Oct 02, 2023 Parks & Recreation Board

WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THE MEETING AND WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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THAT'S FANCY. ALL RIGHT.

[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Parks & Recreation Board meeting of June 12, 2023.]

ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTIONS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM ANY MOTION THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? TO APPROVE? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AND OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT.

[2. Discussion and possible action on nominating and appointing a Parks & Recreation Board chairperson.]

IT IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF PARKS AND RECS BOARD CHAIRPERSON.

YES. SO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

YOUR PREVIOUS CHAIRPERSON WAS JAIME MORENO.

THAT'S ME. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR HIM TO CONTINUE IN THAT POSITION, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.

IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AS WELL.

TO MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP JAIME IN THE POSITION.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOTE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT I'M WILLING TO, FOR THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO KEEP ME HAPPY.

MORENO AS PARKS AND REC BOARD CHAIRPERSON.

WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. CALL FOR A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE'RE TWO FOR TWO PEOPLE.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. Discussion and possible action on funding assistance and backstop locations for Rotary Club of Angleton District Grant Youth Baseball and Softball Backstop project.]

YES. SO, I DO HAVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS REQUEST.

LAST YEAR, THE ROTARY CLUB OF ANGLETON HAD A PRESENTER, ROBERT MARTIN, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE. LAST YEAR HE TALKED TO THE CLUB AT ONE OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS REGARDING SOME OF THE NEEDS AND THE SERVICES THAT THE ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE PROVIDES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT HE ADDRESSED WITH THE CLUB WAS THE NEED FOR BACKSTOPS.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE A ROTARIAN NECESSARILY REPRESENTING TONIGHT.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOTH CHRIS AND I ARE LOCAL ROTARIANS IN THE ANGLETON ROTARY CLUB.

WHEN THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AS A POTENTIAL DISTRICT PROJECT, WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF SUCH PROJECT BECAUSE IT DOES DIRECTLY IMPACT AMENITIES IN OUR PARKLAND.

WE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE NOMINATION OF THIS PROJECT, NOR DID WE PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

SO BUT THIS DID GO TO THE ROTARY BOARD.

THEY DID APPROVE THIS AS THE GRANT PROJECT.

SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE ANGLETON ROTARY CLUB OR ANY ROTARY CLUB IS THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE A DISTRICT GRANT.

SO, TYPICALLY THEY HAVE SAVINGS THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A PROJECT.

AND THE DISTRICT, THE ROTARY DISTRICT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT MATCHING.

IN THIS CASE, THE ANGLETON ROTARY CLUB PROVIDED $7,000 IN THEIR FUNDS.

THE DISTRICT GRANT APPROVED THEIR APPLICATION AND HAS AWARDED THEM $3,000 FOR A TOTAL OF TEN.

BUT THE PROPOSALS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN SEE ARE ITEMIZED.

WE RECEIVED FOUR QUOTES, OR THE ROTARY CLUB RECEIVED FOUR QUOTES, THE LOWEST BEING 14,000.

THIS IS A REPUTABLE VENDOR THAT THE CITY OF ANGLETON HAS ALSO USED.

AND SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE ANGLETON ROTARY CLUB HAS APPROVED THIS VENDOR TO AND FOR US TO PROCEED AS A ROTARY CLUB.

AND SO THE ROTARY HAD ASKED THE CITY TO ASSIST WITH THE REMAINING $4,000 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A TOTAL OF TEN BACKSTOPS THROUGHOUT TOWN.

IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A PROPOSED LISTING OF WHERE THOSE BACKSTOPS WOULD BE LOCATED.

THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH ROBERT MARTIN, WHO IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE, AND HE HAS APPROVED ALL OF THE LOCATIONS AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS JUST RECENTLY COME TO THE ROTARY CLUB'S ATTENTION IS THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AN ADDITIONAL GRANT THAT MAY

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SO THE REQUEST WOULD THEN BE UP TO $4,000 THAT THE CITY PARTICIPATE THROUGH PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS.

BUT WHAT MAY BE REQUIRED IS 1000.

THEY WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH.

OKAY. LOCATION EIGHT AND NINE.

IS THAT THE OLD KINGSFIELD FROM AND BATES PARK LIKE THIS IN THE FAR IT IS OKAY RIGHT.

SO CURRENTLY IN LOCATION EIGHT THERE IS A RUSTED BACKSTOP.

RIGHT. THAT FIELD IS BEING UTILIZED BY TEAMS THAT WE KNOW OF.

BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET RID OF THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUT A MORE UPDATED BACKSTOP IN ITS PLACE.

SO, YOU WOULD PUT ONE BASICALLY IN THE OUTFIELD FACING IN TOWARDS THE INFIELD AND THEN THE INFIELD FOR NINE AND THEN EIGHT WOULD BE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING.

SO, TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING FENCING THAT'S THERE, THAT'S PROBABLY BEAT UP AN OLD AND THEN JUST PUTTING UP A BACKSTOP ITSELF.

WHERE'S LOCATION TEN LOCATION TEN IS ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK ON CEMETERY ROAD WOULD AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WOULD THAT INTERFERE WITH ANY POTENTIAL WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH ABIGAIL AREAS AND SO WHAT WE'VE CONFIRMED WITH THE CONTRACTOR IS THAT THESE ARE ALL TEMPORARY FENCING STRUCTURES. SO, WE CAN FOR INSTANCE, YOU'LL EVEN NOTICE NUMBER SEVEN ADJACENT TO THE RECREATION CENTER, THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL FOR THE RECREATION CENTER TO EXPAND AT SOME POINT.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE EASILY MOVABLE.

WE CAN RELOCATE THEM, AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT FIVE AND SIX.

THERE USED TO BE BACKSTOPS THERE, I THINK.

SO, THERE IS AN OLDER BACKSTOP WHERE SIX IS LOCATED MORE CENTRALLY IN THAT FIELD.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE STAGGER IT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE TWO TEAMS PLAYING AND WE'LL REMOVE THAT OLDER STRUCTURE.

SO HOW DID THEY DECIDE THOSE LOCATIONS? IS IT WHERE CURRENT BACKSTOPS ARE ALREADY? YES AND NO.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE THREE OF YOUR PACKET, NUMBER ONE AND TWO USED TO HAVE OLD STRUCTURES, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE THERE ANY LONGER.

THOSE WERE OLD CHAIN LINK FENCING STRUCTURES, PROBABLY FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.

AND SO THOSE WERE LIKELY REMOVED FOR THAT REASON.

IT DIDN'T MEET A CITY STANDARD.

SO, THOSE WOULD BE REPLACEMENTS OF ONES THAT WERE UTILIZED IN THE PAST THREE AND FOUR WOULD BE NEW, SIX WOULD BE A REPLACEMENT, FIVE WOULD BE NEW, SEVEN IS NEW. BUT THERE IS A TEAM THAT CURRENTLY PLAYS AND PRACTICES THERE ROUTINELY THROUGH THE SEASON EIGHT AND NINE OR EXCUSE ME, EIGHT IS A REPLACEMENT, NINE IS NEW AND TEN WOULD BE NEW.

AND WHAT'S THE REFERENCE FOR STAFF? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY FOR STAFF.

WHEN IT SAYS THAT STAFF, I JUST SEE LIKE STAFF RECOMMENDS OR STAFF COLLECTED QUOTES, STAFF IDENTIFIED TEN LOCATIONS.

WHAT'S THE REFERENCE TO STAFF? IS THAT THE ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD.

SO, WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO STAFF, THAT COULD BE MYSELF, THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS, SUPERINTENDENT, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT AND ANGLETON RECREATION.

AND ARE THERE ANY IMAGES OF THE OF THE BACKSTOPS OR IS THERE I JUST I WAS MAKING SURE LIKE IF THERE WAS POTENTIALLY THERE WOULDN'T BE A REASON FOR IT TO BE LIKE A DISAGREEABLE LOOKING.

SURE. SO IT WILL FOLLOW.

IT'LL BE BLACK CHAIN LINK.

SO IF YOU'VE GONE DOWN DOWNING WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE BEING INSTALLED.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING WITH THE BLACK POST AND BLACK CHAIN LENGTH, IT WILL HAVE THREE HORIZONTAL AT THE BOTTOM, TOP AND CENTER SUPPORT RAILING, BUT IT'S ALL KIND OF UNIFORM AND FINE.

OKAY, GREAT. SAME QUESTION THAT I HAD WITH THE OTHER WITH ABIGAIL.

SO LIKE, ONCE WE START DOING THE NORTH END OF FREEDOM, ESSENTIALLY TWO AND THREE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IF YOU RECALL THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN, THAT IS WHERE PROPOSED FIELDS ARE LOCATED.

CORRECT. SO WHEN WE BUILD OUT FREEDOM, RIGHT, THOSE WOULD BE REMOVED.

WE'D FIND ALTERNATE LOCATIONS.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PROPOSED SITE IS THAT WE'VE ISOLATED SPECIFICALLY TO ANGLETON PROPERTIES.

WE COULD APPROACH A SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT PUTTING BACKSTOPS ON THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MOVE SOME OF THESE FOR PARK EXPANSION.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT AND WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO START DOING THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO MOVE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BATTLE THERE.

ARE WE AGREEMENT WITH YOU, I'M SORRY, ROTARY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE BACKS UP.

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BUT IN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THEM, THEY DO KNOW THAT THESE ARE REPLACING AND AND THAT THERE'S FUTURE GROWTH EXPANSION IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

BUT WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN TO REITERATE THAT.

AND IF YOU ALL WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING, WE CAN CERTAINLY DRAW SOMETHING UP.

YEAH, JUST I DON'T REMEMBER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, BUT I'M ASSUMING 4000 IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO USE FOR PARKLAND.

WE HAVE THAT AND IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE IN THE SENSE OF OTHER PLANS THAT WE HAVE.

WE DO HAVE THAT.

I WILL SAY THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ALL AS A PARKS BOARD APPROVED ADA TRANSITION ITEMS. CORRECT, FOR PHASE ONE.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PHASE ONE ADA TRANSITION ITEMS. WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED ALL OF THOSE FOR THIS PAST YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NOT RUN THROUGH ALL OF OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS EITHER.

SO WE DO DO STILL HAVE FUNDS AND WE ARE WE WERE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.

ACTUALLY, THEY'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH US FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND SO THEY'RE AT THE POINT AT WHICH THEY WILL BE PAYING THEIR FEES AND DUES TO THE CITY.

AND SO, WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION.

OKAY. WE'LL GET 1.9 FROM NATIONAL.

YES. SO CURRENTLY, EVEN IF NOTHING CHANGES WITH OUR PARKLAND, WE HAVE UP TO THE $4,000 THAT THEY MIGHT NEED FUNDING WISE.

AND IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SENSE OF PHASE ONE.

CORRECT. OKAY.

AND IF THEY GET THAT OTHER GRANT FOR THREE, THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR THIS, AND WE'LL ONLY HAVE TO FUND ONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

NO. AND WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT IN THE ROTARY BOARD MEETING TODAY.

THEY REVIEWED THE GRANT THAT SPECIFIED OR EARMARKED THE $3,000 FOR THE BACKSTOP PROJECT.

AND SO WE INFORMED THEM THAT WE WOULD INFORM YOU ALL OR ADJUST OUR ASK TO UP TO 4000, BUT IT MAY BE LESS. OKAY.

AND HOW LONG ARE THESE SUPPOSED TO LAST? I MEAN, THE THE IT'S PLASTIC COATED THE FENCING OR THEY ARE.

LET ME I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM.

IT IS TWO INCH EIGHT GAUGE BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE.

I DON'T RECALL IF IT'S PLASTIC COATED, BUT I CAN GO BACK AND, AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REGARDING, REGARDING THAT.

THERE YOU GO. I DO, TOO, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN.

YEAH, WELL, IF THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND CLEAN THEM UP, THEY COULD.

IT WOULDN'T COST.

RIGHT. AND AGAIN, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE TENNIS COURTS, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS WE HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.

THEY INSTALLED THE BLACK COATED FENCING, BUT THE EXISTING POLES OR THE POLES THAT WERE THERE WERE EXISTING.

THEY PAINTED OVER THAT. SO AS THESE DO AGE, UNLESS THERE IS A MAJOR IMPERFECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND BRING OVER SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REUSE FROM THE EXISTING BACKSTOPS THERE, ALL THE EXISTING BACKSTOPS. I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO.

I WOULD SAY MAYBE EIGHT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE.

THAT'S THE ONE I HAVE A QUESTION ON.

EIGHT IS THE BIGGEST ONE.

AND IT KIND OF IT'S TALL AND IT KIND OF VEERS OFF TO THE SIDES.

RIGHT. SO MAYBE CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE OF THE STRUCTURE ITSELF BEFORE CHECKING THE FENCE IF THE CHAIN LINK DEFINITELY NEEDS TO COME OFF.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE CAN LOOK AT THE POLES AND IT'S A GOOD BENEFIT BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS AND KIDS ARE THERE AND THOSE FOUL BALLS THAT THE KIDS ARE.

I'VE BEEN THERE TOO. PRACTICES.

YEAH. NO I AGREE ON ON EIGHT THOUGH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS JUST YOUR STANDARD BACKSTOP.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REDOING THE ENTIRETY OF THE OLD KINGSFIELD.

OKAY. SO JUST THE BACKSTOP, NOT THE SIDES THAT GO OFF TO THE SIDE, WOULD NOT KNOW.

AND SO IN YOUR AGENDA SUMMARY, IT NOTES THAT IT WOULD BE TEN FOOT TALL AND 16 FOOT WIDE, RIGHT? SO IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT STRUCTURE.

AND SO, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARKS BOARD WANTS TO DISCUSS FURTHER, IT CAN BE SPECIFICALLY RELOCATED.

WE CAN, I WOULD SAY, WITH IF THE FUNDING.

IS ABLE TO BE MATCHED TO 3000 FROM THE ROTARY.

IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THE 4000, IF IT MEETS THE PRICE TO REPLACE THE TWO SIDES THAT EXIST OFF THE SIDE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WILL NOT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS TO HAVE THAT REDONE, SPECIFICALLY KINGSFIELD, BECAUSE IT'S

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IT'S A GREAT DEAL OF FENCING AND IT'S REALLY NICE.

LIKE I'M SURE BACK IN THE DAY IT LOOKED CRAZY, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, YEAH, WHEN KINGSFIELD WAS, WHEN THEY HAD GAMES THERE.

BATES PARK, WHEN THEY HAD GAMES THERE, IT WAS A WHOLE THEY HAD A WHOLE CONCESSION STAND.

THEY HAD STANDS. IT WAS A WHOLE SET UP.

BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST THE PRICE OF WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT FOR THIS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT LIKE 8 OR $9000 JUST TO PROBABLY MORE TO REDO THAT ITSELF.

I GET WHAT HE'S SAYING, THOUGH.

I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH HIM BECAUSE THERE ARE TEAMS THAT USE THAT AND IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF FROM THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM BATES PEOPLE DRIVE THERE ALL THE TIME.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'S THERE.

BUT ONE THING FROM WHAT I RECALL LAST YEAR AND DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT IT WAS AROUND 26 TO 27,000 JUST TO REPLACE THE CHAIN LINK.

AND SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS THE EXISTING FENCING REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

IT EITHER NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OR IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN COMPLETELY.

AND WE KNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

SO IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS IT IN ITS FULL SCOPE AND IT'S AND PUT BACK WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE, THEN REMOVING IT AND ADDING A BACKSTOP IS BETTER THAN NOT HAVING ANYTHING AT ALL.

RIGHT? AND THAT IS WHAT STAFF'S APPROACH WAS.

BUT AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND OTHERWISE, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

WHATEVER COMES OUT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

YEAH. THERE WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION ABOUT NAMING KING FIELD.

AND SO WHEN THAT CAME UP, THE OTHER CONVERSATION WAS WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE USE OF THOSE FIELDS AND AND SUBSEQUENT DESIGN.

SO, I'M A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO SUPPORT BRINGING ALL THAT BACK.

IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY, LET'S DO SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? YEAH, NO, NO, I AGREE WITH THAT.

I GET THAT WITH THIS AS WELL.

THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE LIKE A HALL OFF OF.

RIGHT. OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH THESE QUOTES THAT THAT IS GETTING RID OF WHAT'S THERE.

AND THAT'S NOT ADDITIONAL COST.

THAT'S NOT BEING REPRESENTED HERE.

YEAH. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SOMEBODY ELSE USING THOSE FIELDS? SO MULTIPURPOSE, MEANING IT'S NOT A RENEWABLE FACILITY.

IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

SO, WE'VE HAD, FOR INSTANCE, UTMB HOSPITAL ASKED US IF THEY COULD UTILIZE THE AREA FOR KICKBALL TOURNAMENTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND I THINK TO WHAT CHRIS WAS ALLUDING TO IS IN RECENT CITY COUNCIL CONVERSATIONS, WHEN THIS TOPIC HAS COME UP, NOT ONLY I THINK PROBABLY IN ABLC, IF NOT ALSO CITY COUNCIL, THE WHAT ULTIMATELY CAME OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS RATHER THAN GOING IN AND PROVING TO THIS SITE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY NEED IS, THE RECOMMENDED APPROACH WOULD BE TO MASTER PLAN DICKIE BATES PARK SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GROWTH IS FOR THAT COMPLEX AS A WHOLE BEFORE WE START DOING SOMETHING OVER HERE TO THE FIELDS OR ADDING ANOTHER FIELD BEHIND KATZ ACADEMY OR ADDING PARKING IN DIFFERENT PLACES, WE JUST NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO WORK OUR WAY FORWARD AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. START WITH THE BACKSTOPS.

SO DOES THE LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD ASSIGN THESE FIELDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON TO PEOPLE? YOU SAY FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE THOUGH, BUT DURING BASEBALL SEASON THEY'RE PRACTICING THERE.

WE DO NOT MANAGE HOW THEY UTILIZE THESE BACKSTOPS THAT IS COMPLETELY MANAGED BY THE ASSOCIATION.

SO, I COULD NOT TELL YOU THE DETAILS RELATED TO USE, BUT IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T RESERVE THEM FOR THE PARK.

WE DO NOT KNOW.

SO, THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER WHAT THEY DO AND WHO GETS THEM AND WHO PRACTICES THERE.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL.

I WILL JUST SAY, AND I SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC RIGHT THERE IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS.

ANYONE THAT IS THEIR FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE TYPICALLY HAS PRIORITY USE.

NOW, IF SOMETHING IS SCHEDULED THERE, WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON OCCASION GOING THROUGH OUR PARKS IS THAT THERE IS A POSTED SCHEDULE.

AND SO, WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO RESPECT THAT SCHEDULE, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE USERS IN THE PARK.

AND MOST OF THE TIMES I WOULD SAY PEOPLE DO RESPECT.

SO, ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE DOESN'T USE THOSE FIELDS AT ALL.

BUT I DO KNOW THERE'S A LACK OF SPACE FOR THE SENIOR LEAGUE IN ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE, WHICH IS LIKE THE 13, 14, 15-YEAR-OLD KIDS.

THEY WOULD PLAY ON THE BIGGER FIELDS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS, WHICH WOULD SOMETIMES MEAN THEY'D HAVE TO RENT IT OUT.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE FOR THOSE KIDS TO PLAY AT THE MOMENT.

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KINGSFIELD THOSE IF YOU MADE TWO FIELDS THERE, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO UTILIZE A PRACTICE FACILITY OR SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO PRACTICE AND MAYBE EVEN HOST A GAME OR TWO.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IF WE DID IF IT WAS IF WE WANTED TO GO THAT WAY, I'D HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR YEAH, PLAN TO SEE WHAT WHAT THE DEMAND IS WITH THE COUNCIL WOULD TO UTILIZE THE SPACE.

WE KNOW THERE'S DEMAND FOR THAT.

I MEAN THAT'S IN OUR MASTER PLAN FOR FREEDOM BUT RIGHT TO HAVE MORE.

YEAH I WOULD.

I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING TO ONE.

LET ROTARY AND ANGLETON, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, KNOW THAT THESE ARE TEMPORARY, NUMBER ONE.

BUT NUMBER TWO, I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I DON'T I DON'T SEE THE REASON WHY WE CAN'T APPROACH AISD.

BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS A ONE ON SOUTH SIDE, THERE WAS ONE IN NORTH SIDE AND, AND THOSE BASICALLY TEAMS WOULD GO THROUGH AND USE THOSE.

I'M LOOKING AT I'M ONLY LOOKING AT FREEDOM RIGHT WHEN WE START TO DO WHAT IS ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR FREEDOM, BASICALLY THE FOUR OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO AWAY. AND SO THE NEAREST LOCATION WOULD BE RANCHO.

SO IT WOULD BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS? IT'S JUST A REALITY THAT THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE GONE.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO ABBY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE TEN BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE FOR THE ABBY PARK.

SO, I DO THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT THAT THESE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY BE TEMPORARY.

I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY AWESOME THAT ROTARY IS EVEN WANTING TO HELP OUT WITH THIS.

I THINK IT'S COOL THAT THEY'RE LIKE, LET'S FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN FUND THIS.

BUT I THINK SOMETHING IN WRITING SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE WILLING, LIKE POTENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE WILLING TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED FOR THEM.

BUT THEY HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE TEMPORARY UNTIL WE CAN, BASED SOLELY ON MASTER STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL PARKS.

OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

WE NEED THEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BACKSTOPS.

SO, OUR NEXT AFTER ADA, DID WE PRIORITIZE FREEDOM NEXT? WAS THAT OUR NEXT ONE? WELL, I'D HESITATE TO GO.

ABIGAIL, ABOUT THE THE PRIORITIES WITH THE AGENDA ITEM.

YEAH. WE CAN'T DEVIATE FROM WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE IS WHAT I'LL SAY.

BUT THE AGENDA ITEM IS WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKSTOP LOCATION AND FUNDING FOR PARKLAND.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER.

AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVE THE FORTUNE K.

REPUTABLE. WE'VE USED THEM BEFORE WITHIN THE CITY.

WE'VE USED THEM FOR SEVERAL CITY PROJECTS.

SO THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE OUT AT LAKESIDE.

THE PUMP ENCLOSURE OUT AT LAKESIDE.

WE'VE ALSO USED THEM FOR THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE OUT AT FREEDOM AND AT BATES PARK.

SO THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. ARE THEY DOING THE TENNIS COURTS? THEY DID NOT DO THE TENNIS COURTS.

ACTUALLY, THE CONTRACTOR WHO IS DOING THE RESURFACING CAME IN LOWER.

OH. OKAY.

SO WHAT THE TEMPORARY ONES DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO I MEAN, I'M NOT A PERSON WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THIS KIND OF FIELD OF LABOR, BUT WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REUSED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION? SO, IF THEY WERE ONLY, SAY, A YEAR AND A HALF OLD OR WHATEVER, AND IT WAS TIME TO BRING THOSE STRUCTURES DOWN, RIGHT.

WOULD THEY BE REUSABLE? WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE OR NOT ESSENTIALLY, CORRECT? OH, YES, I DO THINK SO.

YES. AND THAT'S WHY WE WOULD CALL THEM TEMPORARY.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE WILL BE TEMPORARY LOCATIONS BECAUSE OF THE THE ITEMS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT.

YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, A TEMPORARY IS AND IT'S HERE AND THEN IT'S COMING DOWN AND THEN HAVING TO REBUILD.

RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S NOT ABLE TO BE REUSED, NOT ABLE TO BE REINSTALLED AFTER IT'S REMOVED.

AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE.

OKAY. AWESOME.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ON FUNDING ASSISTANCE TO THE BACKSTOP LOCATION FOR ROTARY CLUB OF ANGLETON DISTRICT GRANT YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL BACKSTOP PROJECT AND APPROVE ALL THE LOCATIONS AND APPROVE AND APPROVE? DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT SEPARATELY? I THINK IT CAN BE DONE IN ONE MOTION.

SO THEN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER AS WELL.

DO WE HAVE A A MOTION ON FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE AND BACKSTOP LOCATION FOR ROTARY CLUB OF ANGLETON,

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AND LIKE AARON MENTIONED, YOU GUYS DID NOTE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE AN MOU IN PLACE, CORRECT? AND SO WE CAN ADD THAT AS WELL.

AN MOU WITH AN MOU IN PLACE AS WELL.

HOW ABOUT THIS? CAN I DO THAT ONE MORE TIME? CAN I DO IT? SURE. WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T. SORRY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE ACTION ON FUNDING ASSISTANCE, BACKSTOP LOCATION, AND MOU WITH AN MOU.

WITH AN MOU FOR THE ROTARY CLUB OF ANGLETON DISTRICT GRANT YOUTH, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND SOFTBALL BACKSTOP PROJECT.

IT HAS TO BE WORKING LIKE THAT.

I MOVED TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. I'M ABSTAINED AS A PROSPECTIVE ROTARIAN, JUST FOR NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASS.

ARE WE DONE? WE ARE.

LOOK AT THAT. LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:56 P.M.

LET'S GO HOME AND EAT DINNER. GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A RECORD FOR US.

I LOVE IT OFFLINE.

OH, SORRY. I LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.