[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER ]
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OKAY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ARE YOU READY? IT'S 12:00, 29 SECONDS.
OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I'M LOOKING FOR IT. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR ABIGAIL AREAS PARK.
[1. Discussion and possible action on program elements for Abigail Arias Park. ]
YES. SO THIS IS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO KICK OFF THIS PROGRAMING FOR ABIGAIL PARK.WE JUST RECENTLY MET WITH HARRY'S FAMILY THIS MORNING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON MANY OF THE PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START THIS PROJECT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT MEETING ON THE 23RD. WE'LL WHERE WE WILL EITHER BE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL AND SPEAK TO HOW MUCH THOSE FUNDS WILL REALLY SUPPORT BOTH THIS PROJECT AND ANOTHER PROJECT, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
WHEN WILL YOU GET AN ANSWER FROM THEM? WELL, YOU KNOW THAT DAY AT THAT COMMISSION MEETING, THAT AGENDA ITEM, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL EITHER BE APPROVED OR DENIED. SO YES, WE'RE LOOKING TO KNOW JANUARY 23RD.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW MUCH 750,000.
SO IN YOUR AGENDA SUMMARY, YOU REALLY JUST HAVE THE HISTORY OF HOW WE EVEN GOT HERE.
THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN OUR MASTER AND STRATEGIC PLAN OF 2019.
THROUGHOUT ANGLETON. WE HAVE DONE NUMEROUS PUBLIC SURVEYS MULTIPLE TIMES SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEN MOST RECENTLY HERE IN 2024 AND HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND RESPONSES. WE ALSO HELD, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS OF ANGLETON UNIVERSITY, WHERE WE MADE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROGRAM FOR THAT SESSION OF PARK DESIGN, AND IT WAS ABIGAIL AREAS, PARKS. WE HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION AND FEEDBACK AS IT RELATED TO THOSE DESIGNS.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY IN 2024, WE ISSUED A ABLC DEBT FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION.
SO WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WE HAVE SELECTED OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE] PLACE, AND WE HAVE HAD KICKOFF MEETINGS, THEY'VE DONE SITE VISITS AND WE ARE READY TO GET INTO DESIGN.
AND SO YOU HAVE THAT THERE IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
I'M JUST GOING TO CONTROL. SORRY. LAST TIME I CONTROL THE SCREEN, I WENT TO THE. SO I'M GLAD SHE'S CONTROLLING.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON, CLAUDIA WALKER WITH BRADY CONSULTANTS.
I AM THE PROJECT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PARK DESIGN.
WITH ME, I HAVE HERE BRAD CHUCK. HE'S OUR ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT.
SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF A OVERVIEW OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, OF THE UPDATES ON. YOU MAY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ALREADY FROM MEGAN.
BUT JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE SOMETHING. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS.
OKAY. SO FROM THE START, EVEN FROM THE RFQ WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE, WE NEEDED TO, TO PROVIDE A DESIGN FOR THE PARK THAT IS, THAT IS TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE ARTIST AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, CAPTURE THE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN NEED AND HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR, FOR THAT AREA OF, OF ANGLETON. AND SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COLLECTED ALL THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE DISCUSSED WITH, WITH MEGAN AND HER TEAM AS WELL AS BEING ON SITE AND TO CHECK OUT WHAT'S UP IS AVAILABLE IN ANY CONSTRAINTS.
IT'S A BLANK SLATE AT THE MOMENT, SO THAT'S MORE EXCITING.
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WE HAVE WE WILL BE PROVIDING A KIND OF AN OVERALL CONCEPT SITE PLAN THAT KIND OF REALLY TAKES CARE OF WHAT THE BIG WISH LISTS ARE, WHAT THE. JUST TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE BUCKETS OF APPROXIMATELY SIX ACRES OR SO.SO WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP CONCEPTS THAT THAT INCORPORATE EVERYTHING.
AND FROM THERE WE'LL START KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON BUDGET, BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY VIEW AND MEGAN KIND OF COME UP WITH. WE WILL START WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE PHASE ONE CONCEPTS AND MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT AND CONTINUE DEVELOPING THOSE AS THEY GO.
WE WILL ALSO BE DOING SOME THREE DIMENSIONAL RENDERINGS FOR THE MARKETING VIDEO, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BECOME COMING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ON THE END SO THAT THAT VIDEO CAN BE COMPLETED AND MOVED ON FORWARD TO FOR HOPEFULLY ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT.
AND AS SHE MENTIONED, THERE'S THE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT SEEMS TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ALL THAT GOES WELL FOR IT AND THERE'S NO OTHER ISSUES ON THAT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. OKAY. SO SITE IT'S A PRETTY OPEN AREA. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DRAINAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO, AS WELL AS KIND OF COORDINATING THE SITE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS.
THERE'S A CEMETERY ACROSS THE STREET THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A NUISANCE TO, TO THAT AREA. THERE'S ALSO FUTURE POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS THROUGH TO THE CITY WITH EITHER WALKWAYS OR WHETHER IT. WHATEVER THE PURPOSE MAY BE THERE'S A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
AND AS WELL AS ALLOWING FOR SOME CONNECTION AND ALSO RESPECT FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SECURITY.
OF THE SITE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT AND AS WELL AS.
THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS LIKE THE BLANK SLATE. SO PROJECT SCHEDULE JUST SO THIS PHASE THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THE JUST DID THE INTERVIEWS THIS MORNING, SO THAT'S EXCITING. THE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN ORDERED.
AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THAT IS SET IN ABOUT LATE TO MID-MAY, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT PHASE OF PHASE TWO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS, ONCE THE COST ESTIMATES ARE GET ALIGNED WITH THE BUDGET.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOSE AND THEN MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AND ONCE AGAIN I'LL REITERATE THE LOOKING AT THE COST ESTIMATES AND BUDGET AT THE TIME.
IN JANUARY 2026, CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY THE GOAL.
SO ARE YOU TRYING TO. SO LET'S SEE ON WITH THE PROGRAMING.
THERE WAS SOME SURVEYING DONE THAT THAT WE ALREADY BEGAN LOOKING AT, AND I HAD A COUPLE OF SHEETS ON THERE THAT SPOKE TO THE KIND OF KIND OF A BIG PICTURE OF THAT, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, BUT YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PACKAGE IN THERE.
BUT ONE OF THEM WAS THE TOP FIVE, ACTUALLY. I'LL HAVE THE TOP SIX ELEMENTS HERE.
ON THE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE KIND OF WE'RE STARTING WITH THAT AS OUR PROGRAM ELEMENTS.
THOSE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DESIGNATED.
AND YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE TOP FIVE IN THERE.
AND THERE'S ALSO ONE I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THE AGE OF THE, THE SPLASH PAD.
THAT WAS REALLY FASCINATING TO ME. AND AS WELL AS THE SIZE OF THE IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE SPLASH PAD.
IT SEEMS THEY WANT TO HAVE A NICE, LARGE, VERY GRAND, I GUESS, SPLASH PARK AREA FOR THIS COMMUNITY, SO. AND THE OTHER SHEET, THE NEXT ONE THAT WAS I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IT WAS MOVING.
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TO SEE THE QUESTION IS, WHAT TYPE OF THEME OR WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THIS PARK IN THESE ARE THE, THE KIND OF WORDS THAT THE, THE DIFFERENT WORDS THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE WERE RESPONDING TO THIS NATURE LLAMA THAT ONE KEEPS POPPING UP.I LOVE THAT JUST SOME, SOME FUN, FUN THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
AND FAMILY AND ANIMALS SPORTS JUST A DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'LL BE EXPLORING AS WE MOVE INTO THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF THE PARK. SO BASED ON ALL OF THAT WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM.
THIS WAS WHAT MEGAN AND HER TEAM CREATED AND SUBMITTED TO THE PARKS THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT APPLICATION. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE STARTING WITH THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IS HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THAT'S NEEDED AS WELL AS THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE KIND OF THE CHECKPOINTS.
AND IF THE GRANT IS, IS APPROVED, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
SO WE'LL START FROM HERE. AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CIRCLES REPRESENT? I MEAN, WE GOT THEY'RE NOT NUMBERS. I SEE THAT APOLOGIZE.
SURE, SURE. SO THE SPLASH PAD IS THREE. THE PLAYGROUND IS TWO.
AND THOSE WERE SPECIFIED IN THE SURVEY AS AGE GROUPS 2 TO 5 AND 5 TO 12.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE TWO DIFFERENT BUBBLES THERE.
THE SWINGS ARE FOR YOUR TRAILS IS DOCUMENTED BY THE BROWN DOTS.
YOUR BIKE PATH. THAT IS A MULTI-MODAL TRAIL. THAT'S PART OF OUR MINIMUM PARK STANDARD.
AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY PAIRED TOGETHER. YOUR GREEN SPACE IS TEN.
YOUR RESTROOMS AND GATHERING SPACE ARE ACTUALLY ALL SIX, SEVEN AND 13.
SHADE STRUCTURE ALSO IS 13. BUT WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL PROPOSED SHADE STRUCTURES WHICH ARE 14, WHICH IS LIKE A CABANA LIKE STYLE AROUND THE SPLASH PAD THAT COULD BE THEN RENTABLE, AS COULD YOUR GATHERING SPACE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOUR PARKING LOT IS ONE. AND LIGHTING IS JUST DESIGNATED THROUGHOUT.
YOU SEE SOME SMALL BOXES THERE. THOSE ARE JUST OUR MINIMUM PARK.
STANDARD. PARK BENCHES. SO WHEN WE GO INTO DESIGN, MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS HAVING BEEN THROUGH ANGLETON UNIVERSITY, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING OUR MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS, THE PRIORITY ELEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED US IN THEIR INPUT.
WHAT WAS 12 TO 2P? WAS THE YES. THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
WHAT WAS THE SKATE PARK? SKATE. SKATE PARK? I REALLY DON'T THINK SO.
I OH, THOSE WERE NATURE AREAS. LIKE, IF WE WERE TO DO WILDFLOWER SEEDING.
SO WE PUT THE PATHWAY ADJACENT TO THAT, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT LAKESIDE PARK WHERE YOU HAVE SOME INTERACTION WITH NATURE, BUT THEY'RE MORE ON KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PARK AND MAYBE IN THE FOREFRONT.
BUT SO THOSE WERE JUST POCKETS OF MORE NATURAL VEGETATION.
WHAT IS THAT? CAN YOU GET A HALF MILE IN THERE OR DO YOU.
NO, I DO NOT. OKAY. THAT'S OUR NEXT PIECE. YEAH.
NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. SO THIS ONE SHE HAD PUT TOGETHER QUITE A GOOD PROGRAM TO, TO START WITH. AND THIS IS REALLY MINIMUM FOR, FOR THE PARK.
SO I WANTED TO START THERE. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH YOUR INPUT AND THE CONCEPTS THAT WE START BRINGING FORTH THIS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, OF COURSE.
OKAY. SO, AS MEGAN SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE, OF COURSE THE MINIMUM PARK STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN SET.
SO WE'LL FOLLOW THESE STANDARDS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.
THE SIMILAR LOOK THROUGHOUT THE, ALL THE ANGLETON PARKS THESE I THINK BOTH OF THEM, BOTH OF THE PAVILIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AT LAKESIDE PARK, AND SO IT'S ALREADY SET AS FAR AS
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WHAT KIND OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE PARK ITSELF WOULD GENERALLY LOOK LIKE THE TRAILS.THAT'S TYPICALLY CONCRETE, FOR EXAMPLE CONCRETE PATHWAYS.
AND THERE'S YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY GOOD KIND OF SET OF STANDARDS TO, TO FOLLOW.
SO THOSE ARE GREAT. SO ON THESE OTHERS WE HAVE, AS YOU SEE ON THE BOARDS HERE, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS KIND OF GET YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT THIS THE FEELING THE BIG PICTURE VIEW OF THE PARK IS GOING TO BE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO LOOK JUST LIKE THAT. THIS IS KIND OF TO KIND OF GIVE YOUR IDEAS FLOWING AND OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT AT A PARK FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW WE DEFINITELY LIKE TO HEAR ALL THAT.
AND AFTERWARDS I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME STICKERS AND SO YOU CAN PUT ONTO THE BOARD.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECORD OF YOU KNOW, AND ALSO EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE GRAVITATING TOWARDS AS FAR AS THE VISION OF THE PARK. SO HERE IN THE SPLASH PAD, THERE'S DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
THERE'S THE ONE ON THE TOP LEFT, SHOWS THE GRAND PARK WITH THE DUMP BUCKETS AND SPRAYS THE LORD REALLY HIGH.
THERE'S EVEN SOME SLIDES IN THERE, I BELIEVE.
SO IT'S PRETTY GRAND OVERALL. IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE FOR A VARIETY OF AGE GROUPS, EVEN THE OLDER ONES.
I KNOW MY 13, 14 YEAR OLD WOULD BE MONEY IN THERE AS WELL.
THE. TOP RIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IT STILL HAS A LOT OF WATER SPRAY ELEMENT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A NATURALISTIC APPROACH. IT'S THERE'S NO BIG GIANT BUCKETS.
IT KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH THE WITH THE, THE SITE ITSELF.
THERE'S BOULDERS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY FUN SEATING AREAS AS WELL FOR INTERACTION.
THE BOTTOM LEFT IS SIMILAR TO THAT ONE, BUT IT'S MORE PASSIVE, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE RIVER BANK.
BUT IT STILL HAS A NATURAL APPROACH TO THAT. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE DUMP PIECES, BUT IT STILL HAS HEIGHT. IT HAS COLOR, AND IT STILL WILL GET YOU PRETTY, PRETTY WET.
YOU HAVE INTERACTIVE SPRAYS THROUGHOUT, AND THAT ITSELF IS, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE ELEMENT.
BUT THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN SOME MORE COLOR, BUT LESS DUMPING, THAT'S THE WORD. AND SO THAT SAID THAT THE, THE BOARD ITSELF HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENT VARIETIES TO KIND OF GUIDE YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON THAT ONE. SO ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE BASIS, ARE THESE SIMILAR COSTS NOT EVEN COMPARABLE.
SO THE COST OF CELLS ONE IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF CIRCULATION SYSTEM.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT IT'S AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A LARGE PLAYGROUND PIECE IS GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
TOP LEFT, TOP LEFT. TOP LEFT. OKAY. AND SO THE OTHER THREE AT THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE MORE I WOULD SAY THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS PROBABLY THE ONE OF THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ONES. LOW FLOW WATER.
OKAY, TOP LEFT IS MOST EXPENSIVE. DO YOU ALL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CIRCULATION METHOD? BECAUSE I MEAN, WHEN YOU ASK THE RESIDENTS, THEY DON'T KNOW AND IT WAS HALF AND HALF.
IT'S CLOSE. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO Y'ALL RECOMMEND? ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO RECOMMEND A FULL CIRCULATION SYSTEM BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON MAINTENANCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST AS MUCH COST AS THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT.
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I'VE BEEN TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE HAVING A POOL.YOU HAVE THAT REGULAR MAINTENANCE TO BE INCLUDED WITH THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU DO WANT TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE WATER EXPENDITURE, THE DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE DOWN THE LINE IT DOES COST MORE EVEN AS WELL. OR WHETHER IT'S FOR THE EARTH OR FOR THE DOLLARS OR SPENDING ON WATER THAT JUST FLOWS THROUGH.
SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS IS TO CAPTURE THE WATER AND REUSE IT, WHETHER IT'S FOR IRRIGATION FOR OTHER USES, CLEANING IT UP OR IRRIGATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH TOO MUCH OF A PROCESS.
YOU JUST CAPTURE IT IN A WAY, AND THEN IT CAN BE EDUCATIONAL CAPTURE, OR IT COULD BE UNDERGROUND WHERE YOU DON'T SEE IT AND JUST USE IT FOR IRRIGATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S ONE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR IRRIGATION, YOU JUST USE IT ONE TIME AND THAT'S IT, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE PEE IN IT OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S IT.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR VEGETATION. YEAH. IT'S OKAY.
SO WHAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION? AND I THINK Y'ALL WITH MEGAN AND JASON, YOU'D BE ABLE TO KIND OF ANSWER IT FOR ME IS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE TOP LEFT. I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REC CENTER AND THE RETENTION OF THE REC CENTER AND GETTING THOSE MEMBERSHIPS OR GETTING THOSE, YOU KNOW, DAY PASSES.
SO KIND OF PART OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS THAT HOW MUCH WOULD IF ESPECIALLY WITH I KNOW WE'VE HAD RECENT WORK DONE TO THE TODDLER SECTION. IT'S LIKE, I WOULDN'T WANT US TO HAVE SOMETHING.
AND I HATE TO KIND OF GET DOWN TO A MONETARY SITUATION, BUT I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHEN WE HAVE A PARK, WE HAVE A FREE SITE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP AND FROM WHO WERE HAVING COME TO THE REC CENTER AS A RESULT OF HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, THAT HAS ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. WHEN WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO DO THAT AT THE REC CENTER, KIND OF OFFER THAT AT THE REC CENTER, WHERE I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN GIVE THEM LIKE THE TOP RIGHT WHERE WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT COOL OFF.
WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT FUN. I KNOW THAT'S AT THE AQUARIUM, A SIMILAR SETUP, AND MY KIDS LOVE IT.
THEY'LL BE THERE FOR HOURS, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING SO MUCH STRUCTURE FOR MAINTENANCE, AND WE'RE NOT GIVING SO MUCH PULL AWAY FROM WHAT THE REC CENTER IS TRYING TO OFFER, WHERE KIND OF A PART OF OUR MONETARY, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY IS BEING LOST TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE NOW AND KIND OF A FREE CAPACITY.
OKAY. SO WE ARE WE ARE TURNING PEOPLE AWAY. WE ARE TURNING DAILY ADMISSION AWAY CURRENTLY.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOOD THERE. OKAY. OUR MEMBERSHIPS ARE STRONG.
YOU CAN SEE IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE STILL INCREASING OUR REVENUE THERE.
YOU'RE STILL SENDING THEM TO ANGLETON, RIGHT? OKAY. AN OUTDOOR AREA OR CONSIDER RENTING THE PAVILION SO YOU HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE OR EVEN RENTING ONE OF THE CABANAS.
SO YOU HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE WHEN YOU ARRIVE.
SO THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN STILL CAPTURE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
OKAY. IT'S A GREAT POINT THAT I THINK SHOULD BE MADE BECAUSE WHILE WE HAVE SOME NEW ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING IN WITH THIS FACILITY GRANT, I THINK THAT THIS WILL KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, TOO. AND SO YOU YES, YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE PEOPLE LEAVE AND GO TO THIS SITE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE BUSINESS AWAY FROM THE REC CENTER.
I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE BUSINESS. DON'T YOU THINK, JASON? WE HAVE DAYCARES THAT LITERALLY BOOK IN ADVANCE WITH US OVER THE SUMMER.
WE ARE THEIR FIELD TRIP. OKAY. WILL THEY GO TO THIS LOCATION? MAYBE THEY MIGHT DO THAT. BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL GOING TO.
BUT YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT POSSIBLY RENTAL, LIKE, PAVILIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S STILL BEING. OKAY. SURE. THANK YOU. MEGAN.
THEMATICALLY, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SOMETHING THAT'S MORE, MORE EARTHY, NATURAL PLAY SPLASH PAD PLAY
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ELEMENTS OR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE WHIMSICAL.PLAY OR I HAD ONE OF THOSE. THE OTHER ONES. IT COULD BE MAYBE MORE OF A HEALING.
IT'S NOT A GARDEN, BUT YOU GOT HEALING PLAYGROUND AS WELL.
SO. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE INITIALLY COMING INTO MIND BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABIGAIL ARIAS AND THE JUST THE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS WELL.
SO HERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE WE HAVE SOME STAFF IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES.
SO THE, THE, THE TOP LEFT AND THE MIDDLE IMAGES WOULD BE KIND OF AGAIN, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY THE THEME THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BUT THE IDEA OF A THEMATIC PLAY PLAYGROUND WHERE THERE'S BOLD COLORS AND SOME FUN.
JUST A VERY THEMATIC PIECES WHERE THERE IT'S MOSTLY POURED IN PLACE AND THE SURFACES ARE COMPLETELY ALL, ALL ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS. THE BOTTOM LEFT, SORRY, THE TWO BOTTOM LEFT IMAGES ARE A LITTLE BIT IN BETWEEN. THOSE ARE BE MORE OF A THE HEALING PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE LANDSCAPING. THERE'S MORE THERAPEUTIC PIECES FOR DIFFERENT USERS WITH LIKE THE LITTLE ROLLY SLIDE THAT IS, THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALLY THERAPEUTIC PIECE.
IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T ROLLED ON ONE, YOU SHOULD.
IT'S LIKE GETTING A NICE LITTLE MASSAGE IS NICE.
AND THE TWO ON THE, ON THE FAR RIGHT WOULD BE MORE KIND OF NATURAL ELEMENTS.
NOT NECESSARILY ALL NATURAL, BUT HAVING SOME NATURAL ELEMENTS IN THOSE, MAY I ASK, WERE THESE PRESENTED TO YOU? SAID THE FAMILY WAS MET WITH THIS MORNING? WERE THESE SAME THAT WE'RE VIEWING RIGHT NOW OR THAT WAS THAT PRESENTED TO THE FAMILY? DID THEY SEE WE DIDN'T PRESENT THEM TO THEM. WE WERE JUST TALKING, KIND OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ABIGAIL AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THESE TO THEM AS WELL, TOO.
YEAH. FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR LIKE, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING BECAUSE, I MEAN, THE VISUAL IS GOING TO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, CREATE A FEELING OR, YOU KNOW, A VISION FOR THEM.
AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOVE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE MORE DRAWN TO IN THE DESIGN YOU KNOW, AND HEAR FROM THEM ON THAT. SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT AT SOME POINT MAYBE.
SHADE STRUCTURES AGAIN, SIMILAR APPROACH. SO WE CAN GO WITH THE MORE TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES.
RIGHT NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP LEFT ONE IS A LITTLE SCHOOLHOUSE THEME THAT THAT WE HAD IN THE WOODLANDS THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE, THE AREA ITSELF. BUT THE IDEA OF A MORE TRADITIONAL SPACE OR NOT NECESSARILY TO REPLACE THE, THE, THE STANDARDS, BUT TO KIND OF KIND OF WORK WITH THE STANDARDS AS WELL.
THE CABANAS THAT THAT MEGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT COULD HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES OF THE MIDDLE LEFT IMAGE IS ONE OPTION. THE TOP RIGHT IS ANOTHER OPTION.
AND WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS IN THE, IN THE ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF ENCLOSURE, SOME THAT HAVE A LOT OF ENCLOSURE FOR PRIVACY AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO READ THOSE AND FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE INSTEAD OF BEING BOMBARDED BY IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. THE OTHER IMAGES BOTTOM LEFT, RIGHT.
IT'S ALL PRETTY OPEN, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT SPACE AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WHERE YOU CAN STILL GET SHADE AND HAVE THAT OPEN FIELD AS WELL.
AND THEN WHAT IF IT'S, IF IT'S A COLORFUL CANOPY STRUCTURE LIKE THIS, IT COULD BE SPECIFIC TO A THEME OR IT COULD BE JUST COLOR. BUT JUST KIND OF BRINGING THOSE, THOSE FUN ELEMENTS INTO IT AS WELL.
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BOTTOM LEFT IS ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S IT'S NOT AS COLORFUL, BUT IT STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF, OF COLOR BEING BROUGHT IN, A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF DAPPLED LIGHT TO KIND OF PLAY WITH AS WELL, LIKE THE MIDDLE, THE COLORFUL ONE. WOULD YOU PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER A SPLASH PAD AREA TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT JUST TO KEEP THE CONCRETE FROM BURNING THEIR FEET, AND I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF SHADE STRUCTURES, I NORMALLY THINK OF THE PARENTS SITTING AND WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN PLAY BECAUSE THEY NEED A PLACE TO. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS HOT ON CONCRETE.EVEN IF THERE'S WATER, IT'S STILL PRETTY WARM.
SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL TO PUT OVER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS AN OPTION.
THE ONE ON THE TOP LEFT THAT HAD ALL THE STRUCTURE AND STUFF, THAT'S MADE OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ABSORBENT OH, I GUESS IT'S SOFT, IT'S NOT CONCRETE.
WAS IT LIKE SOD WHERE IT WOULD BE A CONCRETE THAT'S NOT AS? I MEAN. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FOR THE SPLASH PAD.
NO, IT WOULD BE CONCRETE DESIGN AND STAIN AND PAINT THE CONCRETE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON SOME OF THE BOARDS HERE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE DESIGN. BUT NO, IT WOULDN'T BE A, THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT IT BE A FOREIGN PLACE, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THE FAMILY WANTED AN INCLUSIVE DESIGN.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN WE CAN PLAY WITH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
AND FOR THE SPLASH PAD ITSELF. WE WOULD RECOMMEND A COOL DECKING FOR THE, THE CONCRETE.
IT'S JUST A KIND OF SIMILAR TO POOLS. IT'S NON-SLIP DECKING.
AND IT KEEPS YOUR FEET FROM. YEAH. BUT YES. I DON'T THOSE TYPES OF ELEMENTS ARE GREAT FOR PARTIAL SHADE AREAS AND KIND OF INTERSPERSED. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE SOME LIKE TO HAVE EVERYTHING SHADE IN.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET A BIG GIANT SHADE STRUCTURE THERE.
BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE APPROACH FOR THIS.
PATHWAYS, SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S THE STATE WAS ON THE LIST.
IT JUST IT DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP FIVE, BUT IT WAS STILL PRETTY HIGH UP THERE AT 26 PLUS PERCENT OF THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE FOR STATE ELEMENT. AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN WHAT IF IT IS A KIND OF A SKATE SPOT WHERE IF THE PATHWAYS ARE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, THERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAVE AN ELEMENT THAT CAN BE USED FOR, FOR, OR FOR SKATING AS WELL, OR ANY KIND OF REAL TIME TYPE OF ELEMENT, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, LITTLE TRIKES, BIKES OR SCOOTERS, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO YOU CAN YOU CAN STILL RIDE ON YOUR ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE ELEMENT WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF SLIDE OFF AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR WHEELIES AND ALL THAT WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE PEOPLE'S PATHWAYS AND RUNNING INTO OTHERS OR THE DANGER OF THAT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE A HIKE, BIKE TRAIL, IS ARE THE SKATERS PROHIBITED FROM USING IT AS WELL OR.
NO, THEY COULD USE IT TO. AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU COULD HAVE LITTLE ELEMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S THE IDEA ON THIS WE HAVE OR THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THERE WAS THE NEED AND FUNDING FOR A ACTUAL SKATE SPOT, IT COULD BE A STILL SMALLER AREA AND SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT.
IT'S A SMALL BOWL WITH SOME STREET ELEMENTS GETTING TO THE BOWL.
THAT ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SEPARATION OF THAT USE.
IF THAT WAS A DESIGN, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET.
HONESTLY. SEPARATION GOING TOO FAST. IT'S NOT THAT.
IT'S JUST LIKE, WHAT IS THE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY WHAT I LIKE, LIKE TRYING TO.
IT'S LIKE THERE ARE SOME TIMES THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME KIDS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE ROUGH, MIGHT BE A LITTLE ROUGH.
SO, I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, DO I WANT TO PUSH MY STROLLER AND HAVE SOME KID WHIZ BY ME ON A SKATEBOARD? MAYBE NOT. IT'S MORE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR.
AND, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPECT KIDS AT THAT AGE TO, TO KNOW ALL OF THAT.
SO I WOULD SAY BY HAVING KIND OF THAT SEPARATION, YOU WOULDN'T RUN INTO MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW,
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COMPLAINTS THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME IF IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT.THE REASON I ASK. YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OLDER KIDS PLAYING.
EXACTLY. THE YOUNGER KIDS WANT TO USE THE TRAIL. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
YEAH. YOU WOULDN'T PUT SIGNS THAT SAID NO SKATING ON THE OKAY.
I MEAN, THEY PROBABLY THEY PROBABLY WOULD EVEN IF THERE WAS SIGNS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO DO IT. EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
AND OF COURSE, I TEND TO BE, UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE BIASED SOMETIMES.
IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS HAS WANTED AND YEAH, I MEAN, TEN YEARS I KNOW EASY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN ANGLETON AND SO I FEEL LIKE YOU ALSO HAVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW, TO RIDE A BIKE AND TO SKATE, THEY'RE PRETTY NECK AND NECK. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SKATE COMMUNITY THAT AREN'T GOING TO GO FILL OUT A SURVEY ON FACEBOOK. SO HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, LEFT OUT? I DID SEE A BIG FEMALE RESPONSE AS WELL WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
BUT FOR ME, I ALSO HAVE A BIG CONSIDERATION OF OUR TEENAGE GROUP.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WITH SKATE PARKS, WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF TEENAGERS, WHETHER IT'S SKATEBOARD OR NOT, FIND THAT THEY FEEL A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THERE AND THAT THEY'LL GATHER THERE.
AND SO FOR ME, I'M NOT JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE SPORT.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE, POOL IS, YOU KNOW, VERY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FULL.
THERE'S PEOPLE COMING AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PARKS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WE'RE STILL LEAVING THIS KIND OF LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC IN ANGLETON OUT. AND I FEEL LIKE AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME PLACE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS A DOMINO EFFECT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
SO FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE BY OFFERING A DEMOGRAPHIC WHO'S CONTINUOUSLY KIND OF LEFT OUT SOMEPLACE FOR THEM TO FEEL SECURE HERE AND EVEN KIND OF THERE'S OLD GUYS THAT ARE STILL WANTING TO SKATEBOARD AROUND HERE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME 40 YEAR OLDS THAT JUST WANT TO CRUISE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN AND WANT TO HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO ALVIN FOR THAT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAKE JACKSON ONE A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT DIDN'T REALLY SERVE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
SO FOR ME, FOR ME. I'M GOING TO ALWAYS FIGHT FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AVAILABLE FOR THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE MIX, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME HIGH CONSIDERATION OF HOW TO HOW TO WORK THAT IN, BECAUSE IT IS, IN MY OPINION, A VERY LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC OF CONSISTENTLY LEFT OUT KIDS.
IT'S KIND OF THE MISFIT GROUP. AND THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T GET IT DOESN'T GET PUT INTO CONVERSATION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE THE MOMS ANSWERING. THEY WANT THEIR LITTLE KIDS TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND HAVE FUN AND, AND STUFF. AND YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING OF THE, YOU KNOW, 17 YEAR OLD KID WHO'S BORED.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE TODDLER PARENTS WHO WANT SOMETHING TO DO AND SOMEWHERE TO GO.
SO I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S GOT TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT GROUP.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT ONE IS ART. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE ART IN THE PARK, AND THIS KIND OF JUST SHOWS YOU THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SIGNS, THROUGH MORE OF A PLAYING WITH THE LIGHTS, THE SHINE, THE EVEN HAVING A SPACE FOR NOT NECESSARILY A, EXCUSE ME, AN AMPHITHEATER, BUT A SMALL SPACE FOR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIDS LIKE TO I LOVE THAT PERFORMANCES.
SO, IT'S A SMALL SPACE FOR THAT. AND LET'S SEE.
SO THE TOP RIGHT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF AGAIN, WHIMSY AND COLOR BEING BROUGHT IN.
BUT PLAYING WITH THE LIGHT SHINING THROUGH IT SHINES ONTO THE PAVING.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE KIND OF INTERACTIVE AND THEY CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS.
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AND SAME WITH THE SHADOWS ON THE, THE MIDDLE ONE.AND SO THESE ARE ALL TEND TO BE MORE PAVEMENT DRIVEN.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF ART THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THAT SENSE.
THAT'S NOT THE LITERAL PIECE OF ARTWORK, WHICH THAT COULD BE AS WELL.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT THINKING ON THAT, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS COST THAN, THAN ACTUALLY BRINGING IN A LARGE PIECE OF, OF ARTWORK.
BUT THE, THE BOARD ITSELF DOES HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO CLARA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT WAS.
SO, YOU COULD FOR ABIGAIL, WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT CENTER WHERE THE LLAMAS BEING INCORPORATED AND LIKE, HER BADGE NUMBER AND ALL THAT STUFF COULD BE PART OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE FOR ME IS LIKE THE KEY, I THINK, AS FAR AS THE ART GOES, IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INCORPORATE ABIGAIL INTO THE ART WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT, I THINK, IN TERMS OF BRINGING THAT IN TO TELL THE STORY.
YEAH, EXACTLY. YEP. HAVE HER RIDING THE LLAMA OR WHATEVER.
YEAH. SOMETHING SO PRECIOUS RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH.
I HAVE THIS VISION FROM TALKING TO HER PARENTS ABOUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT IT INVOLVES LLAMAS AND TROLLS WITH THE CRAZY HAIR AND THE TROLLS, MAYBE.
OH, MY GOSH, HOW CUTE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT MIGHT POP UP WITH.
OKAY. SO HERE, THE LAST FEW SLIDES ARE JUST KIND OF TO REITERATE WHAT WE'RE THINKING AS FAR AS THE NOT NECESSARILY THE CONCEPT OF THE VISION AND HOW WE WANT TO KIND OF APPROACH THE DESIGN IS TO KIND OF PROVIDE A HEALING EXPERIENCE THROUGH PLAY, THROUGH COMMUNITY, THROUGH SAFE SPACES AND JUST KIND OF CREATING KNOWLEDGE, WHAT THAT KNOWLEDGE IS OF AT THE MOMENT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT JUST KIND OF BRINGING A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION TO, TO WHEN KIDS ARE PLAYING BECAUSE THEY LEARN SO MUCH FROM PLAYING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.
AND SEE, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE. OKAY. HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THEY'RE ALL KIND OF GOES TOGETHER WITH THAT. THE IMAGES ARE SEEM TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE LIKE FEATURES, BUT IT'S REALLY BRINGING DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS INTO DIFFERENT SPACES FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO, TO REFLECT, TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH OTHERS BECAUSE ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY WHAT, WHAT KIND OF HELPS YOU GET THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR MOMENTS, REALLY. SO JUST CREATING THOSE SPACES FOR THAT.
AND OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO HAVE SOME SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE DESIGN.
SO WHERE WE CAN USE SPACES WHERE WE CAN INCORPORATE NATURE OR WHERE WE CAN BRING THAT OR DO PRESERVATION OR ENHANCING NATURE AS WELL. THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAT FOR THOSE THAT BRING TO COME TO THE PARK. AND SO I HAVE THIS LAST ONE IS I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION WITH WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE IN YOUR EYES TO, TO THE PARK ELEMENTS.
SO, WE KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE, THE PARK STANDARDS, PARK MINIMUMS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED AND, YOU KNOW, BUT IF THERE HAD TO BE ANY KIND OF SELECTION, PHASING OR SOMETHING HAD TO BE GRANDER THAN THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR THINKING WAS AS FAR AS THE PRIORITIES OR WHAT'S LOW PRIORITY VERSUS WHAT'S HIGH PRIORITY ON THE SIDE ELEMENTS. OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS? YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN A SMALL AREA THERE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT A VERY LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, LITTLE BIT OF THAT, LITTLE BIT OF THAT. AND I WONDER IF WE NEED TO PICK 1 OR 2 ELEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S PLAYGROUND OR SKATE PARK OR SOMETHING,
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AND MAKE THAT THE BIG BOLD THING RATHER THAN HAVING JUST A DAB OF SIX DIFFERENT THINGS.BUT I DON'T KNOW. THE SPLASH PAD SOUNDS INTERESTING.
THE SKATE PARK AFTER THE STUFF THAT YOU MENTIONED SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL TOO.
IT DOES. I WAS JUST I WAS SHARING WITH THEM JUST FROM THE TOURISM SIDE.
LIKE OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IT MAY NOT BE THAT GRAND RIGHT TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE POOL, BUT NONETHELESS THERE WILL BE PROBABLY PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED THAT THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO WANTS TO COME HERE, THEY'LL HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIEND THAT LIVES IN THIS AREA SO THAT THEY CAN GO THERE TOGETHER AND STUFF. SO IT IS. THERE IS ALWAYS A LEVEL OF TOURISM.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT WILL BE IN LIKE A SIZE, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BRING THAT SO MUCH.
I THINK THE SPLASH PAD IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST PRIORITY WITH THIS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE HEALING ELEMENT THAT WAS YOU WERE SAYING THE FAMILY WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT AND THAT WAS INCLUDED, LIKE A NATUREESQUE FEELING AND THE ART. DID THEY GIVE YOU SPECIFICS? BECAUSE FOR ME, THE PRIORITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE PARENTS, WHAT THE FAMILY IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS FOR THEIR DAUGHTER IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAUGHTER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE ALL THE OPINIONS WE WANT ON OUR OWN BIAS.
AND SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU AS JUST AN OVERALL OVERARCHING, THEY WANT IT TO BE PLAYFUL.
THEY WANT IT TO BE COLORFUL. THEY WANT IT TO BE ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A DEDICATED SPACE THAT WHETHER WE INCORPORATE IT IN THE PLAY AREA OR WE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVE AREA, THAT IS KIND OF A HEALING PLACE AND DO KIND OF OUR ART IN THAT AREA.
WE DON'T KNOW. SO KIND OF LIKE A GRIEF GARDEN, IF YOU WILL.
YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
LIKE THEY HAVE A PHONE BOOTH THAT THERE'S IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT A WORKING PHONE.
BUT PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND THEY, THEY KIND OF HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LOVED ONE THAT'S PASSED AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY HEALING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ACCESS TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THE PRIMARY POINTS THAT THEY MADE THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE PARK DESIGN IS AGAIN CAPTURING HER SPIRIT AND THAT SHE WAS ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY. SO A HUGE, JUST SENSE OF PLAYFULNESS AND, YOU KNOW, COLORFUL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BOARD.
AND THERE'S NO WRONG ANSWER. WE'RE GOING TO COLLIDE ALL OF THE INPUT TOGETHER.
BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE THE PLAYGROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ONE THAT'S LIKE IT WAS COOL.
LIKE THERE WAS LIKE A SLIDE WITH LIKE THE ROCK SLIDE. IT WAS LIKE INCORPORATED. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, BUT IF WE'RE GOING OFF WITH THE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, SAYING AND STUFF, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, FOR THAT, THEN YOU'RE LIMITING ONE KID, YOU'RE LIMITING THE SEPARATION.
AND SO THE MORE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT YOU CAN FIND THAT'S GOING TO PROMOTE CHILDREN.
SO AND THEN AGAIN, SOME OF THE STORIES THAT THEY HAD, I JUST ENVISION US KIND OF WEAVING THROUGH, LIKE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, WHICH THOSE ARE THE MORE GRANULAR THINGS THAT WE'LL GET INTO, LIKE WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE ART LOOK LIKE? OR, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO OUR PARK STANDARD BENCHES WHERE WE PUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME WHERE THEY WOULD AFTER A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY STOPPED AT CRACKER BARREL.
AND SHE JUST LOVED CRACKER BARREL. LIKE, SHOULD WE HAVE DESIGNATED ROCKING CHAIRS IN THE PEACE GARDEN OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE FROM THE STORIES AND THE INPUT ON THE MORE GRANULAR DESIGN LEVEL, BUT I THINK AS FAR AS THE BIGGER CONCEPT, THEY REALLY JUST WANT HER SPIRIT TO BE CAPTURED, WHICH AGAIN, COLORFUL, PLAYFUL, INTERACTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND JUST INCREDIBLY ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS POSITIVE DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES. RIGHT. VERY MUCH SO.
SO AT THIS POINT, WHEN YOU WANT PRIORITIES FROM US, IT'S LIKE AS FAR AS THE SWINGS GO, WHICH I SEE IS LIKE NUMBER THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAYGROUND, RIGHT.
AND THEN YOU KNOW, THE TRAILS AND BIKE PATHS ARE KIND OF ALSO ONE OF THOSE MERGED EFFORTS,
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I WOULD SAY, LIKE THOSE CAN BE A UNITED DEAL.SO IS THAT A PARK STANDARD WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRAIL? WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE ANYWAY. SO YEAH, AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, I SAID WITH THE SKATE AREA LIKE IT'S I UNDERSTAND IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE AND BECAUSE IT COULDN'T, IT COULDN'T COME WITH THAT AMOUNT OF SPACE, THAT WOULD BE A BIG TOURISM AREA FOR US, BUT IF THAT HAS TO BE LEFT OUT, THEN IT DOES WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO MENTION. THE REASON THAT THE DESIGN TEAM IS ASKING ABOUT PRIORITIES IS BECAUSE BASED ON JUST ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COSTS OF THE DESIGN WE DISCUSSING, WE ARE WE DO NOT HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH BUDGET TO HAVE EVERYTHING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T DESIGN IT.
WE CAN HAVE IT IN DESIGN. IT JUST MAY NOT BE BUILT IN.
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. OF COURSE. AND SO IF YOUR PRIORITY, YOU'RE SAYING IS A SPLASH PAD.
AND THEN MAYBE THE SKATE PARK IS DESIGNED AND THERE'S A DESIGNATED AREA.
WE JUST HAVEN'T. WE'LL GET TO IT WHEN WE GET TO IT.
RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT JUST KNOWING, OKAY, IT'S THERE. THERE'S A SPACE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY MIGHT EVEN WANT TO INDEPENDENTLY TRY AND FUNDRAISE AND HELP THE CITY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, AGAIN, THAT KIND OF WORKS WITH EVERYTHING SINCE LIKE STRUCTURALLY, THE PLAYGROUND AND SPLASH PAD ARE GOING TO BE THE TWO TOP PRIORITIES THEY WERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RESPONSES WOULD HAVE BEEN, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE TOP TWO. SO I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW THAT.
AND THEN DO WE SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, GO AHEAD AND LABEL THE GRIEF SPACE AND THAT HEALING SPACE AS THE GREEN SPACE AND THEN BRING THAT UP TO A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF LIKE HAVING YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF GARDEN SPACE OR, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE MAYBE A COUPLE ART STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW AS LIKE THE BEGINNING PHASE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. JUST WE HAVE THAT NOOK. IT'S THERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PUTTING THE PLAYGROUND A SPLASH PAD, BUT WITHOUT AGAIN HAVING THAT MEMORIALIZATION OF ABIGAIL AND KIND OF THAT SENSE, THAT HEALING SPACE, THEN I FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF DONE A DISSERVICE TO THE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THE BIRTH OF THE PARK, SO TO SPEAK. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE HOW I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE SPLASH PAD AND THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN THAT GARDEN TYPE AREA, THAT HEALING SPACE. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT GREEN SPACE, THEN SO BE IT. AND THAT WOULD BE MY INPUT AND WHATEVER YOU ALL THINK.
SO IN OUR CLIMATE, HOW MANY MONTHS A YEAR IS THE SPLASH PAD USED? 7 OR 8. DO WHAT? DO WHAT? PROBABLY NINE. IS IT NINE, DO YOU THINK? I WOULD SAY ABOUT NINE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. IT'S PROBABLY. I MEAN WE HAVE AC RUNNING UP IN DECEMBER.
OCTOBER'S PRETTY HOT. SEPTEMBER'S HOT. THIS YEAR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL YEAR.
I MEAN, DOES IT HAVE. DOES IT HAVE TO BE A SET CALENDAR TIME OR IS THERE JUST WEATHER? YOU KNOW, LIKE I MEAN LIKE DOLLYWOOD. I MEAN, THEY'RE OPEN YEAR ROUND EXCEPT PENDING CERTAIN WEATHER DAYS.
SO. IS THAT OR IS THERE HAVE TO BE A SET AMOUNT OF DAYS WHERE IT'S UNDER MAINTENANCE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT, BUT WHAT PART OF THE WHAT CLAUDIA ALLUDED TO IS THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE USING WILL IMPACT MAINTENANCE, WHICH IMPACTS BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS.
RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE OPEN, LET'S SAY WE DON'T CLOSE AT ALL.
WE'RE OPEN YEAR ROUND. IT'S JUST LIKE OPERATING A POOL, RIGHT? WE WILL HAVE TO GO. AND OUR CPO WILL HAVE TO CHECK AND DO WATER TESTING.
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT SYSTEM WE CHOOSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S LIKE AND I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE TALKING BEFORE ABOUT KIND OF LIKE WE LIKE TO LOOK AT REALLY THE BARE BONES AND NOT GET TOO MUCH INTO THE MONETARY SIDE.
BUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT KIND OF HAS TO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE BUDGETING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BECAUSE IF WE CAN PICK SOMETHING AS A PRIORITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH MAINTENANCE OR WE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S YEAR ROUND, IS THAT GOING TO BE A BETTER CHOICE THAN SOMETHING THAT'S I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THE SPLASH PAD I KNOW IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR THIS, THIS CITY.
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LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING, WITH THE SPLASH PAD AND PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE AND INVEST IN THAT, AND THEN ALSO NOT HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THE PLAYGROUND AS WELL. WELL, I THINK TOO, THAT IS ONE OPTION.SO LIKE CLAUDIA WAS MENTIONING, AND WHAT HONESTLY I WOULD PREFER TO DO IS HAVE A PASS THROUGH SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE NOT REUSING AND RECYCLING OR TREATING THE WATER, AND YOU HAVE A HOLDING TANK THAT THEN YOU COULD UTILIZE AS IRRIGATION.
SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS THOUGH IT'S BEING WASTEFUL, QUITE FRANKLY ISN'T.
WE'RE RECYCLING THE WATER THAT'S ON SITE AND BEING RETAINED RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A SPLASH PAD.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT A HOLDING TANK IN AND OF ITSELF IS IT'S AN EXPENSE.
BUT IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS. WELL THE MAINTENANCE OF HAVING EMPLOYING SOMEONE TO DO THE TESTING, THE CHEMICALS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE WE MIGHT BE IN A BETTER POSITION WITH THE HOLDING TANK AND IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAN WE WOULD BE. SO WITH THAT IN MIND NOW, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY FOR ME, THEN I WOULD FEEL LIKE BECAUSE A PLAYGROUND.
BECAUSE THE TRAILS AND THE BIKE PATH OR WHATEVER.
AS FAR AS THE TRAILS GO, THAT IS PART OF THE STANDARD.
IT HAS TO BE THERE. SO KIND OF WITH THAT INFORMATION IN MIND FOR ME, I WOULD SAY LIKE FOCUS ON THE SPLASH AND MAKING LIKE A REALLY GREAT SPLASH PAD MONETARILY BECAUSE THE PLAYGROUND WE CAN COME TO, WE CAN REVISIT THAT.
AND AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE GIVING KIND OF THE CITY AN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET USED TO THOSE EXPENSES, THAT MAINTENANCE THOSE THINGS AND HAVING SOME BUDGET SPARED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PLAYGROUNDS AREN'T CHEAP EITHER.
SO I JUST THAT THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT ON IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY, BLESS OUR HEARTS, HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR US TO KIND OF GET TO THIS POINT AS IT IS.
SO I FEEL LIKE IF WE JUST FOCUSED ON, LIKE THOSE SHADES THAT I THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TO, AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL SHADES AND THE SPLASH PAD AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT AS IS OUR PRIORITY FOR NOW AND KIND OF MAYBE REVISIT PLAYGROUND AND SKATE PARK LATER DOWN THE ROAD JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GREAT PLACE.
LIKE HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO SPREAD OURSELVES OUT SUPER THIN BY TRYING TO ADD A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, STUFF? SO WELL? MY CONCERN WITH THE SPLASH PAD AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARKING SPACES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT I THINK THE SPLASH PAD, IF YOU DO A BIG GRAND SPLASH PAD LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE PARKING FOR.
WELL, NOT NECESSARILY GRAND. JUST HEAR ME OUT.
THE WATER CAN BE RECYCLED ALONG WITH THE REC CENTER, AND IF THERE'S OVERFLOW AND THE REC CENTER IS TOO CROWDED, THEY CAN JUST GO OUTSIDE. I JUST FEEL LIKE TO ME THAT'S A BETTER FIT.
AND YOU HAVE PARKING ALREADY AND SO YOU CAN I MEAN, I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE SPLASH PAD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE IN ANGLETON. IT NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE REC CENTER SOMEWHERE.
SO BUT THEIR POINT IS TO GIVE THE SOUTH END WITH THE AGENDA.
NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M JUST I'M JUST CONCERNED.
IF YOU DO THIS BIG, HUGE SPLASH PAD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND A LOT MORE EFFORT ON PARKING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT BIG OF A SPACE THERE. AND WE TO ALSO, I MEAN, WE GET IN THE SUMMER.
IF YOU GO BY THE REC CENTER IN THE SUMMER, WE ALSO ARE LIMITED ON PARKING AT THE AT THE REC CENTER.
SO ADDING ANOTHER AMENITY THERE. WHILE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR DOWN THIS CONVERSATION, BUT WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN THAT RESPECT AS WELL.
IF IT'S NOT THE SPLASH PAD, THAT'S TIME, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE WE'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, IT'S NOT TO SAY WE CAN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE IN THE PHASING.
BUT THAT TOP LEFT ONE, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A SQUARE FOOTAGE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK OVERLY BIG? THAT WAS JUST AN IMAGE. SO YOU'RE NOT SURE. OKAY DESIGNED TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IT COSTS FOR THAT.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING PARKING, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BACKTRACK.
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PARKING FOR THAT. SO IT'S A BALANCING QUESTION.OKAY. YEAH. THAT THE DESIGN ITSELF WILL BE BASED ON THE COSTS OF THE BUDGET, KIND OF ALLOWANCE FOR THAT. BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THEN THE TYPE OF ELEMENTS AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAID THEY WANTED.
I MEAN, THAT'S THERE WAS 500. THAT'S A HUGE RESPONSE ON A SURVEY WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE, BUT WHAT, 80 OR SO THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT RESPONSE.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH WHAT THEY WANT AND WHETHER WE AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. AND LIKE SHE SAID, I MEAN, THE TRAILS AND SOME OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS THAT'S ALREADY SORT OF INCORPORATED INTO ANY PARK. SO I MEAN, TO ME, SPLASHPAD AND A SKATE PARK, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO HAVE BOTH? I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE BOTH IF WE COULD HAVE THEM.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW. THAT MAY MEAN THE SPLASHPAD HAS TO BE NOT AS LARGE AS YOU KNOW.
WELL AND LIKE, AND THAT'S LIKE WHAT? BY SAYING GRANT, I MEANT WHAT THEY SHOWED WITH THE DUMPING BUCKETS AND STUFF, WHICH IS GRAND BY COMPARISON TO THE MISTING TOWERS THAT WERE SHOWN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE COLORFUL, IT'S MORE ELABORATE.
BUT I DON'T MEAN TO HAVE A SPLASHTOWN, YOU KNOW, USA BUILT THERE.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR WHOLE POINT, I THINK, WAS TO TRY TO GIVE THE SOUTH SIDE RESIDENTS ALSO SOMETHING ACCESSIBLE, WHICH KIND OF DEFLATES THE WHOLE THING OF GOING BY THE REC CENTER.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TO PICK SOMETHING. SO, YOU KNOW, AS A PRIORITY SPLASH PAD OVER THAT WOULD BE MINE AND ARTS BECAUSE IT IS ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK. RIGHT. EXACTLY. YOU DO WANT TO INCORPORATE THE ARTWORK? I'D SAY PLAYGROUND AND SPLASH PAD. YOU'VE GOT ONE WINNER.
OKAY. SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL AS FAR AS WHEN WE START MOVING INTO TO THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND THE COST ESTIMATES REGARDING EACH ELEMENT, THAT WILL HELP KIND OF GET ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS INTO ALIGNMENT AS WELL.
SO THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TWO MINUTES OUT OVER.
SO I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE STICKERS TO YOU KNOW, PUT THE THEM ON THE, ON THE BOARDS AS, AS YOU PLEASE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU. YES. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK IF TIME ALLOWS.
I KNOW WE CHANGED OUR MEETINGS TO NOON. SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A QUORUM.
WE DEFINITELY WANT YOUR INPUT. SO IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, PLEASE DO.
MARK THE BOARDS. WE GET ONE STICKER PER BOARD.
IS THERE AN OVERALL BUDGET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS PARK? 2 MILLION. THERE'S 2 MILLION. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY 2,750,000.
YEAH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT 198,000 IS GOING TOWARDS DESIGN.
SO WE HAVE TO REMOVE THAT. WE HAVE SURVEY COSTS.
SO YES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE INITIATED LAST YEAR WAS WE WERE STILL DOING STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
WE MET WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ABIGAIL'S CLASS AT WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY.
HE ALSO INTERVIEWED ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO RECOMMENDED THE NAMING OF THE PARK.
WE ALSO MET WITH THE ARIAS FAMILY AND INTERVIEWED THEM.
AND ONCE WE HAVE SOME 3D IMAGERY, ONCE WE GET PAST THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE VIDEO SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THAT FOR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS. AND SO YES, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING TOWARDS LET'S GET THE PROGRAM AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN START LAUNCHING THAT.
AND WHILE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SKATE PARK, I MEAN I WAS LOOKING AT THE TONY HAWK GRANT TO SEE HOW, OH YEAH, THERE'S ONE THE DEADLINE IS FOR THAT, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS AND SOME ACTUAL DESIGN COMPONENTS, THEN WE CAN TRY. WE WILL CONTINUE GOING OUT FOR WHATEVER GRANTS WE CAN.
AND JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GET BEHIND THE PARK DESIGN AND EVEN SOME OF OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AS WELL. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE RAISE THE FUNDS TO DO THE ENTIRE PARK. HONESTLY, WE REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.
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YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S LIKE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE PLAYGROUNDS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? WE DO. DO WE HAVE A SPLASH PAD? NO WE DON'T. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE COMING DOWN TO HAVING TO UNFORTUNATELY DISCUSS A MONETARY SITUATION, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THAT PRIORITY LOOKS LIKE, THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITHOUT KNOWING COST.RIGHT NOW I CAN'T TELL YOU. I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GIVE ME SOME IDEA.
ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST REALLY THE KICK OFF ONCE WE HONE IN ON SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS.
SO WHEN YOU GUYS FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND DO YOUR STICKERS.
BUT WE ONCE WE COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND THAT DATA, WE CAN START PUTTING TOGETHER THE IMAGERY, THE SIZING, THE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ONCE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THAT.
THESE GUYS ALREADY HAVE THOSE COST ESTIMATES FOR SCALE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WILL COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, YOU REALLY LIKE THIS DESIGN, BUT THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO EITHER SCALE THAT BACK OR PHASE? AGAIN, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO START SLASHING ALL THESE THINGS.
IT MAY JUST NOT BE IN THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU MAY SAY SPLASH PAD IS THE NUMBER ONE EXPENSE AT THIS POINT OR NOT NECESSARILY.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON SCALE TOO. I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS ARE THINKING A SMALL FOOTPRINT, THEN I MEAN, YOU CAN SPEND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A PLAYGROUND.
WHERE WAS THAT ONE? IT'S OVER HERE. THAT IS A PLAYGROUND RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, JUST WITH WATER. SO TO ME, YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE ELIMINATE THE PLAYGROUND.
IF YOU HAVE A WATER PLAYGROUND, THAT'S JUST AS FUN.
CLAIRE, PUT ALL YOUR STICKERS ON THAT ONE. RIGHT.
YOU GOT FREE RANGE WITH THOSE STICKERS. WHERE ELSE? OH, THERE IT IS. THAT ONE. YEAH, I LOVE THAT ONE.
IT'S GETTING A LOT OF STICKERS AND I LOVE I LOVE THE THIS.
Y'ALL GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE. Y'ALL GOTTA LOVE THAT.
COME ON WITH MY PICK TWO. IT'S LIKE ALL OF YOUR LEFTOVER COLORS.
PUT IT ON THAT SIX ON THAT ONE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.
I WOULD RATHER NOT SEE A PLAYGROUND AND JUST HAVE THE PLAYGROUND IN THERE IN THE WATER.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT TEXAS SHOULD BE LIKE, RIGHT? JUST KIDDING.
IT'S SO HARD. IT IS, IT IS. I LOVE HOW WE HAVE, LIKE, THERE'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL KIND OF ALL AGE VISUALLY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE I JUST KNOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT JUST VERY EASY, RIGHT? THIS IS SO FUNNY THAT YOU HAVE THIS ONE ON HERE, CLAUDIA, BECAUSE THAT LSI STRUCTURE, I TALKED TO THEM YEARS AGO ABOUT THAT ONE, AND I THINK THEY ENDED UP THIS ONE. THEY ENDED UP I THINK WHO INSTALLED THAT IS LIKE AT THE HOUSTON ZOO OR IS IT REALLY SOMEWHERE WHERE WAS THAT? I DON'T I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THAT WAS. RECENTLY.
WE DID WE DID THESE AT MY KIDS DID. WHERE'S THE BERRY FARM? THE WALL. THEY WERE SO CUTE. YEAH. THIS ONE DUDE, I LOVE THAT GIRL.
ME AND MY PARANOIA WITH MY AUTISTIC RUNNER. I'M LIKE, I'M SCARED OF THE WATER.
I'M LIKE, OH, BUT ONE DAY I WILL GO. YEAH, I MIGHT BE THE WEIRDO MOM WITH THE LIFE VEST ON MY KID, BUT I'LL GO. YEAH, OKAY. YOU GO WITH THEM. THANK YOU, OH, BOY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I REMEMBER Y'ALL'S BOOKLET, AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THE WAY THAT YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, STATED VERY CLEARLY YOUR DESIRE TO INCORPORATE ABIGAIL AND KEEP HER, YOU KNOW, AT THE FOCAL POINT OF THE DESIGN WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TOOK AWAY THE MOST FROM Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL BOOKS THAT Y'ALL HAD.
YEAH. THEY WERE. WHAT, DID YOU PUT YOUR STICKER ON THE SKATE PARK? I DON'T KNOW. DID SOMEBODY PICK SOMETHING? SO YEAH.
YEAH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, LIKE, TAKING UP A LOT OF SPACE. SO THAT AREA AND THAT WHICH WAS BEING INCORPORATED INTO, LIKE, BIKES CAN USE IT TOO, YOU KNOW. SO, YEAH, I JUST FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING TO TAKE IS ONE BAD APPLE TO TAKE TO RUIN IT FOR ALL THE MOMS WHO VOTED. I WAS WALKING MY TODDLER AND GOT RAN OVER.
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I MEAN YOU JUST WHEN YOU BRING UP MOMS. YEAH, I SAID THE SAME THING WHEN I SAW THAT, BUT.I DON'T. I LIKE THIS, AND I LIKE THAT TOO, THOUGH I LIKE I LIKE BOTH OF THOSE.
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF STICKERS TO USE. I CAN STICK THEM.
I THINK THOSE ARE COOL. SO YOU CAN REARRANGE IF YOU DIDN'T DECIDE.
SHE'S GOT LOOK, SHE'S GOT TWO MORE PACKS. DID Y'ALL USUALLY ELSE.
NO. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT SPEAK TO ME.
REALISTICALLY, IT'S THAT WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.
WITH THESE STICKERS, WE CAN TELL THAT WE'RE ALL, YEAH, WE'RE ALL THINKING THE SAME THINGS.
THOSE WOULD DRAW, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EVERYTHING COSTS, BUT A LOT OF IT COSTS A LOT.
YES. IT'S NEVER, NEVER CHEAP. IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN JUST BE A PART.
CHAMPIONS AND HELP US. I MEAN, IS THAT POSSIBLE? I MEAN, THEN YOU WOULD REALLY BE HAVING ONE BIG THING THAT'S A PLAYGROUND SPLASH PAD INCORPORATES.
I MEAN, THERE'S WAYS YOU JUST HAVE TO WEAR A BATHING SUIT.
WELL, KIDS DON'T CARE, BUT. WELL, YOU CAN BE STRATEGIC ABOUT OURS.
SO NIGHT TIME SPLASH PAD, YOU COULD DEACTIVATE THE WATER AND YOU COULD SERVE AS A.
YEAH. BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT'S COOLER AT NIGHT.
THEIR ONLY ISSUE IS THE COOL DECK VERSUS THE SURFACE.
I MEAN, YOU GET INTO KIND OF ISSUES WITH THAT.
AND THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND.
AND THE AQUATIC FEATURES LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE CLIMBING.
SO LIKE, EVERY KID GOES FIRST. AT LEAST MINE DO AND SO WATER WITH THE WATER.
DOWN THE SLIDE. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED IS WATER.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS FOR ME IN THAT PICTURE.
BUT YEAH, IT'S LIKE THAT SQUISHY AND IT ABSORBS.
YEAH. AND IT'S LIKE IT'S SO COOL AND IT'S SO SOFT AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE A SQUISHY MATERIAL. LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
OH LIKE TILES. YEAH. SPECIFIC ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE WATER WAS ABLE TO SEEP THROUGH THAT MATERIAL.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT I WHAT I WAS SAYING IS LIKE IS I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT NOT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MAKING IT THINK HARD. LIKE CLARA WAS SAYING FOR US TO THAT WILL WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND EVERYTHING IS LIKE, WELL, WHAT'S THE EXPENSE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BE ASKING FOR TOO MUCH.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT IS THIS? THE FUN PART OF THE KICKOFF STAGE IS WHEN YOU KIND OF DREAM OF THE BIG DREAM, AND THEN YOU START KIND OF SCALING DOWN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU RESTRAIN YOURSELF FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU KIND OF START ELIMINATING MANY POSSIBILITIES.
YEAH. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M SAYING WHEN I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BACK TO THAT WORD GRAND, BECAUSE I'M GOING, OKAY, IF WE'RE DIGGING UP THE GROUND NOW AND WE'RE PUTTING IN THE PLUMBING NOW AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS STUFF IN NOW, THEN, YOU KNOW, DON'T YOU WANT IT TO BE TAKING UP? YOU KNOW, KIND OF I'M NOT SAYING A WHOLE BUNCH OF SPACE, BUT I'M SAYING AS NICE AS WE CAN MAKE IT NOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OTHERWISE GOING BACK IN AND DIGGING EVERYTHING BACK UP AND PLUMBING LIKE IT'S GOING TO GET, IT'S GOING TO GET DIFFICULT.
SO IT'S LIKE OTHER PRIORITIES FOR ALL THE OTHER PARTS.
IT'S HARD TO GET SOMETHING NEW INTO YOUR NEW PART.
YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE, EXACTLY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
IT IS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNICAL HAS TO COME IN FROM US, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT LONGEVITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN, I MEAN, SPLASH PADS ARE STILL A RELATIVELY NEW THING TO THE REGION.
AND SO NOW YOU GO TO SOME OF THOSE EARLIER SPLASH PADS AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF EXPANSIVE SOILS, AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT FAILS AND SOME OF THAT SUCCEEDS, SYSTEMATICALLY SPEAKING.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF COME THROUGH THE CATALOG OF, YEAH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SUCCEED, WHAT'S STARTING TO DETERIORATE. IT'S NOW BEING ACROSS FROM THE CEMETERY IS ALMOST A GOOD THING IF IT'S A HEALING SPACE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, NOT JUST ANGLETON, BUT RIGHT.
PLAY. YEAH. OR A PLAQUE OR WHATEVER. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ANY MORE STICKERS, CLARA, YOU ARE READY FOR ADJOURNMENT.
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OH. OH. 115. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF. I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY DO WE TRY TO HOLD AN HOUR IN THE FUTURE? IS THAT WHAT? NO, I THINK I JUST BLOCK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR SO THAT YOU HAVE A PLACEHOLDER ON YOUR CALENDAR.SO I JUST IT'S NO. OKAY. NO, IT'S NOT LIMITED TO AN HOUR, BUT I WILL WE'RE NOT ON LUNCH HOURS.
I'M SAYING NO, NO. SORRY, JEFF. SO WE NEED TO HOLD IT TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
GREAT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. ALL RIGHT.
01:16 ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.