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LIVE.THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO THE TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS ABIGAIL S. PARK DEVELOPMENT.
WE DO HAVE SOME INTERACTIVE PORTIONS OF TONIGHT'S EVENT, SO PLEASE DO BE VOCAL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING NOTES.
BUT TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF AN AGENDA OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVENING, WE ARE TOTALLY
I'M MEGAN MAYER, I'M YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND JASON MEYER ARE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS HERE WITH US.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE PROJECT OVERVIEW.
WE DO HAVE THE SURVEY LINK, WHICH WE'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A SECOND.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, THERE WILL BE A QR CODE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH USING QR CODES, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN WRITE DOWN YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE SIGN-IN SHEET.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, PLEASE DO THAT FOR US.
UH, AND WE CAN SEND YOU THAT THROUGH EMAIL TOMORROW.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE GOING OVER THE PARK AMENITY PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE 2021 AND 2024 SURVEY, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO KIND OF DISCUSS THE TYPE SIZING, WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AS WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS PARK.
WE'LL ALSO GO OVER SOME SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE SOME SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET TO THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY, THIS WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
WE'VE OPENED THAT BACK UP TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN COMPILE WHAT WE RECEIVED TONIGHT IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT SURVEY.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THE APRIL 1ST TOWN HALL MEETING.
APRIL 1ST AND TONIGHT'S MEETING ARE GONNA BE THE SAME.
SO FOLKS THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE ON APRIL 1ST.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT INTO OUR OVERVIEW SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE FUN STUFF.
SO AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT STARTED BACK REALLY IN 2019 WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
ONE OF THE, ACTUALLY TWO THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE THAT WE HAD GAPS IN SERVICE AND PROGRAMMING ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AND THAT WE NEEDED TO CONSIDER PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE TOWN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ACCESS.
AND SO WHEN WE STARTED EVALUATING, OH, AND MIND YOU, THOSE WERE BOTH SHORT TERM GOALS.
SO TYPICALLY YOU WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT WITHIN THE ONE TO THREE, UH, YEAR RANGE.
AND SO THIS BECAME A TALKING POINT FOR US VERY EARLY ON.
UH, MANY OF YOU GUYS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING LAND ACQUISITION, UM, BETWEEN, I THINK IT WAS IN THE 2021 YEAR.
UH, BUT WHILE WE WERE ASSESSING PARK EQUITY AND PARK AMENITIES, WE DID A SURVEY BACK IN 2021 THAT ADDRESSED SEVERAL AREAS, INCLUDING THE MUNICIPAL POOL, WHAT TO DO WITH WELCH PARK, UH, WHAT TO DO WITH THE DOG PARK, AND IF WE DEVELOPED A PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THERE? AND SO THAT SURVEY WENT OUT IN 2021.
WE HAD NOT ACQUIRED LAND AT THIS POINT.
IT WAS LEFT OPEN, OPEN FOR ABOUT A MONTH, AND WE HAD 79 RESPONDENTS.
SO OF THOSE RESPONDENTS, THESE WERE THE MAIN COMPONENTS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THAT SURVEY AS IT RELATES TO A NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT, NOT THE MUNICIPAL POOL WELCH OR, OR THE DOG PARK.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
78% OF RESPONDENTS REALLY WANTED A SPLASH PAD.
THEY WANTED TO SEE THAT TYPE OF AMENITY AT THIS PARK.
MOST INDIVIDUALS ALSO WANTED TO UTILIZE THE PARK FOR WALKING, EXERCISING, PLAYING WITH THEIR FAMILY ACTIVITIES, BIKING, AND THEY WANTED IT TO INCLUDE A PLAYGROUND AND A SPLASH PAD.
THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES FOR THIS PARK IN THAT SURVEY WERE A PLAYGROUND FOR FIVE TO 12 TRAILS SPLASH PAD, PLAYGROUND FOR TWO TO FIVE AND SWINGS.
SO AGAIN, WE THEN STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO THE CITY COUNCIL DID CONSIDER AN APPROVED LAND ACQUISITION AND THIS PARCEL AT 3 0 1 CEMETERY IS JUST UNDER SEVEN ACRES, WHICH MEETS OUR, OUR PARK SANDERS, WHICH IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF FIVE ACRES.
AND SO WE DID ACQUIRE THAT LAND AND SUBSEQUENTLY ON, UH, IN MARCH OF 2022, THAT PARK WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK.
A RECOMMENDATION CAME TO CITY COUNCIL THROUGH A LETTER FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOWNSEND.
AND UNANIMOUSLY IT WAS APPROVED, UH, FOR THAT PARK NAMING.
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TO TODAY AND EVEN EARLIER IN 2023, WE STARTED CONVERSATION CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEBT ISSUANCE AND PROJECTS, WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.SO A BLC HAD BEEN WORKING TOWARDS ISSUING DEBT AND IS NOW IN THE FINAL STAGES OF, UH, RECEIVING DEBT ISSUANCE IN JUST UNDER $4 MILLION.
SO WHILE ALL OF THAT WAS GOING ON AND ISSUING DEBT FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, WE PUBLISHED A SURVEY IN JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY FOR ABOUT A MONTH, LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH, UH, REGARDING SPECIFICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK AND WHAT PARK AMENITIES THE RESIDENTS WANTED TO SEE.
AND SO WE HAD 585 RESPONDENTS.
AGAIN, WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES REMAINED PLAYGROUND FOR TWO TO FIVE AS WELL AS FOUR FIVE TO 12 A SLASH PAD SWINGS, TRAILS AND A BIKE PATH.
AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS ALSO INCLUDE THE TOP 10 AMENITIES.
WE HAVE A VISUAL FOR YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE'LL GO OVER.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE THOSE, THOSE FIVE.
YOU ALSO HAVE A SKATE AREA, AN OBSTACLE COURSE, GREEN SPACE, MINI GOLF AND BASKETBALL COURTS.
SO THAT KIND OF FALLS WITHIN YOUR TOP 10.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE TOP 10 WAS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID FOR LAKESIDE PARK.
WE HAD ABOUT 10 AMENITIES THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE, ONCE WE WERE RECEIVING ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS, WE STARTED CUTTING BACK AMENITIES JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCALE AND THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 10 AMENITIES IN THIS PARK DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
UM, NOT ONLY DUE TO THE BUDGET, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF AMENITIES THAT THAT MAY, WE MAY WANT TO INCLUDE HERE.
SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A RANKING.
YOU CAN SEE IN, UH, A SLIDING SCALE OF WHAT IS DESIRED THERE.
THE TOP ONE, WHILE IT SAYS TWO TO FIVE YEARS, IT HAS THE ELLIPSIS.
UM, SO THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE FIVE TO 12, UH, PLAY STRUCTURE.
AND SO YOU SEE YOUR PLAYGROUND SLASH PAD SWINGS TRAILS AND THEN IT STARTS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, WHITTLING DOWN AND WE HAVE MORE AMENITIES BEYOND THE 10 AND THEY JUST GET SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER.
SO WITH THAT OVERVIEW, THAT IS A QUICK OVERVIEW.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE TOP AMENITIES.
WE HAVE THEM PRINTED OUT HERE.
SO WE WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO BE INTERACTIVE.
WE HAVE STICKERS FOR YOU GUYS.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SIX STICKERS AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLACE, UM, STICKERS ON THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WISH TO SEE IN THIS PARK.
SO WITH THESE STICKERS, YOU HAVE SIX, YOU CAN USE THESE SIX HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
SO IF YOU WANT THEM TO BE ALL ON ONE COMPONENT, 'CAUSE YOU REALLY WANNA SEE IT THERE, THAT'S GOING TO HELP STAFF UNDERSTAND IF WE START WITH 10 AND WE WOULD NEED TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO MORE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KEEP IN THIS PARK.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 IMAGES HERE, DEPICTING THOSE TOP 10 ON AMENITIES.
IF YOU WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO PERUSE THOSE PICTURES.
UH, WE DO HAVE 'EM CONSOLIDATED OVER ON THESE TWO TABLES HERE.
UH, SO YOU MAY HAVE TO TAKE TURNS IF WE NEED TO EXPAND THE TIME, WE WILL.
UH, BUT IF YOU WOULD DO US A FAVOR AND PLACE THOSE STICKERS, USE ALL OF 'EM ON, UM, ONE OR SEVERAL OF THOSE PICTURES.
AND SO WE'LL KIND OF BREAK TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.
IN THE A BLC BROKE DOWN 4 MILLION, WHAT, HOW MUCH IS DEDICATED? 2 MILLION.
BUT THAT INCLUDES YOUR COST FOR ANY CONSULTANTS THAT YOU'RE HIRING TO HELP DESIGN AND CREATE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
SO HOW MUCH WAS LAKESIDE? LAKESIDE WAS 3.5.
AND THAT ALSO, I ACTUALLY THINK THERE WAS MONEY ALLOCATED FOR DESIGN OUTSIDE OF THE 3.5.
SO 3.5 WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.
I'M SORRY FOR HERE, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE DO HAVE MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS AND UH, WITHIN THOSE PARK STANDARDS WE HAVE THINGS LIKE A PLAYSCAPE, A COVERED PAVILION, RESTROOM.
SO WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THOSE IN HERE.
WE REQUIRE OUR SITES TO BE A DA ACCESSIBLE, SO THEREFORE WE WILL HAVE REQUIRE PARKING ON SITE.
UM, SO THESE ARE STRICTLY DEDICATED TO AMENITIES.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUDGET ITEMS THAT'S GONNA WORK, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND AGAIN, RALPH OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, RIGHT? A LARGE AMOUNT RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE THINGS, UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE
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FROM US AND WE START DEVELOPING THOSE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS, WE THEN GET AN ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST WHERE WE MAY SAY, OH MY GOODNESS, WE CAN'T HAVE MANY GOLF, A SPLASH PAD AND A PLAYGROUND HERE.WE NEED TO, AND I'M JUST MAKING THAT UP.
I'M NOT SAYING THOSE AMENITIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT UM, THAT IS WHERE WE THEN ARE ABLE TO START SAYING, OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WHAT DID THE SURVEY RESPONSES SAY? WHAT DID THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ATTENDED THE TOWN HALL SAY WERE THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE? BECAUSE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO START CUTTING OR, UH, CHANGING YOUR MATERIALITY OR THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, OR JUST LIKE IN THE EXERCISE THAT WE HAD FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN, USUALLY THERE ARE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
SO WE WILL NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE SCALE OF A PLAYGROUND OR SPLASH PAD NEED TO BE.
AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE GET INTO DESIGN.
ALRIGHT, SO REPEAT THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS AGAIN.
THE THE PARKING AND RESTROOMS AND SURE.
SO WE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS, UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THERE ARE, THERE IS PARKING, UH, FOR A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND JUST PARKING IN GENERAL.
ON SITE WE HAVE RESTROOMS, A COVERED PAVILION PICNIC AREA THAT ALSO COMES WITH LIKE, UH, YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE A, A BARBECUE PIT IS IN THAT MINIMUM PARK STANDARD.
WE ALSO HAVE PARK STANDARDS FOR THE NUMBER OF BENCHES AND TREES THAT ARE IN THE PARK BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ACRES.
UM, SO, BUT THERE'S LIKE NO LESS THAN TWO BENCHES.
UM, WATER FOUNTAIN IS ANOTHER ONE.
SO YOUR DEDICATED PATHWAY, YOU'LL SEE THAT A BIKE PATHWAY AND, AND WALKING TRAIL, BECAUSE OUR MINIMUM PARK STANDARD IS 10 FOOT FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IS EIGHT FOOT.
UH, THOSE ARE MULTIMODAL PATHWAYS, MEANING YOU CAN HAVE A BIKE AND WALKERS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE AMENITIES THIS EVENING, YOU'LL SEE ONLY ONE OPTION.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A PICTURE OF A BIKE PATH AND A WALKING TRAIL.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS CONCRETE OR A GRAVEL? OR IS THAT, DOES IT, IS THAT MADE UP IN THE WE DO AND, AND OUR PARK STANDARDS HAVE CONCRETE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DE DECOMPOSED GRANITE AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND SO OFTENTIMES WE MAY BE PRESENTED WITH A, A, UM, ALTERNATIVE BY A DEVELOPER AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
WELL IF YOU WOULD PLEASE UTILIZE ALL YOUR STICKERS AND WE'RE USING ONLY THESE TWO TABLES.
WE'LL WORK ON THIS ADDITIONAL AREA AT A LATER TIME.
SHE SAY THAT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME, RIGHT? YES.
AND YOU CAN USE ALL YOUR STICKERS ON ONE OR SPREAD 'EM OUT, HOWEVER YOUR LIKE THE, UH, SKATE CARD.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE PERSPECTIVE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT HERE? WHICH WAS THERE? TRACK.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK W WOULD BE AN AMAZING PLACE TO DO THAT.
SO I JUST, THAT WAS SOMETHING I SAW AND IT HASN'T YET, IT HASN'T COME UP YET AND I'M SURPRISED, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE, YEAH, I'LL WAIT.
DIDN'T SHE PROMISE THAT SIDE? DIDN'T I REALLY DON'T.
IT'S LIKE MORE LIKE, YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE I EVERYTHING ON HERE, SO.
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WE WANT IT ALL IT LOOKS LIKE.SO YOU ALL HAVE RANKED THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES AT A PLAYGROUND LEADING IN.
FIRST WE HAVE A TIE, UH, WELL, THREE-WAY TIE, DRILL BY HALF SWING SKATE PARK, WHICH THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
SO PARK AMENITY TYPE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE INTERACTION GOING.
WE HAVE YET ANOTHER SURVEY, BUT WE HAVE VISUALS TO TAKE YOU THROUGH AS WELL.
SO THIS ONE WE REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO, UH, TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES IF YOU HAVE 'EM, UH, PULL THIS SURVEY UP.
IF YOU GO TO YOUR CAMERA ICON, IT'LL POPULATE, IT'LL PULL UP A, A LINK AND IT SHOULD TAKE YOU TO THE SURVEY.
AND IF YOU PREFER NOT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT'S OKAY.
WE CAN ALSO SEND YOU A LINK AT A LATER TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE AS WELL.
BUT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THIS WITH YOU.
WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WERE RANKED AS TOP PRIORITIES SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER FEEL FOR SCALE.
UM, AND OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE ANSWERED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE SOME IMAGES HERE FOR A PLAYGROUND.
UM, TWO OF THESE ARE OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
UH, AND THE FIRST QUESTION YOU SHOULD SEE, I NEED MY PHONE FOR THIS ALSO WITH PINK ONE.
MAY BE ASKING YOU ABOUT A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS ACTUALLY, WILL YOU GO BACK ONE, JASON? I'M SORRY.
MM-HMM? I HAD THE OTHER ONE PULLED UP.
DO Y'ALL HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON YOURS? YES.
WE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FILLING IT IN.
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DO YOU KNOW IF MARTHA STILL HERE? WE CAN GO THROUGH THE AMENITIES AND THEN WE WILL COLLECT YOUR EMAILS.AND WE CAN DO THIS OUTTA YOUR TIME.
SO, UM, IN THE SECONDARY SURVEY, WHICH WE WILL SEND YOU, WHAT IT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS ACCESSIBILITY VERSUS A DA COMPLIANCE.
WE MUST BE A DA COMPLIANT WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
BUT YOU CAN BE A DA COMPLIANT AND CHILDREN NOT HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS THROUGHOUT A PLAYGROUND.
MEANING, UM, WE MAY HAVE TRANSFER STATIONS LIKE THIS AND, UH, DECO, UH, NOT DECOMPOSED GRANT, EXCUSE ME, UH, ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER THAT WE HAVE IN A LOT OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, IS A DA ACCESSIBLE, BUT IS THAT EASIER THAN A POUR IN PLACE LIKE WE HAVE AT LAKESIDE PARK FOR WHEELCHAIR BOUND CHILDREN? NO, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO HAVE A FOREIGN PLACE PLAYGROUND, UM, FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
SO THESE ARE BOTH OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
IT IS A DA ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT ALL INCLUSIVE.
THIS IS A DA ACCESSIBLE AND ALL INCLUSIVE.
ALL THE DECKS MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR A POWER CHAIR OR WHEELCHAIR TO GO UP DIVERSE, UH, INTEGRATE WITH CHILDREN.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, ENSURING THAT CHILDREN HAVE THE EQUAL ACCESS OF PLAY, THEY CAN PLAY TOGETHER, UM, RATHER THAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS CHILD MAY BE ABLE TO TRAVERSE UP HERE AND GO DOWN THE SLIDE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL THE COMPONENTS WITHIN A PLAYGROUND.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS IN THE SECONDARY SURVEY WILL BE, IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU? YOU CAN HAVE AN A DA ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND, WE CAN INSTALL THAT.
UM, BUT IS IT YOUR PREFERENCE AS A RESIDENT TO HAVE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAY? SO THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT SIZE AND SCALE.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND FEATURE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY AT, BUT DO YOU WANT IT TO BE THE FEATURE OF THE PARK? DO YOU WANT THE PARK TO BE MASSIVE WHERE YOU HAVE VARIOUS PLAY COMPONENTS, YOU MEET THE NEEDS OF A TWO TO FIVE, WHICH IS THIS, AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A ZIP LINE IN THE BACK, THERE'S A LARGER STRUCTURE, UH, FOR KIDS, UM, TO PLAY AND FOR FIVE TO 12.
SO DO YOU WANT THAT TO BE THE FEATURE COMPONENT? DO YOU WANT THE SPLASH TAG TO BE THE FEATURE COMPONENT OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE EQUAL IN SIZE? SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, WE HAVE A THIRD QUESTION ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, WELL I'LL PROBABLY, LET ME COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
AGAIN, FLASH PAD, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLASH PAD, THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPLASH PADS THAT WE CAN INSTALL.
SO WE COULD BE DOING A SPLASH PAD THAT ACTUALLY HAS A PLAY STRUCTURE INVOLVED.
MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU SEE WITH PLAYGROUNDS.
PLAYGROUND HAS A PLAY STRUCTURE.
THEY ARE MAKING SPLASH PADS NOW WHERE THEY HAVE SPLASH PAD PLAY STRUCTURES AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER AMENITIES AROUND.
YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A SPLASH PAD THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS SPRAY AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY AND INTERACT WITH.
AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN HAVE WHAT WE WOULD JUST CALL WATER PLAY WHERE THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT FOUNTAINS AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS.
THEY CAN DO DIFFERENT, TAKE DIFFERENT FORMS OR SHAPES.
LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A WATER DOME, YOU CAN HAVE THINGS JUST SHOOTING UP.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE A WATERED ARCH.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A SPLASH PAD.
WE NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU ALL, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO
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YOU WHEN WE SAY SPLASH PAD, WHAT ARE YOU ENVISIONING? SO THAT WHEN WE START DESIGNING, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR YOU, WHAT THE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.SO THAT WAS ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY.
THERE ARE NUMBER OF SWINGS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE QUANTITY.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A TODDLER SWING.
THERE IS A REGULAR SWING BAY, MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, WHICH YOU TYPICALLY HAVE TWO, UH, WITHIN A BAY.
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO SOMETHING LIKE A SAUCER SWING, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE.
SO DO YOU WANT A SAUCER SWING? SHOULD THAT BE A STANDALONE UNIT LIKE THIS ONE OR ATTACHED TO A PLAY FEATURE? UM, EXCUSE ME.
WE ALSO HAVE TODDLER SWINGS OR REFLECTION SWINGS.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR A DA COMPLIANT SWINGS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SWINGS THAT WE CAN ADD, BUT AS YOU SPECIFY WHAT YOU'RE WANTING AND WE HAVE IN THE SURVEY, IT'LL BE, UM, A CHECKLIST.
SO IT'S NOT A MULTIPLE CHOICE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP ONE FOR THE OTHER.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ALL DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THERE.
SO YOU CAN SELECT ALL OF THEM IN THE SURVEY IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THAT'LL HELP US DETERMINE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THREE SWING BAYS BECAUSE WE NEED ONE FOR TODDLERS, WE NEED ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL SWINGS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HAVE REFLECTION IN A DA SWING OR WE DON'T WANT ANY, UH, REFLECTION SWINGS.
WE JUST WANT AN A DA COMPLIANT SWING.
OR DO A SOFT OR SWING BECAUSE THOSE CAN ALSO BE A ADA COMPLIANT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH YOUR SELECTIONS AS YOU GO THROUGH THE SURVEY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT STATE PARK.
SO WHEN IN THE INITIAL SURVEY WE HAD A SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE FOOTPRINT, WHICH WILL UTILIZE THAT DATA FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF UM, HOW THAT WAS RANKED.
SO WE WILL REFLECT BACK ON THAT SURVEY, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF SKATE PARKS.
SO WE CAN DO AN IN-GROUND SKATE SKATE PARK, OR YOU CAN DO AN ABOVE GROUND.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE CONCRETE PAD, WE CAN DO THESE MODULAR UNITS.
SO WHAT IS IT WHEN WE SAY SKATE PARK, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE OBSTACLE COURSE, AGAIN, THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THERE ARE, MOST OF YOUR PLAYGROUND VENDORS HAVE PARK EQUIPMENT TO WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A AN OBSTACLE COURSE, UH, THAT'S TIMED.
SO THEY HAVE A START AND FINISH.
THEY GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, JUMPING THE TIRES SO TO SPEAK, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT TIRES.
UM, KIND OF RAILING ACROSS THE, THE NET HOLDING ONTO THESE MOVING PARTS, WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT, UM, GOING OVER AND UNDER THE CABLES.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER OVER AND UNDER COMPONENT.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR ROPE CLIMB AND OVER.
SO IS THAT THE KIND OF OBSTACLE COURSE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A HIGH LIKE ROPES COURSE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT CAMP ALLEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT MEANS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? UM, OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT, OH, I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE FUN TO HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE PLAYGROUND.
OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT A ZIP LINE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING AND NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITHOUT DEVELOPING SOMETHING LIKE THIS? SO COULD YOU ADD THE FIRST ONE IN THE LAST ONE? YOU COULD MM-HMM.
WHAT WOULD THE MAINTENANCE LOOK LIKE ON THE FIRST ONE? SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE OR UM, DEPARTMENTS, WELL THOSE ARE TURF AND I WOULD DO TURF.
I WOULD RECOMMEND TURF IF YOU'RE GONNA DO A COURSE LIKE THIS.
THE THING WITH A LOT OF THESE OBSTACLE COURSES, THE CABLES AND ROPES ARE, ARE MUCH HARDER TO MAINTAIN THAN IF YOU'RE JUST DOING A PLAYGROUND PARK COMPONENT OR AMENITY.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFINITELY KEEP AN EYE ON, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY REASONS.
SO, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO BOTH.
AND THESE, WHILE THIS DEPICTS A ROPE SWING, THEY HAVE CHAIRS, THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CABLES.
THEY HAVE JUST THE HANDLE BAR, UM, SO THAT IT COMES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SO WHILE THOSE WEREN'T Y'ALL'S TOP FIVE AMENITIES, WE DO HAVE THAT IN OUR UH, TOP 10, UH, FROM OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WHEN WE HAD OUR LUNCH AND LEARN WITH KIMLEY HORN, BUT THIS GREEN SPACE CAN BE INVITING AND PLAYFUL.
SO YOU CAN HAVE STRICTLY AN OPEN GREEN SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLAY
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FRISBEE OR KNOCK AROUND A SOCCER BALL, THINGS LIKE THAT.YOU CAN HAVE SOME NATURE PLAY ON THE PERIPHERY OF GREEN SPACE, UM, TO STILL MAKE THAT FUN AND INTERACTIVE.
UM, OR YOU CAN HAVE, LIKE WE HAVE AT LAKESIDE BI, UH, TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF TEXTURE AND PLAY.
YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN THIS WILL RUN UP AND DOWN HILLS JUST BECAUSE THERE'S HILLS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USED TO SEEING.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE THAT AS A CHECKLIST OR IT MIGHT BE A MULTIPLE CHOICE.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLE MAINTENANCE TASK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT DOABLE, BUT BASKETBALL COURT.
SO THAT WAS THE LAST AMENITY THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT AT BATES.
WE'RE WANTING TO KNOW DO YOU WANT A COVERED, IS IT A SINGLE COURT, IS IT MULTIPLE BASKETS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, AND SO THO THAT IS A CHECKLIST AS WELL.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED AND ALLUDED TO, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HELD AN ANGLETON UNIVERSITY COURSE WHERE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS, THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO WHAT WE DID IN EACH OF THOSE COURSES WHERE WE HAD, WE PROVIDED THE SURVEY DATA INFORMATION FROM 2021 AND WE HAD THE CLASS DIVIDE UP INTO GROUPS.
AND ONCE THEY DID MUCH A SIMILAR PROCESS AS YOU ALL DID WITH THE PARK AMENITIES, THEY RANKED THEIR PARK AMENITIES.
WE HAD VARIOUS ONES, UM, BEYOND WHAT YOU HAD TODAY THAT WERE POSTED AND THEY DID THE SAME STICKER METHOD.
THEY TOOK THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES AND THEN THEY WERE ASKED TO DO A SCHEMATIC DESIGN BUBBLE CHART.
SO UP HERE YOU WILL SEE YEAR ONE AND MAYBE YEAR TWO'S PRESENTATIONS AND SCHEMATIC DESIGNS.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE DID A BUDGET CUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALITY, RIGHT? AND SO YOU MIGHT SEE SOME THINGS CROSSED OFF AND X THROUGH AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT THOSE WEREN'T A PRIORITY TO THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO, YOU'RE BEING GIVEN THREE STICKERS.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RANK THE TOP DESIGNS BASED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS.
SO WHAT WE WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS, UH, THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND, WHICH THIS PARCEL IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 CEMETERY RIGHT ACROSS FROM ANGLETON CEMETERY.
SO IF YOU'RE ON THE ROAD LOOKING INTO THE PARK, YOU ARE LOOKING NORTH, THERE IS A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE LEFT.
THERE'S TREES TO THE NORTH, THERE ARE SOME TREES ALSO TO UH, THE EAST.
AND THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL ANDERSON IS RIGHT THERE ON THE EAST.
AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE THE ROADWAY TO THE SOUTH.
SO WE WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW DOES THE SUN, UM, RISE AND SET? WHERE WOULD YOU, IF YOU PUT PARKING, WHAT IS THE MOST CONVENIENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPLASH PAD, PLAYGROUND, RESTROOM FACILITY.
IF YOU'RE PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT THOSE TO BE AS A USER? SO KEEPING ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN MIND, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT EACH OF THESE DESIGNS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND IF ANY OF THESE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER AN SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS IS WE'RE PROVIDING WHOEVER WE SELECT AS OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM WITH THESE POTENTIAL DESIGN IDEAS THAT ARE DIRECTLY FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
OKAY? SO TAKE THOSE STICKERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE AND TAKE SOME TIME.
YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THIS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK ON TRYING TO GET YOU THE LINK.
AND IT CAN BE ON THE SAME ONE.
ARE THERE ANY SPLASH PADS IN TON CITY PARK? THERE ARE NOT.
SO WHAT'S THE CALL PART SQUARE FOOT COMPARISON OF THE PRICE OF THE SPLASH PAD VERSUS THE PRICE OF TO PRIVATE PLAYGROUND? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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I MEAN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EVEN LIKE THE INCLUSIVITY COMPONENT, ONCE YOU INCREASE THE DECK, SIGN SOME PARKS, LIKE JAMES DRIVER UP IN NORTH HOUSTON DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, TOOK SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLAYGROUND VENDORS AND THEY DESIGNED A CONCEPT THAT WAS INCLUSIVE.IT LOOKED HUGE, BUT THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF PARK OR PLAYGROUND COMPONENTS.
SEVERAL PARA GOT A REALLY NICE, YES, THEY JUST DEVELOPED VERY INCLUSIVE PART.
YEAH, THE UH, ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS.
PARKWAY AT THE, THE SPORTS COMPLEX AT SHADOW CREEK PARK.
I WOULD TELL YOU LIKE DICKIE PARK WAS OVER 150 AND THAT IS A VERY BASIC FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
AND WE GOT A GRANT THAT HELPED REDUCE THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE GREEN SPACE TRUCK.
SO WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT HAS EVEN LAKESIDE, LAKESIDE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
I WANT TO SAY THEY WERE WITH THE POOR PLACE AND EVERYTHING YOU TALKING, SO THEY DID PARKING.
WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE FRONT? YEAH, FOR SURE.
LIKE PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND WONDERING LIKE IF IT WAS THE DIRECTION.
I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY OVERLOOKING YES TO BE.
OH NO, I KNOW THEY WROTE EVERYTHING THIS WAY THOUGH.
I KNOW POND SIDEWAYS WORRIES ME A LITTLE BILLION.
BILLION JUST FOR THAT PLAYGROUND.
YEAH, THAT'S, THEY STARTED PROJECT THAT MAKES THE TRAIL VERY SMALL.
RIGHT UNDER A MILLION FOR, SO THEY'RE RIGHT UNDER A MILLION AS FAR AS, AND IT JUST KEPT TAKING UP.
I KNOW THAT'S PARTICULAR BECAUSE I SYSTEM I WHAT? WELL THIS IS THE ONE, THIS IS THE ONE YOU LIKE BECAUSE OF THAT GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? YOU LIKE THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE GREEN SPACE.
RIGHT? WELL AND ON THE GRAY WATER TOO.
AND I THINK THAT WAS VERY CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.
I SHOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN THAT BETTER.
WELL WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GRAY WATER WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A PASS THROUGH SYSTEM, BUT WE'D HAVE THE HOLDING TANK.
SO ONCE IT PASSES THROUGH, IT GOES TO THE HOLDING TANK SO THAT WE CAN USE THE GRAY WATER FOR IRRIGATION INSIDE SIZE AND SCOPE COMES INTO PLAY.
SO ALL THE THINGS IS NOT JUST LIKE ON THE SHELF, IT'S, YOU CUSTOM HAVE TO, I MEAN IDEALLY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LAST, BUT IT'S LIKE ANYTHING, IT DEPENDS ON HOW PEOPLE USE THEM AND YEAH, THEY USE IT FOR INTENDED PURPOSE, RIGHT.
SO IT, I THINK EVEN A SPLASH PAD, HOW MANY FEATURES ARE GONNA HAVE WITHIN THIS SPLASH PAD? ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE LIKE MAYBE ABOUT DUMPY BUCKETS, A LOT OF PLAY FEATURES? OR IS IT JUST WATER LESS? SO IF YOU GET DONE EARLY, WE DO HAVE A CORRECT QR CODE UP NOW BUSY HERE TO GO THROUGH.
THAT'S GONNA BE BUSIER ON YOUR COMPUTER.
SO IT'S LIKE ONLY ALLOWS TWO PICTURES HERE LOCATIONS.
YEAH, THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING.
I, WE DON'T REALLY, WE'LL COME BACK MONDAY THOUGH.
THEY WILL BE ALL NEW
THIS LAST ONE OR IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT REALLY CONFUSING, MAKE IT TO WHERE THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STICKERS AND THEN THOSE ALL GET THROWN OUT AND
WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS, THE PARK DESIGN
LET ME ALSO, UM, BE CLEAR WITH THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO PROVIDE THIS AS INPUT.
THERE MAY BE OTHER CONSTRAINTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE US, US TO MOVE AMENITIES AROUND.
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SO AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THE CORRECT QR CODE UP IF YOU WANNA TAKE THAT SURVEY, BUT NO, IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO DO.NOW ALSO IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EMAIL YOU THE LINK, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL.
WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS LIST? YES.
JASON, WILL YOU GO TO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN? THE BUBBLE CHART? YES.
UM, IS THERE ANY LENIENCY TO WHAT MUST GO INTO THE PARK? SOME, IF THERE'S ANY AVENUE TO DELETE CERTAIN THINGS, WHICH COLLECTIVELY THE GROUP WOULD LOOK AT IT GO, WELL IT'S GONNA BE THE LEAST USED THING, BUT THE, BUT THE RES REQUIRED WE HAVE, SO FOR THE MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS, I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE A CITY COUNCIL DECISION.
IF YOU WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THOSE TAKE RIGHT? MM-HMM?
YEAH, YOU, I'VE ALREADY, YEAH.
AND THESE, SO THIS IS A NOTE OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OUR MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS, YOU GUYS.
SO TIMELINE, UH, WE AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS DEBT ISSUANCE.
WE SHOULD HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE APRIL 3RD.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A DRAFT OF THE RFQ.
UH, SO PURCHASING HAS THAT, I BELIEVE PURCHASING AND LEGAL OR REVIEWING THAT FOR PUBLICATION.
AND SO ONCE THAT GETS PUBLISHED, WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GOING TO BE IN APRIL, MAY AND HAVE A FIRM SELECTION BY SUMMER.
AND THEN THESE ARE JUST THE PROPOSED TIMELINES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, BIDDING, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION.
SO WE REALLY HOPE TO SEE IF WE CAN STAY ON COURSE AND ON TIME.
UM, A NEW PARK DEVELOPED IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR.
WHY DOES IT, WHY DOES IT TAKE TWO 10 DAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION? SO THAT IS QUITE LITERALLY YOUR PLAN SET THAT, AND THIS WAS, SO THIS IS BASED OFF OF PREVIOUS, UH, THIS, IT MAY BE REDUCED BASED ON WHAT'S BEING INSTALLED AND WHAT'S BEING DESIGNED.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING BY WHAT HAPPENED AT LAKESIDE
AND WE'RE NOT DOING MAJOR, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURE LIKE THE PAVILION, SO, SO THAT COULD BE REDUCED.
YEAH, THIS IS JUST BASED OFF OF PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SPLASH PADS? I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE MIC IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD.
IF I THINK YOU STATED BEFORE THAT IF WE DO GET A SPLASH PAD, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, THE, THE WATER.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, AND IF, SO, WE ONLY USE THE SPLASH PAD FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT ADDITIONAL PERSON BE DOING? SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM WE USE FILTRATION SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
YOU CAN HAVE A PASS THROUGH WATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS WATER BEING USED, GOES TO THE DITCH IF YOU HAVE A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM.
IF WE DO THAT, WE HAVE TO KEEP RECORD OF WATER QUALITY.
UM, WHICH REQUIRES A-C-P-O-A PERSON CAN WORK UNDER CPO GUIDANCE, WHICH WE HAVE CPOS ON STAFF ALREADY.
SO THIS COULD BE A PARK PERSON.
WE COULD, WE COULD SEE IF THAT WORKS.
UM, BUT THE ISSUE COMES WHEN YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE ISSUES, UH, WITH THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF.
UM, HAVING SOMEONE ON STAFF TO ADDRESS THAT OUTSIDE OF THE AQUATIC MANAGER, OUR AQUATIC MANAGER AS IT IS ALREADY HAS A, A FULL WORKLOAD.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D HAVE TO ASSESS.
UM, THERE ARE AGENCIES THAT WE COULD WORK TO CONTRACT OUT MAINTENANCE, BUT THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LONGER DOWN TIMES.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE IN YOUR PEAK SEASON
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AND YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SCHEDULED FOR MAINTENANCE, YOU COULD BE DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME RATHER THAN HAVING SOMEONE ON STAFF.UM, SO I GUARANTEE IF WE DO HIRE SOMEONE, WE CAN FIND SOMETHING FOR THEM TO DO THE REMAINING MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR.
OR IT COULD BE A SEASONAL AQUATIC EMPLOYEE.
I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A TRAINABLE, UM, PROFESSION THAT WE COULD WORK TO ADDRESS IF WE DECIDED WITH A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM.
THE THIRD SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVEN'T TALKED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT, AND I DO WANNA PROVIDE CLARIFICATION 'CAUSE IT WAS ON OUR SURVEY AND THERE MIGHT BE CONFUSION, IS THE GRAY WATER SYSTEM.
WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING USING GRAY WATER FOR OUR WATER COMPONENTS.
WE ARE SAYING USE CITY WATER FOR THE PLAY FEATURE.
INSTEAD OF IT GOING DOWN INTO THE DRAIN, IT WOULD GO INTO A HOLDING TANK THAT WE COULD THEN USE FOR IRRIGATION FOR THE PARK SITE.
SO, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY ON, ON THOSE THREE OPTIONS.
SO IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON, ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO.
I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR THE MOST IS OUR PARKS ARE REALLY GEARED FOR OUR 12 AND UNDER FOR THE MOST PART.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR TEENAGERS AND TO DO.
UM, AND FOR EVEN SENIORS TO DO SO.
THOSE ARE THE TWO I GET THE MOST.
HEY, WHAT IS THERE FOR US? UM, THAT'S WHY I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT A SKATE PARK.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WATER FEATURE AS WELL, BUT I THINK IF WE DON'T GET THE WATER FEATURE HERE, WHEN WE DO MORE FREEDOM, WE CAN PUT THE SPLASH PAD THERE AS WELL.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING AND BEING EQUITABLE FOR, FOR ALL THE AGES TO, TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARK.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I, I THINK IS THE SPACE THERE, AND CLAIRE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TOO AND ABOUT PARKING AND UM, HOW YOU WOULD BEST FIT THAT IN AND NOT CUT THE PARK OFF.
'CAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SEVEN ACRES, IT DOESN'T, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT IN YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOU START PUTTING STUFF ON THE GROUND AND THEN IT TAKES OVER.
ALSO, HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH ANYBODY ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP? GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION FIRST.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP VIDEO, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DO FOR ANNUAL, UH, CITY VIDEO, UH, FOR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP.
SO WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH RUBEN, I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM ON WEDNESDAY.
WE DO HAVE, THIS IS A SIDE NOTE, SO I DIGRESS A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE A YOUTH STAKEHOLDER MEETING AT WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THEM.
UM, SO RUBEN WILL BE THERE, WE'LL BE MEETING AFTER THAT TO GO OVER WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN THE VIDEO, UH, TO ENSURE WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE WE START DEVELOPING CONTENT FOR THAT.
UM, BUT IT WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP ASKS, UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE START PINNING DOWN WHAT ELEMENTS AND COMPONENTS WE WANNA SEE.
WE DO THINK THAT THE GREATER ANGLETON COMMUNITY WILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
SO WE DO HOPE TO, TO RAISE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
A SUGGESTION YOU JUST MADE ANYTHING, SOMETHING, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO THE SCHOOLS LIKE WEST SIDE SINCE THAT'S WHERE ABIGAIL WENT AND EVEN SOUTH SIDE FOR SURE.
AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE KIDS ABOUT WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS SAY, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT LIVE AROUND THERE IN SOUTH SIDE, RIGHT? AND THEN THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT KNEW ABIGAIL.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO.
SO THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WEDNESDAY.
OH, SO WEDNESDAY, OUR YOUTH STAKEHOLDER MEETING, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, DESIGNED FAIRLY CLOSELY TO THIS.
NOT EXACTLY, UH, BECAUSE WE KIND OF WANT THAT ORGANIC FEEDBACK BEFORE, UH, OR IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY THAT WE HAD POSTED IN JANUARY.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO RESTRAIN THE KIDS FROM THINKING, OKAY, THESE WERE THE TOP FIVE AND 10 AMENITIES.
THOSE ARE ALL YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.
WE REALLY WANNA HAVE, UM, JUST A, A VERY OPEN CONVERSATION WITH WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH WEST SIDE.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO SOUTH SIDE AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO I THINK THEY'LL BE OPEN TO THAT.
YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE KIDS MIGHT PLAY THERE MORE.
THE HOPE IS THAT IT'S WALKABLE FOR THEM, SO YEAH.
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SO IS IT SOMETHING THE SCHOOL WOULD GO AND USE OR DO THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIRSOUTH SIDE HAS A PLAYGROUND ON SITE, BUT THEY COULD, UM, BUT I WILL SAY, I MEAN YOU HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT THERE.
YOU ALSO HAVE I THINK A MANUFACTURED DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY NORTH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANDERSON, WHICH IS IN THE, IN DEVELOPMENT.
SO, AND ANOTHER, I, I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPLASH PARK AND, AND ALL WHAT'S STAFF IS DOING.
WE'RE COLLECTING THE INFORMATION.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO DEVELOP A MULTI-GENERATION FACILITY IF WE'RE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GO OFF OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE BEING GIVEN.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAS BEEN THE, A HOT POINT OR A HOT TOPIC, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN SPLASH PAD.
AND I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCE MAX PARTICIPATION AT OUR ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER AUDITORIUM.
THAT IS OUR REVENUE GENERATOR.
IT IS HANDS DOWN, IT IS OUR REV REVENUE GENERATOR.
AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO TURN AWAY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TURN THEM TO ANOTHER WATER AMENITY, UM, THAT IS LOCAL AND FREE AND OR HAS RENTABLE PAVILIONS OR SPACES THAT THEY COULD RESERVE AND STILL CREATE SOME REVENUE GENERATION FOR US.
UH, BUT THAT TO WHERE THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THE CITY OF ENGLETON, UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN WE MAX OUT, THEY'RE LIKELY GOING OTHER PLACES.
THAT'S WHY I SUGGEST THAT WE PUT THE SPLASH PAD BY THE REC CENTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR EXPERTISE THERE IN THE WATER AREA.
YOU HAVE PARKING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE DRAW AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TONS OF PEOPLE AND YOU'RE GONNA WASTE ABIGAIL'S PARK WITH PARKING BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE EVERYBODY WANTING TO COME TO THE SPLASH PAD.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THE SPLASH PAD THERE AND THE PARKING.
SO I THINK CONSIDERING MOVING IT TO THE, TO THE REC CENTER, IF YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE, TOO MANY PEOPLE AT THE REC CENTER, THEN THERE'S A OUTDOOR SPLASH PAD RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT'S, I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE TO PUT IT.
I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS ONE.
IT IS JUST A MATTER IF THAT'S THE RIGHT PART FOR IT.
SO, AND IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW PARKS BOARD FOR SURE HAS TALKED ABOUT INSTALLING, UH, OUTSIDE WATER AMENITIES, WHETHER IT BE SPLASH PAD OR JUST EXPANDING POOL OPERATIONS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WHILE THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE, I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT AS A SPLASH PAD IS PROBABLY WHAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AT ABIGAIL JUST BECAUSE OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
UNLESS CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WHICH THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING ME YOU WANT A SPLASH PAD, YOU'RE THE ONE TELLING 'EM ABIGAIL'S NEXT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE KIND OF FORCING THE SPLASH PAD THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
I DON'T THINK THEY CARE WHERE THEY JUST WANT ONE.
WELL, AGAIN, IN THE 2021 SURVEY, IT WAS A SOUTH SIDE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE THERE? WE DIDN'T PINPOINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WAS.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, WHETHER IT BE DOG PARK WELCH, AND SO WE DIDN'T SEE THAT FOR WELCH.
SO I APPRECIATE THE, YOU DIDN'T SEE IT FOR LIKE THAT EITHER, I GUESS FLASH PAD WE DID NOT.
AND I THINK, I WONDER IF THAT'S 'CAUSE THE POOL WAS OUT OVER THERE.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING OFF OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
WHERE DID, I MEAN, CAN YOU REITERATE WHAT WAS THE TOP OVER THERE? JUST FROM THIS GROUP? FROM THIS GROUP, WE HAD THE PLAYGROUND SWINGS, UH, PATHWAY.
WE'LL CALL THAT TRAILS AND BIKE PATH, SKATE PARK AND SPLASH PAD.
WHAT GOT THE MOST BOAT IN THAT ORDER? IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THAT ORDER.
WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR TOWN HALL MEETING FOR TODAY.
UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
YOU NEED MORE OF THAT AGE GROUP HERE? YEAH, YOU DO.
I DON'T WANNA PUT 'EM ON THE SPOT.
BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING.
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JASON.