Oct 03, 2022 Angleton Better Living Corporation

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

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WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AT 530.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TRUDGE RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA ITEM.

IT'S RECREATION ITEM NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION PARTIAL ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANGLETON LIVING CORPORATION MEETING DATED JUNE SIX, 2022

[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Angleton Better Living Corporation meeting of June 6, 2022.]

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. RITTER, SECONDED BY MS..

EBY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO DISCUSSION AND POST ELECTION ON PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

[2. Discussion and possible action on Parks and Recreation Board roles and responsibilities.]

YES. THANK YOU, ABC.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS DISCUSSED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING.

SO ON JUNE 28TH, CITY COUNCIL DID DISCUSS SOME OF THE REDUNDANCIES THAT WE HAVE IN ABC MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETINGS.

SO THAT LED TO A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION REGARDING WAYS TO ASSESS BOARD ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER THAT'S REFINED DUTIES, IF THAT IS BEING A BECOMING A SUBCOMMITTEE TO AB.

LC AND SO WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO LC TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR AN ACTION ITEM.

SO WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU GUYS.

AND CHRIS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

NO, NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

YOU'LL SEE IN THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU DO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT WHICH KIND OF GOES REVIEWS.

RANDALL LAW OFFICE PUT THIS TOGETHER.

IT REVIEWS WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CURRENTLY.

I CAN SPEAK FROM MY EXPERIENCE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE'VE HAD SOME REDUNDANCIES AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED THROUGH ABLC BUT PARKS BOARD HAS HAD INPUT ON WHAT THOSE ELEMENTS LOOK LIKE.

SOMETIMES THAT CONTRADICTS WHAT AB LC WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

SO WE REALLY JUST NEED TO LOOK AT REDEFINING THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAKE IT.

YOU KNOW, ABLC HAS THE FINAL DECISION MAKING.

THIS COULD BE AN OPTION.

NOT SAYING THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO IN, BUT BEING STRICTLY THAT FINANCIAL MECHANISM.

WE PRESENT PROJECTS TO A ABLC AND ABLC EITHER APPROVES OR DENIES.

PARK'S BOARD COULD BE STRICTLY, YOU KNOW, OVERSEEING THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT CREATES.

ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD HAD WAS THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED PRIOR TO A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY REALLY SERVED AS AN ENTITY THAT KIND OF LED POLICY AND PARK DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTUAL DEPARTMENT.

SO NOW THAT YOU DO HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN DO INDEPENDENTLY.

SO WE JUST NEED TO DETERMINE IS THERE STILL A PURPOSE THAT COULD BE SERVED THERE? IS IT A ROLE OF ADVOCACY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE NOW? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE ABLC AS WE WERE ORIGINALLY SET UP? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.

THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES IN OUR DECISION MAKING ABILITY.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE ENTIRELY CONTINGENT UPON CITY COUNCIL OR ARE WE APPROVAL OR THE CITY COUNCIL.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKING POWER AS A ABLC CANNOT FUNCTION AS A CORPORATION WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME DUTIES FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DO, THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO AS A CORPORATION.

BUT YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CAME UP WHEN WE DID OUR BUDGET, BECAUSE THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN ABSENCE OF AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NEW ENOUGH TO WHERE I DON'T KNOW THAT THE UM.

RIGHT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WAS THAT ABLC REALLY ANNUALLY NEEDS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THEIR BUDGET BEFORE IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.

DID YOU? AND AT A LATER DATE WE HAD THEM APPROVE THEIR THEIR BUDGET.

RIGHT. BASED ON SOME CHANGES THAT THEY REQUESTED.

RIGHT. SO IDEALLY, IT TAKES PLACE BEFOREHAND AND THEN EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

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WE DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE AS IT RELATED TO WHAT IT COULD EVOLVE INTO.

WE REALLY WANTED TO SEEK THEIR INPUT, SO WE'RE STILL SEEKING THEIR INPUT AND WOULD LIKE TO PORTRAY THAT TO CITY COUNCIL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

SO WE HAVE WE SENT WE HAD A DISCUSSION JUST TO REALLY OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT CURRENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

I KNOW SOME WERE CONCERNED ABOUT INPUT, MAYBE NOT BEING VALUED NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO AGAIN REFINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE ELIMINATING THE REDUNDANCIES.

SO WE'VE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARKS BOARD TO PROVIDE INPUT AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON COMMENTS.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING TO DATE.

AND IF I MAY ADD, JUST FROM THE COUNCIL STANDPOINT, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE FACT THAT WE HAD STAFF DOING THE SAME THING FOR BOTH GROUPS, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, CREATING AN AGENDA, DOING THE RESEARCH, HAVING ITEMS ADDRESSED ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, ON THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, HAVING STAFF ATTEND EXTRA MEETINGS AT NIGHT.

SO IT WAS JUST LIKE A LOT OF LIKE SHE SAID, REDUNDANCY.

WE WERE DOING A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER IN MY MIND, FROM WHAT I ALWAYS RECALL WAS THAT ABLC WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BUDGETING EXPENDITURES, YOU KNOW, GOING TO FUND A PARK OR THEY'VE GOT TO FUND A REC CENTER GOING TO FUND THIS.

AND THEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS THE ONE WHO GOES OUT, ROLLS OUT WHATEVER WAS PAID FOR, BOUGHT.

THEN THEY WOULD DO THEIR PROGRAMING THAT ASSOCIATE TO WHATEVER THE WIDGET WAS, WHATEVER THE STRUCTURE OR WHATEVER THE ASSET WAS THAT WAS CREATED.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABLC WAS IN MY MIND AS WELL, IS THAT PROCESS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT KIND OF REMOVED ITSELF AND EVOLVED FROM 20 PLUS YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, BY LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE SAYS Y'ALL DO X, X, X, X AND X.

AND I THINK WE'VE KIND OF KIND OF JUST MOVED AWAY FROM THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT SOMEHOW AND JUST TRYING TO REGROUP AND FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THEY ALL KNOW STAFF IS GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER. AND BY DOING TWO GROUPS, IT'S JUST TAKING A LOT OF THEIR TIME WHEN THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY OR AT THE CITY HALL OR IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS.

AND THAT'S HOW SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION STARTED, WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

YES, I THINK BECAUSE OF CORPORATION WISE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD JUST LIKE A NONPROFIT ANYWHERE ELSE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS MANAGES.

BUT IT DOESN'T GET SO MUCH DAY TO DAY WEEDS IN THE GROUND TO THE PROGRAMING THAT FAR DOWN TO THE PERSON WHO GETS ON THE BUS AND GOES SOMEWHERE.

IT'S WE'RE KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL OR A GROUP ORGANIZATION, SO TO SPEAK.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I SAW.

AND THEN COUNCIL STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT AND THE SAME THING.

IS IT REALLY THE BEST USE OF OUR STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY? HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE AND SHOW EFFICIENCIES? CHRIS WHITAKER, CITY MANAGER.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS MARY ALLUDED TO, SO THE PARKS BOARD WAS FOUNDED IN 1965, A BULK WAS INCORPORATED IN 2000 AND PROBABLY IN 2003 OR FOUR.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REVIEW LOOKING AT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERLAP AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL CORPORATION, TECHNICALLY I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS THE RIGHT ROLE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO BE IN. ANOTHER THING WE KIND OF SEEM TO ALWAYS PUSH OFF OR NOT PAY ATTENTION TO IS DRAINAGE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THREE PILLARS OF ABLC AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR WHAT? AND HOW ARE WE TAKING CARE OF THAT? AND SO I THINK THIS IS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THE WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS, BUT ALSO THEN GO FORWARD AND MAKE CHANGES.

AND SO WE PUT IT INTO POLICY SO IT DOESN'T GET DONE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IT GETS DONE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND WE FALL.

WE FOLLOW THE RULES.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO BE PRESENT BOARD.

I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY THAT'S RUNNING THIS, BECAUSE THAT HELPS IT STAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND THE INTENT IS JUST TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.

SO WHEN WE TAKE THIS BACK TO COUNCIL, WE CAN SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE PROBLEM, HERE'S SOME FEEDBACK, AND THEN GET WITH OUR ATTORNEY TO SAY THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.

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THANK YOU, SIR. AND MR. JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE FIRST ON THE NIGHT, SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SOAK IT IN AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.

PLEASE GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.

REACH OUT TO CHRIS OR MEGAN IN UPCOMING DAYS OR WEEKS, OR COME AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, COME AND FIGURE US OUT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU. I DID WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING THIS.

AND THE. IT WAS KIND OF LONG, BUT I DO REMEMBER IT BEING SAID THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY GET RID OF THE.

PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND IN THAT THEY COULD BE LIKE A SUB COMMITTEE OF THIS ONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT WOULDN'T REALLY I DON'T THINK SHE HAD REALLY STUDIED EXACTLY EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO WITH IT, BUT I DO REMEMBER.

THAT MUCH OF IT AND IT DID SOUND LIKE A LOT OF REDUNDANCY.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT, I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS YOU HAD TO GO BY THE CODE AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THAT.

BUT OKAY, I GUESS JUST BASED ON SEEING THIS, I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD, CLEAN UP, REVISIT, REDEFINE.

SO I THINK THAT ASPECT I THINK IS IS WONDERFUL.

I DON'T KNOW JUST FROM LOOKING AT THIS, BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY BEING MADE VERSUS THE CHARTER THAT WE'RE ALREADY OPERATING UNDER.

SO I THINK THAT WILL REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE STUDY ON MY PART.

BUT I LIKE WHAT I SEE.

I HAVE BEEN IN THESE MEETINGS.

IF YOU SPEND ANY TIME HERE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU SEE THE SAME PEOPLE THE SAME TIME, LATE NIGHTS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF REDUNDANCY.

SO TO LIGHTEN Y'ALL'S LOADS, I'M NOT EVEN LIGHTING IT JUST TO ELIMINATE TO VALUE YOUR TIME BETTER SO THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR JOB AND NOT HAVE TO DO.

YOUR JOB FOUR TIMES I THINK IS AWESOME.

SO I DON'T. I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION, RIGHT? NO, IT WAS JUST MORE DISCUSSION.

GET SOME FEEDBACK TO.

THEY CAN START FORMULATING A PLAN ON WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE, FIVE, TEN YEARS.

IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO GO? YEAH.

PERSONALLY, I LIKE COMMITTEES THAT ROTATE SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE TWO YEAR TERM AND AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING REELECTED, I LIKE THAT.

I PERSONALLY THINK IT WOULD BE IT'S NICE TO KNOW WHO THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE AND THAT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS AND A CHAIN OF COMMAND, SO TO SPEAK, PEOPLE TO GO TO.

SO I WANT A LITTLE CLARIFICATION JUST FROM YALL ALSO KIND OF LOOKING AT THE WAY WE'VE OPERATED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. I MEAN, ABLC'S HAD INPUT EVEN IN JUST LIKE OUR GUIDANCE THAT WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF LIKE WHEN WE'RE BUILDING NEW PARKS AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE KIND OF BOOKLET THAT WAS CREATED FOR STANDARDS.

AND SO LIKE IF WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN ELIMINATE THOSE REDUNDANCIES, SO THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD GO STRICTLY TO THE KIND OF PARKS BOARD AND THEN ABLC'S WOULD REALLY BE MORE FOCUSED LIKE FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE VERSUS THOSE KIND OF MORE DETAIL ORIENTED LIKE I GUESS POLICY PIECES.

IS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE POSSIBLY? SO THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE I MEAN, SOME OF WHAT IS OUTLINED IN THE CURRENT ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION REALLY AUTHORIZE US TO DO JUST THAT AND JUST WORK AS A FUNDING MECHANISM, FUNDING CORPORATION THAT YOU SAY, YES, BUT THERE IS A SMALL THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF, YOU KNOW, SO THAT COULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAKESIDE PARK OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT SO JUST TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA THAN MAYBE ABLC DID AS IT RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. THEY BOTH HAD INPUT.

AS IT RELATED TO THAT, WE CAN REFINE WHAT WE JUST REALLY THROUGH CITY MANAGER DIRECTING STAFF TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO ABLE TO DISCUSS WHAT IS APPROVED AND WHAT IS NOT APPROVED AS IT RELATES TO PARKS, RECREATION AND DRAINAGE AND MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

YOU COULD STILL AUTHORIZE THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE THINGS OR ELIMINATE THAT ENTIRELY FROM THEIR DUTIES.

SO THAT COULD BE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IS IF ABLC FUNDED A PROJECT, WE KNOW OK TYPICALLY WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE STAKEHOLDERS TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO RATHER THAN

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SO WE DO THAT ANYWAYS.

AND SOMETIMES THAT ALSO CAN BE IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT PARKS BOARD ENABLES WANTS.

SO AGAIN, MARRYING ALL OF THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER IS WHAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF THE DIFFICULTY IN THE PAST.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING THIS BOARD TO THINK ABOUT.

DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE A FUNDING BOARD THAT SAYS, YES, GET THE PROJECT DONE, JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL, WE APPROVE THIS, WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S IN THE CIP.

WE PRESENT THAT EACH YEAR AND YOU APPROVE X NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND THEN PARKS BOARD HELPS WITH.

IT COULD JUST BE POLICY, IT COULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROJECTS, IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.

BUT YES, SO JUST FOR SO LIKE I'M A VISUAL PERSON, SO I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THIS.

SO LIKE IN TERMS OF LIKE WHEN A PROJECT ORIGINATES, IS THAT COMING LIKE FROM THE STAFF AND THEN IT GOES TO PARKS OR IT'S COMING FROM PARKS OR SLASH STAFF, HOW IT'S FUNDED. SO YOU MENTIONED THE ADA, LIKE THE PARK STANDARDS.

PARK STANDARDS CAME TO ABLC BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT.

OKAY, GOTCHA. SO IT ALSO WENT TO PARKS BOARD BECAUSE THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR PARKS.

AND SO IN THE CURRENT CODE OF ORDINANCES, IT NOTES THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE INVOLVE BOTH ENTITIES.

SO A LOT OF IT IS WHERE IT'S FUNDED.

SAME THING WITH THE ADA SELF EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN.

ABC FUNDED THAT.

SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS AN UPDATE OF HERE'S OUR PROGRESS.

DO YOU APPROVE ADOPTION OF BEFORE IT BRINGS TO CITY COUNCIL? SO COURT ALSO WANTED INPUT ON THAT.

MAYBE YOU'LL SEE FONZIE PARKS LIKE WE WANT UPDATES ON FOREVER.

WHAT ABOUT THIS DESIGN? WHERE ARE WE DOING IT? THIS WAY. AGAIN, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING THIS OVER AND OVER.

SO WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL THEN, LIKE FOR ABLC MEMBERS TO ATTEND A PARTICULAR LIKE PARK MEETING SO THAT IT'S ONE PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE LIKE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A QUARTERLY MEETING WHERE YOU DO LIKE THE FUNDING PIECE THAT'S SOLELY ABLC, I MEAN THAT THAT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS, IT WOULD STAY FOCUSED.

YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS IT RELATES TO INPUT FROM THE PARKS BOARD.

BUT AGAIN, I DO NOT TO MUDDLE THE MESSAGE, BUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WAS CREATED QUITE SOME TIME AGO.

YOU NOW HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HELP GUIDE A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOUR STAKEHOLDERS AND YOUR COMMUNITY ARE GUIDING THAT DEVELOPMENT, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO RECONSIDER WHAT THE OVERALL DUTIES OF PARKS BOARD WOULD BE.

ONE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING WAS WE HAVE ADOPTED A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE ALSO HAVE A DOWNTOWN LIVERPOOL CENTER STUDY THAT HAVE PARK ELEMENTS.

WE ALSO NOW HAVE AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

IT COULD BE THE OVERSIGHT OF ARE YOU ACTUALLY COMPLETING THESE ITEMS? AND IT COULD SIMPLY BE THAT WHICH WOULD HELP US RECOMMEND TYPE PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE TAKE TO AB.

LC THAT THEY EITHER APPROVE OR REJECT.

SO IT COULD BE AGAIN, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT YOU NOW HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT IS A PROFESSIONALIZED STAFF THAT CAN CREATE THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT GUIDE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AS IT RELATES TO PARK DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE QUESTION REALLY IS WHAT DO WE NEED THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR? IT'S GREAT TO HAVE AN ADVOCACY GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF WE CAN'T PINPOINT WHAT THEIR DUTIES ARE, THEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? WHAT DO WE WANT THAT PURPOSE TO BE? SORRY NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

SO, LIKE, IS THE FEELING ON COUNCIL THAT THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT PARKS PIECES OR THE PARKS BOARD IS LIKE AN ADVOCACY AND IN TOUCH WITH THE PUBLIC PEACE? OR ARE WE LIKE I GUESS WHERE'S KIND OF COUNCIL SITTING ON THAT? I THINK JUST BY TALKING TO THE FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY ARE VERY LARGE ADVOCATES OF PARKS, THE PARKS BOARD, THEY ARE A HUGE ADVOCATE OF THAT, ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR HISTORY. THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

SO I THINK THEY'RE A GOOD ADVOCATE OF THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO EITHER WAY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS EFFICIENCY.

THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN CITY HALL DAY TO DAY? WELL, WELL, AND FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK VOLUNTEERS TIME IF WE'RE.

BUT ONE OF THE I GUESS ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME DURING WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE PARKS BOARD.

AND IF I SAY IT WRONG, LET ME KNOW.

A COUPLE PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WHAT IF THEY WERE THE ADVOCATE AND VOICE OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE THE PARKS BOARD? I SAID, WELL, BUT I THINK ABLC, I MEAN, YOU ALL THE SAME PEOPLE, WE'RE ALL RESIDENTS.

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THERE IS NO US VERSUS THEM.

IT'S WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

RIGHT? AND SO AS I SAID, IF THE RIGHT PEOPLE AREN'T ON THE PARKS AND OR ABLC BOARD, THEN THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S.

POSITION TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BOARD TO CREATE THAT SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOT KIDS OR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S A LEADERSHIP THING NOT A BOARD FUNCTION THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM THE LITTLE BIT THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I DO THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE TOO MANY WHATEVER THE ADAGE IS TOO MANY HANDS IN THE PIE.

THAT MAKES IT VERY INEFFICIENT.

AND I THINK DEFINING AND CLEANING UP WHAT YOUR ROLE IS MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO COME ON NOW, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT OUR DECISIONS WERE MONETARY DECISIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT CRITERIA, NOT THAT WE WERE ALSO DECIDING WHAT KIND OF AMENITIES WE'RE GOING TO GO IN.

AND I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WHO WANT WHO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT, ALSO WANTING TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT WHAT THAT MONEY IS SPENT ON.

BUT I THINK CLEANING THOSE LINES MAKES IT A LOT NICER.

SO MY INPUT IS TO DEFINE THE ROLES.

AND I PERSONALLY LIKE THIS ENTITY.

AS A KIND OF MONETARY DECISION AND THEN, LIKE A LOT OF GIFTS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND.

NOW YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ON OR WHOEVER FIGURES OUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY LET ME CLARIFY.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS MUCH MONEY TO LAKESIDE.

NOW, HOW YOU UTILIZE THAT IS UP TO YOU.

NOT FOR US TO NECESSARILY MICROMANAGE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE, BUT THAT'S.

MY $0.02 WORTH.

SO I THINK I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND THE INPUT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AND THE CLARIFICATION OF THE ROLES OF THE BOARDS. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET ON A BOARD, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

YEAH, I KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO IF WE'VE ALREADY GOT A BOARD THAT KIND OF FILLS THAT ADVOCACY ROLE AND THEN THEY'RE I THINK THEIR SCOPE IS ALSO LARGER THAN OURS BECAUSE IT GOES BEYOND JUST WHAT WE CAN FUND, WHAT THEY CAN PUT INPUT INTO.

IS THAT THE WAY TO PUT INPUT? SORRY, THAT SOUNDED FUNNY.

SO I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF US JUST BEING MORE OF THAT KIND OF BUDGET MONETARY FOCUS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF POLICY AND LIKE DIRECT FEEDBACK LIKE FROM CONSTITUENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND THEN YOU HAVE PARKS BOARD FOR THAT PIECE.

WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUND LIGHTING AT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS.

YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER IT'S.

WHERE THE LIGHTING IS BLACK, WHETHER IT'S BLACK CHROME OR, YOU KNOW, OR SOMEBODY ELSE CAN DECIDE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING AND WHERE A LOT OF THIS CAME TO LIGHT WAS DURING LAKESIDE.

I MEAN, GOSH, Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WAS SPENT BETWEEN THIS BOARD, THAT BOARD AND THOSE FOLKS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING.

SO IF WE CAN STREAMLINE IT.

WHO KNOWS? I'M JUST GONNA THROW THAT OUT THERE.

WHAT IF YOU MARRY THE TWO BOARDS TOGETHER? I'M JUST SAYING, YOU NEVER KNOW.

BUT I THINK THEY'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO PITCH TO THIS BOARD, THAT BOARD AND COUNCIL, AND SEE WHERE WE CAN FIND THE HAPPY MEDIUM.

AND I THINK WITH SOME CROSS REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARDS LIKE YOU HAVE, I THINK THE KEY WORD, WHETHER IT WAS YOU OR YOU WHO SAID EFFICIENCY, DO WE STILL HAVE CROSS REPRESENTATION? I THINK I DIDN'T I SEE SOMETHING THAT OH, OKAY.

I WAS GOING TO SAY DIDN'T.

HE IS ON ABLC NOW HE WILL JUST BE HE IS A NEWER ADDITION TO APPEALS BUT HE ALSO SERVES ON THE.

OK GOT YOU. AND THEN.

AND THEN IT SAYS THAT YOU WANT.

AREN'T TWO OF THE DIRECTORS SUPPOSED TO BE? OH, TWO SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYEES.

WELL, TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A BLOCK.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS ANOTHER HICCUP.

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OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ITEM NUMBER TWO.

OKAY. HERE. YOU'RE NOT GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

IT GIVES THEM A LITTLE FEEDBACK AND COME UP WITH A VISION FOR ANGLETON IN THE FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION.

[3. Discussion and possible action on Angleton Better Living Corporation contingency fund projects for fiscal year 2022-2023.]

MISS MEGHAN YES.

SO THE LAST TIME WE MET WAS ACTUALLY JUNE 6TH AND WE WERE DIRECTED TO COME BACK WITH SOME PROJECTS FOR CONTINGENCY FUNDS. WHAT I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THAT JUNE SIX MEETING BUT WERE NOT ACTIVELY VOTED ON WERE THE.

DIRECTION TO PURSUE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR FREEDOM PARK, PASSIVE TRAIL, AND THE AMOUNT OF AROUND $65,000 ON THAT NORTHERN TRACK.

THAT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE CONCOURSE DEVELOPMENT AND COSTELLO ENGINEERS OUT THERE CLEARING THE SITE.

THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXCAVATION LATER ON IN 2023, POSSIBLY EVEN LATE THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THAT SITE WILL BE PRETTY MUCH PREPARED FOR US TO MOVE ON TO A DEVELOPMENT STAGE.

BUT FIRST, PRIOR TO DOING THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT SITE DESIGN DEVELOPED.

SO THIS IS A PROPOSAL FROM BURDETT, WHO WE USED FOR THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN OR EXCUSE ME, MASTER PLAN FOR FREEDOM PARK.

WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO COME BACK WITH A VARIETY OF PRIORITIES FOR THE INGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

THERE WERE SOME CATEGORIES THAT WERE PRIORITIZED, WHICH INCLUDED LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY, RESTROOM AND LOCKER ROOM ISSUES, PLUMBING, FIXTURE REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT.

AND THIS IS ALL BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PRIORITY LISTING THERE IN YOUR AGENDA SUMMARY.

AND I DO WANT TO TELL YOU WE LATER ADDRESS THIS BY AREA AS FAR AS OUR QUOTES GO, JUST BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE FINDING WAS IF WE GO IN AND WE ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING OR RESTROOM AND LOCKER PLUMBING AND FIXTURE REPLACEMENT, I JUST HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE INCLUDED IN THAT.

THOSE ITEMS, IT WOULD FAR EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AND CONTINGENCY.

AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO SEPARATE IT BY AREA.

FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE THE AEROBICS ROOM, THEIR GYM WEIGHT ROOM, HALLWAYS.

WHEN WE START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE FIXTURES, EVEN ADDRESSING SOME ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE RESTROOM, ONCE YOU START MOVING SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE RESTROOM PARTITIONS OR THE FIXTURES, YOU'RE CREATING NEW HOLES AND NEW THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF CAUSING A NOT AS MUCH OF A PUT TOGETHER LOOK AS YOU WOULD HOPE WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RENOVATIONS.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE LOCKER ROOMS. WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS FLOORING IN THE LOCKER ROOMS, BUT NOT IN THE HALLWAY THAT IT CONNECTS TO, THEN IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE REST OF THE FACILITY.

SO IT REALLY IMPACTS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN JUST X PRIORITY.

SO WE'VE GROUPED IT IN THESE AREAS FOR THAT REASON.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS COLLECTION PROCESS IS REALLY TO TACKLE AN AREA ALONG WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.

FOR INSTANCE, THE AEROBICS ROOM ADDRESSING THE LIGHTING IN THAT AREA, PAINTING ON THE WALLS, THE FLOORING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, THE SHADE ON THE WINDOWS AND THAT LIGHTING AREA.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN YOUR PACKET.

AND REALLY WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE ALL OF THIS FOR YOU GUYS FOR DISCUSSION SO THAT WE HAD A BETTER IDEA OF HOW YOU WANTED TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE AROUND 160,000 TO WORK WITH THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

SO GREAT.

SO TO ME, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN DEFINING THE ROLES.

SURE. BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU HAVE TO TRUST.

AND I KNOW THAT'S SCARY FOR FOUR FOUR, BUT YOU GUYS ARE THERE.

YOU'RE AT THE REC CENTER ALL THE TIME.

THE WORKERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY KNOW.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT I, I THINK IF I REMEMBER FROM JUNE, YOU GUYS GAVE US A PRIORITIZED LIST.

WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE WAY THAT Y'ALL HAD PRIORITIZED IT.

SO WE ASKED YOU TO COME BACK WITH ANOTHER PRIORITIZED LIST AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY A GOOD USE OF ANYBODY'S TIME BECAUSE IT TOOK YOU A LONG TIME TO GET TO THAT AND YOU HAD A METHOD TO YOUR MADNESS TO COME UP WITH THAT LIST IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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PROBABLY. UH, AS YOU AS I AND A QUESTION.

AS I LOOK AT THESE, YOU HAVE YOUR 1-13 AT THE TOP AND THEN YOU HAVE IT KIND OF ITEMIZED IN THE COLLECTED AREAS.

ARE YOUR AREAS IN PRIORITY ORDER? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE DID IT.

NO, THEY AREN'T.

BUT WE DID DO IT IN LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE AEROBICS ROOM.

YOU COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS ALL AEROBICS ROOM OR I SAY AEROBICS ROOM, MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THIS YEAR, WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH YOUR GYM, THE WEIGHT ROOM, IF YOU INCLUDE.

WE ALSO HAVE LET ME PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND AND TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT THERE'S NOW NEW INFORMATION THAT MAKES THIS INFORMATION OLD. FOR INSTANCE, THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

WELL, SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN ADDRESSES DEFICIENCIES IN THE WEIGHT ROOM THAT MAY IMPACT THE NEED FOR EXPANSION.

SO WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS, YOU CAN'T REALLY TACKLE THE WEIGHT ROOM RENOVATIONS WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WEIGHT ROOM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OF THESE NEW ADA IMPACTS.

SO WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE JUST CHANGING CONSTANTLY.

WE JUST WENT OUT FOR AN RFQ FOR HELP ME OUT, CHRIS.

IS IT THE ENERGY SAVINGS FOR LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WITH LED LIGHTING? SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS ALL OF THE LIGHTING DEFICIENCIES IN THIS PROJECT SUMMARY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REC CENTER WITH SOME REBATES OR LOANS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET.

SO AGAIN, IT'S FAST MOVING IN THE CITY.

A MONTH GOES BY AND THE WHOLE SCENARIO IS CHANGED.

SO I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THERE MAY BE VALUE IN SAYING WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE CONTINGENCY FUNDS, BUT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH THAT AND PUT IT WHERE YOU THINK IS MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY AND THE DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE PRESENTED WITH.

AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT, JUST CLARIFICATION, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT AFTER WE'VE DEFINED ROLES, THEORETICALLY WE SAY, OKAY, X NUMBER, IF A B, LC IS THAT WE SAY X NUMBER OF DOLLARS AND THEN YOU WORK WITH THE PARKS BOARD OR THE PARKS BOARD WORKS WITH Y'ALL OR DO OR IS IT JUST Y'ALL? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW THOSE DUTIES ARE.

YES. WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

IF STAFF IS TASKED WITH, HEY, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LIGHTING, WE DON'T NEED PARKS BOARD TO DETERMINE WHAT LIGHTING.

IF WE'RE BEING THE BEST STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS.

RIGHT. WE'RE REQUIRED ACTUALLY TO DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING ANYWAYS.

SO THERE'S MECHANISMS IN PLACE THAT HELP US BE THE BEST STEWARDS OF CITY DOLLARS.

CAN I JUST GO TO QUESTIONS? YES. NOW THAT THE ADA POLICY IS THAT WHAT IS A SELF EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED JUST FOR THIS PHASE? IS IT DOES THAT.

CREATE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT IS PRIORITY? ABSOLUTELY. WE WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ANY TIME WE LOOK AT.

YEAH. IS THERE A TIME? SPECIFICATION TIME LIMIT OR DOES THAT NEED TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY? JUST THAT WE HAVE? HOW THE PLAN IS EVALUATED IS HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PRIORITIES.

AND SO THE PLAN THAT WE JUST ADOPTED, THE CITY HAS SAID WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TACKLE THE ITEMS LISTED IN A FIVE YEAR SPAN, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT AROUND 200,000 A YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, THEY'RE NOT ALL AT THE RECREATION CENTER THERE THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM.

AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS HOW WE'RE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.

ARE THEY EQUITABLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR ARE WE JUST ISOLATING IN ONE AREA? SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

BUT YES, THEY ARE.

WE WANT TO TACKLE THE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS AND WE CAN DO THAT JUST LIKE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THOSE ITEMS IN MIND SO THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING IT WHILE YOU'RE DOING THOSE RENOVATIONS OR DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH, THAT WAS TWO TOGETHER.

YES, MR. JOHN. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR THE CITY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T TACKLE THE WHOLE CITY.

AND SO THEY REALLY THEY GAVE US A TIMELINE TO GET THE ASSESSMENT DONE AND THEN GET PLAN OF ACTION.

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BUT WE'RE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGES OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.

BUT IN THAT PLAN WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR FIVE YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION.

WE MAY GET THERE THROUGH BOND FOR OUR.

PROBABLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT IF THAT'S A PRIORITY, YOU'LL SEE YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT WITH YOUR CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

IT'S REALLY HOW YOU WANT TO DIRECT YOUR FUNDS.

SO I SEE WHERE IT'S A CONTINGENCY FUND OF 160.

IS THAT THE WHOLE LINE ON IT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LEFT IN THAT LINE ITEM IF WE HIT THIS.

IF WE.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE WANTING TO GO AND LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH WE WANT TO SPEND OUT OF THIS 160.

IS THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY.

THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE LIGHTING IS THE MAIN PRIORITY.

IT IS. BUT AGAIN, I'LL JUST NOTE AND CHRIS MAY HAVE MORE TO SAY, THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH KIND OF AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDIT AND A LOT OF THAT WILL IDENTIFY LIGHTING AS A DEFICIENCY THAT WE MAY THEN BE ABLE TO PURSUE ON EITHER A GRANT OR LEASE OR THERE'S A VARIETY OF AND. OH, GO AHEAD.

SO THE WHAT THE COMPANIES DO IS THEY COME IN AND THEY LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING AND THEY TRY TO FIND.

I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, WE USE LIGHTING.

IF OUR BUDGET'S $10,000 A YEAR IN LIGHTING, BUT WE'VE GOT ALL THE LIGHTING AND THEY CAN SPEND.

THEY COULD BUY LED LIGHTS THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WILL I MEAN RIGHT AWAY REDUCE YOUR LIGHT BILL.

THAT ENERGY SAVINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING ON THE BILL PAYS FOR YOUR LIGHTING AND SO WITH LIKE LEDS AGAIN BECAUSE THEY LAST SO LONG THE MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND ON THE LIGHTS AND THE MONEY.

AND THEORETICALLY, A LOT OF THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MONEY.

SO IF YOU'RE AGAIN, SPENDING THAT MONEY ON ELECTRICITY AND NOW YOU'RE NOT.

THAT DELTA IS PAYING FOR YOUR LOANS, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT REDUCED COST RIGHT AWAY, BUT YOU'RE GETTING THAT EFFICIENCY OVER A LONG TIME.

AND SO WHOEVER WE HIRE, ASSUMING WE HIRE SOMEONE AT THE END OF OCTOBER, WILL COME IN AND AND DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE REC CENTER, CITY HALL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT FOR ALL THE FACILITIES.

AND SO I'D RECOMMEND WE WAIT A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES TO FIGURE OUT IF WE DO THE LIGHTING PIECE OR NOT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OTHER VALUABLE PROJECTS THAT WHETHER IT'S 80, A RELATED OR SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.

WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT? SO IF IT STARTS IN OCTOBER, LIKE SO, WE PROBABLY WON'T HIRE THE COMPANY THE END OF OCTOBER.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TARGETING FOR THEM TO COME TO COUNCIL AND DO A PRESENTATION.

SO BY THE TIME THEY WOULD GET ROLLING, IT WOULD BE KNOW NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, YOU GET THE HOLIDAYS, YOU GIVE THEM SIX MONTHS.

RIGHT. AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S ALL THE PROGRAMS. HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR IN HOUSE COST.

IF YOU WANT TO BORROW $1,000,000 OR $2 MILLION, YOU CAN DO THESE ADDITIONAL ENERGY SAVING PROJECTS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST LIGHTING, IT'S AC UNITS.

IT'S STUFF DOWN AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IT'S BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEMS. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS INVOLVED IN THEIR PROGRAM.

MS. EBY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND NOW I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

MY FIRST QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE TO MEGAN OF YOUR AREAS ADDRESSED THE AEROBICS ROOMS, THE GYMS, THE WEIGHT ROOMS, THE HALLWAYS, THE EXTERIOR. YOU KNOW HOW YOU HAVE IT BROKEN UP THAT WAY.

DO Y'ALL IS THERE A SENSE THAT ONE OF THOSE IS A PRIORITY OVER.

OTHERS. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I MEAN, YES, THE RESTROOM, LOCKER ROOM, ALL OF THAT AND THE PARTITIONS.

THAT IS A PRIORITY.

BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD IMPACT THE FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY.

AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE IT HAS IT RELATES TO THE FIRST ONE.

IF WE ARE PROVIDING DIRECTION TO PURSUE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT COMING OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY FUND, IT WOULD.

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WELL, I. PERSONALLY AGAIN.

AND I DON'T Y'ALL CAN'T GO FORWARD UNTIL YOU DO THAT.

RIGHT? YOU CAN'T GO FORWARD WITH YOUR DESIGN UNTIL WE HAVE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AND THERE ARE THOSE CAMPS OF PEOPLE WHO WHY ARE YOU HIRING SOMEBODY TO TELL YOU WHAT DIRECTION TO DO AND WHY AREN'T WE? I GET THAT. AND SO JUST ON THAT NOTE, ONE THING THAT I HAD USED, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A LANGUAGE THAT CONFUSES PEOPLE, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, IT'S NOT.

WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONCEPTUALIZING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO THAT IS DONE.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS THE ACTUAL ENGINEER DRAWINGS THAT WE CAN PUT OUT TO BID FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT SKILL SET TO DO THAT IN THE HOUSE.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

SO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LIKE RELATIVELY LIMITED FUNDS COMPARED TO LIKE SOME OF THE PROJECTS, LIKE IF YOU'RE DOING AN ENTIRE ROOM OR AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FLOORING LIKE IS I FEEL SILLY ASKING THIS.

IS THERE AN OPTION TO JUST RETAIN THOSE FUNDS UNTIL LIKE LATER? SO WE BUILD UPON IT SO WE CAN COMPLETE OUR FUNDS? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE MOST ADVISABLE THING, BUT I WAS JUST I REALLY LIKE THAT, AT LEAST INITIALLY.

I'D LIKE I PERSONALLY AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE MOVE OR WHATEVER AS WE'RE TALKING, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE HANG UP WITH THE 64,000 WAS.

BUT I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED MORE CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE.

BUT NOW THAT ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE THAT WERE TAKING PLACE, LIKE THE LIGHTING, LIKE THE HAVE HAVE.

A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PICTURE IN THE WORKS.

SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

I WOULD LIKE US.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US.

EARMARK THAT MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DESIGN.

DEVELOPMENT ON FREEDOM PARK.

AND IF I WERE TO CALL MAGGIE OR CHRIS.

OUR TIMELINE IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY HEAVILY WEIGHTED DOWN BY THAT CONCOURSE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE DON'T THEY NEED THE DART AND STUFF? SO THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THIS PIECE MOVING, THOSE HOW MUCH DIRT AND WATER MOVE DIRT FROM BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO NEED DIRT ON THEIR PROJECT.

IF WE'RE DELAYING, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET DELAYED.

SO I WILL TELL YOU, THE POND EXCAVATION HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED.

GOTCHA. SO THEY WORKED WITH THE COMPANY THAT DID FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN SO THAT IT ALIGNED WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

THEY'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB WORKING WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE HIRED.

AND SO THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT US.

BUT WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THE POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION THROUGH TPW FUNDS, THROUGH THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS GRANT, THROUGH TPW, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A 80/20 MATCH, I THINK, OR IT MAY BE A 50/50, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT WITH PURSUING THIS ONE.

THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WAS WHY ARE WE GOING OUT FOR PROJECTS THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO COMPLETE THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION? WHICH PROJECTS COULD WE GO DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND COMPLETE, POTENTIALLY COMPLETE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION WITH FUNDS THAT WE HAVE? AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DISCUSSED.

OKAY. AND I'M LIKE WITH MS. EBY, WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 64,000.

MAYBE WE HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONTINGENCY UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY BURNING, DESIRING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT'S EITHER A SAFETY ISSUE OR A HAZARD.

YOU KNOW, MAY YOU COME TO THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF X, Y, AND Z? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN CONTINUE COLLECTING QUOTES AND BIDS ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE STILL I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON ANSWERS FOR.

AND THEN ALSO WE ARE IN A NEW FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE DO HAVE A BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET.

IF WE GET INTO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THAT IS WHAT THAT LINE ITEM IS FOR.

WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS UNTIL YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LARGER ITEM.

THAT'S THE DIRECTION I'D LIKE TO GO, BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, OKAY, PAINTING, PAINTING WOULD AT LEAST MAKE IT FRESHEN IT UP, MAKE IT LOOK BRIGHTER.

THAT'S A GOOD START.

BUT IS THAT A GOOD USE OF THE FUNDS? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT, BUT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AND RIP OUT THE COUNTERS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME.

YOU KNOW IT.

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AND I CAN'T SEPARATE ANYTHING ON HERE THAT ISN'T CONNECTED TO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO MY BRAIN WORKS WELL WITH THESE ROOMS. I LIKE THAT CONNECTION.

AND WE CAN'T DO A WHOLE ROOM.

AND WE SHOULDN'T DO A WHOLE ROOM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY ALL INVOLVE LIGHTING AND YOU CAN DO IT.

I'M JUST ADVISING.

SURE. NO PRUDENT ADVICE.

RIGHT. YEAH.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON EVEN WITH THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS OR AEROBICS ROOMS AS IT'S LISTED IN HERE.

WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE ADDITIONAL QUOTES.

AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A PACKAGE THAT WE BRING TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

BECAUSE THERE IS A TRANSITION IN THE FLOORING.

THEY'LL LIKELY BE THEY CURRENTLY ARE ALREADY ARE DIFFERENT FLOORING.

SO AS YOU TRANSITION INTO THE HALLWAY, SO THAT ONE'S A NICE ISOLATED AREA THAT WE COULD PROBABLY TACKLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LIGHTING AND REALLY IMPROVE WHAT THAT SPACE LOOKS LIKE, WHICH IS A RENTABLE SPACE.

IT PROVIDES US ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

SO YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS THAT WAY TO NOT ONLY DO OUR MEMBERSHIPS USE IT, BUT INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY THAT DON'T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP THAT UTILIZE IT FOR RENTALS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT IMPROVEMENT ALSO.

SOUNDS GOOD, THOUGH.

I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT THEN.

SO. DO YOU NEED A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE.

TAKE THE $64,638 OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

UM. FOR THE USE OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR FREEDOM PARK SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SECONDED. MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER EBY SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER RITTER AND HE FURTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE. MOVING ALONG OUT OF NUMBER FOR DISCUSSION.

[4. Discussion and possible action on funding the land acquisition for Abigail Arias Park.]

MS. MEGAN SO AGAIN, OUR LAST ABC MEETING, WE DID HAVE DIRECTION FROM ABLC TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT FOR ABIGAIL AREAS PARK OUT OF THE DESIGNATED LAND ACQUISITION ACCOUNT.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE IN THE WAYS IN WHICH WE BRING THE PAYMENT OF THAT LAND ACQUISITION TO ABLC AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECONCILED THIS LAND ACQUISITION.

AND SO WE ARE BRINGING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OR FEW RATHER OPTIONS, ONE BEING SPLITTING THE LAND ACQUISITION PAYMENT BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND, ABLC AND PARKLANDS EDUCATION.

SO THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE AROUND 60,000 FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS.

OPTION TWO, SPLITTING THE LAND ACQUISITION PAYMENT BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND ABLC LAND ACQUISITION AMOUNTING TO JUST AROUND 90,000 OR OPTION THREE SPLIT THE LAND ACQUISITION PAYMENT BETWEEN PARKLAND DEDICATION AND ABLC.

SEE AGAIN AROUND 90,000 THERE.

THESE ARE JUST OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH.

IF YOU HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR FUNDING, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DISCUSS IT.

WE ARE TRYING TO CLOSE OUR BOOKS OR WE WILL.

MAYBE I'M USING THE WRONG LANGUAGE.

WE WILL BE CLOSING OUR BOOKS OCTOBER 31ST.

AND SO WE REALLY DO NEED ACTION OUT OF THIS ITEM SO THAT STAFF HAS DIRECTION ON HOW TO HANDLE THE LAND ACQUISITION.

SO WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I'LL LEAVE UP TO YOU FIRST.

THERE IS A SMALL NOTE IN HERE.

WE MAY HAVE SOME POTENTIAL FUNDING FROM THE GLO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

IF CITY COUNCIL DOES PROVIDE STAFF WITH DIRECTION TO APPROVE FUNDS TOWARDS THAT LAND ACQUISITION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS.

AND SO STAFF HAS NOT GONE TO CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE.

AND JUST I GUESS FOR BACKGROUND, THIS WAS FOR THE ABLC MEMBERS.

THIS IS WHERE THAT WHO DOES WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW.

AND SO THIS TO ME THE VISION OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE GROUNDWORKS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

ABLC FUNDS IT AND THEN THE ABLC PARKS WILL THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE PARK WORK OR WHAT THE PROGRAM IN THE WEEDS AND THE GROUND STUFF. AND SO AND THAT WAS ALSO I THINK SOME SEDIMENTS ON COUNCIL IS THIS IS A PARK SYSTEM PART OF THE PARK SYSTEM AND ASSET WHO PAYS FOR THE ASSET TYPICALLY ABLC AND THEN FROM THERE THEN THE REST COMES OUT OF THE PARKS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S THE PROGRAM GOING TO BE, WHAT'S THE

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SO I JUST THAT'S HOW THIS THOUGHT PROCESS CAME ABOUT ON SOME OF US ON COUNCIL.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, BUT BY SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS, THIS IS KIND OF THE WHAT THEY ENVISION HAPPENING COMING OUT OF THIS PROJECT.

SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I PERSONALLY I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THESE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I KNOW OUR BUDGET WELL ENOUGH.

AND I WISH OUR ACCOUNTANT WERE HERE TO DO ADVICE THAT WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IN THE BACK.

OKAY, SO BASED ON OUR BUDGET.

LOOKING AT THE THREE OPTIONS.

IS THERE ONE THAT THAT STRIKES YOU AS.

HONESTLY MORE ADVANTAGEOUS.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE LIKE SIX WEEKS, SO I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THIS OUT MYSELF, RIGHT? FROM A GENERAL FUND PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD RATHER THAN MONEY NOT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT IT CAME OUT OF SOME OTHER FUNDING.

BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I LIKE TO.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE THE WAY WE SPEND GENERAL FUND MONEY.

AND. SO.

I'M GOING TO LEAN TOWARDS GENERAL FUND PAYING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

JUST BECAUSE OF MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY.

LIKE YOU SAID, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD GRASP ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO.

I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOUNG OR DEFER TO CHRIS BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.

AMEN. SO, MEGAN OR CHRIS.

WHAT IF WE DECIDED IT WOULD COME FROM A BLC? IS THERE FUNDING IN THE ABLC TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETE PURCHASE OF THE ABIGAIL PART? IS THERE SOME IS THAT FUNDING OPEN THERE? ABLC DOES HAVE A FUN BALANCE.

THE PERCENTAGE OF WHICH YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN WILL BE IMPACTED BY WHAT YOU APPROVE.

SO WHEN JOE MORROW SPOKE TO ABC, I BELIEVE IT WAS A 25% THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR FUND BALANCE IN ABLC.

SEE, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DO WITH GENERAL FUND.

YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BETTER THAN I CAN.

BUT AGAIN, WITH OUR TAX INCOME THAT IS COMING IN, IT'S TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

SO WE REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATED TO WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.

WE LITERALLY USED THE SAME REVENUE, SALES TAX REVENUE AS THIS PAST YEAR IN ORDER TO BUILD UP THE ABLC FUND BALANCE. SO THAT WAS THE APPROACH THAT ABLC TOOK TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE RATHER THAN SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF 8%.

SO. AND I'M NOT PLAYING ON MY PHONE.

I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THE SALES TAX REPORT THAT WE JUST GOT A FEW DAYS AGO.

THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF THUMBING THROUGH.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, JASON, WHAT'S THAT? I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 8%.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, ABOUT 8% FROM LAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT TYPICALLY I MEAN, WE YEAH, WE THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.

IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

I MAY BE MISSPEAKING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE ANTICIPATED, I BELIEVE IT WAS A 12%, WHICH WAS WE WERE HOPEFUL.

AND SO THAT IS WHY ABLC WANTED TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE THIS NEXT YEAR BY ADOPTING THE SAME SALES TAX REVENUE AS THIS YEAR.

BUT TYPICALLY YOU'RE SEEING AN 8% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL IF WE STAY ON THAT TRACK.

FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE CAN REPLENISH SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE COMING BACK IN.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S. WE WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THE RISK THEY MAY NOT.

SURE. 7.56.

YES. 17.56 YES.

I JUST ROUND IT. I ROUND IT TO 8, I WAS CLOSE.

HEY, WHEN YOU TALK A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHAT'S WHAT'S A HALF PERCENT? WHAT IS IN FRONT BALANCE RIGHT NOW.

LIKE DOLLAR AMOUNT WISE.

DO YOU KNOW, SIR? DO YOU. YOU MEAN A BLT?

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ONE THING TO RECOMMEND IS ONE OF THE PRIOR MEMBERS OF ABLC.

MS. ROGERS WAS VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HAVING THE SHEET HERE EVERY MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE.

SO JUST AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE MEETINGS THAT.

THAT WAY WE HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US AND WE CAN JUST REFERENCE BACK TO IT EACH TIME.

WELL, Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT.

I'LL PULL UP WHAT WE HAD FOR JUNE.

SEE.

I GUESS FOR ME, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS REALLY.

THE TIMING OF THIS.

I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF STRETCHED RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS OTHER PARK OFF THE GROUND.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE DIRECTION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO EVEN FUND THE DESIGN OF THIS ONE.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUY MORE LAND FOR IT RIGHT NOW.

I GUESS FOR ABLC, THE QUESTION REALLY IS, ONE, IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS THERE, BUT TWO, IS THIS IN THE THE CURRENT SCOPE AND PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW? SO, JOHN, JUST TO GO BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED.

THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL LAND ACQUISITION.

SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECONCILED TO A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT.

THIS IS STILL OPEN FROM THE ORIGINAL OPEN.

WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE IT OUT BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST SO WE CAN CLOSE THE BOOKS.

OKAY. YES.

WELL, THEN I GUESS I HAVE TO ASK THEN WHAT WAS THIS IMPACT GOING TO HAVE ON THE THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR? HOW FAR UNDER HIS GENERAL FUND AT THE MOMENT? I'M TRYING TO GET SEPTEMBER CLOSED OUT, SO I CAN'T.

I DON'T KNOW YET. OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING BETTER PREPARED.

IT'S YOUR FIRST ONE. YOU'RE OKAY.

IT'S TOUGH TO JUMP INTO ALL THESE NUMBERS AND TRY TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEM ALL YET.

I'M LOOKING AT A MAY BUDGET.

AND THE LAND ACQUISITION IS 277,277.

WHICH WAS MARKED AS THE ADDITIONAL LAND FOR ABIGAIL IRIS, PARK.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL LAND, BUT THE COST OF THIS PIECE I'M SORRY.

179,631. YES.

OH, WAS THAT THE BIT FOR THE OTHER SIDE? MAYBE. OKAY.

AND THE.

I WILL TELL YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT JUNE FINANCIALS, TANISHA WAS SHOWING A CURRENT FUND BALANCE OF 68,000.

BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECONCILED ALL OF OUR.

SALES TAX. SO AND THEY HAD OVER APPROVED THE PROJECTS OUT OF THE PARK PROJECT LINE ITEM THAT WERE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED. AND THAT WAS JUST TO ITEMIZE THE SOFTBALL FIELD, SLIDING DOWN ON TENNIS COURTS, WHICH HASN'T BEEN EXPANDED YET.

THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN AND THE PARK STANDARDS MANUAL.

HOW MUCH DOES THE TENNIS COURTS.

SO THAT PROJECT HAS NOT PROCEEDED.

THEY APPROVED UP TO, I THINK IT WAS AROUND 50,000, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER.

MAYBE THERE'S A SOURCE.

I MEAN, I WANT THE TENNIS COURTS TO REHAB, TOO.

BUT IF WE'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE CUT SOMEWHERE OR DEFERRED TO THE NEXT FISCAL PERIOD.

AND SO THAT'S A GREAT POINT, JOHN, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT WORK HAS NOT COMMENCED.

IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR PERIOD.

DOWNING TENNIS COURTS WILL.

THAT'S A PROJECT THAT IS CARRYING OVER.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE FUNDS COMING OUT.

MM HMM. BUT SINCE YOU HAD IT LINE ITEM OUT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY REPLACE SOME OF THAT WITH THIS RIGHT FOR LAST BUDGET.

LESSENS THE BLOW. A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, TO ME, THOUGH, OPTION THREE IS THE OPTION TO GO IF WE'RE TRYING TO RECONCILE THIS.

WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE FINISH.

ABLC BUT IT SHOULD BE ALL ON ABLC.

IT'S A PARK. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT SHOULD ALL COME OUT OF ABLC OR IT SHOULD PARTIALLY BE OUT OF A PARTIALLY OUT OF PARKLAND

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AND IF YOU CAN GET THE THE LINE ITEM FOR THE TENNIS COURTS, WHICH WAS WHAT, AGAIN, 50.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO THOUSAND.

YOU HAVE 39,000 YOU CAN PULL FROM PARKLAND DEDICATION.

I THINK YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TOO.

RIGHT. SO IT WOULD COVER ALL OF THIS.

AND THERE IS DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN WHERE PARKLAND DEDICATION CAME FROM, CORRECT? SOME A LITTLE BIT.

RIGHT. BUT IN OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WE DON'T HAVE ZONING.

I KNOW IT'S NOT GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A NEED FOR A PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN FOR MEADOWS.

KYBER RESERVE.

YEAH. YEAH, RIGHT.

THOSE THAT AREA WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT.

IS CHARLENE STILL ON? MAYBE. I'LL SEE SHE'S DONE.

SHE STEPPED DOWN. OKAY.

IS IT POSSIBLE THEN? CAN. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET AN UPDATED BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AND THEN PERHAPS WE CAN? I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN.

VOTE. EMAIL WISE, NO.

NO HAS TO BE DONE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING.

OH, SURE.

[INAUDIBLE].

THE YEAR, THE PAST YEAR.

I MEAN, IF IT'S GOT TO GET DONE, IT'S GOT TO GET DONE.

YEP. THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT.

HE'S GOT TO CLOSE THE BOOKS FOR THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO THIS IS ALL BEING HELD UP FOR THAT.

THE GENERAL FUND BEING ABLC'S GENERAL FUND, THE CITY'S.

DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT? DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BOOKS CLOSED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE THE YEAR END? OR WHAT'S THE THE RULE? WE LAW.

WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR AUDIT COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BUT TO GET THE AUDIT COMPLETED ON A TIMELY BASIS WE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE IN OCTOBER.

WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE INTO NOVEMBER SOME TO GET.

YOU KNOW. WELL, I KNOW SOME OF THE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE MADE UNTIL NOVEMBER, LIKE THE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT COMES IN NOVEMBER.

THAT IS IN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE JUST FINISHED.

SO WE COULD THEORETICALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING WE HANDLE IN NOVEMBER.

BUT MOST THINGS I'D LIKE TO HAVE DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER, JUST SO WE CAN GET OUR AUDIT FINISHED ON TIME.

RIGHT. WELL, THE MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT, RIGHT? RIGHT. OH, YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED IT, SO.

YEAH. REALLY REIMBURSING THE CITY.

WE SAID, YEAH. I DO LIKE OPTION THREE.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE.

SELFISHLY, IT'D BE NICE TO SAY OPTION ONE, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S LESS MONEY OUT, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN A BIGGER PICTURE.

I AGREE. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR OPTION THREE? IT SOUNDS LIKE. MR. MAYOR.

MOVE. WE ADOPT OPTION THREE.

NOW. I'LL SECOND.

. HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RIGHT O GRACIOUSLY HAVE A SECOND DOWN HERE BY MR. VOS.

MR. VOS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES AN ITEM.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDED IN ANGLETON REC CENTER.

[5. Discussion and possible action on the number of family members included in Angleton Recreation Center family memberships.]

YES. AS MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE REVAMPED OUR STRUCTURE FOR RECREATION MEMBERSHIPS.

AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO CLEAR UP IS IN THE ACTUAL PACKAGE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, IT NOTED UP TO SIX INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT IS INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO LIMIT THAT.

WE HAVE VERY FEW MEMBERSHIPS THAT IMPACTS.

SO AND THEN YOU COME IN TO THE ISSUE OF, OKAY, WELL IF I HAVE OVER SIX INDIVIDUALS NOW, WHAT DO I DO TO PAY ADDITIONAL FEES AND MEMBERSHIP AND WHAT DOES THAT WORK OUT TO? SO IN SHORT, WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE THE CRITERIA THAT LIMITS FAMILY MEMBERSHIP CAPACITY IS SIX FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS

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HOW OFTEN DOES THIS COME UP AS AN ISSUE? YEAH, IT DOESN'T COME UP TOO OFTEN.

YOU DO SEE, I'LL TELL YOU, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT IS OVER THIS THRESHOLD WITH THEIR FAMILY, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD, IN THEIR SPOUSE.

BUT IT'S NOT.

WE RAN A REPORT.

I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT THAT WE DIDN'T FIND THAT IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT US TO THE POINT WHERE WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO KEEP THAT IN THERE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE.

SO THERE'S NOT LIKE A CONCERN PEOPLE ARE USING IT FOR LIKE AUNTS, UNCLES.

NO. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WE HAVE THAT LIMITATION IN HERE.

YOU DO HAVE TO UPON GETTING A MEMBERSHIP, YOU DO HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY THAT YOU CURRENTLY LIVE WITHIN THAT HOUSEHOLD, WHETHER IT'S A BILL IN YOUR NAME. SOME TYPE OF MAILING DOCUMENT.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE HOUSEHOLD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO WHO'S PAYING UNDER WHAT TAX.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

AND WE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING MUCH OF THAT.

OKAY. AND IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, CAN WE ALWAYS ADD IT BACK IN? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY BRING BACK TO YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. I MOVE, WE REMOVE THE CRITERIA THAT LIMITS FAMILY MEMBERSHIP CAPACITY TO SIX FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY DIRECTOR EBY SECONDED BY DIRECTOR RITTER AND HE FOR OUR DISCUSSION HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT BRINGS US TO THE PART OF THE AGENDA THAT EVERYBODY LIKES.

ADJOURNMENT I WILL SHOW US AD JOURNEY AT 6:37.

ENJOY YOUR EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.