[00:00:01] I'D LIKE TO CALL THE THE THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S 701. I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE TRAVELING IN, BUT OUT OF RESPECT OF EVERYONE'S TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED. FIRST WE'LL GO THROUGH ROLL CALL. I GUESS IT'S MORE WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT I'LL JUST CALL OUT NAMES. PAM ANDREWS HERE. MARY ROSS IS NOT HERE. BRUCE BATSON. ADAM IS NOT HERE YET. DIANE HERE AND MYSELF, BRIAN MERCHANT. LAWRENCE IS ON HIS WAY, AND BUDDY PRESIDENT AND THOMAS SEEING IS NOT HERE, BUT SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT. AND WE DO EXPECT OH, OKAY. [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES] ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON FROM ROLL CALL, WE'LL CONSIDER APPROVAL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, JUNE 4TH. AND I THINK EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES VIA EMAIL AS WELL AS WE HAVE HARD COPIES HERE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO REVIEW. AND IF THERE ARE ANY ANY CHANGES, PLEASE MAKE NOTE. BUT IF NOT I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MEETINGS AS MEETING NOTES AS WRITTEN. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE MEETING MINUTES FOR FOR JUNE 4TH. [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS] NEXT ITEM ON THE ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'LL ASK FOR FOR THOSE THAT COME FORWARD TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. AND THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE FOR FOR MASTER PLAN INPUT. AND SO IF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR HAVE COMMENT, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO. COME UP TO THE. BEST I CAN. TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME. MY COMMENTS. I'M STEVE MATTHEWS. I LIVE ON RIDGEVIEW DRIVE, RIGHT ACROSS FROM RIDGEVIEW PARK. I'VE BEEN. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 25 YEARS. I'M A RETIRED TEACHER FROM ELKINS, BUT I'VE LIVED ACROSS THAT PARK. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK NOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE OF IT DO A GREAT JOB. I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE. WE'VE HAD SOME BAD YEARS, AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH TOO MANY PEOPLE SHOWING UP WITH NOT ENOUGH PARKING AND STUFF, BUT YOU GUYS AND TAKING CARE OF FIXING ALL THAT UP. IT'S REALLY GREAT. I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE 26 YEARS OR 25 YEARS WITH EVEN WITH ALL THE SOCCER THAT USED TO GO ON THERE AND PARKS. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH, WE'LL PASS THAT ON. I KNOW THE THE PARK STAFF TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. AND SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA. [5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION] IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES MASTER PLAN, THE FIVE YEAR REVIEW. AND WE HAVE DANIELLE TO PRESENT FOR US. AWESOME. GOOD EVENING. BEFORE I START THIS, I DO WANT TO JUST SAY JOHN COBIA, OUR CREW LEADER OVER THE CREW THAT MAINTAINS RIDGEVIEW PARK IS HERE. SO GLAD YOU WERE HERE TO HEAR THAT. SHOUT OUT FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS WE CAME TO THE PARKS BOARD A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. EARLY IN 2026 AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE WERE TAKING A YEAR LONG UNDERTAKING OF A BIG PROJECT TO UPDATE OUR TEN YEAR MASTER PLAN. SO THE MASTER PLAN IS 2021 TO 2031. THIS IS WE'RE AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK. AND SO WE ARE DOING AN INTERNAL UPDATE AND REVIEW OF THAT DOCUMENT. WANTED TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE A STATUS UPDATE OF THE PUBLIC SURVEY AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING. AND TO MAKE SOME REQUESTS FROM YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED. SO JUST A COUPLE BRIEF REMINDERS ON THIS. THE PRIMARY FOUR, FOUR AREAS THAT ARE UNDER THIS REVIEW. IS STEP ONE THE PLAN PERFORMANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION. ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ON OUR GOALS. ARE WE MOVING FORWARD AS INTENDED. WHEN THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN. IS IT IMPACTING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. [00:05:03] ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS, OUR VISION AND ACTION ITEMS? THE SECOND ONE IS OUR SYSTEM INVENTORY AND LEVELS OF SERVICE. WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, SOME NEW PARKS, NEW TRAILS NEW SERVICE LEVELS WITH CITY FACILITIES AND MEDIANS. AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE A AYE A BIT TO RE DOCUMENT ALL OF THAT AND MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR RECORDS ARE CORRECT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREAS ARE STILL ACCURATELY REPRESENTING WHAT THEY SHOULD FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THE NEXT ONE IS OUR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS AND POLICIES. SO RECREATION PROGRAMS WERE IN THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN BUT NOT AN ASSESSMENT REALLY. WE DIDN'T DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, MEANING WE DIDN'T EVALUATE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY SERVING ALL RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IF WE'RE ACTUALLY SERVING THEM IN A WAY THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS. FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WERE A LOT MORE FOCUSED ON QUANTITY. AND RIGHT NOW OUR STRATEGY IS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE QUANTITY, IT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY. WE WANT A GOOD PROGRAMING MIX, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING WHAT RESIDENTS NEEDS, WHAT RESIDENTS NEED, NOT JUST PROVIDING EVERYTHING. THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN HIT SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. AND THEN OPERATIONS. SO STAFFING CAPACITY, OUR DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ARE WE STILL LINING UP WITH WHERE THE CITY WANTS US TO BE AND OUR CAPITAL PLANNING AND FINANCIAL STRATEGY? ANOTHER ONE, A LOT HAS CHANGED WITH FUNDING STRATEGIES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. A LOT HAS CHANGED WITH ANTICIPATED NEEDS FOR BUDGET TO BUILD THINGS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE'RE UPDATING OUR COST ASSUMPTIONS, OUR FUNDING STRATEGIES, RESEARCHING NEW GRANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND REALIGNING OUR PRIORITY PROJECTS IN LINE WITH OUR CAPITAL PLANNING AND ANY UPDATED FINANCIAL STRATEGIES. THIS WAS A TEN MONTH FRAMEWORK. SO WE DID A KICKOFF IN FEBRUARY. WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED OUR DATA AND METRICS REVIEW THAT WAS DONE THIS SPRING. WE ARE CURRENTLY COMPILING ALL OF THAT TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS ON A SHEET OF PAPER. WE ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL REVIEW PHASE. SO THOSE SLIGHTLY OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT. OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND WE HAVE ABOUT 175 RESPONSES SO FAR. SO WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND IT THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO HIT THAT 300 NUMBER. IT'S STILL A SMALL PORTION OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE SIZE. WE ARE STARTING TO KICK OFF, AS I MENTIONED, DRAFTING OUR FINDINGS, SO MAKING IT ALL MAKE SENSE, MAKING IT INTO A GUIDE THAT CAN ASSIST STAFF AND GIVE US THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE NEED TO GO. AND THEN LATER THIS FALL, WE WILL HAVE OUR INTERNAL REVIEW AND FINAL REPORTS THAT WILL INCLUDE COMING BACK TO PARKS BOARD FOR WITH THE FINAL DOCUMENT. SO KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF MYSELF. SO AS OF THE CREATION OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE A LITTLE HIGHER NOW. WE HAD 158 SURVEY RESPONSES. AND WE ARE ABOUT TWO, TWO OF SIX PRIMARY PHASES COMPLETE. SO WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE DATA UPDATES, ALL OF THE METRICS EVALUATION. BASICALLY WE GATHERED ALL THE STUFF AND NOW WE HAVE TO ANALYZE, EVALUATE AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO PRIORITIZATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES, DRAFTING THOSE DOCUMENTS SOME OF THE KEY DATA THAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE SAY WE'RE UPDATING OUR METRICS, WE'RE UPDATING OUR DATA. WE LOOKED AT OUR PARK ZONES BECAUSE WE RECENTLY RESTRUCTURED OUR PARK ZONES. WE WENT FROM 13 DOWN TO FOUR. SO ALL OF OUR MAPPING HAS TO CHANGE. ALL OF OUR SERVICE GAPS AND SERVICE EVALUATIONS HAVE TO CHANGE OUR INVENTORY AND ACREAGE. WE'VE HAD NEW PARKS OPEN, AS I MENTIONED, TROXELL PARK, THAT CHANGES OUR, OUR DEVELOPED PARK INVENTORY, NEW TRAILS, CONNECTING THINGS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GET TO PARKS WITHOUT DRIVING. OUR SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY, WHEN WE HAD OUR, OUR TEN YEAR MASTER PLAN, IT WAS A LEVEL ONE, TWO AND THREE. THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO BE THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MORE CLEARLY DEFINE THEM AND MAKE IT MORE OF A, A HANDBOOK THAT IF YOU ARE A NEW PARKS AND PARKS OR FORESTRY EMPLOYEE, A HANDBOOK THAT'S NOT JUST A DETAILED LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT GETS DONE WITH A THING TO THE SIDE THAT SAYS WEEKLY, QUARTERLY ANNUALLY. IT'S ACTUALLY A, A MANUAL FOR OUR SERVICE LEVELS PARKS AND FORESTRY SCOPE. AND SO WE, AS THIS BOARD KNOWS, WE DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST PARKS. WE DO MEDIANS, WE DO CITY LANDSCAPING, WE DO DETENTION, WE DO ALL SORTS OF STUFF. AND SO WE ARE REALLY GOING IN AND UPDATING ALL OF OUR SERVICE AREAS. WHAT WE DO, HOW OFTEN WE DO IT, WHAT MAINTENANCE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE AT, WHERE THEY ARE, THE NUMBER OF ACRES, ALL OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF. AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED, THE RECREATION PROGRAM DATA. SO WE HAVE ALREADY PULLED FIVE YEARS OF PARTICIPATION DATA TO EVALUATE TRENDS AND DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE NEED [00:10:08] TO BE WITH OUR PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL INTRODUCTION OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN OUR PUBLIC SURVEY. THERE WERE 28 QUESTIONS. WE PUT IT OUT ON OUR SOCIALS, WE PUT IT OUT. IT'S ON THE, THE READER BOARDS, THE CITY'S DIGITAL BOARDS OUTSIDE OF ALL FACILITIES. AND THERE ARE ONES ON THE STREET READER BOARDS THAT DIRECT YOU TO THE WEBSITE TO COMPLETE IT. WE ALSO HAVE LIKE THE YARD SALE STYLE SIGNS IN ALL OF OUR PARKS NOW. AND SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING AND PUSHING HARD. IT'S AT THE REC CENTER. I BROUGHT SOME CARDS TO GIVE YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN HAND IT OUT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS REALLY PUSHING REALLY HARD TO GET A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE MORE WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THE BETTER WE CAN SERVE THEM. SO TO START OFF, WE JUST ASKED SOME, SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, WHO YOU ARE, WHAT, WHAT AGE GROUPS ARE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU'RE IN. IF YOU'RE EVEN A RESIDENT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID NONRESIDENT. AND SO COUNCIL COUNCIL DISTRICT D IS HEAVILY REPRESENTED. SO IF YOU ARE IN D REPRESENTING US, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPONSE GROUPS AT 17 AND YOUNGER AND 35 TO 49. SO THOSE ARE REALLY REPRESENTED GROUPS. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY DIVERSE AND EVEN POPULATION. SO MAYBE WE'RE JUST NOT MEETING THE TARGET MARKET AND GETTING IT INTO THEIR HANDS. AND THEN WE ASKED JUST SOME BASELINE QUESTIONS HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USING OUR PARKS. WHAT WE FOUND WAS 70% OF RESPONDENTS ARE USING OUR PARKS DAILY OR WEEKLY. THAT IS HUGE. THAT IS A VERY, VERY HIGH NUMBER. AND SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SURPRISED US, 62% CAN SAFELY WALK TO A PARK WITHIN TEN MINUTES. SO WE OFTEN BASE THINGS ON THE, IN OUR NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION METRIC THAT THE GOAL IS FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO A PARK WITHIN TEN MINUTES. THAT'S ABOUT A HALF MILE IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS OR SENIORS COULD BE A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE IF YOU'RE DOING IT FOR EXERCISE. AND THEN 64.6% OF OUR RESPONDENTS AT THE TIME WE PULLED THIS SAID THAT PUBLIC SPACES OR PARKS AND OUR TRAILS AND OUR FACILITIES MATTER THE MOST TO TO THEIR HOUSEHOLD. SO OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE, THAT IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO THEM. THEN WE GOT INTO OUR SATISFACTION RATES. SO WE, WE ASKED HOW SATISFIED THEY WERE WITH OUR MAINTENANCE, WITH OUR OVERALL QUALITY. IF WE'VE IMPROVED, HOW ARE THEY SATISFIED WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WAS THAT 57% ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF OUR PARKS. THIS IS UP FROM THE 2020 SURVEY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2021 DOCUMENT. 50% HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE WITHIN OUR PARKS. AND THEN 39% WERE SATISFIED WITH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. AND SO WITH THIS ONE, THE, THE DISSATISFACTION RATE WITH OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS IS VERY LOW. IT'S ONLY AT ABOUT 11%, BUT 48%. SO ALMOST 50% ANSWERED THAT THEY WERE NEUTRAL OR UNSURE ABOUT THEIR SATISFACTION RATE. SO THAT TELLS US THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS. OR IF THEY'RE SATISFIED, IT'S THAT THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE NOT AWARE THEY HAVEN'T ATTENDED. MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO. AND SO IT'S REALLY TELLING US THAT IT'S NOT DISAPPROVAL, IT'S UNFAMILIARITY. AND THEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ARE WE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? COMPARING THE ROLE OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO WHAT IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO, COMPARING OUR PARKS TO THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND COMPARING OUR PROGRAMS TO THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BECAUSE WHILE SATISFACTION IS GREAT, SHOWING THAT WE'RE IMPROVING IS EQUALLY OR MORE IMPORTANT. AND SO WHAT, WHAT THE DATA ON THIS IS TELLING US IS THAT PARKS ARE SEEN AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY WERE A DECADE AGO. SO 53% SAY MORE IMPORTANT, AND ONLY 4% SAID LESS. THAT'S HUGE THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE VALUE OF PARKS. THEY'RE SEEING THE VALUE OF HAVING OPEN SPACES FOR THEIR FAMILY TO RECREATE RECREATION AND PARKS THEMSELVES ARE TURNING POSITIVE. ALMOST 50%. SO 48% SAY THEY'VE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR PARKS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO WHILE WE'RE STILL HOVERING AROUND 50% ON THE SATISFACTION RATE, WE'RE ALSO SEEING 50% SAYING, YES, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER. YOU'RE IMPROVING YOUR THE QUALITY, THE MAINTENANCE, THE EFFORT IS INCREASING. AND I THINK WE KIND OF HEARD THAT ECHOED WITH OUR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. AND THEN AGAIN, RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE KIND OF SHOWING THE WEAKEST DATA AT THIS POINT BECAUSE 31% SAY THEY'VE IMPROVED, [00:15:05] BUT ABOUT 30% ARE STILL UNSURE. SO AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER DATA DRIVER TELLING US THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT. PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH US. AND SOME AREAS WHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS AGREE. SO WE TOSSED IN SOME QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM ARE FROM THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE THE DATA, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NEW. SO QUESTIONS LIKE EXISTING PARKS SHOULD BE UPGRADED OR IMPROVED INSTEAD OF BUILDING NEW PARKS. THE CITY PROVIDES ME INFORMATION ON PARKS AND PROGRAMS. I NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS IN MY COMMUNITY SHOULD BE CONNECTED BY TRAIL ACCESS, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHERE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHO AGREES WITH WHICH STATEMENTS. AND SO 84% SAID THAT THEY WANT TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING PARKS RATHER THAN BUILDING NEW ONES, WHICH IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL RESPONSE. THAT ONE KIND OF THREW ME FOR A LOOP. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT A BIT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BUILT NEW PARKS. WE'VE ALSO PUT A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT ON REVITALIZING PARKS. RIDGEVIEW PARK, BICENTENNIAL PARK THOSE ARE ALL REVITALIZATIONS ALL OF THE NEW ELEMENTS COMING IN. STATE PARK IS CONSIDERED A REVITALIZATION REVITALIZATION AS WELL. TRAIL CONNECTIVITY, 77% SAID THAT CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LINEAR PARKS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. THIS IS A CONSISTENT DATA DRIVER ON OUR DECISIONS. EVERY TIME WE DO A PUBLIC SURVEY, PEOPLE WANT TRAILS. PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. AND SO IT'S NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IN IN THE NEXT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER THAT, WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATED TRAILS MASTER PLAN TO YOU GUYS. WE HAD DONE OUR INITIAL. AND SO NOW WE KIND OF HAVE THE PHASE TWO IN THAT MASTER TRAILS MASTER PLAN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL. AND THEN PUBLIC VALUE, THIS WAS A HUGE DRIVE, A HUGE ITEM THAT WE PUT IN HERE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS, 79.7%. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THAT 80% SAID THAT PARKS AND FACILITIES ARE WELL WORTH THE COST TO TAXPAYERS. WHICH IS EXCELLENT TO HEAR. THAT IS THAT IS OUR SUPPORT. THAT IS WE NEED THAT. BUT ALSO IT'S SHOWING THAT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING, WHILE SATISFACTION MIGHT BE HOVERING 50%, WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS STILL IMPORTANT. THEY STILL WANT TAX DOLLARS, THEIR MONEY, THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY GOING TOWARDS THAT. AND THEN WE ALWAYS NEED TO KNOW WHAT NEW STUFF OR EXTRA AMENITIES PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN. AND SO THIS IS THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SELECT THEIR TOP FIVE. THERE ARE ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS IN THE SURVEY THAT THEY COULD SELECT. THESE WERE ALL OF THE ONES THAT, THAT KIND OF HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO GO BASED ON. SO AGAIN, AS I WAS MENTIONING TRAILS, MULTI LOOPS, MULTI USE AND LOOPS AND CONNECTORS ARE COMING IN HEAVIEST AT 65%. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT CAUGHT ME A LITTLE BIT OFF GUARD WAS OUR NUMBER TWO IS BOTANICAL AND FLOWER GARDENS. I WOULD LOVE TO DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS TO SEE IF THAT IS FOR ESTHETICS OR ENVIRONMENTAL OR SUSTAINABILITY OR ALL THREE. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I, I'M FOR IT. AND YOU GUYS KNOW PAUL WILL PLANT THE WHOLE CITY IF YOU LET HIM. YES. AND THEN SHELTERS, PLAYGROUNDS, WATER FEATURES, SPLASH PADS. THESE ARE PRETTY HOT ITEMS. TYPICALLY, WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE SUMMERS HOTTER THAN LAST, EVEN NOT QUITE 23, BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSE. SO PEOPLE WANT MORE SHADE AND MORE PAVILIONS AVAILABLE FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PARKS. PROGRAMS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND WHAT'S STOPPING THEM. SO I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT THE UNFAMILIARITY OF OUR PROGRAMS IS MORE OF THE DATA DRIVER RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING THAN DISSATISFACTION OR ENJOYMENT. PEOPLE JUST AREN'T AWARE. AND SO WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO REGISTER IS THE ONE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT TO US RIGHT HERE. 68% SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO REGISTER IF THEY SIMPLY KNEW THE PROGRAMS EXISTED. SO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS YEAR AND REALLY DONE A DEEP DIVE ON OUR SERVICES, ON OUR PROGRAMS, ON OUR OFFERINGS YOU EVALUATE WITH THAT YOUR, YOUR COST, WHAT TIME IT IS. THE AGE GROUPS BARRIERS FOR ENTRY. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT GO INTO EVALUATING RECREATION PROGRAMS. THIS IS SHOWING US THAT THAT AWARENESS IS OUR NUMBER ONE BARRIER. NOT PRICE, NOT NOT REGISTRATION, EASE OF REGISTRATION, NOT THE SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT THE PROGRAMS EXIST. WE HAD A BIG PUSH FOR FITNESS CLASSES AND THEN ADULT ENRICHMENT CLASSES. WE PUT A LITTLE CAVEAT IN THERE THAT THIS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, COOKING, HOW TO DO YOUR TAXES, KNITTING, POTTERY, CLAY, ALL OF THOSE KIND OF LIKE ENRICHMENT STYLE, LEARN A NEW HOBBY STYLE CLASSES WOULD FALL UNDER THAT. AND THEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLASSES. SO YOUR, YOUR HEALTHY LIVING, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WITH FITNESS AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS REALLY [00:20:05] COMING THROUGH HERE. THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER. SO ALL OF THESE WERE NEW QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIFIC RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER QUESTIONS IN OUR 2021 MASTER PLAN SURVEY. THIS FACILITY IS PRETTY HIGHLY REGARDED BY OUR USERS, AND IT'S UNKNOWN TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE. SO IN RESIDENT'S OWN WORDS, THIS IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER AWARENESS. WE HAD A LOT OF WRITE IN DATA THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A REC CENTER. SO OUR DALTON AND HIS TEAM ARE ALREADY ON THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT IT. ACCESS AND HOURS COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES CLOSED WHEN I'M ABLE TO WORK OUT. SO WHETHER IT'S THIRD SHIFT WORKERS OR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME IN BEFORE WORK AND WE OPEN AT SIX AND THEY CAN'T GET READY FOR WORK BEFORE THEN. AND THEN OTHER USES, WE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT MEETING SPACE GARDEN CLUBS, AARP FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS, LIKE JUST FUNCTIONS FOR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN AND USE IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A FEW POLICIES IN PLACE FOR USE OF THOSE OF THOSE ROOMS AND THOSE GROUPS. SO WE WANT TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT UNDERLYING REQUEST IS AND THEN WHAT RESIDENTS FEEL WE'RE MISSING. SO WE LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'RE HITTING OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS. SO ADULTS AGES 35 TO 65 IS THE NUMBER ONE UNDERSERVED GROUP. SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE PROVIDING ENOUGH FOR THAT GROUP, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE OUR OUR DATA ON WHO'S COMPLETING THE SURVEY, THAT WAS OUR, OUR SECOND HIGHEST GROUP OF WHO'S LIVING IN THOSE HOUSEHOLDS. SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE THE SURVEY, WHICH MEANS THEY KNOW WE EXIST. THEY ARE LIVING IN, IN MISSOURI CITY AND HOMES HERE, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THAT THEY ARE UNDERSERVED IN OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. SO, SO THAT IS DEFINITELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT WE CALL A MISS OR AN IMPROVEMENT ZONE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT AWARENESS. THEY'RE FILLING OUT THE SURVEY. THEY KNOW ABOUT US. BUT THEY STILL FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROGRAMS FOR THEM. NONE OF THE ABOVE CAME IN AT NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR HUGE WIN HERE. PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE ARE EQUALLY SERVING ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL RESIDENTS, ALL AGE GROUPS, WHICH IS HUGE. THAT IS OUR GOAL. SO OUR KEY THEMES, JUST AS A SUMMARY, AGAIN THIS IS PRELIMINARY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS POSTED. THESE ARE NOT FINAL RESULTS AND WE WILL REANALYZE THEM BEFORE BEFORE DRAFTING OUR DOCUMENT ON TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY IS STILL HUGE. IT HAS BEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. I MEAN, I THINK EVERY SURVEY WE'VE DONE THAT I'VE FOUND A COPY OF HAS SAID THAT PEOPLE WANT TRAILS. WHICH IS WE KNEW COMING INTO THIS AND ALREADY HAD PLANNED ON DOING A TRAILS MASTER PLAN WITH IT. INVEST IN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, MOST OF OUR RESPONSES SAID WE NEED MORE PARKS, WE NEED MORE. NOW THAT THAT RESPONSE HAS SHIFTED AND THEY ARE WANTING US TO INVEST IN THE PROPERTIES WE ALREADY HAVE REDEVELOP, IMPROVE. ADD AMENITIES EVEN JUST RE PUTTING INTO THE PARKS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. AWARENESS IS OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM BARRIER, AS I MENTIONED GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR, AND THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND REQUESTS NOT CURRENTLY ON OUR LIST. SO DOG PARKS AND A LOT OF OTHER RIDE ONS THAT WE LIKE, RIGHT? IN SO CUSTOM, IF PEOPLE WANT TO PUT IN THEIR OWN REQUEST, THERE WAS A SPOT FOR THAT. SO POOLS, COMMUNITY GARDENS AND DOG PARKS, WE DID NOT PUT THOSE AS AMENITIES IN OUR LIST. THEY WROTE THEM IN AND THERE WAS FREQUENT ENOUGH THAT, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I COULD GET BEHIND SOME DOG PARKS AND SOME COMMUNITY GARDENS. I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT POOLS. WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO THE SURVEY IS STILL OPEN. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE EXTENDED IT THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS DOING A A LOT OF PUSH RIGHT NOW. IT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THREE TIMES ALREADY IN THE PAST WEEK. AND SO I HAVE THE, THE CARDS RIGHT HERE THAT HAVE THE QR CODE. IT'S POSTED JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE YOU COULD LOOK IN ONE OF OUR PARKS. WE REALLY ARE ASKING THAT YOUR NETWORKS BE MADE AWARE OF IT. OUR NEXT STEPS. THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPILING THE SURVEY RESULTS. NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TRY AND GET THOSE, THOSE DATA TRENDS, REALLY THE DRIVERS BEHIND IT, MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND THE RESPONSES. OCTOBER, WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE IS GOING TO LINE UP WITH THE COMP PLAN AND WITH DRAINAGE STUDIES AND WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS, CIP PLANS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LINE UP WITH IT. [00:25:04] IN NOVEMBER, WE WILL BE BACK TO PRESENT OUR FINAL FINDINGS AND OUR DRAFT DOCUMENT FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING, BUT WE'LL BE PUBLISHING THIS AND IT WILL BE BASICALLY AN APPENDIX TO THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN. SO WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU GUYS, THE SURVEY ITSELF PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE AGAIN SHARE. IT BROUGHT A HUGE STACK. IF YOU ARE ON YOUR HOA BOARD, YOUR MUD BOARD, YOUR LID BOARDS, IF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH OR A SOCIAL CLUB THAT YOU'RE WITH, PLEASE HAND IT OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ASKING YOU GUYS FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMUNITIES BETTER THAN WE DO. ARE YOU HEARING THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THESE TRENDS OR THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN CONSIDERED? ARE WE ANALYZING THE RIGHT THINGS? AND THEN ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BASICALLY? SO THIS IS YOUR FEEDBACK TIME. I KNOW WE DID TALK ABOUT HAVING IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. BUT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO GET FEEDBACK. SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. OOPS. ALL RIGHT. FROM THE BOARD'S STANDPOINT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FEEDBACK WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AT THIS MOMENT? THAT SEEMS VERY THOROUGH. AND I HAVE TO GET BUSY IN DISTRICT C BECAUSE WE'RE VERY LOW. SO I GOTTA WORK WITH DISTRICT B. I'LL GET BUSY. WELL, A IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE TO BE, APPARENTLY. NO, IT'S B B B B B B. YEAH, WE WERE JUST IN A WEIRD PLACE. WE'RE KIND OF ACROSS THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD FROM EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY ELSE. YEAH. SO LIKE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE DON'T HAVE A PARK WITHIN TEN MINUTES WALK. BUT I TRY TO CONSTANTLY TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW AWESOME MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECS IS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY OFFER. BECAUSE I CAME FROM CITY OF HOUSTON AND I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR PARKS PROGRAM, AND I LOVE THEM, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT MISSOURI, MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND REC DOES. AND I TRY TO TELL THE PEOPLE IN MY AREA HOW AWESOME THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH IS OFFERED. IT'S A LOT. AND THEY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. AND IF THEY WOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S OFFERED, THEY WOULD PROBABLY FIND A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY'D BE VERY HAPPY WITH. I JUST THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION. SO MY THING IS TO GET PEOPLE PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'LL THEY MIGHT I DON'T WANT THEM TO RESPOND TO ME TO RESPOND TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. I DON'T THINK THAT MY NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR LITTLE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE RESPONDING ENOUGH TO YOU. ONE THING THAT MAY HELP IS IF LIKE WE HAVE THOSE CARDS, IF WE KNOW WHEN THEIR NEXT HOA MEETING, BECAUSE GENERALLY THOSE THAT ATTEND HOA MEETINGS, THEY'LL BE THE ONES THAT RESPOND. YEAH, THAT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. ANYBODY THAT ATTENDS ANY CIVIC EVENT, THEY'RE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL PARTICIPATE. AND GENERALLY THEY'LL DO IT WHILE THEY'RE SITTING THERE AT THE MEETING. IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE IF THEY LEAVE, THEY WON'T DO IT. BUT ANOTHER AVENUE, WHEN WE DO PARK ASSESSMENTS, WE TALK TO THE RESIDENTS. THAT WILL BE AN EASY WAY TO GIVE THEM A FORM AND LET THEM FILL IT OUT RIGHT THERE. OR, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE QR CODE AND FILL IT OUT. BECAUSE NORMALLY I KNOW WHEN I DO IT, I'M AT LEAST TALKING TO TEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT LEAST, AND SOMETIMES EVEN LARGER GROUPS. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO PURSUE IT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, BUT AS FAR AS GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT. KRISTA'S NEWSLETTER, I THINK IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET EMAIL ADDRESSES TO HER. IS THAT THE WAY TO DO IT? IT HAS AN OPTION FOR EMAIL ADDRESSES, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ADDED. YES. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT FOR THE SURVEY. NO, BECAUSE IT'S VERY I MEAN SHE'S GOT A LOT OF WE USED TO HAVE IT THEN THERE WAS A BLANK AND NOW SHE'S REVIVED IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. SHE'S SHE'S ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE OUTREACH AND THE MARKETING RIGHT NOW. I'D LIKE TO ALSO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD, AT LEAST ALLOW IF THERE'S SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT NOW IS A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO STEP. PLEASE COME. COME FORWARD, YOUNG CHILD. OKAY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THIS COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE. AND JUST TELL US YOUR NAME AND AND FEEL FREE. WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS NOW THAT I'VE GOT YOU ALL HERE. OKAY. MY NAME IS DEB FREILICH AND I LIVE IN FONDREN PARK. I LIVE AT 152 TEN EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE. WE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK. Y'ALL ARE BUILDING AND JUST I MEAN, LITERALLY RIGHT THERE. [00:30:06] AND IT'S GREAT. I'M SO GLAD THAT Y'ALL BLOCKED OFF THE TRAFFIC. IT MAKES IT A LOT SAFER. IT REALLY WOULD BE NICE IF WE. I'M STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WALK, BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE THERE FOR US TO DO BESIDES WALK. IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET SOME PARK BENCHES MAYBE IN THERE OR SOME SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD KIND OF BRING THAT COMMUNITY INTO THAT PARK. IT'S A GREAT PARK. IT REALLY IS. BUT IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET SOME OTHER STUFF. I KNOW THAT THE FUNDING IS IS NOT AVAILABLE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS STILL ON THE, ON THE BACK BURNER. BUT IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF SHOW US. I KNOW THAT WE WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE STEPCHILDREN SOMETIMES OF, OF MISSOURI CITY. IT WOULD JUST BE NICE TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND MAYBE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT'S LIKE, OH LOOK, WE GOT TRASH CANS. IT WAS SO GREAT. THANK YOU. WE FINALLY GOT OUR TRASH CANS. YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE COULD GET SOME PARK BENCHES. SO WHEN WE'RE WALKING, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK. SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF IT JUST AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW THERE ACTUALLY IS A MASTER PLAN. I KNOW THERE'S A MASTER PLAN AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT MASTER PLAN FROM THE GET GO. IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE IT. LIKE THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. WE JUST GOT OUR TRASH CANS NOT EVEN A MONTH AGO. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR TRASH CANS FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, I ASKED, I SAID, CAN Y'ALL JUST GET SOME TRASH CANS OUT THERE? YOU KNOW, YES, WE GET PEOPLE. I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE PLAYING SOCCER NOW. AND WE GOT SOME PEOPLE PLAYING, YOU KNOW, VOLLEYBALL. BUT I JUST THINK SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO NEXT? SO THAT'S IT. THE BEST IS YET TO COME. THAT'S WHAT THEY KEEP SAYING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE FEEL FREE. NOW IS THE PROPER TIME. NO TIME LIMIT. THANK GOD. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS RAY HUNDAL. I LIVE AT 3915 CROW VALLEY. I'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 36 YEARS. I'VE SEEN LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE IMPROVEMENT AT THE MCNAUGHTON PARK BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT WAS DAMAGED BY A CAR. AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK FOREVER AND THE GRANDKIDS WANTED TO GO OUT AND PLAY. WE KEPT SAYING, WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET FIXED? AND IT TOOK ALMOST FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO GET THAT FIXED. BUT IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE NOW. WE LOVE IT. THE GRANDKIDS LOVE IT. WE ALSO USE THE SPLASH PAD AT RIDGEVIEW. THAT IS JUST AN ADORABLE PLACE. THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA PARKING. THE EXTRA PARKING LOT JUST GOT FINISHED. AND ONE THING THAT I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WAS SOME OF THE PAVILIONS THAT YOU'VE BUILT AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE PARTIES THERE. BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SPLASH PAD SO CLOSE. I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD SUGGEST TO BUILD A FEW MORE COVERED PAVILIONS AT THE MACNAUGHTON PARK, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONLY ONE PAVILION AND ONE FAMILY'S HAVING BIRTHDAY PARTIES, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY ROOM FOR ANYONE ELSE. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE MACNAUGHTON PARK. THE OTHER THING ABOUT THE MACNAUGHTON PARK, THERE'S A LOT OF LAND NOT BEING USED. AND SINCE SHE MENTIONED DOG PARKS, WE HAVE LOTS OF DOGS THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE TO PUT JUST A SMALL. I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS THEIR BIG ONE OVER AT THE KITTY HAWK. BUT IF WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SMALL ONE RIGHT THERE, IT WOULD BE USED A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ANYONE ELSE? DON'T BE SHY. WELL SHE WALKS UP. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME WE SEE RANDY NOT HAVE A COMMENT. I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. HE'S GOT LARYNGITIS. OH, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? GOOD EVENING. I'M ZIP PRESLEY, 1822 VILLE COURT. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 16 YEARS, AND WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE. I'M A PARK GIRL. AND WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME. I HAD NO IDEA THE PARK WAS SO CLOSE TO ME. MY REALTOR NEVER MENTIONED IT, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BE INFORMED, LIKE AT MOVE IN, LIKE MAYBE THROUGH OUR, OUR WATERWORKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO HAVE WATER ON. SO MAYBE THERE'S A WELCOME EMAIL THAT CAN BE MENTIONED WHEN THEY TURN ON THEIR WATER TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, THE PARK IS WITHIN SO MANY, YOU KNOW, MILES OF YOU SO MORE PEOPLE CAN KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. [00:35:04] I'M IN THAT AGE GROUP 63 THAT YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW. SO THAT THAT'S ONE. AND I REALLY, I WALK, I'M A FIVE MILE MILES A DAY WALKER FIVE, FIVE DAYS, FIVE MILES. SO MY PARKS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. I'M NEAR THE COMMUNITY PARK AT THE COMMUNITY PARK. WE KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF PAVILIONS, BUT I DID A NEW FREEDOM PARK. I DIDN'T NOTICE AND IT MAY BE COMING ANY COVERED PAVILIONS IN THAT AREA, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING SOON. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO THERE IS ONE PAVILION AT FREEDOM TREE PARK. IT COULD HAVE KIND OF JUST BEEN TUCKED BEHIND OR IT'S OVER NEAR THE RESTROOM FACILITY ON RIGHT OFF OF FREEDOM TREE DRIVE. OKAY, I DID NOTICE SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COVERED. YES, YES. IT'S A IT'S A HARD STRUCTURE LIKE COMMUNITY PARK AS OPPOSED TO THE SHADE SAIL STRUCTURES LIKE AT MACNAUGHTON PARK. SO IT PROBABLY KIND OF BLENDS IN TOO. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PARK UPKEEP. THANK YOU MA'AM. HAVE Y'ALL NAMED THE PARK OVER IN WE HAVE NOT. THERE IS CURRENTLY A, A PUBLIC SURVEY POSTED FOR INPUT ON THAT NAMING AS PART OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AND PROCESS. WE HAVE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND THEN IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL. SO I CAN MAKE SURE BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY THAT YOU HAVE THAT INFO. WE WERE THERE. THEY DID IT. THEY HAD SOMETHING ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHERE THEY DID. IT'S A NEW ONE. IT'S A NEW ONE. OH, IT'S A NEW ONE. SO I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, MA'AM. YOU ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE WELCOME PACKAGE THAT WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN NEW RESIDENTS COME, THE ONE PLACE, THE ONE PLACE THAT THEY HAVE TO CONTACT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT MUDS, GENERALLY THERE'S ONLY 3 OR 4 OPERATORS WITHIN THOSE MUDS TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A WELCOME PACKAGE, I.E. AS IT RELATES TO MISSOURI CITY AND SOME OF THE SERVICES, BECAUSE EVERYONE COMES IN, THEY HAVE TO GET WATER, THEY'RE GOING TO GET WATER SERVICE. AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR ATTENDANCE. WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT CONCLUDES THAT PARTICULAR ITEM RIGHT THERE. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WILL GO STRAIGHT TO STAFF REPORTS AND WE'LL START WITH OPERATIONS. [7. STAFF REPORTS] MR. HAMILTON. GOOD EVENING. WELL, THIS WILL BE THE PARKS DIVISION UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR TEAM OVERVIEW AGAIN. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANGES. I'LL GET TO THOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR PROJECTS DUE TO IT BEING THE GROWING SEASON AND PEOPLE SETTLING INTO OUR NEW ORGANIZATIONAL THING. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL THE CREWS HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AND PLUMBING REPAIRS. SO WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND THEN WHERE IS HE? OH, THERE IT IS. AND MANY OF YOU KNOW LEWIS WARREN. HE WAS WITH US FOR 13 YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED LAST MONTH. HE'LL BE SORELY MISSED. HE WAS ONE OF OUR TWO HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. AND THEN JOSHUA WILLIAMS CAME BACK TO US AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS. HE JUST COULDN'T STAY AWAY. HE MISSED US ALL. TOO BAD. BUT HE'S WORKING WITH JOHN COLBY AND HIS CREW. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE I DISCUSSED LAST TIME. THE NEW ORDINANCE CAME THROUGH, AND THERE'S SO MANY NON-COMPLIANT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN'T KEEP UP. SO FINALLY, WE WERE CALLED IN TO AUGMENT THEM BY DOING FORCE MOWINGS UNTIL THEY CAN GET CAUGHT UP. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE THERE OF COURT ROAD ACROSS FROM EDGAR GLOVER ELEMENTARY. LOOKS A LOT BETTER AFTER WE CAME THROUGH. IT DID? YEAH IT DOES. YEAH. AND OUR OTHER BIG CHANGE IS WE HAVE A NEW MOWING CONTRACT. WE SEE IN THE PICTURE IT'S AMBASSADOR SERVICES. THEY HAD A SLOW START JUST RAMPING UP DUE TO STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT CONCERNS, BUT THEY ARE NOW MOWING ALL 51 LOCATIONS ON A SEVEN DAY ROTATION, RUNNING WITH FOUR CREWS AND IF THEY GET BEHIND DUE TO RAIN, THEY WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. UNLESS IT'S A HURRICANE AND THEN WE GIVE THEM A LITTLE SLACK. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ON THE BOARD? [00:40:03] YEAH. OH, YES. WE HAVE TWO CREW LEADERS HERE, JOHN. AND ROB WAGNER. HIS FATHER WORKED FOR OUR DIVISION MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIM. YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I WAS AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND AMBASSADOR WAS OUT THERE AND THEY WERE WORKING HARD. IT WAS HOT. YEAH, THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY STILL ROCK IT. OH, YEAH. STILL ROCKING OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DIRECTOR'S REPORT. [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I FIRST OF ALL, JUST BEFORE I GET INTO MY QUICK LITTLE REPORT, JUST TO REMIND, WANTED TO REMIND YOU GUYS ALL THAT AUGUST 29TH FROM 5:00 TO 8 P.M. IS TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY. THIS IS YEAR TWO FOR THAT EVENT. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT. TRY THE FLAVORS OF MISSOURI CITY. THERE IS A BEER GARDEN WITH ALCOHOLIC TASTE TESTING THAT IS AVAILABLE. I SAW LAWRENCE PERK UP A LITTLE BIT THERE ADULTS ONLY, BUT ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY JUST TO GENERALLY GATHER WITH THE COMMUNITY. GREAT CHANCE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT. PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. AUGUST 29TH, 5:00 TO 8:00. TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL COMPLEX. I'M GOING TO BE ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENT. LAST YEAR, IN ITS FIRST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE. WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THIS COMING YEAR. SO GOOD OPPORTUNITY. I WAS IN AUSTIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS FOR SOME TRAINING. I MADE IT BACK AT ABOUT 630 THIS EVENING BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS HERE TO PROVIDE MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT BECAUSE THE HONEST TRUTH IS, IS THAT THIS DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS ALL ABOUT KUDOS. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF KNOW THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING IS TRULY APPRECIATED. I WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND. I MEAN, YOU GUYS SAW DANIELLE TONIGHT. YOU SEE HER AND HOW SHE WORKS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE HAS BEEN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE FREEDOM TREE HAS BEEN IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S BEEN YEARS. AND EVEN WITH ALL THE TRANSITIONS, DANIELLE HAS BEEN THERE FOR JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING. AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE GREAT, BIG KUDOS TO DANIELLE AND SHE DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. HER LOVE AND JOY FOR THAT PROJECT. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS FELT BY ALL OF US THAT WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE INVOLVED. ALSO WANTED TO THANK DALTON AND CHRISTA WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE FREEDOM TREE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WENT SMOOTHLY AND WAS A HUGE, HUGE SUCCESS. WE HAD A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, OUTING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HOT AND I WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SETS OF CLOTHING. PEOPLE STILL SHOWED UP. YES, THEY STILL SHOWED UP. THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE. THEY WERE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THAT HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PARK. AND SO SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THAT OPEN. THANKFUL THAT DALTON CHRISTA, WHO REALLY HELPED WITH THE BACKGROUND PROGRAMING OF THAT, THAT SPECIAL EVENT. SO CHRIS WAS HERE. SHE. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW NICOLE YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR RISING STAR AND OUR ADAPTIVE AND SENIOR PROGRAMING ACTUALLY HAD HER LAST DAY WITH US LAST FRIDAY. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SHE HAS AHEAD OF HER. SO WHY DON'T YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THAT? BUT THEN ALSO, I WANTED EACH OF YOU TO KNOW THAT ALISON WILL ACTUALLY HAVE HER LAST DAY TOMORROW. AND SO WE ARE MISSING TWO REALLY AMAZING, INCREDIBLE RECREATION STAFF MEMBERS WHO JUST HAVE, JUST, LIKE I SAY, UP THERE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR PROGRAMS AND TO OUR SENIOR AND ADAPTIVE AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. [00:45:02] AND SO THIS LAST YEAR AT FOURTH FEST, WE HAD DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST FOURTH FEST THAT WE HAVE HAD IN EVER SECOND LARGEST EVENT WE'VE EVER HAD. RIGHT. DANIELLE. YEAH. AND SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S THE TYPE OF WORK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALISON PUT IN. NICOLE'S EVENTS ARE ALL ABILITIES. SKATEBOARD WON AWARDS. THESE TWO WILL BE THOROUGHLY MISSED, AND WE'LL. WE'LL TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE ON WITHOUT THEM. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE THEM BIG KUDOS. YES. THEY'RE NOT HERE BUT WE CAN CLAP FOR THEM. BARRY BROUGHT UP JOSH WILLIAMS WHO'S A NEW STAFF MEMBER COMING BACK TO US IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW FORESTRY CREW LEADER. HER NAME IS SALLY BAILEY. SHE'S BEEN FANTASTIC. JUST IN THE FEW WEEKS THAT WE'VE HAD HER, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE JOSH BACK, EXCITED TO HAVE SALLY IN A POSITION THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. SO JUST WANTED JUST TO JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW STAFF, BUT THAT WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE THEM ALREADY AND IT'S EXCITING. SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, I MEAN, I COULD PROBABLY GO ON FOR A WHILE TONIGHT ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT THESE, THESE ONES ARE OUR ROCK STARS REALLY STOOD OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND SO JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [9. BOARD REPORTS] ITEM NUMBER NINE BOARD REPORTS. DO I HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? I'LL JUST SAY THAT MISSOURI CITY GREEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO DID A LUNCH FOR ALL THE PARK STAFF BECAUSE WE THINK THEY'RE ALL ROCK STARS. YES. SO WE HAD THAT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. SO WE OUGHT TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YES. THERE YOU GO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE ONE THING I WILL ADD, I DID GO TO THE FREEDOM TREE AND STAFF DID DO AN AMAZING JOB. AND AS I TELL EVERYONE, WHENEVER WE ATTEND AN EVENT, IT IS MY MISSION TO MAKE SURE I GO TO EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND PERSONALLY TELL THEM THANK YOU, BECAUSE HERE'S THE DEAL. WE JUST SHOW UP, BUT THEY SHOW OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE IN PLACE AND IN ORDER THAT THEY'RE HANDING OUT WATER WHILE WE'RE SITTING UP THERE LOOKING GOOD LOOKING, PRETTY. THEY'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. AND SO ALWAYS, EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET, PLEASE STOP BY, SHAKE YOUR HAND, TELL THEM THANK YOU. AND YOU DO. I KNOW YOU DO. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU DO IT. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PAY IS NOT AS MUCH AS IT IS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THERE'S A PURPOSE. THEY'RE DOING IT FOR PURPOSE. AND SO I THINK JUST KNOWING WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEY HEAR A THANK YOU, IT GOES A LONG WAY. I'M NOT SAYING IT MAKES UP FOR THAT DIFFERENCE, BUT I'M SAYING IT GOES A LONG WAY IN SAYING THAT ALSO TO. I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT DANIELLE, YOU HAVE BEEN I'VE SEEN YOU THROUGH OUR BOAT. WE'VE WE'VE WENT THROUGH DIRECTORS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ELECTED OFFICIAL CHANGES TO DEPARTMENT CHANGES. AND YOU'VE BEEN ROCK SOLID THAT WHOLE TIME. AND SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, BUT YOU'VE STEPPED IN WHEN WE EVEN HAD OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE INTERNALLY, YOU STEPPED UP, YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU SHOWED OUT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DO GIVE YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FROM UP HERE ON, ON THE POLE OR THE BOARD ALSO TO I WANT TO SAY ONE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES, THEY'RE LEAVING TO A HIGHER POSITION. THEY'RE NOT LEAVING FOR A LATERAL, THEY'RE NOT LEAVING FOR A LOWER. THEY'RE LEAVING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THE HEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THEM. HUMAN NATURE. WE WANT THE BEST FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE. AND SO WE DO PRODUCE THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN THEY COME AND WORK HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. OTHER THAN THAT, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR. NOT RELATED TO THAT. ITEM SIX ON YOUR AGENDA SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO APPROVE ART MURAL AT THIS MEETING UNLESS I MISREAD THAT. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT APPROVAL? [00:50:03] CONSIDER APPROVING PUBLIC ART MURAL CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY PARK PAVILION FOR POSTPONED UNTIL THIS MEETING. SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MEETING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. SO WE WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS WANTING TO DONATE A MURAL. THEY ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THEIR KIND OF FUNDING AND SOURCING PHASE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, BUT HAVE ASKED TO TAKE A MONTH OR TWO TO PAUSE AND RESET ON THEIR END. THE, THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES PAVILION NUMBER FOUR AT COMMUNITY PARK. THE REST THIS SIDE WALL OF THE RESTROOM THAT FACES THE LAKE. THEY WANT TO DO A COMMUNITY INPUT BASED MURAL THERE THROUGH A LOCAL ARTIST. AND SO ONCE THEY ARE READY TO PITCH THAT AND PROPOSE THAT TO THE BOARD AND HAVE AN ACTUAL RENDERING OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU GUYS. BUT UNTIL THEY'RE READY AND, AND HAVE THEIR FUNDING SOURCES LINED UP AND THE RENDERING PREPARED TO PRESENT, THAT ONE'S JUST ON HOLD FOR RIGHT NOW. SO THEY JUST WEREN'T READY. IS THAT? YES. SO THEIR INTENTION WAS TO GO AHEAD AND GET A PARKS BOARD APPROVAL. AND THEN THE, THIS KIND OF SCOPING FOR THEM. SO THE COMMUNITY INPUT ASPECT OF IT, THEY EXPANDED A LOT AND IT WAS GOING TO BE SEVERAL MORE SESSIONS, DRAWING SESSIONS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET. IT'S THE JACK AND JILL CHAPTER OF MISSOURI CITY SUGAR LAND. AND SO A LOT OF FAMILIES AND THEY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT. AND SO THEY KIND OF JUST HAD TO SAY, WELL, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TWO MONTH PROCESS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SIX MONTH PROCESS SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A VOICE IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURAL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, I'LL MOVE ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER TEN. ANY ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. SAFE TRAVELS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.