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AND MERIDA.[Town Hall on April 1, 2024]
ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE ABIGAIL AREAS PARK DEVELOPMENT TOWN HALL.
GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK AGAIN, COLIN.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
WE WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PARK AMENITIES AND THAT HAVE BEEN RANKED AS TOP PRIORITY.
SO REAL QUICK, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER A BRIEF SCHEDULE.
I'VE BEEN SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE CITY OF ENGLETON FOR THE PAST ABOUT SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE JASON ALMA, SO THAT IS WHO YOU HAVE HERE THIS EVENING, OF COURSE, WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CHRIS WHITAKER, CITY MANAGER.
UH, WE HAD SURVEY RESULTS THAT THIS IS THE SAME SURVEY THAT WE PUBLISHED IN JANUARY OF 2024.
IF YOU DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY, THAT IS WHAT THIS QR CODE IS UP FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW TO USE A QR CODE, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO YOUR CAMERA APP AND HOVER OVER THIS QR CODE.
IT'LL PULL UP A HYPERLINK FOR THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN BEGIN TAKING THAT SURVEY IF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE HAD ABOUT 585 RESPONSES FROM THIS SURVEY BACK IN THIS PAST JANUARY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM 2024 SURVEY, AS WELL AS THE SURVEY THAT WAS PUT OUT IN 2021 BEFORE IT WAS FORMALLY NAMED ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK.
UM, WELL LET ME BACK YOU UP EVEN FURTHER.
2019, WHAT REALLY KICKED OFF THIS PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN IS THAT WE HAD SOME GAPS IN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE RELATED TO PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS PARKS AND RECREATION ACCESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IMMEDIATELY WAS, OKAY, WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE ACCESS PROBLEMS? WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMMING ISSUES AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN OUR, OR PROBABLY MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT IN PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG PARK, MUNICIPAL POOL SITE AND WELCH PARK.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL LAND ACQUISITION THAT WOULD HELP WITH EQUITABLE ACCESS AND ACCESS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE FOUND IN THAT INITIAL SURVEY, IS THAT SOME OF THE SITES THAT WE ALREADY HAD, WE HAD CONSTRAINTS AS IT RELATED TO A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT LED US TO LAND ACQUISITION.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT UNTIL AFTER THIS 2021 SURVEY.
SO WHEN WE PUT OUT THE SURVEY FOR FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT EACH OF THOSE SITES, THE MUNICIPAL POOL SITE, THE DOG PARK, WELCH PARK, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW LAND ACQUISITION.
WE HAD 79 RESPONDENTS TO THAT SURVEY.
THAT SURVEY, AND 78 RESPONDENTS WOULD LIKE TO.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PARK AMENITIES AND WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE IN A FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE TOWN.
SO 78 RESPONDENTS, 78% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WANTED A SPLASH PAD AT THE PARK.
THEY ALSO, MOST INDIVIDUALS WANTED TO USE THE PARK FOR WALKING, EXERCISE, PLAY, UH, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, BIKING, PLAYGROUND ACCESS AND SPLASH PAD USE, AND THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES FOR A FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT.
WERE A PLAYGROUND FOR FIVE TO 12, AS WELL AS TWO TO FIVE SWINGS TRAILS AND A SPLASH PAD AGAIN.
SO YOU SAY 78% WANTED A SPLASH PAD.
WAS THAT SPLASH PAD THE BUCKET OR WE DON'T, THAT WAS NOT DETAILED AT THAT TIME.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS
SO CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US AS WELL AS A BOC TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LAND ACQUISITION ON A, FOR A PARCEL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN THAT IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 CEMETERY.
UM, IT WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK ON MARCH 8TH, 2022.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD ANOTHER SURVEY VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN 2021, BUT NOW THAT WE KNEW THE ACTUAL PARCEL, UM, WE CUT OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL POOL, WELCH PARK AND DOG PARK, BUT WE STILL HAD SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A SKATE PARK? WOULD YOU LIKE A DOG PARK TO BE INCORPORATED? THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THIS MOST RECENT SURVEY.
AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD 585 RESPONSES.
IT WAS PUBLISHED FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO STAFF IS THAT THE TOP AMENITIES REMAIN THE SAME.
SO TOP AMEN, TOP FIVE AMENITIES BEING A PLAYGROUND FOR TWO TO FIVE AND FIVE TO 12 SLASH PAD SWINGS, TRAILS, AND A BIKE PATH.
UH, IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, WE HAVE A GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.
THE TOP 10 AMENITIES ALSO INCLUDED IN ADDITION TO THE ONES JUST MENTIONED, A SKATE AREA, OBSTACLE COURSE, GREEN SPACE, MINI GOLF AND BASKETBALL COURTS.
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10 AMENITIES BECAUSE THAT WAS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO LAKESIDE PARK.WE STARTED OFF WITH 10 AND THEN WE STARTED SCALING BACK ONCE WE REALIZED OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
SO HERE'S A VISUAL IMAGE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO THAT YOU KINDA GET AN IDEA OF, UM, HOW IT REALLY STARTED SCALING DOWN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 10 AMENITIES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY, LIKE I MENTIONED.
THIS IS VERY, WE WANT THIS TO BE INTERACTIVE.
SO WE HAVE THE TOP 10 AMENITIES FROM THE MOST RECENT SURVEY IN PICTURE FORM ON THESE TWO DESKS OVER HERE.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO GET SIX STICKERS.
THE COLORS MEAN NOTHING, SO THERE'S NOT ONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER.
UM, AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PLEASE USE THOSE SIX STICKERS TO RANK WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE TOP AMENITIES IN THIS PARK.
YOU CAN PUT MORE THAN ONE STICKER ON EACH PIC PICTURE.
YOU CAN PUT ALL OF YOUR STICKERS ON A PICTURE IF YOU REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT A CERTAIN AMENITY.
SO WE ARE PASSING OUT THOSE STICKERS AND WE WELCOME YOU TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, PLACE THOSE STICKERS ON THESE 10 IMAGES.
WE WILL ALLOW SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
JASON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE OFF? WRITE ON OFFHANDED NOTES.
I'M USING ALL MY STICKERS ON OR JUST EMAIL INDIRECTLY.
TECHNICALLY WE HAVE LIKE TWO BUCKETS.
WE LEFT PLASTIC SOAP AND WATER AND WE JUMP IN A CANAL RESERVOIR THERE.
SO YOUR KIDS COME DOWN FROM, AND FOR THE RECORD, MEGAN, I ONLY USE SIX STICKERS.
THAT'S ALL YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST SAYING.
OKAY, WELL WE CAN GIVE 'EM STICKERS AS WELL.
BUT WE CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT PRELIMINARILY ABOUT WHAT IS RANKED THE HIGHEST.
OH, GOT A LOT OF TIES HERE ARE INTERESTING.
SO
IS THIS FLASH THE BUCKET? UH, YES.
AND THEN THE NEXT FOUR WERE TIED.
SO AN OBSTACLE COURSE, WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS WALKING AND BIKE TRAIL BECAUSE IT'S MULTIMODAL, UH, BASED ON THE SIZE AND THEN GREEN OPEN SPACE.
THAT MAY CHANGE ONCE THE BOY SCOUTS COME, BUT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THEM OUT FOR THEM.
SO WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO FOR US, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS INFORMATION LIKE WE HAVE DONE IN SEVERAL OTHER EXERCISES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND SHOW WHEN WE SELECT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO HELP US DESIGN THE PARK, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THIS STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
SO WE'VE HAD A MEETING LAST MONDAY.
WE HAD ONE AT WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY WITH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, AND WE OF COURSE HAVE TONIGHT.
AND THEN ALSO ANGLETON UNIVERSITY.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A PARK DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
SO IT'S THE, IT FITS THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE AND THE SURVEY FOR M 2021.
UH, WE HAVE THOSE DESIGNED PLANS THAT WE USED ON MONDAY, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE'LL BE USING LATER ON THIS EVENING, UM, TO, TO COLLECT YOUR FEEDBACK AND HELP US DESIGN
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THIS PARK.OKAY? SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO SOME OF THE MORE FINE TUNED DETAILS.
THESE ARE WHERE WE WELCOME SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE? THIS NEXT SURVEY, WE REALLY DO WANT YOU TO SCAN.
WE'RE GONNA EXPLAIN IT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PICTURES, BUT THE SURVEY IS GOING TO GIVE US A REPORT ON WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SEVERAL PICTURES, BUT IT'S GONNA HELP US FINE TUNE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE, UH, WITH SOME OF THESE PARK AMENITIES.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AGAIN, THE TOP 10 AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GO AHEAD AND SCAN THAT AND OPEN UP THE LINK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS NOW, YOU JUST WANT TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN, THAT'S FINE.
WE WILL COLLECT YOUR EMAILS AND WE CAN EMAIL THIS TO YOU AS WELL.
HELLO, JASON, WILL YOU GIVE HIM SIX STICKERS PLEASE? SO WITH THESE SIX STICKERS, YOU CAN USE ALL OF THEM ON ONE PICTURE.
YOU CAN USE THEM ON DIFFERENT PICTURES, BUT IT'S GONNA HELP US RANK WHAT YOUR PRIORITY IS IN THIS PARK.
YOU CAN PUT MULTIPLE STICKERS ON ONE, CORRECT? YOU CAN WRITE BUCKET ON THE STICKERS.
I PUT ALL STICK IN THE MONKEY.
YOU BETTER CALL YOUR FRIENDS TOO.
SO THAT DOES CHANGE PRIORITIES HERE.
SO NOW WE HAVE A SKATE PARK IN THE MIX.
OKAY, I THINK THAT WAS OUR FIFTH ELEMENT IS STILL TIED.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND DON'T GO THROUGH THE SURVEY.
WELL, I MEAN YOU CAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME EXPLANATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE QUESTIONS.
JASON, DID YOU SCAN THE QR CODE ALSO? YEP.
WILL YOU TELL US WHAT THE FIRST QUESTION IS? UH, THE PLAYGROUNDS INSTALLED WILL BE 88 COMPLIANT.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE PLAYGROUND FOR AGES TWO TO FIVE AND FIVE TO 12 TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE SO CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES CAN PLAY TOGETHER? OKAY.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE PICTURES WE HAVE, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, OR TWO OF OUR PARKS ACTUALLY.
SO THIS IS DICKIE PLAYGROUND AND WE HAVE LAKESIDE PARK.
THIS IS A RANDOM PICTURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE INSTALLED ANYWHERE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER.
THAT IS AN A DA ACCESSIBLE PLAY SURFACE.
UM, BUT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS A TRANSITION ELEMENT FOR SOMEONE THAT MAY BE WHEELCHAIR BOUND TO HELP THEM TRANSFER, AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO THEN TRAVERSE THROUGH SOME OF THESE AMENITIES.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY, THESE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE LIMITED TO EXPLORE THE REST OF THE COMPONENT WHERE LAKESIDE PARK IS A FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.
UH, AND THAT IS DETERMINED BASED ON THE TRANSFER STATIONS, THE RAMP DECKS, AND THE WIDTH OF THE DECKS THAT ALLOW THEM TO PLAY IN EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS WITH THEIR PEERS.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I WILL NOTE HERE IS THAT THIS IS A PORN PLAY, UH, SURFACE MATERIAL, WHICH IS A LOT EASIER TO TRAVERSE THAN EWF, BUT BOTH ARE A DA ACCESSIBLE.
SO IN THAT FIRST QUESTION, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND VERSUS JUST AN A DA, WE CAN BE A DA COMPLIANT.
WE ARE COMPLIANT IN DICKIE PARK.
WE ARE ALSO COMPLIANT AT LAKESIDE PARK.
THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT ALL ABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO PLAY TOGETHER? SO THAT'S FOR THE FIRST QUESTION.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED THAT FIRST QUESTION, GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT NOW.
JASON, WHAT'S OUR SECOND QUESTION? WOULD YOU LIKE THE PLAYGROUNDS TO BE CUSTOMIZED OR THEMED? OKAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THESE ARE NOT CUSTOMIZED PLAYGROUNDS.
WE CAN CUSTOMIZE PLAYGROUNDS TO HAVE, LET'S SAY, UM, LLAMAS OR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OR IF WE WANT A NATURE PLAY, WE CAN HAVE AND ADD BOULDERS.
WE CAN CREATE A TREE HOUSE LIKE ATMOSPHERE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S CUSTOMIZED OR JUST A, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE AND INSTALL.
DID I ANSWER THAT QUESTION? OKAY, NEXT QUESTION.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER? UH, PLAYGROUND AS THE FEATURED PARKER MEINE, A SPLASH BAG AS THE FEATURED PARK AMENITY OR PLAYGROUND AND SPLASHED OF EQUAL SIZE.
OKAY, SO WE CAN DESIGN THIS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE
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INSTALLING BOTH A SPLASH PAD AND A PLAYGROUND.WE MAY NOT BASED ON COSTS, BUT IF WE DID, LET'S ASSUME THAT WE ARE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH IN THE TOP FIVE AS THE SURVEY STANDS, DO YOU WANT THE SPLASH PAD AND PLAYGROUND TO BE EQUAL IN SIZE? DO YOU WANT THE SPLASH PAD TO BE THE FEATURED MINI AND THEN YOU HAVE A SIDE SHOOT, LITTLE BUBBLE WITH A, A PLAYGROUND, UM, THAT'S STILL THERE.
IT'S JUST NOT AS LARGE AS THE SPLASH PAD OR VICE VERSA.
WOULD YOU LIKE A LARGER PLAYGROUND UNIT IN A SMALLER SPLASH PAD OFF TO THE SIDE? OKAY, NEXT QUESTION.
SO RELATED TO THIS ONE IS, WHAT TYPE OF SPLASH PAD WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN AMB MIGUEL AREAS PARK.
WHAT TYPE OF SPLASH PAD? SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PICTURES UP HERE.
THIS IS A SPLASH PAD THAT HAS WATER FEATURE COMPONENTS.
THERE'S STANDALONE COMPONENTS, STILL SUPER FUN, ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE, A LOT OF THINGS TO DO HERE.
THIS IS A SPLASH PAD THAT HAS A PLAY STRUCTURE, SO MUCH LIKE A PLAYGROUND, IT HAS AN ACTUAL PLAY STRUCTURE THAT IS INTEGRATED INTO THE SPLASH PAD.
SO DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A PLAY STRUCTURE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT WATER FEATURES THAT ARE INTERACTIVE, LIKE A PLAYGROUND? DO YOU WANT STANDALONE ITEMS OR DO YOU NOT WANT COMPONENTS OR STRUCTURES AT ALL? YOU COULD HAVE A SPLASH PAD THAT IS JUST WATER SHOOTS.
THEY CAN DO WATER DOMES, THEY CAN BE IN THE FORM OF WATER ARCHES, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
YOU CAN HAVE WATER FEATURES THAT ARE KIND OF STANDALONE WITHOUT ACTUAL COMPONENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THERE.
WHAT TYPES OF SWINGS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? OKAY, SO SWINGS WAS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SWINGS THAT WE CAN PURSUE.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO MULTIPLE BAYS.
UM, THE TYPE OF SWING MATTERS.
SO I'M GONNA START IN THE CENTER.
ACTUALLY, A SAUCER SWING IS A DA ACCESSIBLE, UH, BUT IT TAKES UP A FULL BAY, WHEREAS BY CODE ON, UM, A BAY AND A SINGLE SWING, MUCH LIKE THESE, YOU CAN PUT TWO SEATS OR YOU CAN PUT A SEAT IN, UM, TWO SEATS HERE, AND THEN TWO TALLER SEATS IN THE NEXT BAY.
UM, WE HAVE A DA SWINGS, LIKE IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO FREEDOM PARK OR EVEN DICKIE PARK, WE HAVE A DA ACCESSIBLE SWINGS THAT AREN'T SAUCERS, THEY'RE JUST STANDALONE, UH, SWINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A REFLECTION SWING WHERE YOU CAN, A PARENT AND CHILD CAN INTERACT AND PLAY TOGETHER.
SO HELP US UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON ONE OF THOSE OR THE OTHER, SECOND, THIRD.
OH, AND TWO, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SWING BAYS NECESSARILY TO HAVE A SAUCER SWING.
YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN OFFSHOOT.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE PERIMETER REQUIREMENTS.
IT HAS TO BE CLEAR OF A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER PLAY STRUCTURES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN, YOU KNOW, A SWING BAY.
IT CAN BE A COMPONENT OFF TO THE SIDE, AND THEN YOU HAVE SWINGS ELSEWHERE.
WHAT TYPE OF SKATE PARK WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IF THERE WERE SKATE PARKS? SO NOW WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES.
WE'RE KIND OF GOING INTO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
I BELIEVE THEY MIGHT BE INTERSPERSED IN HERE.
UM, THIS ONE WASN'T ONE OF THE TOP FIVES, BUT WE STILL WANNA UNDERSTAND IF WE WERE ABLE TO STRETCH OUR DOLLARS, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HERE.
SO WE CAN DO A CONCRETE SLAB WITH MODULAR COMPONENTS FOR SKATE PARK, OR WE CAN DO IN-GROUND CONCRETED ELEMENTS.
SO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHICH ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THERE, WHAT'S THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN? OH, QUITE A BIT.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN JEREMY BENIK WAS AT, UH, LAKE JACKSON, I THINK THAT WAS 700,000 IS WAS IT 700 OR FOUR 50? YEAH.
AND, AND MAYBE THAT WAS, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK TO BE CERTAIN, BUT IT'S, IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SO SO YOU HAVE TO CREATE DRAINAGE FOR A POOL.
SORRY? SO YOU HAVE TO CREATE DRAINAGE FOR OH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CREATE, YEAH.
YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE DRAINAGE AND YEAH.
IS THERE ONE, LIKE THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST LIKE A BOWL OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY? LIKE THAT IT HAS THAT ONE AND LIKE JACKSON HAD ONE, LIKE THE ONE ON THE LEFT.
RIGHT? THEY HAD ONE LIKE THAT, BUT THEIR NEW ONE HAS LIKE AN ACTUAL BOWL.
UM, IT, IT IS A MORE CONCRETED INGROUND ELEMENT.
AND PEOPLE, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GETTING USED AND THAT IS WHAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY AND THAT ALSO GOT USED.
SO MR. CHANCE, SPEAK UP AND WE'LL HAVE, I MEAN, YOU CAN, WE'LL WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THE SURVEY, BUT WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN AND TRY
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TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.WHAT TYPE OF OBSTACLE COURSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? SO SOME FOLKS, AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE AMENITIES THAT KIND OF WAS IN THE TOP 10, NOT THE TOP FIVE, BUT YOU CAN CREATE AN OBSTACLE COURSE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
SO THERE'S ACTUAL PLAYGROUND COMPONENTS THAT VENDORS SELL, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE QUITE LITERALLY A PRESS BUTTON START AND FINISH WITH A TIMER THAT DISPLAYS YOUR, YOUR TIME.
AND SO YOU WOULD KIND OF LIKE PRESS START HERE, JUMP.
THIS IS LIKE A TI THE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SYMBOLIC OF TIRES, LIKE YOUR TIRES STEP OVER, YOU WOULD CLIMB ON THESE ROPE.
SO THIS IS LIKE A SIDE CLIMBING.
UM, THIS IS, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT IN THE BACK, BUT IT'S TWO PLAY FEATURES THAT ARE AT A V.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE HITTING ONE FOOT TO THE OTHER AS YOU COME THROUGH THIS ONE.
YOU'RE HANGING ON TO THE SIDES AS YOU COME THROUGH COMING THROUGH HERE.
UM, AND THEN YOU ARE DOING AN OVER AND UNDER AND YOU FINISH.
SO THAT'S A TIMED OBSTACLE COURSE.
YOU CAN QUITE LITERALLY HAVE A ROPES COURSE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE, LET ME KNOW.
OR YOU CAN JUST ADD A COMPONENT THAT IS OBSTACLE COURSE, LIKE, UH, A ZIP LINE.
SO THIS IS A COMPONENT THAT YOU CAN PUT OFFSIDE TO A PLAYGROUND.
LET'S SAY KIDS, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY, THEY ARE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE.
YOU COULD UTILIZE THE PLAYSCAPE TO CREATE YOUR OWN OBSTACLE COURSE AND THEN FINISH WITH THE ZIP LINE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT YOU CAN PURSUE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OBSTACLE COURSE.
SO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE THINKING THERE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE GREEN SPACE? SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE GREEN SPACE? WE HAVE JUST FLAT GREEN SPACE, MUCH LIKE LAKESIDE PARK.
YOU CAN ADD SOME TEXTURE AND BERMS, UH, TO MAKE JUST GENERAL HILL HILLS.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO AROUND THE PERIMETER EVEN HAVE SOME NATURE PLAY ELEMENTS.
PLAYGROUND VENDORS ACTUALLY MAKE LIKE TREE STUMP BOULDER JUMPS.
UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THERE.
UH, AND LITTLE WATER FEATURES OR SAND FEATURES.
SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? HOW DO YOU WANT THAT PASSIVE SPACE TO BE USED? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE MINI GOLF PARK AMENITY TO LOOK LIKE? OKAY, SO MINI GOLF WAS ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED AS WELL.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A THEMED MINI GOLF MUCH LIKE THIS? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A PET PUTTING GREEN
IT HAS MULTIPLE GOALS AND IT'S COVERED.
YOU COULD HAVE A SINGLE HALF COURT.
UH, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF COMBINATIONS OF THESE.
I KNOW WE HAVE NOT COMPLETELY MENTIONED ALL OF 'EM, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT.
OR YOU CAN HAVE AN OPEN, UH, BASKETBALL AREA THAT HAS MULTIPLE GOALS.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE SURVEY.
IF I'M MEGAN? YES, I HAD A QUESTION.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PUT DEGREE? SURE.
SO MY ONLY QUESTION ON THAT IS, IS ITS LIKE, OKAY, F*****G GREEN IS GONNA REQUIRE THE CLUBS AND ALL THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IS THAT, IS THAT BRING YOUR OWN OR IS THAT SOMEBODY IS AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT THAT EQUIPMENT? SO WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST TOWN HALL.
THAT COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR US.
UH, WE COULD RENT THOSE OUT AND OR SOMEONE COULD BRING THEIR OWN.
SO I WOULD SAY YES,
SO, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE GONNA BE SOMEBODY ON SITE THAT WILL HAVE THE EQUIPMENT NOT ON SITE.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKELY DO IS MANAGE THAT OUT OF THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
AND FOR INSTANCE, IF THINGS WEREN'T RETURNED, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO RENT AGAIN.
UM, AND WE'D HAVE A BALANCE ON YOUR ACCOUNT.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS RELATED TO THE TOP 10 AMENITIES AND QUESTIONS.
WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET? THE BUDGET IS $2 MILLION.
AND THAT IS INCLUDING DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
SO BARGAIN OR ANYBODY ELSE? CORRECT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT IS A CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, UH, PACKAGE AND VIDEO THAT WE CAN PUSH OUT TO HOPEFULLY BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
DO YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES, LIKE A SPLASH PAD IS GONNA ALSO REQUIRE MORE
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INFRASTRUCTURE? I ASSUME YOU WOULD GIVE UP SOMETHING ELSE IN RETURN FOR THAT.UNLESS I GUESS YOU DO SOMETHING SIMPLE.
RIGHT? AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET UNTIL WE GET INTO THE YEAH.
I SHOULD PROBABLY GET AND AN OBSERVATION ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE LITTLE HILLS IN YOUR GREEN SPACE.
UH, SINCE, UH, LAKESIDE IS, OH, I'M SORRY.
I SEE 'EM, LAKESIDE PARK DAILY.
UH, KIDS EITHER ROLLING DOWN THE HILL, PARENTS LEANING UP AGAINST IT, READING OR WATCHING THEIR KIDS PLAY.
SO IT'S A VERY INEXPENSIVE PASSIVE RIGHT PLAY FEATURE THAT, UH, UH, SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR THERE.
AND WE'VE TALKED, UH, BEFORE IN EITHER PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETINGS OR EVEN OTHER LUNCH AND LEARNS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH HILLS.
YOU CAN PUT TUNNELS IN HILLS, YOU CAN PUT SLIDES DOWN HILLS.
YOU CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT KIDS GRAVITATE TO.
I MEAN, KIDS REALLY DO GRAVITATE TOWARD, TOWARDS NATURE PLAY.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS PARK.
AND WHICH MATERIALS WHEN YOU THE MODULAR? THE MODULAR ONE.
THE PLATES WILL PUSH UP ON IT AND THEY DESTROY OUR EQUIPMENT REAL QUICK.
I'VE HAD TIRES POP OUT THERE BEFORE.
AND THE CONCRETE ONE'S GONNA BE MUCH NICER.
SO YOUR PREFERENCE IS CONCRETE? UM, AROUND HERE OUR PREFERENCE CONCRETE HOUSTON IS CONCRETE.
ARE THERE CERTAIN SKATE PARK AMENITIES THAT IF WE, IF WE WERE TO BUILD A SKATE PARK, YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE? UM, BOWLS.
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT? LIKE JACKSON? JUST A TAT, BUT NOT TOO BIG.
WE'RE NOT TALKING LIKE HOUSTON SIZE.
A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN LJ AND THEN IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE ALL SKATED.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT ALVIN ONE? UH, NO.
BUT Y'ALL USED TO? YEAH, WE USED TO ALVIN'S BAD.
WHY? UM, NOT GOOD COMMUNITY? UH, YEAH.
SO DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? CAN YOU VISUALIZE A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT YOU WOULD NEED? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I HAVE, LET'S TAKE THIS ROOM FOR EXAMPLE.
IS THIS ROOM TOO SMALL? YEAH, WAY TOO SMALL.
SO WOULD IT NEED TO BE DOUBLE THIS SIZE OR TRIPLE OR WHAT ARE WE DOUBLE MAYBE TRIPLE.
ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WHOLE AUDIENCE HERE IN ONLINE KNOWS IS, UH, THAT WE DO HAVE TOP FIVE AMENITIES.
UH, SKATE PARK DOES FALL WITHIN THE TOP 10.
UM, AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND HISTORICALLY IS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ENSURE ALL OF THE AMENITIES M MAKE IT TO THE FINAL DESIGN.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
BUT, UM, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE HAD TO REDUCE COSTS OR SCALE OF SIZE OR, UH, THE TYPES OF AMENITIES.
SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIT ALL TOP 10 AMENITIES IN THIS ONE PARK SITE.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE WANTING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE TOP FIVE, RIGHT? THAT'S IN THE TOP 10 TO GET INTO THE TOP FIVE MM-HMM.
AND SO IS IT, IS IT BASICALLY MAKE IT A PRIORITY FOR A FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT? IS IT BASICALLY CLOSED? NOTHING CAN JUMP INTO THE TOP FIVE NOW? UH, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE COGNIZANT OF IS THAT YOU HAD 585 RESPONDENTS SAYING THAT THERE WERE TOP FIVE AMENITIES.
UM, AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUSTIFY OR DETERMINE IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, IF YOU WANNA DEVIATE FROM THOSE TOP FIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO YES, YOU, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THAT, BUT UH, YOU ALSO,
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WE ARE PROVIDING YOU THE DATA.YOU CAN PROVIDE THE DIRECTION.
UM, BUT WE'RE ULTIMATELY WHAT STAFF IS DOING IS PRESENTING THE DATA AND THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO OF THE 585, IT'S DONE, IT'S SET IN STONE.
ANYTHING AFTER NOW COMES FROM COUNCIL OR ALCS RECOMMENDATION? CORRECT.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER, UH, ONE THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS WE DO HAVE OTHER PARK SITES THAT AGAIN, MAY BE THAT AMENITY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T, BUT IF, IF WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO ALL OF THESE AMENITIES IN THIS ONE PARK, UH, WE DO HAVE OTHER UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
SO AGAIN, IT JUST THEN BECOMES WHAT IS THE NEXT PRIORITY? I, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A, SOME TYPE OF COVERED PAVILION FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND AMENITIES AND I THINK IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PARK STANDARDS ABOUT COPYING THE STYLE OR THE STONE ON THE BASE OF THE RIGHT.
UM, OR HOW ARE YOU GONNA DETERMINE THAT SIZE? IS IT GONNA BE BASED ON AMENITIES OR ARE YOU GONNA BASE IT ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO THAT PLACE IT'S GONNA BE USED FOR? SO, UH, IT SEEMS TO ME, AND THIS JUST FROM PAST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA WORK PROBABLY AT LEAST 10% FROM YOUR DESIGN, UH, ENGINEER.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A PAVILION FOR WHATEVER AMENITIES ARE GONNA BE THERE.
AND THEN YOUR RESTROOMS FACILITY IS GONNA BE BASED ON IF YOU HAVE A WATER FEATURE OR NOT A WATER FEATURE, WHETHER IT'S LARGER FOR CHANGE ROOMS OR NOT.
BUT, AND MAYBE NOT, BUT, BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IS UH, UH, THERE ARE, THAT'S NOT A REAL BIG BUDGET, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SOME AMENITIES THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT, UH, IT IS THE ADJOINING LAND AT ONE TIME THE, UH, AMERICAN LEGION WAS TALKING.
IS THAT INTO PLAY OR NOT? OR IS THAT NOT IT IS NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO.
AND TO GO BACK TO YOUR, YOUR ORIGINAL STATEMENT ABOUT MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS, YES, WE WILL PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH THE MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS, WHICH ACTUALLY DOES REQUIRE RESTROOM FACILITY ON SITE.
AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN ADDITION TO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN THE MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS, A COVERED PICNIC AREA THAT IS NOT, WE HAVE NOT SPECIFIED WHAT THAT SIZE IS.
AND SO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED WILL LIKELY DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THAT FACILITY, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T DO ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS.
FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE IN SOME AREAS, I THINK EVEN OYSTER CREEK, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I COULD BE WRONG, SO DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT YOU CAN INSTALL, UH, LIKE CANTILEVER SHADE STRUCTURES TO STILL PROVIDE AREAS WITH PICNIC TABLES, UM, THAT THEN BECOME RENTABLE OR A, A BIRTHDAY PARTY SPACE, UM, THAT IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AS THE LAKESIDE STANDARD LAKESIDE.
BUT I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE KEY FEATURE OR, UH, YOU ALWAYS WANT SOMETHING YOU SPEND OUT, LAKESIDE HAS IT AND THEN SOME OTHERS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE, THE STRUCTURE THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE PLAY AMENITIES THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO THE PAVILION ITSELF ISN'T, FROM WHAT I'VE DISCERNED FROM THE, THE SURVEY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE FEATURE OF THIS PARK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THAT WHEN WE START BRINGING SCHEMATIC DESIGNS, SO WE'RE DOING ALL THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
WHEN WE DO SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND WE START BRINGING THOSE TO A BLC AND CITY COUNCIL FOR A REVIEW, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE REALLY GONNA GET THAT FEEDBACK AND LIKELY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, WE, AND THIS ALSO ESTABLISHED A, I CALL IT AN OPERATION MAINTENANCE BUDGET LINE IN THERE FOR, UH, THE SANITATION JANITORS AND SO FORTH, AND THEN JUST AS WELL AS THE UPGRADE OVER THE YEARS LOOKING AT SOMETHING BREAKS.
SO THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT WE WOULD BE, AND REALLY, UH, THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN YOUR SURVEY OR NOT, IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL SURVEY ON THE DESIRE FOR, WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE SPLASH PAD.
YOU CAN HAVE A FLOW THROUGH SYSTEM WHERE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR SPRINKLERS, YOU'RE JUST USING THE WATER AND IT'S FLOWING TO THE DITCH.
UM, YOU HAVE A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THAT OUR CPO TRAIN AND HAVE SOMEONE GOING OUT THERE AND TESTING ROUTINELY, UM, TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER SAFETY.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A FLOW THROUGH GRAY WATER, MEANING IT WOULD FLOW THROUGH JUST LIKE YOU WOULD USE IT, PEOPLE WOULD PLAY IN THE SPLASH PAD.
IT'S ALREADY TREATED, IT'S FLOWING THROUGH, BUT WHEN IT DRAINS OFF, IT'S DRAINING INTO
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A HOLDING TAKE THAT WE CAN THEN USE FOR IRRIGATION ON THE SITE.AND SO I DON'T RECALL WHAT THOSE, I I ALMOST WANNA SAY IT WAS ABOUT A 50 50 WITH A RECIRCULATING VERSUS A RUNOFF.
I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN THE, IN UTILIZING OR RECYCLING THE GRAY WATER FOR IRRIGATION.
SO, BUT YES, SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD REALLY, THAT COULD IMPACT OUR STAFFING AND WHAT OUR STAFFING IS DOING CURRENTLY, WE'RE OUT THERE MOWING, BUT ONCE YOU START ADDING PAVED SPACES WITH WEED EATING AND VEGETATION, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL PARKS PERSONNEL.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THE SPACE? WHAT ARE YOUR CONSTRAINTS ON SITE? SO, UH, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, AT THIS PARCEL, WE'VE GOT A DRAINAGE, UH, DRAINAGE PIECE THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.
SO WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE BUILDING.
YOU HAVE TREES TO THE NORTH SIDE, CEMETERIES TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE WEST AND TO THE EAST YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOP FIVE OR EVEN TOP 10 AMENITIES, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE PARKING LOT OR THE STREET? UM, FOR INSTANCE, EXCUSE ME, HERE YOU HAVE PARKING.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, PARKING, THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY HAVE A PLAZA, SKATE PARK, A GREEN SPACE, RESTROOMS, PLAYGROUNDS NEAR THE SKATE PARK, A PICNIC LAWN, UM, AND SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING OVER HERE.
SO THINK AS A USER, FROM A USER STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU GET OUTTA THE PARKING LOT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA BE, WHAT, WHAT AMENITY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CLOSEST TO THAT PARKING LOT? TYPICALLY FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, THEY WANT THAT PLAYGROUND TO BE NEARBY.
THEY ALSO WANT THE RESTROOMS TO BE NEARBY.
UM, FOR PARENTS THAT ARE TAKING KIDS THAT MIGHT BE USING BOTH A SPLASH PAD AND A PLAYGROUND, THOSE MIGHT NEED TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON SCHEMATIC DESIGN ARE NOT JUST UTILITY CONSTRAINTS, BUT IT'S ALSO THINGS LIKE WHERE DOES THE SUNSET AND UM, AND RISE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, LAKESIDE PARK, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU'RE AT THE KAYAK LAUNCH OR LOOKING OVER THE CANTILEVER DECK, YOU GET TO SEE THE SUNRISE AND THEN IF YOU'RE ON THE THE LAWN, YOU GET TO SEE THE SUNSET.
SO THAT IS WHY THAT WAS POSITIONED THAT WAY.
SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WE'RE GONNA HAND OUT THREE STICKERS.
LIKE I MENTIONED, ANGLETON UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN MEETING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE SOME OF THEIR SCHEMATIC DESIGNS HERE, UH, THAT THEY DEVELOPED BASED OFF OF THIS PARK.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES THAT WERE IN OUR RECENT SURVEY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM YOUR INPUT WHICH DESIGN YOU LIKE BEST.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE THREE THAT YOU REALLY LIKE.
YOU MAY HAVE ONE, YOU CAN PUT ALL YOUR STICKERS ON THAT ONE.
BUT WE'RE GONNA PASS OUT THREE STICKERS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH DESIGN YOU PREFER.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE DESIGNS ARE UP HERE ON THE ELEVATED PLATFORM.
AND THESE ARE ALSO, SOME OF ARE FROM THE WEST SIDE STUDENTS THAT THEY DEVELOPED JUST LAST WEDNESDAY.
LOOKS BETTER THAN ONES WE, OKAY.
AND IF YOU PREFER NOT TO VOTE, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
I SO WHICH SIDE IS IT? APARTMENT.
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YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S 10 FEET, BUT IT'S RIGHT.YEAH, RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE APARTMENT COMPLEX PARCEL, BUT ACTUALLY LOOK TWO, I PUT ONE ON THAT ONE PUT BEST PLAYER THE LAND BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF OH WOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.
WE WILL USE THOSE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS, UM, AND ENSURE THAT, UH, WE TRY TO MIMIC ONES THAT WERE HIGHLY RANKED AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON SITE CONSTRAINTS AND, AND SOME OTHER FACTORS COME INTO PLAY.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TIMELINE.
WE HAVE SENT OUR DRAFT OF OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FIRMS TO PURCHASING.
SO THAT'S BEING REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR, TO FINALIZE AND PUBLISH.
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A FIRM SELECTED THIS SUMMER AND THEN WE WILL START KICKING OFF THE ACTUAL SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UH, SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACTLY LIKE THIS
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL START FINE TUNING THOSE AMENITIES, THE SIZE, THE SCALE AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
WE'LL GET DOWN TO QUITE LITERALLY THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
UM, AND THE PUBLISHING DOCUMENT TO GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR BIDDING.
UM, AND SO ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETED, WE WILL BID THAT OUT AND WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY LOOKING AT ABOUT YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE LESS, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY EVERYTHING MOVES, HOW WELL EVERYONE LOVES THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND THE AMENITIES AND IF THE BUDGET FITS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL, THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY.
SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
ONE QUESTION, DID THE, UH, SURE.
IS THIS STILL THE ORIGINAL SITE FOR PURCHASE OR DOES THIS INCLUDE NO.
YOU HAD, WE DID, UH, CONSIDER AND I THINK REACHED OUT TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD SOME, AN ADJACENT PARCEL, BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO SELL TOS TIME.
SO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN UP FOR THE TOWN HALLS AND FOR THE SCHOOL AND PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS, IS THERE, ARE YOU GONNA MERGE THE, THE, I GUESS THIS ONLINE SURVEY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO'VE SHOWN UP? ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE SHOWN UP AND PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN YEAH.
DATA WILL, THEIR INPUT WILL NOT BE LOST HERE.
SO WE'RE COMPILING EVERYTHING.
JASON CAN ATTEST TO IT AS WELL LAST WEEK, JUST HEARING FROM THE KIDS AT, AT WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY.
UM, AND WE WENT TO WEST SIDE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE ABIGAIL, WE MET WITH HER CLASSMATES.
UM, WE MAY ALSO TRY TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING WITH SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THE NEARBY USERS COURSE.
SO WE'RE TAKING THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE COMPILING IT, BUT JUST LIKE WE MENTIONED IN ALL OF OUR TOWN HALLS, WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE EVERYONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT.
BUT BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, WE LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING.
BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE DATA'S NOT LOST.
THAT'LL STILL BE INFORMATION THAT, UH, WILL COME OUT WHEN WE START PRESENTING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GOT TO THE FINAL DESIGN.
IT'LL STILL BE PART OF THE PACKAGE OF THIS WAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THIS IS WHAT THE PUBLIC SAID HERE IS WHAT A BLC AND COUNCIL DECIDED TO DO.
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ALL ATTENDING.