BIGGEST CITIES. WE I WASN'T AROUND WHEN WE DID THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT. TO DO THAT MANY WAS TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS EQUITABLE PARK ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM. HOWEVER, TIMES HAVE CHANGED. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. OUR OUR STRATEGIES FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY NEED TO ADJUST. WITH THAT, WE STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR KIND OF BENCHMARK CITIES, CITIES THAT THAT REALLY HAVE PROVIDED ADEQUATE PARKLAND FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND TRAILS, AND THEY HAVE A 2 TO 5 PARK ZONES.

CITIES. PEARLAND, DENTON, MCKINNEY. SOME OF THESE CITIES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN US. ARE. YOU KNOW, PEARLAND HAS TWO. YEAH, PEARLAND HAS TWO PARK ZONES. SUGARLAND HAS ONE.

THEY JUST HAVE ONE. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE ZONES. AND IT SHIFTS THE, THE BECAUSE WITH

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EVERY FIVE YEARS WE UPDATE OUR MASTER PLAN SO NEW, NEW PRIORITIES WILL POP UP AND WILL BE ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO BETTER STREAMLINE OUR PARK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION OF A MAP BASED ON PRIMARY THOROUGHFARES. IDEALLY, YOU DO NOT WANT PEOPLE HAVING TO CROSS CORBIN TOLLWAY HIGHWAY SIX. CARTWRIGHT. THOSE ARE. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY CLEARLY DEFINED PRIMARY THOROUGHFARES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO CROSS TO GET TO A PARK, IDEALLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, YOU KNOW, TWO KIND OF SOMEWHAT BLEEDS INTO THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOLLWAY. AND THERE'S A COUPLE SMALL AREAS. THE ONE ZONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH THIS IS THE DEVELOPED ACRES INSIDE OF PARK ZONE FOR THE CITY HAS NO DEVELOPED ACRES INSIDE OF FOR. WITH THIS PROPOSED MAP, WE DO HAVE UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND THAT WOULD BE ON THE NORTH PARCEL, THE NORTH PORTION OF THAT PROPOSED ZONE FOUR. SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING ABOVE THE. WELL, I CALL THAT THE TOP OF THE UPSIDE DOWN L I DON'T KNOW. SO WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME LAND UP THERE. AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE PARK ZONE FUNDS IN ZONE FOUR. THE ONE THING THAT WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON, AND ADAM USED THE OUR PLACER DATA AND SOFTWARE INSIDE OF SIENNA. A LOT OF THAT AREA THAT IS STILL CONSIDERED THE ETJ. THEY HAVE 16 DEVELOPED PARKS INSIDE OF THAT AREA THAT ARE PUBLIC, THAT ARE OPEN NOT JUST FOR SIENNA RESIDENTS. SO WE DO FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CITY PARKLAND, THE NEEDS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS OF NOT ONLY THE SIENNA RESIDENTS BUT THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS ARE BEING MET. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BY US. WE WOULD LIKE TO THEN YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT UNDEVELOPED LAND GET MOVING ON. BUT THERE ARE PARKS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS TRAILS. ALL RIGHT. SO I AM SEEKING FEEDBACK, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR ME. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO IT IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. I'M GOING TO SAVE MINE FOR LAST. ANY FEEDBACK? COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. ON THE PARK DEVELOPMENT COST OF THAT 470,000 PER ACRE, HOW DID YOU DERIVE THAT? SO WE USED BECAUSE LUCKILY WE'VE HAD SOME PARK DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE USED THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FROM TROXELL PARK, WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW BUILD, SITE PREP AND EVERYTHING. RIDGEVIEW PARK, WHICH WAS A REDEVELOPMENT, BICENTENNIAL PARK, WHICH IS A REDEVELOPMENT, AND THE FIGURES FOR FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH IS A FULL GROUND UP AS WELL. WE FELT LIKE THAT GAVE US ENOUGH DIVERSITY IN THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IT WAS. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING FROM TRUCK PARK WHERE WE HAD TO GAIN ACCESS, CLEAR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, BRING IN A BUNCH OF ADDITIONAL FILL TO RAISE UP FOR FLOODING ALL THE WAY TO BICENTENNIAL PARK, WHERE WE ALREADY HAD EVERYTHING THERE. WE WERE JUST REPLACING THE AMENITIES. AND SO WE USE THOSE FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT, ACTUAL FIGURES AND CREATED AN AVERAGE PER ACRE. SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH PEARLAND AND SUGAR LAND AS FAR AS IT IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN PEARLAND, SUGAR LAND, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIRS IS? ADAM. THE SUGAR LAND PARK FOR THE SUGAR LAND PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE. YES. OKAY, SO WE DID LOOK FOR THE HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS. IT WOULD PUT US IN THE TOP FOURTH, BUT NOT THE MOST. THE HIGHEST. OKAY. COULD YOU GIVE US THOSE FOUR NUMBERS? NOT NOW. YEAH. OF THOSE PARKS. AND IT MAY BE BETTER SERVED JUST THINKING HOW COUNCIL IS GOING TO REACT. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT MY FIRST ONE ON THIS ONE HERE I WOULD MAKE SURE I PRETTY MUCH JUST CATCH THE SWATH OF THE GULF COAST AREA. YES. SO THAT WAY OF LIKE SIZE, YOU KNOW, I'D

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THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS THAT THAT DO IT A BIT DIFFERENT THE CITY AND SO THEY IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THEIR UPDATES BECAUSE THEY DO A CALCULATION BASED ON THE LAND VALUE FOR THAT SET DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS A FEE BASED ON THE AVERAGE SPENT PER RESIDENT EACH FISCAL YEAR FROM THAT CITY. AND IT IS A MASSIVE CONGLOMERATE OF A OF A STRUCTURE. AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THAT. WE WANT OURS TO BE ATTAINABLE, RIGHT? THEY DID A FULL STUDY WITH A NATIONALLY KNOWN PROFESSOR AND. PROMPTING, I'M SORRY. CROMPTON. YEP. AND HE AND IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM, BUT IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM OURS. THEY THEY HAVE OVER 60% OF THEIR LAND IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATING IT TO BE RESIDENTIAL. SO THEY NEEDED THAT SYSTEM. WE ARE NOT IN THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TON MORE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS. SO MOST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I APOLOGIZE. MOST OF THEM ARE UPDATED WITHIN THE MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, I CAN GET THAT DATA WHEN I PROVIDE IT FOR THE OTHER FIGURES AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE HIGH END, BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO UPDATE, THEN WE WOULD NO LONGER BE ON THE HIGH END AND IT WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH OF A AN ISSUE. SO ONE MORE QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THESE PARK ZONES, AND WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT UP INTO THESE FOUR PARK ZONES OR THE DOLLARS SOMEWHAT COMPARABLE OR, YOU KNOW, OVER THIS QUICK. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO I WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THAT AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT HER TWO, BECAUSE WE DID THIS A WHILE BACK, WAY BACK.

THIS IS MY SECOND TIME. AND WHAT I WAS TOLD LIKE EVEN NO MATTER HOW THEY REZONE, WHENEVER THAT MONEY WAS TAKEN, LET'S SAY WE DO GO TO FOUR. WE HAVE 12 NOW. AND IF IT GOES TO FOUR, THAT AND

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AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT ALL FOUR. NOW, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT BACK THEN WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION, WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS BIG AREA NOW, THAT MONEY STILL THAT ORIGINAL MONEY THAT WAS CAPTURED HAS TO BE SENT SPENT IN THAT ORIGINAL ZONE 12 OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK THEN. AND I THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE. THAT, THAT THAT IS OUR AND LEGAL HASN'T GOTTEN TOO DEEP INTO THIS. THAT IS OUR STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING. THAT IS HOW THE TEXAS PARKLAND DEDICATION STRUCTURE WAS ESTABLISHED. THERE HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A DEEP DIVE ON. OUR ASSUMPTION IS THAT IS THE CASE, AND THAT IS HOW WE WILL HAVE TO OPERATE AND THAT ANYTHING ALREADY IN OUR PARK ZONE FUNDS WILL HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE PRIOR ZONE. WHATEVER THE BORDER IS OF THE PRIOR ZONE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO STAY THERE. ANY FUTURE DEDICATIONS COULD BE USED IN IN FOUR COULD BE USED IN 11, 12 OR 13. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A VERY DEEP DIVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT THOUGH. BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THAT IS THE CASE JUST FOR KNOWLEDGE OF MY COHORTS. SO THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKS, AND AGAIN, YOU WILL ALWAYS CORRECT ME. WE WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WHATEVER IT IS, AND IT'LL GO THROUGH THE CHANNELS, IT'LL GO THROUGH US. IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT ENDS UP ON THE HILLS OR IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND I'M PRETTY SURE I'M NOT GOING TO MISS IT. ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE A NUMBER UP MATHEMATICALLY, IF SOMEBODY DOES A STUDY AND SAYS IT'S TEN GRAND IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE, THOSE THAT SIT UP HERE THAT NIGHT, THAT HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION, THAT FINAL DECISION WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THEY'RE GOING TO AS WELL WE SHOULD THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION WHATEVER WE MATHEMATICALLY COME UP WITH, WHICH IS WHAT IS REQUIRED, LET'S SAY TEN GRAND. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ADJOINING CITIES, WHAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE, TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO FINAL THING IS THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF WHAT WILL THE MARKET BEAR. YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT THIRD THING THAT THEY WILL THEY WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INFORMED AND INTELLIGENT DECISION RIGHT THERE. AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, THEY'VE DONE THE SAME THING. SO I'M SAYING THAT TO PREEMPT YOU TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION AND THAT THEY ARE THE FINAL DECIDING VOTE. BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPERLY VETTED BY GOING THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THROUGH PLANNING, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THEIR DESK. THAT'S THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKS. THE OTHER THING. I THINK YOU SAID, DID YOU SAY A NUMBER? I SAID, 10,000. I DON'T KNOW WHY I GOT 10,000. DID YOU SAY YOU THINK IT MAY BE? I MEAN, IT JUST 4740, 740, 740, 700. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON, BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING US FOR FEEDBACK. AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE DETAILS ALREADY FOR CONNECT FOR TRAILS, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. AND SO IT MAY SEEM LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, MR. DEVELOPER AND I'M JUST I'M PUTTING ON HIS DEVELOPER HAT. MR. DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME KIND OF MATHEMATICAL THING BECAUSE HE CAN QUICKLY PUT IN A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AND GET WELL BEYOND, AND HE'S NOT GOING TO WANT TO SPEND WELL BEYOND WHAT I'M REQUIRED TO SPEND. OKAY. BUT I THINK WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF THAT, TOO. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY. HERE'S MY EXAMPLE. WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. GRANTED, IT WAS A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AT THAT TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISSOURI CITY DECIDED WAS INSTEAD OF PUTTING SIDEWALKS ON

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ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S MY. ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK WE WANT TO GIVE HER? YES, MA'AM.

ALONG WITH YOU WERE SAYING, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH A TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPERS. YES. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T OWN THIS DATE, THE PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP TO THAT. AS A DEVELOPER, YOU GO AUTOMATICALLY. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF TRICKY. YES. BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT DATE. SO WE WERE AND THAT WAS THE OTHER THING TOO I HAD TO LOOK AT MY LIST. SO WE WERE AT 1.4 PARK ZONES. WE'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE 2007. THEY CHANGED IT IN 2009. YEAH, WE WERE THAT AND THEN AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHY.

WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A NEED, I JUST CAN'T. I'VE GOTTEN TOO OLD, I GUESS. I CAN'T FIND ANY NOTES ON IT. I DID FIND WHERE WE SO WE AND WE USED TO UPDATE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION EVERY OTHER YEAR. SO WE HAD ONE DONE IN 2020, 2007 AND WE HAD 1 IN 2009. WE CHANGED IT TO 13, AND THEN WE DIDN'T UPDATE IT AGAIN UNTIL 2015. AND NOW HERE WE ARE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID WHEN WE DID THE UPDATE. SO YOU WOULD NEED A PRICE INDEX, IT WAS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO EVERY FIVE YEARS UPDATE THAT PARK OR REVISIT EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND I THINK IF WE GOT TO THAT, THAT MAY TAKE THAT OTHER COMPONENT OUT BECAUSE MR. DEVELOPER, WHAT I'VE NOTICED TOO, IN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. DEVELOPER SAYS IS, WELL, HOLD ON, WE WANT TO JUST KNOW THE COST. WE DON'T WANT TO FLOATING COST BECAUSE OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS BASED UPON. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR A TAP FEE. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, PLANNING FEE. SO THEY WANT TO KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. THAT'S THAT'S CONCRETE. AND SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WOULD REACT WITH SOMETHING FLOATING. NOW WE'RE COMING BACK EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT'S A DIFFERENT BALLGAME. WELL AND THEY AND JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, THEY DO ALREADY IF THEY DON'T FILE FOR FINAL PLATTING, ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROCESS AND EVERYTHING'S APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, THEY HAVE TWO YEARS TO FILE FOR THE FINAL PLATTING. OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THAT IS ALREADY THERE. SO MAYBE IT COULD BE AN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS TYPE OF THING SO THAT OUR THE, THE CPI MATCHES THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE OR SOMETHING. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT THEY ALREADY DO HAVE A TIMELINE. AND SO EVEN WITHIN IF WE UPDATE OUR FEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKLAND DEDICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT ARE FAR OUTSIDE OF TWO YEARS. AND REGARDLESS OF OUR FEE UPDATE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO US. AND WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US, THIS UNLESS THEY HAVE FILED THEIR FINAL PLAT, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE NEW FEE. SO THE LAST THING I WOULD ASK, AND YOU DID AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION IN GIVING IT TO US, AND I HOPE OUR FEEDBACK HELPS YOU IN YOUR PRESENTATION. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT IF WE COULD EMAIL TO EACH ONE OF THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS, THEY JUST AS AN UPDATE BECAUSE IT'S ELECTRONIC BUT NOT CUTTING DOWN TREES, SEND US THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. JUST SO

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[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]

MR. HAYES. DONNIE HAYES. WELCOME BACK, DONNIE. WELCOME BACK. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOUR JOB WAS SHAKY BECAUSE DANIELLE WAS DOING A HELL OF A GOOD JOB. SHE DID.

JUST SAYING, NOT JUDGING YOU. FAIR ENOUGH. LATER IN THE MEETING, I WAS GOING TO DIRECTLY POINT OUT THAT WE SHOULD GIVE A STANDING OVATION TO DANIELLE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT IS TO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB TO TAKE OVER AN INTERIM POSITION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DOING YOUR ASSISTANT DUTIES AND ALSO WATCHING THE DIRECTOR PLAY GOLF ALL DAY. IF ONLY I PLAY GOLF ALL DAY. OKAY, SO WHAT AM I REALLY HERE FOR? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARKS CURRENTLY THAT WE ARE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGN STAGES OR ACTUAL PROJECTS OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE OF THOSE HAPPENS TO BE OF COURSE IN OUR OUR PARKLANDS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY EAST HAMPTON PARKLAND.

BASICALLY, EAST HAMPTON IS THE NAME OF THE STREET. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY TAKE SOME ACTION ON RENAMING BOTH OF THESE PARKS. BUT THE WAY THE CODE WORKS IS THAT A CITY COUNCILOR ACTUALLY HAS TO TAKE UP THAT NAMING AND, AND PUT IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL ITSELF. AND SO OUR REQUEST TONIGHT IS DURING BOTH OF THESE ITEMS IS FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE FOR LAWRENCE AS THE CHAIR TO SEND A LETTER REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE UP BOTH OF THESE PARKLANDS OR PARKS IN THEIR RENAMING. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT IS EAST HAMPTON PARK. THAT IS OUR ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PARK. CITY COUNCIL PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY A LITTLE WHILE AGO. THEIR LOCAL HOA MADE A SIGNIFICANT DONATION OF FUNDS.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS DOING SOME WORK ALREADY THERE TO CHANGE ROADWAYS AND THEIR SIDEWALKS. AND SO WE JUMPED ON BOARD WITH THAT PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME CONSTRUCTION THERE AT EAST HAMPTON, PUTTING IN A DG PATH AROUND IT AND PREPARING THE SITE A LITTLE BIT. AND SO WE'RE ALREADY MAKING PROGRESS AT THE SAME TIME. ALSO, THE PARKS BOARD IS NOT PARKS BOARD. THE PARKS FOUNDATION IS HAS NAMED EAST HAMPTON AS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR FUNDRAISING. AND SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT THAT IS BY HAVING A REALLY AWESOME NAME. AND SO OUR THE REASON THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT IT BE NAMED GATEWAY PARK HAS A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO US. SO IT IS RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CORRIDOR, WHICH WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE KATY, WHICH WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO TEXAS. AND SO BEING THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST RAIL LINE THAT CONNECTED TEXAS TO ALL OF THE OTHER STATES, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY IS RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTHERNMOST, MOST EDGE OF OUR OF OUR CITY. THAT ALSO BECOMES THE GATEWAY FROM HOUSTON TO MISSOURI CITY AS

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SO IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE NATIONALLY REGISTERED HISTORIC PLACES. IT IS BEEN KNOWN AS THE LEGACY OF INNOVATION THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY MISSOURI CITY, BUT ALL OF FORT BEND. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NAME THIS PARK ONE OF TWO THINGS. EITHER WE COULD NAME IT AMERICAN CANAL PARK. ACCORDING TO ITS HISTORY, OR BECAUSE OF ITS SPORTS FOCUS AND BECAUSE OF LOCATION ON INDEPENDENCE, BECAUSE OF IT BEING CLOSE TO INDEPENDENCE PARK, WE COULD NAME THIS INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK, WHICH THEN WOULD KIND OF CREATE ANOTHER COMPLEX OF RECREATION IN THAT GENERAL AREA. AND SO WE TODAY, TONIGHT, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING YOU WITH TWO OPTIONS AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE, WEIGH THEM. AND LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, APPROVE A LETTER THROUGH LANCE TO BE PROVIDED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEM TO FURTHER DISCUSS. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU ASKING US TO HELP YOU COME UP WITH ONE NAME FOR THE SECOND? YES. YEP. SO ANYWAY, SO A COUPLE OF POINTS, A SUGGESTED NAME. LET'S JUST SAY THAT. SO THERE'S TWO. SHE'S GOING TO COME UP IN DUCKTALES. IT'S JUST IRONIC THAT THIS IS EVEN I MEAN

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SO TO JUST TO STATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS NECESSARILY TO, TO BE ABLE TO RENAME IT. I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, TOO, WE WOULD SEND THAT LETTER TO COUNCIL. BUT AS YOU STATED EARLIER, YOU GOT TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT. YES. AND I'M GUESSING THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT SOME NAMES TO IT, SOMEBODY HAD A CONVERSATION. SO I DON'T HAVE TO GET A CALL FROM SOMEBODY SAYING, LAWRENCE. YOUR NAME IS THE ONLY ONE ON HERE. SO THAT'S WHO WE'RE GOING TO CALL. BUT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE HAVE A CHAMPION THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WALK IT THROUGH. AND I KNOW IT WOULDN'T COME TO US IF WE DIDN'T. SO LET'S GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THE FIRST ONE. SHE'S ANSWERED AND PRESENTED THE INFORMATION. THE VERY FIRST ONE WAS GATEWAY PARK. YOU'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATION AND I AM GOING TO ASK A QUESTION. HAVE WE TALKED TO ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN PARKS DEPARTMENT? I'M GOING TO ASK IT A VERY GENERAL WAY. HAVE WE TALKED TO ANYONE OTHER THAN PARKS DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO RENAMING BOTH OF THOSE PARKS? THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS NOT ONLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WITH ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. OKAY. I'M GOOD. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NAME GATEWAY THOUGHTS I'M HEARING FROM Y'ALL. NO, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE NAME GATEWAY, GIVEN THAT AS A FORMER MISSOURIAN THAT THE DEVELOPER, MISSOURI CITY, CAME FROM SAINT LOUIS, AND THERE YOU HAVE THE ARCH, WHICH IS THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST. SO IT CLEVER THAT IT

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EAST HAMPTON HAS A SIGN AT IT. THE SIGN IS FAIRLY GENERIC, SAYS, YOU KNOW, FUTURE HOME OF A PARK, SAYS EAST HAMPTON ON IT. BUT IT'S THERE'S REALLY NO DESIGNATION FOR THAT PARK AT ALL RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE STILL HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES THERE TO ON. I'M STICKING WITH GATEWAY. OH YEAH. FIRST I WANT TO JUST RIDE IT OUT FIRST ON GATEWAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE WE PUT A GATE UP AND I SAID, NO ONE'S ALLOWED, JUST DONNIE. DONNIE HAS THE KEY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I'M GOING TO TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME. BRUCE. NO I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE NAMING OF EAST HAMPTON PARK. NEW NAME. ANY. LET ME GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CHANGE EAST HAMPTON PARK TO GATEWAY PARK. SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS THAT WE SEND A LETTER TO CITY COUNCIL STATING WE WOULD LIKE TO RENAME EAST HAMPTON PARK TO GATEWAY PARK. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, CORRECT? CORRECT. CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY I DIDN'T HEAR. OH, THERE YOU GO, TANNER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THAT TOOK CARE OF THE FIRST ONE. THE NEXT ONE. STRATHMORE PARK. YEAH. I DIDN'T LIKE STAMOS. STAMOS. I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THAT, TOO. IT'S NEVER LIKE STAMOS NEEDS TO GO. YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS.

AND LET ME JUST. I MEAN, IT'S THEY PRESENT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OPEN. IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO JUST THOSE. IF YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, BY ALL MEANS WE'LL WE'LL HEAR YOU OKAY. AND SO I'M OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THE TWO NAMES THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, WHICH WAS AMERICAN CANAL PARK AND INDEPENDENCE SPORTS PARK. CORRECT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES.

NORMALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SPORTS SITUATIONS, YOU HAVE SPONSORSHIP. DO YOU NOT WANT SPONSORSHIP FROM CORPORATIONS, OR IS IT JUST THAT THIS WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO DO? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH. AND SO I MEAN, IF WE DID INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK OR IF WE DID AMERICAN CANAL PARK, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPONSORSHIPS, WHETHER IT BE ON THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, THE CRICKET FIELD, ON THE FENCES OF THE PICKLEBALL COURT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THOSE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US IN THE IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO SPECIFICALLY NAME THIS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CHANGE FROM MINUTE MAID TO DAIKIN. YEAH. OR RELIANT NRG YEAH, THE OTHER PART PACBELL PARK TO I DO WANT TO ADD THIS PART IN TOO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. THE FUNDING FOR THIS FORT BEND COUNTY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR PROPS. FORT BEND COUNTY MADE A BIG, HUGE, SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS AN ANDY MYERS PRECINCT. YEAH. TO THIS FACILITIES RIGHT HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THAT HELPED US GET ON OVER TO WHAT WE

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BRUCE, I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU FIRST. I SAW YOUR HAND. YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, DOES GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY CURRENTLY OWN THE AMERICAN CANAL? THEY DO. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY THEY ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE HISTORY, AMERICAN CANAL COMPANY OWNED IT, AND THEN ANOTHER COMPANY OWNED IT AND THEN GULF COAST BOUGHT IT OUT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THERE. GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY IS NOT EXACTLY A THEY THEY'RE TIGHT. TIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT JUST NAMING IT MISSOURI CITY SPORTS PARK UNTIL YOU BROUGHT UP THIS STUFF FOR THEM. YEAH. NO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? BEN JUST WROTE A CHECK AND THAT WAS PART OF THE BOND FUNDS. SO WE ALL VOTED FOR IT AS PART OF THE PARKS BOND, AND THEY DONATED IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI, I MEAN, THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S OPEN. IT'S A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. I DO WANT TO GO. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU. YOU. YEAH. I WAS LEANING TOWARD HAVING IT THE SAME AS THE REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK. BUT I LIKE MISSOURI CITY, SINCE YOU SAY MISSOURI CITY PARK CITY. SPORTS. SPORTS PARK. YEAH. SPORTS. YEAH.

OKAY. I'M. YEAH. SPORTS COMPLEX. YOU SAID THAT. I'M KIND OF KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THIS. WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSION, BUT YOU BETTER HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN BACK IT UP WITH. BECAUSE WHEN I SAY IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WRITE WHEN WE GIVE THAT LETTER, THAT LETTER IS GOING TO HAVE ON IT. YEAH. AND HIS PHONE CALLS WON'T BE COMING TO YOU. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE THE STATEMENT THERE WAS SOME RELEVANCE THERE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE THAT THAT HERE'S THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. AND THAT'S I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, AS YOU'RE THINKING, AND WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, LET'S MAKE SURE YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE TO PUT ON THAT LETTER TO GET THERE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE NITRITE BUT CONTRIBUTE AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY TO CAPTURE A NAME. LET ME JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. WE'RE ALL GROWN, EVEN HERE AND ON TV LAND. WE WANT TO PICK SOMETHING THAT CAN STAND THE TEST OF TIME. YES, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. I DON'T WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, AS THIS BODY AS A WHOLE, SEND SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE, WELL, NEXT YEAR WE'RE CHANGING THAT. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. BUT I THINK I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN. YEAH, YOU GET TO SPEAK AGAIN, BUT. YES, SIR. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'M. I DON'T KNOW MUCH HISTORY OF THE, THE RICE INDUSTRY IN THE LATE 1800S AND THE 1900S. SO BUT I WAS THINKING THAT THE, THE FACT THAT WE ARE RECLAIMING OUR PARK FROM, YOU KNOW, STAFFORD, THAT MISSOURI CITY SPORTS PARK WOULD SEND A MUCH CLEARER MESSAGE THAT WE'LL INVEST AND TAKE CARE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, I LIKE I LIKE THE I LIKE THE I'M JUST JUST JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE I LIKE THE HISTORICAL IDEA, LIKE KIM WAS SAYING FOR GATEWAY, BUT I THINK I LIKE, I LIKE I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK BECAUSE IT DOES CONNECT WITH INDEPENDENCE PARK. I LIKE THAT ONE PERSONALLY, BECAUSE TO BE LIKE A SPORTS COMPLEX. YEAH. FOR THAT AREA. ANY OTHER. I LIKE THE MISSOURI CITY SPORTS PARK IDEA AS WELL. FOR TANNER'S REASON AND ALSO I FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LIKE THE WORD COMPLEX, BUT WHEN I THINK OF SPORTS COMPLEX, I, I THINK OF A BUILDING, SOMETHING ENCLOSED.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING SPORTS PARK BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING EXCITING, SOMETHING ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS. SO THE SPORTS PARK IDEA FEELS REALLY GOOD TO ME. AND I. I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS AND PUBLICITY, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE USE ACRONYMS OR ABBREVIATIONS. AND SO I JUST DID A QUICK LITTLE INTERNET SEARCH TO DECIDE, WELL, IF WE USE ISP IN PROMOTIONS OR PUBLICITY, YOU KNOW, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER COMES UP. SO THAT'S FINE. RIGHT. BUT THIS IS THIS IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC. IF WE GO WITH AMERICAN CANAL PARK BECAUSE ACP, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME UP WHEN I WROTE WHAT DOES ACP STAND

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SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF OFF TOPIC AND WILD AND OUTSIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. ALSO, I THINK IN THE IN THE CULTURE THAT WE LIVE IN TODAY, THE WHOLE HISTORICAL BACKDROP OF AMERICAN CANAL PARK WON'T BE AS APPRECIATED. YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS WHO ARE REALLY INTO TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I THINK HAVING SOMETHING WITH SPORTS PARK ON THE END IS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL AGES. I WANT TO ADD, FIRST I WANT TO DOVETAIL ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THIS IS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL OF YOU ALL. SO WHEN THEY NAME SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ACRONYMS, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN THEY NAME SCHOOLS IS THEY LOOK FOR THE LETTERS, THE ACRONYMS. AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL JACKETS THAT WOULD HAVE THE SAME INITIALS. SOMETHING BAD. WELL, NO, NOT SO MUCH SOMETHING BAD. BUT YOU KNOW, HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU NOTICE, ON ANY SCHOOL IN FORT BEND, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I WAS ON A NAMING COMMITTEE WITH THEM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE SAME INITIALS, SO I GET THAT. THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT. I JUST NEVER I MEAN, IT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS DIALOG SO WE CAN FLUSH ALL THIS STUFF OUT RIGHT THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. I JUST WANTED TO YES MA'AM. THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON THAT SIDE WANTED TO I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I TOLD AGREE WITH CANNABIS IN MISSOURI CITY. I MEAN, I THINK I AS DEAN ITSELF AS A MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'LL ALWAYS BE RELEVANT. USING THAT NAME. I WORRY ABOUT KANGAROO. I TOTALLY AGREE. AND ANYTHING IS EVERYTHING IN HERE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE PICTURE BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING SPORTS COMPLEX NO MATTER IT'S X PLEX. OR SHOULD IT BE X PARK PERIOD? INSTEAD OF SAYING PUTTING SPORTS IN THERE, I MEAN, IS IT A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND JUST SIT OUT AND LOOK? I MEAN, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE NAME SPORTS PARK IS, DOES IT CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE NOT WELCOME UNLESS THEY'RE DOING A TOURNAMENT OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, I'M A SUPER ATHLETE OF SOME SORT, WHEREAS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE PROVIDED TWO DIFFERENT NAMES. BUT DOES PARK COVER THAT? I MEAN, DOES IT YOU HAVE SPORTS AND YOU HAVE PARK. MY INITIAL RESPONSE WOULD BE, YEAH, IT'S OPEN FOR ALL, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PEOPLE WHO LOVE SPORTS, WHICH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER PARK THAT WE HAVE IN MISSOURI CITY. COME, WALK, ENJOY THE SCENES AND SOUNDS, THE NATURE AND BY THE WAY, BRING THE KIDS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PICKLEBALL AND WE HAVE BASKETBALL AND WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY. SO THAT'S HOW I READ IT. YEAH, YEAH. AND I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT COMMUNITY PARK, BECAUSE COMMUNITY PARK PROVIDES US WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. RIGHT. AND WHAT DID YOU SAY IT WAS? COMMUNITY PARK. YOU DIDN'T SAY. AND IT IS NOT SAY, SPORTS PARK. YEAH. THE OTHER PART IS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY PARKS THAT ARE CALLED MISSOURI? ANYTHING. WE DO NOT HAVE A PARK THAT IS MISSOURI CITY. DUH. BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MISSOURI CITY'S PARKS. YEAH, I JUST I WAS JUST NAMING, ESPECIALLY IN MISSOURI CITY, YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE ONE NAME COULD MEAN ONE PERSON, ONE THING TO ONE PERSON AND SOMETHING ELSE TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, AND WE WENT THROUGH IF I, IF I COULD JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW, IF THE DECISION IS MISSOURI CITY PARK, YOU KNOW, I WILL SUPPORT YOU 100% BECAUSE YOU GUYS SUPPORT ME 100% ALL THE TIME. AND I JUST WOULD MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT THE COUNTY DID PROVIDE $4 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS FOR THIS, NOT JUST TO BE MISSOURI CITY'S ONLY PARK, RIGHT, BUT ALSO FOR THERE TO BE A CONNECTION TO THE COUNTY COUNTY AS A WHOLE. SO THEY DO THAT WHEN IT WAS NAMED STAMOS OR STAMOS WAS DONE BECAUSE BACK IN

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AND IF THIS IS NEW MONEY, WELL, THIS IS NEW MONEY. YEAH. THEY. YEAH. NO, THIS AND I WOULD THINK THAT I THINK I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY'S REALLY AND I CAN'T SPEAK I'M NOT. LET ME FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. BUT WHAT I DO UNDERSTAND, THEY WANTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND FORT BEND COUNTY, THE VOTERS SAID THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN THAT AREA. AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THE COUNTY DID WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO GETTING THE FUNDS. HOW MUCH DETERMINING HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH A MASTER PLAN TO HELP FUND THIS CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY AS WELL. NOW, ARE THEY WOULD THEY BE APPRECIATIVE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE MAKING SURE JUST LIKE WHEN THEY GAVE THE CHECK, WE NOTIFIED THEM THEY CAME HERE, WE PUT THOSE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND GOOD BUSINESS THAT WE WOULD ALWAYS INVITE THEM TO ANYTHING, WHATEVER NAME WE CALL IT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD.

BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE LIKE, WE JUST WROTE THE CHECK BECAUSE WE, THE VOTERS VOTED TO PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT PART WILL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO COME ON OUT AND CUT THE RIBBON AND EAT CAKE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEP.

AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU CAME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, BY ALL MEANS, I THINK YOU CAME UP WITH TWO GOOD NAMES FOR THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. WE'VE GOTTEN INPUT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, ONE OR BOTH OR IT'S UP TO THE GROUP. IT'S WHAT Y'ALL TELL ME. I LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, AND I LIKE CHANGING THE WORD PARKS INTO FROM COMPLEX TO PARK. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD MOVE. BUT WHEN YOU SAY MISSOURI CITY SPORTS PARK, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY SPORTS THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED IN THIS PARK, I THINK FROM A MARKETING BRANDING STANDPOINT, IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE MISSOURI CITY AND SPORTS, AND FROM ADVERTISING AS EVEN AS SPONSORS, I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO I'M LIKE MISSOURI CITY SPORTS PARK. I'M JUST A WRITER OF THE MEETING. THAT'S ALL I'M DOING. YEAH. AND I REALIZED THAT ALL THE PARKS ARE IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SPORTS PARK. AND THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING YOU DON'T HEAR IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF SET OURSELVES ASIDE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PICKLEBALL ALL OVER SUGARLAND, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, YOU DON'T HEAR SPORTS PARK. YOU JUST DON'T HEAR THAT VERY OFTEN. AND I THINK THAT'S A POINT OF INTEREST. I THINK SPORTS PARK IS A VERY COMMON TERM IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION INDUSTRY. YEAH.

PEARLAND HAS ONE. BUT DOES SUGARLAND HAVE ONE? IMPERIAL SPORTS PARK? YEAH. OKAY. SO OKAY. SORRY. MY THAT'S OKAY. SHE'S NEW. SHE'S NEW. SHE DON'T HAVE 20 YEARS YET. GIVE HER A SHOT. GIVE IT THAT OLD COLLEGE TRY. I'M UNDER RESEARCHED. YES, THAT'S WHAT I AM. SO WE'RE IN GOOD COMPANY? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, THEN THEN THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. I THINK IT WORKS.

BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN. YEAH. CAN YOU. IT GIVES US ONE. THEN I WANT TO I WANT TO GO BACK TO TANNER. AND BEFORE YOU GO TO TANNER, CAN YOU TELL THEM ROUGHLY AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT THINGS ARE IN THERE? BECAUSE I CAN PICTURE IT. I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER ALL IN THE PARK ITSELF.

YEAH, IN THE MASTER PLAN. SO YOU WILL YOU WILL HAVE YOUR BIKE PARK PORTION. YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CRICKET AND SOCCER. YOU'LL HAVE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. YOU'LL HAVE PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE A SPLASH PAD, PLAYGROUND, PARKING, THOSE LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITY PARK, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY PARK AND THIS FACILITY FROM FROM THINGS THAT ARE OFFERED, IS THAT COMMUNITY PARK HAS DISC GOLF AND SKATEBOARDING, WHEREAS THIS FACILITY WILL HAVE PICKLEBALL AND BIKING. SO THE OTHER SPORTS PARKS THAT ARE AROUND ARE NEARBY. WHAT DO THEY HAVE SIMILAR OPTIONS? SO MOST OF THE TIME MOST OF THOSE SPORTS

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WHICH WHICH IS WHY I JUST JUST FROM FROM DONNIE THE, THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR I LIKE CALLING IT MISSOURI CITY'S SPORTS PARK. I LOVE MISSOURI CITY. I LIVE HERE, GOT MY HOME HERE. I EXPECT TO BE HERE FOREVER AND EVER AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ME. AT THE SAME TIME. I JUST CALLING ONE PARK AFTER THE NAME OF THE CITY GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF A HEART FLUTTER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY AREA IN THE CITY TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER AREA. AND AS AS DANIELLE SPOKE, AS DANIELLE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER IN THE EVENING, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS CLOSE TO A REGIONAL PARK, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR REGIONAL PARKS, AND THERE ARE AREAS IN THE CITY THAT JUST DON'T EVEN HAVE ACCESS OR CLOSE ACCESS TO ACCESS THAT WE WANT TO A REGIONAL PARK. YET MISSOURI CITY REGIONAL SPORTS PARK. TOO MANY WORDS. I'M SORRY. I WAS WORKING WITH WORKING WITH YOU. THIS IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM. SO? SO LET ME GO TO LET ME LET ME GO TO TANNER. I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. THE COMMENT IS I, I DEFINITELY GET LIKE WE HAVE GIVEN THE PARK INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERATION FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND STAFFORD. I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AND STAFFORD, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BECAUSE IN CASE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. BUT IN THE PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE REALLY IN THIS PROCESS, JUST SO I HAVE CLARITY, THIS IS FOR US IN A PROPOSED LET'S GET THE PROCESS STARTED. LET'S WE'RE SPITBALLING A NAME AND THEN TO ENTICE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO MAKE THIS THEIR, I GUESS, A PROJECT THEY WANT TO PICK UP AND ROLL WITH THAT THROUGH THE SAUSAGE MAKING PROCESS, THEY A DIFFERENT NAME COULD EVOLVE AND DEVELOP TO COME THROUGH WHATEVER. SO I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER TO SPITBALL AND GET GOING. SO DONNIE DOESN'T HAVE TO REPRINT A SIGN AND. AND WHAT? I'LL TELL YOU NO SIGNS OF IMPRINTING. I'LL SAY IT LIKE THIS. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MAKE A CONCISE IT EVEN MORE SO WE WOULD SEND THIS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY.

ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT TO TAKE THEY GOT TO TAKE IT ON AND BELIEVE IN IT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND SEE THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD. I MEAN, NO, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY WILL. AND I MEAN, NO, I DON'T HAVE I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I THINK.

I'M JUST GOING TO SIGN THE LETTER. I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER THIS BODY. I'M JUST GUIDING THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, THE INDEPENDENCE. I LIKE HOW YOU SAID IT EARLIER. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM THEM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT. I'M JUST KIND OF PARAPHRASING IT SO WE CAN KIND OF KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD POSITIVELY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. IT'S THE LOCATION AND INDEPENDENCE. IT'S ON INDEPENDENCE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A NAME THAT CAN STAND THE TEST OF TIME. I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS WITH BOTH OF THEM, BUT I JUST KIND OF WEIGHED IN ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID A WHILE AGO. AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TO THE QUEEN. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS IF WE ARE IN FACT DOWN TO THIS WHOLE THING GOING THROUGH COUNCIL, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ON THE NAME PRIOR TO THE CORRECT. SO LET'S GIVE THEM THREE OPTIONS. OH WAIT UP, WAIT UP WAIT UP. BACK BACK BACK IT UP. JUST SAY THAT LAST PART. THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL PARKS. HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NAME THEY ARE WANTING TO. COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A I THINK I DON'T THINK BECAUSE PART OF IT WOULD BE PART OF AN ORDINANCE RIGHT. AT THE PARKS BOARD WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED NAMES BEFORE SUBMITTING A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. SO WE HAVE WE'RE NOT MAKING A FINAL RECOMMENDATION YET. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE PROCESS ROLLING. WELL, SHE JUST STRAIGHTEN US OUT BECAUSE THAT WASN'T WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

I WASN'T GOING TO BE WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. OH, SO REALLY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEFORE THE LETTER? YEAH. YEAH, I THINK IS WHAT SHE'S TELLING ME. SO IF WE DID A THEY'RE DREAM SWEEPERS, SHE'S CALLED THE QUEEN BEE, BUT THEY'RE A DREAM SWEEPERS. I GENERALLY THAT'S WHY I DON'T

[01:20:01]

THAT'S A STRETCH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD. HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO. I'M GOING TO WRANGLE THIS ONE IN IS WHAT I'M GOING TO WRANGLE IN. SO WHATEVER WE DECIDE HOW WE WILL HANDLE IT IS THIS I'M GOING TO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND SHOW WRANGLE ME IN. WE'LL SAY THE WAY THAT MOTION SHOULD BE COUCHED I, IF LEGAL CONCURS AFTER REVIEW. WHATEVER LETTER WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PUT A LETTER TOGETHER AND FORWARD IT TO COUNCIL. IF NO OTHER OFFICIAL ACTION IS REQUIRED TO SEND THAT LETTER. SO THAT WAY WE DON'T LOSE TWO MONTHS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET IN JULY, THEN THAT WOULD BE IN AUGUST. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO COUCH THAT MOTION. ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, THAT'LL GET US THERE. IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. IT GIVES HER TIME TO RESEARCH IT, BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE RULES COUNCIL HAS GOT TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE IT NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T READ THAT SECTION ON PARKS. I DIDN'T LOOK IN THE PARKS SECTION TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. AND DO YOU CONSIDER THIS A PUBLIC HEARING NORMALLY? NORMALLY, WHAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY, I KNOW WHAT SHE'S ABOUT TO RAISE YOUR HAND UP AND SAY IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT NORMALLY SAYS THAT IN THE AGENDA. BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON HERE, WE'VE NEVER HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ADDRESSED ON THERE AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO COUCH IT THAT WAY. AND I KEEP THAT THAT KEEPS IT MOVING FORWARD. ARE BOTH OF YOU ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? I'M COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. YES. AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT ABOUT PUBLIC HEARING IS BECAUSE. YEAH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK, AND YOU'D HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I DON'T.

YEAH, BUT SEE, WE'RE JUST A RECOMMENDING BODY, RIGHT? WE CAN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY. THAT'S THAT'S A HARD ONE RIGHT THERE. SO WHOEVER GETS TO SIT IN MY SEAT WHEN I'M GONE, YOU. WE'RE ONLY A RECOMMENDING BODY. WE CANNOT OBLIGATE THE CITY. PUT THAT IN YOUR HEAD. AND DON'T EVER LET WE KNOW THAT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOW I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE NAMING. SO FIRST OFF, LET ME LET'S GO TO THE VERY FIRST ONE, EAST HAMPTON, BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS. SO ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT. CAN WE TAKE A MOTION.

YES, YES. HERE WE OH MY GOD. YEAH. LOOK, NOW WE'RE JUST DEALING A LONG TIME AGO. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE A LOT OF HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK LIKE THE NAME THAT'S RECOMMENDED. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT NAME? I LIKE THAT NAME. I RESPECT THE PARK STAFF THAT THEY CAME UP WITH THAT NAME. AT FIRST I WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS BY INDEPENDENCE PARK. IT IS ON INDEPENDENCE ROAD. IT'S JUST REALLY IDENTIFIES IT. I LIKE IT, THAT'S THAT'S MY CHOICE. WHAT'S THE NAME ACROSS THE STREET? INDEPENDENCE. INDEPENDENCE PARK. THERE'S ALREADY AN INDEPENDENCE PARK AND I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT. I THINK IT MAY BE CONFUSING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY INDEPENDENCE PARK, WHICH ONE? INDEPENDENCE PARK YOU'RE GOING TO INDEPENDENCE. FORT? INDEPENDENCE SPORTS PARK. I'M JUST SAYING, JUST THE NORMAL RESIDENTS. WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THE RESIDENTS WOULD KNOW. IT MAY BE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY MAY SAY, INDEPENDENCE PARK, I'LL MEET YOU AT INDEPENDENCE PARK. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT NAMES. WE COULD USE A SYNONYM LIKE LIBERTY. AND THE ROOM FELL SILENT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I WAS ACTUALLY GOOGLING.

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NO, LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT? WHAT FROM? SO HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. AND SO, DIANE, YOU STARTED OUT WITH IS HOW IT WORKS, IS I WILL TELL YOU IN ADVANCE SO YOU'LL KNOW. AND I'M GONNA GO AND GIVE YOU THE MOTION. SHE'LL MAKE A SECOND.

WE'LL HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. AND IF EITHER IT FLIES OR DOESN'T FLY, AND IF IT DOESN'T, THAT MOTION FAILS AND THE SECOND FAILS, WE'LL GO BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO DIANE, I'M GOING TO GO ON I, I MOVE THAT WE. RENAME STATE PARK TO INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SECOND. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY DO A RAISE OF HAND AND I ROLL CALL RAISE OF HAND FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. EXCUSE ME. I'M GOING TO SAY YOU NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND TO. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF LEGACY. I'M SORRY. MY GOD, IT'S CATCHY. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S CATCHY.

NO, NO. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF INDEPENDENT SPORTS PARK? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL THOSE AGAINST. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. INDEPENDENT PARK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAN I MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT? NO. YOU'VE CAST IT ALL. I'M COMING BACK UP IN A SECOND. BUT IF WE WENT WITH THE ACRONYM FOR LEGACY SPORTS PARK, IT WOULD BE REALLY CLOSE TO LSD. OH, LSP. SO I MEAN, THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO. SO NO LEGACY TRYING TO HELP YOU? I WAS TRYING TO PULL THE AMERICAN CANAL PART IN, SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM SEVEN. THE

[7. STAFF REPORTS]

[01:30:04]

APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. UPDATE. THANK YOU. ON PARKS OPERATION BARRY BARRY JUST SENDS HIS IN.

WE LOVE BARRY I WILL MAKE THIS NOT AS QUICK AS BARRY DOES BUT PRETTY QUICK. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK UPDATE. WE DO HAVE THE PARK ASSESSMENT FORM COMPLETED SO THAT WILL BE SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS PROBABLY BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW. AND SO THAT IS GOOD TO GO. WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED KIND OF A PROCEDURE ON OUR END FOR PROCESSING THOSE, UTILIZING IT TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE, AS WELL AS TO REWARD THE CREWS THAT ARE OVER THOSE PARKS. IF YOU GIVE US GOOD FEEDBACK, OUR PARKS CREWS ARE OFFICIALLY NOW IN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC ZONES AS OPPOSED TO TASK BASED ZONES. SO WE'VE MADE THIS SWITCH INSTEAD OF HAVING A MOWING CREW OR A TRASH CREW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE NOW HAVE A PARKS NORTH PARK, CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING OVERSIGHT OF ALL OF THE ALL ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK. IT'LL BE A BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE AND WE'RE GOING TO SLOWLY ADD NEW THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE SEVERAL CONTRACTS AND BRING IT IN-HOUSE AND DO IT OURSELVES FOR A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE AND TO KIND OF TRAIN OUR GUYS UP, PROVIDE A MORE WELL-ROUNDED, WELL-ROUNDED STAFF AS WELL. AND THEN LAST THING I HAVE IS WE ARE PREPARING TO SWITCH MOWING CONTRACTORS. COUNCIL AWARDED THAT CONTRACT.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR TOMORROW TO ESTABLISH THAT TIMELINE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SWITCHOVER. SO THERE WILL BE A GOOD BIT OF MESSAGING COMING OUT FROM THE CITY. WE'LL PROBABLY BE SHARING A LOT OF OUR KIND OF STRATEGIES WITH WITH THIS BOARD, IN CASE YOU GUYS GET QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ABLE TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR US ON WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES TO MAKE IT BETTER, BECAUSE USUALLY TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEANER AND NICER, YOU GOT TO MAKE IT A MESS FIRST. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING A WEEK OR TWO OF KIND OF, WELL, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. SO WE'LL SEE. A QUICK QUESTION. THE PARKS CREW MEMBERS ARE ON CALL TOO, RIGHT? YES. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A PARKS CREW? MAKE THEM AVAILABLE WHENEVER YOU HAVE A BIG PARKS OPENING LIKE YOU DID FOR RIDGEVIEW? THERE'S A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TRASH, THAT IT WAS LIKE AN A FANTASTIC EVENT, BUT THE PARK WAS TRASHED OUT LATER. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PARKS CREW CAN LIKE, KIND OF BE ON SITE, READY TO CLEAN UP? YES. AND TYPICALLY WE ARE I I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF RIDGEVIEW BEING OPENED WAS OVERWHELMING AND NOT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT IN THE NUMBER IN THE WAY THAT THEY TREATED OUR PARK. WE HAD BROKEN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WE HAD LIQUOR BOTTLES, WE HAD BALLOONS STUFFING, THE DRAINAGE OF THE SPLASH PAD. SO IT WAS NOT IT WAS NOT PRETTY, IT WAS NOT GOOD, AND IT WAS NOT ENJOYABLE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT TOOK OUR IT TOOK OUR THREE PERSON CREW AT RIDGEVIEW CLOSE TO FOUR HOURS TO CLEAN UP THAT PARK FOLLOWING DAY ONE. SO WE ARE WE HAVE INCREASED

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HOPEFULLY YOU SEE AN IMPROVEMENT. BUT IF YOU DON'T PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UPDATE ON RECREATION, MR. MOBLEY. HAD SHORT VERSION HE'S BRINGING. ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW MY FAST SPEAKING SERVES A PURPOSE HERE. JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM NUMBERS. EVERYTHING LOOKS NORMAL FOR WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING, WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE KIND OF FINISH UP APRIL AND MAY IS FINISHING UP OUR SPRING SEASON. SO WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO OUR SUMMER SEASON. SUMMER SEASON IS DIFFERENT. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF CAMPS. SO SUMMER CAMPS, SUMMER PROGRAMS, SPORTS CAMPS, TENNIS CAMPS, SUMMER DAY CAMPS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YOU CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROGRAMS. YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. FEEL FREE TO HOLD ME AFTER. ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION ON THE RECREATION THE PROGRAM NUMBERS ARE CRAZY HERE. WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THERE. IT'S A ADORABLE PROGRAM. THE LITTLE KID IN THE PICTURE IS ACTUALLY MY SON. WE HAD LIKE A GREAT TIME. IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME, BUT WE'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT CHANGING IT TO PUSHING IT WITH OUR CHALK FEST OR WITH ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT. IT'S A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR 50 PEOPLE, AND AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USE THE RESOURCES ADEQUATELY AND CORRECTLY. AND SO WE MIGHT MOVE THAT TO CHALK FEST, NOT DO AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S A CUTE EVENT, BUT COMBINING IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE. SWITCHING TO THE BACKSIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR FACILITY USAGE THROUGH APRIL THROUGH MAY, SO THIS IS TWO MONTHS. SORRY, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. FIRST, IT'S THROUGH OUR TWO MONTHS. ALL THAT LOOKS GREAT. TOTAL USAGE BETWEEN 2024 VERSUS THIS YEAR WAS DOWN I THINK. I THINK IT'S 1.9%. BUT THE REVENUE THE INCOME IS UP A LOT. AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN A BIT. THERE'S A NEW METRIC. THAT'S OUR TOTAL FACILITY VISITS. WE WANTED SOMETHING TO ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE THAT CAME IN BUT DIDN'T CHECK IN, IN THE SENSE OF UTILIZING OUR FACILITY OF THE WEIGHT ROOM. AND SO THIS IS LIKE FOR FORT BEND BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, THE PARENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND JUST SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRULY COMING IN. AND SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO TRACK THIS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT. WE HAVE CAMERAS INSTALLED AT THE RECREATION TENNIS CENTER AND COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE. THEY TRACK PEOPLE IN TRACK, PEOPLE OUT. WE STARTED THIS IN FEBRUARY. I WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WORKED AT FIRST BEFORE BRINGING IT TO Y'ALL, BUT NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S TRACKING PRETTY ACCURATELY. OUR ANNUAL PLAN FOR FACILITY UTILIZATION, TOTAL FACILITY VISITS WAS 40,000. AND THEN LAST TWO MONTHS WE'RE AT 36. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE NOT A NUMBER IN THE DARK. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CRUSH THAT PLAN. WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO HAVE 180,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. AND WE ONLY START TRACKING THAT IN FEBRUARY. SO WE'RE WE'RE CRUSHING THAT. THAT'S GOING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD. AND THEN ON INCOME REVENUE, I KNOW LAST MEETING, I SAID, HEY, WE WERE DOWN A LOT THIS MONTH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE ARE BACK IN SHORT. AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS THIS MONTH AND ACTUALLY IN MAY OF 2024, WE HAD $80,000 IN REVENUE. IN MAY OF 2025, WE HAD $120,000 IN REVENUE. AND SO THAT EQUALS IT OUT. AND FROM THAT TWO, THE APRIL TO MAY IN 24 TO APRIL TO MAY TO 25, WE'RE ACTUALLY UP A GOOD PERCENTAGE.

ANYTHING ELSE. AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT WAS DUE TO CAMP REGISTRATIONS. A LOT OF THOSE WERE, I THINK, PARENTS. AND I'M SEEING AS A PARENT NOW THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WAIT, MY KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL, I NEED SOME SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. AND SO WE GET IT. AND SO A LOT OF THAT WAS THAT JUST A LOOK AHEAD. NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IS IN JULY. WE'RE HAVING THE PROCLAMATION READ AT THE MONDAY, JUNE 16TH CITY COUNCIL. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE THERE AND GIVE US A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, WE'D LOVE IT. WE HAVE OUR FOURTH FEST ALSO COMING UP ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SUMMER SEND OFF COMING UP ON SATURDAY, JULY 19TH. SO I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THERE, BUT THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. YES. I'M SORRY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO THINGS KEEP COMING BACK TO ME. SO I JUST SAID, OKAY, I'LL JUST BRING THEM UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO WITH THE KIDS BEING

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BUT THERE'S OF COURSE SOMETIMES WE COME IN, WE PASS SOMEONE THAT SMELLS LIKE THEY JUST SMOKED A LOT OF MARIJUANA. AND SO IN THOSE INSTANCES WERE KIND OF LIKE, HEY, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THAT OUTSIDE AND THEN JUST MONITORING IT SO IT'S TRAILING INSIDE. IT'S ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. I MEAN, WHAT I MEAN IS LIKE THE GUYS WHO ARE PLAYING AND I KNOW JUST BECAUSE MY SON IS THERE AND HE'S HE'S THE ONE WHO'S REPORTING BACK TO ME. RIGHT. AND THEN I WAS PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT THE TENNIS REC CENTER THE OTHER DAY. AND THEY WERE TAKING UP THEY WERE COLLECTING MONEY TO BUY PICKLE BALLS. AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, LITERALLY THE PLAYERS, I SAID, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I THOUGHT THEY WERE PUTTING MONEY TOGETHER FOR SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY. AND THEY WEREN'T. THEY WERE PUTTING MONEY TOGETHER TO PURCHASE PICKLE BALLS. AND THEY SAID THAT APPARENTLY THE CITY DOESN'T PROVIDE PICKLE BALLS FOR THE PLAYERS ANYMORE, SO I DON'T THAT DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT TO ME, BUT I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, I'M JUST I CAN SAY THAT'S INCORRECT. YEAH, WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT AND WE HAVE IT. I KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE BACK ROOM, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUCKET OF BALLS AND EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE I'M HOPING THAT MONEY DIDN'T GO TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WASN'T BALLS. SO. NO, THEY SAID THEY SAID PICKLEBALL IS A SCAM. I'M HOPING IT'S A SCAM. BUT YES, WE DEFINITELY HAVE. YOU SAID WHAT? IT'S A SCAM. IT'S NOT A SCAM. IF THE CITY IS PROVIDING THE BALL WELL, NO, IT'S NOT A SCAM. THESE ARE. THESE ARE MY FRIENDS THAT I PLAY PICKLEBALL WITH, I DON'T THINK. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY BELIEVE THAT. I THINK IT'S MISINFORMATION AND NOT A SCAM. SO MAYBE THEY MAY WANT A SPECIAL TYPE OF BAR OR SOMETHING. IN THE PAST WITH PICKLEBALL, WE ALWAYS PROVIDED OUR OWN BALLS. WE NEVER KNEW THIS HAS BEEN. I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR FOUR YEARS AT THAT REC CENTER. I NEVER KNEW THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE THEM. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE THE PLAYERS ALWAYS WE ALWAYS PROVIDED OUR OWN BALLS. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU DO TENNIS. TENNIS PLAYERS BRING THEIR OWN BALLS AND ANY KIND OF PADDLE SPORT THEY NORMALLY DO. THE CITY USED TO PROVIDE BOTH BALLS AS WELL AS SPARE RACKETS. YEAH, SOME RACKETS BACK THERE. AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN BALLS AND THEY DON'T ASK FOR OURS. SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME FROM. BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT WE HAVE BALL DRILLS AND ALL THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF BALLS. SO YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME? HOT BOX I'M OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. REPUBLIC MEETING. WELL KEEP ON I'M SORRY I HAVE A CLASS AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. IN THE PARKING LOT. STREETWISE. WE'RE GOING OUT IN THE. I HAVE A TEENAGER, SO HE'S BRINGING ALL THIS STUFF. MR. TURNER, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PARK ASSESSMENT FORM. ONLINE FORM. IS THAT READY FOR US TO VIEW YET? THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO GET IT. YEAH. PROBABLY TOMORROW. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. YES, IT IS COMPLETE AND WILL BE SENT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW. OKAY. AND THEN ON THE FREEDOM TREE, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE FREEDOM TREE? I HAVE THREE BIDS. APRIL 2025 TO FEBRUARY 2026. HAVE Y'ALL STILL COLLECTING BIDS? NO. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR FREEDOM TREE PARK, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SCHEDULE THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING. OKAY. TO GET THE TIMELINE OF THEIR. IMPLEMENT. YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO GET OUT THERE, GET THEIR TRAILERS OUT THERE, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO BY THE BY, THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, THEY WILL PROBABLY ALREADY ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED. OKAY. BUT YES, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THAT IS NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE THAT MEETING WITH THEM OKAY. YEAH. THANKS FOR HUNTERS GLEN BASKETBALL. OH THAT CONTRACT GOT SIGNED TODAY. YES. SO THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY, WHICH MEANS WE CAN OFFICIALLY PUT IN THE ORDER. WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX WEEKS OUT, BUT EVERYTHING IS CLEARED.

INSURANCE, FEMA, CITY, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE MAJOR HURDLES ARE DONE. OKAY.

[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]

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I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. THEY'RE ALL MEETING. HE'S BEEN SENDING ME PICTURES OF HIM IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION WITH MY MINIVAN. SO. HEY, DAD, LOOK AT ME. ANYWAYS, SO. BUT I HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN RECREATION. I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD FOR ABOUT JUST UNDER 25 YEARS. I'VE WORKED IN UTAH, IDAHO, ALASKA FOR 12 YEARS. I'VE WORKED IN SAINT LOUIS, BORN AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA. I'M CURRENTLY A CERTIFIED PARKS AND RECREATION EXECUTIVE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST CERTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION PROVIDES, BUT SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE FIELD. AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY SO FAR. I LOVE THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING. IT'S REALLY EXCITING. IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE A SUPER POWERFUL BOARD THAT IS WILLING TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, EVEN WHEN WE MAY NOT DISAGREE OR AGREE ON A NAME. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I LOVE IT, I LOVE, I LOVE THAT SUPPORT, SO KEEP IT COMING. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE ALREADY WE ALREADY THANKED DANIELLE, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR, SHE REALLY HAS DONE A YEOMAN'S AMOUNT OF WORK. AND SO IT'S THE WHOLE STAFF IN GENERAL HAVE PICKED UP THE SLACK AND MADE THIS WORK FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY. I KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT I DID AT THE GOLF COURSE WAS INTEGRAL TO THE CITY'S GROWTH, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT THAT I GOT HERE AT HOME IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW ME TO GO AND DO THAT FOR A WHILE. A COUPLE OF JUST THINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO JUST THINK ABOUT AND THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON. NUMBER ONE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SPONSORSHIPS. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIPS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLISON. SHE RECENTLY WAS ABLE TO PICK UP A $3,000 SPONSORSHIPS FROM LONE STAR PETS LODGE. THANK YOU, LONE STAR PET LODGE, WHO IS A LOCAL MISSOURI CITY COMPANY THAT, OF COURSE LODGES PETS, DOGS, CATS, REPTILES, YOU NAME IT, CATS. AND THEY THEY ARE FANTASTIC. WE MET WITH THEM THIS JUST ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THEY HAD 92 DIFFERENT IDEAS OF OTHER WAYS THAT THEY COULD THEY COULD HELP OUT. AND SO WE LOVE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE CONNECTIONS. I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW AS MANY PEOPLE AS I WOULD LIKE TO. AND WHEN IT COMES TO SPONSORSHIPS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT'S TYPICALLY ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW. SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF PARKS AND RECREATION, WANTS TO SEE OUR EVENTS IMPROVE ONCE THE CR FIREWORKS TO BE LONGER, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE 4TH OF JULY.

PLEASE PROVIDE ME A NAME AND A PHONE NUMBER AND THAT'S ALL I NEED. BUT BUT WE REALLY ARE. WE ARE IN NEED OF SPONSORSHIPS AND WOULD APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. IF YOU GUYS HAVE CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEM MY WAY. THAT ALSO GOES FOR PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS. WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS, AND SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO TEACHES, HAS SKILLS, HAS CERTIFICATIONS IN MARTIAL ARTS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND TEACH IN OUR FACILITIES, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU OR MUAY THAI OR KARATE OR YOU NAME IT, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY. OR PROVIDE ME AGAIN WITH A NAME AND A PHONE NUMBER. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THEM, PROVIDE THEM SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AND SEE IF

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AND YOU KNOW, JULY WAS WHAT THEY. FRIDAY. IT'S A FRIDAY FRIDAY, FRIDAY. YEAH. ONE JOB TODAY. GOOD JOB. I GOTTA CUT IT BACK ON. I GAVE YOU A JOB AND YOU DIDN'T COME THROUGH I.

THAT'S ALRIGHT. IT'S TOO LATE NOW. ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO MOVE ON NOW. DONNIE'S FIRST ONE BACK AND WE'VE GONE TO 9:00. NEVER GONE

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YOU'LL SEE BOTH OF US RUNNING AROUND. PROBABLY. I'LL BE SWEATING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN I AM NOW, BUT NOT BY MUCH. WELL, WE COME OUT AND SWEAT WITH YOU. YEAH, THAT'S DONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO. I THINK THIS IS A BIG THING FOR THE CITY, SO IT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO COME OUT AND EXCITING. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GOING TO JUST JUST GIVE A PLUG TO. WE DO HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON. WE HAVE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM, WHICH IS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH. IT'S THE THIRD ANNUAL MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM AND JOB FAIR, WHICH IS OVER AT HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARKING LOT. IT'S FROM 11 TO 3 AND IT IS FREE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT TO COME OUT. THEY ALSO HAVE AND I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK. THAT'S THAT FRIDAY THE 20TH. ALSO FRIDAY THAT EVENING THEY HAVE FAMILY NIGHT OUT CULTURE AND ARTS MUSIC FESTIVAL FEATURING SAXOPHONIST CHARMAINE GREEN. GERMAN JERMAINE WILLIAMS, VIOLINIST MICHAEL PRICE AND FLUTIST AND VOCALISTS MISS VALDEZ. THAT'LL BE OVER AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK. THEY'LL ALSO HAVE, LIKE TRACKLESS TRAIN FOR KIDS, ARTS, FOOD VENDORS AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S FROM 5 TO 11 THAT IS FREE. AND THEN SATURDAY THEY HAVE THE ANNUAL CONCERT IN THE PARK. THAT'S SATURDAY FROM 6 TO 11. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE DJ JAM AND JAY AND DIFFERENT CONCERTS WITH LITTLE FLIP, THE ZYDECO MASTERS, SUNSHINE ANDERSON, TRACKLESS TRAIN, KIDS ZONE, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. AND THE LAST ITEM I KNOW THEY HAVE ON THERE IS THEIR 23RD COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD. AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS AND THAT'S THAT. THURSDAY YOU CAN GO TO WW MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.COM TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE AT NINE, SO I'M GOING TO DRAG IT ON OUT TO ADD THAT ON GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR JUNETEENTH AS WELL. IS THAT MONDAY, JUNE, JUNE 16TH AND IT'S AT SIENNA THIS YEAR. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THAT. AND ANY OTHER BOARD REPORTS ITEM NUMBER TEN. ANY

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