Jun 12, 2023 Parks & Recreation Board

YEP, IT IS 5:31 CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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AND THE THIRD AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND 20 22-23 ADA SELF EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN ACTION ITEMS IDENTIFIED IN ANGLETON PARKS.

YES. SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IF YOU'LL PLEASE REVIEW THE MINUTES.

[1. Minutes from Regular Called meeting on April 10, 2023.]

AND ALSO HAVE DECLARED NOT TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING TONIGHT.

ARE YOU GOING TO STAY ON THE BOARD OR YOU DON'T KNOW YET? ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN JUST FOR TONIGHT? YOU DON'T KNOW YET? NO, I WON'T BE ON THE BOARD.

OH, YOU ARE GOING TO STEP DOWN, THEN? YES. WE WILL BE APPOINTING SOMEBODY TOMORROW TO REPLACE ME.

OKAY? YES.

THANK YOU, TERRY. AND SO WE WILL OPEN UP ITEM ONE FOR POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER YOUR REVIEW.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 10TH MEETING.

MM. OKAY.

AND THANKS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

OKAY. AND IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. PERFECT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 10TH? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN THAT MOTION CARRIES 4 TO 0.

SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND SIDEWALK INSTALLATION FROM HERITAGE COURT TO LAKESIDE PARK FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND

[2. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to fund a sidewalk installation from Heritage Court to Lakeside Park for accessibility and connectivity through parkland dedication fees.]

SO THIS ITEM HAS COME UP.

WE JUST RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD REGARDING PARK CONNECTIVITY.

WE WERE AIMING TO HAVE FULL CONNECTIVITY WITHIN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS LOCATED AROUND LAKESIDE PARK, SINCE IT IS OUR NEWEST PARK IN THE AREA.

WE RECENTLY INSTALLED A PARK CONNECTING FROM HERITAGE OAKS SUBDIVISION INTO LAKESIDE PARK AND WE'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME WITH HERITAGE COURT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO IF YOU NOTICE OR HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA, HERITAGE COURT DOES HAVE SIDEWALKS LEADING UP TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS CONNECTING TO THE PARK.

SO WE HAVE RECEIVED A PROPOSAL.

WE DID NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE PACKET BECAUSE WE DO WANT IT TO BE A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MEETING, WE HAVE PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE OR WILL PROVIDE YOU A GENERAL ESTIMATE OF AROUND $5,400 FOR THIS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANY DETAILED INFORMATION.

WE WILL HAVE TO, BECAUSE IT'S OVER 3000.

WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR INFORMAL QUOTES.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO COLLECT TWO MORE PROPOSALS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

I WAS LOOKING AT THAT ON MY WAY HERE TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CULVERT, I GUESS WILL HAVE TO BE RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S A DITCH ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SIGN, IT'S LIKE..

IT IS. IT IS.

AND OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENT HAS TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE USED MOST RECENTLY, AND THEY DO THINK THAT THEY CAN NAVIGATE AROUND BOTH THE TREE IN THE AREA AND ALSO THE SIGN.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANY OF THEIR HOA OR I GUESS THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY? WELL, YEAH, THEY HAVE BUILT OUT TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE.

SO THIS WOULD JUST BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT ALONG ENCHANTED OAKS DRIVE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

AND YOU'D MAKE IT ADA? IT WOULD. WE'D BE REQUIRED TO.

DID YOU SAY THAT? I MISSED IT.

I MAY NOT HAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

SO DOES THAT MEAN IT HAS TO BE WATER OR IT GOES TO THE STREET? WE WOULD LIKELY MAKE IT FIVE LIKE WE HAVE DONE WITH A MAJORITY OF THE CITY SIDEWALK INSTALLATIONS.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WILL THERE BE A CROSSWALK ALSO PAINTED ON THE ROAD AND A SIGN FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSING? WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT INTERNALLY AS A RECOMMENDATION SO THAT THERE IS VISIBILITY, LETTING THE TRAFFIC, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC KNOW THAT THERE IS CROSSING IN THAT AREA.

SO MINIMALLY, WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME VISUAL NOTIFICATION, LIKELY A CROSSWALK, BUT WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED THAT AT THIS POINT, AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS

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BUT TO ME, THAT WOULD BE MORE A PLACE WHERE BUT I DO SEE PEOPLE WALKING IN THE ROAD A LOT FROM HERITAGE COURT..

AND THE CROSSWALKS IN PARTICULAR AT THAT LOCATION ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL, IN ADDITION TO THESE LOCATIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SEPARATE FROM TONIGHT.

ALL WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS SPECIFICALLY THE SIDEWALK INSTALLATION.

BUT THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE CITY FOR, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DECIDE? IT MAY BE SOMETHING.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CROSSWALKS? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF, I BELIEVE, WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS.

WE MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO FUND THAT INTERNALLY WITH OUR ANNUAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT THAT MAY BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.

AND IF IT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, WE'LL DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A PROBLEM.

SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

I'LL DO THAT. I'LL DO THAT.

AS A MATTER OF CLARITY.

IS COUNTY ROAD 44 THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY AND THEN THE LAND ON EITHER SIDE ANGLETON'S PROPERTY? NO, WE HAVE, I THINK UP TO A CERTAIN POINT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR WHAT PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 44 YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

I THINK CLOSER IN TOWARDS IS IT WALGREENS? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CUT OFF IS, BUT THERE'S A PORTION OF IT THAT IS CITY PROPERTY, BUT A MAJORITY OF IT, I WOULD SAY, IS COUNTY PROPERTY.

BUT THESE AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE REALLY ON ENCHANTED OAKS DRIVE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY RIGHT.

I JUST WAS TRYING TO CLEAR UP WHAT'S ON COUNTY ROAD 44.

OKAY. OH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.

TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS FOR THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT? PERFECT. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. AND ANYONE OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, GUYS. SO THE THIRD ITEM AND LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND FISCAL YEAR 22-23 ADA SELF EVALUATION TRANSITION

[3. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation to fund FY22-23 ADA SelfEvaluation and Transition Plan action items identified in Angleton parks.]

SO IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE ROLLED OUT PHASE ONE OF THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

WE HAD AN ASSESSMENT ON ALL OF OUR PARKS.

WE IT ALSO INCLUDED OUR ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AND ONE MILE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT PROJECT WAS A FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ADOPT THAT ACTION PLAN AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT FUNDED ANY MONEY TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS IN YEAR ONE.

SO STAFF'S TRYING TO BE CREATIVE TO STILL PUSH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ALONG.

SOME OF THEM ARE ZERO COST IF YOU LOOK ON THE ACTION PLAN ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET, BUT SOME OF THEM DO HAVE COST ASSOCIATED.

SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS TAKING THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITEMS TO ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TO CONSIDER FUNDING.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT WITH OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

BUT YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF PARK ITEMS AND THAT AMOUNTS..

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TWO THAT ARE IN GRADE, THOSE ARE TWO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TEN OF YOUR PACKET, THAT FIRST ONE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR LEFT, IT SAYS BUILDING.

THAT'S FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE A $2,000 COST FOR TO ADDRESS THIS ADA ISSUE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON ADDRESSING THAT WITH OUR ANNUAL FUNDS FOR BUILDING REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NEXT SEVERAL ITEMS. IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE FAR LEFT AGAIN, ALL UP UNTIL YOU GET TO PARKS.

ALL OF THOSE PARK ITEMS ACCOUNT FOR THE $34,600 IN ESTIMATED REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM. AND SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE ADA ITEMS WITH OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, BECAUSE THOSE FEES CAN BE UTILIZED FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND IS A GREAT WAY TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

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THE INTENT THERE WAS TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLY FEASIBLE.

DISPERSE THE EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PARKS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON ONE PARK, YOU'RE DOING IT EQUITABLY.

SO WE'VE DONE.

I NOTICED THEY ARE ALL HIGH.

I MEAN, IS THERE ANY PRIORITIZATION? YES. SO SO IN YOUR WELL, ACTUALLY, IN THE FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN, THERE ARE HIGH, MEDIUM OR LOW.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIGH FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

SO IT'S JUST LIKE IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WHERE WE HAD THE ONE TWO YEAR, ONE, TWO, THREE SHORT TERM GOALS THAT LASTED US FOR THE FIRST 3 TO 4 YEARS OF OUR MASTER PLAN ITEMS. IT'S THE SAME THING HERE SAYING WHICH ONE ARE WE GOING TO START ON? IT'S ALL OF THEM. THIS IS YEAR ONE.

SO THE PROPOSAL THIS IS YEAR ONE OF FIVE AND IT WAS NO FUNDS FOR THIS.

YOU'LL LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

IT CALCULATES TO ABOUT $209,000, ALMOST 210.

AND SO THAT BASED ON THE FIVE YEAR TRANSITION PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND AROUND $200,000 EVERY YEAR ON ADA ITEMS. SO IN YEAR ONE, THIS IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND THESE ARE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE WERE NOT FUNDED ANY MONEY TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. SO WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS THAT WE ADDRESS ALL OF THE PARK ITEMS WITH OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES.

THAT TOTALS SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS THAT IS IN THIS EXCEL DOCUMENT HERE ON PAGE TEN AMOUNTS TO THE $34,600.

SO WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING YOU ADDRESS ONE ITEM.

WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU ADDRESS ALL OF THESE ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE YEAR ONE OF THE ACTION PLAN.

DO WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE PARKLAND DEDICATION? WE DO THE CURRENT BALANCE IN PARKLAND DEDICATION.

YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT WE JUST YOU ALL RECOMMENDED THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SIDEWALK INSTALLATION OF 5400, BUT WE HAVE AROUND 60,000 IN OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION.

SO THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 26,000.

RIGHT. AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD NOTE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS.

WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS COMING THROUGH OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WE DON'T HAVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FINALIZED.

SO WE ARE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES COMING IN.

AS THERE IS INCREASED POPULATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED WEAR AND TEAR.

SO THOSE FEES ARE TO HELP ADDRESS THE WEAR AND TEAR IN OUR EXISTING PARKS.

SO WHAT IS THE SIDEWALK FOR THE RIVERWOOD RANCH? IS THAT TWO FROM RIVERWOOD RANCH OUT TO DINING OR TWO? SO YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.

THOSE ITEMS WE AREN'T ADDRESSING, THAT'S TYPICALLY ADDRESSED THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY MAINLY DEAL WITH SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO THINGS LIKE THAT OR NEW INSTALLATIONS.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THEM LOOK INTO.

WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THAT ON OUR PROPOSAL THIS EVENING.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU MUCH INFORMATION ON THAT WITHOUT DIVING INTO THE MASTER PLAN OR THE EXCUSE ME, THE THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF, THE SELF EVALUATION. WE WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO THE GIS DATA FOR FOR THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. I APOLOGIZE.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FOR YOU, TERRY, BUT I COULD CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

I JUST SAW IT WAS GRAYED OUT.

I JUST WONDERED WHY WE'RE JUST DIFFERENTIATING GRAY TO WHITE ALTERNATING SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S A TRANSITION FROM FACILITIES TO PARKS TO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

OKAY. THAT'S LIKE 146,000, RIGHT? RIGHT. YOU SAID THE TOTAL OF EVERYTHING BESIDES THE REC CENTER.

AND THAT ONE IS 34600.

SO ONLY THE PARK ITEMS, RIGHT? SO RIGHT AFTER THE FACILITY, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU HIT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY SIDEWALK.

THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

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OKAY. GOT IT. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS.

WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ABLC FOR THE ADA TRANSITION ITEMS RELATED TO THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS TO COUNCIL FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL.

SO. I THINK LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED, WE SAID THIS WAS OUR ONE OF OUR ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, CONSIDERING IT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND WE HAVE A FUNDS FOR THE PARKLAND I MOTION TO APPROVE MOVING FORWARD WITH BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL.

PERFECT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COULD SHE REPEAT THAT? JESSICA WAS SAYING THAT SHE WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE USE OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS FOR TO ADDRESS THE ADA TRANSITION ITEMS IN PHASE ONE THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED HERE IN YOUR PACKET.

I SECOND THAT. OKAY.

FOR THE PARK. ONLY FOR PARK PARKS? YES. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

EVERYONE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THAT WE'RE READY TO ADJOURN.

CLARA. THAT WAS QUICK.

IS IT 5:48? ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.

THAT WAS THE QUICKEST MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.