[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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FILLING IN. I WAS I DREW THE SHORT STRAW. SO I'M HERE SO. BUT NO, BUT NO AND ALL. YOU KNOW, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THIS FIRST MEETING CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR US. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS STARTED. WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT TODAY. SO I'LL JUST CALL OUT NAMES HERE PAM HERE, MARY ROSS HERE, DEMETRIUS BELCHER HERE, ADAM BECKHAM HERE, DIANE GILNER HERE, AND MYSELF. LAWRENCE IS OUT. KATHERINE DACEY HERE, BRUCE BATSON HERE, BUDDY SNYDER HERE, KAREN OVERTON HERE. AND THOMAS SEEN IS NOT HERE. AND TANNER WILLIAMS HERE. ALRIGHT. SO MADE IT THROUGH TWO TWO BULLET POINTS. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE THE THIRD ONE HERE OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS
[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
HAVE RECEIVED YOUR COPY OF YOUR MEETING NOTE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE. YES FROM THE DECEMBER 4TH 2025 MEETINGS. HOPE YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW. IF NOT, YOU CAN TAKE A QUICK CURSORY LOOK HERE AT YOUR MEETING. NOTE MEETING MINUTES. AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS AT THIS TIME. IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. I SECOND, OKAY, WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM THE FROM THE PUBLIC TODAY. SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE ON. THESE ITEMS[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]
ARE DO NOT REQUIRE ACTION. FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE DONNY RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE FIRST OR IS THAT FULL YEAR OR FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 THE ANNUAL PLAN. SO WITH THAT I'LL KICK IT OFF TO TO DONNY. HAND IT OFF TO DONNY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.SO THIS IS QUARTER ONE OF OUR ANNUAL PLAN. SO EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE HAVE A ALL STAFF MEETING. AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING A LOT OF REVERB ON THAT. WE HAVE AN ALL STAFF MEETING WHERE WE SIT DOWN AND WE DISCUSS THE OUR SWOT ANALYSIS. WE LOOK AT OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE SET SOME PRETTY LOFTY GOALS FOR US AS A WHOLE. WE ALSO SET SOME KPIS AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL. AND SO WE TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND WE CREATE OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN.
AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A QUARTERLY UPDATE OF THAT ANNUAL PLAN. SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF WHERE WE STAND AS A DEPARTMENT. SO WITH THAT, OUR FIRST QUARTER IS TYPICALLY OCTOBER THROUGH JANUARY. SO WE'RE NOW STARTING INTO QUARTER TWO. SO FIRST OF ALL AS A DEPARTMENT WE DO HAVE A MISSION AND A VISION. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY. OUR VISION IS TO BE KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED AS A SUPERIOR MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE A COMMON PURPOSE TO, THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION, MAKE LIFE BETTER. THEN WE HAVE FOUR QUALITY STANDARDS. AND THESE QUALITY STANDARDS ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY FOCUSED ON BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IF IF THOSE STANDARDS ARE IN PLACE, THE ITEMS ABOVE ARE GOING TO COME TO FRUITION. RIGHT. AND IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AWARD SYSTEM, BUT A RECOGNITION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT RECOGNITION SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY BASED UPON THESE FOUR QUALITY STANDARDS. SO SAFETY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF ENGAGEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TRULY MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, RESOURCEFULNESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR EFFICIENCY, OUR RESOURCES AND WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVING AND THEN CLEANLINESS, TRULY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE AS CLEAN AND INVITING AS POSSIBLE. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR FOCUSES. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SWOT, WE ALSO TALK AND GO OVER
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OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION AND THESE QUALITY STANDARDS TOO. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR SWOT ANALYSIS FOR THIS 2026 YEAR, OUR FY 26, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF OUR STRENGTHS ARE THAT WE'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE, DRIVEN AND A HIGH PERFORMING STAFF. WE HAVE STRONG POLICIES AND WE REALLY TRY TO ADHERE TO ALL THE BEST PRACTICES POSSIBLE. WE'RE RESOURCEFUL. WE'RE WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVERS TO THE CORE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADAPT SOME OF OUR WEAKNESSES. WE DO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. SOME OF OUR FACILITIES ARE AGING COMMUNITY CENTER BEING ONE OF THOSE, WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY EXCEPTIONAL SPECIAL EVENT SPACE.SO WE'RE LIMITED BY THAT ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN ATTEND, PARKING SPACES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S SOME OF OUR WEAKNESSES FROM REVENUE. WE ARE HEAVILY RELYING UPON THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN COMMUNICATION WE NEED FOR BETTER INTERNAL COHESION AND STRONGER EXTERNAL BRAND STORY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED, BUT OVER THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HAS REALLY TAKEN A STEP UP. YES. AND SO THANK YOU, KRISTA. THANK YOU. SHE'S REALLY, REALLY DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OKAY. YES. AS A STAFF WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY ABOUT IT. WE LOVE HAVING IT. SO THANK YOU, KRISTA. SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES, OUR POPULATION GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY IS STILL IS STILL GROWING. MISSOURI CITY STILL HAS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES INCREASING IN PARK VISITORSHIP WE ARE SEEING YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISONS OF GROWTH AT OUR PARKS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND SO WE KNOW THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE FACILITIES, OUR OUR FUNDING. WE DO HAVE ALTERNATIVE REVENUE THROUGH GRANTS AND NONPROFIT RSA AND OUR FRIENDS GROUPS. AND SO WE'RE WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND REACH AND, AND STILL MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRESS IN. AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING NEW SYSTEMS. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT IS UPGRADING OUR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT WE USE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, COMMUNITY CENTER FOR RENTALS, ONLINE RENTALS, AND MAKING THINGS EVEN MORE STREAMLINED. SOME OF OUR THREATS, OUR CLIMATE, WHETHER IT BE HEAT, STORMS, FREEZES, THOSE THINGS ALWAYS AFFECT EVERY SINGLE PLANT THAT WE HAVE. AND SO THOSE ARE, OF COURSE, A THREAT TO US AS A DEPARTMENT.
THE ECONOMY DOES AFFECT OUR PROGRAMS. WHEN WE ARE SEEING A DOWN ECONOMY, WE ALSO SEE PARTICIPATION LEVELS GOING DOWN AS WELL. SO AND THEN LASTLY IS JUST COMBATING MISINFORMATION.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVING A REALLY STRONG EDUCATIONAL STREAM FOR US IS GOING TO BE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS FOR FY 26? ONE OF THEM IS AND SO THE WAY THAT WE BROKE THIS DOWN IS WE HAVE LIKE OUR BIG OVERARCHING GOALS.
AND THEN TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE OVERARCHING GOALS, WE'VE CREATED SMALLER GOALS THAT HELP US REACH THE OVERARCHING GOALS. THE STRATEGIC GOALS ARE THOSE OVERARCHING GOALS. SO WE HAVE FOUR OF THOSE. NUMBER ONE IS TO COMPLETE OUR MAJOR PARK CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE FREEDOM TREE, GETTING INTO STAMO, FINISHING UP BICENTENNIAL, MAKING SURE THAT RIDGEVIEW IS FINISHED. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF ENHANCING THOSE PUBLIC SPACES.
WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT. WE WANT TO TRULY BOOST THE USAGE OF OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, OUR PROGRAMS, THE WORKS. NEXT IS OUR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF ARE WELL TRAINED AND THAT THEY ARE MEETING THEIR CERTIFICATION GOALS AND ALSO THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED. AND SO WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 100% OF THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS FINANCIAL STABILITY.
WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON GENERAL FUND BY SECURING AT LEAST $15,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS THIS YEAR FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS. FREEDOM TREE IS ABOUT 60% COMPLETE AT THIS POINT. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE OPEN. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY TOMORROW, BUT WE'RE STILL A FEW MONTHS AWAY. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. THE PLAYGROUND IS IN PLACE, THE BATHROOM IS IN PLACE. WE'VE STILL GOT THE ARTWORK AND THE PAVILIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING IN IN THE PLAZAS THAT ARE GETTING FINISHED UP. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE THE TREE
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PLAZA OPEN FOR THE FREEDOM WALK. AND SO THE SIDE WHERE THE TREE IS, THE FREEDOM TREE ITSELF, THAT PLAZA WILL BE COMPLETED AND OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE AS AS OF THE FREEDOM WALK FOR US. SO, SO WE'LL HAVE ONE SIDE OPEN AND ONE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT'S STILL EXCITING FOR US. NEXT IS WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO RESOLVE SOME WATER AVAILABILITY ISSUES IN THE PLANNING PHASE. AND SO ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HERE IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 MONTHS TO FINALLY GET A BID OUT ON THAT PROJECT. BUT THAT STILL IS COMING ALONG. BICENTENNIAL. WE'RE WE'RE MOVING ALONG ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WE'RE REALLY JUST WAITING ON THE FENCE. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, THAT WE CAN GO ON TO THEIR PROPERTY.WHILE WE'RE INSTALLING THE BRAND NEW FENCE, THE TWO HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE REST OF THE FENCE INSTALLED FOR THAT PIECE. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A NEW QUARTERLY TRACKING SYSTEM. IT'S CALLED OPENGOV OR CARTOGRAPH. AND SO THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY PUT IN TO EACH PARK AND SAY WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PIECES TO THE PARK, WHETHER IT BE WE HAVE A PARK FOR THIS NUMBER OF PARK BENCHES, WE HAVE THIS NUMBER OF SHELTERS, WE HAVE THIS NUMBER OF WATER OR WATER FOUNTAINS. AND SO WE CAN PUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FEATURES IN THE PARK AND BE ABLE TO TRACK WORK ORDERS ON IT.
WE CAN ALSO, WHENEVER THERE'S A RENTAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT HAPPENS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GO INTO THAT SYSTEM. WE CAN TRACK THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT STAFF ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON, A SPECIFIC TYPE OF PROJECT, WHICH WILL GIVE US MORE DATA TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH TIME ON THE REPAIR OF WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW US TO BUDGET BETTER AS A DEPARTMENT TO. JUST A COUPLE OF PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOTS FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO WORK ORDERS, WE WE SET A GOAL THAT ALL WORK ORDERS WILL BE RESPONDED TO WITHIN THREE DAYS OF RECEIVING THEM. AS OF QUARTER ONE, WE'RE WE'VE MET OUR GOAL OF 100%. WE'RE RIGHT THERE. THEN, FROM A STANDARD STANDPOINT OF FACILITY USAGE, WE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT CRUSHING OUR ANNUAL GOAL OF 45,000 USERS JUST IN QUARTER ONE. WE'VE ALREADY BEAT THAT GOAL. SO LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO CREATE A DIFFERENT GOAL NEXT YEAR.
PROGRAM SUCCESS 96% OF OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS HAVE MET THEIR REGISTRATION MINIMUMS, AND SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR US. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED THIS YEAR ON LOOKING AT THOSE PROGRAMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING NOT ONLY THE REGISTRATION MINIMUMS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING OUR. WHAT'S THE WORD? I'M LOOKING FOR MONEY. IT'S CALLED COST RECOVERY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. SO SO WE'VE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE SPOKE ABOUT IN SOME OF OUR WEAKNESSES THAT WE'RE 100%, YOU KNOW, NOT 100%, BUT MOSTLY RELIANT UPON THE GENERAL FUND. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A FOUNDATION OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE ARE MEETING OUR SET GOALS, COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE HAVE A GOAL OF AT LEAST TEN SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE HELD IN QUARTER ONE. WE MET THAT GOAL AND ACTUALLY HAD 15. OH, SO MOVING IS SHAKEN AS A DEPARTMENT.
COUPLE OF BIG FOCUSES FOR US. YOU KNOW, CONTINUALLY MOVING FORWARD IS REALLY DOING SOME VERY GOOD STORYTELLING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OUR MARKET PLAN. WE DON'T JUST WANT TO PROVIDE DATA, WE WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF HOW THAT DATA ACTUALLY COMES INTO EFFECT AND HOW IT'S USED.
PERFECT EXAMPLE MCDONALD PARK, WHICH IS OPENING NEXT FRIDAY, BY THE WAY, MCNAUGHTON PARK.
WHEN THAT PLAYGROUND CLOSED, WE SAW A 30% DIP IN USERSHIP OF MCDONALD PARK. OKAY, COOL.
THAT'S THAT'S A ONE PIECE THAT THEN WE COMPARED IT TO OTHER PARKS AND WE SAW THAT ALL THOSE PARKS HAD INCREASES. AND THEN WE COMPARED MCNAUGHTON TO PREVIOUS YEARS AND SAW THAT IT WAS CONSTANTLY GOING UP. SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL NOW WE KNOW THE PLAYGROUND REALLY DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT. WELL, RECENTLY WE JUST CLOSED DOWN. KEWELL WEST OR EAST WEST. THANK
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YOU GROGAN. CODE GREEN WEST PLAYGROUND TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE ON IT. AND WE SAW A 60% USERSHIP DROP AT. WE SAW 60% DROP IN USERSHIP AT THAT AT THAT PARK. AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE ARE REALLY CRITICAL FOR FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE WELL MAINTAINED AND THAT THOSE ARE OUR PRIORITY. AND SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF STORYTELLING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW.WE WANT TO TAKE THE DATA AND HELP THE COMMUNITY SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY AT PLAY. SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME STORYTELLING INITIATIVES. WE'RE LOOKING AT EQUITY AS AS A DEPARTMENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE HAVE WE'RE THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE BEST PRACTICES FROM OUR PARKS, FROM OUR PROGRAMS, AND THAT PEOPLE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE. AND THEN LASTLY IS THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT WITH A STRONG STAFF THAT OUR GOALS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. AND SO FOR US TO REALLY BE A SUPERIOR MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THAT STARTS WITH OUR STAFF. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICIES THAT ARE ARE SETTING STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS, AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF TIME IN TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF. ONE OF OUR GOALS ACTUALLY FOR TRAINING FOR STAFF IS THAT ANNUALLY, THAT EACH STAFF MEMBER WILL GET AT LEAST 12 HOURS OF OF TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LOOKING AHEAD, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE OF THESE ITEMS IS ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT. OUR MASTER PLAN IS A TEN YEAR PLAN. WE'RE AT FIVE YEARS. AND SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO GO BACK TO THAT MASTER PLAN AND AND START MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE ACTUAL PLAN. SO IT'S NOT JUST A DOCUMENT SITTING ON THE SHELF, BUT IT'S A TRULY A LIVING DOCUMENT FOR US. AND SO LATER TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE HEARING A PRESENTATION FROM DANIELLE ABOUT HOW NOW THAT WE'RE AT OUR FIVE YEAR POINT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT MASTER PLAN AND CONTINUE TO TO GROW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AFTER THIS SUSTAINABILITY, WE'RE REALLY BEGINNING TO LOOK AT OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPE BEDS AND MAKING THAT A PRIORITY FOR US. WE DURING THESE FREEZES, OR THE DRY SPELLS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LANDSCAPE BEDS ARE SURVIVING THOSE THE COST TO REPLACE THE PLANTS IN THESE BEDS IS SIGNIFICANT, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRULY EFFICIENT WITH THE THAT WHICH WE HAVE. AND THEN LASTLY, LASTLY ON THIS LOOKING AHEAD, WE WHEN THIS SLIDE WAS CREATED, WE WERE STILL FINALIZING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE. I WILL SAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN FINALIZED AND WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN HAND. AND IT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL JUST LAST WEEK. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE CASH IN LIEU OF FEES WENT UP TO THAT $3,100 AS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL, AND THAT THAT ORDINANCE NOW INCLUDES TRAILS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WEREN'T IN IT NECESSARILY BEFOREHAND. SO EXCITING, EXCITING MOVEMENT FOR US THERE. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. A LOT OF WORK. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL HAVE DANIELLE ON THE MASTER PLAN FIVE YEAR REVIEW.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. YEAH. ME TOO. SO AS AS DONNIE KIND OF MENTIONED OUR MASTER PLAN. IT'S OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES MASTER PLAN. IT IS A TEN YEAR PLAN THAT WE IMPLEMENTED, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO DO A FIVE YEAR REVIEW. THAT PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2021.
AND SO IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY TIME FOR OUR STAFF REVIEW, UPDATE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MASTER PLAN. SO AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND REALLY KIND OF CREATED AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PROJECT, THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO IT. WE WANTED TO BRING YOU OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, BECAUSE LATER ON THIS YEAR YOU GUYS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN IT. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A DEEP EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE PLAN. SO SINCE INITIAL ADOPTION, THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN MISSOURI CITY. THINGS HAVE
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CHANGED IN THE PARK SYSTEM. THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN OUR OPERATIONS. THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN OUR STAFFING, AND AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS HAVE CHANGED ALONG WITH THAT. SO WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR MASTER PLAN IS STILL FITS WITH THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT PROVIDES. ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACTIONABLE DIRECTION, TYPICALLY YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. SO ALL OF THE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, THAT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND SO WE WILL BE KIND OF TAKING THOSE FINDINGS AND TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IT INTO OUR CIP PLAN FOR FUTURE BUDGETS.MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR STRATEGIES AND OUR PRIORITIES ARE UPDATED AND ALIGNED WITH WHERE WE'RE AT NOW VERSUS WHERE WE WERE AT FIVE YEARS AGO, SIX YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THIS DOCUMENT. SO OUR SCOPE AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WORD OPERATIONS THERE. I SAW IT TODAY WHEN WE GOT HERE AND WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED. OUR SCOPE OF REVIEW. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THREE PRIMARY THINGS OUR PERFORMANCE. SO WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND HOW WE'RE INTEGRATING THOSE GOALS AND INTEGRATING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANS AND IMPLEMENTING IN DAILY OPERATIONS, AS WOULD BE OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, OUR INVENTORY. SO WHILE OUR OVERALL PARK ACREAGE HASN'T CHANGED A TON, OUR ASSET INVENTORY. SO PAVILIONS, TRAILS, BIKE RACKS, WATER FOUNTAINS, THE EQUIPMENT AT THE REC CENTERS, EVEN IN OUR MASTER PLAN, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER WE KEEP AN INVENTORY, BUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM, THE INVENTORY IS EQUITABLE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT THAT THAT'S IN PLACE AND THEN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS. SO WITH OUR 2021 MASTER PLAN, WE CREATED LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS TO KEEP TO BRING US A LEVEL HIGHER. WELL, NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, IS THAT THE BASELINE OR IS THAT THE BENCHMARK OR IS THAT WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO AND REALLY TAKE AN EVALUATION OF THAT AND THEN OUR OPERATIONS. SO THIS IS REALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TYING IN WITH CITYWIDE GOALS AND PRIORITIES. THE CITY IS DOING A COMP PLAN RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE KIND OF REEVALUATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS. PUBLIC WORKS IS REDOING STREETS. HOW HOW DO WE INTEGRATE WITH THAT TO BEST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY? SO AS FOR OUR FIRST SCOPE ITEM, OUR PERFORMANCE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY METRICS. AND THIS ISN'T ALL OF THEM, BUT THESE ARE THE PRIMARY CORE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP THE BULK OF THIS EVALUATION. SO OUR PARK PARK ACREAGE, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE OR I'M SORRY, THE WHAT WE EVALUATE IS ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS FAIR. THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM WE UTILIZE IN OUR MASTER PLAN, WHICH I CALL IT A HEAT MAP. IT'S BASICALLY A PROXIMITY MAP. YOU WANT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WITHIN TWO MILES OF RESIDENTS, YOUR REGIONAL PARKS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF RESIDENTS. AND SO WE HAVE A HEAT MAP THAT KIND OF SHOWS OUR AREAS AND WHERE THOSE SERVICE GAPS ARE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT KIND OF THAT DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MASSIVE GAPS, SERVICE GAPS, CONNECTIVITY. AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN RECENTLY, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON OUR CONNECTIVITY. EVERY COMMUNITY SURVEY WE DO, EVERY TIME WE TALK TO PEOPLE, THEY WANT CONNECTIVITY, THEY WANT TRAILS. I WAS JUST EMAILING WITH SOMEBODY TODAY WHO SAID, YEAH, BUT I CAN'T WALK THERE WITHOUT GETTING ON A STREET. THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. AND SO THROUGH THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE UPDATE AND THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN EVALUATION, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE TRYING TO FOCUS ON INCORPORATING CONNECTIVITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF BAYOUS, A LOT OF CANALS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE. IT'S JUST REALLY TAKING THAT EVALUATION OF HOW WE WILL DO IT, HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT. ASSISTANT SYSTEM CONDITION. SO UTILIZING OUR AMENITY COUNTS. SO IF IF WE HAVE DISC GOLF IN ONE AREA, IS IT THE ONLY ONE. IS IT SPREAD ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. DO WE HAVE SHADED PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF NORTH, CENTRAL, SOUTH THROUGHOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE AMENITIES ARE ARE FAIR THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM AND MAKE SENSE FOR THE FOR THE PARK THAT THEY'RE IN AND THEN PRIORITIZING MAINTENANCE OF THOSE. SO ONCE WE DO THAT UPDATED AMENITY ASSET CONDITION MANAGER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MAINTENANCE, RIGHT. THE THINGS THAT MAY HAVE NEEDED EXTRA MAINTENANCE FIVE YEARS AGO. IF THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED. WE NEED TO KIND OF SHIFT THAT FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE UNDERSTAND OLDER THINGS TAKE MORE MAINTENANCE THAN NEWER THINGS AND THEN PUBLIC USAGE. SO ON OUR RECREATION SIDE OF THINGS, WE HAVE ALWAYS TRACKED OUR OUR PROGRAM OFFERINGS, OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND THE TRENDS BETWEEN THOSE. SO THINGS CHANGE.
RIGHT NOW, TODDLER PROGRAMS ARE REALLY HOT. PARENTS WANT SOMETHING TO DO WITH A TWO YEAR OLD, WHICH IS NEW IN FOR THE. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'LL ALSO BE INTEGRATING
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PLACER AI, OUR NEW DATA THAT WE'VE OUR DATA SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING INTO THIS SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND PUBLIC USAGE BEYOND JUST REGISTRATION BASED PROGRAMS AND INTO ACTUALLY WHO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING PLAYGROUNDS VERSUS BASKETBALL COURTS IN A PARK OR PAVILIONS VERSUS GAZEBOS, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY UTILIZING. KIND OF HAVE HIT ON THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT FOR OUR OUR SYSTEM INVENTORY, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESET OUR BENCHMARKS. SO THOSE GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE GAPS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ASSESSING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC PARKLAND THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, REEVALUATING OUR QUALITY CONTROL. SO THOSE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE IN, MAKING SURE THAT IF ANY STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED ASTM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE ARE STILL CURRENT WITH OUR PARK SYSTEM, LOOKING AT OUR GROWTH ALIGNMENT. SO ANALYZE LIKE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN MISSOURI CITY SINCE THE LAST MASTER PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. SO SEEING IF THERE ARE CHANGING OR IMPACTED SERVICE DEMANDS, ANYTHING THAT'S CRITICAL OR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN PRIORITY REEVALUATION. TAKING A LOOK. SO WE IN OUR INITIAL MASTER PLAN, WE HAD A LIST OF PRIORITIES.ONE BEING JUST FULL PARKS, THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS REDEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU LOOK AT STAMINA AND FREEDOM TREE. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD A PRIORITY RANKING FOR TRAILS COVERED PLAYGROUNDS LIKE ACTUAL INDIVIDUAL AMENITIES. SO WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT BOTH OF THOSE TO SEE IF WE'VE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE. AND IF WE HAVE TO REPRIORITIZE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FILLING IN THOSE GAPS OF OF EMPTY SPOTS ON THE LIST. AND THEN OUR THIRD ONE WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL ALIGNMENT. SO AS YOU UPDATE ALL OF THE MASTER PLAN ELEMENTS, THE PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE COMES NEXT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES, THAT WE HAVE A PLAN TO INTEGRATE IT INTO THE CITYWIDE PLANS, AND THAT WE'RE USING THAT DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCUMULATED AND GATHERED THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TAKING A LOOK AT THAT STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION AND OUR INTER-DEPARTMENTAL SYNERGY. SO LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WORKING WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, COORDINATING AND COLLABORATING, MAKING SURE THAT AS THEY DO COMP PLANS, WE HAVE WHAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED IN IN THAT COMP PLAN UPDATE. THE MASTER PLAN IS PART OF THE COMP PLAN, SO THAT IS PART OF IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR UPDATES ARE PART OF IT AS WELL.
SO FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TEN MONTH FRAMEWORK. WE ARE IN FEBRUARY NOW. WE'RE DOING A KICKOFF. SO STAFF WERE ACTUALLY JUST NOTIFIED OF EVERYTHING. WE'RE KIND OF FINALIZING PUTTING OUR TEAM TOGETHER. WE HAVE A REVIEW TEAM THAT IS OUR CORE TEAM THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. AND THEN WE HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM THAT WILL BOTH ASSIST BUT ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS HELP WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING THE DEPARTMENT WIDE INITIATIVES. IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO DATA AND METRICS. SO THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS, A LOT OF GATHERING, A LOT OF A LOT OF SOFTWARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WILL BE THE NOT SO FUN PART. IN MAY, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING A COMMUNITY SURVEY. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DID A WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO DO A FULL PARKS AND REC SURVEY, NOT JUST THE THE CITYWIDE COMMUNITY SURVEY, BUT REALLY GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE COMMUNITY EVALUATING HOW OUR PARK SYSTEM IS USED, EVALUATING WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE, WHICH DIRECTION THEY WANT US TO GO. IN JUNE AND JULY, WE'LL DO OUR CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL REVIEW. SO THAT WILL BE A LOT OF THOSE UPDATING THE PRIORITIES, MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH CITYWIDE GOALS. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO DRAFT OUR FINDINGS. AND THEN BY NOVEMBER, WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TO PRESENT THOSE FINAL FINDINGS. AND WITH THAT, SOME OF OUR FINAL DELIVERABLES, BECAUSE OUR MASTER PLAN IS A IT'S A THICK, REAL THICK NOTEBOOK. SO WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE CREATING A, A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR UPDATED PERFORMANCE TRENDS, OUR UPDATED METRICS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE UPDATE SYSTEM CONDITION SCORES IN THERE, AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE THAT THE CIP PRIORITY LIST AS WELL. AND SO THAT PACKET WILL BE KIND OF AN APPENDIX TO OUR MASTER PLAN.
THAT WILL BE THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW THAT WE WE BASE OUR DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING ON. AND
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THEN FROM THERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME POLICY ALIGNMENT. LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MATCHING UP WITH WHAT OUR MASTER PLAN SAYS AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE. SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE, WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION REPORT FOR THAT AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR COMMUNITY SURVEY. YES, MA'AM. WHAT'S THE MEDIUM YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO TO IMPLEMENT THAT? WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON THAT. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE KIND OF IN OUR DRAFT, WE WILL HAVE A ONLINE VERSION AS WELL AS PAPER VERSIONS AT OUR FACILITIES. SO THE THE TENTATIVE PLAN AND THIS IS KIND OF STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT OUR TENTATIVE PLAN IS TO DO SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM THAT HAS THE QR CODE AS WELL AS A WEBSITE. AND THEN WE WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO PUT IT ON THE DIGITAL BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE WEBSITE AND THE NEWSLETTERS. THEY TYPICALLY SEND ONE OUT. A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IN MAY.WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE SUMMER EXPLORER GUIDE AS WELL. THAT COMES OUT IN MAY. TRYING TO JUST ADDRESS AS MANY WAYS WE CAN GET TO IT AS POSSIBLE. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST TO USE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON PERSON. OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO REACH OUT TO SOME HOAS WHEN THEY HAVE MEETINGS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. A REPRESENTATIVE THERE OR HAVING THE SURVEYS THERE SO YOU CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THERE? ABSOLUTELY, I LOVE IT. ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME UPDATES BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER OR. YES OKAY. YES YES. SO WHAT WE WILL AND WE HAVEN'T FULLY WORKED IT IN YET BECAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT FALLS IN THIS TEN MONTH FRAMEWORK. BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A WORK GROUP OR A FOCUS GROUP WITH PARKS BOARD. WE WOULD ADVERTISE IT TO THE PUBLIC OF A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OR SESSION ON ON THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, LET THEM COME IN, GIVE ALL OF THEIR KIND OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WITH THE PARK SYSTEM WHERE, YOU KNOW, AN IN-PERSON VERSION OF COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND THEN THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE A KIND OF A WORK SESSION TO BRAINSTORM, TO EVALUATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT OUR PARKS BOARD SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR AND WHERE EVERYTHING FALLS. BUT THAT THAT IS THE PLAN. YES. I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT, LIKE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD CAN DO, LIKE IF IT'S GOING OUT TO THOSE MEETINGS, ETC. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANOTHER TASK FOR OUR FOLKS. I MEAN, LIKE, I'M HAPPY.
I'M SURE MANY OF US ARE WOULD WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND CUT THE WORK. SO AWESOME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER. I DO WANT TO NOTE NOT FOR US TO WRITE THE THICK BOOK THOUGH. BUT NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WRITING THE THICK BOOK. WE'LL DO THE LITTLE BOOK. ALL RIGHT. CONTINUING ON WITH THE PRINTED
[7. STAFF REPORTS]
AGENDA HERE, WE'LL WE'LL GO ON TO STAFF REPORTS, STARTING WITH THE PARKS PROJECTS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO I WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT DONNIE AND DANIELLE WERE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF ONE OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE KICKING OFF THIS MONTH IS HAS TO DO WITH AT RIDGEVIEW PARK. YOU KNOW, WE IN THE PAST YEAR FINISHED A MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECT THERE. SINCE THAT, SINCE WE REDID THE PLAYGROUND, THE PAVILIONS, THE WALKING TRAIL, PARK USAGE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED AT THE PARK, SO THAT HAS CREATED A GREAT INCREASE IN NEED FOR PARKING. SO WE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION OF A SECONDARY PARKING LOT AT RIDGEVIEW THIS MONTH, AND THAT SHOULD FINISH NEXT MONTH. THAT WILL IN TOTAL APPROXIMATELY TRIPLE THE PARKING CAPACITY OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. SO THAT WILL REALLY ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND JUST MAKE IT MUCH, MUCH EASIER PARK TO VISIT. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, OTHER PARK UPGRADES GO. WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP IMPROVING QUAIL GREEN WEST PLAYGROUND, IMPROVING THE PLAYGROUND BORDER THERE, SOME DRAINAGE AND AND AND BRINGING BRINGING THE SITE UP TO ADA STANDARDS. BEYOND THAT. YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE WORKING ON UPDATES TO THE COMP PLAN, AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO INTEGRATE AS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INTO THAT[00:35:02]
COMP PLAN THAT COULD BENEFIT US IN NUMEROUS WAYS. WE HAVE TWO PARKS THAT ARE HOME TO TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION SITES, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE AS A GOAL, PRESERVING THOSE SITES AND OTHER SITES NOT ONLY HELPS PRESERVE THE DIGNITY OF THOSE PARKS AND THOSE SITES, BUT ALSO COULD POTENTIALLY. POTENTIALLY MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ACCESS SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY COULD NOT APPLY FOR. SO THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN A LOT IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS, BUT EXCITING PROCESS ON THE HORIZON AND NATIONALLY. MAY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR IDEAS AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS DOING SOMETHING TO KIND OF HONOR THAT SPIRIT. AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, NOTABLE PROJECTS. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO MENTION RIGHT NOW. BUT DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ADAM, YOU MENTIONED TWO PARKS. WHAT ARE THEY? SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO WE HAVE A FREEDOM TREE PARK CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THE FREEDOM TREE. OKAY. AND THEN WITH AMERICAN LEGION PARK, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN RICE CANAL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, I GUESS FILLING IN FOR BARRY IS DANIELLE OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
OPERATION. LONG TIME NO SEE. SO BARRY HAS RETURNED. HE'S BACK. I'M SURE YOU GUYS MAY. IF ANYBODY WAS AT AT SNOWFEST, HE WAS AROUND, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GOT TO SEE HIM. WE'RE STILL WORKING BACK INTO EVENING MEETINGS, BARRY BEING BACK. BUT AS HIS HIS FAMILY KIND OF TRANSITION, EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL. BUT WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVING HIM GIVING HIM SPACE TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY A LITTLE BIT. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME PARK PARK OPERATIONS UPDATES THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE ARE VERY MUCH SO IN PREP FOR A FREEZE ON, PREP FOR A FREEZE, PREP FOR A FREEZE ON, PREP FOR A FREEZE TO PREVENT ANY WATER LINE BREAKAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS ALSO REALLY OUR TIME OF YEAR FOR OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS. SO PRESSURE WASHING PAVILIONS, PARK SIGNS, REPAIRING MINOR CONCRETE ISSUES, REPAINTING, PARKING LOT STRIPES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE THINGS AREN'T GROWING AS QUICK RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE ABLE TO KNOCK OUT SOME OF THOSE THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE TYPICALLY ONLY DONE ONCE A YEAR. SO THEY DID START THERE. THE PARK SIGNAGE PRESSURE WASHING FOR THIS YEAR.
THEY STARTED THAT LAST WEEK AND THEY KIND OF ROTATE THROUGHOUT. BUT YOU'LL START SEEING SOME FRESH, SHINY NEW PARK SIGNS COMING UP. AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE ARE REALLY JUST GETTING PREPPED EQUIPMENT WISE FOR FOR SPRING, JUST IN CASE IT GROWS LIKE CRAZY LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DANIELLE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE DALTON GIVING US A RECREATION UPDATE. HELLO, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. AS YOU'LL SEE, AFTER SNOWFEST, THINGS SLOW DOWN FOR A GOOD COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO IT. SO WE HAVE THE RECREATION REPORT FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY. KIND OF SAME PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW PROGRAMS COMING ALONG THAT'S NOT IN THIS YET. WE HAVE JUJITSU COMING BACK, WHICH WILL BE REALLY EXCITING. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SPIN CLASS THAT'LL BE COMING BACK. WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A COUPLE OF NEW SPIN BICYCLES, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. FOR THAT TO COME ON. ONE PROGRAM I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT IS I THINK IT WAS DONNIE TALKED ABOUT TUMBLE TOTS. SO THAT'S A NEW ONE THAT WE'VE SENT THAT WE'VE WE'RE KIND OF IMPLEMENTING. WE KNOW THAT IN THE SUMMER IT GETS REALLY HOT.
AND PLAYING AT THE PLAYGROUND IN 2 OR 3, AT 2 OR 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER SOME INSIDE FOR THAT. AND SO WHAT THAT IS IS 0 TO 5 YEAR OLDS. IT'S OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE HAVE WE OFFER SOME TUMBLE PLAY THINGS, SOME MATS, SOME BALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HALF OF IT'S ABOUT STRUCTURE. THE OTHER HALF IS JUST KIND OF FREE PLAY. SORRY. THERE WE GO. MY SON IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT. AND SO I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN IT. AND HE SAID HE WANTS A CHOO CHOO TRAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO WORK THAT INTO THE BUDGET AND BRING IN A TRAIN NEXT TIME. SO UNREALISTIC CITIZENS, THE FOR SNOW FEST WE HAD FOR THE PARADE, WE HAD 53 ENTRIES THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 43. SO THAT WAS GOOD UPTICK. I DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE THAT WERE THERE. THEY SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF CARS. WE HAD A REALLY COOL CAR GROUP THAT CAME OUT. WE HAD A CORVETTE GROUP AND WE HAD CARS AND CHAI THAT CAME OUT. AND SO THAT'S THAT WAS REALLY COOL. SEEING SNOW FEST PARADE. THE PARADE, WE HAD 25, AROUND 2500
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THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 1700. SO WE SAW A REALLY GOOD UPTICK THERE. 41%. PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT. THEY'RE COMING OUT. IT MIGHT BE THE MORE PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATING, BUT IT'S THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO THAT'S GOOD. FOR THE SNOW FEST ACTUAL FESTIVAL. LAST YEAR WE HAD 1700 AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 2400. AND SO THAT WORKED REALLY WELL. WE HAD A DIFFERENCE FOR ANY OF Y'ALL THAT WERE THERE. WE HAD DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES. WE SAW DONNIE GET TO DO THE HAKA, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PROBABLY THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD.I REMEMBER CHECKING ON SOMETHING AND COMING BACK AND SEEING HIM ON STAGE DOING THE HAWK, AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS, THIS IS AWESOME. WE HAD OUR MOVIE IN THE PARK WHERE WE SHOWED ELF. WE SHOWED IT RIGHT OUT HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLIER. IT WAS A LITTLE LESS ATTENDED THAN OUR HALLOWEEN ONE. BUT HALLOWEEN JUST HOCUS POCUS. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THAT ONE. AND THEN WE OFFERED A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR CALLED NEW YEARS EVE. AND SO AS ACTUALLY RUN BY ALLISON, OUR RECREATION MANAGER, SHE REALIZED THAT KIDS AREN'T GOING TO STAY UP TO MIDNIGHT. PARENTS DON'T WANT THEM TO STAY UP TO MIDNIGHT. AND SO AT THE WE DID IT AT 12:00 PM, SO WE HAD A ICE CREAM OR WE HAD ICE CREAM OUT THERE. WE HAD LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD THE BALL DROP. WE HAD THE FIREFIGHTERS COME UP, LIFT THEIR LADDER TRUCK UP AND DROP THE BALLS DOWN WITH GLITTER AND EVERYTHING. AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL. IT WAS 46 PEOPLE.
I THINK WE WERE EXPECTING MAYBE 5 OR 10. WE WERE EVEN THINK ABOUT CANCELING IT AND EVERYBODY SHOWED UP AND LIKE, I'M GONNA TELL MY FRIENDS ABOUT THIS. SO IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL. WE HAD TO TELL THE FIREFIGHTERS THEY WERE KIND OF LIKE PELTING THE KIDS. WE'RE LIKE, LIFT IT UP, LET IT FALL DOWN. BUT WE'LL WE'LL WORK ON IT. OTHER SIDE FOR TOTAL USAGE.
LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, WE WERE DOWN ABOUT 5%. WE HAD A TWO AND A HALF DAY ESSENTIALLY CLOSURE AT THE REC CENTER. SO IT'S KIND OF TO BE EXPECTED OVER THAT TIME SPAN. LAST YEAR, THOSE TWO DAYS AVERAGED ABOUT 312 USAGE PEOPLE USING IT. AND SO THAT ACTUALLY PUT US RIGHT THERE WITH IT. AND THEN OUR INCOME, OUR REVENUE WAS DOWN $53. AND WE HAD 7 TO 10 DAYS OF NOT REALLY RENTING OUT PAVILIONS OR ANYTHING. THOSE THAT HAD IT RENTED, WE LET THEM.
WE SAID, HEY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE BATHROOMS FOR IT. WE'RE WE'RE CLOSING THE BATHROOMS IN PREPARATION OF THE FREEZE. AND SOME OF THEM DECIDED TO GET REFUNDS. SOME OF THEM WANTED TO GO THROUGH IT, BUT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE WITH THE REVENUE AND USAGE OF EVERYTHING. LOOK AHEAD. WE HAVE OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IT'S EVERY WEEKEND THIS WEEK OF FEBRUARY, DONNIE TOLD ME. NOT TO MENTION TOO MUCH OF IT. SO I'M GONNA EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AND MAKE HIM FUMBLE FOR IT. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN IT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIT EXPO LOVE AT FIRST FLEX. SO THIS IS OUR FIT EXPO. IT'S KIND OF JUST REIMAGINED. WE HAD MONICA IS THE ONE DOING IT. OUR NEW RECREATION MANAGER THAT Y'ALL GOT TO MEET LAST TIME.
AND SHE IS ON IT. SHE'S SHE'S AWESOME. SHE HAS A 360 CAMERA. SHE HAS PEOPLE COMING IN AND SINGING. WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF INSTRUCTORS AND SHE'S SHE'S REALLY REVITALIZING IT. IT'S SHE WORKS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF IT. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THE TUMBLR TOTS WHAT WAS THAT? TUMBLE TOTS. SO IT'S A PROGRAM ZERO. IT'S THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. OR IT MIGHT BE SECOND OR FOURTH, I THINK SECOND AND FOURTH. AND IT'S JUST A LEAD. WE HAVE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES FOR JUMP ON. SO WE HAVE THOSE LIKE LITTLE SLIDES, WE HAVE PADS, WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT. AND AARON, OUR REC SPECIALIST, WILL LEAD US THROUGH LITTLE PLAY TIMES WHERE YOU JUMP OUT YOUR DOOR AND YOU DO THAT PICTURE AS THEM STRETCHING, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS JUST KIND OF FREE TIME. AND IT'S REALLY COOL JUST SEEING OTHER MOMS AND DADS COME AND KIND OF TALK. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO SAY, HEY, WE'RE NEW TO THE AREA, WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO SOMETHING. AND SO I THINK MY WIFE HAS GIVEN HER NUMBER OUT LIKE 3 OR 4 TIMES. SO MOM'S HERE AND THEY'VE HAD PLAY DATES THEY GO TO. THEY WENT TO RIDGEVIEW PARK AFTER ONE OF THESE. SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. BUT YEAH. WHEN DOES THAT TAKE PLACE? IT TAKES AT 9:00 ON WEDNESDAYS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE AGE GROUP? 0 TO 5. $5 PER KID. $5 PER KID.
MY LITTLE SEVEN MONTH OLD GOES TO SHE DOESN'T REALLY DO TOO MUCH, SO SHE'S WASTING WASTING
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
DADDY'S MONEY. BUT THAT'S OKAY. NOT YET. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE DONNIE AND THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ADAM. IT SEEMS THAT I MAY HAVE STOLE SOME OF HIS THUNDER TODAY, AND SO I. I SHOULD PROBABLY CLEAR MY PRESENTATIONS AND STUFF SO THEY THEY KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SPEAK ABOUT, AND I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO DIRECTOR'S REPORT, BEFORE I REALLY JUMP INTO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, I DID WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE WITH THE PARKS BOARD ORDINANCE CHANGE THERE. AS WE KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE TO THE BOARD. CITY COUNCIL HASN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS ON THAT YET. SO YOU GUYS ARE ALL STUCK HERE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO ANYWHERE UNTIL UNTIL WE'RE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT, I GUESS. SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THAT. BUT AS WE GET REPORTS BACK FROM CITY COUNCIL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF YOU GUYS ARE ARE AWARE OF THE DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. SO. PARKS BOARD PRESENTATION SCHEDULE RIGHT BEFORE US. YOU SEE A LOT OF GREAT STAFF. NORMALLY YOU WOULD HAVE BARRY HERE AS WELL. AND SO DURING PARKS BOARD YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS. BUT SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE NOT AS FILLED WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS DONNIE WANTS YOU TO RECEIVE. AND SO WE ARE WE ARE PRESENTING[00:45:09]
AN IDEA AND SOMETHING THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TOWARDS, SOMETHING THAT DANIELLE AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING TOWARDS TO IMPROVE THESE MEETINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE FROM US. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE A LITTLE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, WE'VE CREATED A PRESENTATION SCHEDULE FOR Y'ALL. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS IN JULY OR DECEMBER BECAUSE OF THOSE MAJOR EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BUT THE REST OF THE TIME, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON STILL HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL STAFF REPORTS AS, AS NECESSARY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO QUARTERLY REPORTS SIMILAR TO THE ANNUAL PLAN REPORT THAT I GAVE TODAY FROM OUR STAFF. SO PAUL, OUR FORESTER, HE'LL COME IN AND ACTUALLY GIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT TO YOU. IT'LL PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 15 MINUTES REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE FORESTRY DIVISION IS ACTUALLY DOING. SAME GOES FOR PARKS, SAME GOES FOR RECREATION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST KIND OF ROTATING THAT THROUGH. SO THERE MAY BE MONTHS WHERE YOU WILL SEE DANIELLE, DONNIE AND PAUL OR DANIELLE, DONNIE AND DALTON, OR NEXT MONTH YOU'LL SEE DONNIE AND DALTON BECAUSE KRISTA AND DANIELLE ARE BOTH GOING TO BE ON VACATION. SMILE ON THEIR FACES. WE SEE THAT THEY'RE SO EXCITED. I WANT SOMEONE BETTER LET DONNIE KNOW HOW TO PUT THE NAME TAG ON. I KNOW DALTON WILL BE HERE TO KEEP ME IN LINE. AND SO WE WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED, AS WELL AS THE PARKS BOARD. YOU GUYS ARE ONE OF OUR FIRST LINES OF DEFENSE WHEN IT COMES TO MISINFORMATION THAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT YOU GUYS CAN'T BE THAT. IF WE'RE NOT FULLY INFORMING YOU, INFORMING YOU OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO. SO WE DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD YOU, BUT WE DO WANT YOU GUYS TO BE INFORMED. AND SO SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING. WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A POLICY ON OUR END. I WOULD LOVE TO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU, AS A BOARD HAVE FOR US ON THIS POSSIBILITY. MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU'RE SAYING, FOR INSTANCE, IN FEBRUARY YOU'RE GOING TO DO FORESTRY SO THAT HOW WOULD THAT BE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR AGENDA ITEM LIKE FOR TODAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH. SO FOR EXAMPLE TODAY YOU HAD YOU HAD THE PARKS UPDATE, YOU HAD THE RECREATION UPDATE, AND THEN YOU HAD THE PARK PROJECT UPDATE IN FEBRUARY, YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE THE FORESTRY UPDATE OKAY. BUT IT WOULD BE A FAIRLY LENGTHY ONE. AND THE OTHER UPDATES THE RECREATION. ALL THAT WOULD NOT BE ON THE AGENDA, CORRECT? YES. YEP. OKAY, SO YOU MAY NOT SEE SOME OF THESE FOLKS AS OFTEN, BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US BY DOING THIS IS WHEN WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, A RECREATION UPDATE. WE CAN ALSO BRING IN OUR RECREATION MANAGERS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE HIRED. YOU GET TO SEE THEM ONCE. WE WANT THEM TO COME IN AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU. AND SO THOSE RECREATION PRESENTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE MORE THAN JUST DALTON. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THE STAFF. SAME WITH PARKS, SAME WITH FORESTRY. BUT YOU WOULD STILL DO YOUR DIRECTOR'S. I WOULD STILL DO MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. SO SO YOU'RE PROPOSING KICKING IT OFF NEXT MEETING. CORRECT. OKAY.YEP. AND OKAY. SO FORESTRY FEBRUARY IS IT SLIDING OR IS THAT. NO IT WOULD, IT WOULD WE'D WE'D DO IT IN FEBRUARY. THIS IS FEBRUARY DONNIE. SORRY. TODAY'S MY GOSH. WHY THEY HAVE TO KEEP HIM IN LINE OKAY. I THINK WE'RE JUST ALL EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FORESTRY. YES WE ARE. AND NOW WE'RE LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS. NOW WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MAY. THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM ON HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MISSED. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T MEET IN JANUARY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE I GOT ALL THROWN OFF. IS PAUL WAITING OUTSIDE FOR US? YEAH. NO. YES.
IT'S JUST GOING TO. HE'S WAITING FOR SATURDAY. OKAY. AND EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE OTHER GUYS, IF WE HAVE A QUESTION, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HELP US WITH THAT QUESTION. OH, YEAH. I COULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT STRATEGY. MAKE IT. OH, GOODIE. YEAH. YOU KNOW PAM, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, NOT A PROBLEM. YEAH OKAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. ALRIGHT.
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WELL THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT UPDATE IS IT IS FEBRUARY. YES. SO WE ARE HAVING OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO AT LEAST CHOOSE ONE EVENT AND ATTEND AND ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. I KNOW THAT MY FAMILY AND I, I MEAN, OF COURSE I'LL BE WORKING, YOU KNOW, ON SATURDAY FOR THE KICKOFF, BUT I KNOW THAT MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE PERFORMANCE ON THE 15TH TO BLUE EYED GIRL, I THINK IT'S CALLED. AND SO I'M TAKING MY MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WHO IS A BUDDING ACTRESS. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO TOGETHER AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AND ENJOY THAT. ON FRIDAY NIGHT THE 13TH, MY WIFE AND I WILL BE OUT AT LOVE AND LAUGHTER, A LITTLE COMEDY SHOW, LITTLE ART PERFORMANCE. I HEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE WINE ON THE TABLE. SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT NEED SOME, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF BABYSITTING, THERE WILL BE PARK STAFF THERE DOING SOME CHILDCARE, SO IT WON'T BE DONNIE. IT'LL BE OKAY, BUT THERE WILL BE CHILDCARE THERE FOR THAT EVENT AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE, ON THE 28TH THERE WILL BE THE TONY EVANS FREEDOM WALK. SO STARTING FROM COMMUNITY PARK AT 9 A.M. ON THE 28TH, WE WILL ALL WALK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO THE FREEDOM TREE, WHERE THERE WE WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY FILLED WITH SPOKEN WORD AND SONG AND AND DANCE EVEN. AND THEN WE WILL CELEBRATE TOGETHER AS WE WALK BACK TO COMMUNITY PARK AND HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE FAMILY REUNION. AND SO TRULY, I MEAN, IF IF THERE'S ONLY ONE EVENT THAT YOU ATTEND THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE EACH OF YOU OUT. IF YOU MAY BE CONCERNED, OR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING THE. I THINK IT'S ABOUT A HALF MILE ISH WALK. WE DO HAVE SHUTTLES THAT WILL BE TAKING FOLKS FROM COMMUNITY PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE TREE. OH GOOD. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YEP. SO SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO BE ENGAGED AND TO COME CELEBRATE WITH US. AND SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO THAT PIECE OF HISTORY AS AS FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. AND SO PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY. WHAT IS THIS FLIER? YES. THANK YOU. SO THAT FLIER RIGHT THERE IS ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY.WE HAVE IT POSTED AT THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT'S A POSTER. POSTER. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FLIER, OKAY. BUT THE WEBSITE HERE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, CAN WE CAN WE CLIP IT AND SEND IT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY? YEAH, 100%. WE CAN EVEN EMAIL IT ALL OUT TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. PLEASE DO. YEAH. YEAH. SOME OF IT IS THIS ONE I WAS WONDERING WITH THE COLORFUL, MORE COLORFUL ONE WAS. YEAH. AND THAT'S OUR BIG POSTER THAT WE HAVE. YEP. THOSE ARE LISTED HERE ARE THE SAME LISTED HERE THEY ARE. YES. YEAH. THIS ONE JUST DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG POST, RIGHT. YEAH. I'LL SEND THIS ONE OUT. YOU BET. OKAY. OH YES. THANK YOU. KRISTA, AT THE FAMILY REUNION, THERE WILL BE A HELICOPTER THAT WILL BE LANDING AT COMMUNITY PARK. OH, SO IF YOU KNOW KIDS, THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE HELICOPTER, SO THEY'LL LOVE IT. SO THAT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL. IF YOU'RE LIKE, HEY DONNIE, HOW DO I GET INVOLVED WITH THIS SPECIFIC EVENT? LET ME KNOW. BUT THERE REALLY ARE A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. OH, LET ME GO BACK FOR A SECOND. HEAVY.
YEAH. HEB SPONSORS THIS EVENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THIS YEAR THEY'RE PROVIDING ABOUT $10,000 TO THE OVERALL EVENT, ABOUT $7,500 IN CASH, AND THEN ANOTHER $2,500 IN FOOD FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING. HUGE, HUGE SUPPORTERS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LAST YEAR THEY DONATED $25,000 OVERALL TO THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS
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AND EVENTS. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO HEB. LIKE WE WE APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS FOR US.LASTLY, STAFF KUDOS. SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT AS A DEPARTMENT, WE ARE CAPRA ACCREDITED, ONE OF THE FEW DEPARTMENTS IN THE NATION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF US HAVE IN THE BANK EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE TO RECERTIFY. SO LAST MONTH, IF YOU CAME NEAR US AT ALL, THERE WAS A LOT OF HAIR PULLING AND YELLING AND SCREAMING DOWN THE HALLWAYS AND MESSAGES BEING SENT BACK AND FORTH AND INFORMATION GOING SIDEWAYS ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE WE HAD TO TURN IN OUR 180. SOME ODD. CATEGORIES TO SHOW THAT WE STILL MEET THE ACCREDITATION. IT WAS A BIG PROCESS. IT WAS A LONG PROCESS, AND NOW WE WAIT. AND THAT WAITING IS THE WORST PART. BUT I, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT SAYING THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE BECAUSE AND AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT ARE NOT HERE ALL PUTTING IN A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS AND FRANTIC MOMENTS TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. AND WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED FOR MAY WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR ACCREDITATION TEAM COMING TO MISSOURI CITY TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES. AND AS THAT GETS CLOSER, WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH EACH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AROUND TO TO MEET WITH THE ACCREDITATION TEAM AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THE POWER WE HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND YOU GUYS ARE A STRONG PART OF THAT. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. WELL ANY QUESTIONS FOR DONNIE WHILE HE'S HE'S THERE. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. GOOD DEAL. SO I GUESS NEXT ON
[9. BOARD REPORTS]
THE AGENDA IS BOARD REPORTS. SO DO WE THANK KRISTA FOR THE NEWSLETTER THAT CAME OUT, THAT EMAIL THAT WAS EXCELLENT. AND WASN'T DALTON HIGHLIGHTED IN THERE? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT DALTON THAT WAS IT WAS IT WAS VERY NICE. SO WELL DESERVED. VERY GOOD. NICE.I WILL SAY, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH. YEP. WHICH IS YOUTH AND PHILANTHROPY, PART OF THE GEORGE FOUNDATION WILL BE A COMMUNITY PARK ON SATURDAY, PLANNING 115 TREES WITH PAUL, WITH PAUL AND PART OF HIS STAFF.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PAUL AND HIS STAFF AND HOW MUCH THEY SUPPORT MISSOURI CITY GREEN, BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT THEM, WE COULD NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS PLEASANT, HELPFUL AND THE PUBLIC THAT COMES THROUGH JUST LIKE WHEN WE JUST DID OUR ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE TOO. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME KUDOS TO FOR THEM. AND WE WERE OUT THERE IN THE RAIN AND COLD AND COLD. DON'T FORGET THE COLD. AND THEY NEVER COMPLAIN. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
TRUE. WELL KUDOS THEY DID. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT. SO ELECTRONIC RECYCLING THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN EVENT WAS THE SATURDAY RIGHT BEFORE THE FREEZE CAME IN ON SUNDAY.
AND SO THE CITY GOT AN ALERT ON FRIDAY THAT WE THURSDAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE WERE TO CLOSE DOWN ALL PARK RESTROOMS, ALL WATER FOUNTAINS. THEY WERE SHUTTING FACILITIES DOWN, WERE TO REFUND ALL RENTALS WERE NOTHING'S GOING ON. AND WHEN I CALLED PAUL TO TO TELL HIM THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING, HE SAID, HAVE HAVE THE PARKS CREWS LEAVE BUFFALO RUN BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING TO HOST THAT EVENT FOR THEM AND ALL SHUT THE WATER DOWN WHEN WE'RE DONE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE RESTROOMS. SO WE WERE PANICKING. OH, WE ALL WERE.
WELL, HE HE MADE SURE EARLIER IN THE MORNING. YEAH. AND SO HIS CREW STAYED AFTER THE EVENT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE RESTROOMS AVAILABLE FOR THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN VOLUNTEERS TURNING OFF THE WATER AS WE WERE LEAVING. SO. SO YEAH, WE WERE THERE ALMOST FIVE HOURS. IT WAS HE'S A GREAT ONE. IT WAS A LONG DAY. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. YES,
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19,000 TONS OF RECYCLED, PLUS 204. NO, 280 CARS, 283 CARS, 83 CARS CAME, WHICH ONLY BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A. BUT YEAH, THEY DID A LOT. THEY DO ANY ANY ADDITIONAL BOARD REPORTS. IF NOT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA. ANYTHING THAT WE NEED[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]
TO INCLUDE. IF NOT, MEETING'S ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. GREA* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.