Jan 02, 2024 Angleton Better Living Corporation

ANYTHING ELSE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT ON THIS HEARING? NOTHING, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I FEEL LIKE THE FIGURES FIT KIND OF THE LAST DISCUSSION.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED, SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE.

THE, THE ONLY ONE THAT I, I UNDERSTAND THE 350,000 FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, AND I'VE REALLY, I'D RATHER SEE US USE THAT MONEY IN TOWN ON CERTAIN ASPECTS, BUT IF WE HAVE TO BLEED OVER TO TAKE CARE OF 25,000, 50,000 OVERRUN OR SOMETHING, YES, I'D BE FINE WITH THAT.

I'M, I'M THE SAME.

I HAD, I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT.

I WOULD PREFER TO LOOK AT SOME AREA IN TOWN.

I KNOW 350,000 DOESN'T GO QUITE AS FAR.

BUT IF WE COULD ADD A SMALL PROJECT IN TOWN, AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER THAT WOULD ASSIST IN, AND I THINK IN FUTURE MEETINGS TOO, WHAT WE'LL NEED TO IDENTIFY, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR DRAIN MAJOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, OUR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, IT MAY, UM, COVER ONLY CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO WHAT STAFF WOULD NEED FROM YOU AT A LATER A BLC MEETING DATE AS WE PROCEED WITH THIS DEBT ISSUANCE, IS JUST REALLY IDENTIFYING WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU WANT US TO ITEMIZE AND SPEND THOSE PROJECTS ON.

SO WE CAN BRING YOU THE LIST FROM HDR AND PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THEY CAN PRESENT TO YOU ON THOSE ITEMS. AND, AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

WITH YOUR DIRECTION.

AND I SEE WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE BG P SOCCER COMPLEX WITH THE, UH, THE PRIORITY ONE VERSUS PRIORITY TWO.

I GUESS SINCE THEY'RE BOTH GONNA BE DONE AND PROBABLY THE TIMELY MATTER, I GUESS IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT I GUESS WITH US, WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THE LIGHTS OR THE GRADING.

AND I WILL SAY WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS BOTH BECAUSE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND LIKELY CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRADING IS OVER $300,000, AND WE'VE ONLY ALLOCATED TWO 50.

THE QUOTES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR LIGHTING ARE NO

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LESS THAN 1 72.

AND SO YOU WON'T REALLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT WOULD BE AT A LATER DATE, IF NOT NOW, OR AGAIN, PARTIAL.

SO, YEAH.

'CAUSE I, I WAS READING THE NOTES AND IT WAS SAYING HOW THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO THE GRADING FIRST BECAUSE OF JUST THE LIGHTING.

BUT I GUESS IT'S COST-WISE, IT SEEMED LIKE THE LIGHTING MAKES SENSE ANYWAYS.

PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO, TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON CERTAIN PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCT, ACQUIRE, RENOVATE, AND IMPROVE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, INCLUDING THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, FREEDOM PARK, AND BGP SOCCER COMPLEX.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO

[2. Conduct a public hearing on certain projects to construct, acquire, renovate, and improve parks and recreation facilities within the City of Angleton, including the Angleton Recreation Center, Abigail Arias Park, Freedom Park, and BG Peck Soccer Complex, and (ii) drainage improvements in flood-prone areas in the City limits, which are beyond the responsibility of the Angleton Drainage District.]

AND TWO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RESPONSIBILITY AT THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO OPEN? I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SECONDED BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING, MEGAN.

AND SO JUST TO REVIEW THE PREVIOUS AGENDA SUMMARY IS WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS IN REGARDS TO.

SO, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW WE'VE ITEMIZED THOSE PROJECTS, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR.

WELL, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST REAL QUICK ON SURE.

ON YOUR ITEM? YES.

MY NAME IS CHAD TIMMONS WITH THE, UH, ANDERSON SOCCER CLUB.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER.

I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

UH, BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SOCCER CLUB FOR PROBABLY THE PAST 15 YEARS.

UM, WHILE WE APPRECIATE AND WE WOULD LOVE LIGHTING, UM, I THINK, AND THE BOARD AGREES THAT OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS THE GRADING, THE, THE DRAINAGE.

UM, IN THE, ALL THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SOCCER CLUB, WE'VE NEVER CANCELED GAMES BECAUSE OF, WE DIDN'T HAVE LIGHTS, BUT WE'VE CANCELED GAMES AND PRACTICES BECAUSE THE FIELDS WERE JUST TOO WET AND THEY, THEY DON'T DRAIN.

SOME AREAS DON'T DRAIN.

UM, LUCKILY IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD SOME ISSUES.

BUT THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THREE TO FOUR WEEKENDS.

AND THEN YOU RUN INTO OF NOT BEING ABLE TO EVEN HAVE A FULL SEASON SOMETIMES WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO CANCEL MAYBE THE LAST GAME YOU WERE GONNA PLAY.

SO THE BOARD, UM, THINKS IT WOULD BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYERS AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WE, IN THE FALL, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 400, 450 KIDS, DEPENDING ON, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS, UM, TO GRADE THE FIELDS.

UM, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE SEEN HOW WE WANT TO DO IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT JUST GRADUALLY DO IT, UM, BEFORE ANY, ANY LIGHTING.

I KNOW WE WANT TO LIGHT ONE FIELD, BUT MAYBE NOT UPGRADE THE OTHER LIGHTS AND MAYBE USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE GRADING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REPRESENT THE BOARD TONIGHT.

I KNOW ON THE NINTH Y'ALL WILL BE LISTENING TO SOME MORE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT.

SO THE BOARD FEELS LIKE IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU CHOOSE THE, THE GRADING, IF THAT MEANT YOU DIDN'T GET ANY LIGHTS AT ALL.

I WOULD, I WOULD THINK SO, YES.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE ONLY USE THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AFTER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

AND THEN SOMETIMES THERE'LL BE SOME, UH, TEAMS THAT PRACTICE IN THE EVENINGS.

DO THE LED LIGHTINGS ON THE BACKFIELD, I BELIEVE, AND THEN UPGRADE TO LEDS ON THE 10 AND 11.

BUT, AND THEN WE MIGHT USE IT A COUPLE WEEKS IN THE SPRING WHEN BEFORE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME AGAIN.

SO, LIKE I SAID, WE NEVER CANCEL GAMES 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS, BUT WE CANCEL GAMES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT RAINS TOO, TOO BAD.

OR, UM, IF WE HAVE IT GRADED AND IT COULD DRAIN, WE COULD STILL EVEN PLAY IN THE RAIN.

THERE WOULDN'T BE ALL THE PUDDLES.

AND SO, SO, SO MAYBE I, I GUESS WHAT I HEARD, YOU'RE ALSO SAYING PRETTY MUCH YOU COULD LIKE MAYBE PARTIAL GRADING AND THEN SUB LIGHTING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ONE OR THE OTHER.

INSTEAD A POSSIBILITY OF JUST, YOU KNOW, GRADE SOME OF IT AND JUST LIGHTING FOR MAYBE ONE OF THE FIELDS.

WELL, SO WE COULD HAVE OUR, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE OUR SEASONS, SO WE CAN'T GRADE EVERY FIELD, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THREE OF THIS AGE, THREE OF THIS AGE.

AND THEN THE THREE, THE TWO OLDER FIELDS DON'T NECESSARILY NEED GRADING.

BUT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO DO ONE OF THIS AGE GROUP, ONE OF THIS AGE GROUP, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, AND, AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN WAS, WAS

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I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO UPGRADE JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS MAYBE COST CUTTING OVER TIME OR, 'CAUSE THE LIGHTS WORK NOW ON 10 AND 11, RIGHT? SO IF WE COULD JUST GET THE LEDS, LIKE, AND, AND THEN NOT ON THE, UH, BACKFIELD.

AND THAT COULD BE USED FOR PRACTICES AT SOME TIME, BUT 10 AND 11, JUST LEAVE THE WAY THEY ARE BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE WORKING AND USE THAT FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE FIELD GRADING.

SO, SO BASICALLY 10 11 AREN'T BROKE, LET'S NOT GO FIX IT JUST YET, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THEY DON'T, WHEN IT RAINS IT, THE SIDELINES GET PRETTY WET.

BUT THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE DRAINING, RIGHT? THEY CAN SEE NO, THAT, THAT, THAT 10 11 SEEMED TO BE, HAVE MORE OF A ACTUAL MM-HMM.

SLOPE CROWNING TO IT THAN, THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE PARK.

AND THEN ON THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, AND JOHN AND TRAVIS KNOW WHEN IT RAINS HARD FOUR AND FIVE, THOSE GOALS, THEY'LL BE UNDERWATER, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW, UP TO MAYBE AQUAR NOT A QUARTER OF THE FIELD, BUT THAT WHOLE GOAL ON FIELD IS FOUR AND FIVE WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER BECAUSE THE DITCH IS JUST PRETTY MUCH NON-EXISTENT.

SAME FOR SIX, SEVEN.

AND SEVEN, SEVEN AND EIGHT.

SEVEN, EIGHT, YEAH.

HAS A LOT OF DIVOTS AND HOLES THAT JUST HOLD WATER AND YOU PRETTY MUCH CAN'T PLAY BECAUSE THEY'LL GET INTO THE GOAL AREA AND THE BALLS JUST STICK INTO THE WATER, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED AND THE THE PARENTS WOULD BE, UM, WOULD LOVE AND THE COACHES NOT TO HAVE TO CANCEL PRACTICES ALL THE TIME.

AND, AND IF IT DOES, YOU KNOW, RAIN, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THE FIELDS HERE AS OFTEN, MEGAN, WHEN ARE WE GONNA HAVE NUMBERS AROUND WHAT ONE FIELD WOULD COST IF, IF THE SOCCER CLUB CAME TO YOU AND SAID, OKAY, WE WANT FIELD THREE SEVEN AND THE YOUNGER SIX SIX US AND, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HOW, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE US TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON WHAT THAT WOULD COST? SO, SO A COUPLE THINGS.

WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HDR IS THE COST TO DEVELOP A, A BID PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING.

IT'S A TURNKEY.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GRADING, UM, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING BACK WITH, IF IT'S SOD RAISING UP THE IRRIGATION, CUTTING THE DITCHES SO THAT ONCE IT DRAINS OFF THE FIELDS, IT'S ACTUALLY FLOWING OUT TO 2 88.

UM, SO THAT PACKAGE, THAT SCOPE OF WORK HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED.

WE WON'T KNOW HOW THE FIELDS ARE ITEMIZED UNTIL WE SEND THAT OUT AND PUBLISH THE BID.

SO WE'VE GOTTA, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE, THE WORK FOR HDR TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THOSE ESSENTIALLY CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, IF YOU WILL.

UH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AN EXPENSE.

UM, LIKE I SAID, THE OVERALL DRAINAGE IS OVER $300,000.

TYPICALLY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15% OF THAT, UM, FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THE DESIGN WORK TO ACTUALLY BE DONE AND CREATED.

UH, AND SO WE HAVE TO ITEMIZE, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE FEES ARE COMING FROM BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET A PRICE, UM, THAT ITEMIZES HOW MUCH PER FIELD.

UM, AND THEN WE EXECUTE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF, SO GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, DR. JACKSON, WE COULDN'T REALLY DO BOTH LIGHTING AND PARTIAL FIELDS BECAUSE, UM, THE LIGHTING ALONE, THE ADDITIONAL THREE POLES AND LIGHTING IS 1 72.

AND SO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WILL COME TO YOU AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DON'T CHANGE OUT THE OTHER LED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER 178.

MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME IN ADDITION TO THE 1 72.

SO YOU ALREADY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO BOTH OF THOSE WITH WHAT'S IDENTIFIED HERE.

SO, UM, WHAT DUSTIN AND THE BOARD HAS PORTRAYED TO ME IS THAT IF, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND, YOU KNOW, $250,000, THEY WOULD PREFER IT BE ON THE GRADING AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

NOW THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO HAVE, LET'S SAY WE DO IT PARTIALLY, WE GO OUT TO BID AND IT'S, IT COMES IN, YOU KNOW, AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

UM, AGAIN, H'S ESTIMATE, INCLUDING THEIR, THEIR WORK AND THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE ESTIMATING IT'S OVER $300,000, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ITEMIZED HERE.

THAT MAY BE HIGH.

WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, WELL, WAS HIS 300,000 AN ESTIMATE ON ALL FIELDS AT ONE TIME? ALL FIELDS, EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME? AND THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT, THOUGHT WAS, YEAH, WELL WE COULD SAVE MONEY BY NOT DOING THE WHOLE THING AT ONE TIME.

GO OUT TO BID, HAVE A CONTRACTOR ITEMIZE ALL OF THAT FOR YOU, AND THEN WE CHOOSE WHAT WE WANNA DO.

AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS HAVE ALL THE WORK DONE AS IT RELATES TO THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO

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AND WHEN, UH, AND YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID, THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER EXPENSE FOR ADVERTISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND TYPICALLY FOR SOME OF THESE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE DOING THE WORK, YOU ARE ADDING ON MORE EXPENSE BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING THEM GO OUT A SECOND TIME.

BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME ANYWAYS.

WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S TIME TO, TO ALLOW FOR, FOR SEASON PLAY.

SO I'LL JUST REITERATE, I, I AGAIN BELIEVE THAT THE PRIORITY THAT THE CLUB PREFERS IS THAT IT BE GRADING AND YOU HOLD OFF ON LIGHTING.

WELL, BASED ON HOW YOU HAVE IT ITEMIZED CURRENTLY IS, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING ANY OF THOSE DRAINAGE FUNDS, THE $350,000 TO GO TOWARDS THIS PROJECT ALSO, I WAS GONNA SAY, AREN'T WE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE A POTENTIAL, UM, POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER, I GUESS, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION OPENING UP IN TWO YEARS MAYBE? YEP.

I MEAN, ISN'T THAT OUT THERE? I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT ONE, ONE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS 'CAUSE WE WENT FOR A BLC.

YES.

BECAUSE INSTEAD OF DOING 4.5, WE DID 4 MILLION TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN TWO YEARS TO RIGHT.

TO DO MORE.

SO MAYBE WHAT I'M JUST GETTING AT THERE MAY BE A PHASE ONE APPROACH AND A PHASE TWO APPROACH SURE.

OF PICKING THE FIELDS OR DOING THE DRAINAGE FIRST AND ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FIELDS FOR MM-HMM.

ELEVATION AND I DON'T KNOW, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND THEN COME BACK AND FINANCE THE OTHER ONE.

AND IT'D HAVE TO BE A COUPLE SEASONS, BUT AT LEAST YOU'D, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

BE JUST A THOUGHT.

AND OR DOING PORTIONS OF THE FIELDS UP TO THE $250,000 IN THE NEXT DEBT ISSUANCE ADDRESSING THE LIGHTING.

THAT AND AGAIN, SOME VARI SOME VARIATION OF THAT WE MIGHT BE SURPRISED WITH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT LANGUAGE IN A, IN A BID DOCUMENT THAT SAYS WORK TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR OR, YOU KNOW, 18 MONTHS.

SO THAT MAYBE IF YOU HA IF IT DOES EXCEED THE 250 AND YOU NEED TO PULL A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DRAINAGE THAT YOU HAVE ALLOCATED FROM THE THREE 50 THAT MAYBE WE DO PORTIONS OF IT EARLY ON IN THE YEAR AND, AND THE SAME CONTRACTOR ASSIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS LATER AND, AND FINISH THE REST OF THE WORK DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BIDS COME IN AT.

BUT YOU WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A PROOF FUNDING TO, TO COMPLETE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS AND GO OUT TO BID.

AND I WOULD THINK MR. TIMMONS CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO ADDRESS HOPEFULLY SOME IN THE IMMEDIATE SPRING COMING UP AND IF WE HAVE TO ROLL THROUGH THE FALL AND THEN AGAIN GET BACK ON IT THIS TIME ESSENTIALLY NEXT YEAR, 2025 TO WHERE, I MEAN, AGAIN, ASSUMING FINANCIALLY IT MAKES SENSE, WELL OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOTTA PLAY WITH THOSE FIGURES.

BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO AS WELL, WE'LL ONLY DO, YOU KNOW, THREE FIELDS THIS SPRING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE IDEA THAT WE COME BACK NEXT SPRING AND GET ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR DONE, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE'RE TOTALLY AWARE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO IT IN PHASES, BUT, BUT I THINK IF YOU GOT THE SOONER THE BETTER.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

I WANT TO MOVE.

'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK IF WE CAN MOVE SOON, I MEAN, SOUTHEAST TEXAS GRASS TENDS TO GROW PRETTY FAST.

SO AS LONG AS IT'S, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE DROUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE, WELL THE ONE THING THAT WE WORRY ABOUT TOO IS UM, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

WE HAVE TO GET ALL THAT MOVED, FIND ALL THE HEADS, IT'S ALREADY MESSED UP.

APRIL OF THIS YEAR IF THE TIMELINE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, IF WE FOLLOW THAT TIMELINE.

AND SURE WE GET UPDATED.

SO THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

NOT JUST STARTING OUT WITH PUTTING THE DIRT DOWN.

WE GOTTA DO THAT TOO.

SO, AND THAT WILL BE, WE HAVE ASKED, UH, I SAY WE, STEWART HAS BEEN WORKING WITH JOHN PETERSON WITH HDR SO THAT HE FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TURNKEY PROJECT, IT IS THAT, AND SO IT WILL BE THE GRADING, THE IRRIGATION, UM, WHETHER IT'S SOD OR SEED OR WHATEVER IT IS, CUTTING THE DITCHES THAT WOULD ALL OCCUR, UH, AND B, WITHIN THAT BID PACKET SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT GOING IN AND ADDRESSING IRRIGATION AFTER WE'VE JUST REGRADED GRAN NEW FIELD.

SO IT IS TURNKEY.

UM, ONE THING THAT I WILL MENTION IS ONCE WE DETERMINE WHICH DIRECTION TO GO, WE STILL HAVE TO ALLOW TIME FOR HDR TO ACTUALLY CREATE THOSE DOCUMENTS, WHICH THAT TAKES TIME AS WELL.

SO WE SAY SPRING, BUT ONCE WE ACTUALLY APPROVE, GET THE FUNDING, FUNDING WON'T EVEN BE AVAILABLE UNTIL

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AND SO REALISTICALLY WE CAN'T REALLY MOVE ON THESE PROJECTS UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND ARE ALLOCATED TO PAY TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.

AND THEN THE ACTUAL, UM, CREATION OF THE DOCUMENTS MINIMALLY, I WOULD THINK WOULD TAKE THREE MONTHS FOR THEM TO DO ALSO ADVERTISING TO BID EVALUATING BIDS, AWARDING CONTRACTS.

SO REALISTICALLY WE'RE SEVERAL MONTHS OUT MAY NEXT SPRING.

SO YOU THINK THAT'S MORE REALISTIC WHEN WE NEED, WE'D EVEN BREAK GROUND OR FALL? I WOULD SAY FALL IF, BUT I DON'T, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA BE IMPACTING YEAH.

THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM OPERATIONS.

BUT IF, IF WE'RE IDENTIFYING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE CLUB AND BOARD AND THEY ARE FIGURING OUT ALTERNATIVES OF HOW TO SET UP THE FIELDS TO ACCOMMODATE, I THINK WE CAN START AS EARLY AS THE FALL.

BUT IF THE PREFERENCE IS TO WAIT TILL THE SPRING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HEAVILY IMPACTING THE CLUB.

I MEAN I WOULD BE OPEN TO WAITING UNTIL THE SPRING.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, TALK TO THE CLUB.

I, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE CHAOS TRYING TO DEAL WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTIONS WHILE TRYING TO PLAY A SEASON.

THE FALL OR THE SPRING SEASON.

WE HAVE HALF THE NUMBERS AS WE DO IN THE FALL.

SO IT WOULD BE EASIER IN THE SPRING TO MM-HMM.

TO MOVE ON THE PROJECT.

I GUESS YOU CAN FIGURE OUT, WE CAN SEE WHAT OUR TIMELINE IS, BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA, AT THE EARLIEST YOU CAN BREAK GROUND IS LIKE AUGUST.

I WOULD, I WOULD JUST WAIT FOUR MONTHS AND START IN JANUARY OF 25 AND GET IT ALL DONE.

THAT MIGHT MAKE WORK BETTER ANYWAY.

EVERYBODY LINED UP READY TO GO.

I WANT TO BE WORKED UP OVER THE NO LIGHT THING, BUT I'M NOT THAT WORKED UP OVER IT ONLY BECAUSE, WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE ONLY NEED THOSE LIGHTS ABOUT THREE WEEKS, UH, THE END OF NOVEMBER TO EARLY DECEMBER.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU ARE PLAYING THE SPRING, IT DOES IMPACT, I THINK YOU'RE IMPACTED MORE DURING THE SPRING SEASON THAN YOU ARE IN THE FALL SEASON WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIGHTS FROM MY EXPERIENCE BEING OUT THERE.

UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AND THE END OF OCTOBER, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TEAMS TRYING TO PRACTICE AND YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE LATE SCHEDULE, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.

YOU USUALLY MAYBE MAKE IT TO 7 30, 8 O'CLOCK AND, AND YOU'RE DONE.

WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD THE MOST OF WHEN I WAS OUT THERE WAS WHY DO WE NOT HAVE MORE LIGHTS OUT HERE THAT WE CAN USE? 'CAUSE TWO FIELDS GET TAKEN UP BY THE OLDER KIDS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, SO, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE SOCCER CLUB'S POINT OF IT'S EASIER TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS THAN TO SAY WE CAN'T PLAY ON A SATURDAY.

UM, BUT IT ALSO CHALLENGED A BLC TO SAY, YOU KNOW, 150,000 CAN, ONE 70 CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH BUDGET AS WELL IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

I MEAN IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR, OUR REGULAR A BLC FUNDS THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE TO IT AS WELL IF WE NEEDED TO.

UM, PLUS I THINK THE TIMELINES ARE ALL NOT MATCHING FROM THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE SOCCER CLUB HAS TO WHAT REALISTICALLY IS GONNA HAVE AND WHAT A BLCS KIND OF THINKING AND WISHING WILL HAPPEN.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL THREE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS AND THEN HDR HAS THEIR OWN TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE GONNA THROW ON TOP OF THIS AS WELL.

SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA TAKE A LOT LONGER TO ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION.

AND I THINK WE MIGHT SEE WHERE THERE'S OPENING POSSIBILITIES OF MOVING FUNDS AROUND THE 350,000 WE HAVE IN THE, FOR THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

BUT, AND THEN AS TRAVIS MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT TWO YEARS AND THEN WE, WE WILL GO OUT FOR ANOTHER ONE.

I MEAN I KNOW THE BOARD WOULD JUST, LIKE I SAID, BEING INVOLVED IN THIS SOCCER CLUB FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, JUST KNOWING AND HEARING FROM YOU GUYS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME WILL BE HUGE FOR US.

JUST KNOWING THAT, 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG.

AS GOOD AS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH LITTLE HELP FROM MOTHER NATURE.

OH, PLAYING ON NICE FIELDS IS GONNA BE GREAT.

YEAH, I MEAN WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE OF THE, THE, ONE OF THE BEST COMPLEXES IN THE AREA.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, WE'VE BEEN UP TO HOUSTON AND THOSE, SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE TERRIBLE, THEY'RE BAD.

TERRIBLE.

SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LEVELING AND ALL THAT AND RAISING, WE, WE'D HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST COMPLEX IN THE AREA BESIDES THE WOODLANDS AND ALL THAT, ALL THE MONEY THEY HAVE, BUT .

BUT WE, WE HAVE A VERY NICE COMPLEX, BUT WITH, WITH THE RAISING AND DRAINAGE, IT WOULD JUST ENHANCE IT EVEN MORE.

YEAH, I AGREE.

THE PLAIN SURFACES HERE ARE, YOU KNOW,

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OBVIOUSLY SOME THINGS, AS LONG AS WE'RE OUT IN A DROUGHT AND SOMEBODY DOESN'T LOSE A CHILD'S LEG IN A A CRACK, IT'S EITHER POURING RAIN OR DROUGHT AND THERE'S CRACKS, THEY'RE BAD.

IT'S NO IN BETWEEN.

IT'S FIELD THREE.

FIELD THREE ALONG THE ROAD OR ALONG THE, THE DRIVE, THE PARKING LOT WHERE ALL THOSE HUGE CRACKS USUALLY FORM LOST A WAGON WHEEL IN THERE ONE DAY.

UM, DOES A BLC HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SOCCER COMPLEX ITSELF BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE OTHER PLACES? NO, I'LL JUST SAY IN GENERAL, AS IT RELATES TO SOCCER COMPLEX, JOHN MAY BE RIGHT.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE REALISTIC ABOUT OUR TIMELINE.

AND SO IF THAT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFERRED, YOU KNOW, PROJECT WHERE IT ALLOWS EVERYTHING TO GET LINED UP SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IN A, A WAY THAT LEASE INTERRUPTS, UM, THE, THE, I THINK THE PRIMARY SEASON BE IN THE FALL.

I MEAN IF WE, IF WE CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE SPRING, I I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE.

YEAH, I I'M GONNA GO WITH THAT TOO.

'CAUSE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO TO, YEAH JUST KNOWING THAT HEY, IT'S GOOD IT'S COMING, BUT WE GOT ALL THIS IN THE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.

BUT YEAH, JUST BEFORE THIS THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON.

SO, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T, JUST KNOWING THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON IS, IS HUGE.

SO, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD PREFER NOT TO RUSH THINGS.

I'D RATHER GET IT RIGHT AND THAN RUSHED.

FOR SURE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU'ALL.

THANK YOU.

SO ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE ON THAT IS IF YOU DID UH, PURSUE THE LIGHTING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE REMAINING FUNDS OUT OF THE TWO 50, WHICH THEN MAY HELP PAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOCUMENTS TO THEN GO OUT TO BID WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.

EXACTLY.

SO ON.

SO, OKAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE MONEY THAT WE COULD, WE SAY, OKAY, THREE FIELDS AND WE CAN TAKE 50,000 HERE AND DO THIS AND RIGHT.

I MEAN WE'VE GOT SURE WE, WE CAN GET CREATIVE HERE.

WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC HEARING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OR JUST HERE TO JUST HERE TO OBSERVE? OKAY.

UM, I WANT TO, I WANNA GO AFTER AND TALK ABOUT ABIGAIL AREAS PARK.

UM, WHEN ARE WE GONNA KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAMMING IS GONNA BE LIKE IN THAT PART? 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG QUESTION MARK ON THE FUNDS.

SO WE DID A SURVEY, GOODNESS, I WANT TO SAY IN 2021, MAYBE IT WAS 2022.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM THAT PUBLIC SURVEY.

UH, I OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD KNOW THAT THERE WAS DESIRES FOR A PLAYGROUND, A SPLASH PAD, WALKING TRAILS, PAVILION, UM, RESTROOM FACILITIES, UH, SOME OF YOUR MORE BASIC THINGS.

SO, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN THERE AND WHAT STAFF IS ALREADY DOING RIGHT NOW IS TYPICALLY WE GO OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS THAT INCLUDES THE ALL THE PHASES.

SO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, THE UM, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK, UH, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION.

AND THEN ONCE YOU GO OUT TO BID FOR UH, THE ACTUAL VENDOR TO CONSTRUCT THE PARK, THAT WOULD BE SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WORKING ON THAT DOCUMENT.

SO BY THE TIME FUNDS ARE RELEASED IN APRIL, YOU ALL OR THE CITY, WHOEVER PURCHASING DECIDES IS ON THAT PANEL, HAS ALREADY ASSESSED THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION COMPANIES TO DEVELOP THAT SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION FROM THE SURVEY, THE PUBLIC SURVEY THAT WAS ADDRESSED WHILE BACK, THAT MAY CHANGE WITH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND MEETINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT UM, THE RESIDENTS SAY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PROCESS AND HOW MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS WE WANT TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT.

UM, SO IT MAY BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU GUYS RECALL OR WERE INVOLVED IN LAKESIDE PARK DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD OVER 20 REQUESTED AMENITIES.

SO THEN WE GOT AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST.

WE HAD TO CUT THAT DOWN TO ABOUT 10.

AND SO IN THE 10 AMENITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED, THEY DEVELOPED, THEY WENT AND DESIGNED DEVELOPMENT, DESIGNED ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT FOR AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAD THE ACTUAL LIKE, OKAY, HERE ARE THE COMPONENTS.

HERE ARE THE NUTS AND BOLTS WE WANT, WHAT ARE WE REALISTICALLY LOOKING AT? AND WE WERE OVER BUDGET.

I WILL NOTE IS I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE FAMILY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR DEBT ISSUANCE.

AND THAT IS VERY TYPICAL.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE VALUE ENGINEERED THE PROJECT.

WE CUT BACK DIFFERENT AMENITIES LIKE THE BOARDWALK, THE SANDY BEACH, THE ADDITIONAL PAVILION AND RESTROOMS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO WHERE IT FIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

THIS PROCESS IS THE EXACT SAME.

SO IF YOU'RE SAYING $2 MILLION WORK WITHIN THAT TO DO YOUR SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO.

UM, ONE THING THAT

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AND SO AGAIN, LIKE WE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, MY HOPE IS THAT WE REALLY GET A LOT OF COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY SUPPORT THAT MAY WANT TO ADDITIONALLY CONTRIBUTE.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE DURING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR US TO START CAMPAIGNING THAT.

UM, SO THAT FOLKS CAN SAY, OH YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE SPLASH PAD OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN FUNDRAISING AND SUPPORTING.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE MORE HARD COSTS ON WHAT THAT ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST IS BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, UM, WE CAN DETERMINE IF WE CAN GO OVER THAT $2 MILLION THRESHOLD WITH ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE.

I'VE ALWAYS CONSIDERED THAT 2 MILLION TO BE A JUMP OFF IF YOU WILL.

THAT THE PROGRAMMING OR WHATEVER YOU CALL 'EM, UM, ITEMS IN THE PARK MAYBE ONLY FUND, YOU KNOW, A PORTION I MAYBE HALF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

BUT SOMEWHERE WE CAN GET STARTED WHERE MAYBE SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL LIKE A PLAYGROUND GETS PUT THERE AND RIGHT.

A LITTLE BIT OF WALKING SPACE AND MM-HMM.

AND THEN BUILD OFF OF IT FROM THAT.

AND UH, JUST KIND OF LIKE ALL BUT DO HAVE THE MASTER PLAN IF YOU WILL, IN PLACE ABSOLUTELY.

TO WHERE YOU JUST START CHECKING YOUR BOXES OR ADDING TO IT AS YOU GO RIGHT NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M STILL ALL IN FAVOR.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH IT TO, TO SEEK UH, PERHAPS CORPORATE INTEREST AND RIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SOME IDEAS THERE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP IF I CAN.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT TWO BIGGEST THINGS I HEAR SKATE PARK AND WATER FEATURE.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE WATER FEATURE.

BUT SKATE PARK I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION AS WELL, JUST FROM EVERYTHING I KEEP HEARING.

I GET IT ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE UH, THE OLD SWIMMING POOL.

THE OUTSIDE AS A SKATE PARK.

AND SO THAT DIDN'T REALLY COME TO FRUITION.

SO I GUESS THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S STILL JUST LIVING RIGHT NOW.

SO ALL THE TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, WITH LAKESIDE PARK, YOU KNOW WHAT MEGAN SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT ON POINT BECAUSE WE STARTED WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS WE WANTED.

AND THEN WITH THAT BUDGET WE HAD TO CUT THINGS DOWN, CHANGE THE BUILDING, THE PAVILION, CUT THINGS DOWN, MOVE THE BEACH, UH, VOLLEYBALL THIS AND IT CAME OUT, WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

SO IT'S BEEN THE SAME PROCESS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT'LL WORK OUT AS WELL.

WELL THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, WILL BE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT SO THAT WILL PROBABLY, OF COURSE COSTS HAVE ALSO GONE UP SINCE THAT TIME TOO.

SO IT'S KIND OF A GIVE AND TAKE.

SO I DON'T SEE US PUTTING IN THE PAVILION THE WAY WE DID THERE IF THAT ONE, I THINK THE BIGGEST COST ON LAKESIDE REALLY WAS THAT PAVILION.

OH IT MOST CERTAINLY WAS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GO THAT BIG ON SOMETHING AT ABIGAIL'S PARK.

UNLESS WE GET SPONSORSHIPS.

AND I THINK GOING BACK TO OUR MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WAS MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY A PAVILION FOR, YOU KNOW, LARGE FAMILY REUNIONS, LARGE CAPACITY.

AND SO WE'VE KIND OF CHECKED THAT BOX WITH LAKESIDE AND YEAH WE HAVE IT.

WE REALLY DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC SURVEY WHEN THEY SAID PAVILION.

IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER BUT THE SECONDARY PAVILION IN LAKESIDE WHERE IT'S JUST HOUSING PICNIC TABLES.

SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANT TO HAVE.

AND OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE A SPLASH PAD, YOU NEED TO HAVE A RESTROOM.

RESTROOMS ARE ONE OF OUR MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OUR PARK.

SO WE'VE GOTTA HAVE RESTROOMS THERE.

MAYBE THAT LOOKS LIKE RESTROOMS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PAVILION.

I MEAN WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET INTO THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT.

UM, BUT YES, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD, WE DON'T HAVE TO LIMIT JUST TO THE SURVEY THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OR MORE AGO.

WE CAN ADD THOSE COMPONENTS AND THEN WHEN WE GET AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST, WE'LL HAVE TO GET TO THE REALITY OF, OKAY, NOW WHAT DO WE WANT TO FINE TUNE, CUT BACK, MAKE SMALLER, ET CETERA.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON ABIGAIL PARK? UM, I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY.

THAT'S LET'S COOL.

I, AND THEN I GUESS TOUCH ON FREEDOM PARK.

UM, I DON'T, DID YOU SEE THE LATEST NEWS FROM OUR FRIENDS FROM THE SOUTH THAT GOT SPONSORSHIPS TO TURF THEIR LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS? I DID NOT.

NOT THE WHOLE FIELD I DON'T THINK.

YEAH, JUST THE INFIELD.

CAN PUT THINGS IN AND SURE YOU CAN KEEP PLAYING AND THAT, THAT HAS BEEN, AND I THINK WE MENTIONED IT PROBABLY WASN'T TO A BLC, BUT IT WAS TO PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

BUT SAME THING SOCCER CLUB IS SAYING OF HAVING RAIN OUTS ALL THE TIME.

LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYS ON A DIRT FIELD AND SHE'LL SET A SOFTBALL.

BUT THE MORE YOU

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WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC AGREEMENTS, ONE OF THE CHANGES IN THOSE AGREEMENTS WAS TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BUT SOMETIMES THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS, LIKE THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THEY OCCUR OVER THE SPAN OF A YEAR.

AND SO NOT KNOWING IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A RENEWED AGREEMENT IS A LITTLE CONCERNING.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY REQUESTED THAT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MIND REGARDING TURF AND FIELDS.

BUT I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK OR PUT THAT I'VE TALKED TO 'EM.

BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WE ONLY HAVE 900,000 FOR THE NEW FIELD.

AND HOW FAR THAT'S GONNA GO.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE ARE.

SOCCER FIELD OF MM-HMM.

WE'LL HAVE THE BONES OF A, OF A BASEBALL FIELD, BUT RIGHT.

THE AMENITIES TO IT, YOU KNOW, I STILL BLEACHERS AND COVERED AWNINGS AND YOU KNOW, NETTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE A FRUITION AT THE, OR AT THE FIRST.

I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE FROM THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE GETTING THE FIELD BUILT.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE FENCING AND SOME DIRT WORK DONE.

AND NOW I KNOW THAT LITTLE LEAGUE IS WANTING TO HELP IN SOME CASES.

BUT YEAH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO JUST FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE FIELD.

I KNOW THAT IS THE PRIORITY WITH THE, THESE FREEDOM PARK IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, THIS IS ALSO IN REGARDS TO THEIR STORAGE THAT THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTING FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE OTHER COMPONENT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

OF COURSE WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE ACCESSIBLE, UM, PATHWAYS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHAT IT WAS.

UM, BUT WE, WE CAN'T JUST PUT A FIELD OUT THERE WITH NO ACCESS AND NOT ALSO ADDRESS THEIR TOP PRIORITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

SO IT IS QUITE A BIT TO PACK INTO THE 900,000.

BUT AGAIN, SAME PROCESS.

WE'LL DEVELOP THE SCOPE OF WORK, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT OUT, UM, FOR AN RFQ, UH, WE'LL HAVE IT DESIGNED SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE TO CUT AFTER THAT.

I STILL THINK LONG TERM, UM, THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THAT UH, FIELD.

IF THAT FIELD, I, I THOUGHT I SAW A PROPOSAL THAT HAD IT LIKE 3 25 ALL THE WAY AROUND KIND OF A, IF THAT DISTANCE IS DONE, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE OF CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BASEBALL BEING SUCH A POPULAR SPORT IN ANGLETON, UM, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COLLABORATION PERHAPS OR A JV FIELD OR A, OR A CARRYOVER FIELD OR SOMETHING.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS THE HIGH SCHOOL I ATTENDED, WE HAD TWO PLAYING SURFACES, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY TWO PLAYING FIELDS AND ONE WAS A JV FIELD ESSENTIALLY.

OF COURSE WE WERE A FIVE A HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM SIZE SCHOOL.

AND UH, BUT THAT ALSO ALLOWED FOR TOURNAMENTS TO BE HOSTED BECAUSE YOU HAD THAT, AGAIN, THAT CARRYOVER FIELD.

UM, SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR FINANCING RULES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON HOW THEY PACKAGE THEIR MONEY.

BUT AGAIN, IF SOMETHING COULD ADD IT INTO THEIR BUDGET TO WHERE EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD EVERYTHING FROM MAINTENANCE TO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH DOWNING TENNIS COURTS.

SO WE COULD CERTAINLY APPROACH THEM ABOUT COLLABORATING ON THIS PROJECT ALSO.

I MEAN, AND WE COULD PROVIDE THE SPRING.

'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT LARGER JUNIOR LEAGUE FIELD, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE EIGHTH, NINTH GRADE, 10TH GRADERS.

THEY'RE PLAYING OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THAT FIELD ALMOST WOULD BECOME, UH, WOULD GET USED MORE LATER LIKE MAY-ISH IN JUNE.

AND SO THEY COULD UTILIZE THAT COMPLEX 'CAUSE IT'S WOULD BE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF GAMES BEING PLAYED EARLY IN THE SEASON.

, THAT'S JUST HOW A JUNIOR LEAGUE WORKS.

IT'S GENERALLY CONFLICTING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON.

SO YOU DON'T, THERE ISN'T AS MUCH OVERLAP NOW.

I KNOW WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM WITH THE TENNIS COURTS, BUT YEARS AGO WE TRIED TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM WITH THE UH, THE SWIMMING POOL.

THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT HAD THEIR OWN RESOURCES AND YOU SEE WHAT THEY HAVE NOW.

SO, WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT I THINK WHAT TRAVIS HAS MENTIONED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE, WELL THEY'RE ALSO RUN OUTTA SPACE.

IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THEM TO PUT ANOTHER BASEBALL FIELD OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S THE ONE THING WE'D HAVE TO OUR ADVANTAGE IF THEY EVER WANTED TO.

YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE A CONTRACT.

YOU, WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT JUST MAYBE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, FUTURE PLANNING.

AND I UNDERSTAND LITTLE LEAGUE HAS THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE WANTING, BUT THAT, THAT ONE FIELD WAS ON THE ORIGINAL PLANS OF FREEDOM PARK

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WAY BEFORE THAT.

SO TO ME, FROM MY OPINION, I'M TRYING TO TICK OFF THE STUFF THAT WE NEVER FINISHED AT FREEDOM PARK AND THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

SO TO ME THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING OFF OF.

I I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT TO DO THEIR STORAGE FACILITY, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GOT MONEY THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN AS WELL ON THAT.

OR AT LEAST THEY WERE RIGHT.

SO MM-HMM.

TO ME THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING THEN YOU, YOU'VE GOT OPPONENT YOUR MONEY LIKE YOU ORIGINALLY SAID YOU WOULD.

AND I GUESS ALL I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WHENEVER WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE RFQ, WE NEED TO INCLUDE WHATEVER IT IS WE WANT TO BE INCLUDING, UM, SO THAT WE'RE UPFRONT ABOUT WHAT THE CONSULTANTS WILL BE ASKED TO DESIGN.

UM, AND SO WE CAN EITHER NOT BUILD THOSE ITEMS WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE OR WE CAN SAME AS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT PHASING, CALL IT PHASING.

BUT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED IN THAT AREA, THE FULL CONSTRUCTION.

AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET MOVING WITH THAT AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH LITTLE LEAGUE HERE.

WITH THE BOARD.

AND LET'S SIT DOWN EITHER PARKS BOARD AS WELL AND GO, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT OVER HERE? HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE FUNDED.

900,000.

YOU GOT IT.

WE CAN DO THAT.

WHAT'S THE PRIORITY? MM-HMM.

AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE YOU CLEAR DIRECTION ON THE SIDE TO WORK WITH WHOEVER IT IS.

PERFECT.

SAY BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'LL BE SITTING HERE IN THREE MONTHS HAVING THE SAME DISCUSSION AND SO NOT A PROBLEM.

WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND I WILL BECAUSE OF TIMING PROBABLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY.

'CAUSE OTHERWISE SEASON BASICALLY STARTS IN MARCH.

, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET A BOARD TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE WORKING THE FIELDS.

SO WE CAN PLAN ON DOING THAT.

SECOND, UH, MONDAY AND PARKS BOARD A-B-L-C-I ALREADY HAVE TENTATIVELY PLANNED, I'M SORRY GUYS, I'M CALLING MEETINGS ALL THE TIME FOR YOU ALL, BUT, UH, FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE IT'S 20TH.

WE HAVE A CITY HOLIDAY ON THE 19TH, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING THEN.

BUT IS THAT CORRECT, JASON? UH, FEBRUARY 20TH.

BUT WE COULD MEET WITH PARKS BOARD FOLLOWED BY A BLC 'CAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO, IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR THE FUNDING TO BE RELEASED IN APRIL.

IF THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE COULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED AND CAN MOVE ON THESE PROJECTS.

UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ON THE REC CENTER.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF Y'ALL, Y'ALL KIND OF GOT AN IDEA.

BUT WE DO, WE WENT TO PARKS BOARD AND WE'LL BE COMING, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS AGAIN, LIKE THE LIGHTING, UH, THE PROPOSAL FROM PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THE WATER AMENITY.

WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOCK ALL THOSE APPROVALS OUT AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, BUT IT IS ALSO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING DAY.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE TIMELY IN OUR DECISION MAKING.

AND THAT PACKET IS ALMOST READY TO BE PUBLISHED.

SO, UM, AND I WOULD BE, I HAVE TO PUBLISH IT THIS WEEK IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, SO IF IT IS THE DESIRE OF A BLC TO DISCUSS THOSE AND MOVE SOME OF THOSE, THE LIGHTING AND THE WATER COMPONENT FORWARD SO THAT WHEN THE FUNDING AGAIN IS AVAILABLE, WE'RE READY TO GO.

WE CAN PUT THOSE OR KEEP THEM.

I HAVE THEM CURRENTLY ON THE UM, JANUARY 9TH AGENDA.

BUT BE MINDFUL THAT CITY COUNCIL IS 30 MINUTES AFTER.

UM, AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO IT COMPREHENSIVELY, UM, RATHER THAN JUST LITTLE THINGS AT A TIME.

SO I, I'LL WALKED THROUGH THE REC CENTER A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO.

UM, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS TO THE BATHROOMS, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? WE'RE TRYING TO DRY IT OUT FASTER.

ARE WE TRYING TO CHANGE IT UP? THE COMPLETE LAYOUT? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

I REMEMBER IN THE PAST WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE LOCKER ROOMS NEED TO BE RENOVATED.

YES, THEY DO.

SO WE DON'T HAVE HAVE, WHAT'S THE ISSUE THERE? THERE'S SEVERAL ISSUES.

UM, WE'VE GOT SOME MAJOR DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

UM, SO THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE TILING, WHICH IF, IF YOU GO THROUGHOUT THAT FACILITY, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED.

SO ONCE YOU CHANGE ONE, YOU'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE HALLWAYS AND THAT'S CORRECT.

IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IS ON THE WALLS, IT'S ON THE FLOORS, IT'S EVERYWHERE, .

SO, UM, BUT WE HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE CAN, THERE'S SOME THAT WE CAN, WE CAN UPGRADE CERTAIN COMPONENTS AND KEEP OTHERS, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE HALLWAY TILE AND ON THE WALLS, MAYBE WE DON'T TOUCH THAT.

BUT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING IN THE RESTROOM, THE ACTUAL FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS UM, ADDRESSED AS WE'RE ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CRACK THROUGH SOME OF THAT.

THE LOCKERS AREN'T HIGHLY USED, NOT ALL OF THEM ANYWAYS.

WE WOULD DECREASE THAT AMOUNT.

UH, THE PRIVACY IN THE SHOWERS IS AN ISSUE.

UM, SO ACTUALLY HAVING DOORS INSTEAD OF CURTAINS.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

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AND SO THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

AND I BELIEVE A PLC AS WELL IS THAT WHEN WE START HITTING CERTAIN COMPONENTS IN THE REC CENTER, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE THE WHERE YOU CAN, UH, IDENTIFY A TRANS TRANSITION LINE AND IT'D BE KIND OF A DIFFERENT TRANSITION IF YOU WILL, LIKE THE AEROBICS ROOM AND THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, I'LL CALL 'EM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.

WE ALSO USE IT FOR AEROBICS.

ADDRESSING ALL OF THE COMPONENTS IN THERE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT THAT ONE TIME.

UM, RATHER THAN, OH GOSH, WE'VE GOTTA DO THE FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REC CENTER.

LET'S DO ALL OF THE FLOORING.

WE'D PREFER TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS EVERYTHING IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS AT THE SAME TIME.

ADDRESS EVERYTHING IN THE GYMNASIUM AT THE SAME TIME.

'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A TRANSITION POINT.

ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE HALLWAY AND THAT BLEED INTO THE LOCKER ROOMS. ADDRESS THE LOCKER ROOMS AT ONE TIME.

NATATORIUM.

THAT'S WHAT OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON, ON THIS.

UM, FOR SAFETY REASONS IS THE WATER COMPONENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE POOL PLASTER.

THE DECKING IS AN A DA ISSUE AND JUST NEEDS TO BE REDONE, UM, COMPLETELY.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON LED LIGHTING IN THERE FOR SAFETY, UH, REASONS AND JUST LIGHTING IN GENERAL.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT IN IN HOUSE, UH, WITH STEWART'S EXPERTISE.

SO JASON AND STEWART ARE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT AND TRYING TO ADDRESS IT TO REDUCE COSTS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO SECTIONS AT A TIME SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A, YOU KNOW, UPGRADES THAT THEN AREN'T GONNA BE AN UPGRADE 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN YOU HAVE NO COHESIVENESS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REC CENTER? OH, I JUST BEING CLARIFIED, THAT'S KIND OF FUTURISTIC IN THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT FOCUSING ON THE, THE PIECES THAT ARE IN THE AQUATIC PART.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

PRIMARILY, I MEAN, IF WE CAN, WHATEVER WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS $500,000 IF WE CAN ACHIEVE EVERYTHING IN THE NATATORIUM AND STILL HAVE FUNDS LEFT OVER BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR OWN LED LIGHTING AND REMEMBER WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON OUR FUND BALANCE FROM THE A RC.

SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO TACKLE AND UTILIZE THAT FOR SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE ISSUES.

SO WE ARE GOING TO STRETCH EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE CAN BECAUSE THE ENTIRE FACILITY NEEDS ATTENTION.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

IT MIGHT BE SOME OF THE A BLC WE TAKE BACK AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND WE LOOK AT HOW WE BREAK DOWN OUR BUDGETS, MAYBE WE START PUTTING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE REC CENTER OR CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED.

UM, SO WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PUT SO MUCH EVERY YEAR BACK INTO THE REC CENTER.

CONTINUAL MAINTENANCE.

UM, THE LAST THING IS ON THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

MY IDEA THAT I WAS GONNA RUN PAST Y'ALL WAS REALLY SLOPE PAVING, SLOPE PAVING IN CERTAIN DITCHES THAT WE OWN THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TO.

WE, THAT RAIN EVENT WAS ON SOUTH MORGAN OR SOUTH YEAH, SOUTH MORGAN I BELIEVE.

UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

WE ALSO HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN THAT OUR DITCHES THAT WE ARE, WE HAVE, THAT WE COULD WORK WITH.

UM, I KNOW ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HECTOR AND, AND JEFF HAVE TOLD ME BOTH OF, UM, THE DWYER DITCH THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY AND THEN OUT TO THE, THE UNION PACIFIC IS BLOCKED.

AND IT'S, IT'S BEING, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF BEING A BULKHEAD TO GETTING THE WATER TO DRINK OUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN THAT I BELIEVE IS OURS.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

UM, THE DITCH BEHIND REMINGTON, UM, THAT NONE OF OUR EQUIPMENT CAN APPARENTLY GET INTO IS AN ISSUE.

UM, AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

AND THEN LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THE, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD ALONG, UH, HENDERSON AS WELL IS ANOTHER ONE I WAS THINKING OF HAVE, SO I KNOW THREE 50 AIN'T GONNA GO VERY FAR, BUT JUST PROJECTS THAT PUBLICS GIVE US A LIST SO WE CAN WORK WITH HDR AND PUBLIC WORKS TO START AT LEAST GETTING PRICING.

AND THEN WE CAN BRING SOME ITEMS BACK TO YOU ALL AT FUTURE MEETING BECAUSE THE ONE HOUSE THAT GOT WATER IN IT DURING THAT FLOOD EVENT THAT

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AND IT WAS BECAUSE THAT DITCH CANNOT FLOW OUT.

THOSE CUL-DE-SACS ARE BACKING UP AND COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE WATER CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.

SO THAT'S TO ME ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW THAT MM-HMM.

NEEDS ATTENTION.

ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ON Y'ALL A-B-C-C-I-P LIST IS, UH, THE WATER FLOW AND DRAINAGE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

IT FELT LIKE IT WAS A LONG DOWNING.

UM, YOU MAY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND AROUND THE NEW BUS BARN AREA, I THINK HER HAS DONE A STUDY ON HOW TO YEP.

ADDRESS THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR OH YEAH.

IT'S PROJECT.

BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER I'D HAVE TO GET WITH JOHN PETERSON, BUT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE IN YOUR CIP SOME MAJOR DRAIN DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

SO WE CAN BRING THAT AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE US TO ADD THAT.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING, WELL, I GUESS NO LONGER FROM JEFF, BUT HECTOR, YOU KNOW, UM, JEFF'S STILL AROUND ON PRIORITIES, UM, WHAT SOME PRIORITIES MIGHT BE.

YOU GOT IT.

UM, JUST TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BOOTS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND THAT MM-HMM.

ARE DEALING WITH THE OKAY.

AND IF THEY COULD GIVE US MAYBE THREE OR FOUR THAT THEY WOULD AND THEN, AND HOPEFULLY AND ACTUALLY IN PRIORITIZE AND A PRIORITIZED LIST TOO.

'CAUSE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO ALL OF THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE, I GUESS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, NEW MEMBERS TO THE, UH, A BLC, THE EXPLANATION OF WHY WE'RE PAYING OR WHY WE HAVE THAT FAR WITHIN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS OPPOSED TO ABLETON DRAINAGE.

UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A BLC PROBABLY THINKING WHY WOULD WE BE ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO A DRAINAGE PROJECT? SO I GUESS THAT NEEDS TO BE A GOOD EXPLANATION TO THE BOARD ITSELF.

SO WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WORK AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THINKING WE'RE HERE FOR THE, UH, THE BETTERMENT OF THE, UH, THE REC CENTER, THE PARKS AND SUCH LIKE THAT.

BUT WHY DRAINAGE? I'M NOT SURE I CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY AS TO WHY A BLC PUT DRAINAGE INTO THEIR BYLAWS.

BUT IT IS PART OF ALCS BYLAWS TO ADDRESS THESE AREAS THAT ARE OUT OF ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UM, PURVIEW AND, AND REALLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE DITCHES THROUGHOUT TOWN THAT WE DO HAVE AN ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT THAT THEY MANAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DIFFERENT REGIONAL DETENTION AREAS, SEVERAL DITCHES THAT FLOW INTO THOSE REGIONAL DETENTION AREAS.

AND THEN THERE ARE DITCHES THAT THE CITY OF ENGLETON MAINTAINS.

UM, AND REALLY THOSE I THINK ARE SPECIFICALLY WHAT A BLC IDENTIFIED.

AND SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME MAY BE ABLE TO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY, IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO HELP SUPPORT AND FUND PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT MANAGED BY THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

BECAUSE I'M, I'M SURE IT COULD EASILY BE SEEN BY SOMEONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE A BLC.

LIKE CERTAIN THINGS WE COULD DEALLOCATE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE FIELDS HERE AND THERE.

IT'S LIKE $350,000 COULD REALLY GO A LONG WAYS TO A POINT ON LEVELING CERTAIN BASEBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, BASE PARK, ANYTHING.

SO FOR JUST CLARIFICATION THAT WE'LL PROBABLY GET TO KEEP, UH, KEEP A GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

I WOULD SAY THAT I, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE LAST TIME I READ THE, UH, THE, UH, VOTER LANGUAGE WHENEVER IT WAS VOTED ON, BUT A PART OF ME THINKS IT WAS IN THERE THAT THAT WAS A WAY TO GET IT TO PASS, I GUESS THE TIME.

UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE EVER SPENT ANY MONEY FROM A BLC ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

I DO KNOW THAT A BLC HAS SPENT MONEY ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS.

UM, WHEN, AND, AND I I SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LAKESIDE PARK BECAUSE A BLC WAS DOING A LOT OF PARK PROJECTS AND QUESTIONS DID COME UP ABOUT WHY AREN'T WE DOING DRAINAGE.

BUT I, I KNOW CHARLYN AND CHRIS, ER BOTH AND DR. JACKSON, YOU MAY HAVE TWO, SPOKE ABOUT SOME DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETE.

SO I DO, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.

I CAN ASK JEFF, UH, IF HE HAS HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

UM, BUT I DO KNOW SOME HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT IT'S BEEN SOME TIME, SO YEAH.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS? WE ARE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM,

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SO DO YOU WANNA LEAVE IT OPEN OR DO YOU WANNA CLOSE IT? UH, I, WE CAN CLOSE IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO.

I DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM AS THOUGH IT'S THE SAME ONE.

I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

I SECOND THAT MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAME.

SIGNED WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ACTION YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE ON OR CONSIDER ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NOT.

ALRIGHT.

DOES A BLC HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? UM, MEAN IT'S EXCITING.

ALRIGHT.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION, I'M OKAY TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL, THE, UH, WATER FEATURE COMPONENT IN LIGHTING ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

CORRECT.

AND WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ALL REGARDING THE FREEDOM PARK PASSIVE AREA, UM, FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, WHAT THEY PROPOSED AND A REVISED ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN GET LITTLE LEAGUE TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA, WHAT THE PRIORITY IS ON THAT MONEY WITH PARTS.

THE NEXT MEETING BEING THE NINTH? NO, NOT, BUT IN FEBRUARY.

IN FEBRUARY, YES.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO PARKS BOARD ON THAT SECOND MONDAY.

A BLC WILL HAVE A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20TH.