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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO OUR NEXT MEETING. AND SO IN THAT NEXT MEETING, MAYBE IN AUGUST, BECAUSE GENERALLY IN JULY. YEAH, WE DO NOT WE DON'T MEET BECAUSE STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. SO WE'LL WORD IT IF WE NEED TO MEET IN JULY. BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES ACTION, WE OBVIOUSLY DO MEET. WE FIGURE IT OUT. BUT SO WHAT I WOULD MAKE IS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM FIVE A TO THE NEXT WHENEVER THAT NEXT IS AVAILABLE. PARKS BOARD MEETING. I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION ON THAT PART. I SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND WHAT PARK IS THAT IN? THAT WILL BE AT COMMUNITY PARK. AND SO THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THE PAVILION THAT OVERLOOKS THE LAKE. OKAY. NEAR THE AMPHITHEATER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. BE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2026 PARKS DESIGN STANDARDS. MISS STEWART.
ALL RIGHT. HELLO AGAIN. SO THIS IS OUR PARKS DESIGN STANDARDS. THIS WAS INITIALLY APPROVED IN 2023. IT IS ON A THREE YEAR REVIEW CYCLE. AND SO THIS WAS INITIALLY APPROVED BY THIS BOARD. AND I SENT OUT THE UPDATE KIND OF THE THE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S VERY LONG. AND SO I WANTED YOU TO HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AHEAD OF TIME. I DO HAVE A PAPER COPY IF ANYONE NEEDED IT, BUT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE AGENDA PACKET BECAUSE WE LIKE TREES. SO IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, JUST LET ME KNOW. I CAN BRING YOU THE THE PACKET THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE. BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS OUR, OUR MANUAL THAT GUIDES WHAT GOES INTO PARKS, WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES, HOW MANY AMENITIES, HOW WE PLAN FOR A PARK SITE, THE CIRCULATION METHODS, THE VEGETATION, THE STANDARDS THAT GO IN SO THAT OUR PARKS HAVE THAT. CONTINUOUS LOOK REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU GO. THE PARK SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR GUESTS TO SEE OUR PARKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS MISSOURI CITY STANDARD. THAT IS MISSOURI. MISSOURI CITY'S ESTHETIC. AND SO IT INITIALLY WAS JUST THE PARK DESIGN STANDARDS. IT WAS JUST THE TECHNICAL HANDBOOK. AND IT REALLY DUG A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND OUR PREFERENCES WITH CONSTRUCTION METHODS. WITH THIS UPDATE IN THE 2026 CYCLE, WE HAVE PULLED A LOT OF THAT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT AND THEN IN THE VERY BEGINNING, WE REFERENCE ALL OF THE FEDERAL, STATE, CITY, COUNTY CODES THAT THOSE COME FIRST. SO MISSOURI CITY HAS NOT NOT ONLY THE CITY, STATE, COUNTY, FEDERAL CODES, WE ALSO HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE A LOT OF YOUR CONCRETE, YOUR CONNECTION POINTS, LIKE SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY PARK SPECIFIC. IT'S, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OVERALL.
AND SO WE REFERENCED THAT SO THAT WE DO NOT SUPERSEDE THAT. AND WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING THIS OUR, OUR TECHNICAL HANDBOOK. SO PARK SPECIFIC ITEMS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID THIS CYCLE IS WE ADDED, WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE HAD A, A POLICY REGARDING THE DESIGN AND THE
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS WE DO PARKS. SO THE ASPECTS OF PUBLIC INPUT, HOW WE, HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC, HOW WE ACQUIRE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE BASICALLY COMBINED THESE TWO DOCUMENTS BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE PROCESS. AND SO NOW WE HAVE A TWO PART DOCUMENT THAT IS OUR POLICY OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AHEAD OF A PROJECT, DURING A PROJECT, AND AFTER A PROJECT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL HANDBOOK, WHICH IS THE ELEMENTS THAT ACTUALLY GO INTO THE PARK. SO A COUPLE KEY HIGHLIGHTS I WANT TO FOCUS ON. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE WHAT'S NEW IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK. AS I WAS JUST MENTIONING, WE WE ADDED THAT FORMAL POLICY INSTRUMENT. THIS WAS AN ESTABLISHED POLICY. PREVIOUSLY, WE EXPANDED IT SIGNIFICANTLY AND ADDED IT TO THIS DOCUMENT. WE ALSO TOOK THE PARK CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE FIVE TIERS OF PARKS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, AND SO WE BROUGHT THAT IN SPECIAL USE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THERE'S NOT FIVE AND IT'S SPECIAL USE. SO WE BROUGHT THAT IN BECAUSE THE, THE, THE TIER OF PARK THAT IT IS, IS GOING TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF AMENITIES, THE TYPES OF AMENITIES, HOW, HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT IN DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT. AND SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE THAT STANDARD FOR THE SMALL POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PARK VERSUS THE TRAIL VERSUS THE LARGE REGIONAL PARK. AND THEN WE DO LEAVE SPACE IN THERE FOR THE VARIOUS SPECIAL USE TYPES OF PARKS. WE ALSO ADDED A RECOMMENDED AMENITY TABLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT COULD HAVE PROBABLY BENEFITED US WHEN WE DESIGNED TRUXAL. TRUXAL PARK WAS BUILT WITHOUT A RESTROOM AND IT IS VERY, VERY POPULAR AND WE GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHY DID WE NOT INCLUDE A RESTROOM? SO NOW WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED AMENITY TABLE. IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS TO DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND BIKE RACKS. AND BASICALLY, JUST AS YOU KIND OF SCALE UP IN SIZE OR IN PURPOSE OF THOSE PARKS, THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF EACH TYPE OF AMENITY THAT WE WILL ACCEPT. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY COVER YOUR SKATE PARKS, SPLASH PADS, SOME OF THESE LARGER AMENITIES THAT ARE VERY WE CAN'T, CANNOT REALISTICALLY PUT THAT IN EVERY PARK. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ITEMS THAT EVERY PARK IS GOING TO HAVE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GUIDE FOR STAFF TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE TO PLAN FOR, AND THEN DESIGN BEST PRACTICES SECTION. AS WE WERE DOING RESEARCH ON SOME OTHER CITIES, WE. WE FOUND SOME CITIES THAT HAVE THIS SECTION THAT'S GOING TO. OVERVIEW OF YOUR CIRCULATION PATTERNS, YOUR.WHERE THE PROPER SITTING IS FOR THINGS, KEEPING THINGS AWAY FROM PRIMARY THOROUGHFARES. IF YOU DO HAVE A PLAYGROUND NEXT TO A PRIMARY THOROUGHFARE, WHAT IS REQUIRED UTILIZING NATURAL BUFFERS FOR SOUND MITIGATION? YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A PICKLEBALL COURT RIGHT NEXT TO A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY. DESPITE HOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE POPULAR, THE SOUND WILL DRIVE THEM CRAZY. AND SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPLES THAT THAT WE WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER AS A GROUP, WE THINK ABOUT. BUT WE WANTED THEM ALL ON PAPER SO THAT ANYONE AFTER US WILL HAVE THAT GUIDE AS WELL. FOR SITE PLANNING AND CIRCULATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS ARE LACKING OVERALL. TYPICALLY, YOU WANT ACCESSIBLE ACCESS TO ALL OF YOUR PRIMARY AMENITIES, AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT EVEN IN OUR CURRENT PARKS.
WE'VE STARTED DOING THAT WITH FREEDOM TREE WITH TROXELL PARKS WILL HAVE IT. WE BUILT A FEW TRAILS WITHIN COMMUNITY PARK TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, A LOT OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, YOU WALK THROUGH GRASS TO GET TO THEM. THERE'S NOT THAT EITHER GRANITE, DECOMPOSED GRANITE OR CONCRETE PATH TO GET THERE. SO WE ADDED SOME OF THAT IN HERE. WE ALSO ADDED. THE SITE, THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION, HOW WE LAY THINGS OUT, WHERE THE SUN IS FOR COMPETITIVE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS, SOME SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS LIKE THAT, ACCESSIBILITY AND CRIME PREVENTION WERE BIG ONES IN THIS. WE EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY ON THIS. THINGS LIKE LINE OF SIGHT. CAN A PARENT REALLY SEE THEIR CHILD ON THE PLAYGROUND IF THEY'VE RENTED A PAVILION FOR THE BIRTHDAY PARTY? CAN A POLICE OFFICER DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? TO KNOW IF THERE ARE SHENANIGANS HAPPENING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED THREE SEPARATE PATH WALKING TRAILS, PARK
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PATHWAYS SYSTEMS. AND SO OUR PRIMARY PATHS AT THIS POINT ARE GOING TO BE TEN FOOT WIDE. SO THESE ARE THE MULTI-USE BETWEEN HIGH USE ACTIVITIES OR DESIGNATED AS TRANSPORTATION.AND THEN KIND OF MOVING IT DOWNWARD. WE GO FROM SIX FEET AND THEN TO FIVE FOOT. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALIZED IS WE NEED A LOT OF SPACE BETWEEN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LITTLE LEAGUE ORGANIZATION AT COMMUNITY PARK A LOT, AND THEY'RE KIND OF CRAMMED IN THERE. ONCE YOU ADD BLEACHERS, ONCE YOU ADD EVERYTHING ELSE, THE DUGOUTS, THERE'S NOT A TON OF ROOM FOR PARENTS, AND YOU GET THOSE GAME CHANGEOVERS. IT GETS REALLY CROWDED. SO WE DID A 12 FOOT MINIMUM THERE. AND THEN OUR SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, WE DEFINITELY INCREASED THOSE SIGNIFICANTLY, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, TRYING TO FOCUS ON NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS, AND THEN FOCUSING ON IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. SO WE INTRODUCED IMPERVIOUS PAVERS AND IMPERVIOUS TRAILS AS AN OPTION, ESPECIALLY IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS. FENCING IS ALL NEW, IS BRAND NEW. SO RIGHT NOW AT BICENTENNIAL PARK, WE ARE INSTALLING NEW FENCING AS PART OF THE 2021 BOND PROJECT. I WON'T GO TOO MUCH FURTHER INTO DETAIL AND STEEL ADAMS THUNDER, BUT THAT FENCING IS CALLED CLEARVIEW. IT IS A A WELDED WIRE MESH THAT IS GENERALLY USED FOR SECURITY. A LOT OF AIRPORTS USE IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH IT. SO IT IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET THAT FENCED IN PARK LOOK. YOU STILL CAN SEE THE GRASS, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE PLAYGROUND, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT WILL BE OUR PREFERRED FENCING. WE ALSO HAVE A STEEL FRAMED HOG WIRE PANEL. SO THIS HAS A SIMILAR IT'S A A BUDGET FRIENDLY OPTION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT. YOU GET A STEEL TUBE FRAME AND THEN WE HAVE POST AND RAIL OR HIGH TENSION WHEN NECESSARY. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT POST AND RAIL. LOOK, IT'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK AS GREAT TREE PROTECTION. WE ACTUALLY JUST COPIED THIS OVER FROM PAUL'S URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN. HE HAS DEVELOPED THESE IN REALLY GOTTEN THEM DOWN TO THE WIRE.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO IN OUR STANDARD PRACTICE IS ALSO DONE AS WE'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT. SO COPIED THAT OVER RESTROOMS. WE EXPANDED SOME OF THE FREE PRE-FABRICATION. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO NOW TRANSITIONED TO MORE OF THE SINGLE STALL OR SINGLE USE OUTWARD FACING DOORS. SO THAT SO IT'S MIXED GENDER.
WE HAVE THIS AT RIDGEVIEW PARK. WE WILL BE DOING THIS AT AT STANGMORE PARK. IT INCREASES THE CAPACITY SIGNIFICANTLY. I MEAN, YOU THINK IF YOU HAVE A GIRLS SOFTBALL OR BOYS BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AND 95% OF THEM ARE ONE GENDER OR THE OTHER, NOW YOU SUDDENLY HAVE DOUBLE THE RESTROOMS. AND THOSE OUTWARD FACING DOORS ALSO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY THERE. AND THEN WHAT ELSE? IRRIGATION. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAVE COPIED OVER MOSTLY FROM FROM PAUL'S HANDBOOKS THAT HE HAS ALREADY CREATED. WE NOW REQUIRE A LICENSED IRRIGATOR STAMP ON ALL DESIGNS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ARCHITECT, AN ENGINEER, EVEN IF YOU'VE DONE IRRIGATION LAYOUTS BEFORE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CERTIFIED STAMP OF APPROVAL FROM A LICENSED IRRIGATOR. SPLASH PADS. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS WE HAVE ADDED A TEN FOOT WIDE, A MINIMUM OF A TEN FOOT WIDE ARTIFICIAL TURF BUFFER AROUND THE CONCRETE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN RIDGEVIEW RECENTLY. WE HAVE THE HARDEST TIME KEEPING GRASS AROUND THE CONCRETE PAD BECAUSE IT'S SO POPULAR. KIDS RUN OFF THERE DRIPPING WET. PARENTS SIT AND HAVE THEIR PICNIC. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP GRASS THERE. AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW FOR US TO KEEP THAT ESTHETIC, BUT ALSO REDUCE THE THE TRACKING OF MUD AND DIRT AND DEBRIS INTO THE FILTRATION SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE. IT'S PRETTY COMMON ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START DOING THAT. AND THEN PARK FURNISHINGS, WE REALLY JUST UPDATED A FEW ITEMS. THERE'S SOME NEW NEW ELEMENTS PARK TRASH CANS, SOME PICNIC TABLES, AND THEN ADDED LANDSCAPE BOULDERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOLLARDS. SO SIMILAR TO A MCNAUGHTON PARK. WE JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT IN THE LARGE BOULDERS. THAT'S A MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING LOOK FOR A PARK THAN A BOULDER OR THAN A THAN A BOLLARD, I APOLOGIZE. AMENITY STANDARDS. THIS IS JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE DIDN'T GO AS IN DEPTH ON EVERYTHING. THERE'S A LONGER LIST HERE, BUT REALLY JUST LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE AMENITIES FOR THE TYPE OF PARK THAT WE ARE DESIGNING. NOW, THIS DOESN'T
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MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THIS. THIS IS THE MINIMUM. SO IF WE ARE DOING A TRAILHEAD, WE STILL WANT TO HAVE PICNIC TABLES. ANY PARK OVER THREE ACRES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE RESTROOM STALL. BIKE RACKS WILL BE INCLUDED IN ALL PARK PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. IT'S KIND OF BEEN A MISSING FROM A LOT OF OUR PARKS AND SO ON. THIS IS JUST BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL. PEOPLE HERE. SO THIS IS NOT ALL OF BUT MOST OF THE GOVERNING STANDARDS THAT ARE LISTED AS BEING HIGHER THAN THIS TECHNICAL HANDBOOK. SO LIKE I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STEP ON THE TOES OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THIS STUFF BETTER THAN WE DO. I'M NOT TELLING YOU HOW DEEP CONCRETE SHOULD BE. I'M NOT TELLING YOU IF WE NEED IT TO BE REINFORCED STEEL OR NOT.THAT'S NOT MY EXPERTISE. MY EXPERTISE IS THE CIRCULATION BETWEEN AMENITIES, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A WELCOMING EXPERIENCE, MAKING SURE THAT THE AMENITIES FIT THE SITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST GOT A COUPLE. THESE STANDARDS, ARE THEY TO BE USED OBVIOUSLY IN THE PUBLIC, BUT WHAT ABOUT FOR PRIVATE PARKS? IS IT GOING TO BE MANDATED OR IS IT A SUGGESTION? IT CAN BE. IT CAN BE PROVIDED AS A BEST PRACTICE GUIDE. IT WILL NOT BE MANDATED FOR ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE DESIGN PACKAGE, HOW WILL THAT WORK? SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S A PARK PROJECT, PUBLIC PROJECT, HERE'S OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, USE IT RIGHT HERE AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY OTHER LEVEL OF APPROVAL. RIGHT NOW, THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE PREPARING, THIS IS JUST AN IN-HOUSE DOCUMENT THAT WE USE ON MISSOURI CITY STANDARDS THAT WE WANT ON ALL OF OUR PUBLIC PARKS. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND I DID GO THROUGH IT. IT'S EXCELLENT JOB. EXCELLENT UPGRADES. YES, SIR. I HAD A FEW COMMENTS. THANKS, DANIELLE. SO I DID SEND THESE COMMENTS AHEAD OF TIME. SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THEM JUST SO WE GET THEM IN THERE. I AGREE WITH DONNIE. THESE ARE ALL GOOD TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. SO JUST TAKING YOU KNOW, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSPORTATION, I GUESS THAT'S MY END GOAL. SO LOOKING AT THE THE TECHNICAL HANDBOOK, I THINK THE PARKING I THINK IT'S SECTION 2.1. WE TALK ABOUT PARKING IS SIZED AT PEAK DEMAND. BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME SOME ROOM THERE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RIGHTSIZE THINGS. I THINK IF, IF A, IF A FACILITY IS WELL CONNECTED, SIDEWALKS, TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, DO WE REALLY NEED, YOU KNOW, THIS MUCH PARKING? BECAUSE THEN WE'RE LEFT WITH THAT. WE SEE THAT. BIKE PARKING 2% MINIMUM. I THINK IT'S KIND OF LOW. I THINK SOME OF THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTED 5 TO 10%. AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE MISSOURI CITY IS WITH 2%. SO BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I AM SEEING A LOT MORE. I MEAN, WE HAVE BIKE LANES COMING THROUGH MY AREA, SO I AM SEEING THEM USED A LOT MORE. SO TRAILHEADS, THEY SHOW UP IN THE AMENITY TABLE. GOOD. BUT THE TECHNICAL SECTIONS DON'T REALLY SPELL OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT A GOOD TRAILHEAD SHOULD BE OR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT, BUT SOME WAYFINDING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF POINTING OUT HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE STREET NETWORK AND HOW ARE WE GETTING THE CARS KIND OF MAKING SURE CARS AREN'T ON THE TRAILS. SO SOME OF THOSE SAFETY FEATURES, BOLLARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SEPTET FRONTAGES. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SEPTET DESIGN STANDARDS, I THINK THEY WORK ON THE PLAYGROUNDS WITH THE SIGHTLINES, BUT ON THE ROADWAY FRONTAGES, IT'S ALL ABOUT BUFFERING AND FENCING. SO MAYBE SOME COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON SOME TRAFFIC CALMING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN THINGS COME IN FOR LIKE DESIGN REVIEW. AND THEN I ALSO LOOKED AT THE KIND OF SOME OF THE POLICY THINGS. SO WE TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY. IT GETS MENTIONED IN THE BEST PRACTICES, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE PREDESIGNED CHECKLIST. SO I THINK THE, THE URBAN FORESTRY HAS SOME COORDINATION LIKE THAT. SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THE PARKS COULD DO AS WELL. AND THEN ADA, I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS.
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I KNOW I SEE THIS AT TROXELL IT JUST SIDEWALK JUST KIND OF ENDS. SO IF YOU ARE COMING IN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S NO WAY FOR A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE I SAID, STOP AT THE PROPERTY LINE. PROPERTY LINE. IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO PARK AT THE CROSSWALK. AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, WALK, GO THROUGH THE GRASS. I ROLLED THROUGH THE GRASS THERE. SO I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS WHEN THINGS COME IN FOR DESIGN.AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AHEAD AT SOME, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGING SOME OF THE PARKS DESIGN TO, TO MATCH UP WITH SOME TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IF POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE. SO YOU KIND OF CAN HELP IF, IF THERE'S COORDINATION THERE IN THE DESIGN, I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE TO KIND OF LEVERAGE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE, ON THE ON THE RECORD THERE, I GUESS. YEAH. GOOD COMMENTS. RIGHT. ANY OTHER ADAM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE PARKING LOT, RIGHT SIZED DISCUSSION. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING THAT AT RIDGEVIEW PARK, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE BECAUSE WE HAD THIS. WE ADDED THE SPLASH PAD, THEN WE ADDED THE PLAYGROUND. AND AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE INCREASED, WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING. SO NOW WE HAD TO GO BACK IN AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL. MY BEST PRACTICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT, LIKE YOUR ELECTRICAL GRID, YOU BUILD IT FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF, OF USAGE RATHER THAN RATHER THAN WHAT YOU EXPECT. THE GENERAL USAGE IS GOING TO BE.
SO THAT'S TYPICALLY THE, THE DIRECTION THAT WE, WE GO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS. BUT I WANTED TO JUST GET A CLARIFICATION FROM YOU FROM, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE. IF YOU SEE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PATHWAYS, BIKING TRAILS, CONNECTIVITY TO HELP TO MINIMIZE THE, THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE COMING IN THERE.
BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR OTHER THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAD IN THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME EXAMPLES. I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF ANY ANY IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT I GUESS JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A PARK AND I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE IN MY AREA. I FEEL LIKE COMMUNITY PARK ACTUALLY MAY BE A LITTLE UNDER PARKED, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER OTHER THING. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS MORE CONNECTIVITY MAYBE FLOWING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MORE PORTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW YOU CAN KIND OF GET THROUGH PARKS EDGE THROUGH THERE, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, TRANSIT OR SOMETHING THAT FLOWED THROUGH THERE, I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY IS THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SIDEWALKS, OR IF WE CAN CONNECT MORE TRAILS TO FACILITIES OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER MEANS BESIDES GETTING IN THE CAR AND HAVING THE PARK, I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND SOME OPPORTUNITY TO SHRINK THE, THE AMOUNT OF SPACES NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CONNECTED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, TROXELL PARK, IT'S CONNECTED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN GET THERE. I MEAN, THE ADA IS A PROBLEM, BUT YOU CAN GET THERE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN TALK BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME EXAMPLES WHERE I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. WELL, I MEAN, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, LIKE IF, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS OR EVEN IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR WANDERINGS AT OTHER PARKS AND FACILITIES, TAKE A PICTURE, SEND THEM OUR WAY, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT. AND I DO THINK TOO, THERE IS KIND OF A MULTI FACETED, NOT MULTIFACETED.
THERE'S AN ACCIDENTAL OUTCOME FROM AN INTENTIONAL DECISION HERE. SO WE START PUTTING BIKE RACKS AT THE ENTRANCES OF PARKS AS PEOPLE DRIVE IN AND THEY'RE, OH MAN, I GOT TO FIND A PARKING SPOT, BUT THEY SEE A BIKE RACK AND THERE WAS A SIDEWALK ON THEIR WAY. ARE WE LEADING PEOPLE TO THAT OVER TIME BY HAVING YOUR YOUR WAYFINDING, HAVING BIKE RACKS, HAVING A REPAIR STATION, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVING THOSE, THOSE EXTRA AMENITIES THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR STANDARDS, WHERE IT'S ALMOST LEADING PEOPLE TO THE DECISION THAT WE WANT THEM TO GET TO IN A WAY, OR PROVIDING THAT ALTERNATIVE THAT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAD. SO IT'S ALMOST, OH, WE COULD BIKE HERE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE EVERY TIME,
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RIGHT? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU COULD COULD DO IT. I THINK IT'S BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GO FOR. SO YEAH. WELL I GUESS I'M GOING TO ADD ON TO PARKING BECAUSE I GUESS I'M REALLY ON THE OPPOSITE END OF, I THINK OF LIKE THE HUNTER'S GLEN PARK. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING, YOU KNOW, SO BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IS ONCE WE GET THAT TRAIL MASTER PLAN AND THE MORE IT COMES INTO PLAY, THEN THE MORE YOU WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR PARKING. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO NEED THEM BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE THE MASSIVE EVENTS AND THEY'RE ALL OUT IN THE STREETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I THINK YOU ALL ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO START BUILDING IT BECAUSE IF THERE'S IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS CAN ALWAYS GO TO THOSE PARKS, I MEAN, I THINK OF EVERY. AND HUNTERS GLEN, I MEAN, HUNTERS PARK, YOU'RE GOING TO WALK THERE AND, AND ONCE WE COME TO REALITY WITH THAT CONNECTIVITY, THEN THAT DOES HELP REDUCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON WITH REGARDS TO THE PARKING FROM WHAT I SEE AT EVENTS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE NOT EVEN LOOKING AT IT FROM A PARK USE, BUT LIKE WHAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR, FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING. WELL, YOU GOT TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF SPACE, THE SAME THING. SO I THINK YOU'RE STILL ON POINT WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW, REDUCING IS NOT THE WAY TO GO THOUGH THAT THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN UNINTENDED UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE PEOPLE PARK EVERYWHERE ELSE. SO BUT I THINK YOU OFFER SOME VERY VALID POINTS AND, AND NOT NECESSARILY REDUCING IT, BUT MORE SO TAILORED FIT TO THE AREA SO OR TO THE PARK. SO. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. FOR INSTANCE, I ALSO THINK HUNTERS GLEN IS UNDER PARKED. BUT BUT YEAH, THAT WAS AN EASY ONE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING LIKE THAT PARK SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE CONTEXT SENSITIVE. SO YEAH, I YEAH, THAT'S JUST AND ALSO OVERALL REDUCTION. BUT YEAH, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL, YOU ALSO LOOK AT JUST GENERALLY CITY CODE WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING LOTS, EVEN DEPENDENT ON THE SIZE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS ON STAMO THE SIZE OF THE PARKING LOTS. YOU GO TO STAMO RIGHT NOW AND IT'S A BIG, HUGE PARKING LOT WITH, YOU KNOW, CEMENT PARKING BLOCKS. AND THAT'S IT. THE NEW DESIGN ACTUALLY REQUIRES US TO BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THE NATURE AROUND US AND NOT CREATING THESE HEAT SPOTS. AND SO THE DESIGNS ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND TREES TO BE ABLE TO CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF HEAT THAT IS RISING FROM THESE PARKING LOTS. AND SO THOSE DESIGN EXPECTATIONS ARE ALSO BUILT IN, WHICH IS WHY WE CONNECTED ALL THE DIFFERENT HIGHER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, GUIDANCE AS WELL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO WE HAVE LESS COMPLAINTS FROM THE RIDGE VIEW NEIGHBORS NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A BIG PARKING LOT? IT'S IT'S ONLY YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE NO, NO, IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL THAT THAT THAT PARK IS VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. THEY WERE THERE THE FIRST DAY SCHOOL WAS OUT. IT WAS A MADHOUSE. YEP, YEP. IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL. I CAN SAY THAT GOING THROUGH THERE DURING THE WEEK, EVEN KIND OF LATER, IN LATER HOURS WHEN PEOPLE WOULD BE THERE, IT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING STREETS AT THIS POINT. I DON'T THINK EITHER OF US HAVE TAKEN A LOOK ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, THOUGH, SO WE'LL SEE IT. IT HAS TO HELP A LITTLE BIT. SO AND I DO I DO FEEL FOR THE NEIGHBORS. IT'S IT'S A LOT. YES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF THE 2026 PARK BOND STANDARDS.ABSOLUTELY. I GOT A MOTION. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
AND GOOD PRESENTATION. ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN STAFF REPORTS SEVEN A PARK PROJECT UPDATES, MR. TRAIN.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PARKS BOARD. EVENING. SO IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I'VE GIVEN OUR LAST UPDATE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL WHERE A HANDFUL OF THINGS ARE AT, AND FEEL FREE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AT THE END. AND I'M HAPPY TO ELABORATE. SO ONE THING I WANTED TO GO OVER IS JUST AN OPERATION SNAPSHOT. SO WHEN I WAS DOING THE
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PRESENTATION BECAUSE OF A DATA LAG, THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION I WAS LOOKING AT WAS FOR APRIL OF 2026. SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEEING HOW PARK ATTENDANCE IS APRIL VERSUS LAST APRIL. PARK ATTENDANCE WAS RELATIVELY STABLE, DOWN ABOUT 8%, AND PARK ATTENDANCE WAS ALSO DOWN ABOUT 2% FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF MARCH. BUT LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE AT SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WAS FIVE TWO 5.2IN OF RAIN THIS PAST APRIL, WHICH WAS TWO INCHES HIGHER THAN NORMAL. SO, YOU KNOW, WE SEE OFTENTIMES A HIGH CORRELATION BETWEEN WEATHER EVENTS AND PARK ATTENDANCE. BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, DIGGING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PARKS THAT HAD COVERED AMENITIES, SHADE STRUCTURES AND PAVILIONS, THOSE PARKS WERE LESS IMPACTED. SO WE EITHER SAW LESS THAN THE EIGHT AND 2% DIPS, RESPECTIVELY, OR EVEN INCREASE IN PARK USAGE YEAR AFTER YEAR.SO THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE BENEFIT AND SOME OF THE USE OF PROTECTING FROM THE ELEMENTS.
SO YEAH, NOTABLY COMMUNITY PARK, BUFFALO RUN HUNTERS, GLEN, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY OUR MOST VISITED PARKS. AND THAT DID NOT CHANGE OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, IN THIS MOST RECENT MONTH.
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING OF NOTE, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PARKS THAT SAW THE LARGEST UPTICK IN ATTENDANCE. QUAIL GREEN, QUAIL GREEN WEST FOR THE PAST HANDFUL OF MONTHS HAS REALLY BEEN SEEING A PRETTY HIGH SPIKE YEAR OVER YEAR IN ATTENDANCE. SO I WANTED TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON COMMUNITY IMPACTS AND RESIDENTIAL RESIDENT CONCERNS. SO AS I MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE WITH CAL GREEN WEST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STRONGEST INDICATORS THAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM PARK IMPROVEMENTS IS QUAIL GREEN WEST, WITH A 49% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE. WE RECENTLY DID SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLAYGROUND THERE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF TIMES WITH IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WE RECENTLY OR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE DID SOME SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO THE BASKETBALL COURT. SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS FOR FROM WHEN AN IMPROVEMENT IS INSTALLED TO REALLY, REALLY SEE THE INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE, JUST BECAUSE IT TAKES FOLKS SOME TIME TO GET USED TO NEW AMENITIES OR TO REALLY HEAR ABOUT THINGS. BUT THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE REALLY, REALLY BEEN SEEING THIS UPTICK UPTICK AT QUAIL GREEN WEST. AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT FURTHER SHOWS THE BENEFIT OF THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE AND THAT THE COMMUNITY IS APPRECIATING WHAT WHAT WE ARE INSTALLING. ANOTHER THING THAT WE THAT DANIELLE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IN HER PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING BICYCLE AMENITIES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN CONNECTIVITY PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY OF NOTE, WITH IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON AT RIDGEVIEW, WE'VE INSTALLED SOME BIKE PADS THERE. SO WHEN THOSE RACKS GO IN, THAT WILL BE A PRETTY BIG ASSET TO THAT COMMUNITY. AND WE WILL BE INSTALLING BIKE RACKS AT ALL NEW AT AT ANY NEW PARK PROJECT GOING FORWARD. ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION. MAY WAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH, AND THAT GENERATED POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT AND HIGHLIGHTED THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IN PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY. YOU KNOW, WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON SOME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INTEGRATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS, SUPPORT MISSOURI CITY'S IDENTITY AND SENSE OF PLACE. SO I ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME KEY RISKS AND FORWARD LOOKING ITEMS. SO PARK WITH PARKS OWN FUND TRACKING, WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE HOW PARKS OWN FUNDS ARE TRACKED AND REPORTED. SO THAT THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE THING ON THE DOCKET. THIS MATTERS BECAUSE IT HELPS IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, INCREASE THE SPEED OF PROJECT DELIVERY AND IMPROVE OUR LONG TERM PLANNING. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS WITH CARTOGRAPH, OUR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. WE'VE COMPLETED THE FOUNDATIONAL GIS WORK, AND WE'RE BEGINNING PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT SHORTLY. THIS MATTERS BECAUSE IT HELPS US BETTER MANAGE OUR ASSETS, IMPROVE WORK TRACKING, AND INCREASE OUR USING DATA FOR DATA DRIVEN MAINTENANCE DECISIONS. ANOTHER PROJECT
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WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE EAST HAMPTON RENAMING, WHICH THE NEXT PHASE IS GOING TO FOCUS ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT. AND THIS WILL INCREASE COMMUNITY SENSE OF OWNERSHIP. WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THIS PROCESS IS TRANSPARENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS CELEBRATES LOCAL IDENTITY. I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO WITH THE FIRST COLONY TRAILHEAD, STAFF SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE TRAILHEAD EXPERIENCE WITH NEW RECREATION AND FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS WOULD LEVERAGE OUT OUTSIDE FUNDING AND EXPAND AMENITIES WITHOUT WITHOUT RELYING SOLELY ON OUR FUNDS. AND IT WOULD SUPPORT KIDS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGES AT BICENTENNIAL PARK. THE PROJECT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES.FENCE INSTALLATION IS ALMOST COMPLETE. THIS IS AN OLD PHOTO THAT I TOOK BEFORE I WAS WORKING ON THE PRESENTATION. CURRENTLY THE. THE FENCING IS ACTUALLY ALL BEEN INSTALLED AS FAR AS THE CLEARVIEW FENCING. WE'RE WAITING ON SOME GATES TO GET INSTALLED, AND THEN FOR THE WOODEN PORTION OF THE FENCING, 50% OF THAT IS UP. SO THAT IS FINALIZING. AND THAT'S THE LAST PHASE OF THIS PROCESS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPENING. ALSO WITH COMMUNITY PARK LIGHTING COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED THE SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING CONVERSION PROJECT, WHICH WILL INCREASE WILL INCREASE VISIBILITY, REDUCE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVE OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCE THE USER EXPERIENCE FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND SOCCER PARTICIPANTS. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT JUST A COUPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE OR NOT. ARE WE STILL USING. I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. LIKE GEOTAGGING TO TELL HOW MANY PATRONS ARE GOING TO A PARK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD USE IN A SENSE, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT REALLY US GEOTAGGING PER SE. IT'S WE ARE PURCHASING DATA THAT IS ALREADY COLLECTED, WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S THIRD PARTY DATA. SO WHETHER WE, WHETHER WE PURCHASE IT OR NOT, THAT DATA IS OUT THERE. BUT YES, WE PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION TO MONITOR THAT. AND I'M GUESSING THAT'S WHY I WAS GUESSING BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE'S OUR INCREASE. WELL, YES. YOU DON'T HAVE A LITTLE GUY OUT THERE COUNTING, YOU KNOW, TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK. WE WE DON'T. BUT ALL THAT DATA IS ANONYMOUS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING IT, THERE'S NO NAMES OR ANY, ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO, TO HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHO THESE FOLKS ARE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY JUST SEEING NUMBER COUNTS, HOW MANY PEOPLE AND WE CAN, WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS AGE RANGE AND GENDER. AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DIG A LITTLE BIT INTO IT AND SEE LIKE WHAT ZIP CODE THOSE FOLKS LIVED IN LIVE IN. BUT OTHER THAN THAT. IT'S, IT'S ANONYMOUS DATA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR. THE LAST THING AND THIS MAY GO, I THINK MAYBE TO HIM, I'M NOT QUITE SURE. SO I DO KNOW THAT FORT BEND COUNTY JUST RELEASED APPLICATIONS FOR CDBG GRANT FUNDS, AND SPECIFICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A HIGH PRIORITY WHEN THEY DID THEIR SURVEYS WAS FOR PARKS.
AND SO. BUT IT HAS TO BE IN AN LMI AREA. AND SO I'M NOT SURE THERE HAVE TO BE A CITY WIDE BENEFIT. BUT I KNOW THAT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK, WE DID USE THAT BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT WAS PUT IN. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT BECAUSE THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SOMETIME IN JUNE, BUT IT'S ON THEIR WEBSITE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A TOP, TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IT WITH SOME OTHER CITIES. AND I'M LIKE, HOLD ON A SECOND, THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO DO OR EXPAND. AND THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, IS IT YOU, YOU, THE, THE APPLICANT HAVE TO MAKE A 25% PLEDGE AND THEN YOU GET 75%. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IN A QUARTER FOR EVERY $0.75 ON A PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT ACTUALLY FROM A PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE. DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH CDBG GRANTS. SO IN DEALING WITH LMI DATA ANALYSIS, SO SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A LIFT TO FIGURE OUT. BUT YEAH, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK INTO. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. IF SOMEONE
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ELSE CAN ADDRESS FREEDOM TREE PARK UPDATE YES THEY WILL. OKAY, SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU GUYS.RECREATION UPDATE, MR. MOBLEY, MR. MOBLEY, CUT MYSELF OFF. SORRY. GOOD EVENING. VERY EXCITED FOR TONIGHT. HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING Y'ALL IN A WHILE. TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR TWO RECREATION MANAGERS HERE, ALISON VICKERY AND MONICA ROBERTS, WHICH I'M GLAD THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A LOT MORE THAN I AM. SO IF YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING MY VOICE, TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT. IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE THEM AND THEIR STAFF. AND SO I'M UP HERE JUST TAKING CREDIT FOR IT. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO LET THEM KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT. SO WE'LL START OFF TOPIC OF DISCUSSION LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, RECENT ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE EXCITING DATA AND METRICS AND ANALYTICS AND THEN THE UPCOMING PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES. MONICA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD EVENING. SO, OKAY, WE'LL GET INTO OUR RSA RESTRUCTURE. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE REBUILT HOW WE MANAGE OUR RSA.
SO PREVIOUSLY IT WAS YEAR OVER YEAR. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TRYING TO CONVERT OUR PARTNERS INTO A THREE YEAR STRATEGY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO MORE LONG TERM PLANNING FOR FOR THEIR AREAS, FOR THEIR FIELDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEANED UP OUR APPLICATION TIMELINE, AND WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE SCORECARD THAT AND WITH THAT SCORECARD, WE'RE GRADING THE RESIDENCY FIELD CARE PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTIVE CLAUSES FOR NONUSE AND WEATHER CLOSURES. SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT CITY ASSETS, GIVE LEAGUES REAL PLANNING STABILITY, AND MAKE EVERY DECISION CONSISTENT AND MORE DEFENSIBLE FOR US CONNECT TO. SO CONNECT TO IS A SYSTEM THAT IS HELPING OUR FRONT DESK BE ON A SINGLE PLATFORM. THAT'S BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM PAPERS AND PAPER AND PAPER. SO NOW OUR NEW RECORD ATTENDANCE, THEY ARE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB LEARNING THE INS AND OUT UPLOADING, UPLOADING FORMS, HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE STAFF.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE TECH SAVVY IS WHAT WE WANT TO SAY. WE HAVE A TABLET, WE'RE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR COUNTS. IT'S JUST OBVIOUSLY WE JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO GET OFF THE PAPER. AND SO THEY CAN DO INCIDENT REPORTS. THERE'S INTER COMMUNICATION WITH MEMOS THAT THEY CAN ADD WITH EACH OTHER. SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN LIKE A BLESSING RIGHT NOW. SO BUT THEY'RE LEARNING THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S A LOT MORE TO LEARN, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING ME UPDATED AND KEEPING OUR STAFF UPDATED, ESPECIALLY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRACKING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PLANNING THAT'S THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND ALSO EMAILS US DAILY REPORTS SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE. OKAY, TENNIS COURT RESURFACING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PREVIOUS COURT HAD A NICE, NICE MARKING THERE SLASH CRACKS, ESPECIALLY THE COURT THAT WAS CLOSEST TO THE STREET. SO OBVIOUSLY IT RAISED MAJOR CONCERNS. SO WE'VE RESURFACED THEM. FRESH SURF, FRESH SURFACE, CRISP LINES AND FULLY BACK UP TO USTA CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE WE REMAIN A PREMIER LEVEL TENNIS FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, AND WE'RE SLOWLY MAKING THOSE CHANGES. SO WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK. CHRISTINA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING US POSTED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WAS LIKE THE THE PATRONS ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON A BRAND NEW SURFACE. AND WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OUR RECREATION TENNIS CENTER EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN. IT'S A LIVE LINK YOU GUYS CAN CLICK ON. AND WITH THAT, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPLACING TENNIS COURT AND WEIGHT ROOM EQUIPMENT BEFORE IT WEARS OUT, RATHER THAN WAITING ON SOMETHING TO BREAK. WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A PLAN SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. OBVIOUSLY, FOR MEMBER, SAFETY MEMBER BEST EXPERIENCES AND BEST PRACTICES, WE BUILD AN INVENTORY TO TRACK THE CONDITION AND LIFE CYCLES OF EACH OF OUR KEY EQUIPMENTS. AND OH, MISS YOU, IT'S ALLISON. AND THEN I'LL BE BACK. YEAH. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF POPCORN. YEAH. IT'S LIKE I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, I THOUGHT WE. HI. I'M ALLISON, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR RECENT ACTIVITIES. SO FIRST UP, CHALK FEST. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MISS PAM FOR BEING ONE OF OUR JUDGES FOR OUR PARKING LOT PICASSO COMPETITION. I KNOW WE HAD A FEW THAT WANTED TO BE THERE BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT DO APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. I HAVE JUST TO GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE BULLET POINTS. WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FORT BEND COMMUNITY PREVENTION COALITION. IF YOU WERE THERE OR IF YOU SAW SOME PICTURES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU SAW THAT THERE WAS A GROUP OF YOUTH INSIDE THE BUILDING THAT WERE DOING A LOT
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OF OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITIES AND INCREASE THE FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGH THE EVENT, WHICH IS A REALLY FANTASTIC THING. THEIR MAIN PUSH IS FOR YOUTH DRIVEN ACTIVITIES TO FOCUS ON THE PREVENTION OF DRUG USE FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE AREA, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THEM FOR THAT. THE EVENT AS A WHOLE, WE HAD ABOUT 30, PROBABLY MORE THAN 30 ARTISTS TOTAL, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS THAT WE BROUGHT IN. THEY CAME FROM ALL OVER THE HOUSTON AREA. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM THE WOODLANDS COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN, SEE SOME PEOPLE FROM JUST AROUND THE CORNER, SO ALL OVER THE AREA. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR PARKING LOT PICASSO COMPETITION, AND THAT IS FOR OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AND AROUND MISSOURI CITY AREA THAT CAME TO COMPETE. WE HAD A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE PRIZES OR AWARDS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.AND SO THAT WAS EXCITING TO GET THEM TO GET TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY I HAVEN'T SHARED THIS WITH ANYBODY ELSE. I RECEIVED IT IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY, BUT I GOT A PACKET OF THANK YOU LETTERS FROM ALL OF THE STUDENTS FROM ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, AND ALL OF THEM JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC OF AN OPPORTUNITY IT WAS AND HOW GRATEFUL THEY WERE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR ARTISTIC TALENT IN SUCH A FUN AND CREATIVE WAY. SO THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. LIKEWISE, I ALSO RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AS WELL, SAYING, THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT. AND SO THEY'RE JUST ALL SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, AT THE EVENT, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE ALL OF THE ART, WHICH I HOPE YOU GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES. IF YOU DIDN'T, MAYBE WE CAN SEND YOU ALL A LINK SOMEHOW, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY FANTASTIC PIECES OF ART OUT ON THAT PARKING LOT. BUT IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAD SOME FOOD TRUCKS. WE HAD A LIVE DJ, WE HAD AN AIRBRUSH TATTOO ARTIST, BUBBLE MASTER BUBBLER. AGAIN, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THOSE PICTURES, IT WAS VERY INCREDIBLE. IT WAS KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE DURING THAT TIME. AND, AND FOR PAM, PAM ALSO ENJOYED IT. I DID, WE HAD A OH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A YOUTH VENDOR MARKET, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT YOUTH THAT CAME AND BROUGHT THINGS THAT THEY HAD CREATED AND THEN WERE ABLE TO SELL. SO A LITTLE YOUTH FARMER'S MARKET, WHICH WAS FUN FOR THEM AS WELL. THIS YEAR WE HAD BASED ON OUR PLACER AI DATA THAT ADAM MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE SAW ABOUT 700 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE, WAS ABOUT 800 OR WAS NOT 800 LESS. IT WAS ABOUT 100 LESS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. A COUPLE OF FACTORS. WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. MAY IS A VERY BUSY MONTH. WE DID HAVE TO RESCHEDULE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE EARLIER IN APRIL, BUT IT WAS RAINED OUT AND SO THAT COULD ALSO BE A FACTOR.
NOT REALLY SURE, BUT DALTON DID THE MATH OF IF WE WERE TO BREAK DOWN THE REVENUE THAT WE BROUGHT IN, THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT 35, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? IT WOULD BE ABOUT $35 PER PERSON THAT CAME IN. SO THAT WAS HOW THAT MATH FIGURED OUT. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE LIFE CYCLE OF THIS EVENT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON, TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE AMOUNT THAT IT COSTS TO PUT ON THE EVENT WAS JUSTIFIED FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN REVENUE WISE. SO IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EVENT, GREAT. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL REALLOCATE THAT THOSE FUNDS ELSEWHERE TO ANOTHER CITY EVENT TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL. SO WHY IT MATTERS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVATES PUBLIC SPACES FOR IN PUBLIC ART, SHOWCASES LOCAL TALENT AND BUSINESSES, AND ENSURES THAT WE ARE BEING BEST STEWARDS OF OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY. IF WE DECIDE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS TO ANOTHER EVENT OR PROGRAM. THAT WAS CHALK FEST. OH OH NO, I DID IT TOO MANY TIMES. PICTURES. THERE YOU GO. IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEM, HERE'S A FEW PICTURES. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE MASTER BUBBLER DOWN THERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, AND THEN THE INSIDE. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY HAD SOUNDED REALLY WEIRD ON THE FLIER, BUT THEY HAD A DRUG JEOPARDY. THE WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S DRUG JEOPARDY. IT WAS ABOUT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THEM. BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. SO I'M GLAD WE GOT TO DO IT. AND THE WEATHER HELD OUT FOR US. ALL RIGHT. SO ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE ARC OF FORT BEND COUNTY HONORED ONE OF OUR RECREATION SPECIALISTS, NICOLE MCGEE, FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AWARD. SHE WON THE AWARD. SO THE AWARD IS AWARDED TO THOSE THAT ASSIST IN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD. IF YOU'VE SEEN OTHER THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE WITH OUR ADAPTIVE RECREATION COMMUNITY, BUT SHE'S DONE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT WORK. THIS WAS PRESENTED AT AN AWARDS CEREMONY IN APRIL. BUDDY AND BARB CAME TO CELEBRATE, AND LAWRENCE WAS THERE FOR DOUBLE PURPOSE, DUAL PURPOSES. SO WE WERE GLAD TO
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SEE SO MANY OF OUR AND A COUPLE OF STAFF CAME TO SUPPORT HER AS WELL. SO WE WERE VERY PROUD OF HER. AS IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM, SHE'S A LITERAL ROCK STAR, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THIS IS NOT ME. OKAY.GOING OVER REVENUE. SO THIS IS THE SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS. SO IT SHOULD BE MARCH, APRIL, MAY FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. AS YOU SEE, WE'RE DOWN 0.3%. OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE AN UPTICK, BUT THAT'S NOT A HUGE CONCERN. MARCH. WE KIND OF TURNED IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
APRIL AND MAY IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR THE MOST PART. WE SAW IN THOSE SOME OF MY PAST PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU SEE, THERE'S CERTAIN MONTHS THAT WE HAVE A DOWNTICK AND THEN THERE'S CERTAIN MONTHS THAT WE DOUBLE IT. AND SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT. AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. OTHER PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES STILL NEEDED SILVERSNEAKERS.
WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THE PROCESS OF THAT. I KNOW THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE LAST TIME I PRESENTED TO YOU. IT'S JUST KIND OF GETTING REDLINED AND MAKE SURE THAT BENEFITS BOTH PARTIES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE STILL ON PACE FOR THAT. WE HAVE OUR REFUND POLICY THAT WENT INTO EFFECT AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THAT. AND SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING OUT REFUNDS. ANYTIME SOMEONE ASKS, MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYERS MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. AND THEN FACILITY RENTAL FEE INCREASE. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO MENTION THAT AND I'LL LET HIM DO THAT IF SO, BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST APPROVED THIS PAST COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. AND SO THIS ALL STUFF THAT SHOULD INCREASE THE REVENUE. FACILITY USAGE, WE WERE DOWN 9.36%. IT'S NOT EMERGENCY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY CONCERNING. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS A TEAM. AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT THIS. I THINK MONICA AND I ARE SHARE THE SAME FRUSTRATIONS. PEOPLE WILL COME IN TO RESERVE A PAVILION OR COME SOME, OR JUST COME IN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED. IT'S LIKE THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WHAT THAT THIS EXISTS. SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE GETTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CHRIS. CHRIS HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF. I NEED TO GET TO SOME OF THE FAIRS, SOME OF THE MEETINGS, THE HOSAPO MEETINGS AND ALL THAT, AND JUST GET IN THERE AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE. HERE'S WHAT WE OFFER. COME, COME JOIN. ANOTHER BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS STAFF IS SOME OF THE FRONT DESK STAFF. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT EVENTUALLY COME IN. WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING EVERYBODY IN. SO A BIG THING IS I WORK OUT AT THE REC CENTER PROBABLY FOUR TIMES A WEEK, AND I NEVER CHECK MYSELF IN. IT'S INCLUDED IN MY EMPLOYMENT, BUT I NEVER CHECKED MYSELF IN. SO THAT'S 20 TIMES A MONTH AND I'M ALREADY NOT GETTING COUNTED FOR THAT. I KNOW JAVIER WORKS OUT. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, CITY EMPLOYEES WORK OUT AND THEY KIND OF JUST GO IN AND SAY, YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD, GO AHEAD AND GO IN. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING THEM IN TOO. NOT THAT THAT'LL MAKE UP THE DEFICIT OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE, BUT IT GETS US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WAYS TO IMPROVE SILVERSNEAKERS. THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE IN OUR DOORS. ONCE THAT'S APPROVED. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT GOING. WE HAVE SOME NEW WEIGHT ROOM EQUIPMENT THAT WE'LL SHOW HERE IN A BIT THAT CAME ABOUT FROM OUR RECREATION EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN AND THEN RESURFACED TENNIS COURTS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE TENNIS COURTS UP AND PLAYABLE AND UP TO SAFETY STANDARDS. PROGRAMS ARE DOWN 17%. THIS IS ON PURPOSE. WE'RE CONTINUING FROM THE VOLUME BASED PROGRAMING TO IMPACT BASED PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST THROWING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROGRAMS OUT AND SAYING, HEY, ATTEND THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IT'S TRULY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. AND THEN ALSO KIND OF GOES TO SHOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST A SIMPLE, WE'RE JUST TAKING PROGRAMS AWAY AND WE'RE DONE WITH IT. WE'RE ADDING NEW PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR. AND SO THAT WAS THE MAIN THING IS COME TO US, TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AT THE REC CENTER AND WE'LL OFFER IT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD LIKE A, IT'S A JIU JITSU CLASS. IT'S GEARED TOWARDS HOMESCHOOL CHILDREN RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT HOMESCHOOL RECESS NETWORK. AND WE'VE THAT'S BEEN BOOMING. IT'S PROBABLY 10 OR 15 KIDDOS IN THERE. WE'RE EXPANDING TO EVERYBODY ELSE. WE HAVE KARAOKE. I HAD THE HARDEST TIME SPELLING KARAOKE. YOU COULD ASK DONNY. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL KARAOKE BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T SHOW ME HOW TO SPELL IT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF YOGA. AND SO WE HAVE RESTORATIVE YOGA. SHE OFFERS LIKE THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES. WE HAD A YOGA INSTRUCTOR PREVIOUSLY, BUT THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. AND THAT ONE'S TAKING OFF AS WELL. AND THEN PROGRAMS JUST CONTINUE TO OFFER AND SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS. WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY REINVENT THE WHEEL AND BE CRAZY WITH THINGS. WHAT DO THEY WANT? WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC WANT TO SEE? AND LET'S OFFER IT WITH THAT, THOUGH, OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION IS UP 5%. AND SO OVERALL PARTICIPATION IS UP. CONNECT BACK TO REVENUE, NET REVENUE. THE RECREATION DIVISION DID A WORKSHOP MAYBE 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO ABOUT COST RECOVERY, JUST SHOWING WHAT IT REALLY COSTS TO RUN A PROGRAM. IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, WE BOUGHT PENCILS FOR THIS AND THAT'S ALL IT COSTS. NO, IT COSTS THE OVERHEAD, IT COST THE LIGHTING, IT COSTS THE ROOM THAT WE'RE RENTING, IT COSTS YOUR STAFF SALARY AND ALL OF THAT. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR COST RECOVERY GOALS. ALSO, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE DOWN 17% PROGRAMS, WE'RE UP IN 5% OVERALL PARTICIPATION. SO THAT SHOWS THAT IMPACT BASED PROGRAMING IS WORKING TO WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DATA AND METRICS? YOU KNOW, NO, I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS WITH REGARDS TO REVENUE. IT'S A BUSINESS NO MATTER HOW
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YOU LOOK AT IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE INFLATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED, AND IT'S JUST IT'S TRUE TO FORM WHEN YOU DO HAVE INFLATION AND YOU HAVE HIGHER GAS PRICE, YOU HAVE LESS DISPOSABLE INCOME. AND SO THAT'S A FACTOR THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY NO MATTER WHAT. YOU CAN HISTORICALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AS JUST A FACT OF LIFE RIGHT THERE. THERE'S JUST OTHER PRIORITIES.SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET FREAKED OUT OR PANICKED. I'M LIKE, NO, THAT'S JUST THE MARKET RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? THE OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE TO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE. TALK FEST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALWAYS JUDGE EVERYTHING BY DOLLARS AND CENTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME INHERENT VALUE. THE FACT THAT YOU SAID YOU HAD A STACK OF LETTERS FROM STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WORTHY INVESTMENT. ANYTIME I SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. THAT'S A WORTHY INVESTMENT IN THE CHILDREN AND IN MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE THERE'S ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAT'S IN THEIR MINDS RIGHT THERE THAT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, HOLD ON, IT'S A GREAT PLACE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO LIVE HERE. I WANT TO RAISE MY FAMILY HERE. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T WE GOT. WE DO HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, BUT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, GOT TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. YES, MA'AM.
YOU HAD A COMMENT. WELL, I'LL SECOND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE I WALKED AROUND THAT PARK A LOT AND LOOKING AT THE JOY THAT THE CHALK FEST WAS GENERATING. I HAD ONE LITTLE GIRL WAS MAKING LITTLE SCULPTURES LIKE, WHAT'S THE JAPANESE PAPER? YEAH, SHE WAS MAKING, AND SHE WAS SELLING THEM FOR $5. OF COURSE, I HAD TO BUY SOME BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CUTE. BUT I SAY THAT, AND I SECOND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF OUR EXPENDITURES. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO THAT. AS YOU SAID, IT IS A BUSINESS. BUT THE IMPACT, I THINK, IS THE BIGGEST THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
WHAT ARE WE IMPACTING TO THE KIDS, TO THEIR PARENTS, AS ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN CHUCK FEST, BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY. AND I LOVE THE THE BUBBLES. MY SON DID TOO.
HE TRIED EATING HIM AND REALIZED, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT BUBBLES REALLY QUICK TOO.
SO I THINK DONNIE AND DANIELLE TALK A LOT ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IS OUR WHY IN PARKS AND REC? AND I DEFINITELY WHY WE GOT INTO IT, WHAT WE SAY, WHY WE SAY HERE AND EVERYTHING. AND SEEING ALLISON FACE LIGHT UP WHEN CHALK FEST AND SHE ACTUALLY TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T NEED ME FOR THE EVENT AND I GOT OFFENDED AT HER FOR NOT NOT TRYING TO WORK ME. AND SO I MADE SURE I WAS THERE TOO, BUT DEFINITELY FEELS OUR WAY TO THAT CHALK FEST IS A GREAT EVENT. CAN I ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION? YOU SAID THE SILVER SNEAKER IS IN PROGRESS. IT'S NOT. WE DON'T HAVE IT YET.
WE DO NOT HAVE IT YET. NO, IT'S BEING HELD. NOT HELD UP WITH LEGAL, BUT BOTH OUR SIDES FOR THEIR SIDE AND OUR SIDE. WE JUST KIND OF REDLINING AND MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS BOTH OF US. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT WILL BE A GENERATOR. OH, YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT GOING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UPCOMING PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS. WE HAVE A BIG IT SAYS REGISTRATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY OUR RECREATION SOFTWARE SWITCH OVER RIGHT NOW.
WE USE ACTIVE NET. WE USE ACTIVE NET. I THINK SINCE THE REC CENTER HAS OPENED, IT SERVED US WELL WHILE IT NEEDS WHILE WE'VE HAD IT, BUT THERE'S BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY SWITCHING OVER TO A SOFTWARE CALLED KAIZEN. THEY'RE. I THINK THEY'RE AWARDED A LOT OF LIKE STATE PARKS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, DOING IT FOR IS THE, THE RESERVATION SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT A PAVILION OR YOU WANT SOMETHING, YOU GOT TO CALL US, YOU GOT TO COME UP TO THE REC CENTER. AND BEING A MILLENNIAL, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY IF I DON'T HAVE TO, TO DO IT. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE ONE WHERE THEY CAN GO ONLINE. THEY CAN SAY, I WANT PAVILION, I WANT THE GAZEBO AT COMMUNITY PARK. I WANT IT AT THIS DATE. YOU CAN GO IN, RESERVE IT, RESERVE IT ONLINE, SEE THE AVAILABILITY AND ALL THAT, AND BOOK IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE. IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, EXACT IT, BUT I THINK THE MAIN DEVELOPER FOR KAIZEN WAS A MAIN DEVELOPER FOR AIRBNB. I THINK IT WAS. AND SO IT'S A LOT OF THAT. IF YOU'VE EVER BOOKED WITH AIRBNB, IT'S A LOT OF THAT REALLY EASY USER INTERFACE. AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF THE CONTRACT WITH IT. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE KAIZEN START WITH US IN AUGUST. WE'LL HAVE KAIZEN AND ACTIVE NET AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER. IN DECEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE INTEGRATION HAPPENS, AND THEN DECEMBER WILL GO LIVE WITH KAIZEN, AND IT'LL HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME FEATURES. IT'LL BE A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE, AND IT'LL BE USER FRIENDLY ON OUR SIDE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, ALLISON, COME BACK UP. HI. I'M BACK TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER FEST. SO WE DO HAVE OUR FOURTH FEST COMING UP ON JULY 4TH. IT WILL BE IT'S A KIND OF A BIGGER DEAL THIS TIME AROUND. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN, AROUND, IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. BUT NOT ONLY IS IT THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY, IS IT BIRTHDAY,
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ANNIVERSARY, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY, 250TH. BUT IT'S ALSO THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF MISSOURI CITY BEING INCORPORATED. SO KIND OF A BIG DEAL THIS TIME AROUND. A LOT OF REALLY ROUND NUMBERS THAT WE LIKE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON A LOT OF THE INCOMING TRAFFIC FOR THE LARGE SPORTING EVENT HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON THE SAME DAY AND AROUND THE SAME DAYS AS OUR EVENT. SO WE'RE KIND OF CAPITALIZING ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY THERE. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN APPROVAL TO INCREASE SOME OF OUR FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS SOME BIGGER ITEMS THAT GO THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN DURING FOURTH FEST. ONE OF THOSE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A DRONE SHOW. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH DRONE SHOWS, IT'S ALL THE LITTLE ROBOT THINGS THAT ARE FLYING IN THE AIR THAT MAKE BIG PICTURES. AND SO WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRONE SHOW THAT WILL BE ABOUT A 12 TO 15 MINUTE LONG SHOW THAT SHOWS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT IMAGES, BOTH PATRIOTIC AND ALSO SPECIFIC TO MISSOURI CITY, FREEDOM TREE, THE SHOW ME LIKE THE LOGO AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT'LL BE REALLY GREAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR FIREWORKS.WE CAN'T HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT WITHOUT A FIREWORKS SHOW, SO IT'LL START OFF WITH THE DRONE SHOW AND THEN FINISH OUT THE EVENT WITH A WITH OUR STANDARD FIREWORKS SHOW, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR HEADLINER, WHICH WILL BE THE QUAD CITY DJ'S AND C AND C MUSIC FACTORY. C AND C HAS BEEN AT OUR EVENT BEFORE. I THINK THAT WAS 2021 QUESTION MARK.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? 2021 SO THEY'RE COMING BACK. IT'LL BE REALLY GREAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S NOT UP THERE. BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH EXPOSED EXCELLENCE FOR THE MISSOURI CITY'S GOT TALENT PORTION OF OUR EVENT. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE EVER HAD IT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, AGAIN, STUDENTS FROM THE MISSOURI CITY AREA THAT WILL BE COMPETING TO GET A PRIZE FOR THAT AS WELL. THE PROCESS FOR THAT IS THAT STUDENTS WILL AUDITION THROUGH A VIRTUAL SYSTEM, SO THEY'LL RECORD THEMSELVES AND THEN SUBMIT THAT RECORDING TO A THROUGH A PORTAL, THROUGH EXPOSED EXCELLENCE. AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT WILL NARROW IT DOWN TO ABOUT 4 TO 5 STUDENTS WHO WILL BE PERFORMING ON STAGE AT OUR EVENT. SO THAT WILL ALSO BE A REALLY EXCITING FEATURE THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING BACK. WE ARE STILL ALWAYS WELCOMING SPONSORS, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SPONSORSHIP THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS EVENT. AND IT'S THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLASSIC CHEVROLETS COMING BACK. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE GFL THAT WILL BE SPONSORING AT THE SUPPORTING LEVEL. I BELIEVE IT'S THE THE SUPPORTING LEVEL. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING LEVELS SPONSORSHIP. WE ALSO WILL IT'S NOT UP THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT ARE COMING BACK TO KIND OF BRING IN THAT TODDLER ZONE, SMALL CHILDREN, KID ZONE. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE EVENT BEFORE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE SECTION, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STANDARD FOOD TRUCKS AND THE KIDS ZONE ENTERTAINMENT AND ALL OF THE FUN STUFF THAT YOU USUALLY SEE AT OUR FOURTH FEST WILL BE BACK AGAIN. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. IN ADDITION TO THE OR ADDING NEW ADDITIONS TO MAKE IT AN EVEN GRANDER AND MORE EXCITING EVENT THIS TIME AROUND. OOPS. OH YEAH. UPCOMING PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS. SO THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IN AUGUST. SO IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL WEEK, THAT OR PARTIAL PART OF A WEEK THAT WE SHUT DOWN THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER SO THAT WE CAN REFINISH THE GYM FLOORS AND THE DANCE ROOM FLOORS. WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT DOWNTIME WHILE WE HAVE THAT REC CENTER CLOSED TO PRIORITIZE SOME PAINTING OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM IN THE DANCE STUDIO, WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE SOME OF THE CLOSETS AND BUNKERS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND, SINCE THINGS GET CLUTTERED AS THE DAY TO DAY CHAOS OF ACTIVITY. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE INSTALLING A WEIGHT ROOM STORAGE RACK AND HAVE TWO NEW TREADMILLS. THERE WILL BE A PICTURE OF THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING NEW THINGS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE REC CENTER DURING THAT TIME. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF REORGANIZATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, DOING INVENTORY ON SOME OF THOSE TABLES AND CHAIRS THAT MAYBE NEED TO BE PUT OUT TO PASTURE. YES. AND THEN ALSO JUST CLEANING UP THAT CAMP STORE. WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OR WE JUST BEGAN OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP OVER THERE. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. IT'S A LOT OF CHAOS, BUT IT'S ALSO A LITTLE MESSY. SO BY THE TIME AUGUST COMES AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A GOOD REFRESH.
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SO WE'LL GET IN THERE AND HAVE OUR STAFF THAT USUALLY ARE WORKING AT THE REC CENTER GET IN THERE AND REALLY HELP KIND OF ORGANIZE THINGS. SO IT'S GOING TO HELP STREAMLINING SOME OPERATIONS, REDUCE MANUAL PAPERWORK AND STRENGTHEN RISK MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTATION. AND HERE IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN. SO IT'S MORE OF A VERTICAL STORAGE SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO COMING OUT. AND IT'LL JUST SAVE SOME SPACE IN THAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK MORE? DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH. GREAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF A MOCK UP OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AREA. AND THEN THIS IS THE NEW TREADMILL THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN AND RETIRING SOME TWO TREADMILLS THAT HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON THEM. SO PART OF THE INVENTORY ASSESSMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN NEWER AND BETTER EQUIPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO USE. AND THAT'S OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AUGUST 1ST, WE WILL BE HAVING NEW HOURS FOR THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER. SO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WE WILL BE THERE 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. SATURDAYS, 8 TO 4 P.M. AND SUNDAYS. WE ARE NOW CLOSED BUT AVAILABLE FOR RENTALS. SO SOME OF OUR SUPPORTING FACTORS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY BY ALIGNING STAFFING AND FACILITY OPERATING COSTS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE WE WERE LOOKING AT IS WE COMPARED OURSELVES TO LEAGUE CITY, BAYTOWN, PASADENA, SOME OF THOSE SMALLER POCKET COMMUNITIES. AND THEY WERE NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS. SO AND WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO OBVIOUSLY REDUCE COSTS AND OBVIOUSLY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR STAFFING. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ON SUNDAYS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND HAVE SOME IN IN-HOME, I GUESS, IN-HOME TYPE OF PROGRAMS, RENTALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO START BRINGING IN IN-HOUSE, NOT IN-HOME IN-HOUSE. YES. IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING AND MAKE MORE ACCESSIBLE. WE HAVE OUR, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS, BUT WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KIND OF ALIGN WITH US AND MAKE SURE IT'S KIND OF LIKE SOME MISSOURI CITY TYPE PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE DOING, AS WELL AS WE'LL BE DOING RENTALS ON SUNDAYS. SO THIS OBVIOUSLY ALLOWS US RESOURCES TO BE REDIRECTED TOWARD FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND ON SOME RECREATION PROGRAMING. AND AND SO THESE HOURS ARE GOING TO BE ALIGNING WITH STAFFING AND OPERATING COSTS WITH ACTUAL FACILITY USAGE. THE HOURS OF 8 TO 10, WE SAW THAT IT WAS WHEN WE RAN THE NUMBERS FROM OCTOBER UP UNTIL RATHER RECENTLY, MARCH, APRIL, WE FROM 8 TO 10, WE REALLY WERE ONLY AVERAGING ABOUT MAYBE LIKE 1 TO 3 PEOPLE PER NIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO SAVE US SUBSTANTIALLY AND STAFFING UP TO $49,000. AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IT CAN SAVE US IN, IN FACILITY USAGE AND COSTS AND MAINTENANCE UP TO $69,000 A YEAR. SO WE KIND OF JUST, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY A COUPLE CHANGES. SO ALSO I HAVE TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO RECREATION ATTENDANTS. SANTIAGO, YOU GUYS GOT TO COME UP BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOU GUYS GOT TO TALK.AND BRADY, COME ON, COME ON. SO SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BRADEN BECAUSE BRADEN ACTUALLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BRADEN BECAUSE BRADEN. BRADEN IS A PROMOTION. SO BRADEN WAS PART TIME RECREATION AIDE. BUT HE'S BEEN GREAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. HE'S BEEN SUPER HELPFUL.
SO THIS IS BRADEN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY SOMETHING? MY NAME IS BRANDON DAVIS AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. THAT'S BRADEN.
HE'S A MAN. I'M TELLING YOU, YOU'RE A MUSICIAN. YOU'RE HE'S HE'S HE'S VERY TALENTED. I'M A FORMER ATHLETE. I PLAYED LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND THEN ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE. I'M A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS NOW. SO I KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF FRONT DESK, AND I'M COMING TO LEARN AND REALLY GROWING INTO MY NEW ROLE AS A RECREATION ATTENDANT.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLY PART TIME BECAUSE WHENEVER WE'RE THERE, YOU'RE THERE. AND WHAT LITTLE WHAT LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM DID YOU PLAY WITH THE MOST LADY RAIDERS. SO OH MY GOD. THIS IS A OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN. I'M JUST SAYING NOT JUDGING YOU. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY. YES HE DID. YEAH VERY GOOD. WHAT INSTRUMENT DO YOU PLAY? BASS GUITAR. VERY GOOD. 061260 NO. FIVE STRING. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND HERE IS SANTIAGO. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SANTIAGO. SANTIAGO CAME IN FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT POSITION AS PART PART OF PART TIME POSITION. AND SO THE PANEL, WE WERE SITTING THERE LIKE, THIS GUY KNOWS WAY
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TOO MUCH JUST TO ONLY USE HIM FOR A SITE SUPERVISOR POSITION. SO WE KIND OF JUST TUCKED HIM AWAY AND WAS HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND HELP US STABILIZE THE FRONT DESK. AND SO HE IS SUPER KNOWLEDGEABLE. HE IS COMING FROM CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE WAS WORKING WITH A FEW PARKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION OUT THERE. RIGHT? SO AND THEY SPOKE HIGHLY OF HIM. ONE THING I CAN SAY WHEN I DID MY LITTLE DIGGING BACKGROUND, EVERYBODY WAS EVERYBODY IN CALIFORNIA WAS SAD FOR HIM TO LEAVE. BUT I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU. HE'S HERE. AND SO HE'S BEEN AMAZING AT THE FRONT DESK FOR US AND EVERYTHING SO FAR. THANK YOU.YEAH. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ. I'M A VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANT. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE US FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, AND I LIVE MOST OF THE TIME IN CALIFORNIA. AND OVER THE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE NOVEMBER. MY WIFE ALREADY MAKES FUN OF ME SAYING THAT I'M ALREADY TEXTING AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND YES, WHEN I FIRST APPLIED HERE TO WORK FOR MISSOURI CITY, I ORIGINALLY COME FROM KATY, SO I DID THAT COMMITMENT AT 45 MINUTE DRIVE.
I THOUGHT, I LOVE DRIVING THOUGH, SO DON'T MIND THAT. AND I APPLIED FOR SITE SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN I GUESS ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, JUST TELLING THEM EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE.
I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED IN PARKS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. I'M 23, I START WORKING ON THE AGE OF 19 AND I'VE DONE LANDSCAPING, WORKING WITH LANDSCAPING, THE EVENTS, THE VISITOR CENTER, AND WE RESERVATIONS PERMITS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SO AND WHEN I DID THE PANEL, I JUST LET THEM KNOW, LIKE, I HAVE ALL THIS IN MY BACKGROUND, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
THEY LOVE ME. THEY LIKED IT. THEY OFTEN I DON'T KNOW IF THEY LOVE ME, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY STILL DO. THEY DO NOW AND I. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MY. OBVIOUSLY MY COWORKERS AND MY SUPERVISORS FROM CALIFORNIA SPOKE SO HIGHLY OF ME AND I AM A GO GETTER. I LOVE WORKING AND I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT IF YOU'RE ON TIME, YOU'RE LATE. AND IF YOU'RE EARLY, YOU'RE ON TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. WELL, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT HIM. HE'S BEEN MARRIED FOR LIKE TWO DAYS. OH TWO DAYS. YEAH. LIKE HE CAME AND HE WAS LIKE, HEY, I KNOW I WANT TO TAKE THE POSITION, BUT I'M KIND OF I'M GOING TO BE GONE. I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? LIKE KIND OF GETTING MARRIED? OKAY, YOU CAN GET MARRIED. SO AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK TO US. SO YEAH, HE IS, HE'S A RECENT MARRIED.
MY, IF MY WIFE ASKS YOU TELL HIM THAT I'M HAPPILY MARRIED. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. GOOD ANSWER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? DALTON. WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME. WELL, YES. WELL THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT,
[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
DIRECTOR'S REPORT, MR. HAYS. GOOD EVENING. I'M GLAD TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE. LAST MONTH WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR ACCREDITATION, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR CAPRA VISITORS IN TOWN. WE HAD A WONDERFUL THREE DAYS WITH THEM. THE BASEBALL GAME WAS A BLAST. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPACE COWBOYS LOST. OH YEAH, REALLY BADLY TOO. BUT NONETHELESS, OUR OUR VISITORS REALLY ENJOYED THEIR TIME. WE HAD A WONDERFUL BREAKFAST, A WONDERFUL WELCOME FORUM. SPENT A LOT OF TIME, DANIELLE AND I SHARING WITH THEM ALL ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT AND ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE DO, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE WORK WITH, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNER WITH. AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY GAVE TO US AT THE AT THE END WAS WHEN WE WERE, THEY BASICALLY SAID WHEN THEY REVIEWED ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION, THEY WERE EXPECTING US TO BE A SMALLER DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY WERE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THESE GUYS HAVE ALL OF IT GOING ON. AND SO THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED. AND THEY INFORMED US OFFICIALLY THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING A POSITIVE ENDORSEMENT TO THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION TO BE FULLY REACCREDITED. GREAT. VERY GOOD, GOOD, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB. AND RPA STILL HAS TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION. THEY WILL. WE WE EXPECT IT. SO WE'LL GET THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THIS FALL AT NPA'S. BEST OF THE BEST CEREMONY. EXCELLENT. NEXT THING WE'VE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FALL FEST. DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST MONTH SINGING TO PEOPLE.SO WHO'S QUAD CITY DJ'S? OH YOU KNOW, COME ON, RIDE THE TRAIN AND RIDE IT. CHOO CHOO. AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, I KNOW THEM. I KNOW THAT ONE. YEAH. AND SO BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT, A LOT OF A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. AND THEN ALSO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO SAVE THE
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DATE, PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT FOR THE OFFICIAL FREEDOM TREE PARK RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH WILL BE SATURDAY, JULY 22ND, 25TH AT 10 A.M. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT. DANIELLE. AND I FEEL LIKE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND DONE NOTHING OTHER THAN FREEDOM TREE PARK. I THINK WE HAD LIKE THREE MEETINGS TODAY ABOUT FREEDOM TREE PARK. AND SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO OPEN THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARK. IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER.AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO BE PRESENT AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT FIRSTHAND. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ON YOUR CALENDARS, SAVE THOSE DATES.
OFFICIAL INVITATIONS FOR BOTH WILL COME OUT HERE SHORTLY. FOR THOSE. I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. OH, NO. SO THIS IS OUR 70TH AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S NOT JUST PARKS, BUT AS A CITY, I WENT TO W W I'D NUMBER TWO THIS PAST WEEK FOR SOMETHING. AND BEFORE I LEFT, I REMEMBER OWEN GIVING ME THEIR 80TH COMMEMORATIVE COIN. I MEAN, 70 IS A BIG NUMBER. WHY AREN'T WE. I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG SELLING POINT FOR THE CITY. I KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST THE PARKS, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE VIEWING THIS AS WELL IN THE PUBLIC. AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR EVENT TO ME. MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BIG TIMES. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY REASON I SEEM LIKE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SEEM LIKE WE SHOULD REALLY BE ADVERTISING THAT. AND MAYBE THEY'RE WAITING FOR PARKS TO TAKE THE LEAD, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. AND WE ARE TAKING THE LEAD FOR THIS REALLY IS PART OF THAT CELEBRATION FOR US THIS YEAR. I WE'RE SPENDING CLOSE TO.
$70,000 MORE THAN WE NORMALLY DO ON THE FOURTH FEST, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT, BUT I GUESS I WAS LOOKING EVEN BIGGER PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S TO ME SEEMS LIKE I SHOULD BE A BIG SEVEN. OH, RIGHT HERE. YEAH. BUT I'M LOOKING FOR I MEAN, I WOULD THINK, YEAH, LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AT CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT THIS WAS THE 70TH, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL PLANS THEY HAVE ON ON THEIR END, BUT FOR US, WE WE'VE PUSHED A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH FOCUSED ON THAT AS PART OF IT.
AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK IS, IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE TOO. SO THANK YOU. YEP. NEXT THING I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WE'VE TALKED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AND HOW WE'RE ON OUR FIVE YEAR REVIEW. PART OF THAT IS TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO PARTS OF THIS THAT WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP ON. NUMBER ONE, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS AVAILABLE IS OPEN. WE WOULD LOVE FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON OUR MASTER PLAN, AND THEN ALSO TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETING THAT WE'LL BE HOLDING RIGHT HERE ON AUGUST 6TH AT 7 P.M. AS A PART OF OUR PARKS BOARD MEETING. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD. THAT SURVEY NOT ONLY TALKS ABOUT PARKS AND TRAILS AND FACILITIES, BUT ALSO TALKS ABOUT PROGRAMING AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. WOULD REALLY ASK THAT YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO PROMOTE THIS. SHARE THIS AND GIVE IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE FLIERS. YES. STOP BY THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER. WE WILL GIVE YOU A STACK. OKAY.
AND YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HAND THOSE THOSE OUT ON MONDAY, STARTING ON MONDAY. OKAY.
MONDAY. THANK YOU. I TRIED DOING IT. CAN YOU SEND US A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEP. SO THAT QR CODE THAT I'M LOOKING AT, THAT'S THE THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE SURVEYMONKEY SURVEY. WHAT ARE YOU ASKING OF THE PUBLIC WHEN YOU YOU'RE INVITING US TO A MEETING? WHAT ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY AFTER IDEA WISE? I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR,
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WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE, THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO IS THERE A SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT TO SEE A PARK? DO THEY WANT TO SEE A NEW PROGRAM, A NEW EVENT, A A PROGRAM OR EVENT INCREASED BIGGER, STRONGER, MORE POWERFUL? THE SURVEY ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE, TALKING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, THE OVERALL MASTER PLAN, AND ASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETING WILL BE THEIR THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IN PERSON.SO THERE WILL BE ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SPEAK RIGHT AT THIS DAIS. YES. OKAY.
IT GIVES YOU ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. JUST TAKES A. DONNIE, I SAID, CAN I COME SAY SOMETHING TOO? SO PART OF THE REASON THAT WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP AS WELL IS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE TO DETERMINE OUR ACTUAL REACH AND IMPACT IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IF WE POSTED IN OUR FACILITIES, AND IF WE POST IT ON OUR NEWSLETTERS AND OUR EXPLORE GUIDE, WE ARE ONLY RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE ALREADY IMPACTING. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE REC AND TENNIS CENTER? RIGHT. LIKE, HOW MANY TIMES PER YEAR DO YOU COME? DID YOU KNOW THAT WE OFFER THESE EVENTS BECAUSE WE. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU BEST WANT TO HEAR FROM US? BECAUSE IF, AS DALTON WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU GET PEOPLE WHO SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HERE, WE CAN'T REACH THEM IF WE'RE ONLY REACHING. WE CAN'T REACH A NEW AUDIENCE IF WE'RE ONLY TARGETING OUR CURRENT AUDIENCE. SO SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. YEAH. AND NO, AND NO SURVEY IS VALID UNLESS WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT IS BALANCED. AND SO GETTING IT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO CAN YOU WILL SEND WE'LL SEND A DIGITAL. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO COME BY THE RECREATION TENNIS CENTER TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP PAPER DOCUMENTS AS WELL. AND LAST THING, MY MY MONTHLY STAFF KUDOS. WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO BE AT THOSE SPLASH PADS. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THOSE SPLASH PADS, THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO PREPARATION FOR OPENING OUR SPLASH PADS AND KEEPING THEM RUNNING ALL OVER A HUGE, YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS, IS STAFF INTENSIVE. SO YOU COMBINE THAT WITH OUR MOWING. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF RAIN. AND SO OUR STAFF HAS REALLY HAD TO BE EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE AS THEY MADE SURE THAT WE'RE RAMPING UP THE SPLASH PADS. WE'LL ALSO OH, IT'S DRY MOMENT. SO LET ME GO MOW REAL QUICK. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR PARK STAFF KNOW THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED, THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE ARE MOMENTS LIKE TODAY WHERE I STILL DRIVE AROUND KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF RAIN, AND STILL SEEING THE DIFFERENCE THAT THEY HAVE MADE. AND, AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE KUDOS TO THEM IS WELL DESERVED. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THE FREEDOM TREE IS GOING TO BE JUST A RIBBON CUTTING SPEECH BY SOMEONE AND THAT'S IT. OR IS IT? IT'LL BE AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES, HOUR AND 25 MINUTES CEREMONY.
THEN AN OFFICIAL CUTTING OF THE RIBBON. AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF SMALLER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE PARK FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THAT. BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A SMALL, INTIMATE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE PARK. YES. SO IN ESSENCE, EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE. PROGRESSING AS FAR AS THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING. 100%. YEP. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS. YEAH. THEY THEY OFFICIALLY TILLED ALL THE LAND THE LAST, LAST TWO DAYS. AND THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN OUR GRASS SEED. AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN WEEKS FOR THAT GRASS TO GROW. AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[9. BOARD REPORTS]
MOVING ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. BOARD REPORTS. ANY BOARD REPORTS. MISSOURI CITY GREEN WILL HAVE A. WE'RE GOING TO COORDINATE WITH ANOTHER COMPANY TO DO ADOPT A SPOT CLEANUP AT[01:25:03]
BELLE GREEN WEST PARK ON SATURDAY. SO THEY'LL BE THEY HAVE ADOPTED THAT PARK. THEY'LL DO THREE CLEANUPS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. AND ALSO MISSOURI CITY GREEN WILL BE DOING SUMMER CAMP ON JUNE 23RD. SO WE'LL GET WITH AARON TO FIND OUT HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE THERE. WE HEARD IT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 120. THAT'S THE LAST COUNT, WASN'T IT? EIGHT. OKAY.OH 80 SO WE'LL BE THERE ON THE 23RD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER REPORTS IF NOT ITEMS FOR NEXT
[10. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA]
MEETING AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, IT IS NOW* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.