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SHELTER RENTALS. AND AS WE LOOKED AT THAT, AND AS WE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT COSTS
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THAT WE HAD, WE HAVE WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT A SHELTER SUGGESTED FEE OF ABOUT[00:11:11]
DOUBLE ACROSS THE BOARD ON THESE FACILITIES. SO YOUR LARGE PAVILION WOULD BE $50 PER HOUR, WHICH WOULD GET US TO $100 FOR A TWO HOUR SHIFT, WHICH DEFINITELY GETS US CLOSER TO THAT 100% COST RECOVERY. NOT TOTALLY THERE, BUT ALSO AT A MORE REASONABLE RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE COMPARISONS THERE ON BOTH SIDES. DO YOU KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED FEES? 2023 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE UPDATED FEES.BEFORE THAT I BELIEVE 2017. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY 2018, BUT YEAH, 2017. AND WHEN WE STARTED IN 2017, I WAS JUST TALKING TO JASON ABOUT THIS TODAY. THEY WERE LIKE $6, $7 PER HOUR AT THE TIME. KIND OF FOLLOWS A TREND WHERE WE HAVE SOME OTHER PRICING THINGS TO ADJUST OUR POLICIES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO SO WE ARE TONIGHT PROPOSING THESE NEW FEES TO GET US CLOSER TO THAT. OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT AS WELL IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS COMMERCIAL USE OR THIS PRIVATE USE OF THE PARK AS A WHOLE. THE EVENT THAT I SPOKE OF, THE DOUBLE EVENT. THEY DIDN'T USE JUST THE SHELTER. THEY ALSO USED THE SPLASH PAD AND THE GRASS FIELD AND THE PARKING LOT. THEY HAD FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS AND IT WAS AWESOME. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL. OUR RETURN ON THAT, THOUGH, WAS WELL BELOW, YOU KNOW, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFFING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARK ITSELF. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THE THE BIG ONE REALLY IS CREATING A SPECIAL USE FEE. THAT'S BROKEN UP INTO TWO, TWO CATEGORIES, YOUR COMMERCIAL OR YOUR PUBLIC EVENT CATEGORY. SO THOSE ARE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN TO USE OUR FACILITIES FOR A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE OR FOR A LARGE PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR JUST PRIVATE RENTALS. AND WHAT WE SEE STATISTICALLY IS THOSE TWO CATEGORIES USE THE FACILITIES IN VERY DIFFERENT FORMATS. SO YOUR PRIVATE ONES ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, A LITTLE MORE SECLUDED, NOT USING THE FACILITIES AS STRONGLY. WHEREAS YOUR COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC USE WILL USE BASICALLY THE WHOLE GAMUT OF THE PARK. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO FOLLOW OUR PERMITTING PROCESS PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC USE, YOU WOULD PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF $100. IF YOU'RE A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY, OR A NON-CITY $200 FEE. OKAY. AND THEN IF IT'S A PRIVATE EVENT, YOU WOULD PAY AN ADDITIONAL $50 OR AN ADDITIONAL $100 IF YOU'RE NONRESIDENT. BUT YOU WOULD ALSO PAY THE CLEANING FEE AS WELL PER HOUR. SO THAT WAY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE EITHER A LARGE PRIVATE EVENT OR A LARGE PUBLIC EVENT, WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND STAFF MEMBER THAT'S ON DUTY. AND SO THOSE TWO REASONS HELP US TO START TO LOOK AT THAT USE. SO THINGS THAT WOULD TRIGGER THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO WHEN THEY COME UP TO OUR, OUR OUR OUR FACILITY OR HOP ONLINE AND THEY START
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FILLING OUT THE FORMS, WE'RE GOING TO START ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE, IS THIS A PUBLIC EVENT? IS THIS A COMMERCIAL ENTITY? IS THIS A NONPROFIT ENTITY? WILL THIS USE THE SPACE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER ITSELF? WILL YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SHELTERS, BOUNCE HOUSES, PORTA POTTIES, FOOD TRUCKS? WHAT OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS WILL YOU HAVE? WILL IT? ARE YOU GOING TO BE PROVIDING US WITH A SITE PLAN SO WE CAN REVIEW THE SITE PLAN? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE ADDITIONAL ADJACENT USES OF THE SHELTER ITSELF. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WILL COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO RENT THAT SHELTER. AND THEN WE SHOW UP FOR THEIR RENTAL AND THEY'VE GOT THREE BOUNCE HOUSES AND TWO FOOD TRUCKS IN THE PARKING LOT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE JUST GOT IT ALL LAID OUT AND WE, WE WANT THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR AND, AND YOU KNOW, BALANCED FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL FEE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THIS EVENING, WHICH WOULD ADDRESS MOST OF OUR ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE NON RESIDENT WOULD ALSO PAY A FEE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. THE DAMAGE FEE DEPOSIT IS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD $50. YEAH. SO HOW MUCH? OH. OH, QUESTIONS? YEAH. YEAH. JUST LET HIM FINISH AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS TO HIM. A COUPLE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS EXHIBIT. FIELD LIGHTS. FIELD LIGHTS. WHEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR SPORTS, YOU KNOW, GROUPS THAT USE OUR FIELD LIGHTS, THEY USE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY. OUR RSAS. AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO 50% SUBSIDY ON THE USE OF ELECTRICAL ON THOSE FIELD LIGHTS. AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE ON THAT, WHICH WOULD GET US TO ABOUT 50% SUBSIDY ON THE FIELD LIGHTS, OUR AUDITORIUM RENTAL. THIS ONE IS REALLY JUST MORE ABOUT US. SOMETIMES WE HAVE A 12 HOUR RENTAL AND THEY GET TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AT THE IN OUR AUDITORIUM, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE NEED ONE MORE HOUR TO CLEAN UP. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A THE ABILITY TO SAY, OH, YEAH, WE CAN PUT ONE MORE HOUR ON THERE AND THIS IS THE COST FOR IT. AND SO WE DO HAVE AN INCREASED COST OF THAT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, IS THAT IN THE PAST WE GET SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DO YOU RENT THE STAGE. DO YOU RENT THE STAGE AT THE IN THE AUDITORIUM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER? CAN WE RENT THE STAGE? CAN WE RENT THE STAGE? DO WE HAVE AN EVENT? CAN WE RENT THE STAGE? AND CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A PRICE SET FOR THAT. AND SO THE LAST TIME WE SET UP THE STAGE, WE ASKED OUR STAFF TO DOCUMENT EXACTLY HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN. AND SO BUILDING, LOOKING AT THOSE HOURS, PLUS ALSO LOOKING AT THEIR TYPICAL WAGE, WE'VE BUILT A COST OF RENTING THE STAGE AT ABOUT 350 FOR A RESIDENT AND 420 FOR THE NONRESIDENT. AND THAT'S REALLY JUST SO THAT WAY IT'S IT'S MORE THAN THE HOURS THAT TAKES THEM, THE EMPLOYEES. BUT ALSO IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT FOR US. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO USE IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE IT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL DO IT IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T GET BOMBARDED. START ON THAT END. ANY COMMENTS? BECAUSE I'M SURE EVERY ONE OF THEM'S GOT ONE. I, WE ASSUME THAT THAT WAS THE CASE. SO THE SHORT MEETING I GONE AND TELL MY WIFE TO PUT THE VIDEO RECORDER ON THE GAME BECAUSE I CAN SEE THIS ONE ALREADY. YOU CAN BE. YOU SAY IT'S DONNIE'S FAULT? NO, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, YOU ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. OH, GOOD. THANK YOU TANNER.THANK YOU BUDDY. ONE OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED? WELL, OUR NEXT STEP IS FOR US TO ACTUALLY TAKE THESE TO CITY COUNCIL. SO BEFORE THEY CAN BE ANNOUNCED, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ORDINANCE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. SO THEN AFTER ASSUMING CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THEM, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO NOTIFY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IN THE PAST UTILIZED THESE FACILITIES? YEAH. SO OUR OUR PLAN USUALLY IS TO DO IT LIKE ON JANUARY 1ST. SO THAT WAY WE GIVE OURSELVES TIME. SO THAT WAS WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU GUYS IN OCTOBER. GOAL IS TO BRING IT IN NOVEMBER TO CITY COUNCIL. THEN WE'LL HAVE THE REST OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER TO BEGIN ADVERTISING THAT CHANGES. PRICING CHANGES WOULD HAPPEN JANUARY 1ST. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE WEBSITE. IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE. IT'LL BE POSTED AT THE REC CENTER, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'LL PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE WHOLE
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WORKS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THEY'LL ALSO NOTIFY THE ANY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS THOSE THINGS WELL IN ADVANCE AS SOON AS IT'S PASSED. BUT I'LL COME TO THAT.YES, MA'AM. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED. THANK YOU. THIS IS KIND OF OFF THE SUBJECT. DO WE DO SECURITY WHEN IT'S A COMMERCIAL RENTAL? SO WE WE DO SECURITY FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THERE'S, THERE'S STRICT GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN THAT REQUIRE THAT. BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BIGGER EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AT THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A, A WEB PAGE THAT GUIDES A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIRECTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE HELD IN THE CITY, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME GAUGES AS TO WHEN IT TRIGGERS A NEED FOR POLICE AND HOW MANY POLICE. AND SO WHEN WE DO OUR SPECIAL USE PERMITS, EACH ONE OF THOSE EVENTS GOES THROUGH THAT, THAT CHECK BOX TO SEE WHERE IT FALLS. SO THEY DO HAVE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME. I GUESS I COULD HAVE JUST SAID YES.
MISTER ADAM. WELL, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS AND KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING. PEARLAND, SUGAR LAND. BUT ARE WE COMPETITIVE? DOES THIS BRING US TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORS WE ARE? ABSOLUTELY.
YEP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MISS ROSS. NOBODY ASKED A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. THANK YOU. BUDDY.
OKAY, BRUCE. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON THESE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROVISIONS THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED FOR SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE AN ONGOING OR REGULARLY OCCURRING USE? I KNOW THE HOUSTON CITY PARKS BOARD, YOU KNOW, HAS HAD TO CONSIDER THAT FOR LIKE. COMMERCIAL KAYAK OPERATION. SO LAUNCHING OUT OF A COUPLE OF PARKS THERE AND DOING THAT ON A ON LIKE ALMOST DAILY BASIS IN THE SUMMER. YEAH, WE WE DON'T CURRENTLY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT COULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FOR SURE. BUT AT THIS POINT, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REOCCURRING USUALLY FALL UNDER OUR, OUR, OUR REGIONAL SPORTS AUTHORITY GROUPS OR REGIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS. SO THOSE ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE THAT THEY FALL UNDER. BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S A DECENT POINT, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO COME ALONG THAT SAYS, OH, MAN, I JUST WANT TO USE IT ALL SUMMER LONG. SO YEAH. GOOD. GOOD POINT, MISS OVERTON. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? BRUCE? NO, THAT'S. THAT WAS MY MISS OVERTON. A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. ONE I WAS WONDERING ABOUT. YOU WERE SAYING. AND WHEN SOMEONE RESERVES THE SPOT, THEY GO ONLINE AND DO IT, AND YOU READ OUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT OR SEND IN A PLAT AND ALL THAT IS THE ARE THEY ABLE TO UPLOAD ALL OF THAT ON THE APPLICATION OR WHATEVER FORM THAT'S GOING TO BE USED? SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE A, YOU KNOW, THOSE OLD SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IF THEN, YOU KNOW, DIAGRAMS THAT HAPPEN, IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS. AND SO WHEN THEY HOP ON TO FILL OUT THE AND REALLY IT STARTS WITH PARKS AND REC, THEY'LL GO IN AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL REGISTER FOR THEIR SHELTER AND THEN THEY'LL FILL OUT THE FORM FOR THE PERMIT USE. AND ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT PERMIT, WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT ALL THEIR REQUESTS. AND THEN IF IT STARTS CHECKING BOXES THAT ARE REQUIRED, THEN WE ACTUALLY, AS A DEPARTMENT, SEND IT THROUGH TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW, PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW. BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE PLANNING UNDERNEATH PLANNING IS LIKE ALL OF OUR FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK, WE HAVE TO SEND IT THROUGH THEM. SO THAT WAY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEIR FOOD TRUCK INSPECTORS OUT AND CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE THE PERMITS, THE FOOD TRUCKS HAVE THE PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HAND, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE REALLY GOOD SERVICE IN THAT SCENARIO. AND SO SOMETIMES A PAPER DOCUMENT OR THE WEBSITE MAY NOT GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO FILL OUT THE FORM ONLINE. THEN IT COMES TO US. THEN WE PICK UP THE PHONE, SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, TALK TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, GIVE ME ALL THE DETAILS. WHAT ARE ALL ARE YOU DOING? AND SO IT HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO WALK THEM THROUGH IT. NOW, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY DO COMPLETE THE FORM, WHO WHAT VEHICLE DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT WHAT THEY PUT ON THE FORM IS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY DO
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AT THE PARK, HOW IT'S REGULATED. YES. AND SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. AND SO IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT THAT WAS THAT WAS SENT TO YOU GUYS, THERE IS A DOUBLE FEES PORTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF YOU USE THE FIELDS OR FACILITIES OR THINGS OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOUR PERMIT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU, WE WILL ACTUALLY DOUBLE THE THE FEE THAT YOU INITIALLY WERE CHARGED AND WHO WOULD GO OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABIDING BY OUR STAFF. OKAY. AND SO THE SAME STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP AND TAKE CARE OF IT USUALLY REPORT EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT EVENT. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S ALL QUESTIONS.YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. OH WELL THANK YOU. HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT KAREN. SO KIND OF TO FOLLOW UP ON BUDDY'S QUESTION, THE DAYCARE THAT CAME OUT, WHAT DID WE KNOW ABOUT THEM COMING OUT OR NOT? SO THOSE KIND OF INSTANCES HOW DO YOU WHEN YOU SAY MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DIDN'T UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEB PAGE OR THE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET THAT OUT? AND AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SCOFFLAWS. SCOFFLAWS. YOU HEARD THAT ONE. WOW. DEFINE. ALEX. USE IT IN A SENTENCE THAT IS, FOR. SCOFFLAWS. YEAH, YEAH. AND AND SO WHEN YOU DO KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU, IF THEY'RE THERE AT THAT TIME, IS THAT IS THERE ANY ENFORCEMENT AND IS THERE ANY. YEAH. AND WE AND SOMETIMES MY STAFF IS LIKE, DONNIE YOU'RE TOO NICE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE WE WE HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. AND WHEN THE CHANGE HAPPENS, EDUCATION HAS TO HAPPEN TOO. AND SO FIRST OF ALL, THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SHARED, WE HAVE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO RIDGEVIEW PARK WHO HAVE MY EMAIL AND MY PHONE NUMBER. AND WHENEVER THEY SHOW UP, THEY USE IT. WHENEVER THEY SHOW UP, THEY GIVE ME A CALL. HEY, DONNIE, THE THE DAYCARES ARE HERE AGAIN. AND SO I ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF DAYCARES THAT HAVE BEEN USING IT ALL SUMMER. IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND SAY, HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW PROCESS IN PLACE. WE REALLY WANT TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT. WE WANT YOU GUYS TO ATTEND, BUT WE NEED YOU TO FOLLOW THIS. SO WE HAVE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEONE NEW. OUR STAFF, WHEN THEY SEE THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO APPROACH THEM. HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE PARK. WE LOVE THAT YOU AND THE KIDS ARE HERE TODAY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW PROCESS IN PLACE. HERE'S SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. IF YOU COULD JUST REACH OUT TO DONNIE OR TO OUR PARK STAFF AND THEY'LL HAVE OUR BUSINESS CARDS, THEY ALREADY DO, AND THEY CAN HAND THOSE OUT, AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO TAKE THEIR INFORMATION AND AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL ON OUR OWN. SO WE'RE IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW.
BUT WE'LL GET THROUGH THEM OKAY. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TURNAROUND TIME. SHELTER OWNER. SHELTER.
CLEANING IT UP AND CLEANING. NO, NO I MEAN FROM THE TIME LIKE IF YOU NEED IT FOR A CERTAIN CERTAIN DATE, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU NEED TO APPLY. YEAH. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR EVENT. IF IT REALLY IS A FAMILY BABY SHOWER, WE'LL HAVE IT DONE THAT DAY.
BUT IF IT'S INCLUDES FOOD TRUCKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED 60 DAYS. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT FASTER THAN THAT. BUT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO YOU AND GO, HEY, WE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS. OKAY. BUT YEAH, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A LOT 60. SO, SO RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE OUR.
WHAT IS THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE THAT'S 120 DAYS. IT IS OUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION POLICY. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND USE OUR FACILITY AND YOU WANT IT FOR FREE AND YOU FALL UNDER OUR POLICY, IT'S 120 DAYS FOR THAT ONE. SO 60 DAYS REALLY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FAST FOR US.
OKAY. WHAT IS THAT THING? COMMUNITY. WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU YOU JUST COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION POLICY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THAT'S THE SAME REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. NO BUDDY. YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE. BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA LET BRUCE. I'M GOING TO LET BRUCE TANNER GO. GO ON. I JUST A QUICK ONE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE UPCOMING CITY BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALL 5% REDUCTION WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM. SO WHEN YOU SAY 5% SMALL, 5%, THAT IS A BIG
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THAT IS A BIG NUMBER TO ANYBODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE. I WAS TRYING TO SOFTEN THE BLOW OF HOW THE CITY FACTORS ITS BUDGET, BUT ANY PENNY IS IS A PENNY NEEDED? YES, I UNDERSTAND, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE RATES BASED ON COMPARED TO WHAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR REVENUES WITH SIMILAR RENTALS, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE FOR NEW REVENUES FOR PARKS? YEAH, THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THOSE REVENUES. WE WON'T MAKE BACK THAT 5% THOUGH. BUT IT HELPS. IT WILL. ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. BUDDY, WHY DID WE WITHDRAW THE MULTI-PURPOSE RENTAL THAT WAS WITHDRAWN A FEW YEARS AGO? BUT FOR SOME REASON ON THIS FORM, IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN ON THERE AS A CROSS-OUT. SO I'M NOT EXACTLY OKAY. AND THEN WHEN ARE THESE CANCELLATION FEES? ARE THEY UNIFORMLY DUE AT A CERTAIN DATE BEFORE THE EVENT? YEAH. IN OUR IN OUR PROCESSES, WE HAVE PRETTY SPECIFIC DATES AS TO WHEN YOU HAVE TO CANCEL BY FOR TO GET A FULL REFUND VERSUS A PARTIAL REFUND OR NO REFUND AT ALL. OKAY. BUT WE DO DO PARTIAL. WE DO DO PARTIALS. WHY TYPICALLY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GIVE US YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE SPECIFIC TIME FRAME TWO WEEKS. IF YOU GIVE US TWO WEEKS, THAT STILL GIVES US TIME TO BE ABLE TO RENT THAT FACILITY BACK OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND WE AND ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE USUALLY HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR DATES. THANK YOU SIR, I HAVE ONE MORE FOR YOU. LET THEM. I HAVE MY HAND UP.I'M USHERING ON IN. I YIELD TO KAREN. THANK YOU. DON'T. DON'T CHANGE. RIGHT. THE MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE ALL THE SAME. THEY DO NOT CHANGE. OKAY. YEAH. ON ON THE SENIOR 65 AND OLDER MONTHLY OF 15. HOW MANY MONTHS IS AN ANNUAL? BECAUSE WHEN I DO MY MATH, IT'S MORE THAN 165. SO IT MUST NOT BE A 12 MONTH PERIOD. GREAT. WHEN YOU'RE 65. YEAH. NO, I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
I'M ALMOST THERE. 65 AND OLDER, MONTHLY, $15. ANNUAL RESIDENT IS 165. YEAH, YEAH. WELL, WHAT IT IS TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO A WHOLE YEAR. OH YEAH, IT'S 11 MONTHS INSTEAD OF 12. RIGHT. IF YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE ANNUAL FOR ANY OF THEM, YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING A MONTHLY.
OKAY. YEAH. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT FIRST I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING THE YOU WERE TELLING ME THE OPPOSITE, THAT IT WAS CHEAPER TO DO THE MONTHLY. AND I WAS LIKE, NO, I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT I THINK MY MATH OKAY, BUT THEN THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. GOT IT. YEP. OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S GOOD. SO I JUST GOT A FEW I WANT TO THROW OUT AT YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHY. BECAUSE WE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T RAISED FEES IN A WHILE. AND SO WE HAVE INFLATION. WE GOT INCREASED COSTS. YOU GOT ALL KIND OF ELEMENTS OUT THERE THAT REQUIRE THIS ADJUSTMENT. IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION BECAUSE AGAIN THIS BODY ONLY MAKES A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IT GOES FORWARD TO COUNCIL. AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THEM A SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS YOUR COMPARISON. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WOULD BE ASKED. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT NUMBER ONE. THE OTHER COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. HORRIBLE. THE ONLY TIME THAT I EVER REGRET SITTING UP HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE STADIUM LIGHTS, MAN, IT WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS FROM PUTTING THE YOUTH SPORTS OUT OF BUSINESS. I SEEN THE CHILDREN MARCHING UP HERE, YOU KNOW. DADDY, DADDY, DADDY, WE AIN'T GOT LIGHTS. CAN Y'ALL HOLD THE FLASHLIGHT? BLAH BLAH BLAH. AND SO A SUGGESTION AGAIN. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE YOUTH SPORTS, THE RSAS, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED THIS QUESTION, I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHOW UP, BUT THAT YOU CAN SAY, I'VE SENT A SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL THOSE THAT WE DO RSAS WITH TO COME HERE, AND WE WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE YOUTH SPORTS. YES, THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP, BUT YOU AT LEAST HAVE THAT THAT MEETING WITH THEM. YEP. I GAVE THEM A FOREWARNING. I UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE AT STANGMORE PARK, I
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REMEMBER I'VE DRIVEN BY. I WAS COMING FROM BIBLE STUDY AT 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING AND THOSE LIGHTS WERE ON OVER THERE AT STRATHMORE PARK. AND WHAT THEY TELL ME IS BACK THEN IT COST $1 PER HOUR PER LIGHT TO OPERATE THOSE LIGHTS. NOW, THAT WAS BACK THEN. THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. AND THAT'S HOW ALL THAT CAME ABOUT. YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS JUST IT WAS CRAZY. AND SO WE EVEN DID SOME THINGS TO HELP FIX THAT SCENARIO RIGHT THERE. YEP. AND SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE THAT MEETING BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE SOME PUSHBACK. AND THEY'RE GOING TO CALL STRAIGHT TO THOSE THAT THAT THAT ARE GOING TO VOTE AT THE END. AND SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. THE THE OTHER THING THAT'S THE FIELD LIGHTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY FOR A SECOND. YEAH. MY HOUSE ELECTRICITY BILL WAS $350 THIS SUMMER. LIKE MY SMALL HOUSE. THAT'S IT. RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH, LISTEN, FOR ME, COMING FROM ALASKA, WHERE OUR UTILITY BILLS WERE $1,200 A MONTH, I'M LIKE $350. NO PROBLEM. BUT LIKE, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT COMMUNITY PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CURRENT RSA IS PROPEL SOCCER. GREAT PROGRAM. WONDERFUL KIDS OUT THERE. HOW MANY LIGHT POLES DO WE HAVE? DANIELLE. SOCCER. YEAH. SOCCER ONLY. SIX. SIX. THEY'RE THE BIGGEST, LARGEST LIGHTS IN THE LAND. AND THEY THEY'RE COSTING US CLOSE TO $20 A DAY. YOU KNOW, FOR US TO TO RUN THOSE I THINK IT'S $20 PER SECTION FOR US. IT'S IT'S A LOT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE. AND IT IS IT'S A PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WE'RE DALTON'S ALL PREPARED. DALTON'S SO EXCITED TO HOLD THIS MEETING.YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU? YEAH. I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABSOLUTELY. IT IS GOING TO BE WE KNOW BRUTAL. WE AGREE. YEAH. JUST YOU KNOW STRAP UP. YEAH. JUST SAYING IT YOU KNOW WATCH YOUR BACK. YEAH. AND I DID KNOW BECAUSE AND I'M JUST BEING HONEST I'M GOING TO ATTEND YOUR BIBLE STUDY. YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OVER THE 2 A.M. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE NEED A LOT OF PRAYER IN MY GROUP. WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I GET IT FROM THEIR SIDE. SO YOU HAVE TO.
ABSOLUTELY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN IT GOES TO THOSE THAT THAT ARE GOING TO SIT UP HERE TO MAKE THAT VOTE, THAT FINAL VOTE, WHAT I'VE LEARNED, BECAUSE I WAS ON THE RSA SIDE AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE YOUTH SPORTS THAT WE REPRESENTED AND I WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, MONEY WAS TIGHT. I MEAN, IT WAS AN AFFORDABILITY THING FOR THEM. AND SO I'M JUST SAYING, NUMBER ONE, MAKE SURE WE'VE DONE IT AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS SEASON IS OVER WITH. AND I'M JUST SAYING FOR FOOTBALL BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT, BUT ALSO FOR BASEBALL AND SOCCER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I HEARD. YEAH, THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DIDN'T KNOW AND WE DIDN'T COLLECT IT. THIS MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE THIS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. AND SO YOU MAY HAVE TO BE MORE STRATEGIC WITH YOUR IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. SO AND SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE WE'RE ON THE EXACT SAME PAGE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE THE REQUESTS FOR RSA RENEWALS. AND SO WE'RE TIMING THIS AT THE SAME TIME THAT ALL OF THE RSAS HAVE TO COME AND REAPPLY TO BE IN RSA. SO IT GIVES US THIS CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THEM DURING THAT ALSO RENEWAL PROCESS AS WELL. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SO BEFORE THEY EVEN JUMP BACK ON BOARD AND SAY YES, WE'RE COMING, THIS GIVES US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE THAT AT THE SAME TIME. THE LAST I'M SORRY, THE LAST ITEM I HAVE IS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE OUR HOURLY RATE. AND YOU HAD ONE ON THERE THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU X AMOUNT OF HOURS PER HOUR FOR CLEANUP. WELL, IT'S A BUSINESS. I LOOK AT IT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT. NUMBER ONE, WHEN THEY COME, YOU JUST NEED TO GO ON AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT'S IT'S X. WHATEVER YOU THINK X IS. I DON'T THINK DOING AN HOURLY BECAUSE I CAN HEAR THAT IT'S EITHER YOU WIN OR LOSE. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE, BUT YOU NEED TO JUST HAVE AN AVERAGE AND SAY IT'S A CLEANUP FEE OF THIS RIGHT HERE. AND SO
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THEY CAN BUDGET AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO GO BACK AND GET YOUR MONEY.YEAH, I WANT MY MONEY UP FRONT. YEP. YOU KNOW, AND SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THERE ALSO I THINK LET ME JUST CLARIFY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HERE THE CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE FEE. YES. AND MAYBE JUST HAVING A FLAT FEE, FLAT FEE, A FLAT FEE, WHATEVER. IF YOU CAN MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT CAN BE SUBJECTIVE.
YEAH. AND IT'S LIKE IT'S THIS OKAY, HERE'S WHAT IT IS, I LIKE IT OR I DON'T LIKE IT. NEXT QUESTION I'LL MOVE ON TO IT. MOVING ON. YEAH. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE ANYTHING BECAUSE RENTING FROM THE CITY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, FORTUNATE, UNFORTUNATE WHATEVER TO KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S RENTING THINGS FOR JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EITHER. SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHATEVER. YOU'RE STILL THE BEST BANG. YOU COULD GO UP 2.5%. I MEAN, TWO AND A HALF TIMES WHAT OUR RATE IS NOW. AND WE WILL STILL BE CHEAPER THAN WHAT YOU CAN GO AND RENT COMMERCIALLY ANYWHERE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S MY FINAL COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EXCELLENT JOB. YOU TOUCHED ON MY QUESTION THERE. I MEAN, THE QUESTION I HAD ALSO AS FAR AS THE FIELD LIKE RENTAL, YOU KNOW, COMPARISON, SUGAR LAND, PEARLAND THAT'S IT'S PRETTY MUCH IN LINE. IT IS. YEAH. OKAY. WHAT WHAT WAS THE OLD FEE JUST. OH IT WAS. NO, I MISSED IT.
OKAY. IT WAS RIGHT HERE. THREE 100 100 A MONTH. YEAH OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. NOW, IF ONLY WE COULD SWITCH OUT ALL OF OUR LIGHTS TO LED. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. WE'RE WE'RE MOVING THAT WAY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S GREAT. WELL, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ISSUE OUT IN LAMAR CISD, THEY'RE HAVING TO GO TO LED LIGHTS. NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE MORE EFFICIENT, BUT ALSO TWO, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THOSE BULBS. YEP. THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG ISSUE RIGHT THERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SWITCH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO SWITCH WHETHER WE WANT TO OR NOT. JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE THE PRODUCT. SO SO QUESTION MR. CHAIRMAN. LIKE IF ARE WE LOOKING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT OR IS THAT WHAT THE STAFF, WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING. THAT IS THE REQUEST FROM STAFF. YEAH. AND AND LET ME SAY THIS STAFF GET TO BRING IT TO US. WE GET TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. AND I TRY TO MAKE IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO SPEAK. IF EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE, WE MOVE FORWARD. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION, I'LL GET A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL VOTE. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED MORE FOR WHATEVER YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY JUST GUIDING THE MEETING.
YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS BODY WANTS TO DO AND I JUST GUIDE US IN THAT DIRECTION. SO ARE YOU ALL AS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT? BECAUSE. ONLY BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO ME. YOU BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE. ARE YOU ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEEN DONE? THE DIALOG THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND I DON'T NEED I MEAN, I'M NOT I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, ASKING. AND SO IF YOU ARE AND AGAIN THE PARLIAMENTARY WAY IS SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD, WHATEVER YOUR MOTION WANT TO BE, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN I LOOK FOR A SECOND AND THEN I LOOK FOR A DISCUSSION, AND THEN I LOOK FOR A VOTE. YES, SIR. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE. CONTINGENT THAT THERE IS A MECHANISM TO SET A CAP FOR THOSE RECURRING RENTALS, THE, THE, THE, THOSE REGULAR ACTIVITY ORGANIZATIONS AROUND CLEANUP OR SOMETHING. SO THE COMMERCIAL, THE COMMERCIAL SOMEONE IF SOMEONE HAS A REGULAR CONTRACT AND A REGULAR SCHEDULE, THEY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOCKED IN RATE. SO WE WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. ALSO, JUST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, USUALLY WE ALSO WHENEVER SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL USUALLY ALSO JUST ENTER INTO A AN AGREEMENT, A CONTRACT WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY. SO I JUST FIGURED THEN THAT WAY ALL THEIR FEES ARE UPFRONT AND THEN THEY KNOW. SO YOUR MOTION IS STATE YOUR
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MOTION ONE MORE TIME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY WITH STAFF WITH THE AMENDED PORTION THAT FOR ANY CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT A SET CLEANUP FEE IS NEGOTIATED AND ESTABLISHED. THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. DO EVERYONE UNDERSTAND HIS MOTION OR I CAN CLEAN IT UP MORE. THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION PORTION. OKAY.JUST BEFORE I GO TO DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WELL, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. BEFORE WE GET TO TO THE MOTION, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THESE COSTS. IS IT FIXED EVERY TWO YEARS? THREE YEARS? IS THERE A PROCESS TO REVIEW THIS EVERY PERIOD. YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROCESS TO THIS POINT? I WILL SAY THAT THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE DID ALLOW FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE FEES.
ACCORDING TO CPI, EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN THE BUDGET. AND BUT THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE WHEN THAT WAS APPROVED, BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT ORDINANCE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. I GOT HOLD ON, I GOT A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT STILL. DO I HAVE A I GOT A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND IT OKAY. NOW NOW WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION AND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO I'VE GOT A MOTION I GOT A SECOND BY PAM. NOW WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. YES MA'AM. OKAY. WOULD YOU GO OVER WHAT YOUR MOTION IS AGAIN FOR CLARITY. YEAH. WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. BUT GIVEN THE CONVERSATION THAT OUR CHAIRMAN AND DONNIE HAD, THAT IF FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A REGULAR CONTRACT WITH PARKS TO USE FACILITIES, THAT THEY CAN NEGOTIATE A SET CAP AROUND CLEANUP, LIKE IF I'M IF MY BASEBALL TEAM, I'M USING THE FIELDS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS AND FOR A LEAGUE, THEN I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT MY FEES ARE GOING TO BE UPFRONT. SO THERE THERE IT IS. I KNOW MY CLEANUP COSTS ARE GOING TO BE THIS I KNOW MY THING. THIS AND THAT MAKES SENSE. SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE CLEANUP COSTS WOULD BE THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT, BUT IT WOULD BE REOCCURRING? YES. INSTEAD OF THE HOURLY FEE AND UPFRONT IN LIEU OF HOURLY JUST BE A FLAT. SO BASICALLY ADDING A DIFFERENT COLUMN ROW DOWN THERE. AND SO FOR CONTRACT IT'S IT'S BASED ON THE CONTRACTED RATE. SO EXAMPLE IF A IF A PARTICULAR BASEBALL CLUB COMES AND THEY HAVE A CLEANUP ON ON JANUARY I SAY JANUARY AND THEN MARCH, IT MIGHT BE THREE HOURS THEN APRIL MAY IT MAY BE FOUR HOURS. NO. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SO THE AMOUNT WOULD BE FIXED. LET ME FINISH. IF THE AMOUNT WOULD BE FIXED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, NO MATTER HOW LONG THE CLEANUP WOULD BE CORRECT, A CONTRACT. THAT'S MY QUESTION.
YES, THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THAT AMOUNT. IT'S GOING TO BE FIXED. IT'S GOING TO BE HOURLY. IT'S GOING TO BE FIXED. WHATEVER IT IS, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A FIXED COST THERE. TYPICALLY IN CLEANING UP AFTER. IS IT CONSISTENT AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF HOURS, USUALLY THE CLEANUP, BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THE MORE PARTICIPATION THE MORE CLEANUP IT WOULD BE. YEAH. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. YEAH. IF THEY HAVE SIX TEAMS, WE'RE THEY'RE PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO USE LIKE ONE FIELD. BUT IF THEY HAVE 12 TEAMS THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO USE THREE FIELDS. SO THE CLEANUP AND THE CLEANUP FEE WOULD BE MORE INCREASED. BUT I GUESS FROM WHAT I WAS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT BASICALLY IF A SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION. NOW JUST TO CLARIFY, IF YOU'RE A YOUTH ORGANIZATION AND YOU'RE AN RSA, YOU ARE MANAGED UNDER A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDINANCE.
YEAH. BUT IF YOU'RE AN ADULT OR SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION, YOU WOULD BE PAYING THESE FEES. AND SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, THEY COME TO US SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO RUN A TOURNAMENT FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. YOU WORK IT OUT. ABSOLUTELY. WE WE WORK IT OUT WITH THEM. SO BASICALLY THAT ROW WOULD JUST BE BASED ON YOUR NEGOTIATION OR IT'S A FIXED RATE BASED ON NEED. YEAH. OR USE WE STILL IN QUESTION. IT'S REASONABLE OKAY. WELL THAT'S WHY WE GOT DISCUSSION. I WANT TYPICALLY A CLEANUP FEE. IN MY EXPERIENCE THESE KIND OF THINGS THEY WOULD CHARGE A FLAT FEE BUT IT WOULD BE AN HOUR BASED ON IT. LIKE CLEANUP FOR THE FIRST THREE HOURS THIS AMOUNT, IF IT'S OVER THAT PARTICULAR HOUR, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL WHATEVER, WHATEVER CAN THAT BE WRITTEN IN IT THAT YOUR FIXED AMOUNT IS THERE AND YOU HAVE AN HOUR, THE FIRST THREE HOURS, IF IT'S OVER THAT THAT THEY'RE YOU LEAVING YOURSELF ROOM TO CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT. IF IT'S OVER THE THREE HOURS, WHATEVER THE THREE HOUR WAIT, IS THAT
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POSSIBLE? THAT IS POSSIBLE. THAT DOES PUT A LOT MORE NUANCE INTO THE DISCUSSION. I THINK FOR US, FOR STAFF TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, EITHER AN HOURLY YOU USE LIKE YOU USED IT FOR THIS MANY HOURS. IT TOOK US THIS MANY HOURS TO CLEAN UP. THAT'S YOUR FEE OR THE FLAT FEE THAT WOULD BE AHEAD OF TIME, I THINK. AND AGAIN, THIS DISCUSSION. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. AND THAT'S WHY. AND I LOOK AT IT FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THEM THAT YOU MAY HAVE 100 PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT THEY CLEAN PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT NASTY, YOU KNOW. SO YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. YES. AND SO I THINK AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RECOUP. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO AND AGAIN IF SOMEONE'S RENTING IT THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW. BECAUSE HERE'S THE DEAL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SO MANY HOURS. WELL NOW YOU GOT TO TRY TO GO COLLECT IT. JUST GET YOUR MONEY UP FRONT, YOUR MONEY UP FRONT. GET YOUR MONEY UP FRONT AND JUST SAY, HERE'S WHAT THAT COST IS. THAT'S WHAT TANNER SAYING. THAT'S THE SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW, AND THEY COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER. THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT ON THAT NUMBER. BUT JUST MAKE IT FIXED UPFRONT. SO WHEN I'M BUDGETING MY PROJECT, MY USAGE, I ALREADY KNOW THERE'S NO GUESSING INTO IT. AND I CAN BE NASTY OR I CAN BE CLEAN, EITHER ONE. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ALL THAT MY MY CHALLENGE IS THE NASTY ONES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE WORST AND I'M JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEIR CLEAN UP TIME IS MORE THAN WHAT THE PERSON IS PAYING. AND SO THAT'S MY CONSIDERATION. AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THIS IN THOSE CASES, AGAIN, STAFF GET TO COME BACK. I THINK IF WE START OFF WITH A SIMPLE METHOD AND IF IT'S WORKING GREAT, IF IT'S NOT WORKING, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED TO MODIFY THIS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE ISN'T THERE. IT'S WE JUST GOT TOO MANY NASTY FOLKS USING THE FIELD. BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, JUST FROM IN MY 20 SOME ODD YEARS OF WATCHING ALL THEM FOLKS USE THOSE FIELDS AND, AND THEIR EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'LL THEY'LL BE REAL GOOD ABOUT HITTING IT ON THE MARK. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO GUESS AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CONTRACT BEING STAMPED NASTY OR YOUR NEXT YEAR'S NEGOTIATION WILL BE MUCH. WELL, YEAH. WE. LAST YEAR WE PUT A STAR SUBJECT TO CHANGE. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. VALUATION OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE COURT.YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT A STAR. YEAH. AND I JUST TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR STAFF WHEN I'M DOING IT. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU CAN SOMETIMES SPEND $100 TRYING TO SAVE A DIME. YEAH. EXACTLY. AND SOME GROUPS, SOME GROUPS MAY HAVE LIKE THEIR WHOLE VOLUNTEER FORCE. SO IF THEY CAN KEEP THEIR RATES DOWN, THEY'RE LIKE, LOOK, DONNIE, I'VE GOT 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PICK UP ALL THIS TRASH AFTERWARDS, THIS AND THAT. BUT I LIKE THE STAR IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE UPON EVALUATION, THIS FEE CAN BE ADJUSTED. YEAH. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE CALL IF THEY WANT TO ADJUST IT OR NOT. WELL THEY DO. THEY GOT THE POWER. THEY GOT THE POWER TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. IT SHOULD BE IN THE CONTRACT THAT I'M GOING TO LET THEM IN THAT, THAT THAT LADY RIGHT THERE DEAL WITH THAT PART. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ATHLETIC FIELD USAGE AND THE CLEANUP FEE. RIGHT. BECAUSE I GUESS THAT'S WE WE ARE NOT OKAY. WE ARE NOT. NO. WE WOULD ACTUALLY THE CLEANUP FEE WOULD FALL. ANY WOULD FALL UNDER ANY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE DUB WAY ORGANIZATION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE DUB WAY CARNIVAL. THEY USE HUNTER'S GLEN PARK ALMOST MONTHLY SO THEY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY AS WELL WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS EVENT OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT EVERY MONTH FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FLAT RATE THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE CLEANUP. SO I GUESS WHERE IS THAT IN THE LIST HERE? BECAUSE I SEE IT UNDER ATHLETIC FIELDS, I GUESS. WHERE IS THAT IN THE.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT'S ACTUALLY IN ITS OWN SECTION. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT THAT IN THE VERY BACK OKAY. ITS OWN SECTION IS THERE BECAUSE IT COVERS ATHLETIC FIELDS, PARKS, SHELTERS, THE WHOLE WORKS. OKAY. YEAH. YOU ALREADY HAVE A HISTORY WITH THEM. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO. YEAH. YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK. WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO HIM. BUT IN CLARIFICATION ON THIS CLEANING FEE, I THINK YOUR POINT WAS ON NOT HAVING IT AS AN HOURLY FEE AND HAVING IT A FLAT FEE FOR EVERYONE. YES, YES. SO THAT THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN COLLECT THOSE FEES UP FRONT AND YOU'RE NOT GOING BACK AFTER THE FACT AND SAYING YOU OWE US 50 MORE DOLLARS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HARD PART, IS COLLECTING THAT EXTRA $50 AFTER THE FACT? WE AGREE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE'RE ONLY TALKING. LET ME TELL YOU THIS THOUGH, WE AIN'T TALKING $500. WE YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TELL THEM WHEN I, WHEN I'M AT THE OFFICE AND I SEE THESE GUYS AND ALL, THEY'RE GETTING AN HOUR. I'M THINKING, GENTLEMEN. WE SPENDING $2,000
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FOR THIS THREE MINUTE CONVERSATION DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW? AND SO IN THIS CASE, I MEAN, THAT CLEANUP FEE, WE'RE NOT TALKING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND EIGHT HOURS OUT THERE CLEANING UP. NO. YEAH, BUT I USUALLY HAVE SOMEONE IN THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THEY KNOW THEY PAY FOR. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN HANDLE. I HAVE NO DOUBT I SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE SOMEONE RENTING A PAVILION FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY, AND THEN THEY GET A COUPLE BOUNCY HOUSES, AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, PROBABLY AN HOURLY CLEANUP BECAUSE THAT'S A ONE AND DONE EVENT. AND A YEAR LATER THEY'LL BE BACK. BUT IF YOU'RE LIKE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S USING A PARK EVERY MONTH, THEY OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY DO HAVE AN EVENT BUDGET EVERY MONTH TO DO THAT EVENT. SO THEY PROBABLY DO WANT TO HAVE SOME FIXED ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. I ANY OPPOSED I THE RECOMMENDATION PASSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.APPRECIATE IT. I'M LOVING OUR DISCUSSIONS. BY THE WAY THE PAST FEW MEETINGS. AND MAKE SURE YOU DO THE SPREADSHEET. YEAH I WILL ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN ALL THAT COMPARISON. YEP. YEAH
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SURE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN GOING SKIPPING A IS OFF THE LIST.WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO SEVEN B FISCAL YEAR 2025 RECAP RECREATION PROGRAM EVENTS FACILITIES. PROPOSED PRESENTER MR. DALTON. EXCUSE ME. DALTON. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT MEETING NOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYONE. HI. HI. 2025 FISCAL YEAR SUMMARY. SO I FINALLY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A FISCAL YEAR. SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR. YEAH. NOT LEAVING, NOT LEAVING. I'VE BEEN HERE HERE A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS. SO I STARTED IN JULY OF LAST YEAR AND SO BEEN HERE BE HERE FOR A WHOLE FISCAL YEAR. SO EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS AND THE STUFF WE STILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO WORK ON. SO WE HAVE OUR 2025 ANNUAL PLAN. THESE ARE OVERARCHING GOALS THAT WE HAVE SOLIDIFIED DOWN INTO OBJECTIVES. AND SO THESE OBJECTIVES WERE ASSIGNED TO MYSELF AND MY DIVISION. AND SO THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE MET. AND THEN ONE THAT I'LL GO OVER THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEET. SO THE FIRST ONE IS A MINIMUM OF 40,000 PEOPLE UTILIZE INDOOR REC FACILITIES. YES WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 127. SO I THINK THAT WAS HONESTLY, I THINK DANIELLE AND DONNIE AND I AGREE THAT WAS HONESTLY JUST A SHOT IN THE DARK, THE 40,000. SO NOW WE HAVE A BETTER GOAL, BETTER WAY OF COMING OUT NEXT YEAR AND SAYING, OKAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC BECAUSE I THINK WE HIT THAT 40,000 WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF TRACKING IT. SO THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. AND THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW. WE HAD A CAMERA SYSTEM.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING EXTRA. IT MAYBE HAD TO, BUT NOT US. SO THAT DIDN'T COUNT. BUT IT'S OUR CAMERA TRACKING SYSTEM. SO THE CAMERAS ARE IN OUR REC CENTER AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTER TRACK PEOPLE IN AND OUT THE DOOR. AND SO IT WORKS PRETTY WELL. WE HAVE CONDUCT SURVEYS AND GATHER FORMAL FEEDBACK FOR AT LEAST 75% OF THE PROGRAMS. YES, WE DID 84% OF THAT. THE 16% WE LOST. I ACTUALLY TRIED TO INCORPORATE EVENTS. AND SO WE USUALLY HAVE AN A FRAME SIGN THAT SAYS PLEASE SCAN THIS QR CODE. AND SO THAT WAS US CONDUCTING A FORMAL SURVEY. BUT I WANTED TO BE REALISTIC AND KNOW, HEY, THERE ARE CERTAIN EVENTS THAT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT OUT AT. AND SO WE WERE AT 84% FOR THAT. AT LEAST 85% OF RETURN PROGRAM SURVEYS REPORT VERY SATISFIED OR SATISFIED. YES, THAT WAS 87%. THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT I THINK SOMETIMES NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. AND WHEN THEY REALLY NEED TO VENT, THEN THEY FILL THOSE OUT AND WE TAKE THOSE BACK. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT WE DIDN'T MEET THAT GOAL. LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT AS WE GO. DEVELOPING EVENT AND HOLIDAY DECOR PLAN WITH HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS. NO, I WOULD SAY WE DIDN'T DO THIS. WE'RE IN THE FIRST STAGES.
WE'RE TALKING WITH THIS COMPANY CALLED DECORA LIGHTS AND WE RECEIVED QUOTES. WE RECEIVED A MOCKUP. WE ACTUALLY DANIELLE AND I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT. IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY AND IN FEBRUARY, AS MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW. SO DECORA LIGHT GETS A LOT OF THEIR BIG CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FROM CHINA. AND THERE WAS CERTAIN TARIFFS THAT WERE PUT ON US AND IT MESSED EVERYTHING UP. SO THE PEOPLE SAID IT, THEY GOT WITH US AND LIKE HERE'S OUR PRICE. AND THEN SHE ACTUALLY EMAILED ME THE NEXT DAY AND CALLED ME. HE'S LIKE, NO, NO, NO NO, NO, NO NO, THAT'S NOT OUR PRICE. AND SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'LL WAIT TWO WEEKS. AND SHE'S LIKE, LET'S SEE IF IT DIES DOWN. AND IT JUST KIND OF KEPT GOING BACK AND FORTH. SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S TO THE STANDARD THAT WE EXPECT. AND SO THAT'S A GOAL THAT I DON'T CONSIDER THAT WE REALLY COMPLETED. DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE OUR FLOAT IN THE SNOW FEST. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HIGH QUALITY I AGREE IT IS. I AGREE AND WE HAVE THE BEST CANDY. I KNOW WE DON'T RUN OUT AND WE. YES. MINIMUM OF 225 PROGRAMS OFFERED. SO PROGRAMS IS JUST A STRUCTURED SET OF ACTIVITIES. SO OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP IS A PROGRAM. OUR LINE
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DANCE IS A PROGRAM. AND SO WE ACTUALLY DIVVY THOSE UP BY LINE DANCE. OBVIOUSLY WE HOST ALL YEAR ROUND, BUT EACH MONTH WE OFFER A DIFFERENT LINE DANCE. OR WE OFFER LINE DANCE IN A MONTH. AND SO THAT WOULD BE 12 PROGRAMS OF LINE DANCE. SO JUST KIND OF HOW WE BREAK THAT DOWN.AND WE MET THAT BY 546. I'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL LATER. MINIMUM OF 3000 RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED. WE MET THAT 3026 OFFERED. THOSE ARE CERTAIN DIFFERENT DAYS THAT WE THAT THEY CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE AND ORGANIZE RECREATION. AND SO IF WE HAD ONE SUMMER CAMP WEEK, THERE'S FIVE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT WEEK TO EXPERIENCE RECREATION. IF WE HAVE OPEN PLAY PICKLEBALL, AS MUCH AS IT'S UNSTRUCTURED, WE STILL PUT THE NETS OUT. WE STILL HAVE THAT UP. AND THAT'S FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THAT'S FIVE OPPORTUNITIES, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WE GOT THAT GOAL TO AT LEAST 90% OF PROGRAMS WILL MEET THE MINIMUM REGISTRATION, 90%. EXACTLY. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALSO INCLUDING NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT, WHICH WASN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE GOAL. BUT THOSE WERE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE TRYING THAT WERE INCORPORATED IN THAT. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD AS WELL. AND THEN DEVELOP A COST RECOVERY PLAN. THAT FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO GIVE ME CREDIT FOR. THAT WAS MY COST RECOVERY THING. JUST KIDDING. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. AND THIS IS FIRST STAGE IS EVER EVOLVING. WE'RE GOING TO CREATE OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT WHENEVER STAFF BRING A PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MATRIX WHEN THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT SETTING THE FEES. AND SO DO WE NEED TO BE 100% COST RECOVERY ON THIS? DO WE WANT TO SUBSIDIZE IT 50%? AND SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR COST RECOVERY RIGHT NOW AND KIND OF A GUIDING PRINCIPLE OKAY. MOST EXCITING THINGS EVER BAR GRAPHS. SO FOR PROGRAMS OF FISCAL YEAR 2024 VERSUS 2025, YOU'LL SEE 446 AND 24 546 IN 2025. THAT'S 22% INCREASE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. JUST LOOKING AT IT, WE CAN KIND OF SEE DIFFERENT TRENDS OF WHEN WE DON'T OFFER AS MANY PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD A RECREATION TENNIS CENTER RENOVATION, SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE IT'S LOWER IN AUGUST AND THEN WE'RE LOWER IN SEPTEMBER AS WE'RE KIND OF COMING BACK UP. BUT 22% INCREASE IS AWESOME. I HOPE TO COME BACK AND SAY I GOT ANOTHER 20% ON IT NEXT YEAR. RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS WAS ONE THAT WE HAD A 1% DECREASE IN A LOT OF WHAT I'M ATTRIBUTING THIS TO, AND WHAT I'M THINKING IT IS, IS WE TRIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEW PROGRAMS, AND WE DIDN'T WANT STAFF PUTTING OUT A WHOLE SIX MONTH, THREE MONTH PROGRAM WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
IF IT WASN'T SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTED. SO WE WERE KIND OF DIPPING OUR TOES IN THE WATER AND SEE IF THEY WANTED. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A ADULT VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE THAT JUST ENDED. WE HAD FOUR TEAMS IN IT. WE HAD A FOUR WEEK SEASON, WE HAD EIGHT GAMES, SO IT WAS TWO GAMES A WEEK. BUT USUALLY THOSE YOU SEE, THOSE ARE EIGHT WEEKS TO 12 WEEKS LONG. AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF WHY I THINK THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, 1% LOWER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. SO 2024 2025, WE SAW 35% INCREASE IN PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. OUR SUMMER CAMP WENT UP, OUR HOMESCHOOL RECESS PROGRAM WENT UP, TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL. IF YOU ALL HAVE EVER MET OUR RECREATION SPECIALIST, CHRISTINA, SHE IS AN ALL STAR AND HER TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS JUST CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET. SO THAT'S ALSO A 35% INCREASE. THAT'S ONE THAT I'M STILL HOPING I CAN INCREASE, BUT 35% INCREASE IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF. REVENUE. WE'RE UP 44% ON THAT. THIS IS ONE THAT I CONTINUE TO KIND OF LOOK AT, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IN APRIL AND MAY, I MEAN, JUST VAST DIFFERENCES OF WHAT IT IS. I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A REPORTING CYCLE, SOMETIMES IT'S IN. YOU'LL NOTICE APRIL AND MAY, THOSE BOTH OF THOSE SIDES FOR 2024.
APRIL'S LOT MAY IS A LOT. I THINK IT'S PEOPLE GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER, DOING SUMMER EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE DID HAVE A 4% INCREASE OVERALL. AND THEN STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF OTHER FIELD RESERVATIONS AND POLICIES THAT WERE CORRECTING.
AND SO I'M ASSUMING TO SEE THAT WE'LL HAVE INCREASED REVENUE COMING UP THIS NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SWITCH IT UP ON YOUR LINE GRAPH FACILITY USAGE. WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP DAY PASSES. WE HAVE 7% INCREASE ON THAT. AND YOU KIND OF SEE THE LOWS. SO IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT WAS A DIP AS IT WAS IN 2025. BECAUSE THAT WAS BOTH THOSE YEARS. IN 2020 5TH NOVEMBER WE HAD OUR CLOSURE, BUT THEN WE CLOSED AGAIN IN AUGUST. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT'S THE SAME TRENDS, I THINK AS WE CLOSED FOR A WEEK, PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT US A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE GET BACK OPEN AND PEOPLE START COMING BACK. SO IT'S A77 PERCENT INCREASE THERE.
BUT THEN AUGUST, WE'RE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER WE WERE LOWER. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE CLOSED IN AUGUST THIS TIME. AND WE'RE STARTING THE UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF COMING BACK UP, WHICH YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE, BUT 7% OVERALL. OVERALL FACILITY UTILIZATION.
THIS I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IN A GRAPH, SO DON'T MIND ME ON THIS ONE, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T TRACKED. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING SINCE FEBRUARY. AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF JUST SEE THE UPS AND LOWS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THE COMMUNITY CENTER ONE IS THERE'S SOME OF THOSE JUST BIG EVENTS MAY THERE'S A LOT OF BIG EVENTS. FEBRUARY SURPRISES ME I THINK FEBRUARY, WE STARTED HALFWAY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS THERE. FEBRUARY. SO THAT SHOOTS UP AND THEN JUNE AND JULY. THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY, HEY, BUT TAKE OUT THE SUMMER CAMP, KIDS. AND SO WE'LL SEE. WE SEE RISES THERE AND THEN REC CENTER, THAT BIG DROP IN AUGUST,
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WE WERE CLOSED FOR A FOURTH OF THE MONTH FOR SEVEN DAYS. AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE DROPPED.AND SO PERCENTAGE CHANGE NONE. HOPEFULLY TO INCREASE IT A COUPLE OTHER OTHER WINS. WE RESTARTED OUR MCC BRANDED APPAREL. SO IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY WITH A MO CITY DRIP THERE'S ACTUALLY THE LAST PICTURE. IN THE LAST SLIDE THERE'S A MO CITY DRIP SHIRT.
WE DID PICKLEBALL SHIRTS. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHENEVER I FIRST GOT HERE, PEOPLE STARTED SAYING, IT'S REALLY COOL. I PROMISE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO BRING BACK. AND SO WE WERE STARTING TO BRING THAT BACK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOR WE ALREADY IN THE WORKS TO BRING OUT THE THIRD, THE NEXT THREE SHIRTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL. AND SO THIS WAY JUST KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL SET OF REVENUE. ALISON VICKERY, ONE OF OUR RECREATION MANAGERS, GRADUATED TRAPS. DOCTOR LOURDES ACADEMY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MOUTHFUL IN FEBRUARY 2025. MISSOURI CITY HAS FOND CONNECTIONS TO THAT. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE DANIELLE AND I MET. WE WERE IN THAT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE WERE ALMOST PROBABLY FIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES IN A ROW THAT WE'VE HAD SOMEONE PARTICIPATE. I THINK IT'S BEEN JULIA, KEVIN BROWN FOR SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THAT. SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR HER TO GRADUATE THAT LEARN A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF THERE.
WE ROLLED OUT OUR POWER WASHING SCHEDULE FOR TENNIS COURTS. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, IT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO US. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN AERIAL VIEW THAT I'LL NEED TO PROVIDE TO Y'ALL THAT IT JUST IT MAKES ALL THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU POWER WASH THOSE COURTS. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE, 4 OR 5, SIX TENNIS COURTS POWER WASH. WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET THE REST GOING NOW. BUT THEY THEY MAKE A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE. AND THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. WE'RE ALSO AWARDED $9,700 GRANT FROM USDA FOR A TENNIS FENCE RECONSTRUCTION. I CAN GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT OUR THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, LIKE I JUST SAID, WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE FENCE ON THE INTERIOR SIDES, LOCKING IT IN AND HAVING KIND OF A SPACE FOR THE TENNIS PLAYERS TO HANG OUT. AND THEN ALSO WHENEVER THERE'S AN ACTUAL TOURNAMENT AND IT'S LIKE THE FINAL GAMES OR THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS, THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO VIEW IT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON THE FENCE AND LOOKING THROUGH. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A ABLE TO REDUCE THE THE FENCE. AND SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TOURNAMENT WORTHY. WE ALSO WERE RECERTIFIED CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER IN JUNE OF 2025, WHICH WE DISCUSSED. AND THEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE HAD TRAPS EAST REGION MEETINGS.
THAT'S THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY. WE ACTUALLY HOSTED ONE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY IN APRIL, AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF HAS BEEN GOING TO THAT. SO THAT'S BEEN AWESOME. WE HAD TRAPS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE ALL, I THINK 4 OR 5 OF US WENT. AND THEN SOMETHING THE REC TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN DOING IS FACILITY TOURS. SO IN NOVEMBER WE ACTUALLY TOURED CAMP FOR ALL, WHICH IS UP IN BURTON, AND IT'S A CAMP GROUND WITH ROPE COURSES, POOL AND EVERYTHING FOR ALL ABILITIES. AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL. FEBRUARY AND APRIL WE WENT TO THE RICE RECREATION RECREATION CENTER, AND THEN APRIL WE WENT TO THE REC CENTER.
JUST KIND OF GETTING OUT THERE AND SEEING WHAT WE'RE DOING OR SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WE COULD BE DOING, THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING BACK. AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD, FUN WAY TO KIND OF BOND WITH THE TEAM, SAYING, I WANT TO DO THAT, I WANT TO DO THAT PROGRAM, I WANT TO DO THAT. SO. AND THAT IS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE ONE. UNLESS YOU POWER WASHED THE TENNIS COURTS. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO POWER WASH THE PICKLEBALL COURTS? YES, THAT'S IN THE PLAN. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF DOING A ROTATING IF YOU CAN SEE IT'S 3456. WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT. WE STILL HAVE SEVEN AND EIGHT TO DO BEFORE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. BUT PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE DEFINITELY COMING IN 2025 AND 2026. THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE WE'RE GETTING DIFFERENT QUOTES FOR IT. WE PAID THIS LAST YEAR. WE PAID. WE GOT FOUR COURTS DONE, AND IT WAS A PRICE THAT WE WERE OKAY WITH. WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER PRICE. WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT'S COMING OUT AND POWER WASHING FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, SO SEVEN AND EIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UP TO OUR STANDARDS OF WASHING. AND IF THEY'RE GOOD TO GO THEN WE MIGHT ALMOST BE ABLE TO GET I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE ANYTHING BUT ALMOST GET THE REST OF THEM DONE EITHER THIS
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YEAR OR WITHIN NEXT YEAR. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON. ITEM ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT DIRECTOR'S REPORT. YOU'RE DONE. GIVE ME AGAIN I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS LITTLE VOLLEYBALL TEAM RIGHT HERE IN THIS CORNER DOWN HERE, WE STARTED OFF I THINK IT WAS OH AND FIVE. STARTED AT THE BOTTOM. NOW YOU'RE HERE. WE AT THE END. WE AT THE END. WE DID GO ON A RUN AND WE WE PLACED THIRD IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE DIVISION. VERY GOOD. HOW MANY HOW MANY TEAMS ARE WE. FOUR TEAMS. VERY GOOD. YOU GO ON A RUN. THAT'S GOOD QUESTION.THAT'S RIGHT. BUT TO GET THAT THIRD PLACE, WE HAD TO TAKE THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE TEAMS TO FULL SETS. SO WE WENT. WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THREE GAMES ON BOTH BACK TO BACK GAMES AND AND
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WON BOTH OF THEM. THE LAST ONE WE WON BY ONE POINT BECAUSE IT WAS CAPPED. SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT COED VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE. THE OTHER THREE TEAMS ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS BEING HELD RIGHT OVER IN IN OUR REC CENTER. AND IT'S BEEN JUST A JUST A REALLY, REALLY FUN TIME. AND WE BASICALLY TOLD ALL THE OTHER TEAMS, HEY, IF YOU GUYS BRING ANOTHER TEAM WITH YOU NEXT SEASON, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL PRIZE FOR YOU, OKAY. AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE AT EIGHT TEAMS NEXT SEASON. WE'RE ONLY WE ONLY RUN IT FOR A MONTH BECAUSE OF FORT BEND BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. THEIR KIDS PROGRAM HAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MONTH BREAK IN BETWEEN THEIR SEASONS THAT WE CAN DO AN ADULT COED VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE, BUT IT WAS PERFECT. MY BODY'S THANKFUL THAT I'M NOT PLAYING TONIGHT. DIRECTOR'S REPORT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, A TASTE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH OUR STAFF. SO THIS THIS WEEK ON TUESDAY, WE HAD OUR WE HELD OUR ALL STAR STAFF MEETING.THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PLAN WITH ALL OF OUR FULL TIME STAFF. SO WE WENT THROUGH A FULL I SPELLED SWOT WRONG. WHERE WHAT? SWEAT. WELL, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SWAT.
SWAT OH AS AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITIES AND A A IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT A IS. WE WENT ON A FULL A FULL A FULL SWOT ANALYSIS. WE LOOKED AT OUR LAST YEAR'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND TO LOOK AT WHERE WE WHERE WE CAME FROM AND MADE SOME NEW GOALS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND THEN WE HAD A CIGARETTE BREAK. AND LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THAT WAS. SO BACK IN 2014, CVS WAS LOOKING AT THEIR VISION AND THEIR THEIR MISSION STATEMENT. AND THEIR MISSION STATEMENT BASICALLY WAS THAT THEIR GOAL WAS TO MAKE PEOPLE HEALTHIER. AND AS THEY WERE HAVING A BOARD MEETING, THEY REALIZED, HOW CAN WE LIVE UP TO THAT VISION IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, IF WE SELL CIGARETTES IN OUR STORES? AND SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT WE'RE MISSING THE MARK. WE'RE NOT HOLDING OUR VISION. WE'RE NOT HOLDING OUR MISSION. AND SO AS A STAFF, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WERE OUR CIGARETTES IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO THAT AREN'T PUSHING OUR VISION, AREN'T PUSHING OUR MISSION STATEMENT. AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION. AND SO THEN WE HAD A CIGARETTE BREAK, EXCEPT FOR WE ALL BLEW BUBBLES.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STAFF THERE GOT OUR PARKS GUYS OUT THERE, THESE MACHO MEN BLOWING BUBBLES. IT WAS IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS A GREAT AFTERNOON OF LEARNING AND STUDY.
DANIELLE DID A TRAINING ON OUR NEW STAFF EMPLOYEE GUIDE THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND THEN WE TOOK DIVISION PHOTOS. SO A FULL STAFF PHOTO AND THEN FORESTRY, PARKS, ADMIN AND RECREATION. AND SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF TRAINING AND BONDING.
AND THEN AT THE VERY END, DALTON, DANIELLE AND I SAT IN THE DUNK TANK AND LET THEM ALL ALL KNOCK US INTO THE WATER MORE THAN ONE TIME WE DIDN'T DO AS A PHOTOS. WHAT? WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE PHOTOS. YEAH, WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. JASON MANGUM, STILL THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ON THE WEBSITE. THE ROOM IN THE FACILITY ITSELF. YEAH, THEY'LL BE THERE AS WELL. YEAH. SO GOOD OPPORTUNITY. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY WANTED TO SHARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS A STAFF. AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE SOME STAFF KUDOS. FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL. BARRY HASN'T BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN SOME FAMILY ISSUES THAT ARE THERE FOR BARRY. BUT WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS. HIS WIFE DID RECEIVE A TRANSPLANT AND VERY GOOD. AND WE'RE ALL REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR HIM AND THEM. AND BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THAT, BARRY IS TAKING SOME FAMILY TIME. WELL-DESERVED. AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT HE HAS THAT ABILITY TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF HIS DEAR WIFE AND, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY AT HOME. THAT LEAVES A GAP IN A HOLE FOR US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MOMENT PUBLICLY AND THANK OUR PARK STAFF, BECAUSE
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ALL OF THEM AS A WHOLE HAVE SAID, WE'LL CARRY THE LOAD, WE'LL MAKE THIS WORK. AND SO THAT'S MEANS A LOT TO ME. THEN, OF COURSE, I WANTED TO THANK DANIELLE AND DALTON, NOT ONLY TAKING OVER THE STAFF MEETING THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE LAST SLIDE, PLANNING AND EDUCATING OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO FOR FILLING THE GAPS. DALTON OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN FILLING THE GAPS OF NOT HAVING A RECREATION MANAGER, NOT HAVING A RECREATION SPECIALIST. I HE'S DEFINITELY GETTING MORE GRAY HAIRS THAN HE HAD BEFORE. I SEE DEVIN. AND DANIELLE OF COURSE, HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, HOLDING DOWN THE FORT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION WITH WITH BARRY AND NOT HAVING THAT THAT POSITION AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, STACY'S POSITION BEING OPEN, THE OFFICE MANAGER. AND SO WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, LIFTING OUR DEPARTMENT. AND IT'S BEEN A LOT. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. WE DID PUT GAVE AN OFFER FOR A NEW OFFICE MANAGER THIS WEEK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM STARTING ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER. PAPERWORK HASN'T BEEN SIGNED, SO I'M NOT SAYING NAMES YET, BUT IT IS A GREAT CANDIDATE. WE HAD WE HAD REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THAT POSITION, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE ENERGY THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT. DALTON AND HIS STAFF ARE INTERVIEWING TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR OUR RECREATION SPECIALISTS, SO WE'LL BE FILLING THAT POSITION HERE SHORTLY. AND THEN DALTON AND STAFF WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING FOR THE RECREATION MANAGER POSITION ON MONDAY. SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, DEFINITELY FILLING POSITIONS AND MAKING PROGRESS. BUT A LOT OF EFFORT IS GOING INTO IT. AND SO DANIELLE DALTON THANK YOU.[9. BOARD REPORTS]
APPRECIATE YOU. GREAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR. GOING ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER NINE BOARD REPORTS. ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT I GOT YOUR GAME. AND WHAT'S IT FOR? EMAIL IT. YOUR LOOK WAS SO LOVING. I TELL YOU REAL QUICK. I WENT TO THE MCNAUGHTON PARK, JUST DID A VISIT AND THE. THIS WAS USED IN THE FORM FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PARK ASSESSMENT FORM. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S VERY THOROUGH. YES IT IS. I DID NOT GO ONLINE AND PUT IN MY ANSWERS. OKAY. I HAD WRITTEN THEM, BUT IT'S A VERY THOROUGH REPORT, SO I'M GOING TO GO IN AND DO IT. I LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS TO THE STAFF THAT I FOUND OUT THERE. FOR INSTANCE, THE TOILETS ON THE MEN AND FEMALE HAVE TOILET PAPER AND THEY'RE JUST CLOGGED AND THE TOILETS ARE NOT FLUSHING AT ALL. THE WATER. YES, TODAY. AND THE THE WATER AND THE SINKS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. OH, THAT'S NOT GOOD. THERE'S A LOT IN THAT. IT MIGHT BE. YEAH. AND THERE'S A YELLOW TAPE AROUND THE PLAY AREA. YES. YEAH. AND Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT THAT. I WILL SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING, THE LANDSCAPING WAS DONE. IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. OKAY. THE EXERCISE MACHINES WITH THE ARE WORKING EXCELLENTLY. YOU KNOW I TRIED THOSE OUT. THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE PARK, BUT THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD STARTED WALKING AROUND IN THE PARK. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME VISITING THAT PARK. ESTHETICALLY. IT'S VERY APPEALING. I HAVE GRANDKIDS AND SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM OVER THERE. IT'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR A TWO YEAR OLD TWIN BOYS TO RUN, AND IT'S VERY CLEAN. IT'S VERY CLEAN. SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. YES, SIR. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MEN'S RESTROOM? I WENT IN, I JUST, I JUST, I JUST. I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I'M JUST NOT JUDGING. I'M NOT JUDGING. HE IS THOROUGH. HE IS THOROUGH. THOROUGH. BEFORE WE GO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR ME. NO ONE WAS IN THERE WHEN WE GO. THAT'S RIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES. ANY OTHER REPORTS? YES, SIR. A QUICK QUESTION. WE'RE STILL DOING OCTOBER 10TH, RIGHT? YES. SO OCTOBER 10TH AT COMMUNITY PARK STARTING AT 6 P.M. DOWN AT THE AMPHITHEATER, WE'RE HAVING HOCUS POCUS. SO COME OUT THERE.I BELIEVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE HELPING WITH S'MORES AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
SO IT'S VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY. SO BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIR, COME OUT AND WATCH HOCUS POCUS. YOU SAID SIX OCTOBER THE 10TH STARTING AT 6 P.M. OKAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BROOMSTICK
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STATION. SO AND THERE'LL BE LOCAL VENDORS LIKE FOOD TRUCKS AND SOME OTHER STUFF. SO.THAT'S FUN. GOOD. OKAY. ANY ITEMS? NUMBER TEN. ITEM TEN, AGENDA ITEM TEN ITEMS FOR NEXT
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BOARD MEETING. NONE. IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO 11. WE ARE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.