Apr 02, 2026 Parks Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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EVERYBODY HAS THEIR GREEN LIGHT ON. ALL RIGHT. THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE. IT IS NOW 701. WE WILL CALL THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL.

ITEM NUMBER TWO. WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE EXCEPT FOR MARY ROSS, WHO CALLED ME, AND SHE'S AT CHURCH TONIGHT PRAYING FOR ME. PAM. PAM, SHE'S IN ATLANTA. AND THOMASINE, SHE'S OUT THIS

[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]

I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALRIGHT. FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, I DON'T SEE

[5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]

ITEM A FUTURE TRAIL NETWORK CONNECTIVITY PLAN. ALL RIGHT, MISS DANIELLE, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO DOWN AND. TAKE US THROUGH THAT ITEM, PLEASE, MA'AM. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

I'M GOING TO BE OVER HERE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO END UP NEEDING THE MOUSE. SO HOPE YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS ON OUR TRAILS CONNECTIVITY PLAN. THE EXPANSION OF MISSOURI CITY'S TRAILS. SO JUST KIND OF SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW ON TRAILS WHEN LOOKING AT THE IMPACT AND THE REASONS THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THERE'S, THERE'S RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT SAYS THAT FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED IN A, IN TRAILS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SAVES AN ESTIMATED $3 IN DIRECT HEALTH SAVINGS. SO ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT RISING COSTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD THROUGHOUT ALL COMMUNITIES, THIS IS PRETTY VITAL. AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND THEN THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE COMMUNITY TRAILS CAN REALLY FOSTER A SENSE OF PLACE. THEY CAN HELP WITH NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION. THEY ACT AS A REVITALIZATION METHOD FOR COMMUNITIES. THEY IMPACT OUR OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND OVERALL ARE JUST ARE FANTASTIC FOR THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, AS WE HAVE DONE COMMUNITY SURVEYS, WHETHER IT'S THE CITIZEN SURVEY THAT WE DO, OUR MASTER PLAN SURVEY, OR EVEN JUST SMALLER SURVEYS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT SENDS OUT, TRAILS ARE CONSISTENTLY A TOP PRIORITY.

AND WHEN I SAY CONSISTENTLY A TOP PRIORITY, I MEAN EVERY, EVERY SURVEY WE HAVE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, TRAILS HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP THREE NEEDS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, SPOKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY THEY WANT NOT JUST OUT AND BACK, NOT JUST LOOPS WITHIN PARKS. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL, EXPANSIVE NETWORK OF TRAILS.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO PLACES THEY WANT TO GO, GROCERY STORES, THEIR FRIENDS HOUSES, PARKS, AND THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM FOR EXERCISING, FOR SAFE OFF STREET WALKING, BIKING, HIKING, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OF EXISTING TRAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF KEY GAPS WITHIN THOSE, THOSE TRAIL SYSTEMS. WHEN WE DID OUR 2021 MASTER PLAN, WE ESTABLISHED FOUR PRIMARY GOALS WITHIN THAT MASTER PLAN. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE. I'VE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS ABOUT. WE ARE IN OUR FIVE YEAR MASTER PLAN REVIEW, SO UPDATING OUR. OUR TRAIL MAPS AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT FIVE YEAR REVIEW AS WELL. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MASTER PLAN GOALS WAS TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING OUR TRAILS AND GREENWAYS AND INTEGRATING THE SIDEWALK SYSTEMS WHEN NEEDED TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONNECTING OUR RESIDENTS TO THE DESTINATIONS THEY WANT TO BE. SO JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, OUR CURRENT TRAIL SYSTEM, WE HAVE THE OYSTER CREEK TRAIL, WHICH IS IT HOUSES THE EDIBLE ARBOR TRAIL THAT RUNS FROM DULLES TO 1092 AT MOSELEY PARK ALONG THE ALONG OYSTER CREEK. WE HAVE FIRST COLONY TRAIL, WHICH WE HAVE A TRAILHEAD AT WITH SOME FITNESS STATIONS. HUNTER'S GLEN JOGGING TRAIL, WHICH STARTS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET HERE, LOOPS ALL THE WAY TO FONDREN AND THEN COMES BACK TO PROGRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND HUNTER'S GLEN PARK. WE HAVE OUR GC TRAIL, WHICH STARTS AT INDEPENDENCE PARK ON

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SO THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WITH THIS PHASE. OUR NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE SOUTH SLASH WEST OF HIGHWAY SIX. AND THEN WE'LL COMBINE THOSE TWO TOGETHER TO CREATE ONE LARGE MASTER PLAN. SO THE FIRST PHASE HERE, WHICH WE CONSIDER OUR HIGH PRIORITY, WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FIRST IS WE WANT TO DO CARTWRIGHT ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE PARK. CALL THAT A COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, FREEDOM TREE PARK. SO BASICALLY EXTENDING THAT TROXELL COMMUNITY FREEDOM TREE ALL THE WAY TO THE BACKSIDE OF KITTY HOLLOW PARK. AND THEN WE WANT TO EXPAND THE GC TRAIL TO ROAN PARK. SO AS I MENTIONED, IT KIND OF STOPS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS WOULD BE OUR CITY TRAIL EXTENSIONS. SO UTILIZING SOME OF THE TRAILS THAT WE HAVE AND BASICALLY JUST EXTENDING THOSE TO CREATE LONGER OR MORE ROBUST TRAIL SYSTEMS. AND THEN THE THIRD PHASE WOULD BE OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTOR. SO THESE ARE REALLY JUST KIND OF LITTLE EXTENSIONS TO TIE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OR HUBS OR PRIMARY DESTINATIONS TO CONNECT THE ONES THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT TO WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE OR WHERE THEY ARE. OKAY. AND I AM. OKAY. YOU GUYS DO HAVE THIS ON YOUR SCREENS, RIGHT? OKAY, PERFECT. SO THIS IS THE, WE'VE, WE'RE KEEP IN MIND WE'RE DOING THIS IN HOUSE. SO THIS IS THE BEST OF MY GOOGLE MAPPING ABILITY. IT'S GOOD THOUGH. WE ARE NOT A MASTER PLANNING PLANNING ORGANIZATION. YES, SIR. SO THIS FIRST LAYER HERE, ALL OF THE YELLOW. THIS IS OUR CURRENT TRAIL SYSTEM. WE HAVE SEVERAL LOOPS WITHIN PARKS. AS I MENTIONED THIS HERE IS BUFFALO RUN. THERE'S A LOOP SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PARK. THIS LITTLE TINY ONE DOWN HERE IS THE LOOP AT RIDGEVIEW PARK RIGHT OFF OF OF HIGHWAY SIX. AND THEN AMERICAN LEGION PARK IS IS RIGHT HERE. AND COMMUNITY PARK DOES HAVE A, A LOOP WITHIN IT AS WELL. AND THEN YOU HAVE MCNAUGHTON PARK, WHICH IS A MUCH LARGER LOOP. AND THEN THOSE, THE LINES THAT YOU SEE ARE THE ACTUAL TRAIL SYSTEMS. SO THIS ONE HERE IS HUNTER'S GLEN, LIKE I MENTIONED, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US. THIS IS THE TROXELL PARK TO COMMUNITY PARK AND DOWN TO FREEDOM TREE PARK. AND THIS IS THE OYSTER CREEK TRAIL AND THE EDIBLE ARBOR TRAIL HERE CONNECTING. AND IT DOES TIE IN TO SUGARLANDS TRAIL SYSTEM, WHICH COMES OVER TO OYSTER CREEK PARK RIGHT HERE. AND IT STOPS AT OUR MOSELEY PARK OFF OF 1092. AND THIS HAS PART THIS IS PART INDEPENDENCE PARK LOOP RIGHT HERE, AND PARK JI KWA TRAIL. SO THEY SHARE THIS PATH ALONG HERE. AND THEN THERE'S A LOOP. IF YOU GO THIS WAY OR IT COMES BEHIND THE REC CENTER CROSSES CARTWRIGHT AND ENDS UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW. AND THEN IF YOU ADD IN OUR PRIORITY TRAIL SYSTEM, SO THESE ARE THOSE THREE THAT I SAID WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FIRST. RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE A, A, A CANAL BAYOU THAT RUNS KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE QUAIL VALLEY TOWNHOMES AND MEADOW CREEK, RIGHT ALONG THE MEADOW CREEK COMMUNITY BUILDING, RIGHT OFF OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A TRAIL ALONG HERE THAT TIES THE SIDEWALKS, CONNECTING. BLESS YOU ALL OF QUAIL VALLEY AND MEADOW CREEK. THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS ON ON CARTWRIGHT ON BOTH SIDES. SO RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS AND THEN WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE LOOP THAT IS ALREADY HERE FOR INDEPENDENCE PARK, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY END UP CONNECTING ACROSS TO STAY HERE AS WELL. SO THAT THAT WOULD REALLY TIE THIS AREA AND THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND ALLOW THEM TO GET TO THE TRAILS WITHOUT GETTING IN A VEHICLE AND DRIVING TO INDEPENDENCE OR DRIVING TO THE REC CENTER TO, TO GET ON THE TRAIL. THE SECOND ONE IS OUR, WELL, I GUESS THE SECOND ONE'S

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SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS COMES BEHIND. IT DOES CROSS HERE HERE. AND THEN IT STOPS AT THE SECOND CROSSING HERE. SO WITHIN THIS THERE IS SPACE ALONG THE GC CANAL TO EXPAND THIS. THIS IS A THE CITY'S PROPERTY RIGHT HERE. SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO GET THIS AND THIS. AND THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME INTO ROME PARK AND ESTABLISH A LOOP AROUND ROME PARK, OR EVEN JUST INTO THE PARK, INTO THE COMMON AREAS HERE. THE OTHER REASON THIS IS A, A PRIMARY CONNECTOR FOR US IS THE ABILITY FOR, FOR THIS TO ALSO HAVE A TRAIL SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS RIGHT HERE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS ON THE BACK SIDE TO GET TO OUR PARK. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE GETTING IN VEHICLES, DRIVING TO PARKS, DRIVING TO THE REC CENTER. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CROSSWALK RIGHT HERE AT TEXAS PARKWAY AND TURTLE CREEK. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE IN ALL OF THESE SIDEWALK SYSTEMS HERE AS WELL. AND THEN OUR THIRD PRIORITY, IF I CAN GET THERE. IS TO EXTEND KIND OF OUR, OUR PARK CONNECTOR SYSTEM. SO FREEDOM TREE WILL END RIGHT HERE. THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY TO LAKE OLYMPIA. AND THEN WITHIN LAKE OLYMPIA, THERE'S AN EASEMENT IN BETWEEN SOME OF THE LAKE OLYMPIA SECTIONS RIGHT HERE WHERE THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT DEVELOPMENT DOWN INTO OUR LAKESHORE HARBOR PROPERTY. SO THIS IS ALREADY UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND OWNED BY THE CITY. AND SO WE ACTUALLY WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE INTO HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO KIND OF OUTLETS SLASH LOOPS. YOU CAN COME INTO THE BACKSIDE OF KITTY HOLLOW, WHETHER IT'S UP HERE OR DOWN HERE OR HERE. THAT WOULD BE A KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY. IF, IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT TO MAKE SURE WE COULD TIE INTO THEIR FULL LOOP TRAIL SYSTEM THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED, AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO COME ALONG THE MUSTANG BAYOU AND COME OVER AND GO NORTH, BECAUSE THE THE LAKESHORE HARBOR PROPERTY COMES TO ABOUT THE EDGE OF THE BAYOU RIGHT HERE, AND THEN COME UP NORTH TO CONNECT IN AGAIN. YOU HAVE SIDEWALKS ALONG LAKE OLYMPIA HERE, AND THAT WOULD TIE IN YOUR WHOLE PARK'S EDGE.

VICKSBURG, ALL OF THAT KIND OF AREA ON THIS SIDE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL ZOOM OUT. SO YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO SEE OUR NEXT PHASE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE CITY TRAILS EXTENSION. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ORANGE THAT JUST POPPED UP. THIS IS VERY MUCH STILL AN IDEA PHASE RIGHT? MOST OF THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE CITY PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG CANALS, BAYOUS, CREEKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF IT.

SO THAT WOULD BE EXTENDING THE OYSTER CREEK TRAIL. JUST BASICALLY FOLLOW THE FOLLOW OYSTER CREEK. THERE'S AN OUTLET HERE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE MCNAUGHTON PARK PARKING LOT TECHNICALLY, BUT THEN THEORETICALLY, YOU'RE CONNECTING ALL OF THAT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ONE HERE THAT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT YOU COULD ALSO TIE INTO THE DEAD END AT RIDGEVIEW DRIVE TO TIE INTO THE LOOP AT RIDGEVIEW PARK. THERE'S A CROSSWALK HERE AT AT WHAT IS THIS? I FORGET NOW, BUT YOU WOULD NEED TO UTILIZE THE CROSSWALK. COME UP AND OVER. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE HERE TO GO UNDER OR WE PROBABLY COULDN'T GO OVER, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO GO UNDER THE BRIDGE THERE. BUT THEN YOU WOULD COULD THEORETICALLY TIE ALL THE WAY BACK IN TO THIS KITTY HOLLOW CONNECTOR THAT WE HAVE BY FOLLOWING EASEMENTS RIGHT HERE. SO THAT WOULD THEORETICALLY TIE OYSTER CREEK PARK ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE DOWN TO KITTY HOLLOW PARK. SO REALLY TYING IN MULTIPLE MISSOURI CITY PARKS, SUGARLANDS PARK SYSTEM AND THE COUNTY'S PARK SYSTEM ALL TOGETHER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXTENSION ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE THAT WOULD CONNECT COMMUNITY PARK. YOU GO UP THROUGH THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS, FOLLOW THIS CANAL, AND YOU COULD TIE INTO THE CONNECTOR THAT WE HAD DONE FOR GCC RIGHT HERE IN ROME PARK. THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER OPTIONS. SIDEWALK SYSTEM HERE TO GET TO ROME AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN BASICALLY EXPAND. THIS IS JUST EXPANDING THE LOOP RIGHT HERE. SO THIS IS THE INDEPENDENCE PARK. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AROUND AND KNOW THE COUNTY IS DOING SOME DRAINAGE WORK RIGHT HERE. BUT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF PARKLAND HERE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE FOR TRAILS. OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS THAT I TALKED ABOUT ARE REALLY JUST SOME SMALLER EXTENSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE TYING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF A LITTLE BIT

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IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE A THREE FOOT TRAIL JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE WIDTH OF THE EASEMENT AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT COULD GET THE PEOPLE TO TEXAS PARKWAY FOR THE, THE CROSSWALK AND THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM TO AGAIN TIE THEM INTO ROWAN PARK RIGHT HERE. THIS ONE IS MORE SO OF A DREAM BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY GETS OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY HERE. BUT THERE IS THE AVAILABILITY TO TIE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARK'S EDGE. AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE SMALL CONNECTORS HERE. EASEMENT AVAILABILITY THAT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE EVALUATING FOR POTENTIAL TRAILS. LAST ONE. SO THESE ARE THE KNOWN NON-CITY TRAILS. SO WE'VE DONE A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF WHAT HOA'S THE COUNTY LIDS MUDS HAVE. AND THOSE COME INTO PLAY WHEN DOING A FULL MASTER PLAN OF A TRAIL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON ALL, ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO EVERY HOUSE, BUT WE CAN GET TO EVERY HOA, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY KIND OF POCKET WITHIN MISSOURI CITY. SO THAT DEFINITELY TIES IN ALL OF THIS AREA HERE, WHICH IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THERE.

AND SO OVERALL, LOTS OF COLORS. BUT OVERALL, THIS IS THE KIND OF NORTH HALF OF OUR TRAILS DRAFT RIGHT NOW. SO KIND OF THE GOAL OF THIS TODAY IS TO BE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK TO SEE IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT YOU KIND OF ENVISION AS A RESIDENT. AS PARKS BOARD MEMBER, ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? DID WE DREAM TOO BIG OR DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OPTIONS? IT'S VERY AMBITIOUS, BUT I THINK IT'S EXCITING. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IS THIS INFORMATION SHARED WITH, LET'S SAY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE WHEN DEVELOPERS COME IN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF I GOT TO DO A PARKLAND DEDICATION. YES. AND AT SOME POINT IT'S SUPPOSED TO IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME TO, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DO A GENERAL PLAN, IT COMES TO IT SHOULD COME. AND THAT'S ALSO THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. DEVELOPER TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, HOLD ON A SECOND. INSTEAD OF DOING A PART, WE'D RATHER LET THIS CONNECT TO THE MASTER TRAIL PLAN. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, DOES IT GO TO EVERY DEPARTMENT TO AT LEAST A PRESENTATION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM THE PARK STANDPOINT? YES, IT DOES. AND SO IT'S ALL KIND OF PART OF A MUCH LARGER ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN AS WELL. SO WHEN WE UPDATED THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, WE ADDED THE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY CREDIT IN ANTICIPATION OF WANTING TRAILS, POTENTIALLY IN EXCHANGE OF LAND OR IN EXCHANGE OF FUNDING. SO WE ADDED THAT TO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE AS A POSSIBILITY FOR A DISCOUNT FOR THEM. IF THEY BUILD TRAILS, IT COUNTS. AS YOU KNOW, ONE MILE EQUALS ONE ACRE, SO LONG AS IT FITS INTO OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN. SO NOW WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN. AND WITH THIS, THE IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO MAP THIS OUT. SO WE FINISHED THE THE NORTHERN HALF. WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. PRESENT IT TO ALL OF OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS. COME BACK. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE FINAL VERSION WITH TRAILHEADS, CONNECTORS, TIE INS FOR SCHOOLS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL. AND WE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AND THEN THIS AS PART OF OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES MASTER PLAN FIVE YEAR REVIEW, WE WILL BE INCLUDING A TRAILS MASTER PLAN WITH THE MASTER PLAN SO THAT THIS BODY

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THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, AND I THINK BACK ON 30 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE LOOKING AT A TRAIL MASTER PLAN. AND AT THAT TIME. OR I'LL FAST FORWARD. SO WHEN SOMEONE LOOK AT THIS TRAIL MASTER PLAN, ARE WE GOING TO. OR ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE? BECAUSE AT THIS LEVEL, WE'RE CONCEPT CONCEPTUAL LEVEL AND WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT. WELL, BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY ONE SPOT THAT, WELL, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THREE FEET WIDE.

WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO REALLY THE REALITY IS WE NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OR MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY A DIFFERENT ROUTE. AND SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE REALLY DROP DOWN TO THAT LEVEL. IT'S NOT A DESIGN LEVEL, BUT WE HAD A PLAN BEFORE WHERE I REMEMBER WHEN SCOTT WAS HERE, ELMER WAS HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND SCOTT, WE'RE JUST ONE DAY TALKING ABOUT IT AND HE'S LIKE, I CAN'T GO THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WHY ARE WE PUTTING IT THERE? AND SO I GUESS, OR AT WHAT POINT DO WE DROP DOWN? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PIPELINES, LEVEES, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS ACTUALLY CITY PROPERTY TO BUILD A TRAIL ON THAT TOO.

YEAH, YEAH. SO AT WHAT POINT WOULD THAT HAPPEN? SO WE ARE TARGETING FALL FOR OUR MORE IN DEPTH. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE TRYING TO GET CONCEPTUAL IDEAS, THROW IT ALL ON A MAP. THE WAY THAT I VIEW IT, I WOULD RATHER REMOVE THINGS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT OR YOU KNOW, ADJUST AS NEEDED, THEN NOT HAVE ENOUGH, RIGHT. SO IF I CAN THROW EVERYTHING THAT MAY POSSIBLY ONE DAY BE POSSIBLE ON A MAP, THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THAT DEEP DIVE, AND WHEN WE DO OUR SITE VISITS AND WE DO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND WE DO WORK WITH LEGAL ON PROPERTY AND OWNERSHIP AND EASEMENTS AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT'S THERE. SO IT GETS EVALUATED BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT THERE, IT WON'T GET EVALUATED IN THAT PHASE ONE. DO THE DEEP DIVE. AND WILL YOU DO THAT BEFORE WE AT WHAT POINT? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TOO, OR PUT IN MY MIND, NOT DESIGN STAGE, BUT FOR YOUR PARK MASTER PLAN, ARE YOU LEAVING IT UP HERE AT THIS LEVEL, OR DO YOU DROP DOWN ONE LEVEL SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE? YEAH, DROP DOWN ONE LEVEL. WE WILL NOT HAVE A FULL, IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF SITE CONSTRAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL EYES ON THE SITES. IS IT FEASIBLE? IS IT LEGAL? HOW MANY HURDLES ARE THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT? WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE FIGURED OUT BEFORE IT GETS INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO IS THAT THE SAME TIME YOU DO SOME SORT OF FISCAL CONSTRAINT TOO? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS JUST A YES, A VISIONARY YES PLAN. AND THEN CAN WE ZOOM IN TO THE NORTHERN, LIKE WHERE SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY IS BUFFALO? YEAH. THIS IS AN AREA I'VE STRUGGLED WITH THERE. YES. SO WE HAVE STARTED PLAYING WITH THE IDEA THIS THIS IS AN AREA WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT HERE. IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SIDEWALK CONNECTORS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T FULLY DONE YET. WE WILL EVENTUALLY COME IN AND DO KIND OF THE DOTTED LINES FOR SIDEWALKS TO AT LEAST SHOW THAT THEY STILL CAN CONNECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE. BUT WHERE? EAST HAMPTON PARK LAND PROPERTY IS TO TIE IN FONDREN PARK HERE. SO WE ARE STARTING TO AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IS EXTREMELY NARROW, BUT STARTING TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS TO TIE IN NORTH OF 90 BECAUSE WE WANT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THEM UNDER 90 SAFELY, BUT WE WANT TO AT LEAST EVALUATE THAT. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. AND THAT'S GOING TO COME. YEAH. BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SIDEWALKS ON SCANLON IN THAT SECTION OF RAILROAD TRACK. YES. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. NO. YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SIDEWALKS OR SOMETHING ON SCANLON, WHICH WON'T GET APPROVED BY THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. IT'S GOING TO BE A NORTH AND SOUTH NO MATTER WHAT. THAT RAILROAD IS YOUR DIVIDER.

WELL, SIMILARLY, I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT HIGHWAY SIX, THERE ARE SOME CROSS CROSS SECTIONS THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL ACTUALLY PUT OUT AT ANY POINT A TRAILS MASTER PLAN THAT SHOWS YOU GOING ACROSS HIGHWAY SIX. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN. I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT THAT'S THE SAFE ROUTE THAT WE WANT TO TAKE. I GUESS WHAT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN IS THE CONNECTION FROM BUFFALO RUN SOUTH. OKAY. GOING TOWARDS. YEAH. THE OTHER.

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THERE YOU GO. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE BUS SERVICE BECAUSE THERE'S A SIDEWALK THERE. AND THAT SPECIFIC SPOT IS FROM CITY HALL TO 2234. THAT'S THE CONNECTOR THAT CONNECTS ALL THAT STUFF RIGHT THERE. YEP. YOU GOT IT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT WHERE THE THEY'RE BUILDING THE NEW BUILDING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU COULD CONNECT THAT RIGHT THERE TO BUFFALO, RUN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD JUST BE, I'M SURPRISED THEY HADN'T WISED UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL BUILD THAT. WHATEVER IT COSTS, WE'LL BUILD IT. THAT'LL SAVE THEM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S TRANSPORTATION COSTS THIS SECTION. YEP. YEAH, YEAH. RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL SECTION HERE SO THE SIDEWALK DOESN'T PICK UP UNTIL RIGHT HERE. OR IT MIGHT BE RIGHT HERE. AND SO YOU'RE MISSING THIS SECTION HERE AS WELL, WHICH THEY WOULD WOULD BE NEEDED BECAUSE KIDS, I SEE KIDS ALMOST EVERY DAY WHEN I'M DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, COMING AROUND THESE TREES TO GET TO THIS SIDEWALK, TO GO TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO GET HOME FROM SCHOOL. SO, SO THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CARTWRIGHT ROAD OR TEXAS PARKWAY. SO. OKAY, WELL, THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THEN. I GUESS YOU SHOWED SOME PRIORITIES. YEAH. WHEN, WHERE, HOW AND WHEN ARE THOSE PRIORITIES SET? SO STAFF HAVE SET THOSE. AND THAT'S PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WANT TO GET FROM YOU GUYS. WE VIEW. SO THE JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE RED ONES ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR US. ONE OF, ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIES IS SIZE. SO HOW LONG IS IT RIGHT? CAN WE REALISTICALLY PRIORITIZE THE LONGEST SECTION IF WE KNOW WE WOULD NEED TO FIND BUDGET, FIND GRANTS, FIND FUNDING. SO WE LOOKED AT ACTUALLY FEASIBLE. WE LOOKED AT THE AVAILABILITY OF POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS. SO IS IT AT LEAST MAYBE COUNTY PROPERTY OR MUD PROPERTY LID PROPERTY PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH, WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO ASK FOR THESE PARTNERSHIPS YET AND THESE AGREEMENTS, BUT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT WE KNOW THERE'S NOT AN EASEMENT OR THERE'S AN EASEMENT, BUT THERE'S NOT A PIPELINE OR ANY CONSTRAINTS IN THAT WAY. AND THEN WHICH, WHICH SECTIONS WOULD IMPACT THE MOST NEIGHBORHOODS AT ONCE. SO TYING IN, EXTENDING THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMUNITY PARK. SO THIS RED, THIS ORANGE ONE, I APOLOGIZE, WHILE THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR A POINT A TO POINT B, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPACT AS MANY COMMUNITIES, AS MANY AS MANY HOA NEIGHBORHOODS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WHEREAS THIS ONE HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT A YOU'RE EXTENDING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO TIE IN ANOTHER PARK, BUT YOU ARE ALSO GETTING PEOPLE FROM QUAIL GREEN SOUTH TO, TO LOOP INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM TO LOOP INTO, INTO THE TRAIL SYSTEM. AND SO THOSE WERE

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SO NORTH SECTION TWO MONTHS FOR SECTION TWO, TWO MONTHS FOR MORE OF A DEEPER DIVE. AND THAT WOULD PUT US IN LINE WITH KIND OF PRESENTING IT AS A CONCEPTUAL WITH THE MASTER PLAN IN LATE FALL. OKAY, BUDDY, NOPE. YEAH. GOOD. VERY AMBITIOUS, VERY GOOD. HOPE YOU GOT THE APPROPRIATE FEEDBACK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. I DID, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL PRESENTED. ITEM B REVIEW THE REVIEW. THE STATUS UPDATE OF THE PARK PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH THE 2021 BOND IS STILL A. SO THAT WAS IT WAS WARM IN HERE. IT WAS WARM. OKAY. HELLO AGAIN. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR KEY PROJECTS WITHIN THE THE 2021 BOND. THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS WITHIN WITHIN THAT BOND, ADAM HAS BEEN REGULARLY UPDATING YOU ON BICENTENNIAL AND RIDGEVIEW, BUT OUR THREE OTHER KIND OF LARGER ONES. ONE IS THE THE PARK PATHWAYS PROGRAM, WHICH IS PAVING A FEW OF OUR DECOMPOSED GRANITE TRAILS. WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON HUNTERS GLEN SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT FOR THAT ONE, WE HAVE STAMOS SPORTS PARK AND FREEDOM TREE PARK. SO STARTING OFF WITH FREEDOM TREE PARK, THE WEST PORTION WEST PORTION OF THE PARK. SO THE PLAZA SURROUNDING THE ACTUAL FREEDOM TREE ITSELF, THE SMALL SECTION WHERE THE TREE IS, IS COMPLETE. IT IS FULLY, FULLY DONE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. WE HAVE ASSUMED THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT AND THAT'S HOW DONE IT IS. AND THE CITY OR THE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS THEIR IRRIGATION TEMPORARY IRRIGATION OUT THERE WHILE WE WORK THROUGH TURF ESTABLISHMENT. IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY DRY SPRING, SO WE'VE HAD TO IRRIGATE IT A LOT LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, GO TAKE A LOOK. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. THE LANDSCAPING, THE PLAZA, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON IT.

DONNIE ACTUALLY IS THE ONE WHO LAID OUT THE THE STAR IN THE CENTER. IT TOOK HIM LESS TIMES THAN THE CONTRACTOR AND STILL MORE THAN ONE. BUT NO, WE WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE FREEDOM WALK TO BE PART OF OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS. SO DEFINITELY GO CHECK IT OUT. IT IS IS VERY PRETTY. AS FOR THE THE EAST SIDE, THE NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WILL BE BRAND NEW. SOME OF THE WE'RE ABOUT

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AND THEN AS PART OF THE, THE ART ELEMENT TO THE PLAZA, WE ARE DOING MEDALLIONS WITHIN THE CONCRETE ON THE GROUND WITH QUOTES AND DESIGNS. I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE IT WITH YOU YET, BUT ALL THE ACTUAL DESIGN. BUT IT IS FANTASTIC. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON ALL OF THAT. OUR PAVILION WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS. THAT WILL BE THE THE LAST NON PLAZA ELEMENT TO GO INTO THE PARK. AND THEY HAVE STAKED OUT ALL OF THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE TRAILS. SO THE WAY THAT THE PARK IS DESIGNED, IT HAS A BIG LOOP AROUND IT. AND THEN IT HAS OFFSHOOTS TO CONNECT TO, TO PICNIC PICNIC TABLES UNDER SOME OF THE TREES. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO HERMANN PARK, YOU HAVE YOUR PRIMARY TRAIL THAT YOU USE FOR FOR GETTING POINT A TO POINT B OR FOR LEISURE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THESE OFFSHOOTS OF DG TRAILS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOME A PICNIC WITH YOUR FAMILY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S HOW THIS IS DESIGNED. STAMOS SPORTS PARK. SO THIS PROJECT, WE ARE AT 100% DESIGN, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE WHAT, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A FINAL SET OF PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND READY FOR BID.

I WILL SAY WE'VE WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THESE A FEW TIMES BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD WHILE WE FIGURE OUT SOME WATER CAPACITY ISSUES. STATE PARK IS IS A SITE THAT USED TO HAVE ONE RESTROOM. AND SO WE WERE AT ABOUT 40,000 GALLONS A MONTH. AND THAT IS WHAT THE UTILITY DISTRICT ANTICIPATED. OUR INITIAL DESIGN WITH FULL IRRIGATION FOR THE SPORTS FIELDS, FOR THE LANDSCAPING, A PASS THROUGH SPLASH PAD, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAD US AT ABOUT 1.6 MILLION GALLONS PER MONTH. SO THERE'S A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE THERE. SO WHAT WE DID PARK STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND OUR OUR CIP TEAM AND THE DESIGN CONSULTANT, WE WENT BACK AND REALLY CRUNCHED NUMBERS, REDESIGNED SOME THINGS, GOT SOME VARIANCES AS IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO, TO SQUISH THAT WATER CAPACITY NEED DOWN TO ABOUT 660,000 GALLONS A MONTH. THIS INCLUDED REMOVING IRRIGATION FOR THE IN FIELDS OF OUR, OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL DIAMONDS AND OUR SOCCER FIELDS. IT'S A NEED, BUT IT ADDS TO MAINTENANCE LONG TERM. AND THEN REDESIGNING THE SPLASH PAD FOR A A UNIT THAT REQUIRES MUCH LESS WATER. AND SO AND THEN WE'VE IRRIGATED ALL THE, THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING TO NEED IT FOR ESTABLISHMENT. BUT WE ALSO CONVERTED THE, THE FAMILY ZONE. SO IN IF YOU'VE BEEN TO RIDGEVIEW PARK IN ANY TIME, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE STRUGGLE TO KEEP GRASS AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AND AROUND THE SPLASH PAD BECAUSE IT'S SO BUSY THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOR THE GRASS TO GROW. SO KNOWING THAT AND KNOWING OUR WATER CAPACITY PROBLEMS, WE REDESIGNED THE FAMILY ZONE. AND SO THE KIND OF THE RENTAL PAVILION THAT'S AFFILIATED WITH IT, THE SPLASH PAD, THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE PLAYGROUND, THAT WHOLE AREA, THE FAMILY ZONE WILL BE ARTIFICIAL TURF. SO WE'LL STILL USE THE SAFETY SURFACING FOR THE PLAYGROUND, BUT THAT WAY IT STAYS GREEN, IT'S EASIER MAINTENANCE AND IT'S LESS IRRIGATION. SO WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, FULLY REDESIGNED IT, GOTTEN IT DOWN A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT OUR INITIAL WAS. AND WE RESUBMITTED FOR THE UTILITY DISTRICT AND FOR OUR CITY PERMITTING. AND ONCE APPROVED, WE WILL GO OUT TO BID AS SOON AS IT'S APPROVED. WE ANTICIPATE PROBABLY 3 TO 5 MONTHS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, WE HAVE PLAYGROUND OPTIONS THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT WE WANTED TO GET YOUR OPINION ON. SO WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS THAT THAT WE'RE

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SO YOU WON'T SEE SPLASH PADS TODAY. BUT THAT WAS THE, THE LAYOUT THAT WE WANTED TO GO WITH. AND THAT ALLOWS PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN TO SIT IN THE SHADE, BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE ALL OF THEIR KIDS SURROUNDING ON ANY SIDE, AND IT PROVIDES SHADE WITHOUT TAKING OVER THE PAVILION THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT, BECAUSE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP PEOPLE SHADED AND COOL WHILE ALSO STILL GENERATING REVENUE FROM THE RENTAL OF THE PAVILION. SO HERE'S JUST A COUPLE VIEWS OF THIS. ONE. YOU DO HAVE EMBANKMENT SLIDES, SO CREATING A HILL TO, TO ADD SOME LITTLE LITTLE TEXTURE SWINGS. YOU HAVE A LARGE 5 TO 12 STRUCTURE IN THE BACK AND YOUR 2 TO 5 STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT, A LITTLE MORE HEIGHT SHOWING YOU WE'RE GOING FOR BRIGHT COLORS. SOMEONE LET ME PICK OUT THE COLOR THEME. SO. THIS IS THE THE TODDLER ZONE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT'S GOT A LOT MORE KIND OF IMAGINATIVE PLAY BALANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. A COUPLE OF TABLES THAT THAT WORK AS SEATING, BUT ALSO AS PLAY ELEMENTS. AND THIS IS YOUR AERIAL VIEW OF THIS STRUCTURE HERE. SO OUR SECOND OPTION, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLAY WORLD PLAYGROUND. THEY WENT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FOLLOWED OUR GUIDANCE ON HOW WE WANTED TO SEE IT LAID OUT. SO YOU HAVE FULLY SHADED TODDLER ZONE IN THE CENTER AND THEN YOUR LARGER STRUCTURES SURROUNDING IT. SO THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE TOP OF THE THE EMBANKMENT SLIDES OF THE HILL OVERLOOKING. YOU HAVE SWINGS IN THIS ONE AS WELL. AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THIS. SO YOU'D WALK OUT. THIS IS KIND OF FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND LOOKING IN LARGE STRUCTURE PLAY UNDERNEATH. AND THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT AS WELL. AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE MORE OF THIS ONE. YEAH. AGAIN, BRIGHT COLORS. YOU GUYS CAN TELL THAT I LIKE THE COLORS. SEVERAL SLIDES WITH THIS ONE. AND THEN THIS IS A CLOSER UP VERSION OF THEIR TODDLER ZONE. SO A COUPLE PANELS TO PLAY IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN OUR THIRD OPTION. SO THIS IS A GAME TIME STRUCTURE. AGAIN, STILL WITH THE THE SIMILAR LAYOUT AGAIN SWINGS. WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SWINGS BECAUSE ONE TIME WE DIDN'T PUT SWINGS AND WE STILL HEAR ABOUT IT FIVE YEARS LATER. I DO GET A CALL AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR ABOUT THAT. SO THIS IS THE, THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF, OF THIS PLAYGROUND INSIDE OF IT. IT IS THE, THE WEBBING CLIMBERS AND THE ROPE CLIMBERS AND THE. IT'S LIKE BASICALLY MADE OUT OF TIRE.

THE, THE PANELS. SO IT'S SOFT, IT'S CUSHIONY. IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL ABILITIES TYPE OF MATERIAL. THIS IS THEIR TODDLER ZONE. AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY SHOOTING FOR THAT YOUNGER AGE GROUP HERE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE MISSING WITHIN OUR, OUR PARK SYSTEM. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING FOR KIDS UNDER THREE. AND THEN THIS IS THE 2 TO 5 SECTION HERE.

MORE OF THE COLOR PANELS SWINGS AND THEY DO NOT HAVE AN AERIAL. OKAY, PERFECT. SO ANY FEEDBACK ON PLAYGROUNDS? SO THE ONE THING I NOTICED ON SOME OF THEM, THEY HAD A FENCE AROUND THEM.

THEY DID. YES. IS THAT WHAT YOU ALL ARE WANTING TO DO? WE WOULD LIKE TO DEPENDING ON BUDGET. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED WITHIN THE PLAY FEATURES THEMSELVES. THE ACTUAL STRUCTURES WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, MEANING ALL ABILITIES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL. THE ONE CAVEAT OF BEING FULLY INCLUSIVE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYWHERE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM IS FENCING. SO FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS. ONE OF THE STANDARDS IS TO HAVE PERIMETER FENCING AND YOU WILL ALSO HAVE GATES. YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS, BUT YOU GET RUNNERS.

IT'S A SAFETY MEASURE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. I'M LIKE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

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THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST THE PLAYGROUND AND YOU HAVE TO FIND THE GATE TO GET TO THE SPLASH PAD OR FIND THE GATE TO GET TO THE RESTROOM. WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE KIND OF THE FULL, FULL AREA. THE OTHER STRUCTURE HAS IT ONLY AROUND THE TODDLER ZONE. PARTIALLY. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY PROPOSED THIS IS IF YOU HAVE A 5 TO 12 PLAYGROUND ON ONE SIDE AND A SPLASH PAD ON THE OTHER WITH TODDLERS IN THE MIDDLE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? YES, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN STRAIGHT THROUGH IT. AND SO IT'S EITHER FENCING OR STRATEGIC DESIGN OF PLACEMENT.

AND SO THIS WAS THE OPTION THAT THEY PRESENTED. AND WITH FENCING, IF YOU'RE DOING A ALL INCLUSIVE, IS THAT A STANDARD FOR YOU TO GET SOME KIND OF CREDIBILITY OR IT'S A, I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF. YEAH. SO DANI PROBABLY KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FENCING IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A PLAYGROUND TO BE ACCESSIBLE. IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED FULLY INCLUSIVE.

THAT'S THE WORD. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. OKAY. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. YES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK? WHAT ARE THE HOURS FOR OUR PARKS? 6 A.M. TO 11 P.M. OKAY. DO WE HAVE LIGHTING? WE DO NOT. TYPICALLY PLAYGROUNDS AND FEATURES WITHOUT LIGHTS. BASKETBALL COURTS, VOLLEYBALL COURTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. DAWN TO DUSK. OKAY. SO SO AN OPTION ONE ONLY. THIS IS THE ONLY AREA THAT SPINS. IT IS IT IS. AND THERE ARE SOME THERE'S FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SPECIFY WE WANT THIS. WE JUST KIND OF THEY KNOW STANDARDS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE THERE. SCALED ALL THE WAY UP SCALED ALL THE WAY BACK. THAT'S AN ELEMENT THAT WE'LL PLAY WITH WITH BUDGET AS ONCE WE KNOW THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS PRICE TAG. YEAH, THEIR PARKING ACCOMMODATING. YES. SO THE PARK WILL HAVE THE FULL PARKING. CURRENTLY IT HAS 500, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 540 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 540 SPOTS AND RESTROOM ACCESS. YES. SO, SO THERE'S ONE THAT SHOWS AND I ACTUALLY BOUGHT, I ASKED THEM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THEY SENT ME THE SITE PLAN. SO I ACTUALLY PRINTED OUT A FULL SIZE SHEET THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRE PARK WITH ALL FACILITIES. AND IT'S REAL NICE. I MEAN, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT SEEING IT.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE. I MEAN, ANYBODY CAN HAVE IT TAKE WHATEVER. BUT I MEAN IT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES FROM CRICKET FIELDS, PICKLEBALL, WHERE THE THE ACTUAL PLAYING BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE. IT'S NICE. IT'S NICE PARKING THE WHOLE LAYOUT, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL. YES. SO THIS THE STRUCTURE ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS IMAGE HERE WILL BE A PAVILION WITH RESTROOM. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. THIS IS THE PLAYGROUND COMPANY'S VERSION, NOT THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS VERSION. BUT THERE WILL BE A STANDARD PICNIC TABLES, WATER FOUNTAIN, RESTROOMS, ALL OF THAT RIGHT THERE NEXT TO IT.

AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY RESTROOM IN PAVILION IN THE PARK. IT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. THE FAMILY ZONE PAVILION ITEMS CONSTRUCTED ARE METAL AND PLASTIC. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY. THE FACILITY, THE VARIOUS SLIDES, ETC. CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE HEAT IN TEXAS? YES, ALWAYS. SO FOR THE MOST PART, ALL PLAYGROUNDS ARE GOING TO BE YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT BEAMS, YOUR POSTS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING TO BE METAL ALONG WITH PLASTIC AND OTHER NINE, 99% PLASTIC ON EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOLD THE, THE PLAYGROUND DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS IS WE WANT AS MUCH SHADE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS ONE, THEY, THEY PUT THE SHADE SAIL OVER TOP OF MOST STRUCTURES AND THIS ONE SHOWS IT. SO YOU'VE GOT FULL TRIANGLE SHADE SAILS OVER THIS ONE, THE TODDLER ZONE. AND THEN THIS ONE DOES A GOOD JOB. LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND A PICTURE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS PURPLE. THE LIGHTER PURPLE. THEY USE TRIANGLE PANELS OFF OF VARIOUS SUPPORT POSTS. SO THIS, THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS FULLY IN THE SHADE. AND THEN THAT ORANGE SQUARE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE BACKSIDE FULLY COVERS THAT PLATFORM WHERE THE INTERACTIVE PANELS ARE. AND THE, THE TODDLER ZONE'S FULLY COVERED. SO THEY DID A PRETTY

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OKAY. THAT WORKS. SO THE LAST PROJECT I HAVE IS THE HUNTER'S GLEN JOGGING TRAIL. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE TRAILS PLAN. WITHIN THE BOND. WE WERE FUNDED $1 MILLION TO RENOVATE THIS TRAIL FROM DECOMPOSED GRANITE TO CONCRETE. SO EIGHT FOOT WIDE PATH ALREADY HAVE THE THE ACCESS EASEMENTS AND ALL OF THAT IN PLACE. WE ALSO RECEIVED A $1 MILLION GRANT FROM HJK FUNDED THROUGH THE THE THE FEDERAL SPEND DOWN. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH WITH HJK AND WITH METRO AND OUR CIP TEAM FOR THAT WHOLE PARTNERSHIP AND HOW THAT WORKS. BUT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER $2 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO ALSO FIX THE BRIDGE ON THAT SOUTH SIDE. SO THE VERY FAR THE STRAIGHT LINE ON THE ON THE SOUTH PORTION, THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THAT THAT BAYOU. IT'S CURRENTLY WOULD. OUR BERRIES TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB KEEPING IT ALIVE FOR WAY LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. BUT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AND SO WE HELD OUR DESIGN KICKOFF MEETING LAST WEEK, AND WE WILL BE MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S A PRETTY MUCH TURNKEY, RIGHT? FOLLOW THE DG PATH WITH CONCRETE. WE WILL BE DOING AN INTERNAL CITY DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL CONCRETE STANDARDS, BECAUSE OUR STAFF, ALONG WITH COUNTY, DO UTILIZE THIS TRAIL FOR FOR MAINTENANCE WITH VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WILL BE DOING THE CONCRETE TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THAT, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE PRICIER, BUT WE'RE OKAY. SO THAT TRAIL THAT IT USED TO THE HUNTER'S GLEN TRAIL WENT FROM, I'M GOING TO SAY 22, 34 ALL THE WAY TO WHEREVER IT GOES. NOW, IT'S OUT OF COMMISSION. AM I? OH, YEAH. IT'S JUST SO WELL AND THAT'S I WAS ASKED ABOUT IT. I'M LIKE, NO, NO, IT'S DONE. I SAID, NO, IT'S NO, IT'S NOT THERE. YEAH.

SO RIGHT NOW HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. THAT'S WHY IT SERVES SERVES AS THE TRAILHEAD. SO THE, THE TRAIL TYPICALLY WOULD START RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT BEHIND OUR BUILDING. HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK IS RIGHT BEHIND THAT. SO THERE IS. AND ACTUALLY FOR THAT SECTION, WHEN THERE'S NOT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT THERE, THERE IS SIDEWALK CONNECTION TO CONNECT YOU FROM THIS BUILDING TO HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK TO HOP ON THE TRAIL. AND EXCEPT FOR THAT, TEN FEET IN FRONT OF THE MUD BUILDING RIGHT BEFORE THE PARK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE. WELL, AND MY RESPONSE HAS BEEN TO EVERYONE IS THAT, LOOK, ONCE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE, YES, IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. YES.

IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THEY GOT THE WATER PLANT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. GOT THE BUILDING PLANT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, BUT IT'LL BE OPEN BACK UP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT LYING TO YOU. NO, YOU ARE NOT. IT'S COMING BACK. SO ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. IT'S THE DRIVER FOR CONVERTING FROM DECOMPOSED GRANITE TO CONCRETE. IS THAT THE VEHICULAR USE? IT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION MAINTENANCE REDUCTION AND ACCESSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO THE WASHOUT OF IT, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME FILLING DG HOLES, SPRAYING WEEDS ON DG. IT'S IT IS A A CONSTANT UPHILL BATTLE AND MORE SO THAN NORMAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, AT AT COMMUNITY PARK WITH THE LOOP TRAIL, WE CAN CONTROL THE, THE MOWING AND THE, THE CLIPPING SPRAY ONTO THE TRAIL, WHICH THEN CAUSES GROWTH WHEN YOU'VE GOT THAT MANY ENTITIES MOWING, TRACTOR MOWING ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT. AND SO IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GO SPRAY IT FOR WEEDS AND A WEEK LATER, SOMEBODY COMES AND TRACTOR MOWS AND JUST LEAVES IT ALL OVER.

WELL, WE CAN'T SPRAY AGAIN THAT SOON. AND SO NOW IT. YEAH. AND THEN ACCESSIBILITY, RIGHT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND THE PATH IS IMPASSABLE. AND SPACES FOR SOMEONE WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS. AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE THAT, THAT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE OR THAT LEISURE OR EXERCISE ALTERNATIVE, WE WANT TO MAKE

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THEY MAKE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE THE TRACK MATERIAL THAT IS IT IS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, IT'S SYNTHETIC AND IT'S MORE OF A NATURAL FEEL, BUT IT STILL WORKS WITH ALL OF YOUR DRAINAGE.

AND SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT FOR SOME OF OUR LONGER END PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN NATURE PARKS LIKE BUFFALO RUN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT CONCRETE EVERYWHERE. BUT FOR THIS ONE, THIS TRAIL IT, WHILE IT IS USED FOR EXERCISE, IT'S MORE OF A, A POINT A TO POINT B, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TYING HCC, THIS BUILDING, THE LIBRARY, TWO HIGH SCHOOLS ALMOST AND MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO ONE, THE FONDREN PARK BUS STOP. SO PEOPLE WITHOUT VEHICLES, THEY LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, AT LEAST IN THIS AREA, ARE ABLE TO USE THAT TRAIL AND GET TO THE METRO BUS STOP, WHICH IS ON HOUSTON'S METRO ROUTE, TO GET THEM TO WORK, TO SCHOOL, TO PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO BE. SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION THAN LEISURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL DONE. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. STILL DANIEL. NO NO NO NO. YEAH. I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE LET DONNY

[6. ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION]

SO IT'S IT'S A AWARENESS AND A SUPPORT ITEM. IT IS NOT A FUNDED FUNDING ITEM. IT IS NOT A POLITICAL ITEM. SO SOMETIMES ASKING YOU GUYS TO ASK THINGS TO COUNCIL SOUNDS A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING, BUT WE REALLY JUST WANT TO KEEP ON THIS, ON THIS PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.

ADAM'S BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO INCLUDE WITH OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE COMP PLAN. WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR HISTORICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN AS WELL, SO THAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT OUR PARK, WE ARE SAYING THAT OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF THIS HISTORIC SITE OR THIS HISTORIC LOCATION. IF EVEN IF IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED AS A HISTORIC SITE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OVER TIME.

QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. HOW TO WORD IT, BUT I'LL MOVE IT. LET ME HELP US OUT. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE MAY AS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. SO

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[7. STAFF REPORTS]

THEN WE'VE GOT A CENTRAL CREW. ROB WAGNER IS THE CREW LEADER AND JACOB BURNS AND GABRIEL VALDES ARE HIS TECHNICIANS. SOUTH CREW IS JOHN COLBY'S CREW LEADER, BACKED UP BY GAVIN GROVES. AND WE'VE GOT A VACANT POSITION WE'RE TRYING TO FILL RIGHT NOW FOR HIM. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE HUNTER'S GLEN MEDIAN CREW, WHICH IS THE LARGEST BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MOWING. THEY DO CREW LEADERS ERNEST PEREZ WITH FRANKIE VILLARREAL, AARON NUNEZ AND MIKE BRUCE AND OUR SENIOR TECHS ARE LEWIS WARREN, RICO JOHNSON AND SERGIO FINN. AND THE TECHNICIANS DO LARGER PROJECTS AND WEED CONTROL AND INSECT CONTROL. BUT THE NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THEIR PARKS, BATHROOMS, LITTER, TRASH REPAIRS. SO THOSE ARE THEIRS. AND THEY'RE DEVELOPING A SPECIAL PRIDE IN MAKING THEM THEIR PARKS INSTEAD OF GETTING BORED GOING TO 24 AND NOT HAVING ANY IDEA. NO PRIDE OVER THEM NECESSARILY. SO IT'S WORKING OUT SO FAR, AND I THINK IT'LL JUST GET BETTER IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE'LL START WITH THE HUNTERS GLEN MEDIANS. THOSE ARE A NIGHTMARE. SOMETIMES THERE'S 22 SECTIONS OF THEM AND WE NEED TO TRY AND FINISH THEM IN A WEEK, GET SOME RAIN, GET A SPECIAL EVENT AND WE GET BEHIND. SO THEY'RE STARTING TO KICK INTO HIGH GEAR. WITH THE GROWING SEASON COMING UP. AND THE NORTH CREW, THEY'VE GOT HUNTER'S TRAIL PARK, QUAIL GREEN, WEST BUFFALO RUN, MCLEAN, CAMPBELL, BICENTENNIAL AND HUNTER'S GLEN. AND I GAVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY DO THERE. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT FOR UPDATES, THEY HELPED CLEAN UP THE FORMER COMMUNITY GARDEN WHEN IT WAS ABANDONED. WHAT WAS THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO? YEAH. AND WE REPLACED ALL THE RIMS AND NETS. ON THE BASKETBALL GOALS AT HUNTER'S GLEN AND QUAIL GREEN WEST BASKETBALL COURTS, IMPROVING APPEARANCE AND PLAYABILITY, AND THEIR TRASH AND CLEANUP DUTIES ARE GOING TO GET PRETTY HEAVIER. SINCE WE'RE RAMPING INTO THE SPRING AND SUMMER SEASON, WHERE THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I WAS THROWN OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, SO NO ONE IS HOSTING OR NOT AT THIS TIME. THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY INTEREST? AND I'M SORRY, I JUST POPPED UP AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE USED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS GROUPS WERE INTERESTED IN THERE. WELL, I KNOW MISSOURI CITY GREEN LOOKED INTO IT, BUT THERE'S NO IRRIGATION THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO THERE WAS, BUT WE TORE HALF OF IT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST DEMOLISHED. THAT WAS PART OF IT. SO IT CAN GO BACK IN TO TRY TO HAVE A GARDEN. WE'VE GOT AN ACCESS POINT AT A QUICK CONNECT SO IT CAN BE REESTABLISHED. SO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD. WAS WAS ABANDONED. THEY THEY HADN'T UPKEPT ANY OF THE AREA. AND THEN WHEN WE APPROACHED THEM ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF THAT CONTRACT, THEY BASICALLY DECIDED THAT THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO BE THERE. SO IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THAT SPACE, WHILE WE DO LOOK FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP, PARKS CREW, FORESTRY CREW WENT IN, MADE IT SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN MADE IT JUST GENERALLY CLEANER AND AND MORE APPROPRIATE. WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE WIDE SCHOOL WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND BE ABLE TO FIND A

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YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE STREET, WHETHER IT HAS A CURB OR NOT. WE CAN PARKS. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT A STAFFING COVERAGE FOR LONGER COVERAGE, WHETHER IT BE ONE PERSON ON A LONGER DAY OR TWO PEOPLE STAGGERED COVERAGE, SOMETHING TO PROVIDE BETTER CLEANLINESS AND RESPONSE TO ISSUES FOR OUR RENTALS AND OTHER USES. AND WE'RE COMING OUT OR STARTING TO DO THE CARTOGRAPHY WORK ORDER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IT SHOULD REALLY IMPROVE THINGS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS AUTOMATED. ONCE YOU DO THE SETUP, THE NEEDS GO TO THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ACT. THEY'LL BE CARRYING AN IPAD AND IT'LL APPEAR WHEN THEY LOG IN EVERY MORNING, AND THEN I'LL GET A RECORD OF IT WHEN THEY COMPLETE IT, AND SOMETIMES A PICTURE TO GO ALONG WITH IT TO MAKE SURE. SO IT SHOULD BE FUN IMPLEMENTING IT. AND WE'VE GOT A NEW TRASH CAN DESIGN COMING IN AT BICENTENNIAL PARK THAT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN THOSE OLD GREEN ONES WITH THE WOODEN POSTS. IT'S GOT METAL POSTS AND THE TRASH CAN ITSELF IS METAL, BUT IT HAS THE COATING LIKE OUR PICNIC TABLES, SO IT SHOULD LAST A HECK OF A LOT LONGER.

AND THE OVERALL COST IS NOT NOT THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TRASH CANS WE HAVE NOW. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD SEEING YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]

BARRY GOT MORE HAIR, AND I CUT LESS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.

AND I HOPE THAT AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU GUYS PREPARE FOR THIS WONDERFUL EASTER WEEKEND.

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO UPDATE EACH OF YOU ON. FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR WONDERFUL PARKS BOARD. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE SPECIFIC VOLUNTEERS TO BE OUR JUDGES FOR OUR APRIL 11TH CHALK FEST PARKING LOT PICASSO COMPETITION. SO THIS IS OUR YOUTH COMPETITION. NOT TO BRAG, BUT TWO YEARS AGO, MY DAUGHTER WON IT THERE. THERE WAS NO GREASING OF PALMS. THAT HAPPENED AT ALL. ANYWAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE OF YOU GUYS TO BE WILLING TO COME OUT ON THE 11TH. MEET WITH ALISON AT ABOUT 430, REVIEW THE

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ALL RIGHT. JUST LET ME KNOW THOSE THOSE THREE NAMES AND I'LL BE GOOD. I'LL GET THEM TO YOU. YOU KNOW, PAM AND I WILL BE AT TRASH OFF THAT MORNING, BUT WE'LL BE THERE THAT AFTERNOON, OKAY? YEAH. PERFECT. I GAVE YOU THREE NAMES. APPRECIATE IT. LANCE. THANK YOU ALL. AND, I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT COMING TO JUDGE AFTER TRASH OFF AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE. I'LL ACTUALLY BE A REALLY FUN DAY. SO, I MEAN, IT ALWAYS IS. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS OUT THERE. WE HAVE OUR FOOD TRUCKS. THIS YEAR. WE'VE WE'VE INCREASED A COUPLE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE A COLOR RUN IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR DUCKY DROP, WHICH IS FOR KIDS. IF YOU KNOW ANY KIDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO WIN A BICYCLE OR MAYBE A FAMILY PASS TO THE REC CENTER OR A FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL, THE DUCKY DROP IS THE PLACE TO BE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN EASTER EGG HUNT, EXCEPT FOR. THE DUCKS ARE DROPPED FROM THE THE FIRE TRUCK, AND THEN EACH DIFFERENT AGE GROUP OF KIDS GOES RUNS INTO THE TENNIS COURT, IS ABLE TO CHOOSE A DUCK, AND THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM OF IT. AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT DUCK BACK TO THE TABLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRIZE IS. SO WONDERFUL ACTIVITY, SPRING ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS, OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY A LITTLE GAMES, BUT ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF CHALK FEST. SO DEFINITELY LOOKING AT SOME NEW EVENTS THERE, BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS. WHERE IS THIS GOING TO BE? THIS WILL BE AT THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER. OKAY. YEAH. NEXT THING UP, JUST THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE REALLY JUST INFORMATIVE. JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AS LONG RANGE ITEMS. SO WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SOCCER FIVE, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A LAND LEASE AT ROWAN PARK. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT NORTH END SECTION OF ROWAN PARK CLOSEST TO TEXAS PARKWAY. THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENTER INTO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THIS ORGANIZATION TO COME IN, INVEST ABOUT $1.3 MILLION INTO THE PARK AND CREATE TURF SOCCER FIELDS OR TURF FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FIELDS. SO SMALL SIDED SOCCER, BASICALLY, THAT WILL BE FULLY FENCED AND RUN THROUGH CAMPS, PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AND WOULD ALSO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING AS WELL, WHICH WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE FOR SENIOR PROGRAM AND ADAPTIVE PROGRAMING. SO WE WOULDN'T LOSE THAT SPACE AS A PUBLIC SPOT, BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A COMMERCIAL ENTITY THAT WILL BE MANAGING THIS. SO IT WOULD BE WE'RE LOOKING AT A TEN YEAR LEASE IN THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE AS A PART OF THAT, THAT PARTNERSHIP, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE REVENUE, A REVENUE SHARE FROM THIS ORGANIZATION. AND SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS. THEY WOULD MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO THAT AREA, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE USE OF ROWAN PARK AND THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH TEXAS PARKWAY. THE NEXT ONE IS JUST FOR IN GENERAL, RIGHT 250TH ANNIVERSARY, ALSO THE SAME DAY AS FIFA WORLD CUP.

BUT OUR OUR DEPARTMENT'S WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT. BUT UP THE ANTE AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SHRINK THE TIME THAT THE EVENT IS HELD. WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM 6:00 TO 9:00. SO JUST A THREE HOUR STINT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT VERY IMPACTFUL. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THAT EVENING WITH A DRONE SHOW AND FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. AND YES, THAT'S THE EXCITEMENT I WANT TO HEAR RIGHT

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WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER DISCUSSIONS, BUT BOTH OF THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE 90S RETRO THROWBACK GROUPS, BUT A LOT OF FUN, HIGH ENERGY. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE EVENT A, A JAM PACKED THREE HOURS THAT THE, THE CITY WILL BE PROUD OF AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON CELEBRATING THAT 250TH ANNIVERSARY. AND IT'S ON A SATURDAY THIS YEAR. IT IS ON A SATURDAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN ANOTHER THING JUST I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT WINTER ANYMORE, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT IS CITY COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED US SOME FUNDING TO STEP UP OUR GAME.

WHEN IT COMES TO DECORATIONS FOR SNOW FEST, CITY HALL AND FOR OUR MONUMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE GONE OUT TO FOUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE US WITH DESIGNS AND WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECORATIONS FOR THESE FACILITIES. WE PLAN ON ACCEPTING A A VENDOR HERE THIS MONTH IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW THAT VENDOR TO PREPARE FOR A NOVEMBER INSTALLATION THAT ALSO ALLOWS US, AS A DEPARTMENT, TO BEGIN WORKING WITH AN ELECTRICIAN OR ELECTRICAL COMPANY TO EVALUATE THE DESIGN AND MAKE SURE THAT ELECTRICAL IS IN ALL THE PLACES THAT WE SPECIFICALLY NEED IT, AND WILL MEET THE LOAD LEVELS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. SO PRETTY. IT'S A PRETTY HEALTHY PROJECT. THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US FOR THAT WHOLE ENTIRE THING IS $300,000 FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THIS WOULD BE A THREE YEAR PROJECT. ONCE WE LOOK AT YEAR ONE, WE'LL THEN HAVE TO BUDGET FOR YEARS TWO AND THREE AS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG BEFORE YOU LEAVE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WHY AND I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY, NONE OF Y'ALL WERE PROBABLY BORN ON TEXAS PARKWAY FOR CHRISTMAS. WE USED TO PUT UP ON THE ON THE LIGHT POLES, LITTLE ORNAMENTATION. I KNOW THAT I KNOW THEY CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF ALL KINDS OF STUFF CENTERPOINT, BLAH BLAH BLAH. BUT HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING WAYFINDING TYPE KIND OF MARKINGS ALONG 2234 FOR NOT ONLY JUST CHRISTMAS, BUT JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, BUT ALSO FOR OTHER EVENTS? I'VE SEEN THEM IN OTHER PLACES. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THAT WE MAY WANT TO JUST CONSIDER. WELL, I KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL IS AND UPPER LEVEL STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE LOOKING AT TEXAS PARKWAY WITH A VERY FINE TOOTH COMB AND AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH WITH PLANS FOR IMPROVING IT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY A STRONG PUSH FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE PLANS. AND WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING AND THINKING AND JUST SUGGESTING OR THROWING OUT. AND I'VE SEEN THEM IN OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND I SAY WAYFINDING, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FOR A DIFFERENT HOLIDAY SEASONS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY HAVE THE LITTLE BANNERS AND IT JUST SNOWFLAKES THAT POP OUT. AND YES. YEAH. EVEN IF IT'S IN THE AREA OF FROM BUFFALO RUN DOWN TO. NO NAMED CARTWRIGHT. I'M GOING TO KEEP IT IN, KEEP THE MONEY IN RIGHT THERE BY LEXINGTON. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST, JUST TRYING TO THINK SINCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DECORATE CITY HALL AREA THAT'S STILL ALL WITHIN THAT CITY HALL AREA.

JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. RIGHT NOW OUR FOCUS IS ON ALL OF THE MAIN ENTRYWAYS OF THE CITY. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE GESSNER, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HIGHWAY 90 ENTRANCE. IF YOU SEE LIKE THIS DESIGN RIGHT HERE THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT EACH ONE OF THOSE SPOTS. SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS. CITY HALL AND THOSE ENTRANCES FOR THIS FIRST INSTALLMENT. GOTCHA. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU BET. AND THEN FOR SUMMER, I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO JUST INFORM EACH OF YOU THAT OUR RECREATION

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AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STAFF ACTUALLY RECEIVE THIS AWARD IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE EFFORT THAT NICOLE PUTS IN, WHETHER IT BE JUST THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT ARE GOING TO IT, BUT ALSO THE HEART THAT SHE PUTS INTO US. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT AWARD AND WELL DESERVED FOR HER EFFORTS.

SHE'LL ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE AWARD ON APRIL 27TH AT A GALA OUT AT WHAT IS IT, SAFARI. YEP.

AND SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING WITH STAFF THAT EVENT TO CELEBRATE NICOLE'S AWARD AND TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SOME SUPPORT AND APPLAUSE WHILE SHE RECEIVES THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'LL BE PURCHASING TICKETS TO THAT EVENT BEFORE THE 10TH OF THIS MONTH. SO WE'VE GOT A FEW DAYS, BUT BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A TICKET AND BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND CELEBRATE NICOLE AND THE EFFORTS THAT SHE DOES. I'M GOING TO GO, BUT I DON'T NEED YOU TO GET A TICKET. BUT I'M GOING TO BE THERE. DONE. GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THE ADVENT OF SUMMER COMING. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR POOLS? MEADOW CREEK WAS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU. WE WERE DOING ANYTHING WITH QUAIL VALLEY, WITH THEIR POOLS, FOR SOME REASON NOT BEING UTILIZED AT ALL THAT I KNOW OF. WE'RE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH ANYBODY IN QUAIL VALLEY. WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE MEADOW CREEK POOL TO PROVIDE SWIMMING FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP, AND WE'RE DOING SOME LESSONS WITH THEM AS WELL RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT LOCKED IN, AND THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT,

[9. BOARD REPORTS]

[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]

I DON'T LIKE SPECIAL SPECIALIST QUEEN. QUEEN YES WILL ACTUALLY BE GIVING US SOME TRAINING, SO WE'LL BE MAKING SURE TO ADD THAT IT'LL BE ETHICS TRAINING. SO WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR AGENDA FOR FOR NEXT MONTH. OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TRAIN US IN DANCING LINE DANCING BUDDY. ARE YOU READY? OKAY, GOOD. I KNOW IT'S ON THE GROUND. ON THE GROUND. IT'LL BE FULLY ETHICS.

IT'LL ALL BE ABOUT ETHICS. YEP. WE'LL ALL SHOW UP FOR THAT. GOOD. ALSO TO AGAIN, I HAVE THIS OVERALL THE BIG PICTURE FOR DEMO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND IT'LL BE HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER AND SAFE TRAVELS. IF YOU'RE GOING OUT AND WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.