* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. I WILL CALL THE MEETING OF IT ACTUALLY [DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER ] IS A JOINT MEETING OF THE AB C AND THE, UH, ANGLETON RECS AND PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AND I'M CALLING OUR MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION PORTION TO ORDER. PERFECT. AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A FORUM FOR, SO IT IS STILL A PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING WHEN YOU GUYS DO TAKE ACTION ON THIS. [1. Presentation on Freedom Park Master Plan program findings by Burditt Consulting. ] AND SO THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS A PRESENTATION AT FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN PROGRAM. TURN IT OVER TO THEM, THE TEAM HERE TODAY, ALL OF THEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US OUT HERE TODAY. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MET US BEFORE, WE'LL REFER TO CONSULTANTS AS CHARLES CHARLESBURG PRINCIPLES, CLAUDIA WALKER, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER AND I'M PAUL HOWARD. UM, JUST AS IMPORTANT IN VARIOUS ROLES WITH THIS PROJECT. UH, TONIGHT WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE IN THE EARLY PHASES WAS CALLED THE PROGRAMMING PHASE, WHICH PRECEDES SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF, UH, OF THE VARIOUS FEATURES THAT ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE PARK. SO IN THIS SPACE, WE'VE BEEN OUT ON THE GROUND, EVALUATING ALL COMPONENTS OF THE PARK AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING AT OTHER PARKS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, IN RELATION TO, UM, WHAT TYPES OF FEATURES ARE AVAILABLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK SYSTEM AND WHAT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR FREEDOM PARK. UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, THE THINGS LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE PROGRESS OF THE PUBLIC INPUT AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT WE'VE HAD TO DATE THERE. NOPE, NOPE. I WENT BACK DOWN THE AGENDA. HERE WE GO. UH, LOOKING AT, UH, STAKEHOLDER INPUT TODAY FROM VARIOUS USER GROUPS IN THE ONLINE SURVEY. AND THEN, UM, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME, UM, SITE OBSERVATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE TO DATE. AND THEN CLAUDIA IS GOING TO PICK UP AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR FROM A STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT PERSPECTIVE. WE STARTED WITH, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF FEATURES AND AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARK. AND THEN, UH, AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, ABOUT 306 ENTRIES FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC SURVEY AND A GREAT DEAL OF INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE TYPES OF FEATURES AND AMENITIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND THEN WE PUT THOSE ALONGSIDE THE, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD. AND, UH, WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO H UM, DESCRIBE THEIR VISION OF WHAT THE PARK WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AND COMBINE THAT WITH THE INPUT FROM STAFF. AND SO THIS MATRIX ON THE LEFT HERE IS A, A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE, UM, DIFFERENT GROUPS OF FEEDBACK. AND THERE ARE SOME COMMONALITIES THAT WERE APPARENT WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, TARGETED QUESTIONS FROM THE SURVEY. AND THEN WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS THAT WERE CODED INTO CATEGORIES. WE SEE CLEAR, UM, CONSISTENCY THAT, UM, THE NUMBER ONE FEATURE THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IS, UH, TRAILS AND SPECIFICALLY THE MORE NATURALISTIC TRAILS NATURE TRAILS, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN, UM, THEN THAT WAS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL GROUPS FOLLOWED BY A SPLASH PAD. AND THEN A DOG PARK WAS IDENTIFIED BY TWO OF THE GROUP, SAYS, UM, AS A TOP 10 PRIORITY. UM, AND, UM, ALSO AN AMPHITHEATER CAME, UM, QUITE HIGH WITH ALL GROUPS BEING INTERESTED IN THAT. UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A GREAT NUMBER OF MANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS FOR VARIOUS LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO START TO GLEAN THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY PARTIES THAT WE'LL KNOW WE NEED TO INCLUDE IN THE PARK. AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK BACK FROM YOU ALL ON. UM, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE HEARING THAT RIGHT. UM, ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TOP THREE AMENITIES, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE LIST, UH, WATER FEATURES OPEN AND NATURAL SPACES, UM, UH, PLAYGROUNDS FOR ALL THOSE ARE ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUNDS. THAT MEANS, UM, UH, PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS DISABILITIES, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, SIGHT OR VISION OR AUDITORY DISABILITIES, OR EVEN, UM, THOSE STUCK IN THE WHEELCHAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, ALL HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO PLAY AND, UM, ENTERTAINMENT AND, UM, ALSO RESTROOMS AND TRAIL LIGHTING. I'LL GET THIS CLICKER FIGURED OUT. NOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL PARK SYSTEM, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF AMENITIES IN YOUR VARIOUS PARTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UM, SOME OF THEM ARE COMMON TO, UM, ALL THE PARKS SUCH AS THE PAVILIONS AND MOST PARKS HAVE RESTROOMS AND PICNIC TABLES AND WALKING TRAILS. WHAT WE DID NOTICE THAT WAS, UH, IS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE MANY [00:05:01] OF THESE AVAILABLE IN YOUR PARK SYSTEM OR ONE OF THOSE IN THE SOUTH AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WITH FREEDOM PARK BEING ON THE NORTH END, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS THAT AREN'T BEING MET ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, AND ALSO LOOK FOR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE NEEDS THAT FIT BETTER IN A PARK WAS MORE SPACE AVAILABLE. UM, FREEDOM PARKS GOT SOME, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR SUCH AS THAT, THE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL, WE MENTIONED OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL AREAS. UH, THIS IS THE IDEAL PARK FOR THAT AND AN AMPHITHEATER WHICH WAS RATED HIGH, UH, WOULD BEST BE SERVED IN A PLACE THAT HAS BOTH THE PARKING AND RURAL SPACE CAPACITY. AND OF COURSE THE SPLASH PAD AND TRAILS, UH, MAKE SENSE IN A PARK OF THIS SIZE. SO THOSE ARE, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, TARGETED AS PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW. ALSO LOOKING AT IT FROM A CITYWIDE VIEW IS THAT THE EXISTING DRAINAGE CANALS THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, THERE'S ONE ADJACENT TO THE PARK. THAT'S SPLITS THE PROPERTY, ACTUALLY, UM, CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FIRST PHASES OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD CONNECT SCHOOLS, UH, CONNECT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AS YOU, AS YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND FOLLOW THOSE DRAINAGE CORRIDORS AROUND TOWN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO K TWO, TO CONNECT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, MULTIPLE PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, THE VISION IS REALLY NOT TO ONLY TO THINK OF THE PARK ITSELF AS, UM, AS THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO SEE HOW THAT CAN TIE IN LATER TO AN OVERALL PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION SYSTEM CITYWIDE. AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS THOSE GREEN LINES RUNNING OUT THERE. THOSE ARE FALLING ALONG THOSE DRAINAGE COOL DOORS, AND, UH, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN'T HELP, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT AND PUT A STAR ON THAT. SO SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THE CITY IS READY, UM, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND CREATING THE PARK IS A CENTERPIECE TO THE PARK SYSTEM, LOOKING AT THE, UH, SPECIFIC PARK PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFY, WE EVALUATE YOU WEIGHTED THE EXISTING STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE SUCH AS THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE PICNIC AREAS, THE PLAYGROUND RESTROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE, THE NATURAL AREAS IN THE ACREAGE UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, DURING THIS DITCH, ALONG THE HIGHWAY. AND, UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, I HAPPENED TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN INSIDE, LOOK IN ALL THE SPACES AND, AND, UM, HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE LEA REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE OUT THERE AT THE TIME. SO THEY GAVE US A RUNDOWN OF SOME OF THE MORE, YOU KNOW, MUNDANE THINGS THAT THEY DO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LITTLE UPGRADES HERE AND THERE SUCH AS MAYBE SOME ELECTRICAL UPGRADES OR, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE, UM, PARTICULARLY THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN, UM, A SHIPPING CONTAINER AND TO, FOR, UH, EQUIPMENT STORAGE IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND THERE'S WAYS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THIS MASTER PLANNING EFFORT. UM, BUT, AND ALSO THEY EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN AT LEAST A ONE, 300 FOOT SPORTS FIELD POTENTIALLY. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A COMPROMISE WITH SPACE WHEN WE START EXPANDING SPORTS FIELDS IN THAT WAY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, UH, STUDENTS DECIDE THEY WANT TO, UH, GROW PROGRAM FOR, UM, SOME OF THE OLDER, UH, YOUTH AGE GROUPS, UH, WITH BASEBALL, THE PLAYGROUNDS OVERALL WERE IN GREAT CONDITION. UH, THE RELATIVELY NEW, UH, SINCE THERE'S A SMALL SHADE SALE, UM, ISSUE WITH ONE TINY LITTLE HOLE, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S, IT'S DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S BEING, WELL-MAINTAINED MAYBE YOU'VE GOT WATER FOUNTAINS, YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUND. THAT'S GREAT. UM, THE TRAILS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF THOSE. AND WE ALWAYS SEE IN THAT, IN THE COMMENTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE REVIEWS, WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING WAY TO, TO KIND OF GET YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND, WHAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND IN THE SIDE OF THE CITY ARE USING IT, UH, THE TRAILS IN THE PARK OVERALL. AND, UM, IT'S HIGHLY REGARDED, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, TRAILS THROUGHOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE PARK IN THE FUTURE IS, UH, IS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK OVER TO THE NORTH WHERE THE FOREST AREAS ARE, UH, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE TO, UH, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT NATURAL AREA. YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH SHADE AS SOME COMMUNITIES. AND SO IT'S, UH, IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO, TO SAVE SOME OF THAT WHERE POSSIBLE WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME ENGINEERING ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED MOVING FORWARD TO, UH, DEAL WITH, UH, STORM WATER STORAGE, UM, AND THROUGH CREATIVE WAYS OF, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. UM, YOU'VE GOT SOME AREAS WHERE WE'VE MAPPED OUT SOME SIGNIFICANT TREES THROUGHOUT THE FOREST AND AREAS THAT ARE WORTH, UM, MAKING SURE THEY DIDN'T SAVED AND, AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AND MORE NATIVE VEGETATION IN THE UNDERSTORY. AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT SOME AREAS WHERE YOU'VE GOT MORE OF A, WHAT THEY CALL TALLOW FLATS, WHICH ARE KIND OF A SWAMPY AREA WHERE, UM, IF PUSH CAME TO SHOVE AND THERE WAS STORM WATER DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS IN THOSE AREAS, THAT MIGHT BE YOUR FIRST TARGET. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE ALL OR NOTHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DOWN ALL THE FOREST TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, UM, THROUGH DESIGN, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MEET BOTH OF THOSE NEEDS. UM, BUT IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT NATURE TRAILS AND, UM, AND JUST OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL EARS [00:10:01] CAN MET THROUGH THIS DESIGN PROCESS. AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CLAUDIA NOW, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE . SO JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT, NATURAL AREAS, WE, THE HARDWOODS DELINEATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE PARCEL, THE 40 ACRE PARCEL, YOU CAN SEE THE DARK GREEN AREAS ARE ALL IT'S ABOUT 15 ACRES OR SO THEN THE LIGHTS ALMOST NEON GREEN COLOR IS THE TOWEL FLAT AREAS, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AREA. YOU HAVE THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE ON THE OVERALL SITE JUST TOOK A LOOK AT THE FUN ANGLES, THE AREAS THAT CONNECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE EXISTING FIELDS, JUST OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GATEWAYS TO CONNECT TO THE ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S PARKING THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING TRAIL. AS YOU CAN SEE IS EARLY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, AND THAT'S WRAPPING AROUND THE PARK ITSELF. YOU ALSO HAVE THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THAT IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS A CONSTRAINT. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THE DRAINAGE OF THE FUTURE EXPANSION TO THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THE, THE PEDESTRIAN THROUGH A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S ALSO, THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET OR SO WE'D HAVE TO TAKE THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE IN A DECENT SHAPE, BUT THERE'S A BIG DESIRE FOR ADDITIONAL SHADE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL STORAGE CAPACITY. THE PLAYGROUND IS A GREAT PLAYGROUND SET. AS PAUL WAS MENTIONING IN GOOD CONDITION, PRETTY NEW. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO . SO THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORDS HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT. UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE PROBLEM SEEKING METHOD, AND WE WANTED TO, UM, ONE, IF YOU GUYS GOALS AND CONCEPTS, WE HAVE FOUND SO FAR BASED ON OVERALL, THE INPUTS THAT WAS GIVEN THROUGH SURVEYS THROUGH SPEAKING TO STAFF, GETTING YOUR VISION FOR PARKS BOARD, AS WELL AS THE FINDINGS BEING ONSITE AND [00:15:01] TALKING TO PEOPLE ON SITE AS WELL, GOOGLE COMMENTS, THOSE ARE REALLY HELPFUL. AND SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND BROKE IT DOWN INTO THE GOALS BACK, EVEN FURTHER INTO FUNCTION, FORM ECONOMY IN TIME. BUT, UM, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS THAT THEATER UNDER GOALS IS ESTABLISH A PROGRAM IN SIGHT. WE KNOW THERE IS A DESIRE TO PROGRAM THE PARK BASED ON WHAT THE PARK NEEDS, THE CITY, THE ATTENTION REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S ALL OF THAT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE PASSING OF THE PARK ITSELF, NATURE AND EDUCATION, UH, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS. UM, YOU DON'T WANT TO DESIGN THE PARK THAT IS GOING TO BE A MAINTENANCE , UH, THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY REALLY CLOSELY, UM, ADDRESS SOME, UH, OPTIONS FOR BRANDS OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'LL LOOK INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE LIKE THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, POSSIBLY SOME NONPROFITS ABSOLUTELY THE FIRST PHASE THAT HAS TO GO HAS TO INCLUDE THE DETENTION AMENITIES TO THE FIRST PHASE, THE FACTS WE HAVE, UH, THE SITE REQUIREMENTS, UM, HERE AT 78 ACRE FEET DISCUSSING WITH ENGINEERS, AND IT COULD BE CLOSER TO 90 AND WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND, UM, REALLY GETTING DOWN INTO WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT STORAGE REQUIREMENTS, A NEED FOR A 30 BY 40 STORAGE BUILDING THAT WAS KIND OF PUT ON HOLD FOR THIS MASTER PLAN TO START HAPPENING. SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE ADDRESSED HOPEFULLY. AND OF COURSE, RESPOND TO SURVEYS WHENEVER THE RESIDENTS ARE, ARE ASKING FOR, SEEMS TO BE REALLY ON POINT WITH WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS. SO RESPOND AS MUCH UNDER CONCEPTS, CREATE ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL, IS THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ACCESSIBLE DESIGN, LIKE ADA, JUST OVERALL ACCESSIBLE SPACES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR THE CITY ITSELF. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THERE'S DETENTION, A MINUTE THAT CAN BRING IN SOME OTHER OPTIONS TRAILS THAT CAN BE CONNECTING TO THE SCHOOLS, CAN USE THE TRAILS FOR CROSS COUNTRY. SO CREATING THAT ACCESSIBILITY OVERALL FOR AS MANY USERS AS POSSIBLE, STILL WITH THE BALANCE OF NATURAL AREAS, BEAUTIFUL SPACE THAT WE CAN ADD EDUCATION CHALLENGES PROVIDE NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL SHADE OF THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT TREES ON THE SIDE ALREADY THAT THEY PLANTED, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP ON THE LONG RUN. WE'RE EXCITED TO PINPOINT THIS SPECIFIC TEAM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY AS WELL AS KEEPING [00:20:17] ACCESS. CURRENTLY, THERE IS THE ONE ENTRY ROAD INTO TWO SIDES OF THE ENTRY ROADS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE ACCESS FROM FUTURE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TIME IS ON THAT, BUT THERE'S A FUTURE ROAD CONNECTION THAT MIGHT BE COMING RIGHT NEAR. SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND SEE IF THAT COULD BE A VIABLE OPTION. AND SO OVERALL THE PROBLEM ITSELF. SO IT'S JUST GENERAL DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL SPACES, POTENTIAL TO TEACH AND INFORM AND DESIGN, TO CREATE SAFE, ACCESSIBLE CONNECTION, CONNECTING TO COMMUNITY, CONNECTING TO THE , UH, ESTABLISH A . SO THIS IS OVERALL OUR PROGRAMS WE HAVE BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE, UH, SEARCHED AND HEARD, WE HAVE THE MINARY FINDINGS OF WHAT THE PROGRAM TENDS TO WANT TO BE BASED ON THE FINDINGS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS STILL GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE LIPS THAT DOES NOT BELONG. SO, UM, UH, WE HAVE TRAILS TRAILS WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE PARK, EXISTING ON TRAIL EXPANSION, EXPANDING ON THAT TRAIL AND CONNECTING TO THE PARCEL AND CREATING TRIP CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THERE. AMPHITHEATER WAS BIG ON THE LIPS RESTROOMS EXPANSION TO THE NORTH PARCEL, AS WELL AS A DOG PARK. UM, ONE ITEM ON THE OVERALL PARKS, THE DOG PARK WAS FURTHER DOWN, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WAY UP FROM THE REST OF THE CITY, CREATING A DOG PARK AREA. ADDING TO A WATER FEATURE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A FISHING PIER, A BOARDWALK PLAYGROUNDS GIRL SPLASH BAG, A FAMILY GATHERING AREAS, ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND, POSSIBLY BASKETBALL FOR AND ON THE BASEBALL SIDE, INCLUDING THE FIELDS FIELD EXPANSION POSSIBLE STORAGE. GENERALLY, THE DIAGRAM THAT I HAVE HERE IS, IS TO DELINEATE THE AREA. YOU HAVE THE ACTIVE RECREATION, BUT YOU HAVE THE ACTIVE RECREATION ON THE HONDA WHERE THE EXISTING BASEBALL FIELDS AND, UM, THAT COULD BE EXPANDED UPON OR THE REC SPACE. AND, UH, THE ACTIVE RECREATION WOULD HAVE, UM, POSSIBLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE BASEBALL CONCESSIONS, ADDITIONAL PARKING, AND EVEN POSSIBLY THE, THE PARK AREA, THE FLEX SPACE WOULD IT'S WHETHER YOU WANT TO DECIDE ON DOING EXPANSION OF BASEBALL OR AMPHITHEATER [00:25:02] OR KEEPING AN OPEN SPOT, FAMILY RECREATION, THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND, ISN'T JUST EXPANDING ON THAT SPLASH PAD AND MORE GATHERING SPACES FOR A MINI PARK ON ITS OWN OR MORE FAMILY ORIENTED RECREATION ON THE WATER PLAY UP NORTH. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, COOKERY AND DOING AND FOR WATCHING FISHING ADDITIONAL TRAILS AND RESTORATION AND EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE, BLACK AREAS, POSSIBLY, AND THE PASSIVE RECREATION ON THE LEFT NORTHBOUND. UM, IT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR MORE OF THE NATURE TRAILS, ADDITIONAL BIRD WATCHING SQUAD MEADOWS, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL. SO, UM, I REALLY WANT IT, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, IF WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A VISION BOARD IS THE VISION BOARD. SO IN GENERAL, AS FOR GENERAL AREAS THAT WE HAD ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS IS MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS. IT'S NOT A DESIGN, IT'S JUST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT SOME AREAS ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING. AND, UH, BASED ON THE, UM, THE WALKS THAT WE'VE DONE ON SITE, THE PARCEL HAS GREAT CONNECTIONS TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DASH OF ORANGE LINE, THE FORRESTER ACTUALLY WALKED THE SITE AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE HIGHER AREAS OF THE LAND, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES IS ALSO DELINEATED, SOME REALLY SPECIAL TREES, BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO MEANDER THROUGHOUT THE HARDWOODS IN THE BRUSH AREAS, POSSIBLY FREE OPEN SPACE AREAS BECAUSE OF A FEW TREES IN THERE. ALSO POSSIBLY SOME BOARDWALKS THROUGHOUT THE SPACE WHERE THE LOWER AREAS, THE TENSION EXPANSION, WE HAVE, THE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS GENERALLY JUST DELINEATING. THIS IS WHERE THE TALENT, AND THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ATTENTION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY IS JUST IT'S LOW LAND AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SELECTIVELY GOING THROUGH THAT AREA WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DETENTION, NOT EVERYBODY, AND AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FISHING PIER OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, DESIRE FOR HAVING SOME WATER ACTIVITIES, CREATING A SPACE FOR SMALL OR, UM, PROGRAM BOAT LAUNCHES, AND JUST HAVING ACCESS TO THE WATER. THAT'S YOUR BRIDGE BEYOND CREATING SHADE, THE SPORTS COMPLEX, THAT SHADE LOOKS LIKE A METAL ROOF. IT COULD BE CANOPY SHADE STRUCTURE. IT COULD BE A VARIETY [00:30:01] OF THINGS. THE FAMILY WAYS. ZONE IS A, UM, WHERE TAKE A SMALL ABOUT FIVE 300 FOOT FIELD IT'S SHOWN HERE JUST TO REALLY JUST SHOW THE PASSKEY OF THE SITE. THAT'S HOW BIG A 300 FOOT FIELD IS GENERALLY IN A NEXT TO IT. 200 FOOT FIELD. THERE IS A DESIRE TO EXPAND THE, UM, THE SPORTS COMPLEX TO ONE OR TWO FIELDS GENERALLY AND DOG PARK AREA. THAT WILL BE . THAT WAS A PERFECT PRESENTATION. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT DEPTHS OF THE EXISTING POND ? I DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH OF THE EXISTING POND. UM, AS FAR AS HOW FAR , HOW MUCH DEEPER WOULD IT NEED TO GO TO BE A VIABLE FISHING OPPORTUNITY AND PROVIDE THE 78 ACRE FEET? UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THOSE FLATLANDS, PUT SOME TENSION THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG IT ALL OUT, BUT I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE HOW DID HE GET A NICE POND THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT IT LOOKS ATTRACTIVE AND FISH AND, YOU KNOW, FOUR FEET, JUST NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT OF FISHING, BUT, UM, BUT THEN DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO SO DEEP TO CREATE THE 78 AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS FEELING GOOD, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW FUNCTIONAL IS IT. , YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE'RE ABOUT TO START WORKING AND LOOKING CLOSER AT WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COULD BE, BECAUSE THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF THE SHAPE OF THE STRUCTURE AND HOW IT, HOW IT GETS THE WATER IN THERE FROM THE DRAINAGE CANAL, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ALSO THERE'S WAYS TO, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH, UM, UH, PERMANENT WATER AND THEN OTHER AREAS THAT MIGHT BE NOT A STEEP SLOPE. THERE'S A WIDER AREA THAT'S CAPABLE OF ALL THOSE, THAT THERE'S A COMPROMISE YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE A REALLY STEEP SLOPE. WE'LL BE EXPLORING THAT. AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION FOR THE GROUP, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WE, UH, I DID ASK FRANCIS FOR THE AGENDA BACK LAST YEAR AND ON THE AGENDA IT'S 98 FEET DETENTION CAPACITY. SO I WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS 53.2, AND THEN WE ADDED THE MITIGATION FOR THE RACHEL DITCH CULVERTS, WHICH WAS 20 SOMETHING. SO IT'S LIKE APPROXIMATELY 70 OCTOBER. THEY WANTED MORE OF A, WE WANT YOU TO SAY, I WILL SAY THAT IT'S IN THE MINUTES, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL REVISIT THAT. BUT, AND I THINK WHAT CHARLOTTE WAS ALLUDING TO ON THE POND, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT HAVE TO COME OUT. LIKE I SAID, THERE, THEY PROVIDE SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE IN THE OTHER PART OF THE PARK, BUT WE DON'T WANT JUST, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE IN JEANETTE AND YOU'RE HERE AGAIN. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE, UH, WE DON'T WANT STEEP SLOPES. LIKE WE HAVE IN OUR, UH, LAKESIDE [00:35:01] PARK, WE PREFER, UH, TO HAVE FAIRLY FLAT SLOPES WITH THE WATER CLOSER TO THE SURFACE. SO I KNOW YOUR ENGINEER'S GOING TO HAVE TO DESIGN BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON HERE. WE'RE STRUCTURED TO RANCHO GAUGE TO WHAT LEVEL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND THEN, UH, WE POSSIBLY HAVE MAKEUP WATER FROM A WHALE NEARBY, UH, UH, THING AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE ABL SEABOARD, I BELIEVE THE PARK, JUST AS YOU SAID, THE RECREATION VALUE. IF IT'S NOT A PIT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. SO I KNOW THEY'LL TAKE MORE SURFACE AREA, BUT THEN WE MIGHT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MOVING SOME OF THE POND IF ACROSS THE DITCH, UH, WHERE YOU SHOW A BIG FIELD. NOW THAT'S POSSIBILITY WE CAN PUT A LITTLE BIT THERE AND TAKE SOME DIRT TO BUILD A HILL FOR OUR KIDS. LIKE WE HAD, IT WAS A FEBRUARY WHENEVER WE HAD THAT FREEZE WAS SLID ON THE GROUND. THEY'D BE OVER THERE ON THAT HILL, SLIDING DOWN THAT SLATE. SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME CHEAP TYPE OF RECREATION. THERE'S DEFINITELY PRECEDENT OR MAKING HORRIBLE WIDE AREA DETENTION THAT HAS THE CAPACITY FOR STORAGE, FOR RECREATION WHEN IT'S NOT FLOODED. BUT THERE'S ALSO, YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING YOU ADD TO THE WATER ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE WATER, AS CURRENTLY AS . CAN YOU HAVE ROOM AS YOU KIND OF SHOW ON YOUR, YOUR PLAN? IF WE WANTED TO ENLARGE IT WITHOUT REMOVING MORE TREES, THERE IS A BIG CLEARING ALL THE WAY ROUND. IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND THAT EXISTING FUND . AND ALSO JUST BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THESE TALENT, EVEN NECESSITY THERE'S TALLOW. SO THERE WON'T BE A WHOLESALE . DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATED TO THE PRIORITIZED PARK AMENITIES? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I NOTICED THERE'S NO, UH, AMPHITHEATER ON THIS PARTICULAR DRAWING, BUT IN THE OTHER ONE, YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD IT OVER THERE KIND OF NEAR THE SPLASH PAD AREA, BUT IT'S NOT ON THIS ONE. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE YOUR VISION IS FOR THAT. UH, YES, MA'AM. SO, UH, SINCE WE ARE NOT IN THE ACTUAL DESIGN STAGE YET, I WANTED TO SHOW ONE AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT JUST REALLY SIZE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL IT IS ON THIS ONE. IT'S A 300 FOOT FIELD TO SHOW WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL. UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE OTHER, UM, SITES, UH, WE HAVE THE FLEX SPACE, UH, AREA, AND, UH, THAT IS JUST ONE OPTION OF WHERE THE, THE, THE AMPHITHEATER CAN BE LOCATED. THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN TALK ABOUT HOW POSSIBLY HAVING AN AMPHITHEATER ON THE NORTH SIDE, OF COURSE, ACCESS TO THAT. AND DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE AMPHITHEATER WOULD BE CONSTRAINT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS PUT THAT JUST TO REITERATE. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LIST OF THE FINDINGS AND WHAT PROGRAM SPACE LOOKS LIKE AS IT RELATES TO SIZE, THERE'LL BE BRINGING BACK DESIGNS OR PROPOSED DESIGNS THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PRIORITIZED PARK AMENITIES. AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED. AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROGRAM DIVINITIES THAT WERE PRIORITIES. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME CONCEPTS. DID Y'ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR FREEDOM THAT HAD THE AMPHITHEATER AT THE HORSESHOE PITS, HAVE THE VOLLEYBALL, THOSE THREE THINGS. I REMEMBER BEING CUT THAT FOR ME. I THINK WE WOULD WANT THAT PART. MY MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THE LISTING THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS I LIKE THE BASEBALL FIELD. I THINK IT IS REQUIRED. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PLACE FOR A DOG PARK THAT [00:40:01] INSTANTLY, UM, ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, BUT I DON'T, IF I WAS SPENDING MONEY, THAT'S NOT WHERE I'D PUT IT UP. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER AREAS. WE HAVE RUSSIAN BIO PARK SITTING THERE PRETTY MUCH EMPTY. THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. I FEEL FOR A DOG PARK, RIGHT. CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I THINK WE HAD A DIS, UH, LIMITED DISCUSSION ON SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY WANT TO PUT BY THE REC CENTER. ONE COMMENT RATHER THAN HAVE A SPLASH PAN OUT HERE WOULD BE TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND THE REC CENTER, I GUESS IT'S MORE IN TOWN WHERE PEOPLE COULD WALK TO, OR ARE POSSIBLY, WE COULD USE IT AS INCENTIVE TO MEMBERS INTO THE REC CENTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL HAVE AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OF A SPLASH PAN. I KIND OF AGREE WITH JOHN WHEN THE DOG PARK, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE IDEAL PLACE TO CONSUME THAT KIND OF LAND FOR A DOG, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. AND ONE QUESTION JUST ON, UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE YOUR TRAIL SYSTEM, YOU SHOW, BUT DO YOU, HAVE YOU EVER ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS WITH BIKE PATH AND PEDESTRIANS ON THE SAME PATH? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I SEE YOU MENTIONED BIKING AND HIKING TRAILS, BUT IS THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS? SO IT ALL DEPENDS IF, UH, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO SEPARATE THE TWO USES FOR, TO CONNECT THEM LARGER PATH, IF YOU WANT PURPOSE, UM, OR THERE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SEPARATE THOSE PATHS CREATE A MORE NATURAL SPACES FOR, UM, FOR THE TRAIL SYSTEM AND A MORE URBANIZED FEEL FOR BIKE PATHS, OR EVEN THE DIRT TRACKS, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT POPPED UP, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTION TO CREATE MORE OF A RUGGED MOUNTAIN BIKING TYPE AREA FOR THE BIKE PATHS AS WELL. JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CITY TRAIL. THAT'S MORE LIKELY TO BE A PARENT WITH THEIR CHILD LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOUR HIGH SPEED TRACK CAUSE THOSE GUYS ARE RIDING AS IT IS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ALONG WITH THAT BLACK TRIP. I THINK MEGAN ADMIT PRIOR TO COVID, UH, WITH GORVILLE ABOUT, UH, THE GREATER HOUSTON, UH, ABOUT A TRAIL SYSTEM OUT THERE. AND THEY SEEN, I BELIEVE FROM YOUR RESPONSE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. I GUESS THEY DO A LOT OF SWITCHBACKS, LIKE QUITE A BIT OF A TRAIL IN A LIMITED AREA, BUT IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I JUST, I KNOW MEMORIAL PARK HAD THAT PROBLEM FOR A WHILE WITH BIKERS AND THEY HAD A SEPARATE BIKERS AND JOGGERS AND OTHERS, BUT, UH, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO INCORPORATE SOME BIKE TRAILS ALONG WITH PEDESTRIANS, CAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY BIKE TRAILS, I WOULD SAY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT MCLEAN PARK. THEY HAVE THE WIDE PATH YET THERE'S AHPRA BIKE PATHS AS WELL. THAT WHILE YOU PUT WALK-ON, IT WOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO SEE A BIKER ON THERE AS WELL. THE OTHER WAY YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS. [00:45:01] SO WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST IN A SENSE OF VISION FOR THE AMPHITHEATER, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AT THIS KIND OF A THEATER? LIKE ARE WE TRYING TO BRING IN MUSICAL ACTS? IS THIS FOR PLAYS? IS THIS FOR LIKE, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT? THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT TRADING AND DIRT HILL HAVING, UH, WHERE KIDS CAN ANYBODY RUN UP AND DOWN AND DO WHATEVER CAUSE WE HAVE A BLACK CHANGE, BUT PART OF IT WAS UTILIZING A SMOKE ON, ON THE ONE SIDE HAVING WHETHER YOU HAD IT, PEOPLE WOULD SIT ON THAT. THERE COULD BE A SMALL STAGE, UH, WHETHER IT'S SOMEBODY, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL NEXT DOOR, THEY COME OVER TO WHEREVER, WHOEVER IT MAY BE, JUST WORK IN, UH, INEXPENSIVE DIRT MOUND AND TERRACE YOU'VE BEEN IN SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN YOU JUST MOW VERSUS BUILDING. I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS THAT IT WOULD, IT COULD BE FOR WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S JUST SOMEBODY OUT THERE PLAYING SOME MUSIC OR ANY FUNCTION, I GUESS IT'D BE UP TO THREE AND A HALF, BUT IT MADE SENSE. WE HAVE THERE, WE HAVE SOME LAND CREATE AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN DO SIMILAR, BUT ON VERY SMALL. RIGHT. I THINK YOU CAN ALSO HAVE YOUR MOVIES IN THE PARK OUT THERE THAT GIVE IT SOME BACKGROUND EVEN BETTER. DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A TOP THREE POWER, RIGHT. I THINK THAT HILDA CON WOULD BE GREAT. UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO, LIKE IN MY HEAD, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN EXPANDING, LIKE DOING MORE PROGRAMMING, UM, HERE LATELY. LIKE THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED IS PARTLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS LIKE KIND OF EXCITED TO JUMP ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS PART OF ME WOULD BE LIKE, UM, IF WE'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON IT, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE? UM, IF WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE, ON THE CHEAP, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'D HATE TO PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS USED ONCE A YEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WOULD WE, UH, TAKE ANY OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO ZIBO AND HAVE THEM OUT THERE INSTEAD? WE CERTAINLY COULD. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PLANS TO GET SOMETHING SIMILAR EFFICACY THOUGH, WHETHER OR NOT BE A DISEASE IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THAT, THAT AREA WILL STILL BE PROGRAMMED FOR SIMILAR CONCEPTS, LIKE SIGN OVER THE WATER OR A FREE PARK THEATERS. AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CAPACITY AND SIZE VETERANS IS A FAIRLY SMALL PART. SO IF WE OUTGROW THAT PARK, DOES THE ADDITIONAL PARKING, IS THAT IN THEIR PLANS NEXT TO THE SUMMER HOUSE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THEIR PLANNING OR IS THAT SOMETHING, SO THEY DID MENTION THAT EARLY ON THEN JUST THAT ROADWAY AND THEN ADDITIONAL . [00:50:03] SO JAIME YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD POINT ON THE USE OF THE THEATER, BUT WOULD ALSO ASK MEGAN ABOUT HOW OFTEN DOES THE BAITS PARK, THE THING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S TAKING AWAY FROM THE BASKETBALL, UH, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SCENARIOS OR DANCES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN WHILE I'M ON THAT, I MEAN, I THINK OUR VISION, WHEN WE FIRST FORMED THE PARK, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT MCCLAIN HAS AS THEIR PAVILION. UH, WE WANTED A BIG PAVILION THAT LIONS CLUB WAS GOING TO DONATE TO, AND WE CUT THAT OUT. UM, TO ME THAT THAT WAS WHAT I WAS KIND OF ENVISIONING, BUT I AM ON BOARD. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AMPHITHEATER WISE WITH THE EARTHEN BOWL, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT TOO. WELL, I AGREE. I REMEMBER THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL ONE 18, 17 YEARS AGO, WHENEVER WE STARTED THE FIRST PHASE, THE PAVILION WAS OUT THERE IN THE CORNER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHADE. AND IN THE FRONT SECTION AND A LITTLE BIT OF BASEBALL PEOPLE PROBABLY TELL YOU DURING A HOT DAY, THEY'RE CONGREGATING YOU RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR SESSION STANDARD. RIGHT. SO HAVING THE SHADE STRUCTURE, UH, YOU COULD GET UNDER THE PLAYGROUND SHADE, BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO CREATE A STRUCTURE OUT. YEAH. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN MISSING FOR YOU. I MEAN, I KNOW MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE SEE BENEFITS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE GOING TO MCLANE PARK AND THEY'RE GOING STRAVINSKY PRIDE TO BUTCHERING IT. BUT OUT IN DANBERRY, UM, THAT'S GRASSY A LOT OF THE BENEFITS AND RAMBLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT GO ON BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BIG PAVILION THAT'S LARGE OVER SHADE. THEY CAN PROGRAM IT FOR RAIN OR SHINE TO HAVE IT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN REALLY THE BASE PAGE. AND, AND, AND TO ADD TO THAT POINT, I KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE RENTED IT OUT FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE THERE IS A SHADE, JUNETEENTH HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AT BATES PARK. IT'S UNDER THE PAVILION FOR THE MOST PART, THEY USE THE PARK ITSELF. I, I GUESS THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL POINT TO THE EMPTIER. I'M DOWN FOR IT. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE, BUT TO THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE LIVE. WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE COULD DO LIKE AN OUTDOOR THEATER OR AN OUTDOOR CONCERT, THE TIMEFRAMES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO UTILIZE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO TO A CONCERT UNLESS IT'S IN THE EVENING, EVENING TIME. SO THAT IT'S COOL ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE. I THINK SOMETHING LIKE A 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION USING THAT AMPHITHEATER AS AT T IN IT TO, YOU KNOW, TO ITS ADVANTAGE, I'M WITH IT. BUT MY THING IS LIKE, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SHADING KIND OF LIKE WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING, IF YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ANY SHADING AND FREEDOM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SHADE AND REALLY THAT'S A PLACE THAT'S DIFFICULT ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE ADDING SHADE INTO THE BASEBALL FIELDS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THE, THE 300 FOOT OR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE AND TO HAVE SHADING OVER THAT. I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE UTILIZING, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WITH THE BASEBALL FIELDS. WEREN'T IN THE TOP 10 WHERE THEY, FROM WHAT I READ UP ON THE STAKEHOLDERS, I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY TALKED, KNOW THEIR INTENTIONS. UH, THAT'S THE BIG OPPORTUNITY COSTS THERE BECAUSE THE MAINTAIN SPORTS, UM, THAT MAKES IT MORE OF A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE ADDRESS THAT , AND IT JUST COMES DOWN TO FUNDING, BUT WE COULD BE ABLE TO THE SEATING IN THE AREA, IT COULD BE COMBINATION KIDS RUNNING UP AND DOWN IN OR WHATEVER WE HAVE. I'D HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. SO IF WE COULD GO THROUGH JUST KIND OF STAKEHOLDER SUMMARY, BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ALL AS IT RELATED TO SOME [00:55:01] OF THESE ITEMS. SO IF WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, JUST SENTENCES ON WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE PROVIDING. AND AS A REMINDER, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, THESE WERE FROM PUBLIC, WE HAD, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD TWO PUBLIC INPUT SURVEYS. ONE WAS ABOUT WHAT AMENITIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE PERIOD? AND THEN THE SECOND WAS PRIORITIZED, AND THIS IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE, I GUESS, A COMMENT. UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THOSE RESULTS, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS TO THAT WERE NOT AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO LAKESIDE PARK SINCE THEY'VE NOT SEEN IT. SO I GUESS THE ONLY THINGS THAT I WOULD QUESTION WOULD BE THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY PROGRAMMING IN THE NEW PARK, WHICH DOES NOT YET EXIST. IT'S GETTING CLOSE. AND ONCE THOSE ARE THERE, ARE WE GOING TO NEED SOME OF THESE THINGS? IS THAT GOING TO OPEN UP OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FREEDOM PARK? SO MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND KIND OF REVISIT SOME OF THOSE RESULTS FOR THAT REASON. I MEAN, I, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GO FISHING BECAUSE LAKESIDE PARK HAS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT. IT'S A SMALL AND REPLICATE WHAT WE'RE DOING. THERE'S A MAJOR THING, THE CANOE AND KAYAKING AT LAKESIDE, AND THEN SPENDING TOO MUCH EFFORT TO MAKE THAT A PART OF FREEDOM PARK SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LIKE DUPLICATING. MAYBE, MAYBE HAVE MORE FISHING. THAT'S EASY TO GET TO FROM THE BANKS AND MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SO MANY SUCCESSFUL TO BOATING PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT BONNIE JUST SAID. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT GET AT LAKESIDE, GREAT OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND FREEDOM. FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THERE WAS NOT MUCH LOVE ON THE VOLLEYBALL FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE MISSED OUT BECAUSE OF THE SAND AT THE BEACH AND THE VOLLEYBALL. BUT TYPICALLY WE HAVE SO MUCH SPACE AT FREEDOM. NOW, SOME OF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T CHOSEN HIGHLY ON THE LIST TO ADD THAT. SO LIKE, ONE OF YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT SOME THINGS WE SHOULD NOT DUPLICATE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T A FREEDOM PARK. WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET SOME OF THE PIZZA WE MISSED OUT, BUT HE DIDN'T LIKE, I THINK YOU AND CHARLOTTE, LIKE THE SANDY BEACH THAT WE GAVE UP THE LAKESIDE AND MAYBE POTENTIAL TO DO THAT ON THAT SHORELINE. I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO CUT OUT SANDY BEACH. I WOULD PUT LOOKING AT THE AMENITIES LIST. THE ONE THING THAT IS ON HERE, THAT'S IN THE SORT OF REDDISH COLOR. THAT'S NOT IN THAT TOP 10 IS SOME SHADED AREA. I, AGAIN, FREEDOM IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK. IT'S COMPLETELY OPEN, BUT THERE'S NO SHADE. AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, UNLESS YOU'RE IN THAT PLAYGROUND AREA, WHICH ALSO GETS REALLY HOT. IT'S THE ONLY AREA THAT'S SHADED. SOME MORE SHADING WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE ON A PARK LIKE THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT BASED WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THE TREES EVERYWHERE. UM, I THINK SOME SHADING IN THERE WOULD BE AMAZING TO ADD TO IT WHAT TO TAKE AWAY. I MEAN, AGAIN, I, I COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR THE AMPHITHEATER. IF WE WERE DOING IT ON A LOWER BUDGET, I COULD SEE IT IF WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON IT. I DON'T KNOW. UM, I'M KIND OF WITH BOTH OF Y'ALL WHEN, IN REGARDS TO LIKE, WE, WE, THE, THE SANDY AREA OF, UM, ONE THAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY COOL TO HAVE, UM, YEAH. ANOTHER THING WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT AND YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT AGE KIDS KIND OF NICE TO HAVE A SPLASH PAD RIGHT THERE SO THAT THE OTHER KIDS THAT ARE PLAYING CAN STAY A LITTLE COOLER. BUT, UH, I, I ALWAYS LIKE EFFICIENCY, UM, WHICH IS WHAT CHRIS WAS REFERRING TO AT THE REC CENTER, BUT THERE'S A WAY TO STICK THAT OUT THERE SO THAT MOMS CAN WATCH BOTH THINGS GOING ON, WHAT A NICE WAY TO COOL DOWN, UH, AND TO ADD A LITTLE SHADE STRUCTURE CLOSE TO THE SPLASH PAD. SO THAT MOMS WHO ARE DOING THAT GET A LITTLE SHADE WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE HAVING FUN TOO AND NOT PLAYING BASEBALL. NOW, MY OLDEST SON LOVED BASEBALL AND WE HAD TO GO DOWN TO CLU TO PLAY. AND GUESS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR DECADES NOW FACT IS BEFORE WE GO, AND I REALIZE IT WAS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF SPACE ONLY HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS SPACE THAT IT TAKES UP. BUT I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK LONG AND HARD AT THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY [01:00:01] WHO ARE PAYING, WHO ARE PLAYING AT THAT AGE GROUP, BECAUSE IT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY FROM THE AREA OF PLAYS THAT INCLUDE, AND IT MAKES FOR A REALLY NICE LEAGUE AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY GOOD. MAYBE IT'S TRIPLED SINCE, UH, MY KIDS WERE DOING THAT. BUT, UH, I WOULD SAY WE WOULD AS A GROUP AND I REALIZED WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT TAKES UP SO MUCH ROOM TO PUT THAT LARGE FIELD. AND BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THAT AGE, THEY'RE ALMOST EITHER PLAYING SELECT BALL OR THEY'VE GIVEN IT UP OR THEY'RE CHASING GIRLS. UM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING TOO. OKAY. BUT, BUT THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF SPACE. AND FOR A WHILE DOWN IN BATES PARK, THAT BIG FIELD DIDN'T GET USED THAT OFTEN JOHN, WHAT WAS YOUR, UH, YOUR OPINION ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND HAD A PAVILION? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING WE NEED OUT HERE IS A SEPARATE PAVILION, WHETHER IT HAS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BASKETBALL GOALS OR JUST FOR WELL UP. AND I DIDN'T REALLY ENVISION AMPHITHEATER WITH A COVER. MY HEAD WAS JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE AT THE BOTTOM. WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL GROUP ARE, YOU COULD HAVE WHATEVER. UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF BUDGET, BUT SHADE, AS JAIME SAID. AND AS SOME OF THE BASEBALL PEOPLE SAID, WHEN THEY HAVE TOURNAMENTS EVERYBODY CONGREGATES, WHERE THEY CAN FIND CHEATING, WHICH NOT THE TREES, AREN'T BIG ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM THAT. SO SOME SORT OF SHADE STRUCTURE WOULD BE NEXT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT MULTIUSE, UH, I GUESS THEY HAVE THOSE BASKETBALL GOALS THAT POP UP OR CRANK UP NOW OR WHATEVER, WHAT'S THAT LIKE THE ONES THAT THE REC NEBRASKA, THAT YOU CAN MOVE OUT OF THE WAY THEY USE IT. SO ARE YOU THINKING OF SOMETHING LIKE THEY HAVE AT BROWSES BEND WHERE THEY HAVE NO, NO ROOF, BUT THEY HAVE THE SEATS BUILT IN TO THE SIDE OF A HILL TO BUILD A WHOLE SEATED AREA. YEAH. OR THE, YEAH, YOU CAN ALWAYS . SO OUT OF THE PRIORITY LISTS, ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO REVIEW OR ? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT ON THE DOC FROM OR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES SUCH THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ROOM? IF YOU PUT IT RIGHT NEXT TO BRUH BRUSHY, THEN I THINK A DOG PARK THERE WOULD GET USED A WHOLE LOT MORE FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, LOOK, CLOVER, GLENVIEW, MOLINA, ALL THOSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD COME OVER THERE AND USE IT. I THINK PEOPLE FROM ALL THE OTHER AREAS OVER THERE, AND IT'S ALREADY GREEN SPACE. SO WHY NOT THE ONE ON THE ? AND ON YOUR POINT, JOHN, JUST LIKE WHAT STEVEN IS SAYING. AND I THINK WHAT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE WERE IN AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THIS IS A FUNDED CONCEPT, PLANNING AND DESIGN. IF WE CAN START BY LOOKING AT REDESIGNING THE DOG PARK, BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME ACTUAL DESIGN CONCEPT PLANNING. SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO INCORPORATE THAT IN SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAD. I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STAKE HOLDER SUMMARY, IF WE, IF WE WERE TO SAY, LISTEN, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THERE THAT WE'RE ALL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. UM, I'M WITH THE SPLASH PAD. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ANY EXTRA WATER FEATURES. IF YOU HAVE THE [01:05:01] SPLASH PAD, I WOULD ARGUE THAT, UM, IF YOU INSERTED SOMETHING LIKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL, OR LIKE A BEACHY AREA, YOU CAN GET RID OF BASKETBALL. I THINK THERE'S A BASKETBALL, LIKE RANCHO HAS BASKETBALL, LITERALLY THE WAY FROM THERE. UM, THOSE ARE PROBABLY TWO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M ARGUING TO GET RID OF, I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING ON THE DOG PARK, BUT I GET WHAT HE'S SAYING. IF IT'S, IF WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE THE BUDGET FOR IT AND WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING REALLY COOL. I THINK IT'D BE DOPE. YOU STILL HAVE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE THAT STILL COULD UTILIZE IT AS WELL. I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING NO TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, ASIDE FROM THE VOLLEYBALL THING, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL THING AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ARGUE ADDING SOME SHADING IN THAT PARK SOMEWHERE SO THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU PUT IT, BUT I THINK SOME SHADED AREA IN THAT PART IS I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IN THE TOP THREE PRIORITY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDING TO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NONE AT THAT PART. AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE IT. IF WE WANT FAMILY TO SPEND TIME OUT THERE, FAMILIES ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUNG ONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AT A PARK WHERE THERE'S ZERO SHADING. I'M SORRY. I MEAN, IT'S OKAY. I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T EVEN GO LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IF I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT WITH MY KIDS, I COULDN'T IMAGINE HAVING YOUNGER ONES TRYING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PARK WITH NO SHADING. THAT WOULD BE MY ARGUMENT TO TAKING AWAY THE WATER FEATURE AND POSSIBLY THE BASKETBALL PART ON THE TOP, THE WATER FEATURE, JUST, UH, UH, LIKE IT WAS LIKE, LIKE A SPARKLE, LIKE A FOUNTAIN. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR ARE WE TALKING LIKE AN ACTUAL FEATURE THAT WOULD BE THE WATER FEATURE ITSELF WOULD BE JUST ACCESS TO THE WATER FISHING DIRECT ACCESS TO THE, IN THAT CASE. YOU'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH THAT. SPLASH PAD IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT. ESPECIALLY HERE IN TEXAS, SOUTH, TEXAS, BUT THE IDEA, AND I KNOW DEFINITELY SHAPE WAS TO CREATE SHADE WHEREVER WE CAN. THE QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A LARGE SHADE STRUCTURE ASIDE FROM THE SHADE I DON'T, I DON'T. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY NEED TO BE A PAVILION PER SE. WHAT I WOULD ARGUE THOUGH, IS THAT ASIDE FROM THE PLAYGROUND, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ANYTHING ON THAT PART THAT COULD GIVE ANY SORT OF SHADING AT ALL. AND SO YEAH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CONCESSION STAND, BUT THAT SHADING IS MAYBE FIVE FOOT, MAYBE SIX FOOT FROM THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF. THERE'S, THERE'S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH WHETHER THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE ADDING SOME SHADING AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELDS, WHETHER THAT MEANS THERE NEEDS TO BE SHADING IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN LIKE STRUCTURES IN THAT REGARD. I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE A PAVILION, UNLESS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WITHIN THE BUDGET IT MADE SENSE TO DO. IF WE WERE DOING SOME HOT, WE DID. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A PARK THAT FAMILIES WILL COME TO AND UTILIZE, I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF A STRUCTURED AREA. THAT'S A SHADE, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY A GIANT [01:10:01] PAVILION, BUT EVEN IF IT'S ON A SMALLER SCALE, I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE IT. BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M ONLY USING BATES PART AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN GO TO ANY OF THOSE PICNIC TABLES AND BATES AND THERE'S TREES SOMEWHERE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHADE. SO IT'S WHY IT'S UTILIZED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE FAMILY GATHERINGS OR LIKE BARBECUES OR WHATEVER PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR SHADE. THERE. WE LIVE IN AN AREA OF TEXAS IN THE UNITED STATES, EIGHT MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, IT'S HOT. SO WE HAVE THE METAL STRUCTURES YES. THAT WE CAN, PUTTING CANVAS OUT NAVY OR SO, SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING THAT AS A STAFF. UH, IN FACT, WE'VE GOT SOME CARES FUNDING THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL PERSON CHEAT STRUCTURE OUT THERE. UH, WE'VE GOT THE AMERICAS AMERICA RECOVERY PROGRAM OR ACT, UH, THAT'S ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND STUFF. SO THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. UH, WE RECOGNIZE AS STAFF AND WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP SOME SOLUTIONS AND COSTS WITH BASKETBALL OR NOT BASKETBALL, BUT FOR PEOPLE TO USE, AND WE HAVE THIS EXTRA 47 MAKERS BIKE AND HIKE TRAILS, IT ALMOST SEEMS A NECESSITY TO ADD ANOTHER RESTROOM. BESIDES WHERE WOULD YOU ENVISION THAT , WE'LL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN STRICTLY INTO DESIGN AT THIS POINT, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THEY HAVE ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, OR EVEN ON THIS ONE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED RESTAURANTS. IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE JUST KIND OF INHERENT TO THE PARK, WE'LL BE ADDING THINGS LIKE BIKE RACKS AND THINGS THAT, THAT WE KNOW WE MUST HAVE AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND AS Y'ALL CAME UP WITH YOUR CATEGORIES, OR AS PEOPLE GAVE INPUT IN THE CATEGORIES WHERE THEY GIVEN, OR DID YOU ASK PEOPLE TO RIDE HERE? UM, SO AS I'M LOOKING AT THE TOP THREE IN THE AMPHITHEATER WITH THOSE PRESENTED FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE AND TO MEMBER TOP 10 OR, OR ASK THE STATE TO COME UP WITH. AND SO THAT WAS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION THAT WE HAD, I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY RESPONSES. SO WE WENT THROUGH LITERALLY EVERY RESPONSE FOR AS MANY OF THEM WERE DUPLICATES. WE CAME OUT WITH 52 ISH, I THINK INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE FULL LIST, BUT THEN THE SECOND SURVEY WAS PLEASE HELP US PRIORITIZE THE 52 AFFINITIES THAT YOU'VE LISTED HERE AND HELP US BRING THAT DOWN TO . YEAH. SO WHEN THEY, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, YES, THEY [01:15:14] HORSE OVER A DOG PARK, BUT YEAH, I'M ON RECORD. IS THAT ONE THAT IS, UH, SURVEY COMMENTS FOR DOG PARK AND THEN STAFF VISION. IF STAFF DIDN'T HAVE THE VISION, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE IN THE TOP THREE. UM, WELL, BY THEIR LISTING, RIGHT THERE IT IS. IT'S ON THE REST OF THE TOP, TOP 10, IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND STAKEHOLDER. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. UM, I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THAT NONE OF THIS IS FUNDED YET, RIGHT? SO THIS IS JUST ALL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BEGINNING OF LAKESIDE PARK, WHERE WE JUST STARTED THROWING ALL THIS STUFF OUT THERE. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, WE TOOK A HALF OF IT OUT. UM, MY, MY MAIN, MY MAIN POINT TO MAKE ON THE FREEDOM PART THOUGH, IS WE DESIGNED THAT AROUND LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL. AND PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE LITERALLY, AND I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, CHARLOTTE, ABOUT GOING TO KLUTE AND EVERYTHING. BUT I DO KNOW I HAVE A SON THAT'S PLAYING IN THERE AND HE'S NOT IN THE OLDER GROUP YET, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE BOARD CONSTANTLY IS THAT THE NEED FOR THAT, THEY CAN, THEY HAVE A WHOLE, I THINK THEY HAVE TWO TEAMS RIGHT NOW AND THEY CAN'T PLAY A SINGLE GAME IN ANGLETON AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO ALVIN DANBERRY, OTHER PLACES TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO FIELD HERE. AND I HEARD THE COMMENTS ABOUT WELTS PARK, BUT THE, THE COMMENT BACK TO THEM FROM THEM WAS WELSH PARK WAS NOT MAINTAINED. THE FIELDS WERE FALLING APART. THEY WERE IN BAD SHAPE WHO WOULD WANT TO RISK THEIR KIDS, GETTING OUT THERE AND HAVING TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY AND GET HURT AND BE NOT HAVING ANY TYPE OF RESTROOM FACILITIES YOU DID. AND, UH, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS PROMISED THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, FREEDOM WAS GOING TO BE THE REPLACEMENT FOR WEALTH, WHICH IS WHAT, IN ESSENCE IT WAS. UM, SO YOU KNOW, THEIR BIG PUSH REALLY IS GETTING THAT ONE BIG FIELD. AND I THINK YOU HAD ON THE DRAWING TO FIELD THE BIG ONE AND THE SMALL ONE, UH, FOR THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T, THEY CAN HOST TOURNAMENTS IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER FIELD AND WE CAN HOST THOSE BIG TOURNAMENTS THAT WE WANT. LIKE WE DO AT BATES PARK. THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ANGLETON BECAUSE OF THE TOURNAMENTS THEY HOST. WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED ON THEM ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE SIDE. UM, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, IT COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATION TO SOME EXTENT HOW FAR, HOW WHAT'S THE ROI. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT'S GOING TO TAKE, BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY HOPEFULLY PAY FOR IT. SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT, AND, AND WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. UM, IT SEEMED TO BE MORE OF A WANT THAN REALLY NEAT. THEY DIDN'T SEEM, UH, THEY SAID, HE'D GO TO DANBURY TO GO TO OTHER CITIES FOR THEIR SELECT, THE OLDER KIDS, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THEY REALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW, MAYBE AT THE TIME THEY DIDN'T, MAYBE THEY DO NOW, BUT WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM. I DON'T THINK, LIKE YOU SAY THAT SHOWS TWO FIELDS. I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM EXPRESS THAT NEED FOR A SECOND CAMINO, A FENCE, A SMALL FIELD, SO THAT THEY JUST PUT IT IN THERE, WHICH IS TO SHOW SCALE. I KNOW PART OF THE ASPECT, UH, WE CAN REVISIT WITH A LITTLE AND SEE WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN THAT MEETING WAS THE FREQUENCY OR HOW RECENTLY THEY HAD SPOKEN TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THAT'S , ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT PROBATION? PRETTY MUCH CAPTURED EVERYTHING BASKETBALL. SO PRETTY MUCH THOUGH. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M STEVE TENNIS WITH CONCOURSE DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THE DEVELOPERS OF THE WIND ROSE GREEN PROJECT TO THE EAST OF THIS, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX. AND THIS PARK IS PART OF OUR PLAN AND NEED TO GENERATE ENOUGH DETENTION [01:20:02] FOR NOT ONLY OUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TO MITIGATE THE RANCHO DITCH AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE AT HENDERSON ROAD RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE ARE HERE LISTENING TO ALL OF THE NEEDS AND, AND, AND MEETING THE DESIGN TEAM, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET INTO THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS WITH THEM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. UH, LIKE I SAID, OUR PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG. WE DUG OUR FIRST PHASE OF DETENTION, WHICH WAS ONSITE. IT ALLOWED US TO DO SECTION ONE, BUT ALL OF OUR FUTURE SECTIONS RELY ON THIS FACILITY TO BE BUILT. AND SO, AND WE'VE MADE THE COMMITMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DIGGING IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE ENGINEERING TO, UH, HELP, UH, THE DESIGN TEAM WITH THAT. AND WE CONTRIBUTED $70,000 FOR THIS DESIGN PROCESSES GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR THE PARK. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE TEAM AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AND AS ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS DECIDE THE COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE IN THERE ALONG WITH THE DETENTION REQUIREMENTS THAT WE COMMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON. AND THERE WAS A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL ON WHAT WE NEEDED TO SATISFY OUR, OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR DETENTION AND WHAT RANCHO DITCH, UH, AND THAT WATERSHED. SO JUST HERE TONIGHT, SO EXCITING THAT WE'RE FINALLY MOVING FORWARD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT PROCESS. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE'S MANY, MANY INTERESTS JUST HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS REPRESENTATIVE A NATURE SIDE OF THIS, AND THERE'S THE RECREATION SIDE OF THIS. THERE'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY. PARKING ADDITIONAL DETENTION. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPTIONS THAT WE CAN ITEMS. AND SOMEBODY SAID, WORST THING WE CAN DO IS OVER PROGRAM THIS FAR, BOTH SIDES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF ELBOW ROOM, STILL RUN THE FLAG TIE, OR THROW A BLANKET OUT, HAVE A PICNIC DAY, LIKE THE DAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GIVE INTO THIS, AND WE'RE NOT DONE GETTING COMMENTS FROM SEND US AN EMAIL . SO WITH THAT SAID, WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO AFTER THIS MEETING, I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD NOTES ON THE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN THERE WE'LL CONTINUE FORWARD CONCEPTUAL PLANS TO REVIEW, OR WE'LL BE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF AND A HALF, THREE CONCEPTS READY TO PRESENT. YOU GUYS COSTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS THE JOINT MEETING . SO TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF MAY, WE'LL HAVE THE CONCEPTS READY FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND HAVE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. AND VERY LIKELY WE'LL HAVE BITS AND PIECES OF EACH ONE OF THEM PUT INTO ONE WITHIN THAT TIME. WE WERE ALSO AS WELL AS, UH, GETTING TOGETHER WITH, UH, DEVELOPER SIDE, WE WILL BE GETTING OUR CIVIL ENGINEER ON BOARD AS WELL AS STILL WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS. [01:25:21] FRANCIS NOTED IT WHEN YOU CAME IN. SO WE JUST STARTED THE TIME CLOCK AND SO ITEM [2. Discussion and possible action on Lakeside Park site plan. ] TWO, WE HAVE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON LAKESIDE PARK SITE PLAN. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS A 90% SAID, THE ONLY REASON THAT THEY DID THIS, WE DO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT SAID JUST RECENTLY SENT A TIMELINE SCHEDULE FOR BID LISTINGS, BID PACKAGE, LISTING, AND ADVERTISING AND DEADLINES WERE EVALUATED, UH, CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE HAVE LEFT IT AT 90. IN THE CASE THAT YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS LAST MINUTE CHANGES. WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE US SIGNAGE OUTSET IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES HERE. SO I WILL NOTE THAT WE DID BRING IT, THIS SET TO PLANNING AND ZONING ON APRIL 1ST AND IT WAS APPROVED. AND SO THE STAFF IS BRINGING THIS UP TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, MAYBE YOU'LL SEE, OR REVIEW APPROVE BEFORE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT SET IS COMPLETE ASSIGNED FORBID DOCUMENT. SO THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT BID DOCUMENT. THIS THURSDAY, WE WILL PROVIDE AN AD POSTED ON THE 20TH, ADVERTISE IT FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND HOPEFULLY GET OUR CONSTRUCTION BIDS AND ALLOW ABOUT A WEEK FOR STAFF TO EVALUATE THEM BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO COMPETITIVE SEALED. WE WILL HAVE EVALUATION CRITERIA MUCH LIKE WE DID FOR FREE TO PARK MASTER PLAN. SO WE WILL SEND THAT OUT. WE WILL GAUGE AND RANK ALL OF THE COMPANIES BASED ON EXPERIENCE COST SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVALUATION TOOLS, AND WE'LL HAVE A DEADLINE FOR THAT FOLLOWED BY A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE TIMELINE. WE'RE LOOKING AT FINISHING UP THAT PROCESS. IF WE CAN BE AGGRESSIVE AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING IN MAY FOR CITY COUNCIL. AND SO THAT WE CAN GET BORED ON CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER, I NOTICED IT DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ORIENTED, UH, I GUESS, A COVERT OR SOME META WHERE THEY PUFF OUT WHEN THEY PUT THEIR PORTABLE PUMP IN AND PUT A GATOR PUMP ATTACHED TO THE TRACTOR AND THEY HAVE A 16 INCH HOSE. THEY DO HAVE THAT DESIGN. YES, I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING, SOME CONSTRAINT GOING ACROSS OUR NEWLY BUILT PATHWAY. SO YES, THEY HAVE DESIGNED THAT. THE OTHER, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE REVISED FROM THE BID PACKAGE THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF ON OUR NICE, SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, I GUESS THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN SHOW YOU IS THAT KIND OF WHAT APPEARS LIKE THE FLOATING DOCK ITEM THREE, WE DO HAVE A, AN ACTUAL ATTACHMENT THAT IS A KAYAK LAUNCH. THAT JUST GOES ON TO THE END OF THAT SO THAT YOU CAN STABILIZE THE KAYAK. SO THAT WAS AN ADDITION THAT THAT IS ON THE A HUNDRED PERCENT CONSTRUCTION PLANS. AND THEN ALSO WITH THE ACTUAL BID DOCUMENT, WE TRIED TO CUT BACK AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PARK STAFF TRYING TO DO MINIMIZE COSTS WITH TREES, FOR HOUSTON, PUTTING IN 15 GALLON TREES VERSUS THE TERESA PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL SPECS. BUT ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I WANT TO MENTION, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD REMOVE THE GRAPPLE ALONG THE COUNTY ROAD, 44 ENTRANCE. AND THE INTENT WAS TO POTENTIALLY REUSE THAT FOR THE BARRIER THAT'S AROUND THEIR PUMP. THEY WERE GOING TO REUSE THAT MATERIAL. WE'RE ADDING THAT AS A BIT ALTERNATE SO THAT IN THE CASE, OUR CONSTRUCTION COMES IN LOW. OUR PARKS GUYS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REMOVING, STORING, BRINGING BACK MATERIAL FOR OVERALL CONSTRUCTION. OH SURE. SO WE ALSO HAD APPLIED IN FEBRUARY FOR TWO DIFFERENT ROAD GRANTS WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, ONE BEING THE VOTER ACCESS GRANT AND ANOTHER BEING RECREATIONAL TRAILS. SO BETTER ACCESS GRANT. IF WE'RE AWARDED, WE ASKED FOR 500,000, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM. AND FOR RECREATIONAL TRAILS, WE ASKED FOR 200,000, WHICH THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AS WELL. THOSE ARE MATCHING GRANTS AT DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES. AND BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS ALREADY BUDGETED, WE HAVE THAT MATCHING PORTION. SO IDEALLY WE WILL BE AWARDED [01:30:01] THOSE GRANTS. WE'LL KNOW AT THE END OF MAY, I BELIEVE MAY 24TH IS OUR, OUR DATE THAT WE SHOULD HEAR BACK. AND THAT SHOULD ALSO BE WHEN WE HEAR BACK FROM THE FATES TO EAT TBW GRANT AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY CROSS YOUR FINGERS WILL BE AWARDED THOSE GRANTS. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN STARTING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT WITH PASSPORTS. WHO'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND HELPS WITH OUR GRANTS GRANT APPLICATION MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THE PERMITS THAT WE NEED FOR THOSE GRANTS, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS FEDERAL. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CORE ENGINEERS TO, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN DEEM THIS PROPERTY, NOT A COASTAL WATERS OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO MITIGATE ON THEIR END. SO WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS IN THE HUBS THAT WE ARE AWARDED THOSE. SO IF WE GET THOSE GRANTS, ARE WE GOING TO ADD MORE AMENITIES OR JUST HAVE A CHEAPER PROJECT AND NOT SPEND 3 MILLION THAT'S UP TO. AND SO WHEN WE ARE AWARDED THOSE FUNDS, IF WE'RE AWARDED THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL GET TO DETERMINE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID THE BID ALTERNATIVES IS SO THAT YOU COULD SEE AND ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL AND CITY COUNCIL WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY, YES, WE WANT THESE TOP OPTIONS. WHETHER IT'S THE BOARDWALK AND THE SANDY BEACH AND THE PAVILION, WHAT DID THOSE BILLS BID ALTERNATE AND SET UP TO DO? YOU KNOW, JUST BALLPARK, OH, I WANT TO SAY IT'S AROUND 200,000, BUT I DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 200 AND A HALF AGO. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY 700,000 IN GRANTS. RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, WE MAY WANT TO USE THAT FOR SAVINGS BECAUSE HOW THE BOND WAS WRITTEN AT WE WOULD USE, WE WOULD DEFINITELY USE WHATEVER WE'RE GIVEN FOR THE GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT THE BOND WAS WRITTEN SO THAT ANY FUNDS IN EXCESS OF THE BOND THAT WE WERE GIVEN COULD GO TOWARDS VARIOUS, NOT JUST LIKE, SO GRANT FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE SPENT ON THIS PART, BUT THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT COULD BE DISPERSED ELSEWHERE. SO I MEAN, SAME DIFFERENCE, BUT OKAY. GOT IT. PERFECT. IN FACT, DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PLAN, ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES BEFORE WE, SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE THIS ON THE AGENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW AS WELL, PENDING APPROVAL FROM PARKS BOARD AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO PNC APPROVAL. WE WOULD APPRECIATE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM CLARKSBURG REGION FOR MAYBE I'LL SEE. SO THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE SUPPORTIVE. PERFECT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO ADJOURN AGLC WELL, DON'T, WE NEED TO ADJOURN BOTH FRANCIS WE'LL ADJOURN, THIS MEETING, THIS SPECIAL JOINT MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.