ALL RIGHTY. OKAY, WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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WE'VE GOT I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER.SO, DAVID, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? MY NAME IS DAVID HEINECKE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF ANGLETON FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AS A PARK RANGER AND A PARK POLICE OFFICER AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR, AND I'VE RETIRED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, I GUESS, AND DECIDED I WOULD GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY PARKS A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. AWESOME.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL HERE.
WELCOME. FIRST WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON A PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD CHAIR.
[1. Discussion and possible action on a Parks & Recreation Board chair.]
I GUESS OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR HAD TO RESIGN FOR.YES. SO CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE AN ACTING PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD CHAIR.
SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION REGARDING NOMINATIONS.
JUST BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE DOESN'T MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE A NICE FIT, THOUGH.
SO WE JUST. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.
OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MISS CLARA AS BOARD CHAIR.
OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A NOMINATION.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE NOMINATION OR NOMINATE TO ELECT? NOMINATE AND ELECT.
SO THE MOTION WAS TO NOMINATE CLAIRE DANIELS AS CHAIR.
AND FOR THE TERM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT IS.
FOREVER. I THINK WE DO ACTUALLY IT DEPENDING ON WHEN YOUR SPECIFIC TERM IS UP.
AND I DON'T RECALL THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THAT WOULD OCCUR, I BELIEVE, IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
SO AND YOUR TERMS ARE STAGGERED, SO.
OKAY. SO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE NOW.
CORRECT. SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS, CLAIRE. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
OH, Y'ALL ARE IN TROUBLE, I'M TELLING YOU.
[2. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Parks & Recreation Board meeting of February 12, 2024.]
2024. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.OR IS ANYBODY FOUND ANY ERRORS WITH IT? SO I DID NOT SEE ANY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024.
I SECOND THAT MOTION AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NONE. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
[3. Discuss and possible action on CIP priorities for the Angleton Recreation Center and Parks and Right-of-Way divisions for fiscal year 2024-2025.]
THIS IS THE LONG ONE.WE DO AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
YOU ALL HAVE THREE DUTIES, WHICH IS LISTED HERE IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
THE BOARD IS TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS ON YOUR MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BRING TO ME AND WE WOULD BRING TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW SUBMIT ANNUALLY TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR NO LESS THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET YEAR, A LISTING OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING YOU TONIGHT IS A LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS.
THESE ARE DERIVED FROM THE 2019 MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT WE HAD DONE HISTORICALLY.
HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE RANKED THEM AS STAFF IN PRIORITY ORDER.
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SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS WE PRIORITIZED THE ITEMS THAT WERE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT YET COMPLETE, THAT EITHER HAVE FUNDING OR HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED MOST RECENTLY AS A PROJECT PRIORITY.SO JUST BECAUSE IT IS FUNDED, IT MAY NOT MEAN THAT IT WAS A PRIORITY IN THE MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT HAS BEEN MADE A PRIORITY EITHER BY ABC OR CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL.
AND HOPE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE ITEMS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THEM.
SURE, A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR 20.
WELL, ONLY THE ADA ONE HAS HAD SOMETHING FOR 2024, I NOTICED.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ADA THESE THIS WAS ADOPTED WITH THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT THAT ADA TRANSITION PLAN DID WAS WE ACTUALLY STARTED IT.
WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR THE FIRST YEAR PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS AND THE RECREATION CENTER, WHICH FALL IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WERE FUNDED BY PARKLAND DEDICATION. THOSE WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TO USE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS TO ADDRESS THOSE ADA ITEMS. FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WE WERE NOT BUDGETED AT ANY DOLLARS FOR ADA PROJECTS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE WHAT HAPPENED THOSE ITEMS THROUGH OUR OPERATIONAL ACCOUNT.
I'VE DONE THIS. WHAT YOU SEE IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS JUST BASICALLY WHAT IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ADDITION TO YOU WHAT WAS NOT THERE THIS YEAR DUE TO LACK OF DOWN.
YOU SEE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
CIP, AND WHAT WE WOULD ASK FOR FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING MAINTENANCE, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISSUES AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS, TOO, BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, THAT IS PAGE EIGHT IN YOUR PACKET.
LAND WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED IN A PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION WAS BUDGETED AND FUNDED THIS APRIL.
SO APRIL 3RD ACTUALLY IS WHEN WE RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THIS PARK DEVELOPMENT.
IF WE FIND ONCE WE GET THROUGH DESIGN AND WE BID OUT THE PROJECT, IT'S OVER $2 MILLION AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO ABLC FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, OR WE APPLY FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT, AND CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO PROVIDE THE MATCHING PORTION OF THAT THROUGH THEIR FUND BALANCE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REFLECTION IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HAVING ANY SORT OF FUNDS DEDICATED EITHER THROUGH GRANT, GENERAL FUND, ABLC, PARKLAND DEDICATION, ETC.. SO THAT MAY BE WHY YOU'RE YOU'RE NOTING OR SEEING THAT THINGS AREN'T BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO GO ANY FURTHER.
DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP REVIEWING THE PAGES OR.
YEAH. OKAY, I GUESS I THINK THAT WAS WHERE THE CONFUSION WAS, IS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU.
WE'RE PROVIDING THIS AS A RESOURCE.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS HAS TO BE THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THAT INFORMATION, IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THIS, WE WOULD JUST THEN TAKE IT TO ABLC AND SAY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND ADVISORY BOARD HAS ADVISED THAT THIS BE THE PARKS AND RECREATION PRIORITIES.
AND THEY CAN SAY, GREAT, WE ACCEPT THAT.
OR WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO FUND THESE.
WE AGAIN, THIS ENTITY DOES NOT HAVE NECESSARILY A FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT THE PROJECTS.
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IT JUST HELPS STAFF UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD.SO THE PRIORITY RIGHT HERE WAS DECIDED BY YOU'RE SAYING CITY STAFF, STAFF BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN FUNDED AND WHAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY DISCUSSED, EITHER BY THE PARKS BOARD ABLC OR CITY COUNCIL..
NECESSARILY REFLECT ABLC PRIORITY.
WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED CIP PRIORITIES WITH ABLC NOW.
AND SO AGAIN, ABLC IS A FUNDING GROUP.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO PARKS BOARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO DELINEATE THE DUTIES BETWEEN PARKS BOARD AND ABLC.
SO WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IS GUIDANCE ON PRIORITIES.
WHAT WE WILL THEN DO WITH ABLC IS WE WILL REQUEST FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FUNDING REQUESTS TO THEM BASED OFF OF YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND THEY CAN EITHER ACCEPT OR DENY.
OKAY. SO THIS IS REALLY STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL AND THEN ABLC AND COUNCIL OKAY.
SO WE'RE ME AND HER STAFF ARE TAKING THE THINGS WE NEED KNOW WE NEED TO DO PRIORITIES LIKE ADA REC CENTER WHATEVER AND TRY AND AND THEN PUTTING THEM IN A REALLY A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE, RIGHT.
BUT THEY'RE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE, WELL I GUESS I STILL AM ON THE HIKE AND BIKE SUBCOMMITTEE.
KIMLEY-HORN WAS DOING THE THEIR SURVEYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DID THEY GET ALL THAT COMPLETED? AND JUST IN CASE THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SO KIMLEY-HORN WAS HIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THAT IS YOUR FIVE YEAR ADA PLAN.
BUT IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR PARKS.
SO ALL OF OUR PARKS WERE ASSESSED, AND THEN THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER WAS ASSESSED.
WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY IN THE NOTATION UNDER THE PROJECTION DESCRIPTION WITH JUSTIFICATION.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS NOTATIONS FROM SURVEYS THAT WERE TAKEN.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS INFORMATION ABOUT PRIOR DISCUSSION.
AND ALL OF THAT IS, IS RIGHT THERE.
IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, JUST WE CAN GO RIGHT THERE AND LOOK AT WHAT'S WHAT'S NOTATED.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ONLY THING THAT'S KIND OF STANDALONE HERE WAS THE SKATE PARK THAT I SAW. IN RELATIONSHIP TO THESE OTHER PROJECTS, PRIORITY AND KIND OF THE LOCATION THAT I SAW THAT, THAT WAS PROPOSED. I JUST WONDERED HOW EFFICIENT IT WOULD BE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST GRADING AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE IT'S ON.
LIKE I SAW THE ABIGAIL RICE PARKS ON THERE.
I ACTUALLY WAS SURPRISED THAT HE WASN'T IN THERE.
BUT IN ORDER TO GO BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT PARK IS, IS BEING BUILT, I JUST WONDER THE DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO GO BACK AND ADD IT, ADD IT LATER, ESSENTIALLY.
RIGHT. AND ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK? WELL, OR IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT'S REFERENCED UNDER THAT AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PRIORITY ON THAT PARK.
I THINK IT WAS WHAT NUMBER TWO WAS IT? NUMBER ONE, RIGHT NOW IS NUMBER ONE PARK PRIORITY.
IF THAT IS GOING TO BE A POSSIBLE SITE FOR THAT.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE ONLY KIND OF STAND ALONE CONCEPTS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO AND RECOMMEND.
IT DID NOT HIT THE TOP FIVE PRIORITIES, BUT IT WAS WITHIN THE TOP TEN.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ABIGAIL ARIAS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM, WHEN WE SELECT A FIRM, WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
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I HAVE TOLD INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COME TO TOWN HALLS REGARDING ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK THAT THE PARK AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TOP FIVE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY TO ENSURE THAT EVEN THOSE TOP FIVE ITEMS ARE IN THE PARK.SO ESSENTIALLY THEN WHEN THAT BUDGET AND THAT TIME COMES FOR THE PARK, THAT'S GOING TO BE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? OKAY.
GOTCHA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IS IT EASIER FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL WITH US, OR, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ON WHETHER WE AGREE ON ONE, TWO, THREE OR WHATEVER THE ORDER IS IF YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED THEM, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP YOUR TIME REVIEWING THEM.
SO WE HAVE TWO ONES THERE IS THAT THEY'RE JUST BUNDLED.
THEY'RE BUNDLED TOGETHER. THEY'RE TRYING TO.
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS IF SO IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE SEVEN THERE IS AN ADA ONE AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ADA.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ARC THAT'S THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER ONE.
SO THAT'S REALLY JUST WE'RE USING THAT FOR PARKS.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO DELINEATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE PARKS BOARD MAY FIND A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROJECT PRIORITY FOR THE RECREATION CENTER ITSELF OR ADA ITSELF.
SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT CLEARED IT UP RIGHT AWAY.
FROM PREVIOUS, CAN WE TALK ABOUT LINE OR NUMBER? PAGE TEN. YES.
BY FUTURE YEARS, WHAT ARE WE IN.
SO NOT IN THE AND SO WHAT THAT IS I DO WANT TO NOTE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED, THE BOND HAS ALLOCATED $900,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LARGER BALL FIELD, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS.
EVEN BASED ON YOUR FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN.
I THINK THIS WHOLE ACTIVE AREA BACK IN, GOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR THAT IS.
JASON, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOOK, BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT WAS LIKE, I WANT TO SAY 2.4 OR 2.7 MILLION JUST FOR THAT ACTIVE AREA. SO ALLOCATING 900,000 IS ALL THAT WAS ALLOCATED BY ABLC.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED AGAIN TO ADDRESS.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY FAIR, I GUESS AT THIS POINT THAT OUR JOB ISN'T NECESSARILY TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER THAT NECESSARILY AT THIS TIME. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WHAT WE FIND TO BE THE PRIORITY PROJECT AND THAT'S IT.
CORRECT. SO FOR I WOULD SAY WE CAN DO A MOTION ON THAT.
IF THERE'S NOT. HOW DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS AND..
I DID TOO I AND JUST FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I AGREE WITH THE WAY IT WAS NUMBERED.
ESPECIALLY FROM THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT THOSE FIRST FOUR ITEMS. OKAY. I'M GOOD WITH IT.
I LIKE MY OPINION IS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THE, OBVIOUSLY THE BASEBALL FIELDS DONE AROUND THE SAME TIME, BUT.
I GET I GET THE THE PART WHERE OUR ARMS ARE TWISTED ON THAT ONE.
SO UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.
BUT AND SO I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED, WE HAVE $250,000 THAT WERE WAS DESIGNATED FOR BG PECK LIGHTING.
WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN PREVIOUS ABLC MEETINGS.
THE LIGHTING IS NOT GOING TO COST US $250,000.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN SERVICES FROM OUR ENGINEER TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PACKAGES FOR US TO GO OUT FOR BID FOR GRADING.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS THOSE FUNDS WILL ALLOW US TO AT LEAST GET SOME CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS SUBMITTED, SOME BIDS SUBMITTED SO THAT CITY COUNCIL AND ABLC IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR ACTUALLY HAS A NUMBER TO WORK WITH SO THAT THEY CAN WORK ON DEDICATING FUNDS TO ADDRESS
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THAT. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRIORITY LIST ON CIP FOR ANGLETON REC CENTER AND PARKS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY DIVISION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24-25.AND I SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE THE ORDER THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN.
BUT YOU JUST SAID FOR 24-25, WHICH IS ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE CIP PRIORITY IN THE ORDER THAT IT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY THE CITY, SAY AYE. YES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.