ALL RIGHT. IT'S 12:00 EXACTLY, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. [DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] SO MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AS CLARA MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO THE FIRST ONE, I APOLOGIZE, LINE DECIDED IT WANTED TO RELOAD, BUT SHOULD BE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS TWO BOARD MEETINGS FOR THE [1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Parks & Recreation Board meeting on March 4, 2025, and April 14, 2025.] MARCH 4TH AND THE MARCH OR APRIL 14TH MEETING. YOU'LL SEE THOSE MEETING MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THOSE FOR APPROVAL. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES, LET ME KNOW. IF NOT, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. SECOND. I HAVE A, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SHE DID. YEP. I DIDN'T HEAR. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE Y'ALL READY TO VOTE. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH AND APRIL MEETING SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO, PER OUR CURRENT BYLAWS, CITY ORDINANCE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ELECT A CHAIR ANNUALLY. [2. Discussion and possible action on a Parks & Recreation Board chair.] SO THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS WOULD BE WHEN OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME IN. SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE ANY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN SEPTEMBER MEETING FROM COUNCIL. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THEIR FIRST ONE. SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH AND ELECT A BOARD CHAIR, AND SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO FOR NOMINATIONS OR IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT. BUT WE NEED A BOARD CHAIR FOR THIS POSITION. Y'ALL WON'T HURT MY FEELINGS IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO IT BECAUSE I'M LIKE UNDER DURESS ANYWAY. SO NO, I WOULD REALLY I THINK DAVID WOULD MAKE A PERFECT CHAIR. I THINK HE'S MORE IN TUNE WITH YOU GUYS AND HE WORKS REAL CLOSELY WITH Y'ALL. AND I JUST THINK HE WOULD BE GOOD. SO THAT'S WHO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN NOMINATE CAN I? YEAH YEAH IT'S OPEN NOMINATIONS. I AGREE. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS OR. BLESS YOUR HEART [LAUGHS] I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT THAT HARD OF A JOB. LAST YEAR IT WAS REALLY QUICK FOR YOU TO GET VOTED IN. SO IT WAS LIKE, YEAH. CLAIRE YOU'RE IN. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I THINK I WAS THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER AND IT'S LIKE, OH NO. YEAH, I HAD TO DO IT. BUT YEAH, NO, I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOMINATIONS AND STUFF, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I WOULD RATHER NOT BE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER. HAVE ALL THE FUN. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS OR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER? DAVE IS A GOOD FIT. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'D NEED AN OFFICIAL MOTION TO APPROVE DAVID AS THE CHAIR. I'LL DO IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT DAVID BE THE CHAIR FOR 2020, WHAT DO WE CALL FIVE SIX FISCAL YEAR? YES. YEAH. AND BEYOND. IS THERE A TERM LIMIT? IT'S JUST ONE YEAR. JUST ONE YEAR. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO GET REVOTED IN. YEAH. EACH YEA0. YOU DO IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. YEP. THERE IS NO TERM LIMIT ON THE POSITION OCCUR PER OUR CURRENT BYLAWS. IT JUST REQUIRES US EACH YEAR TO VOTE ANNUALLY. SO IF HE STAYS IN IT EVERY YEAR, THAT CAN HAPPEN. YEAH. CAN I NOMINATE HIM FOR THE NEXT FIVE? NO. [LAUGHS] YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I NOMINATE. CAN WE GET A SECOND? AND I SECOND. THAT NOMINATION AND A SECOND. ALL APPROVE? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. DO WE TRY NOW OR DO I HAVE TO SAY IT? NO. YOU WILL TAKE IT FOR THIS ONE AND THEN HE'LL OFFICIALLY TAKE THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH. CONGRATS. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. SO ITEM NUMBER THREE IS DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER RULES AND REGULATIONS. [3. Discussion on proposed revisions to the Angleton Recreation Center Rules and Regulations.] THIS IS ONE WE TRIED TO BRING TO THE BOARD AT OUR LAST MEETING. I HAD SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT IT, AND I GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS ON IT, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT. AND SO EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, WE, WE LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR RULES THAT WE HAVE FOR BOTH THE FACILITY AND FOR PARKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN TUNE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY. MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT. AND SO GOING THROUGH AND DO THAT, STAFF WENT THROUGH AND PROVIDED REVISIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE IN THERE THE ORIGINAL PACKET OF THE RULES AND THEN THE UPDATED CLEAN VERSION. BUT IN THE EVENT THE AGENDA SUMMARY, I PROVIDED SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE. SO NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE ADDING AND SOME OF IT AGAIN, IS JUST THE VERBIAGE THAT GOES WITH IT. SO EXAMPLE WOULD BE ALL PATRONS MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT AND CHECK IN AT THE FRONT DESK. [00:05:22] THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE THERE AGAIN, ALL PATRONS MUST BE HAVE AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT OR CHECK IN THE FRONT DESK. THAT'S JUST CLARITY. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ASK WHEN WE TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO STOP IN TO SEE US. THEY'RE LIKE, WHY? WHERE DOES IT SAY IT? USUALLY IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT NOW WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT RULE IN PLACE. THERE, THERE. I MEAN, IS IT JUST FOR TRACKING PURPOSES? SOME OF IT'S FOR ATTENDANCE PURPOSES. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT PROGRAM THEY'RE THERE FOR, SOME OF IT'S TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR A PROGRAM. CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS WE HAVE PEOPLE SNEAK IN AND TRY TO USE THE FACILITY FOR FREE. SO IT'S JUST FOR TRACKING PURPOSES IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE FACILITY, WE WANT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHY INDIVIDUALS ARE THERE OR WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO DIRECT THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION. EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF WE HAD A GROUP EXERCISE CLASS AND THERE WAS SOMETHING NOW GOING ON IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, WE COULD TELL THEM AND GIVE THEM AN UPDATE THAT IT'S IN THE GYM. SO IT JUST HELPS WITH THAT COMMUNICATION ASPECT OF IT. SO BUT YEAH, IT'S AN UNFORTUNATELY COMMON FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND WALK STRAIGHT PAST AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I HAD TO PAY. AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY. SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT THERE FOR A PROGRAM, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY AS A SPECTATOR FOR A PROGRAM THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM FEE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO ANOTHER ONE WITH THAT, PATRONS MUST PAY A DAY PASS, HOLD A MEMBERSHIP, OR BE LISTED ON A RENTAL PROGRAM OR EVENT. SAME KIND OF CONCEPT IS WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE EVERYBODY'S CHECKING AT THE FRONT DESK. ONE OF THE ONES WE'RE UPDATING IS RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A TRUE VERBIAGE ON VIDEOGRAPHY. AND SO AFTER GETTING WITH LEGAL AND PD, WE ARE ABLE TO UPDATE SOME OF THAT. WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A PUBLIC FACILITY. SO IT DOESN'T GO ACROSS THE ENTIRE FACILITY. BUT IN THOSE HIGH RISK AREAS, SO SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE LOCKER ROOM, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR PHONE OUT AND TAKING VIDEOS OR PICTURES IN THE LOCKER ROOM. AND THEN LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT TO THE NATATORIUM POOL AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE NATURE OF WHAT'S THERE, KIDS BEING THERE, WHO'S IN THE BACKGROUND, STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE FALL IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR ORDINANCE STUFF. SO LIKE NO SLEEPING OR LOUNGING IN COMMON AREAS. AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU WE CATCH THIS IF PEOPLE ARE IN THE FACILITY AND MIGHT BE SLEEPING ON THE BENCHES. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OUR GUESTS. NO COACHING OR TRAINING OR CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITHOUT CITY AGREEMENTS. THIS ONE KIND OF IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS LIKE OUR GYM. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME IN, THEY'LL USE IT FOR PRACTICE OR THEY'LL BE DOING PERSONAL TRAINING IN THE GYM OR COACHING IN THE GYM. IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO DISCOURAGE THAT FROM HAPPENING, BUT THEY ARE CHARGING FEES FOR PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL OR COACH, AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS TRANSLATE ACROSS TO ENSURE CONSISTENT PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY MONOPOLIZE COURT SPACE, WHICH THE SAME KIND OF THING TAKES OVER. SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF IT TO IF WE ENTER AN AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS ARE CONSISTENT. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT HARASSMENT IN THERE. SO WE'VE ADDED THAT HEADPHONES BEING REQUIRED USED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PLAYING SPEAKERS. SO THIS ONE IS ONE WE'VE SEEN FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU'D BE SURPRISED PEOPLE DO THAT IN THE WEIGHT ROOM WHILE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A POLICY FOR THAT AGE RESTRICTION ONE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS IS CHANGING THE WORLD RIGHT NOW IS IF YOU WERE TEN YOU WERE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE FACILITY WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION. AND WE ARE CONSIDERING MOVING THAT TO 11 TO RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE A MEMBERSHIP AT THAT AGE IN BETWEEN. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD AS FAR AS OVERSIGHT OF THE FACILITY. SO WE'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO UP THAT TO 11 DRESS CODE JUST FURTHER IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE AREAS OF DRESS CODE THAT WAS MORE INCONSISTENT VERBIAGE. ONE SAYS TENNIS SHOES, ONE SAYS ATHLETIC SHOES, ONE SAYS CLOSED TOE SHOES. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL THAT IN ONE FITNESS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO THIS IS ONE WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE AS WELL. RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE TO BE 13 TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE. AND WE ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAVE TO BE 12. SO WE'D ACTUALLY BE BRINGING THAT AGE DOWN. THAT I CAN SAY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES WE'VE HAD COMMENTS ON AS FAR AS WHO CAN UTILIZE THAT SPACE STILL REQUIRES YOU TO BE WITH AN ADULT OR GUARDIAN. WE WOULD JUST ACTUALLY BE DROPPING THE AGE. SO A YOUNGER AGE WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE. WE FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE. IF AN INDIVIDUAL COMES IN WITH AN ADULT OR GUARDIAN, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT SUPERVISION THERE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO USE OF CHALK IS PROHIBITED. EASY ONES. SELF-EXPLANATORY. SANITIZE YOUR EQUIPMENT. BUT AGAIN, IT IS NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT RULES, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UPDATE THAT. SO LET ME LET ME JUST ASK ONE QUESTION. [00:10:08] TO GET IN THE FACILITY YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO 11, BUT THEY CAN'T GO IN THE WEIGHT ROOM BASICALLY, UNLESS THEY HAVE AN ADULT WITH THEM UNTIL THEY'RE 18. 12 TO, CURRENTLY IT'S 13 TO 15, SO THEY'D HAVE TO BE 16 TO GO IN THE WEIGHT ROOM BY THEMSELVES. OH 16 OKAY. YEP. IF WE WERE TO UPDATE IT TO 12, WOULD BE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE WITH ADULT SUPERVISION. ONCE YOU'RE 16, YOU'D BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT FULLY. YEAH. FULL COURT BASKETBALL FOR THE GYM USE, JUST UNLESS IT WAS DICTATED BY STAFF. AS YOU KNOW, OUR FACILITY IS FAIRLY SMALL, SO WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL OVER THAT ONE WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T COMING IN TO MONOPOLIZE IT. WE TEND TO SEE THE OLDER EITHER TEENS OR YOUNG ADULTS COMING IN AND TAKING OVER, WHICH DISPLACES THE YOUNGER TEENS THAT ARE IN THERE TRYING TO USE IT. AND SO JUST HAVING A RULE IN PLACE TO STAY BACK TO, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, BUT WE ALSO DESIGN SPECIFIC TIMES THAT FULL COURT PLAY MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS FULL ACCESS TO IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE. DON'T MODIFY OR PLACE EQUIPMENT OUT. SO EXAMPLE ON THIS ONE. GOING BACK TO THAT TRAINING PIECE, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO USE OUR TRASH CANS AS TRAINING EQUIPMENT. AND SO THEY USE THAT AS ONE OF THEIR DRILLS. THEY'LL PLACE CONES OUT THERE. THEY'LL PUT DIFFERENT NETS OUT THERE. LADDERS. WHEN I SAY LADDERS, I MEAN THE AGILITY LADDERS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND. HAVEN'T SEEN THE TALL LADDERS YET. BUT IT JUST HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT, UNLESS THAT'S A RENTABLE SPACE. SO IF WE WERE TO RENT IT, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST SOMEBODY COMING IN AND USING A COURT AND PUTTING OUT EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY UNSAFE. SO JUST AGAIN, HAVING INFORMATION IN WRITING THERE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE JUST CLERICAL STUFF IS WITH THAT GOING TO THE NATATORIUM, VERY SIMILAR. THEY'RE JUST IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH. SO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE OPEN WOUNDS OR THEY HAVE HAD A SICKNESS IN THE PAST, WE ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO USE THE POOL. THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW QUICKLY THAT STUFF CAN SPREAD OR, YOU KNOW, THE REVERSE. THINGS THAT ARE PROHIBITED, SO JUST CLEARLY IDENTIFYING THAT WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT USE IN THE SPACE AN EMPHASIS ON LAP EQUIPMENT AND WHAT IT'S USED FOR. WE CURRENTLY HAVE STUFF FOR WHETHER IT BE FOR LAP SWIM AND OR WATER AEROBICS AND SO IDENTIFYING THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S USED FOR. WE ADDED A SECTION TO THE SLIDE RULE, SO THE SLIDE CURRENTLY WASN'T ON OUR GENERAL RULES. WE DO HAVE IT IN THE NATATORIUM, BUT THERE WASN'T ONE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON OUR FULL COMPREHENSIVE RULES. SO WE JUST ADDED THAT SECTION TO IT. SAME THING WITH THE SPA. IT JUST FURTHER IDENTIFYING THAT THAT IF ANYBODY HAD ANY HEALTH CONCERNS, WE WOULD DISCOURAGE THEM FROM UTILIZING THE SPA. AND THEN UPDATING THAT AS FAR AS USAGE AS FAR AS THE SPA GOES, WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW IT'S NOT ALLOWED, YOU SHOULDN'T BE GOING UNDERWATER. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SPA IS FOR. ALSO A COMMON TREND IS THEN THAT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN THE AQUATIC INDUSTRY THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE SUBMERGED GOING UNDERWATER IN THE SPA. SO LOCKER ROOM, JUST CLARITY ON THOSE ONES AS FAR AS USAGE GO. AND THEN OUR, OUR LOCKERS REITERATING THAT THERE FOR DAY USE ONLY SO JUST UPDATING THOSE AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF SOMEBODY LEFT A LOCK ON THERE, WE COULD CUT IT. AND SO ADDRESSING THAT, THAT THIS WILL HELP FOR FUTURE, WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY REMOVING SOME OF OUR LOCKERS SO AS LOCKER SPACE DIMINISHES. THIS WOULD JUST HELP WITH THAT ONE SO PEOPLE KNOW IT'S JUST A USE. SO THERE IT'S AVAILABLE TO USE FOR THE DAY. WE JUST ASK THAT THEY REMOVE THEIR STUFF THAT DAY. AND I THINK THAT SUMS UP EVERYTHING. OBVIOUSLY YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT. SO I SEE NOTHING THAT RAISED A RED FLAG WITH ME. ANYWAY, I AGREE, I LIKE THE AGE CHANGES BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE YOU SEE FROM 10 TO 11 IS KIND OF A BIG DIFFERENCE. IT DEFINITELY IS. AND I WILL SAY THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOPICS I WANTED TO BRING TO THE BOARD. SO THE WEIGHT ROOM, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WE DID FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING ABLE TO ADJUST THAT. BUT I MEAN, THERE IS A QUESTION PEOPLE SAY ABOUT LIKE, WELL, IF IT'S MY KID, CAN I JUST BRING THEM IN? THE HARD PART THAT COMES WITH THAT IS WE DON'T KNOW, LIKE IF DAVE GOES IN THERE WHEN BRINGS HIS SON IN THERE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DAVID'S ABILITY IS. AND SO, LIKE, EVEN THOUGH I PUT HIM IN THE WITH HIS PARENTS, WELL, IF HE DOESN'T KNOW THE EQUIPMENT AND WE'VE ALSO JUST NOW WE'VE JUST FURTHER COMPLICATED THAT. BUT KIND OF GOING ALONG THAT SAME LINES OF LIKE, THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU SWITCH AGES AND WHO IS SHOULD BE TRAINING AND WHO SHOULD BE USING WEIGHT EQUIPMENT. AND JUST IDENTIFYING THAT ONE. SO I WOULD SAY ARE TWO MORE THE MORE RECENT ONES I WOULD SAY ARE THE WEIGHT ROOM, WHICH WAS 13. [00:15:03] SO DROPPING THAT ONE DOWN TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT WITH GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT AGE WOULD TYPICALLY START SPORTS AND START SOME TRAINING PROGRAM. AND SO HELPING TO IDENTIFY THAT THE FACILITY ONE IS THAT REALLY STRANGE ONE. CURRENTLY IT IS TEN, BUT THERE IS A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 10 AND 11. AND SO IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED THAT MOST IS LIKE IF YOU'RE TEN, YOU HAVE TO BE WITH AN ADULT. AND WHAT THAT SUPERVISION LOOKS LIKE VERSUS BEING 11, BEING BY YOURSELF. AND SO IT'S JUST I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S AN EXACT SCIENCE TO IT, JUST LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW Y'ALL FEEL THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS THERE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FACILITY IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THE RECREATION IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY. SO JUST HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH OTHER REC CENTERS IN THE AREA? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR AGES ARE? IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. IT WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT IT'S AS LOW AS NINE AND WHICH IS KIND OF CRAZY. I'VE SEEN OTHER ONES THAT HAVE KIND OF A BRIDGE IN BETWEEN. AND SO LIKE TEN REQUIRES ACTIVE SUPERVISION. 11 AND 12, OR I SHOULD SAY 11 REQUIRES NON-ACTIVE. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE ONE IS IF YOU'RE UNDER TEN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE WITH YOU PARTICIPATING. THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING. GOES BACK TO THE WEIGHT ROOM IS WE REQUIRE ACTIVE SUPERVISION. SO THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE ON A TREADMILL YOUR CHILD THAT IS ACCOMPANYING YOU IS ON A TREADMILL AS WELL. NOT YOU'RE ON A TREADMILL FACING FORWARD, AND YOUR CHILD IS OVER DOING THE FREE WEIGHTS, AND THAT'S NOT ACTIVE SUPERVISION. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS SOMETIMES PARENTS WILL BRING THEIR KIDS IN TO PLAY BASKETBALL. AND WHEN I SAY THE KIDS AND THEY BRING THEIR KIDS IN, WHO IS 5 OR 6 AND THEY'RE ON THE BLEACHERS, WELL, MOM OR DAD IS PLAYING BASKETBALL, THAT'S NOT ACTIVE SUPERVISION BECAUSE THAT CHILD COULD JUST WANDER OFF OR WANDER ONTO THE COURT TO GO GET THEIR PARENT, ALTHOUGH. SO SAFETY IS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN. AND SO JUST CLARIFYING SOME OF THOSE BUT IT'S, THEY'RE KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE TO BE HONEST. BUT THAT AGE GROUP OR AGE GAP IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY OF WHAT IS THAT SWEET SPOT? I WILL SAY THIS YEAR, AFTER WE DID SOME MEMBERSHIP CHANGES, THIS SUMMER WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT WE ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT YOUNGER AGE TYPICALLY IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BEHAVIOR ISSUES WITH. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IS THAT IT IS AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IT'S ALL TEN YEAR OLDS. LIKE IT'S REALLY NOT THAT. IT'S JUST TRYING TO CLEARLY DEFINE SOME OF THAT. I WILL SAY UNDER PROBABLY 10 TO 13 IS THAT SWEET SPOT OF WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE RULES, THEY DO THEIR OWN THING. THEY'RE TRANSITIONING FROM ELEMENTARY TO JUNIOR HIGH, AND THEY HAVEN'T LEARNED ANYTHING UNTIL THEY HIT ABOUT ALMOST 13. YES. I HAVE CHILDREN THAT AGE [LAUGHS] RIGHT NOW. YES. AND SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE. WE DO RECOGNIZE IF WE WERE TO GO THIS ROUTE, IT COULD CAUSE IT A BURDEN BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THAT THEY DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AT TEN AND IT'S HAVE FUN. YOU'RE AT THE REC CENTER. PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED OR LET THEM RIDE THEIR BIKES. TEN YEAR OLD THAT'S COMING ACTIVELY NOW AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IN BY THEMSELVES. I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBER IS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD DROP MY TEN YEAR OLD OFF. I'M NOT SURE I WOULD DO THAT. SO I'LL LET TRACKING ON LIKE PENALTIES BECAUSE I DON'T I'M UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T READ FINE PRINT. I SCROLL AND CLICK AGREE. SO OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT TRACKS FAMILIES FOR LIKE. YES. SO THIS YEAR, THIS CALENDAR YEAR, THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE DID IMPLEMENT A NEW DISCIPLINE PROCESS. AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A THREE STRIKE RULE. SO WE HAVE TO BE A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF IT. SO LET'S SAY AN INDIVIDUAL WAS CONSTANTLY BREAKING THE RULE. THEY WERE. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ONE THE MOST COMMON ONES. LIKE IF THEY WERE CONSTANTLY DUNKING ON THE THE THE RIMS. AND THAT'S A NO GO. WE'VE TOLD THEM MULTIPLE TIMES, LIKE WE WOULD DOCUMENT THAT AND GO THROUGH THAT STEP PROCESS. AND SO YOU WOULD GET THE FIRST STRIKE ONE, YOU'D GET A STRIKE TWO, STRIKE THREE. BUT BASED ON THAT. [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE DOCUMENTING IT. SO ANYTIME THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IF IT GETS TO THAT OFFICIAL POINT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF LIKE, IF IT'S ONE TIME WE TELL THEM WE'RE NOT GOING TO DOCUMENT, IF THEY FOLLOW THE RULES, WE'RE GOOD. BUT IF WE'VE HAD TO GET ON THEM MULTIPLE TIMES, WE WOULD GO THROUGH AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY WRITE A REPORT ON THE INCIDENTS. [00:20:02] AND THEN WHAT STAFF WOULD TYPICALLY DO, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF WHAT IT WAS, THEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED THE INDIVIDUAL OR BASED ON THE AGE WOULD SAY, WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THE PARENT TO SAY, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD IS ON OFFENSE, ONE PER OUR DISCIPLINE PROCESS FOR THE FACILITY FOR DOING X, Y, Z. AND THEN AGAIN, BASED ON THE NATURE OF WHAT IT IS, STAFF WOULD ALSO REACH OUT AND SAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO MEET WITH YOU ABOUT IT. SO THAT PROCESS ALSO GOES THROUGH AND PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON A BAN TO THE FACILITY. SO AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE DUNKING ON THE RIM. PROBABLY NOT. THEY MIGHT BE ASKED TO LEAVE FOR THE DAY AND THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK. BUT LET'S SAY IT WAS A FIGHT, RIGHT? WE GO THROUGH, DO OUR RESEARCH, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT, HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PARENTS, BEING THAT IF IT WAS A MINOR MEET WITH THEM. TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FACILITY ARE, WHAT BEHAVIOR LOOKS LIKE AND THEN ADDRESS THAT FROM THERE. AND THEN WE PROGRESSIVELY GO THROUGH THAT, WHETHER IT BE A ONE DAY SUSPENSION, A WEEK SUSPENSION, A MONTH SUSPENSION OR AN INFINITE SUSPENSION. AND SO WE'D WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THAT. BUT EACH STEP OF THE WAY, MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE AND THE PARENT IS AWARE IT'S INTERESTING, SOMETIMES YOU REACH OUT TO THE PARENTS AND YOU GET NOTHING. YOU NEVER SEE THE KID AGAIN. WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INSTILL THE PROPER BEHAVIOR. AND SO THE OTHER ONES DO REACH OUT. AND SO ONCE WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS. MOST OF THE TIME I WOULD SAY IT'S YOUR CHILD IS WELCOME BACK, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THE BEHAVIOR AND THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF, LIKE WHAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. SO IT CAN HELP TO BE REINFORCED AND MAJORITY OF THE TIME THAT HANDLES IT. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR ONE OFFS THAT TURN INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEY PROGRESSIVELY WORK THROUGH TO STRIKE THREE YEARS OR 2 OR 3, BUT THERE IS ONE IN PLACE AND THE BAN IS PERMANENT. IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF IT. SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE IF SOMEBODY GOT INTO A PHYSICAL FIGHT THAT THEY WERE THE INSTIGATOR FOR, AND IT TURNED INTO TRUE HARM FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. IT COULD BE BUT AS WITH EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THE FINE PRINT, IF YOU WILL THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL OR COME BACK AND REQUEST AT A LATER DATE. SO EXAMPLE BEING IF SOMEBODY WAS TEN AND IT HAPPENED, THEY MIGHT COME BACK A COUPLE YEARS LATER AND THEY'VE MATURED AND MOVE PAST THAT. AND SO WE WOULD EVALUATE THAT IT WASN'T A, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETELY ERASE THE RECORD. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY IF THEY WHENEVER PROBLEMS. GREAT. BUT IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU STILL SHOW THAT WE HAVE BEHAVIORS. I CAN SAY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CURRENTLY OR DON'T HAVE ONE WHERE IT'S FOREVER BANNED. RECENTLY, I SHOULD SAY I BELIEVE SOME IN THE PAST HAVE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THEY KIND OF AGAIN SOLVED THEMSELVES. THEY'RE VERY FAR AND FEW BETWEEN USUALLY THE FIRST COUPLE, ONCE YOU GET SOMEBODY THAT'S LIKE AN A MONTH SUSPENSION THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SCENARIO. MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY MINOR STUFF, LIKE KIDS BEING KIDS, BUT JUST MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE CALL. OR IS THAT UP TO YOU OR WHAT? SO IT IS RELIED HEAVILY UPON THE OPERATIONS TEAM. SO THEY WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT BASED ON SEVERITY, BUT IT'S ALSO BASED ON THAT DISCIPLINE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE WE'VE TRIED TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHAT FALLS INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND WHAT WOULD ESCALATE TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL. AND SO WHETHER LIKE A FIGHT WOULDN'T BE A LEVEL ONE, THAT MIGHT GO STRAIGHT TO A LEVEL TWO. YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL AGGRESSION TOWARDS A STAFF MEMBER LIKE EACH ONE JUST VARIES FROM THAT. BUT THEY GO THROUGH AND TRY TO EVALUATE. THE REAL HOPE IS TO EDUCATE AND GET PEOPLE BACK TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECREATION. MOST OF THEM GO TO THAT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW. DO YOU CALL THE POLICE IN SOME OF THOSE CASES? YES, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE. AND THEY'LL TYPICALLY ASK, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF IT. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO NEVER COME BACK AGAIN? AND IT'S SOME OF IT JUST DEPENDS. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A GUN SCARE THAT SOMEBODY SAID THERE WAS A GUN PULLED OUT, AND SO WE CALLED POLICE. OUR RULE OF THUMB IS IF A STAFF MEMBER EVER FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE OR THERE'S SOMEBODY NOT LISTENING, CALL PD AND PD IS THERE FOR SUPPORT. LET THE SITUATION DIFFUSE A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE THAT FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS. BUT EACH SCENARIO IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. MOST OF THE TIME WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL, BUT WE DO. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A MOTION FROM US? NO, NO. JUST FEEDBACK. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING THE MARK ON. THERE'S JUST PART OF THE PARKS BOARDS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHEN WE MAKE UPDATES SUCH AS THIS. JUST LOOKING TO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR TRASH OR LITTERING? YES. YEP. WE DO. I THINK IT'S GOOD. WE TRY TO ELIMINATE THAT BY NOT LETTING STUFF IN THE FULL COURT. BASKETBALL, WHEN IT'S ORGANIZED BY STAFF. IS THERE ANY LENIENCY THERE FOR THAT? IT'S APPROVED BY STAFF AND NOT JUST ORGANIZED BY STAFF, BECAUSE I ASSUME ORGANIZED MEANS THAT THERE'S AN EVENT OR THERE'S. I WILL SAY THAT'S A VERY LOOSE ONE. SO THE THE REASON THAT ONE IS THERE IS TO FALL BACK, TO GO ON IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. [00:25:09] AND SO, AND WE CAN LOOK AT CHANGING THAT VERBIAGE. BUT LIKE I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S GUYS WHO PLAY FULL COURTS. AND WHEN WE SAY FULL COURT TO IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT FULL COURT, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE COURT, BUT WE ACTUALLY DIVIDE IT IN HALF. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO PLAY FULL COURT THAT WAY. IT'S MORE SO IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM THAT ONE TEAM IS BASED OR ONE GROUP IS DICTATING AND WON'T LET ANYBODY ELSE PLAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO GO BACK ON, BUT I CAN UPDATE THE VERBIAGE ON THAT. THAT'S INSTEAD OF ORGANIZED AS AUTHORIZED BY. YEAH. GREAT SUGGESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR VOLLEYBALL SINCE IT'S BECOME SO POPULAR? YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR COURT SCHEDULE. SO WE PUT A COURT SCHEDULE IN FOR EACH MONTH THAT DESIGNATES WHAT THE COURT IS AVAILABLE FOR. MAJORITY OF IT IS OPEN PLAY. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. WITH THE CAVEAT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE EQUIPMENT IS. SO VOLLEYBALL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SO NONE OF THESE NEW GUIDELINES WILL AFFECT VOLLEYBALL? NO, NOT AT ALL. OR NEED TO BE STATED SPECIFICALLY FOR VOLLEYBALL. THAT GOES TO, I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS MAYBE IN THE GENERAL ONE COACHING TRAINING. MAY NOT BE IN THE UPDATES. BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE COURT SCHEDULE. WE DESIGNATE, WE PUT A COURT SCHEDULE OUT. SO LIKE PICKLEBALL, VOLLEYBALL FULL COURT BASKETBALL IS ON THERE AS WELL. SO WE ACTUALLY RAISE THE CURTAIN IN THE MORNINGS AND IF THERE'S A PROGRAM TAKING PLACE THAT WOULD DICTATE IT. BUT AGAIN, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE IS KIND OF A HARD, LOOSE TERM BECAUSE IF IT'S OUR EQUIPMENT AND WE HAVE TO SET STUFF UP, EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND PLAY VOLLEYBALL. SO VOLLEYBALL, RIGHT, WE MAY NOT SET UP THE NET FOR THEM. BUT IF VOLLEYBALL IS IN THERE UTILIZING THE SPACE IN A TRAINING MODE AND BASKETBALL COMES IN, BASKETBALL CAN'T NECESSARILY KICK THEM OFF BECAUSE THAT IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE OF WHAT'S USING THE SPACE. BUT IF IT'S DESIGNATED FOR VOLLEYBALL AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IF BASKETBALL IS IN PLAYING AND VOLLEYBALL COMES IN, BASKETBALL DOES GET KICKED OFF AT THAT POINT BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON WHAT THAT SCHEDULE IS. SO WE DO HAVE DEDICATED TIME FOR VOLLEYBALL. AND WHAT'S THE DEDICATED TIME FOR FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE? REALLY OUTSIDE. SO ON THE SCHEDULE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, LET'S SAY LET'S TAKE A SUNDAY, FOR EXAMPLE. ONE OF THE COURTS HAS PICKLEBALL. I WANT TO SAY IT'S MAYBE 1 TO 3 AND THEN VOLLEYBALL FROM 4 TO 6. THEN THE OTHER COURT IS BLANK AND IT JUST SAYS OPEN PLAY. AND SO COURT ONE OR COURT TWO WOULD BE OPEN PLAY. WHOEVER COMES IN CAN USE THAT SPACE. COURT ONE WOULD BE RESERVED FOR PICKLEBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. BUT IF NOBODY'S THERE, THEY'LL ALLOW BASKETBALL TO PLAY OR OTHERS TO BE IN THERE. BUT AS SOON AS SOMEBODY COMES IN, THEY TAKE PRECEDENT OVER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ON THE CALENDAR. BUT THAT ACTUALLY BEING SAID, IT MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE. I MEAN, ARE DO THEY HAVE A TIME LIMIT FOR WHO FIRST COME FIRST SERVE? LIKE IF I'M THERE, I MEAN, AND AND NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON THE BLEACHERS, AND I'VE BEEN THERE AN HOUR AND A HALF AND I'M LIKE AND SO NOW THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE PLAYING BY THE OTHER RULES HERE TECHNICALLY. SO DO THEY HAVE A LIMITATION AND HOW LONG THEY CAN OCCUPY THE THE COURT I WANT TO SAY. LOOKING BACK AT THE NEW ONE. PROPOSED. IT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT. BUT WE COULD ADD THAT THAT IT LIMITS HOW LONG USE IS FOR. OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING I HAD WAS ON THE LAP EQUIPMENT. I SEE IT SAYS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL USE ONLY, CAN THAT BE FOR ADULT ONLY IN THE LAP POOL ONLY? I SEE A LOT OF SENIORS DON'T LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. WHERE WERE ME PLUS, SO MAYBE YOU'RE 40 UP THAT DO LIKE TO USE THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE LAP POOL DURING NORMAL OPERATION OR HOURS IS PERSONAL USE. SO IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN WE CAN NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM FROM THEM. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ACTUALLY MAKE IT RESERVABLE. AND SO DEDICATE SOME TO THE CLASS ITSELF AND THEN HAVE SOME OPEN TO LIKE USE AT THE LIKE CHECKOUT. WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THAT. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT TRX AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS OFFERING FOR TRX. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE STRAPS AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT DESK TO WHERE SOMEBODY COULD CHECK THOSE OUT TO STILL GO USE THAT AS PERSONAL USE. IT KIND OF PUTS A LITTLE BIT OF ONUS ON THAT IS IF THE EQUIPMENT GETS DAMAGED OR BROKEN AS WELL. BUT YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND MAYBE YOU'RE MENTIONING THE SAME THING. I'M THINKING OF THAT LIKE BUCKET RIGHT THERE BY THE LAP AREA, THE LITTLE THE WATER WEIGHTS AND STUFF. YEAH. SO IS THAT PART OF SO THAT'S THE WOULD BE THE WHAT IS THE CLASS DESIGNATED FOR THE CLASS. [00:30:06] BUT AGAIN, WE CAN MAKE IT TO WHERE THERE'S SOME AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT. OKAY, SO THAT WAY IT'S BECAUSE MY, MY HESITATION WOULD BE THE RESTRICTION ON THE AGE, IF YOU WILL. BECAUSE THE GROUP SIZE IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR TEENS AS WELL. SO THEN JUST FOR EXERCISE USE ONLY MAYBE IN SORT OF VERY LOOSE TERM, BUT YES. YEAH. IF IT WAS CHECKED, IF IT WAS CHECKOUT. RIGHT. THEN IT WOULD, IT SHOULD ELIMINATE THAT BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO USE IT IS GOING TO USE IT FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSES. RIGHT. SO IF WE WERE JUST TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT AND TO HELP US UNDERSTAND TO WHAT THE USE IS BEING ON IT, IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY WITH IT TOO, THEN. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK MY SON MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE REASON WHY THERE'S TOYS ON EXPANDED PROHIBITIONS AND SLIDE USE POSITION RULES [LAUGHS] MY SON'S THE ONE. YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING THIS WAY DOWN THE SLIDE, AND WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL NEEDS. SO WE ESCORT HIM UP. BUT THEN ONCE HE'S ON THE SLIDE HE'S SO QUICK AND IT'S SLIPPERY. SO HE'S LIKE A LITTLE TOAD AND IT'S TOO LATE. I'M SORRY GUYS, I CAN PROMISE THAT THAT IS NOT SOLELY FOR YOU. THAT THAT IS NOT ADDED TO THIS VERY MUCH. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN PUT IT IN PARENTHESES DUE TO AARON [LAUGHS]. YES. YEAH. THAT IS. NO, THAT THAT IS NOT THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. THE I WOULD LOVE TO SAY OUR FACILITY IS CONDUCIVE TO HAVE EXTRA EQUIPMENT AND LIKE PEOPLE BRINGING IN INNER TUBES AND TOYS AND ALL THAT. BUT, I MEAN, IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE DURING THE SUMMER, IT CREATES MORE ISSUES. AND SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE GYM, ONE OF LIKE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES IS LIKE THERE'S BASKETBALL GOING ON AND THEN THERE'S GUYS WHO WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND THEY'RE THROWING A FOOTBALL OVER THE COURTS WHILE THE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING. AND IT'S THAT SAFETY ASPECT, RIGHT, OF MOST PEOPLE DO OKAY. BUT IT'S WHEN A POOL GETS CROWDED AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE, IT BECOMES MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN FOR US. VISIBILITY AND BEING ABLE TO SEE UNDER INNER TUBES KIDS GOING UNDERWATER WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO. SO JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT'S SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. SO BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE POOL. WHEN YOU FIND PLASTIC SHARKS, LET ME KNOW. WE'LL COME IDENTIFY THEM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS THERE? IS THAT GOING TO GO TO THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? OR DO YOU ALL JUST IMPLEMENT IT? NO, BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST MINOR UPDATES. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BECAUSE IT'S NOT A HUGE CHANGE TO OPERATIONS. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME, DEPENDING ON THE NEW LAWS THAT COME OUT, AND JUST STAYING COMPLIANT WITH THOSE. BUT I'LL GET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND SEE IF HE HAS ANY OPPOSITION TO IT. AS FAR AS IT IS, IT'S MINOR STUFF. LET THE PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY THEM. SO ANYTHING WE ROLL OUT, WE WOULD LET THEM KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE. SO IT'S LIKE THIS LITTLE SUMMARY. YEAH. WE WOULD SEND THEM AN UPDATE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME UPDATED RULES TAKING EFFECT. SO LET'S SAY JANUARY 1ST. AND SO WE TYPICALLY TRY TO GIVE THEM AT LEAST A 60 TO 90 DAYS NOTICE. SO THAT WAY THEY'RE WELL PREPARED FOR IT. SO JUST LIKE WE DID FOR US WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE THAT ONE WAS APPROVED AND WE REQUESTED TO DELAY OURS. AND SO WHEN THEY UPDATED THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE, IT WAS EFFECTIVE BASICALLY, WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED IT WE ASKED THAT COUNCIL ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO DELAY OURS TO JUNE 1ST. AND SO WE GAVE ABOUT TWO MONTHS NOTICE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, HEY, THESE NEW FEES ARE GOING INTO PLACE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A RESIDENT NONRESIDENT ONE. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT. AND SO WE WOULD POST IT AT OUR FACILITY AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO EMAIL IT OUT TO MEMBERS. AND THEN ANYBODY WHO'S NEW COMING IN OR DOING A RENEWAL, IT WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP WHEN THEY SIGN OFF ON IT. SO. Y'ALL READY TO MOVE ON? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON PARK PROJECTS. [4. Discussion and update on parks projects.] SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START THE YEAR OFF FRESH AND KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. AND SO SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH JUST LOOKING FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE THROUGH THESE PROJECTS. BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL A RECAP ON THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK. SO RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT PHASE THAT WE'RE IN FOR THAT ONE, WE HAVE HIT OUR 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT IS THE, I WILL SAY, THE PRETTY SIDE OF THINGS OF THEM TRYING TO LAY THINGS OUT. [00:35:13] NO. BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM LAST WEEK AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE IN THIS WEEK. SO THEY'RE HOPEFUL TO, TO GET THOSE. THIS IS JUST THE RENDERINGS OF IT. SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS ONE, THINK MASTER PLAN AND THE FULL SCALE OF IT. OH, ACTUALLY BACK THAT UP. PARTIAL MASTER PLAN. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MASTER PLAN, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THE LARGE VERSION OF THAT ONE, THERE IS A NUMBER OF PIECES. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PHASE ONE HOPE AND GOAL. WE'VE CONTINUED TO REFINE AND SCALE THAT DOWN. MAINLY JUST BUDGETARY REASONS. SO THE PROJECT PENDING A PROBABLE COST ON THE PROJECT, FULL PROJECT WAS ABOUT 4.5 MILLION. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 2.5, SO WE'RE ABOUT 2 MILLION SHY OF DOING THE FULL PROJECT. AND SO PHASE ONE IS TO GET AS MUCH BANG FOR OUR BUCK OUT OF THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THESE RENDERINGS ARE KIND OF A BALANCE BETWEEN WHEN THEY STARTED THESE, IT WAS WHAT PHASE ONE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AGAIN WE'VE HAD TO REFINE SOME OF THAT. STILL ON TARGET AS FAR AS TIMELINE? I MEAN, WE'RE MOVING. THE GOAL IS THAT IT WILL BREAK GROUND IN THE SPRING. AND SO THAT WAS THE HOPE WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS IN 2026. AND THAT'S STILL LOOKING SPLASH PAD IN 2026. SPLASH PAD WOULD BE 2026. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS AND HOW QUICKLY THAT WILL HAPPEN. SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, OR CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PROPERTY NEXT DOOR IS OURS, SO YES, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PARCEL RIGHT ON. ANDERSON. THAT PARCEL CAME AVAILABLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT AN OFFER IN, AND THEY DID ACCEPT OUR OFFER. SO THAT IS CURRENTLY OURS. DO NOT LOOK AT ANY OF THE STUFF THAT IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH THAT IS OUR PROPERTY. THAT IS NOT OUR STUFF. TECHNICALLY IS I MEAN, IT'S OURS, BUT THAT IS A WINTER PROJECT FOR OUR PARKS TEAM TO GO OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY ADDRESS AND REMOVE THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO DEMOLITION ON THE PAD AND REMOVE THE SHED AND THE GARAGE THAT'S OUT THERE. SO THAT IS OURS. NOT SLATED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS PHASE THOUGH. SO BUT IT'S OUR PROPERTY. IT'LL TECHNICALLY BE PART OF THE PARK. YES. YEAH. WHEN WE START TO GO INTO OTHER PHASES, WE'LL START TO INCORPORATE THAT COMPONENT INTO IT. YEP. IT DIDN'T CHANGE A THING. DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, JUST THAT IT IS OUR PROPERTY. YEP. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GROW INTO THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE JUST WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. YEAH. GREAT. SO THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF LOOKING AT IT FROM THE BACK OF THE PAVILION. SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE COMING IN HERE. YOU'LL SEE THE SPLASH PAD IN THE BACK HERE. PLAYGROUNDS, THE TRAILS THAT GO THROUGHOUT. THIS ONE'S BEEN REDUCED A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO PHASE ONE. WE'VE HAD TO CUT A LOT OF THE TRAILS OUT OF THIS. CONCRETE IS EXPENSIVE, AS ARE ANY TRAILS. AND SO THE TRAIL THAT YOU SEE CROSSING OVER, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE REDUCED. SO I'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT AS WE GO THROUGH, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN COMPONENT COMING IN. WE HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS HERE. I WILL SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE COMING IN. THIS IS KIND OF THE AREA THAT I WANT TO MEMORIALIZE ABIGAIL. AND HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO MAKE THAT TAKE THAT FROM BEING A BLANK WALL TO DO SOME ARTISTIC FEEL TO IT. BARBARA, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY AT THIS TIME ON WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF A DESIGN THAT INCORPORATES HER AS A COMPONENT. THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING OUT TO CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO ADD THAT TO IT AS WELL. SO SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO HER AS THE FOCAL POINT, BUT THEN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT SURROUNDS THAT. AND SO EXPLORING IDEAS, WHAT THAT IS JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET. SO IS THAT WHAT IS THAT MATERIAL? CINDER BLOCK? NO. SO THIS IS A STONE. THE SAME STONE THAT WE HAVE AT LAKESIDE. YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT ON THE STONE? IT WOULDN'T BE PAINTED. WE'RE THINKING MORE LIKE METAL ARTWORK. ALONG THOSE LINES. SO IT KIND OF ADDS INTO AND IS MORE PERMANENT. WHEREAS IF IT WAS PAINTED ON THERE AND YOU'D HAVE MORE UPKEEP THAT COMES WITH IT. YEAH. SCROLLING, SCROLLING THIS WOULD BE COMING OFF THE STREET. SO THIS WOULD BE IF WE WERE ON CEMETERY ROAD. THIS WOULD BE WHERE YOU'RE COMING IN. THIS IS SHOWING THE DIFFERENT VIEWS. SO THIS IS THE PARKING LOT OVER HERE, AND PAVILION. SEE MORE OF THE PLAYGROUND SPLASH PAD. DON'T GET TOO IN INTO THE COLORS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S. WE'RE NOT THAT FAR. THIS IS JUST RENDERINGS OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. SAME THING WITH THE PLAYGROUND. THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE HERE IS CAPTURED THERE. GIVES YOU ANOTHER VIEW. COMING OFF THE BACK OF US WOULD BE CEMETERY, SO THIS WOULD BE AN INTEREST COMING INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF PAVILION AND THE SPLASH PAD. A LITTLE BIT BACKED UP VIEW ON THIS ONE TO GIVE YOU MORE IDEA OF THE FULL FOOTPRINT OF THAT FOCAL POINT FOR PHASE ONE. [00:40:07] MORE SPECIFIC ON THAT ENTRANCE. SO THIS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE. YOU'LL SEE THE, THE CONCRETE SEATS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING IN TO HAVE THIS BE LIKE A STOPPING AREA. RESTROOMS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE BACKSIDE HERE. AND IDEALLY, GOING OVER HERE TO DO SOME KIND OF INTERACTIVE GARDEN IS THE THOUGHT TO HAVE SIMILAR TO LIKE, A BUTTERFLY GARDEN? SOMETHING THAT INCORPORATES TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A QUIET SPACE, BUT ALSO LIKE INTERACTIVE FEEL FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE. WHEN YOU SEE THE TALL GRASS, DON'T THINK THAT. THINK MORE OF, LIKE, SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING. THIS IS PAVILION POINT OF VIEW. GOING BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE PAVILION HAVING THAT KIND OF WINGS FEEL THAT TAKING FLIGHTS COMPONENT TO IT. THIS IF YOU WANT A VISUAL THAT GOES WITH THIS, SIMILAR TO THE FRONT OF LAKESIDE TO THE STAGE AREA, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THAT, BUT SAME KIND OF FEEL THAT IS INCORPORATED. SO THE PAVILION WOULD BE WHAT IS IT? NORTHEAST. NORTHEAST. OKAY. SO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S KIND OF ANGLING TOWARDS WHERE THE CORNER OF OUR PROPERTY WOULD BE. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM CEMETERY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF I'M AT CEMETERY, IT'S KIND OF GOING THIS WAY. SO EAST ISH. YES. SO THAT PAVILION IS GOING TO BE A RENTABLE FACILITY, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT RENTED, ANYBODY CAN. YES. YEP. THE HOPE IS TO ALSO PUT UP PARK BENCHES AROUND THE PLAYGROUND AREA. SO THAT WAY THERE'S ADDITIONAL SEATING BECAUSE KNOWING THAT THAT FOOTPRINT IS FAIRLY SMALL AS WE'LL GO THROUGH. THIS IS KIND OF A NIGHT VIEW OF IT. KEEP GOING. WE'LL GO. THERE'S ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. NOPE. CAN'T SEE IT. THE GREATEST. BUT YOU'LL SEE SHADE STRUCTURES AROUND THE OUTSIDE HERE. AND SO WE WERE GOING TO PUT ADDITIONAL SEATING AND SHADE IN THERE. SO THAT COULD BE POTENTIAL RENTAL SPACE AS WELL. SO, BUT GIVEN ANOTHER ELEMENT OF SHADE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE THE FIRST ROUND [INAUDIBLE] TERM CABANAS. YES. MORE MORE SHADE IS REALLY WHAT IT COULD BE. SO A COUPLE IDEAS THAT GO WITH THAT ONE. BUT AGAIN, THAT PROBABLY WON'T MAKE PHASE ONE. SO WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT TRULY LOOKS LIKE, BUT GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RENTABLE SPACE OR JUST SEATING AND SHADE AT THE PARK. BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, SHADES OF PREMIUM AROUND HERE AND ALL THE TREES, WONDERFUL TREES YOU SEE IN HERE WON'T LOOK LIKE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ABIGAIL? NOT FOR ME. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO ROLL INTO IS FREEDOM PARK. I DON'T HAVE AS PRETTY OF A DESIGN FOR THAT ONE. SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU, AND IT'S REALLY BLOWN UP. THIS IS THE FIELD OVER HERE AS WELL. SO JUST BASIC UPDATE ON THIS ONE. SO THIS IS OUR FIELD EXPANSION FOR FREEDOM PARK. THIS WOULD ADD THE MORE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD SPACE CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR THIS ONE. SO 90% CONSTRUCTION PLANS HAVE GONE THROUGH FOR THIS ONE. WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS FOR THE OLDER KIDS, RIGHT? THIS IS FOR THE OLDER KIDS. YEP. AND SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM ON A COUPLE THINGS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HAVE INTEREST IN DOING A JOINT PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS, BECAUSE THAT COULD BENEFIT THEM, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY OR FIELD THEMSELVES, AND COULD BE A JOINT OFFERING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE'RE TALKING TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OVER BUDGET. AND SO THAT'S PART OF IT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE OFFER OR WE GET WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFER FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THAT WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM INVOLVED. SO WE'RE TOWARDS THE END OF THE DESIGN PLANS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE REALLY ON THE DOORSTEP OF ACTUALLY GOING TO BID IN CONSTRUCTION. BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WITH ISD TO SEE WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS, WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THIS ONE. SO THIS PROJECT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE GO FIRST OR START FIRST. ONCE WE HAVE THAT FULL CONVERSATION WITH ISD WE'VE SENT A PROPOSAL TO THEM TO REVIEW, TO CONSIDER AND SEE THEIR INPUT ON IT. BUT UNTIL WE DO THAT, WE WON'T KNOW MORE. TOO MUCH MORE ON THAT PROJECT, BUT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE AS FAR AS THE DESIGN PIECE GOES. AND THEN GO OUT TO BIDDING WOULD REALLY BE THE NEXT STEP THAT'S THERE, BUT IT WOULD ADD THAT COMPONENT TO IT. CURRENTLY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FIELD THAT HAS A 350 YARD CENTER. SO THE LARGE SCALE ONE IT'S GOING TO HAVE NETTING GOING UP ALL AROUND IT AS FAR AS THE IN FRONT OF THE BLEACHERS AND THE SIDELINES. [00:45:03] SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SEATING, YOU SEE. IS THOSE SIX SQUARE BOXES BY THE DUGOUTS. RIGHT NOW, CURRENT PLANS AT ALTERNATIVE IS TO, I THINK TWO OF THOSE AND FOUR OF THOSE IS CURRENTLY IN THE CURRENT PLANS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR POTENTIALLY DOING CINDERBLOCK DUGOUTS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE COOL SPACE FOR THE PLAYERS. WE HAVE AN ADD ALTERNATIVE IN THERE FOR THE ENTIRE FIELD TO BE TURF. AND SO EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND AVENUES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AD ALTERNATIVE JUST MEANS THAT IT COULD BE PART OF THE PROJECT BASED ON PRICING. BUT RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH THOSE AD ALTERNATIVES OUT, WE'RE STILL OVER BUDGET. SO TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON DIFFERENT WAYS BEFORE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER LIMITING THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO THIS PROJECT. SO YEAH. COMMENTS. SO ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON AT FREEDOM WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT A BRIDGE ACROSS THAT BIO AT ONE POINT? SO THAT'S THE PASSIVE AREA. SO THE PASSIVE AREA DID HAVE DESIGN DONE ON THAT ONE, BUT THERE IS NOT FUNDING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THAT. OKAY. SO NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR A BRIDGE OR ANYTHING. NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. I WILL SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TRAIL GRANTS IS IN FEBRUARY, AND I PLAN TO SUBMIT FOR THAT ONE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROJECT. SO THAT IS THE GOAL ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE THE FUNDING COMPONENT OF IT IF I RECALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PASSIVE AREA FOR THAT BRIDGE AND THE TRAIL TO GO AROUND THE POND THERE OR THE RETENTION AREA WAS NORTH OF $300,000. AND SO WE WOULD BE PUTTING IN HOPEFULLY FOR THE GRANT ON THAT. PROS AND CONS IS YOU NEED A MATCH THAT GOES WITH IT, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE A MATCH THAN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXTRA MONEY SO THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT ONE. BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE ONLY THING SLATED FOR TO ACTUAL MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR THAT THAT PARK ACTUALLY CORRECTION. BESIDES THE PLAYGROUND, WE'LL GET TO THAT ONE. SO NO PARKING RELATED. NOT AT THIS TIME. IT IS DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S INVOLVEMENT, WE MAY CONSIDER THAT THAT WAS IN THE MASTER PLAN WAS TO PUT PARKING IN. THAT WOULD JUST BE TO THE EAST OF. YEAH, EAST OF THIS. BUT IT WOULD. FUNDING IS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF IT. SO DOES PARKING GET TO BE A PROBLEM THERE? YOU KNOW, WE WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION INTERNALLY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST PARKING LOT WE HAVE. PRETTY GOOD SIZE, A BIT OF A WALK, BUT IF YOU ADD ANOTHER, THE OTHER PART IS IF YOU ADD ANOTHER FIELD WHERE THIS FIELD IS GOING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OTHER FIELDS, THE ACCESS TO THAT IS A VERY LONG WALK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET TO PARK BY THE SUBDIVISION. BY RANCHO. YEAH. YES. AND SO YOU'D BE GETTING YOUR WORKOUT IN FOR THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GET PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ONLY GO SO FAR BECAUSE EVEN IF PEOPLE ARE ON THE FIELD THAT'S CLOSER TO THE PLAYGROUND THEY'RE STILL GOING TO THAT'S PREMIUM BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BY CONCESSIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO BUT IT'S LIKE ALL OF THEM, YOU CAN NEVER REALLY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SOMETIMES, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, WHETHER IT'S A TOURNAMENT OR REGULAR PRACTICE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ULTIMATELY GET MORE PARKING. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR OVERFLOW PARKING AT TOURNAMENTS AND STUFF? WHERE DOES EVERYBODY PARK DOWN THE ROAD? WE CRY [LAUGHS]. CIRCLE AND CIRCLE UNTIL SOMEBODY LEAVES. THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM THERE. RANCHO. IS IT RANCHO ISABELLA? YEAH. THAT'S YOUR LAST RESORT. WE GO THE NIGHT BEFORE AND SLEEP [LAUGHS]. YES. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S. IT'S A FREE FOR ALL. SO THERE'S NO GRASS PARKING. IT'S LIKE FAIR PARKING. THERE'S REALLY NOT A GOOD AREA FOR GRASS PARKING. WELL, I SAY THAT, BUT REALLY, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE PARKING. WE'RE CLOSE TO THIS FIELD. AND THE THE WATER STATION. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE PARK OVER THERE BECAUSE THAT YOU CAN DRIVE ON. BUT UNLESS YOU'RE HOPPING THE CURB IN THE PARKING LOTS. BUT PEOPLE FIND WAYS. BIG PARKING LOT IN THAT SCHOOL THERE. THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY PARK FOR THE GAMES. PEOPLE PARK THERE, TOO. OH, YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. IF THERE'S AN OPEN SPOT, THEY'LL FIND IT. YEAH, AND THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN RELAXED ABOUT PARKING ON THEIR PARKING LOTS. NO DISCUSSION AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON. YEAH. YEAH, IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A PROBLEM. THAT'S GOOD. YEP. ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? OKAY. SO THIS ONE IS A PICTURE OF BATES PARK. SO ONE OF THE TASKS THAT STAFF WERE ASSIGNED WITH FROM ABLC WAS TO EXPLORE ADDING A SIXTH FIELD TO BATES PARK. [00:50:03] SO WHERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW LINES GOING UP THERE? THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE EXTENSION OF CONCRETE TO GET TO THE SIX FIELD. SO WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED LAND FROM A GIFTED FROM ISD THAT GAVE US PROPERTY THAT FOOTPRINT OF PROPERTY PARTIAL PROPERTY, BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHURCH, TUC TO THE NORTH THERE AND THEN ALSO ON THE EAST SIDE ON THE EAST WOULD PROBABLY BE A HOPE AND GOAL WOULD BE PARKING DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE EXTENSION OF THE PARKING LOT. WE DID RECEIVE PART OF THE PARKING LOT, BUT SAME THING. THAT PARKING LOT IS REALLY FAR AWAY, BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE PARKING LOT, IT'S ALSO NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT A FIELD IN THAT SPACE OF WHAT WE WERE GIVEN. BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY ADD A SIX FIELD. IN COORDINATION WITH ANGLETON GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION. AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING THAT TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS PROJECT IS NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED, SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO WE'RE BREAKING THIS DOWN IN A COUPLE OF WAYS. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT WOULD DO THE FIELD WORK. AND THEN WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE COULD SUBCONTRACT FROM THE CITY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DO THE CONCRETE AND TO DO THE FENCING TO HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE COST, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR DO ALL THE WORK, THEY HAVE THEIR UPCHARGE AND THEN THEY HAVE THE SUBCONTRACT CHARGE GOING ON IT VERSUS IF WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CONTRACTOR, AND WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE IN THE PAST. WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE PUT FENCING UP BEFORE. WE HAVE ONES THAT DO CONCRETE, SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT. SO THE GOAL FOR THIS ONE AND PART OF THE REQUEST CAME FROM AGSA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID OUT A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE SUMMER OF 2026. AND THEY REQUIRE HAVING A SIX FIELD. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY ON THIS. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ABLC NEXT WEEK. AS WE CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE HOW WE CAN LOOK AT FUNDING FOR THIS TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AS LONG AS WE BROKE GROUND IN THE SPRING, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TO HIT THAT THAT SUMMER TIME FRAME. BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST THE HURDLE FOR FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. SO. A LOT OF MONEY INTO IT. THE FIRST INITIAL COST ESTIMATES WERE A LITTLE BIT OVER $400,000, DOLLARS. SO NOT THAT PART SPENDING COMING IN TO ANGLETON. IT WOULD BE GOOD MONEY COMING IN. AND THAT COULD ATTRIBUTE WELL TO ABLC. THE BIGGEST COMPONENT IS JUST THE ACTUAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, SO. COMMENTS. THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE? DO YOU HAVE A CLICKER OR YOU CAN POINT OUT WHERE THE SIX FIELD IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE. SO THIS WOULD BE THE WALKWAY COMING OFF FIELD THREE BETWEEN 3 AND 4. AND SO IT WOULD EXTEND HERE. AND THEN THE FIELD WOULD FACE OUT THIS WAY. OKAY. ARE THOSE TREES OR JUST? THERE'S THERE'S TREES RIGHT HERE. BUT OVER HERE NO WHERE YOU'RE GOING AT THE END OF THE GREEN PATCH OF THE THE LIGHT GREEN TO THE RIGHT. OPEN RIGHT UP AND RIGHT. THIS ONE. THAT'S RIGHT THERE. YEP. NO. WHAT IS THAT TO THE LEFT? IS THAT THE SCHOOL? THAT'S THAT NURSING HOME. THAT'S THE THE NURSING HOME PROPERTY. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS DARK GREEN RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS. AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT ONE JUST IN HERE. DID YOU SAY THERE WAS SOME PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO? YEAH. SO FROM CATS ACADEMY THERE IS A SMALL SECTION OF PARKING, BUT IT IS NOT WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER, LIKE, THE MOST ACCESSIBLE TO PARKING IT, IT IS VERY ACCESSIBLE, BUT YOU GOT A REALLY LARGE FIELD. SO IF YOU COME INTO BATES ON THE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS PICTURING. OKAY. WHERE IS THAT? ON THE MAP? IT'S. FOR WHAT? BATES. IS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE EDGE OF THE SCHOOL. RIGHT HERE. YEAH. SO THIS IS THE BACK PARKING OPEN SPACE FOR THEM. THIS IS A PORTION OF THE FACILITY RIGHT HERE. SO THAT CATS ACADEMY WOULD BE GOING THIS WAY. AND SO ALL THAT GREEN SPACE THAT WAS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE A PORTION OF THAT, BUT IT'S VERY NARROW. SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST. I WAS LIKE, OH, CAN WE PUT A FIELD THERE? AND WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY THERE. BUT THE PARKING LOT THAT'S AT THE ENTRANCE OF BATES, THAT THERE'S A SECTION OF THE PARKING LOT THAT IS OUR PROPERTY NOW, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S A HALL, SO I CAN TELL YOU FOR TOURNAMENTS, WHEN THEY HAVE TOURNAMENTS, THEY ACTUALLY USE THAT GRASS PORTION ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FIELDS AS PARKING. AND SO THAT ONE WORKS. AND AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T RAIN. SO THE PROPERTY THAT THE NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY IS JUST ENOUGH TO PUT A FIELD ON, THAT'S ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER FIELD. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT. BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER FOOTPRINT THAN JUST WHAT WOULD BE FOR THE FIELD. [00:55:07] OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE USE FOR EITHER SIDE OF THE NEW CONCRETE WALKWAY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? IS IT JUST OUTFIELD PART OF THE OTHER FIELD? YES. OH, YEAH. FOR THIS RIGHT HERE. YEAH. SO THE CONCRETE ENDS RIGHT ABOUT HERE FOR FIELD THREE AND FOUR. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW BUILD, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE ADA ACCESSIBILITY. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT CONCRETE ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE FIELD. SIMILAR, THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE TO MAKE COST AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS IS FIELD FIVE AND SEE HOW THE CONCRETE IS HERE. VERY NARROW AND THIN. AND SO IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT. NOT ALL THIS CONCRETE. IT WOULD JUST BE A WALKING PATH THAT WOULD GET YOU OUT THERE. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A THIN STRIP OF CONCRETE AROUND. IT'S WIDE ENOUGH, OBVIOUSLY. YES, YES. NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT'S JUST DECEIVING BECAUSE SO LOOK MORE LIKE A THIS PATH RIGHT HERE. THIS IS PROBABLY MORE CONDUCIVE OF WHAT THAT IS. BUT I JUST USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE FOOTPRINT BEHIND THREE AND FOUR. LIKE THIS IS ALL CONCRETE BEHIND THREE AND FOUR. IT'D BE MORE OF JUST AN ACCESS POINTS BEHIND THE SPACE. SO BUT YES, IT WOULD BE KEEPING IN MIND WHETHER THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE BLEACHERS THERE OR ANY TABLES THAT NEED TO BE SET UP BEHIND HOME PLATE, LIKE WE'LL HAVE APPROPRIATE SPACING BEHIND. YEP. COOL. ANY QUESTIONS? GOING TO BUMP RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CATS ACADEMY THERE. JUST BARELY SQUEEZE IT IN THERE AREN'T YOU. YES. YES WE ARE. THAT'S GREAT. YEP. AND THERE'S CURRENTLY THERE'S NO CURRENT PLANS THAT I KNOW OF FOR CATS ACADEMY OF WHAT THEIR LONG TERM OUTLOOK IS. SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE PUT A FIELD THERE THAT MIGHT CHANGE SOME THINGS THAT THEY DO. SO BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DONATE THAT LAND TO US TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. SO THE NEXT HURDLE IS JUST FUNDING. YEAH. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? SORRY. LET'S TRY THIS ONE OUT. SO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE EXPLORING, IF YOU ALL RECALL. SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES AT BG PARK SOCCER COMPLEX OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE SOME WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY WAS TAKING DIRT FROM THE PASSIVE AREA AT FREEDOM PARK. MOVED THAT DIRT OVER TO BG PARK. AND IT CURRENTLY SITS IN A DIRT MOUND. JUST HANGING OUT THERE. WE GOT, WHAT HDR TO DESIGN DO DESIGN FOR THE FIELDS TO ADDRESS THE GRADING. WITH THEM DOING THAT, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TO HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH. AND SO IN THE GREEN HERE WOULD BE OUR FIRST APPROACH WOULD BE TO TACKLE THE FRONT PORTION OF THE COMPLEX TO ADDRESS THESE FIRST TWO FIELDS. AND THEN WE HAVE ADDED ADD ALTERNATIVES. THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY. IF THE FUNDING WAS THERE TO BE ABLE TO ADD INTO THE PROJECT. SO THERE WOULD BE UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL PHASES THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT. THIS WOULD TO BE GO INTO RE GRADE, USE THAT DIRT TO RAISE UP SOME OF THE FIELDS AND BE ABLE TO LEVEL THOSE OUT SO THEY DRAIN APPROPRIATELY TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO PLAYABLE FIELDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW, IF IT RAINS, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE JUST UNDERWATER AND THEY CAN'T USE THEM. AND SO THIS WOULD HELP ADDRESS THAT. SO WHERE IS THIS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PAVILION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAVILION? SO THIS IS THE PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE. AND SO WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST. YES. AND SO PART OF THAT PHASE APPROACH IS BECAUSE WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT, IF WE WERE TO GO IN THERE AND FIX THE BACK FIELDS, YOU'D BE TEARING UP SOME OF THE ACCESS POINTS TO THE FRONT FIELDS. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK. SO THEY HAVE ACCESS HERE WOULD NOT IMPACT HERE. AND YOU'D WORK YOUR WAY DOWN AND AROUND TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FARTHEST POINT SO YOU'RE NOT TEARING UP OLD STUFF OR BRAND NEW. SO LIKE IF WE DID OVER HERE, WE'D HAVE TO THEN GO IN AND TEAR UP POTENTIALLY MORE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN. SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE PHASED APPROACH. IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE DESIGN COMPONENT THAT WAS COMPLETED FOR BY HDR. WITH THAT, THOUGH, I WILL SAY THIS PROJECT DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING ANY LONGER. AND SO THAT WE ENDED WE GOT THE HAD MONEY TO MOVE THE DARTS. WE HAD MONEY TO DO THE DESIGN COMPONENT OF IT WHICH WAS LEFT OVER FROM WHEN WE DID THE LIGHTING AT THE COMPLEX. SO THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE OR NOT GRANT, THE BOND THAT WE RECEIVED ADDRESSED THE LIGHTING THAT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. AND WE USED THAT EXTRA MONEY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TOWARDS DESIGNS. THAT WAS PARKING LOT LIGHTING. [01:00:03] CORRECT. AND IS THIS THE ONE THIS IS. I'M NOT CRAZY. RIGHT. THIS IS THE ONE BUMPED UP AGAINST THE FIRE FIELD. YES. AND I THOUGHT AT SOME POINT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF COUNTY EXTENDING THAT SITE FACILITY OUT. HAS THAT NOT BEEN SOMETHING? SO THEY'VE DONE A RENOVATION RECENTLY. LIKE THEY KNOW THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATION OF SOMETHING THAT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD EVER BE SOMETHING THAT INTERACTED WITH. I SURE HOPE NOT. HYPOTHETICAL. HYPOTHETICAL, RIGHT. BUT YEAH. SO THAT'S YOU. WATCHING THEM PRACTICE? I THOUGHT, WHAT I SEE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS GETTING AT MENTALLY, I WAS TRYING TO GO, WHERE WAS I THINKING ABOUT THIS? BUT IT WAS THAT. I THINK THEY BUILT A NEW BUILDING OUT THERE. DRAINAGE ISSUES, AND THAT THE FIRE FIELD ITSELF WAS ACTUALLY HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY WITH DRAINAGE. SO COUNTY WAS SUPPOSED TO KIND OF BE POSSIBLY ADDRESSING. SO I THINK THEY'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THEIR DRAINAGE FROM THEIR NEW THE NEW RENOVATION BUILDING THEY PUT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO ENSURE THAT THAT WAS DRAINING APPROPRIATELY. AND SO I CAN SAY THAT COULD BE A PORTION OF IT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU OUR DRAINAGE IS HOW IT RUNS FROM THE BACK HERE, AND THEN RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BACK OF THE FIELDS HERE, AND THEN EVENTUALLY OVER TO THE CULVERT OVER HERE. THAT ONE BASICALLY, IT'S A IT'S A LONG ONE. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S JUST ONE, ONE ASPECT, RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE DRAINAGE THAT'S OVER HERE AS WELL. THAT KIND OF KICKS IN. IT'S JUST THIS BACK PORTION IS THE MOST DIFFICULT. AND WHAT'S AROUND THERE. BUT YEAH. SO AGAIN PHASE ONE, ADD ALTERNATIVES TO POTENTIALLY ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL OR THREE ADDITIONAL PHASES TO IT. NEGATIVE. THAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. TO MOVE THE DIRT AND PLANT THE GRASS, TO MOVE THE DIRT, TO REGRADE IT, TO ADDRESS THE IRRIGATION, TO RAISE ALL THE IRRIGATION ON ALL OF THEM. IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE CITY. VOLUNTEERS DANG. YEAH. WE ALWAYS SAY WE'RE IN THE WRONG BUSINESS, RIGHT? BUT YEAH, $1.2 MILLION IS THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST TO ADDRESS THIS PROJECT. THERE IS NO CURRENT FUNDING AVAILABLE, SO I CAN TELL YOU THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD. WE ARE EXPLORING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. ABLC HAS REQUESTED THAT WE LOOK TO SEE WHEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY GO OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND. AND IF THAT COULD BE COUPLED IN THERE. SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S WE'VE GOTTEN AS FAR AS WE CAN GET UNTIL WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON THAT ONE. I KNOW WE'RE AT 1:00. IS EVERYBODY STILL OKAY? OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING THAT NEEDS ACTION. SO IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, THAT'S OKAY TOO. AND TWO MORE THINGS. AS FAR AS UPDATE GOES. I'M JUST GOING TO SCROLL DOWN. THAT ONE DOESN'T SHOW. WELL, BUT JUST SOME UPDATES ON THE THE ANGLETON REC CENTER. AND SO WITH THE BOND FROM ABLC, THE 2024 BOND WE RECEIVED FOR $500,000 FROM THEM FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REC CENTER, WE TOOK THAT $500,000. WE WENT TO TPW TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THEIR GRANTS. WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT IN BETWEEN THOSE. WE ALSO ASKED ABLC TO USE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DUMP INTO THAT. ALL IN ALL, THE GRANTS PORTION PLUS OUR 50% MATCH GETS US CLOSE TO $1.9 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE TO THE REC CENTER, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. AND SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO START TO TACKLE. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS ON THIS. WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL MAY UNTIL WE GOT AN OFFICIAL AGREEMENT SIGNED. WELL, GREAT NEWS. WHEN MAY HAPPENS, THAT'S WHEN SUMMER HITS FOR THE REC CENTER. SO YOU CAN'T START ANYTHING. YOU CAN'T START ANYTHING FOR GRANTS FUNDING UNTIL THE OFFICIAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED. SO ONCE THEY SIGN THAT, YOU CAN START TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'LL BE WORKING ON ADDRESSING IS WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATES FOR NOVEMBER, LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER FOR INSTALLATION OF THE NEW PLAY FEATURE AT THE NATATORIUM. AND SO THAT'S THE ONE, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE REC CENTER YOU SEE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW I CAN SAY THE GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THAT EARLY AND SAVED OURSELVES 10%. SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT BECAUSE THE INSTALL THIS YEAR JUST TO INSTALL IT HAS INCREASED WILL INCREASE BY 5 TO 10%. SO IT SAVED US FROM NOT HAVING A 20% INCREASE ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE OUR FUNDS. BUT HOPEFULLY TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE, THAT SHOULD GO COINCIDE WITH DOING THE POOL PLASTER ADJUSTING THE POOL DECK AS WELL. AND THEN POTENTIALLY FACILITY PAINTING IF WE CAN COUPLE IT ALL INTO ONE TWO OTHER BIG PROJECTS WE HAVEN'T FULLY GOT TO FOR THOSE ONES IS REPLACEMENT OF THE GARAGE DOORS AND THE EXHAUST FANS, BECAUSE THOSE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGINEERING HAVE AN ENGINEERING NEED TO THEM. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT ONE, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. [01:05:03] SO WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE WE'LL ALSO BE UPDATING THE REC CENTER SIGN. SO IF YOU KNOW THE REC CENTER SIGN, IT'S GOT THE OLD LOGO, ALL THAT. SO IT'LL BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU SEE FOR OUR NEW PARK SIGNS. WE'LL DO MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM RENOVATION. SO WORKING WITH OUR PROGRAM TEAM TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THEIR PROGRAMS TOO MUCH. SO WE ANTICIPATE SOME TIME IN THE EARLY SPRING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO AN UPDATE THERE. WINDOW SHADES NEW PAINTS, POTENTIALLY FLOOR. JUST MORE OF A COSMETIC FEEL. ALSO, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THE GYMNASIUM. SO LIGHTING CEILING, WINDOW SHADES OR WINDOW TREATMENTS OF SOME SORT. THE GYM FLOOR IS A VERY BIG ONE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FACILITY. SO UPGRADING TO A CONSISTENT LIGHTING, THAT'S AN LED LIGHTING UPGRADING OUR HVAC SYSTEM. OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS A LITTLE OUTDATED, AND IT CAUSES SOME OF OUR HVAC ISSUES. AND SO WE'LL BE UPDATING THAT. WE'RE REPLACING OUR HOT WATER HEATER THAT HAS BEEN THE ORIGINAL. SO IT'S OVER 20 YEARS OLD, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT ONE. ADDING A SHADE COVER TO THE PARTY PAD TO HELP PROLONG USE OF THAT. SOMETIMES WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS WITH THE WEATHER, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MAKE THAT MORE OF AN INVITING AREA. ADDING SHADE COVERING THERE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE'LL PROBABLY GET TO IS RENOVATIONS OF THE BATHROOMS AND LOCKER ROOMS. THAT WILL BECOME A BIG ONE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE POOL. AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO TACKLE THAT. BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE START TO BE ADDRESSED. AMONG A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DABBLED IN THERE FROM THE WEIGHT ROOM. BEING ANOTHER ONE IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SPEND SOME TIME IN THERE. SO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES COMING IN THE NEXT, I WOULD SAY YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE SOME NEW THINGS HAPPEN AT THE REC CENTER. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THOSE. HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE CLOSING THE NATATORIUM FOR THESE? I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN GET IT DONE IN LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF WORKING OUT WELL FOR US. BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF THE SEASON, WE TYPICALLY SEE THE LOWEST USAGE IN THE DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY TIME FRAME BECAUSE OF WEATHER. IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, OUR NATATORIUM IS NOT AIR CONDITIONED, IS NOT HVAC. IT IS NOT. YEAH. AND SO THAT IS THE ONE ALWAYS PEOPLE ASK LIKE IT'S BEEN IN THE BUILDING. I'M LIKE, IT IS, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A SHELL. IT'S JUST A COVER. IT'S JUST FANCY COVERING. AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN IT GETS COLD, IT'S VERY UNDER UTILIZED. AND SO IT SHOULD LINE UP WELL WITH THAT ONE. BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE WITHIN TWO MONTHS. THE PLAY FEATURE IS SLATED FOR 4 TO 6 WEEKS. BUT THE POOL PLASTER SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUICK ALONG THAT ONE. AND THEN THE DECKING. AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO A LOT OF CROSSOVER IF I CAN REQUEST WE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, $1.9 MILLION AND GET SOAP DISPENSERS THAT WORK IN THE RESTROOMS. THAT'S UNDER THE BATHROOM AND LOCKER ROOM RENOVATION IMPROVEMENTS [LAUGHS]. YES, YES YES, YES. YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES. IT'S LIKE A SLOT MACHINE. THAT ONE WAS WORKING YESTERDAY. BUT THIS ONE'S WORKING TODAY. I WILL SAY ALONG THAT LINE WE WILL MOST LIKELY BE GOING BACK TO EITHER WALL UNITS OR MANUAL ONES THAT WORK, THAT YOU PUMP YOURSELF. YEAH. WE FEEL THAT PAIN THERE, TOO. I'M SURE YOU DO. YEAH, YEAH. GREAT RECOMMENDATION. OKAY, SO YOU MENTIONED A NEW REC CENTER SIGN. IS THAT OUTSIDE? YES, THAT'S THE OUTSIDE SIGN. ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY PUT ONE ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, TOO, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE SIGNS OUT FRONT, I FEEL LIKE OUR FRONT FACADE OR EVEN THAT HUGE WALL, THAT ONE. I WOULD LOVE THAT TO GET TO A MURAL AT SOME POINT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME. BUT THE FRONT ENTRYWAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE AS WELL. SO EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE IN-HOUSE, BUT I MEAN, GOING BACK TO COST ASSIGN, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT COST $20,000 TO REPLACE A SIGN? WRONG BUSINESS. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ON THAT ONE OR QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. EXCITING THINGS COMING. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE ONES TO GO. IT'S JUST TRYING TO STAY OPEN AND DO RENOVATIONS IS LIKE A MAJOR JUGGLING ACT. SO YEAH. SO THE LAST ONE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IS FREEDOM PARK PLAYGROUND. SO WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT PLAN THAT WE LAID OUT FOR ALL OUR PLAYGROUNDS. AND SO WE LOOK AT THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY ALSO GIVEN THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN, BEING CLOSER TO THE COAST. SO 15 YEARS IS TYPICALLY THE LIFESPAN WE SEE FOR PLAYGROUNDS. AND SO FREEDOM PARK IS NEXT ON THERE. IT IS CURRENTLY 16 YEARS OLD. SO WE WERE ONE YEAR OVER THAT. AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S COME TO COMING TO ITS END OF LIFE. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR TO DEVELOP THAT. [01:10:01] I'M GOING TO BLOW THIS UP REAL QUICK BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE SHOW YOU THE FOOTPRINT FIRST. CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT FOR THE MOST PART OR A LITTLE BIT MORE? BETTER? YEAH. OKAY. SO A LOT GOING ON HERE, BUT WHEN I SHOW YOU THE PICTURES, IT'LL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE. SO THIS IS CURRENT, THE CURRENT SHADE STRUCTURE WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT HERE. THAT REALLY BRIGHT, VIBRANT PURPLE. RIGHT. AND SO EVERY YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH OF THE PLAYGROUND UNDERNEATH THAT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING, WE BROUGHT THIS TO ABLC AND WE PROJECTED ORIGINALLY WITH OUR CIP PLAN, ABOUT A $650,000 COST. AND I'LL GET TO SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF WHY, BUT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS PLAYGROUND. THIS IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST PLAYGROUND WE HAVE IN OUR INVENTORY. AND SO WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH A REPLACEMENT. IS THAT YES. COST IS A KEY FACTOR. BUT ALSO LIKE KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE USAGE OF THE PARK, THIS BEING ONE OF THE ONES THAT PEOPLE KNOW, IS THE LARGEST ONE. AND SO TAKING ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE. IS IT WELL USED? IT IS WELL USED, YES. YEAH. GOOD. PART OF THAT BEING THE LOCATION OF IT RIGHT NEXT TO A SUBDIVISION BEING CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL. SO IT IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S COVERED. YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THIS IS THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND THEN THIS BLACK LINE YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE HERE WOULD BE OUR NEW FOOTPRINT. SOME OF THAT IS RIGHT NOW A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS VERY HIGH. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF CONDENSED INTO AND CLOSED A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE OTHER SIDE IS IF YOU TAKE OUT CUT RATE STRAIGHT THROUGH HERE, WE'RE JUST REDESIGNING THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS YOUR SWINGS. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE AND PUT OUR SWINGS TOGETHER. SO THAT WAY THERE'S NOT A TRANSITION RIGHT NOW. THERE IS. IF YOU TAKE THE RAMP THAT'S COMING ACROSS HERE TO HAVE YOUR ADA ACCESS, THAT WOULD COME IN. YOU GO OVER HERE AND THEN YOU HIT YOUR BORDER AND THERE'S NO WAY TO GET ACROSS THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT. AND WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUR NEW SWINGS IN THE BAY HERE. AND SO MAJORITY OF THE PLAYGROUND WILL STILL STAY UNDER SHADE COVER MINUS THE SWINGS, WHICH CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IT. AND THEN ONE LITTLE PLAY FEATURE OVER HERE. SO WELL, I GUESS TWO BUT MINOR ONES. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAY FEATURE WOULD BE UNDERNEATH. SO THE SHADE COVER IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME. SHADE COVERS STAY THE SAME. SO THAT ONE WAS JUST REPLACED, THAT ONE TOUR DURING THE STORM. SO IT JUST GOT REPLACED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, SO WE DON'T ENVISION CHANGING THAT. AND SO THAT WILL STAY. ALSO KEEPING DOWN THE COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT THUS FAR. BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE. IS THE WATER FOUNTAIN STILL OUT THERE? THE TIGER ONES. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW LAST TIME I WENT IT DIDN'T WORK. I DON'T KNOW, IT WORKED YESTERDAY. IT DID. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF WENT OVER THE TIGER, BUT IT WENT OKAY. IT'S STILL THERE YESTERDAY. YEAH. YEAH, HE WAS WORKING YESTERDAY. ALL RIGHT. MY KID LOVES THE WATER FOUNTAIN. YEAH. YEAH. SUNDAY, I RODE THE BIKE OVER TO CHECK IT OUT. IT IS. IT IS PRETTY WORN OUT AT THAT PLAYGROUND. I WAS SURPRISED. YES. YOU GUYS, YOU'VE WELDED ON IT AND PAINTED ON IT, AND YEAH, WE HAD A FEATURE. ONE OF THE TUNNELS ACTUALLY BROKE RECENTLY, SO WE'VE HAD TO CLOSE THAT SECTION OFF. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FROM 16 YEARS AGO WAS VERY HARD TO SOMETIMES FIND THE EXACT FIT THAT GOES WITH IT. AND SO ONE OF THEM IS CLOSED. IT'S JUST A SEPARATING TUNNEL RIGHT NOW. SO YEAH. SO GOOD WITH THE FOOTPRINT THUS FAR AS WE MOVE ON. OKAY. YEAH. AND I'M GOING TO SCROLL BACK UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MASSIVE. SO THAT UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THAT PICTURE YOU JUST SCROLLED OUT OF IS THAT IS THAT A THAT KIND OF PILL SHAPED THING IN THE UPPER LEFT? THAT'S WHERE THE SWINGS ARE. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S CURRENTLY WHERE THE SWINGS ARE. OKAY. OH, I SEE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ENTIRE FOOTPRINT INTO THE PLAYGROUND. SO IT KIND OF TIES IT ALL TOGETHER. SO THERE'S NO LONGER A SEPARATION. AND HAVING A SEPARATE BORDER. IT'S ALL CAN BE WITHIN THE SAME STRUCTURE. SO THIS KIND OF CHANGE THE SURFACE. IS THIS STILL GOING TO BE THAT MULCH STUFF OR ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE IT. SO THAT GOES BACK TO THE FUNDING COMPONENT OF IT. SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON THIS. BUT THERE IS A VERY BIG PRICE DIFFERENCE THAT'S ASSOCIATED. SO I WOULD ENVISION WE MOST LIKELY WILL STAY WITH THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBER. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL FOR THIS LAYOUT WITH THE WOOD FIBERS IS $235,000. IF YOU ADD THE POUR AND PLAY SURFACE, IT GOES UP OVER 500,000. [01:15:01] HOW WELL IS THE ONE AT LAKESIDE HOLDING UP TO THE POUR AND PLAY? DOES. WELL AS LONG AS YOU ENSURE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY MAINTENANCE IS TAKEN CARE OF IN AN APPROPRIATE TIME AND IT'S NOT VANDALIZED. THAT'S TYPICALLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS IS PEOPLE START THERE STARTS TO BE A TEAR OR HOLE. PEOPLE PICK AT IT AND IT JUST. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. THAT MATERIAL. DO YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO ADD TO IT? I MEAN, FOR WHICH ONE? THE POURING PLAY? NO, THE FIRST ONE, THE THE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBERS. YEAH. SO THAT'S A SPECIAL MULCH THAT YOU WOULD USE FOR PLAYGROUNDS THE DESIGN OF THEM. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SHARP EDGES, AND IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY FEATURE. MAINTENANCE COSTS. DO YOU HAVE TO ADD TO IT? YES, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON THE USAGE OF IT, IT'S AN ANNUAL TO EVERY 18 MONTHS. WE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE TO RE ADD TO IT. SO YOU GET AN ANNUAL COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH. BUT AGAIN WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXTRA FUNDING. A $300,000 DIFFERENCE IS QUITE A BIT UP FRONT. AND SO YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE MAXIMIZE YOUR, YOUR FUNDING THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY. SO EACH ONE SO THIS YEAR WE ENDED UP HAVING TO DO THE WOOD FIBERS FOR BAIT STICKY, MAYBE MASTERSON. SO EACH YEAR WE'VE HAD TO WE USUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT'S A COST BUT WE TRY TO CONSUME THAT WITHIN OUR BUDGET. YEAH. OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE. SO IT WOULD BE A HIGHER COST, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TRY TO WORK INTO TO ELIMINATE THAT LONG TERM COST. I WOULD SAY TOO, TO LIKE, I KNOW THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, ROUGH DRAFT STUFF WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BY LOOKING AT THIS, IS JUST THE ONE SWING. IS THAT CORRECT? SO SOME OF THAT BEING THE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ACCESSIBILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? SO THIS WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE PLAY WITHOUT BOUNDS SITUATION. AND I ONLY SAY I'M GOING TO FIND IT FOR YOU, BUT THERE IS A PARK I RECENTLY WAS MADE AWARE OF. I'M NOT SURE EVEN WHERE IT'S AT. MAYBE PEARLAND AREA. BUT IT'S KIND OF ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL NEEDS PARK THAT I'M AWARE OF. SO THAT'S THE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. IF IT'S THE PEARLAND ONE THAT PROJECT COST ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. AND WHAT ARE WE WORKING WITH THAT FREEDOM? LESS THAN THAT. SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A SECTION, LIKE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT TO BE TOTALLY RIGHT. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. AND IT MAY NOT EVEN GET TO USE THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED. I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT OR LOOK AT IT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING JUST INITIAL. I KNOW JUST HOW WE HAVE GROWTH IN OUR SPECIALS SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, SCHOOL WISE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD ONE CLASS MY SON WAS IN, GOT BROKEN INTO TWO CLASSES NOW AND THEN. HOW THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGHS ARE EXPANDING THEIR STORE PROGRAMS, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING ON. SO WITH MORE RESIDENTS COMING IN, IT'S GOING TO COME WITH A RANGE OF ABILITIES. SO IF WE CAN MAYBE THROW A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE. SO I WILL SAY SO EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS LIKE LAKESIDE. LAKESIDE HAS MORE OF THOSE COMPONENTS. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEETER TOTTER THAT'S OUT THERE HAS THAT ACCESSIBILITY COMPONENT. AND SO SOME OF THAT IT DEPENDS ON HOW AND HOW FAR YOU GO INTO THAT. SO THAT MEETS WITHOUT BOUNDS. RIGHT? YOU'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE ALL FEATURES THAT HAVE THAT. AND I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO GO INTO. AND WE SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARDS THAT. BUT THAT TYPICALLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MUCH HIGHER COST. THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE SPECIAL NEEDS. YES. OH, NO. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE MOST BENEFICIAL COMPONENT WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY EITHER A CURRENT EXISTING PARK. THAT IS, WE COULD LOOK AT A FULL REPLACEMENT FOR THAT WOULD BE A FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY. SO I CAN TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN PEARLAND, THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THEY HAD THE LAND AVAILABLE. THEY HAD THEIR FRIENDS GROUP THAT WENT OUT AND RAISED FUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING ANOTHER ONE. SO THEY HAVE THEIR FRIENDS GROUP IS RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT A SECOND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT THEIR ONE OF THEIR OTHER PARKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. AND IS DOING JUST THAT. SO IT COULD BE AN INITIATIVE THAT WE DO THAT IS A VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT TO MAKE IT A FULLY INCLUSIVE BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS DOES HAVE ADA COMPONENTS TO IT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ACCESSIBILITY AND HAVE. SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT TOO IN DEPTH, BUT THE TRANSITIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSITION SUPPORT, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE IS THERE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BEING IS YOU DON'T HAVE A RAMP THAT IF SOMEBODY IS IN A WHEELCHAIR, IT'S NOT A RAMP THAT TAKES YOU UP TO THERE. I'LL EVEN TELL YOU, THE CURRENT ONE AT LAKESIDE DOES HAVE A RAMP, [01:20:01] BUT ONCE YOU GET UP TO THE PLATFORM, THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO OTHER THAN ONE PIECE THAT IS ENGAGING. BECAUSE EVEN THE WOOD FIBERS IS NOT A VERY CONDUCIVE FOR ACCESSIBILITY. AND SO IT'S TRULY A A FULL SCALE PROJECT. SO DEFINITELY ALL FOR THAT. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN LOOK AT RECREATING ONE THAT IS FULLY ACCESSIBLE. TP W EVER HAVE ANY SPECIAL GRANTS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE GRANTS? I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME OUT THERE. SO GOING BACK TO THE ONE IN PEARLAND, THEY DID RECEIVE THE GRANTS, THE $750,000 TO SUPPORT THAT. IT WAS ACTUALLY AT THOMPSON PLAYGROUND IS THE ONE THAT THEY DID. THEIRS WAS THE $750,000 GRANT. JUST MATCH IT. YEP. SO THEY HAD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO HIT THAT MATCH, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S FELL INTO COVID TIMES. AND SO IT JUST I MEAN, IT STARTED WITH A $900,000 PROJECT AND IT ESCALATED OVER $1 MILLION QUICKLY. AND YEAH, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY THINGS OUT THERE. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE DEFINITELY CORRECT, AARON, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AN APPROACH THAT GOES ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROS AND CONS OF LIKE I SAID, THE FOREIGN PLAY, IF WE WERE TO ADD FOREIGN PLAY HERE, IT'S GOING TO PUT US OVER $500,000. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE BOARD, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. WELL, IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT AT A SMALLER PARK THAN THE BIGGEST ONE. WE HAVE TO I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE THAT'LL BE A LOT MORE MONEY. WELL, YEAH. AND IT'S REALLY JUST, I MEAN LIKE, THINK ABOUT, LIKE, MASTERSON. MAYBE MASTERSON COMES UP. HOWEVER, PROBLEM THERE IS, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF PARKING, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE AND SEE WHAT PROJECT THAT COULD ATTRIBUTE TO AND FOCUS IT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PROJECT ON THAT. BECAUSE THAT WOULD LIKE IT DOESN'T YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH WITHOUT ADDING SO MUCH MORE TO IT INSTEAD OF MAKING IT TRULY INCLUSIVE. RIGHT? YEAH. BUT IT'S A GREAT POINT TO BRING A PROJECT FOR ME. I LIKE THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. YEAH. IT WOULD BE GREAT. SO YEP. SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. THIS GIVES YOU JUST A FOOTPRINT OF THE INCLUSIVE OR INCLUSIVE THE THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF. AND THE REDESIGN THAT GOES WITH IT. THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR 2 TO 5, SORRY. INCLUSIVE PARKING. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU GOT IT IN THERE. YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR 5 TO 12 PLAYGROUND HERE. YOUR SWINGS, OBVIOUSLY OVER HERE WITH TWO SHADOW SWINGS THAT ARE MAKE THAT ADA COMPONENT AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MOMMY AND ME SWING TOGETHER KIND OF FEEL AND THEN YOU HAVE A ROPE PLAY STRUCTURE THAT'S OVER HERE. THIS WILL GIVE YOU JUST A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. I'LL SEE IF I'LL GET THAT SWING COMPONENT OVER HERE. SO YOU'LL SEE THE COLOR CHANGE THROUGHOUT. WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TRY TO TWO, TO HAVE A VIBRANT COLOR THAT'S OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO DRAW ALSO MATCH WELL WITH THE PURPLE THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PIECE IS I WENT THROUGH WITH THEIR DESIGN TEAM OF PROBABLY ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT SHADES, AND WHEN WE WOULD PUT IT NEXT TO PURPLE, IT REALLY JUST CHANGED THE FEEL OF IT. SO I TRIED TO STAY WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEUTRAL. CAN'T SEE IT A WHOLE LOT HERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEIR PURPLE POSTS ON THESE. THERE'S ALSO PURPLE COMPONENTS ON THE RAILINGS INCORPORATED THERE. SIMILAR FEEL HERE JUST WITH THE BLUE SLIDES AND SOME OF THE FEATURES BEING BLUE. YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THE SWING HERE. I THOUGHT I HAD ONE MORE. THIS ONE IS A KIND OF A MERRY GO ROUND FEEL ON THIS COMPONENT OVER HERE. SO A LITTLE BIT OFFSHOOT OF THAT. SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE PLAY. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED THEM TO ADD AS WELL IS HAVING THOSE LOW LEVEL PLAYING COMPONENTS. SO THEY'VE ADDED LIKE A MUSICAL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM. UNDERNEATH THE COMPONENT UNDER HERE HAS LIKE A TABLE AND SOME CHAIRS. SO YOU CAN DO YOU KNOW, A LITTLE RESTAURANT OR MEETING AREA FOR THE KIDS. SO YOU HAVE THAT COMPONENT THERE, AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT I ADDED. SO BUT THIS ONE, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SLIDES YOU DO HAVE DIFFERENT ENTRY POINTS AND MONKEY BARS THAT GO ACROSS YOU HAVE A BRIDGE THAT GOES ON THEM, KIND OF GIVES YOU THE NARROW FEEL OF LIKE WALKING A PLANK OR IT'S KIND OF CLOSING IN. JUST GIVE A FEW DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST GET FEEDBACK ON THIS AND IF YOU ALL HAVE A PREFERRED COLOR. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THIS ONE, BUT I LIKE THE BLUE. I LIKE THE BLUE. THAT MAKES IT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO YEAH, THE BLUE ONE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GREEN ONE KIND OF REVERSE THE COLORS. YOU HAVE THE BLUE IN THIS ONE HERE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AS VIBRANT THAT GOES WITH IT. SO I HEAR BLUE TWO BLUES BLUE LOOKS BETTER. THAT GREEN LOOKS LIKE THROW UP KIND OF VOMIT GREEN OKAY. [01:25:02] ANY OTHER THOUGHTS COMING. IT'S NICE. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR YOU TODAY. SO YOU SAID THIS. WHAT WAS THE COST ON THIS? CURRENTLY DESIGNED AS IS I BELIEVE 235 IS WHAT THE FINAL COST CAME IN. AND I WILL SAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS ONE. WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICK ON THIS. SO CUNNINGHAM RECREATION IS THE GROUP THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WENT THROUGH WITH DESIGN FOR THIS. THEY HAVE A GRANT MATCH PORTION. AND SO THERE IS A PORTION OF THIS THAT I WANT TO SAY WOULD NORMALLY BE JUST OVER $300,000, I THINK ENDED UP SAVING US LIKE 70 TO $80,000 WITH THAT GRANT PORTION. AND SO IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANTS, WE WOULD EITHER HAVE TO GO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ROUTE TO SEE TO KEEP COSTS IN THE SAME BALLPARK WOULD BE GO WITH A DIFFERENT VENDOR AND DO A REDESIGN. OR IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, IT WOULD JUST BE MORE EXPENSIVE. THEY JUST HAVE A GRANT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A TIGHT WINDOW. AND WHERE DO WE STAND FOR THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THIS? I KNOW NEXT MONDAY. OKAY. THAT'S THE. YES. SO WE'VE GONE WITH FINANCE. THEY WE ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO DO A FINANCING OPTION ON THIS TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT THE COST OF THIS, BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING HERE FOR THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS. SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM TO REDUCE THE COST AT ONE TIME. SO THE FUNDING COULD BE THERE, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON ABC'S DECISION ON WHAT PROJECTS THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE INSIDE THE DARK BLACK LINE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO COME UP. I WANT TO SAY IT IS JUST UNDER 10,000FT². SO MAYBE MAYBE INSTEAD OF EQUIPMENT. WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE EQUIPMENT WE LOOK AT MAYBE THE LOWER LYING FOR SENSORY LIKE, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? I KNOW YOU SAID THE TABLE, BUT I'M THINKING FOR THIS SPECIFIC KIND OF AREA THAT I'M LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF ABILITIES, INCLUSIVITY, ETC., THAT MAY BE LOW LYING. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME STUFF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT, ESPECIALLY THAT WOULD BE OUTDOOR SPACE. BUT I KNOW LIKE THE LIBRARY HAS THE SENSORY MATS AND THINGS LIKE. SO I'M KIND OF GOING IN THAT REALM OF LIKE, YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY BIG, EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT, BUT THE LOWER LINE. SO DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE PARK AND PEAR LAND? THAT'S I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT UP AND I WASN'T GETTING A VERY GOOD SIGNAL IN HERE. IT'S SO NICE. HAVE YOU SEEN IT? HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? YES. YEAH. IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE. IT IS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I WILL SAY THE HARD COMPONENT OF BETWEEN THAT AND THIS ONE IS THAT IT'S FULLY DESIGNED BEHIND ALL. YOU CAN'T JUST ADD A PIECE. AND YOU COULD IN THEORY. SO LIKE ONE OF THEM IS THEY HAVE I WANT TO SAY THERE'S IS A MERRY GO ROUND THAT IS FULL ACCESSIBILITY WHERE YOU CAN BRING A WHEELCHAIR IN AND THE WHOLE THING SPINS. SO YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS. BUT A LOT OF THERE'S REALLY IS INTEGRATED INTO WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR ABILITY IS OR YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING. SO EXAMPLE BEING THE SLIDE THERE ARE SLIDES ARE NOT LIKE THESE TRADITIONAL SLIDES. THOSE ARE ALL WOULD BE A ROLLER SLIDE. SO ANY ABILITY LIKE WHETHER ABLE BODIED OR NON ABLE BODIED WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT. AND SO IT IS VERY VERY INTENTIONAL AND COSTLY AND COSTLY. BUT IT'S IT'S THERE'S IT'S LIKE DOING CUSTOM MADE LIKE THIS IS CUSTOM IN A WAY. RIGHT. BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A FOOTPRINT FROM WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. LIKE, OH, THIS IS OUR STANDARD PLAYGROUND THAT HAS XYZ PIC FROM A MAGAZINE. THERE'S TRULY IS LIKE, LET'S DESIGN THIS. AND HOW DOES THIS FLOW AND HOW DO YOU GET FROM THE UPPER CANOPY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GET OVER TO THE NEXT COMPONENT? THAT'S A TEETER TOTTER. THEN IT GOES OFF FROM THERE TO THE OTHER ONE. SO SO THE ONLY THING IN THIS PARK IS ARE THE TWO SWINGS. SO YOU HAVE THE SWINGS HERE, BUT THERE ARE. SO UNDERNEATH HERE IS THE TABLE ONE. THERE IS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GONNA GET THERE? SO IT'S LIKE A TABLE. SO IT'S JUST LIKE A COUPLE CHAIRS THERE AND THINK OF, LIKE, FOR ME IN MY HEAD. WENT BACK TO, LIKE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LIKE THE THE ROUND TABLES AT THE LIKE AT THE CAFETERIA OR ROUND SEATS, WHEELCHAIR UP TO IT. ONE OF THEM HAS THE ACCESSIBILITY ON ONE SIDE AND THE CHAIRS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. UNDER THE 2 TO 5 ONE. REALLY? RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? UNLESS YOU BRING YOUR OWN TOYS OR SOMETHING. YEAH. AND SO IT'S MORE LIKE IMAGINATION PLAY. UNDERNEATH THE 2 TO 5 COMPONENT IS MUSICAL NOTES. SO IT'S LIKE DRUMS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT SOUNDS TO THEM AS UNDERNEATH THE 2 TO 5 COMPONENT THAT IS A ROLL UP PLAY FEATURE. AND THEN THE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I CAN SEND YOU THE SOME OF THE ONES AS WELL. [01:30:03] THAT IS AN INTERACTIVE COMPONENT THAT IS LOW LEVEL, BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE MAIN THREE AS FAR AS WHAT THOSE. AND THEN I GUESS AT THAT POINT, DEPENDING ON HOW LOW LEVEL IT IS, IF YOU HAVE A BIGGER, YOU KNOW, PERSON THAT'S IN A WHEELCHAIR, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE. LIKE HOW? LOW LEVEL. YEAH. SO I WANT TO SAY LIKE LOW LEVEL BEING LIKE YOU CAN EITHER WALK UP TO IT OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK TO IT. YEAH. NOT LOW LEVEL TO WHERE IT'S LIKE ON THE GROUND. YEAH. YES. IT WOULD BE AN INTERACTIVE COMPONENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO. I WILL SAY THE ONE FOR THE THAT'S OVER HERE, THE 2 TO 5 AREA, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A 2 TO 5, THAT IS A LOWER PLATFORM. SO IT'S YOU KIND OF GET SOME OF THAT. BUT I CAN SEE IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER COMPONENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD IN A COUPLE SECTIONS. IF WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THAT SENSORY COMPONENTS. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY HAVE MUSICAL NOTES OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN ADD INTO THAT. THAT MIGHT BE STANDALONES. WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TOO. AND WHEN YOU SAY ROLL UP, ARE THEY ROLLING UP ON CONCRETE? NO, NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE THAT'S THE THE HICCUP THAT COMES IN HERE IS ALTHOUGH YOU CAN BECAUSE ENGINEERED WOOD FIBERS ARE COMPACT. RIGHT. IT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD IN THEORY, USE THAT SPACE. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE MOST ACCESSIBLE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE AN AFFORDABLE LIKE. AND I'M JUST THINKING OF LIKE, AMAZON OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? WHERE YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF LANDSCAPING PATHWAY THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY PUT THERE TO ALLOW THAT. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO CUT CORNERS AND THEN RISKS INJURY OR SOMETHING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IS THERE NOT A WAY TO KIND OF GIVE JUST THOSE SMALL SPACES IN A BUDGET FRIENDLY WAY FOR IT TO BE EASIER? BECAUSE I'M SURE ROLLING UP ON MULCH IS NOT THE EASIEST THING, BUT ASPHALT, IT'S THAT IS NOT A A FALL SURFACE, BUT THAT'S NOT A APPROPRIATE FALL SURFACE. I'M THINKING OF LIKE A PLASTIC LANDSCAPING, LIKE LANDSCAPING PATH OR SOMETHING. AND IT'S PLASTIC. GENERALLY DURABLE BECAUSE IT'S INTENDED FOR OUTDOORS, BUT THEN IT'S ONLY IN THOSE LIKE SECTIONS. SO THE THE THING I WOULD SAY WITH THAT ONE IS THE HESITATION THAT COMES. THERE IS YOU HAVE NOW PUT IT IN A PLACE THAT IS NO LONGER INCLUSIVE. IT IS SECLUDED. AND YOU'VE CREATED AN AREA THAT FEELS LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I CAN GO WHEN I HAVE A DISABILITY. AND THAT'S WHERE IT GOES BACK TO THAT INTENTIONAL DESIGN, RIGHT? IS WHY INCLUSIVE PLAY ARE ALL IT CAN WE ARGUE THE SAME THING ABOUT THE RAMP BY ONE SWING INTENDED FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY? DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M KIND OF SAYING? LIKE, YES, ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE DESIGN THAT GOES INTO IT OF HAVING LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE IT THERE AND IT'S INCLUDED WITH THE OTHER SWINGS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BY ITSELF. RIGHT. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE LIMITATIONS THAT COME WITH IT. AND THAT'S WHY THIS ISN'T A TERMED AS ALL INCLUSIVE PLAY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY THE FOCUS WOULD BE GO FIND SOMETHING SMALL AND PRIVATE AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN. WELL IT'S MAKE IT LIKE MAKE IT FULLY INCLUSIVE BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY WHERE THE BARRIER BECOMES IS WE WANT TO GET TO A PLACE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THAT ACCESSIBILITY. RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THAT. IF YOU DON'T DO ALL THE COMPONENTS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CREATING MORE OF A DIVIDE, EVEN THOUGH THAT YOU HAVE A SECTION. RIGHT? YEAH. NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL, I CAN EASILY GO OVER HERE WHILE YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME OVER HERE. AND SO IT'S, IT'S AND IT'S NICE TO SAY, LIKE, THEY COULD COME BACK IF IT'S POOR AND PLAY. YOU'VE OPENED IT UP FOR EASY ACCESSIBILITY, RIGHT? BUT IT'S ALSO COMES WITH A PRICE TAG OF $300,000 MORE THAN THE THE PROJECT. SO WE NEED A FRIENDS GROUP TO START RAISING MONEY. WE CAN DO THAT. YES. YEAH. YES. THINK ABOUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SUGGESTIONS? QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. JASON. GOOD DAY. EXCELLENT. YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT 1:34. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.