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>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION TO ORDER.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
WE HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE ARE MISSING A FEW INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT.FIRST THING IS REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1,
[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Angleton Better Living Corporation meeting of September 2, 2025.]
DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2025.>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSE. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER 2, DISCUSSION UPDATE ON
[2. Discussion and update on the Angleton Better Living Corporation, Recreation Division, and Angleton Recreation Center Division YTD financial statements fund balances as of December 1, 2025. ]
THE ANGLETON BETTER LIVING CORPORATION RECREATION DIVISION AND ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER DIVISION HERE TO DATE, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, FUND BALANCES AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2025.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND BOARD.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU AND GIVE ME ONE SECOND BECAUSE THIS IS ECHOING.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WE'VE ROLLED INTO OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTED OCTOBER 1, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO BRING BEFORE YOU IS TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ENDED OUT FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT FUND BALANCES LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT EQUATES TO ABLC, AND HOW IT GOES IN LINE WITH THE REC DIVISION, THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
SOBY GOING TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT GO WITH THAT ONE.
YOU CAN BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ON IT IN YOUR PACKET.
BUT A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU.
IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST ONE ON PAGE 13, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN REGARDS TO THAT IS TWO SPECIFIC THINGS.
THAT IS OUR SALES TAX REVENUE.
WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT THIS.
WE DIDN'T ENVISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HIT THAT GOAL.
HOWEVER, WE DID END THE YEAR BETTER THAN WE ANTICIPATED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET PROJECTIONS.
SO WE WERE ABOUT $100,000 SHORTS.
ORIGINALLY, WE'RE THINKING AROUND 150-200 SO WE ACTUALLY DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE TO THE END OF THE YEAR SO THERE WAS POSITIVE THERE.
THE NEXT LINE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE, WHICH WASN'T NECESSARILY IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH FINANCE TO GET THIS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT ABLC SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW SOME OF THOSE TRANSFERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A CREDIT OF $431,000.
THAT WAS THE OVERAGE FROM THE ANGLETON REC CENTER.
SO WE ARE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEHIND ON THAT BECAUSE THOSE WEREN'T BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY PREVIOUSLY, AND SO SUSIE HAD BEEN WORKING TO CLOSE OUT THE BOOKS TO SHOW THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
WHAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE REC CENTER, AND I'LL GET TO A COUPLE OF THEIR CHANGES AS WELL.
IT'S $431,000 WAS ADDED TO ABLC, SO TRANSFER INTO THEIR FUND BALANCE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE AS WE GO THROUGH AS WELL, AND SO I'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE MORE, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS AT THE MOMENT.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE 14, A COUPLE OF ONES, I'M GOING TO POINT OUT HERE AS WELL.
IF YOU GO DOWN UNDER THE OTHER SECTION, YOU'LL HAVE 40,506,701.
SO ORIGINALLY, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS DOING A 50% TRANSFER TO OFFSETS PERSONNEL COSTS.
USUALLY, WE ARE SOMEWHERE 25% AND 30% BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S SHORTFALL.
WE DID REDUCE THE BUDGET, AND ABLC WAS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE 50%.
WELL, THE CITY DID A GREAT JOB OF MAINTAINING FUNDS, AND SO FINANCE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO TAKE ALL THAT MONEY THAT ABLC HAD SAID.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THERE'S A BALANCE THERE THAT WASN'T TRANSFERRED OF $185,000.
THAT SAVED $185,000 FOR ABLC, AND SO THAT DID NOT COME OUT OF THEIR FUNDS.
IMPORTANT POINT THAT ONE OUT THERE, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE YOU'LL SEE IS FROM A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN IS 4506783.
THAT $150,000 WAS ABLC'S DEDICATED FUNDS THAT GOES TO THE ARC GRANTS, THAT'S IN LINE WITH TPW.
SO AGAIN, TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT IT DOESN'T TIE UP INTO OUR FUND BALANCE, FINANCE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THAT TRANSFER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT TO THE APPROPRIATE FUND, THAT IT IS ALREADY DEDICATED AND IT HAS MOVED OUT.
SO IT NO LONGER CONVOLUTES WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE FUND BALANCE.
SO THOSE TWO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT THOSE TWO ITEMS AS FAR AS OUR EXPENSES PIECES GO.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ONES? KEEP GOING DOWN. EXCUSE ME, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RECREATION DIVISION.
SO THIS IS OUR PROGRAMMING SIDE OF THINGS.
THEY DID FINISH THE YEAR OUT REALLY WELL.
TWO THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR ALL IS, YOU WILL SEE AS FAR AS REVENUES THAT WEREN'T HIT WAS FOR OUR FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE.
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SO WE DID HAVE A LOW REGISTRATION THIS YEAR, BUT YOU'LL SEE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE ALSO MONITOR THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THEY DID NOT SPEND AS MANY FUNDS THIS YEAR, KNOWING THAT REGISTRATION WASN'T TRENDING IN THAT DIRECTION, AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT WANTED TO POINT OUT AS WELL, AND THEN SENIOR PROGRAMS WAS THE SAME THING.AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY IMPROVING SOME OF THE BUDGETS, AND IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET TO THERE THIS YEAR.
SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY WERE HOPING TO DO, SO THEIR REVENUE IS REFLECTED THERE.
BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, THAT SENIOR PROGRAM DID NOT EXPENSE ALL THEIR REVENUE, SO IT'S HELPED TO OFFSET, BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
EVEN WITH THOSE THOUGH, THEY WERE AT A POSITIVE $5,000.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY OVER THEIR REVENUE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL.
I HAVE NO QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. WE'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH.
ON YOUR NEXT PAGES, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, IF YOU SEE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THESE ONES, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE AND SENIOR PROGRAM, AS I MENTIONED, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY DID HAVE FUNDS LEFT IN THEIR BUDGETS, JUST COUNTING FOUR THAT THEY DIDN'T BRING IN THE REVENUE SO JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH THOSE FUNDS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO ONTO PAGE 17 AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THEY WERE ABOUT $74,000 REVENUE EXPENSE.
WITH THEIR SAVINGS, AS WELL AS THEIR INCREASE IN REVENUE, THEY HAVE ABOUT $74,000 THAT WOULD BE GOING OVER TO THEIR RESERVES.
THEY WOULD STILL BE MAINTAINING A FUND BALANCE.
ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OVER 1,000, WHICH THEY WOULDN'T HAVE WOULD BE GOING TO MAINTAIN TO THE REC DIVISIONS FUND BALANCE.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REC DIVISION? NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER, STARTING WITH REVENUES.
ONE TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, AS YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP, AS FAR AS OUR REVENUE FOR MEMBERSHIPS, DAY PASSES, AND RENTALS.
WE WERE IN THE POSITIVE ABOUT $50,000 THIS YEAR, AND SO ONE THING TO POINT OUT HERE IS AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE DID NOT SEE AS MANY DAY PASSES COME IN AS WE ALLUDED TO IN THE PAST.
WE DID SEE A HIGH CONVERSION OF THOSE OVER TO MEMBERSHIP SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HOPE FOR IS THE LONG TERM COMMITMENT SO WE DID SEE THAT POSITIVE TURNOVER FOR THOSE SO THEY DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THEIR REVENUE, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, AS FAR AS TRANSFERS GO, ONE TO POINT OUT HERE IS FROM FUND BALANCE, WE DID NOT END UP TRANSFERRING FROM FUND BALANCE BECAUSE OF LOOKING AT WHERE OUR FUNDS WERE AT SAYING WITHIN BUDGETS, WE DIDN'T NEED TO TRANSFER FROM FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT WAS ONE THAT DID NOT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
>> ON THE REC CENTER, THE 54,000 OVERAGE THAT WENT INTO FUND BALANCE.
>> THAT SHOWS THAT $100,000 AS FAR AS REVENUE GOES.
WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT TRANSFER, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CALCULATING IN THERE, SO WHEN THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN INTO FUND BALANCE. OKAY. YEAH.
>> WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT REVENUES.
>> YEAH. IF WE GO TO THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THINGS, SAME THING, STAY DILIGENT WITH THE BUDGETS.
AS YOU KNOW, LIFE GARDENER WAS ONE THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC THIS YEAR.
WE DID HAVE TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITH THAT ONE, AND SO BEING CLOSED ON FRIDAYS IN SOME OF THE MORNINGS, DID IMPACT THAT.
WE DID HAVE A BUDGET SAVINGS THERE.
WHICH WAS HELPFUL BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD A LOT MORE HVAC STUFF THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE, SO WE HAD A LARGE OVERAGE IN OUR BUILDINGS BUDGETS.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR THE BUILDING WITH THE GRANT STUFF THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT THERE'S A TWO THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THERE THAT WE HAD.
ALTHOUGH WE WERE UNDER IN SALARY, WE WERE OVER IN THE BUILDINGS ACCOUNT, BUT WE DID HAVE SAVINGS HERE AND THERE AND DIFFERENT THINGS, KEEPING IN MIND, TRYING TO STAY IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY WAS ON A REDUCED BUDGETS AND FOLLOWING THE SAME LINE.
YOU'LL SEE VERY MUCH OF THE SIMILAR AS YOU GO THROUGH ONTO THE NEXT PAGE AS A CONTINUATION ON PAGE 20 FOR THE REC CENTER.
TRENDING IN THAT SAME DIRECTION, BEING MINDFUL OF OUR COSTS AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.
SO OVERALL, THEY MAINTAIN A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE AS WELL.
THE TWO TO POINT OUT, IF YOU GO ONTO PAGE 21, AS YOU'LL SEE THAT SAME TRANSFER I TALKED ABOUT, IS WE DIDN'T ORIGINALLY BUDGET FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'S THE REMAINDER SO THAT 431 WAS THE REMAINDER LEAVING $100,000 IN THEIR FUND BALANCE, TRANSFERRING IT OVER TO ABLC IS THAT $431,000 GOING INTO ABLC'S FUND BALANCE.
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THE ADDITIONAL ONE IS THE 274.SO IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS ALSO DEDICATED FUNDS, SO IN THAT MIX UP AS WELL, WE MAINTAINED MORE THAN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO IN THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER BUDGETS.
WE HAD COME TO ABLC IN FY 23 24, ASKED IF WE COULD USE OUR $274,000 RESERVES.
SO THAT HAS DEDICATED FUNDS FOR THE TBW GRANT AS WELL.
THAT WAS ALSO TRANSFERRED OUT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, AND SO SHOWS YOU THE BALANCE OF ALL THOSE TO GET US BACK WHERE WE NEED TO.
IT'S A LITTLE STRANGE IN A WAY SEEING THIS ONE BECAUSE SOME OF THIS GOES INTO ACCOUNTS OF LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE, AND SO THE WAY IT EQUATES OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE AN OVERAGE, BUT THIS IS LOOKING AT FUND BALANCES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO IT'S A FULL TRANSFER, SO IT WILL HIT FUND BALANCE, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO HIT FUND BALANCE TO ACTUALLY GET BACK TO ABLC, WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO ABLC'S BUDGET.
QUESTIONS ON THAT. A WHOLE LOT OF NUMBERS.
>> NO QUESTIONS REALLY OTHER THAN WHAT THE CURRENT FUND BALANCES ARE FOR EACH GROUP.
>> BASED ON CURRENT NUMBERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AUDITED, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE LOOK TO CLOSE OUT THE BOOKS.
THE RECREATION DIVISION IS JUST UNDER $100,000, SO THEY STILL DON'T HAVE 100,000 ARC IS A $100,000, AND ABLC SHOULD BE ABOUT $824,000.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A 33% FUND BALANCE.
WE WOULD NEED TO MAINTAIN A 25%.
SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERAGE TO BE ABLE TO COVER IN THE EVENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AS WE GO THROUGH AND MADE THOSE APPROPRIATE TRANSFERS IN.
>> WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, LIKE PERCENTAGE GOING TO EQUATE TO 620,000 ROUGHLY?
>> 603,000. OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR FOR ABLC, IS 2,411,000, AND WE NEED TO MAINTAIN 25%.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT, AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA THAT GOES WITH THAT.
>> EXCELLENT JOB ON CONTROLLING COSTS.
I CAN'T SAY UH GREAT THINGS ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST BUDGET THAT.
THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. IT HAS PUT US IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FUND PROJECTS AND TO DRIVE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED.
>> COMPLETELY AGREE. LAST THING, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT AND ALIGN WITH THAT.
AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECT STUFF COMING UP, AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET, WE DO HAVE $295,000 IN CONTINGENCY, SO THAT'S ON TOP OF THAT FUND BALANCE STUFF SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD WIGGLE ROOM.
BUT AS WE GET INTO BUDGET PROJECT STUFF, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT AND WORRY ABOUT IT.
KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, WHEN THE NUMBERS I DID PRESENT, FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE JUST UNDER 2.2 MILLION,2.4 WE'RE HOPING FOR THAT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A REACH TO GET THERE SO THE CONTINGENCY IS GOING TO HELP OFFSET THAT OR FUND BALANCE.
IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HIT THAT AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THAT WIGGLE ROOM.
BUT SAME THING FOR THE REC DIVISION OF THE REC CENTER, STILL MAINTAIN THOSE BUDGETS AND STAYING WITHIN THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
WE USUALLY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY KNOWING HOW THOSE TREND, WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE AS WELL, OUR MONEY IS BASED ON SALES TAX, AND SO IF WE'RE SEEING SALES TAX D IN A WAY, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR SPENDING.
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE JUST GO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT, AND SO THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HIT THAT 2.4, WE STILL ARE STAYING WITHIN A HEALTHY BUDGET TO NOT HAVE AN OVER HEDGE.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM 2? MOVING ON THREE. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON
[3. Discussion and possible action on Capital Improvement Projects for FY2025-2026.]
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.>> THIS IS ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES AND I WANTED TO BRING AN UPDATE TO ALL ON A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE WITHIN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY EARMARKED, AND THEN ONES THAT ABLC HAD BROUGHT UP.
STARTS WITH THE ONES THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING THROUGH.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE FREEDOM PARK PLAYGROUND, THAT ONE WAS APPROVED, THAT DID GET APPROVED THROUGH COUNCIL.
WE WENT THROUGH GOVERNMENT CAPITAL LEASING ON THAT ONE.
POSITIVE THAT ACTUALLY WE SAW FROM THAT ONE IS LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
OUR FIRST PAYMENT WON'T BE DUE UNTIL FISCAL YEAR '26.
THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
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THE GOOD NEWS ON THAT AS WELL IS WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE DEBT SERVICE ROLLED OFF FOR ABLC FOR FY 26.IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE A SWAP OUT.
THE AMOUNT FOR THE GOVERNMENT CAPITAL LOAN IS ABOUT $91,000, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIVE-YEAR LOAN THAT WE HAVE.
WE COULD ALWAYS DECIDE TO PAY IT OFF EARLY IF WE SO CHOOSE.
THE DEBT SERVICE THAT'S ROLLING OFF, I BELIEVE, IS ABOUT $142,000.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GAINING FROM THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT PROJECT SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING.
THAT ORDER HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING THROUGH A LEAD TIME AND WORKING ON THAT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PLAYGROUND IN THE SPRING.
PARKS GUYS WILL REMOVE IT, AND THEN THEY'LL COME IN AND DO THE INSTALL FOR THAT ONE.
BG PEC IS THE OTHER ONE, JUST TO UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AT THIS TIME.
OUR THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT ONE IS PUT IN HOLDING.
WE'VE TALKED TO THE SOCCER CLUB TO SEE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE INTERIM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN PROJECTS, BUT IT'LL BE ONE THAT WILL BRING BACK FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.
IT IS A LARGE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING TO GO TO A BOND IF WE SO CHOOSE, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE IT UPDATES ON THOSE ONES.
THEN BATES PARK IS THE OTHER ONE, SO SIX FIELDS.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WORKING WITH FINANCE VERY CLOSELY.
THIS ONE TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND FUNDING TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PRELIMINARY COSTS AROUND $350,000, TRYING TO FINALIZE THOSE AND FINE TUNE THOSE.
WE GOT CONCRETES, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION ON THE FENCING.
BUT BASED ON FENCING QUOTES WE RECEIVED FOR FREEDOM, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WE SHOULD BE AROUND THAT 350, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH ABLC BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP BY ABLC AS A THOUGHT.
WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS WITH OUR FUND BALANCE AND WITH CONTINGENCY THAT IF ABLC WANTED TO CONSIDER PROVIDING ANY FUNDS TO THAT IF THEY ARE SO NECESSARY.
AS I MENTIONED, CITY IS CONTRIBUTING ABOUT $350,000, SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT UP A SEE WHAT YOUR ALL THOUGHTS ARE ON POTENTIALLY FUNDING THAT.
AS I SAY THAT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR BOND UPDATE AS WELL, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COST SAVINGS THROUGH OUR BOND PROJECT.
TO THOSE SPECIFICALLY, BG PEC, WE HAD DONE THE DESIGN SERVICES WITH HDR FOR THE REGRADING BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE PROLONGED.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CANCEL THAT CONTRACT.
THEY WENT THROUGH, AND THEY JUST WON'T GO THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS BECAUSE THAT WAS INCLUDED.
WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS THERE BY REMOVING THAT CONTRACT.
HAVING GOT FINAL NUMBERS ON THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT $40,000.
DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE THAT GOES WITH IT.
THEN TAXI AND TRAIL CAME INTO THE BUDGET AS WELL.
THAT CAME IN AT ABOUT $191,000.
THERE'S A LITTLE OVER $50,000 MONEY IN THAT FROM THE BOND AS WELL.
JUST WANTED TO BRING BEFORE Y'ALL TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
IF ALL ARE INTERESTED IN PUTTING MONEY INTO IT WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE FROM THE CITY, ALREADY ANTICIPATE LOOKING TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL IN JANUARY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. FOR YOUR DISCUSSION.
>> THE CITY CAME UP WITH THE 300,000.
WHERE DO THAT COME FROM? THAT'S THE CITIES.
CAN WE COME UP WITH MONEY LIKE THAT SOMETIMES FOR OTHER STUFF, BUT ALSO ON THE BACK OF THAT QUESTION WOULD BE, SO HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE SUGGESTED THAT ABLC PUT UP IN ADDITION TO THE 300,000 TO GET THINGS MOVING?
>> A LOT OF IT REALLY DEPENDS.
THIS, AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ABLC REQUEST AT FIRST.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ALL THE FINANCIAL JUGGLING THAT SUSIE DOES.
SHE IS A WIZARD, AND SHE LOOKS AT FULL CITY SCOPE.
I JUST KNOW A PIECE OF THAT AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIRD STUFF AS MUCH AS I CAN.
BUT WITH THE VARIOUS BONDS THAT WE HAVE OPENED AND VARIOUS PROJECTS AS PROJECTS EVOLVE, YOU REALIZE THAT YOU DO HAVE A COST SAVINGS FOR SOME.
KMOCK IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT, AND ONCE YOU FINALLY HAVE A NUMBER THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, IT ALLOWS YOU FLEXIBILITY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
UNTIL WE GET FULL HARD NUMBERS, YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT SOME AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY, WE WON'T HAVE A PAYMENT DUE FOR A WHILE ON THIS PROJECT.
I CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK AT THAT TIME AND SAY, "HEY, HERE'S FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, WHAT DOES ABLC WANT TO CONTRIBUTE IF THERE'S A NEED.
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KEEPING IN MIND OF HOW DOES IT ALIGN IF ABLC PAYS FOR IT, SOME OF IT IS A SAVINGS FOR THE CITY.IT'S KIND OF A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> I'M GOOD WITH THE 300,000 COMING FROM WHICH A PLACE.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T SOMEHOW HAVE TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THAT FROM ABLC.
>> THE ACTION THAT COUNSEL TOOK WOULDN'T REQUIRE ABLC.
>> NO. I REQUIRE THAT NOW IF LET'S SAY BIDS COME IN, IT'S 375.
>> THE CITY'S NOT GOING GO BACK ON THE 350.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK ON THE 350. IT COULD COME IN LESS.
WE MIGHT SEE IT COME IN LOWER AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE.
BUT UNTIL WE AGAIN HAVE THOSE FINAL NUMBERS, IT'D BE HARD TO DETERMINE THAT.
IT'S NOT TO SAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT CALL TODAY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO BE FORTHCOMING WITHOUT ONE OF THERE MAY BE A, THERE MAY NOT.
SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION, IF WE COME BACK, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS IS THERE TO MAYBE CONSIDER IT FOR, YOU KNOW, COME FEBRUARY.
I THINK WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY'S DOING FOR THAT.
I MEAN, MY THOUGHTS IS JUST AS YOU KIND OF AS WE SEE HOW THINGS PROGRESS, WHERE WE ARE.
D? I CAN THINK OF A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT I COULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE LOOK INTO SPENDING MONEY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO JUST YET.
I KNOW WE HAVE ALL THE AREAS THAT YOU JUST POINTED OUT COULD ALL TAKE ANOTHER WHATEVER 100 $200,000 TO AMPLIFY WHAT WE HAVE, TO ENHANCE WHAT WE HAVE, TO TAKE IT TO AN NEXT SEP, OR GET IT CLOSE TO COMPLETION OR WHATEVER WHEREVER WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. OKAY.
AND REALLY, THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS ALONG WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, LET'S TACKLE THE PROJECTS WE HAVE FIRST, KNOWING THAT LET'S NOT NECESSARILY EARMARK MONEY TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE UNTIL WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE, RIGHT? WE KNOW WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE, AND IF IT'S A PRIORITY FOR ABLC, IN THE CITY AND PARKS TO HAVE THAT SIX FIELD.
LET'S DO THAT, AND THEN AS THE MONEY COMES, WE ADDRESS IT AS WE NEED TO, RIGHT? VERSUS TRYING TO GO DO ANOTHER PROJECT AND THEN COME BACK AND FIND OUT THAT WE NEED MORE MONEY BECAUSE THAT ONE'S HIGHER AND WE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SOMETHING ELSE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS GET COMPLETED OR NEAR COMPLETION.
YEAH. AND AS WE WERE IN THAT PROCESS, IF WE'RE UNDER BUDGET, AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE TO IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS DISCUSS THAT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THAT TIME.
OKAY. I WE CAN'T, YOU JUST CAN'T. I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL THINGS OFF TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I THINK WHERE WE ARE IS A GOOD PLACE.
WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US. DOCTOR JACKSON, I HAVE THE LIST FROM SUSIE FROM LAST MEETING.
AND THERE WAS 831,000 LEFTOVER AND GENERAL FUND PROCEEDS THAT CAME FROM A BASICALLY A TRANSFER BACK FROM THE WATER FUND BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND HAD LOANED THE WATER FUND, THE MONEY.
THE MONEY CAME BACK, AND SO SHE HAD THE 831 TO COVER THE FREEDOM PARK ADDITION, THE BATES PARK, AND THEN ABIGAIL'S PARK, A LITTLE BIT LEFTOVER.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTING FROM THAT FINANCIALLY.
THAT WAS REALLY A RARE OCCURRENCE, BUT THAT WAS CLEANUP THAT SUSIE WAS DOING BETWEEN ALL THE FUND BALANCES THAT SHE'S SEEN.
OH, NO, I'M NOT GOOD.I'M LIKE, HEY, WE APPRECIATE MONEY CONVERSATION.
ONCE YOU SEE IT UP ON THE SCREEN, SUI'S BRAIN WILL BE ABLE TO DICTATE THAT MUCH BETTER THAN MINE.
THERE IS ALSO LITTLE PROJECTS, I THINK THAT STILL NEED.
TO ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINGENCY IS GREAT IN THE ABLC FUND.
BUT THINGS LIKE SHADE COVERINGS OR SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS INSIDE THE PARKS OR REGRAVEL THE WALKING TRAILS, OR THERE'S JUST LITTLE THINGS THAT I THINK GET PUSHED TO THE WAYSIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT M&O, TECHNICALLY, BUT THEY'RE SMALL PROJECTS.
WE'LL GET TO THEM LATER, BUT IT JUST KEEPS ON TRENDING THAT.
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>> ACTUALLY A GREAT SEGUE. THE LAST PARAGRAPH YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE IN THIS, I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU ALL ATTENTION.
WE ARE STARTING A NEW PARKS ASSESSMENT INITIATIVE.
I'VE PUT THIS OUT TO THE PARKS BOARD TO SUPPORT ON THIS AS WELL AS STAFF.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER CITY THAT DOES A SIMILAR ASSESSMENT WE'VE DEVELOPED A TOOL TO BE ABLE TO GO AND EVALUATE ALL OUR PARKS AND EVALUATE THE AMENITIES WITHIN EACH AND TALK ABOUT THINGS JUST LIKE THAT.
WITH OUR CURRENT AMENITIES ARE WHAT QUALITY ARE THEY AT AND WHAT DEFICIENCIES THEY HAVE? WHAT ARE WE MISSING? THE CONNECTIVITY, JUST LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT, IS IT CONNECTED TO THE ENTIRE PARK? ARE THE THINGS WE'RE MISSING? THINGS THAT COME TO MIND IS WE PUT IN A NEW PICKER BALL COURTS.
WHAT DOES ACCESS TO THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S GOING TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE.
OUR GOALS THAT COME BACK TO ABLC, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO ABLC IN FEBRUARY AS WELL, AND TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE.
YOU CAN SEE A PRIORITY LIST IN THE WAY OF WHERE OUR PARKS CURRENTLY RANK WITHIN EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO ONE PARK AND THAT ONE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS SHADE COVERING AND THE OTHER ONE WE JUST NEVER GET TO.
IT'S, THIS ONE HAS SHADE COVERING. THIS ONE DOESN'T.
BUT THEN THE SAME TOKEN IS, THIS ONE HAS SHADE COVERING.
AN EXAMPLE THAT COMES TO MIND IS WE JUST TOOK DOWN THE ONE AT THE DOG PARK BECAUSE IT RUSTED COMPLETELY OUT.
HA COVERING, BUT IT WOULD BE A FAILING GRADE.
IT'S BEING ABLE TO EVALUATE THOSE.
THAT WAY WE HAVE A RUBRIC TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AND IDENTIFY AND SAY, HOW DO WE GET OUR PARKS TO ALL BE A CONSISTENT GRADE? THAT IS THE GOAL FOR OURS.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT ASSESSMENT.
I'M WAITING FOR FEEDBACK JUST FROM A COUPLE MORE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THAT'S GOING TO EITHER MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN EARLY JANUARY, SO THAT WAY WE CAN BRING THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS TO POINT THOSE OUT OF WHERE THAT NEEDS IS.
>> I'LL JUST SAY JASON IS A PERSONAL PROJECT? I ALWAYS LIKE SPENDING MONEY TO DISCOVER HOW TO SPEND MORE MONEY.
THIS IS FULLY INTERNAL. WE HAVE DEVELOPED.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND HIRE SOMEONE.
NO. THIS IS LOOKING AT IT MORE OF ANGLETON CITIZENS IN A WAY.
PARKS BOARD THEIR RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD BE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS OR THE NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING PARKS BOARD IN IS FOR THEM TO TRULY GO LOOK AT THE PARKS AND SAY WHAT DO YOU WANT.
>> I LIKE THAT. I LIKE UTILIZING WE HAVE AN ARM WITHIN OUR COVERING BODY.
>> OTHER THAN STAFF FUNDING TO SUPPORT BEING THERE, THIS IS US DOING IT ALL INTERNALLY, SO WE HAVE A CONSISTENT RUBRIC WITH IT.
BECAUSE I WOULD AGREE SOMETIMES YOU GO THERE AND DEPENDING ON WHO YOU GO FOR THE ASSESSMENT, YOU GET TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE COMPLETE OPPOSITES.
VERSUS WE KNOW OUR STUFF A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERNALLY AND OUR FOCUS IS TO TRY TO GET CONSISTENT PARTS WITHIN OUR STANDARDS.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THREE? GOING FORWARD.
DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON 2024 ABLC BOND PROJECTS.
>> YES, WE ARE AT THAT QUARTERLY POINT TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE AS FAR AS THE 2024 BOND.
I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH AND HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THAT.
I DO ALSO HAVE 100% PLANS FOR ABIGAIL IN HERE IF YOU WANTED TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE.
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT FOR EACH PROJECT.
ABIGAIL ARIAS, WE HAD DEDICATED TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BOND FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE HAVE $750 THAT IS COMING FROM TPW.
ALSO, GREAT NEWS ON THIS ONE, AS JOHN POINTED OUT AS WELL, THE CITY IS LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE EXTRA FUNDING TO THIS UP TO $325,000.
THE PURPOSE FOR THAT ONE IS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OPINIONS OF PROBABLE COST, OUR CURRENT FUNDING DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT PROJECT, AND SO THEY WERE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
KEEP IN MIND THIS IS ALL BASED ON PRELIMINARY, AND SO THIS COULD CHANGE THE HOPE ALWAYS; IS TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET, AND SO WE WOULD NOT NEED ALL THOSE EXTRA FUNDS, BUT THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO KICK IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE POINTING OUT THERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WITH COUNCIL TOMORROW TO FINALIZE THOSE AND GET THEM APPROVED, SO WE CAN GO OUT TO BID.
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HOPEFULLY, BIDDING THIS MONTH INTO JANUARY, AND THEN IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY FOR APPROVAL, RECOMMENDATION FROM BUDGETS ON WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS SO THAT PROJECT CAN KICK OFF.THAT WOULD BE THE JANUARY 13TH MEETING.
WE ARE NEARING THE FINISH LINE AS FAR AS DESIGN AND BIDDING AND ALL THAT PROCUREMENT AND THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF THAT ONE.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ABIGAIL? DO YOU WANT TO GO LOOK AT PLANS? IT'S A LARGE DOCUMENT.
>> LOOK AT IT EARLIER. IT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE. [LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS. ANOTHER ONE, ACTUALLY, SORRY I FAILED TO MENTION WITH THIS ONE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A DESIGNER FOR A MEMORIAL FOR ABIGAIL.
DID IT CRASH AGAIN? IPADS ARE GOOD.
THE MEMORIAL FOR ABIGAIL, WE ARE WORKING WITH DESIGNER FOR THIS ONE, AND SO UNTIL WE FINALIZE THAT, OUR SAME GOAL IS, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS READY FOR THE JANUARY 13TH MEETING.
THAT WAY, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PRESENT THAT IN A WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HONOR HER AND ALSO TIE THAT INTO DONOR RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A DONOR CAMPAIGN TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS IS JUST PHASE 1.
THE FULL PROJECT SOAPED IS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL PHASES WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO TO BE ABLE TO ADD ON TO THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THAT.
BUT WE HAVE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DESIGNER AND THE FAMILY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS HONORING FOR HER AND FOR HER FAMILY.
THEN ADDITIONAL TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FUND AS WELL AS I'LL BE TAKING THIS TO KEB IS TO BRING THAT GARDEN IN THAT WAS IN ORIGINAL PLANS, TO GET THAT ADDED IN.
THEY HAVE SOME FUND BALANCE, SO HOPING TO UTILIZE THAT TO HELP BRING DOWN THE COST AS WELL TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT.
IT'LL BE GIVEN THAT TWOFOLD THAT WOULD BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM.
IT GIVES REALLY A SERENITY PIECE OF YOU WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN, IT REALLY GIVES YOU A FEELING THAT IT'S HERE FOR ABIGAIL.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT WITH THAT ONE TOO.
>> STILL HAVE TO BUILD A FUTURE CONNECTION PIECE?
>> OVER TO, I GUESS, IT'D BE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT.
>> SO THAT YOU CAN CONVENIENTLY CONNECT OVER TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES, THROUGH SOUTHERN ENTRY.
>> YES. ALTHOUGH WE'RE INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT, EXCUSE ME.
IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AND SHOULD BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION.
I WILL SAY ONE OF THE PROJECTS FOR PARKS GUYS, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A SLOWER MOVING SEASON, THEY ARE ACTUALLY AT THAT PROPERTY THIS WEEK CLEANING UP AND GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS.
SAY THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE WORKING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEANED OUT WELL, THAT ANYBODY THAT GOES ON THAT PROPERTY ISN'T GOING TO RUN INTO ANY ISSUES.
THERE'S A LOT OF METAL THROUGHOUT.
>> ANYWHERE YOU SEE BRUSH IN THERE, JUST SAY THERE'S METAL ON THERE.
SIMILAR TIMELINE FOR FREEDOM PARK, WE ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE 100% PLANS TOMORROW.
THEY WILL HAVE 100% PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT.
ALSO GOING TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL TOMORROW FOR THIS ONE.
THIS IS FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD.
WE HAD $900,000 RESERVE FOR THIS ONE.
THE CITY ALSO HAD THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CONTRIBUTE IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $350,000 TO GET THIS TO FULL PROJECT COMPLETION.
AGAIN, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT COMES IN UNDER BUDGET, BUT BASED ON PRELIMINARY COST, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD THE FUNDING TO COMPLETE A FULL PROJECT FOR THIS.
AGAIN, THAT WILL GO WITH 100% PLANS TOMORROW.
SIMILAR TIMELINE TO GET BIDDING DONE AND GET THE CONTRACTOR AWARDED AND EVERYTHING.
WE SHOULD SEE THIS ONE WITH CONTRACTOR AWARDING IN JANUARY AS WELL.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG WITH THOSE, SO TWO OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS SHOULD START TO COME UNDERWAY IN EARLY 2026.
SOCCER ONE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT PROJECT'S COMPLETE.
WE DID COMPLETE THE LIGHTING THERE.
THE GRADING ONE, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME.
WE HAD THAT AT RATING $74,000 FROM THE LIGHTING.
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WE DECIDED TO PUT THAT TOWARD DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE GRADING.DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE THERE.
THAT'S WHY THAT JUST UNDER 35 WE SEE, WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE FROM THERE.
AGAIN, JUST WAITING ON THAT FINAL IF WE HAVE AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE.
WE WILL HAVE REMAINING FUNDS THERE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME FUNDS FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
THAT ONE IS JUST HOLDING UNTIL WE DETERMINE ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> I THINK THAT PROJECT IS SO BIG.
I THINK TO DO IT RIGHT IS GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY GO OUT FOR SOME CO, I THINK.
THAT'S MY OPINION, TO DO IT RIGHT.
WE'RE TALKING MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IT PROBABLY WILL HELP US ALSO COME UP WITH A TIMELINE THAT WORKS TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT SHUTTING DOWN YOUR WHOLE COMPLEX AT ONE TIME, AND THEN ALSO PROBABLY WOULD HELP WITH YOUR DRAINAGE PIECE BECAUSE YOU'R E NOT TRYING TO PIECEMEAL THAT TOO, AND THAT MAY BE CHALLENGING IF YOU WERE TRYING TO DO THAT IN FOUR SEPARATE PARTS INSTEAD OF MAYBE OVER TWO OFF-SEASONS.
>> WELL, I'LL SAY I HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS AS WELL, AND THAT BECAME SOME OF THE DIFFICULT PIECE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO IMPACT SOCCER AND CUT THEM OFF COMPLETELY, WHERE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR SEASONS.
WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH IN THAT TO HAVE IT IN THREE OR FOUR, BUT IT ALSO PRESENTS ITS OWN HURDLES THAT COME WITH THAT ONE, AND SO ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THE LINE.
I THINK THAT ONE IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN AGAIN, WHERE THAT FUNDING COMES FROM.
WITH OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE AND FUTURE DEBT ROLL OFF, AND MIGHT BODE WELL FOR A CEO DOWN THE LINE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.
>> JASON, I KNOW WEEK BEFORE LAST WE HAD THE SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK ABOVE FROM JUST PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AREA THAT WERE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIELDS? WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING?
>> THERE WAS. NOT SO POSITIVE?
>> THERE'S POSITIVE [OVERLAPPING] FEEDBACK? GOOD.
>> I WAS OUT THERE AND I ACTUALLY KEPT GOING UP TO PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT FROM AROUND THERE AND JUST ASKED THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT AND THEY SAID, IT'S GREAT.
THEY SAID I'VE NEVER BEEN DOWN HERE FOR A TOURNAMENT.
THE FIELDS WERE IN GREAT SHAPE.
I ASKED THEM WHERE THEY STAYED, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY STAYED IN LAKE JACKSON.
[LAUGHTER] THE PROBLEM IS THAT ANGLETON DOES NOT HAVE THE RESTAURANTS OR THE HOTELS TO SUPPORT THOSE TOURNAMENTS, SO THEY'RE ENDING UP GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY STOPPED AT BUCKEYES AND THEY'RE SHOPPING AROUND, BUT THEY'RE STAYING DOWN THERE AND USUALLY HANGING OUT.
>> I KNOW WE HAD THE EVENT WITH THE MY NEIGHBOR DAY THAT SAME WEEKEND AND I KNOW THOSE GUYS STAYED AT THE LOCAL HOTEL FOR SURE.
MAYBE I GUESS THE MAJORITY, I'M SURE.
EVERYONE THAT CAME IN WITH THAT PARTICULAR UNIT DID.
BUT I KNOW PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD MOVE TOWARDS LAKE JACKSON FOR THE HOTELS.
BUT I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ANGLETON CAN BRING MORE HOTELS WITH ROOFTOPS COME?
>> THE REFS STAYED? THAT'S VERY GOOD.
>> THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION, COMPLETE PEOPLE, THEY DID, BUT THE TEAMS, FOR THE MOST PART, WENT THEIR OWN WAY.
THEY HAD A LOT OF FOOD TRUCKS LINED UP, AND IT WAS DONE VERY WELL.
THE OTHER FEEDBACK I GOT WAS THAT THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS WERE NOT AS HAPPY BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULING.
THE SCHEDULING BETWEEN GAMES SO WIDE THAT PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE AND NOT GO TO FOOD TRUCK.
THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THERE.
>> WHAT TIME WAS THE THE GAMES OVER?
>> WE WERE THE LAST GAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND WE ENDED UP CLOSE TO 8:00.
>> I KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, I KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON AS WELL DURING THAT TIME.
>> ACTUALLY I LEFT HEART OF CHRISTMAS, WENT OUT THERE FOR THE SOCCER AND THEN CAME BACK TO HEART OF CHRISTMAS.
BECAUSE WE WERE THE LAST GAME OF THE NIGHT AND THEN THEY WERE BACK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
>> ON SUNDAY. WE LEFT THERE AROUND 132, AND THEY WERE STILL PLAYING.
>> I GUESS WITH THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, THAT WAS A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN TO GET HOTEL STAY.
THAT WAS MORE OF THE LOCAL GUYS.
>> THAT DIDN'T REALLY IMPACT THE GUYS GO TO LAKE JACKSON FOR HOTEL STAY.
THEY JUST DECIDED TO GO BECAUSE OF JUST WHATEVER REASONS.
>> THAT TOURNAMENT WAS THE LARGEST THEY HAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS JOHN MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE THE HOTEL CAPACITY FOR THAT, AND SO THAT REALLY HURTS US BECAUSE WE GET A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT COME IN,
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BUT WE LOSE A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO STAY ELSEWHERE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY.IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR THEM JUST WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE HOTEL, IT'S AROUND THE HOTEL.
>> OVER TWO I THINK HE SAID OVER 2,000 PEOPLE.
HE WAS ESTIMATING AT ONE POINT THAT WERE OUT THERE, AND THEY ALSO SAID IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT REGION.
ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS A GREAT JOB BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PARK STAFF, SOCCER ASSOCIATION, EVERYBODY REALLY WORKED TOGETHER AND IT WAS REALLY WENT.
WELL, THERE'S NEW FENCING OUT THERE NOW.
PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO GET THEM UP PRETTY QUICK.
THEY WERE OUT THERE ON CART PICKING UP TRASH.
THE PD TOOK THEIR [OVERLAPPING] LITTLE BUGGY OUT THERE AND THEY WERE RIDING AROUND AND DOING CHECKS AND IT WAS VERY WELL-ATTENDED.
>> LOW CAPACITY FOR THE FIELDS.
>> THEY CAN I THINK TALKING DUST AND THEY HAVE SOME PLANS IN MIND TO REORGANIZE THE FIELDS TO RESET THEM.
THE DRAINAGE PIECE THAT WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING IN THE NEXT 2-3 YEARS, FOUR YEARS, WHENEVER IT COMES ABOUT BECAUSE YOU SWITCH HOW YOU LAY OUT YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND YOUR DRAINAGE.
I THINK THEIR BELIEF IS THEY CAN ADD OR FIELDS JUST BY REARRANGING SOME THINGS AROUND, LIKE I SAID, BUT DON'T WANT TO DO STEP IN THAT I GUESS UNTIL WE MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM WITH.
>> THEY ALSO SAID THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THIS TURNING WAS BECAUSE THAT THIRD FIELD LIGHTING.
ADDED THAT LIGHTING FOR THAT FIELD THAT YOU DON'T REALLY PUT US ON THE TOP FOR IT.
>> I WASN'T OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY, BUT I DID SEE PHOTOS ON LINE IN THE GRASS CREDIT TO DUSTIN.
THAT WAS VERY PRETTY FOR WHAT ARE WE DECEMBER? IT LOOKED REALLY NICE.
>> THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT INTO THIS TOURNAMENT SPECIFICALLY.
>> SOCCER ASSOCIATION AND DUSTIN AS WELL.
THEY BOUGHT ROBOTS TO DO THE PAINTING.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ANNUAL WITH THIS COME NEXT YEAR?
>> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO BID FOR IT.
>> BUT I CAN'T HURT IF WE'VE GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND IF OTHER.
>> I THINK WHAT I WAS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS I KNOW HE WAS WAITING ON THE ON THE DRAINAGE ISSUES TO HAPPEN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT RESOURCES THAT THE CITY COULD OFFER IN WHATEVER CAPACITY? THEN ALSO HIS OWN PEOPLE THERE TO RESTRUCTURE THOSE FIELDS, IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE ALL THE YOUNGER KIDS ARE PLAYING, IF WE COULD PROBABLY MOVE THEM.
THIS IS MORE PROBABLY MORE OF A SOCCER QUESTION.
>> YOU'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT DUSTIN.
>> IN TERMS OF THAT WAY, THAT WAY THE DRAINAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOUR YEARS.
MAYBE WE CAN GET THIS DONE IN A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO.
DUSTIN, IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE TO MOVE THESE YOUNGER KIDS, BUT THE BIGGER KIDS THERE.
>> I THINK THEY'RE WILLING TO ADJUST SOME OF THAT BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD? THE BIGGEST PIECE COMES INTO IT IS THE FUNDING.
WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT PHASE 1, WE WERE TALKING ALMOST $400,000 TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE MAJOR PIECES OF DRAINAGE AROUND THE COMPLEX, AND THEN JUST TWO OF THE MAIN FIELDS.
IT'S A HIGH COST, BUT WE PLAN TO GET WITH SOCCER TO SEE HOW WE CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THAT.
THE HOPES, POTENTIALLY, CAN WE DO SOMETHING WITH CITY RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR DRAINAGE TO SEE WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE FIELDS.
RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE SOME PICKUPS TO WHERE THEIR CULVERTS AND THEIR DRAINAGE THAT THEY HAVE ISN'T THE GREATEST.
IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THAT IN-HOUSE, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE FIELDS FIRST? BECAUSE THAT'LL ALSO GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW DO WE ATTACK THE FIELDS LATER? IF THAT CHANGES IT, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PROCESS OR THE TIMELINE OF WHAT WE GO FORWARD WITH IF WE ADDRESS THE KEY DRAINAGE COMPONENTS.
>> I'LL SAY ONE OTHER THING THAT I OBSERVED.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO LAKE JACKSON, I THINK ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR COMPLEX IS LIT.
AT LEAST HAS THE ABILITY TO BE LIT? THE WAY THE SEASON WORKED OUT, RIGHT OUT, WE HAD TO GO OVER AND PLAY LATE.
RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING IN THE SEASON IN BAY CITY AND THEIR BRAND NEW COMPLEX IS COMPLETELY LIT.
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WE WERE OUT THERE PLAYING OUR GAME BECAUSE I THINK WE KICKED OFF THE SIXTH OR SEVEN BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO TRAVEL FROM HERE ON A TUESDAY NIGHT OR WHATEVER MONDAY NIGHT, WHATEVER NIGHT IT WAS, DOESN'T MATTER.BUT I BRING IT UP TO SAY IT WAS COMPLETELY LIT IN BAY CITY, WHICH IS A COMPARABLE CITY SIZE-WISE.
WHAT I ALSO NOTICED OR OBSERVED ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTING, IT WAS GETTING HEAVY USAGE, WHEREAS IF YOU ON THE WAY THERE, WE DROVE BY OUR COMPLEX AND NOBODY'S THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE FITS WHEREAS THEIR ENTIRE FACILITY.
IT'S FUN TO SEE A BUNCH OF KIDS OUT PLAYING DOING STUFF AND NOT IN THEIR HOME BECAUSE IT'S DARK AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS MAYBE EXPANDING OUR LIGHTING.
>> I DID TALK TO DUSTIN ABOUT THAT.
I SUGGEST FIELD 3, THE FIRST ONE WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN TO BE THE NEXT ONE, ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THE PARKING LOT IS STILL PRETTY DARK AND YOU COULD GET THE BLEED OVER FROM THAT FIELD, AND IT ALSO GIVE A DIFFERENT H GROUP A FIELD THAT THEY CAN PLAY PRACTICE ON.
THE THREE FIELDS IN THE BACK, TWO OF THEM ARE FOR, I THINK, U10, U11, AND THEN U12 AND U13 AND U14 ARE ON THE BACK.
>> WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE STARTING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT ONE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SAYING UNTIL SPRING BREAK IS PROBABLY ABOUT THAT TIMELINE.
THEY HAVE TORE APART THE POOL, SO IT'S NO LONGER POOL ANYMORE.
BUT SEEING GOOD PROGRESS WITH THAT ONE, SO OLD PLAY FEATURE IS OUT.
THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SET THE NEW ANCHORS FOR THE NEW PLATE FEATURE.
HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS IN BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH THROWS JUST PICKUPS AND SCHEDULING WISE.
BUT THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE FINALIZED MID JANUARY, WHICH WOULD ROLL US RIGHT INTO PLASTER, AS WELL AS THE DECKING, ALSO LOOKING AT ADDRESSING OUR ISSUES WITH TILE.
WE'LL THEN ALSO BE TAKING CARE OF THINGS WITH THE CURRENT LARGE SLIDE, SO THAT'LL GET A FACE LIFT, JUST SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS THERE, REDOING THE STAIRS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE NON-SLOPE GRID.
ALSO TRYING TO POTENTIALLY TRY TO GET THE GARAGE DOORS IN. THAT IS UNDERWAY.
OUR CURRENT FOCUS, ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH TPW, IS THE WAY WE'RE TACKLING THESE IS MORE IN PRIORITY BLOCKS.
THE POOL IS THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO GET THAT PROJECT GOING IN UNDERWAY.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT IS SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS IS WHEN WE PUT IN FOR THIS MONEY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY HAS CHANGED BASED ON THE COST OF THINGS NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THAT.
POOL'S NUMBER ONE, AS WE START TO TAPER OFF FOR THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ROLL INTO THE GYM WOULD BE OUR NEXT ONE AND SEE AS FAR AS OUR MONEY WILL GO.
THAT IS UNDERWAY, SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THERE.
AGAIN, THE PLAN IS TO GET THAT READY FOR SPRING BREAK BECAUSE THAT'LL BE OUR FIRST BIG KICKOFF AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES TO HAVE THAT ALL UP AND RUNNING, AND THEN DABBLE IN THOSE OTHER ONES FROM THERE.
MAKING PROGRESS THERE AND FINALLY BREAKING GROUND ON THOSE ONES.
MOST OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN GETTING IS POSITIVE.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE CLOSED, THEY ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO BE ADDED AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTERWARD.
DEFINITELY SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS COMING FROM THAT ONE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE WATER AEROBICS PROGRAM IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM FOR GROUP EXERCISE.
YES, DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A POOL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE NEW POOL OR HAVE A FACE LIST AND EVERYTHING. CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.
I'LL PROBABLY GIVE UPDATES ON A REGULAR ON THAT ONE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT PROJECT SCHEDULE AND HOW THAT ONE'S GOING TO WORK.
EXCITED WITH THAT ONE TO GO THROUGH.
THEN THE LAST ONE IS TAXI AND TRAIL.
ALLUDED TO THIS BEFORE. THIS PROJECT HAS HIT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
THEY ONLY HAD A COUPLE MINOR PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT THEY HAD REMAINING.
THAT DOESN'T TIE INTO THE FUNDING COMPONENT, SO THEIR FUNDING SHOULD FINALIZE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A $58,000 SAVINGS TO DETERMINE AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS.
>> JOGGING BY ON VALDES ON SATURDAY MORNING OR THE JACK CAMERAS ARE ON IN THE POOL.
I CAN TELL YOU, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.
EACH THEY'VE WORKED TWO WEEKENDS THOUGH.
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THIS IS NOT OT HOURS.HE'S LIKE, NO, THIS IS ON US FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
I'M LIKE, OKAY. AS LONG AS OUR PROJECT DOESN'T GO UP.
THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY WITH TBW IS GREAT LEARNING PROCESS FOR THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING ALL OUR STUFF TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THAT IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE IT ON COUNCIL AGENDA TOMORROW FOR THEM TO APPROVE A CHUNK OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THE PLAY FEATURE WAS ALREADY DONE.
THAT WAS APPROVED A WHILE AGO.
BUT THIS ONE, AS FAR AS THE PLASTER, THE TILE, AND THINGS OF THAT IS GOING TO GO ON FOR TOMORROW.
THEY WERE WORKING ON SATURDAY. THEY WERE THERE.
I THINK THEY WERE AT THE SATURDAY WHEN RAM WAS THERE AS WELL.
THEY WERE IN THE POOL DOING THEIR WORK.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S CLOSED, IT'S STILL BUSY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON BOND PROJECTS?
>> I WANT TO COMMIT SOME OF THAT MONEY, BUT I WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT ON ALL THESE OTHER ONES, BUT THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THE SHADE COVERS A BATES PARK ON FIELD 4, 05, WHERE THERE'S NOTHING.
>> THAT'S ONE THAT I WAS THINKING OF TOO.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT.
>> YOU CAN MAKE IT NICE. I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT TRACT.
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE THE ONE OF FREEDOM PARK. ACTUALLY, IT SHOULDN'T BE.
>> YOU CAN MAKE THEM APPROPRIATE.
I WANT TO SAY, WE GOT QUOTES FOR ONE AT THE REC CENTER FOR THAT.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE $1,820 FOR THAT FULL PAD IN THE BACK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE BLEACHER SIDE, SO IN FEBRUARY, I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE BY FEBRUARY'S MEETING, WE'LL KNOW COST OF ABIGAIL, WE'LL KNOW COST OF FREEDOM.
WE'LL KNOW COST OF THE BATES SIX FIELD.
THOSE ARE THREE OF THE BIG PROJECTS.
REC CENTER IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING THAT MORE OF BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT IT IS.
WE HAD A LIST OF PROJECTS, BUT YES, I WOULD LOVE TO GET TO THEM ALL, BUT IF ONE GETS KNOCKED OFF, WE'LL COME BACK AT THAT TIME.
BUT I DON'T ENVISION THE REC CENTER BEING DONE FULLY COMPLETES FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS-ISH JUST AS WE WORK THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP REVENUE COMING IN AND ALL OF THAT.
IN FEBRUARY, WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THAT FUNDING COMPONENT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SEE ON THE NEXT MEETING OR?
>> I'LL JUST SAY COMPLIMENT DR. JACKSON AND HIS WIFE ON RAN NEIGHBOR PROJECT.
>> MOSTLY MY WIFE. I MEAN, I GIVE PROPS WHERE PROPS DUE.
I WAS A TAG ALONG. REALLY GOOD.
PATIENTS ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, LIKE 217, AND THOSE GUYS GOT DUAL SERVICES AND THE FEW GOT THREE SERVICES. THERE'S A NEED.
>> WHAT A RESOURCE. THEN THE HEART OF ANGLETON AND ON THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
KUDOS TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, BUT IT'S WELL DONE.
FEELS LIKE IT GETS BETTER EACH YEAR.
ACTUALLY, EXCELLENT TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT STILL GREAT TURNOUT, GREAT SUPPORT.
LIKE I SAID, I FEEL LIKE IT'S CAUGHT ON IT'S GROWING.
THAT PARKING LOT IS REALLY WORKING OUT WELL.
EVERYTHING WAS USED TO BE COMPARTMENTALIZED.
IT'S JUST PUT A NICE CENTRAL LOCATION.
>> WE CAN LOOK INTO SOME LIGHTING.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT JOHN AND I TALKED ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PERMANENT OR SOMETHING, I WOULD GET WITH THE COUNTY OR SOMETHING.
>> I KNOW THEY HAD A PARTNER THIS YEAR FOR SOME OF THE LIGHT TOWERS, AND SO MAYBE IF THAT EVOLVES, IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THEY CAN KEEP ADDING TO IT.
IT'S JUST THE SAFETY YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE.
IT'S LEADING IT, SO WE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE OF THE FALL.
>> BUT YOU MENTIONED, TRAVIS, JUST THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER WITH ALL THE EVENTS, LIKE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME UP FOR MY LABOR DAY, REMOTE MEDICAL.
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS, THEY SHOWED UP
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AND SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND SUCH LIKE THAT. IT WAS REALLY GOOD.IT'S LIKE THE OTHER EVENTS YOU MENTIONED THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, JUST PEOPLE COMING OUT AND JUST SEEING COMMUNITY STRENGTH.
>> I NOTICED DR. JACKSON, DENISE, THEY HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT HELPING THEM.
TAKES A LOT TO GET THAT THING TO RUN. IMPRESSIVE TO SEE.
BUT NOW, AS FAR AS FUTURE, I THINK YOU ALREADY STATED WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO BRING TO US NEXT TIME IN FEBRUARY.
I REALLY WANT TO TRY TO PUSH TO GET THE BASEBALL COMPLEX OR THE FIELD DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE BASEBALL SEASON WILL BE UNDERWAY AND IF WE CAN A GET SOME OF THE SUMMER WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO USE IT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
>> THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO, JASON. APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
DID YOU EVER PLANT THE TREES BACK? I KNOW YOU ALL DID SOME AT FREEDOM.
THEY HAVE MADE IT BACK OVER THERE.
IF THEY PLANTED THEM ALL, I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT I KNOW THEY WERE WORKING TOWARDS IT, YES.
>> I KNOW WE DID SOME AT FREEDOM AND THEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING IT.
>> THE PARKS GUYS SOMETIMES I THINK THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE DOWN SEASON, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM ALL THESE EXTRA PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
THINK ABOUT THE TOP OF THE WEEKEND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE REC CENTER HAD A RENTAL GOING ON, BEING ON UNCALLED FOR THAT.
THEY WERE SUPPORTING OUT AT THE SOCCER COMPLEX, AND THEY WERE AT HEART OF CHRISTMAS.
IT WAS LIKE THREE MAJOR THINGS GOING ON ON THAT ONE WEEKEND.
>> GOT THE FUN RUN THIS WEEKEND.
YES. WE SHOULD HAVE BEATEN LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, TOO.
>> I THINK THERE'S A BIG AREA FOR FUN RUNS.
WE CAN GET VERY CREATIVE WITH THEM.
>> WE HAVE I THINK THE SPACE TO DO IT NOW.
>> WE DEFINITELY DO. I DID BRING THAT TO JERRY'S ATTENTION.
I'M ALSO GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO JERRY.
SHE IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE AS OF TODAY.
IT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT OF BEING ABLE TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL ONES IN THERE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DO HAVE THE SPACE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? WE WILL ADJOURN THEN AT 6:32. THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.