Feb 17, 2026 Parks & Recreation Board

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SO IT'S 12:00. WE'LL CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING TO ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT A BUSY SCHEDULE, BUT APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK COUNCILWOMAN SIMMONS FOR BEING HERE AND SERVING AS OUR LIAISON.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FIVE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. THE FIRST ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD

[1. Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the Parks & Recreation Board meeting on October 14, 2025.]

YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT THE MEETING MINUTES IN THE AGENDA PACKET.

EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THOSE. ANY CHANGES? OMISSIONS? MISTAKES? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2025. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETING'S MINUTES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 17TH, 2020. I MEAN, MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.

SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF NEW PARKS ASSESSMENT REPORT.

[2. Update and discussion on new Parks Assessment Report.]

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS A COUPLE OUT BEFORE I DO THAT.

I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE THEM FROM PREVIOUSLY.

I MEAN, WE NEED SOME. I DID NOT BRING THEM, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE OKAY.

THANK YOU. I HAVEN'T CHANGED, HAVE THEY? NO, NO, IT'S BEEN FULLY WASTE TREES.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU.

PARKING LOT. MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL.

THE. LAST ONES. YEP. OKAY.

SO. YEAH. SO AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT OR MEETING INVITES THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT, AND THOSE WERE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO A NEW PARK ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO ROLL OUT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND CONJUNCTION WITH SUPPORT FROM PARKS BOARD WITH THAT PARK ASSESSMENT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AMENITIES WITHIN THE PARKS AND KIND OF REPRESENT A GRADE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. BY DOING THAT, IT'S GOING TO HELP US ALIGN WITH WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIC, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS WE EVALUATE DIFFERENT AMENITIES WITHIN THE PARK.

BUT ALSO PART OF THE PARKS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PRESENT A LIST OF PRIORITY ITEMS TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT YEAR. NOW, THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT IT'S A ONE YEAR PROJECT.

WE MAY IDENTIFY SOME THINGS AND IT'S A MULTI-YEAR, AND THAT BECOMES A PRIORITY FOR MAYBE A SPECIFIC PARK.

FOR EXAMPLE, IS IF WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS A PART DEFICIENCY.

SO ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK, THE NEW ONE THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE THIS YEAR WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A DEFICIENCY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

AND SO THAT MIGHT BECOME A PRIORITY OF STARTING TO EXPLORE THINGS LIKE THAT AS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PARK OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THAT MIGHT BE A MULTIYEAR APPROACH, BUT IT MIGHT BE A PRIORITY OF SAYING, HEY, THIS YEAR I WANT YOU TO START LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO WE CAN IDENTIFY TO SEE IF THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALITY THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD.

THE OTHER SIDE IS TO EVALUATE THE SPECIFIC AMENITIES WITHIN AND JUST REALLY GRADE THEM ON WHAT THEIR NEED IS, WHERE DO THEY CURRENTLY STAND AND WHERE DO WE WANT TO GET THEM TO. SO WE USE THE GRADING SYSTEM OF AN A THROUGH AN F BRING US BACK TO SCHOOL AGE TIMES.

AND WHERE DO OUR AMENITIES FALL WITHIN THAT? SO WE CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC GRADE TODAY? AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH AND EVALUATE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE FUTURE, WE CAN THEN REGRADE THEM AND SEE WHERE WE'VE STARTED AND WHERE WE'VE COME.

OBVIOUSLY, OVER TIME, WE KNOW THAT OUR AMENITIES WITHIN THE PARK WILL DETERIORATE.

EACH OF THEM, IN THEIR OWN CAPACITY, HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO WITHIN THOSE PARKS.

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SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN A TWO DAY APPROACH.

WE'RE ABLE TO GO VISIT THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKS IN THE PARK SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY THOSE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT THIS IS A GREAT STARTING POINT FOR US TO IDENTIFY THAT.

SO I HAD PASSED OUT SOME SPECIFIC REPORT CARDS TO YOU THAT HELP IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS WITHIN WHAT WE TASKED SOME OF THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS WITH AND STAFF IS GRADING IT ON ONE THROUGH TEN. SO THEY ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE SPECIFIC AMENITIES.

SO I'M GOING TO REFERENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST PAGE I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS THE CONCESSION STANDS. WE WENT TO BATES PARK AND WE LOOKED AT THE CONCESSION STAND AND THEY HAD TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON FOUR DIFFERENT GRADING CRITERIA WITHIN THAT WHETHER IT BE FOR SAFETY, STRUCTURAL APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY. AND WE'VE WAITED THOSE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS MORE IMPORTANT AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS.

SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT HAVE A HEAVIER WEIGHT. AND THEY HAD TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON WHAT THAT GRADE WAS.

SO FROM A 1 TO 10 THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AND AS THEY DID INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS, SOME WOULD SAY A FIVE AND SOME WOULD SAY AN EIGHT.

WELL, TO KEEP THINGS UNIFORM, WE WANTED TO HAVE ONE GRADE FOR THEM.

AND SO THEY ULTIMATELY WOULD AGREE ON MAYBE A 6 OR 7.

AND SO WE UTILIZE THAT TO PUT THIS DATA IN HERE TO KIND OF GIVE OURSELVES A GRADE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND AGAIN GREAT RESULTS THIS FIRST TIME THROUGH.

I DON'T I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANYTHING WAS A MAJOR SURPRISE.

THERE ARE SOME FINE TUNED TWEAKS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IN THE BACK END.

I'LL POINT THOSE OUT AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUST REVIEW AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THESE AS WE START TO REFINE THESE, TO BRING THESE BACK TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

TO TO HELP US SHAPE WHAT THOSE PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE.

IDEALLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

WE PRESENT TO ABLC FOR OUR FUNDING PROJECTS TO SUPPORT PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND SO OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THEM WOULD BE APRIL AS A PRELIMINARY TO KICK THAT OFF, WE START THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE DO FOR THE CITY BUDGETS.

SO WE START THAT WITH THEM. SO WHEN WE GET TO PRESENTING TO THE CITY, IT'S KIND OF A FINAL FINALIZED OF WHAT ABLC IS WILLING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR.

BECAUSE ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS IS THEY PROVIDE FULL FUNDING FOR THE BUDGETS.

WE'RE GOOD CITY COUNCIL APPROVES OR THERE'S A DEFICIENCY IN CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IT.

SO KIND OF GIVES DETAILS ON THAT ONE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CONCESSION STANDS AND THE RESTROOMS REPORT CARD FIRST.

SO AGAIN YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT WE WENT TO THAT HAVE A CONCESSION STAND AND OR RESTROOM ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

I WILL MENTION THIS ON ALL THE REPORT CARDS. ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS YOU WILL NOT SEE CURRENTLY IN THERE IS THE YEAR BUILT, SO STAFF ARE WORKING TO COLLECT ALL THAT DATA TO PUT IN HERE.

THAT DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE GRADING.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE GRADING, I WOULDN'T GET TOO LOST IN THE WEEDS ON THAT AT THE MOMENT.

YES, IT IS AN APPROPRIATE GRADING AT THE TIME, BUT YEARS OR LIFESPAN OF THAT AMENITY IS ALSO GOING TO BE FACTORED IN.

SO YOU'LL SEE NEXT OR UNDERNEATH AGE OF 20% EVERYTHING IS LISTED AS A TWO.

SO RIGHT NOW IT IS KIND OF NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THAT.

SO SOME OF THE GRADES MIGHT APPEAR LOWER. BUT WITHIN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS THEY'RE STILL WITHIN LINE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO UPDATE THAT. THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT COMES WITH THAT ONE IS EACH AMENITY HAS A DIFFERENT LIFESPAN THAT GOES WITH IT.

A PLAYGROUND IS VERY SPECIFIC TO A 15 TO 20 YEARS WHERE YOUR PAVILION MIGHT BE 30 TO 40 YEARS.

RIGHT. DEPENDS ON HOW WELL YOU TAKE CARE OF IT.

THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT GOES INTO IT, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE TIME THAT'S SPENT IN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN EACH ONE HAVING A 5 TO 10 YEAR LIFESPAN. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.

BUT AS YOU CAN CURRENTLY SEE, THINGS I'LL JUST POINT OUT IN THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY EXAMPLE BEING VETERANS PARK, VETERANS PARK UNFORTUNATELY RECEIVED AN F BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, VETERANS PARK DOES NOT HAVE CONCESSION STAND AND IT DOES NOT HAVE RESTROOMS. INTENTIONALLY PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A CONVERSATION TO HAVE.

IS SHOULD ALL OUR PARKS BE REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF EITHER RESTROOM SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD SAY, OR CONCESSION STAND AREA, RIGHT? MOST OF THE TIME THOSE TWO ARE COUPLED TOGETHER, BUT CURRENTLY IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY.

AND SO IS THAT A DISCUSSION SO VERY SIMILAR, AS IF YOU LOOK AT I BELIEVE THE DOG PARK WAS.

NOT ACTUALLY ON MY LIST. THE DOG PARK WOULD BE ONE AS WELL.

THAT THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE A RESTROOM EITHER. AND SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO PARKS THAT ARE UTILIZED, PARKS THAT DON'T HAVE RESTROOMS AT IT. AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER? SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO INCLUDE IT IN HERE. IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE DO PARK PLANNING AND STANDARDIZING SOME OF OUR STUFF.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE AT EACH PARK? WHAT MAKES SENSE AT THOSE LOCATIONS?

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ARE REALLY SMALL POCKET PARK WITHIN A COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE RESTROOMS EITHER.

AND SO SAME KIND OF CONCEPT IS AS WE LOOK AT THOSE AND YOU'LL SEE IN FUTURE MEETINGS, I'LL START TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND IF BRUSHY BAYOU IS ONE THAT WE WANT TO FURTHER INVEST IN, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND HOW DO WE BRING THAT UP TO THE STANDARD OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? YES, IT'S A SMALLER PARK, BUT IT DOES HAVE A FOOTPRINT TO EXPAND IF WE WANTED TO.

SO THINGS TO CONSIDER THERE. SO I'LL KIND OF STOP TALKING AT THE MOMENT AND LET YOU ALL MARINATE ON THE CONCESSION ONE.

SEE IF ANYTHING STANDS OUT TO YOU ALL. ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE? I THINK YOU JUST ALLUDED TO IT, BUT THERE'S NO DOG PARK.

YEAH. YEAH. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. WHENEVER WE DO CONCERTS IN THE PARK AT VETERANS, DO WE JUST BRING IN PORTABLE? WE DO. OKAY. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SPACE IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE, RIGHT? WOULD IT SERVE A PURPOSE TO HAVE RESTROOMS OUT THERE? I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WANT TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE THINKING LONG TERM PLANNING OF IT COULD SERVE A PURPOSE, BUT ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF IF YOU HAVE CONCERTS OUT THERE, WHERE WOULD THE RESTROOMS GO TO? NOT IMPACT CONCERTS, BECAUSE THAT IS A SMALL FOOTPRINT OF A PARK.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ON WHERE THAT WAS TO ENSURE THAT YOU STILL HAVE IT AS AN EVENT VENUE.

SO PARDON MY NAIVETY. IF THIS EXISTED, I'M ASKING SOMETHING THAT'S KNOWN.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK IS GENERALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE IS AND I KNOW, I THINK IN THE PAST MAYBE SURVEY. SURVEY MONKEYS.

WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS THAT ASKED PEOPLE HOW OFTEN THAT THEY MAY FREQUENT A CERTAIN PARK OR WHATEVER, AND THAT'S BECOME AVAILABLE. BUT IS THERE A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY TRACK FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, TRAFFIC TO EACH LOCATION TO HELP US PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE WE THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE HELD PERSONALLY, LIKE THE DOG PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, I LEAVE MY HOUSE WITH MY DOGS TO GO TO THE DOG PARK RESTAURANT BEFORE I GO VERSUS YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THE OTHER PARKS THAT IS HEAVILY FREQUENTED, YOU KNOW BY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR A DURATION OF TIME.

I'M NOT SPENDING MORE THAN PROBABLY AN HOUR WITH MY DOGS, IF I'M BEING HONEST.

IT'S HOT. SO I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOVE SOMETHING AROUND, TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING THERE, AND THEN THAT HELPS US FURTHER PRIORITIZE. LIKE I SAID, REALLY, ALL OF THIS, IN MY OPINION, COULD BE LIKE EVERY INDIVIDUAL ITEM COULD REALLY BE KIND OF ASSESSED BASED ON HOW OFTEN THE PLACE IS BEING FREQUENTED.

WE DEFINITELY CAN. OBVIOUSLY PARKS IS A UNIQUE ONE, RIGHT? BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED IN MANY WAYS. SO WE DO HAVE A SOFTWARE THAT COMMUNICATION UTILIZES SPECIFICALLY FOR EVENTS.

IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED PLACE OR AI TO WHERE THEY CAN PUT A GEOFENCE AROUND A PROPERTY TO SEE USAGE AT SPECIFIC TIMES.

MARKET DAYS. RIGHT? YES. AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO TRACK, LIKE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUTSIDE OF THAT.

I WILL SAY THE CAVEAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOUGH. SO EXAMPLE BEING THE DOG PARK. RIGHT. THE DOG PARK DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHOOTING.

SO THERE IS NO SHADE OUT THERE, NO SHADE STRUCTURE, NOTHING OF THAT NATURE.

THERE'S NO DRINKING FOUNTAIN OUT THERE. THERE IS NO RESTROOM OUT THERE.

RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE THREE DEFICIENCIES THAT MAY ATTRIBUTE TO SOMEBODY STAYING LONGER AT A PLACE.

WE JUST DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THAT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S A HARD ONE TOO, BECAUSE VETERANS THAT'S NOT WHERE MAYBE WE COULD DO A SURVEY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE DOG PARK. GET 300, YOU KNOW, ANSWERS AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. AND SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY ASK THE QUESTIONS.

AND WE WOULD DO ALL THAT TO KIND OF HELP GEAR SOME OF THAT AS WELL OF KIND OF, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OF IF THE DOG PARK WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN OVERALL DEFICIENCY, WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GET MORE COMMUNITY INPUT ON SOME THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THAT. I MEAN, ABIGAIL ARIAS WAS THAT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND ADDED A NEW PARK, WE WANTED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK OF WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE PARK? YES, WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC PARK STANDARDS.

SO, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING TO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY YOU KNOW, SHADE THE SHADE COVERINGS OR RESTROOMS. LIKE, IF WE'RE ADDING A NEW PARK. RIGHT. THERE IS SOME VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE INCLUDE IN THAT.

BUT WE WANTED COMMUNITY IMPACT OR INPUT BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD TELL US, WHAT ARE THEY REALLY LOOKING FOR? RIGHT. AND SURE, WE'VE GOT WE GOT RESPONSES THAT HAD YOU KNOW, TOP FIVE AMENITIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 15,

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LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE TOP FIVE THINGS INCLUDED.

AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THE OTHER ONES AREN'T A PRIORITY. IT'S JUST WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND THAT'S MY THING TOO IS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USAGE, THEN I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WANT TO PUT THE BUDGET WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE VERSUS YOU KNOW. YEP. BUT I CAN LOOK I CAN GIVE WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO HOW MUCH WE CAN DETAIL ORIENTED THAT THAT SOFTWARE TO COLLECT SOME OF THAT DATA BECAUSE IT SHOULD TELL US LIKE PEAK USAGE TIMES ARE OUT THERE.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT CAN GIVE US. SO THANK YOU JASON.

AND BJ IS WHERE THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE. YES. YEP.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON CONCESSIONS? OKAY. NEXT ONE I HAVE IS PLAYGROUND.

I APOLOGIZE IF YOU GOT THE NEW ONE. FOR SOME REASON.

IT PRINTED ON TWO PAGES. BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL FOR COMMENT ON THIS ONE.

I WILL MENTION THAT DOG PARK ISN'T HERE. NO, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAYGROUND.

BUT WE CONSIDER THE PLAY FEATURES FOR THE ANIMALS TO BE THEIR PLAYGROUND.

SO THAT'S WHY WE DID INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. SO.

THAT VETERANS IS MISSING FROM THAT LIST. I DON'T SEE FREEDOM.

IT IS HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD NECESSARILY ADD THAT HERE AT THE MOMENT, JUST BASED UNLESS WE WERE TRULY LOOKING TO REDEFINE THAT ENTIRE PARK.

IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION. I CAN DEFINITELY ADD IT.

BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE WAS EVER A DIRECTION TO CONSIDER A PLAYGROUND BASED ON THE SIZE, LACK OF PARKING. NO RESTROOM. LIKE, THERE'S. IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT A FULL REDESIGN OF THAT PARK.

YEAH, BECAUSE IF YOU ADD AMENITY LIKE THAT TO NOT PROVIDE RESTROOMS OR SOME KIND OF SHADE, A COUPLE OF THINGS ALONG THOSE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.

SO. SO FOR PLAYGROUND IS ADA. ACCESSIBILITY. YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, AND I MISSED IT.

IS THAT PART OF FUNCTIONALITY OR SAFETY, OR IS THIS IS IT BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS GRADING SYSTEM AT ALL? I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN COVERED BOTH SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY.

IT WAS A CONSIDERATION, BUT I DON'T RECALL WHAT CATEGORY IT WAS.

IT IS IN THERE. SO NOW KEEP IN MIND TOO, ACCESSIBILITY IS A BLANKET TERM IN A WAY.

RIGHT? AND SO IT MAY MEET ACCESSIBILITY. BUT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT ALL INCLUSIVE RIGHT.

AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THAT. YOU MAY HAVE AN ADA ACCESSIBLE BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S FULLY INCLUSIVE.

I WOULD SAY HOW ABOUT COMPLIANCE. LET'S USE THAT TERM INSTEAD OF ACCESSIBILITY.

SO THAT PART IS IN THERE. WE DID ADDRESS CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE PARKS WE TALKED ABOUT AND NOT HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PLAYGROUND.

WOULD IT BE SOMETHING. AND JUST AGAIN, PARDON THE NAIVETY, BUT WITH RESPECT TO ACCESSIBILITY AND A COMPLIANCE RATHER IN SOME OF THESE REPORTS.

I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE MENTIONED IN PAST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND, AND THEN KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS A, AS A PRIORITY AND OBVIOUSLY GIVING IT PRIORITY.

IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED MORE SEPARATION IN A, IN A WAY, JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT FALLS IN PRIORITY OF, OF. AGAIN, THE COMPLIANCE WORD INSTEAD OF ACCESSIBILITY TO WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WELL THERE'S A FIVE AND BUT WE DON'T KNOW.

WHERE THAT PUTS US IN PRIORITY OF THAT. THIS IS AN ISSUE MORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT COMPLIANCE THAT'S BEING MET AT THAT POINT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WE DO HAVE A SECONDARY DOCUMENT.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADA TRANSITION REPORT THAT WAS DONE IN 2021.

THAT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC THINGS RELATED TO ADA ACCESSIBILITY.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF SEPARATE. OKAY. YES. IT'S IMPORTANT HERE.

SO EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THEM DOES REFERENCE IT I'M PRETTY SURE. DAVID, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THIS LINES UP WITH BG PEC.

MINE SAYS TWO SHEETS ON HERE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS A DROP OFF FROM WHERE THE SIDEWALK GOES IN INTO THE PLAYGROUND.

AND SO THAT IS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEAN FOR US WE JUST NEED TO RAISE THE EXCUSE ME.

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AND SO WE WOULD TRY TO ATTACK THAT ANYWAYS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A DEFICIENCY OF SOMETHING THAT WE PREEXISTING PUT IN.

SO ESSENTIALLY IF THIS IS BEING REFERENCED, IT'S GOING TO BE YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE WITH WHAT IS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IN THE SCOPE OF COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? IS WHAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WAS DONE AFTER REQUIREMENTS.

RIGHT. SO THAT PLAYGROUND WAS PUT IN AFTER THE ADA COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS WERE PUT IN PLACE. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT VERSUS ONE THAT WAS BUILT 30 YEARS AGO.

YOU HAVE THAT GRANDFATHER CLAUSE THAT IT'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT.

BUT HOW CAN WE ADDRESS IT AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

AND BECAUSE HONESTLY SOME OF THEM IS I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT PLAYGROUNDS, DEPENDING ON HOW OLD THEY ARE, THEY IT'S A FULL REDO OF PLAYGROUND. AND THAT'S LIKE WITH REST OR PARDON WITH PLAYGROUND VERY SPECIFICALLY.

WHEN I LOOK AT STRUCTURAL AND I LOOK AT SAFETY IN TERMS OF HOW YOU WOULD ATTACK PRIORITY TO ME, I'M GOING. OKAY, WELL, IF THE STRUCTURAL AND THE SAFETY ARE BOTH IN THIS KIND OF LOWER BAR, THEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE OVER APPEARANCE OR EVEN REALLY OVER FUNCTIONALITY AT THAT POINT, THAT STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SYNONYMOUS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE PRIORITY.

AND THAT'S SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT. SO APPEARANCE THAT'S ONLY 10% LIKE THAT IS A VERY LOW NUMBER.

LIKE IT MAY NOT LOOK THE GREATEST, BUT IT SERVES ITS PURPOSE.

IT'S STILL FUNCTIONAL AND IT'S SAFE. SO PLAYGROUNDS ARE ALWAYS A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE OUR WONDERFUL SON THAT WE GET ALL SUMMER LONG LIKES TO DROWN OUT THE COLORS OF EVERYTHING.

RIGHT. AND SO YOU WILL SEE WEAR AND TEAR FROM THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE PLAYGROUND IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT'S NOT UPKEPT, AND IT'S THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND OR IT'S SAFE.

RIGHT. IT JUST DOESN'T REALLY LOOK THE GREATEST.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE'S GRADED LOWER VERSUS SAFETY AND STRUCTURE IS 50% OF OUR GRADING IS.

AND THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. RIGHT. IDENTIFYING THOSE OF LIKE IS IT STRUCTURALLY SOUND? WELL, IF IT'S NOT, THEN THAT BECOMES A SAFETY.

SO YOU'RE REALLY GETTING TWO THINGS RIGHT. SO IT'LL GET A DING ON STRUCTURAL AND A DING ON SAFETY.

AND SO IT BRINGS IT TO THE HIGHER PRIORITY LIST TO ADDRESS THOSE.

NOW JUST KEEP IN MIND AS WELL LIKE JUST BECAUSE THIS LIST COMES HERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE LET'S SAY THERE WAS A STRUCTURAL SOUND PLAYGROUND.

THERE WAS A SECTION OF IT. WE MAY FIND THAT THAT IS NO LONGER SAFE AND THE STRUCTURE IS BAD, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT OFFLINE. RIGHT. AND YES, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SCORE OVERALL, BUT WE MAY ALREADY ADDRESS IT OR FIND A WAY TO ADDRESS IT, KNOWING THAT IT WAS THERE AND WE HAD TO FREEDOM PARK IS AN EXAMPLE.

IT DIDN'T GET GRADED ON THE PLAYGROUNDS BECAUSE IT IS SLATED FOR REPLACEMENT. BUT THERE WAS A PORTION WE HAD TO CLOSE A SECTION OF THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE IT WAS UNSAFE.

RIGHT. AND SO WE HAD TO DO THAT. SO THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR SCORING.

BUT WE RECOGNIZED WE HAD TO CLOSE IT ANYWAYS.

RIGHT NOW IT COULD BRING THINGS MORE TO LIGHT.

WE HAD ANOTHER PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAD TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON.

IT COULD HAVE GOT DINGED ON THE THE STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY COMPONENT, BUT WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE IT'S JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON THE SEVERITY OF IT.

RIGHT. YOU MIGHT HAVE A ONE OFF THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS ONE COMPONENT OR YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS ENTIRE.

I THINK ABOUT THE PAVILION FOR BASE PARK. THERE WAS A HUGE CRACK THROUGH THE CENTER OF IT.

THE CANOPY WAS VERY LOW. THERE WAS NO ADA ACCESSIBILITY TO IT.

SO THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT'S LIKE, OKAY, LIKE WE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER PROJECT TO DO A REDO THE CONCRETE SLAB, MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. INCREASE THE CANOPY FOR THE PAVILION AREA.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A FULL PIECE VERSUS, OH, WE NOTICED THAT ONE ONE SUPPORT BEAM WAS BAD.

WE CAN REPLACE THAT, RIGHT? AND SO SOME OF THEM WE CAN ADDRESS LIKE THAT OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO BE LARGER PROJECTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU JASON. OF COURSE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FEEDBACK FOR PLAYGROUNDS? MY NEXT ONE IS PAVILIONS.

SO SIMILAR AS WE DISCUSSED FOR THE OTHER ONES I WILL SAY, UNFORTUNATELY LOOKING AT THE MAJORITY OF THESE, THE PAVILIONS PROBABLY ARE THE ONES THAT SEE THE LOWEST GRADES ON MOST OF THEM.

AND MAINLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PAVILIONS AT THE MAJORITY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS OR PLAYGROUNDS AT A MAJORITY OF OUR PARKS.

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I NEED TO DO A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE THAT IS PAVILION NUMBER ONE.

WE DO HAVE TWO OF THEM. NUMBER TWO IS GOOD. NUMBER ONE WAS POOR.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE VETERANS PARK AT ENOUGH. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOT ONE THERE.

THE DOG PARK HAD A STRUCTURE. IT DID BREAK THIS YEAR, SO STRUCTURE WAS THERE.

WE HAD TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE OF THAT. SO IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING CURRENTLY.

BRUSHY BAYOU HAS ONE BUT ALSO RECEIVED A VERY POOR GRADE.

AND SO JUST POINTING OUT SOME OF THOSE ONES. AND THEN ACTUALLY MASTERSON RECEIVED A LOWER GRADE AS WELL.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT. THAT ONE'S A LITTLE SKEWED. YOU LOOK AT THE SCORING ON IT, THEY'RE SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, EIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. WE HAD SOME MINOR THINGS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE AGE FACTOR PULLED INTO THAT, PULLED THAT ONE DOWN. SO THAT ONE PROBABLY WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO LIKE A C PLUS.

ANY COMMENTS ON PAVILIONS? OKAY, I HAVE PARKING LOTS NEXT.

I APOLOGIZE IF YOU GOT THE SECOND COPY. THE PRINCE DID NOT.

STILL PRINTS ON ONE PAGE. SO I'LL LOOK INTO THAT ONE AGAIN.

BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELINEATE MOST OF THOSE.

MOST OF THE THINGS I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS PARKING WENT WAS STRIPING, LIKE THE APPEARANCE.

AND SOME OF THE SAFETY THAT WENT FROM THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE FOUND AT MOST OF THE PARKS.

WHETHER THEY HAD NO STRIPING OR STRIPING WAS JUST DEGRADED.

AND SO THAT WAS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKS WAS A LOT OF LOW GRADE.

SOME OF IT WAS ACCESSIBILITY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PARK WAS AT VETERANS PARK AS AN EXAMPLE.

NOW, IT'S NOT A LARGE FOOTPRINT OF A PARK, BUT THE PARKING THERE IS A IN ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT.

THERE'S NO ACCESS OFF OF MAGNOLIA. AND SO YOU HAVE A DEFICIENCY THERE.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT WE TALK ABOUT ON STREET? WELL, YOU ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC PARKING, BUT IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY TIED TO THAT.

AND SO, YES, IT COULD HAVE PARKING, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ISN'T DESIGNATED TO IT.

THAT WAS THOSE WERE THE MAJORITY OF THEM WAS THE STRIPING FIRE LANES AND A COUPLE OF THEM.

SO WE'VE THESE ARE, I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE MINOR.

MAJORITY OF THE PARKING LOTS DID NOT HAVE MAJOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS. THAT WOULD BE THE HIGH COST THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF THESE AT A FAIRLY MINIMAL COST.

SO STILL A PRIORITY, BUT NOT GOING TO BE A LARGE PROJECT OF, LET'S SAY, HAVING TO REDO THE CONCRETE AND DO A FULL NEW PARKING LOT THERE.

BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADDRESS. I'LL MENTION THIS ONE FOR YOU, AARON.

ADA. ACCESSIBILITY FOR MASTERSON. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STREET IS.

WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS.

SO WE DID BELIEVE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. NOW, ADD AN EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALK AND DID THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY RAMP COMING FROM THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF ORANGE AND. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE PARKING OR WHEN YOU GET TO THE ROAD, IT IS LIKE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN GOING UP, WHICH IS PART OF THE ROAD.

AND SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS THOSE IS IF THE CITY COMES IN AND REDOES THAT ENTIRE ROAD.

SO ALTHOUGH IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S A DEFICIENCY, IT'S A VERY IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT THAN IT SEEMS TO BE.

SO WE'VE ADDRESSED IT TO, IF YOU'RE ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT THAT ROADWAY OR EVEN THE ENTRANCE FROM WHERE YOU WOULD PARK IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OF OUR CROSS SLOPE, BUT ADDRESSING THE ROAD IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER THAN ADDRESSING SIDEWALKS.

OKAY, NEXT ONE I HAVE IS QUARTZ. THIS ONE'S PRETTY MINIMAL.

YOU HAVE YOUR BASKETBALL COURT AT OR IT'S NOT BATES PARK, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR VOLLEYBALL COURT AT DICKEY PARK IS THE TWO THAT WE HAVE GRADED HERE. SO WE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH THOSE.

THIS ONE, AGAIN, I WILL CAUTION YOU, THE C PLUS IS NOT INDICATIVE OF THOSE.

THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO THE LOW GRADE FOR THE AGE OF THEM.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY GOT EIGHT NINES ACROSS THE BOARD.

MINOR THINGS. ADA, ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE BASKETBALL COURT IS STRANGE.

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AND THEN WE JUST HAD SOME SMALL THINGS FOR THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS.

BUT OVERALL THOSE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. I'LL MENTION HERE AS WELL.

THE ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL ONES WE'RE WORKING TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I'M WORKING WITH GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS ON.

AND THE PARK STAFF IS THEY'LL BE GRADING OUR FIELDS, AND SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND PROVIDE GRADES ON ALL THE FIELDS.

SO WE KNOW EACH FIELD WAS PUT IN AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE APPROPRIATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF LET'S SAY FIELD FIVE, IT'S THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MORE THAN FIELD ONE DOES.

RIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN UPGRADES ON THE FENCING FOR ONE AND TWO, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S SOME DEFICIENCIES AND OTHER ONES, SO WE WANT TO SCORE THOSE ONES SEPARATELY. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET SCORES ON ALL THOSE SPECIFIC FIELDS. SO WE HAVE GRADING ON THOSE BECAUSE THOSE WILL HAVE JUST BE LIKE THE OTHER ONES IS THEY WILL NEED A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE DONE.

THEY'LL NEED ATTENTION DONE ON THOSE ONES. AND SO WE'LL HAVE A, A SOME KIND OF SCORING RUBRIC IN PLACE FOR THOSE AS WELL.

SO SO I NOTICE YOU DON'T HAVE PICKLEBALL MENTIONED ON THE COURTS PROBABLY.

THANK YOU. YES. I WILL ACTUALLY ADD THAT THAT'S I'M GOING TO GIVE IT AN A. MAYBE HOLD ON PARKING.

OKAY. B LIGHTING B PARKING LIGHTING AND PARKING.

PARKING LOT. SO BUT YEAH, I'LL ADD THAT ONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SPORTS ON DOWNING ARE THOSE CITY. THEY'RE NOT CITY PROPERTY.

AND SO WE CAN ADD IT. IT WOULD JUST TAKE A MORE OF A JOINT EFFORT, JUST LIKE WHEN WE DID REHAB ON THOSE.

IT WAS A COLLECTION BETWEEN US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY ARE STILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROPERTY. AND SO REALLY, IT'S UP TO THEM TO MAINTAIN WE JUST HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THAT.

SO THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH THAT WE DO WITH THOSE. BUT I CAN ADD IT TO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT'S A KIND OF QUASI AMENITY THAT WE HAVE.

YEAH. WELL THEY'RE NICE. YEAH, I USE THEM. GOOD.

DOESN'T HURT TO AT LEAST PUT AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT ONE TO SAY THAT, LIKE WE CONSIDER IT PART OF OURS, WE RECOMMEND PEOPLE USE THEM, BUT IT'S A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE VARIOUS AGENT, LIKE BASEBALL, SOCCER TO WRITE THEIR OWN FIELDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARK STAFF. AND SO IT'LL BE A JOINT EFFORT ON THAT ONE.

NOT TO SAY THEY WOULD DO THIS, BUT IF THEY CAME IN AND SAID, OH, YEAH, THESE FIELDS ARE TERRIBLE, YOU GOT TO REPLACE THEM. ALL RIGHT. BUT I WANT TO HAVE A VARIETY OF EYES THAT LOOK AT IT. I THINK DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IS DEFINITELY GOOD.

AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON WHAT THAT SCORING IS.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE FIELDS A LOT MORE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES THAT GO WITH THOSE. AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY TALK STRUCTURAL, LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT STRUCTURAL, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST LOOK, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOFTBALL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE BACKSTOP AND THE DUGOUTS AND THE FENCE LINE. WELL, THE STRUCTURE IS ALSO THE FIELD. SO ARE THERE AREAS THAT HOLD WATER A LOT.

RIGHT. LIKE DO THEY HAVE TO CANCEL GAMES A LOT BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST ALWAYS UNDER WATER ANYTIME IT RAINS.

AND SO THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE ON THOSE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THOSE PIECES.

YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I GOT LOGGED OUT.

I WAS GOING TO BE HARD TO PRIORITIZE. ACROSS ALL THREE.

I AND I THINK THE FIRST YEAR PROBABLY WILL BE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO WORK THROUGH IT.

BUT I THINK IT'LL START TO SET US UP FOR FUTURE YEARS.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE RECOMMENDATION IS, YOU KNOW, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, LIKE THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE, THERE'S GOING TO BE EBBS AND FLOWS THAT, LIKE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT ONE THING MIGHT DETERIORATE A LOT QUICKER. AND SO WE MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT. BUT IT'S GOING TO PUT US ON THE RIGHT PATH OF SAYING, HEY, HERE'S EVERYTHING AND HERE'S LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AN EXAMPLE I GIVE WITH IT IS SO OFTEN WE LOVE TO GIVE BRAND NEW THINGS, AND WE LOVE TO ADD TO OUR COLLECTION OF PARKS OR AMENITIES OR EQUIPMENT OR ALL THAT. RIGHT? BUT THIS PART REALLY COMES BACK TO TAKING CARE OF WHAT YOU HAVE.

AND SO IDENTIFYING THINGS TO SAY. WOW. IF WE'RE SEEING ISSUES WITH THE COURTS A LOT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE

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AND WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S MORE A BIGGER PROJECT THAT YOU KNOW, THE PAVILION MIGHT BE A LARGER COST AND WOULD WOULD BE LIKE A ONE TIME COST VERSUS WE KNOW WE NOTICED A PLAYGROUND HAS SOME DEFICIENCIES.

AND IF WE JUST TAKE CARE OF A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS AND WE'RE ABLE TO JUST REHAB IT, IT PROBABLY CAN GET US ANOTHER FIVE, TEN YEARS. AND SO IT'S GOING TO HELP DELINEATE SOME OF THAT.

RIGHT? IS NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE TO BE LARGE PROJECTS.

AND WE CAN CATEGORIZE THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF IT JUST COMES DOWN TO WHAT IS THE NEED THERE AND WHAT IS THE FUNDING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, RIGHT. OF IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VETERANS PARK RIGHT NOW, IT'S EMPTY.

AND IF WE HAVE A PLAN FOR FUTURE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MORE MONEY.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A PLAYGROUND OR A PAVILION OR CONCESSIONS OR AN AMPHITHEATER OR A STAGE OR ALL THOSE.

RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, LIKE EVEN COURTS.

YOU MIGHT GIVE TENNIS COURTS A POOR GRADE, AND WE JUST HAVE TO RESURFACE THOSE.

AND THOSE CAN COME AT A CHEAPER COST THAN WHEN WE REDID THE COURTS.

IT'S THE BASKETBALL COURTS, AND THAT MIGHT BE A HIGHER COST.

OR ACTUALLY, THAT ONE WAS THE THE COVERING OVER TOP.

WE REDID THE THE STRUCTURE, BUT THE COURT WAS SIGNED.

AND SO IT'S JUST GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHAT THE NEED IS AND THE COST PRIORITY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.

SO SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO COME UP WITH A PRIORITIZED LIST OF THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF DATA TO CHEW UP AND COME INTO THOSE LITTLE LISTS.

YES. SO WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST IS THAT AND SOME OF US ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THESE PROJECTS AND PROBLEMS THAN OTHER OTHER ONES.

SOME OF US HAVE SEEN IT, SOME OF US HAVEN'T. WHAT IF, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, YOU AND I GET TOGETHER, ONCE YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF DIGEST SOME OF THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE STILL HASHING IT OUT, AND YOU AND I COME UP WITH A NON PRIORITIZED LIST OF MAYBE SIX, MAYBE TEN, MAYBE 20 PROJECTS.

I CAN TAKE THAT LIST, EMAIL IT OUT TO YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT, GO OUT TO PARKS AND LOOK AT IT.

MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS FEEL REAL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST. WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST TOO.

THAT WAY, WE CAN START DISTILLING THIS DOWN INTO A MANAGEABLE LIST.

AND THEN AT THE MEETING IN TWO MONTHS, WE COME WITH A LIST OF I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THINGS IT'LL BE, MAYBE A DOZEN, MAYBE MORE. AND AS A GROUP, WE CAN SAY THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS NOT SO IMPORTANT. I FEEL REAL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ONE.

I DON'T. IS THAT A WAY TO KIND OF START NARROWING THIS DOWN TO A TO A LIST, DO YOU THINK? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY HEARTBURN WITH THAT? YES.

SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. SO I WILL SEND OUT AT SOME POINT.

SEND OUT YOU GOT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL AND SAY HERE'S OUR LIST.

THAT'S NOT SAYING THIS IS ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S DONE, PLEASE ADD IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CUT ANYTHING OUT HERE.

AND THEN YOU AND I WILL GET TOGETHER. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE GO VISIT THIS PARK AND SAY, WHY DID THIS GET AN F? OR, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GOT TO BE, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE GOT AN F OR WHATEVER.

AND AS I FINE TUNE THIS AS WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH UPDATES.

AND SO YOU HAVE AN UPDATED ONE THAT HAS UPDATED SCORING AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP PRIORITIZE SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

SO I SAID MOST OF IT WILL FALL WITHIN THE SAME REALM.

LIKE IF IT WAS A LOW GRADE HERE, EVEN WHEN WE ADDED EVEN THOUGH THE GRADE MIGHT COME UP, THE GRADE IS GOING TO COME UP PROBABLY FOR ALL OF THEM.

SO IT'LL STILL BE ONE OF THE LOWER ITEMS ON THAT.

EXCEPT FOR THINGS THAT, LIKE THE DOG PARK DOESN'T HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE, THAT THAT GRADE'S NOT GOING TO COME UP BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN TORN DOWN.

SO AND WITH THERE THERE WAS PHOTO DOCUMENTATION DONE WHEN THIS ALL HAPPENED.

I KNOW SOME WE DID SOME TO THINGS WE COULD ADDRESS, BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY GO BACK AND SEE IF WE COULD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE, I MEAN, REALLY BEING ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHERE THE ISSUES ARE RATHER THAN JUST READING IT, YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED. YOU KNOW, HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST EVEN LIKE A PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, WELL, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A BLIND SPOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN.

I MEAN, WHAT'S CAUSING THE BLIND SPOT, YOU KNOW? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN WORKABLE? ARE WE GRADING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN, LOGICALLY, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CORRECTED? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, I THINK HAVING HAVING A VISUAL IMPACT GOES A LONG WAY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING.

YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS AND EVEN SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, FRAYED ROPES, YOU KNOW, HOW BAD IS IT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS HANGING OUT. I MEAN, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT FRAYED SHORTS.

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I JUST THINK THAT HELPS REALLY PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT EXACTLY THESE THINGS MEAN.

AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, A BLIND SPOT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKING LOT I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT, I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE ALMOST SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.

I MEAN, THAT COULD TAKE SOMETHING FROM JUST LOOKING LIKE A MINOR ISSUE TO, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, WHAT IF IT'S REALLY AN OBSTRUCTION THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT THAT PARTICULAR PARKING LOT? I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE HOW WE HANDLE THE PRIORITY LIST.

SO I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN GET PHOTO DOCUMENTATION AS WELL OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST THAT WE'LL DISCUSS, I THINK IT WILL HELP YOU A LOT BECAUSE YOU CAN WE CAN GO OVER THIS STUFF AND SAY, OH, I CAN DO THAT.

THE SAFETY AND THE STRUCTURAL OR BOTH AT OF FOUR.

AND SO THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. BUT THEN YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE I SAID, AND FRAYED ROPE MEANS, YOU KNOW, HAD YOU SAW THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANT.

YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT A VISUAL REPRESENTATION IS GOING TO MAKE IT DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT HOW YOU APPROACH THESE THINGS.

WHEN WE COME WITH THE LIST OF DISCUSSION ITEMS, WITH A LIST OF, WITH A SERIES OF PICTURES TO, THEN I WOULD IMAGINE TO SO OBVIOUSLY MAJORITY OF THIS STUFF IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE FUNDING, RIGHT. LIKE WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF IT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, BATES PARK PLAYGROUND WAS ONE THAT GRADED LOW.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT BECOMES A TOP PRIORITY THIS YEAR.

THEY DO HAVE A REPLACEMENT PLAN, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE ANTICIPATE REPLACING OUR PLAYGROUNDS EVERY 15 TO 20 YEARS.

BUT IT MAY HAVE ESCALATED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SOONER, BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO FUNDING.

RIGHT OF. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PRIORITY THAT YOU ALL PUT IN PLACE THAT THIS ALL, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS IT GOES TO ABLC.

AND ABLC IS ASKED ON WHAT PRIORITIES THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO FUND.

RIGHT. BUT I WOULD AGREE. LIKE THE PHOTOS ARE GOING TO HELP SELL THAT STORY.

HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE. AND THE REALITY THAT COMES TO IT AS WELL IS SOME OF THEM MIGHT SELL THE STORY IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO PUSH YOU IN ANOTHER DIRECTION OF, LET'S SAY, THE SHADE COVER AND THE DOG PARK.

IT GOT REMOVED LIKE IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

LIKE WE DIDN'T REPLACE IT. WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T. IT'S NOT SLATED TO BE REPLACED RIGHT NOW.

IT MAY GET REPLACED, BUT IT'S FUNDING. WELL, IT WAS NO LONGER STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IT WAS NOT SAFE.

AND SO WE HAD TO CLOSE IT. RIGHT. AND SO SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THOSE OF YOU MIGHT BRING A DEFICIENCY UP AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. AND I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, IT'S $1 MILLION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE A COST ESTIMATE FOR EACH ONE ONCE WE GET AN IDEA OF PRIORITIES.

AND SO I THINK THAT FACTOR WILL WEIGH IN THERE.

BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO NECESSARILY SKEW THAT, BECAUSE IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT, HEY, THIS IS DEFICIENCY, THE COST ESTIMATE COMES. YES, COINCIDES WITH IT.

BUT SO OFTEN WE CAN GO, WELL, THAT'S OUT OF OUR REACH.

LET'S NOT DO THAT. WELL, THAT JUST MEANS WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE DEFICIENCY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE OF COST. INSTEAD OF SAYING, IF THAT'S NUMBER ONE, THAT'S PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, AND WE'D RATHER HAVE NUMBER ONE VERSUS 4 OR 5 AND SIX, RIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S JUST STRATEGIC IN HOW YOU PUT THAT IN THERE.

DOES THAT ALWAYS MEAN THAT HAPPENS. NO. AN EXAMPLE I WILL GIVE IS YES, I LOVE FUNDING PROJECTS LIKE.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WILL LOVE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THESE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE STRATEGIC THAT IF AGAIN, IF WE IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND AT BATES PARK, IF WE IDENTIFY THAT PLAYGROUND IS NUMBER ONE, THAT IS ABSOLUTE NUMBER ONE. RIGHT? I'M GOING TO SELL THE STORY OF THAT, OF SAYING, HEY, IF THIS IS THE HIGHEST COST AND IT COST US $1 MILLION, WE MAY NOT LAST TWO YEARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER CONSIDER SHUTTING THAT PLAYGROUND DOWN OR FINDING FUNDING FOR IT.

WELL, SOMETIMES THAT TAKES PLANNING, AND YOU DON'T DO THE OTHER FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE AN ADVERSE REACTION AS WELL.

BUT IF I CAN SAVE 150 TO $200,000 THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR TO ADDRESS THAT, WE NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL.

RIGHT. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A BALANCING ACT OF THAT.

AGAIN, I LOVE FUNDING PROJECTS, BUT I DON'T LIKE GOING INTO PROJECTS KNOWING THAT THERE IS ONE.

LIKE IF IT WAS TRULY AN F AND WE SAID ONE PARK WAS JUST TERRIBLE FOR WHATEVER REASON AND THAT WAS A PRIORITY, WHY WOULD WE GO FUND THESE OTHER, YOU KNOW, TEN ITEMS AT A LOWER COST? BECAUSE THAT F IS STILL GOING TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? AND YEAH, YOU CAN'T GET WORSE THAN F, BUT YOU CAN GET TO A POINT THAT IT'S DEFICIENT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN.

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AND SO IT'S A STRATEGIC APPROACH OF EVALUATING THOSE THINGS OF YOU CAN'T JUST SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU HAVE BIG ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR DOWN THE ROAD.

I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME TO JUST LIKE DOG PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SHADE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S LIKE, IS THERE A SMALLER BUDGET ITEM WE CAN ADD TO THE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR OWN SHADE, LIKE MAYBE SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING A TENT, A POP UP TENT THERE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PICNIC TABLES SET UP, YOU KNOW, SO WE SPENT, YOU KNOW, 120 BUCKS ON A PICNIC TABLE OR GOT FOUR OF THEM.

AND NOW THERE'S THIS SEATING. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BRING A LITTLE TENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO SET UP AND HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY ROOM FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW WE CAN KIND OF LEAD TO THIS.

YOU KNOW, ONE DAY THERE'S A, A BUILDING OUT THERE THAT HAS A RESTROOM AND DOG GROOMING INSIDE AND A VENDING MACHINE FOR A SHAMPOO AND DOG BONES THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING MONEY BACK IN THE CITY'S POCKET FROM, FROM USE. I MEAN, THERE'S I THINK THAT THERE'S WAY WE CAN KIND OF ALMOST BAIT THE IDEA OF, OF SOMEPLACE BECOMING WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE BECAUSE OF MAKING ME HAVE WE HAD AN AMENITY AND WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.

THAT SHOULD MAKE IT A PRIORITY, I WOULD THINK USAGE USAGE AND THAT LIKE THE WHAT YOU ENVISION THAT PARK TO BE. RIGHT. AND SO I WOULD AGREE IN SOME DEGREE LIKE SOME ASPECT OF YOU LIKE IF YOU HAD, LET'S SAY BG PARK, IF ONE OF THOSE SMALL PAVILIONS WENT DOWN. WE'VE GOT THREE OTHER.

THEY'RE NOT HEAVILY UTILIZED. SO IS THAT A NEED? RIGHT. AND SO DO YOU GO AND REPLACE THAT COMPONENT.

OR DO YOU LOOK AT LARGE SCALE OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO ISOLATE THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TWO LARGER PAVILIONS.

AND SO YOU'RE GETTING RID OF 2 OR 4 TO HAVE TWO.

SO YES. AND I WOULD AGREE. BUT ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE BATES PARK HAD AN ADDITIONAL RESTROOM.

AND SO THE RESTROOM THAT WAS BACKED BY PAVILION NUMBER TWO.

DOESN'T HAVE AN ADDITIONAL RESTROOM. WHEN THEY TOOK DOWN THAT PAVILION, THE RESTROOM CAME DOWN.

AND NOW YOU JUST HAVE A PAVILION BACK THERE. AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.

AND SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WEIGH IN, FACTOR THOSE OUT.

I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ONE.

AND SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE. AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT THAT COMES WITH IT. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE AN AMENITY. AND OUR TENNIS COURTS, WE USED TO HAVE TENNIS COURTS. NOW THEY'RE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

I GUESS IT'S LIKE THE GAZEBO WE USED TO HAVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.

SO AND SO UNTIL YOU LIKE TRULY DEFINE THAT. LIKE WHAT DOES THAT NEED? AND WHERE DO YOU SEE LIKE, WHAT IS THE MASTER PLAN FOR THIS PARK.

RIGHT. AND IDENTIFYING THAT TO SAY, OKAY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THIS AMENITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THIS LIKE THIS IS NO LONGER BEING UTILIZED.

WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO SOMETHING ELSE. SO I THINK SOME OF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT AMENITY IS.

SO OUR GOAL FOR THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE TO COME WITH A LIST TO DISCUSS AND PRIORITIZE, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED.

THAT WORKS. OKAY. EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YES.

OKAY. ARE YOU DONE WITH EVERYTHING WITH THAT SECTION, JASON? YES. OKAY. YEP. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST TO NAME LAKESIDE PARK PAVILION IN HONOR OF TERRY

[3. Discussion and possible action on request to name the Lakeside Park Pavilion in honor of Terry Roberts.]

HE SERVED ON PASSED AWAY IN MARCH OF 2025. SERVED ON COUNCIL SINCE 2023.

BEFORE THAT, HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS IS ACTIVE IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND LOTS OF OTHER STUFF AROUND TOWN.

THIS IS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

IT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA TO BE NAMED AS A SUB FACILITY IN THE PARK.

AND TERRY ROBERTS DOES MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CRITERIA TO HAVE A SUB FACILITY NAMED AFTER HIM EXCEEDS.

SO ANY DISCUSSION, WE JUST SKIP RIGHT TO MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO FURTHER CLARIFY. THANK YOU. DAVID.

SO PART OF THE REASON IT'S COME BEFORE YOU ALL PART OF OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT ANY ONES THAT COME IN AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY BUILDING A FACILITY, COMES TO THE PARKS BOARD. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT TODAY IS TO THIS. AND THEN FROM YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL.

IF THEY DEEM IF THEY SEE FIT, I SEE THEM AGREEING AS WELL.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE PROCESS. SO.

SO ARE THEY LOOKING FOR A MOTION FROM THIS OR.

YES. SO IT STARTS WITH YOU ALL FIRST. AND THEN BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

SO THIS IS YOU LIKE YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THIS NAMING TO HAPPEN.

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ARE THERE ANY OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NAMED AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL? I KNOW THERE'S BENCHES AND STUFF, BUT IS THERE ANY BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES? YES. SO A COUPLE OF THE FIELDS ARE SO MOST RECENTLY AGSA CAME AND FIELD THEY NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE SOFTBALL PLAYERS WHO HAD PASSED AWAY. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE SUB FACILITIES THAT IS NAMED WITHIN THE PARK, BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL FIELDS ARE ALSO NAMED AS WELL.

AND BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID LAST WEEK IN A CONVERSATION, YOU DON'T FORESEE A TIME THAT THERE'S CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OR CORPORATE NAMING RIGHTS FOR THAT PAVILION. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ENVISION IT SPECIFICALLY FOR LAKESIDE UNLESS WE CHANGE WHAT THE DESIGN OF THAT WAS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE NAMING RIGHTS, TYPICALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO SELL THAT AS A RENTAL PAVILION OF SOME SORT, I COULD SEE THAT. BUT I ALSO PERSONALLY FEEL THAT MEMORIAL NAMING TRUMPS CORPORATE NAMING RIGHTS.

AND SO YES, THAT COULD LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN LAKESIDE FOR THAT.

AND I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THE CITY IS ACTIVELY PURSUING. SO DO I HEAR A MOTION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE LAKESIDE PAVILION BE NAMED AFTER TERRY ROBERTS.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES. I NEED TEARING UP OVER HERE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER.

[4. Discussion and possible action to consider a Parks Memorial Request for installation of a bench and tree at the Officer Cash Memorial Dog Park.]

THIS IS ONE THAT'S SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. I UNDERSTAND.

SO I THINK THERE IS A MECHANISM IN THE ORDINANCES WHERE WE CAN NAME STUFF LIKE THIS AFTER PEOPLE.

THE ONLY CATCH IN THERE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE PASSED AWAY, AND THIS PERSON HAS NOT PASSED AWAY.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT VARIANCE IN THERE. WE ALSO DON'T YOU KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.

CORRECT. BUT WE DO NOT. YES. OKAY. YES. AND THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN THAT YOU GUYS KNOW.

AND IT'S THE PERSON HAS BEEN VETTED, SO TO SPEAK.

YES. AND SO I WILL SAY AS WELL. SO TYPICALLY AS YOU MENTIONED THE REQUIREMENT THAT SOMEBODY HAS TO HAVE PASSED AWAY TO DO A PARKS MEMORIAL.

SO THIS IS PART OF THE PARKS MEMORIAL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE OR POLICY.

AND SO THE CRITERIA OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR OF A BENCH AND A TREE DO FIT THAT WITHIN THE PARKS MEMORIAL ORDINANCE.

SO THEY ARE FULLY WITHIN THE REQUEST OF IT WOULD BECOME AT THEIR COST.

SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY COVER THE COST OF THE TREE, AND THEY WOULD COVER THE COST OF THE BENCH AND THE PLAQUE TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

SPECIFIC THINGS INCLUDED IS WE DON'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE IN PERPETUITY.

WE WILL MANAGE IT, JUST LIKE WE MANAGE ALL THE REST OF OUR PARK AMENITIES OR BENCHES OR TREES WITHIN.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT IT DIES, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REPLANT IT.

THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT IF A HURRICANE COMES THROUGH AND TAKES THAT, BENSON PUTS IT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO PUT A NEW ONE IN.

SO THE ONLY REAL CAVEAT IS JUST THE WAIVER AS FAR AS THE VARIANCE THAT COMES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS STILL LIVING TODAY. AND THEIR REQUEST COMES BECAUSE THIS PERSON HAS BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN THEIR COMMUNITY, HAS SERVED WITHIN THE VETERINARY SERVICE WORLD FOR OVER 30 YEARS LOCALLY IN TOWN.

AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE ANGLETON COMMUNITY UNTIL ESPECIALLY THE PET COMMUNITY FOR ESPECIALLY THE REQUEST BEING AT THE OFFICE OR CASH MEMORIAL PARK TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT.

SO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FULLY FOLLOW OUR CURRENT POLICY, IT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD TO ACCEPT A VARIANCE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO. I THINK THE MYSTERY IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF A SURPRISE.

LIKE THEY BEFORE THEY LET THEM KNOW, THEY WANT TO KNOW IT'S A REALITY.

IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO. SO I CAN APPRECIATE HONORING SOMEBODY WHILE THEY'RE STILL LIVING THE SAME THOUGHTS.

AND AFTER READING THE PAVILION'S REPORT CARD, THAT IS A PARK THAT HAS LIKE LIMITED SEATING, SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? WELL, I'LL LET EVERYBODY ELSE DISCUSS, BUT THE ONLY THING I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IN MEMORY OF.

RIGHT. I WILL SAY IN HONOR OF. YES. YEAH. APPRECIATION OF.

I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE NOT OF IT. NOT OF THE REQUEST ITSELF AT ALL, BUT MORE, I GUESS, KIND OF THE LIKE. I DON'T CALL IT THE MAINTENANCE ELEMENT, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW.

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THEN ESSENTIALLY THIS IS FOREVER AND THEY CAN BUY A NEW ONE, THEY CAN REPLACE IT AND THAT THAT RIGHT STAYS.

OR THEY HAVE TO REQUEST A NEW BENCH BE PUT IN AND A NEW TREE BE PUT IN EVERY, EVERY TIME, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REQUEST, LIKE IF THEY CAME BACK AND LET'S SAY THE BENCH FELL APART AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO TO CONTINUE ON BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND IF THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT, AGAIN, WE WOULD JUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF KEEPING IT GOING.

OKAY. WE'RE JUST NOT REQUIRED AS THE CITY TO INVEST ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO IT.

SO IF THE THE BENCH RUSTS AND WE HAVE TO REMOVE IT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY JUST GOING TO GO BACK AND INVEST FUNDS INTO ONE THAT WAS ALREADY PUT IN PLACE. THEY'RE THEY'RE USING OUR PARK STANDARDS FOR BENCH.

YEP. YEAH. THEY HAVE TO GO BASED ON OUR STANDARDS FOR EVERYTHING. BASED ON WHAT OUR PARK STANDARDS.

SO LIKE OUR THE SPECIFIC BENCHES WE HAVE IN THERE, IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL.

LIKE IT LIKE THAT. YES. YEAH. AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL SELECT THE SPECIES OF TREE OR APPROVE THE SPECIES OF TREE I ASSUME.

YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. YEP. YEAH. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY RE REQUEST IT.

BUT IT'S JUST BECAUSE SO IT DOESN'T PUT AN EXTRA BURDEN ON I MEAN YOU KNOW I MEAN I GUESS IF 100 PEOPLE STARTED TO COME OUT TO DO THIS AND THEY WANTED TO PUT PARK BENCHES ALL THROUGHOUT OUR PARKS, I MEAN, I'LL TAKE IT. BUT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM LONG TERM.

BECAUSE IF WE APPROVE IT AND LET'S SAY THERE'S ONE, WE DECIDE THAT THE BENCHES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED IN THAT SPACE.

WE WOULD REMOVE IT JUST BECAUSE. BUT WE MIGHT DECIDE THAT LIKE, OKAY, WE ADDED A COVERED PAVILION AREA TO THE DOG PARK AND DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT BENCH? NO. SO WE MAY NOT, BUT THE CITY ALSO MIGHT DETERMINE AND SAY, NOPE, THAT'S ONE OF OURS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PUT IN THERE.

SO IF WE GET 100 PEOPLE THAT WANT BENCHES, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND BUY A PAVILION, RIGHT? YEAH. WE'RE MAKING THEM ALL FACE EACH OTHER.

YEAH. LIKE THE SUBWAY. YEAH. ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION? I'M READY FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A WAIVER FOR THIS BENCH IN HONOR OF, OR IN APPRECIATION OF, OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY.

AT THE OFFICER CASH MEMORIAL DOG PARK. CAN I JUST MENTION A TREE AND A TREE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I'M JUST GONNA MAKE SURE BOTH.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE.

AND THE BENCH AND THE TREE GOES INTO OFFICER CASH MEMORIAL DOG PARK.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY. THE MOTION PASSES. LAST THING ON THE AGENDA IS UPDATE ON 2026 PARK PROJECTS.

[5. Update on 2026 Park Projects]

SO I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, TAKING THEIR LUNCH TIME TO, TO COME WITH US.

SO FEEL FREE TO IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE LATER DAYS AS WELL.

BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM. SO MAJOR ONES WE HAVE GOING ON THROUGH OUR BOND PROJECT IS ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK.

THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID. BIDS ARE DUE BACK TOMORROW BY 3:00 PM.

SO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING WHO IS A CONTRACTOR 3 P.M.

TOMORROW NEED TO HAVE THEM IN HAND. AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE GET SOME GOOD BIDS THAT COME THROUGH ON THAT ONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE SECOND BID. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE HAD TO REJECT BIDS AT THE LAST ONE JUST DUE TO OVER BUDGET ON ONE AND JUST SOME CONCERNS ON THE OTHER ONE, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER REBIDDING.

WE DID HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ATTEND THE PRE-BID MEETING THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THOSE FIRST TWO THAT DID BID.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BIDS RECEIVED. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AFTER TOMORROW AT 3:00.

AND THAT'LL BE INVOLVED AT ALL REVIEWING THOSE WE USED TO.

OR DID YOU TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM US OR WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE CONTRACT FOR SO BERTA IN THEIR CONTRACT IS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH AND PROVIDE US WITH A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE JUST ON THE NATURE OF THAT ONE.

SO IT KIND OF IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THEM OF HAVING TO DO THE REFERENCE CHECKS AND GO THROUGH AND GRADE IT BASED ON THE BID PACKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, OKAY, WHEN WILL THAT GO TO CITY COUNCIL? DO YOU KNOW? IT IS SLATED TO GO NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY. IF ALL LOOKS GOOD, WE MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FOR A CONTRACT AWARDING.

BUT IF IT FALLS SIMILAR TO FREEDOM PARK I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT IT WILL GO TO THEM TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE BIDS, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF, AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO WHO TO MOVE TO START DISCUSSION WITH.

AND THEN WE WOULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL AT THAT FOLLOWING MEETING MARCH 10TH, I BELIEVE IS THE NEXT ONE.

AND FOR THAT CONTRACT TO OFFICIALLY BE AWARDED SO FREEDOM BEING THE NEXT ONE UP IS ALONG THAT SAME KIND OF PATH.

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SO WE STARTED THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO LINE ITEM VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE REMOVED FROM IT.

SOME WE CUT A COUPLE ITEMS AND THEN WE ADDED SOME BID ALTERNATES TO IT.

THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL BALL FIELD. THE ADDITIONAL BALL FIELD. YES. THANK YOU. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OR WE JUST GOT THAT IN TODAY, THAT NEW PRICE WITH THOSE, THOSE REMOVALS AND THE ADDITION.

SO WE HAVE THAT TO BRING AND HOPEFUL TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT NEXT WEEK AND TUESDAY.

SO FREEDOM PARK SHOULD START TO PICK UP STEAM ON THAT ONE.

THAT IS SLATED TO BE ABOUT A 3 TO 4 MONTH TURNAROUND.

ONCE THEY OFFICIALLY GET OFFICIALLY GET THE CONTRACT AWARD.

SO SO NO PARKING AND NO BRIDGE, JUST THE FIELDS OUT THERE ALL BY ITSELF.

ONE FIELD. AND THEY CAN GET THERE, THOUGH, RIGHT? THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN GET THERE. AND THEY HAVE FROM THE MAIN PARKING LOT.

THEY CAN DEFINITELY GET THERE. OKAY. YEP. SO THERE'LL BE A A PATH THAT GOES FROM THE BACK OF THE PAVILION, STRAIGHT TO THE FIELD. THIS WILL ALL BE ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA FOR TUESDAY.

YES. OKAY. YEP. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH, JUST LET ME KNOW. BECAUSE ONLY THE CONTRACT WILL BE ON THERE, IT WON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE PLAN SETS OR ANYTHING ON THERE.

SO SO THAT'S FREEDOM PARK. BG PECK WAS PART OF THE BOND PROJECT AS WELL.

FIRST PART OF THAT WAS LIGHTING. THE LIGHTING WAS ADDRESSED. SO THAT COVERED THAT PORTION. WE DID USE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE GRADING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE GRADING CAME MUCH HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GRADING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AT A LATER DATE. ANGLETON.

REC CENTER. SO THE NATATORIUM RENOVATIONS ARE ONGOING.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING AN OPENING IN MARCH. I WILL NOT PUT A DATE ON THAT AT THE MOMENT.

BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL TO OPEN IN MARCH. AND SO TBD ON THAT ONE.

PROBABLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OFFICIAL OPENING.

LATER THIS WEEK IS THE GOAL. BUT YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE THINGS IN THE PACKET AS YOU GO THROUGH.

WE ACTUALLY INCLUDED OUR MONTHLY REPORT THAT WE PROVIDE THE COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THE ONE WE PROVIDED THEM IN FEBRUARY.

SO YOU SEE SOME PICTURES OF IT. PLAY NOOK. REPLACEMENT OF THE OLD PLAY FEATURE LOOKS AMAZING.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEY'VE ALREADY THEY'VE TORE OUT THE PLASTER FOR THE POOL AND THE SPA.

THEY TORE OUT THE OLD DECK. THEY ARE GETTING READY TO PAINT AND REHAB THE OLD SLIDE, THE LARGE SLIDE AND TOWER.

PAINTING THE THE WALL SHOULD START THIS WEEK AS WELL.

SO WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT AND WORKING THROUGH EACH PART OF THAT PROJECT.

WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THAT? TO TRY TO GET FUNDING OR TIMING OR SO WE'LL BRING IT TO ABLC AND IT'S BEEN ON THEIR AGENDA. BASICALLY, EVERY MEETING THIS YEAR IS A DISCUSSION.

IN REALITY, THOUGH, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT LOOKING FOR FUNDING UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

AND WHEN I SAY NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE REALLY PROBABLY LOOKING IN THE YEAR AFTER THAT. SO THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS, THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT CAME IN AT ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT TO ANOTHER BOND. SO THEY MAY CONSIDER IT AN ADDITIONAL BOND GOING OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL BOND NEXT YEAR.

BUT THAT IS NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. IT WILL ALSO COUPLE INTO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

SO IF WE COME WITH A PRIORITY LIST THAT MAY ENHANCE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ONE GOES. BUT NO REAL DETERMINATION AT THIS POINT, A TIME FRAME WHEN IT HAS TO BE DONE.

SO BECAUSE SOCCER SEASON, IT'S YEAR ROUND, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE IN THE FALL.

SO IT WILL IMPACT THE WAY IT WAS CURRENTLY LAID OUT, IS THAT WE WOULD DO ABOUT 25%, 25 TO 30% OF THE COMPLEX AT A TIME, AND SO IT ONLY TAKE UP A COUPLE OF FIELDS DURING THEIR FALL SEASON.

SO IT WOULD BE READY DURING THE SPRING SEASON WOULD BE THE GOAL.

BUT WE MAY BE LOOKING AT 2 TO 3 YEARS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOME ENHANCEMENTS IN-HOUSE.

SO NOT ALL THE FIELDS NEED AS MUCH WORK. WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS.

IF WE WERE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND DO AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO RELEVEL THE FIELDS FOR LONGEVITY WISE BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE SOCCER CLUB TO SEE IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN, SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE THERE AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

AND IT MAY REDEFINE OUR SCOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

SO. OKAY. LAST ONE, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON IS OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS. SO AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE IN THE FALL.

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WE ARE JUST WAITING ON FINAL CONFIRMATION FOR DELIVERY.

LARGE TOWER THAT IS GOING TO GO IN THERE. IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE REGULAR PLAYGROUND.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE LAST UPDATE I GOT WAS END OF MARCH IS WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE THAT BEING DELIVERED.

AND WITH THE INSTALL TYPICALLY ANTICIPATED AROUND THE END OF APRIL.

AND SO UNTIL WE GET A FIRM DATE ON THAT, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL TO HAVE INSTALL START IN APRIL.

THAT'S A PROJECT THAT OUR PARKS GUYS WILL ACTUALLY BE RIPPING OUT THE OLD PLAYGROUNDS. AND THEN CUNNINGHAM RECREATION WILL BE INSTALLING THE NEW ONE.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING PROBABLY ABOUT A 4 TO 8 WEEK CLOSURE ON THAT, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO GET THE OLD PLAYGROUND OUT AND THEM TO DO INSTALL.

SO THAT ONE'S MOVING FORWARD. SO WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW PLAYGROUND AT FREEDOM PARK. COME LATE SPRING IS WHAT THE GOALS.

AND THEN BATES PARK FIELD SIX HAD PRE PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING ON THAT ONE.

I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW. THEY ARE GOING OUT TO LINE THE FIELDS.

THIS WEEK IS THE GOAL. SO THAT WAY AGSA IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DIG OR CUT THE INFIELD TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THEY WILL BE DOING THAT IN HOUSE. THEY'RE GOING TO CUT INFIELD, AND THEN WE'LL BE COORDINATING FOR THEM TO DO THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND.

IT'S ABOUT ONCE THEY THE CONTRACTOR GETS IN, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 30 TO 40 DAYS.

AND SO THEY COULD BE DONE WITH THAT IN ABOUT A MONTH.

SO IT WOULD BE PERFECT TIMING TO GET THEM. HOPEFULLY WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 45 TO 60 DAYS OF GROW TIME.

NOBODY ON THE FIELDS BEFORE THEIR TOURNAMENT COMES UP IN JUNE, SO.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FEEDBACK Y'ALL HAVE.

SO ONE LAST THING THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THESE AGENDAS EVERY MONTH IS WHAT WE CALL COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS.

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS]

JUST YOUR CHANCE TO THROW STUFF OUT THERE. KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO JUST BE A BIG LONG PUNCH LIST FOR JASON'S CREW TO GO OUT AND WORK ON.

IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T GET TOO FAR OFF IN THE WEEDS ON DISCUSSION ON, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T TAKE VOTES ON OR MAKE DECISIONS ON BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. IF WE BRING SOMETHING UP HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN TWO MONTHS.

IS THAT A FAIR REPRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY. JUST LOOKING FROM COMMUNICATION FROM Y'ALL ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO COMMENTS LIKE THAT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA MEETING OF SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU BRING THIS ITEM? I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ONE IN MORE DETAIL.

WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THAT. SO, ERIN, ANYTHING COME TO MIND THERE? I KNOW EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE DITCHES.

THAT'S NOT A PARKS AND REC. HAVE TO COME TO ANOTHER MEETING FOR THAT ONE.

I GUESS IT DEPENDS. THAT DITCHES. YEAH. YES. JESSICA, I, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF KIDS.

WE HAVE TONS AND TONS OF NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS, AND THEY HAVE KIND OF REQUESTED MORE BASKETBALL COURTS.

OKAY, GOOD. AND I WAS THINKING, BRUSHY BAYOU THAT OUT THERE? NOT OFFICIAL, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS FROM THE JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT CUT THROUGH BRUSHY BAYOU TO GO INTO WHERE I LIVE, AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT FOR THEM TO BASKETBALL AFTER SCHOOL.

GOOD. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO. HOPEFULLY. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO REVIEW THE MOWING AT LAKESIDE PARK WITH YOUR GUYS.

WITH THE EYES TOWARDS THAT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY PET PEEVES.

YOU STOLE MINE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I'LL MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE THEN.

YOU GOTTA THINK OF ANOTHER ONE. I'VE HAD. I'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THE THE BRIDGE AT FREEDOM PARK THAT GOES OVER TO THE PASSIVE AREA.

IS IT GOING TO BE BUILT? WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE BUILT THEN? SORRY, CHANGE IN DIRECTION. SO FIRST ONE, LAKESIDE PARK. I WAS GOING TO LET YOU DO THAT ONE OKAY.

WE DON'T WE DON'T AGREE. WE DON'T AGREE. NEVER MIND.

OKAY. OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN YOU REFERENCE YOURS THE MOMENT.

WHAT WHAT'S WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO FOR THE ALONG THE NORTH NORTH SIDE.

THE LAST TIME THE TRACTORS WERE OUT THERE, THEY MOWED SOME OF THAT NORTH SIDE. WE WERE GETTING SOME GRASS UP THERE THAT KIND OF SCREENED SOME OF THOSE TRAILER HOUSE AND DUMP SITES ACROSS THE, THE, THE NORTH SIDE POINT RIGHT THERE.

WELL, NOT ON THE POINT, BUT LIKE FROM WHERE THE PUMP DISCHARGE IS BACK TOWARDS THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ALONG THAT FENCE LINE.

OKAY. SO WHERE THE BERM IS. YEAH. YEAH. ALONG THAT SECTION.

AND THEN THE BRIDGE TO THE PASSIVE AREA OF FREEDOM.

IS THAT IS THAT GOING TO BE A TP GRANT OR HOPING FOR TP GRANT FOR THAT OR.

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THE BIGGEST PIECE IS FUNDING. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED.

SO THAT COULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIORITY ITEM THAT'S BROUGHT FORTH OF IS IDENTIFYING FUNDING FOR THAT.

GIVEN THAT CURRENT PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS, THIS LAST GO AROUND, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE PUT IT IN THE GRANT FOR IT, THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

BECAUSE THE GRANT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET SIGNED OFF ON UNTIL TYPICALLY MAY, JUNE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO YOU APPLY FOR THE OUTDOOR GRANTS IN AUGUST AND THEN GET AWARDED IN MAY AND JUNE.

SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER. THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? BUT YOU COULD EVEN SAY, BECAUSE THE GRANT DOES ALLOW SOME TIME IN BETWEEN, YOU COULD PRIORITIZE IT TO BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

AND THAT GRANT IS USUALLY A 5050 MATCH. IS THAT RIGHT? 5050 MATCH? YEP. TRAILS GRANTS, I CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

THAT BUT THAT ONE COMES FOR THE SORRY. THE APPLICATION IS DUE IN FEBRUARY 2ND, AND SO WE DIDN'T HIT THIS ONE, BUT IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS A PRIORITY, IT COULD BE ONE THAT WAS WE COULD APPLY FOR NEXT FEBRUARY GIVEN THE SAME TIMELINE.

YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THAT FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THAT MATCH IS ON THAT ONE. AND ONE MORE THING, VERY BRIEFLY. WHEN WE WERE DOING THESE EVALUATIONS, ONE TOPIC THAT CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES WAS THE BATHROOMS AND HOW CLEAN THE BATHROOMS ARE AND HOW GOOD THE BATHROOMS ARE. AND I KNOW ALL YOUR ALL YOUR STAFF WORK SUPER HARD.

BUT I WANTED TO CALL OUT MARIA ON THIS BECAUSE SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB MAINTAINING BATHROOMS AND THAT CAN BE A THANKLESS, AT TIMES DISGUSTING JOB, I'M SURE. BUT SHE SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO A GREAT JOB WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET HER NAME IN THE MINUTES AND THANK HER.

THANK YOU. I WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH HER.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I HAVE THE OPPOSITE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FREEZE, I THINK EVERYTHING DIED, AND IT REALLY LOOKS BAD. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE LOOK.

AND I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE COMMENTING THAT THE.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL SAID IT'S GOING TO LOOK REALLY BAD FOR YEARS AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS AT ALL.

IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE AT ALL. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT WILDLIFE ARE Y'ALL TRYING TO ATTRACT? SNAKES? I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION I KEEP GETTING ASKED IS REALLY I MEAN, IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE.

AND ARE WE REALLY ATTRACTING WILDLIFE? IS THAT OUR PURPOSE FOR IT? THAT DOESN'T BRING ANY BEAUTY TO THE PARK AT ALL.

WELL, THAT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. OH, COME ON, NOT NOW.

IT'S BROWN RIGHT NOW. IT IS UGLY. I AGREE THAT IT IS UGLY RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO SAY TWO THINGS FOR THAT ONE.

YES. IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

AND SO I SAY PART OF THAT. RIGHT. IF YOU CAN, IF WE CAN GET IT TO A POINT THAT THE, THE SPECIES WE WANT IN THERE ARE THE ONLY THING LIVING IN THERE, IT WON'T LOOK AS POOR AS IT DOES NOW.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE INVASIVE, INVASIVE SPECIES IN THERE, THEY JUST TAKE OVER AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK WORSE, WHETHER SOMETIMES IT'S GREEN OR IT'S BROWN. RIGHT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN APPROACH THAT GOES WITH IT.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S ALSO THERE'S AN ALSO A NATURAL ATTRITION THAT GOES WITH IT OF YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT PARK YOU HAVE OR TREES YOU PUT IN PLACE, LIKE THE, THE LEAVES ARE GOING TO FALL OFF ALL THE TREES.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T ADD BEAUTIFICATION TO IT, RIGHT? OUR GARDEN BEDS THROUGHOUT TOWN, LIKE ALL THE PLANTS DIE OFF AND THEY NO LONGER.

THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD WHEN THEY'RE DORMANT, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OF THAT. AND THEN, YES, WILDLIFE ASPECT IS A VERY BROAD TERM.

RIGHT. WILL IT BRING SNAKES? SURE. RIGHT. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THEY ALREADY LIVE OUT THERE, AND WE'D RATHER THEM LIVE IN THEIR HABITATS VERSUS IN OUR HABITAT.

RIGHT. AND SO PROVIDING SOME OF THAT OR NATIVE INSECTS OR BIRDS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE VERSUS IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE LANDSCAPE OF ALL OUR PARKS, ALL OF THEM ARE BASICALLY MOWED DOWN GREEN SPACE.

AND FOR US, LIKE, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT VARIETY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING EXAMPLES.

LIGHTING AT THE PARK IS A HOT TOPIC, RIGHT? THERE'S PEOPLE THAT PREFER TO HAVE IT DARK, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS THEY CAN GO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE STARS, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS HAVE LIGHTING AT THEM AND THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THAT.

SO YOU HAVE THAT THAT LIGHT POLLUTION THAT COMES INTO PLAY. SO TRYING TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

IT'S I MEAN, IT'S DIFFICULT. IT DEFINITELY IS.

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YES. IT'D BE GREAT. AND SO IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME AND ATTRITION.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADAPT AND TRY TO FIND NEW WAYS. AND IF WE DETERMINE LIKE, HEY, THIS LOCATION DOESN'T WORK I CAN TELL YOU. SO WE TOOK IT TO COUNCIL OVER JANUARY, RIGHT? WE TOOK IT TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY. WILD SCAPES.

YES. AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE AT THAT TIME. IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD MAYBE ONE COMPLAINT THAT HAS BEEN REGISTERED TO US. AND THAT'S WHAT THE LOOK OF IT ABOUT THE LOOK OF THIS SPACE.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY NAMES, BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO WORKS OUT THERE THAT PROBABLY HAS MORE TELLS ME MORE THINGS ABOUT OUR MOWING SCHEDULES THAN WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO SO IT'S, I MEAN, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? IS WE WANT THAT JUST LIKE AARON TALKED ABOUT OF, LIKE, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. LIKE, WE WANT TO HEAR FEEDBACK.

AND BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US SHAPE, LIKE THE FUTURE OF THE PARKS AND THE PARK SYSTEM IN OUR CITY.

RIGHT. TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND SO WHEN PEOPLE BRING FEEDBACK IN, I DON'T ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT AS A NEGATIVE.

LIKE, THAT'S IT CAN BE A POSITIVE BECAUSE IT GIVES ME DATA AND INFORMATION TO FORMULATE A CORRECT DECISION OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE OLD ADAGE OF NO FEEDBACK IS GOOD FEEDBACK OR NO, NO COMPLAINTS IS GOOD, RIGHT? I'M NOT KEEPING IN MIND. I HOPE THAT I DON'T GET FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS, BUT IT'S IT TRULY IS.

IF SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU KNOW, LAKESIDE OR IF THEY'RE AT FREEDOM, THEY'RE LIKE, MAN, FREEDOM REALLY IS LACKING IN THIS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE WENT OUT TO THE PARK ASSESSMENT, AND THERE WAS A GUY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TOLD ME HE ASKED WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE, AND I EXPLAINED IT TO HIM. HE'S LIKE, OH, THERE'S THIS PARK OVER HERE. IT'S THE ONE BY THE FIELDS. I WAS LIKE, OH, FREEDOM PARK. HE'S LIKE, YEAH, THAT PLAYGROUND REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND SO IT WAS LIKE REAL TIME. AND I WAS LIKE, I HAVE A GREAT UPDATE FOR YOU.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS GOOD INFORMATION. SO LIKE IF PEOPLE IF IT REALLY IS AN ISSUE, WE WANT TO KNOW, I JUST THINK WE CAN FIND OTHER SPACES IN THE PARK TO GROW WILD THAT ARE IN THE BACK THAT AREN'T AROUND LIKE THE VERY FRONT. THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THE BIG LARGE AREA.

THAT'S THE MAIN FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU DRIVE IN.

WE DID CONCEDE THAT ONE LITTLE MOTIVE. I KNOW Y'ALL DID.

AT THE MAYOR'S REQUEST, I WILL SAY YOU NEED TO MAKE IT SMALLER.

THE THE REBUTTAL I WILL GIVE ON THAT IS I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE HOUSES ON THE BACKSIDE.

BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ALLOWING THAT TO GROW, THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT LIKE I WANTED THE VIEW. I DIDN'T WANT THAT. LIKE WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT IT KIND OF THING. BUT.

I MEAN BUT ALL FEEDBACK IS GOOD FEEDBACK. YES.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BY ALL MEANS. IF YOU HEAR MORE LIKE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THEM OUR WAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EDUCATED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE. BUT IF IT TRULY IS LIKE SAME KIND OF CONCEPT, IF WE'RE IF IT BECOMES OVERGROWN AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MANAGE IT AND, YOU KNOW, INVASIVE SPECIES JUST TAKE OVER, WE MAY HAVE TO REVERT BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS SECTION IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR US TO MAINTAIN.

YEAH, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT MEETING THE INTENT OF DOING ANYTHING TO MAINTAIN IT.

OH, WE'RE SPREADING LOTS OF SEEDS OUT THERE. WE'RE PLANTING LOTS OF SEEDS. SO THIS WILL BE A BIG YEAR WHETHER IT WORKS OR NOT.

BUT LIKE FLOWERS OR TREAT NATIVE TREES, NATIVE SHRUBS AND WILDFLOWERS INTO THAT AREA TO TRY TO GET SOME COVER.

AND LIKE JASON SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF MONEY INVESTED IN THIS. IF THREE YEARS FROM NOW WE SAY IT'S JUST NOT WORKING, ALL IT IS IS A TRACTOR DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND WE'RE BACK DOWN.

YEP. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BUILDING STUFF OR WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON IT.

YEAH. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, OR IF THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMUNITY IS WE DON'T WANT THIS, THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL GO.

IT'S A GREAT EQUIVALENT OF DUNES, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO BUILD IT, HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO SEE WHAT IT DOES.

AND IT MAY NOT ALWAYS LOOK PRETTY, BUT IT'S IT'S A PROCESS.

YEAH. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. AND IT'S I WILL ATTRIBUTE THIS TO LIKE THE UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT OF SOME THINGS ARE LOW BUDGETS PRIORITIES.

AND YOU CAN START TO ADDRESS THEM. RIGHT. BUT YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT IS TYPICALLY GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER VERSUS A BRAND NEW BUILD.

RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ABIGAIL AREAS AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO LANDSCAPING. AND THEY'RE GOING TO STRIP THAT GROUND CLEAN. AND DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE THINGS POP UP, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET RID OF EVERY INVASIVE SPECIES THAT'S THERE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PLANT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS, AND THE INTENT IS TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU PICTURED IT TO BE, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S THAT FUNDING COMPONENT WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DEDICATE TO THAT VERSUS ONE IF YOU DON'T.

SOMETIMES WE'LL DO THINGS IN HOUSE. IT'S IT MEETS THE NEED, JUST MAYBE NOT QUITE WHERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR JUST YET.

AND SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO BUILD THERE VERSUS IF WE CAME AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO RIP ALL THAT OFF AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INTENTIONAL, LIKE THE WILDFLOWER

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AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS. IT'S AN EASIER PROCESS THAN WE'LL JUST LET IT GROW AND WE'LL SEE AND OKAY, PULL THAT OUT AND TRY TO KILL THAT. DON'T DO THAT.

AND THEN YOU COME BACK LATER AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, LOOK, THAT CAME BACK UP. AND NOW THERE'S TEN OF THEM AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE OF A PROCESS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, DAVE AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS ON THIS OF TRYING TO MAYBE INCORPORATE A LIKE A PARKS VOLUNTEER DAY.

AND THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR AND HAVE IT AS A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT OUR INTENT IS TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL THESE INVASIVE SPECIES OUT AND TRY TO TO CURB THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE AREAS IN THESE VERY SPECIFIC WAYS. AND IT DOES EDUCATION, BUT BE IT'S A NEED THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR.

SO HOW ARE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO PARTNER WITH CEB TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO THERE'S A FEW AVENUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INVITE THE MASTER GARDENERS CLUB OUT THERE.

AND THEY DO INCENTIVE THOSE STUMPS OUT THERE.

NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. NOT AT THE MOMENT. NO PLANS TO DO ANYTHING.

EVENTUALLY WILL PROBABLY GRIND THEM DOWN AND GET RID OF THEM, BUT JUST NOT AT THE MOMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? PROJECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR? ANYTHING ELSE? GINA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO.

BASKETBALL MOMS. SO, OF COURSE, I'M AROUND ALL THE KIDS THAT WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL. AND THE REC SOMETIMES IS TOO BUSY, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY, I GOT TWO FOR US.

I HAVE ONE. SPEAKING OF LIKE, BEARDS NEXT TUESDAY.

PARKS AND REC BOARD IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU CAN AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. YES, YES, YES.

I THINK WE'D LIKE EVERYBODY'S INPUT AS OPPOSED TO WE LOVE YOU, JASON, BUT.

I'M ONLY ONE PERSON. THAT'S RIGHT. HE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.

ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT. LIKE THERE'S BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR PRIORITY LIST, YOU KNOW, COME AND FIGHT FOR YOUR CAUSE.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO GET THE PARKS BOARD INVOLVED AND STUFF.

SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS, PLEASE SHARE THEM WITH CITIZENS PATROL.

ANGLETON STILL AN ACTIVE GROUP CLASSES RIGHT NOW.

DO THEY HAVE? BECAUSE THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT JUST REMINDED ME OF SUNDAY WAS AN INTERESTING VISUAL EXPERIENCE AT THE COURTS A LOT OF KIDS. AND. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, YEAH. WORLD STAR, HIP HOP, YOU KNOW, FIGHT CLUB GOING ON AT THE COURTS.

SO I WAS CURIOUS IF WE HAVE ANY KIND OF OF POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE BUSY DAYS THAT THERE'S BESIDES PEOPLE WHO WILL SPEED THROUGH THAT PARK VERY SPECIFICALLY.

I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BUSIER ONES. NON-EMERGENCY LINE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GO OUT THERE AND HELP THEM.

THAT'S WHAT I DO. I'M ALSO I'VE SEEN IT AND THEY LISTEN WHEN YOU USE THE MOM VOICE.

YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR INPUT. DO I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN OR CAN I JUST ADJOURN? ADJOURN. OKAY. WE'LL ADJOURN THE PARKS AND REC BOARD MEETING AT 124.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. BASKETBALL BASKET.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.