Sep 16, 2024 Angleton Better Living Corporation

[2. Discussion and possible action on the Angleton Better Living Corporation, Recreation division, and Angleton Recreation Center division YTD financial statements as of August 31, 2024. ]

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SO IF WE'RE NOT AWARDED IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, THEN WE CAN INSTALL THOSE MATERIALS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO STRATEGIZE WAYS TO REALLY MAKE OUR DOLLARS GO FURTHER.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF AN EXPENSE, BUT IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FENCE THIS MONEY OFF FOR THE MATCHING FUNDS THING.

SO IT'S SPENT BUT NOT SPENT TIME.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAD PUT IN LINE THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE, AND WE DIDN'T.

WE REALLY DIDN'T. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY PULLED MONEY FROM CONTINGENCY AS WELL TO PAY FOR OUR FIRST DEBT ISSUANCE PAYMENT IN AUGUST.

AND SO THAT HIT US BY, I WANT TO SAY $64,000.

I THINK SO. AND SO I MEAN, THAT WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE COULD HAVE SAVED BUT BUT DID NOT.

THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY MAY HIT OUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT IS ALREADY COMMITTED IS THE PARK PLANNING.

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST FISCAL YEAR THIS BOARD APPROVED THE DESIGN FOR FREEDOM PARK PASSIVE AREA.

THAT IS STILL ONGOING.

WE'RE AT 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, SO WE ARE CLOSELY WRAPPING THAT UP.

BUT WE WILL NOT RECEIVE THE FINAL INVOICE FROM BURDETT BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THEY STILL PART OF THOSE SERVICES ARE GOING OUT TO BID, WHICH WE HAVE NOT EVEN DONE THAT YET. AND SO THAT IS STILL AN OPEN CONTRACT, IF YOU WILL.

SO WE WON'T SPEND THE FULL AMOUNT THERE.

BUT IT'S ALREADY COMMITTED MONEY.

AND WE THE ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK PLAN DESIGN COMES OUT OF THE DEBT ISSUANCE.

RIGHT. IT DOES.

AND THAT'S ALREADY ALMOST COMPLETE OR HALFWAY COMPLETE.

NOT. YOU HAVE NOT ENTERED YOU AS CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT.

HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BURDETT AT THIS TIME.

IT WAS UNDER LEGAL REVIEW SINCE APPROVAL OF THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT IS COMING TO CITY COUNCIL I WANT TO SAY SOMETIME IN JUNE IS WHEN THEY HAD INTERVIEWS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RANDALL LAW OFFICE TO REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED THEY HAVE REVIEWED THEM.

BURDETT PROVIDED TODAY THEIR REVISED DOCUMENTS.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE 24TH.

OKAY, SO AND REALLY WITH THAT TIMELINE, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, WITH THE DPW GRANT, IF WE'RE AWARDED THAT, WE WILL LIKELY BE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WE APPLIED FOR. THAT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT THAT WE SUBMITTED, SO THAT WE COULD GET ANOTHER $750,000 FOR THAT PROJECT.

THERE WERE THREE OF THEM, RIGHT? WELL, NO, WE HAD HOPED THERE WOULD BE.

WE HAD INITIALLY WANTED TO APPLY ALSO FOR FREEDOM, RIGHT? BUT THEY SAID WE COULD ONLY APPLY FOR ONE OUTDOOR AND ONE INDOOR.

OKAY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE OUR DOLLARS.

WE CAN ALWAYS APPLY FOR FREEDOM AGAIN THIS NEXT MAY, BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT EVEN LONGER TO EXECUTE THAT PROJECT.

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SO THAT PROJECT, JUST TO GIVE YOU SCOPE OF WHEN WE CAN DESIGN AND WORK ON, YOU KNOW, SCHEMATIC DESIGN, HAVE THE DESIGN READY TO GO, BUT YOU CANNOT START CONSTRUCTION OR SPENDING ANY DOLLARS ON THAT PROJECT UNTIL YOU HAVE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

SO IF YOU WANT ANY OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DESIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO BE COUNTED, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO WAIT ON ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD SHAPE TIMELINE WISE.

BUT NO, WE HAVE NOT.

I MEAN, OUR MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW IS ACCEPTING AN AGREEMENT ON THE 24TH WITH CITY COUNCIL.

IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR? 2025. WELL, LET ME CLARIFY.

SO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO START THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL ON NEXT TUESDAY, THE 24TH, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM.

IF WE GET AWARDED THE GRANT IN ORDER TO GO INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.

THAT AGREEMENT LIKELY WON'T BE EXECUTED.

I MEAN, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO IS PROBABLY MAY OF 25.

WORST CASE SCENARIO BEING OCTOBER OF 25.

SOMETIMES THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF OF WORKING WITH GRANTS SO.

THAT WOULDN'T HOPEFULLY SLOW US DOWN THOUGH ON GETTING--- I MEAN, FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN ADVANCE SO THAT IT'S NOT AN ENTITY WAITING ON THE CITY.

WE COULD USE SOME OF OUR DEBT ISSUANCE, IF WE WILL, OR NO, BECAUSE WE USE THAT MONEY.

IT'S TIED TO IT.

SO IT'S TIED TO THE APPLICATION.

SO IF WE'RE AWARDED I MEAN WE CAN USE IT FOR LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED SOME OF OUR DEBT ISSUANCE PROJECTS.

I MEAN, THE BG PECK SOCCER COMPLEX LIGHTS ARE COMPLETE.

DRAINAGE IS IN DESIGN AT TEXIAN TRAIL.

THE REMAINING FUNDS WE'RE WORKING WITH HDR ON THE SCOPE OF PROJECT FOR BG PECK DRAINAGE.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OTHER ITEMS WHEREVER WE CAN WE'RE SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

I GUESS LET ME ASK ABOUT THE REVENUE SIDE OR I KNOW WE'RE AT SIX POINT.

WHAT WAS IT, 6.7 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WAS IT SEVEN? YEAH.

IT WAS HIGHER THIS PAST MONTH.

YEAH. I DON'T HAVE MY LAPTOP UP OR I WOULD HAVE JUST PULLED IT UP.

BUT WHERE DID WE BUDGET AGAIN? NINE. NINE.

SO WE WILL BE SHORT.

WE WILL. THERE'S ALWAYS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE.

YEAH. NOT SURE THOUGH.

TWO MONTHS. WE'LL SEE.

OKAY. 7.09.

OKAY, NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION, BUT WE'RE BUT WE'RE FIGURING WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SO WE'RE PROJECTING 7.2.

COUNCIL ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM TWO OR COUNCIL BOARD? I DON'T KNOW. YOU WANT US TO TAKE ACTION AND APPROVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? I'LL DEFER TO [INAUDIBLE].

PROVIDE FEEDBACK IS ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR.

OKAY. WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO GIVE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BEFORE WE GO ON TO NUMBER THREE? NO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN UPDATED.

IT'S A FOLLOW UP. OKAY.

SEE WHERE WE STAND? I'M GOOD.

[3. Discussion and possible action on the Angleton Better Living Corporation budget including transfers to Parks and Rights of Way, Recreation, and Angleton Recreation Center for fiscal year 2024-2025.]

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION BUDGET, INCLUDING TRANSFERS TO PARKS AND [INAUDIBLE] AND RIGHTS OF WAY RECREATION AND ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025.

YES. SO THE PRIMARY CHANGES NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TRANSFER TO THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION.

AND SO FOR SOME OF THOSE, FOR SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN LISTENING IN TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE DID ADOPT A NO NEW REVENUE BUDGET, AND CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO CUT THEIR BUDGETS BY 4.3%.

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ONE OF THOSE ITEMS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME JUST TAKE YOU TO PAGE 38 OF YOUR PACKET.

PAGE 38 AND 39 OF YOUR PACKET WERE THE PROPOSED CUTS THAT WE MADE TO THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT APPAREL AND GENERAL SUPPLIES WAS CUT.

REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE FOR VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDINGS, OTHER, WHICH IS TYPICALLY OUR ANTIQUE STREET LIGHT POLES AND VEGETATION WERE CUT.

SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES HERE WITH RESPECT TO PARK COMPONENTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT WE WILL, IF IT APPLIES OR IS APPLICABLE, WE WILL UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE, THE LACK OF FUNDS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE CUT BACK.

SAME THING WITH VEGETATION REPLACEMENT.

WE COMPLETELY ZEROED THAT ACCOUNT OUT BECAUSE WE CAN GO TO OUR ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION AND LEVERAGE THEIR FUND BALANCE AND SOME FUNDS THAT THEY HAD BUDGETED.

SO THIS FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THE PREVIOUS, I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST TWO IF NOT THREE FISCAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN BUDGETING FOR A PARK SIGN REPLACEMENT.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON THAT AND TRYING TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH, AGAIN, VEGETATION REPLACEMENT AND OTHER BEAUTIFICATION ITEMS WITH THOSE FUNDS.

SO TYPICALLY THAT'S AROUND $19,000 A YEAR.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

TRAVEL AND TRAINING HAS BEEN CUT.

CONTRACT LABOR IRRIGATION AND BALL FIELD MAINTENANCE.

AND SO TYPICALLY WE BUDGET ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR TO SUPPORT OUR THREE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, NOT ONLY FOR MANDATED HERBICIDE TREATMENTS.

I SAY MANDATED BECAUSE IT'S CONTRACTUAL OR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS.

WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC HERBICIDE TREATMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE ALLOWED IN THE BUDGET TO MAINTAIN THOSE BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY AGREED TO DO SO.

BUT WE CUT OUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WHICH WE TYPICALLY USE TO APPLY FOR PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO PURSUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE ASSOCIATIONS TO HOLD OFF THIS YEAR, UNLESS THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN AGAIN LEVERAGE PARKLAND EDUCATION FEES.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM THE INCREASE IN ABLC TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND.

SO AS YOU MAY RECALL WHEN WE PRESENTED YOU GUYS THE BUDGET I BELIEVE IN APRIL AND JUNE ABLC HISTORICALLY I WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS PROVIDED A TRANSFER TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS AND PARKS BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY INSTITUTE, OFTEN REQUIRE PARKS PERSONNEL TO MAINTAIN THEM.

SO A PERCENTAGE OF PARKS PERSONNEL GOES TOWARDS OR THERE'S A TRANSFER.

SOME OF THE FUNDS ABLC HALF CENT SALES TAX IS TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP SUPPORT THE COST OF PARKS PERSONNEL.

LAST YEAR OR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WAS 25%, ABLC HAD MADE, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR, A MOTION TO NOT GO BELOW A 25% THRESHOLD EVER.

AND SO AGAIN, WE WERE PRESENTING A 25% IN APRIL AND JUNE, IN ORDER TO REACH OUR 4.3%, WE REQUESTED THAT INSTEAD OF A 25% THIS YEAR, WE GO UP TO 28 BECAUSE OUR GENERAL FUND REALLY IS NEEDING THE CASH IN THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND THAT IS HOW STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WE PROCEED RATHER THAN CUTTING OTHER CRUCIAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENSES.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THAT THAT TRANSFER IS INCREASED BY ANOTHER $43,000 OFF OF WHAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS. SO IF YOU KEEP GOING TO THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES, YOU'LL SEE PAGE 40-41, YOU GO INTO PARKS, REVENUE, PARK EXPENSE, ETC.. BUT WHAT I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS PAGE 47 AND 48.

SO 47 IS YOUR REVENUE FOR ABLC AND THEN 48 AND 49 YOU'LL SEE WHERE THESE TRANSPORT TRANSFERS ARE REFLECTED. SO SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE 49 YOU'LL SEE LINE ITEM 701 TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND INCREASE. SO DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE NOTES.

WE WEREN'T ABLE TO UPDATE THOSE NOTES, BUT THAT'S AN UPDATED TRANSFER A LITTLE OVER $400,000.

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SO THAT'S OUR DEBT PAYMENT FOR NEXT YEAR, THE TRANSFER TO THE ACTIVITY CENTER.

SO THIS DOES INCLUDE DECISION PACKAGES ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

JASON, DO YOU WANT TO OR CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE JUST A LITTLE BIT? AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSFER TO THE RECREATION OPS FUND? AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE DO BALANCE, BUT YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT OUR CONTINGENCY LINE, WHICH IS ON PAGE 48, IS DOWN TO ABOUT $44,000. I WAS ANTICIPATING EVEN LOWER, BUT JASON MADE IT WORK TO WHERE YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOME MONEY TO WORK WITH.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN WE ADD IN SOME OF THESE DECISION PACKAGES, IT HAS A REVENUE EXPECTATION.

SO THE REVENUES ON THE ARC AND THE RECREATION DIVISION SIDE INCREASE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER LESS FROM ABLC IN ORDER FOR US TO BALANCE.

SO I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THE DECISION PACKAGES THAT WERE PROPOSING BE APPROVED.

AND REMEMBER, WITH THOSE DECISION PACKAGES WE HAD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY OVER 20.

AND WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR ONE THROUGH FOUR TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE THEY REALLY, TRULY ARE CRUCIAL FOR US.

BEFORE I GO INTO THE DECISION PACKAGES, I DO WANT TO MENTION IS MEGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR REVENUE SIDE.

WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED OUR BUDGET, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR.

SO FY 23, WE HAD DONE A MEMBERSHIP UPDATE AND RESTRUCTURED OUR MEMBERSHIPS.

AND SO WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY ON IN SEEING HISTORICAL DATA THAT WENT WITH THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS WENT THROUGH AND UPDATED OUR REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT TOOK INTO PLACE AS WELL.

WE FINALLY SEEN THAT TREND.

NOW THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF SECOND CYCLE, IT'S GIVEN US A BETTER FORECAST OF WHAT TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

STILL TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH THAT THOUGH.

SO EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS WE HAD AN AGGRESSIVE DAY PASS REVENUE GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE HURRICANE FOLLOWED BY SOME POOL REPAIRS REALLY DEPLETED JULY.

LAST YEAR WE SAW ABOUT $44,000 IN REVENUE FOR DAY PASS SALES.

THIS YEAR WE SAW ABOUT $7,000.

SO A MAJOR DIFFERENCE THERE.

BUT BEING CONSERVATIVE, WE STILL WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT REVENUE TO BRING BACK SOME REVENUE TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THIS STUFF.

SO AS FAR AS THE DECISION PACKAGES, AS MEGAN MENTIONED, THE TOP FOUR OF THOSE, NUMBER ONE IS A STEP INCREASE FOR ANY STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE FACILITY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR COME OCTOBER 1ST.

SO FIRST PROJECTION SO THAT THAT WAS TEN INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE THERE.

IT'S A 25 CENT INCREASE ON THEIR CURRENT SALARY OR THEIR CURRENT WAGE.

SO THAT'S DECISION PACKAGE NUMBER ONE.

THE SECOND ONE WAS REGARD TO LIFEGUARDS.

AS YOU REMEMBER I WAS DISCUSSING THIS WAS TO INCREASE COVERAGE FOR THE FACILITY TO GET US TO AN ADEQUATE STATE TO HAVE FULL COVERAGE FOR LIFEGUARDS.

THAT IS THE HEFTIEST ONE OF ALL OF THEM.

IT'S ABOUT $140,000 IS THAT INCREASE TO GET US TO LIFEGUARDS, FIVE LIFEGUARDS AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FULL APPROPRIATE COVERAGE TO COVER ALL THE BLIND SPOTS. IN ADDITION TO ADDING A SLIDE ATTENDANT DURING FAMILY TIME, WE DECIDED NOT TO DO IT DURING ADULT SWIM, BUT HAVE IT DURING FAMILY TIME TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE STANDARD THAT'S PUT IN PLACE FOR THE SLIDE.

THE THIRD DECISION PACKAGE WAS FOR AN AQUATIC ASSISTANT.

WE REALLY NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S THERE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM BALANCE CHEMICALS AND BE A SUPERVISOR STAFF ON THE WEEKEND.

THAT WILL HELP TAKE BACK FROM WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR OUR AQUATIC MANAGER.

HE IS THE ONLY GO TO.

SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, HE HAS TO RESPOND.

SO THAT AQUATIC ASSISTANT IS DESIGNED TO HELP ASSIST WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE SO THAT ONE IS A PART TIME POSITION THAT WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 HOURS A WEEK.

IT JUST WOULD HELP TO SERVE THE NIGHTS AND THE WEEKENDS FOR THE FACILITY.

SO THERE WOULD BE NO BENEFITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THAT WOULD JUST BE AN HOURLY RATE.

AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE WAS, I THINK I MAY HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE THIS WAS ACTUALLY NUMBER FOUR.

SO NUMBER THREE PRIOR TO WAS OUR WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS.

WE TRANSITIONED FROM HAVING A CONTRACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL TO OFFER GROUP SWIM LESSONS.

AND WE HAVE NOW MOVED THAT IN-HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SWIM LESSONS YEAR ROUND FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.

SO THIS ONE IS A EXPENSE AND A REVENUE.

THIS ONE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF.

IT IS BUILT INTO THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE EXPENSE FOR THE INSTRUCTORS, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO REQUEST FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS FROM LAST

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BUDGET. AND THAT WAS FOR AN INCREASE FOR CAPACITY FOR OUR SENIOR TRIPS.

THAT ONE, AS I MENTIONED FOR THE WSI, DOES HAVE A REVENUE AND A EXPENSE PIECE TO IT.

THE EXPENSE PIECE IS ABOUT $9,000 AND THE REVENUE IS ABOUT $5,000.

THAT COMES FROM THAT. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT IS A 0% COST RECOVERY.

THE MAJORITY OF THE TRIPS ARE DAY TRIPS, LUNCH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THE REVENUE SIDE THAT REALLY COMES IN FROM THAT IS ADDING THE CAPACITY FOR OUR OVERNIGHT TRIP THAT WOULD COME OFFSET THAT COST THAT.

SO WHATEVER THE COST IS FOR THEIR ROOM, THEY WOULD PAY FOR THEIR ROOM.

THEY WILL OR THEY WON'T PAY FOR THE ROOM? THEY WILL. SO WE PUT THAT COST ONTO THEM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE DON'T COVER THE COST FOR.

BUT IF THERE'S LIKE TICKETS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM GOING TO A MOVIE OR TO A PLAY, THEY COVER THAT COST AS WELL, BUT THEY DON'T COVER THE COST OF THE GAS OR THE CONTRACT DRIVER THAT MIGHT NEED TO GO.

BY INCREASING CAPACITY WOULD BRING US UP TO POTENTIALLY TWO DRIVERS.

SO WE HAVE TO INCUR THAT COST THAT COMES WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A COMPLETE OFFSET FOR REVENUE EXPENSE.

YEAH. I WAS TAKING NOTES AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THAT.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED WE NEEDED I MEAN, IT'S IT HAS TO BE DONE.

I MEAN, IT'S, I MEAN, I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE LIFEGUARDS AND TRYING TO CONDENSE THE HOURS TO TRY TO SAVE ON THAT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ONE, ONE SWIMMER, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE AREAS COVERED.

AND SO I KNOW WE LOOKED AT THE HOURS AND CUT THEM BACK AND SUCH LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE SAVE RESOURCES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT SEEMS. SO WE NEED IT.

YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

ONE THING I WILL MENTION IS YOU ALL HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED US TO REDUCE OUR HOURS TO 7:30 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SO THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT.

THE NUMBERS THAT ARE PRESENTED AS FAR AS THE STAFFING DO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

SO OCTOBER 1ST WE WILL BE REDUCING TO THAT KNOWING THAT WE WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF CITY'S MONEY AND ABLC TO MAXIMIZE THAT, THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DEMAND FOR IT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO OFFER BECAUSE IT IS A COST THAT GOES INTO IT.

VERY SIMILAR TO WHY WE CLOSED.

RIGHT? RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN NON PEAK SEASON.

SO THE POOL IS CLOSED FROM 11:30 A.M.

TO 4:30 P.M.

AND THAT MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE USAGE FOR IT.

AND IT IS COSTLY TO KEEP IT OPEN WHEN THERE'S NOT PEOPLE COMING TO IT SO.

LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS, AS FAR AS THAT RETENTION OR AS FAR AS THE PACKAGE ONE, THAT STEP PLAN THAT WAS PART OF OUR RETENTION PLAN WE HAD TO PUT IN PLACE.

WE'RE ON YEAR TWO FOR THAT TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO BRING QUALITY STAFF BACK AND GIVE THEM INCENTIVES.

SO THAT WAS PART OF THE SECOND PLAN FOR US FOR YEAR TWO.

OKAY, COOL. JASON, I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG INSIDE THE BUDGET.

I COULDN'T FIND THEM, THE DECISION PACKAGES.

IF YOU GO UP TO THE BIGGEST ONE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS 6506106 PART TIME STAFF SALARIES. SO YOU'LL SEE A MAJOR JUMP FROM THAT ONE GOING FROM 188 THIS YEAR TO 366.

BECAUSE YOUR STEP PLAN YOUR WSI, YOUR AQUATIC ASSISTANT, AND YOUR LIFEGUARD INCREASE ARE ALL PART TIME STAFF.

AND AS FAR AS ALL THE DECISION PACKAGES COMPREHENSIVELY LISTED OUT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN THIS PACKET BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE WERE REQUESTED TO PRESENT THE BUDGET IN THIS FORMAT IS.

SO WE'VE JUST INCLUDED IT IN THE LINE ITEM WITH DETAIL.

BUT I'M SORRY, I'M JUST A QUESTION FOR MY VACATION I GUESS.

SO WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP TO THESE PAGES 38-39 TO THE REST OF THE OTHER PAGES? SO I BELIEVE 38 AND 39 IS THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY CUTS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. LET ME REFERENCE THESE.

DO YOU HAVE THE PAGE NUMBER AND WHAT YOU NEED?

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YES. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY THE GENERAL FUND.

IT IMPACTS MORE THAN SO WHEN WHEN THE TAX RATE WAS ADJUSTED THAT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR SALES TAX.

AND SO PAGES BEYOND 39 ARE RELATED TO SALES TAX.

AND 38 AND 39 ARE SPECIFICALLY GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX.

AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SPECIFIC CUTS IN ORDER FOR OUR GENERAL FUND TO BALANCE WITH WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN FOR OUR PROPERTY TAX.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO WE MUST INCLUDE PAGES 40 THROUGH I GUESS TECHNICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THEM, BUT THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY 40 THROUGH 46, THAT'S ALL OF THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY BUDGET AS YOU SEE IT ON PAGES 38 AND 39.

BUT WE, WE PRIMARILY KEEP THAT IN THERE JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE.

SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ASKING YOU ALL TO APPROVE PARKS BUDGET.

WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER AMOUNT OF 28% INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY BUDGET, BECAUSE WHAT SUPPORTS PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY IS THE IS THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT SALES TAX, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 28%.

SORRY I KNOW THAT'S VERY CONFUSING.

THE THAT TRANSFER WAS VERY IT WAS IT WAS VERY HOT TOPIC ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO BECAUSE I GUESS SOME OF THE ABLC GUYS WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH THE 25% SURE.

YEAH. AND IT WAS EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT AT ONE POINT.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH IT DID GET TO, BUT I KNOW IT WAS AT LEAST AT 30.

IT WAS MORE THAN 30. I THINK SO TOO.

MAYBE IT WAS LIKE AT 50.

AND THEN WE DID 30.

I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T RECALL.

BUT BUT WE GOT IT DOWN TO 25.

AND OUR AIM ANNUALLY IS TO KEEP IT AT 25.

BUT THIS YEAR WE REALLY NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

SO WE WEREN'T CUTTING OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO SEE THAT.

I GUESS YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THE 28%.

I AM, I AM.

I'M GOOD. SO LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, THE 28% WASN'T APPROVED.

WHERE WOULD WE GO FOR THAT BUDGET? OR WE GO STRAIGHT TO CUTTING AND WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT CUT? SO THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THE DIRECTION IS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

SO WE MAY BE DIRECTED TO CUT OUT OF OUR BUDGET, BUT WE MAY ALSO GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE PD, PUBLIC WORKS, ANIMAL CONTROL, ADMINISTRATION, CITY SECRETARY, HR, ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ALL OF THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND SEE IF WE CAN COLLECTIVELY CUT THAT RATHER THAN IT JUST COMING OUT OF OUR OUR BUDGET.

IF IT COMES OUT OF THE PARKS BUDGET, YOU COULD ASSUME THAT GOSH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO PROJECT WHAT THAT WOULD BE. ACTUALLY, I MIGHT HAVE PUT YOU ON AN AWKWARD SPOT THERE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.

NOW, CHRIS, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU GO TO? WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 28 AND THE 25? SO THE DIFFERENCE.

OH, GOSH. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S $43,000, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE INJECTION THAT WE HAVE ON PAGE PAGE 39.

SO JUST THE EASIEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

YEAH. SO FINDING 43 ADDITIONAL THOUSAND I MEAN IT WOULD YOU WOULD CUT SEVERELY PARK SERVICES.

SO MAYBE YOU SAID WE HAD GOTTEN AS HIGH AS 30% AT ONE POINT, RIGHT.

AT LEAST IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

I DO THINK IT WAS MORE THAN THAT AT ONE POINT, WHICH IS WHAT MADE IT VERY CONTENTIOUS.

IF IT'S 28% NOW, YOU KNOW, WILL IT GO TO 30% NEXT TIME AND KEEP GOING UP? BUT I'M OKAY WITH THE 28% MYSELF.

I THINK WE HAD MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD EARLIER DIDN'T WE DIDN'T REACH SOME OF OUR FUNDING GOALS, SO TO SPEAK.

I THINK THIS IS AN OUTCOME OF ADOPTING A NEW REVENUE BUDGET.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU ADOPT A NO NEW REVENUE AND YOU HAVE INSURANCE INCREASES AND YOU'RE PAYING EMPLOYEES MORE AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS ARE GOING UP.

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SO IF YOU CONTINUE TO ADOPT THAT TYPE OF BUDGET, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR OPERATIONAL GENERAL FUND.

AND I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION DISCUSSION WE HAD YEARS PAST WASN'T SO MUCH ABOUT THE AMOUNT IT WAS ABOUT SOME FELT AS THOUGH THE MONEY THAT THE ABLC HAD WAS NOT TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

SO I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH THAT AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT, I GUESS.

RIGHT. AND I DO THINK AND I HOPE THAT IT WAS CLARIFIED IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

BUT IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR ABLC, IT DOES SPECIFY THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE AMENITIES THAT ARE IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.

AND SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES, THAT REQUIRES LABOR.

AND AND I DO ALSO BELIEVE IT INCLUDED PERSONNEL.

ARE WE SAYING OR CLAIMING THAT PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY ARE THE SOLE INDIVIDUALS MAINTAINING THESE PLACES, AND IS THAT THE ONLY TYPE OF AMENITIES THEY ARE IMPROVING? NO, YOU KNOW, ABLC IS NOT APPROVING PROJECTS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY OR EXCUSE ME, I'LL JUST USE RIGHT OF WAY AS AN EXAMPLE, MOST OF OUR RIGHT OF WAYS ARE NOT ABLC PROJECTS, SO THAT IS WHY WE BASED IT ON A PERCENTAGE TRANSFER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY EVERYONE WELL I'LL SAY A MAJORITY.

IT WAS VOTED UPON THAT A PERCENTAGE BE TRANSFERRED TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL IS BECAUSE A PERCENTAGE OF OUR STAFF DOES MAINTAIN ABIGAIL ARIAS OR WILL LAKESIDE PARK, FREEDOM PARK, ALL OF THOSE PARKS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY ABLC DOLLARS.

YEAH. I MEAN, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE 28%.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WHEN THIS COMES AROUND NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE IN A BETTER ECONOMIC SITUATION.

I WOULDN'T LIKE IT TO KEEP GOING UP ANNUALLY SO.

OUR AIM WILL ALWAYS BE TO GO BACK TO 25%.

SO WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THAT FIRST INITIAL INITIAL APPROACH.

BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE CONSTRAINED BY OTHER DECISIONS THAT DO ULTIMATELY IMPACT OUR OVERALL BUDGET.

WELL, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY TOO, YOU JUST ASKED YOU A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY LINE AND HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT, AND YOU SAID WE SPENT IT ALL, BUT OUR REVENUES ARE DOWN THIS YEAR. SO IN A WAY, WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR ALL THOSE CONTINGENCY LINE ITEMS AND ON DOWN REVENUE.

SO NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR WE USED IT AND WE SPENT IT.

NOW NEXT YEAR WE'RE TAKING THAT MONEY AND USING IT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, TO SOME EXTENT, TO OPERATE OFF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF ALL THE STUFF WE JUST DID.

AND, YOU KNOW, ABIGAIL'S PARK IS SITTING THERE BARREN, BUT IT'S STILL BEING MAINTAINED.

THEY'RE MOWING IT. THEY'RE KEEPING IT UP.

STORM DEBRIS GOES THROUGH.

THEY GOT TO CLEAN IT UP. SAME THING WITH FREEDOM PARK SAME.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HURRICANE COME THROUGH.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S FACTORING INTO THIS AS WELL AT THE SAME TIME.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE.

WELL, THOSE THOSE GRANTS I MEAN, I'M HOPEFUL.

I'M HOPEFUL.

YEAH. REALITY PROBABLY SAYS OTHERWISE.

REALITY IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT PROBABLY GOING TWO FOR TWO.

YEAH. MAYBE NOT.

AND YOU MAY NOT BE WRONG, BUT SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY I'M GOING TO FIND THE SILVER LINING HERE IS THAT IF WE ARE NOT AWARDED THE OUTDOOR GRANT, THAT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT.

SO WE CAN APPLY NEXT YEAR AND IT WON'T HURT US.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE, SO WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THE HELP OF THE CONSULTANT TO IMPROVE THAT EVEN MORE, THAT APPLICATION EVEN MORE.

IT WILL BE A MAJOR LOSS FOR THE INDOOR GRANT BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

FIVE YEARS. YEAH, AT LEAST OVER FOUR.

AND THAT WAS JUST PUT BACK IN.

I MEAN, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN EVERY BIENNIUM LIKE THAT.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT GRANT AVAILABLE EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND IT HASN'T BEEN BY THE STATE.

AND WE TRIED TO USE SOME LANGUAGE THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS FUNDING IS ONLY THIS MATCHING FUNDING IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

SO WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE THE FUNDS FOR BEING AWARDED BUT WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE SO.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO NEXT YEAR ARE WE HAVE PLENTY OF PROJECTS TO WORK ON, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ISSUING OR REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

IF WE HAVE SOME EMERGENCY REPAIRS, WE MAY BE COMING TO ABLC.

BUT THOSE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN AGAIN PAD THE ABLC BUDGET AGAIN.

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AGAIN, THAT SHOULD HELP SUPPORT US NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

SO I GUESS WHAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS DO WE WANT TO FUND THOSE FOUR DECISION PACKAGES.

AND I'LL SAY ACTUALLY FIVE BECAUSE REC CENTER HAS THE SENIOR PROGRAMS AS WELL SO.

LET ME JUST ASK YOU THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO HOW WOULD YOU FUND THOSE? ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM IN YOUR BUDGET TO FUND THEM SO THAT IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR IN CONTINGENCY.

SO CONTINGENCY ACCOUNTS FOR THAT.

IT'S OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE TRANSFERS TO REC DIVISION, ARC DIVISION.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE REMAINING AFTER THOSE PACKAGES ARE APPROVED IS 40 AROUND $44,000 IN CONTINGENCY IN YOUR 520 ACCOUNT.

SO LET'S GO THROUGH THEM ONE MORE TIME.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE PERSONNEL THAT WAS STEP RAISES WHICH AMOUNTS TO $25,500.

WE'LL GO FOR THAT ONE.

OKAY. WHAT'S NUMBER TWO? LIFEGUARD INCREASE TO INCREASE COVERAGE FOR RISK AND LIABILITY.

OKAY. AND THAT'S ON WHAT LINE? IT'S GOING TO BE EURO SIX ACCOUNT.

PART TIME WAGES. OH, IT'S STILL THE SAME, STEP PLAN INCREASE.

AQUATIC ASSISTANT.

144. $141,000 FOR THAT ONE.

YEAH. WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR.

THE $9,000 ONE WHICH HAS AN OFFSETTING REVENUE HAS AN OFFSETTING REVENUE.

YES. SO THAT SHOULD BE BUDGET NEUTRAL.

YEAH. SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THAT WITH ADDING IT IF YOU GO TO.

SORRY. BEAR WITH ME.

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THE MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS YOU'LL SEE THAT $20,000 TO OFFSET THAT COST.

WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 150% COST RECOVERY FOR THAT PROGRAM SO.

SO IF IF THAT'S NOT APPROVED YET, IF THAT IF THAT WAS NOT APPROVED, THEN OUR REVENUE DECREASES BY THAT.

CORRECT. FOR THAT ONE IT SHOULD BE BUDGET NEUTRAL.

SO YEAH. YEP.

ON THE LIFEGUARD IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER $142,000 WITH REDUCED HOURS.

SO WE ONLY REDUCED BY ONE HOUR.

SO THAT'S ONE HOUR FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE HOURS, ABOUT 20 HOURS A MONTH.

BUT CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT STAFF, WE HAVE TWO LIFEGUARDS IN THE MORNING AND WE NEED THREE MORE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THAT CAPACITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR, WE ARE LESS THAN 50% TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THAT POOL.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE VISIBILITY IN THE POOL, THE BLIND SPOTS THAT WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF WALLS.

AND SO BASED ON WHERE LIFEGUARDS SIT, THEY CAN'T SEE BEHIND THOSE WALLS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS SUBMERGED THERE, IT'S UNLIKELY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM.

SO WE HAVE TO INCREASE TO HAVE FOUR UP, ONE DOWN.

AND BECAUSE IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS CAN WE CLOSE ASPECT OF THE POOL? AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT IS ONE BODY OF WATER, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING FROM ONE SPOT TO ANOTHER.

SO AS SOON AS SOMEBODY WAS TO LEAVE THAT AREA, EVEN THOUGH YOU BLOW THE WHISTLE AND DO ALL THAT STUFF, LIABILITY WISE, IT'S STILL ON US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT COVERAGE. SO THAT'S THAT REALLY IS THE BIGGEST PIECE.

I MEAN, EVEN IN THE EVENINGS THEY WERE OPERATING AT THREE GUARDS, SO YOU'RE STILL ADDING ANOTHER TWO GUARDS IN THE EVENING TO THAT, PLUS THE SLIDE ATTENDANT.

THE OTHER THING WE COULD LOOK AT IS REDUCING THE HOURS THAT THE SLIDE IS OPERATIONAL TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SLIDE ATTENDANT SITTING AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE.

ANYTIME THAT SLIDE IS TURNED ON, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE TOP.

YEAH. SO PHYSICALLY WE CAN'T WE CAN'T REDUCE ANY OF THE BLIND SPOTS.

PHYSICALLY IT'S JUST IT'S WHAT IT IS.

IF WE KNOCK OUT SOME WALLS IN THE POOL, IT'S JUST THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. BUT YEAH, WE'VE WE'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE LAZY RIVER IS ONE OF THE PROBLEM AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WALLS THERE.

AND THE WAY THAT IT TURNS IT, YOU DON'T REALLY GET A GOOD ANGLE.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GUARD OVER THERE.

CONVERSELY, THAT GUARD CAN'T SEE THE OTHER CORNER OF THE POOL BY THE LAP LANES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WALL IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

SO THAT'S A BLIND SPOT THERE.

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I WOULD LOVE TO SAY NOBODY'S GOING TO DROWN IN, YOU KNOW, 3 TO 6IN OF WATER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAPPENS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ELEVATED HOT TUB.

AND SO JUST BASED ON THAT, IT YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE OF OPERATING A POOL.

AND BASED ON CAPACITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF ONE PERSON'S IN THE POOL OR 150 PEOPLE ARE IN THE POOL.

YEAH, THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE AT ANY POINT.

AND TO BE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED YOU HAVE TO COVER ALL THE AREAS.

SO BUT WE'RE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, BOARD SUGGESTION IF WE WANT TO REDUCE MORE HOURS AND THINK SEASONAL, THAT'S AN EXPLORE AS WELL.

I CAN TELL YOU LIKE OUR PARTICIPATION DOES DECREASE WHEN IT'S COLDER OUT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT DOESN'T HAVE STANDARD HVAC SYSTEM.

SO WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, IT'S COLD IN THE POOL.

THE POOL IS WARM BUT NOT THE AMBIENT AIR.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WE GET IN THE POOL IS WARM.

IT'S A HEATED POOL.

IT'S HEATED. IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 83 TO 86.

WHEN I USED TO SWIM EARLY IN THE MORNINGS, IT WAS COLD WHEN I JUMPED IN.

BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT AND HUMID IN THERE THAT THE POOL ACTUALLY FEELS COOL.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S A HEATED POOL.

YEAH. I GUESS THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING THE, THE AGE GROUPS OF WHO USED THE POOL, BECAUSE I JUST EYEBALL IT.

IT'S MOSTLY LIKE DURING THE SUMMER AND CHILDREN AND THEN DOING LIKE THE MORNING TIME YOU HAVE THE SENIORS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHEN THE SENIORS ARE GOING THERE AND WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE GOING THERE ALL THE OTHER HOURS YOU GET LIKE REALLY CONDENSED THOSE HOURS DOWN BECAUSE DURING SCHOOL TIME IN THE [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S THERE? AND A LOT OF THAT, THAT'S WHY TWO YEARS AGO WE DID REDUCE HOURS TO CUT OUT THE DAYTIME.

SO NON-PEAK SEASON, WE'RE NOT OPEN FROM 11:30 TO 4:30.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS NOT A DEMAND FOR IT.

WE HAVE OUR EARLY MORNING RISERS THAT COME IN AND DO LAP SWIMS, AND THEY HANG OUT IN THE HOT TUB.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR COUPLE FROM THERE AT THE 5 A.M.

TO 8 A.M..

WE HAVE OUR WATER AEROBICS CLASS THAT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S FROM ABOUT 8 TO 9 WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PARTICIPATED GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES.

AND THEN 9:30 IS WHEN THE PLAY FEATURES TURN ON AND WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAY AT HOME FAMILIES THAT COME IN FOR THAT.

AND RIGHT ABOUT LUNCH IS WHEN WE DIP OUT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CUT THOSE HOURS.

AND FOR US FOR FIVE HOURS OF THAT, WAITING UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL WAS THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO FOR THAT.

NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T LOOK AT ALTERNATES OF MAYBE IT'S MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY IT'S OPEN AND NOT TUESDAY THURSDAY IN THE EVENING.

THERE'S STRATEGIC WAYS TO DO THAT, BUT NON-PEAK SEASON, THE WEEKENDS IS STILL HIGH FAIRLY HIGH USAGE, BUT IT TAPERS THE FARTHER OR CLOSER YOU GET TO THE WINTER TIME, SO WHY NOT? I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE FOR I THINK I PUT THIS OUT LAST TIME, WOULD BE TO LOOK AT DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND REDUCING HOURS PAST THAT NOON DIP OR WHATEVER, BASICALLY SHUTTING THE POOL DOWN AT NOON.

OKAY. MAYBE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

TRY TO JUST REALLY LIMIT I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS BECAUSE.

WOULD THERE BE A WAY YOU I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO.

I MEAN, THE OTHER WAY IS WE COULD JUST GO THROUGH THIS YEAR AND START A STUDY.

SO MAYBE KEEP A HEAD COUNT.

AND WE LITERALLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE POOL EVERY DAY.

AND THEN WE SEE THE NUMBERS DWINDLE, AND THEN WE'LL SET US UP FOR 25 FOR THE END OF 20, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL 25.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I JUST I WAS REALLY SHOCKED.

I'M REALLY SHOCKED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S THAT MUCH USAGE.

AND THERE'S I MEAN, I HATE TO COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GOT TO DO THOUGH? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO IT SEEMS REALLY ODD TO MAYBE RUN A POOL FOR SIX PEOPLE, 5 TO 7, 33 NIGHTS A WEEK OR, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 OR WHATEVER WE PICK.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T OPEN UP ON THURSDAY NIGHTS OR FRIDAY NIGHTS, FRIDAY EVENINGS, OF COURSE, I KNOW.

I THINK ALL DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOLLOW OUR NORMAL HOURS.

BUT IF WE'RE JUST NOT DRIVING IN THE NUMBERS, AT SOME POINT WE ARE SPENDING WAY MORE ON RESOURCES THAN WE ARE PEOPLE GETTING ENJOYMENT, ENJOYMENT AND USE OUT OF IT.

SO ARE WE DOING LEARN TO SWIM CLASSES? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DECISION PACKAGES IS THAT WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS, AS WE CURRENTLY DO, OFFER THEM.

BUT BY BRINGING THEM IN IN-HOUSE, WE'RE PLANNING TO OFFER THEM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK YEAR ROUND.

SO WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT.

BUT I MEAN A GENERAL USAGE OF THE POOL.

WE CAN FLUCTUATE THAT AS WE NEED TO.

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FRIDAY IS PROBABLY YOUR WEAKEST DAY.

THE FIRST THING PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IS LIKE, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE POOL ON FRIDAY, BUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WE TRY TO USE THAT DATA AND TRY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINDING THE BEST SOLUTION POSSIBLE.

AND THE HARD ONE COMES IN IS MAKING THOSE CUTS KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT DAYTIME CUT.

WE WERE AVERAGING SIX PEOPLE AND THAT WAS FOR A FIVE HOUR SPAN, AND THAT COST ANALYSIS WAS THE EXACT SAME THING.

IT WAS NOT EVEN PAYING WHAT WE WERE NOW WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TO PAY FIVE GUARDS AT $11 AN HOUR.

SO $55 PER HOUR FOR FIVE HOURS.

AND WE WERE BRINGING FIVE MEMBERS IN.

AND I MEAN, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK, I MEAN, WE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WE DON'T DO THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. BUT I MEAN IT'S JUST AND I KNOW IT'S DISAPPOINTING FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.

IT'S IT'S IT'S HARD TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR 1 OR 2 PEOPLE OR SIX PEOPLE EVEN. IT'S JUST.

YEAH, BUT THEY'RE A MEMBER THEN THEY'RE EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.

WELL, I MEAN, I THINK.

RIGHT. BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS IF THIS POOL IS OFF LIMITS TO POOL IS OFF LIMITS, YOU ADJUST YOUR SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.

I MEAN, I GET IT.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS.

HOW LONG HAVE WE KNOWN THAT WE NEEDED FIVE LIFEGUARDS? I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE.

SO BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD, IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED TO DIVE INTO ONCE WE GOT THROUGH A FULL CYCLE YEAR TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT WAS AT.

SO I'VE HAD THIS PLAN TO PRESENT THIS FOR THIS BUDGET SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR I WOULD SAY.

YEAH, BUT YOU'RE GIVING US AN ULTIMATUM.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE POOL AT CERTAIN TIMES AND STUFF.

BUT WE'VE BEEN OPEN IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN WORKING.

I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO COME AT US WITH A, WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT THIS YEAR OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO STOP.

KNOWING THAT THE POOL'S BEEN OPEN FOR 21 YEARS AND OPERATING FOR 21 YEARS, AND NOW WE'RE FACED WITH A DECISION OF $142,000 OUT OF OUR BUDGET. I MEAN, TO ME, I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO SAY $70 $1,000 TO INCREASE FROM 2 TO 3 OR 2 TO 4 OR WHATEVER, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR POOL IS DEAD ON THAT DAY, THEN YOU MANAGE IT AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE YOU CAN GO HOME.

WE DON'T WE DON'T NEED THIS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S THINGS YOU CAN DO IN YOUR, IN YOUR TOOLBOX BESIDES JUST CARTE BLANCHE.

SO, LIKE, I COMPLETELY AGREE, LIKE, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE IT'S AN ULTIMATUM.

LIKE, MY JOB IS TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT IS TO PREVENT THE MOST RISK.

RIGHT? RIGHT. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WAS IN THE PAST, OR WHO WAS THERE OR WHO WAS OPERATING IT.

I CAN JUST SPEAK TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE AND EVEN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE.

THERE WAS ASSESSMENTS DONE PRIOR TO MY TIME THAT STATED THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE.

IT JUST WAS NEVER ADDRESSED AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY, BUT THAT I CAN'T NOT COME WITH THOSE OPTIONS.

SECOND, I WILL SAY TO THAT IS PREVIOUS WHEN WE WERE STARTING THE BUDGET, I DID BRING A SECONDARY PROPOSAL IN THAT WAS BASED ON A REDUCED AMOUNT OF STAFF TO DO MORE OF A STEP PLAN TO GET US THERE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT, LIKE, THIS SHOULD BE WHERE WE GET TO.

AGREED. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO BE LIABLE FOR IT.

WE KNOCK ON WOOD, HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE ISSUES.

BUT IF SOMETHING DOES ARISE, LIKE WE AS STAFF, THAT'S WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO PUT IT OUT THERE OF THIS IS WHAT'S THERE.

BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT.

DO YOU? THE HESITATION I WOULD GIVE FOR SOME OF THAT THOUGH, IS LIFEGUARDS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT FOR.

CORRECT. AND IF WE GO BASED ON DEMAND AND WE CUT HOURS, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE STAFF FOR THAT.

ADDITIONS TO THAT WOULD BE WE'RE OPEN FOR DAY PASS USERS AND MEMBERS, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, TO WHERE IF THEY COME IN AND WE SAY WE'RE OPEN TILL 7:30 AND THEY SHOW UP AND IT'S 5:30, WE'RE LIKE, SORRY, THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE FOR THE PAST HOUR.

IT'S JUST A REALLY HARD ONE TO MANAGE ON THAT.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE MORE TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME KIND OF REDUCED HOURS, SO WE PUBLICIZE THAT.

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JUST LIKE WHEN WE DID OUR REDUCTION, OUR REDUCTION BEFORE WE CLOSED FROM 11:30 TO 4:30.

AND STAFF WOULD EVEN ASK, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS? AND I SAID, I WILL HANDLE THOSE.

AND I HAD THREE.

YEAH, BUT THE GREAT THING THAT WE'VE HAD IS WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN OUR REVENUES INCREASE SINCE WE MADE SOME OF OUR CHANGES.

SO MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS IS PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE AND WE SHOULD DO THOSE THINGS.

SO I WOULD RATHER DO A BLANKET OF LIKE LET'S CUT THAT, OR IF WE GO WE KNOW IT'S COLD DURING THE YEAR, WE HEAR MORE COMPLAINTS THAT IT'S COLD AND YOU NEED TO TURN THE HEAT ON.

WE CAN'T REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT.

THE POOL MAY NOT EVEN NEED TO BE OPEN AT THOSE TIMES.

SO I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO I WAS JUST WONDERING IS IF YOU DID GET THE PROPER NUMBER OF LIFEGUARDS, WOULD THE LIABILITY INSURANCE BE LESS? WOULD IT IS IT GOING UP MORE AND MORE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED? I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING UP NOW ANYWAY.

I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR INSURANCE AGENCY IS THE ONLY WAY TO EVALUATE OUR ABILITY IS IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION AND THEN THEY SAY YOU HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT THEY REALLY JUST THEY HEAR THAT YOU HAVE A POOL AND THEY PUT YOU IN A CATEGORY OF HAVING A POOL.

I DON'T THINK THEY GO INTO THE DEPTH OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY GUARDS YOU HAVE AND IF YOU'RE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED.

I HATE TO COMPARE US TO A RESTAURANT, BUT YOU KNOW THAT IF BREAKFAST STOPS SERVING AT 10:00 AND YOU KNOW THE RESTAURANT IS OPEN ALL DAY, IF WE ROLL UP THERE AT 10:05, BREAKFAST IS DONE.

SO IT'S LUNCH MENU.

SO SAME THING WITH THE REC CENTER.

IT'S LIKE THE REC CENTER IS OPEN ALL THIS TIME.

BUT THE POOL WAS OPEN BUT FOR WHATEVER TIME OR WHATEVER TIME.

SO WE JUST GO AHEAD AND WE PARLAY THAT TO THE PUBLIC UP FRONT THAT THEY WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY SHOW UP.

BUT THE POOL IS CLOSED.

WELL, I AGREE 100%.

YOU SET EXPECTATIONS.

YOU GIVE NOTIFICATION, SET EXPECTATIONS.

IT'S BASED ON A IT'S NOT AS LONG AS IT'S DONE BASED ON TO ME, SOME SORT OF DATA.

NOT YOU'RE NOT JUST WHIMSICALLY DECIDING WHO AND WHO DOESN'T.

AND LET'S BE HONEST, I'VE BEEN THERE.

I KNOW THERE ARE MORNINGS WHEN LIFEGUARDS DON'T SHOW AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE NOT GETTING IN THE POOL.

I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY ASSAULTED OR ROBBED OR HARMED OVER THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T GET TO GET INTO THE POOL.

THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED, I'M SURE AND LIFE IS FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENTS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REALITIES WE LEARN AS ADULTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST IT'LL BE A SHORT IT'LL BE A I'M SURE IT WILL AFFECT SOME PEOPLE AND IT'LL BE A SHORT TIME DEALING WITH THAT, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY'LL ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY.

AND YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN BREAKFAST IS SERVED.

I KNOW WHEN BREAKFAST IS SERVED. YEAH.

I DO AGREE WITH YOU. I DO AGREE WITH YOU, THOUGH, THAT IF YOU START DROPPING PEOPLE'S HOURS AND STUFF, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK 100%.

YEAH. AGREED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEPEND ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I AGREE WITH THAT. BUT IF WE FOR THE FOR EVEN THE LIFEGUARDS, IF WE SET A DESIGNATED SCHEDULE, EVEN FOR THE LIFEGUARDS, THEY WILL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENINGS.

WE DON'T DO IT. THERE'S NO OR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENINGS.

THERE'S SUCH LOW TURNOUT WE DON'T HAVE.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION.

THEY SET THE EXPECTATIONS. THEY CAN GO FIND WHATEVER SECONDARY JOB OR GO FIND ANOTHER POOL TO WORK WITH OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP MANAGE THEIR BUDGET.

YEAH, BECAUSE THEN THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SIGNING ON FOR.

YEAH. SO IN THE EFFORT OR IN THE THINKING ABOUT TIME WISE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO BACK IF YOU'RE WILLING TO APPROVE THE CURRENT BUDGET AND EVALUATE TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE IT AND DO JUST THOSE THINGS AND COME BACK AND HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHERE SOME VERY SPECIFIC CUTS ARE. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE DO TAKE THOSE NUMBERS SO I CAN RUN A FULL DATA ANALYSIS ON THAT TO SAY HERE'S WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO CUT SOME OF THOSE BACK AND BE MINDFUL OF THAT TO WHERE WE WILL TRY TO SAVE MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, FURTHER TACKLE THIS GOAL.

BREAK IT DOWN BY MONTH TO I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, ISOLATE IT BY MONTH.

WE CAN DO IT BY MONTH BY THE TIME OF DAY.

I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WE'RE IN TEXAS, WE'RE SPOILED, WE'RE TEXANS.

WE LIKE WARM WEATHER.

EVEN THE THE AMBIENT COLD TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS NOT USUALLY.

I MEAN, EVEN IF THE WATER EVEN IF THE POOL IS 83 DEGREES, YOU KNOW, THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURES IS NOT NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE FOR BEING OUTSIDE THE POOL.

YEAH. FOR EXAMPLE, ON FRIDAYS RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE HAVE THE BAND PLAYING ON EVERY OTHER, I MEAN, ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AND YOU HAVE THE GAMES ON FRIDAYS, I MEAN, THE

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SO THAT IS VERY SLOW.

YES. SO MONDAY'S EXTREMELY HIGH, FRIDAY'S REALLY SLOW.

SO KNOWING THAT LIKE WHEN YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU LOOK UP A BUSINESS, IT'LL SHOW YOU THE PEAK HOURS AND WHO'S THERE WHEN THEY'RE THERE AND ALL THAT.

SO JUST KNOWING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, KNOWING THE TIME WHICH PATRONS SHOW UP, THEN WE CAN REALLY TAKE THAT AND WE CAN WORK AROUND THE TIME FOR US.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

A BUNCH OF PEOPLE MY AGE THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS, THAT'S THAT'S USUALLY THE REVERSE.

YEAH. ONCE SUMMER HITS, LIKE SUMMER IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CROWD.

AND THEN OUR NORMALS COME BACK COME THE FALL.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN MESS OR ADJUST ANY LIKE ON THE REVENUE SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, RIGHT NOW THEIR DAY PASS COVERS THE WHOLE REC CENTER, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DIFFERENTIATION FOR THIS.

THE POOL WAS THIS AND THE GYM IS THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN REVENUES.

IT'S REALLY A HIT OR MISS.

THE SAME THING WITH OPERATING A POOL LIKE WEATHER DEPENDANCE.

YOU KNOW, THE HURRICANE HAPPENED, AND THAT HIT US FOR REVENUE.

AND FORTUNATE THAT HURRICANE SEASON IS IN THE SUMMER, AND SUMMER IS OUR PEAK SEASON.

YOU GUYS CLOSED FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF? YEAH, WE CLOSED CLOSED FOR WEATHER.

SO THAT'S THE REVERSE OF, LIKE, IF IT'S CLOSED AND WE KNOW IT'S A BAD DAY, LIKE, WE CAN SEND, WE SEND STAFF HOME.

BUT IF IT'S JUST A PASSING STORM, THEY WAIT AN HOUR AND THE POOL IS BACK OPEN AND SOMETIMES LOSE THAT REVENUE.

AND I MUST NOT DIGRESS, BUT MAYBE 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO, AS I WAS GOING CHECKING INTO THE REC CENTER, THIS YOUNG LADY WHO WAS LIKE, SHE WAS THERE, JUST DISAPPOINTED.

SHE SHE TURNS TO US AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIGHTNING OUTSIDE WE CAN'T GET IN THE POOL.

I'M LIKE, YEAH.

SO THE THING IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTMENT.

BUT I GUESS PATIENCE HAVE PATIENCE.

I GUESS PATIENTS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S ALSO TIMES THAT THAT POOL IS FULL AND THERE'S A WAITING LIST.

AND SO THERE'S 20 PEOPLE IN THE LOBBY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO EXIT THE POOL SO THEY CAN GET IN.

THAT'S THE PROS AND CONS IS IF I COULD PUSH THE WAITING LIST PEOPLE FROM THE SUMMER.

BECAUSE MOST DAYS IN THE SUMMER EVERY, I WOULD SAY PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY IN THE SUMMER HAS A WAITING LIST AT LEAST ONCE THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.

AND I MEAN IT WILL RANGE FROM FIVE PEOPLE TO 50.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING HOURS IN THE SUMMER.

I KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S. I'M JUST SAYING I WISH I COULD PUSH THEM TO COME.

SO AGAIN TOO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD OR WE WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET BEING ADOPTED AS IS.

BUT JUST LIKE ANY BUDGET WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE CONSERVATIVELY.

SO IF WE COME BACK TO ABLC IN OCTOBER I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH TIME, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY OCTOBER.

OCTOBER, WITH SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PURSUE THE LIFEGUARDS, WE CAN JUST EXPECT THAT WHAT IS NOT SPENT IN PART TIME SALARIES WOULD GO BACK INTO ABLC FUND BALANCE.

OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO ALLOW $100,000 TO STAY IN IN ARC.

I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT THAT TO SEEM AS THOUGH THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

YOU CAN SPECIFY THAT WHATEVER SOLUTIONS ARE MADE, [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE MADE BACK TO ABLC FUND BALANCE.

WHAT DOES THE BOARD WANT TO DO? WAIT SAY THAT LAST LINE AGAIN MEGAN WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IS THAT WHEN WE GET DONE WITH OUR OPERATING YEAR, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GUESSING WHAT OUR PROJECTED REVENUE IS GOING TO BE, BUT WE'RE HITTING OUR MARK, AND WE'RE OFTEN EXCEEDING IT.

AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH INCREASED REVENUE AND OR REDUCTION OF EXPENSES.

AND TO HIT THAT MARK, YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED US TO RETAIN $100,000 TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS PROJECTS.

AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS BUDGET, BUT THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN OCTOBER AND WE SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CUT THE BUDGET BACK BY THIS MUCH AND PART TIME SALARIES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CREATIVE WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE POOL OPERATIONS.

WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU ALL, AS ABLC, CAN SPECIFY THAT YOU WANT THAT TO GO BACK TO ABLC FUND BALANCE AND NOT JUST BE AN END OF YEAR EXPENSE SAVINGS THAT STAYS IN THE ARC FUND BALANCE. GOTCHA.

I'M TRACKING NOW. THANK YOU.

I THINK IF WE COULD PUT, LIKE A RIDER ON IT THAT I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY THAT THAT YOU NEED MORE YOU NEED MORE FIREFIGHTERS. I WANT TO SAY FIREFIGHTERS LIFE GUARDS.

LOOK AT POSSIBLY CLOSING TO TWO DAYS A WEEK, SEEING IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU CAN CLOSE.

YOU KNOW, FRIDAY IS PRETTY BAD THIS TIME OF YEAR.

BUT LOOK AT TO YOU KNOW, IF IT'LL ACTUALLY OFFSET IT.

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AND THERE MIGHT BE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DECIDING WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE PRESENT THE DATA MAYBE TOO EARLY, BUT WE COULD BE BRINGING YOU GUYS DATA ON OUR CITY HOLIDAYS AND WHAT THE ATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE AT THOSE TIMES.

AND THAT'S ACROSS THE BUILDING THAT WOULD OVERALL REDUCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PART TIME PERSONNEL AND JUST GENERAL OPERATIONS.

WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT THE MORNING.

THAT MAKES A GOOD POINT.

TIME. YEAH.

BECAUSE NOT JUST MAYBE NOT JUST SPECIFIC DAY.

RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AND TAG NUMBERS TO OR TIE NUMBERS TO AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN A LA CARTE, IF YOU WILL, SELECTION OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO CUT BACK. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, IS IT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT DR.

JACKSON'S TALKS ABOUT? Y'ALL ALL THE TIME CHANGE HOURS FOR HOLIDAYS AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? I ADJUST.

I DON'T GET THERE AT 6 A.M.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT OPEN AT 6 A.M., I JUST DON'T GO OR I HAVE TO GO AT A LATER TIME.

THAT'S JUST HOW LIFE IS.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF Y'ALL HAVE NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU SETTING HOLIDAY HOURS.

I'M JUST SAYING PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN TO BE ADJUST, AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT IF WE SET WHETHER IT'S TWO DAYS OR TWO AFTERNOONS OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT EQUIVALENT, YOU KNOW, TWO AFTERNOONS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF EIGHT HOURS OR WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 12 HOURS OR WHATEVER WE CAN GET TO SAVED.

BUT I JUST WANT TO APPROVE YOUR BUDGET AND LET YOU MANAGE IT.

ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU HAVE IT IN THE TOOLBOX.

AND, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED $140,000.

I THINK YOU PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING BETWEEN $7,500 PROBABLY.

BUT THAT'S FOR Y'ALL TO MANAGE AND FIGURE OUT.

BUT I MEAN, YOU YOU CAN PUT A RIDER ON IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION AND SAY I SUBJECT TO WHATEVER CONDITIONS YOU WANT TO SEE, THEN WE CAN BRING THAT BACK AND THAT CAN BE YOUR MOTION.

BUT, I MEAN, Y'ALL KNOW YOUR Y'ALL KNOW THAT BUSINESS BETTER THAN I DO.

YOU'RE THERE YOU'RE MANAGING IT.

I'M JUST SAYING, LET'S WORK TO YOUR GOAL OF FIVE AT ALL TIMES.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY THERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT THAT'S FOR Y'ALL.

I JUST WANT TO APPROVE YOUR BUDGET BASED OFF OF NUMBER.

LAST THING I WILL MENTION WITH THAT GREAT POINT IS, I WILL SAY THAT THE NEW BUDGET YEAR IS QUICKLY APPROACHING.

YES IT IS. I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE A SAVINGS IN COST, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, WE WILL NOT BE FULLY STAFFED EVEN AT THAT GOAL RIGHT AWAY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A STEP PROCESS.

AND IF I HAD TO GUESSTIMATE, IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL JANUARY 1ST UNTIL WE HAVE FILLED ALL POSITIONS AT THAT LEVEL.

SO THERE WILL BE A SAVINGS JUST FROM THAT.

AND WE ALREADY ANTICIPATE THAT AND WOULD NOT RESERVE THAT FOR SPENDING IT JUST WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RECRUIT AND GET THERE.

BUT LIFEGUARDING IS NOT ONE THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.

SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

I FIGURED AS MUCH.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE.

MIC] I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION BUDGET, INCLUDING TRANSFERS TO PARKS AND RIGHTS OF WAY, RECREATION AND ANGLETON REC CENTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 WITH THE CONTINGENCY OF LOOKING AT OURS IN ORDER TO SAVE SOME OF THE BUDGET, SOME OF THE COST.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

COME BACK TO THE BOARD AT A LATER TIME.

OKAY. AND I APPROVED I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE APPROVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES. LET'S GO ON TO NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Discussion on 2024 Angleton Better Living Corporation bond projects. ]

YES. SO WE REFERENCED THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT HERE IS AN ITEMIZATION OF THE BOND PROJECTS TO DATE.

SO ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, RANDALL LAW OFFICE DID REVIEW THE AGREEMENT AND SENT IT OVER TO US ON 9/9, AND IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY MYSELF AND BURDETT.

BURDETT RETURNED THE AGREEMENT TO ME TODAY, SO I HAVE FORWARDED THAT ON TO JUDITH FOR FINAL REVIEW SO THAT IT CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE 24TH NEXT TUESDAY.

NEXT STEPS INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.

REALLY, WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

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SO WE STILL HAVEN'T EVEN FINALIZED WHICH AMENITIES ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS PARK.

WE DO HAVE A TOP TEN AND A TOP FIVE LIST BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT ON A NUMBER OF SURVEYS, BUT WE ARE VERY AT THE VERY PRELIMINARY STAGES OF DESIGN HERE.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT.

WOULD YOU JUST REMIND US WHAT WERE THE TOP FIVE AND THEN LIKE, HOW DO YOU ALL GO ABOUT SOLICITING THOSE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS? ARE YOU GOING TO THE GENERAL AREA OR ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

SO LET ME START WITH YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

THE TOP FIVE AMENITIES.

JASON, HELP ME IF I NEED IT.

PLAYGROUND FOR 2 TO 5.

PLAYGROUND FOR I THINK THESE WERE LUMPED TOGETHER.

PLAYGROUND 2 TO 5 AND 5 TO 12.

PATHWAYS AND BIKING TRAILS.

I WANT TO SAY THOSE MAY HAVE BEEN LUMPED TOGETHER AS WELL.

SPLASH PAD.

ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE.

THEY'RE SEPARATE, IT WAS A BIKE PATHWAY AND A TRAIL.

WASN'T IT AN OPEN AREA ONE OF THEM? NO, IT WASN'T IN THE TOP FIVE.

MAN, WE SHOULD REALLY KNOW THIS.

SO MAYBE ONE OF THOSE WAS SEPARATED FOR SURE. SPLASH PAD.

YOU HAD A PLAYGROUND UNIT, WHICH I REALLY THINK THOSE WERE GROUPED.

YOU HAD WALKING.

I THINK GREEN SPACE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WALKING.

SOMETHING FOR NEXT WEEK.

I SHOULD KNOW THIS BY HEART WITH AS MANY YEARS AS WE'VE GONE ON TO PUBLIC SURVEY.

BUT GOING BACK TO YOUR CORPORATE SPONSORS, YES, WE WILL LOOK LOCALLY, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME PLAYGROUNDS.

SO ANYTIME YOU AWARD BONDS AND BIDS FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT, WE IMMEDIATELY START GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH PLAYGROUND DESIGN.

I MEAN, THEY ARE JUST CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF US AND WE JUST DEFER THEM TO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS SO THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT PUT IN A PICKLE.

BUT WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE PLAYGROUND VENDORS THAT ARE MANUFACTURERS NATIONWIDE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO SOME BIG CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME PLAYGROUND VENDORS ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL MONEY THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT.

WE DON'T COMMIT TO ANY ONE VENDOR, BUT IF ONE IS TO COME TO ABLC AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO PUT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, THEN THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT JUST TO SAY WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING LOCAL.

THIS IS WE'RE CASTING A PRETTY WIDE NET.

ONE THING THAT WE ARE JUST I FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ADD THIS, I BELIEVE HERE RECENTLY WE HAD NYPD DOWN HERE TAKING PICTURES IN FRONT OF ABIGAIL ARIAS SIGN, OUT AT THE PARK BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, HONORING ABIGAIL ARIAS AND NOT JUST THIS LOCAL POLICE INDUSTRY WAS IMPACTED.

SHE IMPACTED A NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TELLING HER STORY.

WE DO HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNICATION AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT REGARDING A VIDEO, AND WE'VE INTERVIEWED THE PARENTS.

WE HAVE SOME FOOTAGE OF ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS DONE AT WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY WITH HER CLASS AT THE TIME.

SO THEY'RE NOW OR THEY WERE IN FIFTH GRADE AND HELPED TO DEVELOP SOME PARK IDEAS FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT VIDEO AND THE CORPORATE SPONSOR PACKAGE WILL GO A LONG WAY, OR WE HOPE IT WILL.

COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO BACK TO THE UPDATE UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.

NEXT STEPS ARE CONTINUING WITH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE, SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF COURSE.

AND THEN WE ARE WAITING ON THE DPW GRANT, AND THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ADD ANOTHER $750,000 TO THE PROJECT.

I WILL ALSO SAY WE JUST DID A PARK VISIT AND TOUR FOR AN INCLUSIVE LUNCH AND LEARN IN THE WOODLANDS LAST FRIDAY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME REAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.

NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THERE ARE SIMILAR AMENITIES AND SIMILAR SIZE PARK EVEN, I BELIEVE

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THEY HAD A SPLASH PAD AND THEY HAD A SKATE PARK IN THE BACK FOR THE PLAYGROUND UNITS ALONE, THEY WERE $1.2 MILLION AND THE SPLASH PAD WAS $1.3.

AND THAT WAS FOR A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME NUMBERS TO.

WELL, I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WEREN'T BUILDING THIS TO THE NINES ON THE FIRST GO.

I MEAN, THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BUILD OUT.

OKAY. WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

I MEAN SAME.

YEAH, I MEAN I MEAN, NO, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT. SO NO, I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE JUST LIKE FREEDOM PARK.

IT'S NOT BUILT OUT. OKAY.

I MEAN, STAFF DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE REALLY GOING TO TRY TO PUSH WITH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP.

I MEAN, WE GET IT. GREAT.

BUT IF YOU DON'T, I MEAN, LET'S NOT BE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE DIDN'T BUILD THE TAJ MAHAL ON THE FIRST TRY.

SURE. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT LAKESIDE PARK.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S STILL AMENITIES WE'RE PLANNING ON CONTINUING AS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.

I MEAN, JUST NOT THE WAY ANGLETON HAS DONE ITS PARKS IS BUILD THE END PRODUCT.

OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW.

WE WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND AND LET OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT KNOW THAT THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH PHASING.

BG PECK SOCCER COMPLEX LED FIELD LIGHTING IS COMPLETE BG PECK SOCCER COMPLEX FIELD GRADING.

SO WE ARE WAITING ON A SCOPE OF WORK FROM JOHN PETERSON.

SO WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH HIM ON A ROUTINE BASIS.

WE DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.

AND THAT MAY BE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.

I'LL JUMP DOWN TO TEXAS AND TRAIL DRAINAGE, THAT BEING ONE OF THEM.

CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PROPOSAL FROM HDR IN JUNE, AND THE INITIAL SURVEY WORK BEGAN ON THIS PROJECT IN JULY.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON ENGINEERING SERVICES NOW.

JUMPING BACK TO FREEDOM PARK ACTIVE AREA IMPROVEMENTS.

SO ABLC DID APPROVE VERDANT LANE IN PLACE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

THIS IS ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT IS UNDER REVIEW BY RANDALL LAW OFFICE.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE REVIEW FROM THEM YET.

WE ANTICIPATED IT BEING ON THE SEPTEMBER CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

IT MAY STILL BE BECAUSE THOSE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WE SENT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO ABIGAIL ARIAS.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL VERY LITTLE LANGUAGE HAS TO BE REVISED.

SO JUDITH EMAILED ME TODAY AND WITH THE CHANGES THAT BURDETT SENT TODAY, IT SHOULD MAKE THE REVIEW OF THIS AGREEMENT VERY QUICK.

SO IT MAY BE ON NEXT TUESDAY'S AGENDA OR IT MAY BE PUSHED TO OCTOBER.

SO AGAIN, NEXT STEPS HERE INCLUDE EXECUTING THE PROPOSAL AND MEETING WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM TO COMMENCE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

WHEN WE GO INTO PRELIMINARY DESIGN, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THAT'S WHEN WE START TALKING TO STAFF, THE BOARD, PARKS BOARD ABOUT WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS MATERIALS, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WANTING THIS TO LOOK LIKE? THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM PARK MASTER PLAN, BUT THIS IS GETTING DOWN TO NUTS AND BOLTS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO GO OUT FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.

AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THE VORTEX COMPONENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY ABLC.

SO THOSE MATERIALS SHOULD BE IN OR STORED AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING.

AND BUT WE ARE ALSO WAITING ON THE GRANT TO SEE WHAT ALL WE WILL BE AFFORDED TO DO IF WE'RE AWARDED THE $1.9 MILLION. SO AGAIN, YOU ALLOCATED $500,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.

BUT WE'RE HOPING TO TO RECEIVE QUITE A BIT MORE IF APPROVED.

AND IN THE INTERIM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET BY WITH SOME OF OUR TYPICAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CEILING LIGHTS, THE CEILING DROP IN TILES REPAIRS THAT ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

BUT WE'VE GOT SOME OVERHAULING TO DO AND A NUMBER OF AREAS, AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT WITH THE GRANT.

IF NOT, WE'LL BE UTILIZING THE $500,000 ALLOCATED.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON NUMBER FOUR.

IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE ON ABLC.

THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS. MAYBE I'M.

OKAY, MAYBE I'VE JUST MISSED IT.

I'M TRYING TO. I DON'T KNOW IF THE FREEDOM PARK ACTIVE AREA.

IS THAT WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BASEBALL FIELD? IT IS. YES, YES.

OKAY, SO WE ARE WAITING ON THE AGREEMENT OFFICE.

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FOR THE NEXT MEETING I WOULD ASK, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR FUND BALANCE BILL? WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

SURE. ALL.

ALL OPEN ITEMS OR ALL OPEN BONDS, I GUESS, AND THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE FOR THEM.

OKAY. I GUESS MAYBE THE NEXT TEN YEARS, HOW IT FALLS OFF.

SO THE BOARD CAN START FIGURING OUT HOW WE WANT TO PHASE THE NEXT FEW YEARS? YES. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE ALREADY SETTING THEMSELVES UP REALLY WELL.

I'D LOVE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE LEARNED RECENTLY, WHICH ARE WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. BUT WITH THAT, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

THAT'D BE GOOD. YEAH. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING. AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:55 AND 13 SECONDS.

CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.