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          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
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           MIKE, IT IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK AND IT'S APPROPRIATELY TIMED TO CALL THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD MEETING, UH, TO ORDER. 
          AND WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE TONIGHT, AND WE WILL START BY, I FOLLOW THE MEETING TO ORDER, UH, ROLL CALL. 
          I BELIEVE EVERYONE ON THE BOARD IS HERE, EXCEPT I JUST SAW MS. ROSS WALK TO THE RESTROOM. 
          AND SO, UH, THE ONLY PERSON THAT'LL BE ABSENT IS MS. THOMASINE. 
          WHAT IS THE OTHER GUY? AND ADAM. 
          AND ADAM. 
          OH, AND ADAM. 
          OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, ADAM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, 
          [3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES. 
          UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 6TH PARKS BOARD MEETING MINUTES. 
          UH, THOSE ARE EMAILED TO YOU, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS OR APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE I SECOND. 
          IS THAT A MOTION? SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING ON OVER TO ITEM FIVE. 
          [5. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTION]
FIVE IS ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ACTIONS TONIGHT. 
          AND SO WE ARE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION ON TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY STRATEGY. 
          AND MS. STEWART, WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION FOR US. 
          AND I BELIEVE SHE EVEN EMAILED EVERYONE THE DRAFT REPORT TO YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, ADAM GUEST SPEAKING IN, UH, MY PRESENTATION AS WELL, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          UM, AS LAUREN SAID, I DID EMAIL YOU GUYS THE PLAN. 
          UM, WHAT I DID FORGET TO DO IN THE EMAIL WAS TELL YOU THAT WE ARE AWARE THE EXHIBITS ARE MISSING FOR NOW. 
          UM, YOU WILL SEE THE MAP TONIGHT, UM, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOME COMMENTS, SOME QUESTIONS, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO UPDATE THE EXHIBITS BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE FINALIZING THE GIS MAPPING. 
          SO, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UM, SO I CAME TO YOU GUYS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UH, WITH A PRELIMINARY TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY PLAN. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR FINAL DRAFT DOCUMENT OF IT THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
          UM, SOME, SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT ON THIS. 
          OUR TRAILS CONSISTENTLY RANK AS THE NUMBER ONE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY EVERY TIME WE DO A SURVEY. 
          UM, AND SO IT IS, IT'S, IT'S TIME WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          UM, OUR INVENTORY IS VERY OUT OF DATE. 
          SO THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED OUR MILEAGE, UM, AND OUR CONNECTIVITY WAS 2021. 
          UM, AND ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE REPORT AS TRAILS IS, DOESN'T ACTUALLY CONNECT ANYTHING. 
          IT'S PARK LOOPS. 
          AND SO THAT KIND OF CHANGES THINGS A BIT. 
          AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, IF TRAILS ARE NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO START TAKING ACTION. 
          SO OUR AMBITION, UM, CAN'T BE THE CONSTRAINT ANYMORE. 
          WE NEED TO PUT SOME PEN TO PAPER AND MAKE, MAKE MOVES ON THIS. 
          UM, SO PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE, WE TOOK A FOUR PHASE APPROACH WITH THIS. 
          UM, STARTED OUT WITH A DISCOVERY. 
          SO WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? REMAPPING EVERYTHING, UM, RECLASSIFYING EVERYTHING. 
          LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER AGENCIES, COMMUNITIES, THE COUNTIES, CITIES HAVE BUILT, SO THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THE, THE TRAIL NETWORK AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST THE CITY'S NETWORK. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ASSESSED THAT. 
          SO LOOKED AT NATIONAL BENCHMARK STANDARDS. 
          THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION DOES HAVE, UH, NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE REVIEWED. 
          AND THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR GAP, UH, GAP SEGMENTS. 
          SO WHERE TRAILS END, WHERE THEY PICK UP, CAN PEOPLE GET BETWEEN THOSE POINTS? UM, CAN THEY ACTUALLY WALK FROM THEIR HOUSE TO A PARK OR TO A SCHOOL, OR ARE THERE, UM, ARE THERE BASICALLY GAPS IN BETWEEN THOSE SEGMENTS? AND THEN WE DRAFTED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO WE, THIS IS PARTIALLY WHAT WE SHOWED YOU GUYS IN THAT FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          SO TRYING TO FIND CONTINUOUS ALIGNMENTS, UM, ANY CORRIDOR AVAILABILITY IN A BUILT OUT CITY THAT IS TOUGH. 
          UM, BUT WE DID WHAT WE COULD AND THEN WE DRAFTED OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. 
          SO PHASING THE NETWORK, UM, BUILDING CRITERIA OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE IT, AND DEVELOPING SOME FUND FUNDING STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE USED FOR, FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THIS GAVE US FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, OF WHAT OUR TARGETS ARE GOING TO BE WITH THIS NETWORK. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST IS CONNECT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA TRY AND CONNECT THOSE GAPS. 
          TRAILS ARE GREAT, BUT IF THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, IT, IT'S REALLY JUST RECREATION. 
          IT'S NOT CONNECTIVITY, WHICH HAS VALUE. 
          UM, BUT THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE GET, THEY 
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WANT TO GET PLACES. 
          THEY WANT TO NOT HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR TO GO TO A PARK, TO GO SCHOOL TO GO SHOPPING. 
          UM, THE SECOND GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS SECURE. 
          SO THE, THE CORRIDOR CONTROL. 
          UM, A LOT OF THIS ISN'T CITY LAND, SO LOOKING AT AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S INTERLOCALS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, EASEMENTS, IT'S DEDICATION DURING PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          UM, WE RECENTLY ADDED THE, THE TRAIL CONNECTIVITY CREDIT THAT WAS KIND OF A ALL INTERTWINED TOGETHER IN ONE LARGE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN UPGRADE. 
          SO A LOT OF OUR SYSTEM IS, UH, IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT A BAD THING. 
          UH, BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SAFE CROSSINGS ACROSS STREETS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE RAILS, UM, WHEN IT HITS A STREET SO THAT PEOPLE WITH THE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS KNOW THAT THEY AREN'T JUST CONTINUING TO GO STRAIGHT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SIGNAGE SHOWING WHERE THE TRAIL PICKS BACK UP, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO UPGRADING OUR SYSTEM AND OUR MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS AND THEN SUSTAINING IT. 
          SO IT'S ALL GREAT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT IF WE CAN'T MAINTAIN IT, UM, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM. 
          SO DESIGNING A SCHEDULE AND STANDARDS THAT CAN BE ABSORBED AS WE BUILD, AS OPPOSED TO AN ALL AT ONCE, UM, TYPE OF APPROACH. 
          SO OUR SYSTEM TODAY, THE FIRST PHASE, UM, IN OUR DISCOVERY WAS, WAS REALLY TAKING A HARD LOOK AT WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TODAY. 
          AND SO OUR UPDATED TRAIL MILEAGE WE'RE JUST ABOUT JUST OVER 18 MILES. 
          UM, BUT WHEN WE REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, ONLY NINE MILES OF THAT IS CONNECTIVITY. 
          UM, MOST OF IT IS JUST, WELL, JUST OVER HALF IS PARK LOOPS IS SPECIALIZED RECREATION. 
          SO YOU LOOK AT THE FLOW CITY MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITY PARK HAS A LOOP INSIDE OF IT. 
          RIDGEVIEW PARK HAS A LOOP INSIDE OF IT. 
          HALF OF OUR MILES ARE RECREATION BASED, SO THEIR INTERNAL PARK CIRCULATION, WHICH AS I MENTIONED, HUGE RECREATIONAL VALUE, BUT ISN'T THE CONNECTION AND THE TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, AND THEN TWO OF OUR FIVE SEGMENT CONNECTIVE SEGMENTS. 
          SO HUNTERS GLEN TRAIL AND THE GCWA TRAIL, UM, ARE SOFT SURFACE. 
          AND SO OF OUR NINE MILES OF CONNECTIVITY, F OVER HALF OF THAT ISN'T EVEN ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, AFTER RAINS, WE CAN'T USE IT. 
          UM, THE COUNTY COMES AND CUTS AND BLOWS ALL THEIR CLIPPINGS ON OUR DG AND THE NEXT WEEK WE HAVE WEEDS GROWING LIKE CRAZY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE STARTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WENT IN AND WE ACTUALLY CLASSIFIED IT. 
          SO WE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION HAVE LUMPED TRAILS INTO ONE POCKET, ONE BUCKET OF JUST TRAILS. 
          UM, AND SO WE STARTED REALLY DIVING INTO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS. 
          SO WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY NETWORK, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO PLACES. 
          UM, YOU HAVE SPINE CORRIDORS, AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT SPINE CORRIDORS ARE YOUR LONG CONTINUOUS ROUTES. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY TYING PEOPLE TO THOSE LONG, CONTINUOUS ROUTES. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR PARK LOOPS, WHICH IS YOUR INTERNAL CIRCULATION, AND YOU HAVE YOUR SPECIALIZED RECREATION. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING IN YOUR CAR, TAKING YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE OR TAKING YOUR HIKING SHOES TO GO SOMEWHERE TO EXERCISE. 
          SO THAT'S VERY SPECIALIZED. 
          UM, SO WITH ALL OF THIS RESEARCH, WHAT WE FOUND IS OUR DEFICIENCY IS NOT MILEAGE, IT'S DISCONTINUITY. 
          SO IT JUST DOESN'T CONNECT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AWAY FROM A VEHICLE TO GET PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO GO. 
          OUR, OUR MILEAGE AS A WHOLE IS, IS RIGHT AROUND NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT OUR CONNECTIVITY MILEAGE IS WELL BELOW, IS WELL BELOW THE LOW END OF THAT BENCHMARK RANGE. 
          SO THAT KIND OF CHANGED OUR STRATEGY AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THIS. 
          UM, WHEN I CAME TO YOU GUYS PREVIOUSLY, UM, WE ARE ALL ABOUT TRYING TO GET AS MANY TRAILS AS WE COULD, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. 
          UM, BUT MILEAGE ISN'T ACTUALLY THE PROBLEM. 
          SO WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT CLOSING GAPS WITH THE SEGMENTS THAT ALREADY EXIST. 
          WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT, UM, MEASURING CONTINUOUS ROUTES AS OPPOSED TO MEASURING MILES. 
          UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT EVALUATING, SCORING, PRIORITIZING THE LENGTH OF A TRAIL. 
          WE'RE PRIORITIZING HOW MANY PEOPLE IT CAN CONNECT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IT CAN PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY TO. 
          UM, A LITTLE MORE INFO ON OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          UM, SO I MENTIONED THE NATIONAL MOST PER, PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS IS WHAT OUR TARGET SHOULD BE, IS THE, THE COMMONLY BENCHMARKED NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S A MEDIAN OF ABOUT 15 TO 16 MILES OF TRAIL PER AGENCY. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE 18 MILES, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NINE MILES OF CONNECTIVITY, WE ARE WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL MEDIAN. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS A GRAPH OF WHAT, UH, 
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A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE GAME HERE. 
          UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 0.12 CONNECTIVITY MILES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS. 
          UM, ONCE WE IMPLEMENT ALL OF OUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND EVERY TRAIL THAT WE COULD EVER IMAGINE INSIDE OF THE CITY, UM, WE WOULD BE AT ABOUT 0.24. 
          SO THAT WOULD PUT US WITHIN RANGE, UM, VERY CLOSELY. 
          AND THEN AT BUILD OUT POPULATION 0.78 AND FUTURE ANTICIPATED BUILDOUT AT 2030 WOULD DROP US BACK DOWN TO 0.65. 
          SO VERY MUCH SO IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WANT TO BE. 
          OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT IMMEDIATELY, UM, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE MAPPING IS GOING TO PUT US ON TRACK TO MEET THAT NATIONAL AVERAGE IN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. 
          UM, ADAM'S GONNA GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT JUST KIND OF TO PREEMPT A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO OUR MAJOR CONSTRAINT, AS I MENTIONED, IS LAND CONTROL, RIGHT? THE CITY DOES NOT OWN JUST CONTINUOUS TRACKS OF LAND THAT WE CAN BUILD ON. 
          UM, WE HAVE SIDEWALKS, WHICH IN THE PLAN WE DO REFERENCE WILL BE USED AS SMALLER CONNECTION POINTS, UM, AS NEEDED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED. 
          UM, BUT MOST OF OUR CORRIDORS AREN'T CITY PROPERTY. 
          IT'S MUDS LIDS, UH, GCWA. 
          SO WATER AUTHORITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HOA COMMON AREAS. 
          AND EACH OF THOSE HAS DIFFERENT TIERS IN OBTAINABILITY, I GUESS IS THE WAY THE, THAT YOU WOULD PHRASE IT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE A SCORING RUBRIC, UM, FOR EACH OF THESE TIERS. 
          UM, SO OUR RECOMMENDED SYSTEM WOULD BRING US TO JUST OVER 40 MILES. 
          UM, THAT'S A VERY BIG JUMP. 
          UM, THE MAIN POINT HERE IS 35 OF THOSE 40 MILES WOULD BE CONNECTIVITY. 
          UM, SO WE, THERE IS A, THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE MILES OF PARK LOOPS AND SPECIALIZED RECREATION. 
          UM, BUT IF THE STRATEGY IS CONNECTIVITY, THAT'S WHERE WE PUT MOST OF OUR FOCUS FOR THIS PLAN. 
          UM, MOST OF YOUR PARK LOOPS AND SPECIALIZED RECREATION, WE'LL BE ABSORBED INTO YOUR PARK DEVELOPMENT, PARK REDEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THAT PROJECT AS OPPOSED TO A SEPARATE TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE BUILT, UM, AS HIERARCHY NOT INDIVIDUAL LITTLE SEGMENTS. 
          SO WE, WE LOOK AT SPINES, AS I WAS MENTIONING, CONTINUOUS CORRIDORS. 
          THINK OF, UM, OYSTER CREEK, THINK OF THE GCWA CANAL. 
          THINK OF LONG CONTINUOUS SEGMENTS, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO GO WELL. 
          GOING TO EXTEND WELL THROUGH THE CITY, FOLLOWING THOSE AS YOUR PRIMARY SEGMENTS. 
          AND THEN FOCUSING ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING COMMUNITY CONNECTORS. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE YOUR LITTLE SHORTER SEGMENTS, NUMEROUS TYING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, TYING INTO SCHOOLS, TYING INTO HOA PARKS AND POOLS AND OUR PARKS, UM, TO GET THE PEOPLE TO THE SPINE BECAUSE THOSE SPINES ARE CONNECTING YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. 
          SO TEXAS PARKWAY 10 92, UM, HIGHWAY SIX IN AREAS LIKE THAT, LAKE OLYMPIA EVEN. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT, THAT THIRD ONE PARK LOOPS AND RECREATION. 
          SO THOSE ARE YOUR RECREATION VALUE. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED, WOULD BE FOCUSED ON DURING A PARK REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          I HAVE IT PULLED UP. 
          OKAY, I'M GONNA ZOOM IN JUST A TAD. 
          SO OUR UPDATED MAP, UM, THIS, LEMME GET THIS OUTTA HERE. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR CURRENT RECREATION TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          SO THIS IS ALL OF OUR PARK LOOPS TO SHOW YOU, UM, KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO, UM, THE FLOW CITY MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS. 
          AND THEN IF I ZOOM JUST A LITTLE BIT OR MOVE JUST A LITTLE, WE HAVE ALL THE WAY UP TO EAST HAMPTON ON THIS END OF THE, ON THE NORTH END OF THE CITY. 
          UM, SO THAT IS JUST PARK LOOPS. 
          WE DID GO THROUGH AND MAP OUR KNOWN NON-CITY TRAILS. 
          UM, SO THIS BRINGS IN SEVERAL TRAILS WITHIN THE LAKESHORE HARBOR, KITTY HOLLOW VICKSBURG AREA. 
          UM, THERE ARE MORE THAN THIS, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING TO MAP THEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TIE INTO THEM. 
          BUT THIS IS OUR, OUR FIRST PHASE, OUR CURRENT TRAIL SYSTEM FOR OUR SPINES. 
          THIS IS WHERE YOU BRING IN OYSTER CREEK TRAIL. 
          YOU BRING IN THE GCWA AND THE HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE GROUPED IN THE MUSTANG BAYOU TRAIL, WHICH IS THE CONNECTION POINT BETWEEN TROXEL PARK COMMUNITY PARK, FREEDOM TREE PARK, BECAUSE THAT IS A CONTINUOUS ROUTE THAT CAN BE EXTENDED. 
          SO THIS IN AND OF ITSELF IS THE CURRENT TRAIL SYSTEM WITH ALL THREE LAYERS. 
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AS WE MOVE INTO THE PROPOSED, WE HAVE OUR SPINE CORRIDORS. 
          SO THESE ARE PURPOSELY DESIGNED ON THE NORTH SIDE TO EXTEND THE SPINES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CORRIDORS THAT, THAT ARE LENGTHY. 
          UM, SO YOU COME OFF GCWA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CONNECT INTO MUSTANG BAYOU, EXTEND OYSTER CREEK. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THIS, THIS ONE HERE. 
          IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PRIMARILY A RIGHT OF WAY, UH, BUILD BECAUSE IT'S, UM, WHAT IS THIS ROAD CALLED? NIGHT ROAD PARKWAY NIGHT ROAD TO, TO MCKEEVER TO SIENNA PARKWAY. 
          UM, SO THAT, THOSE ARE YOUR SPINE CORRIDORS. 
          AND THEN YOU ADD IN, THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS. 
          SO THIS BRINGS IN SEVERAL CONNECTION POINTS INTO YOUR SPINES, INTO SCHOOLS, INTO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MOST OF THESE ARE MAPPED TO BE SPECIFICALLY, UM, A LOT OF OUR, OUR HOAS ARE REQUIRED TO LEAD DRAINAGE RESERVES IN A RANDOM PLAT IN BETWEEN HOUSES. 
          SO THEY'RE, UM, THEY OFTENTIMES, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR TRAILS. 
          SO THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HOOK INTO THOSE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS. 
          THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HOOK INTO PARKS. 
          THEY'RE DESIGNED TO, TO END UP AT A CROSSWALK ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS OPPOSED TO JUST RANDOMLY ON A STREET. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DID GO AHEAD AND MAP A FEW EXTRA RECREATIONAL TRAILS AS WELL. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND IN THE SIENNA AREA THAT WOULD LINK FLOW CITY WITH CAMP SIENNA. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD ADD LOOPS IN THE INDEPENDENCE PARK AREA TO CONNECT YOUR, UH, QUA VALLEY NORTH AND LEXINGTON PLACE INTO THE GCWA ON THIS SIDE. 
          I'LL ZOOM OUT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          SO ALTOGETHER, IT BRINGS IN A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATION. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, ADAM'S GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS, BUT WE ARE STILL IN REVIEW PHASE OF LAND OWNERSHIP AND, UM, FEASIBILITY. 
          THIS PLAN IS NOT DESIGNED TO SAY THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE PUTTING TRAILS. 
          THIS IS DESIGNED TO GIVE US A STRATEGY OF CONNECTIVITY. 
          SO I WILL FLIP BACK OVER. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          UM, SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY WE USED FOR ANALYZING, UM, THE UPGRADES TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          UM, SO FOR THIS SLIDE, I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE LOOKED AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND DETERMINED THAT IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO SPLIT THE CITY INTO THREE ZONES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY, AS Y'ALL KNOW, IS NOT MASTER PLANNED. 
          AND DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF THE CITY, THERE ARE DIFFERENT NEEDS JUST BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THAT, WE, UH, SPLIT THE CITY INTO ZONE A, ZONE B, AND ZONE C. 
          SO ZONE A IS THAT NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. 
          UM, THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE EXISTING TRAIL MILEAGE IS. 
          AND THE PRIORITY HERE WOULD BE TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING TRAILS THAT WE HAVE AND FINISH ANY GAPS. 
          SO WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAILS IN THIS AREA, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEM ARE UNPAVED. 
          SO, UM, IN, IN MANY INSTANCES A PRIORITY WOULD BE TO, TO PAVE SOME OF THOSE AREAS. 
          NOW, IN ZONE B, WHICH IS MORE OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR BIGGEST CONNECTIVITY OPPORTUNITY, UH, COMPLETING THE SPINE AND CONNECTING ADDITIONAL AREAS. 
          AND FOR, FOR ZONE C, WHICH WOULD BE THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY HAVE THE LEAST EXISTING TRAILS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPOSED ADDITIONAL MILEAGE WOULD COME FROM. 
          UH, AND IN MANY OF THOSE INSTANCES, WE WOULD BE VERIFYING WHAT IS BUILT AND ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY. 
          SO JUST A MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY REALLY CHANGES A LOT BASED ON THE AREA OF THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE KNOW THE STRATEGY BY AREA, THE NEXT THING THAT COMES UP IS, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW DO THESE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS MOVE FORWARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? UM, SO HERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE GONNA SCREEN AND THEN SCORE THESE DIFFERENT PROPOSED TRAIL EDITIONS. 
          UM, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT FEASIBILITY COMES BEFORE THE RANKING. 
          SO FIRST 
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WE WOULD SCREEN THE LAND OWNERSHIP FOR FEASIBILITY WITH THE HARDEST PARCEL DETERMINING THE TIER. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, WE'RE WE'RE SCORING EACH PARCEL OR SCORING EACH, EACH PROPOSED SEGMENT ONE, ONE THROUGH FIVE BASED ON OWNERSHIP. 
          SO IF THE CITY OWNS, UH, THIS LAND, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A, UH, SCORE OF A ONE, UM, AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO FIVE, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, UH, PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THE HARDEST TO ACQUIRE, UM, DIFFICULT SEGMENTS. 
          SO THOSE SCORING A FOUR OR A FIVE, WE WOULD LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS TO SEE IF WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THE SAME END GOAL, BUT MAYBE BY MOVING THE LINES A LITTLE BIT, UM, HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OF A, A, UM, EASE OF ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE EIGHT CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD BE EVALUATING AGAINST, AND YOU'D HAVE A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 16. 
          ANY, UH, ANY PROPOSED SEGMENT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SCORE OF A, A MINIMUM OF EIGHT OUT OF 16 TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND, UH, FOR GRANT CONSIDERATION. 
          ONE THING I ALSO WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE SCORE TELLS US THE VALUE, UH, BUT THE READINESS TELLS US TIMING. 
          SO THERE CERTAINLY CAN BE LONG, LONG-TERM PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE BAD PROJECTS, IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT READY YET. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE WANNA LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE ASPECTS INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. 
          UM, AND ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, UM, WE'LL SHOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CORRIDOR LEVEL EVALUATION LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO THE MAIN THING I WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS THAT EVERY CORRIDOR GETS THE SAME DOCUMENT EVALUATION. 
          UM, SO WE TAKE EVERY PARCEL AND EACH OF THEM ARE CHECKED WITH THE HARDEST PARCEL GOVERN GOVERNING THE TIER FOR THAT SEGMENT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AS I TOUCHED ON ON THE LAST SLIDE, IF YOU HAVE A TIER FOUR OR A FIVE WHERE IT'S GONNA BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE, WE'RE GONNA TEST FOR ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS. 
          UM, IF THAT, UM, SEGMENT PROCEEDS, THEN WE ARE GONNA SCORE THE CONNECTIVITY DESTINATIONS, ACCESS, SAFETY, CONSTRUCTABILITY DISTURBANCES, AND FUNDING POTENTIAL. 
          AND THE BIGGEST WEIGHT THERE IS GONNA BE CAN THIS CORRIDOR ACTUALLY BE SECURED? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A VERY USEFUL TRAIL, BUT IF, IF IT'S JUST GONNA PROVE UNREALISTIC TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND, THEN UM, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT IT MAKES SENSE TO PRIORITIZE, UH, OTHER SEGMENTS. 
          AND JUST THE PURPOSE HERE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT AND THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE DEFENSIBLE WHEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING CIP GRANT PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND SO THROUGH ALL OF THIS WE CAN CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHY A PROJECT ROSE TO THE TOP AND WHY ANOTHER MIGHT NEED TO WAIT. 
          AWESOME. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE, AND, AND Y'ALL, I DON'T KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD LONG ENOUGH HAVE HEARD ME ASK ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          WHERE WE LIVE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UH, OF HIGHWAY SIX ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PORTLAND COUNTY TOTAL. 
          AND I SEE NO TEARS, I SEE NO CONNECTIVITY, NO ANYTHING INDICATED HERE FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE HAVE SOME MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE NEW POINTED STATES AND CREEK MINE SHIPMENTS, COAL. 
          AND UM, I UNDERSTAND WITH THE DIFFICULTY POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IF, IF IT'S DIFFICULTY ACQUIRING PROPERTY OR WHATEVER, BUT WE HAVE NO, NO CITY PARKS WITHIN 10 MINUTES OR MORE ON THAT SIDE OF, UH, ON THAT SIDE OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND WE'RE ALL MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND SO I GUESS MY NEXT QUE ONE OF MY QUESTION IS, IS LOOKING AT THE, UH, CONNECTIVITY AND IS THERE A TIMELINE OR A TIMELINE THAT, THAT THIS MAY, THAT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR CONNECTIVITY? OR WOULD IT BE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE? SO, SO FOUR, SO FOUR SECTIONS THAT ARE TOO DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE, OR NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE, BUT MORE DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UH, PHASING BREAKDOWN, UM, WE HAVE THAT 2027 TO 2029 FOR OUR SHORT TERM, 2030 TO 2032 FOR MIDTERM AND 2032 AND BEYOND. 
          SO WE STILL WOULD BE LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE 
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THERE MAY BE MORE OBSTACLES FOR ACQUISITION. 
          IT WOULD JUST LIKELY BE A FIVE PLUS YEAR TIMELINE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE UNFEASIBLE. 
          IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, POTENTIALLY FURTHER OUT. 
          I THINK I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CHIME IN JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT TOO. 
          SO LIKE IN POINT WHERE THOSE ARE FIVE ACRE TRACKS, YOU KNOW, THOSE LARGER TRUCKS LIKE THAT, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING NOW IN THE MORE RESIDENTIAL HEAVILY DENSED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S MORE SO WHAT SHE'S, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND I WOULD SAY YOU NEED TO KIND OF GO BACK TO, TO THAT MAP TO, TO KINDA SEE IT. 
          AND I DON'T REMEMBER, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT MAP PLEASE? I CAN. 
          UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THOUGH, WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES. 
          OKAY. 
          , UM, WE'LL GET TO IT IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          IF WE COULD GET THROUGH THOSE AND THEN, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I TAKE NOTES ON EVERYTHING. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THE, THE EXHIBIT MAPS BASED ON, UM, YOU GUYS' COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, I ASKED A QUESTION 'CAUSE HE ASKED FOUR QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW. 
          I I MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE PREMATURE ON THAT. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          HE WAS JUST EXCITED. 
          YOU GET BEAT DOWN LATER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, . 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO AS ADAM KIND OF REFERENCED OUR IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, WE WANTED TO COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UM, A METHODOLOGY FOR PHASING THESE. 
          UM, WE, WE CAN'T EXACTLY COME IN AND SAY THIS PARCEL'S THIS YEAR AND, AND THIS SEGMENT'S THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, IT DEPENDS ON READINESS AS HE SAID. 
          UM, SO IF WE OWN THE LAND OR IF WE HAVE A STANDING EASEMENT AGREEMENT PARTNERSHIP INTERLOCAL WITH SOMEONE WHO, WITH THE, OR WITH THE, UH, PARCEL OWNERS, THAT MEANS IT'S THE MOST READY. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT SCREENING WAS ALREADY DONE. 
          WE KNOW WE CAN BUILD IT. 
          UM, THAT BECOMES A, A TIER ONE OR TIER TWO AND IT BECOMES INTO THE SHORT, SHORT TERM PROJECTS. 
          UM, MOVING INTO MIDTERM PROJECTS, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, 2030 TO 2032. 
          ALL OF THIS IS PENDING FUNDING AVAILABILITY, OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, BUT THOSE WOULD REQUIRE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. 
          UM, IT COULD BE AN HOA BOARD APPROVING IT, IT COULD BE THE COUNTY, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, WHERE, WHERE IT'S A ONE ASSOCIATION TYPE OF THING. 
          UM, AND THEN LONG RANGE IS IF IT'S MULTIPLE PARCELS, UM, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS, UM, CROSSING THROUGH, UH, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S GONNA BE REALLY DIFFICULT AND WE CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T RELY ON GETTING THAT MANY DIFFERENT EASEMENTS OR IN OUR LOCALS AT ONCE. 
          UM, SO AS ADAM SAID, UM, LONG-TERM SEGMENTS JUST MEANS THAT IT'S LOWER IN READINESS, NOT IMPORTANCE. 
          UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT A SITE IS READY BOTH, UH, IN TERMS OF ACQUISITION OR AGREEMENT AND IN TERMS OF SITE CONDITIONS. 
          UM, SO PART OF OUR EVALUATION WILL ALSO BE THE SITE CONDITIONS. 
          UM, WE'VE INCLUDED THE UPGRADE PROGRAM WITH THIS PLAN. 
          UM, SO HUNTERS GLEN JOGGING TRAIL, ENSURING IT'S CURRENTLY SOFT SERVICE SURFACE, UM, ENSURING WE TRANSITION THAT TO PAVED OR SOME FORM OF HARD SURFACE, UM, THAT IS, IS IN THE WORKS. 
          UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PRIORITIZED PRI PRIMARILY BECAUSE THAT CORRIDOR IS IMPASSABLE AFTER WATER AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO BE PAVED. 
          UM, WE KNOW WE CAN GO IN AND PAVE IT. 
          UM, GCWA TRAIL IS ALSO SOFT SURFACE. 
          WE CANNOT GO IN AND PAVE THAT, UM,  UNFORTUNATELY. 
          UM, HOWEVER WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ACCESSIBLE, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING IT IN A METHOD THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RUTS THAT SOMEBODY WITH A WALKER OR IN A WHEELCHAIR CAN STILL USE IT. 
          AND THEN THE STREET CROSSINGS, AS I WAS MENTIONING, UM, WHEN WE GET TO CARTWRIGHT ROAD, IT JUST ENDS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE SIGNAGE SHOWING PEOPLE JUST GO UP TO THE LIGHT, USE THE CROSSWALK AND COME BACK BEHIND THE REC CENTER. 
          UM, SO THINGS LIKE SIGNAGE, UM, AND THEN INSIDE OF THUNDERBIRD NORTH, UM, HAVING RAMPS SO THAT THEY CAN CROSS INTO THE NEXT SECTION INSTEAD OF THE CURB RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, SO ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY. 
          AND THEN OUR NEXT PHASE WOULD BE DOING A SYSTEM WIDE CONDITION AND A DA ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, SO FINDING OTHER AREAS LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM USING THE, THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE NEED TO DOCUMENT AND CORRECT. 
          UM, SO AT BUILDOUT, UM, THIS HAS A HUGE IMPLE IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENT, IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF IMPACTS TO OUR OPERATIONS. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GO WITH THAT. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 18 MILES OF TRAILS. 
          UM, OF THAT HALF OF IT IS WITHIN A PARK. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ALREADY HAVE A CREW GOING INTO THAT PARK TO DO RESTROOMS AND TRASH AND MAINTAIN FIELDS AND PAVILIONS. 
          SO THEY ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          SO HALF OF OUR 18 ISN'T ACTUALLY COUNTED 
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AS AN ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COST. 
          'CAUSE WHETHER THAT TRAIL IS THERE OR NOT, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE MAINTAINING IT. 
          SO, UM, GOING FROM NINE MILES OF TRAILS ALL THE WAY TO 40 IS A HUGE JUMP, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDED. 
          UM, UPGRADING AND SUSTAINING THE SYSTEM. 
          UH, IT IS MORE COST, IT IS MORE COST BENEFICIAL TO MAINTAIN ASPHALT AND CONCRETE THAN IT IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPRAY IT. 
          UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REFILL IT EVERY YEAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO UPGRADING THE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT AND STANDARD AND MAINTAINABLE IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN DESIGNING TO A SCHEDULE AND STANDARDS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAINTAIN. 
          UM, 'CAUSE EVEN IF WE RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FOR HALF OF THIS, CAN WE IMMEDIATELY, CAN WE MAINTAIN IT? PROBABLY NOT. 
          UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SCHEDULING IT AND IMPLEMENTING IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN KEEP UP TO CITY STANDARDS. 
          AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED SOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR OURSELVES. 
          UM, CONNECTIVITY MILES, WE HAVE NINE NOW. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 20 BY 20, 32. 
          UM, THIS WOULD BE OVER DOUBLE WHAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          PART OF THIS COMES FROM OUR PLANS, UM, OF IMPLEMENTING NEW SEGMENTS. 
          PART OF THIS COMES FROM MAPPING, NO, NO UNKNOWN NON-CITY TRAILS. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S MORE OUT THERE. 
          WE KNOW NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BUILT CONNECTION POINTS, UH, INTO KITTY HOLLOW, INTO UH, CAMP SIENNA, INTO THESE LARGER AREAS. 
          WE JUST NEED TO MAP THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN LINK THEM, UM, TO, TO CREATE MORE CONNECTIVITY POINTS. 
          AND THEN CONNECTIVITY MILES PER RESIDENT, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE 0.12, WE'D LIKE TO BE WITHIN THAT NATIONAL BENCHMARK RANGE AND IMPROVE OUR CONNECTIVITY MILEAGE FROM 51% TO 75. 
          AND WE WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT CONNECTIVITY NETWORK TO BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL THAT, SO OUR ASK OF PARKS BOARD, UM, WE HAVE THREE THINGS. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON THE TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY PLAN. 
          SO THIS IS THE, THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PLAN IS, UM, THE, THE PHASES AND THE FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          WE HAVE OUR RECOMMENDED SYSTEM BASED ON OUR EVALUATION MATRIX THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED. 
          UM, THE RECOMMENDED SYSTEM IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGING. 
          UM, AND THIS IS PARTIALLY TO ANSWER YOUR YOUR QUESTION, UM, NOT ON PURPOSE, BUT IT GOES ALONG WITH IT. 
          THE, THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL ALWAYS BE UPDATING ALWAYS. 
          UM, WE BUILT IT INTO, WE, WE DRAFTED AN SOP FOR OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE EVALUATION OF TRAIL SEGMENTS. 
          UM, AND THAT SOP WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY. 
          SO BASED ON OUR EVALUATION OF CORRIDORS, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGING. 
          WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE WANT TO USE THE REST OF OYSTER CREEK TO CONNECT. 
          YES, THAT'S GREAT. 
          WHICH SIDE, HOW FAR OFF DOES IT ENTER INTO OTHER, NOT FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE PROPERTY? UM, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WE MIGHT PLAN ON TYING INTO THE SCHOOL ON THIS SIDE. 
          AND IT ENDS UP COMING FROM THIS WAY BECAUSE THERE'S A BRIDGE ALREADY ON THIS SIDE. 
          IT'S ALWAYS GONNA CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT THE METHODOLOGY OF UTILIZING SPINE CORRIDORS AND THEN COMMUNITY CONNECTORS INTO THAT IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE WANT TO BUILD OFF OF. 
          UM, AND THEN ENDORSE THE SCREENING AND SCORING METHOD. 
          UM, SO THE PROCEDURE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GONNA GOVERN HOW OUR STAFF SCREEN AND SCORE THOSE CORRIDORS. 
          UM, ADOPTING IT MEANS THAT OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT'S CIP PARKLAND, DEDICATION FUNDS, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION, TRAILS BEING DEDICATED, UM, OR GRANT FUNDING FOLLOWS THAT DOCUMENTED APPROACH RATHER THAN JUST A, OH, THIS ONE LOOKS GOOD. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. 
          UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNING THIS TRAILS NETWORK AND THEN SUPPORT A STANDING TRAIL CORRIDOR STEP IN OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. 
          UM, SO GETTING VERY CLOSE TO BUILD OUT MEANS WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN TO FIND NOT ONLY TRAIL CONNECTIVITY POINTS, TRAIL HEADS, EASEMENTS. 
          IT'S A LOT EASIER TO DO THAT WHILE THE LAND IS BEING DEVELOPED THAN AFTER THE FACT. 
          UM, SO WE OR WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND EVENTUALLY CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO ADD A TRAIL CORRIDOR STEP IN THAT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, NOT JUST FOR PARKLAND DEDICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY DO ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, WHEN THEY DO DRAINAGE, DITCH IMPROVEMENTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          NOW WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS. 
          . 
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SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TOO BECAUSE YOU SAID SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO ADD ON. 
          TO YOUR POINT, THIS DOCUMENT IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT WILL CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY AS FAR AS THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE MAP. 
          AND WHAT'S GONNA MAKE IT CHANGE IS DEVELOPMENT. 
          BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GET A NEW SUBDIVISION MM-HMM . 
          THERE'S GONNA BE NUMBER ONE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL CONNECTIVITY. 
          UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          UH, DEVELOPERS ARE BECOMING MORE SMART ABOUT PROVIDING THAT, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT SALES AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT SALES, UH, AND SO THAT'S ALSO THIS DOCUMENT WILL GIVE THE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY A GUIDING LIGHT IN HELPING NEW DEVELOPERS COME IN AND SAY, HEY LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR YOUR DETENTION POND HERE. 
          HERE'S OUR OVERALL GUIDING LIFE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION, UH, BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT, I'M LIKE, WELL, HOLD ON. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT PIECE. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT PIECE. 
          THERE'S SO MANY MORE. 
          THERE STILL SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES THAT I KNOW ARE NOT THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT YOU JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET. 
          YES. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A, I CALL IT A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN I GUESS THE PART I WANNA KIND OF HELP ADDRESS WITH REGARDS TO, UH, TRAILS WHEN THEY HAVE A 10 ACRE TRACK OR A FIVE ACRE TRACK, THERE'S NOT TRAILS OUT THERE. 
          THEY GOT A TRAIL IN THEIR YARD, . 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY BOUGHT THAT 10 ACRES. 
          AND MOST OF THOSE LIKE THE NEW POINTS, UH, THAT WAS THE REASON. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY DID NEW POINT. 
          THAT'S WHY I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT OVER THERE WITH NEW POINT. 
          UH, NOW IN THE, UH, MORE DENSELY AREA, UH, FIVE UNITS PER ACRE TYPE, YOU KNOW, 50 BY ONE 20 LOTS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SCENARIO RIGHT THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THEY DO WANT TRAILS AND CONNECTIVITY MM-HMM . 
          AND SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE OVER THERE. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IN ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS YOU GOTTA HAVE THE SIDEWALKS. 
          THAT'S JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S REQUIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE YOU GO. 
          AND SO HER AREA CREEK MA, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE RIDGE OVER THERE. 
          SOUTH, NORTH, NORTH SOUTH, YEAH. 
          AND, AND THEN THOSE AREAS, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE, YOUR QUESTION COMES IN IS YOU DON'T SEE IT AND IF YOU MAKE IT ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND SO I SEE YOUR CONCERN IS, AND IT'S, IT'S A VALID CONCERN. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY LIMIT SHOWS UP, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          SO THAT, THAT HOLE'S GOTTA GET FILLED. 
          YEAH, I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS. 
          IT'S A WHOLE ON BOTH SIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          PERSONALLY, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A SPINE FOR SOME SOMETHING TO GO OUT AND BUILD ON. 
          SO AND SO THAT, THAT'LL BE AN AREA AND THAT THAT'S A POINT TO MAKE IS THAT WE HAVE A BLANK SPOT WITH, WITH NO COLORS, NO BIG CRAYON COLORS OVER HERE IN THIS AREA. 
          NOW OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NEW POINT NOT GONNA HAPPEN AND THERE'S A CITY LIMIT LINE YOU GOTTA KEEP IN MIND TOO. 
          CITY LIMIT LINE IS RIGHT HERE. 
          AND IT'S ODD COMING UP THROUGH HERE. 
          EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          SO REALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CREEK MINE, UH, EVERYTHING KIND OF UP HERE IN THIS AREA. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY, THAT'S STILL IN THE CITY IMAGERY, STILL IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER. 
          YES. 
          AND LOOKING AT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE STARED AT FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT, IT'S, SO, IT'S ABOUT F NOT 50 50, BUT IT'S SO LIKE YOU HAVE VERY DENSE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN YOU HAVE HUGE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SOMEWHERE IN THIS UNDEVELOPED AREA HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO LEAVE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THIS, UH, DRAINAGE FOLLOWS THIS ONE HERE. 
          UM, AND, AND MCKEEVER HAS A DRAINAGE ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR THE FULL LENGTH THAT WE'RE USING ON THIS SIDE. 
          WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED HERE TO KNOW WHERE IT FALLS. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT, RIGHT NOW THIS IS WETLANDS ALL RIGHT HERE. 
          SO IT'S ALL WETLANDS. 
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IT'S NOT DEVELOPED, IT'S, IT'S FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MAP LOOKS LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT CAN BE OVERLAID FOR, UM, TO FOLLOW CANALS, TO FOLLOW DITCHES, TO FOLLOW THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN THIS NORTH SIDE HERE WILL DEPEND A LOT ON THESE PARCELS RIGHT HERE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE, WE INITIALLY HAD A MAP, UM, TRAIL HERE ALONG HURRICANE LANE, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE TO THE SCHOOL. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT WOULD BE GREAT IF, IF KIDS COULD WALK TO SCHOOL MM-HMM . 
          UM, BUT YOU HAVE HIGHWAY SIX. 
          YOU HAVE THE TOLL ROAD. 
          AND SO AS THE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING TO SUPPORT THE TRAIL SEGMENT REVIEW DURING DEVELOPMENT PHASE BECAUSE IT IS, I CAN MAP THIS, BUT AS SOON AS SOME A DEVELOPER, A RE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL, DOESN'T MATTER. 
          SUBMITS THOSE PLANS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE IT CAN FALL ON THERE AND WE NEED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE DURING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SO RIGHT HERE, THIS IS MULTIFAMILY. 
          YEP. 
          THEY THEY'VE ALREADY ZONED IT. 
          YEP. 
          COME A HUNDRED TIMES. 
          THIS IS ALL HEAVILY MULTIFAMILY COMING IN ALONG WITH IN BUSINESS. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, IT'S GONNA BE LOOKING AT, WELL IT'S WETLANDS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT MORE LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T GONNA BE 50 BY ONE 20 LOTS EVERY YEAR. 
          NO. 
          UH, BECAUSE YOU GOT NUMBER ONE, THE DETENTION, THE FLOOD PLAIN, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          SO IT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND THE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST, UH, THEY'VE ALL LOOKED AT EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO DO A DEVELOPMENT, IT'S MORE OF A RURAL LINE. 
          AND SO REALLY YOUR HEAVILY DENSE AREAS ARE LIKE HERE, HERE, HERE. 
          THOSE ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF YOUR HEAVILY DENSE AREAS. 
          YES. 
          AND, AND THE EXTENSION OF WATTS THAT COMES ALONG THROUGH HERE AND CONNECTS UP THROUGH HERE. 
          EVERYTHING NORTH IS GONNA BE COMMERCIAL. 
          I MEAN, SO IT'S OR EXCUSE MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL MULTI AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          AND SO, BUT THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT, I THINK. 
          BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NOW, BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION AND CONCERN AND THE FACT THAT , WE MADE A COMMENT THAT WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          YES. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KEY ELEMENT THAT SHE TOOK AWAY FROM OUR CONVERSATION. 
          AND SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOTES WE WANT TO GIVE OR INPUT WE WANT TO GIVE STAFF AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT? ALRIGHT. 
          SINCE WE'RE ASKED TO VOTE ON THIS, MY, MY, I WOULD HAVE A REQUEST AND THAT AT LEAST WE GET A SPINE TO BE CONSIDERED TO CONNECT LATER. 
          'CAUSE WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE I'M NOT MISUNDERSTANDING SOMETHING. 
          I'M NOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING. 
          BUT I THINK I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION WAS A GOOD, ALWAYS IS GOOD. 
          A GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          BUT, UH, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LIVE IN THAT AREA AND LET PEOPLE KNOW, IF WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THEN WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERED TO AT LEAST BE NEAR A SPINE? BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE, NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T LIVE WITHIN 10 MINUTES OR 10 MINUTES WALK OF A, OF A MISSOURI CITY PARK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WE DON'T. 
          AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF LAND THAT I THINK IF SOMEONE TOOK IT TO THEM AND AND ASKED FOR IT, MAYBE YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT WHAT YOU GET. 
          SO THEN YOUR ASK WOULD BE, AND I'M GONNA TAKE IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION THAT YOU WOULD ASK THAT THEY INCLUDE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY, A SPINE, A SPINE INTO THAT IN YOUR SECTION. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          AS PART OF THE DIAGRAM. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M ASKING. 
          SO YOUR MOTION MM-HMM . 
          IS I WANT ELOQUENTLY BUTCHER IT UP AND SAY YOU'D MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A POSITIVE. 
          BEFORE I GO THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          YOUR MOTION WOULD BE, UH, THAT WE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION ENDORSEMENT OF THIS TO INCLUDE, UH, SOME CONNECTIVITY OF SOME SORT IN THE GENERAL AREA OF MISSOURI CITY THAT 
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ENCOMPASSES THE CREEK MOUNT TE RUN AREA. 
          NOT TE RUN OR TIER RUN IS NOT HOUSTON. 
          IT WOULD BE THE NEW POINT CREEK MOD AND SHIPMAN'S CO. 
          THAT GENERAL AREA. 
          YOU WANNA SAY GENERAL? YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION. 
          THE TILL RUN IS IN THAT AREA. 
          YES. 
          I WOULD LIKE, YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR WORDING MY MOTION AND YES, THAT'S THE MOTION THAT I WOULD MAKE THOSE TWO AREAS. 
          IT'S A PRACTICAL, I'M SORRY, YOU WENT TO CREEK MONT OR JUST GENERAL AREA? YOU WANT TO SAY GENERAL AREA? GENERAL? YOU GOTTA SAY GENERAL, SAY GENERAL. 
          GENERAL AREA ACROSS THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, THE NEW POINT STATE CREEK, MONT AND SHIPMAN'S. 
          NORTH AND SOUTH CREEK MINES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE SHIPMAN'S COLD NEIGHBORHOODS, I DON'T THINK YOU'D GET NO POINT 'CAUSE YOU GOT FIVE TENANT ACRES. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT. 
          BUT THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT A LOT, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF VACANT LAND THAT THEY MIGHT, IF YOU ASK THEM, THEY MIGHT DO IT. 
          YEAH. 
          PROBLEM. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S YOUR MOTION. 
          SO NONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS? THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. 
          NO. 
          YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ONE IN A FIVE ACRE, 10 OR SUBDIVISION. 
          NO. 
          BUT IN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES, SHIPMENTS, COVE AND ALL THAT. 
          OH, THEY HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, SHIPMENTS, COVE HAS PARK A BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT'S, THAT WOULD LEND ITSELF TO A PARK. 
          'CAUSE IT'S GOT THIS BIG LUM, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT ANYWAY, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AN AREA, IT'S A KIND OF RETENTION POND. 
          IT'S A BUT IT'S NATURAL AND IT'S GORGEOUS AND IT'S A LOT OF AREA UP AROUND IT, ALL AROUND IT THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE SHIPMAN'S CODE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          FREMONT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT, BUT WE HAVE TWO AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. 
          DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF ROOM TO WORK WITH. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          BUT UM, THAT'S MOTION. 
          RIGHT. 
          A SECOND. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT STANDARDIZING TO, UH, HARD SURFACE TRAILS FOR THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE PREFERENCE IN THE GOAL FOR SPINE CORRIDORS THAT ARE CONTINUOUS AND ALONG DRAINAGE CANALS, DITCHES, WATERWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, FOR THE EASE OF MAINTENANCE FOR THE LONGEVITY, UM, AND USABILITY ACCESSIBILITY. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT RULING OUT SOFT SURFACE THOUGH BECAUSE COST PER MILE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ON A SOFT SURFACE. 
          WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING, UM, WHAT WERE THOSE FLEXI PAVE, FLEXI PAVE, WHICH IS KIND OF A, IN THE REALM OF YOUR POUR IN PLACE, SURFACING OF A PLAYGROUND AND A TRACK MM-HMM . 
          UM, IN THOSE AREAS. 
          BECAUSE WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ALWAYS WALK ON PAVEMENT. 
          UM, SO IT WILL BE A VERY MIXED BLEND OF GRAVEL, OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE 'CAUSE NOT GRAVEL, I GUESS. 
          UM, DECOMPOSED GRANITE, ASPHALT, CONCRETE FLEXI PAVE PAVERS IN AND OF ITSELF. 
          UM, THE THREE BY THREE, UM, PAVERS. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M JUST THINKING OF SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE REALLY PRETTY INAPPROPRIATE YES. 
          FOR, UH, HARD SURFACE TRAILS. 
          AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT MUCH HARD SURFACE IN AREAS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE DIRECT RUNOFF INTO THE RIVER. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, THE, THE SPINES IS FROM WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, LIKE I JUST SAID, THE SPINES ITSELF. 
          SO THOSE REALLY LONG CONTINUOUS ROUTES ARE GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO BE, UM, THE CONNECTIVITY ONES, NOT THE RECREATION ONES. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE GREEN ONES ON THE SIDE HERE. 
          THOSE ARE GONNA BE SOFT SURFACES OR RECREATIONAL TRAILS THERE. 
          THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE FOR EXERCISE, FOR LEISURE, FOR FOR SOCIAL RECREATION, THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          BUT THE CONNECTIVITY ONES, UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOUR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES ARE USING THEM AND ONCE YOU'RE ON FOR BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE LID, MUD, WE HAVE NO MORE CONTROL OF WHAT THEY DRIVE ON THESE TRAILS. 
          AND IF, MY APOLOGIES IF WE'RE MAINTAINING THEM USING AN ASPHALT OR A CONCRETE THAT IS RATED FOR THEIR VEHICLES, UM, BECOMES NECESSARY. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO A LOT OF OUR MAINTENANCE CONCERNS ON OUR CURRENT SOFT SURFACE TRAILS, IS ALL OF THE RUTS HAPPEN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STILL MAINTAIN IT AND YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE TRAIL, YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE CANAL OR THE DITCH OR THE BAYOU OR WHATEVER IT IS AS WELL. 
          SO NOW HAVE WE, ON SOME OF THESE MORE REMOTE AREAS, HAVE WE LIKE, UH, INVENTORIED THEM TO FIND OUT HOW MANY TRAILS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY TRESPASS? OH, WE HAVE NOT. 
          THAT'S PART OF OUR ASSESSMENT , BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME I GO OUT TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS, 
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UH, I FIND A NEW LITTLE PATH THAT HAS BEEN CREATED, WHICH THAT'S WHAT THE TRAILS ARE FOR. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S PART OF, UM, THE CONTINUOUS UPDATE OF THIS IS THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY BE THINGS THAT WERE ADDED BECAUSE EITHER AN HOA BUILT IT OR IT JUST ENDS UP BEING THE QUICKEST ROUTE. 
          BUT WE FOUND ONE THAT WAS, UM, ABOUT FIVE FEET WIDE BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND IT JUST LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE HAD JUST GONE BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER'S HOUSES, UM, CREATE A TRAIL AND THEY, CR THEY, THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT NEEDS A TRAIL RIGHT HERE. 
          , LIKE THE DESIRE LINE CONCEPT. 
          YES, EXACTLY. 
          POINT A TO POINT B. 
          YEP. 
          THEY SHOWED US WHERE THEY NEED IT. 
          UH, LAST QUESTION I HAD IS HAVE WE LOOKED AT, UM, IN, UM, INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS? I KNOW THAT AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR PLAN THAT ENVISIONED TRAILS FROM, UH, UP ABOVE 59 AND SUGAR LAND ALL THE WAY DOWN, UH, ALONG THE RIVER THROUGH MISSOURI CITY. 
          AND UH, YES. 
          UM, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED IN OUR, UM, OCTOBER STARTS FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, IN OUR DRAFT ANNUAL BUSINESS PLAN IS, UM, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE ALMOST A REGIONAL TRAILS COMMITTEE, UM, TO START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE COUNTY TO THE TABLE, SUGAR LAND TO THE TABLE, UM, ALL OF OUR MUDS AND OUR LIDS TO THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND LINKING TOGETHER INSTEAD OF ALL TRYING TO DO OUR OWN THING AND THEN REACTING AFTER THEY'RE FOUR FEET FROM EACH OTHER AND DON'T CONNECT. 
          SO THAT IS IN THE PLANS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE DID NOT, UM, MOTION, WE DID NOT VOTE. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          WE DID A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          YOU MAY HAD DISCUSSION AND NOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE. 
          NOW WE'RE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MA'AM. 
          ITEM SIX ITEMS REQUIRING ACTION. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEM SEVEN STAFF REPORTS. 
          [7. STAFF REPORTS]
THE BEST FORESTRY OPERATOR THAT'S RIGHT. 
          IN THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          BUT MR. PAUL, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. 
          MY HEAD'S BIG ENOUGH. 
          NCE. 
          I KNOW THAT  WELL ONCE AGAIN, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO VOLUNTEER TIME TO, TO BE ON THIS PARKS COMMISSION. 
          IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOUR FACES. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK, UH, UPDATE ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS IN FORESTRY. 
          A COUPLE CHANGES IN, UH, IN OUR OVERALL TEAM, WE HAD A YOUNG MAN TO MOVE ON TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BECOME A TEACHER. 
          ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WENT ON TO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, BUT ON THE UPSIDE, WE HIRED OUR FIRST FEMALE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY CREW LEADER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO SALLY HAS JOINED OUR TEAM NOT TOO LONG AGO AND WE EXPECT GOOD THINGS FROM HER. 
          I'M ALREADY WORKING HER PRETTY HARD . 
          UH, AS FAR AS THE MANAGEMENT AREAS, UH, STILL DOING A LOT OF THE, THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY AS I DON'T THINK WE'VE ADDED ANY OF THE RIGHT OF WAY LOCATIONS, ANY NEW RIGHT OF WAY SINCE LAST WE SPOKE. 
          UM, SAME WITH FACILITIES. 
          WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF FACILITIES. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR MAJOR CITY FACILITIES OTHER THAN THE GOLF COURSE. 
          AND FOR THE PARKS. 
          I THINK ONLY OUR NEW ADDITION SINCE LAST TIME IS OF COURSE FREEDOM TREE. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY MAINTAINING THE, UH, WEST SIDE, WHICH IS THE FREEDOM TREE SIDE. 
          UM, AND AS SOON AS THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, WE'LL ASSUME FULL MAINTENANCE OF THE, THE NEW SIDE. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S BIG IN THE QUEUE. 
          UH, ALSO LEXINGTON VILLAGE PARK, WHICH WAS FORMALLY BEING MAINTAINED MOSTLY BY FIRST COLONY ASSOCIATION THAT'S NOW FALLING UNDER US. 
          SO MY CREW DOES THE TREE CARE AND THEN PARK OPERATIONS HAS BEEN DOING THE MOWING AND, UH, WE KIND OF TAG TEAM SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT POP UP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO RECENTLY, I THINK, UH, SINCE LAST TIME WE DID ONE OF OUR, OUR FINAL PLANTINGS OF THE SEASON OVER AT RIDGEVIEW PARK WHERE THE NEW PARKING LOT IS. 
          WE HAD THE, UH, THE SORORITY COME OUT, AKA SORORITY. 
          THEY NOT ONLY PURCHASED THOSE TREES OVER THERE, BUT UH, THEY ALSO HELPED PLANT THEM. 
          SO THAT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY. 
          ADDED A LOT OF NICE AESTHETICS TO THAT NEW SECTION OF, UH, THE PARK. 
          I WOULDN'T SAY NEW SECTION OF THE PARK, THE RENOVATED SECTION OF THE PARK. 
          AND IT ALSO ASKS AS A LITTLE BIT OF A PHYSICAL BUFFER. 
          UH, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, NO, NO CARS COME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND, AND END UP IN, UH, THE PARKING LOT UNNECESSARILY. 
          UH, ALSO BICENTENNIAL PARK, WE WERE WORKING, UH, QUITE A BIT WITH ADAM ON TRYING TO PUT SOME OF THE, THE POST-CONSTRUCTION TOUCHES ON THERE. 
          SO WE, WE THREW A LOT OF SOD DOWN THERE. 
          WE DID A LOT OF GRADING TO HELP SOME OF THE, THE DRAINAGE AREAS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT PROJECT. 
          AND, UM, THREW IN SOME DECORATIVE BOULDERS, CLEANED UP ALL THE TREES. 
          UH, SO THAT PROJECT, AT LEAST FROM A LANDSCAPE, 
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UH, ASPECT IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW. 
          WE CONTINUE OUR, ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IN, UH, FORESTRY DIVISION IS TRY TO PUT A LITTLE SPLASH OF ART INTO EVERY TIME WE LIKE REDO A LANDSCAPE. 
          SO CITY HALL'S A PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          UH, ON THE LEFT THERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, UH, A NEW SPECIES OF DEER, SOME BRONZE DEER COME IN THERE, , UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND A LOT OF THIS IS THAT WAS A REALLY TOUGH AREA TO MAINTAIN. 
          IT WAS KIND OF A LOW SPOT. 
          IT DIDN'T DRAIN WELL. 
          SO WE WERE CONSTANTLY BATTLING WEEDS AND PLANTS DYING OUT OVER THERE. 
          AND THAT'S A HIGH IMPACT AREA. 
          SO AFTER REPLACING THINGS FOR ABOUT 10 TIMES, WE WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          SO WE DID MORE OF THE ZERO ESCAPE, ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF ART FEATURE IN THERE. 
          UH, THE MIDDLE PICTURE WAS A TREE THAT ACTUALLY DIED FROM WHAT I SUSPECT IS A DISEASE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. 
          BUT INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING IT DOWN, TURNED IT INTO A LITTLE RAINBOW TREE OVER THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          VERY NICE. 
          GIVE IT A LITTLE COUPLE, HOPEFULLY A COUPLE EXTRA YEARS OF ENJOYMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN THIS GUY POPPED UP ON THE RIGHT, SOME LITTLE WIZARD OR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T US  THAT ACTUALLY IS OVER, OVER BY CITY HALL ENTRANCE BY WHERE THOSE DEER OR SOMEBODY DECIDED TO, TO ADD TO THE CONCEPT OF ART . 
          SO HOPEFULLY HE'S PROTECTING THOSE DEER FROM MALFEASANCE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO COMING UP, UH, FOR THE FALL PROJECT, EARLY WINTER, UH, I'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR KEEP CRANKING AWAY AT EAST HAMPTON PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE TREE PLANTINGS IN WITH THE HELP OF MISSOURI CITY GREEN. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I RECEIVED A NICE GRANT TO DO. 
          SO. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LOCAL LOWE'S STORE TO POSSIBLY DO A PERGOLA PROJECT OVER THERE. 
          SO A LITTLE STUFF, BUT WE'RE MAKING THOSE BABY STEPS FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET THAT PARK UP AND RUNNING AS WELL AS WE CAN. 
          ALSO, TRYING TO DO SOME EROSION AND, UH, SHORELINE STABILIZATION OVER AT INDEPENDENCE PARK. 
          I WAS HOPING TO ALREADY GET STARTED ON THAT. 
          WE GOT KIND OF SIDETRACKED WITH SOME MATERIALS ISSUES, SO I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT DROP OFF THE QUEUE. 
          WE, WE WILL WORK ON THAT COMING UP HERE. 
          AS I MENTIONED, FREEDOM TREE, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE FREEDOM TREE SIDE, MAINTAINING THOSE NEW FLOWER BEDS OVER THERE. 
          UH, I'LL LIKELY PUT IN SOME MORE LANDSCAPE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THIS PICTURE AS WELL. 
          SOME STUFF THAT'S PASSED AWAY OVER THE YEARS, UH, SINCE WE HAVE TRAILS TODAY. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE TRAIL, , GCWA. 
          , LEMME TELL YOU GUYS, TRAILS ON LEVEES ARE TOUGH, REALLY TOUGH. 
          SO HERE'S GCWA TRAIL. 
          THIS IS THE ONE THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH QUAIL VALLEY. 
          UH, WE'RE LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE REC CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. 
          UM, SITUATION LIKE THIS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THE, THE PRIVILEGE OF PUTTING THAT TRAIL ON THAT ONE SIDE, AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, WE ACTUALLY ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE VEGETATION, PRETTY MUCH FROM THE FENCE LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          EVEN ON THE SIDE THAT'S NOT ON THE TRAIL. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE A TRAIL. 
          SO THERE IS QUITE A FEW TREES ALL UP ON THOSE FENCE LINES. 
          UH, THERE'S DEEP DROPS. 
          IT IS A LEVY. 
          SO WE BATTLE WITH EROSION ISSUES. 
          WE BATTLE WITH A LOT OF WHAT I'LL CALL THE BIRD POOP TREES THAT COME OFF THE FENCE LINE START GROWING UP AND 20 YEARS LATER, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US. 
          SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN THESE TRAILS COME UP AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES WE PROBABLY SPEND, I KNOW WE SPEND LEAPS AND BOUNDS MORE TIME AND MONEY AS STAFF MAINTAINING THIS ONE MILE SECTION OF TRAIL THAN ALL OF OUR OTHER TRAILS COMBINED. 
          SO, GOT A QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WHEN IT'S LIKE THIS ON THE GCWA, YOU CAN'T EVEN TREAT THOSE WITH CHEMICALS, CAN YOU? WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE TO USE SPECIALIZED CHEMICALS THAT ARE AQUATIC, UH, RATED, WHICH ARE GENERALLY MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          SO YEAH, WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY SPRAYING ALONG THE ACTUAL TRAIL. 
          THE DG PART, THE EXTRA CHALLENGE WITH THESE LEVEES AND THINGS IS YOU CAN'T ROUGH, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO ONLY ROUGH CUT THESE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          AND IT CAN'T BE DONE ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU CAN'T ZERO TURN, CUT THOSE. 
          SO WE GET A LOT OF REALLY AGGRESSIVE WEEDS LIKE YOUR RAGWEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE REALLY TOUGH TO CONTROL, NOT ONLY WITH MOWING, BUT WITH THE CHEMICAL AS WELL. 
          SO WE TRYING OUR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. 
          BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE AND SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE DEVELOP MORE TRAILS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          BUT IN ANY CASE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'RE WORKING ON THE TREES ON BOTH SIDES, TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE, THE NOXIOUS TREES, WE'LL CALL IT THE SUPER AGGRESSIVE STUFF, ESPECIALLY ON THE FENCE LINE THAT, THAT BOTHER PEOPLE. 
          BUT, UH, WE'RE ALSO REDOING SOME OF THE TRAIL SURFACE ON, ON SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE REALLY BAD, REALLY RUTTED UP. 
          UH, SO WE STILL HAVE THE MEMORIAL TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM. 
          UH, Y'ALL AS, UH, PARK COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY JUST TO, TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PARKS IN A REAL POSITIVE WAY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE, UH, A NEED TO DO A MEMORIAL TREE, IT'S ONLY $200. 
          I WORK WITH THE FAMILY THE BEST I CAN TO SELECT A GOOD PARK THAT'S AT LEAST CLOSE TO THEM. 
          IF IT'S NOT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THEN I'LL INVITE THEM TO THE ACTUAL 
          [01:00:01]
PLANTING. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCES. 
          DIANE'S DONE A MEMORIAL TREE, SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY PERSONAL, UM, IT'S A LOVELY EXPERIENCE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. 
          AND THEN A LOT OF FOLKS, THEY, THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR THE BENCH, THAT'S A $1,200 DEAL, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, A PLAQUE WITH MM-HMM . 
          A CUSTOM WORDING ON IT, UH, FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE DEDICATING IT TO. 
          SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING. 
          AND I PUT A FLYER IN WITH YOUR LITTLE, UH, GOODIE BAG TODAY. 
          SO, UH, SHARE THE WORD. 
          GENERALLY OUR PLANTING SEASON IS AROUND HALLOWEEN, SO I TRY TO WRAP IT UP AROUND APRIL. 
          UH, THAT'S OUR BEST TIME OF YEAR TO START PLANTING. 
          NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T DO IT DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL GOES WAY DOWN BECAUSE IT'S A THOUSAND DEGREES OUTSIDE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE HOT TOPICS OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR MONTHS, WE HAD AN EXCEPTIONALLY WET SPRING. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW, WHICH IS REALLY BAD THIS YEAR, IS THIS CALLED, UH, WITCHES BROOM DISEASE. 
          IT'S A REALLY GENERIC TERM FOR WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE CAUSED BY A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WHEN IT'S SUPER WET LIKE THAT, IT'S USUALLY A TYPE OF, UH, BACTERIA OR EVEN A MOLD TYPE OF, OF, UM, ISSUE THAT PREVENTS THE TREE FROM ACTUALLY SPROUTING OUT AND DEVELOPING FULL LEAVES OR ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT CHS OF NEW WOOD. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THESE LITTLE CLUSTERS OF LIKE LITTLE MINI LEAVES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I SAW THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARKS. 
          AND ALSO RIGHT OF WAYS IS REALLY HIT OR MISS IS SO YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN SOME OF THIS KIND OF THING IN YOUR OWN YARD OR YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          GENERALLY IT WON'T KILL THE TREE, BUT IT SIGNIFICANTLY DEBILITATES ITS GROWTH FOR THAT YEAR AND USUALLY RESULTS IN A LOT OF DEAD WOOD PAST WHERE THAT LITTLE CLUSTER IS. 
          SO WE'VE HAD TO ON THOSE TREES THAT SURVIVED IT, YOU KNOW, PRUNE BACK. 
          SO IT'S STILL AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND GETTING RID OF SOME OF THAT DEAD WOOD. 
          UM, MOST OF 'EM HAVE BOUNCED BACK, BUT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING PRETTY, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. 
          SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO LOOK FOR WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY WET SPRING. 
          RA IS ANOTHER ORGANISM. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE A HALF ALGAE, HALF FUNGUS THAT LIVES IN THE SOIL, ALWAYS BEEN HERE. 
          IT'S PART OF NATURE. 
          IT'S A HUGE FAMILY OF THIS ORGANISM THAT CAN CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS FOR TREES. 
          SO WE SAW THAT AGAIN. 
          UM, IT USUALLY IS ADAPTED TO THE VERY WET SPRINGS OR STANDING WATER. 
          FOR A LONG TIME, WE SAW A LOT OF ISSUES IN TREES DIVE AFTER HARVEY BECAUSE OF SOME STANDING WATER, OR WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN THIS SPRING. 
          WE SAW SOME OF YOUR TOUGHEST OF THE TOUGH LIKE LIVE OAKS AND THINGS JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DIE OUT. 
          AND, UH, ON SOME OF THESE THAT HAPPENED IN OUR PARKS, I ACTUALLY DID SOME SOIL TESTS, SENT IT TO ALBERTA A AND M AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT FOR SOME OF THOSE CASES IT WAS, THIS PARTICULAR FUNGUS HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME ORGANISM THAT WAS AFFECTING THE FREEDOM TREE AND TOOK OUT ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT CANOPY ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO. 
          NOW, WE WERE ABLE TO STABILIZE THE SPREAD OF THAT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS, THIS ORGANISM IS PART OF NATURE, ALWAYS WILL BE. 
          WE'RE STILL LEARNING A LOT ABOUT IT. 
          UH, BUT IF YOU EVER SEE A, A REALLY HEALTHY TREE ONE HERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN DIE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER AFTER WE'VE HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF RAIN, THAT'S A, A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR MAYBE WHY IT HAPPENED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OTHER THINGS. 
          HYPOXIC CANKER IS A, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT'S ONGOING. 
          THIS IS A TRUE FUNGUS. 
          UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WHITEST WHITISH FLAKY TEXTURE ON THAT, ON THAT BRANCH IN THE FRONT. 
          THEY'RE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, BUT RIGHT ABOVE IT IS SOME REALLY NICE HEALTHY BRANCHES THAT'S ON A LIVE OAK. 
          AND LIVE OAK JUST HAPPENS TO BE TOUGH ENOUGH WHERE IT CAN HAVE THAT, THAT CANKER TAKE OUT A BRANCH, BUT BE HEALTHY ELSEWHERE. 
          IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT ON A WATER OAK THOUGH, THAT WATER OAK IS PRETTY MUCH CONDEMNED TO DEATH. 
          SO IT'S REALLY SPECIES DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL IT CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT OR ISOLATE THAT FUNGUS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY COMMON, UH, AFTER EXCEPTIONALLY WET PERIODS, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS TIME OF YEAR CALL ME ABOUT THE BARKLEYS. 
          OH, THERE'S SPIDERWEBS ALL OVER MY TREE UP AND DOWN THE TRUNK. 
          AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE OVER THERE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY SPIDERS. 
          THOSE ARE A LICE TYPE OF INSECTS. 
          I'M GONNA CALL 'EM NATURE'S CLEANING CREW. 
          UNDERNEATH THERE IS A BUNCH OF TINY, TINY LITTLE LICE. 
          UH, NOT THE SAME TYPE OF LICE THAT ARE GONNA END UP IN HAIR AND HUMANS , BUT UH, THEY BASICALLY EXIST TO LIKE EAT THE GARBAGE WITH THAT FALLS WITHIN THE, THE CRACKS OF THE BARK. 
          SO LIKE ANT CARCASSES AND ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE INSECTS AND THINGS. 
          THEY'RE FEEDING OFF OF THAT. 
          AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLEANING OUT SOME OF THAT, UH, THAT MESS WITHIN THE TREE. 
          THEY'RE A BENEFICIAL INSECT. 
          THEY HAD TO CAUSE NO HARM TO THE TREE WHATSOEVER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AESTHETICALLY, I GUESS SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT. 
          IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND POKE THE WEB A LITTLE BIT THAT'LL ALLOW PREDATORS TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY EAT THE L BUT THEY ARE THERE TO HELP THE TREE AND USUALLY BY OCTOBER YOU DON'T EVEN SEE IT ANYMORE. 
          IT'S, IT'S A LATE SUMMER TYPE OF DEAL. 
          AND THEN, UH, ONCE AGAIN HERE, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AS WE GRADUALLY COOL OFF, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING THAT FALL WET WORM COME BACK. 
          YES. 
          UH, 
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THEY, THEY SEEM TO REALLY LIKE A SPECIAL MULBERRY TREES AND PECAN TREES, SO MM-HMM . 
          YOU'LL SEE THEM AROUND, DON'T GET ALARMED. 
          YES, THEY ARE FEEDING OFF THE LEAVES, BUT THOSE TREES WILL BE DROPPING THOSE LEAVES AGAIN IN DECEMBER ANYWAY, SO IT'S NOT GONNA DEBILITATE THE GROWTH OF THE TREE THAT MUCH WOULDN'T BE TOO CONCERNED. 
          BUT IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, SAME THING. 
          GET YOUR RAKE OUT THERE, POKE THE WEB THAT ALLOWS THE BIRDS TO COME IN THERE AND EAT THE CATERPILLARS, WHICH ARE INEVITABLY EATING YOUR LEAVES. 
          UH, FOR SOME OF THIS STUFF WE DO ON THE WEBSITE, HAVE THE WHAT'S ON MY TREE GALLERY? IT'S BURIED IN THERE. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A DOLLAR IF YOU CAN FIND IT. 
          BUT , UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF GOING TO THE SEARCH BAR JUST SAYING WHAT'S ON MY TREE. 
          AND IT MIGHT TAKE YOU TO THERE. 
          BUT I LIST A LOT OF THESE COMMON THINGS LIKE THE BARK LIGHTS THAT, THAT I GET A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT. 
          AND I'LL PUT A LITTLE PICTURE ON THERE AND A WRITE UP OF THIS IS WHAT IT IS, THIS IS HOW YOU CAN CONTROL IT, AND SO FORTH. 
          SO TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD THERE. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU THIS TIME AROUND. 
          GUYS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ? I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE MEMORIAL TREE. 
          SO IT'S 10 YEARS AGO, MY HUSBAND HAD A FATAL HEART ATTACK ON, UM, THE FIRST HOLE AT SUGAR CREEK GOLF COURSE. 
          AND, UM, HIS GOLF BUDDIES FROM THE 19TH HOLE PUT A BENCH ON THAT VERY FIRST HOLE FOR HIM. 
          BUT WE DID DO A TREE ON THE EDIBLE ARBITRARY, AND PAUL SELECTED A, UM, UM, A FIG TREE. 
          AND SO I HAVE THREE SONS AND A DOG. 
          SO WE WERE THERE FOR THE PLANTING AND AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO WALMART AND BOUGHT FIG NEWTONS . 
          WE HAD JUST PLANTED A FIG TREE. 
          SO IT'S VERY SPECIAL. 
          I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY FOR SOMEONE WHO PASSED AWAY, BUT JUST SOMEONE THAT YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE OR WHATEVER. 
          IT'S A WONDERFUL THING AND PAUL MAKES IT A VERY NICE, UM, CEREMONY. 
          YEAH, WE, WE TRY OUR BEST. 
          IT'S, IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US AS STAFF AS WELL TO, TO WORK IN THAT POSITIVE WAY WITH INDIVIDUALS. 
          BUT YEAH, LIKE DIANE SAID, UH, WE'VE DONE IT FOR LIKE BIRTH OF NEW BABIES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, FOLKS THAT JUST GOT MARRIED, THEY'VE DONE TREES LIKE THAT. 
          SO IT, IT COULD BE A POSITIVE THING, NOT JUST A, A LOSS OF A FAMILY MEMBER. 
          AND THEN ON THE BENCHES, ARE THERE, DO YOU PUT THE BENCHES LIKE AT DIFFERENT PARKS OR, YEAH, IT HAS TO BE IN ONE OF OUR CITY OWNED AND MAINTAINED PARKS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT AGAIN, I TRY TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, IF THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE OFF OF A PARK OR A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE A CITY PARK THAT HAS A NEED FOR THOSE THINGS, THEN I DEFINITELY TRY TO POSITION THE BENCH OR, AND OR THE TREE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UH, AND THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          LIKE IN YOUR CASE SCENARIO, I MIGHT RECOMMEND A, A PROPERTY CLOSE BY LIKE IN LAKE OLYMPIA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          IT'S AT LEAST WITHIN A SHORT DRIVE TO WHERE YOU'RE AT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AS USUAL, WONDERFUL JOB. 
          AND YOU KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO IT. 
          I TELL YOU, YOU ALWAYS BRING GIFTS. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 
          MAYBE THE DIRECTORS WILL TAKE NOTE OF THAT  JUST SAYING I'M NOT JUDGING THEM. 
          AND SPEAKING OF THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON OVER TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
EIGHT. 
          DIRECTOR'S REPORT JUDGMENT . 
          I'M JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING YEAH, YOU DO KNOW THAT SOME POINT I APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THOSE GIFTS THOUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE PEN IS TRULY MIGHTIER THAN THE BAG THAT PAUL BRINGS. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, GOT A LOT GOING ON. 
          I DID. 
          BEFORE I GET INTO MY SLIDES, I DID JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS ALL, UM, A BIT OF A HEADS UP. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE LATELY, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY PARK, UM, AREA. 
          UM, WE ARE AT THE TAIL END OF OUR TOTAL LED CONVERSION TO THE BALL FIELDS, LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOCCER FIELDS. 
          UM, SO, UM, ADAM AND I ARE ACTUALLY, WE'RE OUT THERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT REVIEWING THE PROJECT, UH, WITH OUR CONTRACTOR. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF LAST LITTLE ITEMS TO FINISH UP AND THEN SOME TRAINING ON THE, UM, SCHEDULING OF THE LIGHTS. 
          BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, IT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNITY PARK. 
          UM, YOU CAN NOW SEE ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS  . 
          UM, BUT, UH, WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, UM, WE'VE GONE OUT THERE A COUPLE TIMES NOW IN THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS AS THE PROJECT HAS, UH, BEEN ONGOING. 
          UM, THE FIRST TIME WE WERE OUT THERE, WE GOT TO SEE A LOT OF FOLKS FROM LITTLE LEAGUE AND HOW EXCITED THEY WERE, UM, ABOUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND THEN WE WALKED OVER TO SOCCER, AND SOCCER WAS ALREADY USING 
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THEIRS AND THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          AND THEN ON TUESDAY, UH, HUGE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT WAS GOING ON, UM, ON TUESDAY. 
          AND SO WE JUST KEPT ON GETTING STOPPED OVER AND OVER, UM, TO THE POINT OF PEOPLE BEING LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SO AMAZING. 
          CAN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE TELL 'EM, OH YEAH, NO BIG DEAL, WE JUST SPENT ABOUT $800,000 ON THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY ALL GO, OH, THANK YOU . 
          UM, SO REALLY IT WAS, IT'S AN, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME AT COMMUNITY PARK. 
          UM, BUT I, I JOKE ABOUT SEEING SOME OF THE OTHER IMPERFECTIONS, UM, AND WE ARE, WE'RE SEEING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          COMMUNITY PARK IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PARKS IN OUR WHOLE ENTIRE, UM, SYSTEM. 
          AND SO IT'S TIME FOR SOME CHANGES. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, COMING UP WITH A CONTRACT TO REDO THE INSIDES OF BOTH OF THE BATHROOMS AT COMMUNITY PARK, UM, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG NEED. 
          WE GO IN THERE AND WE CLEAN THOSE TWICE EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T THINK THAT WE CLEAN THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE OLDER AND IT'S HARDER FOR US TO SEE THAT DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, AND SO, SO WE ARE SPENDING SOME TIME, WE'RE EXPECTING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO HAVE THAT PROJECT COMPLETED. 
          SO WE'LL SEE BOTH, UH, BATHROOMS, UM, COMPLETELY RENOVATED INSIDE OF THEM. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS ON THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AS WELL. 
          UM, AS WE KIND OF CLOSE OUT THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO REDO FENCES ALONG THE BALL FIELDS. 
          AND THEN IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO REDO THE IN FIELDS OF ALL FOUR OF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS. 
          AND SO LIGHTS IN FIELDS AND FENCING AT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, WE'LL REALLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, UM, AT COMMUNITY PARK. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NOT JUST OUR NEW PARKS ARE, UM, BELOVED ALWAYS AND WELL MAINTAINED, BUT ALSO OUR OLDER PARKS ARE, ARE DONE IN THAT WAY AS WELL. 
          SO IF YOU ARE SEEING CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING, IF YOU HEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASKING ABOUT, OH MY GOSH, WHY ARE THE COMMUNITY BATHROOM PARK, UH, BATHROOMS ALWAYS SO DIRTY, PLEASE TELL 'EM THEY KNOW. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          AND IT SHOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS HERE FAIRLY, FAIRLY SOON. 
          NEXT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SOME INVITATIONS. 
          SEPTEMBER 19TH, FIVE O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, UM, WE WILL BE, UH, HOLDING OUR ANNUAL OCTOBER FEST AT QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB. 
          UM, THE NEW RESTAURANT, UM, ACTUALLY HAS OFFICIALLY HAD ITS, UH, UM, SOFT OPENING. 
          AND SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. 
          UM, BUT THE NEW RESTAURANT IS OPEN AND SO, UH, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT, SEE, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT ALSO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, SOME BAVARIAN PRETZELS AND POSSIBLY A ALE OF SOME SORT. 
          . 
          UM, YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE DONNIE DRESSED UP. 
          OH DEAR. 
          AND WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? LEADER HOEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
           ONE OF THESE DAYS. 
          UH, PAM, I'M GONNA FIND YOU THE, UH, THE PICTURE OF ME AS A BABY IN MY LEADER HOEN. 
          OH, I CANNOT WAIT. 
          , I CAN'T WAIT. 
          , YOU CAN WAIT. 
          PROMISE . 
          UM, UH, ALSO, UM, STATE OF THE CITY IS SEPTEMBER 25TH. 
          IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE TICKETS, THERE ARE WAYS FOR YOU TO PURCHASE TICKETS. 
          UM, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO BASICALLY THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          AND WHERE WILL IT BE THIS YEAR? AT, UH, QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CLUB. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'LL BE BACK IN THE NEW FACILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION VIGIL, WHICH WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. 
          AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DO, UM, WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, THE COUNTY, A FEW DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 
          UM, AND IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH, UM, IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICES THAT, UM, ARE HAPPENING, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING TO, UM, REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WANTED, LOVED, AND, AND SEEN MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, THERE WAS AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT TO THE BOARD. 
          WE HAVE OUR GOLF FOUR PARKS FUNDRAISER, UM, WHICH IS BEING PUT ON THE PARK BY THE PARKS FOUNDATION. 
          UM, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB RIGHT NOW, RAISING FUNDS. 
          UM, THEIR GOAL IS TO RAISE $75,000 THIS YEAR FOR, UM, EAST HAMPTON PARK. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT ON TARGET. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE INVITING ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT AND HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS THAT DAY. 
          IT IS A MONDAY. 
          UM, BUT, UH, , UM, WE WILL BE 
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OUT THERE IN FORCE HELPING. 
          UM, AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE EACH OF YOU OUT THERE. 
          UM, A FEW OF YOU HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, YES, WE CAN VOLUNTEER. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, THEN YOU CAN VOLUNTEER. 
          PLEASE SHOOT ME AN EMAIL. 
          UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE LIST AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE YOU ON OUR TASKS. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY INVITATIONS FOR, FOR THIS MONTH. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I QUESTION FOR YOU OH YES. 
          FROM THE SUICIDE PREVENTION VIGIL. 
          YES. 
          ARE Y'ALL ADVERTISING THAT ON ALL OUR DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIAS? AND I JUST, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A BIG IMPORTANT ONE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          AND WHERE WILL THAT BE? IT'S ACTUALLY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          IT'S OUTSIDE IN THE PLAZA. 
          YEAH. 
          I REMEMBER RECEIVING IN THE, UH, NOTICES FOR ALL, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE SUICIDE PROVINCIAL. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD. 
          MY, MY SON WENT TO, UH, A FUNERAL LAST WEEK FOR A 44-YEAR-OLD WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT JUST TELLS, IT'S JUST SO COMMON, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I DID SPONSOR A TEAM FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, GOOD FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LAWRENCE. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I WAS ASKED BY A COUPLE OF, UH, DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT ARE ALSO SPONSORING. 
          THEY'RE LIKE, DONNY, YOU'RE GONNA PLAY ON THE TEAM? AND I SAID, NO, I'M GONNA BE, UH, VOLUNTEERING. 
          I'LL BE HELPING OUT TODAY. 
          . 
          NORMALLY I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PLAY, BUT NOT THIS TIME. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          OH, SORRY BUDDY. 
          NOT, NOT RELATED TO THAT AT ALL. 
          THERE USED TO BE THREE MUSICIANS OUT IN FRONT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ON THE LITTLE CEMENT PLATFORM. 
          WHAT THE HELL EVER HAPPENED TO 'EM? THEY'RE NOT THERE. 
          ARE YOU KIDDING ME? , WHAT HAPPENED? YES. 
          I AM KIDDING YOU. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD, UM, , THANK YOU LAWRENCE FOR LAUGHING. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY. 
           BUDDY DIDN'T FIND IT ALL THAT FUNNY. 
           UM, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE REMOVED THEM AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, THEY WERE DETERIORATING PRETTY, UH, HEAVILY. 
          UM, A LOT OF WOOD LOSS THAT WAS HAPPENING. 
          AND SO, UM, THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS PASSED AWAY FAIRLY RECENTLY. 
          AND SO ONE OF HIS APPRENTICES IS ACTUALLY RESTORING THEM RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FOR US TO, UM, PUT BACK IN PLACE. 
          GREAT. 
          I MISS HIM. 
          PUT A SMILE BACK ON HIS FACE THERE. 
          HEY, LISTEN, THERE WAS A SMILE THERE BEFORE. 
          IT'S JUST, I SEE THERE WAS A DAGGER. 
          THERE IS WHAT IT WAS. 
           . 
          I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, SO LASTLY, STAFF KUDOS. 
          UM, I JUST, UH, THIS WEEK, UM, ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS DIVISION CAME UP TO ME AND WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, BRAND NEW EMPLOYEE, JOSH WILLIAMS. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE WALKED HIM THROUGH ALL THE STEPS AND GUESS WHAT, DONNIE TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY. 
          HE TOTALLY DID EVERYTHING ON THE SPLASH PAD ALL BY HIMSELF. 
          UM, TOOK CARE OF ALL THE CHEMICALS, HE DID ALL THE FILTERS, AND, AND, AND THIS EMPLOYEE WAS LIKE, YEAH, I JUST WENT AND PICKED UP TRASH. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF IT. 
          UM, THAT EMPLOYEE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT DOES TAKE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAINING TO, UM, REALLY MAINTAIN THESE SPLASH PADS. 
          UM, JOSH BEING A FAIRLY NEW EMPLOYEE, UM, HAD NEVER WORKED ON A SPLASH PAD, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE HIM REALLY JUST DIVE IN, UM, AND, UH, AND GET READY FOR THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, DEFINITELY KUDOS TO JOSH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND PUTTING THE EFFORT IN TO, TO LEARN THAT SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN ALSO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, MONICA ROBERTS FOR THE TASTE OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          THAT HAPPENED THIS LAST WEEKEND. 
          WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT LAST YEAR. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE, UM, THIS YEAR. 
          SO DEFINITELY OVER 2000. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE FULL REPORT OF HOW MANY VISITORS WE ACTUALLY HAD. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WE ADDED THE DUNK TANK. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU GOT TO SEE ME GET DUNKED MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, . 
          UM, BUT AS PART OF THAT, UM, WE WERE RAISING FUNDS FOR THE NONPROFIT, UM, PALMER HOUSE AND WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE JUST OVER $1,400 TOTAL FOR THE PALMER HOUSE, WHICH IS A SUPER EXCITING THING. 
          UM, AND, AND ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR VENDORS WERE SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING IN, GIVING THEM TASTE TESTINGS, BUT ALSO SELLING THEIR WARES AS WELL. 
          THE HEAT, UM, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ALL THAT FANTASTIC, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, CARRIE'S HAD A GREAT DAY. 
          I BET THAT SHE DID  . 
          UM, SO OVERALL IT REALLY WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, UH, HAD A LOT OF FUN. 
          UM, AND JUST THE VIBE, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THAT DAY WAS FANTASTIC. 
          SO, UM, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HAPPENING IN MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. 
          WHEN DOES THE SPLASH OF PARIS, WHEN DO YOU CLOSE THEM DOWN? IS IT AFTER LABOR DAY OR ON LABOR 
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DAY? SO, UM, AFTER LABOR DAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL JUST GO TO WEEKENDS. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL OFFICIALLY CLOSE THEM DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER NINE, BOARD REPORTS. 
          [9. BOARD REPORTS]
DO I HAVE ANY REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? UH, JUST THAT MISSOURI CITY GREEN WILL HAVE, UM, BACKYARD COMPOSTING ON SATURDAY. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, THE SAME DAY AS OCTOBERFEST THAT MORNING. 
          SO AT THE REC CENTER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR ITEMS? ANY OTHER REPORTS? ALRIGHT. 
          IF NOT, ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          ANY ITEMS, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING? IF NOT, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          BE SAFE.
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