Feb 14, 2022 Parks & Recreation Board

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[INAUDIBLE]5:29, GOT A QUORUM, AND FEBRUARY 14 ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

[1. Minutes from Regular Called meeting on October 11, 2021.]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ITEM NUMBER 2, DISCUSSION OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT

[2. Discussion on Park and Recreation Department updates.]

SO, A COUPLE OF THINGS, VETERANS RFQ, STAFF HAS ADVERTISING [INAUDIBLE], REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR VETERANS PARK RENOVATIONS, [INAUDIBLE] TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOND PACKAGE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION WILL BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 22ND.

SO WE HAVEN'T PROCEEDED WITH THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THE VETERANS RENOVATIONS MAY NOT BE INCLUDED, OR IT MAY, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THAT EVALUATION, YOU GUYS.

IN ADDITION TO, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE FOR THOSE SUBMISSIONS. SOUTHSIDE PARK LAND ACQUISITION, WE DID CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM ADJACENT LAND OWNERS REGARDING ANY ADDITIONAL PARK PURCHASES, BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE CLOSED AND WE DO OWN NEW PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING THAT, HOPEFULLY WITH ABLC, AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BOND WITH ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORP.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE ADOPTION THAT IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 22ND, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY P AND Z, WITH THE ABSENCE.

THERE WAS ONE MEMBER ABSENT, THAT WAS ELLEN EBY, BUT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN OVER THAT FIRST MEETING AND I ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEB.

22ND. DR. CROMPTON IS COMING IN TO PRESENT WITH US.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS ALL TO BE PRESENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THAT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. PEACHTREE DETENTION INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, HAS BEEN EXECUTED WITH ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AS YOU GUYS MAY RECALL, WE WERE WORKING WITH CATS ACADEMY TO ALLOW STUDENTS AT CATS ACADEMY TO DEVELOP A NATURE LIKE AREA AROUND PEACH DETENTION.

STEWART DID, AND HIS STAFF, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR LAST YEAR PLANTED--.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY POUNDS? WAS IT 60 POUNDS? OF BLUEBONNETS IN THE DETENTION AREA, SO WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE OUR LOCAL BLUE BONNET FIELD, BUT WE'LL SEE IF IT TAKES.

FINGERS CROSSED. WE'LL SEE THIS SPRING.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CATS ACADEMY TO DETERMINE THEIR NEXT STEPS ON DEVELOPING BIRD BOXES AND WE'LL BE FUNDING THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN THIS SPRING.

DOWNING TENNIS COURTS, SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH AISD TO REHABILITATE THE DOWNING TENNIS COURTS AND WE HAVE NOT EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT AS LONG AS ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD IS ON BOARD WITH THE CONCEPT AND AUTHORIZES US TO DO SOME PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS. SO, THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF CAMPS, LEAGUES, CLINICS, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'LL GIVE A FACE LIFT ON, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE COURTS, RESURFACING FENCING IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN WE HOPE WITH A PARTNERING ORGANIZATION, GULF COAST TENNIS ASSOCIATION, THAT WE CAN PURSUE A GRANT FOR LIGHTING.

PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MISSION AND VISION.

THIS IS ONE OF THIS YEAR'S ACTION ITEMS, ONE OF SEVERAL, AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SURVEY.

JUST KIND OF TO RECAP WHAT WE DID IN 2018 WITH OUR MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKED WHAT THE NEEDS WERE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL ON THE SAME ROUTE AND PATH BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME REVISIONS, OR REQUESTS RATHER, FROM ABLC TO ASSESS RECREATION OPERATIONS AND REVENUE, AND

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AND SO IT'S VERY TIMELY THAT THE MISSION AND VISION IS COMING UP THIS YEAR BECAUSE THAT MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE.

MARCH BUDGET WORKSHOP, THIS IS AN OFF MONTH FOR US, MARCH WILL BE TO MEET, WE TRY TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH, SO MARCH WE ARE PLANNING, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW AND CAN LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES IN ADVANCE, WE ARE PLANNING ON HOLDING A BUDGET WORKSHOP SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE BUDGET BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN APRIL FOR SUGGESTED REVISIONS IN ADDITION TO JUNE.

THAT WAS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FROM ABLC, THEY WANT TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT TO YOU GUYS, SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK AT IT, REQUEST SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS.

THAT MEETING WILL LIKELY BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ABLC SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD BE COLLABORATING TOGETHER, SINCE MANY OF THE ITEMS IMPACT EACH OTHER AND YOU GUYS OVERSEE RECREATION OPERATIONS WHILE THEY HELP SUBSIDIZE IT.

SO, WE WANT TO DO THAT COLLECTIVELY AND THAT MEETING, I BELIEVE, I WANT TO SAY IT'S ON THE 21ST, MARCH, 21ST IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.

THAT HELPS US TO AVOID THE 14TH, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING BREAK.

SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT ORDINANCES, IT DOESN'T REALLY FALL UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION, WE HAVE A MASS GATHERING ORDINANCE, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGES SEVERAL RENTALS WHICH CAN BECOME SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SO IT'S--.

WE HAVE SOME HOLES IN OUR ORDINANCES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE SCOPE OF LET'S REPEAL THE MASS GATHERINGS, AND INSTITUTE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT, AND PROCESS CODIFY THAT SO THAT EVERYONE THAT IS LOOKING TO HOLD AN EVENT AT A CITY FACILITY OR OUTSIDE CITY FACILITY UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS AND PROTOCOLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO, KYLE IS WORKING ON THAT.

WE PLAN TO VET THAT THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WRITE A LAW OFFICE, OR CITY ATTORNEYS, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO YOU ALL AND CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL . ADA SELF-EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN, SO WE HAVE HAD OUR KICK OFF MEETING WITH KIMLEY-HORN, WHO WAS HIRED FOR OUR ADA TRANSITION PLAN IN JANUARY, SO THEY ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND WE'LL BE CONTACTING STAFF IF THEY WANT TO DO SOME WALK THROUGHS WITH SOME OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

SO, I KNOW I'LL BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PARK COMPONENTS, BUT THIS IS A NINE MONTH STUDY AND OUR HIKE AND BIKE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE ACTING AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THEIR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO.

WE REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL INTEREST THROUGHOUT TOWN, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK, SO WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, THAT IS GEOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

RECREATION CENTER, SO WE'VE HAD SOME PROJECTS AND RENOVATIONS AT THE RECREATION CENTER.

WE HAVE A NEW SCOREBOARD THAT IS INSTALLED IN THE GYM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE PLAN TO OFFER THROUGH I9 SPORTS, SO THAT IS MENTIONED A LITTLE LATER IN YOUR UPDATES.

BUT WE HOPE TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF OUR YOUTH ATHLETICS WITH THINGS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED HERE, LIKE YOUTH VOLLEYBALL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND SO I9 IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE PLAN TO CONTRACT WITH THAT WILL UTILIZE OUR FACILITY AND WE'LL RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE SPLIT OF REVENUE THAT THEY BRING IN.

RECREATION CENTER PLAZA, WE'RE STILL TRACKING AWAY ON THAT ONE.

SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT OUR PARKS CREW IS HELPING WITH SOME OF THE DEMOLITION OF LIKE THE WALL, WE ALREADY HAVE OUR PING PONG TABLE, CORNHOLE AMENITIES, AND OUR PICNIC TABLES WERE PURCHASED LAST YEAR.

WE'RE WAITING ON WALL DEMOLITION, BUT WE HAVE THE LIGHTS AND LIGHT POLES AND STRAND LIGHTS TO JUST REALLY ELEVATE THE AMBIANCE IN THAT AREA TO MAKE IT MORE OF AN ACTIVE AND AND RENTABLE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT TO COME TO FRUITION.

EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, WE JUST RECENTLY, THIS PAST SATURDAY, HAD OUR FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I WANT TO SAY WE HAD AROUND 200, PROBABLY OVER 225? GET BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS AND WE ARE PLANNING, WE JUST PUBLISHED OUR MOST RECENT QUARTERLY PLAYBOOK, WHICH IS ADVERTISING PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND SERVICE OFFERING SENIOR PROGRAMS FROM APRIL TO JUNE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE RECREATION CENTER OR

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[INAUDIBLE].

SO WE HAVE HAD JACO COME OUT, I DON'T--.

I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS, BUT WE ARE UNDER WARRANTY FOR THE ROOF.

IT WAS IN THE AEROBICS ROOM AND RIGHT-- THE HALL AND GYM, WHICH IS BEEN AN AGE OLD ISSUE, I WILL SAY. BUT KYLE, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY OTHER UPDATES THAT JERRY ASSURED? SORRY.

I KNOW THE MOST OF THE ROOF LEAKS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

WITH THE MOST RECENT STORMS WE HAD LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK PRIOR, WHATEVER, WHICHEVER ONE IT WAS, WE HAD THE HARD THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE DAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF LEAKAGE AGAIN OUTSIDE OF THE GYM, BUT MOST OF THE OTHER WEEKS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EVEN LOOKING INTO TO SEE IF WE CAN SOURCE THAT LEAK AND GET IT FIXED AS WELL.

SO, YEAH. [INAUDIBLE].

AND MOVING INTO OUR PARKS, BATES PARK PAVILION INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN OUT TO BATES, PLEASE DO GO BY AND CHECK IT OUT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.

THE DISC GOLF TEE PADS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AS WELL AS A SIGNAGE, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.

THE BASKETBALL GOALS WERE RECENTLY INSTALLED LAST WEEK, WE PUT A POST OUT ON FACEBOOK REGARDING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, AND I BELIEVE--.

IS LIGHTING COMPLETE AT THIS POINT, STEWART, OR ARE WE STILL WORKING ON PLACEMENT? BEFORE LIGHTING FOR THE BATES PAVILION.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON LIGHTING FOR THE PAVILION, BUT AFTER THAT, WE'LL START WORKING ON RESURFACING AND MASONRY AROUND THE FOOTINGS OF THE PAVILION, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

DICKIE PARK DOES HAVE NEW BENCHES AND HAND SANITIZER STATION, AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE PARK SINCE WE INSTALLED THE NEW PLAYGROUND, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE. STEWART DID MENTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK, THAT HE HAS SEEN INCREASED USE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

FREEDOM PARK SOLAR LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED AS OF JANUARY 4TH, BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE THEM FROM CALIFORNIA.

RUEBEN WELCH PARK, DEBRIS FROM THE MOST RECENT CLEARING AND BURNING FROM THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, AND WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THEY REALLY HELPED US OUT THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP, SO WE THANK THEM.

BRUSHY BAYOU PARK HAS A NEW PETWAY STATION INSTALLED.

OFFICER CASH MEMORIAL DOG PARK, WE DID REPLACE TWO WAY STATIONS THERE AS WELL, REPAIRED SOME LIGHTS AND INSTALLED NEW SIGNAGE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, SO WE THANK OUR PARKS CREW FOR HELPING OUT PD.

B.G. PECK SOCCER COMPLEX, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND HGR TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

WHEN WE TALK TO HGR INITIALLY, OUR PLAN GOING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS FIELD GRADING ONE FIELD AT A TIME, BUT REALLY, BEFORE WE STARTED POURING MONEY INTO THESE FIELDS AND PUTTING MATERIAL INTO THE FIELDS, HGR WAS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'VE GOT SOME JUST GENERAL DRAINAGE ISSUES TO BEGIN WITH, STEWART ACKNOWLEDGED THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AS WELL.

AND SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD JUST GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SLOPES AND DRAINAGE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING PROPERLY TO HELP TO SEE IF JUST THAT IN GENERAL, WITH THE RAIN EVENTS WOULD HELP DRAIN THE WATER A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENTLY BEFORE WE START TREATING THE ACTUAL FIELDS.

SO, THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT.

AS WELL, WE ALSO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, PLANTED 100 TREES AT THE PARK OFF THE FRONTAGE AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THE PARK NEAR THE FIRE TRAINING GROUNDS.

AND PARK STANDARDS MANUAL, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS A FAST PROJECT.

WE KICKED IT OFF IN JANUARY, IT'S A FOUR MONTH PROJECT, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS FINALIZED AND ADOPTED IN APRIL.

YOU GUYS WILL SEE THIS LIKELY IN MARCH IN A SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL.

SO, WE'RE WORKING TO--.

WE HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED 30 PERCENT, YOU GUYS WILL SEE THE DOCUMENT AT ITS 60 PERCENT COMPLETION SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE SOME INPUT CHANGES, WHAT HAVE YOU, BEFORE IT GETS, YOU KNOW, IT'LL COME BACK TO YOU AT 90 PERCENT AND THEN WE'LL MAKE LAST MINUTE REVISIONS AND MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS ADOPTION.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE UPDATES OF THE DEPARTMENT, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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I CAN CONFIRM THAT, AND, YOU KNOW HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ADDRESS, BUT IT IS OFF OF CEMETERY RIGHT ACROSS FROM ANGLETON CEMETERY.

I GUESS THE LARGER PIECE IT IS, IT'S OVER FIVE ACRES.

YES, MA'AM. MM HMM. [INAUDIBLE] WATER.

WILL YOU COME UP TO THE MIC? [INAUDIBLE] I GUESS IT CAN'T BE WELL, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT POND, THE DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH FROM 35 UP TO HANCOCK OR BRYAN STREET, THAT'S-- ONCE THAT DITCH OVERFLOWS, IT RUNS, FILLS THE-- TAKES THE RETENTION FROM THAT DITCH.

I'M LIKE YOU, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT FULL, EITHER.

[INAUDIBLE] WELL, IF YOU--.

ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE, YOU HAVE ENOUGH BANK TO PUT A TRAIL AROUND IT, YOU, ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD PUT IT INSIDE THE POND ITSELF.

YOU WOULD PUT IT UP ON THE BANK.

YES, SIR. AND I THINK TO JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WHEN WE TALKED TO AISD, SOME OF THE CONCERN WAS WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN OVER OUR HEAD AS IT RELATES TO MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THE INTERLOCAL DOES SPECIFY THAT THE SCHOOL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, SO WE HAVE AGREED TO ADDRESS THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN, SO WE WILL MAINTAIN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN. BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TRAILS THAT THEY DECIDE TO CUT THROUGH THAT WOODED PORTION ADJACENT TO PEACH DETENTION AND THEN ALSO AROUND WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S--.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A CONCRETE TRAIL.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, A DG TRAIL.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS CAN INVEST IN.

WE'RE THINKING IT'S SCALED BACK MAINLY TO BIRD BOXES, BENCHES AND JUST MAINTENANCE OF THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN ASSISTING US WITH THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE 2022 ATHLETIC SPORTS

[3. Discussion and possible action on approval of the 2022 Athletic Sports Association agreements and capital needs.]

IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE ADOPT OUR LEAGUE AGREEMENTS AND WE OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO, AS YOU SEE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, STEWART DID SEND OUT OUR LEAGUE AGREEMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, THEY HAD BEEN REVIEWED BY RANDALL LAW OFFICE, AND ON NOVEMBER 9TH, STEWART SENT OUT AN EMAIL REQUESTING AGREEMENTS BE SIGNED AND RETURNED BY DECEMBER 3RD.

ON DECEMBER 1ST, STEWART SENT A REMINDER EMAIL THAT THE DEADLINE WAS APPROACHING AND ON DECEMBER 2ND WE DID RECEIVE SOME REQUESTED CHANGES ONLY FROM ONE ATHLETIC SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE, AGAIN LIKE I MENTIONED, INVITED THE GROUPS TO COME AND TALK TO YOU JUST ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND THEN ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENTS.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE 2022 ATHLETIC SPORTS AGREEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE GROUPS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH WITH RANDALL LAW OFFICE.

MINOR CHANGES, THOSE CHANGES INCLUDED THE NEW LAWS THAT REFLECTED THE NEW LAWS REGARDING FIREARMS. OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE WEREN'T A GREAT DEAL OF CHANGES, SO IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAD LAST YEAR.

SO, NOT--.

[INAUDIBLE] INCLUDED THE 2021 AGREEMENT, AND THERE'S SOME SECTIONS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THAT-- IT LOOKS LIKE CHANGES? SO THAT ONE, SO YOUR FIRST ONE SHOULD BE WHAT WAS APPROVED, THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT ONLY ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL CHANGES AND SO WE INCLUDED IN THEIR PACKET.

SO THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOSE CHANGES AND WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THOSE, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE 2022 CHANGES AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARKS BOARD SUPPORT FOR THAT OR THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US DIRECTION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO--.

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GO AND TALK ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL NEEDS FIRST OR ANY CHANGES THAT YOU'RE

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WE HAVE MOSTLY HAVE HAD A LOT OF NEEDS WE'VE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AND BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH MEGAN AND STEWART TRYING TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY.

SO, THIS TIME WE'RE KIND OF COME WITH AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND SOME NUMBERS.

[INAUDIBLE] AT ABOUT--? DO WANT TO SPLIT THEM OUT OR? YEAH. SO, LAST YEAR WE MADE--.

OH, SORRY. YEAH, FORGOT WE [INAUDIBLE].

LAST YEAR, WE HAD TWO LARGE PURCHASES OF NEW GOALS AND NETS TO GO WITH THOSE, AS WELL AS THE FLAGS, THE CORNER FLAGS THAT GO AT EACH CORNER OF THE FIELD, AND WE SPENT $9400 DOLLARS, AS WELL AS $12,789.

WE ALSO NEEDED TO PURCHASE A GATOR FOR OUR FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE DIRT AROUND BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LARGE COMPLEX, AND WHEN WE NEED TO FILL IN HOLES, IT'S A LONG WAY TO WALK WITH A SHOVEL.

AND THEN WE NEEDED TO REPLACE OUR REFRIGERATOR OUT THERE, IT WAS NOT COOLING PROPERLY, SO THAT WAS $7100 DOLLARS FOR THE GATOR-- SORRY, $7195 FOR THE GATOR, $730 FOR THE FRIDGE.

THEN WE NEEDED A--.

WE DIDN'T NEED, BUT WE ADDED TO THE CONCESSIONS, A CHILI AND CHEESE MACHINE FOR $900 DOLLARS, SO WE SPENT $31,000 FOR MAJOR PURCHASES TO UPDATE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY. WE DID APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM OUR GOVERNING BODY, WHICH IS STYCA, WHICH OVERSEES BYSA, AND WE'RE PART OF BYSA.

STYCA IS SOUTH TEXAS SOCCER.

BYSA IS BRAZOS PORT AREA, AND THEN WE'RE PART OF THAT.

SO WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT AND RECEIVED THAT FROM THEM FOR TEN THOUSAND, SO THAT WAS ABLE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT.

SO, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO BE ABLE TO FIND FUNDS WHERE WE CAN TO HELP MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO DO TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY AND THAT DOES INCLUDE DRAINAGE, WHICH MEGAN TALKED ABOUT.

AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUT ADDITIONAL LIGHTS OUT OF THE FIELDS.

RIGHT NOW, THE LIGHTS ARE ONLY ON THE LARGEST FIELDS, AND SO THE--.

[INADUIBLE] WAS LIKE U8, 9 AND 10? [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS, SO IF WE WERE TO HOST A TOURNAMENT, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE FINISHED, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE IT GETS DARK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S GETTING DARK, YOU CAN'T PLAY. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO DO, AND DUSTIN CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT DRAINAGE IS PROBABLY OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, AND IF WE PUT A SURVEY OUT TO OUR PARENTS, THEY'D PROBABLY WOULD RANK THAT UP THERE AS WELL.

AND SO, YEAH, WE HAVE TO GET THAT ADDRESS BEFORE WE PUT ANY MORE MONEY INTO DIRT WORK BECAUSE IF IT'S STILL NOT DRAINING OUT THERE, THE FIELDS AREN'T EVEN ACCESSIBLE.

YOU CAN'T WALK TO THEM, YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE INCHES OF WATER, SO.

SO, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE MONEY THAT WE'VE SPENT, AND THAT WAS ALL JUST WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A NICE, HEALTHY SAVINGS ACCOUNT OF FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, PARTNER IN ON SOME OF THESE MAJOR PURCHASES.

IT WOULD BE PROBABLY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO GO IN AND PUT IN THE LIGHTS OURSELVES, BUT I THINK IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR A GRANT.

WITH STYCA AS WELL, YOU CAN REAPPLY EVERY YEAR AND THEN MAYBE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY AS WELL TO MAYBE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WHAT'S YOUR SERVICE LIKE ON YOUR [INAUDIBLE]? YES. WELL, IT WAS.

[LAUGHTER]. IT WAS UNTIL IT WASN'T, IT WAS RESURFACED, IT LOOKED FANTASTIC AND WE WERE HOSTING A TOURNAMENT, THAT VERY FIRST WEEKEND, WE HAD A TOURNAMENT THAT WE WERE HOSTING FROM TEAMS TRAVELING IN.

FIRST DAY, IT WAS TORN UP, SO IT WAS IT WAS AN IMPROPER APPLICATION, I THINK, OF THE THE SURFACE MATERIAL, SO IT LOOKED AMAZING.

BUT AS SOON AS PEOPLE WALKED ON IT, IT TORE IT UP, SO--.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, THAT BATES WAS GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME MATERIAL LAID DOWN BY THE SAME COMPANY.

IT WAS LIKE, OK, WE HAVE TO KIND OF CHECK WITH THEM.

YEAH.

MEGAN CAN ADDRESS THAT PART.

BUT IT IS SAFER, BUT NOW IT'S COMING UP SO.

AND TO SPEAK TO THAT, ON THE SURFACE, IT WAS COOL TEMPERATURES AND IT WAS REALLY DEWY.

IT CAME UP, IT DIDN'T COME UP BEFORE THE CONCRETE GOT REALLY COLD AND SWEAT, SO IT WAS SOMETHING WITH [INAUDIBLE] DIDN'T ETCH IT OR NO ROUGHNESS.

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WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT FLOODING OR DRAINAGE ISSUES [INAUDIBLE] CONSTANT ISSUE? STILL THE SAME ISSUE THAT [INADUIBLE] TO THE SOUTH [INAUDIBLE] THE WATER COMES MOST [INAUDIBLE]? IT'S THROUGHOUT. IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT BECAUSE, LIKE MEGAN WAS MENTIONING AND I SPOKE TO STEWART TO ABOUT LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE OUTSIDE THE FIELDS AND THE CULVERTS AND DOUBLES AND SINGLES, BUT INSIDE THE FIELD, IT'S STILL DAMMED UP, BASICALLY, IN MOST OF THE AREAS TO WHERE THERE'S A DITCH, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR SWELL OR ANYTHING THAT RUNS TO THAT DITCH. IT'S LOW AND THEN IT HUMPS UP RIGHT BEFORE THE DITCH, JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE.

WE JUST WANT TO MENTION OUR NUMBERS, SO PRE-COVID IN FALL, WE HAD ABOUT 419 KIDS PLAY.

THIS PAST 2021 FALL, WE HAD 449.

SO, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHAT THAT YEAR GAP IN THERE, BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION COMING RIGHT OUT OF COVID BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY CANCELED OUR 2020 FALL.

LAST SPRING WE HAD 208 KIDS AND THIS SPRING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 256.

SO THAT'S QUITE A BIG PERCENTAGE, AS FAR AS GROWTH, THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT $31000 AMY TALKED ABOUT INCLUDED GOALS FOR EVERY FIELD, ALONG WITH THE GOAL THAT THE MONEY FROM THE CITY HELPED US GET ONE SET, AND THEN OUR STYCA GRANT ALSO WENT INTO THAT, SO. ALL ALUMINUM GOALS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX, WHICH HAS BEEN NICE BECAUSE LOOKING INTO IT THE LAST TIME THEY WERE REPLACED WAS MAYBE 2015, OR WITHIN A FEW YEARS OF THAT, EITHER WAY, FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THEY STILL HAD SOME CARBON STEEL OUT THERE.

SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS RUSTED OUT AND KIND OF FALLEN APART.

WE HOSTED STYCA EASTERN DISTRICT, WHICH WAS A SMALLER TOURNAMENT, BUT WE WANT TO GET IN THERE AND GET OUR NAME IN THE HAT AND WE ACTUALLY GOT IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE KIND OF BEEN MENTIONING ABOUT IMPROVING THE CLUB.

IT WAS ONLY 28 TEAMS, BUT THAT'S STILL A LOT, AND THEY ALL CAME FROM ABOUT FOUR HOURS AWAY. ALL GOOD COMPLIMENTS.

A LOT OF PLACES THAT HOST THESE TOURNAMENTS DON'T HAVE CONCESSION STANDS, THEY HAVE FIELDS THAT WERE PUT JUST WITH NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FIELDS AND THEN A STRIP, YOU KNOW, A DIRT ROAD TO PARK ALONG OVER IN BEAUMONT AREA.

STUFF LIKE THAT. SO PEOPLE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO COME HERE AND ENJOYED OUR COMPLEX, AND IT WASN'T TOO FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING IF THEY NEEDED SOMETHING.

THAT WAS THE MAIN THING, AND THEN JUST, LIKE AMY WAS SAYING, DRAINAGE IS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. LIGHTS ARE SECONDARY THAT WE WOULD REALLY ENJOY GETTING, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR PRACTICES AND BEING ABLE TO HOST MORE TOURNAMENTS, BUT GETTING IN THERE AND FIGURING OUT-- I KNOW THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING A TOPO SHOT OF THE WHOLE COMPLEX, SO WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO HEAR BACK THE DETAILS ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S OUR MOST INTERESTED THING, SO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS ALONG WITH NEEDING THAT.

[LAUGHTER] OH YEAH. YEAH, AND MAYBE GETTING A NEW WAY TO-- SO, ON OUR BUILDING WE HAVE THE LIGHTS, FOR THE TWO FIELDS THEY'RE ARE ON THERE, THEY HAVE A KEY AND IT'S JUST A SWITCH.

SOME OF THEM HAVE--. SOME OTHER COMPLEXES, HAVE A KEYPAD OR OTHER WAYS TO DO THE LIGHTS, BUT THESE SWITCHES ARE INSIDE AN EQUIPMENT ROOM, AND JUST RECENTLY, SOMEONE HAD BROKEN OFF THE LOCK, WHICH THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN THERE.

THEY WANTED ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS, I GUESS.

SO THAT AND THEN ALONG WITH THE RESTROOMS HAVING TO BE MANUALLY CLOSED AND LOCKED EACH DAY, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER COMES OUT AND DOES THAT, WE COULD DO SOME ADDITIONS ON LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS AUTOMATIC-- THE MAGNETIC CLOSURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEN DIFFERENT ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS.

STEWART, IF THERE WAS SOME WAY TO HAVE STANDARDIZED LIGHTING CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE PARKS [INAUDIBLE] SOCCER AND [INAUDIBLE].

I KNOW YOU NEED A MECHANICAL SWITCH OUT THERE AS WELL, BUT THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. [INAUDIBLE] THE SCHOOL FIELD [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] OVERNIGHT.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT MAGNETIC [INAUDIBLE].

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WE WOULD WANT TO ADD LIGHTS TO THE U11-12 FIELDS FIRST AND THEN U9-10 AND THOSE IT KIND OF GOES INTO L.

IF YOU HAVE THREE FIELDS OF U9-10, THREE OF U11-12 AND THREE OF U13, SO WE COULD CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH LIGHTING FOR PRACTICES BY MOVING SOME LIGHTS OVER TO THE U11-12 FIELDS AND THEY WOULD GET SOME OTHER PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, NOT THERE. [INAUDIBLE] EVERY TIME YOU [INAUDIBLE] EVERYBODY LOVES THE FIELDS [INAUDIBLE].

UNTIL IT RAINS. [INAUDIBLE] KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT [INAUDIBLE].

MM HMM. YEAH, YOU CAN SEE IT TRAVELING OUT AND IT BACKS UP A LITTLE BIT ONCE, IT GETS OUT, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH LOW SPOTS INSIDE THE PERIMETER THAT IT'S JUST NOT GETTING OUT TO THE DITCH ITSELF.

[INAUDIBLE] SOMEBODY [INAUDIBLE] UP ALONG THE HIGHWAY, THEY HAD A [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] STUFF HOPING [INAUDIBLE] OUT [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S SOME OF THE PROBLEM [INAUDIBLE]. WHEN IT GETS TO THE [INAUDIBLE] IT HAS TO GO SOUTH [INAUDIBLE].

BUT THAT [INAUDIBLE].

ANYWAY, I THINK AS PART OF THE DEAL, EVEN IF YOU GET [INAUDIBLE] YOU GOT TO GET IT OUT OF THERE [INAUDIBLE]. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU COME BACK AND SAY [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S THE MAJOR ONE.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. KEVIN, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL NEEDS IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL? I'M KEVIN FOERSTER FROM ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE.

SO, ON A CAPITAL SIDE OF THINGS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD LIGHTING OVER THE BATTING CAGES.

CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS THERE, SO IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL THE KIDS IF WE TRY TO USE THEM AT NIGHT.

SECONDLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TWO MORE CAGES BECAUSE ON GAME DAY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE CRAMMED FOR CAGES. THEY ONLY GET ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THERE BEFORE GAME TIME, EACH TEAM DOES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED TO THAT ASPECT.

ON TO THAT, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT ALMOST 500 KIDS THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE UP ABOUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT, SO THE CITY IS GROWING.

ON THAT, WE ARE IN CONTINGENCY THIS YEAR FOR HOLDING A DISTRICT'S ALL STAR TOURNAMENT AND A SECTIONAL ALL STAR TOURNAMENT, SO THERE'S A VERY HIGH CHANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BOTH OF THESE TOURNAMENTS WITHIN ANGLETON.

SO THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

SO. SECTIONALS REAL BIG, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK PROBABLY ABOUT 30 TEAMS IN SECTIONALS COMING TO PLAY BALL.

THE LAST ONE, THE BIGGEST ONE, IS GOING TO BE THE SENIOR FIELD.

I'VE GOT THREE SENIOR TEAMS THIS YEAR, SO YOU'RE RUNNING ABOUT 40 KIDS IN THAT AND THAT CAN ALSO BE USED THROUGHOUT, RIGHT? SO, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE OLDER KIDS, BUT WE CAN ALSO USE IT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS TO PLAY ON THAT FIELD. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE TOP THREE THAT WE NEED FOR CAPITAL AT THIS POINT. JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STAND ON THE GRANT MONEY FOR THE PARK, I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND [INAUDIBLE] PLANS FOR [INAUDIBLE] PARK, BUT FUNDING [INAUDIBLE] QUITE THERE [INAUDIBLE].

SO. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT ALL WE PUT IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING AROUND THE FIELD USES AND STUFF JUST TRYING TO MANAGE WHAT WAS THERE.

BECAUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, IT'S NOT REALLY BEING MONITORED TOO WELL, AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE SHOULD BE HAVING TO MONITOR WHO'S AT THE FIELDS ON THE DAY WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE FOR OTHER TEAMS TO USE IT AND ENFORCE WHO'S THERE AND WHO DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE. [INAUDIBLE] TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED THINGS IN THE--.

YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME TONIGHT BECAUSE I GOT BLINDSIDED, SO.

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THIS WAS THE AGREEMENT YOU GUYS SENT.

AND YOUR HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES ARE IN THERE IF YOU WANT TO TALK.

$350 PER DAY WITH LIGHTS.

TO ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE, THAT'S WAY TOO CHEAP, MOST PLACES ARE CHARGING ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT $1000-$1500 DOLLARS PER DAY FOR USAGE OF THE FIELDS FOR TOURNAMENTS.

I THINK THAT WAS YOUR PROPOSED CHANGES.

ARE MY PROPOSED CHANGES BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER THAN [INAUDIBLE].

SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] $300 WAS THEIR PROPOSED CHANGES? YES MA'AM. BECAUSE IT'S HIGHER BECAUSE THE OTHER WAS LIKE HALF.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH WAY IT WAS LIKE I SAID THIS WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER WHENEVER WE DISCUSSED IT AND I SHOULD HAVE REFRESH MY MEMORY ON IT.

THIS IS A NONPAYING JOB FOR ME, SO.

HMM. [LAUGHTER] SAME HERE.

YEAH I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, BUT THIS DOESN'T PUT FOOD ON MY TABLE, SO.

[INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, EXACTLY. [LAUGHTER] INCLUDING YOU.

AND [INAUDIBLE]. AND I THINK WE PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT THE TEAMS ARE PAYING FOR THE FIELDS. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S LIKE, I THINK, CURRENTLY IT'S 30 AND 40.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HERE, BUT I JUST THINK THE CITY OUGHT TO RAISE THAT COST BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S TAKING CITY MONEY AND OUR MONEY TO REVAMP THE FIELDS WHENEVER THE SELECT TEAMS USE THEM.

THEY'RE DIGGING OUT THE MOUNDS, THEY'RE DIGGING OUT ALL THE BATTER'S BOXES, THEY RUN A STEEL CLEATS ON THE FIELDS, WHICH WE DON'T RUN ON STEEL SPIKES, SO IT'S BEING PRETTY ABUSIVE ON EVERYTHING THAT WE KEEP UP.

[INAUDIBLE] A FIELD, THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, IT'S JUST YOU'RE USING STEEL SPIKES WHERE WE USE PLASTIC, SO THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY, WHENEVER THEY'RE ON THE FIELD, THEY'RE DIGGING EVERYTHING OUT.

SO, THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK WEEKLY AND FILL IN THE BATTER'S BOX, IS FILL IN PITCHER'S MOUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND BEING FALL SEASON RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PLAYING HAVOC ON THE GRASS TO. THE CITY GETS THE MONEY RIGHT? IT DOESN'T-- FOR THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. FOR RENTALS? THEM ANY, BECAUSE--.

ACTUALLY THEY'RE PROPOSING--.

SO JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, IN OUR CURRENT CITY ORDINANCE, WE DO HAVE FEES ASSOCIATED FOR TEAMS OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WANTING TO RENT THE FIELDS OUTSIDE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS.

SO OUR TYPICAL PROTOCOL IS THAT WE CALL THE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS, WHOEVER THEY ARE, WE ASK, 'IS THE FIELD BEING USED AT THIS TIME?', IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE ALLOW THESE OUTSIDE INDIVIDUALS, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, A SMALL FAMILY, SELECT TEAM, WHOEVER IT IS TO GO AHEAD AND RENT THE FIELD.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES LIKE HE MENTIONED THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW WHO'S ON THE FIELD OR NOT, BUT IF THEY'RE OPEN FIELDS, WE DON'T MANAGE THAT.

SO IF WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED, IF A SELECT TEAM GOES AND PLAYS ON THE FIELD AND THEY SOMEHOW GET ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS, WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT AT THIS TIME.

SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SEASON IS WE ASK THE PRESIDENTS, PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH A LISTING OF YOUR PRACTICE TIMES AND YOUR GAME SCHEDULE.

THAT SHOULD REALLY BE THE ONLY TIMES THAT THE FIELDS ARE BEING USED, PERIOD.

ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT SHOULD BE COORDINATED THROUGH OUR OFFICE, AND IT'S NOT, SO WE LACK SOME CONTROLS, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE COULD INVEST IN, AND PLAN TO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY BUDGETING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR SCHEDULING SOFTWARE FOR LIGHTS THAT WILL HELP TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

AND I KNOW LAST YEAR, STEWART IMPLEMENTED AN EXCEL DOCUMENT WHERE WE MANAGED USE THROUGH WHATEVER SCHEDULES WE WERE GIVEN, HE DEVELOPED A SCHEDULE AND COLLABORATED WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS. I KNOW ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE FOR SURE, I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS UTILIZE THAT METHOD, BUT THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE WERE REALLY HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG KEVIN OR STEWART, BUT THERE WOULD BE TEAMS THAT WOULD SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER BOARD MEMBERS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIGHTS AND WOULD PLAY WITH THEIR TEAM, WHETHER IT WAS SCHEDULED WITH THEM OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW.

SO WE WOULD OFTEN GET CALLS, HEY, WHO'S ON THE FIELD? AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT HADN'T BEEN RENTED.

SO WE DON'T GO IN AND SAY, YEAH, WE'LL TURN THE LIGHTS ON FOR YOU.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY DO.

WE FEEL THAT UTILIZING A SOFTWARE COULD HELP MITIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WOULD

[00:40:04]

SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE THOSE, BUT WHAT YOU SEE, THE CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED HERE ARE INCREASED PRICES ON TEAMS THAT ARE WANTING TO COME IN AND RENT THE FIELDS FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY.

ALSO, RENTALS AND THE ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR THAT REVENUE TO GO TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE MAINTAINING THE FIELDS.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE FIELDS AS THE PARTNERSHIP OF WHAT THEY ARE GIVING TO THE CITY. THEY DO NOT MANAGE OR PAY FOR UTILITIES ON THE SITE OR ELECTRICITY, I KNOW CHRIS HAD HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND WE SENT HIM OUR UTILITY-- OR EXCUSE ME, ELECTRIC BILL WAS $ 28,000 DOLLARS LAST YEAR FOR FREEDOM PARK.

SO, THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THAT WE CAN PURSUE.

THE REASON STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT AND THE STRUCTURE IN PLACE AND WORK ON MITIGATING SOME OF THE LOOSENESS IN WHO'S PLAYING WHEN THAT'S OUR PREFERRED ROUTE. ALTERNATIVES COULD BE THAT THE ASSOCIATION COULD TAKE OVER COMPLETE MAINTENANCE OF THAT AREA AND ACCEPT THE REVENUE, THAT INCLUDES UTILITIES AND ELECTRICAL IF THEY WOULD LIKE, AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE GROUNDS OTHER THAN THE INSIDE FIELDS.

ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT WE HELP WITH MAINTENANCE IN THE OFF SEASON AND-- OR WAS IT COMPLETELY? MAINTAIN THE FIELDS COMPLETELY AND THEN THEY PAY US A RENTAL FEE TO UTILIZE THEM FOR LEAGUE PLAY. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE COULD PURSUE.

WE THINK THE EASIEST AND--.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT THEY'RE USING [INAUDIBLE] A SITE ORDINANCE THAT SOFTBALL AND SOCCER GAMES [INAUDIBLE]. THEY ARE NOT--.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

[INAUDIBLE] STANDARD AGREEMENT IS PRETTY MUCH [INAUDIBLE].

SO THE ONE WE'RE PROPOSING IS UNIVERSAL, AND IT DOES ALIGN WITH OUR ORDINANCE, YES.

[INAUDIBLE] SOFTBALL HAS [INAUDIBLE] FIELDS [INAUDIBLE] THEY CONTACT YOU [INAUDIBLE]. CORRECT.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE [INAUDIBLE].

CORRECT. SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THE PEOPLE OFF, I GUESS IT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE IT SCHEDULED? WELL, IF THEY HAVE LIGHTS AND WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM LIGHT ACCESS, THAT WOULD BE THE LEAGUE'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR, IF THEY SEE IT HAPPENING, FOR NOTIFYING THEM AND-- OR AT LEAST MINIMALLY ASKING FOR A COPY OF A CONTRACT BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE ACCESS AND USE OF LIGHTS, THEY SHOULD HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR LIGHT RENTAL, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL THEM TO LEAVE.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, WHICH WE DISCUSSED WITH PREVIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, WAS LOCKING THE FIELDS, IF THAT IS HELPFUL, SO THAT--.

[INAUDIBLE] SOFTBALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? SOCCER DOES? [INAUDIBLE] THEY USE THE LIGHT? WELL, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THE THE--.

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY THAT NOBODY CAN USE LIGHTS WITHOUT YOU GUYS [INAUDIBLE], GET SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THOSE [INAUDIBLE].

$28,000 JUST FOR THAT PARK.

THAT'S NOT SOFTBALL. [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OUT [INAUDIBLE].

THAT WOULD PROBABLY FILL UP ALL YOUR FIELDS AND YOU [INAUDIBLE].

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S A COST [INAUDIBLE].

PERSONALLY, I'M A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO CHANGE OUR AGREEMENT FOR ONE PARTY.

AS YOU SAID, YOU GUYS ARE DOING [INAUDIBLE] NEEDS TO BE CONSISTENT [INAUDIBLE].

AND ALL YOU GUYS KNOW, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOU'VE GOT MOSTLY GOOD FACILITIES AND SOME [INAUDIBLE] OTHER THINGS, BUT WE DO NEED TO BE CONSISTENT. THIS TIME [INAUDIBLE] ALL [INAUDIBLE].

SO AT THE SOCCER CLUB, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING ONLY

[00:45:05]

THEY HAVE ADULT TEAMS, THAT I JUST FOUND OUT, THEY GO UP THERE AND THEY PLAY SEVERAL GAMES EVERY SUNDAY PLUS PRACTICES, AND THEY DON'T PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE ITSELF. SO, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM HE'S HAVING, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT HE'S SAYING. IF THERE IS A FEE FOR THESE TEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HEAVILY USING FIELDS, THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH SOME MONEY GOING BACK TO THE CLUB FOR DIRT MAINTENANCE OR I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MUCH IT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE-- A FEW PEOPLE PRACTICING OR KICKING AROUND, YOU KNOW, IS NOT THAT BIG A DEAL, BUT ACTUAL TEAMS DOING DRILLS, REPETITIVE, KILLING GRASS IN CERTAIN SPOTS AND DIRT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

JUST WANT TO STATE THAT I'M AWARE OF WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO COME BACK WITH MORE DETAILS LATER IF THIS DOESN'T GO THROUGH, BUT AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A PRICE PLAN.

I THINK ONE THING TO NOTE ON THAT, AND THAT'S GREAT JUSTIN, THANK YOU, WE DO, AS A REMINDER, ALLOCATE $15,000 DOLLARS ANNUAL, WHICH WE'VE INCREASED FROM, I THINK THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, IT WAS FOUR FOR A COMPLEX MAINTENANCE.

SO WHAT THAT WAS WAS WE SPENT $4000 ON OUR ASSOCIATIONS.

WELL, WE MOVE THAT UP, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO TO $12,00 AND THIS YEAR IT HAS BEEN $15,000.

WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING AN ELEVATED NUMBER TO YOU ALL, BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN YEARS PAST IS TRY TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO HELP RESOURCE SOME OF THESE THINGS TO HELP THEM OUT WITH WHATEVER THEIR MAIN PRIORITY IS.

SO IF THAT $5000 NEEDS TO GO BACK TOWARDS SOME ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE, THEN THAT'S WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR. IT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.

SO, THE RENTAL FEE THAT WE CHARGE FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] LIKE SPLIT 50-50.

50 PERCENT GOES TO THE LEAGUE, CITY KEEPS 50 PERCENT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE MAINTENANCE, AND THEY'RE CONCERN, BUT DO WE EVEN RENT THE FIELDS? WE DO RENT THE FIELDS AND YES, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TERRY, YES, WE COULD DO THAT.

IT'S REALLY YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

THE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY PURSUED THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY IS OFFSETTING COSTS.

WE OFFSET THE COSTS OF UTILITIES, ELECTRICAL, ADDITIONAL REPAIRS OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX GROUNDS, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT WE AREN'T ASSISTING IN ANY WAY.

SO IN ORDER TO KEEP, REALLY, THE COSTS OF USE DOWN FOR OUR CITIZENS, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT GO OUT THERE AND RENT THE FIELDS JUST FOR USE AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE INCREASING IT SO EXTRAVAGANTLY THAT A FAMILY COULDN'T GO OUT THERE AND PLAY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK HYMIE LAST TIME SAID THAT HE, YOU KNOW, WENT OUT THERE FOR THANKSGIVING WITH HIS FAMILY, FOR KICKBALL.

YOU KNOW, WE STILL WANT TO BE REASONABLE.

[INAUDIBLE] FAMILY [INAUDIBLE] HOLIDAY THANKSGIVING OR SOMETHING [INAUDIBLE] ACCESS TO IT.

AND PART OF THE DEAL IS, WE BUILT THESE OVER THE YEARS, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU GUYS AND ALL THE KIDS, [INAUDIBLE] DO A BIG SERVICE BY DOING WHAT YOU DO, BUT IT IS THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE IN [INAUDIBLE].

MAYBE THERE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY GO OUT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] THE FAMILY AND [INAUDIBLE] TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].

LET'S GO OUT AND PLAY, SO WE--.

THE FACT THAT, WELL, THESE ARE MOSTLY [INAUDIBLE] GRANTS [INAUDIBLE] MONEY, BUT WE HAVE THEM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S NOT--.

YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE], BUT WHEN IT'S NOT SEASON [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S NOT [INAUDIBLE].

IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE CONVERSATION, AND I'M JUST KIND OF REPEATING WHAT I'M HEARING, RATHER THAN DEALING WITH THE FEES WITH THE ASSOCIATION IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE CITY TO CONTINUE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONIES TOWARD THE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED. KEEP WORKING ON INCREASING ALL OF THAT AS WE CAN, AND THE IDEA OF HAVING BETTER WAYS TO LOCK THINGS DOWN AND MORE CONTROL.

I KNOW--. THAT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION FROM WAY BACK WHEN I WAS SITTING, WHERE MARK IS

[00:50:03]

TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT CAPABLE OF HELPING AT THAT POINT, BUT HOPEFULLY, THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER AND WE CAN GET THINGS MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY UNDER CONTROL.

ABSOLUTELY. HOW IS COMMUNICATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION [INAUDIBLE].

I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY OPEN, I MEAN, WE KEEP THEM UP TO DATE ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON JUST RECENTLY.

I KNOW WITH AGSA JUST WITH EVEN FIELD RENTALS BECAUSE IT HAS INCREASED, WE ON A WEEKLY BASIS PUSH OUT A FIELD RENTAL SCHEDULE.

SO IF IT INCLUDES A SOCCER FIELD RENTAL, A YOUTH BASEBALL OR A GIRL SOFTBALL RENTAL, WE SEND IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, HEY, JUST HEADS UP SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL ON THE WEEKEND AND SAY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING SCHEDULED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THE CLEARANCE FROM THEM, WE GO AHEAD AND BOOK IT.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY REMEMBER IT'S ON THEIR CALENDAR--.

AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, AND STEWART HAS PUT SOME PRACTICES IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION, EVEN MORE, SO.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE RESPONSIVE, BUT I'LL ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK TO THAT ALSO.

WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION.

AND I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS WHEN THERE'S BOARD MEMBERS, THEY STAY ON WHEN THEIR KIDS [INAUDIBLE]. I GUESS THEY JUST STAY [INAUDIBLE] LIKE SOME OF US, I GUESS.

[LAUGHTER].

WE APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE]. SO ARE YOU WANTING A VOTE? SO THIS EVENING WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO EITHER APPROVE CHANGES FOR ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE AND NOT THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS.

IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE CHANGES, THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2020 AGREEMENT, BUT REALLY, WE'RE LEAVING THAT TO YOU ALL BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THOUGH, IS TO APPROVE THE 2022 PROPOSE THAT WAS SENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2022 ATHLETIC SPORTS ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT. [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A MOTION DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE-- TWO.

2022 [LAUGHTER] SAY AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

YES. AND--.

[INAUDIBLE] THOSE THINGS [INAUDIBLE] A LITTLE.

[INAUDIBLE] IF THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO BE [INAUDIBLE].

SURE. I THINK IT WOULD HELP FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO DOCUMENT THE ISSUES AND WHEN, MAYBE, AND HOW MUCH EXTRA THEY HAD TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'D HAVE A LITTLE MORE SPEAKERS]. SURE. RIGHT.

HOW OFTEN THIS IS OCCURRING AND HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDS THEY HAVE TO SPEND ON MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF THAT? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THAT CAN HELP US WITH BUDGET NUMBERS ON, YOU KNOW, $15,000 IS A, I MEAN, BEFOREHAND $4K WAS INCREDIBLY LOW, EVEN $12K WAS LOW.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GRADUALLY TRYING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE, BUT KEEP IT UNDER LIKE A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE EVERY YEAR.

SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP US GIVE US JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME DIRECTION ON PURSUING AND LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE LIGHTING SOFTWARE TO SEE IF THAT COULD HELP RESOLVE SOME ISSUES.

AND WE JUST SEE WHERE THAT GOES THIS COMING YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR AND JUST SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUPS, SEE IF THAT'S HELPING.

I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD THAT WAY WHEN WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU ASK FOR MORE AND IT GOES TO COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE NUMBERS THERE WHICH ASSOCIATIONS, AND TO THE CITY.

[INAUDIBLE].

IT IS. IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY, I WANTED TO MAKE IT SHORT.

[LAUGHTER] WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.