[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]
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WE HAVE ONE DWELLING UNIT. THIS IS LOCATED ON UNDERWOOD DRIVE, JUST WEST OF AUSTIN DRIVE. IT'S LOCATED IN ZONE THE LETTER FROM THE DEVELOPER REQUESTING THE. CASH IN LIEU OF PARK. A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED OR NOT. AND JUST TO KIND OF HELP THEM OUT, OYSTER CREEK FARMS IS OVER THERE BY BY LA FITNESS, JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. LA FITNESS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS IS DOWN THERE BY JUST PAST.
IF YOU GO DOWN HIGHWAY SIX, PAST LAKE OLYMPIA, PAST SIENNA RANCH, IT'S THAT BIG CURVE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT. YES, SIR. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS SITE. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CLOSEST PARKS TO THE SITE, TRYING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THESE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSEST PART TO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THE PARK. NOW, THAT'S NOT A CITY PARK, BUT IT'S STILL A PARK THAT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THESE, YOU KNOW, ONE TO THIS ONE FAMILY THAT LIVE THERE. THERE. SO THAT IS WITHIN THAT TWO MILE RADIUS THAT WE TRY TO ENSURE RESIDENTS ARE NEAR. THERE IS NOT A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WITHIN A HALF MILE OF HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS GENERALLY IS AN AREA THAT IN THE FUTURE COULD LIKELY BENEFIT FROM MORE PARK DEVELOPMENT. BUT THAT'S JUST. THE CONTEXT ON THE SITE. SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHERE THAT IS RELATIVE TO SOME OF OUR OTHER PARK ZONES. JUST LOOKING AT OUR PARKS DONATE FUNDS WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE THREE PARK SITES IN THE PARK ZONE, BUT MOST OF THAT IS UNDEVELOPED LAND AS YOU SEE IT, IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO ACQUIRE, AT LEAST YOU KNOW TO ACQUIRE LAND SUITABLE FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT. SO GETTING ANY TYPE OF FUNDS WILL HELP. SO THAT KIND OF IS FORMING OUR RECOMMENDATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF ADD ON TO THE END OF THAT. THE NEXT THREE ARE GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT. A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL HAVE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S TWO LOTS, FIVE LOTS, 150 LOTS. THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IS A PARKLAND DEDICATION AND SO ON. THESE SMALLER TYPE INFILL LOTS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE AS IT RELATES TO THAT. JUST TO REMIND MY NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE ON THE PARKS BOARD, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. WE ONLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR RECOMMENDATION. IT GOES TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN FROM PLANNING COMMISSION IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A THREE STEP PHASE WHERE WE'LL MAKE SOME TYPE OF ACTION. SOME TYPE OF ACTION WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THIS BODY RIGHT HERE. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. TRAIN AUTHORIZING MORE SLIGHT CONTEXT THAT I LEFT OUT? YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SO THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKLAND IS ONE ACRE PER 100 DWELLING UNITS. SO ON ONE UNIT YOU WOULD HAVE 100 OF AN ACRE, PRETTY SMALL, VERY SMALL. YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BUILD A LOT. SO TRYING TO MAKE THAT THE ALTERNATIVE. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE IN SMALLER HOMES. WE THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE TO ADDRESS WITH UPDATING THE ORDINANCE, HOPING TO MAKE IT SO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE UNDER $10,000. CASH EQUIVALENT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO TO PARK BOARD JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF LOTS, THERE REALLY AREN'T MANY OPTIONS FOR THEM, RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I GO AHEAD, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION
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TO ACCEPT THE $1,400 IN LIEU OF. I GOT A MOTION BY CATHERINE. SECOND BY SECOND, SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. ITEM B OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION AT GRANVILLE CREEK. THE APPLICANT HERE PROPOSES $2,800 CASH AWARD OF TWO DWELLING UNITS. IS THERE ON UNDERWOOD DRIVE, WEST OF AUSTIN DRIVE. THERE WAS CURRENTLY ONE LOT THAT'S PLATTED, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS. REPLATTING AND WOULDN'T BE DUE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT. OKAY, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ON THIS SITE AS WELL.AGAIN, HERE IS THE SITE MAP AND A LETTER FROM THE APPLICANT STATING THEIR REQUEST. THE THEY DIDN'T OUTLINE IN THE IN THE LETTER, SPECIFICALLY THE $2,000 AMOUNT, BUT JUST STATED THEIR DESIRE FOR CASH. AND LOOK, I SPOKE WITH THEM ON THE PHONE AND WARN THEM THAT BETWEEN $800 AND IT SAID THAT THEY WERE KNOWN FOR THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T GET A LETTER FROM THEM, BUT THAT'S HOW IT STANDS. ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SAME SCENARIO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CASH IN LIEU OF A SECOND. I SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING FORWARD, I HAVE THE BIRTHDAY GIRL. LET THE. LOOKING GOOD IN THAT NEW GIRL. LOOK AT YOU. TELL HIM YOU BETTER GET RIGHT. OH, THAT'S OKAY. TRY TO GET THE VOTE IN THERE. ITEM C. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE MORE. THIS IS FOR PARKLAND MITIGATION AT ROCKWELL PLACE. APPLICANT PROPOSES $1,400 CASH IN LIEU FOR PLANNING OF ONE DWELLING UNIT.
THIS IS LOCATED AT 1937 ROCKWELL STREET. A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING BECAUSE THE ADDRESS HAS A STAFFORD ADDRESS TECHNICALLY, BUT IT'S WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND PASSING FIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THIS. HERE'S A SITE OVER HERE. LETTER FROM THE APPLICANT. CAN WE MOVE THE EXISTING CONDITION? THERE IN PART FIVE? THERE ARE A LOT THERE'S A LOT MORE ACCESS TO PARKS, SO AT LEAST THESE RESIDENTS WILL BE BETTER SERVED. SO THAT'S ONE BENEFIT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, LEXINGTON VILLAGE PARK RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT HALF MILE BUFFER. AND INDEPENDENCE PARK NEARBY AS WELL, SHOWING YOU WHERE PARK ZONE FIVE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SEVERAL PARKS IN DIFFERENCE IN THE. SO ALL RIGHT ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I SO MOVE A ROCKWELL PLACE IN LIEU OF MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND SECOND SECOND MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT COMPLETES ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS REQUIRING ACTION. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER AND BEFORE WE LEAVE FROM THIS, JUST ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO YOU'LL UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU UNTIL THEY CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. MINIMUM PARK PLAN WE WANT TO ACCEPT FOR THE CITY MINIMUM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE FIVE IDEALLY THESE LITTLE BITTY PIECES.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ALSO TO THEY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PLANNING UNTIL THIS PARK PLAN IS DONE. SO THAT'S WHY WE BECOME VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS AN INTEGRAL PROCESS. OR IS THAT THAT METICULOUS PROCESS GOES FORWARD. THEY CAN'T GET TO THE NEXT BASE UNTIL WE FINISH AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. SO THAT'S ALSO WHY I ALWAYS SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A QUORUM SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, STAFF REPORTS, PARK PROJECTS. MR. TRAIN, WHILE YOU'RE ON FIRE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR Y'ALL. ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE SLIDES FOR THIS, BUT ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER WAS JUST HOW PARKING USAGE HAS BEEN THIS PAST MONTH AND HOW THAT HAS COMPARED YEAR OVER YEAR, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT SOME OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO JULY 2025, OUR PARK SAW 120,000 ATTENDEES. THAT IS UP 30% VERSUS 2024. KEEP IN MIND 2024, WE ALSO HAD BARREL.SO SEE THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT. BUT I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 2023, 2022, 2021 AND THAT TREND ACTUALLY IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. SO JULY WAS A BIG MONTH FOR PARKS AS A MAJOR NOTE. YOU KNOW,
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OUR PARK THAT WE SEE THE MOST RECENT RENOVATIONS WAS RIDGEFIELD PARK. LOOKING AT RIDGEFIELD PARK IMPROVEMENTS YEAR OVER YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A NEAR 500% INCREASE IN USAGE. NOW, THAT'S LIKELY BECAUSE 2024, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN JULY AT RIDGEVIEW. BUT EVEN LOOKING AT 2023 2022, WHERE BETWEEN 50 TO 80% INCREASE IN USAGE THOSE YEARS. SO JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE VALUE THAT WE GET FROM INVESTING IN OUR PARKS AND IMPROVING OUR PARKS. SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BOND PROJECTS, BICENTENNIAL PARK, JUST GOT SOME UPDATES ON THAT PROJECT NEXT MONTH. MANY OF THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES WILL BE INSTALLED, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SHADE STRUCTURE AT THE SITE, ADDITIONAL SEATING AND GRILLING AREAS FOR THE RESIDENTS NEAR THAT PARK. WE ALSO WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH INSTALLING FENCING AROUND THE PARK TO INCREASE SAFETY. JUST MADE SOME HEADWAY THERE AS WELL WITH PURCHASING SO THAT WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. VERY SOON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL? YEAH THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OPERATIONS. YOU SHOULD HAVE MR. HAMILTON'S. ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP AND. BETTER KNOWN AS DANIELLE. ALL RIGHT SO I AM I AM BARRY FOR THE EVENING. WE DID WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE PARK OPERATIONS UPDATE. SO YOUR MONTHLY UPDATE FOR JUNE AND JULY. AND ACTUALLY HE MAY HAVE DONE MAY AS WELL IS INCLUDED A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY THE EVENT SUPPORT FOR JUNETEENTH AND FOURTH FEST KEEPS OUR GUYS BUSY FOR QUITE A FEW HOURS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE DONE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS, INCLUDING FENCING AND TRASH CANS AND PLAYGROUND BORDERS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. IT'S A GOOD AND BAD SIDE OF RAIN. WE CAN'T MOW, BUT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS DONE. SO THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF BOTH THE RAIN AND THE SUN. WE DID ALSO RECENTLY SWITCH OUR MOWING CONTRACTOR, SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH KINKS OF THAT, AS WELL AS GETTING OUR CREWS USED TO DOING A LOT MORE OF THAT MOWING AND OPERATIONS IN-HOUSE.WE ARE FULLY ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL CREWS AT THIS POINT. WE I THINK I GAVE YOU GUYS THAT UPDATE A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO SWITCH INTO THAT REALM INSTEAD OF HAVING A TRASH CREW AND A MOWING CREW AND A SAFETY AND REPAIRS CREW. NOW THEY EACH HAVE EACH CREW HAS 5 OR 6 PARKS THAT THEY ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRASH, BATHROOMS, MOWING, REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS, EVERYTHING. SO WE ARE FULLY IN THAT REALM AND WE ARE SLOWLY ADDING MORE AND MORE AS THEY GET USED TO IT. SO WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO, THEY'LL START MOWING EVEN MORE AREAS, WHICH MEANS MORE FLEET, MORE EQUIPMENT, MORE REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY'RE EXCITED, BUT IT'S A LEARNING CURVE. SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW STICKS OUT THAT MAYBE WE'VE MISSED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE, JUST AS THEY LEARN TO NOT JUST SEE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT TO SEE THE ENTIRE PARK, THEY'RE DEFINITELY IMPROVING ON IT. BUT WE COULD STILL MISS STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BARRY? YOU SHRUNK SOME BARRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
DANIEL. IS HE USING THE SURVEYS THAT WE'RE DOING? IS HE GETTING THAT? YES, WELL, I AM I AM USING THEM. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAW YOURS COME THROUGH I YES, YES, I KNOW I SO WE RECENTLY HAD A COUPLE OF THE PARK ASSESSMENT SURVEYS COME IN FOR MISS ANDREWS WHO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
AND SO WHAT I DO IS I USE THAT THE GOOD AND THE BAD. THE GOOD IS DEFINITELY A SHOUT OUT FOR STAFF. SO THEY USE A WHITEBOARD SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S WHAT THEY LIKE. SO I WRITE ON THE WHITEBOARD, YOU KNOW, PROPS TO THIS CREW FOR THIS. AND THEN WE ALSO USE IT TO CREATE WORK ORDER TICKETS FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS. YOU KNOW, THE RESTROOMS NEEDED, CLEANING WHILE YOU WERE THERE, AND ADDITIONAL TRASH CANS NEEDED TO BE PUT IN THE PARKING LOT. AND SO WE CREATE TICKETS WITH THAT, BUT WE ALSO USE IT AS KIND OF A SHOUT OUT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A COMMENT ON THE PARKLAND ASSESSMENT SURVEY AS THEY TURN THEM INTO DO WE GET FEEDBACK OF THE ASSESSMENT AFTER
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YOU LOOK AT THEM SO WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK OF WHAT WAS SEEN IN THOSE PARTICULAR PARKS? I CAN START DOING THAT. I CAN START DOING THAT AND KIND OF JUST SHARING HOW WE'RE USING IT AND WHAT'S BENEFICIAL BECAUSE, BECAUSE FOR ME, THEY ARE REALLY HELPFUL. YOU KNOW, YOU YOU GUYS MAY SEE THE PARKS EVERY WEEK, EVERY DAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE BLINDERS ON A LITTLE BIT. WHEREAS I GO INTO A PARK AND I'M SO USED TO LOOKING AT ONE THING, YOU KNOW, OR THAT I KIND OF MISS THE EXCUSE ME, MISS THE REST OF IT. AND SO YOU GUYS KIND OF SEE THAT WITH FRESH SET OF EYES. AND SO IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US. AND I'LL START SHARING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.RECREATION UPDATES MR. MOBLEY. HELLO EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN AN EVENTFUL TWO MONTHS, VERY BUSY TWO MONTHS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET PAST THE SUMMER FOR OUR PROGRAM NUMBERS. THEY'RE TICKING UP EVERYWHERE. WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT, A LOT OF GROWTH. WE'RE INTRODUCING NEW PROGRAMS. ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS OUR PICKLEBALL PICKLEBALL YOUTH BEGINNER CLASS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT PICKLEBALL WAS MORE FOR THE OLDER GENERATION.
IT'S TRICKLING DOWN. AND NOW WE HAVE FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLDS SCHOOLING OUR FULL TIME STAFF DURING IT. SO IT'S REALLY CUTE. WE HAD 17 OVER THAT FOUR MONTH SPAN SPAN, AND I THINK IT WAS THIS PAST MONDAY OR TUESDAY. WE ACTUALLY HAD PROBABLY 7 OR 8 IN THERE. AND SO IT'S ALREADY IT'S ALREADY GROWING. SO THAT'S A REALLY COOL PROGRAM TO SEE. ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT WAS MONSTARS SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED BASKETBALL. WE HAD 124 PARTICIPANTS. WE TOOK TWO TEAMS ACTUALLY TO PEARLAND REC CENTER LAST WEEK TO PLAY. WE HAD A VARSITY TEAM AND A JV TEAM, AND SO WE PLAYED AGAINST THEIR TEAMS. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. SO YOU CAN READ THE ROOM IF WE WON OR NOT, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT. WE STILL GOT THE MEDALS AND STILL WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR. PEARLAND WAS VERY GRACIOUS HOST, BUT WE WILL BE STEPPING OUR GAME UP NEXT YEAR. AND THE LAST ONE I KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP. WE ARE DONE, DONE WITH IT. YAY! IT'S GREAT. I BET THE PARENTS ARE SAD. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. TEACHERS. YOU GOT THEM. THEY'RE THEY'RE AWESOME. WE ACTUALLY HAD 624 PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL. WE HAD 576 LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S 8% GROWTH. SO SMALL GROWTH. BUT GROWTH IS GROWTH.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE. WE HAD A NEW SPECIALIST TAKE THAT OVER. AND HE DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT. FOR OUR EVENTS WE HAD OUR FOURTH FEST. MOST OF Y'ALL I SAW A LOT OF Y'ALL'S FACES OUT THERE. SOME OF THE NEW COMPONENTS THERE. WE HAD MCT GOT TALENT, AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A SPOT. WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY COME TO FORT FEST UNTIL SUPER LATER.
AND SO UNTIL LIKE THE LIVE BAND STARTED, WHICH WAS LIKE AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THE FIREWORKS. AND SO WE WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT. WE DID MC GOT TALENT, AND SO WE OPENED UP NOMINATIONS. WE HAD TWO DIVISIONS AT YOUTH AND ADULT DIVISION, AND WE OFFERED, I THINK THEY WE TOOK THEM IN. WE PARTNERED WITH EXPOSE EXCELLENCE. WE OPENED IT TO THE ENTIRE CITY, AND WE HAD 3 OR 4 PARTICIPANTS EACH DIVISION AND THEY WERE CROWNED. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CROWN THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER ANDREWS. SHE SHE SHE CAME OUT, ONE OF OUR JUDGES BACKED OUT AND WE SAW HER WAS LIKE, YEP, YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE YOU'RE WORKING TODAY. SORRY. SO YEAH. AND SO BIG THANKS TO YOU FOR THAT. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. WE HAD A COUPLE SPONSORS. SO WITH THOSE SPONSORS WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO ADD TIME ONTO OUR FIREWORKS AT THE END TOO. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF Y'ALL SAW THIS FINALE, WE ADDED ON TO IT. I THINK IT WAS A MINUTE LONGER. BUT THEN THAT LAST MINUTE ALSO, IT WAS JUST FIREWORKS. FIREWORK FIREWORKS.
LOOKS LIKE TEN YEAR OLDS GOT HOLD OF ROMAN CANDLES. SO IT WAS REALLY IT WAS REALLY COOL. THE OTHER COOL THING, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL DONNIE GOT WAS A HOT AIR BALLOON. IT NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF. THE WIND CONDITIONS WEREN'T CORRECT WITH IT. THEY GOT MAYBE TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND AND ALICE AND I WERE LOOKING LIKE, OH, THAT'S AWESOME. AND THEN IT WENT RIGHT BACK DOWN. SO WE'RE LIKE, IT WAS THERE THOUGH. IT WAS THERE THOUGH. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TOO. FLIPPING ON TO THE BACKSIDE OUR FACILITY USAGE, IT SAYS TOTAL USAGE UNDER FACILITY USAGE APRIL AND MAY. THAT WAS JUNE JULY. SO THAT'S A TYPO ON MY PART. BUT WE ACTUALLY SAW 27% INCREASE FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR TO THIS TIME THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE. AND THEN OUR INCOME OR REVENUE, WE ACTUALLY SAW A SPIKE OF 39%. SO THAT WAS THAT'S REALLY REALLY GOOD TO SEE AS WELL. THOSE ARE RENTALS PROGRAM PARTICIPATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS ALL THAT GOOD STUFF A LOOK AHEAD. WE HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL FARMERS MARKET. AND SO IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. IT'S HIGH SCHOOLERS COMING AND THEY'RE SETTING UP FARMERS MARKETS THERE AND THEY'RE SELLING DIFFERENT VARIETY OF THINGS. THAT'S CHRISTINA, OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST OVER TENNIS. SHE WANTED TO WE HAD A TENNIS TOURNAMENT. SHE'S LIKE, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REAL COOL OPPORTUNITY. AND SO WE SAID, LET'S DO IT. SHE OPENED IT UP FOR 16 VENDORS, AND I THINK WE HAVE 12 OR 13 ALREADY. AND SO MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY. IT'S FROM 9 TO 2 AT THE REC CENTER THIS SATURDAY. COME SUPPORT I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL LOCAL MISSOURI CITY STUDENTS. OKAY. LAST ONE IS OUR CARS AND CHAI CARS. AND CHAI WAS IS AN EVENT.
IT RECENTLY HAPPENED AT COMMUNITY PARK. IT GREW. AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARKING LOT CAMPUS. SO THAT'S 5 TO 8. THAT'S ON AUGUST 24TH. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL CAR SUPER CARS. WE'LL HAVE MERCH TABLES OUT THERE. THEY'LL HAVE A DJ THERE. REALLY, REALLY COOL. WE HAD AN COMMUNITY PARK AS QUIET
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AS YOU CAN BE. A MCLAREN OR LAMBORGHINI IS NOT GOING TO BE QUIET, REGARDLESS OF HOW SLOW YOU DRIVE IT OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE WANTED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE BACK THERE, AND IT JUST GREW. IT GREW TO SOMETHING BIGGER. AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A FOUR SEGMENT SERIES THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THAT GROUP WITH. THE ONLY THING I HAVE LEFT IS A RODERICK FERGUSON, OUR RECREATION MANAGER, AND CHRIS CANTU ARE HAVE MOVED ON FROM OUR DEPARTMENT. WE WISH HIM THE BEST, BUT WE ARE DOWN TO FULL TWO FULL TIME STAFF, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT POSITION GETS POSTED PRETTY SHORTLY. SO WE'RE WE'RE DOWN PEOPLE. WE GOT THE RIGHT TEAM TO FILL IN FOR IT SO I CAN FIELD ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE ANY MISSOURI CITY GREEN DID AN ACTIVITY AT SUMMER CAMP AND Y'ALL HAD THE BEST COUNSELORS THERE THIS YEAR. THEY WERE REALLY REALLY THEY'RE GREAT. THEY'RE GREAT. GREAT JOB. YEAH. AND ALSO, IS THERE ANOTHER MEMBER IN YOUR FAMILY? OH YES. I HAD MY DAUGHTER FIVE WEEKS AGO. I HAVE A NEW DAUGHTER, SO CONGRATULATIONS. AS Y'ALL CAN TELL, VERY WELL RESTED. SO I ACTUALLY TOLD MY WIFE WE WOULD SPLIT AND I WOULD TAKE MAN COVERAGE ON THE TODDLER, AND SHE WOULD TAKE THE INFANT, THE INFANT SLEEPING ALMOST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE TODDLER IS NOT. AND SO I WAS LIKE, CAN WE SWITCH NOW? I TAKE THAT BACK. SO BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. GOOD FOR YOU. YES, YES.CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. $40,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCOME FOR 24 AND 25. WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? A LOT OF THOSE WERE WERE RESERVATIONS. I SAW RESERVATIONS MORE SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE FIELDS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN DATES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, BUT I SAW A LOT OF FIELD RESERVATIONS, COMMUNITY PARKS, SOFTBALL FIELDS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND IT'S PARK AND BARREL. THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, RIGHT? IS IT IT'S BACKWARDS HERE. OH I'M SORRY. YES. OH SO IT'S BACKWARDS ON THAT. SO YES WE'RE ACTUALLY UP 39% I APOLOGIZE BUT HURRICANE BARREL THAT WAS A THING I APOLOGIZE OKAY. AGAIN LACK OF SLEEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THAT'S MY EXCUSE FOR NOW. GET USED TO IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
MR. HAYES. WELL, GOOD EVENING. EXCITED TO GIVE MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO WANT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU. SPECIAL ONE OFFS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST YEAR. WELL, OKAY, FIRST, WE'LL TAKE A STEP BACK. 2024 HURRICANE BARREL HITS. I'M AT THE GOLF COURSE. DANIELLE'S HOLDING DOWN THE FORT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF DALTON HAS SHOWN UP YET. I HAVE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, GOOD. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TO HELP THE GOLF COURSE CONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS WAS PARKS AND RECREATION, AND THE GOLF COURSE WENT IN HALVSIES ON A 40 BY 80 TENT. THAT'S MY TECHNICAL TERM. OKAY. DANIELLE HALVSIES. AND SO IN THAT, IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE AN EVENT SPACE FOR THE FOR THE GOLF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE RECEIVED A QUOTE OF ABOUT $27,000 FOR TWO MONTHS OF A RENTAL OF A TENT THAT SIZE, WHEREAS WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE TENT FOR $13,000. SO A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS FOR US OVERALL, IT DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO PUT IT UP FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'VE HAD A FEW YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PUTTING THESE TYPES OF TENTS UP IN MY CAREER, AND SO THE FIRST TIME THEY TRIED DOING IT ON THEIR OWN, THE SECOND TIME I LED THE CHARGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT UP THE SECOND TIME. BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S BEEN UP FOR ABOUT A YEAR AT THE CITY CENTER. THANKFULLY, THEY'RE A CITY CENTERS ALMOST AT THAT POINT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO START OPENING UP FACILITIES AGAIN, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE GOLF COURSE, BUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THE TENT DOWN TO CLEAN IT UP, PACK IT AWAY AND PREPARE TO USE IT IN FUTURE EVENTS, SPECIFICALLY THINGS LIKE FOURTH FEST, WHERE WE RENT CURRENTLY RENT ABOUT A 40 BY 80 TENT AS IT IS, SO IT'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF OUR EVENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT UP AND STILL USE IT. SO GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE. PARK STAFF TOOK THAT DOWN THIS MORNING. AND I, I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO IT WAS GOING TO TAKE US LIKE, YOU KNOW, 7 A.M. TILL ABOUT NOON TODAY TO PACK IT UP AND PUT IT AWAY. AND WE WERE DONE BY 830. SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE. SO REALLY PROUD OF THEM. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD USE LIKE AT I GUESS ALSO LIKE AT THE CHRISTMAS EVENT OR I GUESS YOUR MAIN EVENTS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ALL THINKING? YEAH, SNOW FEST FOR FEST ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE TWO THAT WILL MOST LIKELY USE IT. IT DOES TAKE US, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF A DAY TO PUT UP. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST POPS UP AND TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT[00:25:06]
OF STAFF TO, TO PUT UP AND TAKE DOWN. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO THROW UP EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, BUT WE WILL USE IT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY NONETHELESS. WILL BE UTILIZED FOR OKTOBERFEST. IT WILL NOT BE UTILIZED FOR OKTOBERFEST THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAINTING THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND ALSO THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A BRAND NEW PUTTING GREEN AND THAT GREEN SPACE. AND SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT UP A LARGE TENT FOR THIS YEAR'S OKTOBERFEST, BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO PUT IT UP THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST? 13,000. THE TOTAL COST THAT WAS SHARED. YEAH, 13,000 SHARED. YEP. BETWEEN THE TWO. YEAH. THE NEXT ONE. THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO OFFER FOR THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IS AS A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WE DO NOT HAVE A POOL. AND SO WE DON'T OFFER SWIM LESSONS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SWIM LESSONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN OUR ADULTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO BE ABLE TO LEARN TO SWIM. WE DO HAVE HURRICANES. WE DO HAVE FLOODING. WE DO HAVE LOTS OF AREAS THAT WE DO KNOW THAT DROWNINGS HAPPEN. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT THE BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO WE PARTNERED WITH ONE STOP AQUATIC SERVICES, WHO MANAGES MEADOW CREEK POOL ON CARTWRIGHT, TO BEGIN OFFERING THE COMMUNITY SWIM LESSONS IN THE FUTURE, THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL GROW. WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE MASTERS PROGRAMS, WE'RE LOOKING AT AQUA AEROBICS, WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIVATE LESSONS. BUT WE ALSO BUT THIS SUMMER WE STARTED OFF WITH JUST GROUP LESSONS AND ALSO THE SUMMER CAMP, GOING AND USING THEIR POOL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. WE SAW FOR OUR FIRST SET OF LESSONS THAT JUST OPENED UP THIS WEEK. WE SAW ABOUT 15 KIDS THAT WERE REGISTERED FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WE EXPECT, AS MORE PEOPLE BEGIN TO LOOK TO MISSOURI CITY FOR THOSE TYPES OF SWIMMING LESSONS, THAT THAT WILL GROW PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AND PRETTY QUICKLY. WHAT'S THE RELATED COST? SO IT'S $100 A MONTH, AND THAT INCLUDES TEN LESSONS WITH A WITH WITH A KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'LL GET AT LEAST EIGHT LESSONS EVERY SINGLE MONTH, NO MATTER WHAT. SOMETIMES, BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTDOOR POOL, YOU HAVE WEATHER SITUATIONS AND SO YOU MAY MISS A LESSON, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO PROVIDE EIGHT LESSONS FOR $100 A MONTH. SO THAT'S THE COST OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S ABOUT TO THE CITY. SO IT COSTS NOTHING TO THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. YEAH. AND SO IT YEAH IT'S IT IS A 9010 SPLIT WITH THEM. SO WE ONLY GET 10% OF THE REVENUE OF THAT OF THE SWIM LESSONS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE POOL. WE DON'T HAVE THE WE DON'T HAVE THE LIFEGUARDS. WE'RE NOT THE ONES TEACHING THE LESSONS REALLY. IT'S JUST OUR STAFF TAKING THE REGISTRATIONS AND PROMOTING IT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO IT REALLY IS A TRUE BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US. WAS THIS IDEA SHARED WITH QUAIL VALLEY? THERE'S TWO POOLS AT THIS POINT. IT HAS NOT BEEN SHARED WITH QUAIL VALLEY BECAUSE BECAUSE QUAIL VALLEY DOESN'T HAVE A. A COMBINATION OF THE INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH THE CLASSES AND DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY LIKE, LIFEGUARD THEIR OWN POOLS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE USED THE MEADOW OR MEADOW CREEK, BUT USED ONE OF THE QUAIL VALLEY POOLS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE'VE HAD TO PROVIDE OUR OWN LIFEGUARDS FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS. SO. SO THIS ONE PROVIDES ALL ALL INCLUSIVE FOR US. SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH. GOOD DEAL. YEAH, YEAH. SO EXCITING. EXCITING MOVEMENT THERE. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RIDGEVIEW PARK. I DID WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, THAT SPACE, BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. AND REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WE HAD A COUPLE OF MOMMY BLOGGERS, YOU MIGHT CALL THEM, POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT RIDGEVIEW PARK, ABOUT THE NEW BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND BEING FULLY INCLUSIVE, ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD, HOW IT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW AMAZING IT IS. AND THOSE JUST BLEW UP AND BECOME COMPLETELY VIRAL HERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. AND SO BECAUSE OF[00:30:06]
THAT, WE SAW, YOU KNOW, OUR VISITS FROM MAY TO JULY OF 2024 WAS 14,000 VISITORS. THIS YEAR, MAY TO JULY, WE HAD 27.9 THOUSAND VISITORS. WE I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT, THAT PARK. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THAT, AS WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE DATA, IS THAT 40% OF ALL THOSE VISITORS THAT ARE GOING TO THE PARK ARE ALSO EITHER GOING TO SHOPS AND DINING BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR VISIT TO THAT PARK. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO POINT DIRECTLY TO THE GROWTH AND OF THE VISITORS AT THAT PARK AND THE EXCITEMENT TO ALSO INCREASE MONEY BEING SPENT DIRECTLY IN MISSOURI CITY. SO PART OF THAT IS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY, SO THAT 40%, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF DOLLARS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY SPENDING THEIR MONEY HERE WITH US, BECAUSE THIS IS A DESTINATION.NOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD? SO THAT WAY THEY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE CAPTURING THAT DATA? I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW. AND BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO TRACK CELLULAR DATA. AND SO THAT CELLULAR DATA DOESN'T TELL US, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHICH HOUSE THEY'RE GOING TO, BUT GIVES US THE OVERALL VIEW OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, HOW THEY'RE GETTING TO THE PARK, WHERE THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE PARK. AND SO IT'S REALLY THAT THAT INFORMATION THAT'S BEING TRACKED THROUGH THAT CELLULAR DATA. SO THAT'S KUDOS TO YOU ALL. YEAH.
WE'RE BECAUSE IT'S DATA DRIVEN. ALL DECISIONS NOWADAYS ARE DATA DRIVEN. AND BY THEM KNOWING THAT THAT HELPS SELL FROM THE STANDPOINT WHETHER WE NEED TO DO A FUTURE BOND REFERENDUM TO DO SOMETHING AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE FUNDS, HOW IT'S HELPING US WITH SALES TAX, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS RIGHT THERE. WELL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME VERY CLEAR AS WE WERE, NUMBER ONE, HEARING THE COMMENTS AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE DATA, IS THAT THAT PARK DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING. AND SO THIS NEXT WEEK, STAFF WILL ACTUALLY BE REPAINTING ALL THE LINES IN THE PARKING LOT ITSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MORE ORGANIZED FOR FOLKS. WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME NO PARKING SPACES ALONG RIDGEVIEW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CAUSING SOME ISSUES WITH ALL THE PARKING THERE, BUT ALSO THIS FALL WILL ALSO BE BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTH END OF RIDGEVIEW PARK. AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS DATA IS REALLY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, NUMBER ONE, SAY, OKAY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THOSE. AND SO THAT DATA HAS BECOME EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS READ ALL THE NEGATIVE. WE DO DATA TOO. SO THERE WAS A BIG STREAM ON ON THE FACEBOOK TODAY ABOUT RIDGEVIEW, ABOUT SEVEN BUSSES COMING FROM HOUSTON AND OVERCROWDING THE PARK AND OVERCROWDING THE PAVILIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF THE NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA. SO I'VE MADE I'VE MADE BEST FRIENDS WITH A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS, AND THEY SEND ME THAT INFORMATION BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO FACEBOOK. YESTERDAY, I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THE WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT BROUGHT IN THOSE BUSSES. THAT'S PART OF THEIR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE COMING IN FROM HOUSTON. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS PARK IS A PUBLIC PARK, AND WE HAVE WE HAVE ZERO ABILITY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE OR NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTABLE, BUT HOLD THEM TO SAY SORRY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND A PUBLIC PARK. WHAT? I WANT TO CHIME IN ON THAT ONE, BUT HOLD ON, LET ME LET ME JUST FINISH REAL QUICK AND THEN I'LL LET YOU CHIME IN. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IN SEPTEMBER, DANIELLE AND I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOUR BOARD AN ADJUSTMENT AS WE LOOK AT OUR FEES, STRUCTURE OVERALL FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. AND ONE OF THOSE IS LOOKING AT A COMMERCIAL USE FEE. AND SO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO GET A PERMIT. WHAT IS WHAT IT IS TO BE ABLE TO GET APPROVED, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR COMMERCIAL ENTITY AND TO USE THE PARK. SO THAT WAY WE CAN AT LEAST RECOUP SOME OF THOSE COSTS, AND WE CAN RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY'RE COMING AND ALSO KNOW THE TIMES AND AREAS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
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APPROVE THAT OR NOT. AND SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU GUYS IN SEPTEMBER. AND WE EXPECT THAT ONCE YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED THOSE NEW FEES, THAT WILL ALSO BE, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL THEREAFTER. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THE END OF THAT. SO WHEN WE DID WHEN THE MUD DISTRICT BUILT THE SPLASH PAD OVER HERE AT HUNTERS GLEN, I WATCHED THEM BUST THEM IN. OH YEAH. EVERY DAY. SO IT'S NOT NEW. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A PUBLIC PARK. MY OFFICE IS IN ROSENBERG. SAME SCENARIO. AND YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S GOOD AND BAD, BUT THAT YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE THE BAD. THE GOOD THING IS PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THE PARK. THEY'RE DOING THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. WE'RE GETTING KIDS OFF THE COUCH. WE'RE GETTING THEM TO GO OUTSIDE. YOU KNOW, THE BAD THING IS, WITH THE DATA, WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE NOW, THOUGH, AND AT LEAST KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING, TRACKING THAT INFORMATION AND MAKING THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE BEING THOSE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE. BUT AS YOU SAID EARLIER, THEY NOT ONLY COME, BUT THEY ALSO GO TO BUSINESSES HERE, WHICH STIMULATES THE ECONOMY RIGHT THERE. SO IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, BUT YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I GOT UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN STAFF THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY ON THEIR FEET AND ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS RIGHT THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AND IF I COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT ONE MORE QUICK THING. IF YOU GO AND TALK TO DOMINO'S OR THE LITTLE DRINK QUICK STOP, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE TWO PLACES THAT THE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY WALK TO FROM SPLASH PAD AND BACK. THEIR BUSINESS HAS BEEN GREAT THIS SUMMER AND THEY'RE REAL HAPPY AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY.YEAH. AND SALES TAX. WE LOVE THEM. YEAH, YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. WHAT'S A UNIQUE VISIT TO RIDGEVIEW PARK. SO A UNIQUE VISIT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT THE IS IT A NEW PERSON COMING TO THAT PARK. SO WHAT WE SAW IS LIKE THAT 29 OR 27.9 THOUSAND VISITS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PERSON OVER AND OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, JUST ALWAYS. AND SO THAT 109% INCREASE IN UNIQUE VISITS SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE SAME PEOPLE ALWAYS COMING. WE'RE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF NEW PEOPLE COMING AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AND VERY GOOD REPORT. WE HAVE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE A TOUR OF THE VARIOUS PARKS SO THAT WE, AS NEW MEMBERS AND OTHER MEMBERS AND NEW PARKS AS WELL, CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL OF WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT HAVE YOU. I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT REQUEST AGAIN, NOT IN AUGUST, BUT WHEN IT GETS COOLER, YOU KNOW, IF THE STAFF CAN MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS AND CAN COORDINATE OUR SCHEDULE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A TOUR OF ALL THE PARKS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. AND I, I DON'T THINK WE'LL WANT TO NECESSARILY DO THEM ALL AT ONCE, BUT LIKE BREAK THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT ALL AT ONCE. WOULD IT'D BE A LONG DAY. BUT YEAH, WE'D WE'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU GUYS THROUGHOUT ON TOURS AND THAT. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE IF IT WAS ALL OF THE PARKS. HOW MANY PARKS WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE HAVE, WE HAVE. WELL, SOON WE'LL HAVE 27. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 25. AND EVEN A LITTLE. YEAH, TYPICALLY THEY'LL PICK THE ONES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE. AND SO WHAT WE MAY DO, WE'LL LOAD UP THE VAN AND WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME SATURDAY OR HOWEVER AND WE'LL LET YOU WE'LL JUST LET YOU COME BACK AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THAT. YOU BET WE'LL HAVE RANDY BACK BECAUSE HE WAS OUR TOUR GUIDE. SO IT'LL BE DOUBLE AS LONG AS WE. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I LIKE TO CLOSE OUT MY, MY PRESENTATION AT THESE MEETINGS JUST WITH A COUPLE OF KUDOS EVERY MONTH. FIRST ONE I WANT TO JUST DIRECTLY POINT TO IS JAVIER.
JAVIER HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WITH RODERICK NO LONGER A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT, JAVIER HAS STEPPED UP, HAS SIGNIFICANTLY HELPED DALTON IN WAYS THAT THAT WERE NECESSARY. AND SO HE'S BEEN KIND OF FILLING IN FOR A LOT OF THOSE REC MANAGER DUTIES. AND IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE HIM AND HIS KNOWLEDGE BE USED IN THAT WAY. AND SO WE TRULY APPRECIATE JAVIER. ALSO, I WANT TO JUST POINT TO ALLISON. ALLISON AT FORK FEST, ACTUALLY, THEY AFTER FALL FEST, AND I LIKE TELLING THIS STORY BECAUSE IT'S FUN. I
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GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE MAYOR AND HE SAID, HEY, DONNIE, OUT OF THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN MAYOR, THIS WAS THE BEST FOURTH FEST THAT WE HAVE HAD. AND SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE ALL BEAM WHEN WE HEAR THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS, WE TOOK A RISK. WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ON THE LAYOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT OUT AND GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET AN EXTRA THREE MINUTES. DALTON. THANK YOU. OF FIREWORKS. AND IT WAS YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. AND SO DEFINITELY YOU KNOW A LOT OF KUDOS GO TO ALLISON VICARY FOR THE WORK SHE DID THERE. AND THEN ALSO ALL THINGS EVENTS AND SUMMER CAMP THAT SHE'S HOLDING DOWN THE FORT, BEING DOWN A STAFF MEMBER FOR, FOR HER RIGHT NOW AS WELL.SHE FINISHED JULY 4TH FEST AND THEN HER STAFF MEMBER LEFT. SO SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF ALL HIM TOO. SO SHE'S BEEN SHE'S BEEN HUSTLING. SHE'S BEEN SHE HAS SHE'S ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS KIND OF A GROUP OF GENTLEMEN. TROY HATCH, FRANCISCO TRISTAN, GERVIN'S GROVES, JOHN COBIA. DANIELLE TALKED EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT TAKING OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND GIVING THEM AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. THREE OF THOSE, FRANCISCO GERVIN'S AND JOHN ARE WEEKLY SUPPORT FOR RIDGEVIEW PARK. TROY IS OUR WEEKEND SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND THOSE FOUR GUYS, EVEN WITH THE INCREASED NUMBERS, HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP ON THE SPLASH PAD.
HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF THE SPLASH PAD CLOSING THIS SUMMER? YOU DON'T KNOW. I HAVE GREAT FAITH, DANIELLE. I HAVE GREAT FAITH. AND THAT'S AND I WILL SAY 100%, IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE FOUR GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE MADE IT THEIR PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
THEY CHECK IT DAILY. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE WORKING. COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEFRIENDED THAT ARE NEIGHBORS OF RIDGEVIEW PARK HAVE COME TO ME DIRECTLY AND SAID, DONNIE, YOU HAVE THE BEST STAFF. WE DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE, BUT YOU HAVE THE BEST. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GOOD GENTLEMEN WHO ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SERVED THE RIGHT WAY. LAST THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP IS THE FACT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DID A BETTER JOB AT SAVING KITTENS THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS PAST WEEK. KITTEN. YES, SIR.
BUDDY. YES, SIR. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S JOB, BUT NOT ANYMORE. PARKS AND RECREATION SAVES KITTENS. SO OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AT THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WE HAVE FOUND KITTENS STUCK IN TREES. AND STAFF HAVE SAVED THOSE KITTENS AND FOUND HOMES FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. SO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN PARKS AND RECREATION DOESN'T STOP WITH SPLASH PADS PARKS. BUT WE SAVE KITTENS TOO. SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. JUST WANT TO ASK JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST TO AND THIS IS MORE SO FOR THE BOARD. YOU KNOW OCTOBER WE HAVE HALLOWEEN BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW NEW MEMBERS. AND I KNOW I'M VERY I GOT TO KNOW SIX MONTHS WHAT I'M DOING IN ADVANCE. SO WE DO HAVE HALLOWEEN COMING UP. AND WE DO TRICKS AND TREAT. AND WE ALSO DO THE SNOW FEST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 6TH, DECEMBER 6TH, JUST LIKE DECEMBER 6TH RIGHT THERE. YEAH. THE ONLY OR YEAH, DECEMBER 6TH. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU COULD UPDATE EVERYONE ON IS THE PARKS BUILDING GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET. I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GOING, IT'S GOING I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER. THAT'S WHY I ASKED. I DIDN'T WANT TO. I TRY NOT TO. I WILL SAY THAT IT'S STILL GOING. HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED THAT? WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN THIS SUMMER? YEAH. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN INTERESTING. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING. A LOT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN SOME DELAYS BECAUSE OF IT. THOSE THE GOLF COURSE HAVE SEEN DELAYS, BUT SO HAS THIS BUILDING. EVERY TIME THAT THE CONTRACTORS GOT THE FOUNDATION READY AND PREPPED TO POUR CONCRETE, WE WOULD THEN GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WOULD WASH AWAY ALL OF THEIR WORK, AND THEN THEY WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO RESTART OVER.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DELAYS IN THAT WE'RE STILL PROGRESSING. THEY'RE ABOUT TO WE ACTUALLY JUST HEARD TODAY THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO POUR THE FINAL PIECES OF THE FOUNDATION. SO
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WE'LL START SEEING VERY QUICKLY ACTUAL GROWTH GOING UPWARDS, WHICH IS THAT'S THE GOAL. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. WE WANT TO SEE THAT MOVEMENT UPWARDS. MOST OF THE DIRT WORK AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE DONE. SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE'RE EXCITED. BUT WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN OUR OUR RENTAL SPACE THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED. SO JUST OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE TREES. THERE WAS A LITTLE THING ON MY SHOULDER SAYING, TWO WEEKS AGO WE DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND FROM PUBLIC WORKS SAYING, HEY, BY THE WAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT ANYMORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'VE GOT IT ALL SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECT, BUT THERE'S THIS WHOLE GROVE OF TREES THAT WE FORGOT TO PUT MONEY ASIDE FOR.WHAT CAN YOU GUYS DO? SO PAUL WAS OUT. AND SO WHEN THE BOSS IS OUT, THE KIDS WILL PLAY. AND THE FORESTRY DIVISION WENT OUT THERE THAT VERY AFTERNOON, REVIEWED IT, MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING, WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS, REMOVED ALL OF THOSE TREES, COMPLETELY CHIPPED THEM UP, AND THEN WE'RE BACK OUT, WHICH HELPED FOR THAT, THAT PROJECT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WELL AS AS IT IS. AND SO IT'S THAT WAS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO QUICKLY TAKE CARE OF ISSUES AS NEEDED.
AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY.
YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY. EVERY TIME YOU COME TO CITY HALL. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE END FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026 BEFORE IT'S THERE, BUT YOU'LL START SEEING GROWTH HAPPEN RIGHT THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. YES MA'AM. YOU'RE GOING TO JUST A QUICKIE. WE NORMALLY TRICKS AND TREATS IN THE PARK IS IN BUFFALO PARK.
YEAH I SEE THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE KITTY HOLLOW PARK THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE WITH WITH THE COUNTY. WELL SO IT'S IT HAS MOVED BACK TO BUFFALO RUN PARK UNFORTUNATELY BUT FORTUNATELY.
BUT YOU KNOW ANYWAYS THINGS HAPPEN. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL'S DOING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON ALL THEIR PARKING LOTS, AND SO THEY WEREN'T SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AND THEN TO HEAD OVER TO TRICKS AND TREATS AT BUFFALO RUN. SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FAIRLY OFTEN IS, HEY DONNIE, YOU DON'T EVER DO ANY EVENTS IN THE CENTER OR SOUTH END OF MISSOURI CITY. AND SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THIS MIGHT BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FIND A, A PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO WE WERE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED. THEY WERE EXCITED. BUT THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE COULD MAKE THE PARKING WORK. SO WE'VE MOVED IT BACK TO BUFFALO RUN. SO HOPING FOR THE BEST. YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
[9. BOARD REPORTS]
SIR. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE BOARD REPORTS. DO I HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS GIVING KUDOS? MISSOURI CITY GREEN DID GIVE THEM LUNCH. YES.YEAH. WE FED THEM. YES. IT WAS PARKS MONTH. AND SO WE DID. WE FED THEM AND WE ATE. WELL. YEAH IT WAS VERY GOOD. THERE YOU GO. WELL YOU WERE IT WAS DESERVING OF YOU. IT WAS WELL DESERVED.
YES. BECAUSE YOU ALL WORKED WITH US SO WELL. YES. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT ANYTHING ON ITEM NUMBER TEN ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH. AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, ITEM NUMBER 11, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. AND IT'S
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